A Day In Baseball History

Supreme Court Rules Baseball is NOT a Business

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November 9, 1953
Reaffirming its earlier position, the United States Supreme Court rules, 7-2, baseball is a sport and not a business. This decision exempts baseball from anti-trusts laws

Comment: I rarely comment on the baseball history but this one is ridiculous. Baseball is a business. If it wasn't a business would there be complaints about the over priced tickets or the multi million dollar salaries? Would the Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers not have made a profit? Would teams like the Pirates be looking for tax loopholes? Baseball is a business and needs to pay its fair share because it is a business.

1951 - Catcher Yogi Berra of the Yankees wins the first of his three Most Valuable Player awards.

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November 8, 1951 - Catcher Yogi Berra of the Yankees wins the first of his three Most Valuable Player awards.

November 8, 1961 - With only one Cy Young Award given for the two leagues, Whitey Ford, the American League leader in wins and innings, gets the honor ahead of Warren Spahn, who led the National League with 21 wins and a 3.02 ERA.

November 8, 1966 - Triple Crown winner Frank Robinson of the Orioles is the unanimous choice as American League Most Valuable Player. He is the first player to win the award in both leagues.

Elston Howard Becomes First African American to Win AL MVP

2009-11-07T11:42:00.000-08:00

November 7, 1963
Elston Howard is named the American League's Most Valuable Player Award becoming the first black player to receive the honor. Joining Roger Maris (1960-61) and Mickey Mantle (1962), the New York catcher becomes the third consecutive Yankee to win the MVP.

Mike Marshall Becomes First Relief Pitcher to Win Cy Young Award

2009-11-06T08:41:00.000-08:00

November 6, 1969
For the first time in Cy Young Award voting history a tie occurs with Tiger Denny McLain (24-9, 2.80) and Oriole Mike Cuellar (23-11, 2.38) receiving equal votes from the BBWAA for being the best pitcher in the American League. 9 For the first time in Cy Young Award voting history a tie occurs with Tiger Denny McLain and Oriole Mike Cuellar receiving equal votes from the BBWAA for being the best pitcher in the American League.

November 6, 1974
Mike Marshall becomes the first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. The 'Iron Man' set major league records for penmen with innings pitched (206), game appearances (106), consecutive games (14) and games finished (83) .

Sadaharu Oh Retires Charlie Manuel Named Manager of the Phillies

2009-11-04T05:32:00.000-08:00

November 4, 1980
Japan's all-time home run hitter, Sadaharu Oh, retires from professional baseball. The Tokyo Yomiuri Giants' first baseman hit a record 868 home runs in his 22-year playing career.

November 4, 2001
In Game 7 of a classic World Series, Arizona rallies for two runs in the bottom of the ninth defeating the Yankees and their usually unbeatable closer, Mariano Rivera, 3-2. The four-year old Diamondbacks, the youngest franchise to win a Fall Classic, ends New York's string of three consecutive World Championships.

November 4, 2001
Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling are named co-MVPs of the World Series. The Diamondback hurlers are the first multiple winners since a trio of Dodgers( Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager) shared the award in 1981.

November 4, 2004
Former Indians manager Charlie Manuel is named to replace Larry Bowa as the Phillies skipper. The 60-year old piloted Cleveland from 2000-02.

November 4, 2004
The Mets introduced Willie Randolph as the franchise's 18th manager. The long-time Yankee second baseman and third base coach becomes the first black to manage in New York.

Ty Cobb Retires From Baseball

2009-11-03T05:35:00.000-08:00

November 3, 1926 - Ty Cobb resigns as Tigers manager and announces his retirement from the game. Umpire and former Tigers infielder George Moriarty replaces him. Moriarty is the first man to hold baseball's four principal jobs: player, umpire, scout, and manager.

Novermber 3, 1934 - Although Lou Gehrig wins the Triple Crown with 49 home runs, 165 RBI, and a .363 average, Mickey Cochrane, with two home runs, 76 RBI, and a.320 average, is named American League Most Valuable Player. Dizzy Dean, with a 30-7 record, is chosen as National League Most Valuable Player.

November 3, 1942 - Ted Williams is the Triple Crown winner in the major leagues, but the writers select second baseman Joe Gordon by 21 votes as American League Most Valuable Player. Gordon of the New York Yankees leads the American League with 95 strikeouts, the most ground balls hit into double plays (22), and the most errors at his position (28). Pitcher Mort Cooper gets the Most Valuable Player honor in the National League.

November 3, 1989 - Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing the banned Pete Rose.

Jimmie Foxx Wins 3rd MVP Award

2009-11-02T16:31:00.000-08:00

November 2, 1938
Receiving 19 of 22 first-place votes, Red Sox first baseman Jimmy Foxx (.349, 50, 175) becomes the first player to win the Most Valuable Player award three times. The 31-year old slugger was also the recipient of the honor in 1932 and '33 playing for the Philadelphia A's.

November 2, 1944
Japan, where baseball has been banned as an undesirable enemy influence, mourns the death of Eiji Sawamura. The Japanese pitcher, who is killed in action in the Pacific, became a national hero by striking out Babe Ruth in an exhibition game.

November 2, 1964
CBS becomes first corporate owner of a major league team buying eighty percent of Yankees for $11,200,000.

November 2, 1974
The Braves trade Hank Aaron to the Brewers for Dave May and Roger Alexander. The move allows the all-time career home run champ to finish his career in Milwaukee, the city in which he started in the majors.

Roy Campanella Wins 1st of 3 MVP Awards

2009-11-01T06:27:00.000-08:00

November 1, 1951
Dodger backstop Roy Campanella (.325, 33, 108) wins the first of his three National League MVP Awards.

November 1, 1978
After dominating the American League, Yankee lefty Ron Guidry (25-3,1.74) wins the league's Cy Young Award unanimously.

November 1, 2001
The first major league game ever started in the month of November is a memorable one as the Yankees, for the second consecutive night, make a dramatic comeback in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and go on to victory in extra innings. Tonight's heroes are Scot Brosius, who hits a game-tying two out two-run homer to knot the game at 2-2, and Alfonso Soriano, who singles in Chuck Knoblach in the 12th giving the Yankees a 3-2 victory and 3-2 lead in the Series over the Diamondbacks.

Derek Jeter Dubbed Mr. November

2009-10-31T07:13:00.000-07:00

October 31, 1972
Gaylord Perry (24-16,1.92) of the Indians edges Wilbur Wood ( 24-17, 2.51 ) for the American League Cy Young Award. Although the future Hall of Fame hurler receives only 9 of the 24 first place votes,the North Carolina native still out points the White Sox starter, 64-58.

October 31, 1979
Orioles' Mike Flanagan (23-9, 3.08) wins the Cy Young Award outdistancing Tommy John (21-9, 2.97).

October 31, 2001
For the first time since Philadelphia A's Mule Haas hit a game-tying two-run homer in Game 5 of the 1929 World Series, a team comes from behind to tie a Fall Classic game in the ninth and goes on to win in extra innings. Tino Martinez sends the game into overtime with a two-out homer off Diamondbacks' closer Byung-Hyun Kim and Derek Jeter, dubbed Mr. November, wins it after the stroke of midnight with a full count two-out round tripper giving the Bronx Bombers a 3-2 victory and knots the series at two games apiece.

Joe Girardi Signed as Yankees Manager

2009-10-30T09:54:00.000-07:00

October 30, 2007
New York signs Joe Girardi to three-year deal worth a reported 7.5 million to replace popular Yankee manager Joe Torre, who left earlier month rejecting a 29% pay cut after guiding his club to their 12th post-season appearance in 12 years. The 43-year old former catcher and broadcaster, the NL Manager of the Year with the 2006 Marlins, beat out coaches Don Mattingly and Tony Pena to becomes the 32nd skipper in franchise history.

With the Yankees in the 2009 World Series it looks like the Yankees made a good deal.

Joe Carter Hits Walk Off HR to Win WS Maddux Wins 3rd Cy Young

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October 24, 1993 - Joe Carter became just the second player in baseball history to end a World Series with a home run, hitting a three-run shot off Mitch Williams in the ninth inning that gave the Toronto Blue Jays their second straight championship with an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6.

October 24, 1994 - Atlanta's Greg Maddux became the first pitcher to win three straight Cy Young Awards, unanimously sweeping the NL honor. Maddux was 16-6 with a 1.56 ERA, the third-lowest in 75 years.

Alexander Cartwright Creates The First Box Score

2009-10-22T09:51:00.000-07:00

October 22, 1845
The first known box score appears in the New York Morning News a month after the first set of rules are written by Alexander Cartwright the true founder of baseball and some his fellow Knickerbockers. *Please note that there are many different opinions on this date but it did happen within the month of October.

For more information see the wikipedia link http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Boxscore

Carlton Fisk Hits Famous Game 6 World Series Homer

2009-10-21T08:44:00.000-07:00

October 21, 1975
In the bottom of 12th inning of Game Six at Fenway Park, Red Sox backstop Carlton Fisk hits one of the most dramatic home runs in major league history forcing a seventh game with the Reds. This event was chosen as one of baseball's most memorable moments in 2002.

October 21, 1976
Reds beat the Yankees, 7-2, to complete the World Series sweep over the Bronx Bombers for their second consecutive World Championship. The ‘Big Red Machine’ is powered by Johnny Bench’s two-run and three-run home runs.

October 21, 1980
In Game 6 in front of 65,838 fans at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies win their first World Series ever in the 98-year history of the franchise by defeating the Royals, 4-1. Winning pitcher Steve Carlton limits Kansas City to 4 hits in seven innings and Tug McGraw hurls the last two frames to pick up the save.

Billy Martin Returns!

2009-10-19T06:07:00.000-07:00

October 19, 1964
Reds' Fred Hutchinson resigns as manager after compiling an 60-49 record.

October 19, 1964
Harry 'the Hat' Walker is named as manager of the Pirates.

October 19, 1987
The Yankees name Billy Martin as manager for the fifth time. This time the fiery skipper will stay at the team's helm until June 23,1988

October 19, 2007
After 12 seasons and 12 playoff appearances including 10 AL East titles, six pennants and four world championships, manager Joe Torre rejects the Yankees' overture which calls for a pay cut. The non negotiable offer - a one-year, $5 million deal with $1 million incentives per playoff round and an $8 million option for 2009 if the Yankees reached next year's World Series was considered by many to be insulting and a ploy to oust the popular manager without upsetting the team's fans.

Reggie Hits 3 Home Runs in World Series Game

2009-10-18T13:57:00.000-07:00

October 18, 1950
After 50 years of managing, Connie Mack retires as skipper of the A's. The winningest manager (most defeats, also) in major league history will be replaced by Jimmy Dykes.

October 18, 1960
Five days after losing to the Pirates in Game 7 of the World Series, the Yankees fire Casey Stengel believing he's too old to manage. Few days later, the 'Old Professor' quips, "I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again".

October 18, 1977
Reggie Jackson hits three home runs on three consecutive pitches propelling the Yankees to their twenty-first World Championship. 'Mr. October' also hit a homer in his last at bat in the previous game.

The Yankees Make History in October on a Regular Basis

2009-10-17T16:46:00.000-07:00

October 17, 1964
Despite a 99-63 record, the Yankees fire Yogi Berra after losing the 1964 World Series to the Cardinals in seven games. Manager Johnny Keane of the World Champs Cardinals resigns unexpectedly. The former St. Louis skipper will take Yankee job which opens as the result of the firing of Yogi Berra.

October 17, 1978
At Dodger Stadium, the Yankees beat Los Angeles, 7-2, to take their twenty-second World Championship. New York's shortstop Bucky Dent is named the World Series MVP.

October 17, 1985
Lou Pinella is named Yankee manager replacing Billy Martin. 'Billy the Kid' had piloted the Bronx Bombers to second place finishing with a 91-54 record.

October17, 2000
David Justice's three-run homer propels the Yankees to their record 37th American League pennant in a come-from-behind victory over the Mariners, 9-7. The victory sets up a Subway Series in New York for the first time in 44 years.

October 17, 2003
Early editions of the N.Y. Post include an editorial claiming the Yankees lose to Boston and couldn't get the job done in Game 7 of the ALCS. Although the Bronx Bombers did trailed the Red Sox , the team rallies to beat their arch rival in 11 innings, 6-5

Aaron Boone Hits ALCS Series Winning Home Run

2009-10-16T05:03:00.000-07:00

October 16, 2003
In Game 7 of the ALCS, Aaron Boone's 11th inning home run at Yankee Stadium allowed the Yankees to capture their 39th American League pennant beating the Red Sox, 6-5. The defensive replacement became the fifth player to end a post-season series with a homer joining Bill Mazeroski ('60 Pirates, WS Game 7 vs. Yankees), Chris Chambliss ('76 Yankees, ALCS Game 5 vs. Royals), the Joe Carter ('93 Blue Jays, WS Game 6 vs. Phillies) and Todd Pratt ('99 Mets, NLDS Game 4 vs. Diamondbacks).

Kirk Gibson Hits Heroic World Series Home Run

2009-10-15T18:27:00.000-07:00

October 15, 1988
In his only plate appearance in the Fall Classic, a limping Kirk Gibson, appearing as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of Game 1, sends two-out, 3-2 back-door slider from the A's relief ace Dennis Eckersley over the right field fence to give the Dodgers the victory. It's the first time a World Series game is ever decided on a come-from-behind home run in the final inning.

A Good Day in History to be a Pirates fan

2009-10-13T14:07:00.000-07:00

October 13, 1960
At Forbes Field, Bill Mazeroski's dramatic bottom of the ninth inning home run off Yankee hurler Ralph Terry breaks up a 9-9 tie and ends one of the most exciting seven game World Series ever played.

October 13, 1971
In the first World Series night game ever played, the Pirates defeat the Orioles, 4-3 as Roberto Clemente collects three hits at Three Rivers Stadium. guaranteed

Casey Stengel Named Manager of the New York Yankees

2009-10-12T07:24:00.000-07:00

October 12, 1948
The Yankees name Casey Stengel to pilot the team. In his previous stints as manager with the Braves and Dodgers, the 'Old Professor' has never finished higher than fifth place. As Manager of the New York Yankees Casey went on to win 5 consecutive World Series Titles and 7 overall Championships.

Babe Ruth Hits 3 Home Runs in World Series Game

2009-10-09T06:12:00.000-07:00

October 9, 1916 - Babe Ruth outpitched Sherry Smith of the Brooklyn Dodgers as the Boston Red Sox won the longest World Series game, 2-1 in 14 innings.

October 9, 1928 - Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a World Series game for the second time in his career as the Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3.

Don Larsen Pitches Only World Series Perfect Game

2009-10-08T05:56:00.000-07:00

October 8, 1953
Birmingham bans Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing in the city. After Robinson gives in and drops the white players from the team, city officials allows the team to play.

October 8, 1956
Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in World Series history defeating the Dodgers, 2-0 in Game 5 of the Fall Classic at Yankee Stadium.

October 8, 1973
The Mets 9-2 victory over the Reds in Game 3 of the NLCS will best be remembered for the Pete Rose and Bud Harrelson brawl. The Mets' feisty shortstop takes exception to 'Charlie Hustle's' hard slide to break up a double play.

Rickey Henderson Gets 3,000th Hit on Last Day of the Season

2009-10-07T09:38:00.000-07:00

October 7, 1988
The Yankees replace manager Billy Martin with Dallas Green. Martin compiled a 1253-1013 (.553) record piloting the Tigers, Twins, Yankees, A's and Rangers during his 19 year managerial career.

October 7, 2000
Benny Agbayani’s 13th inning home run ends the longest LDS game ever played, 5 hours and 22 minutes. The dramatic round tripper by Mets outfielder, who was voted the 36th greatest athlete from Hawaii by Sports Illustrated, gives New York a 3-2 victory and 2-1 series advantage over the Giants.

October 7, 2001
On the last day of the season, Rickey Henderson bloops a double down the right field line off Rockies' hurler John Thomson to become the 25th major leaguer to collect 3000 career base hits. Tony Gwynn, who is playing in his last major league game and is also a member of the 3000 hit club, meets the Padre outfielder at home plate in front of a sell out crowd QualComm Park.

