May 16, 1951 at Wrigley Field Baseball stars Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Andy Pafko of the Chicago Cubs compare fists with the Heavyweight Champion, Ezzard Charles. Pafko and the Cubs will rout Jackie and the Dodgers, 14-4. Charles was in town to defend his title against Joey Maxim, his 8th…
1951 – The Brooklyn Dodgers sign a 21-year lease with the city of Vero Beach, Florida, for use of their spring training facilities there.
Branch Rickey signs a five-year deal with the Pirates to be the club’s executive vice president and general manager. The ‘Mahatma’s’ magic doesn’t seem to work, as the Bucs will compile a 269-501 record (.349) during his tenure in Pittsburgh.
Walter O’Malley succeeds Branch Rickey as president of the Dodgers. O’Malley, who had offered to buy Rickey’s share of the club to become majority owner, is forced to pay more money when ‘the Mahatma’, in a final act of defiance about being told to leave the organization, offers his share of the team to a friend for a million dollars, a deal the new president believes, but can’t prove, to be as “fraudulent as a four-dollar bill.”
On October 1, 1950, in the season finale, a Brooklyn win would have forced a playoff, and a Phillies win would give them there first World Series appearance since 1915. Don Newcombe faced Robin Roberts, at Ebbets Field. The teams traded runs in the 6th, when Willi Jones knocked in Dick Sisler with a two…
1950 – Russ Meyer snaps the Phils’ 5-game losing streak with a 4 – 3 victory over the Dodgers.
1950 – Don Newcombe misses pitching complete games in a doubleheader for the Brooklyn Dodgers by leaving in the 7th inning of the second game, trailing the Philadelphia Phillies, 2 – 0. Newcombe won the first game, 2 – 0.
On August 31, 1950, In front of 14,226 fans at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn Dodger’s first baseman Gil Hodges became the fourth major league in the century to hit four home runs in a game. Lou Gehrig was the last player to accomplish this in 1932. Hodges, who also singles, breaks the modern major league…
On August 26, 1950, At Crosley Field future Hall of Famer Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers hits three consecutive home runs to spearhead his club to a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The hard-hitting catcher connects each time against Reds starter Ken Raffensberger.
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