BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

9/15
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BIRTHDAYS
1920 Dave Garcia MLB manager (California Angels, Cleveland Indians), born in San Diego, California (d. 2018)

1938 Gaylord Perry HOF pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; Cy Young winner 1972, 78; no-hitter 1968; SF Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, SD Padres), born in Williamston, North Carolina

1940 Frank Linzy player, born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

1948 Suzyn Waldman Sportscaster (baseball- NY Yankee), born in Newton, Massachusetts

1968 Rich Robertson pitcher (Minnesota Twins), born in Nacogdoches, Texas
1976 Matt Thornton pitcher (all-time AL leader in holds; MLB All-Star 2010; CWS), born in Three Rivers, Michigan

1983 Luke Hochevar (KC Royals), born in Denver, Colorado

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1884 Meriden, ahead 5-3 in the top of the ninth, wins the game when Hartford forfeits for refusing to use a new ball needed to replace the one hit into a marsh behind home plate, citing the sphere did not come from a box sealed by the league secretary. The suddenly Connecticut State League contest shortened game also featured the only home run hit that season at the Meriden ballpark, a round-tripper stroked by its captain, future Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack.

1890 In a Players' League contest, Buffalo Bison right-hander Bert Cunningham throws five wild pitches in the first inning against the Chicago Pirates at South Side Park. The 1996 Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame inductee's performance establish the regular-season record, a mark broken by Cardinals pitcher Rick Ankiel ties the infamous feat during a 2000 playoff game against the Mets.

1902 The trio of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance completes their first twin killing in a 6-3 win over Cincinnati at Chicago's West Side Grounds. The 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams, Baseball's Sad Lexicon, immortalizes the Cubs' legendary double-play combination

1904 Giants' southpaw George Wiltse runs his career record to 12-0 when he beats the Beaneaters at the Polo Grounds, 3-2. The 25-year-old rookie known as 'Hooks' loses three of the next four decisions to the campaign 13-3, but his dozen consecutive victories establish a starter's record at beginning a career for a starter.

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1928 The Braves play their ninth consecutive doubleheader, splitting the home twin bill with the Cubs, 5-2 and 1-6. The streak, which began on September 4, sees the team drop 14 of 18 decisions, including losing eight consecutive games to the Giants.

1929 Between games of a twin bill, the Reds entertain the fans by sponsoring a base-circling contest with the winning player receiving $75 in prize money. Cincinnati outfielder Evar Swanson breaks Hans Lobart's record of 13.8 seconds set earlier in the year as he completes the 360-foot dash in 13.3 seconds, according to official AAU timers officiating the race.

1938 For the fifth time in a major league game, brothers homer in the same contest when Pirates teammates Lloyd and Paul Waner go deep off Cliff Melton in the fifth inning of the Bucs' 7-2 victory over New York at the Polo Grounds. Although 'Big and Little Poison' have completed the deed twice before, they are the first siblings in history to hit the home runs in consecutive at-bats, a feat not duplicated again until the BJ and Justin Upton go yard back-to-back for the Braves in 2013.

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1946 In Brooklyn, a giant swarm of gnats engulfs Ebbets Field at the end of the fifth inning during the second game of a doubleheader. Due to the bothersome insects and impending darkness, the umpires call nightcap, resulting in a 2-0 Dodger victory over the Cubs.

 

1950 At Ebbets Field, Cardinal starter Cloyd Boyer, sibling of Ken and Clete, hurts his arm while warming up and is replaced by Red Munger. The reliever goes the distance, beating the Dodgers, 6-2, getting credit for a complete game but not starting the contest.

1950 For the sixth time in his career, Johnny Mize hits three home runs in one game, establishing a major league record. The first baseman's offensive output, which makes him the second player to accomplish a three-homer game in both leagues along with Babe Ruth, isn't enough when the Yankees lose at Detroit at Briggs Stadium, 9-7.

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1958 Snuffy Stirnweiss dies when the New Jersey commuter train he is riding plunges off the CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge between Elizabethport and Bayonne. The 39-year-old former All-Star infielder, who played with the Yankees, Browns, and Indians, led the American League in hitting with a .309 average playing for New York in 1945.

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1960 Willie Mays, who collects five hits in six at-bats, ties a major league mark by hitting three triples in the Giants' 8-6 victory over Philadelphia. The Say Hey Kid's eleventh inning three-bagger leads to the eventual go-ahead run in the Connie Mack Stadium contest.

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1963 The Mets hold the first of many Banner Days between games of a doubleheader against the Astros. The Polo Grounds event, inspired by the innovation of their fans, allows the 'New Breed' to display their creative ideas with signs, including some with a negative tone, with a parade on the field.

1964 At Wrigley Field, Larry Jackson fires a six-hitter, beating the Reds, 6-1, to become the season's first 20-game winner. The 33-year-old right-handed workhorse will finish the campaign with a 24-11 record for the eighth-place Cubs.

