1975 The Hall of Fame inducts Ralph Kiner after being named on 75.4% of the ballots cast by BBWAA. The slugger, who hit 369 home runs in his...
1967 A Jack Hamilton fastball shatters Tony Conigliaro's left cheekbone. The 22-year-old Red Sox slugger will miss the rest of 1967 and all...
1960 In a Midwest League contest, Bob Sprout throws a seven-inning no-hitter, striking out 22 batters as the Decatur Commodores defeat the...
1940 Jimmy Powers, the Sunday New York Daily News sports editor, causes a flap when he suggests the Yankees' poor play this season to "a mass...
This Day in Baseball History August 18th 1910 Rickwood Field, the first concrete-and-steel ballpark in the minor leagues, opens in Birmingham,...
August 18 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1925 Harvey Haddix pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th) [ATTACH] 1934...
The last man to post 10 Shutouts in a season John Tudor (1985) [IMG]
1939 Boston Red Sox Jimmie Foxx and Bobby Doerr [IMG]
Hall of Famers Wade Boggs and Kirby Puckett. Kelly Gruber and Terry Steinbach in the background [IMG]
Bucky Dent [IMG]
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2008 In a pregame 55-minute ceremony at Minute Maid Park, Craig Biggio becomes the ninth Astro to have his jersey number retired. The Smithtown,...
2004 Mark Teixeira becomes the second player in franchise history to complete the cycle, stroking a seventh-inning single off Cliff Bartosh in...
2001 After hitting a double, triple, and homer, Blue Jay Jeff Frye elects to turn an apparent additional double in the seventh inning into a...
1986 The Reds player-manager Pete Rose makes his final major league plate appearance, pinch-hitting in the eighth inning of a 9-5 loss to the...
1984 Pete Rose returns to the Cincinnati lineup for the first time in six years, going 2-for-4, including a single in his first at-bat, in the...
1976 After stroking a one-out single in the tenth inning, George Brett steals second base and advances to third base on a throwing error by...
1971 After getting hit by a pitch in the third inning by a Steve Arlin fastball, Ron Hunt takes exception of getting plunked again two frames...
1966 After tying Jimmie Foxx yesterday for most career home runs hit by a right-handed batter, Giants slugger Willie Mays passes 'Double X'...
