» May 17, 1947: A seagull flies over Fenway Park and pelts St. Louis Browns P Ellis Kinder with a 3-pound smelt, missing him by a gill. The unflappable Kinder holds on to top the Red Sox, 4–2, giving up six hits, including Eddie Pellagrini's 3rd homer of the year. Mel Parnell gives up three runs in four innings for the loss.
» August 29, 1947: In St. Louis, Freddie Hutchinson does it all for Detroit, whipping the Browns, 5–4. After tripling against Ellis Kinder in the 3rd, Hutch takes advantage of the pitcher's big windup to swipe home. He also adds a single.
» November 18, 1947: The Red Sox acquire All-Star SS Vern Stephens and
pitchers Jack Kramer and Ellis Kinder from the Browns
in exchange for 10 players and $375,000.
» May 5, 1948: Against the Tigers, Red Sox P Mel Parnell has two balks called on successive pitches. He scatters 10 hits and gets no decision as reliever Ellis Kinder is the 4–3 winner. SS Vern Stephens participates in five DPs with Boston getting another going Ted Williams to Birdie Tebbetts.
» July 4, 1948: Ted Williams faces three pitchers in the 7th inning, a first in American League history, as Boston snaps a 5–5 tie by scoring 14 runs on 14 RBIs to beat the visiting Philadelphia Athletics, 20–8. A's pitcher Charlie Harris retires one batter in 14 and cough up 12 runs, before Bill McCahan takes over. Williams, who makes the final out in the inning, and Bobby Doerr tie records by drawing two walks apiece. Pitcher Ellis Kinder has two hits, off Harris and McCahan. The 14 runs in one inning is a record, but five years later they will do even better with 17 in one inning.
» July 17, 1948:
In a rare loss, the Tigers Virgil Trucks stops the Red Sox, 3–1. Ellis Kinder takes the loss.
» July 22, 1948:
Denny Galehouse returns to the Red Sox lineup and stops Chicago, 3–0. Vern Stephens clouts a 2-run homer. In the 2nd game, a 5–3 win, Stephens adds a homer to take over the American League RBI lead with 83. The winner is Ellis Kinder, the first of 18-straight wins over Chicago (through June 1, 1952).
» July 27, 1948:
A Tiger-record night crowd of 54,609 see Ellis Kinder and the Red Sox top Hal Newhouser, 8–0
» August 1, 1948: At Cleveland, the Tribe sweep a pair from the Red Sox, 12–2 and 6–1, to move into 2nd place in the American League. Bob Lemon coasts to his 14th win in the opener, beating Ellis Kinder. Larry Doby drives in four runs. Cleveland RF Edwards dislocates his shoulder crashing into the fence making a spectacular catch of Spence's home run bid. Sam Zoldak wins the nitecap. The Sox drop from 1st to 4th place with the double loss: Cleveland, New York and Boston are each a game back of the A's.
» August 4, 1948: In St. Louis, the Browns spot the Red Sox six runs in the first inning, then come back with seven of their own in the bottom of the inning. St. Louis scores two in the 9th off reliever Ellis Kinder to win, 9–8.
» August 28, 1948:
Vern Stephens is 4-for-4 with two doubles to pace the Red Sox to a 6–2 decision over Chicago. Ellis Kinder (6–7) is the only starter not to collect a hit for the first-place Sox.
» October 2, 1949:
The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox enter
the final day of the season tied for first
place. Nearly 70,000 pack Yankee Stadium to see the
finale. Vic Raschi nurses a 1-0 lead into
the 8th against Ellis Kinder before the Yankees score
4 against a tired Mel Parnell and an unlucky Tex Hughson.
A Sox rally falls short, and the Yankees win the game
and the pennant 5-3.
» June 5, 1950: After beating Chicago yesterday, 17–7, the Red Sox wallop Chicago again, winning 12–0. Mickey McDermott, replacing Ellis Kinder who leaves with a bad hip in the 1st inning, allows four hits to win. Billy Pierce is the loser.
