There was a time in major league history that there were two all-star games played during the season. From 1959 to 1962, there were a pair of games for four seasons to aid the pension fund for the players. However, that was not the first time there was more than one contest played. In 1942, […]
Category: 1940s Baseball History
Chuck Stevens is a name that is sometimes forgotten in the history of baseball. Stevens played in three seasons in the major leagues with the St. Louis Browns in 1941, 1946 and 1948. He was a career .251 hitter with four homers and 55 RBI. Born on July 10, 1918, Stevens is one of the […]
Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941 is legendary. A few weeks before establishing the iconic major league mark, DiMaggio actually broke the record of 44 games set by Willie Keeler with the old Baltimore Orioles in 1897. In a doubleheader at home on July 1, the New York Yankees superstar tied Keeler against the […]
It’s not how you start, but where you finish. That old adage really came into play for Hal Newhouser of the Detroit Tigers in 1945. Newhouser was not successful in either of his opening performances that season. He lost on Opening Day and in the first game of the World Series. However, it was his […]
Opening Day always brings feelings of hope and optimism among baseball fans. On the down side, nothing can be worse than watching your favorite team lose without getting a hit on the first day of the season. That’s what happened to the Chicago White Sox faithful on April 16, 1940. Hall-of-Fame legend Bob Feller tossed […]