Paw Paw Charles Maxwell Memorial

Paw Paw, Michigan celebrated Charlie Maxwell Days on August 7- 8, 2010. The two day event started Saturday in downtown Paw Paw at the Carnegie Center. From 10:00 to 3:00, family, friends and fans were able to attend the open house and view a slide show and memorabilia. Following this event there was an open reception at the La Cantina Restorante, several hundred had the chance to meet Charlie and get autographs. Charlie was equally as pleasant with those in front of the long line as he was with the autograph seekers at the end. Charlie Maxwell addresses the crowd at a celebration in his honor During the 1958 baseball season, Tigers outfielder Charlie Maxwell tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs in a Sunday doubleheader against the New York Yankees. More than a quarter of his career home runs, 40 out of 148, came on Sundays. He inherited the nickname “Sunday Charlie” along with “Ol’ Paw Paw.” On Sunday August 8th, 2010 Charlie once again was the star of a doubleheader. First a beautiful two-sided monument was unveiled in his honor, followed by the naming of the ball diamond, “Charlie Maxwell Ball Diamond.”