October 7, 2001
Barry Bonds extends his major league record for home runs in season to 73 as he drives a 3-2 first inning knuckleball off Dodger Dennis Spriner over the right field fence. The blast also secures two more major league records for the Giants' left fielder as he surpasses Babe Ruth (1920 - .847) with a .863 season slugging percentage and bests Mark McGwire (1998 - one HR every 7.27 AB) by homering in every 6.52 at-bats.

Phil Niekro Becomes Oldest Player to Win 300 Games

2009-10-06T06:51:00.000-07:00

September 6, 1985
On the last day of the season, Yankee knuckleballer Phil Niekro becomes the 18th and oldest player in major league history to win his 300th career victory as he blanks the Blue Jays, 8-0. The forty-six year and 188 days old, who will win 318 games, also surpasses Satchel Paige (46 yrs, 75 days) to become the oldest pitcher to throw a shutout in the big leagues.

Barry Bonds Breaks Mark McGwire's Single Season HR Record Mariners Win 116

2009-10-05T06:55:00.001-07:00

October 5, 2001
With their 115th victory of the season, the Seattle Mariners break the 1998 Yankee record for most wins in a season. The 1908 Cubs hold the major league record with 116 wins.

The starting roster was:
Catcher - Dan Wilson

1B - John Olerud

2B - Bret Boone

3B - David Bell

SS - Carlos Guillen

LF - Al Martin

CF - Mike Cameron

RF - Ichiro Suzuki

DH - Edgar Martinez

October 5, 2001
In the longest 9-inning game in major league history, Barry Bonds breaks and then extends the mark for home runs in a season during the 4 hours and 27 minutes, 11-10 loss to the Dodgers at Pac Bell Park. The Giant outfielder connects off Dodger starter Chan Ho Park to break Mark McGwire's 1998 record of 70, and then homers again in his next at bat to extend his record to 72.

Ted Williams Hits .406 and his Final Career Hit is a HR

2009-09-28T10:08:00.000-07:00

September 28, 1941
Batting .399955, Ted Williams elects to play in a doubleheader against the A's on the final day of the season rather than to back into the coveted .400 average because the number is rounded up. The 'Splendor Splinter' comes through by going 6-for-8 in the twin bill to finish the season with .4057 mark (.406).

September 28, 1947
As a benefit for the Babe Ruth Foundation, the first Old-Timers' Day game is played at Yankee Stadium. The event, which will become a prestigious tradition in the Bronx, is the brain child of Larry MacPhail, the club's general manager.

Septemeber 27, 1951
Yankees hurler Allie Reynolds no-hits the Red Sox, 8-0, enabling the Bronx Bombers to clinch a tie for their third consecutive pennant. It is the 'Chief' second no-hitter of the season, having also accomplishing the feat against the Indians in July.

Septemeber 28, 1960
In his last major league at bat, Ted Williams homers off Oriole hurler Jack Fischer. Despite the Fenway's Faithful thunderous ovation, the 'Splendid Splinter' refused to tip his hat the hometown fans.

Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Black Sox Scandal

2009-09-27T08:06:00.000-07:00

September 27, 1920
An article appearing in the Philadelphia North American quotes local gambler Bill Maharg saying he and former major league pitcher Billy Burns offered eight White Sox players $100,000 to throw the 1919 World Series. The team will become infamously known as the Black Sox.

September 27, 1920
At Chicago’s Comiskey Park, 33-year old Joe Jackson’s sixth inning double of Tiger hurler George Haus breaks a scoreless tie putting the White Sox ahead, 2-0. ‘Shoeless’ Joe’s game-winning hit will be his last of his 13-year career as players put on the grand jury list are indefinitely suspended for the rest of the season as the probe of the 1919 World Series fix is investigated.

Roger Maris Breaks Babe Ruth's Single Season HR Record

2009-09-26T05:54:00.000-07:00

September 26, 1961
Yankee outfielder Roger Maris Yankees ties Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single season home run record with his 60th when he homers off Oriole Jack Fisher. This record would stand until it was broken by Mark McGwire in 1998.

Dr. Frank Jobe and Tommy John Surgery

2009-09-25T18:18:00.000-07:00

September 25, 1955
At the age of 20, Al Kaline becomes the youngest player to win a batting title. The Tigers' outfielder finishes the season with .340 average.

September 25, 1956
Dodger Sal Maglie, 39, no-hits the Phillies, 5-0, at Ebbets Field. The 'Barber's' gem helps Brooklyn to keep pace in the pennant race with the Braves and Reds.

September 25, 1965
At the alleged age of 60, Satchel Paige becomes the oldest player ever to appear in a major league game. Pitching for the Kansas City A's, he blanks the Red Sox for three innings striking out one and giving up just one hit to Carl Yastrzemski.

September 25, 1965
At age 34, Willie Mays becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a seasons. Giant center fielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat hitting 51 homers in 1955.

September 25, 1973
It's Willie Mays Day in Flushing as the Mets honor the 'Say-Hey Kid' in an emotional ceremony at Shea Stadium.

September 25, 1974
In a revolutionary surgical operation, Dr. Frank Jobe repairs Tommy John's damaged ulnar collateral ligament by replacing the elbow tendon of the pitching arm with a tendon from the right wrist. The procedure, now known as Tommy John surgery, give the southpaw, who was unlikely ever be able to pitch again,an opportunity to win an additional 164 victories. It changed the game of baseball by extending careers that would have ended.

Detroit Tigers Retire Al Kaline's Number

2009-09-19T07:23:00.000-07:00

On September 19, 1980 Al Kaline became the first player in franchise history to have his uniform number retired. The Hall of Famer, who wore the number 6, roamed the outfield for Detroit from 1953 to 1974. He finished his career with 399 home runs and a .297 batting average. He had a post season batting average of .333 with 3 home runs and 1 World Series ring.

Roberto Clemente Day

2009-09-18T07:47:00.000-07:00

On September 18, 1960 Braves pitcher Lew Burdette faced the minimum 27 batters as he no-hit the Phillies, 1-0. Tony Gonzalez, who is hit by a pitch in the fifth inning, is erased on a double play.

On September 18, 1968 After being no-hit yesterday by Giants' hurler Gaylord Perry, the Cardinal hurler Ray Washburn returns the favor by no-hitting San Francisco, 2-0.

On September 18, 1975 Rusty Staub becomes the first Mets player in the 14-year history of the franchise to drive in one hundred runs in a season. A two-run blast accounts for the 'Le Grand Orange's' 100th RBI, which comes in a 7-5 victory over Chicago at Shea Stadium.

On September 18, 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 (the balance will be given when road team arrives home) and the national recipient of the award, chosen from among the 30 club honorees, will be announced during the World Series.

On September 18, 2007 With the Yankees 12-0 defeat of the Orioles at the Stadium, Mike Mussina becomes the first American League hurler to win 10+ games in 16 consecutive seasons. ‘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 span of time.

On September 18, 2008 Greg Maddux breaks Cy Young's major league record by geting his 13th win for the 20th consecutive season. The Padres veteran right-hander's streak of not issuing a base on balls for 59 2/3 innings, however, ends as ‘Mad Dog’ walks Jason Bay on a full count in the third inning of 5-3 victory over the Pirates at Petco Park.

Ken Griffey Sr. & Jr. Become the First Father & Son To Hit Homers in One Game

2009-09-14T05:25:00.000-07:00

On September 14, 1968 Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland A's 5-4 to become the first pitcher since Dizzy Dean in 1934 to win thirty games.

On September 14, 1990 Mariner Ken Griffey Sr. and his son, Ken Griffey Jr., become the first father and son to hit homers in the same major league game. The back-to-back blasts are given up by Angel hurler Kirk McCaskill.

Pete Rose Becomes The All-Time Hits Leader

2009-09-11T08:49:00.000-07:00

On September 11, 1985 Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds became the career hit leader with his 4,192nd hit to break Ty Cobb's record. Rose lined a 2-1 pitch off San Diego pitcher Eric Show to left-center field for a single in the first inning. It was the 57th anniversary of Ty Cobb's last game in the majors.

On September 11, 2001 in the wake of terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball cancels all games for security reasons and for the deep mourning for all the lives that have been lost. Yankee Stadium is evacuated as a precautionary measure.

Lou Brock Breaks Stolen Base Record

2009-09-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

On September 10, 1974 Lou Brock tied and then broke Maury Willis' 12-year-old single season stolen base record with his 104th and 105th swipes in an 8-2 loss to the Phillies a Busch Stadium.

On September 10, 1963 in the first inning of an 8-0 rout of the Cubs at Sportsman's Park, Cardinals left fielder Stan Musial becomes the first grandfather in big league history to hit a home run. The 42-year old new grandpa accomplishes the feat in his first at-bat since the birth of his grandson earlier in the day.

Sandy Koufax Pitches Perfect Game and Wins 1-0

2009-09-09T07:23:00.000-07:00

On September 9, 1965 Sandy Koufax's perfect game against the Cubs bested Bob Hendley's one hit effort in a 1-0 pitching duel. It was the Dodger southpaw’s record fourth no-hitter.

Bert Campaneris Plays All 9 Positions in One Game!

2009-09-08T04:50:00.000-07:00

On September 8, 1939 Bob Feller become the youngest modern day pitcher to win 20 games at the age of 20. He finished the season 24-9 with a 2.85 ERA.

On September 8, 1963 Warren Spahn won 20 games for the thirteenth and final time in his career beating the Phillies 3-2.

On September 8, 1965 against the Angels, A's Bert Campaneris becomes the first major leaguer to play all nine positions in a single game.

Pittsburgh Pirates Set Major League Record of 17 Consecutive Losing Seasons

2009-09-07T13:51:00.000-07:00

The Pittsburgh Pirates broke the Philadelphia Phillies record of futility today September 7, 2009 for consecutive losing seasons with 17 with a 4-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs. The Phillies team set the old record from 1933-1948.

The franchise of Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski and Willie Stargell deserves a better fate. As long as teams can make money by losing records of futility for once great franchises will continue.

Maury Wills Breaks NL Stolen Base Record

2009-09-07T07:17:00.000-07:00

On September 7, 1962 Maury Wills broke the National League stolen base record formerly held by Bob Bescher with 4 steals in one game against the Pittsburgh Pirates who won the game 10-1. After the day was over Maury Wills had 82 stolen bases for the season.
People forget that players like Bob Bescher, Ty Cobb, Maury Wills and Lou Brock played a big part in the stolen base and in changing the outcome of games with their base stealing. Rickey Henderson shattered all the records but the base stealers before him set the table for his great accomplishments.

Ted Williams Pitches and Strikes Out 1 Batter

2009-08-24T10:37:00.000-07:00

August 24, 1905 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies at Philadelphia 2-1 in 20 innings behind the complete game pitching of Ed Reulbach.

August 24, 1919 - Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning in his debut with the team. He recovers to get the final out of the game, and defeats Philadelphia, 2-1.

August 24, 1940 - Left fielder Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox pitches the last two innings in a 12-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Williams allows three hits and one run but strikes out Tiger slugger Rudy York. Joe Glenn, who caught Babe Ruth's last pitching appearance in 1933, is Williams'catcher.

August 24, 1943 - The Philadelphia Athletics drop their 20th game in a row, losing to Chicago 6-5. This ties the American League record. They dodge the bullet in the nightcap by scoring eight runs in the second inning to win 8-1.

August 24, 1945 - Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from the Navy and attracts a crowd of 46,477, who watch him strike out 12 and yield only four hits in a 4-2 win over Detroit's Hal Newhouser. He will get nine starts during the remainder of the year, including a one-hitter and a pair of four-hitters.

August 24, 1951 - In another of Bill Veeck's legendary PR stunts, "Fans Managers' Night," a thousand fans behind the Browns dugout are given yes and no placards to vote on decisions by the Browns coaches. The fans coach the Browns to a 5-3 win over Philadelphia.

August 24, 1971 - Ernie Banks hit the 512th and final home run of his career as the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. Banks' shot came off Jim McGlothlin in the first inning.

August 24, 1975 - After stealing second base in the seventh to add to his major league record of 38 consecutive steals, Davey Lopes is nabbed in the 12th inning by Montreal catcher Gary Carter. The Expos beat the Dodgers in 14 innings 5-2.

August 24, 1982 - Kansas City's John Wathan steals his 31st base of the season in a 5-3 win over the Rangers, breaking the single-season record for catchers set by Ray Schalk in 1916. Wathan will finish the season with a career-high 36 stolen bases.

August 24, 1983 - First baseman Pete Rose does not play in Philadelphia's 5-3 loss to the Giants, ending his consecutive games played streak at 745. Manager Paul Owens had planned to use Rose as a pinch-hitter in the 10th inning, but Joel Youngblood ends the game with a two-run home run off Steve Carlton in the bottom of the ninth.

August 24, 1989 - After weeks of legal wrangling, Commissioner Bart Giamatti permanently bans Pete Rose from baseball for his alleged gambling on major league games. Although the five-page document signed by both parties includes no formal findings, Giamatti says that he considers Rose's acceptance of the ban to be a no-contest plea to the charges.

August 24, 1999- Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth, Ralph Kiner, Duke Snider, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew and Mark McGwire as the only players to hit 40 homers in four consecutive seasons.

August 24, 2005- At Tiger Stadium, Bill Freehan hits 200th and final home run in a 12-7 loss to the White Sox. The Detroit catcher will finish his career with 100 homers hit at home with the other dingers 100 hit on the road.

August 24, 2005- After fouling off three Jose Valverde full-count fastballs, Mike Jacobs goes deep at BOB to become the only player to hit four home runs during the first four games of a major league career. The Mets rookie, who hits two round-trippers in the 18-4 rout of the Diamondbacks, has homered four times, including his first big league at-bat, in his first 13 plate appearances.

August 24, 2006- Sean Casey probably becomes the first player in baseball history to ground out to left field. The unique 5-7-3 play is the result of the Reds' first baseman started heading back to the dugout thinking he was robbed of a hit when the ball actually glance off Joe Crede's glove and then is thrown to first by left fielder Pablo Ozuna's just beating the runner to the bag.

August 24, 2007- After waiting four hours and one minute to start the game because of rain, the Yankees and Tigers begin a 11-inning marathon which takes four hours and 24 minutes to complete. The last pitch, which results in a three-run walk off homer hit by Tiger shortstop Carlos Guillen Sean Penn off, is thrown at 3:30am and sends the several thousands remaining CoAmerica happy fans home listening to Lionel Richie's All Night Long as they exit the bllpark.

Reuschel Brothers Pitch Shutout for the Cubs

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August 21, 1883 - In the most decisive shutout in major league history, the Philadelphia Quakers rout the Providence Grays 28-0.

August 21, 1917 - Now with Philadelphia, Chief Bender, 34, pitches his third straight shutout, winning 6-0 over the Cubs. In his last active season, Bender will turn in four shutouts, finishing 8-2 with a 1.67 ERA.

August 21, 1926 - Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, winning 6-0 in a quick 1 hour, 7 minutes.

August 21, 1931 - Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of the Browns, as the Yankees win 11-7.

August 21, 1932 - Cleveland's Wes Ferrell becomes the first 20th-century pitcher to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons, beating Washington 11-5.

August 21, 1948 - Aaron Robinson homers in the ninth inning off Bob Lemon to help the White Sox beat the Indians 3-2. The run breaks the 47-inning scoreless streak by Indians pitchers. Baltimore will extend the record in 1974 to 54 innings.

August 21, 1949 - A barrage of bottles from the Philadelphia stands as protest of a decision by umpire George Barr over a trapped line drive by Richie Ashburn results in the first forfeiture in the major leagues in seven years. The Giants are leading 4-2 with one out in the ninth when the forfeit occurs.

August 21, 1972 - Steve Carlton of Philadelphia had his 15-game winning streak snapped when Phil Niekro and the Atlanta Braves beat the Phillies 2-1 in 11 innings.

