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9/18
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BIRTHDAYS
1925 Harvey Haddix pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th), born in Medway, Ohio (d. 1994)

1948 Ken Brett born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003)

1959 Ryne Sandberg infielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Spokane, Washington

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1866 Andrew Johnson becomes the first sitting president to witness a baseball game when he briefly attends an amateur contest on the White Lot, a field directly opposite the White House. The hometown Washington Nationals lose, 33-28, to the visiting Brooklyn Excelsiors but compile a 10-5 record this season.

1900 At Brooklyn's Washington Park, Deputy Sheriff O'Donnell seizes the St. Louis share of gate receipts to reimburse Gus Weyhing, recently released by the Cardinals after posting a 3-4 record in eight starts with the team, who claims he didn't receive ten days of pay. The right-hander, known as Cannonball by his teammates, will sign with the Superbas next week as a free agent.

1903 The Pirates, with their doubleheader sweep from the Beaneaters at Exposition Park, go nine games ahead of New York with eight games to play to clinch the National League pennant. In a decision made today, Pittsburgh will represent the National League in the first World Series against the upstart American League, playing Boston, who captured their circuit's flag yesterday.

1908 Bob Rhoads, outdueling Frank Arellanes, the only Mexican-American playing in the majors, tosses a no-hitter, beating the Red Sox at Cleveland's League Park, 2-1. Four years ago, the Indians right-hander held Boston hitless until Chick Stahl singled with two outs in the ninth inning.

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1930 The Yankees edge the Browns at Sportsman's Park in ten innings, 7-6, with New York starter Red Ruffing helping his own cause by hitting two home runs during his seven innings of work. The future Hall of Fame right-hander, who will hit .258 in 257 pinch-hitting appearances, collects 36 career home runs, 34 of them as a pitcher, finishing second to Wes Ferrell's total of 37 when he completes his 22-year tenure in the major leagues.

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1932 In their last home games of the season, three thousand fans see their hometown Browns split a twin bill with Yankees, dropping a 7-2 decision in the opener before winning the nightcap in ten innings, 2-1. The sixth-place American League club establishes the record for lowest yearly attendance, attracting 112,558 patrons, averaging about 1,500 fans a game at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.

 

1954 In front of only 6,913 fans at Detroit's Brigg Stadium, the Indians, with a 3-2 win over Detroit, clinch the American League pennant and finish eight games ahead of the Yankees, who won the AL flag the previous five seasons. The Tribe, who will set an American League record with 111 victories, will be swept in the Giants' World Series.

1959 After Tiger manager Joe Gordon says he plans to leave the team at the end of the season, general manager Frank Lane fires him four days later. After reported negotiations with Leo Durocher to take over the helm do not pan out, the Detroit GM changes his mind and apologizes to his skipper, who decides to continue in his position.

1963 In the Polo Grounds' final game, played in front of a paltry 1,752 patrons, Jim Hickman of the Mets hits the last home run in the 52-year history of the Coogan's Bluff ballpark. The iconic stadium, which served as the home of the Giants (1911-1957), Yankees (1913-1922), and Mets (1962-63), first opened its doors on June 28, 1911.

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1967 At Tiger Stadium, the Red Sox rally to move into a first-place tie with Detroit (85-66). The late-inning heroics begin with Carl Yastrzemski's home run in the ninth frame, which ties the game at 5-to-5, and will be decided with a solo homer in the tenth hit by third baseman Dalton Jones, leading to an eventual 6-5 Boston victory.

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1968 After being no-hit yesterday by Giants right-hander Gaylord Perry, the Cardinal hurler Ray Washburn returns the favor by no-hitting San Francisco, 2-0, making the hitless contests on successive days a first in major league history. The 30-year-old right-hander is the fourth Redbird pitcher to throw a no-no in franchise history and the first since Lon Warneke's gem in 1941

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1970 The Mets purchase Dean Chance from the Indians, but the 1964 Cy Young award winner will only compile a 0-1 record along with an ERA of 13.50 in his three games, all in relief, before being sent to Detroit, along with Bill Denehy, in an off-season trade with the Tigers. In exchange, New York obtains right-hander Jerry Robertson, who will never pitch again in a major league game.

