Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page Roy Cullenbine Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman Bats: Both • Throws: Right 6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg) Born: October 18, 1913 in Nashville, TN Died: May 28, 1991 in Mount Clemens, MI Buried: Christian Memorial Cultural Cemetery, Rochester, MI Debut: April 19, 1938 (8,445th in major league history) vs. CHW 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB…
1945 – The Detroit Tigers score five runs in the 1st inning of Game 7 of the World Series, and rout the Cubs, 9 – 3, behind Hal Newhouser, who strikes out 10 to win the World Championship. The Cubs will not play another World Series game in the 20th century.
Detroit’s Hal Newhouser shuts out the A’s, 4 – 0, for his 20th win of the year. Hank Greenberg has his 15-game hitting streak stopped, but Roy Cullenbine and Doc Cramer add home runs.
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age! Sign Up or learn more October 1, 1942, At Sportsman Park, in Game 2, Walker Cooper’s two-run double in the first, the Cardinals’ first hit of the game, put…
1942 – Down 7 – 0 to Red Ruffing in the World Series opener, the Cardinals storm back for four 9th-inning runs, not enough to win but enough to portend the result of the WS.
On January 14, 1940, 91 players in the Detroit Tigers farm system are set free by commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who rules that the organization had improperly handled the players and makes them free agents. Among the notable players effected by the ruling who go on to major league careers are outfielders Roy Cullenbine, Benny McCoy, Dutch…