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70 years Ago: Post-World War Two Baseball Era Dawns
April 16 marked the 70th anniversary of the first regular season games
played after the World War Two years.
On Tuesday 4/16/1946 a full slate of games was played to start the new season (and new era).
The Spring Thaw hadn't set in throughout the North East and Mid-West and a New York writer described the
Phillies-NY giants game at The Polo Grounds that day as
attempting to play baseball in an ice box. Despite less than ideal weather conditions all
8 games were played to completion.
Hall Of Famers Mel Ott, Hank Greenberg, Ted Williams, Ernie Lombardi and Joe DiMaggio homered that day and
HOF pitchers Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser opened the season
with wins, with Feller getting a shutout.
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