1971 Clay Kirby goes the distance, limiting the Giants to one hit in the Padres' 2-1 victory at Candlestick Park. Willie McCovey spoils the right-hander's bid for a no-hitter when he leads off the bottom of the eighth inning with a wind-blown home run.

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1975 Mets slugger Dave Kingman, in a 7-5 victory over Chicago at Shea Stadium, hits his 35th homer to set a new franchise record for round-trippers in a season. Frank Thomas set the previous mark in 1962, the team's first year in existence.

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1975 Rusty Staub becomes the first Mets player in the franchise's 14-year history to drive in one hundred runs in a season. A fifth-inning two-run blast off Donnie Moore accounts for Le Grand Orange's 100th RBI, contributing to the team's 7-5 comeback victory over the Cubs at Shea Stadium.

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1976 Indians player-manager Frank Robinson, in his final major league at-bat, strokes a pinch-hit single in a 4-3 loss to Baltimore at Cleveland Stadium. The 41-year-old future Hall of Famer ends his 21-year playing career with a batting average of .294 and 586 home runs, the fourth-best in baseball history at the time of his retirement.

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1977 In front of a sellout crowd of 51,798 at Memorial Stadium on 'Thanks Brooks Day,' Red Sox rookie Ted Cox goes 4-for-4, tying the big league mark shared by Casey Stengel, Willie McCovey, Mack Jones, and Forest Jacobs for the most hits in a major league debut. The performance is also the start of a historic two-game hitting streak by the rookie DH, who will collect two hits in his first two at-bats in tomorrow's contest to become the only big-leaguer to begin a career with six consecutive hits.

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1980 In only his 14th major league game, Gary Ward becomes the sixth Twins player to hit for the cycle in the team's 9-8 loss against the Brewers at County Stadium. In 2004, the left fielder's son Daryle will also collect a single, double, triple, and a home run in the same game, making the pair the first father-son combination to accomplish the rare feat.

1984 The Tigers, with a 3-0 victory over Milwaukee, clinch the American League East title to become only the fourth team in major league history to lead from start to finish of a season. The 1923 Giants, 1927 Yankees, and the 1955 Dodgers also led their circuits from wire to wire.

1987 In a slugfest which the Mets will lose 10-9 to Pittsburgh, Darryl Strawberry gets the team off to a good start when he slams a three-run home run off Brian Fischer in the top of the first inning at Three Rivers Stadium. The New York right fielder's round-tripper, his 37th of the season, establishes a new franchise record for homers, previously set by Dave Kingman on this date in 1975.

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1992 At Three River Stadium, Barry Bonds connects his 30th home run of the season off Phillies' right-hander Terry Mulholland in the Pirates' 5-2 victory. The home run gives the Pirates outfielder his second 30/30 season, equaling a feat accomplished only by Bobby Bonds (his father), Willie Mays (his godfather), Howard Johnson, and Ron Gant.

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1993 Mike Stanley, with the Yankees trailing by two runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, hits a pop fly to left field for the apparent third out to end the game; however, third-base umpire Tim Welke called time before the pitch when a fan jumped onto the Yankee Stadium field. Given a second chance, the Bronx Bomber catcher singles, followed by a Wade Boggs hit, a walk to Dion James, and a Don Mattingly single that drives in two runs to beat the Red Sox, 4-3.

1994 PBS airs Ken Burns Baseball, a nine-part documentary that explores the relationship between the sport and society by using archived pictures, film footage along with a soundtrack of interviews and the music of the times. The 1995 Primetime Emmy Awards winner for the Outstanding Informational Series enjoys an audience of 45 million viewers, making the 18.5-hour miniseries the most-watched program in Public Television history.

