October 2, 1949, Brooklyn dogged Dodgers carried to the very last inning of the season scored two runs in the tenth Sunday to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 9 to 7 and win the National League pennant Held scoreless for four innings and facing their top season nemesis in slim Kenny Heintzelman the Brooks put together…
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age! Sign Up or learn more October, 2 1949 Fred (Firpo) Marberry, who won fame as a major league relief pitcher, is in “good” shape today after losing his left…
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age! Sign Up or learn more On October 2, 1949, the New York Yankees win the American League pennant by defeating the Boston Red Sox, 5-3. Jerry Coleman’s three-run triple…
The Bronx Bombers stage a Joe DiMaggio Day at the Bronx ballpark, showering the future Hall of Fame outfielder with an unprecedented haul that includes two cars, a boat, three hundred quarts of ice cream, and a cocker spaniel. The superstar tells the capacity crowd, which includes his mother and brother Dom, a member of the visiting Red Sox, “I like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.”
1949 – At Griffith Stadium, rookie Alex Kellner goes the distance and posts his 20th win, a 7 – 4 victory over the Washington Senators, to became the first Philadelphia Athletics 20-game winner since Lefty Grove did it in 1933. The 24 year-old southpaw’s success will be short-lived when he leads the American League with 20 losses next season.
Ralph Kiner hits his 54th homer and 16th in September, as the Pirates beat Herm Wehmeier and the Reds 3 – 2. The monthly total eclipses Cy Williams’s National League mark set in 1923.
Boston outlasts Washington 11 – 9 to move into New York for the showdown for the American League pennant.
On September 27, 1949, future Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is born in Dayton, Ohio. Schmidt will make his major league debut in 1972, starting an 18-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies. Considered one of the greatest third basemen ever, Schmidt will win election to the Hall of Fame in 1995…
1949 – The Red Sox, winners of 16 out of the last 19 with the Senators, win the opener in Washington, 6 – 4.
1949 – Before 67,434 at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox survive a rhubarb-filled, 7 – 6 win when Johnny Pesky scores on a disputed squeeze play. Leading by one game, the Sox move on to Washington for a three-game series before the last two games of the year with the Yankees.
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