BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

The men who built Major League Baseball
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In 1971 Vida Blue was 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA, 24 Complete Games, and 8 Shutouts, capturing the AL Cy Young and MVP He was 21
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1899 Louisville infielder Honus Wagner steals second, third, and home plate during the fourth inning of the Colonels' 7-1 victory over the Giants at Eclipse Park. The 25-year-old 'Flying Dutchman' will accomplish the stolen base cycle four times, establishing a major league record he shares with Ty Cobb.
1906 After pitching 10.2 innings of no-hit ball, Harry McIntire yields a single to Pirates second baseman Claude Ritchey. The Dodgers and McIntire lose the game in the 13th on an unearned run, 1-0.
1918 The Pirates break the longest scoreless tie in baseball history when the team tallies two runs in the top of the twenty-first inning for an eventual 2-0 victory at Braves Field. The Giants and Reds will match the mark in 1967 when each team is held scoreless for twenty innings until the decisive run scores in the next frame on a bases-loaded walk to Dick Groat.
1923 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells the team to a syndicate led by J. A. Robert Quinn, the Browns' business manager. The Broadway producer will always be remembered and cursed in New England for selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920.
1924 Dazzy Vance strikes out seven consecutive batters to establish a major league record when the Brooklyn Robins defeat the Cubs at Ebbets Field, 4-0. The future Hall of Famer will compile a 28-6 record for the Brooks this season, leading the National League in strikeouts with 262.
1933 Carl Hubbell's 45.1 consecutive scoreless innings streak ends when Randy Moore strokes a two-run single in the sixth inning of the Giants' 3-1 loss to Boston at the Polo Grounds. By blanking Boston for the first five frames, the future Hall of Fame southpaw surpasses Ed Ruelbach's National League mark of 44 innings established in 1908 with the Cubs.
1941 On Ladies' Day at Yankee Stadium, Lefty Gomez breaks the major league mark for walks in a shutout by issuing 11 free passes in the 9-0 victory over St. Louis. The New York southpaw extends the team's streak of holding the opponents scoreless to 21 consecutive innings, tossing a five-hitter, improving his record to 10-3.
1945 At the Polo Grounds, Mel Ott hits his 500th career home run off Johnny Hutchings in the Giants' 9-2 victory over the Braves. 'Master Melvin' becomes the third major leaguer to accomplish the historic feat, joining Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx in reaching the career milestone.
1945 Irwin Hall is credited with a single after his line drive winds up inside Dutch Leonard's pants after it hits the Senators right-hander in the stomach. The Washington starter may have lost the shortstop's batted ball but wins when he goes the distance in the team's 2-1 victory over Philadelphia at Griffith Stadium.
1952 Boston starter Max Surkont matches goose eggs with the Reds' Ken Raffenberger during the first eight innings in a scoreless duel at Braves Field. The hard-luck right-hander will lose the game when he uncorks two wild pitches in the ninth inning, allowing two unearned runs to score.
1957 Gil Hodges, in a 12-3 win over the Cubs, hits his 13th and last career grand slam in Brooklyn Dodger history. The first baseman's bases-loaded shot off Dick Littlefield establishes a new National League record, previously shared by Rogers Hornsby and Ralph Kiner.
1962 At White Sox Park, Bill Monbouquette, facing 28 batters, beats Chicago, 1-0, becoming the second Red Sox hurler this season to throw a no-hitter. The only blemish to the right-hander's gem is a second-inning base-on-balls with two outs to Al Smith.
(Ed. Note: Five weeks ago, Earl Wilson also threw a no-no, beating the Angels at Fenway Park, 2-0. - LP)

1968 Stan Bahnsen, who will be named the AL Rookie of the Year, sets the Yankee freshman record for strikeouts in a game, whiffing 12 batters en route to hurling a 1-0 masterpiece over Boston at Fenway Park. The 23-year-old right-hander's mark will last 30 years until Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez strikes out one more in a 1998 game against Texas.
1970 At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Pittsburgh left fielder Willie Stargell accumulates 14 total bases with three doubles and two home runs. The outfielder's five extra-base hits power the Pirates past the Braves, 20-10.
1972 Nate Colbert becomes the second player to hit five home runs in a doubleheader, a feat he witnessed as an eight-year-old Cardinal fan at Sportsman's Park when Stan Musial first accomplished it in 1954. The Padres slugger also breaks Stan the Man'sNL mark for RBIs in a twin bill when he drives in 13 runs, and his 22 total bases set a major league record.
1972 In the nightcap, the Phillies salvage a split of the twin bill when Steve Carlton, who sees his 30 consecutive scoreless innings streak snapped in the fourth, beats the Mets at Shea Stadium, 4-1. New York outlasted Philadelphia in the opener, scoring a run in the bottom of the 18th inning for a 3-2 victory.
1975 Replacing Bill Virdon, who never won a game at Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers named Billy Martin their skipper, the first of his five hirings to run the team. During the two-year tenure of their former manager, a span covering the 1974 and 1975 seasons, the club played its home games at Shea Stadium during the remodeling of the Bronx ballpark.
1977 Willie McCovey extends his own National League record when he hits his 18th career grand slam in the third inning of the Giants' 9-2 victory over Montreal at Olympic Stadium. The 39-year-old first baseman adds another round-tripper in the seventh, bringing his total to 484 major league home runs.
1978 Pete Rose, making the last out when he strikes out on a Gene Garber change-up, goes 0-for-4, ending his 44-game hitting streak, one contest shy of breaking the National League record. The Reds' third baseman tied Willie Keeler's 1897 National League record last night with a hit off future Hall of Famer Phil Niekro.
1982 The Hall of Fame inducts Hank Aaron, the career leader in home runs (755) and RBIs (2,297), Frank Robinson, the first MVP in both leagues and first black manager in the majors, and Travis Jackson, an outstanding shortstop in the 1920s. Happy Chandler, the commissioner when baseball broke the color line, is also an inductee of this year's Cooperstown class.