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1968 The Cardinals clinch their twelfth National League pennant when the team beats Houston at the Astrodome, 7-4. The contest, which features Curt Flood collecting five hits, marks the final home run by Roger Maris, who will finish his 12-year major league career with 275 round-trippers.

1969 Cardinal hurler Steve Carlton fans nineteen batters, including three in the final frame, to establish a new major league mark for strikeouts for a nine-inning game. Lefty's performance is spoiled when Ron Swoboda's pair of two-run homers proves to be the difference in the Redbirds' 4-3 loss to the Mets at Busch Stadium.

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1971 Astros rookie Larry Yount, making his major league debut, injures his right shoulder in the ninth inning, throwing his first warm-up pitch. The 21-year-old right-hander, Robin's older brother, will never get another chance to pitch in the bigs with his only major league experience consisting of that one ill-fated toss to home plate.

1971 In just his second major-league start, Cubs rookie Burt Hooton ties a franchise record for a nine-inning game when he strikes out 15 batters, going the distance in the team's 3-2 victory over New York at Shea Stadium. The 21-year-old right-hander matches the mark established by Dick Drott against Milwaukee in 1957.

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1971 The Oakland A's win the American League West Division with their 3-2 victory over Chicago and the Royals' 6-2 loss to California. The franchise hadn't won a title since 1931, when Connie Mack managed the team in Philadelphia.

1974 On a bright, sunny day at Fenway Park, Rico Petrocelli is struck behind the left ear, below the helmet, when he loses Jim Slaton's pitch due to the blinding glare of the outfield bleachers. The beaning, which causes inner ear damage, results in the third baseman missing the rest of the season and will hasten his early retirement before the start of the 1977 season at the age of 33.

1974 Gaylord Perry goes the distance for his 20th victory when he beats Baltimore and Ross Grimsley at Memorial Stadium, 1-0. The right-hander, who will finish the season with a 21-13 record, will be the last Indian pitcher in the twentieth century to win twenty games.

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1975 Mike Vail ties the National League rookie record as the outfielder hits in his twenty-third consecutive game. The Mets' late-season call up's streak matches the 1948 freshman performances of Richie Ashburn (Phillies) and Alvin Dark (Braves).

1977 The Royals, en route to finishing with a 102-60 record and winning the American League West, set a club record of 16 straight victories when they defeat the A's in ten innings in the nightcap of a doubleheader, 5-4. Kansas City also had a 10-game win streak in July.

1977 Fearing for the safety of his left fielder, Orioles manager Earl Weaver, trailing 4-0, pulls his team off the field when third base ump Marty Springstead declines his request to remove the tarp covering the Blue Jays' bullpen area. After waiting for 15 minutes in light rain for the O's to return, the Exhibition Stadium contest is forfeited to the home team by the umpires.

1978 In front of 47,188 fans at Dodger Stadium, Don Sutton throws a six-hitter to beat Atlanta, 5-0. With tonight's attendance, Los Angeles becomes the first major league team to draw three million fans at home.

1979 After hitting a single in the second, a double in the fourth, and a triple in the eighth, Bob Watson completes a natural cycle with a home run in the ninth inning of the Red Sox' 10-2 victory over Baltimore at Memorial Stadium. The Boston first baseman becomes the first modern major leaguer to hit for the cycle in both leagues, having accomplished the feat with the Astros in 1977.

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1990 Bobby Thigpen, who played in the outfield in college, saves his 50th game of the season when the White Sox beat Boston, 7-4. The Chicago closer strikes out pinch-hitter Danny Heep looking for the final out in the Comiskey Park contest.

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1990 In the first of the two times they will accomplish the feat, Billy and Cal Ripken homer in the same game. The siblings' home runs are overshadowed by Kelly Gruber's three-run round-tripper in the ninth inning, giving the Blue Jays a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Orioles at the Skydome.

1995 Ozzie Smith takes part in the 1,554th twin killing of his career to set a new big-league record for double plays. The Cardinals' shortstop's wizardry isn't enough to prevent the Redbirds' 7-6 loss to the Dodgers at Busch Stadium.

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1996 In a 16-6 rout of the Tigers, the Orioles break the major league record for team home runs in a season, passing the 1961 Yankees mark of 240.

1996 Thanks to Andres Galarraga's three-run homer, the Rockies establish a big-league record for runs scored at home. Colorado, which will amass 658 tallies at Coors Field this season, scores its 626th, 627th, and 628th runs when the 'Big Cat' goes deep to surpass the 1950 Red Sox, who crossed the plate 625 times.

1996 The Rangers retire their first number in franchise history when they honor Nolan Ryan. The team's future owner, who wore uniform jersey #34, pitched two no-hitters, recorded his 5,000th strikeout, and won his 300th career game during his five years on the mound for Texas.

