1966 After guiding the club to fourteen victories in their first fifteen games, Birdie Tebbetts, who will remain in the organization, resigns...
1955 For the sixth consecutive season, Robin Roberts is a 20-game winner when he beats Don Newcombe and the first-place Dodgers at Connie Mack...
1941 "All my players are going to get pneumonia because of you Jocko – you haven’t got the guts to call this game!" - FRANKIE FRISCH, manager...
This Day in Baseball History August 19th 1900 Rube Waddell throws two complete games in Western League action as Milwaukee sweeps a...
August 19 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1926 Duke Snider HOF outfielder (8 x MLB All Star; World Series 1955, 59;...
The Great One, Roberto Clemente #OTD 1934, collected exactly 3,000 hits & batted .317 in his @MLB career, won 4 batting crowns & helped @Pirates...
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In 1974 Mike Marshall logged 208.1 innings…in relief And captured the NL Cy Young [IMG]
Earl Weaver. Billy Martin. 2,733 wins. 2 World Series title [IMG]
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2015 The Red Sox hire Dave Dombrowski, who was replaced as the president and general manager of the Tigers earlier this month, to run the...
2006 Before the second game of a day-night doubleheader against the Yankees, reality TV show host and future U.S. president Donald Trump throws...
2006 At Fenway Park, the Yankees beat the Red Sox in the nightcap to complete a day-night doubleheader sweep. The 14-11 slugfest, in which the...
2000 After beating out a potential double-play ball to prolong a five-run ninth-inning rally, which ties the game, Angel flycatcher Darin...
1995 Despite a Braves' rally in the ninth, right-handed reliever Tom Henke, issuing three walks and a hit, records his 300th career save when...
1989 With his third-inning single off Jim Clancy, Jerome Walton extends his consecutive-game hitting streak to 28 games in a 6-5 loss to...
1972 After playing 414 games and accumulating over 1500 career at-bats, Larry Bowa hits his first major league home run, an inside-the-park...
