1946 – Alex Carrasquel, Chicago White Sox pitcher, signs a three-year contract with the Mexican League – the first shot in the event that will dominate baseball even more than the return of World War II veterans.
Back from the military, Ted Williams hits the first spring training pitch he sees for a home run.
The Chicago White Sox hand out the first media guide to beat writers. Just 17 pages long, it is the creation of Marsh Samuel, according to historian Peggy Beck. The project intrigues Bill Veeck, owner of the Cleveland Indians, who hires Samuel away from the Sox to create a guide for the Tribe.
Ken Boswell Bats: L Throws: R Height: 72 Weight: 170 Born: Saturday, February 23, 1946 in Austin, TX USA Died: in , Debut: 9/18/1967 Last Game: 10/1/1977 Full Name: Kenneth George Boswell On February 23 , 1946 – Ken Boswell is born in Austin, TX. In his three seasons as an Astro reserve (1975-1977), Boswell bats…
1946 – Detroit’s Hank Greenberg signs for $60,000 and then marries New York department store heiress Carol Gimbel three days later.
1946 – Pirate southpaw Preacher Roe suffers a brain concussion in an altercation with a referee in a high school basketball game in Arkansas.
1946 – The Boston Red Sox sell veteran third baseman Jim Tabor to the Philadelphia Phillies.
1946 – In a classic pitching matchup played in the newly-constituted Venezuelan League, Alex Carrasquel of Magallanes beats Roy Welmaker and the Equipo Vargas club, 3 – 2, in 17 innings. In the six-and-a-half-hour marathon, Carrasquel is good enough to silence the bats of Roy Campanella and Sam Jethroe. Both pitchers go the distance in one of the greatest winter league matchups ever.
1946 – The Boston Red Sox announce that they have signed a working agreement with the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans are managed by Johnny Peacock, a former Boston catcher.
1945 – Five years to the day after shipping Jim Bagby off to Cleveland, the Red Sox reacquire the veteran, in exchange for P Vic Johnson and cash. Boston also sells SS Skeeter Newsome to the Phils.
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