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1996 When Brady Anderson goes deep leading off the game at Tiger Stadium, the Orioles set a record by homering in 24 straight road games. The accomplishment will last for 22 seasons until the A's extend mark for road dingers to 27 consecutive games.

1996 Frank Thomas slams his 215th career home run in a White Sox uniform to surpass Carlton Fisk as the all-time franchise leader. The Big Hurt's historic homer is the first of three round-trippers he hits in a 9-8 loss to the Red Sox at Boston's Fenway Park.

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1997 The newly renovated Anaheim Stadium will now be known as Edison International Field. The 30-year-old Angels' ballpark will once again be a baseball-only facility with the NFL Rams, who shared the facility from 1980-1994, having shifted their franchise from LA to St. Louis two years ago.

1998 In a 12-7 win over the Twins, Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the fourth-youngest (28 years and ten months) player to reach 1,000 RBIs. Junior got to the 1,000 mark younger than anyone except Mel Ott (27 years, three months), Jimmie Foxx (27 years, eight months), and Lou Gehrig (28 years, 9 1/2 months).

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1998 Ending a six-game drought without a homer, Mark McGwire, pinch-hitting in the ninth inning, hits his 63rd homer. The solo shot off Jason Christiansen in the Cardinals' 8-6 loss to the Pirates allows 'Big Mac' to regain the home-run lead over Sammy Sosa.

1998 Working the ninth for his 40th save in the Rangers' 6-5 win over the Orioles, John Wetteland joins three other pitchers in major league history to have three or more 40-save seasons. Dennis Eckersley, Jeff Reardon, and Lee Smith have also accomplished the same feat.

1998 Rolando Arrojo (14-12) sets a record for wins by an expansion pitcher when the Devil Rays defeat the Angels, 8-1.

1999 The owners unanimously approved a resolution to redraft the Major League Agreement, allowing the American League and National League to merge in all aspects except on the field, where the leagues and divisions will remain the same.

 

2000 The Giambi brothers Jeremy and Jason homer in the same game for the second time in their careers, with A's first baseman Jason setting a team record by hitting his fourth grand slam of the season when Oakland routs the Devil Rays, 17-3. The bases-loaded shot also ties a major league record for the four-run round-trippers by a team in a single season, 12.

2000 Passing Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, Mariner Rickey Henderson scores two runs to take over second place on runs scored on the career list. With 2,175, Henderson will need to tally 71 runs to pass the all-time leader, Ty Cobb (2,245).

2000 Trevor Hoffman becomes the third player in baseball history to have four 40-save seasons when he faces four batters in the ninth inning of the Padres' 5-4 victory over the Giants at Qualcomm Stadium. The 32-year-old San Diego closer joins Dennis Eckersley and Lee Smith In accomplishing the feat.

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2002 Defeating the Indians after a 67-minute rain delay, 5-0, the Twins clinch the American League Central Division flag. Minnesota, which will be making its first playoff appearance since 1991, was almost eliminated during the offseason due to contraction.

2002 Curt Schilling whiffs Brewers' backstop Jorge Fabregas for his 300th victim this season and joins southpaw Randy Johnson in becoming the first teammates to strike out at least 300 batters in the same season. The Diamondback right-hander has now done it three times in his career, with the 'Big Unit' reaching the milestone six times, but neither hurler will accomplish the feat again.

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2003 With his 2,063rd career base on balls, Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth on the all-time walks list. The Giant left fielder now trails only Rickey Henderson, who has 2,190 free passes.

2003 Rafael Palmeiro joins Jimmie Foxx as the only player to hit 35 homers and drive in 100 runs in nine consecutive seasons. The Hall of Famer Foxx accomplished the feat while playing for the A's and Red Sox from 1932 to 1940.

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2003 Thousands of Hanshin Tigers fans jump off the Ebisubashi Bridge into the Dotonbori River in celebration when their hometown heroes clinch the Central League title for the first time in 18 years. The plunge into the murky river when the team wins has become a local ritual for its fans.

2004 With the bases loaded in the fourth inning during an eventual 6-2 Expos victory at Dolphin Stadium, Mike Lowell tags Brian Schneider, taking a lead off third base. The Expos catcher becomes the victim of the hidden ball trick, not realizing the Marlins' third baseman had not given the pitcher the ball after visiting the mound.

2006 En route to finishing the season with 101 defeats, the Devil Rays lose their ninetieth game for the ninth consecutive season when the team drops a 5-4 walk-off decision to the Blue Jays in ten innings at Rogers Centre. The 1936-45 Phillies are the only other team in big-league history to accomplish the infamous feat.

2007 Prince Fielder's NL-leading 46th home run establishes a Brewers franchise record. The Milwaukee first baseman's third-inning round-tripper off Reds' hurler Kirk Saarloos breaks the team's home-run mark set by Gorman Thomas (1979) and Richie Sexson (2001, 2003).