1986 In a game featuring Kirby Puckett hitting for the cycle and Bert Blyleven becoming the tenth major leaguer to record his 3,000th strikeout, the Twins celebrate their 25th anniversary. The Minnesota right-hander, who tosses a two-hitter, reaches the historic milestone by whiffing Mike Davis in the fifth inning, his eighth of the game, en route to a career-high of 15 in the team's 10-1 victory over Oakland at the Metrodome.
1994 En route to setting the major league mark with 2,632, Cal Ripken joins Lou Gehrig as the second major leaguer to play in 2,000 consecutive games in the Orioles' 1-0 victory over Minnesota at the Metrodome. Jeff Conine has the second-longest streak held by a current player, with 267 straight contests for Florida.
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The Angels retire Jim Fregosi uniform no. 11, honoring its first star and his role as skipper (237-248, during his nearly four seasons), winning the first title (1979 AL West Division) in the Halos' 19-year existence. Acquired from the Red Sox in the 1960 expansion draft, the 18-year-old shortstop played 11 productive seasons with the club, establishing franchise marks for games (1,429) and hits (1,408) before being traded to the Mets for Nolan Ryan.

1998 Garret Anderson goes hitless in four at-bats in an 11-3 defeat to Boston, ending the longest hitting streak in Angel history at 28 games. During the historic stretch of contests, the 26-year-old outfielder has collected at least one hit in every game Anaheim played in July, batting .405 (47 hits in 116 at-bats).
1998 The Braves, donning 1940 Atlanta Black-Crackers-styled uniforms, beat the Cardinals, wearing throwback uniforms of the 1928 St. Louis Stars, 3-1, at Turner Field. Players wearing replica uniforms to honor the history of Negro League clubs have become common at major league games.





1998 Tony Clark sets an American League record by homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this season. The Tiger switch-hitter's offensive output, including a first-inning two-run blast batting right-handed and a solo shot in the seventh as a southpaw swinger, contributes to the team's 8-0 victory over the Devil Rays at Tropicana Field.
1998 The Royals steal eight bases, including four swipes by infielder Jose Offerman, to tie a team record for swipes during a 9-5 victory over the Orioles. Johnny Damon, Larry Sutton, Jeff King, and Mendy Lopez also contribute to the thievery on the basepaths.
2000 In a 10-0 victory, Orioles' right-hander Mike Mussina strikes out a club-record 15 batters when he keeps the Twins hitless through six innings. 'Moose' finishes the Camden Yards contest with his third career one-hitter.
2000 Craig Biggio tears the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his knee during a collision with Marlin outfielder Preston Wilson and will miss the rest of the season. The injury puts the Astros' 34-year-old second baseman on the disabled list for the first time during his 13-year career.
2001 For the thirty-third time in the team's history, the Tigers turn a triple play when Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first base to complete Detroit's first triple killing since July 3rd, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.




2002 The Expos trade recently acquired outfielder Cliff Floyd (.275, 21, 61) to the Red Sox for two minor league right-handed pitchers from South Korea, Seung Song and Sun-Woo Kim. Although denied by all involved, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner suspects the Expos, owned by major league baseball, made the trade to help his club's top rival.
2005 After denying taking any banned substances knowingly, Rafael Palmeiro becomes the highest-profile player suspended for violating the MLB steroids policy. The Orioles' first baseman told the House Government Reform Committee this spring that published allegations by Jose Canseco of his steroids use was "absolutely false" and had considered suing his former teammate over the accusation.
2005 Joe Garagiola Jr., the first and only general manager in Diamondback history, will leave Arizona to work with the commissioner's office. The son of the former Cardinal catcher and national broadcaster will become MLB's senior VP of baseball operations beginning on August 15th.
2005 During an interview on MLB.com, Barry Bonds admits his injured right knee will most likely keep him from playing this season. The 41-year-old Giants slugger needs 12 home runs to pass Babe Ruth (714) and 54 to pass Hank Aaron (755) to become the all-time home run leader.
2006 At Turner Field in a game against the Braves, Miguel Tejada plays in his 1,000th consecutive game, the seventh longest in major league history. The Oriole shortstop's streak began on June 2nd, 2000, as a member of the Oakland A's.
2006 Carlos Guillen, needing a two-bagger to complete the cycle, stretches a single into a double, much to the delight of the Tampa Bay fans. The Detroit shortstop is the tenth Tiger to accomplish the feat, but it is the first time it has occurred during a Devil Ray game.




2007 Before tonight's 5-3 extra-inning victory against the Twins, Buddy Bell announces that he will leave his post as the Royals' manager at the end of the season. The 54-year-old skipper will join the organization's front office next season as a senior adviser to Kansas City's GM Dayton Moore.
2007 The Twins, rather than send 25,000 fans back out onto crowded highways, decide to play tonight's game against the Royals after observing a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the nearby bridge collapse. Minnesota will postpone tomorrow's game at the Metrodome.




2010 The Mets induct four new members, all of whom played an instrumental role in the 1986 World Championship, to the team's Hall of Fame. Former GM Frank Cashen, previous skipper Davey Johnson, and two former All-Stars, slugger Darryl Strawberry and right-hander Dwight Gooden, join 21 other persons to be recognized by the club since the inception of the honor in 1981.
2011 After popping out in a pinch-hitting appearance, Craig Counsell remains without a hit in his last 45 at-bats, tying the longest single-season hitless streak by a position player in history, established by Brooklyn backstop Bill Bergen in 1909. The major league record is 0-for-70, established in 1970 by Bob Buhl, a pitcher who toiled with the Braves and Cubs that season.
2013 The Red Sox score six times in the ninth inning, overcoming a 7-2 deficit en route to their 11th walk-off victory this season. Daniel Nava's one-out walk-off single seals the deal in Boston's 8-7 amazing comeback victory over the Mariners at Fenway Park.




