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 – 6 9 0 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 – 3 7 1 WP: Milnar (13-11) LP: Bass (0-1) HR: Gelbert…
1939 – The New York Yankees clinch their fourth successive pennant with a win over Detroit.
On September 9, 1939, Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox undergoes an appendectomy, sidelining him for the rest of the season. Although Foxx will not return to action in 1939, his 35 home runs will hold up as the most in the American League. He also finishes the year with a .360 batting average…
Bob Feller, with his 12-1 victory over the Browns in St. Louis, becomes the youngest modern-era player to win 20 games. The 20 year-old Indians’ fireballer finishes the season 24-9 while posting a 2.85 ERA.
When Babe Dahlgren strikes out while being given an intentional walk and George Selkirk and Joe Gordon try to steal home on successive pitches by trotting to the plate, Red Sox fans throw a barrage of garbage onto the playing field at Fenway Park to protest the Yankees making deliberate outs to take advantage of the 6:30 Sunday curfew. Umpire Cal Hubbard rules the Boston crowd’s action makes it impossible to continue the game and awards the game as a forfeit to the Yankees with a 9 – 0 ‘official’ score.
At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS, covering a doubleheader split in which the Reds win the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers take the nightcap, 6-1. The network employs two cameras, one behind home plate, showing a wide view of the field, and the other on the third base line to capture the plays at first base.
Carl Yastrzemski Essentials Positions: Outfield, First baseBats: Left Throws: RightHeight: 5′-11″ Weight: 175Born: August 22, 1939 in Southampton, NY USA High School: Bridgehampton HS (Bridgehampton, NY)Schools: Merrimack College (North Andover, MA), University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)Debut: April 11, 1961 vs. KCA 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: 10/2/1983 vs. CLE 3 AB, 1…
On August 13, 1939, Red Ruffing of the New York Yankees bangs out four hits and pitches a 21-0 shutout over the Philadelphia Athletics. Babe Dahlgren and Joe DiMaggio hit two home runs apiece, including matching inside-the-park home runs. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
1939 – At Shibe Park‚ the Yankees bombard the feeble A’s, 18 – 4, as Steve Sundra (6-0) coasts to the win. Babe Dahlgren has 4 hits‚ including a solo homer in the 6th and a grand slam an inning later. He drives in 6 runs. Joe Gordon adds his 18th homer of the year.
August 3, 1939; catcher Joe Sprinz of the PCL’s San Francisco Seals attempts to break the altitude record for catching a fly ball by having one dropped from a blimp. The first 4 balls hit the ground. The fifth ball hit his glove, but he couldn’t hold on and it went from his glove into…
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