August 21, 1975 - Pitching brothers Rick and Paul Reuschel combine to hurl the Cubs to a 7-0 victory over the Dodgers. This is the first time brothers have collaborated on a shutout.

August 21, 1982 - Milwaukee's Rollie Fingers records his 300th career save in a 3-2 win at Seattle, becoming the first player to reach that milestone.

August 21, 1986 - Spike Owen had four hits and became the first major leaguer in 40 years to score six runs in a game as the Boston Red Sox routed the Cleveland Indians 24-5 with a 24-hit attack.

August 21, 1999- Orioles outfielder Brady Anderson becomes only the third player in major league history to lead off both games of a doubleheader with a home run. It doesn't help as the White Sox sweep the twin bill.

August 21, 1999- Joining Mark McGwire, Ken Griffey Jr. and Babe Ruth, Sammy Sosa becomes the fourth player to hit 50 home runs in consecutive seasons. The Cubs right fielder, who hit 66 dingers last season, blasts his major league leading 50th and 51st home runs in an 8-6 victory over the Rockies at Wrigley Field.

August 21, 2003- Miguel Tejeda starts his 559th consecutive game to establish a team record. The A's shortstop, who has longest active streak in the majors, last missed a game on May 1, 2000.

August 21, 2005-Using teammate Cliff Floyd bat, Mike Jacobs hits a three-run home run in his first major league at-bat pinch-hitting in the fifth inning. The left-handed hitting backstop becomes the fourth Mets rookie to go deep in his big league debut joining Benny Ayala, Mike Fitzgerald and Kaz Matsui.

August 21, 2005-Florida suspends their bat boy for six games after the 11-year old accepts former Marlin and current Dodger hurler Brad Penny’s $500 dare to drink a gallon of milk in less than an hour without throwing up. The sixth grader, who is able to drink the quantity in the allotted time but cannot keep it down, will be offered by the Milk Processor Education Program a promise to pay off the dare and will cover the lost wages resulting from the suspension if he agrees to drink three glasses every 24 hours.

August 21, 2006-For the first time since 1943, the Yankees sweep a five-game series at Fenway. The latest Boston massacre leaves the Red Sox six and half games behind front-running New York and four games off the wild card pace.

August 21, 2006-After seeing his starting pitcher give back seven runs of a 8-0 lead in the third inning, John Gibbons goes to the mound to remove Ted Lily, who argues with the Blue Jay manager and refuses to give up the ball. The incident escalates in the clubhouse tunnel with the skirmish resulting in a bloody nose for the Toronto skipper.

August 21, 2007-With a grand slam and a three-run homer, a two-run and a pair of one-run doubles during an 18-9 rout of the Yankees, Garret Anderson drives in a franchise-record ten runs with his four hits. The Angels’ left fielder, who is one rbi shy of setting the American League mark, becomes the 12th player to collect 10 RBIs in one contest in big league history.

August 21, 2007-Mark Reynolds ties a major league record, held by five other non-pitchers including Bo Jackson of the Royals in 1988, by striking out in nine plate consecutive appearances. The duboius streak comes to an end as Dave Bush hits the Diamondback’s third baseman with a pitch in the sixth inning in a 7-4 Brewer victory at Chase Field.

August 27, 2007-Citing he would be heavily taxed on the historically significant souvenir if he were to hold onto it, 21-year-old Matt Murphy reclutantly decides to sell the ball Barry Bonds hit to break Henry Aaron’s all-time home run record. The August 7th AT&T Park home run ball, valued at an estimated $500,000, will be available from August 28 through September 15 through a Sotheby's/SCP on-line action.

Dwight Gooden Gets 16 Strikeouts HoJo Hits 30th Home Run

2009-08-20T08:46:00.000-07:00

August 20, 1938 - Lou Gehrig hits his last grand slam, the 23rd of his career, and still the record. It comes off Buck Ross in an 11-3 victory over the A's.

August 20, 1945 - At the age of 17, shortstop Tommy Brown of the Brooklyn Dodgers is the youngest player to hit a major league home run. Brown homers off Pirates southpaw Preacher Roe at Ebbets Field. Seven Dodger errors make it easy for Pittsburgh to win, 11-1.

August 20, 1947 - The Boston Braves hit a million attendance for the first time.

August 20, 1948 - The Indians draw 78,382 at Municipal Stadium as Satchel Paige blanks the White Sox for the fourth consecutive shutout by Cleveland hurlers. Besides Paige, Gene Bearden, Sam Zoldak, and Bob Lemon had shutouts.

August 20, 1958 - Out of catchers, the Cubs put left-handed first baseman Dale Long behind the plate in the opener against the Pirates. He is the first lefty backstop since 1906. The Cubs lose 4-2, then win the nightcap 5-1 with Long back at first base.

August 20, 1961 - The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Braves 7-4 in the second game of a doubleheader to snap a 23-game losing streak, a modern record.

August 20, 1964 - On the New York team bus following a 5-0 White Sox win, Phil Linz begins to play Mary Had a Little Lamb on his harmonica. Manager Yogi Berra orders Linz to stop, then slaps the instrument out of his hands when he continues playing. The incident is reported as indicating dissension on the club and Berra's lack of control, as well as the level of Linz's humor.

August 20, 1965 - Eddie Mathews hits his 28th home run as the Braves win 4-3 at Pittsburgh. The duo of Mathews and Hank Aaron, 1954-1965, becomes the top home run tandem in major league history, passing the Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig total of 772 home runs while playing together.

August 20, 1974 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out 19 in a 1-0, 11-inning loss to the Detroit Tigers, marking the third time during the season Ryan struck out 19 in a game.

August 20, 1980 - Pittsburgh's Omar Moreno steals his 70th base of the season, becoming the first player this century with three consecutive 70-steal seasons. The fleet outfielder swiped 71 in 1978, 77 in 1979, and will finish 1980 with a career-high 96.

August 20, 1985 - Dwight Gooden fans 16 batters on the way to his 13th consecutive victory, 5-0 over the Giants, raising his season strikeout total to 208. Gooden (19-3) and Herb Score are the only pitchers this century to strike out 200 batters in each of their first two seasons.

August 20, 1989 - Howard Johnson hits his 30th home run of the season in the Mets' 5-4 loss to the Dodgers. Ho Jo joins Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays as the only players to achieve 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in two different seasons.

August 20, 1995 - Jose Mesa of the Cleveland Indians picked up his 37th save in 37 opportunities, setting a major league record as the Indians beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5.

August 20, 1998 - Mark McGwire becomes the first player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in three consecutive years. His home run off Willie Blair helps the Cardinals to a 2-0 win over the Mets. He adds No. 51 in the second game of the doubleheader at Shea Stadium, but the Mets prevail 5-4.

August 20, 1995- Setting a major league record, Indian Jose Mesa picks up his 37th save in as many opportunities as Cleveland beats the Brewers, 8-5.

August 20, 1998- At Shea Stadium, Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire becomes the first player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in three consecutive seasons. Mac's seventh inning solo shot helps to defeat the Mets, 2-0.

August 20, 2000- The winningest pitcher in franchise history is honored by the Yankees during Whitey Ford Day ceremonies at Yankee Stadium. The crafty lefty holds the team record for victories (236) , innings pitched (3,170 1/3), strikeouts (1,956) and shutouts (45).

August 20, 2002- A judge issues a temporary restraining order preventing the sale of Barry Bonds' 600th career home run ball hit into the Pacific Bell Park stands on August 9. Jay Arsenault, who allegedly promised friends after being given a game ticket to split any monetary gains if he caught the historic baseball, has been ordered to appear in court for hearing on September 5 along with the prized souvenir.

August 20, 2008- Umpires sign an agreement which will allow major league baseball to start using instant replay to help determine boundary calls, such as determining fair or foul fly balls and difficult home run rulings. No exact date has been set for the start of using replays, but installation of the necessary equipment has been taking place in ballparks, with the hope of starting later this month.

August 20, 2008- After the Angels score the potential winning run in the top of the inning of an eventual 5-4 victory over the Rays, Francisco Rodriguez pitches a perfect ninth to record his 48th save, establishing a new franchise record. The right-hander closer had set the previous team mark with 47 saves in 2006.

Ty Cobb Gets 3,000th Hit

2009-08-19T06:33:00.000-07:00

August 19, 1909 - The Philadelphia Phillies were rained out for the 10th consecutive day, a major league record.

August 19, 1911 - The Reds finally get to Christy Mathewson after 22 straight losses, beating him for the first time since May, 1908. Matty, after saving the 5-4 opener, starts the nightcap, goes five innings, and loses 7-4.

August 19, 1913 - The Chicago Cubs tagged Grover Alexander for nine straight hits and six runs in a 10-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 19, 1917 - Coaching third in a 1-1 game against Washington, Detroit's Ty Cobb gives Tiger base runner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit. Burns keeps going and scores the winning run for the Tigers. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him; the rules now ban coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins 2-0.

August 19, 1921 - Ty Cobb gets hit number 3,000 off Boston pitcher Elmer Myers. At 34, he's the youngest ever to do so.

August 19, 1931 - Lefty Grove wins his 16th consecutive game, tying the American League record set by Walter Johnson and Joe Wood in 1912.

August 19, 1941 - Umpire Jocko Conlan ejects Pittsburgh Pirates manager Frankie Frisch from the second game of a doubleheader when he appears on the field with an umbrella to protest the playing conditions at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. The rainy argument is later portrayed in a famous oil painting by artist Norman Rockwell.

August 19, 1945 - In the second game of a doubleheader against the Reds, 37-year-old slugger Jimmie Foxx pitches the first seven innings for Philadelphia. He leaves with a 4-1 lead, and Andy Karl saves Foxx's only major league decision. His ERA in 10 major league appearances is 1.52.

August 19, 1951 - In his most interesting promotional stunt, Bill Veeck signs a three-foot, seven-inch midget, Eddie Gaedel, who goes to bat wearing the number 1/8 in the first inning of the nightcap with the Tigers. Lefty Bob Cain laughingly walks him on four pitches. Jim Delsing then pinch runs. Two days later the commissioner bars Eddie Gaedel from appearing in any more games.

August 19, 1957 - New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham announced that the team's board of directors had voted 9-1 in favor of moving to San Francisco.

August 19, 1965 - Reds pitcher Jim Maloney's second no-hit effort of 1965 is another 0-0 duel through nine innings, until Reds shortstop Leo Cardenas homers off the left field foul pole in the tenth at Wrigley Field. Jim Maloney's sets a no-hit record by allowing ten walks. He also fans twelve in Cincinnati's 1-0 win.

August 19, 1969 - Ken Holtzman of the Cubs blanked the Atlanta Braves with a 3-0 no-hitter at Wrigley Field. Ron Santo's three-run homer in the first inning provided the Cubs' offense.

August 19, 1990 - Bobby Thigpen recorded his 40th save as the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers, 4-2. Thigpen became the eighth — and fastest — to accomplish this feat.

August 19, 1992 - Bret Boone made history when he became part of the first three-generation family to play in major league baseball. Boone is the grandson of Ray Boone, who played from 1948-60, and son of Bob Boone, from 1972-90. Bret, 23, started at second base for the Seattle Mariners against Baltimore.

August 19, 2004-Pitching a perfect bottom of the ninth inning, John Smoltz establishes franchise record with his 142nd save in a Braves uniform. The right-handed reliever surpasses Gene Garber as Atlanta beat the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 6-5.

August 19, 2005-A new internship, announced by the independent minor league team, the Brockton Rox will be dedicated in the memory of Emerson journalism student accidently killed by the Boston police during a near riot around Fenway Park after the Red Sox beat Yankees to win the pennant. "The Victoria Snelgrove Media Internship" which will be awarded to an aspiring journalist will host pre- and post-game radio shows, hopefully will focus attention on the senseless violence that sometimes follows sporting contests.

August 19, 2005-Losing to the A’s at Oalkand’s McAfee Coliseum, 4-0, the Royals establish a franchise record by losing their 19th consecutive game and tie the club’s mark by dropping its 12 straight road game. The 38-82 squad need two more defeats to match American League record of 21 losses accomplished by the 1988 Orioles, and four more will tie the major league mark of 23 endured by 1961Phillies.

August 19, 2007-John Smoltz becomes the Braves' all-time strikeout leader when Diamondbacks' third baseman Mark Reynolds becomes the 40-year old right hander's 2,913th victim. Phil Niekro previously established the franchise record pitching for the club in Milwaukee and Atlanta for twenty seasons (1964 to 1983).

August 19, 2007-At the Metrodome, Johan Santana two-hits the Rangers over eight innings striking out 17 batters to establish a Twins team record for strikeouts in a game. Designated hitter Sammy Sosa collects both hits for Texas.

Willie Mays Hits Home Run #660 The Final of His Career

2009-08-17T06:42:00.000-07:00

August 17, 1882 - In what is considered one of the greatest games of the century, Providence beats Detroit 1-0 on an 18th-inning home run by right fielder Old Hoss Radbourn. This National League game will serve as the longest shutout in major league history until September 1, 1967, when San Francisco will blank Cincinnati 1-0 in twenty innings.

August 17, 1894 - Jack Wadsworth of the National League's Louisville club set a record that still stands by giving up twenty-eight singles in one game.

August 17, 1920 - Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman died from a beaning by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees on Aug. 16. This was the only on-field fatality in major league history.

August 17, 1933 - Lou Gehrig plays his 1,308th consecutive game to break Everett Scott's mark as the Browns edge the Yankees 7-6 in ten innings.

August 17, 1944 - Johnny Lindell of the New York Yankees hit four consecutive doubles in a 10-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Lindell drove in two runs and scored twice.

August 17, 1948 - Tommy Henrich hits his fourth grand slam of the season to tie the American League mark. Henrich, who broke in with the Yankees in 1937, had never hit a grand slam before this season.

August 17, 1957 - Richie Ashburn, known for his ability to foul pitches off, hits spectator Alice Roth twice in the same at bat. The first one breaks her nose, and the second one hits her while she is being removed from her seat on a stretcher. Ironically, she is the wife of Earl Roth, the sports editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin. The Phils win 3-1 over New York.

August 17, 1966 - Willie Mays takes second place on the all-time home run list with a fourth-inning blast off Ray Washburn. San Francisco is one-half game out of first place after beating the Cards 4-3.

August 17, 1972 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies won his 15th consecutive game with a 9-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

August 17, 1973 - Willie Mays hits the 660th, and last, home run of his major league career off Don Gullett of Cincinnati.

August 17, 1980 - George Brett has four hits and five RBI in Kansas City's 8-3 win over Texas, raising his batting average to .401 and extending his hitting streak to 29 consecutive games.

August 17, 1990 - In Chicago's 4-2 win over Texas, Carlton Fisk homers off Charlie Hough to become the all-time home run leader (with 187) in White Sox history and the all-time leader in home runs by a catcher (328).

August 17, 1992 - Kevin Gross pitched a no-hitter as Los Angeles beat San Francisco 2-0 at Dodgers Stadium.

August 17, 1999- Oriole reliever Jesse Orosco, 42, sets a major league mark pitching in his 1,072nd game passing Dennis Eckersley on the all-time career appearance list.

August 17, 2001- After hitting a double, triple and homer, Blue Jay Jeff Frye elects to turn an apparent additional double in the 7th inning into a single making him only the second player in Blue Jay history to hit for the cycle. Kelly Gruber, the only other player to accomplish the feat for the franchise, makes it to SkyDome in time to give an on-field hug after Frye's fourth at-bat.

August 17, 2002- Homering in the seventh inning of Mariner stater James Baldwin, Yankee All-star Alfonso Soriano becomes the first second baseman to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season. Bobby Bonds is the only other Yankee to post a 30/30 season accomplishing the feat in 1975.

August 17, 2002- Alex Rodriguez becomes the sixth player and the first infielder to compile five consecutive 40-home run seasons. The Rangers' shortstop joins Ralph Kiner (1947-51), Duke Snider (1953-57), Ken Griffey Jr (1996-2000), Sammy Sosa (1998-2002) and Babe Ruth ( 1926-32), who established the record with seven straight 40-homer seasons.