2015 Clayton Kershaw strikes out Mike Trout looking with a wicked curveball, marking the first time the reigning MVPs have faced one another in a major league game. The interleague contest between the two LA teams ends with the Dodger southpaw keeping the Angel outfielder 0-for-3 while hurling eight innings in the team's 3-1 victory over the Halos at Chavez Ravine.
2016 Royals starter Danny Duffy sets a franchise record when he strikes out 16 batters in the team's 3-0 victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field. The 27-year-old southpaw surpasses the mark established by Zack Greinke, who whiffed hitters 15 in a 2009 contest against the Indians.
2022 Braves outfielder Austin Riley, 25, signs the most lucrative contract in franchise history, agreeing to a 10-year, $212 million extension. The agreement continues the club's long-term commitment to their talented young players, including Ronald Acuña, Matt Olson, and Ozzie Albies.
2023 The Mets end their tumultuous day, which sees the team continuing to dismantle the underperforming high-payroll roster with future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander traded to the Astros for prospects, losing to the Royals on a tenth-inning walk-off balk. Without throwing a pitch in his appearance, Josh Walker commits the bases-loaded miscue while trying to communicate with his batterymate, Francisco Alvarez, allowing M.J. Melendez to score the winning run in Kansas City's 7-6 victory at Kauffman Stadium.

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Today in All Teams History
August 3rd​

1906 Senator right-hander Tom Hughes becomes the first pitcher to post a 1-0 victory in an extra-inning game with his home run. Long Tom's solo shot off Fred Glade in the top of the tenth frame proves to be the difference in the team's victory over the Browns at Sportsman's Park.

1914 In the seventh inning of the Yankees' 4-1 loss to Detroit at the Polo Grounds, Bronx Bomber backstop Les Nunamaker has three assists to become the first catcher to accomplish the feat since 1887. The 25-year-old guns down Sam Crawford and Bobby Veach trying to steal and picks off Hugh High off second base in the frame, marking the only time a backstop has three assists in the same inning this century.

1933 A's southpaw Lefty Grove limits New York to five hits, going the distance in Philadelphia's 7-0 victory at Yankee Stadium. The left-hander's shutout marks the first time that the Bronx Bombers have not scored a run a game since August 2, 1931, a span of 309 games.

1940 During the Reds' road trip in Boston, backup catcher Willard Hershberger is found dead in his room after taking his life at the Copley Plaza Hotel. Having talked with his fragile player for hours after the game, Cincinnati skipper Bill McKechnie thought he had consoled the worn-out backstop, who was distraught about leaving runners on base in every at-bat with his 0-for-5 performance at the plate.

1948 Negro League legend Satchel Paige makes his first major league start, hurling seven innings, leading the Indians over the Senators, 5-3. Before today's game, the future Hall of Famer made eight appearances in relief, compiling a 1-1 record for the Tribe.

1957 Pirates manager Bobby Bragan hears he has been fired on the radio and replaced by Philadelphia third-base coach Danny Murtaugh. Pittsburgh general manager Joe L. Brown leaked news of the hiring before informing his disposed skipper.

1959 For the first time in major league history, a second All-Star Game occurs in the same season, when the American League beats the Senior Circuit, 5-3. White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox's single drives in New York's Tony Kubek with the decisive run in the top of the seventh inning of the Los Angeles Coliseum contest.

1959 In the third inning of the second All-Star Game this summer, Yogi Berra's two-run home run off Dodgers right-hander Don Drysdale at the LA Memorial Coliseum proves to be the difference in the American League's 5-3 victory over the Senior Circuit. The home run will be the last hit by a Bronx Bomber in a Midsummer Classic game for 41 years until Derek Jeter goes deep in 2001.

1961 In the largest shutout score in a National League night game, the Pirates beat the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park, 19-0. Harvey Haddix throws a four-hit complete game for the Bucs in a game that takes only two hours and thirty-six minutes to play.

1962 With his sixth home run in three consecutive games, Frank Thomas ties a National League record when he goes deep off Cincinnati's Joey Jay in the bottom of the seventh inning of a Mets 8-6 loss at the Polo Grounds. The right-handed slugger, who equaled the mark with a pair of round-trippers in each game, will add another homer to his club-leading total in tomorrow's contest.

1967 Charlie Finley fires his manager Alvin Dark after the two disagree over the owner's handling of player discipline. 'Charlie O' had fined and suspended Lew Krausse, Jr. for the pitcher's reported rowdy behavior on a team flight, prompting the team's first baseman Ken Harrelson, who will also be released, to call the A's owner a menace to the sport.

1967 The Red Sox obtain catcher Elston Howard from the Yankees for cash and two players to be named later, with pitchers Peter Magrini and Ron Klimkowski being sent to New York to complete the trade. The 38-year-old backstop will hit only .147 for his new team, but his veteran presence will contribute to Boston capturing the American League pennant.

1967 The Braves set a club mark by hitting seven home runs in a 10-3 victory over the Cubs, thanks to Tito Francona, Joe Torre (2), Clete Boyer (2), Denis Menke, and Hank Aaron all contributing to the record. Atlanta's round-trippers come during the first five frames of the Wrigley Field contest, and all are solo shots, except for Boyer's two-run blast in the third inning.

