1939 â White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets a ML record with his 61st relief appearance.
1939 â White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets a ML record with his 61st relief appearance.
The Reds, ending a 20-year title drought, clinch their first pennant since 1919 when the team beats the second-place Cardinals at Crosley Field, 5-3. Right-hander Paul Derringer goes the distance, giving up 14 hits en route to his 25th victory of the season.
The Reds, ending a 20-year title drought, clinch their first pennant since 1919 when the team beats the second-place Cardinals at Crosley Field, 5-3. Right-hander Paul Derringer goes the distance, giving up 14 hits en route to his 25th victory of the season.
1939 â OF Johnny Cooney of the Boston Bees, playing at the Polo Grounds, hits his first homer after 15 years as a P/OF in the major leagues. Tomorrow he will repeat the feat, hitting his last home run in what will be a 20-year career.
1939 â OF Johnny Cooney of the Boston Bees, playing at the Polo Grounds, hits his first homer after 15 years as a P/OF in the major leagues. Tomorrow he will repeat the feat, hitting his last home run in what will be a 20-year career.
In the first game of a twin bill, Brooklynâs third baseman Cookie Lavagetto reaches base seven consecutive times as the Dodgers rout the Phillies, 22-4. The 26-run Shibe Park contest takes only two hours and five minutes to complete.
In the first game of a twin bill, Brooklynâs third baseman Cookie Lavagetto reaches base seven consecutive times as the Dodgers rout the Phillies, 22-4. The 26-run Shibe Park contest takes only two hours and five minutes to complete.
Full Radio Broadcast September 21 1939 â Walter Johnson is on the mic in todays game
Cleveland Indians 6, Washington Senators 3 Game Played on Thursday, September 21, 1939 (D) at Griffith Stadium CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 â 6 9 0 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 â 3 7 1 WP: Milnar (13-11) LP: Bass (0-1) HR: GelbertâŠ
1939 â The National League announces that for the first time in the 20th century, games will be transferred from one city to another. The Dodgersâ doubleheader in Philadelphia will be moved to Brooklyn in an effort to top one million paid attendance.
1939 â The National League announces that for the first time in the 20th century, games will be transferred from one city to another. The Dodgersâ doubleheader in Philadelphia will be moved to Brooklyn in an effort to top one million paid attendance.
September call-up Elmer Gedeon collects all three of his major league hits of his five-game career in the Senatorsâ 10-9 victory over the Indians at Griffith Stadium. The Washington starting center fielder is the first of two major leaguers to be killed in World War II when his plane was shot down over France in 1944.
September call-up Elmer Gedeon collects all three of his major league hits of his five-game career in the Senatorsâ 10-9 victory over the Indians at Griffith Stadium. The Washington starting center fielder is the first of two major leaguers to be killed in World War II when his plane was shot down over France in 1944.
The Dodgers pull within one game of the 3rd-place Cubs, taking two at Wrigley Field. A yellow-dyed ball is used in the first game.
The Dodgers pull within one game of the 3rd-place Cubs, taking two at Wrigley Field. A yellow-dyed ball is used in the first game.
Ted Williams hits a home run off Thornton Lee, one of 31 homers he will hit in his rookie season. Williams will homer off Thorntonâs son, Don Lee, 21 years later.
Ted Williams hits a home run off Thornton Lee, one of 31 homers he will hit in his rookie season. Williams will homer off Thorntonâs son, Don Lee, 21 years later.
American League President Will Harridge overturns umpire Cal Hubbardâs decision to award the Yankees with 9-0 forfeited victory over the Red Sox, ordering the contest to be replayed from the seventh inning. The Red Sox fans, protesting the deliberate outs New York was making to take advantage of the 6:30 Sunday curfew, had thrown a barrage of garbage onto the playing field which made it impossible to continue the Fenway Park contest.
American League President Will Harridge overturns umpire Cal Hubbardâs decision to award the Yankees with 9-0 forfeited victory over the Red Sox, ordering the contest to be replayed from the seventh inning. The Red Sox fans, protesting the deliberate outs New York was making to take advantage of the 6:30 Sunday curfew, had thrown a barrage of garbage onto the playing field which made it impossible to continue the Fenway Park contest.