2007 Although the amount is nowhere near the money that the 1998's Mark McGwire's single-season home run record ball commanded, Giants slugger Barry Bonds' career No. 756 home run baseball sells for more than experts predicted. The ball thrown by Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik on August 7, auctioned by Matt Murphy, the fan who caught the historic homer, is won by an unidentified bidder for $752,467.

2008 The day after dropping a doubleheader to the Phillies, the Brewers fire Ned Yost (457-502), ending the manager's six-year tenure, which saw Milwaukee develop from cellar dwellers into a contender in the National League Central Division. New skipper Dale Sveum, formerly the team's third-base coach, will try to stop the recent skid of 11 losses in 14 games and keep the 83-67 club in contention for the wild card.

2010 Rays skipper Joe Maddon is tossed from the game when Derek Jeter, giving an Oscar-worthy performance at home plate, is awarded first base by the umpires who rule the pitch thrown by Chad Qualls hit the New York shortstop. Video replay of the at-bat, which clearly shows the fastball hit the knob of the bat, prompts a national debate about the ethics demonstrated by the usually squeaky-clean Yankees captain, who admitted after the 4-3 loss to Tampa that he pretended to get hit by the pitch to get on base.

2010 The Cubs beat the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 7-3, to complete their first three-game sweep in St. Louis in more than twenty years. The victory marks the first time since June 12th, 1988, that the visiting Chicago fans can break out the brooms in the Gateway City.

2010 At Fenway Park, Jose Bautista establishes a new Blue Jay record for home runs in a season when he hit his 48th, a two-run blast on a 3-2 fastball thrown by Michael Bowden. The 29-year-old outfielder, who has never gone deep more than 16 times in a year, breaks the mark established by George Bell in 1987.

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2011 After hitting a first-inning two-run homer, singling in the second, and stroking a leadoff double in the fifth, Pablo Sandoval hit for the cycle when he drives a pitch that sails just beyond the outstretched glove of Colorado's right fielder Carlos Gonzalez for a triple. 'Panda,' a third baseman not known for speed, becomes the 25th Giant player to accomplish the feat, and the first since Fred Lewis did the deed in 2007, also at Coors Field.

2012 During the Marlins' 6-4 victory over Cincinnati in Miami, Jose Reyes is charged with baseball's unofficial 500,000th error. The All-Star shortstop earns the dubious distinction when he flubs Drew Stubbs' ground ball in the seventh inning.

2012 In a pregame ceremony at Petco Park, four U.S. Marine pilots unveiled a statue of Jerry Coleman, honoring the longtime Padres broadcaster for his 70 years of major league service as a player and broadcaster and his distinguished career in the Marine Corps. Three 4-foot by 8-foot panels behind the 7-foot sculpture capture the octogenarian's roles in baseball, the military, and the broadcast booth.
Statue of Jerry Coleman at Petco Park

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2014 Jason DeGrom strikes out the first eight batters he faces in the Mets' 6-5 loss in Miami, tying the modern-day major league mark to start a game. The Amazins' rookie right-hander now shares the record with Jim Deshaies, who struck out the first eight Dodgers he faced with the Astros in a 1986 contest.

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2017 Major League Baseball completes its investigation into allegations made by Yankees that the Red Sox used an Apple Watch to steal signs during a three-game series in August. Commissioner Rob Manfred fines Boston an undisclosed amount for violating league regulations "by sending electronic communications from their video replay room to a trainer in the dugout."

2019 For the first time in American League history and the 12th occurrence in the majors, two teams with 100+ losses face each other when the Orioles (48-100) defeat the Tigers (44-103) at Comerica Park, 8-2. The last National League matchup of teams with triple-digit losses featured the Astros and the Cubs in the final weekend of the 2012 season.

2019 In the first inning of their game against the Orioles at Comerica Park, the Indians walked to the plate to KC and the Sunshine Band's Give It Up in honor of minor leaguer Chace Numata, who used the tune as his walk-up song with Double-A Erie. The 27-year-old switch-hitting catching prospect from Pearl City (HI), whose family donated his liver, pancreas, heart, and kidneys to people in need, died on September 2 from injuries sustained from a skateboarding accident.

2020 The Phillies, reversing their unofficial policy of retiring numbers of only players enshrined in Cooperstown, honor Dick Allen, the 1964 National League Rookie of Year, with the ultimate tribute a franchise can pay a player by placing his uniform #15 in retirement. In addition to the former first baseman's name and digits on the Citizens Bank Park's hallowed brick wall, Philadelphia, in the past, has paid tribute to Richie Ashburn (#1), Jim Bunning (#14), Mike Schmidt (#20), Steve Carlton (#32), Robin Roberts (#36), Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Chuck Klein.

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On September 15 in Baseball History...