August 17, 2005- St. Louis announces the franchise has broken its single-season attendance record of 3.43 million set in 1989. The first-place Cardinals have sold 3.45 million tickets for the team’s farewell season at 40-year old Busch Stadium.

August 17, 2006- For first time in big league history, both teams hit leadoff home runs in the first two innings of a game. In a 5-4 White Sox victory over the Kansas City at U.S. Cellular Field, Royals batters David DeJesus and Emil Brown go deep leading off in the first and second inning respectively as does Pablo Ozuna and Jermaine Dye for Chicago.

August 17, 2008- During the fifth inning of a 11-8 loss to the Twins at the Metrodome, Mariners' right-hander R. A. Dickey throws four wild pitches tying a major league record for WPs in one frame. Seattle backstop Kenji Johjima is also charged with a passed ball on another pitch thrown in the infamous inning.

August 17, 2008- In a pre-game 55-minute ceremony at Minute Maid Park, Craig Biggio becomes the ninth Astro to have his jersey number retired. The Smithtown, N.Y. native, who wore number 7, is the team's all-time leader in games (2,850) and seasons (20) played.

August 17, 2008- Joining Abner Dalrymple, Nap Lajoie, Mel Ott, Bill Nicholson, and Barry Bonds, Josh Hamilton becomes only the fifth major leaguer to be intentionally walked with the bases loaded. With his team ahead by four runs in the bottom of the ninth, Rays' manager Joe Maddon decides to give the Rangers' slugging outfielder a free pass, and Tampa Bay goes on to win the game, 7-4.

Baseball Player Lip Pike Out Runs Horse!

2009-08-16T08:00:00.000-07:00

August 16, 1873 - At Baltimore's Newington Park, Baltimore Canaries outfielder Lip Pike races against a horse. Pike has a short lead after 75 yards when the trotter breaks into a run. Pike holds on to win in 10 seconds flat.

August 16, 1890 - It's a bad day for Pittsburgh's Bill Phillips as he becomes the only pitcher in major league history to give up two grand slams in one inning. Tom Burns and Malachi Kittridge each hit one in the fifth inning en route to an 18-5 victory at Chicago's West Side Park.

August 16, 1920 - At the Polo Grounds Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman, 29, is beaned by a Carl Mays pitch. A right-handed batter who crowds the plate, Chapman freezes and fails to get out of the way of the submarine delivery. He is carried from the field and he dies the next day from a fractured skull.

August 16, 1927 - Babe Ruth inaugurates the newly-constructed Comiskey Park grandstand roof by cranking a Tommy Thomas pitch over the addition.

August 16, 1947 - Ralph Kiner hits three successive home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates, for a 12-7 win over the Cardinals in a game in which the two clubs bang out 10 homers. Kiner matches the major league marks of seven home runs in four games, six in three games, five in two games, and four in consecutive at bats.

August 16, 1950 - Hank Thompson hit two inside-the-park home runs in the Giants' 16-7 rout of the Brooklyn Dodgers at the Polo Grounds.

August 16, 1954 - In a throwing contest between Jim Piersall and Willie Mays before a Red Sox-Giants charity game in Boston, Piersall hurts his arm. He starts the game but leaves midway. He wakes up the following morning with a sore arm that stays with him a year, and he will never throw quite as well again.

August 16, 1964 - Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals had eight straight hits in a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers won the first game 3-0 and the Cardinals took the second, 4-0.

August 16, 1964 - Sandy Koufax (19-5) hurts his elbow sliding into second base in a 3-0 win against St. Louis. He will miss the rest of the season. In the nightcap, Curt Simmons matches Sandy Koufax with a 4-0 shutout of the Dodgers. Cards center fielder Curt Flood has eight straight hits in the doubleheader split.

August 16, 1966 - Willie Mays hits his 534th home run, matching Jimmie Foxx's record for right-handed batters, as Gaylord Perry beats the Cardinals 3-1.

August 16, 1967 - Jim Maloney of Cincinnati retired 19 consecutive Pirates but had to leave the game after he injured his ankle by stepping in a hole at Forbes Field. Billy McCool allowed two hits over the final 2 2/3 innings to complete a 4-0 victory over Pittsburgh.

August 16, 1976 - With the help of three picked-off Oakland runners at first base, the first such occurrence in the American League since 1910, the Brewers beat Oakland 4-3. Another oddity happens when Oakland's Billy Williams is called out on strikes after refusing to enter the batter's box. He is then thrown out of the game.

August 16, 1984 - After nearly six years, Pete Rose is reunited with his hometown Cincinnati Reds when the Expos trade him for infielder Tom Lawless. The Reds immediately name him player-manager, replacing Vern Rapp.

August 16, 1996 - The Padres and Mets play the first regular season major league game ever played in Mexico, and it isn't pretty. The Padres take a big lead in support of Mexican native and starting pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, but the Mets close the gap with seven runs in the ninth inning in a 15-10 Padres triumph. The series is moved from San Diego because of a perceived conflict with the Republican National Convention. The Padres take two of three games in "La Primera Serie" in Monterrey, Mexico.

August 16, 2000- With six homers for the second time in four days, the Astros set a National League record 18 home runs in the last four games as they edge the Pirates, 11-10 at home run friendly Enron Field.

August 16, 2001- After piloting the team 13 games above .500 in spite of numerous injuries to key players, manager Jimy Williams is fired by the Red Sox. The ousted skipper is replaced by the club's well respected pitching coach, Joe Kerrigan.

August 16, 2001- Barry Bonds' second home run of the game and 53rd of the season breaks the franchise record established by his godfather, Willie Mays. With his first homer, the left fielder eclipses the National League record for home runs by a left handed batter established in 1947 by another Giant, Johnny Mize.

August 16, 2006- Prior to the Red Sox and Tigers game, Bruce Froemming is honored during an on-field ceremony at Fenway Park. The 66-year old home plate umpire works his 5,000th major league game of his 36 year career, second only to Bill Klem who arbitrated 5,374 games from 1905-40.

August 16, 2007- Jose Reyes becomes the first infielder, and 10th player overall, in the modern era (post-1898) to steal sixty bases in three consecutive seasons. The Mets shortstop, who will swipe 78 sacks this season, steals second base in the second inning for second time in a 10-7 loss to the Pirates at PNC Park.

Ernie Banks Day in Chicago

2009-08-15T05:22:00.000-07:00

August 15, 1886 - Louisville's Guy Hecker scores seven runs in a game, establishing a major league record.

August 15, 1889 - The Cleveland Spiders win 19-8 over the Boston Beaneaters, and become the first team in National League history to score in all nine innings of a single game.

August 15, 1905 - Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a five-inning no-hit game to beat the St. Louis Browns, 2-0.

August 15, 1914 - Brooklyn's Jake Daubert set a National League record with four sacrifices in one game.

August 15, 1916 - In a classic pitching duel, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox beat Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1-0, in 13 innings at Fenway Park.

August 15, 1925 - Dickie Kerr, the southpaw who won two games for the White Sox in the 1919 World Series, makes his first major league appearance since 1921. He has been playing semipro ball rather than accept Charles Comiskey's salary offer. When he relieves Red Faber in the third inning against the Tigers, play is stopped while admirers present him with a floral horseshoe.

August 15, 1926 - Because of a running mix-up at third base with Chick Fewster, Dodger Babe Herman performs the unlikely feat of doubling into a double play against the Braves at Ebbets Field.

August 15, 1939 - The White Sox beat the Browns 5-2 in the first night game at Comiskey Park. Johnny Rigney is the winner.

August 15, 1945 - Commissioner Happy Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette. Ford had been the World Series sponsor since 1934, paying $100,000 annually.

August 15, 1945 - The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers, 20-6, at Ebbets Field. Paul Gillespie knocked in six runs with two home runs and a single to lead the attack.

August 15, 1955 - Pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves hit a home run off Mel Wright of the St. Louis Cardinals to give Spahn a home run in every National League park.

August 15, 1964 - Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago and 26,000 fans cheer the Cubs' slugger. Banks then goes hitless as Pittsburgh wins 5-4.

August 5, 1965 - The Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor the first Japanese player to have reached the American major leagues. Ordinarily a reliever, Murakami makes his first major league start as the Giants outslug the Phillies 15-9.

August 15, 1975 - Baltimore manager Earl Weaver was ejected twice by umpire Ron Luciano. Weaver was thrown out in the first game and was again before the second game of a doubleheader.

August 15, 1983 - Braves slugger Bob Horner, who was hitting .303 with 20 home runs and 68 RBI, breaks his right wrist sliding into second base during a 4-0 loss to the Padres and will be sidelined for the rest of the season. In Atlanta, the injury is widely attributed to the "Chief Noc-A-Homa Jinx," which seems to strike whenever the Braves remove their mascot's outfield teepee in order to sell more tickets.

August 15, 1987 - At the Pan American games in Indianapolis, the U.S.A. and Cuba are tied with two outs in the ninth when Ty Griffin hits a two-run home run to win it. For Cuba it is their first loss in twenty years of Pan Am competition.

August 15, 1989 - In his second start since returning to the major leagues after cancer treatment, Giants southpaw Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines in the sixth inning of a 3-2 San Francisco win. Dravecky will not pitch again in the major leagues.

August 15, 1990 - Mark McGwire hits a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the tenth inning to give Oakland a 6-2 win over Boston. He becomes the first player to hit 30 home runs in each of his first four seasons.

August 15, 1990 - Philadelphia's Terry Mulholland pitched the record eighth no-hitter of the season as the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-0. The season's eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1908 and 1917.

August 15, 2000- Club owner Ted Turner and two-time National League MVP Dale Murphy are inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame joining Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Phil Niekro and Warren Spahn.

August 15, 2005- Randy Winn becomes 21st player in Giants history to hit for the cycle. The fleet flychaser, obtained from the Mariners two weeks ago, singles in the first, homers in the third, doubles in the fourth and completes the feat with a triple in the sixth inning.

August 15, 2005- Felix Hernandez becomes the first teenager to strike out at least 10 batters since Doc Gooden accomplished the feat with the Mets in May of 1984. The 18-year old Mariner rookie righty K’s 11 batters as the Mariners' maul the Royals, 11-3.

August 15, 2006- Joining Jim Hickman (1965), Dave Kingman (1978, Caudelll Washington (1980), Darryl Strawberry (1985), Gary Carter (1985) and Edgardo Alfonzo (1999), Jose Reyes, in an 11-4 loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park becomes the seventh Mets player to hit three homers in a game. Like all his predecessors his trifecta is accomplished on the road.

August 15, 2006- With the 4-0 blanking of the Marlins, the Dodgers win their sixth consecutive game and 17th in 18 games. The stretch is the team's best run since the Brooklyn Superbas went 20-1 in 1899.

August 15, 2006- In a contest which takes five-hour, 21 minutes to complete, the Diamondbacks beat the Rockies at Coors Field, 2-1. The 18-inning game ties the D-Back franchise record for the most innings played in a game, and is also longest in Colorado history for both frames played and time of game.

Augus 15, 2007- The Devil Rays have come to terms with their first overall selection in the June first-year player draft, left-handed pitcher David Price. The Vanderbilt University (11-1, 2.63) southpaw signs a six-year major league contract which could be worth as much as $11.25 million if the college junior sticks in the bigs for the length of the deal.

Bob Gibson Pitches First No-Hitter at Age 35

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August 14, 1888 - Tim Keefe winning streak is stopped at nineteen games when Gus Krock and the Chicago White Stockings beat the Giants before a crowd of 10,240 in New York.

August 14, 1932 - John Quinn, at 49, becomes the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. Quinn earns the decision for Brooklyn in relief against the Giants.

August 14, 1933 - Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle and drives in nine runs to break the American League record, as the A's beat the Indians 11-5. A record eight players will hit for the cycle in 1933.

August 14, 1937 - The Detroit Tigers scored 36 runs against the St. Louis Browns in a doubleheader to set a major league record. Pete Fox of the Tigers scored eight of the runs.

August 14, 1958 - Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians stole home twice in the same game. He had only three steals all year.

August 14, 1961 - The Philadelphia Phillies dropped their 17th straight game, a 9-2 loss to Dick Ellsworth and the Chicago Cubs. It was also the 11th consecutive complete game pitched against the Phillies.

August 14, 1969 - On an off-day after a three-game sweep by the Astros in Houston, the New York Mets fell to third place, 9 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

August 14, 1971 - Before 30,678 Pittsburgh fans, Cardinals ace Bob Gibson, 35, hurls the first no-hitter of his career, an 11-0 shellacking of the Pirates. Gibson walks three and strikes out 10, and paces the offense with three RBI.

August 14, 1981 - Jeff Burroughs of the Seattle Mariners hit three home runs in a 13-3 rout of the Minnesota Twins.

August 14, 1982 - Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies, in his first at-bat of a 15-11 victory over the Montreal Expos, passed Hank Aaron and moved into first place on the all-time at-bat list with 12,365.

August 14, 1987 - Oakland's Mark McGwire slugs his 39th home run of the season in a 12-inning 7-6 win over California, breaking the major league record for rookies shared by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson. McGwire will finish the season with 49 homers, most in the American League.

August 14, 1988 - Detroit pounds the Red Sox 18-6 at Fenway Park to end Boston's American League record home winning streak at 24 games. Boston was just two wins shy of the major league record held by the 1916 Giants.

August 14, 1993- The Yankees retires Reggie Jackson's uniform number 44. 'Mr. October', recently inducted into the Hall of Fame, played as an embattled right fielder for the Bronx Bombers from 1977-81, helping the club reach the post-season four times, including winning two world championships.

August 14, 1997 - Lights out! The Orioles and Mariners wait out a power outage of nearly two-and-a-half hours in varying degrees of light and darkness before the game is finally postponed. It results in the Mariners having to play back-to-back doubleheaders in different cities.

August 14, 1998- The A's Rickey Henderson's stolen base in the first-inning against the Tigers makes the thirty-nine year old the oldest player to steal 50 bases in a season.

August 14, 1998- In a 15-3 rout of the Indians at Jacobs Field, Chris Hoiles becomes the ninth player in major league history and the only catcher to hit two grand slams in one game. The Orioles backstop goes yard with the bases full in the third inning off Charles Nagy and does it again in the eighth off Ron Villone.

August 14, 1999- With Pudge's 20th stolen base in Chicago, Texas backstop Ivan Rodriguez becomes the first catcher in major league history with 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in the same season.

August 14, 2003- Despite a massive blackout in the Northeast, the game between the Mets and the Giants at Shea Stadium is the only postponement on the major league schedule. Although Detroit, Toronto and Cleveland were without electricity, the Tigers, Blue Jays and Indians either had the day off or were playing on the road.

August 14, 2006- Matt Diaz ties a National League record and establishes a club mark by collecting a hit in ten consecutive at-bats. The Braves 28-year old left-fielder, who goes 4-for-5 in Atlanta's 10-4 victory over the Nationals at RFK, surpasses teammate Marcus Giles, who held the previous franchise mark with nine straight safeties in 2003.

August 14, 2007- For the 132nd time in his career, Altanta skipper Bobby Cox is ejected from a major league game breaking John McGraw’s all-time ejections record. It took the Braves manager only 28 seasons to set the new mark compared to the 42 years in which Mugsy compiled his tosses, including 14 as a player.

August 14, 2007- Phil Rizzuto, the oldest-living Hall of Famer, dies in his sleep at a New Jersey nursing home from complications of pneumonia at the age of 89. Scooter, who was enshrined at Cooperstown for outstanding play as a shortstop during the Yankee dynasty years of 1940’s and 50’s, became a popular icon in New York as a result of his unique broadcasting style of Bronx Bomber games, his appearance in numerous commercials as well as lending his voice on Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", rock hit which won a Grammy.

August 14, 2008- In the sixth inning of a 9-2 rout of the Royals, the White Sox becomes the sixth team in major league history to hit four consecutive home runs. Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, and Alexei Ramirez all all go deep off K.C. reliever Joel Peralta with Juan Uribe completing record-tying feat by taking Robinson Tejeda yard at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field.

