On June 11, 1938, At Crosley Field Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer hurls the first of his record two consecutive no-hitters. Vander Meer strikes out four batters and walks three in shackling the Boston Bees, 3-0. Vander Meer‚ in his first full season‚ strikes out 4 to increase his league-leading total to 56. Danny MacFayden is…
On October 25, 1937, Casey Stengel is named the manager of the Boston Bees. Stengel replaces another Hall of Famer, Bill McKechnie, who guided the Bees to a fifth-place finish in 1937. Stengel will manage Boston over the next six seasons, never finishing higher than fifth place… Baseball is the only game you…
May 19, 1937 – In the first night game of the season‚ the visiting Boston Bees sting the Cincinatti Reds‚ 3-1. Rookie Lou Fette is the winner over Johnny Vander Meer‚ making his first start in the majors. Two railroads run special trains to bring 1500 fans from Southwestern Ohio‚ Indiana‚ and Kentucky.
On April 25, 1937, New York Giants rookie Cliff Melton becomes the first rookie to fan at least ten batters in his major league debut, finishing with 13 strikeouts in a complete-game loss to the Boston Bees at the Polo Grounds. The 25-year-old southpaw, who loses the 3-1 contest due to the weak defense of…
March 6, 1937 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of baseball, watches a spring-training game in St. Petersburg, Fla., between the New York Yankees and the Boston Bees – March, 1937. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
Bees C Al Lopez reaches first three times on errors, the third player to do so. It is little help though as the Cubs edge the Braves, 1 – 0, in 10 innings. Lon Warneke is the winner over hard-luck Ben Cantwell.
In his first start of the season, Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants pitches a three-hit shutout against the Boston Bees. For Hubbell, it is his 17th straight win dating back to July 17, 1935.
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.
On January 30, 1936, the owners of the Boston Braves conduct a survey of newspaper reporters, asking them to come up with a new nickname for the franchise. The reporters select the name “Bees,” which will be used through the 1940 season. The new name fails to catch on, and the team decides to switch…
The Brooklyn Dodgers trade Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez and Bobby Reis to the Boston Bees for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore.
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