• • 1904 - Giants rookie Hooks Wiltse wins his 12th straight game, setting a Major League mark for consecutive games won at the start of a career. It will be tied by relief hurler Butch Metzger in 1976.
  • 1912 - Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox pitched his 16th consecutive victory to tie Walter Johnson's record as he beat the St. Louis Browns 2-1.
  • 1922 - Catcher Butch Henline is the first National League player to hit three homers in a game since 1897, as the Phils beat the Cards 10-9. Henline's third home run tied the game in the ninth inning and Cliff Lee then hit the game-winning home run.
  • 1931 - The Philadelphia Athletics clinch the pennant, beating Cleveland at home. Eddie Rommel, veteran knuckleball pitcher for the A's, is the winning hurler, as Connie Mack wins his third successive pennant. It is Mack's ninth, and last, American League championship.
  • 1938 - Brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner hit back-to-back homers for the Pittsburgh Pirates [Box Score] off Cliff Melton of the New York Giants. This was the first time brothers hit successive home runs in a Major League game! It was Lloyd Waner's last homer.
  • 1946 - The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings when the game was called because of gnats. The insects became such a problem for the players, umpires and fans that the game had to be stopped.
  • 1963 - All three Alou brothers - Felipe, Matty and Jesus - played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • 1969 - St. Louis left-hander Steve Carlton struck out 19 Mets for a nine-inning game record. New York won the game 4-3 on two, two-run homers by Ron Swoboda.
  • 1977 - The Orioles forfeit to the Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls his team off the field in the fifth inning citing a hazardous condition, a small tarpaulin held down by bricks on the bullpen mound.
  • 1979 - Bob Watson of the Red Sox became the first to hit for the cycle in both leagues as he led Boston to a 10-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros against San Francisco on June 24, 1977.
  • 1990 - Bobby Thigpen pitched one inning and became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season as the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 7-4.
  • 1995 - Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith sets a Major League record with his 1,554th double play in a 7-6 loss to the Dodgers.
  • 1996 - The Baltimore Orioles set baseball's season home run record with five against Detroit, including Mark Parent's record-breaking shot in the third inning and Brady Anderson's tenth leadoff homer of the year. The homers gave the Orioles 243, three more than the 1961 New York Yankees.
  • 1997 - Baltimore outfielder Eric Davis played five innings in the opening game of a day-night doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians, his first game since colon cancer surgery in June.
  • 1997 - Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 51st and 52nd homers in Seattle's win over Toronto to become the sixth Major Leaguer to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. Jr. hit 49 homers last season.
  • 1998 - Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his American League leading fifty-seconnd homer and drove in five runs to become the fourth-youngest, at 28, to reach 1,000 RBIs, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Minnesota Twins 12-7.

Baseball Birthdays on September 15...

• • 1847 - Snyder, Jim
  • 1856 - Bushong, Doc
  • 1861 - Flanagan, Ed
  • 1862 - Cleveland, Elmer
  • 1870 - O'Connor, Frank
  • 1875 - Rohe, George
  • 1876 - Altrock, Nick
  • 1881 - Doyle, Slow Joe
  • 1887 - Suter, Harry
  • 1888 - Dubuc, Jean
  • 1892 - Lunte, Harry
  • 1893 - Martin, Speed
  • 1897 - McQuillan, Hugh
  • 1899 - McCurdy, Harry
  • 1900 - Meeker, Roy
  • 1900 - Clancy, Bud
  • 1902 - Young, Russ
  • 1905 - Peploski, Henry
  • 1905 - Page, Vance
  • 1906 - Tobin, Johnny
  • 1906 - Biggs, Charlie
  • 1907 - Ostermueller, Fritz
  • 1919 - Budnick, Mike
  • 1924 - Davis, Jim
  • 1927 - Simpson, Duke
  • 1928 - Lennon, Bob
  • 1929 - Wheat, Lee
  • 1933 - Fitzgerald, John
  • 1936 - Burdette, Freddie
  • 1937 - Smith, Charley
  • 1938 - Perry, Gaylord
  • 1940 - Linzy, Frank
  • 1941 - Barbieri, Jim
  • 1949 - Pagan, Dave
  • 1949 - Carrithers, Don
  • 1950 - Hilton, Dave
  • 1952 - Collins, Don
  • 1956 - Pacella, John
  • 1960 - Fischer, Todd
  • 1966 - Simons, Doug
  • 1967 - Abbott, Paul
  • 1967 - Moeller, Dennis
  • 1968 - Robertson, Rich
  • 1969 - Perry, Herb
  • 1971 - Hardtke, Jason
  • 1975 - Cardona, Javier
  • 1975 - Smith, Dan
  • 1976 - Pena, Elvis
  • 1977 - Rolls, Damian

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BIRTHDAYS
1955 Robin Yount (Milwaukee Brewers, MVP 1982, 1989, 3,142 hits), born in Danville, Illinois