1996 Roger Clemens, in his final victory wearing a Red Sox uniform, ties his own record for strikeouts in a game when he strikes out 20 batters in a nine-inning game, going the distance in the team's 4-0 victory in Detroit. The 'Rocket' first achieved the feat a decade earlier against the Mariners.

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1997 In a game in which the Braves become the first franchise to clinch six consecutive postseason berths, the team establishes a new major league record for grand slams. In the first inning of a 10-2 rout over New York, Ryan Klesko blasts the club's twelfth four-run homer of the season, surpassing the mark set last year by both the Orioles and Mariners.

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1999 Slammin' Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league history to hit 60 homers in a season twice when he hits a sixth-inning solo shot off right-hander Jason Bere in the Cubs' 7-4 loss to the Brewers at Wrigley Field. The 30-year-old Dominican outfielder hit 66 home runs in last season's historic home run race with Mark McGwire.

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2000 In between his first and sixth-inning home runs, Vladimir Guerrero's older brother Wilton goes deep in the fourth frame of the Expos' 11-4 rout of the Marlins at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The three home runs stroked by the siblings, who have now gone deep in the same game a record-setting four times, are all hit off Florida starter Jesus Sanchez.

2000 Indian hurler Bartolo Colon, pitching a one-hitter against the Yankees, nearly ends the longest streak in major league history of a team being held hitless by its opponents. The Bronx Bombers have not been denied a hit in a game since Hoyt Wilhelm accomplished the feat on September 9, 1958, a span of 6,637 contests.

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2002 Not too fleet-of-foot, Greg Colbrunn hits an improbable triple in his last turn at-bat to complete the cycle. The Diamondbacks' first baseman has five hits, including a pair of two-run homers, in the team's 10-3 victory over the Padres at Qualcomm Stadium.

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2002 Major League Baseball teams across the nation celebrate the first annual "Roberto Clemente Day." Each home team's recipient of the John Hancock's Roberto Clemente Award will be recognized (with the balance given when the road team arrives home) with the award's national recipient, chosen from among the 30 club honorees will be announced during the World Series.

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2004 For the first time in seventy years, Japanese professional baseball players go on strike, protesting the Nippon League's threat to merge two teams. The work action, which will last for only two days, appears to work when team owners withdraw the merger proposal.

2005 The Rangers establish a new major league record for home runs hit at home when David Dellucci, Alfonso Soriano, and Rod Barajas all go yard as Texas beats the Mariners, 8-6. The power surge gives the team a total of 150 homers at Ameriquest Field, one more than the Rockies' output at Coors Field in 1996.

2006 Having accomplished the feat with the Indians and Phillies, White Sox DH Jim Thome becomes only the second big leaguer to hit 40 home runs with three different teams when he goes deep in an 8-2 loss to Detroit at U.S. Cellular Field. Alex Rodriguez also reached the milestone with the Mariners, Rangers, and Yankees

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2006 In front of an enthusiastic Shea Stadium crowd of 46,729, the Mets capture the NL East title for the first time since 1988 by beating the Marlins, 4-0. The contest marks the team's fifth attempt to clinch the division, but a road loss in Florida and being swept in Pittsburgh brought the champagne celebration home to the Big Apple.

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2006 The Dodgers, who are last in the National League in homers, hit four consecutive home runs in an inning when Jeff Kent, J.D. Drew, Russell Martin, and Marlon Anderson all go deep in the bottom of the ninth to tie the Padres, 9-9. The improbable feat, accomplished only by the 1964 Twins, 1963 Indians, and the 1961 Braves, leads to Nomar Garciaparra's walk-off two-run homer in the tenth and sole possession of first place when Los Angeles beat the Friars, 11-10.

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2007 In the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, Todd Helton homers on a two-strike pitch thrown by Takashi Saito, giving the Diamondbacks a 9-8 walk-off victory and a three-game sweep of the Dodgers at Coors Field. The unlikely outcome marks the third of 11 consecutive wins for the eventual National League champs.

2007 Greg Maddux breaks Cy Young's major league record by getting his 13th win for the 20th consecutive season. The Padres veteran right-hander's streak of not issuing a base on balls in 59.2 innings ends when Jason Bay walks on a full count in the third inning of a 5-3 victory over the Pirates at Petco Park.