1967"The pennant should be decided in the traditional manner."- WARREN GILES, National League President.
A joint meeting in Chicago, foreseen as a formality, becomes a four-hour fierce debate when American League and National League owners strongly disagree on implementing divisional play for next season. The AL owners unanimously agree to the plan, but the Senior Circuit brass makes it clear they will oppose any effort by the American League to implement the change by itself, citing the scenario that an AL division winner could be a fourth-place club could play a pennant winner in the World Series.

1969 Rich Reese's pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh inning helps the Twins beat the Orioles and Dave McNally at Metropolitan Stadium, 5-2. The defeat is the southpaw's first loss of the season, ending his fifteen-game winning streak.

1975 Denny Doyle, acquired from California in June for a player to be named (Chuck Ross) later and cash, extends his hitting streak to 22 games with a first-inning home run in the Red Sox's 6-4 victory over Detroit at Fenway Park. The usually light-hitting infielder will bat .310 for Boston after playing a pivotal role in Boston's successful pennant drive.

1978 In a 5-4 victory against the Dodgers at Candlestick Park, Giants' first baseman Willie McCovey hits his 504th home run off Don Sutton, establishing him as the National League all-time left-handed home run leader. Southpaw swinger Eddie Mathews had previously led the NL, collecting 503 round-trippers playing for the Braves and Astros, with another nine for Detroit in the American League at the end of his 17-year career.

1979 At Yankee Stadium, over 51,000 mourners attend a memorial service for Thurman Munson. The Bronx Bombers' captain died yesterday, piloting a plane that crashed 1,000 feet short of the runway at Akron-Canton Airport.




1979 The Yankees purchase Lenny Randle from Pittsburgh to fill the roster spot of Thurman Munson, who died in a plane crash yesterday. The 31-year-old former Pirates utility outfielder and designated hitter will appear in only 20 games for the Bronx Bombers, with Jerry Narron replacing the Captain as the team's backstop.

1982 Frank White hits for the cycle for the second time in his career. The second baseman completes the feat with a two-out triple in the ninth inning, giving Kansas City a 6-5 walk-off victory over Detroit at Royals Stadium.

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At the players' request, the Angels retire their first number in franchise history, honoring Gene Autry with the #26 to commemorate the team's first owner as the 26th man on the club's roster. The 'Singing Cowboy,' well-known for his roles in Hollywood westerns, acquired the American League expansion club in 1960, owning it for 38 years until he died in 1998.

1986 First-ballot inductee Giant first baseman Willie McCovey, the BBWAA's only choice, is enshrined in the Hall of Fame, along with the Veterans Committee's selections of Red Sox second baseman Bobby Doerr and the late Ernie Lombardi, a catcher best known for his playing days with the Reds and Giants. Pirates announcer Bob Prince and Cincinnati beat writer Earl Lawson, respectively, accept the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence and the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions

1987 Home plate umpire Tim Tschida throws out Joe Niekro after discovering an emery board on the Twins' starting pitcher. The 42-year-old knuckleballer will receive an automatic ten-day suspension from the American League for defacing the ball.

1987 After his ejection in the bottom of the 12th inning for arguing a close call at first, the Columbia Mets manager Butch Hobson yanks the base out of the ground and brings it into the clubhouse in protest. The bounced skipper is convinced to return the stolen property to the field because the team has only one set of bases, but only after he sprays the bag orange to make it easier to see for the umpire.
1989 In an 18-2 rout of the Astros, the Reds set a major league record for the most hits in the first inning, with 16 when they score 14 runs in the Riverfront Stadium contest. The 38-minute half-inning features 12 singles, three doubles, and a Ken Griffey, Jr. home run.





1995 Making his first start for the Rockies since being acquired from the Mets, Brett Saberhagen gives up 13 hits and walks three batters but gets the win in the team's 9-4 victory over the Dodgers. The sellout crowd gives their new hurler an enthusiastic standing ovation when he departs with one out in the seventh inning.

1997 Jeromy Burnitz, coming off the bench in the Brewers' 6-5 loss to Seattle at County Stadium, homers as a pinch-hitter for the second consecutive time, tying an American League record. The major league mark for consecutive pinch-hit appearances with a home run is three, shared by Lee Lacy (Dodgers - May 2, 6, and 17, 1978) and Del Unser (Phillies - June 30, July 5, and 10, 1979).

1998 In the eighth inning of the Astros' 11-3 loss to Florida, C.J. Nitkowski hits three consecutive batters, becoming only the third hurler to accomplish this rare feat in major league history since 1900. The Houston southpaw shares the dubious distinction with two other hurlers who also spent time in Columbus (OH) as minor leaguers, Dock Ellis (1974 Pirates) and Wilbur Wood (1977 White Sox).

1998 In the team's 14-1 loss to the Yankees at Network Associates Coliseum, A's starter Mike Oquist gives up fourteen earned runs, becoming the first pitcher to give up that many runs in an appearance since 1977 when Bill Travers accomplished the dubious feat hurling for the Brewers. The 30-year-old right-hander, giving up 16 hits to the 32 batters he faces in five innings, sets a franchise record for runs allowed, staying in the game to save the bullpen for tomorrow's doubleheader against the Bronx Bombers.

2000 After looking at the artists' renderings of the newly proposed enlarged Fenway Park that includes a monstrous 3,000-car garage, Diane White suggests the Red Sox, New England's team, relocate to Hartford, Connecticut. The Boston Globe columnist believes the gigantic ballpark complex will dominate the quaint neighborhood, riling against the "bunch of rich and powerful guys" who will ask for taxpayer assistance to fund their "multi-million-dollar playground."

2000 The independent Western Baseball League expels Kevin Mitchell of the Sonoma County Crushers for the rest of the season for punching the owner of an opposing team. The former National League MVP allegedly hit Solano Steelheads owner Bruce Portner, who had come on the field after a brawl caused by a pitch thrown behind Mitchell had ended.

