1943 – In a trade that will benefit Washington, the Senators send Ellis Clary, Ox Miller and cash to the Browns for Johnny Niggeling and Harlond Clift. Niggeling will split 48 decisions as a Senator, while Miller will win just three in St. Louis.

After going 1-6 before the All-Star break, Carl Hubbell posts his 8th straight win, beating the Braves, 10 – 2. The 39-year-old veteran is backed by Mel Ott’s three hits, including a home run into the LF stands at the Polo Grounds.

In the second 1942 East-West Game, the East romps, 9-2, with the West making six errors and Gene Bremer and Verdell Mathis pitching poorly. Willie Wells smacks three doubles for the victors.

Henry McHenry, Poppa Ruiz and Ray Brown of the East team up on the second shutout of the East-West Game history, blanking the West, 11-0, in the 1940 East-West Game. Buck Leonard reaches base five times for the winners.

Jimmy Powers, sport editor of the Sunday New York Daily News, causes a flap when he suggests the Yankees’ poor play this season can be attributed to “a mass polio epidemic” contracted from Lou Gehrig. The former Yankee first baseman and his roommate, Bill Dickey, file suit and the newspaper retracts the story on September 26 and apologizes.

When Detroit’s Billy Rogell walks his first time up, it is his seventh consecutive base on balls, a new American League record.

Carl Hubbell is forced to leave the mound in a 5 – 3 loss to the Dodgers when he experiences sharp elbow pains in his pitching arm.

Paul Waner chalks up five hits to lead Pittsburgh to a 14 – 5 win over the Phils.

In New York’s 5 – 4 loss at Detroit, Lou Gehrig is hitless as he plays his 1,000th consecutive game. He is 307 short of Everett Scott’s record streak.