August 14, 2008- With his 5-for-5 performance including a single, double, triple and homer, Mark Kotsay joins Albert Hall as the only Atlanta players to hit for the cycle. The outfielder's offensive outburst isn't enough as the Cubs beat the Braves, 11-7, giving Chicago their first season sweep of the Braves in franchise history which dates back to 1876.

Curt Flood Loses Antitrust Suit

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August 12, 1934 - Making a farewell appearance in Boston, Babe Ruth draws a record 46,766 fans, with an estimated 20,000 turned away, at Fenway Park, the place where he began his career as a pitcher twenty years earlier. Ruth leaves the field to standing cheers in the eighth inning of the second game of the doubleheader.

August 12, 1936 - The largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game, between 90,000 and 125,000, sees a demonstration game at the Berlin Olympics. The world amateurs beat the U.S. amateurs 6-5.

August 12, 1948 - The Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Browns 26-3 with a 29-hit barrage. The Indians set a major league record as 14 different players had hits.

August 12, 1954 - Eddie Yost of the Senators draws his 100th walk for the fifth year in a row.

August 12, 1963 - Stan Musial announces he will retire at the end of the year.

August 12, 1964 - Mickey Mantle homers from each side of the plate in the same game for the tenth and final time, a major league record, as New York beats Chicago 7-3 at Yankee Stadium.

August 12, 1970 - Curt Flood loses his $4.1 million antitrust suit against baseball, as Federal Judge Irving Ben Cooper upholds the legality of the sport's reserve clause. Cooper does recommend changes in the reserve system, to be achieved through negotiation between players and owners. In fewer than six years, this recommendation would become a reality.

August 12, 1974 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only two as the Angels top the Red Sox 4-2.

August 12, 1977 - For the second straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid. Today's single is off the Orioles' Jim Palmer, who settles for a two-hit 6-0 victory. Yesterday's hit was off Mike Torrez, who finished with a 3-0 two-hitter for the Yankees.

August 12, 1984 - Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio are inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.

August 12, 1986 - Don Baylor of the Boston Red Sox set an American League record when he was hit by a pitch for the 25th time for the season, breaking the record he had shared with Bill Freehan (1968) and Kid Elberfeld (1911). Kansas City's Bud Black was the pitcher as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-5 victory.

August 12, 1988 - The Red Sox beat the Tigers 9-4 for their 23rd consecutive win at home, breaking the American League record held by the 1931 A's. Boston has not lost at Fenway Park since June 24.

August 12, 1994 - The players went on strike for the sport's eighth work stoppage since 1972.

August 12, 2000- Tim Raines is inducted into the Expos' Hall of Fame. The 21-year veteran outfielder, who is fifth on the all-time career steals with 807, broke in with Montreal in 1979 and made National League All-Star team from 1981-1987.

August 12, 2001- When Braves' manager Bobby Cox orders an intentional walk to Steve Finley, Greg Maddux's National League record of consecutive innings without giving up a base on balls ends at 72 1-3. The major league record is 84 1-3 innings set in 1962 by A's hurler Bill Fischer.

August 12, 2007- Retiring 41 consecutive batters, Bobby Jenks breaks David Wells’s American League record (38) and ties the major league mark established by Jim Barr of the Giants, who retired 41 straight batters in 1972. The White Sox closer reached the record book by pitching a perfect ninth inning against the Mariners.

August 12, 2007- The Astros honor Craig Biggio with a pre-game ceremony for reaching 3,000 hits and his 20-year tenure with the team. The scrappy second baseman, who announced last month he will retire at the end of the season, adds to the special day by homering in the fifth inning of Houston’s 6-4 victory over the Brewers.

August 12, 2008- On the day he would have celebrated his 69th birthday, Skip Caray's public tribute is attended by over a thousand fans at Turner Field. Known for his witty and sometimes sarcastic style, the Braves' longtime nationally acclaimed broadcaster, who started broadcasting games for Atlanta in 1976, died on August 3.

August 12, 2008- After the Red Sox tally tens times in the first inning powered a pair of three-run homers by David Ortiz, the Rangers rally back and take a 15-14 lead with eight runs in the fifth and five in the sixth. Kevin Youkilis's eighth inning three-run homer over Fenway Park’s Green Monster gives Boston a 19-17 win, with the slugfest's 36 runs tying an American League record,

Mark McGwire Breaks Rookie Home Run Record

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August 11, 1907 - In the second game of a doubleheader, shortened to seven innings by prior agreement, St. Louis Cardinal hurler Ed Karger pitches a perfect game, 4-0, against Boston.

August 11, 1926 - Tris Speaker of Cleveland hit his 700th career double but the Indians lost to the Chicago White Sox, 7-2. The double came in the third inning off Jim Joe Edwards.

August 11, 1928 - Carl Hubbell's first major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of the Phillies. He'll be 10-6 down the stretch and will pitch 16 years with the Giants.

August 11, 1929 - At League Park, Babe Ruth hits home run number 500 off Willis Hudlin of Cleveland.

August 11, 1950 - Hitting just .279, Yankee great Joe DiMaggio is benched for the first time in his career. He is currently languishing in a 4-for-38 slump.

August 11, 1951 - Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants, 4-0, dropping the Giants 13 1/2 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.

August 11, 1961 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves scattered six hits to beat the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, for his 300th career victory.

August 11, 1962 - The Dodgers protest the wetting down of the field at Candlestick, a tactic they claim is to stop Maury Wills. The Giants win 5-4, but the watering ploy earns Giants manager Alvin Dark the sobriquet The Swamp Fox.

August 11, 1968 - Satchel Paige, 62 years or so old, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by the Braves. He will not pitch a regular-season game for Atlanta and will become a coach on September 30.

August 11, 1969 - Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder. Drysdale is the last Los Angeles player left from the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bob Aspromonte, who will retire in 1971, is the last active former Brooklyn Dodger.

August 11, 1970 - Jim Bunning notches his 100th NL victory, a 6-5 Phillies win over the Astros. Bunning is the first pitcher since Cy Young to win 100 games in each league.

August 11, 1982 - Terry Felton (0-11) is the losing pitcher in Minnesota's 6-3 loss to the Angels, dropping his career record to 0-14, the worst individual start in major league history. Felton will never win a major league game, finishing his career with an 0-16 record.

August 11, 1986 - Cincinnati player-manager Pete Rose singled four times and doubled to set a National League record with the 10th five-hit game of his career. The 45-year-old Rose drove in three runs in a 13-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, to move one ahead of Max Carey for the record.

August 11, 1987 - Mark McGwire of the Athletics broke Al Rosen's American League rookie record by hitting his 38th home run in Oakland's 8-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners.

August 11, 1991 - Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his first big league start as the White Sox stop Baltimore 7-0.

August 11, 1998 - Mark McGwire homers off Bobby Jones in an 8-3 Mets win. The home run tops Hack Wilson's 1930 National League record of 46 home runs hit before September 1. In McGwire's 162 games with the Cardinals since a trade with Oakland on July 31, 1997, McGwire has a .275 batting average with 71 home runs and 146 runs batted in with 165 walks.

August 11, 2001- Using fewest number of games anyone has ever needed to hit 50 homers in a season, Giant outfielder Barry Bonds reaches the milestone in 117 contests. In 1999, Sammy Sosa reached the mark in 121 contests.

August 11, 2001- For the first time in his 16-year career, Barry Bonds hits his 50th homer of the season. The 36-year old Giants outfielder will go yard 23 more times to establish a new big league single-season record with 73 homer runs.

August 11, 2002- Keeping with the tradition of commemorating former players who are in the Hall of Fame, the Cardinals unveiled the 11th statue outside Busch stadium - an air-borne Ozzie Smith. The bronze likeness, created by sculptor Harry Weber, captures the former shortstop stretched horizontally to the ground, trying to field a grounder in the hole.

August 11, 2002- Sammy Sosa's grand slam and run-scoring double against the Rockies gives the Cubs' slugger 14 RBIs over two games establishing a new a National League record. The previous mark was 13 shared by Nate Colbert (Padres-1972) and Mark Whiten (Cardinals -1993).

August 11, 2003- By fanning Jeff Kent in the seventh inning at Wrigley Field, Kerry Wood became the fastest major leaguer to record his 1,000th career strikeout needing only 134 games to reach the milestone. It took 143 games for Roger Clemens to accomplish the feat.

August 11, 2004- During the memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in front of pews packed with Mets fans, team owner Fred Wilpon and former broadcaster partner Gary Thorne deliver eulogies remembering the late Hall of Famer Bob Murphy. At age of 79, ‘Murph’ who supplied 42 years of Happy Recaps for the Mets and spent a half of a century broadcasting big league games, lost his battle with lung cancer.

August 11, 2005- Mets outfielders Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron running at full speed in an attempt to catch Padres David Ross’ seventh-inning short fly to short right-center dive head-first into each other in one of the horrific collisions in baseball history. Right fielder Cameron, who suffers a broken nose and multiple fractures of both cheekbones, will undergo facial surgery in San Diego and his teammate, center fielder Carlos Beltran, fares a bit better suffering a concussion and a small fracture in his cheekbone.

L.A. Dodgers Forfeit Game

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August 10, 1901 - Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox set an American League record by stranding 11 teammates on the basepaths.

August 10, 1904 - Jack Chesbro is knocked out by the White Sox after pitching 30 complete games in a row. For the year he will win 41 games, pitching 48 complete games out of 51 starts for the New York Highlanders. All are post-1900 records.

August 10, 1929 - Grover Alexander beats the Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last National League victory. He pitches four scoreless relief innings for the Cardinals to win 11-9 in the 11th inning.

August 10, 1934 - Babe Ruth announces 1934 is definitely his final season as a regular player. He says he will seek a managerial role and will pinch-hit.

August 10, 1944 - Red Barrett of the Boston Braves threw only 58 pitches to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 2-0, in a nine-inning game.

August 10, 1957 - Mickey Mantle became the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium when his 460-foot homer hit the base of the scoreboard. The Yankees beat the Orioles, 6-3.

August 10, 1971 - Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit his 500th home run in the first inning off Baltimore's Mike Cuellar to become the 10th player to hit 500 or more in a career. Killebrew also hit No. 501 off Cuellar, but the Orioles won, 4-3.

August 10, 1971 - Sixteen baseball researchers at Cooperstown form the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

August 10, 1981 - Major League Baseball resumed play after a two-month strike. In the Cardinals-Phillies game at Philadelphia, attended by 60,561 fans, Pete Rose broke Stan Musial's National League hit record when he singled for his 3,631st hit. It came off Mark Littell in the eighth inning.

August 10, 1986- During Billy Martin Day at Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers retire uniform #1 and dedicate plaque in Monument Park which reads, 'There has never been a greater competitor than Billy'. The team's former scrappy second baseman and four-time manager tells the sold-out crowd, "I may not have been the greatest Yankee to put on the uniform, but I am the proudest."

August 10, 1987 - Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross becomes the second pitcher in eight days to be ejected for scuffing the baseball when umpires discover sandpaper in his glove during the fifth inning of a 4-2 win over the Cubs. Like Joe Niekro, Gross will be suspended for 10 games.

August 10, 1989- After fifteen months of recovery from cancer surgery to his arm, Dave Dravecky pitches one-hit baseball for seven innings blanking the Reds to get the victory. The Giant bullpen holds on for a 4-3 win at Candlestick Park.

August 10, 1995 - Ball Night at Dodger Stadium turned into the first forfeit in the majors in 16 years. Los Angeles forfeited a game to the St. Louis Cardinals after fans threw souvenir baseballs onto the field three times. The game was called with one out in the bottom of the ninth.

August 10, 1998- Joining Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, Albert Belle becomes only the fourth player to drive in 100 runs and hit 30 homers for seven consecutive seasons.

August 10, 2002- Sammy Sosa hits three home runs in consecutive at bats in the third, fourth and fifth innings tying a Cubs' record with nine RBIs established by Heinie Zimmerman in 1911. With his sixth career three-homer game performance, the Chicago right fielder also ties the major league record set by Johnny Mize and he also becomes only the fifth player in big league history to homer in three straight innings.

August 10, 2005- Jackie Robinson’s former Negro League roommate 103-year old Ted Radcliffe, probably the oldest professional baseball player, dies after long battle with cancer. The 1943 Negro American League Most Valuable player was dubbed ‘Double Duty’ by Damon Runyon after catching a shutout in the opener of a 1931 Negro League World Series Yankee Stadium doubleheader and then hurling one of his own in the night cap.

August 10, 2005- After being released from the hospital, an 18-year old fan appears in court to face criminal charges of trespassing, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief stemming from his 40-foot plunge last night from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium into the netting behind home plate. Team owner George Steinbrenner called the incident ``... the only exciting thing that happened today,'' after his struggling club loses to the first-place White Sox. 2-1.

August 10, 2005- Radio talk-show host Larry Krueger, who caused an uproar in the team’s clubhouse, is fired by KNBR, the flagship station of the Giants for making inappropriate racial remarks. During a postgame rant the controversial the on-air personality said the team had too many ``brain-dead Caribbean hitters” and tells his listeners that manager Felipe Alou's mind "has turned to Cream of Wheat".

August 10, 2005- For the second consecutive season, Mike Lowell employs the hidden ball trick on an unsuspecting base runner. Representing the tying run in the eighth inning, Diamondbacks outfielder Luis Terrero is the Marlins third baseman latest victim.

August 10, 2008- With their 11-3 rout over the Mariners at Safeco Field, the first-place Rays improve their record to 71-46. The 71st victory establishes a record for wins in the 11-year history of the franchise.

San Francisco Giants Celebrate 50th Anniversary

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August 9, 1916 - The Philadelphia A's ended their 20-game losing streak as Joe Bush beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1.

August 9, 1918 - Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, and suspends him for indifferent play. Chase will be reinstated and play for the Giants in 1919.

August 9, 1939 - Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees started a streak of 18 consecutive games in which he scored at least one run. During those games, he scored a total of 30 runs.

August 9, 1946 - All Major League baseball games (four in the American League and four in the National League) are played at night for the first time in Major League history.

August 9, 1960 - Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit home run No. 511 to tie Mel Ott for fourth place on the all-time list.

August 9, 1963 - Roger Craig's National League record-tying 18-game losing streak ends thanks to Jim Hickman's ninth-inning grand slam off Lindy McDaniel. New York beats the Cubs, 7-3.

August 9, 1975 - Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey's 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24.

August 9, 1976 - John Candelaria became the first Pirate pitcher in 69 years to throw a no-hitter in Pittsburgh by blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0. Nick Maddox pitched the first Pirate no-hitter at Pittsburgh in 1907. Candelaria's no-hitter came at Three Rivers Stadium. No Pirate ever threw a no-hitter at Forbes Field.

August 9, 1979 - Longtime Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley dies at age 75.

August 9, 1981 - Baseball returned following the strike with the All-Star game in Cleveland before a crowd of 72,086. Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos hit two home runs to give the National League a 5-4 triumph over the American League. Vida Blue became the first pitcher to win an All-Star game in both leagues. His American League victory came in 1971 at Detroit.
1988 - The Chicago Cubs won the first official night game at Wrigley Field by beating the New York Mets 6-4.

August 9, 1997 - Twins pitcher Brad Radke's winning streak ends at 12 consecutive starts when Luis Sojo doubles home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to send the Yankees to a 4-1 win before a crowd of 42,151, the second-largest gathering of the season at the Metrodome. Radke (16-6) remains tied with Scott Erickson (1991) for most consecutive wins by a Twin.

August 9, 1998 - Dennis Martinez of the Braves records his 244th career victory, surpassing Juan Marichal as the winningest Latin American pitcher. Ironically, Martinez's 7-5 win comes against the Giants, Marichal's former team. Martinez had retired in 1997 two wins shy of Marichal's mark, but he returned in 1998 as a spot starter and occasional stopper in the Atlanta bullpen.

