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…
During the Indians’ 9-4 victory over Chicago at Comiskey Park, a woman, sitting in the stands near the visitor’s dugout, is injured when Marvin Owen’s foul ball strikes her just above the right eye. The Indians’ starting pitcher, her 20 year-old son Bob, threw the pitch that resulted in Mrs. Feller needing seven stitches on Mother’s Day.
On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig’s streak of 2,130 consecutive games comes to an end. An ailing Gehrig removes himself from the lineup against Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, telling manager Joe McCarthy that he cannot play because of continuing weakness and it is for the good of the team. Doctors will later diagnose Gehrig with amyotrophic…
On November 28, 1938 – The Chicago White Sox’s 25-year-old pitching star Monty Stratton, having compiled a 36-23 record (.610) during his five-year major league career. While hunting rabbits on his Mother’s farm in Greenville, Texas, Stratton fails to put the safety on the gun when he holsters it and he accidentally shots himself. When…
1938 – Carl Hubbell has an arm operation for bone chips in his elbow and is finished for the season.
On May 25, 1937, the playing career of Mickey Cochrane comes to an end when he is hit in the right temple by Yankee hurler Bump Hadley beans him with a 3-1 inside fastball. Near-death at first, the Tiger catcher/manager will spend six weeks in the hospital and will return to the team only as…
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New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio runs his spring training record to 12 for 20, in an 11 – 2 Yankees victory over the newly-named Boston Bees. Before the next game is played, the prize rookie is left unattended with his foot in a diathermy machine. The resulting burn ends his spring training and delays his major league debut until May.
Earle Combs collides with teammate Red Rolfe while chasing a fly ball
1934 – Yankee CF Earle Combs crashes into the wall at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis and suffers a fractured skull. New York calls up George Selkirk but learns he broke his arm the same day playing for Newark.
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