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BIRTHDAYS
1944 Ron Swoboda, outfielder and sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets), born in Baltimore, Maryland

1962 Tony Fernández shortstop, 1983-2001, 5X All-Star, 4X Golden Glove (Toronto Blue Jays, and 6 other teams), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic (d. 2020)

1968 Dan Peltier, American outfielder (Notre Dame & SF Giants), born in Clifton Park, New York

1970 Mark Grudzielanek infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1972 Garret Anderson outfielder (FGCU Eagles,California Angels), born in Los Angeles, California

1973 Chan Ho Park pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in Kong Ju City, Korea

1982 Mitch Maie player and coach, born in Petoskey, Michigan

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1894 Fred Clarke makes his major league debut, going 5-for-5 for the Louisville Colonels. The future Hall of Famer collects four singles and a triple.

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1908 At New York's Hilltop Park, Red Sox legend Cy Young no-hits the Highlanders (Yankees), 8-0. The contest marks the third time the 41-year-old has accomplished the feat.

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1909 The Cubs spoil the Pirates' debut at Forbes Field, 3-2. The new state-of-the-art ballpark, named for General John Forbes, an officer in the French and Indian War, is the first stadium to be made completely of steel and poured concrete.
1938 The Phillies lose the final game at the Baker Bowl, bowing to the Giants, 14-1. New York center fielder Hank Lieber hits the last homer in the history of the 51-year-old ballpark, which also served as the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles home for three seasons (1933-1935).
1948 At Briggs Stadium, Indians right-hander Bob Lemon throws the first American League night time no-hitter, blanking the Tigers, 2-0. The Tigers' home was the last park in the Junior Circuit to use lights, installing illumination only two weeks ago.

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1950 Joe and Dom DiMaggio both homer in the same game for the only time in their careers when each goes deep in Red Sox's 10-2 rout of the Yankees. Dom's sixth-inning solo shot off Joe Ostrowski pads Boston's large lead, and Joe's round-tripper to left field in the top of the eighth frame is much too little too late in the Fenway contest.

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1954 In his major league debut, Joe Cunningham ties a National League record, driving in five runs in the Cardinals' 11-4 victory over the Reds at Crosley Field. The 22-year-old Redbird rookie first baseman, with his three-run homer and a two-run single, equals the mark established in 1922 by Walter Mueller, playing his freshman year with the Pirates.

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1961 Improving his record to 14-2, Whitey Ford becomes the first pitcher in American League history to win eight games in one month with a 5-1 victory over the Senators at Yankee Stadium. The left-hander's five-hitter is his third complete game during the span and the team's 22nd win in June.

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1962 Sandy Koufax becomes the first Dodger southpaw to throw a no-hitter since Nap Rucker accomplished the feat in 1908 when he keeps the expansion Mets hitless in the team's 5-0 victory in Los Angeles. The 26-year-old left-hander, en route to fanning 13, strikes out the first three batters he faces - Richie Ashburn, Rod Kanehl, and Felix Mantilla, on nine pitches to start the game with an immaculate inning.

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1962 Due to unusually thick fog at Colt Stadium, the game against the Reds is called after seven innings, giving the Colt .45's a 7-3 victory over Cincinnati. The shortened contest allows Houston's skipper Harry Craft to get to the hospital in time for the birth of his first daughter.
1967 Cookie Rojas, who joined the Phillies in 1964, plays his ninth different position for the team when he takes the mound in a 12-3 loss to San Francisco. In his ninth-inning appearance, the All-Star infielder allows no runs and gives up just one hit, ending the frame by getting future Hall of Famer Willie Mays to fly out to right field in the Connie Mack Stadium contest.

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1970 The Braves ruin the debut of Riverfront Stadium, defeating the Reds, 8-2. In the first inning, Hank Aaron hits the park's first home run off Cincinnati's starter Jim McGlothlin.
1973 With an 8-7 extra-inning loss to LA at Riverfront Stadium, the Reds finish the day 11 games behind the first-place Dodgers. Led by the eventual National League MVP Pete Rose, who will win the batting title with a .338 average, Cincinnati will go on a 60-26 tear to capture the Western Division by 3.5 games.
1977 At Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Cliff Johnson joins Joe DiMaggio and Joe Pepitone as the only players in Yankee history to hit two home runs in the same inning. The designated hitter goes deep twice in the eighth as the Bronx Bombers score eight runs in an 11-5 win over the Blue Jays.