August 9, 1999- For the first time in major league history, five grand slams are hit in a single day. Cardinal Fernando Tatis, Expo Jose Vidro, Marlin Mike Lowell, Yankee Bernie Williams and Mariner Jay Buhner all connect to set the record.

August 9, 2002- Barry Bonds joins Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron as the only players ever to hit 600 career home runs in the major leagues. The 38-year-old Giant left fielder hit the milestone homer in the sixth inning by lining 2-1 pitch thrown by Pirates starter Kip Wells over the center field wall at Pacific Bell Park.

August 9, 2002- At the age of 26 years and 182 days, Vladimir Guerrero hits his 200th career home run tying the Expos right fielder with Ken Griffey, Jr. as the second-youngest player to reach 200 homer plateau. Alex Rodriguez is the youngest major leaguer to reach the 200 homer mark reaching the milestone in 25 years 290 days.

August 9, 2005- An arbitrator rules Kenny Rogers, who has missed 13 games, should be reinstated. The decision states the punishment for shoving two cameramen handed down by Bud Selig went too far in suspending the Ranger pitcher for 20 games and in levying an excessive $50,000 fine.

August 9, 2006- Former hometown hero, Mike Piazza, hits two home runs off Mets ace Pedro Martinez and nearly hits a third one in eighth inning in a 4-3 Padres loss in New York. The Big Apple fans give their ex-catcher an uncommon road curtain call after the round tripper, but aren't so kind the second time the backstop goes deep as he is greeted with boos and catcalls.

August 9, 2009- As part of the 50th anniversary celebration commemorating the Giants move to San Francisco, the team honors its greatest outfielders. Barry Bonds, speculated by most not to be in attendance for the event, receives a standing ovation accompanied by loud approval from the surprised fans when the slugger's name is announced and takes part in the ceremony telling the crowd, “It feels awful to me not to be in uniform and the Dodgers are right here”.

Greg Maddux Reaches 300 Wins

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August 8, 1877 - After St. Louis catcher John Clapp has his cheek smashed by a foul tip, replacement Mike Dorgan goes behind the plate wearing a mask. This is perhaps the first use of a catcher's mask in an official National League game.

August 8, 1903 - A week after pitching his first doubleheader victory, Joe McGinnity of the New York Giants did it again, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-1 and 4-3. In the second game, he stole home.

August 8, 1905 - Pittsburgh second baseman Dave Brain, who hit three triples in a game for St. Louis against Pittsburgh on May 29, repeats the performance for Pittsburgh against Boston. He is the only player to perform the feat twice in one season.

August 8, 1915 - Philadelphia's Gavvy Cravath hit four doubles and drove in eight runs in a 14-7 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati.

August 8, 1916 - The Athletics set an AL record with their 19th loss in a row on the road. The streak began on July 25, making it a record for losses in two weeks.

August 8, 1920 - Howard Ehmke of the Detroit Tigers pitched the fastest game in American League history, one hour and 13 minutes, for a 1-0 victory against the New York Yankees.

August 8, 1931 - Bobby Burke of the Washington Senators pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.

August 8, 1954 - The Brooklyn Dodgers pounded the Cincinnati Reds 20-7 at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers scored 13 runs in the eighth inning after two were out.

August 8, 1957- Club President Walter O'Malley makes it official announcing the Dodgers will play in Los Angeles next season.

August 8, 1970- On Old Timers Day at the Stadium, the Yankees retire Casey Stengel’s uniform #37. The ‘Old Perfessor’s’ Bronx Bombers won seven World Series during his 12-year tenure with the team from 1949 to 1960.

August 8, 1972- After much speculation about the future of the team, the Yankees sign a thirty-year lease to play in the 'new' Yankee Stadium beginning 1976. After completing the Stadium's 50th-Anniversary new season, the Bronx Bombers will play their home games for the next two seasons at Shea Stadium while the 'House the Ruth Built' is completely remodeled.

August 8, 1973 - Designated hitter Orlando Cepeda hit four doubles as the Boston Red Sox posted a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

August 8, 1982 - California's Doug DeCinces hit three home runs in a game for the second time in less than a week. DeCinces hit solo homers in the first and third innings and connected for a two-run shot in the eighth of a 9-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners. DeCinces hit three against Minnesota on Aug. 3.

August 8, 1985 - Baseball, after a two-day strike, resumed with an 18-game schedule, including five doubleheaders.

August 8, 1988 - The first night game in Wrigley Field's 74-year history was postponed with the Chicago Cubs leading the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 after heavy rains started in the bottom of the fourth inning. Philadelphia's Phil Bradley led off the game with a home run, but all numbers were wiped out by the rain.

August 8, 1992 - Oakland's Dennis Eckersley had his consecutive saves record snapped at 40. His two records - 36 straight to start a season, and 40 straight over two seasons - ended trying to protect a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals. Eckersley gave up a two-out, two-run single to Gregg Jefferies which gave the Royals a 3-2 lead. But the Athletics came back to win the game in the ninth, 5-3.

August 8, 1997 - Randy Johnson struck out 19, matching the major league record for left-handers he had tied earlier this season, as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-0.

August 8, 1998- At the age of 41, Twins' Paul Molitor becomes the fifth player in major league history to have at least 3,000 hits and 500 steals. His 5-for-5 performance and the theft of his 500th base allows him to join Ty Cobb (4,191 hits, 892 steals), Honus Wagner (3,415, 722), Eddie Collins (3,315, 744) and Lou Brock (3,023, 938) as the only players to accomplish this milestone.

August 8, 2002- Closer John Smoltz records his 40th save in the 114th game of the Braves' schedule making it the earliest point in a season a relief pitcher has reached that mark. Lee Smith of the Cardinals accomplished the feat in his 117th game in 1993, and White Sox Bobby Thigpen turned the trick in 118 games en route to setting the major league record with 57 saves in 1990.

August 8, 2004- In less than a masterful performance, Greg Maddux pitches five innings to register his 300th career victory as the Cubs beat the Giants, 8-4. The 38-year-old is the 22nd pitcher to reach the plateau and many believe may the last to reach this coveted milestone.

Shoeless Joe Jackson's Bat Black Betsy Sells For $577,610 On Ebay

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August 7, 1907 - Walter Johnson pitched the first of his 416 victories as he led the Washington Senators over the Cleveland Indians 7-2.

August 7, 1915 - As Brooklyn's rookie pitcher Ed Appleton steps to the mound, St. Louis manager Miller Huggins, coaching at third base, calls for the ball. The rookie tosses the ball to him, Huggins steps aside, and the Cardinal runner scores. A change in the rules will prevent such trickery in the future.

August 7, 1923 - Cleveland's Frank Bowerman went 6-for-6 with a double and five singles as the Indians routed the Washington Senators 22-2.

August 7, 1950 - White players Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, and Frank Dyle of the Chicago American Giants are barred by police from playing in the Negro American League against the Birmingham Black Barons.

August 7, 1956 - The largest crowd in minor league history, 57,000, saw 51-year-old Satchel Paige of Miami beat Columbus in an International League game played in the Orange Bowl.

August 7, 1968 - Joe Keough of the Oakland A's pinch hit a home run in his first major league at-bat in the eighth inning against the New York Yankees and the A's won 4-3 in 10 innings.

August 7, 1978 - Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss, and Larry MacPhail are inducted at Cooperstown.

August 7, 1985 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth announced a tentative agreement ending a two-day strike. The season resumed Aug. 8.

August 7, 1992 - The Giants announce that the team has been sold to Tampa Bay investors for a reported $110 million and will move to St. Petersburg for the 1993 season. Other owners will block the move in November, but one benefit is that the 1992 season finale becomes the first sellout at Candlestick since the 1989 World Series.

August 7, 1999- For the second consecutive day, a major leaguer gets his 3000th career hit as Wade Boggs homers in the sixth off Indian Chris Haney. The Devil Rays' third baseman, who is the first player to reach the milestone with a home run, rounds the bases pointing skyward blowing a kiss in memory of his mom and gets down on his knees to kiss home plate.

August 7, 2001- Home plate umpire Angel Hernandez ejects Steve 'Mongo' McMichael from Wrigley Field as the former Chicago Bear football player is about to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch. McMichael, presently a pro wrestler, tells the crowd over the P.A. system "he'll have a talk with the ump" concerning a close call made by earlier in the game and then boos and blows a kiss toward the ump.

August 7, 2001- Black Betsy, Shoeless Joe Jackson's 40-ounce warped hickory bat, is won by 30-year-old businessman Rob Mitchell in a 10-day eBay auction. The $577,610 price tag is believed to be the largest amount ever paid for a baseball bat.

August 7, 2001- Passing the mark of 68 established Christy Mathewson (Giants - 1913) and Randy Jones (Padres -1976), Braves right-hander Greg Maddux sets the National League record for consecutive innings without allowing a walk as he pitches six innings without a giving up a base on balls to extend the new record to 70 1-3 innings. The major league record is 84 1-3 innings without out a free pass was established in 1962 by A's sinker-slider hurler Bill Fischer.

August 7, 2002- Major leaguers agree to be checked randomly for illegal steroids starting next year. The proposal, which addresses a major issue in the current contract talks, ends the players decades-old opposition to mandatory drug testing.

August 7, 2002- After piloting the club to a 45-45 record as the interim skipper, Clint Hurdle is given a two-year contract extension by the Rockies. The club's former hitting coach replaced Buddy Bell, who was fired April 26.

August 7, 2003- Albert Pujols joins Jose Canseco as the only other player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and drive in 100 runs during their first three seasons.

August 7, 2003- Fireballer Eric Gagne ties the single-season record for consecutive saves to start a season established in 1995 by Jose Mesa of the Indians. The Dodger closer strikes out the Reds' side in the ninth inning for his 38th save this season and 46th consecutive regular-season save overall.

August 7, 2005- In the battle of the Zambranos at Shea Stadium, Victor is victorious as he defeats Carlos and the Cubs, 6-1, In addition to sharing the same last name, the two Venezuelan pitchers, who are not related, also wear the same number (38), entered the game with same number of career wins (41), play for teams which started the series with the same record (54-54), as well being both switch hitters and throwing right-handed.

August 7, 2005- On the main concourse in left field at U.S. Cellular Field, the White Sox unveiled a life-sized bronze statue of Carlton Fisk. The Hall of Fame catcher, who played for the ChiSox from 1981 to the end of his career in 1993, joins team founder Charles A. Comiskey and Cuban legend Minnie Minoso, who also been honor with statues in the Chicago ballpark.

August 7, 2007- In front of very supportive home crowd at AT&T Park, Barry Bonds surpasses Hank Aaron as the all-time home run leader as he connects on 3-2 pitch for #756 off southpaw Mike Bacsik of the Nationals. During the 10-minute celebration following the historic homer, a surprise video message is played on the scoreboard in which Hammerin’ Hank congratulates the Giants' left fielder for breaking the 33-year old record.

August 7, 2008- Mel Allen and Red Barber become the first recipients of the Ford C. Frick Broadcasting Award. Unable to choose between the two legendary voices, both Yankee announcers are selected by the Hall of Fame voters to receive the honor which recognizes excellence among baseball broadcasters.

Red Sox Retire Yaz Number Clemente Inducted Into Hall

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August 6, 1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues is formed to help the minor leagues protect their interests.

August 6, 1904 - Lefthander Nick Altrock of the White Sox (their new nickname) handles thirteen fielding chances, the modern major league record for pitchers. He will finish the year with 49 putouts, an American League record for pitchers.

August 6, 1908 - Johnny Lush pitched a six-inning no-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0. It was Lush's second no-hitter against the Dodgers.

August 6, 1936 - For the first time in the 20th century, the first two batters in a game — Roy Johnson and Rabbit Warstler of the Boston Bees — lead off with home runs. They do it off Cubs pitcher Tex Carleton.

August 6, 1949 - Luke Appling appears as shortstop in his 2,154th game, surpassing Rabbit Maranville's major league mark. Appling will play in 2,218 games at shortstop.

August 6, 1952 - Satchel Paige, at 47, became the oldest player in major league history to pitch a complete game or a shutout when he beat Virgil Trucks and the Detroit Tigers, 1-0, in 12 innings.

August 6, 1953 - Ted Williams is back in a Red Sox uniform after military duty in Korea. He will finish with 13 home runs and a .407 mark.

August 6, 1967 - Against Chicago, Brooks Robinson of the Orioles hits into the fourth triple play of his career for a major league mark.

August 6, 1972 - Atlanta's Hank Aaron hit his 660th and 661st career home runs to break Babe Ruth's record for most home runs with one club. The 661st came in the 10th inning to give the Braves a 4-3 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.

August 6, 1973 - Roberto Clemente and Warren Spahn head the list of new inductees at Cooperstown. Clemente is the first Latin-born player to achieve membership at Cooperstown.

August 6, 1981 - After a seven-week strike, major league baseball players approved a split-season format. The New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers were declared the first-half champions and automatically qualified for the divisional series.

August 6, 1982 - Just five days after hitting three home runs in a 5-4 loss to the Twins, Doug DeCinces hits three more home runs in a 9-5 win at Seattle. DeCinces is the first player other than Ted Williams to hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season.

August 6, 1985 - For the second time in five years the Players' Association stages a midseason strike. But unlike the 50-day strike that interrupted the 1981 season, this one will be settled by the following day and all 25 canceled games will be made up.

August 6, 1986 - The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles, 13-11, in a record-setting battle of grand slams. Texas' Toby Harrah hit a grand slam in the second inning before Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer connected for grand slams in Baltimore's nine-run fourth.

August 6, 1988 - Oakland Athletics outfielder Jose Canseco became the 11th player in major league history to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in a season. Canseco, with 31 homers, stole second base with one out in the ninth inning for his 30th as the A's edged the Seattle Mariners, 5-4.

August 6, 1988 - Rich Gossage got his 300th save as the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia

Phillies, 7-4.

August 6, 1989- In a pre-game ceremony at Fenway Park, the Red Sox retire Carl Yastrzemski's #8. 'Yaz', recently inducted into the Hall of Fame, becomes only the fourth player in franchise history, joining Joe Cronin (4), Bobby Doerr (1), and Ted Williams (9), to be honored by having his uniform number retired by the club.

August 6, 1993- Raising his average to .348, Padre outfielder Tony Gwynn singles off Rockies' hurler Bruce Ruffin for his 2000th career base hit. (our thanks to Tom Lane for sharing this event for the web site)

August 6, 1999- After San Diego outfielder Tony Gwynn singles off of Expo rookie right-hander Dan Smith in the first inning to get his 3,000th career hit, first base ump Kerwin Danley, Gwynn's college teammate,Vendella Gwynn, his mother celebrating her 64th birthday, and 13,540 Olympic Stadium fans help to celebrate the right fielder's milestone. 'Mr,Padre' finishes the night 4 for 5 passing Roberto Clemente into 21st place on the all-time career hit list.

August 6, 2001- The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee comprised of five former players, five media members and five former executives, which was established in 1953, is to be replaced by a 90-member group made up of the members of the Hall of Fame (61), the recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink award for writers (13), the Ford C. Frick award for broadcasters (13) and current Veterans Committee members (3). The new committee will be able elect players only once every two years and executives, umpires and managers only once every four years.

August 6, 2002- Protecting the Giants' 11-10 lead over the Cubs, 32-year old reliever Robb Nen becomes the 16th and youngest closer to record the 300th save of his career.

August 6, 2006- For the 11th time in his career, Padres closer Trevor Hoffman records 30 or more saves in a season. The milestone establishes a major league record surpassing the mark set by Lee Smith, baseball's all-time saves leader.

August 6, 2007- Batting eighth in the batting order, Cardinals’ starting pitcher Braden Looper collects two hits in the fifth inning as St. Louis ties a big league record with 10 straight hits. The Redbirds use the consecutive safeties to score all their runs as they beat the visiting Padres, 10-5.

Pittsburgh Pirates Play First Major League Game That is Radio Broadcast

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August 5, 1901- Burt Hart punches John Haskell and will be banned for life as a result of his assault on the umpire. The Orioles' first baseman will play only a total of 58 games in his major league career.