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2007 Mike Mussina becomes the first American League hurler to win 10+ games in 16 consecutive seasons when New York defeats the Orioles at the Yankee Stadium, 12-0. 'Moose' joins Hall of Famers Steve Carlton (18), Warren Spahn (17), Nolan Ryan (16), Don Sutton (17), Cy Young (19), and future inductee Greg Maddux (20) as one of only seven players in baseball history to have victories in the double-digits over a similar period of time

2010 At Citi Field, Luis Hernandez falls to the ground in obvious pain when he fouls a ball off his right foot, and after a lengthy discussion, dismisses the team trainer to resume his turn at-bat. The Mets' second baseman hits a home run on the next pitch he sees but severely limps rounding the bases, reminiscent of Kirk Gibson, barely making it home due to the broken foot that will end his season.

2010 Troy Tulowitzki, with two round-trippers in the Rockies' 12-2 rout of LA, ties a major-league record with 14 homers in a 15-game span. The Colorado slugging shortstop, who has four multi-homer games in the previous ten contests, joins Albert Belle (1995) and Barry Bonds (2001) as the third player to accomplish the feat.

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2010 After finishing a victory short of the milestone twice during his distinguished career, CC Sabathia becomes a 20-game winner for the first time when the Yankees beat the Orioles 11-3. The left-hander, who leads both leagues in victories, is the fourth Bronx Bomber since 2000 to reach the plateau, adding his name to a list that includes Roger Clemens (2001), Andy Pettitte (2003), and Mike Mussina (2008).

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2013 Reds' rookie Billy Hamilton gets on base five times, going 3-for-4 with two walks, two runs scored, and an RBI. The Cincinnati speedy center fielder, who stole 155 bases in the minors last season, becomes the first major leaguer since 1920 to steal four bases in his first major league start.

2013 Yadier Molina strokes his 41st double of the season in the Cardinals' 4-3 victory over Colorado, breaking the mark for two-baggers by a catcher. The St. Louis backstop, who will finish the year with 44 doubles, surpasses the record established in 1978 by Ted Simmons, who also played for the Redbirds.

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2019 Bruce Bochy, finishing his 25th and final season at the helm, becomes the 11th big league manager to reach the 2,000-win plateau when the Giants rout the Red Sox, 11-3, at Fenway Park. The San Francisco skipper, joins Hall of Famers Connie Mack (3,731), John McGraw (2,763), Tony La Russa (2,728), Bobby Cox (2,504), Joe Torre (2,326), Sparky Anderson (2,194), Bucky Harris (2,158), Joe McCarthy (2,125), Walter Alston (2,040) and Leo Durocher (2,008) to reach the milestone

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On September 18 in Baseball History...

