1939 – Judge Landis fines Brooklyn, Detroit, and the St. Louis farm club, Columbus Red Birds|Columbus, for manipulating player contracts. He frees seven farmhands.
1939 – Ken Keltner is turned down in Cleveland in his attempt to collect off-season unemployment benefits.
Manager Bill McKechnie’s Reds out-hit the Yankees by more than a 2-to-1 margin in Game 3, but all 10 of Cincinnati’s hits were singles. New York, meanwhile, got two-run homers from rookie Charlie Keller in the first and fifth innings, a two-run blast from Joe DiMaggio (who batted a career-high .381 in the regular season)…
With 20,000 well-wishers jamming the streets in the City by the Bay, Joe DiMaggio marries actress Dorothy Arnold at St. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco. The Yankees outfielder met his future bride on the set of ‘Manhattan Merry-Go-Round’, a movie in which he had a minor role.
1939 – The National Professional Indoor Baseball League, headed by league president Tris Speaker, begins play. The league has 10 clubs, one in each then major-league city except Washington. Alas, it disappears within a month.
Wes Parker Positions: First Baseman and OutfielderBats: Both • Throws: Left6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)Born: November 13, 1939 in Evanston, ILSchools: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA)Debut: April 19, 1964 (12,229th in major league history)vs. MLN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: October 1, 1972vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Maurice Wesley ParkerNicknames: Mr. SteadyView…
In the Japanese Professional Baseball League, pitcher Victor Starffin wins his 42nd game in a 96-game season, leading the Yomiuri Giants to the pennant, and setting a post-1900 world record for season victories that will be equaled by Kazuhisa Inao in 1961 but never broken. Born in Russia, Starffin moved to Asahikawa, Hokkaido at a young age, and was picked as part of the national baseball team for an exhibition game against the United States in 1934. From 1936 through 1955 he will win 303 games, the first pitcher in Japanese baseball to top the 300 mark.
The youngest of the three DiMaggio brothers, Dom DiMaggio, is bought for $40,000 by the Boston Red Sox from the San Francisco team (Pacific Coast League).
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