The Yankees trade prospect Tommy Holmes to the Braves for two players to be named later who will be Gene Moore and Buddy Hassett. Boston’s new 24 year-old outfielder, who hit over .300 during his 11-year career, will establish the National League record consecutive game hitting streak with 37, a mark that will be surpassed by Pete Rose in 1978.
1941 – In front of only 3,585 fans in St. Louis, twenty-year-old Stan Musial makes his major league debut against the Braves going 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs. Musial, who started the season in the Western Association (Class C), will hit .426 in 12 games.
May 17, 1941, Play is halted in the seventh inning of the Braves-Giants game at the Polo Grounds so the crowd of 17,009 and players can listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio address over the stadium’s P.A. system. After FDR announces the Proclamation of an Unlimited National Emergency, the tied 1-1 contest is resumed…
After five undistinguished seasons of being called the Bees, the National League club in Boston reverts to its original name. New owners of the Braves had hoped to change the team’s image by renaming the franchise.
On June 4, 1940, the Braves sign Warren Spahn, this South Park High School (Buffalo, NY) standout and he’ll make his major league debut in 1942 when he appears in two games as a 20 year-old for Boston before serving three years in the Army during World War II. He’ll become a Bronze Star and…
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…
Rookie Terry Moore of the Cardinals goes 6 for 6 and the rest of the Cards add another 12 hits to paste the Braves, 15 – 3.
The Cards score four in the 8th, then Dizzy Dean picks up a save in the 9th to beat the Braves, 5 – 3. Jesse Haines, who fails for the 11th time to win his 200th game, is lifted after seven for Bill Walker who promptly tees up Wally Berger’s 30th homer of the year. Walker gives up two hits but is the winning pitcher.
At Braves Field, Cardinals’ first baseman Ripper Collins does not make a putout during the 13-3 nine-inning loss to Boston. The St. Louis infielder, who will also not make a putout playing first for the Cubs in a game against Brooklyn in 1937, is the only player to have accomplished the very rare feat twice in the major leagues.
Wally Berger hits a home run‚ 2 doubles‚ and a triple‚ to tie the modern major league record for extra-base hits in a game‚ but his Braves lose to the Dodgers‚ 7 – 5. Berger drives in all of Boston’s runs and his homer‚ his 25th of the year‚ puts him one ahead of Mel Ott in the home run race.
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