1958 Orel Hershiser pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians), born in Buffalo, New York

1959 Tim Raines HOF left fielder (7 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1996, 98, 2005; NL batting champion 1986; Montreal Expos, NY Yankees, Chicago WS), born in Sanford, Florida

1960 Mickey Tettleton catcher (Texas Rangers), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1961 Mark Parent catcher (Detroit Tigers, Phillies), born in Ashland, Oregon

1970 Paul Shuey pitcher (Cleveland Indians), born in Lima, Ohio

1979 Bobby Korecky player, born in Hillside, New Jersey

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1903 In their 14-7 victory over Cleveland at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, the first-place Americans score in every inning, making it 11 consecutive frames that at least one player has crossed the plate. The fledgling American League team will also tally in the first six innings of its next game to extend the scoring streak to 17 straight frames.

1914 The Yankees hire shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh to replace Frank Chance as the team's skipper. During his 20-game tenure as the player-manager, the 23-year-old infielder will finish the season with a 10-10 record for the sixth-place club.

1922 After listening to excessive bench jockeying from the Giants dugout, Reds' hurler Adolfo Luque becomes so enraged he throws down his glove and bolts into the New York dugout. The Cuban native, known for his fiery temper, punches Casey Stengel on the jaw and is ordered to return to his bench by the police, who are busy trying to prevent the Polo Grounds crowd overflowing onto the field from rioting.

1924 Cardinal first baseman Jim Bottomley goes 6-for-6, including two homers, and bats in a record twelve runs when the team beats the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 17-3. The previous mark of 11 RBIs in one game was established in 1892 by today's opposing Dodger manager, Wilbert Robinson.

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1926 En route to a 23-3 rout of the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, the Cardinals cross home plate 12 times during the third inning. The dozen runs establish a franchise record for the Redbirds.

1931 At Rickwood Field, Birmingham Barons starter Ray Caldwell outduels Dizzy Dean to beat the Texas League's Houston Buffaloes, a Cardinals farm team, 1-0, in Game One of the Dixie Series. The 43-year-old right-hander posted a 19-7 record along with an ERA of 3.45 during the regular season for the Southern Association team.

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1938 Johnny Rizzo becomes the first Pirates player in franchise history to hit 20 home runs in a season. The 25-year-old rookie outfielder from Texas, who becomes hurt next season, never playing regularly for the Bucs again, finishes the campaign batting .301 with 23 round-trippers and 111 RBIs.

1940 In a 16-4 Browns rout of the Yankees at Sportsman's Park, Johnny Lucadello becomes the first player in big-league history to hit his first two career home runs from different sides of the plate in the same game. The 21-year-old second baseman, who joins Wally Schang as only the second player in American League history to accomplish the feat, will hit just three more home runs during his six-year career.

1942 The Phillies, bowing to the Cubs in the nightcap of a twin bill, 4-1, become the first major league team to have five consecutive 100 loss seasons. From 1938 to the end of this season, the team will compile a 227-532 (.299) record under three different managers.

1948 Joe DiMaggio's 300th career homer is the lone run yielded by Detroit starter Fred Hutchinson in his 2-1 complete-game win over New York at Briggs Stadium. The 'Yankee Clipper' joins Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, Rogers Hornsby, Chuck Klein, and Hank Greenberg as the eighth major leaguer to reach the milestone.

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1948 At Cleveland Stadium, Larry Doby's first-inning grand slam off Sid Hudson proves to be the difference when the Indians hand the Senators their 16th consecutive defeat, 6-3. The four-run homer extends the 24-year-old sophomore outfielder's hitting streak to 21 games.

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1952 Pacific Coast League's Sacramento manager, former major league All-Star second baseman Joe Gordon, pinch-hits homers in both ends of a doubleheader. The first one, a grand slam, wins the game, 4-1.

1953 A fact-finding committee appointed by the American League approves the relocation of the St. Louis Browns but does not specify any city for the new home for the franchise. In March, the Junior Circuit, by a 5-2 vote, thwarted Bill Veeck's plan to shift the club to Baltimore, eventually approving the transfer when the controversial owner agrees to give up his interest in the team.

1955 In the eighth inning of the A's 13-7 victory over Chicago, Kansas City infielder Alex George makes his major league debut at Municipal Stadium. The 16-year-old shortstop handles two chances cleanly and strikes out in his only at-bat in the game.

1960 Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter, beating the Phillies at County Stadium, 4-0. The 39-year-old southpaw sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts en route to his 20th victory of the season, marking the tenth time he has reached the plateau.

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1963 After winning 19 of their last 20 games, the Cardinals face the first-place Dodgers, needing a victory to tie their opponent in the standings. In front of an enthusiastic Busch Stadium crowd, Stan Musial's seventh-inning home run, the 475th and last big-league round-tripper of his career, ties the game at 1-1, but LA scores two runs in the ninth to win the game, en route to sweeping the three-game series to clinch the pennant.

