Chattanooga (Southern Association) OF Jim Lemon clouts four home runs in the league’s All-Star contest, as the All-Stars defeat the first-place Birmingham club, 10 – 5.
The Giants’ Whitey Lockman leads off the game with a home run for the second day in a row, as the Giants whip the Braves, 7 – 5.
Boston lefty Mickey McDermott and relief P Ellis Kinder combine for a one-hitter against Cleveland. OF Al Smith’s 4th-inning single is the only Tribe safety.
On July 19, 1952, The visiting Fitzgerald club (Georgia State Class D League) sends up 12-year-old batboy Joe Reliford to bat as a pinch-hitter in the 8th inning of a game with Statesboro. The black batboy, who thereby breaks the league’s color barrier, grounds out, but makes a fine catch in the outfield when he…
1951 – Despite a pair of homers by Clyde Vollmer, the Indians edge the Red Sox, 5 – 4, in 11 innings.
The Pirates purchase 3B Bob Dillinger from the Athletics for $35,000.
The Yankees obtain their first black players, OF Elston Howard and P Frank Barnes. They purchase them from the Kansas City Monarchs and assign them to the Muskegon Clippers (Central League).
At Fenway Park, Vern Stephens crashes a 3-run home run, his 200th career homer, in the 1st off Fred Hutchinson. Detroit wins, 9 – 5, with a little help in the 9th from umpire Jim Boyer. Boyer calls time just before pinch-hitter Tom Wright triples to CF. In his do-over, Wright grounds out. Stephens joins five other active players with more than 200 homers: Joe DiMaggio, Johnny Mize, Ted Williams, Joe Gordon, and Bill Nicholson.
Frank E. McKinney resigns as president of the Pirates. He sells interests in the club to John Galbreath and Tom Johnson, with Galbreath assuming the presidency. Vice President Bing Crosby retains his minority interest.
Southpaw Ed Lopat of the Yanks wins, 16 – 1, over the Browns, throwing a two-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader.
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