At Braves Field, in the second of two games, the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies start the match in daylight and finish under the lights, a first in the majors. The Phillies win, 6 – 5. Johnny Sain hurls the Braves to a 4 – 3 victory in the opener.
Vin Scully calls the first game of his illustrious 67-year career with the Dodgers, detailing Brooklyn’s 9-1 defeat to the Phillies on Opening Day at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. The 22-year old broadcaster, who will be awarded the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award by Bud Selig in 2014, will become the team’s primary announcer just three seasons later.
October 2, 1949, Brooklyn dogged Dodgers carried to the very last inning of the season scored two runs in the tenth Sunday to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 9 to 7 and win the National League pennant Held scoreless for four innings and facing their top season nemesis in slim Kenny Heintzelman the Brooks put together…
1949 – For the second time in his career, Ralph Kiner hits home runs in 4 consecutive at-bats, over 2 games. He performed the same feat in 1947. The 2 homers today are numbers 33 and 34 for the season. Kiner’s 1949 total will include 25 on the road, 29 at Forbes Field, 14 of them in the bullpen enclosure still known as Greenberg Gardens (which will become known as Kiner Korner).
On June 14, 1949, Eddie Waitkus of the Philadelphia Phillies is shot with a .22-caliber rifle by an obsessed 19-year-old fan named Ruth Ann Steinhagen. Waitkus suffers a collapsed right lung after being shot near his spine but will survive the bizarre attack on his life.
On June 2, 1949, At Shibe Park the Philadelphia Phillies tie a major league record by hitting five home runs in one inning against the Cincinnati Reds set by the 1939 New York Giants. Andy Seminick homers twice and hit three for the game, while Del Ennis, Willie “Puddin’ Head” Jones, and Schoolboy Rowe each…
1949 – Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Willie Jones hits four consecutive doubles, tying a National League mark with Dick Bartell (1933) and Ernie Lombardi (1935).
The Phillies set a major league record by tallying nine runs before making an out when they beat the Giants at Shibe Park, 12-7. Philadelphia sends 14 batters to the plate in the fateful first frame and scores a total of ten times to easily erase an early three-run deficit.
On July 16, 1948, a trio of major league teams makes managerial changes. Ben Chapman is fired by the Phillies (though owner Bob Carpenter insists he was “not fired” saying “I’d like to make it clear that there is a difference between firing a man and concluding business with him.”) and Dusty Cooke takes over on an interim basis. Eddie Sawyer, with no…
At Boston, Johnny Sain becomes the National League’s first 11-game winner, beating Robin Roberts and the Phils, 13 – 2. Alvin Dark has three hits, running his hitting streakto 21 games. In the 4th inning Dark triples off reliever Ken Heintzelman, then steals home.
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