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1965 In front of only 1,247 fans at Fenway Park, Red Sox right-hander Dave Morehead, the league leader in losses this season with 18, no-hits the visiting Indians, 2-1. On the same day, ninth-place Boston, who will lose 100 games, fire their general manager, Pinky Higgins.

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1966 Bob Gibson notches his 20th victory when he goes the distance to beat Chicago at Wrigley Field, 3-1. The Cardinal right-hander becomes the first pitcher in more than forty years to have consecutive 20-win seasons for a second-division team.

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1967 In the 11th inning at Connie Mack Stadium, Rick Joseph hits a walk-off grand slam in the Phillies' 8-4 victory over the Dodgers. Two batters are walked intentionally by Ron Perranoski to face the weak-hitting Philadelphia pinch-hitter, who responds with his first career home run, and only round-tripper this season.

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1968 American League President Joe Cronin fires umpires Al Salerno and Bill Valentine, citing their incompetency for their dismissal. The veteran men in blue claim the firings were due to their efforts to organize the Junior Circuit arbitrators after the pair met with their National League counterparts who had formed a union in 1963.

1969 Red Sox skipper Dick Williams, with one year left on his contract, is fired by the team due to a culmination of several things, including a lack of communications with the players, according to General Manager Dick O'Connell. As a rookie manager, Williams led Boston to their Impossible Dream American League pennant in 1967.

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1972 Phillies' rookie third baseman Mike Schmidt hits his first career home run, breaking Expos' Balor Moore's 25 consecutive scoreless inning streak. Michael Jack Schmidt will finish his 18-year career with 548 round-trippers.

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1972 Glen Beckert goes 0-for-6 in the Cubs' 18-5 victory over the Mets at Wrigley Field, leaving 12 men on base to set a new major league mark. The Chicago second baseman strands the bases loaded in the first and seventh, leaves two runners on twice when he bats two times in the team's seven-run third, and fails to plate other teammates in the fifth and seventh, the first of his two plate appearances in the frame.

1975 Rennie Stennett ties a major league mark established in 1892 with his 7-for-7 performance in a nine-inning game. The Pirates' second baseman gets two hits in one inning twice, the first and fifth frames, in the Bucs' 22-0 rout of the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the most one-sided shutout since 1900.

1975 Mike Vail fails to break the major league rookie record for consecutive games with a hit shared by Richie Ashburn (1948, Phillies) and Alvin Dark (1948, Braves). The 23-year-old freshman left fielder has plenty of opportunities to hit safely in his 24th straight game, coming to the plate eight times in the Mets' 18-inning marathon with Montreal, a 4-3 victory over the Expos at Shea Stadium.

1979 At Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers hold Catfish Hunter Day to honor their future Hall of Fame pitcher who will be retiring at the end of the season at the age of 33. A 20-year-old left-hander named Dave Righetti makes his major league debut for the hometown team, giving up three runs on three hits while issuing six walks in five innings against the Tigers.

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1980 Mike Norris, en route to a 22-9 record with the second-place A's, gets his 20th victory of the season when Oakland beats Texas at Arlington Stadium, 4-2. The 25-year-old right-hander will compile a 58-59 career mark during his ten years in the major leagues with Oakland.

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1987 Indian first baseman Joe Carter, swiping his career-high 30th base, becomes the tenth major leaguer to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season. Four players, including Mets teammates Howard Johnson and Darryl Strawberry and A's slugger Jose Canseco, become the newest members of the 30/30 club this season, an accomplishment previously attained only eleven times.

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1988 The Reds' Tom Browning pitches the first perfect game in franchise history, striking out eight and allowing only eight balls to leave the infield in his 1-0 victory against the Dodgers. Over three starts, including the perfect game, the 28-year-old southpaw retires 40 consecutive batters - one shy of a major league record.

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1991 Darren Lewis scores four runs and steals three bases without the benefit of a base hit. In four of his five plate appearances, the Giants leadoff hitter reaches base via a walk in San Francisco's victory over the Braves at Candlestick Park, 8-5.

1993 At the age of 41, Twins' Dave Winfield becomes the 19th major leaguer to collect 3000 hits when he singles to left off A's ace Dennis Eckersley in the bottom the ninth of a 5-4 extra-inning victory over Oakland at the Metrodome. Joining Al Kaline, the Minnesota DH becomes the second player to reach the milestone, having never played a day in the minors.

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1996 A fifth-inning triple off Royal southpaw Jose Rosado gives Twins Paul Molitor his 3000th hit, becoming the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat with a three-bagger. The 'Ignitor' reaches this milestone in the same season in which he also collects 200 hits, making him the only player to accomplish both feats in the same campaign.