2002 Darin Erstad agrees to a four-year contract extension worth $32 million to stay in Anaheim through 2006. The Angels' center fielder joins Troy Glaus, Garret Anderson, and Tim Salmon as one of the key players the organization has signed at least through the 2004 season.

2002 In just the first four innings, Edgar Martinez ties the major league record for sacrifice flies in a game with three. The Mariners' designated hitter becomes the 11th player in history to accomplish the feat, doing it in his first three at-bats in Seattle's 12-4 victory over the Indians.

2004 In a game where Cardinal first baseman Albert Pujols becomes the first player in history to hit at least 30 homers in each of his first four big-league seasons, Tony Batista goes deep twice, knotting the score with a two-run blast in the ninth and hitting a grand slam in the 12th. The Expos' third baseman's 199th and 200th career blasts help Montreal beat St. Louis in extra innings, 10-6.

2006 The home run ball hit by Barry Bonds to pass Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time career list fetches $220,100 during a ten-day eBay auction. The money that will go to Andrew Morbitzer, the fan who caught #715, is much less than the $800,000 dished out in 2004 for the ball the Giants' left fielder hit for his 700th career homer.

2008 Francisco Liriano, sent down to the minors after a 0-3 start in April while attempting to come back from Tommy John surgery, blanked the Indians for six innings in his return to the Twins' rotation. The right-hander's performance propels Minnesota into first place in the American League Central with the eventual 6-2 victory over the Tribe and a White Sox loss.

2010 Alex Herrnberger bats for two different teams in two other cities on the same day, pinch-hitting a ninth-inning double in the Reno Ace's loss against the Rainiers. Then, after the game in Tacoma, he takes a 30-minute plane flight to Yakima (WA) to play in the Bears game, where the Diamondbacks' minor leaguer pinch-hits again, popping out in the short-season affiliate's 8-0 win over the Eugene Emeralds.

2011 The Jamestown (New York) Jammers wear special game jerseys during their NY-Penn League game against Tri-City to commemorate Lucy Ball's 100th birthday and in conjunction with the Festival of Comedy being held in her honor in Jamestown this week. The uniforms, featuring Lucy and Desi on the front and the event logo on the back, will be autographed by the players and auctioned to benefit the Lucy-Desi Center.



2011 After driving in the winning run yesterday, Jacoby Ellsbury, who never had a walk-off hit, does it in consecutive contests when he blasts a two-out ninth-inning homer, giving the Red Sox another dramatic victory over Cleveland. The center fielder becomes the first Red Sox player with game-ending hits on consecutive days in the regular season since Butch Hobson accomplished the feat in 1978.


2012 The Upton brothers go deep, each recording their 100th career homer hours apart in different ballparks when Diamondback outfielder Justin goes yard at Citizens Bank Park, and his older sibling B.J. hits a Tropicana Field round-tripper for the Rays. On July 20, the Norfolk (VA) siblings also hit their 99th homer on the same day.


2013 Max Scherzer becomes the third pitcher in the last 44 years to begin the season with a 16-1 record when the Tigers beat the White Sox, 3-0, at Comerica Park. Detroit's 29-year-old right-hander joins Roger Clemens (2001 Yankees) and Dave McNally (1966 Orioles) in getting off to a historically fast start.

2013 The first-place Dodgers set a franchise record, winning their 13th consecutive game on the road with their 3-0 victory over the Cubs in Chicago. The Giants established the National League mark in 1916 when the team won 17 straight games away from the Polo Grounds.

2015 Mike Hessman breaks the minor league home run record with the 433rd round-tripper of his nearly 19-year career, a grand slam against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in the Mudhens' 10-8 extra-inning International League (AAA) loss at Toledo's Fifth Third Field. The 37-year-old first baseman, who played parts of five seasons with the Braves, Tigers, and Mets, surpasses Buzz Arlett, who established the mark in 1936 while playing for the Minneapolis Millers.



2015 Adrian Beltre becomes the fourth player in baseball history to hit for the cycle three times and the first to accomplish the feat since 1933 when Babe Herman collected a single, double, triple, and a home run for the Cubs. The Rangers' third baseman, also joins Bob Meusel (1928) and John Reilly (1890), completed the task with a fifth-inning home run in the team's 12-9 victory over Houston.


2024 In LA's 10-0 rout of the A's at Oakland Coliseum, Shohei Ohtani, after swiping the second of his three stolen bags, becomes the third Dodger to register a 30-30 season, joining Matt Kemp (2011) and Raul Mondesi (1997 and 1999). The 30-year-old Japanese superstar reaches the milestone by stealing second base in the ninth and then adds his 31st, taking third on a double steal later in the inning.

