» May 28, 1949: White Sox rookie LF Gus Zernial breaks his collarbone making a diving catch against Cleveland. He will be out of action for two months. The Indians push across a run in the 9th against Howie Judson to win for Early Wynn, 3–2.

» September 20, 1950: The Red Sox pennant hopes are jolted the Indians who take a doubleheader sweep, 6–3 and 7–1. The losses drop the Yawkeymen out of a second place with Detroit. Bob Lemon wins his 21st in the opener, and Early Wynn cops his 17th in game 2. Easter and Gordon homer to give the Tribe a club-record 156. Goodman, hitting .357, is 2-for-8 to go over 400 at bats and qualify for the hitting title. He is leading George Kell by 14 points.

» June 20, 1951: Cleveland IF Bobby Avila hits three HRs going 5-for-6 against the Red Sox. His 15 total bases will stand as a team record until surpassed by Rocky Colavito in l959. Before today, Avila had hit just one homer against the Bosox. Cleveland outslugs Boston to win 14–8, as Early Wynn earns the complete game win.

» August 11, 1951: Behind the four-hit pitching of Early Wynn, the Indians defeat the White Sox 2–1 in front of a Ladies Night crowd of 70,119. Wynn's homer in the 7th gives the Tribe (68-39) and negates 2nd-inning homers by Eddie Robinson and Al Rosen. It's the Tribes 9th straight win to stay deadlocked with the Yankees for first place. Loser Joe Dobson, who has beaten Wynn twice this year, gives up just six hits.

» August 15, 1951: Al Rosen belts a first inning grand slam to jump start the Indians to a 9–4 win over the Browns, their 13th in a row. For Rosen, it is his 4th slam of the year, just the 9th player to accomplish the feat. Ned Garver gives up seven runs in the first inning in losing to Early Wynn.

» August 24, 1951: Against Cleveland's Early Wynn, Gene Woodling cracks his 3rd homer off the Tribe ace this year, as the Yanks win, 2–0. Woodling went deep on Wynn on June 24th, July 24th and today. Mickey Mantle makes his first appearance since his recall from the minors.

» August 28, 1951: The Indians triumph over the A's, 1–0, on Bob Kennedy's homer off Sam Zoldak. It is Sam's 2nd 1–0 loss to the Tribe. Early Wynn wins his 15th to keep the Indians a game ahead of New York, 7–5 winners in 10 innings at St. Louis.

» September 19, 1951: Larry Doby of the Indians walks five times in a 15-2 cakewalk over the Red Sox in Boston. Early Wynn picks up his 20th win. Cleveland now returns home for with five of six games against Detroit; their record is 16–1 against the Tigers.

» May 4, 1952: Boston 1B Faye Throneberry hits his 2nd grand slam of the season off Early Wynn of the Indians, but the Tribe wins, 9–6. The Red Sox have accounted for all four of the American League's grand slams thus far, as the infielder joins teammates Walt Dropo and Don "Footsie" Lenhardt.

» May 12, 1953: Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees allows only rival pitcher Early Wynn's infield single in the 6th in beating the Indians 7–0. New York increases its lead to two games over the 2nd-place Indians.

» July 4, 1954: Indians Mike Garcia, Ray Narleski, and Early Wynn, in a rare relief role, shut down the White Sox 2-1, only allowing Minnie Minoso's ninth-inning single.

» September 25, 1954: Early Wynn 2-hits the Tigers 11-1 for his league-leading 23rd win as the Indians notch their 111th victory, a new AL record eclipsing the 110 wins of the 1927 Yankees.

» September 30, 1954: With lefty Johnny Antonelli going the distance, the Giants defeat Early Wynn and the Indians 3-1 in game 2. Dusty Rhodes drives in all the Giants runs with a pinch-hit single and a solo HR. The Indians' only score is a first-pitch HR by leadoff hitter Al Smith.