• • 1908 - Bob Rhoads of the Indians pitched a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox for a 2-1 victory in Cleveland.
  • 1909 - Ty Cobb wins the Triple Crown with a .377 batting average, nine home runs and 107 RBI. He also leads the American League with 216 hits, 116 runs and 296 total bases.
  • 1922 - George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush, the same pitcher the St. Louis Browns first baseman had started the streak against on July 27. Whitey Witt, his head bandaged from being hit by a bottle, drives in two in the ninth for a 3-2 Yankees' win.
  • 1930 - New York pitcher Red Ruffing hit two home runs as the Yankees edged the St. Louis Browns 7-6 in 10 innings.
  • 1954 - The Cleveland Indians clinched the American League pennant with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
  • 1956 - Mickey Mantle hits his 50th home run, making him the eighth player to do so, in the eleventh inning off Chicago's Billy Pierce. New York wins 3-2 to clinch another pennant. Mickey Mantle will win the Triple Crown with a .353 batting average, 52 home runs and 130 RBI.
  • 1963 - The New York Mets lost their last game at the Polo Grounds to the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-1, in front of only 1,752.
  • 1965 - On Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium, 50,180 fans see Mantle play his 2,000th game.
  • 1968 - Ray Washburn pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park, one day after the Giants' Gaylord Perry tossed a no-hitter against Washburn's St. Louis Cardinals.
  • 1976 - In his last Major League appearance as a player, Cleveland manager Frank Robinson pinch-hits in the eighth inning and singles against Rudy May of the Orioles.
  • 1977 - Spoiling Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore, Boston's Ted Cox goes 4-for-4 in his first Major League game, a 10-4 win over the Orioles. Cox will get two more hits the following day against the Yankees, setting a Major League record for consecutive hits at the start of a career.
  • 1984 - The Detroit Tigers clinched the American League East Division with a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, making the Tigers only the fourth team in Major League history to lead from start to finish. The other three were the 1923 New York Giants, 1927 New York Yankees and the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • 1987 - Detroit's Darrell Evans became the first 40-year-old player in Major League history to hit 30 home runs in a season as the Tigers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6.
  • 1993 - The Yankees trail the Red Sox 3-1 in the ninth inning when Mike Stanley hits a popup to left field. Just before the pitch, a fan runs onto the field and umpire Tim Welke calls timeout, so the last out doesn't count. The Yankees rally for three runs and the Red Sox lose the game as well as the protest filed by the team.
  • 1996 - Roger Clemens equaled his own Major League record, striking out 20 batters and pitching a four-hitter to lead Boston over the Detroit Tigers 4-0.

Baseball Birthdays on September 18...

• • 1848 - Allison, Bill
  • 1859 - Andrews, Wally
  • 1883 - Manush, Frank
  • 1889 - Groh, Heinie
  • 1889 - Miller, Chuck
  • 1890 - Grubb, Harvey
  • 1898 - Uhle, George
  • 1901 - Stone, Tige
  • 1909 - Collins, Rip
  • 1909 - Guise, Lefty
  • 1911 - de la Cruz, Tommy
  • 1913 - Marshall, Max
  • 1914 - Sodd, Bill
  • 1920 - Gillespie, Paul
  • 1920 - Hanyzewski, Ed
  • 1923 - Tepsic, Joe
  • 1925 - Haddix, Harvey
  • 1935 - Mallett, Jerry
  • 1941 - Dietz, Dick
  • 1946 - Sells, Dave
  • 1947 - Champion, Bill
  • 1948 - Brett, Ken
  • 1948 - Richard, Lee
  • 1951 - Scott, Tony
  • 1952 - Bowen, Sam
  • 1953 - DeJohn, Mark
  • 1955 - McCormack, Don
  • 1955 - Smith, Ray
  • 1958 - Holman, Scott
  • 1958 - Mason, Roger
  • 1959 - Sandberg, Ryne
  • 1960 - Earl, Scott
  • 1964 - Murphy, Dan
  • 1965 - Bronkey, Jeff
  • 1970 - Timmons, Ozzie
  • 1971 - Holt, Chris
  • 1973 - Meluskey, Mitch

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9/19
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BIRTHDAYS
1926 Duke Snider Hall of Fame outfielder (8 x MLB All Star; World Series 1955, 59; Brooklyn / LA Dodgers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2011)


1930 Bob Turley pitcher, 1951-63, (New York Yankees, and 3 other teams), 3X All-Star, Cy Young and World Series MVP, 1958, born in Troy, Illinois (d. 2013)


1943 Joe Morgan HOF infielder (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1975, 76; NL MVP 1975, 76; Cincinnati Reds) and broadcaster (ESPN), born in Bonham, Texas (d. 2020)


1962 Randy Myers pitcher (MLB All-Star 1990, 94, 95, 97; World Series 1990; NLCS MVP 1990; Cincinnati Reds), born in Vancouver, Washington