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Today in All Teams History
August 4th
1884 At Detroit's Recreation Park, Bison hurler Pud Galvin throws the most lopsided no-hitter in baseball history when the team beats the Wolverines, 18-0. The victory is the second career no-hitter for the 27-year-old Buffalo right-hander, who also held the Worcester Worcesters hitless in 1880.
1908 In Brooklyn, the last-place Cardinals blank the Brooklyn Superbas, 3-0. The teams use just one ball during the entire Washington Park contest.
1910 In one of baseball's all-time classic pitching duels, A's Jack Coombs and White Sox hurler Ed Walsh go the distance in a 16-inning scoreless tie before the Chicago contest ends at 7:00 pm due to darkness. In the final frame, 'Big Ed' pitches out of a second-and-third jam with no outs, and Colby Jack strikes out the side, with Walsh making the last out of the game.
1929 In front of 55,000 fans at Yankee Stadium, the Indians tally nine runs with two outs in the ninth inning to rout the Bronx Bombers in the nightcap, 14-6. Two New York errors assist the Tribe's comeback, including a miscue by Mark Koenig on a ground ball to short that would have ended the game.
1932 After being fined $1,000 and suspended until Carl Reynolds, the player whose jaw he broke in two places a month ago, was ready to play again for the Senators, Bill Dickey returns to the Yankees lineup. The future Hall of Fame catcher bangs out four hits, including a grand slam, despite missing 31 games.
1935 Steve O'Neill (36-23) relaces Walter Johnson (46-48), who resigned as the manager of the Indians. The Tribe has dropped 23 of its last 32 decisions.
1941 Mickey Owens becomes the first catcher to handle three foul pop-ups in one frame. The Brooklyn backstop's third-inning defense contributes to the Dodgers' 11-6 victory over New York at Ebbets Field.
1942 In a military relief game at the Polo Grounds, which will be the last war-time twilight game played, Pee Wee Reese's grand slam in the top of the ninth, which puts the Dodgers up 5-1, doesn't count because of the 9:10 pm government curfew. The game ends up as a 1-1 tie with the Giants.
1945 Pirates rookie catcher Bill Salkeld hits his only triple of the year to complete the 13th cycle in franchise history and becomes the second Buc to accomplish the feat this season. The 28-year-old southpaw-swinging backstop, with his five-for-five performance, drives in all of his team's runs, but Pittsburgh loses, 6 - 5, to the Cardinals in the Forbes Field contest.
1945 At Washington's Griffith Stadium, remarkable pitching debuts by two Senators rookies make their 15-4 nightcap loss to Boston a memorable contest.

• Irish-born Joe Cleary gives up seven runs on five hits and three walks in his only big league appearance, finishing with a career with an 189.00 ERA.
• Veteran Bert Shepard, wounded in WW ll and had his leg amputated, pitched five ⅓ innings, giving up just one run on three hits in his only major league appearance.

1948 Ernie Harwell, filling in for Red Barber, recovering from a bleeding ulcer, calls his first major league game when the Dodgers beat the Cubs at Ebbets Field, 5-4. To obtain the future Hall of Fame broadcaster, Brooklyn general manager Branch Rickey trades minor league catcher Cliff Dapper to the Atlanta Crackers.
1955 Ernie Banks hits three home runs in a game for the first of four times in his career when the Cubs outslug the Pirates, 11-10 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago first baseman accomplishes the feat off three different Buc hurlers, going deep off Lino Donoso in the first, connecting in the fourth off Max Surkont, and adding a two-run blast in the eighth off Dick Littlefield to give the team the lead for good.
1963 At County Stadium, Roger Craig suffers his 20th loss when the Mets lose to Milwaukee, 2-1. The defeat is the right-hander's 18th consecutive setback, tying Cliff Curtis' National League mark set in 1910 with the Braves and one loss shy of A's Jack Nabors' 1916 major league record.
1963 After missing two months of the season with a broken foot, Mickey Mantle makes a dramatic return to the lineup as a pinch-hitter when he homers to deep left field in the bottom of the seventh inning off George Brunet to tie the score with the Yankees trailing the Orioles, 10-9. The crowd of nearly 40,000 fans goes wild as the 'Mick' hobbles around the bases in the Bronx Bombers' eventual 11-10 walk-off win, a victory made possible by Yogi Berra's two-out walk-off round-tripper in the bottom of the 10th.
1965 Roy Hofheinz takes control of the Astros when he buys R.E. "Bob" Smith's remaining shares of the Houston Sports Association. Due to a rift, the former co-owner made the offer, thinking the 'Judge' couldn't put the funds together.
1968 The Yankees again honor their aging superstar when they host the second of three Mickey Mantle Days at the ballpark in the Bronx. Before the game, over 2000 young fans paid tribute to the future Hall of Fame outfielder by parading across the field with homemade banners expressing their admiration for the living legend.
1968
"Here stands baseball's perfect warrior. Here stands baseball's perfect knight." - FORD FRICK, inscription on Stan Musial's statue from a quote attributed to former baseball commissioner.



After the Cardinals' 6-5 extra-inning loss to Chicago in front of a capacity crowd, the team unveils a ten-foot bronze statue of Stan Musial at Busch Stadium. In a pregame ceremony honoring 'Stan the Man,' the seven-time NL batting champ is joined by his 1941 teammates.




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1971 In a Texas League contest, Tommy Walker hurls a 15-inning no-hitter, beating the Albuquerque Dukes, 1-0. The Dallas-Fort Worth Spur right-hander faces only 47 batters during the minor league game, two over the minimum.
1973 At Cleveland Stadium, Brewer left fielder John Briggs enjoys a 6-for-6 day at the plate in the team’s 9-4 triumph over the Indians. The Milwaukee leadoff batter strokes two doubles and four singles, scoring two runs, but doesn’t record any RBIs.
1974 In Chicago's 13–10 victory over the Rangers, Bill Melton breaks Minnie Minoso's franchise mark of 135 home runs when he hits a sixth-inning two-run round-tripper off Steve Foucault in the nightcap of a twin bill at White Sox Park. Beltin' Melton finishes his eight-year tenure on the Southside with 154 homers, establishing a team record that lasts until 1987 when Harold Baines overtakes the third baseman's total.
1980 In the first managerial change in franchise history, Maury Wills replaces Darrell Johnson in the Mariners dugout. The M's will fare no better under their skipper (20-38, .345), finishing the season 44 games under .500.
1982 After driving in the winning run in the Mets' 7-4 victory over the Cubs, Joel Youngblood, traded to the Expos during the game, flies to Philadelphia and singles for Montreal, becoming the first player to have a hit for two teams on the same day in different cities. The 30-year-old All-Star collected his historic hits off two future Hall of Famers, a single off Ferguson Jenkins in Chicago and the other off Steve Carlton in the City of Brotherly Love.
1983 Dave Winfield kills a seagull at Exhibition Stadium with a warmup throw before the home fifth inning. After the 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays, the Yankees outfielder is arrested by the Ontario police and charged with animal cruelty.
1984 Jeffrey Leonard collects five hits in the Astros' 9-2 rout of the Giants. The cleanup slugger gets all singles and, therefore, cannot demonstrate his one-flap-down home run trot in front of the Houston fans at the Astrodome.
1985 Before the loss that results in Tom Seaver winning his 300th game, the Yankees honor Phil Rizzuto by retiring their former player and current broadcaster's uniform #10. The 'Scooter,' known for the expression' Holy Cow,' is knocked over in a pregame ceremony by a fitting gift from the team, a cow wearing a halo.
1985 On the same day Tom Seaver wins his 300th game, Mets' phenom Doc Gooden records his 11th consecutive game, breaking Tom Terrific's franchise mark established in 1969. The 20-year-old right-hander, going the distance, beats the Cubs at Wrigley Field, 4-1, to improve his record to 17-3 this season.
1985 In a 4-1 complete-game victory at Yankee Stadium, 40-year-old White Sox right-hander Tom Seaver becomes the 17th player in major league history to record his 300th victory, limiting the Bronx Bombers to six hits, all singles. Owner George Steinbrenner becomes irate when the fans start chanting 'Let's Go Mets,' as an homage to the beloved right-hander, who spent 12 years with his team's crosstown rivals.