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1996 Benito Santiago hits a trio of home runs in his three first at-bats in the Phillies' 6-1 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The 31-year-old native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, also went deep in his last at-bat in yesterday's contest in Chicago, giving the Philadelphia backstop four consecutive homers in four at-bats.

1997 Phillies hurler Curt Schilling, in a 3-2 victory at Veterans Stadium, whiffs nine Mets to become the thirteenth pitcher in major league history since 1900 to record 300 strikeouts in a season. The right-hander also reaches the milestone next year with Philadelphia and in 2002 with the Diamondbacks.

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1998 Tom Gordon ties Jose Mesa's major league single-season record established in 1995 with his 38th consecutive save. The 30-year-old right-handed closer also sets a franchise mark with his 41st save of the season when the Red Sox beat Baltimore, 4-3.

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1998 Cleveland's Manny Ramirez ties a major league record with homers in four straight at-bats and five in two games. The Indian right fielder, who homered in his final three at-bats last night, goes deep in the first off Twin Bob Tewksbury and takes a 3-2 pitch to left in the fifth for his fifth homer in six at-bats.

1998 Four batters strike out in one inning for only the 30th time in major league history, marking only the 12th time the feat occurs consecutively. Thanks to Randy Knorr's passed ball, Marlin rookie Kirt Ojala accomplishes the deed in the fourth inning of the Marlins' 3-2 defeat to the Expos.

1998 In front of 49,891 patrons at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium, Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire by hitting his record-setting 63rd home run. The 434-foot eighth inning two-out blast off Brian Boehringer is a tie-breaking grand slam, with 'Slammin' Sammy collecting all six RBIs when the Cubs beat the Padres, 6-3.

1999 Doug Glanville collects five hits, including a double and a home run, in the Phillies' 8-6 victory at the Astrodome, ending Houston's win streak at 12, a franchise record. The 29-year-old center fielder will enjoy another five-hit performance next season against Cincinnati.

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2000 With a sixth-inning blast in a 7-6 loss to the hometown Cardinals, Cub outfielder Sammy Sosa joins Mark McGwire (1997-99) as the only major leaguer to hit 50 home runs three straight seasons. Babe Ruth had three 50+ homer seasons but did not accomplish the feat in consecutive years.

2002 Giant left fielder Barry Bonds walks three times, breaking his own record for bases on balls in a season with 178. Approximately one-third of the free passes given to the San Francisco slugger have been intentional (60 out of 178).

2004 The Red Sox become the fourth team in big league history to sell out an entire 81-game home season. The Indians (1996-2000), Rockies (1996), and Giants (2000) are the other clubs that have accomplished the feat

2005 Youppi!, who got his start at Olympic Stadium, is named the first official mascot of the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first to switch from Major League Baseball to the NHL. The acquisition, reportedly at the cost of six figures, is made possible when the Expos leave the hairy orange arm-waving giant behind in favor of an eagle called "Screech" when they moved to Washington, D.C. to become the Nationals.

2006 Angels center fielder Chone Figgins, in a 12-6 loss to the Rangers in Texas, triples in the ninth inning to become the fifth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. 'Figgy' joins Jeff DaVanon (2004), Dave Winfield (1991), Dan Ford (1979), and Jim Fregosi (1964, 1968) to accomplish the feat for the Halos.

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2006 The Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston's grand reopening ceremony for its Roxbury facility, which underwent a $7-million renovation, has some community leaders upset with its new name unveiled at the event. The previous Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey created the foundation that donated $3 million to renovate the facility, but some in the minority neighborhood believe it's wrong to name the clubhouse after him because of his racially motivated policies, including not signing Jackie Robinson and the team becoming the last to integrate.

2006 Stealing second base in the first inning in an 8-5 victory over the Brewers at RFK, Alfonso Soriano becomes the fourth player in major league history in a single season to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases. The Nationals' outfielder joins Jose Canseco (1988), Barry Bonds (1996), and Alex Rodriguez (1998) as the only players to record 40-40 seasons.

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2007 Todd Jones becomes the 21st major leaguer to record 300 career saves. The milestone doesn't come easy as the Tigers' closer gives up three hits and a run in Detroit's 6-4 win over the Twins at the Metrodome.

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2007 David Wright, homering in the seventh inning of a 10-6 loss to Philadelphia at Shea Stadium, becomes the 30th member of the 30-30 club. The New York third baseman, returning to the dugout, is greeted by hitting coach Howard Johnson, who, along with Darryl Strawberry, are the other Mets to have stolen thirty bases and hit 30 homers in the same season.

2007 In a dramatic at-bat, Jim Thome becomes the third major leaguer this season and the 23rd overall to hit 500 career home runs. The historic homer comes in the bottom of the ninth on a full count as the White Sox DH strokes a two-run walk-off round-tripper to beat the Angels at U.S. Cellular Field, 9-7.

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