August 5, 1921- Pittsburgh's radio station KDKA provides its listeners with the first-ever broadcast of a major league game. Harold Arlin, detailing the action in the Pirates 8-5 victory over the Phillies at Forbes Field, becomes baseball's first play-by-play announcer.

August 5, 1940-In a rain-shortened 4-0 victory over the Tigers, Silent John Whitehead of the St. Louis Browns pitches a six inning no-hitter. It will the quiet Texan's only victory this season.

August 5, 1953- St. Louis Browns' pitcher Don Larsen goes 3-for-3 and establishes a record for consecutive hits by a pitcher with 7. The rookie hurler will hit .284 in 81 at bats this season.

August 5, 1954- In a 13-4 rout of the Dodgers in Brooklyn, Stan Musial paces the Cardinals attack hitting two homers and driving in seven runs. It is Preacher Roe's first loss to St. Louis at Ebbets Field in four years.

August 5, 1955- White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox's consecutive game streak ends at 274 games. The next day he will begin a new streak which will last for 798 games.

August 5, 1969- Willie Stargell becomes the first player to hit a home run completely out of Dodger Stadium. The 512-foot blast helps the Pirates defeat Los Angeles, 11-3.

August 5, 1972- Tiger shortstop Ed Brinkman commits an error ending his major league record of 72 games and 331 total chances without making a misplay.

August 5, 1973- Phil Niekro goes the distance holding the Padres hitless in a 9-0 rout at home. It's first no-hitter thrown by a Braves hurler since the team shifted to Atlanta in 1966.

August 5, 1975- At Vetrans Stadium, Cubs starter Bill Bonham gives up a major league record of 7 hits to the first seven Phillies he faces. Without retiring a batter, the former UCLA hurler is replaced by Ken Crosby, who promptly gives up a single to Johnny Oates.

August 5, 1979- In an 8-1 win over the Giants, Dodger right-hander Don Sutton becomes the team's all-time strikeout leader with his 2,487th career strikeout.

August 5, 1979- Willie Mays, Warren Giles and Hack Wilson are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

August 5, 1984- Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits his 19th career pinch-hit home run breaking a major league record shared with Jerry Lynch. His round-tripper gives Toronto 4-3 victory over the Orioles.

August 5, 1985- Darryl Strawberry belts three home runs helping the Mets beat the Cubs, 7-2. The victory propels New York into first place in the National League East.

August 5, 1986- At Candlestick Park, Reds' center fielder Eric Davis becomes the 4000th strike out victim of Giants' southpaw Steve Carlton. The historic whiff occurs in the third inning with two runners on base and no outs in the eventual Reds' 11-6 victory.

August 5, 1992- Oakland A's flychaser Jose Canseco is walked for the seventh consecutive time in the span of two games to tie a major league record.

August 5, 1993- In the Padres 11-10 victory over the Giants, Tony Gwynn goes 6-for-7 in the 12-inning contest played at Qualcomm Stadium. It is the fourth time this season, the San Diego right fielder has collected five hits or more hits which ties the major league record shared by Hall of Famers Ty Cobb and Stan Musial.

August 5, 1994- At the Astrodome, Jeff Bagwell establishes a new club record for home runs. The Houston first baseman hits number 38, a fifth inning two-out, two-run homer, off reliever Pat Gomez as the Astros blast the Giants, 12-4.

August 5, 1999- Mark McGwire hits his 500th career home run off Padres' hurler Andy Ashby becoming the 16th major leaguer and the fastest to reach this milestone. The St. Louis slugger is first to accomplish the feat a year after reaching the 400 home run plateau.

August 5, 2001- Former Twin teammates Kirby Puckett and Dave Winfield along with 1960 World Series hero Bill Mazeroski and the late Negro Leagues pitcher Hilton Smith are enshrined in Hall of Fame.

August 5, 2005- Albert Pujols becomes the first player to connect for 30 home runs in each of his first five big league seasons. The Cardinals first baseman has hit 190 homers during this five-year span from the start of career in 2001, equaling Eddie Mathews' total (1952-56) and with 25 fewer than Ralph Kiner (1946-1950).

August 5, 2007- At Wrigley Field, Tom Glavine, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, becomes the 23rd player in major league history to win 300 games. The crafty southpaw, the fifth lefty to reach milestone, limits the Cubs to six hits and a walk in 6.1 innings as the Mets bang out 16 hits and beat Chicago in a nationally televised ESPN Sunday night game, 8-3.

August 5, 2009- With his 246th career victory, an 8-5 win over Kansas City, Yankees right-hander Mike Mussina becomes the winningest pitcher in baseball history without a 20-win season. ‘Moose’ will reach the elusive milestone with a 20-9 record next season, his last in the majors.

What Player Had 2 Hits in 2 Cities For 2 Different Teams in One Day?

2009-08-04T07:21:00.000-07:00

August 4, 1903 - Nap Lajoie is so furious that umpire Tommy Connolly has put an old black ball into play that he hurls the ball over the grandstand. His act results in Cleveland forfeiting the game to Detroit.

August 4, 1909 - Umpire Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at Athletics second baseman Eddie Collins, who had questioned a call. This incident eventually leads to Hurst's banishment from baseball two weeks later.

August 4, 1910 - Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia A's and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits.

August 4, 1929 - The Cleveland Indians, down to their last out, scored nine runs in the ninth inning for a 14-6 comeback victory over the New York Yankees.

August 4, 1941 - In the third inning, catcher Mickey Owen catches three foul flies, the first time in the major leagues that feat has been recorded. His Dodgers whip the Giants 11-6.

August 4, 1963 - New York's Mickey Mantle, batting for the first time in two months after breaking his left foot, hit a pinch home run in the ninth inning to beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 and give the Yankees a split of a doubleheader.

August 4, 1980 - The Seattle Mariners fire manager Darrell Johnson and replace him with Maury Wills, who becomes the third black manager in Major League history. Seattle had lost nine games in a row and 20 of 24 since the All-Star break.

August 4, 1982 - Joel Youngblood became the first in Major League history to get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory in Chicago. After the game, he was traded to the Montreal Expos and played that night in Philadelphia. He entered the game in right field in the fourth inning and later got a single.

August 4, 1983 - While warming up before the fifth inning of the Yankees 3-1 win over the Blue Jays game at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, New York outfielder Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull with a thrown ball. After the game, Winfield is brought to the Ontario Provincial Police station on charges of cruelty to animals and is forced to post a $500 bond before being released. The charges will be dropped the following day.

August 4, 1985 - The 40-year-old Tom Seaver became the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 4-1 on Phil Rizzuto Day. Seaver walked one and struck out seven, giving him 3,499 in his 19-year career.

August 4, 1993 - Tony Gwynn has six hits against the Giants. It is the Padres outfielder's fourth game of 1993 with five or more hits. He becomes only the third person to get five hits or better that many times in a season.

August 4, 1996 - Jim Bunning and Earl Weaver are inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

August 4, 1997 - Brad Radke of Minnesota got his 12th straight win, pitching seven strong innings in the Twins' 9-3 victory over Toronto. Radke became only the third pitcher since 1950 to win 12 consecutive starts.

August 4, 1998- Yankees' slugger Darryl Strawberry hits a game-tying pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth inning of New York's 10-5 win becoming the second major leaguer to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in one season.

August 4, 2000- Joining Dave Kingman Frank Huelsman, Willis Hudlin, Paul Lehner, Wes Covington, Ted Gray and Mike Kilkenny, Dave Martinez ties a major league record as he appears for his fourth team in a season. In the past four months the veteran outfielder/first baseman has played for the Devil Rays, Cubs, Rangers and now the Blue Jays.

August 4, 2000- With 32 home games remaining, the Astros, who moved from the pitcher-friendly Astrodome to homer-haven Enron Field this season, set a franchise-record by already hitting 83 homers at home this season.

August 4, 2004- Continuing a tradition over a half a century old, the Cardinals announce their new ballpark scheduled to open in 2006, will also be known as Busch Stadium. In 1953, a month after Anheuser-Busch purchased the Cardinals, the brewery bought Sportsman Park renaming it Busch Stadium and then kept the name in its new downtown stadium which opened in 1966 calling the facility Busch Memorial Stadium.

August 4, 2005- After the teams goes into a free fall from first place, the Orioles fire manager Lee Mazzilli (129-140) and replaces him with bench coach Sam Perlozzo on an interim basis. Currently suffering an eight-game losing streak, the Birds have dropped 16 of their 18 games.

August 4, 2006- At age 95, Elden Auker, the last living pitcher to face Babe Ruth, dies of congestive heart failure. The author of Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms, which he wrote when he was ninety, started his major league career in 1931 by striking out Babe Ruth and getting Lou Gehrig to pop out.

August 4, 2006- In the Phillies' 5-3 victory over the Mets, Chase Utley' s hitting streak ends at 35 consecutive games. Philadelphia’s second baseman, who goes 0-for-5, has fourth longest stretch in National League history.

August 4, 2007- Needing only 14 seasons to accomplish the feat, Alex Rodriguez becomes the 22nd and youngest player (32 years and 8 days) to hit 500 career home runs. The historic three-run homer, off Royals’ starter Kyle Davies who was recently acquired from the Braves, is hit into the left-field seats at Yankee Stadium making A-Rod and Mickey Mantle the only two players to reach the milestone in the Bronx.

August 4, 2007- In the second inning at Petco Park in front sellout crowd of 42,497 fans, Barry Bonds drives a Clay Hensley fastball over the left-field wall for his 755th home run tying Hank Aaron’s 33-year-old career home run record. The opposite-field drive, ironically off a pitcher who failed a steroid test as a minor leaguer in 2005, is met with mix reactions as a few patrons hold up asterisk signs and the crowd responds to the feat with a mixture of cheers and jeers.

August 4, 2008- At the start of the rain delay during the Astros and Cubs game at Wrigley Field, fans are advised to take cover in the concourse due to a tornado warning being issued by the National Weather Service for downtown Chicago. The game resumes in 2 hours, 45 minutes, but approximately an hour later more thunder and lightning and another 39-minute stoppage causes the contest to be called in the bottom of the eighth with Houston credited with a 2-0 rain-shorten victory.

Satchel Paige Makes Major League Debut

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August 3, 1888 - Kansas City Cowboys rookie Billy Hamilton, recently purchased from Worcester, steals his first base in the major leagues. Before returning to the minors in 1902, Sliding Billy will amass 912 stolen bases, a record broken by Lou Brock in 1979.

August 3, 1906 - Tom Hughes of the Washington Nationals becomes the first pitcher to win a 1-0 extra-inning game with his own home run when he homers in the tenth for a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Browns.

August 3, 1940 - With Ernie Lombardi hurt, Reds catcher Willard Hershberger is hitting .309 after taking over. However, depressed in recent weeks, Hershberger commits suicide by slashing his throat in Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel. Hershberger blamed himself for calling wrong pitches in the 5-4 loss to New York July 31. Hershberger's father had also committed suicide, in 1928.

August 3, 1941 - The Browns Johnny Niggeling gets Joe DiMaggio in four at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base.

August 3, 1948 - Cleveland's Satchel Paige made his first major league start and went seven innings to lead the Indians to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Senators.

August 3, 1959 - For the first time, there are two All-Star Games in the same year. With the managers picking the starting lineup, the American League wins this second contest 5-3 at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

August 3, 1961 - The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 19-0 for the largest shutout margin in a National League night game.

August 3, 1980 - Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Chuck Klein, and Tom Yawkey are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

August 3, 1982 - The White Sox sweep a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, 1-0, and 14-2, prompting Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to fire manager Gene Michael and replace him with pitching coach Clyde King. King is the Yankees' third manager this season.

August 3, 1986 - Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

August 3, 1987 - Twins pitcher Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound and is ejected during Minnesota's 11-3 win over the Angels. He will be suspended for ten games by American League president Bobby Brown, who doesn't buy Niekro's story that he had been filing his nails on the bench and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started.

August 3, 1989 - The Reds score fourteen runs in the first inning of an 18-2 demolition of the Astros. Major league records set during the onslaught include most hits in an inning (16), most players with two hits in an inning (7), and most singles in an inning (12).

August 3, 1997 - Knuckleball pitcher Phil Niekro, former Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, second baseman Nellie Fox, and Negro League shortstop Willie Wells are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

August 3, 2004- In a game in which Cardinal first baseman Albert Pujols becomes the first player in history to hit at least 30 homers in each of his first four big league seasons, Tony Batista goes deep twice, knotting the score in the ninth and winning the game in the 12th. The Expos third baseman’s 199th and 200th career blasts helps Montreal beat the St. Louis in extra innings, 10-6.

August 3, 2006- The 715th home run ball hit by Barry Bonds to pass Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time career list fetches $220,100 during an 10-day EBay auction. The money, which will go to Andrew Morbitzer, the fan who caught the ball, is much less than the $800,000 dished out in 2004 for the ball the Giants left fielder's hit for his 700th career homer.

Black Sox Scandal Thurman Munson's Plane Crashes

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August 2, 1907 - Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit. The first hit off him is a bunt single by Ty Cobb.

August 2, 1921 - A Chicago jury brings in a verdict of not guilty against the Black Sox. That night, jurors and defendants celebrate with a party in an Italian restaurant. Ignoring the verdict, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans all eight defendants from baseball for life.

August 2, 1938 - Larry MacPhail has official baseballs dyed dandelion yellow, and they are used in the first game of a doubleheader between the Dodgers and Cardinals at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers win 6-2. The Dodgers will use up their yellow balls in three more games in 1939.

August 2, 1959 - Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit two bases-loaded triples to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

August 2, 1959 - Giants first baseman Willie McCovey hits the first of his 521 major league home runs, off Ron Kline, as San Francisco downs the Pirates 5-3. Johnny Antonelli wins his 15th game.

August 2, 1970 - In their last meeting of the year, Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8. It is the Orioles' 23rd straight win over the Royals over a two-year span, a major league mark.

August 2, 1979 - Yankees catcher Thurman Munson, 32, perishes at Canton, Ohio, in a crash of the plane he was piloting. A crowd of 51,151 will attend the memorial tribute at Yankee Stadium the following day.

August 2, 1982 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6-5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice.

August 2, 1986 - Dodgers Alejandro Pena and Tom Niedenfuer combine to one-hit the Reds, 7-1, allowing only Eddie Milner's leadoff home run off Pena in the sixth inning. It is the fifth time Milner has collected the only hit in a one-hitter, tying Cesar Tovar's Major League record.

August 2, 1987 - Eric Davis led off the bottom of the 11th inning with his 30th home run of the season, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Davis' homer made him the seventh player with 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.

August 2, 1987 - Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6 with two homers and drove in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.

August 2, 1990 - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his tenth home run in just 77 at bats, the fastest any player has ever reached that mark. But the Yanks lose to Detroit 6-5 in 11 innings.

August 2, 1991 - Mike Jeffcoat becomes the first American League pitcher to get an RBI since 1972 in a 15-1 Rangers rout of Milwaukee.

August 2, 1992 - Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser and Bill McGowan are enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

August 2, 1993 - An investor team of Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and Cincinnati businessman William DeWitt submit a winning bid for the Orioles during a bankruptcy court auction in New York City. Also on the winning team are popular author Tom Clancy and ABC broadcaster Jim McKay.

August 2, 1995- Long time coach Jimmie Reese, whose 23 years in an Angels uniform equals longest in club history is inducted into the Angels' Hall of Fame. The former roommate of Babe Ruth began his career as a batboy for the Pacific Coast League's Los Angeles Angels in 1917.

August 2, 2002- Reds general manager Jim Bowden is fined by commissioner Bud Selig for the comments he made to reporters prior to yesterday's game against the Dodgers comparing a baseball strike with the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Quickly realizing the use of such analogy was inappropriate and insensitive, the Cincinnati GM issues an immediate apology after the game.