1985 In front of an enthusiastic crowd of 41,630 at Anaheim Stadium, Angels' first baseman Rod Carew singles off of Minnesota southpaw Frank Viola to become the 16th major leaguer to amass 3000 hits. After the historic hit, Halos' manager Gene Mauch brings the first-base sack into the dugout, replacing it with another new bag.




1987 In the fourth matchup of 300-game winners since 1900, Angels' hurler Don Sutton (317) allows four hits in six innings to beat Steve Carlton (328) and the Twins, 12-3. The 645 combined victories are the largest number of wins ever accumulated by pitchers starting the same major league game.
1989 Dave Stieb retires the first 26 batters he faces before giving up two hits in a 2-1 win over the Yankees. Last September, the Blue Jays' hard-luck hurler lost back-to-back no-hit bids with two outs in the ninth inning.
1990 The Braves trade Dale Murphy to the Phillies for Jeff Parrett, Jim Vatcher, and Victor Rosario. The move enables youngster David Justice to return to right field and win the Rookie-of-the-Year Award.
1992 At an auction, actor Charlie Sheen pays $93,500 for the 'Mookie Wilson Ball' which went through Bill Buckner's legs, capping the miraculous Met comeback in the sixth game of the Fall Classic in 1986. Arthur Richman, the team's traveling secretary, was given the ball that night by right field umpire Ed Montague, who donated all the proceeds to charity.







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1993 Tony Gwynn enjoys a career-high, six-hit game in the Padres' 11–10 win over the Giants in 12 innings at Jack Murphy Stadium. The outfielder's 6-for-7 performance, which includes two doubles, ties a major league record with four games of five or more hits in a single season shared by Stan Musial (Cardinals, 1948), Ty Cobb (Tigers, 1922), and Willie Keeler (NL Orioles, 1897).
1993 After getting hit by a Ryan Express fastball, Robin Ventura charges the mound to get at the 46-year-old pitcher. Nolan Ryan responds by putting the White Sox third baseman in a headlock and punching him six times, much to the pleasure of the Rangers fans at Arlington Stadium.
(Ed Note: Nolan Ryan's third-inning pitch marks the 158th and final batter he plunks, becoming the most memorable HBP of his 27-year career. - LP)







1994 In Anaheim, Goose Gossage makes his 1000th major league appearance, retiring Tim Salmon on a pop-up in the seventh inning of an eventual 4-2 Angels loss to the Mariners. The future Hall of Fame reliever will end his 22-year career playing in 1002 games with seven teams.
1994 Fan-favorite Kent Hrbek announces his retirement effective at the end of the season. The Twins' first baseman, who played his entire 14-year career in Minnesota, ranks near the top in most offensive categories for the team.
1996 The Hall of Fame inducts Baltimore managers Earl Weaver and Ned Hanlon. Kentucky congressman Jim Bunning and Negro League star Bill Foster also enter the Cooperstown shrine.
1998 Darryl Strawberry hits a game-tying pinch-hit grand slam, highlighting a nine-run ninth inning in the Yankees' 10-5 come-from-behind victory over Oakland. The 'Straw' is the first player in the American League to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in one season.
1999 All nine Angel batters use Jim Edmonds' bat the first time through the order to break out of a team slump that has resulted in 15 losses in 19 decisions. The center fielder's lumber yields dramatic results when the Halos go 4-for-8 with one walk in the first inning, including Bengie Molina's first career hit, an RBI double, in LA's 4-3 win over Kansas City at Edison Field.
2000 Joining Dave Kingman, Frank Huelsman, Willis Hudlin, Paul Lehner, Wes Covington, Ted Gray, and Mike Kilkenny, Dave Martinez ties a major league record as he appears for his fourth team in a season. In the past four months, the veteran outfielder/first baseman, recently obtained by Toronto from Texas, has played for the Devil Rays, Cubs, Rangers, and now the Blue Jays.
2000 With 32 home games remaining, the Astros, who moved from the pitcher-friendly Astrodome to homer-haven Enron Field this year, already set a franchise record by hitting 83 homers at home this season.
2003 Major League Baseball announces a five-year deal, generating more than $500 million in revenue for global licensing rights for apparel and headwear. The seven companies involved in the agreement include Majestic Athletic, New Era Cap, Twins Enterprises, Nike USA, Dynasty Apparel Industries, Drew Pearson International, and VF Imagewear.
2004 Mike Matheny's major league errorless streak behind the plate ends when his errant throw allows the runners to advance to second and third base on an infield single. The Cardinals' catcher has not committed an error since August 2, 2002, a span of 252 games.
2004 Continuing a tradition over half a century old, the Cardinals announce their new ballpark, scheduled to open in 2006, will also be known as Busch Stadium. In 1953, a month after Anheuser-Busch purchased the Cardinals, the brewery bought Sportsman's Park, renaming it Busch Stadium, and then kept the name in its new downtown stadium, which opened in 1966, calling the facility Busch Memorial Stadium.
2005 After the team goes into a free fall from first place, the Orioles fire manager Lee Mazzilli (129-140), replacing him on an interim basis with bench coach Sam Perlozzo. Currently suffering an eight-game losing streak, the Birds have dropped 16 of their last 18 games.
2006 In the Phillies' 5-3 victory over the Mets, Chase Utley's hitting streak ends at 35 consecutive games. Philadelphia's second baseman, who goes 0-for-5, has the fourth-longest stretch in National League history.
2006 At age 95, Elden Auker, the last living pitcher to face Babe Ruth, dies of congestive heart failure. The author of Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms, which he wrote when he was ninety, started his major league career in 1931 by striking out Babe Ruth and getting Lou Gehrig to pop out.
2007 Needing only 14 seasons to accomplish the feat, Alex Rodriguez becomes the 22nd and youngest player (32 years and eight days) to hit 500 career home runs. The historic three-run homer, off Royals' starter Kyle Davies, recently acquired from the Braves, is blasted into the left-field seats at Yankee Stadium, making A-Rod and Mickey Mantle the only two players to reach the milestone in the Bronx.