» May 11, 1955: At Yankee Stadium, Early Wynn survives solo homers by Andy Carey and Mickey Mantle to give Cleveland a 4–3 victory.

» May 8, 1956: Mickey Mantle clouts an Early Wynn pitch in the 6th to tie the Indians at 2–2, and New York edges the Tribe 4–3.

» May 8, 1957: The Indians clout three homers to back Early Wynn's 10–4 win over the Yankees. Mickey Mantle has a homer and three RBIs for New York.

» December 4, 1957: The White Sox send fan-favorite Minnie Minoso and infielder Fred Hatfield to the Indians for P Early Wynn and OF Al Smith. Wynn coming off his 1st losing season, will rebound with the White Sox, topping the American League in wins and innings in 1959. The trade was the first for the new Indians' GM Frank Lane.

» June 5, 1958: In the opener of two, the Yanks rout Sox starter Early Wynn for a 12–5 win at the Stadium. In the 3rd, Mickey Mantle legs out his 3rd inside-the-park homer in a month. The Sox take the nitecap, edging New York, 3–2.

» June 19, 1958: Early Wynn of the White Sox hurls a 2-hitter—his 2nd of the year—in beating Boston, 4–0.

» June 24, 1958: The Yankees erupt for five runs in the 4th inning off Early Wynn to beat the Sox 6–2 at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle's clout into the CF bleachers leads off the inning, followed by a single, walk and Jerry Lumpe's first ML home run, and a home run by Siebern. Duren K's six of the last nine batters to preserve Bob Turley's win.

» April 11, 1959: The White Sox top the Tigers, 5–3, as Early Wynn racks up his 250th career victory. He retires the last 10 batters in tossing a complete game. Luis Aparicio hits a homer, and Sherm Lollar belts two.

» May 1, 1959: White Sox P Early Wynn, 39, pitches a one-hitter for a 1–0 victory over Boston. He fans 14 and belts a home run in the 8th, off Tom Brewer, for the only run.

» July 17, 1959: Chicago's Early Wynn and the Yankees Ralph Terry match zeros for eight innings at Yankee Stadium, before Chicago's Jim McAnany collects the first Sox hit in the 9th. Jim Landis adds a 2nd hit to drive home two runs to give the Sox the 2–0 win. Wynn matched Terry by also allowing just two hits.

» July 21, 1959: In a 2–1 loss to the White Sox, Pumpsie Green pinch runs for the Red Sox, who become the last ML team to play a black player. Tomorrow, Green goes 0-for-3 against Early Wynn in a 5–4 Sox win that propels them into 1st place.

» August 30, 1959: Before 66,586 fans in Cleveland, the White Sox sweep a doubleheader with the Indians to move in front by six 1/2 games. Former Indian Early Wynn, judged too old at 39, wins the opener 6–3, then the Sox win the nitecap 9–4. Another former Indian, Al Smith, scores from 2nd on a fly ball. The Sox will beat the Indians 15 out of 22 games this season.

» September 22, 1959: The "Go-Go" White Sox clinch their first pennant in 40 years with a 4-2 win over the 2nd-place Indians. Early Wynn gets the win, with Gerry Staley saving the game in the 9th.

» October 29, 1959: Early Wynn of the White Sox wins the Cy Young Award, getting 13 of the 16 votes.

» November 12, 1959: The White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins the American League's MVP award. Teammates Luis Aparicio and Early Wynn finish 2nd and 3rd in the voting.

» April 24, 1960: Lou Berberet's first-inning grand slam off Early Wynn at Detroit is the AL's 3rd of the day, tying the major-league record for number of slams on one day in one league. The Tigers beat the White Sox 12–4.

» May 4, 1960: The Orioles C Gus Triandos sets American League records with three passed balls in one inning (6th) and four in one game, but Hoyt Wilhelm, making a rare start, goes seven innings and gets credit for a 6–4 Baltimore win over the White Sox. Early Wynn records his 2,000th strikeout in a no-decision effort for the Sox. Triandos' PB mark for an inning will be tied by reserve backstop Myron Ginsberg in six days, and Tom Egan will collect five PBs in 1970 to erase Gus' name.