» August 6, 1950: Boston P Ellis Kinder hits a grand slam off White Sox ace Billy Pierce, and totals six RBIs in the game. Kinder's HR comes after an intentional pass to Birdie Tebbetts. For "Old Folks," it is his first and only career homer. The Red Sox roll, 9–2. Kinder also stops rookie Chico Carrasquel's consecutive game batting steak of 24 games. Joe Dobson gives up seven hits in the nitecap and wins, 4–3, to give the Bosox a sweep.
» July 7, 1951: At Fenway, the Yankees lose to the Red Sox, 10–4 with the Sox being led by Clyde Vollmer's grand slam in the first inning. Vollmer had a 2-run triple in yesterday's 6–2 win over the Yankees. Mantle, a late inning defensive replacement, hits a ninth inning HR off Ellis Kinder, the complete game winner.
» July 12, 1951: The Red Sox and White Sox draw a record crowd of 52,592 for a twi-night doubleheader at Comiskey. Boston wins the opener, 3–2. In the second game, Saul Rogovin of the White Sox goes the route in a 17-inning contest, only to lose 5–4, on Clyde Vollmer's sac fly. Ellis Kinder of Boston pitches 10 scoreless innings in relief for the win.
» September 7, 1951:
The A's split a pair with the Red Sox, losing 8–5 to Bill Wight, before winning, 11–4. Billy Hitchcock has two triples and double in game two good for five RBIs. Bosox reliever Ellis Kinder makes his 54th appearance in the opener, breaking Wilcy Moore's club record set in 1931. Boston slips in the American League race to four games back.
» May 24, 1952: Jimmy Piersall and New York's Billy Martin first exchange insults before a game in Boston, then exchange punches in the tunnel under the stands. It takes coaches Bill Dickey and Oscar Melillo, along with starter Ellis Kinder, to break the fight up. Piersall goes to the clubhouse to change his bloody shirt and gets into another brawl with teammate Maury McDermott. He sits as Ellis Kinder stops the Yanks, 5–2.
» May 30, 1952:
The Senators and Red Sox split a pair, Washington taking the opener, 5–2, and Boston the nitecap, 5–3. Tom Ferrick beats Ellis Kinder in Game One behind Eddie Yost's 3-run homer, while in game two Mel Parnell wins his 17th in a row against Washington. Parnell last lost to Washington on May 28, 1948. Kinder (vs. Chicago) and Parnell are tied for Red Sox record for consecutive wins against an opponent, but Kinder will move ahead on June 1. The Senators will run up a streak of their own winning their next nine vs. Boston.
» May 12, 1953:
In Boston, P Ellis Kinder walks two White Sox batters in the 10th inning, and they come around to score. The Red Sox lose 9–7, Kinder's first loss to Chicago after 18 straight victories, stretching back to June 24, 1948. His 18 straight wins over one club is a Red Sox record.
» May 18, 1953:
The Tigers and Red Sox split a pair, with Detroit winning the opener 5–2 behind Ned Garver. Walt Dropo has a single, double and triple against his old teammates. His first inning single, off the Green Monster, drives in his American League-leading 26th run. The Sox win the nitecap, 8–5 behind Mel Parnell (5-0) and Ellis Kinder.
» July 19, 1953:
Boston lefty Mickey McDermott and relief P Ellis Kinder combine for a one-hitter against Cleveland. OF Al Smith's fourth-inning single is the only Tribe safety.
» September 17, 1953:
Ellis Kinder of the Red Sox sets the AL record for
most relief appearances with 62.
» December 5, 1955: The Cardinals buy 41-year-old Ellis Kinder from the Bosox. He will team up with the like-aged Walker Cooper to form just the second 40+ battery. Curt Davis and Clyde Sukeforth, in 1945, are the other duo.
» July 11, 1956:
The White Sox purchase Cardinal relief P Ellis Kinder.
» May 15, 1957:
With the May 15 deadline to cut rosters to 25 players, a number of veterans are handed their walking papers. Among them are: pitchers Ellis Kinder and Jim McDonald, OF Bob Kennedy (White Sox), 1B Preston Ward (Indians), 1B Eddie Robinson (Tigers).
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