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1978 Giant first baseman Willie McCovey, on an 0-2 pitch thrown by Jamie Easterly, launches his 500th career home run over the left-field fence, becoming the 12th player to accomplish the feat. Stretch's historic homer occurs in the second inning of the opener of a doubleheader, which the Giants sweep from the Braves at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium, 10-9 and 10-5.

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1978 Larry Doby replaces Bob Lemon as skipper of the White Sox to become the second black to manage in the majors. Lemon will move on to New York to replace Billy Martin and will pilot the Yankees to a World Championship as Doby will be dismissed from his only managerial stint at the end of the season after posting a 37-50 record with the fifth place Pale Hose.
1983 Lance Junker hits two grand slams in the ninth inning of the Redwood Pioneers' 16-5 victory over the Class-A Padres at Reno's Moana Stadium. The 23-year-old California League slugger, batting for the second time in the frame, becomes the third professional player to accomplish the feat, joining Ken Myers (1947 - Las Vegas/Sunset League) and Armando Flores (1952 - Laredo Apaches/Gulf Coast League).

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1985 Pedro Guerrero ties a major league record by hitting 15 home runs in June when he goes deep off Bruce Sutter in his final at-bat of the month. The eighth inning two-run round-tripper will prove to be the difference in the Dodgers' 4-3 victory over Atlanta at Chavez Ravine.

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1986 In front of 7,026 enthusiastic fans at Tim McCarver Stadium in Memphis, Auburn standout football star Bo Jackson makes his pro baseball debut, singling and driving in a run in his first at-bat in the Chicks' 9-5 loss to Columbus (GA) in a Southern League game. The 1985 Heisman Trophy winner, who batted seventh as the designated hitter, will finish the night 1-for-4.
1988 On the last day of the legislature session, Illinois Governor James Thompson lobbies his lawmakers to approve a new ballpark to keep the White Sox from moving to Florida, finding himself six votes shy five minutes before the midnight deadline. Following the drama on TV, Floridians are shocked when the stroke of midnight is delayed by three minutes, long enough to secure the 60th vote needed to approve the $150-million stadium, depriving the Sunshine State of its first major league baseball team.
1995 At the Metrodome, Indians' designated hitter Eddie Murray collects his 3000th hit off Twins' right-hander Mike Trombley to become the 20th player to accomplish the feat. 'Steady Eddie' joins Pete Rose as only the second switch-hitter to reach the milestone.

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1997 Rangers' hurler Bobby Witt becomes the first American League pitcher to hit a home run in a regular-season game since Roric Harrison went yard for the Orioles at the end of the season. The 33-year-old right-hander's round-tripper off Ismael Valdes helps Texas to beat the Dodgers in interleague action at Chavez Ravine, 3-2.
1998 With an eighth-inning homer against the Diamondbacks, Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. At the start of July, the Chicago outfielder's season total is 31, four less than Mark McGwire, who also homered today.

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2000 Mike Piazza's tiebreaking three-run homer completes a ten-run miracle comeback when the Mets stun the Braves, 11-8, after trailing 8-2 with two outs in the eighth inning. The team scored nine of the runs with two outs, and the ten runs equal the most ever scored in an inning by the Mets

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2001 In his hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut, Roger Connor is honored with a four-foot-high marble monument at St. Joseph's Cemetery. The gravestone, which also includes the names of his wife and grandson, notes that the one-time all-time home run leader is a member of baseball's Hall of Fame.

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2002 The Yankees become the first team in the American League since the 1956 White Sox to have four infielders and a catcher on the All-Star roster. The fans vote for first baseman Jason Giambi, second baseman Alfonso Soriano, and backstop Jorge Posada to be starters in the Midsummer Classic, with shortstop Derek Jeter and third baseman Robin Ventura selected by AL skipper Joe Torre.
2003 The Diamondbacks extend their win streak to a franchise-record-tying 12 games, scoring four runs in the 12th inning to give the team an eventual 8-7 victory over the Rockies at Coors Field. Arizona's winning ways, which features being ahead or tied for 97 consecutive innings, equals the dozen straight victories compiled by the 2003 club managed by Bob Brenly.
2004 For the third straight game, the Tigers win thanks to a walk-off home run. Following the lead of teammates Eric Munson and Carlos Pena in the two previous games, Dmitri Young hits a two-run dinger in the 11th inning to beat the Indians, 9-7.
2005 After loading the bases in the top of the ninth, Chad Cordero gets Ryan Doumit to fly out to deep right field, recording his 15th save in June to tie Lee Smith and John Wetteland for the most ever recorded in a single month. Washington's 7-5 victory over Pittsburgh at RFK Stadium puts the first-place team 4.5 games ahead of Atlanta.