1967 Jim Abbott pitcher (Olympic gold 1988; California Angels, NY Yankees), born in Flint, Michigan


1978 Nick Johnson, American baseball player, born in Tempe, Arizona

1983 Joey Devine player, born in Junction City, Kansas

1983 Charlie Haeger player, born in Livonia, Michigan

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1883 John Reilly completes his second cycle in eight days when the National Association's Red Stockings beat Philadelphia, 12-3, at the Bank Street Grounds. Last week, the 24-year-old Cincinnati first baseman collected three singles, a double, a triple, and a homer in the 27-5 rout of Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

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1925 In the nightcap of a twin bill at Griffith Stadium, White Sox right-hander Ted Lyons loses his no-hit bid when Bobby Veach hits safely with two outs in the ninth in the team's 17-0 rout of the Senators. 'Sunday Ted' gem halts Washington's outfielder Sam Rice's streak of nine consecutive hits.

1929 Joe Sewell sets a major league record by playing in his 115th consecutive game without striking out, dating back to May 16th. The diminutive third baseman, wielding a 40-ounce bat in 578 at-bats, fans only four times while playing every game for the Indians this season.

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1931 A's southpaw Lefty Grove becomes the first pitcher since 1920 to win 30 games when he beats the White Sox, 2-1. Only two more pitchers will win as many games in this century, with Dizzy Dean winning 30 for the Cardinals in 1934 and Denny McLain earning 31 victories thirty-four years later for the Tigers.

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1935 The Cubs win their 16th consecutive game as they beat Carl Hubbell, completing a four-game sweep of the Giants. The mark is the most since the 1924 Dodgers won 15 straight games.

1937 Tigers' first baseman Hank Greenberg becomes the first to hit a homer into the center field bleachers at Yankee Stadium. The area will become known as 'the black' when seats are covered in a dark color to serve as a batting eye.

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1939 September call-up Elmer Gedeon collects all three of his major league hits of his five-game career in the Senators' 10-9 victory over the Indians at Griffith Stadium. The Washington starting center fielder becomes the first of two major leaguers killed in World War II when the enemy shot down his plane over France in 1944.

1949 With their 77th victory of the year, a 4-3 win in St. Louis, the Phillies will not have a losing season for the first time since 1932. The Pirates, who haven't won more than they've lost since 1993, surpasses Philadelphia's 16-year record skid of playing under .500 in 2009.

1949 Pirates slugger Ralph Kiner hits his 50th home run of the year, taking Kirby Higbe deep in a 6-4 loss to the Giants at Forbes Field. The 26-year-old All-Star outfielder, having hit 54 round-trippers in his sophomore season of 1947, becomes the first National League player to accomplish the feat in two different seasons.

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1951 Indian Larry Doby walks five times in a 15-2 drubbing of the Red Sox when Early Wynn picks up his 20th victory. The intimidating right-hander, who will win exactly 300 games in a 23-year big league career, will post 20 or more wins in five of those seasons.

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1955 In a 6-5 Cubs' extra-inning loss to the Cardinals, Ernie Banks hits his fifth grand slam of the season to establish a new major league mark, previously shared with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, among the others who also connected four times with bases full. The Chicago infielder hits his historic four-run homer off 19-year-old flamethrower Lindy McDaniel, making his first major league start after receiving a $50,000 bonus.

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1955 After sitting on a flagpole since June 23rd, Bill Sherman leaves his perch after deciding he couldn't keep his promise to sit there until the Braves won seven straight games. Milwaukee will win six consecutive games on three occasions but can't get the elusive seventh victory during the 89 days.

1956 Orioles catcher Tom Gastall dies as the plane he is piloting crashes into the Chesapeake Bay. The 24-year-old backup backstop, who signed a $40,000 contract as a "bonus baby" with Baltimore after being drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions, was the captain of the Boston University's basketball and baseball teams in his senior year and played quarterback for the Terriers' football team.

1959 Richie Ashburn becomes the all-time franchise leader, collecting his 2,212th hit wearing a Phillies uniform. The historic knock is a ball that caroms off first base for a single in Philadelphia's 9-3 loss to the Braves at Connie Mack Stadium.

