1955 – LF Del Ennis of the Phillies hits three home runs and drives in all seven runs as the Phils win, 7 – 2.
1955 – LF Del Ennis of the Phillies hits three home runs and drives in all seven runs as the Phils win, 7 – 2.
7/23/1955: The Senators were rained out in Detroit in the second game of a doubleheader. Eddie Yost led off the game with a homer and Frank Lary hit one in the bottom of the third. It would have been Lary’s first career home run. The game was called in the top of the fourth inning.
7/23/1955: The Senators were rained out in Detroit in the second game of a doubleheader. Eddie Yost led off the game with a homer and Frank Lary hit one in the bottom of the third. It would have been Lary’s first career home run. The game was called in the top of the fourth inning.
Sheldon Jones of the New York Giants pitches a one-hitter against the Cubs, winning, 3 – 0, in the second game of a doubleheader. Rube Walker’s hit in the 8th is the only safety. Larry Jansen takes the first game, 5 – 3.
Sheldon Jones of the New York Giants pitches a one-hitter against the Cubs, winning, 3 – 0, in the second game of a doubleheader. Rube Walker’s hit in the 8th is the only safety. Larry Jansen takes the first game, 5 – 3.
Tigers P Saul Rogovin hits a 2nd-inning grand slam off Yankees P Eddie Lopat as the first-place Bengals nip the onrushing New York Yankees, 6 – 5.
Tigers P Saul Rogovin hits a 2nd-inning grand slam off Yankees P Eddie Lopat as the first-place Bengals nip the onrushing New York Yankees, 6 – 5.
Larry Jansen’s five-hitter gives the Giants a 5 – 0 win over the Cubs. Johnny Mize’s 1st-inning homer off Russ Meyer provides all the scoring the Giants need.
Larry Jansen’s five-hitter gives the Giants a 5 – 0 win over the Cubs. Johnny Mize’s 1st-inning homer off Russ Meyer provides all the scoring the Giants need.
After missing 15 games with a torn rib cartilage, Ted Williams is 2 for 4 to help the Red Sox down the White Sox, 13 – 1. Bobby Doerr collects his 18th homer and adds a double and single to back Mickey Harris. Boston has now won nine straight to pull within a game and a half of the first-place Indians.
After missing 15 games with a torn rib cartilage, Ted Williams is 2 for 4 to help the Red Sox down the White Sox, 13 – 1. Bobby Doerr collects his 18th homer and adds a double and single to back Mickey Harris. Boston has now won nine straight to pull within a game and a half of the first-place Indians.
Ralph Kiner hits home runs number 24 and 25, breaking the Pirate record of 23 by Johnny Rizzo in 1938 and tied by Kiner as a rookie last year. Trailing home run king Johnny Mize, 14 to 3, at the end of May, Kiner will have 25 to Mize’s 31 by the end of July.
1947 – Ralph Kiner hits home runs number 24 and 25, breaking the Pirate record of 23 by Johnny Rizzo in 1938 and tied by Kiner as a rookie last year. Trailing home run king Johnny Mize, 14 to 3, at the end of May, Kiner will have 25 to Mize’s 31 by the end of July.
Bill Nicholson is walked with bases loaded during power serge
On July 23, 1944, In the eighth inning of the second game of a doubleheader, Giants manager Mel Ott orders his pitcher Andy Hansen to issue an intentional walk with the bases loaded to Bill Nicholson. The free pass to Swish, who has hit four consecutive home runs in the twin bill, doesn’t work when the Cubs…
1943 – Outfielders Luis Olmo, Augie Galan and Stan Bordagaray of the Dodgers account for 18 putouts in a game against Cincinnati.
1943 – Outfielders Luis Olmo, Augie Galan and Stan Bordagaray of the Dodgers account for 18 putouts in a game against Cincinnati.
1942 – After giving up a lead-off bloop single, Newark Eagles hurler Leon Day strikes out 18 Baltimore Elite Giants to set a Negro League record.
1942 – After giving up a lead-off bloop single, Newark Eagles hurler Leon Day strikes out 18 Baltimore Elite Giants to set a Negro League record.
