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The September 30 doubleheader between the New York Yankees and visiting Boston Red Sox turned out to be the last two games of the 1939 regular season for both teams. Another doubleheader was scheduled for the next day, but it was rained out. It’s a good thing for Red Sox right fielder Ted Williams that […]
Between April 1923 and August 1938, there were 13 no-hitters in the major leagues. None were at Yankee Stadium. Although the Yankees had their share of Hall of Famers on the mound, Yankee Stadium was known as a hitters’ park, with pinstriped sluggers taking the home-run crown in 12 of the park’s first 15 years […]
The Cleveland Indians hosted the Boston Red Sox for a doubleheader on the first Sunday in August 1958. The two teams were pretty much neck-and-neck in battling with four other teams for second place in the American League standings, with the Yankees far out in front of the tightly-bunched pack. The Indians were 17 games […]
On their way to the World Series championship in 2018, the Boston Red Sox won more than 50 regular-season games at home (57) and more than 50 on the road (51). They won precisely twice as many games as they lost, 108-54. The 108 victories were the most in franchise history; the prior high had […]
Boston Red Sox catcher Scott Hatteberg had himself quite a night on Monday, August 6, at Fenway Park in 2001. With two men on base and no outs in the fourth, he ended a potential rally by hitting into a triple play. The next time up, however, Hatteberg hit a grand slam, providing the runs […]
Built in 1913, the John T. Brush Stairway, a cast-iron staircase dedicated to the deceased owner of the New York Giants, led pennant-crazed fans down Coogan’s Bluff to ticket stands behind home plate, buying seats to the afternoon’s game between the Boston Braves and the New York Giants.1 The skies above on the first Sunday […]
On June 26, 1962, Earl Wilson of the Boston Red Sox became the first Black pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the American League, and his third-inning home run provided the game-winning run in Boston’s 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Wilson was the first Black ballplayer to sign with the Red Sox—in 1953—but […]
In The Science of Hitting, Ted Williams wrote, “I had a higher percentage of game-winning home runs than Babe Ruth.”1 Research shows that Ted Williams had 110 game-deciding home runs, among the 521 he hit (21.11 percent). Ruth hit 126 game-winners of his own total of 714 (17.65 percent). A “game-winning home run” is defined […]
Two weeks after the Cleveland Indians’ Larry Doby broke the America League’s color barrier on July 5, 1947, Kansas City Monarchs stars Hank Thompson and Willard Brown received a telegram from Bill DeWitt, general manager of the last-place St. Louis Browns. They were told to report to St. Louis for the following night’s game, making […]
Darryl Kile was no stranger to quashing claims that his best days were behind him. After a 12-21 record in his first two major-league seasons, he made the All-Star team and pitched a no-hitter in 1993. After three straight years of earned-run averages above 4.00, he rebounded in ’97, landing a 19-7 record and a […]
Herb Score was on his way to stardom in the major leagues. He burst onto the scene after being named Minor League Player of the Year by The Sporting News in 1954. The tall left-hander posted a 22-5 record for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association. He set a league record of 330 strikeouts […]
Well aware of Carl Yastrzemski’s reputation as the best prospect in the Boston Red Sox minor-league system, Minneapolis Millers manager Gene Mauch couldn’t wait to get the young second baseman into his lineup. He should have. The timing seemed perfect. Mauch’s Millers had finished their American Association season in second place in the Eastern Division […]
On June 19, 1938, Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike “Pinky” Higgins singled in the eighth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox and went 3-for-3 in the nightcap.1 After an off day on June 20, the Red Sox played another doubleheader, this time against the Detroit Tigers. Higgins […]
Dave “Boo” Ferriss, an ex-GI discharged from the Army Air Corps in February 1945, began his major-league career with an astonishing eight consecutive wins in 1945. The start of his career was unprecedented, since Ferriss had minimal time as a professional player prior to his major-league debut with the Boston Red Sox.1 All of his […]
Some baseball fans of the 1970s and ’80s might say that pitcher Dan Boitano never unlocked his full potential. A three-time first-round draft pick,1 Boitano appeared in just 51 games over five big-league seasons, posting a 2-2 record and a 5.68 ERA. The members of the 1973 Elmira Pioneer-Red Sox2 would be unlikely to agree […]
Only two of Murray Wall’s 91 major-league games were played with a team other than the Boston Red Sox. The first came on the Fourth of July, 1950, when the former All-American pitcher at the University of Texas1 made his big-league debut in a late-inning mop-up role with the crosstown Boston Braves. The second came […]
The Chicago Cubs and their fans were flying high on the first Wednesday in October 1984 as “Work came to a standstill, crime came to a halt and joy was the most abundant emotion in town.”1 The Cubs crushed the San Diego Padres 13-0 in the opening game of the National League Championship Series. The […]
The idea of a winter retreat appealed to many in the baseball business. The men the game attracted were by their nature sportsmen. Unless a man resided in a remote area during the winter, he gravitated towards his baseball companions, especially if he was a bachelor, to partake in any number of activities such as […]
In a four-year voyage to an all-too brief career in big league baseball, Val Heim embarked in 1938 from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He sailed on to Jackson, Mississippi, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Waterloo, Iowa, before commencing his big-league career at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, in late August 1942. His excursion began with an […]
Few individuals in the history of baseball can boast of a career to rival that of Clark Griffith’s. In terms of duration, as a player, manager, and executive, it was one of the longest ever, spanning nearly 70 years. Griffith is the only man in major league history to serve as player, manager, and owner […]
“Every time I see his name on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.” — Mickey Mantle1 The pitcher who made the great Mickey Mantle reluctant to step into the batter’s box was the one and only Dean Chance. Mantle uttered his memorable quote during Chance’s remarkable 1964 season. As sportswriter Phil Pepe wrote […]
Many major league ballplayers have served their country in the military, but few did so before playing their first professional game. Art Mills served in the U.S. Navy as a 16-year-old just after World War I; and then went on to have a baseball career — as a player and World Series winning coach — […]
When introducing the Orioles’ new manager in 1968, general manager Harry Dalton said, “In short, I believe Earl Weaver is a winner.”1 Weaver was short. And he was a winner. For the next 14½ seasons the Orioles won more games than any other team, piling up six division titles, four pennants, and one World Series […]
Some athletes earn disapproval for their failures on the field. Ernie Broglio became the object of scorn of media and fans alike for being the pivotal piece of a one-sided trade during the 1964 season. The 6-foot-2-inch right-handed pitcher had been a solid part of a strong starting rotation formed in the early 1960s under […]