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1962 Dick Donovan becomes the Indians' first 20-game winner since Early Wynn, Bob Lemon, and Herb Score hit the total in 1956. The memorable contest features a pair of back-to-back home runs hit in the first and seventh innings by Tribe teammates Walter Bond and Johnny Romano, who also had doubles, in the team's 10-9 victory at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium.

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1964 After singling, swiping second, and advancing to third on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 16th inning, Willie Davis steals home, giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia. The fleet outfielder's theft of the plate occurs in the latest frame of a National League game and ties Hal Trosky's major league mark set in 1944.

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1968 Denny McLain posts his 31st victory, the most the American League since 1931 when Lefty Grove finished the season with a 31-4 with the Philadelphia A’s. The Tiger Stadium game is best remembered for Mickey Mantle’s 535th homer run to surpass Jimmie Foxx on the all-time home-run list on a pitch allegedly ‘grooved’ by the Detroit starter.

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1970 In an 11-3 rout of Washington at Fenway Park, the Conigliaro bothers each homer in the same game for the second time this season. Teammates Billy and Tony, who also accomplished the feat on July 4th, go deep with solo shots in the fourth and seventh inning.

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1971 In just their third year of existence, the Royals are assured of their first winning season when they beat Minnesota, 5-2, in the nightcap of a twin bill at Metropolitan Stadium for the team's 82nd victory this year. Kansas City, ending the campaign with an 85-76 record, finishes in second place, 16 games behind Oakland.

1973 In the fourth inning of the Braves' 4-1 loss at Dodger Stadium, Davey Johnson hits a solo shot off Andy Messersmith for his 43rd home run of the season, the 42nd as a second baseman. The round-tripper ties Cardinal infielder Rogers Hornsby's 1922 record for the most home runs by a second baseman.

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1973 Astros' infielder Dave Campbell hits a first-inning two-run double against San Diego right-hander Clay Kirby to snap a 0-for-45 drought, tying a major league record set in 1909 by Bill Bergen, a catcher who played with Brooklyn. 'Soup,' who will become a respected national baseball broadcaster, endured the futility while playing for three teams, combining a 17 at-bat hitless streak with the Padres and another 21 at-bats hitless streak for the Cardinals before hitting the two-bagger in his eighth at-bat with Houston.

1976 Braves owner Ted Turner promotes Bill Lucas to vice president of player personnel, which assumes all the general manager's responsibilities, with the owner keeping the official title. The former minor leaguer player becomes the first black to run a major league franchise nearly three decades after Jackie Robinson broke the color line.

1977 With two singles in his first two at-bats, Ted Cox ties and then breaks Senators Cecil Travis' 1933 record of five consecutive hits at the start of a career. The Red Sox rookie DH had gone 4-for-4 in Baltimore yesterday and is 6-for-6 in his first six major league appearances.

1980 In the Royals' 13-3 victory over the visiting A's, George Brett goes 2-for-4. The third baseman's two singles keep his batting average at .400, marking the latest date in the season since Ted Williams accomplished the feat in 1941.

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1981 The Red Sox snap the Yankees' nine-game winning streak at Fenway Park, finally beating the Bronx Bombers at home, 8-5. Trailing for most of the game, Boston explodes for seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, including Rick Miller's three-run homer off New York reliever Dave LaRoche.

1982 Mariner rookie Orlando Mercado becomes the third player to hit a grand slam for his first major league hit. Bill Duggelby (1898 - first at-bat) and Bobby Bonds (1968 - third at-bat) were the other two players to accomplish the feat.

1986 Joe Cowley walks seven batters and gives up a run, but the White Sox right-hander no-hits the Angels at Anaheim Stadium, 7-1. The 28-year-old Kentuckian will become the first pitcher in major league history never to win another game after tossing a no-hitter when he is released by the Phillies next season.

1987 The Pirates retire the number 4 worn by Ralph Kiner, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975. The slugging outfielder, the owner of the single-season club record with 54 home runs, won or shared the NL home run title in each of his seven full seasons with Pittsburgh, going deep 301 times overall for the team.

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