» May 20, 1960: At Comiskey Park, Ted Kluszewski drives in four runs to lead the White Sox to a 5–3 win, the 9th in a row at home for Chicago. Mickey Mantle hits a 2-run homer in the 9th inning 2-run shot off Early Wynn, the winner. Chicago leads Cleveland in the American League by one 1/2 games.

» June 11, 1960: At Fenway, the White Sox set an American League record with just seven assists in a twi-night doubleheader split against the Red Sox, losing 5–4 and winning 8–4. With two assists in the first game and five in the 2nd, Chicago also sets an AL record for fewest assists in two consecutive games. Don Buddin hits a leadoff home run in the day game off Early Wynn, who allows just one more hit till the 6th. After a Runnels single, Wynn knocks down Williams with an inside pitch. Ted then belts his 497th homer, a 450-foot shot. Wertz follows a walk to Williams in the 8th with a home run.

» July 13, 1961: Chicago's Early Wynn gets an early departure as he retires just two Yankees in the first inning. Then Mickey Mantle (30th) and Roger Maris (34th) belt back-to-back homers to send the vet to the showers. For Mantle, it is the 13th homer in his career off Wynn, his favorite target. New York wins, 6–2

» July 6, 1962: The Indians regain first place from the Angels, as Ruben Gomez beats Early Wynn and the White Sox 5–3.

» August 1, 1962: Nothing less than Bill Monbouquette's no-hitter is necessary to defeat Early Wynn and the White Sox 1–0. The Red Sox pitcher improves his record to 9-10.

» September 28, 1962: At Chicago, the Yanks score two in the 7th and four in the 8th to beat the White Sox, 7–3, spoiling Early Wynn's bid for his 300th win.

» November 15, 1962: The White Sox release Early Wynn so that the 299-game winner will be free to deal with other clubs, and earn his 300th.

» May 31, 1963: Veteran pitcher Early Wynn signs with the Indians.

» July 13, 1963: At Kansas City in the 2nd game of a doubleheader, Cleveland's Early Wynn leaves with a lead after struggling through five innings. Four scoreless relief innings by Jerry Walker enables Wynn to score his 300th career victory 7–4. It has taken Wynn eight tries to cop his 300th (and last) career win.

» January 21, 1971: The BBWAA fails to elect anyone in the annual Hall of Fame election. With 270 votes required, the nearest finishers are Yogi Berra (242) and Early Wynn (240).

» January 19, 1972: The BBWAA elects Sandy Koufax (344 votes), Yogi Berra (339), and Early Wynn (301) to the Hall of Fame. Koufax makes it in his first try and, at 36, is the youngest honoree in history.

» June 5, 1981: Houston's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as baseball's all-time walk leader, walking two batters in a 3–0 win over the Mets to raise his total to 1,777. Ryan also fans 10 batters while pitching a 5-hitter.

» May 6, 1982: At the Kingdome, Gaylord Perry (3-2) becomes the 15th pitcher to win 300 career games, beating the Yankees 7–3. Perry gives up nine hits and six walks in beating Doyle Alexander, and he is the first pitcher to reach the 300-win plateau since Early Wynn in 1963. Perry allegedly wears a different uniform each inning in order to sell them as memorabilia. The Yanks and Alexander lose more than the game: after giving up five runs in 3rd, Alexander enters the dugout and punches the wall, breaking a knuckle and sidelining himself for two months.

» July 30, 1990: Nolan Ryan becomes the 20th 300 game winner in history, in a 11–3 Texas win over Milwaukee. Ryan is not around to finish, joining Steve Carlton and Early Wynn as the only pitchers not to hurl a complete game for their 300th win.