Giants player-manager Mel Ott decides to stop playing and do only his dugout duties for the team. ‘Master Mel’s’ decision is prompted by a .048 batting average when the future Hall of Famer has collected just two hits in 48 at-bats this season.
On June 23, 1946, Eddie Waitkus and Marv Rickert of the Chicago Cubs hit consecutive inside-the-park home runs in the fourth inning against the New York Giants. The dual inside-the-parkers, which occur at the spacious Polo Grounds, don’t prevent the Cubs from losing the game, 15-10.
On June 21, 1946, future Hall of Famer Bill Veeck purchases the Cleveland Indians. Veeck, the head of a group of new owners, will make headlines in 1947, when he signs Larry Doby as the first African-American player in the history of the American League.
On June 20, 1946 – A Fortune magazine story gives some rare details of baseball finances, showing the Yankees had a revenue of $1.6 million and profit of $306,000, cut to $201,000 after minor league losses, the previous season. Of the gross income, $896,000 is from home ticket sales.
On June 13, 1946, the Chicago Cubs famed double-play trio of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance are inducted into the Hall of Fame together. The poem was first published in the New York Evening Mail on July 12, 1910, under the title “That Double Play Again.” The day before, the Cubs had…
On June 11, 1946 The Red Sox clip the Indians‚ 10 – 5, behind pitcher Bob Klinger. The Sox have now won 12 in a row.
On June 9, 1946, at Forbes Field Mel Ott is involved in a strange “daily double.” The New York Giants’ mild-mannered skipper becomes the first manager ejected from both ends of a doubleheader because of arguments with umpires Tom Dunn and George Magerkurth. To make matters worse, the Giants lose both games to the Pittsburgh…
On May 28, 1946, at Yankee Stadium a crowd of 49,917 watches as General Electric president Charles E. Wilson throws out the ceremonial first pitch in the first night game played at the House that Ruth built (Yankee Stadium). The Yankees are beaten by the Washington Senators 2-1, when Dutch Leonard goes the distance, throwing…
Having launched a lunar expedition out to somewhere well beyond Forbes Field’s distant left-center bricks just four days ago on May 22nd, Josh Gibson dispatches an only slightly less ambitious mission into the right-center bleachers of Yankee Stadium, leading the Homestead Grays to an 11 – 8 triumph over New York Black Yankees and into first place in the Negro National League. This makes it four wins in a row for the Grays, three of them over the cellar-dwelling Yankees. The Baltimore Afro-American estimates Gibson’s blast at 440 feet, hailing it as “one of the longest ever hit at Yankee Stadium.”
On May 24, 1946, the New York Yankees announce the resignation of manager Joe McCarthy. “Marse Joe” steps down because of reported gall bladder trouble. During his 15-year run with the Yankees, McCarthy guided the team to eight American League pennants and seven world titles… @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
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