1938 â Jimmie Wilson resigns as manager of the Phillies. He will be replaced by Doc Prothro.
1938 â Jimmie Wilson resigns as manager of the Phillies. He will be replaced by Doc Prothro.
Gabby Hartnett â Walkoff Homerun in Gloamin
On September 28, 1938, It was around 5:30 p.m. Sunset, according to the Chicago Tribune, was 5:37 p.m. The umpires met between innings and Gabby Hartnett the Chicago Cubs player manager pleaded with them to allow the Cubâs to bat in the bottom of the 9th. The Cubâs had stormed back from 9 game onâŠ
An ailing Lou Gehrig hits his 493rd and final major league home run off Senatorsâ right-hander Dutch Leonard. On the same date 15 years earlier, the Yankee first baseman had gone deep off Bill Piercy at Fenway Park for his first career home run.
An ailing Lou Gehrig hits his 493rd and final major league home run off Senatorsâ right-hander Dutch Leonard. On the same date 15 years earlier, the Yankee first baseman had gone deep off Bill Piercy at Fenway Park for his first career home run.
Hank Greenberg hits two home runs in a game for a record 11th time in a single season
In Detroitâs 10-2 rout of St. Louis in the nightcap of a twin bill, Hank Greenberg hits two home runs, both off Bill Cox, to extend his major league-leading total to 58. The pair of round-trippers gives the Tiger first baseman a total of 39 at Briggs Stadium, establishing a major league record for the most round-trippers hit at home in one season.
Dizzy Dean shuts out the Bucs for 8 innings. In the 9th Bill Lee relieves Dean, and the Cubs win, 2 â 1.
With the Pirates 11 1/2 games up on the Cubs, Dizzy Dean shuts out the Bucs for 8 innings. In the 9th Bill Lee relieves Dean, and the Cubs win, 2 â 1.
1939 â The hometown White Sox play the first âday-nightâ doubleheader against Cleveland, but lose both games, 5 â 2 and 7 â 5. Fans are charged separate admissions for each game.
1939 â The hometown White Sox play the first âday-nightâ doubleheader against Cleveland, but lose both games, 5 â 2 and 7 â 5. Fans are charged separate admissions for each game.
1938 â Although they drop a doubleheader to the Browns, the Yankees clinch the pennant.
1938 â Although they drop a doubleheader to the Browns, the Yankees clinch the pennant.
In the top of the seventh inning of the Cubsâ 4-0 victory over New York at the Polo Grounds, Ripper Collins hits his last career home run, finishing with 135 round-trippers during his nine-year tenure in the major leagues. The Chicago first baseman will remain the all-time switch-hitter home run leader for 18 years until Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle surpasses his total in 1956.
In the top of the seventh inning of the Cubsâ 4-0 victory over New York at the Polo Grounds, Ripper Collins hits his last career home run, finishing with 135 round-trippers during his nine-year tenure in the major leagues. The Chicago first baseman will remain the all-time switch-hitter home run leader for 18 years until Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle surpasses his total in 1956.
Johnny Rizzo becomes the first Pirates player in franchise history to hit 20 home runs in a season. The 25 year-old rookie outfielder from Texas, who becomes hurt next season, never playing regularly for the Bucs again, finishes the campaign batting .301 with 23 round-trippers and 111 RBIs.
Johnny Rizzo becomes the first Pirates player in franchise history to hit 20 home runs in a season. The 25 year-old rookie outfielder from Texas, who becomes hurt next season, never playing regularly for the Bucs again, finishes the campaign batting .301 with 23 round-trippers and 111 RBIs.
For the fifth time in a major league game, brothers homer in the same contest when Pirates teammates Lloyd and Paul Waner both go deep off Cliff Melton in the fifth inning in the fifth inning of the Bucsâ 7-2 victory over New York at the Polo Grounds. Although âBig and Little Poisonâ have completed the deed twice before, they are the first siblings in history to hit the home runs in consecutive at-bats, a feat which will not be duplicated again until the Upton Brothers go back-to-back for the Braves in 2013.
For the fifth time in a major league game, brothers homer in the same contest when Pirates teammates Lloyd and Paul Waner both go deep off Cliff Melton in the fifth inning in the fifth inning of the Bucsâ 7-2 victory over New York at the Polo Grounds. Although âBig and Little Poisonâ have completed the deed twice before, they are the first siblings in history to hit the home runs in consecutive at-bats, a feat which will not be duplicated again until the Upton Brothers go back-to-back for the Braves in 2013.
