pitchers go the distance in one of the greatest matchups ever. February February 19 – New York Giants OF Danny Gardella becomes the first major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League, the first shot in the series of events that will dominate baseball even more than the return of all the war veterans. His attempt to return to Major League Baseball a few years later will initiate a major court battle. March March 7 – Negro leaguer Marvin Williams, playing for the Sabios de Vargas against the Navegantes del Magallanes, sets a still-standing Venezuelan League mark by driving in eight runs on two home runs and two singles, while leading Vargas to a 16–9 victory. April April 18 – Jackie Robinson, signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers organization by owner Branch Rickey, makes his first appearance with the Montreal Royals in the International League. April 23 – Ed Head pitches a no-hitter as the Brooklyn Dodgers blank the Boston Braves, 5-0. April 30 – Bob Feller tosses the second no-hitter of his career in a 1-0 Cleveland Indians win over the New York Yankees. May June June 7 — The Pittsburgh Pirates' 36 active players vote 20–16 to authorize a strike rather than take the field against the New York Giants after club president William Benswanger refuses to negotiate with the American Baseball Guild, a nascent trade union. With player rosters expanded to 36 men (through June 15) because of the return of World War II veterans to their former teams, the union required a two-thirds vote (24 players) to legally authorize a job action. Thus the strike vote lost, dealing a lethal blow to the Guild. Later in 1946, owners offered minor concessions to players and effectively staved off the creation of a union until 1966. June 24 – A bus carrying the Spokane Indians Minor League Baseball team crashed on Snoqualmie Pass in Washington State in the worst accident in the history of all of U.S. professional sports, as of October 2007. Nine members of the 16-member team were killed and six were injured. Eight of those who died served in World War II. July July 9 – At Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, the American League crushes the National League, 12–0, in the All-Star Game. July 14 – Player-manager Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians hits four doubles and one