2007 In the second inning at Petco Park, in front of a sellout crowd of 42,497 fans, Barry Bonds drives a Clay Hensley fastball over the left-field wall for his 755th home run, tying Hank Aaron's 33-year-old career home run record. The opposite-field drive, ironically off a pitcher who failed a steroid test as a minor leaguer in 2005, is met with mixed reactions when a few patrons hold up asterisk signs, and the crowd responds to the feat with a mixture of cheers and jeers.
2008 At the start of the rain delay during the Astros and Cubs game at Wrigley Field, fans take cover in the concourse due to a tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service for downtown Chicago. The game resumes in two hours and 45 minutes, but an hour later, more thunder and lightning and another 39-minute stoppage postpone the contest in the bottom of the eighth, with Houston credited with a 2-0 rain-shortened victory.




2008 During a Brewers' 6-3 loss to the Reds at Great American Ball Park, first baseman Prince Fielder confronts starting pitcher Manny Parra in the dugout, shoving the hurler twice after an angry exchange of words. The Milwaukee hurler had taken a no-hitter into the fifth but gave up six runs on four hits and four walks before leaving the game for a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning.
2008 The Mariners stun the Twins with a 10-run seventh inning, coming back from a 6-0 deficit in an eventual 11-6 victory at Safeco Field. With six runs driven in, Raul Ibanez, who hits a grand slam and a two-run single in the frame, establishes a club record for RBIs in one inning, one more than Ken Griffey Jr.'s mark set in 1999.
2010 Three years to the day he hit his 500th round-tripper, Alex Rodriguez eclipses Babe Ruth in becoming the youngest player to hit 600 career home runs when he blasts a two-run first-inning shot into Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. The 35-year-old Bronx Bomber third baseman is the seventh player in baseball history to reach the milestone.
2010 The Phillies obtain Mike Sweeney from the Mariners for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Philadelphia placed their All-Star first baseman Ryan Howard on the disabled list with a severely sprained ankle, which necessitated the deal.
2012 Mike Baxter sets a team record and ties a National League mark when he walks five times in a nine-inning game in the Mets' 6-4 victory over San Diego at Petco Park. Only five of the 25 pitches thrown to the New York right fielder were strikes, with thirteen of the final 14 out of the strike zone.
2016 Bartolo Colon becomes the first pitcher in the history of the Subway Series to record a victory as a member of both New York clubs when the visiting Mets beat the Bronx Bombers, 4-1. In 2011, Big Bart pitched six strong innings of shutout ball in his only season with the Yankees to earn a 5-2 victory over the Big Apple rivals at Citi Field.
2016 The Angels play their fourth and final extra-inning contest this season, setting the mark for the fewest in a 162-game campaign. The Halos' ten-inning 4-3 loss to the visiting A's keeps the team winless in overtime this year.
2017 Jaime Garcia becomes the first pitcher to make three straight appearances as a starter for three different teams since 1895 when Gus Weyhing started consecutive games for the Phillies, Pirates, and Louisville Colonels. The 31-year-old southpaw, traded twice since July 24, has taken the mound for the Braves, Twins, and Yankees in the span of 15 days.
2024 Joining the 1916 A’s, ‘61 Phillies, '69 Expos, and the '88 Orioles, the White Sox become the first fourth team in the modern era (since 1900) years lose 20 consecutive games when they drop a 13-7 decision against the Twins. Another Chicago loss will tie the American League record established by the Orioles, who dropped 21 straight games at the start of the 1988 season.

 

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·Jake Beckley earned the nickname “Eagle Eye” having established himself as one of his era’s top hitters. The Hall of Famer, who was born #OTD in 1867, was also known for his durability: He still holds the all-time record with 23,755 putouts at first base.

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40 Years Ago Today: California #Angels star Rod Carew collects his 3,000th career hit vs. his former team the Minnesota Twins at Anaheim Stadium! (August 4, 1985)


40 Years Ago Today: Legendary pitcher Tom Seaver gets his 300th career win as the Chicago #WhiteSox defeat the New York #Yankees by a score of 4-1 at Yankee Stadium! (August 4, 1985)