Ted Williams and Babe Ruth on July 12, 1943 at Fenway Park (SABR-Rucker Archive)

July 12, 1943: Babe Ruth and Ted Williams bat in same lineup for charity game in Boston

\ Babe Ruth made a public appearance at Fenway Park on July…

July 13, 1943: Depleted AL stars win first night All-Star Game in Philadelphia

The 1943 All-Star Game was the first one significantly affected…
Stan Musial (SABR-Rucker Archive)

July 21, 1943: Stan Musial records his first career 5-hit game

The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Giants, 3-1, in…

August 11, 1943: Mickey, Rube, Harry the Hat, and Volo Song

New York City sports fans with a few dollars in their pockets…
Stan Musial (SABR-Rucker Archive)

August 15, 1943: Stan Musial hits 2 home runs, drives in 5 runs against Dodgers

On August 15, 1943, Stan Musial was not yet The Man. That would…

August 22, 1943: Pitching pharmacist Sam Hyman helps Hartford Senators out of jam

When The Sporting News, a.k.a. “the bible of baseball,”…
William "Slim" Emmerich (Baseball-Reference.com)

September 7, 1943: Last-place Allentown beats Connie Mack’s A’s in exhibition

What happens when the worst team in the American League meets…

September 12, 1943: Reds’ Elmer Riddle mows ’em down with one-hitter

History may assign this mid-September match-up between the Cincinnati…

September 24, 1943: Cool Papa Bell wins Game 3 for Grays in 10th inning

Johnny Markham must have looked long and hard at Ted “Double…

September 28, 1943: George Kell debuts in Connie Mack’s all-rookie lineup

The Philadelphia Athletics were in the cellar of the eight-team…

April 26, 1944: Reds outlast Cardinals in 13 innings on Frank McCormick’s homer

As 1944 approached, with war being waged across the world, baseball…

April 30, 1944: New York Giants score 26 runs; Weintraub has 11 RBIs

With D-Day still five weeks in the future, baseball was starting…

May 15, 1944: Reds’ Clyde Shoun showin’ his stuff in 79-minute no-hitter

Clyde “Hardrock” Shoun didn’t plan on playing in the big…

June 13, 1944: Ray Dandridge, Newark Eagles soar over Memphis Red Sox

“Ray Dandridge was fantastic. ... Once you saw him, you never…