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2006 In the fastest game ever played in the seven-year history of Seattle's Safeco Field, the Rockies defeats the hometown Mariners, 2-0. Colorado starter Josh Fogg faces the minimum 27 batters, tossing a two-hitter in the one-hour, 52 minutes contest, also the quickest in Rockies' history.

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2006 The Reds' 47th homer, which establishes a club for June, is a game-ending grand slam hit by Adam Dunn. The dramatic dinger, given up by closer Bob Wickman with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, powers Cincinnati over Cleveland, 9-8.
2006 In a 5-2 loss to the Marlins, which stops their winning streak at 11, the Red Sox play their 17th consecutive errorless game. The accomplishment establishes a new big league mark, surpassing the Cardinals, who played 16 straight error-free games in 1992.
2007 Making his major league debut in centerfield at Fenway Park, Jacoby Ellsbury becomes the first person from the Navajo tribe to play in the major leagues. The 23-year-old member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, who will play a significant role in the Red Sox World Championship, batting .360 in 11 total postseason games, is put out by the catcher unassisted in his first big-league at-bat.
2007 On Disability Awareness Night, the Fenway faithful show their support for the cause when they assist a young man with autism. The enthusiastic Red Sox crowd of 38,000 fans continues singing the national anthem when the nervous singer has trouble getting through the song during the pregame ceremony.

 

2012 In the Padres' 8-4 victory over Colorado, Yasmani Grandal becomes the first player to homer from both sides of the plate for his first two major league hits. The San Diego catcher, who had one at-bat in his debut four weeks ago against Arizona, flew out in the second inning before connecting for his historic homers in the fourth and sixth frames of the Coors Field contest.
2013 On the day of Seattle's 39th annual Pride Parade, the Mariners become the first major league team to fly a rainbow gay pride flag. The move comes a few days after the Supreme Court's landmark decision declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
2013 "When it comes to compassion, the Rays are batting .000." - DELCIANNA WINDERS, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement at the PETA Foundation.
Miguel Cabrera, joining Luis Gonzalez of the Dodgers, becomes only the second player to hit a homer into the 10,000-gallon touch tank at Tropicana Field. The Tigers slugger's round-tripper draws the attention of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), who requests the team to allow the 30 or more captive cownose rays be returned to their natural habitat because the animals are subject to harassment, loud crowds, and at the risk of being injured by baseballs.
2014 Joining Alan Trammel, who is at the ballpark as part of the team's celebration of the 30th anniversary of its 1984 World Championship, Rajai Davis becomes just the second Tigers player since World War II to hit a game-ending grand slam with his team trailing by three runs in the bottom of the ninth. The 33 year-old outfielder goes deep off Oakland's Sean Doolittle, who hangs a curveball that gives Detroit the dramatic 5-4 victory in front of a sold-out Comerica Park.

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2015 Chris Sale, making his 100th career start, becomes only the second major league pitcher to record 10-plus strikeouts in eight straight starts when he whiffs 12 batters in the White Sox's 2-1 extra-inning victory over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The 26-year-old southpaw joins Pedro Martinez, who also accomplished the feat in 1999 with the Red Sox.

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2016 The Orioles break the record for home runs hit in June when left fielder Hyun Soo Kim goes deep off Taijuan Walker, leading off the seventh inning in the team’s 5-3 loss to the Mariners at Safeco Field. The team's 56th round-tripper this month surpasses the mark established by the in A's 1996.
2016 Coastal Carolina wins its first national championship in any sport with a 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals. The Chanticleers become the first team in sixty years to win the title in its first CWS appearance, a feat also accomplished by Minnesota in 1956.

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2017 Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak's home run against the Red Sox is the 1,070th stroked in the majors in June, breaking the record for the most round-trippers hit in a month in baseball history previously set in May 2000. Before the night is over, a total of 33 dingers will increase the new monthly mark to 1,101.
2021 On his twenty-eighth birthday, Trea Turner completes his third career cycle when he triples in the sixth inning of Washington's 15-6 rout of the Rays at Nationals Park. Joining Adrian Beltre, Babe Herman, and John Reilly, the Nats' shortstop becomes the fourth major leaguer to accomplish the feat three times.

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On June 30 in Baseball History...

• • 1908 - Cy Young's third career no-hitter is an 8-0 Boston win over New York. At 41 years and three months, he is the oldest pitcher to turn the no-hit trick. Nolan Ryan will beat him in 1990 at the age of 43.
  • 1959 - In Chicago, two balls are in play at the same time. On a wild pitch from pitcher Bob Anderson, Stan Musial draws a walk. As the pitch gets by catcher Sammy Taylor, Musial tries for second base. Umpire Vic Delmore puts another ball in play by mistake. Taylor promptly throws the ball into center field. Third baseman Al Dark, who chased down the original ball, throws to shortstop Ernie Banks, who tags out a confused Musial. After a 10-minute conference, the umpires agree that Musial is out. Delmore will be fired because of the boner.
  • 1962 - With the aid of 13 strikeouts and a Frank Howard home run, Sandy Koufax no-hits Bob Miller and the Mets 5-0 in Los Angeles.
  • 1970 - A sellout crowd of 51,050 is on hand for the dedication of Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, but Hank Aaron spoils the show as he hits the park's first home run. The Braves win 8-2.
  • 1978 - Larry Doby becomes the second black major league manager, replacing Bob Lemon as skipper of the White Sox. Chicago has a 34-40 record at the time, and will go 37-50 the rest of the way.
  • 1988 - Alarmed by the White Sox' threatened move to St. Petersburg, Florida, lawmakers in Illinois grant state subsidies for a new stadium to replace venerable but decaying Comiskey Park.
  • 1995 - Eddie Murray collects his 3,000th career hit against Minnesota's Mike Trombley in a 4-1 Cleveland win at the Metrodome. The Indians slugger is the 20th player to reach the milestone and the third in franchise history to do it wearing a Cleveland uniform.

Baseball Birthdays on June 30...

• • 1862 - Arundel, Tug
  • 1864 - Bligh, Ned
  • 1864 - Flynn, Jocko
  • 1873 - Stultz, George
  • 1880 - Jones, Davy
  • 1895 - Miljus, Johnny
  • 1902 - Smith, Hal
  • 1905 - Scharein, Art
  • 1912 - Chiozza, Dino
  • 1912 - Hudson, Johnny
  • 1913 - Salvo, Manny
  • 1915 - Ortiz, Roberto
  • 1921 - Stephenson, Joe
  • 1921 - Albright, Jack
  • 1931 - Gross, Don
  • 1931 - Davalillo, Yo-Yo
  • 1933 - Roberts, Dave
  • 1935 - Toth, Paul
  • 1944 - Swoboda, Ron
  • 1945 - Kenney, Jerry
  • 1945 - Thornton, Otis
  • 1957 - Black, Bud
  • 1960 - Newman, Al
  • 1962 - Fernandez, Tony
  • 1964 - Dascenzo, Doug
  • 1968 - Peltier, Dan
  • 1970 - Grudzielanek, Mark
  • 1972 - Anderson, Garret
  • 1972 - Stoops, Jim
  • 1973 - Park, Chan Ho
  • 1975 - Judd, Mike

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7/1
OTD
BIRTHDAYS
1857 Roger Connor Hall of Fame 1st baseman (career HR record 138 stood for 23 years), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1931)

1861 John Clarkson HOF pitcher (Triple Crown 1889; no-hitter 1885; 3 × NL wins leader; 3 × NL strikeout leader; Chicago White Stockings, Boston Beaneaters), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1909)

1888 Ben Taylor, Hall of Fame 1st baseman (Indianapolis ABCs) and manager (Washington Potomacs, Baltimore Black Sox), born in Anderson, South Carolina (d. 1953)

1916 Bob Prince sportscaster (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1985)

1956 Brian Sabean MLB executive (San Francisco Giants World Series 2010, 2012, 2014), born in Concord, New Hampshire
1985 Chris Perez Duke MLB reliever (All Star 2011-12), born in Bradenton, Florida

1986 Charlie Blackmon outfielder (NL Batting champion 2017), born in Dallas, Texas

1991 Michael Wacha pitcher (All Star 2015), born in Iowa City, Iowa
1992 Aaron Sanchez pitcher (All Star 2016), born in Barstow, California