August 2, 2007- After giving up eight in runs in the top of the second inning, the Yankees storm back in the bottom of the frame to tie the score with eight tallies of their own in an eventual 13-9 loss to the White Sox in New york. It is only the second time in major league history eight or more runs are scored in the same inning by each team.

Mel Ott Becomes 3rd Member of 500 Home Run Club

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August 1, 1933 - Carl Hubbell breaks Ed Reulbach's 1908 National League record for consecutive scoreless innings with 45 1/3, although the Giants lose to Boston 3-1.

August 1, 1941 - Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees pitches a 9-0 shutout over the St. Louis Browns despite walking 11 batters, the most ever issued in a shutout. Fifteen base runners are left stranded by the Browns.

August 1, 1945 - Mel Ott hits the 500th home run of his career, a total exceeded only by Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx at the time. He will hit 10 more this season and one on Opening Day of 1946 to finish with 511. Of Ott's total, 324 will be hit in the Polo Grounds.

August 1, 1957 - Gil Hodges hits his 13th career grand slam to establish a new National League record. This is the last grand slam in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

August 1, 1962 - Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat the White Sox, 1-0, in Chicago.

August 1, 1970 - Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh hit three doubles and two home runs to power the Pirates to a 20-10 rout of the Braves in Atlanta.

August 1, 1972 - Nate Colbert ties one major league record with five home runs, and sets another with 13 RBI, as the Padres take a doubleheader from the Braves, 9-0, and 11-7. At age 8, on May 2, 1954, Colbert had been at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis to witness Stan Musial's five home runs in a doubleheader.

August 1, 1973 - Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk brawl at Fenway. With a 2-2 score in the top of the ninth, Munson, attempting to score from third base on a missed bunt, crashes into Fisk and they both come up swinging. Boston wins 3-2 in the bottom of the inning.

August 1, 1977 - Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit his 18th career grand slam - a total that still leads the National League.

August 1, 1978 - The Braves trounce the Reds 16-4 and stop Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games. Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber are the Atlanta pitchers.

August 1, 1982 - Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson, and Happy Chandler are inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.

August 1, 1985 - Vince Coleman steals two bases in the first inning of the Cardinals' 9-8 loss to the Cubs to run his season total to 74, breaking the Major League rookie record of seventy-two set in 1984 by Juan Samuel.

August 1, 1986 - Minnesota's Bert Blyleven pitches a two-hitter and strikes out a club-record 15 batters to become the tenth pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts. Kirby Puckett hits for the cycle as the Twins romp 10-1 over the A's.

August 1, 1993 - Reggie Jackson is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

August 1, 1994 - Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. became only the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games as the Orioles beat Minnesota, 1-0.

August 1, 1998 - Detroit's Tony Clark establishes an American League mark by hitting home runs from both sides of the plate for the third time in a season. The Tigers tear up Tampa Bay 8-0.

August 1, 2000- In a 10-0 victory, Mike Mussina strikes out a club-record 15 batters as he keeps the Twins hitless through six innings and finishes the game with his third career one-hitter.

August 1, 2000- Craig Biggio, 34, tears the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his knee during a collision with Marlin outfielder Preston Wilson and will miss the rest of the season. This marks the first time the Astros' second baseman has ever been on the disabled list in his 13-year career.

August 1, 2001- For the 33rd time in the team's history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit's first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

August 1, 2005- Rafael Palmeiro becomes the highest profile player to be suspended for violating the MLB steroids policy. The Orioles first baseman, who denies knowingly taking any banned substances, stated this spring to the House Government Reform Committee that published allegations by Jose Canseco of his steroids use were "absolutely false" and had considered suing his former teammate over the accusation.

August 1, 2006- At Turner Field in a game against the Braves, Miguel Tejada plays in his 1,000th consecutive game, the seventh longest in major league history. The Orioles’ shortstop streak began in June 2, 2000 as a member of the Oakland A’s.

August 1, 2007- Rather than send 25,000 fans back out onto crowded highways, the Twins decide to play tonight's game against the Royals after a moment of silence in memory of victims of the nearby bridge collapse. Tomorrow’s game at the Metrodome has been postponed.

Dizzy Dean Goes 18 Innings & Joe Adcock Hits 4 HRs

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July 31, 1930 - Lou Gehrig drove in eight runs with a grand slam and two doubles as the New York Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox 14-13.

July 31, 1932 - Cleveland's Municipal Stadium opened and Lefty Grove and the Philadelphia A's beat the Indians 1-0 before 76,979 fans.

July 31, 1934 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings at Cincinnati as Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitas both went the distance.

July 31, 1935 - The Reds oversell their night game, and 30,000 jam in for the match against the Cards. Kitty Burke, a female fan, slips under the ropes around the infield and grabs a bat. Paul Dean lobs a pitch and she grounds out. St. Louis manager Frankie Frisch demands it count as an at bat.

July 31, 1935 - Two American League pitchers, Wes Ferrell and Mel Harder, each hit two home runs in a game.

July 31, 1954 - Joe Adcock hit four home runs and a double to lead the Milwaukee Braves to a 15-7 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Adcock's eighteen total bases is a new Major League record.

July 31, 1961 - The All-Star Game ended in a 1-1 tie at Fenway Park as heavy rain halted play. It is the only tie in All-Star history.

July 31, 1962 - The National League rejects Commissioner Ford Frick's proposal for interleague play in 1963.

July 31, 1972 - Dick Allen becomes the first player since 1950, and the seventh in history, to hit two inside-the-park homers in a game. Chicago beats the Twins 8-1.

July 31, 1978 - Pete Rose singles off Phil Niekro to extend his streak to forty-four games, as the Reds edge the Braves 3-2. Rose ties Willie Keeler's 81-year-old National League record, achieved when foul balls didn't count as strikes.

July 31, 1981 - The second baseball strike ended after forty-two days.

July 31, 1983 - Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell, and Walter Alston are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, bringing the total number of inductees to 184.

July 31, 1988 - Jose Canseco belts two home runs in the A's 6-2 win over Seattle to become the first player to hit thirty or more home runs in each of his first three Major League seasons.

July 31, 2002- The Rangers, in a 17-6 victory over the Yankees, hit six doubles in the second inning, all off Mike Mussina. New York's starting pitcher joins Hall of Famer Lefty Grove as only the second pitcher in major league history to allowed that many two-baggers in one frame.

July 31, 2003- Breaking his own record set a week later during last season, John Smoltz becomes the fastest pitcher to record 40 saves. The Braves' closer throws a scoreless ninth in the team's 7-4 victory over the Astros to establish the new mark.

July 31, 2004- With homers in his first two at-bats off Jorge Sosa, Carlos Delgado hits his fifth home run in five consecutive at-bats off the Devil Rays' right-hander. The Blue Jays' slugger streak started with a homer last September 10, was extended to streak to three on September 25 as the Tampa Bay hurler gives up the first two dingers in Delgado's four homer day on September 25.

July 31, 2005- The almost traded Manny Ramirez comes off the bench and has the game-winning hit in the eighth against the Twins in the Red Sox victory. The embattled Boston outfielder, has caused much consternation in the Red Sox nation this week due to his refusal to play and hustle for his short-handed team.

July 31, 2005- Among thousands high-spirited Red Sox and Cubs fans and the 48 Hall of Famers sitting on the dais, Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg are enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Also inducted are Padres announcer Jerry Coleman, winner of the Ford C. Frick Award, and sportswriter and broadcast analyst Peter Gammon, recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award.

July 31, 2005- At Yankee Stadium, the Molina brothers, Bengie and Jose, both homer off Randy Johnson. The Angel teammates join Hank and Tommie Aaron, Matty and Jesus Alou, Aaron and Bret Boone , Billy and Tony Conigliaro, Al and Tony Cuccinello, Rick and Wes Farrell, Vladimir and Wilton Guerrero, Graig and Jim Nettles, Cal and Billy Ripken and Paul and Lloyd Waner as siblings who have gone deep in the same game.

July 31, 2006- Hitting his third grand slam within a calendar month, Carlos Beltran becomes the ninth player to equal the big league record. The Mets center fielder bases-filled homer is the Mets sixth tying the 1996 Expos and 1999 Indians for most by a team in a calendar month.

July 31, 2007- Hitting eight home runs in a 16-3 rout of the White Sox, the Yankees tie a franchise record for round trippers. The Bronx Bombers' barrage, which includes two long balls by left fielder Hideki Matsui, equals the power surge of the game played in 1939 against the A's in Philadelphia's Shibe Park.

July 31, 2008- At Yankee Stadium, a trio of Angels hit three-run home runs as the team blast the Bronx Bombers, 12-6. The homers, all hit by LA's outfielders, Torii Hunter, Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera, account for nine of the dozen runs scored as the club improves its record to 68-40, the best in baseball.

Cal Ripken & Tony Gwynn Inducted into the Hall of Fame

2009-07-30T08:17:00.000-07:00

July 30, 1933 - Dizzy Dean struck out seventeen Cubs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Chicago 8-2.

July 30, 1947 - The New York Giants beat Ewell Blackwell and the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 in 10 innings, ending Blackwell's 16-game winning streak.

July 30, 1951 - Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players. National Association President George Trautman testifies, denying that minors hampered independent teams.

July 30, 1952 - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick sets a waiver rule to bar interleague deals until all clubs bid, with the club lowest in the league to get first pick. He sets the price at $10,000. He also bars all other deals after July 31.

July 30, 1954 - Against Allie Reynolds, third baseman Bob Kennedy hits the first grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles. At this game the Orioles surpass the top season attendance the Browns had in their 52 years in St. Louis.

July 30, 1959 - Willie McCovey had four hits in four at-bats in his Major League debut with the San Francisco Giants. He had two triples in a 7-2 win over Philadelphia.

July 30, 1962 - Homers by Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels, and Rocky Colavito power the American League past the National League 9-4 at Wrigley Field in the second All-Star Game of 1962.

July 30, 1968 - Washington shortstop Ron Hansen pulled off an unassisted triple play, but the Cleveland Indians still won the game 10-1.

July 30, 1973 - Jim Bibby of the Texas Rangers pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the Oakland A's.

July 30, 1978 - The Expos crush the Braves, 19-0, collecting twenty-eight hits and a National League record-tying eight home runs. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, Dave Cash, and Dawson again homer in the fourth inning; The fifty-eight bases break an 85-year-old record held by the Reds.

July 30, 1980 - Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard had a stroke during a workout at the Astrodome, and doctors removed a blood clot behind his right collarbone. Before the stroke, Richard had complained of a dead arm several times.

July 30, 1982 - The Atlanta Braves returned Chief Noc-A-Homa and his teepee to the left field after losing 19 of 21 games and blowing a 10 1/2-game lead. The teepee was removed for more seats. The team recovered to regain first place.

July 30, 1988 - John Franco saves his thirteenth game of July in Cincinnati's 2-0 win over San Diego, setting a Major League record for saves in one month.

July 30, 1990 - George Steinbrenner was forced to resign as general partner of the New York Yankees by baseball commissioner Fay Vincent.

July 30, 2006- Eighteen individuals, the largest number ever selected, are inducted into the Hall of Fame. The group consist of 17 persons, including the first woman to enter the Hall, who had participated in the pre-Negro Leagues or Negro Leagues and Bruce Sutter, the fourth reliever to be enshrined in Cooperstown.

July 30, 2007- In front of a record crowd of a estimated 75,000 fans and unprecedented number of 53 members of the Hall of Famers, Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn are inducted into the shrine at Cooperstown. Joining the ballplayers on the dais are Denny Matthews, the longtime radio voice of the Royals, the recipient Ford C. Frick Award given to outstanding broadcasters, and Rick Hummel, beat writer for the Post-Dispatch, the J.G. Taylor Spink Award honoree for his outstanding coverage of the Cardinals.

July 30, 2008- In a slugfest at Progessive Field, the Tigers defeat the Indians in 13 innings, 14-12. Cleveland catcher Kelly Shoppach's five extra-base hits in one game, two home runs and three doubles, ties a major league record.

July 30, 2008- With a tip of his helmet for the ovation from the Rangers fans, Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges his achievement of reaching 3,000 hits in professional baseball. The 34-year-old Mariners outfielder had collected 1,278 hits with the Orix Blue Wave in the Japan’s Pacific League, and his first-inning single in Texas was his 1,722nd hit with Seattle during eight seasons the team.

Sparky Anderson Sets Record

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July 29, 1908- Rube Waddell fans sixteen of his former teammates as the Browns defeat the A's, 5-4. During the off season, a frustrated Connie Mack traded his talented but free-spirit hurler to St. Louis.

July 29, 1911- At Boston's Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds, Joe Wood of the Red Sox whiffs twelve Browns en route to a 5-0 no-hitter.

July 29, 1911- With nine stolen bases at Robison Field in St. Louis, the Giants establish a franchise record. During the 8-0 rout of the Redbirds, eight different New York players contribute to the record and seven of the nine steals are off Cardinals backstop Jack Bliss.

July 29, 1915- Pirates' third baseman Honus Wagner reaches Robins' (Dodgers) hurler Jeff Pfeffer for a grand slam in the eighth inning helping Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn at Forbes Field, 8-2. The inside-the-park round tripper makes the 41-year old infielder the oldest player ever to hit a home run with the bases full, a record which will last until 1985.

July 29, 1968- Reds' George Culver throws a 6-1 no-hitter against the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia.

July 29, 1978- The Yankee Stadium crowd is pleasantly surprised as recently resigned skipper Billy Martin returns to join in on the Old Timers' Day festivities. Much to their delight, the fans are informed ‘Billy the Kid’ will return as skipper in 1980.

July 29, 1983- Due to a dislocated thumb caused by a collision at home plate trying to score in the first game of a doubleheader against the Braves, Padre first baseman Steve Garvey's consecutive game streak ends in the nightcap at 1,207.

July 29,1986- Sparky Anderson, the first skipper to win the World Series in each league, also becomes the first manager to win 600 games in both the National and American Leagues when the Tigers beat the Brewers, 9-5.

July 29, 1996- After a mild heart attack last month, Tommy Lasorda, 68-year old Dodger manager of twenty years, announces his retirement due to his health.

July 29, 2002- The text of the letter signed 40 Hall of Famers and sent to baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr urges all sides 'to protect the game we all love and have given so much to, we suggest you agree to a qualified mediator that will allow you to find the common ground necessary to avoid a work stoppage'' is released. The former outstanding players, which includes Reggie Jackson, Willie Mays and Warren Spahn, believe another work stoppage in baseball would be a terrible mistake.

July 29, 2003- In a game against the Rangers, Bill Mueller becomes the first player to hit a grand slams from each side of the plate in the same game. The Red Sox switch-hitting third baseman, not known for his power, was batting eighth in the Boston line-up.

July 29, 2006- With a 19-6 rout of the Yankees at the Stadium, the Devil Rays tie a franchise record for runs scored. Batting last, Tampa Bay third baseman Tomas Perez adds to the barrage with four doubles equaling the major league mark for two-baggers hit in one game.

July 29, 2008- In a 4-1 win over the Marlins at Dolphin Stadium, Mets third baseman David Wright scores in his 13th consecutive game establishing a new franchise record. Teammate Carlos Beltran had set the previous team mark in 2006.

Ozzie Smith and Lou Brock Inducted into The Hall of Fame

2009-07-28T06:43:00.000-07:00

July 28, 1890- Giant hurler Mickey Welch beats the Pirates, 4-2, to become baseball's third 300-game winner . The 31-year old Brooklyn native will win only seven more games before ending his 13-year career next season.

July 28, 1943- In a Red Cross charity game played at Yankee Stadium,‚ retired outfielder Babe Ruth leads a Yank-Lands club, a combination of former Yankee and Indian ballplayers, against the Cloudbusters, a U.S. Navy team from the Chapel Hill Naval Pre-Flight School based at the University of North Carolina. ‘The Bambino', appearing as pinch-hitter in his only plate appearance in the 8-5 loss to the servicemen, is walked by 25-year old Navy pilot trainee and Boston Braves right-hander Johnny Sain.

July 28, 1964- During a 3-1 victory over the Yankees in New York, Jim Fregosi of the expansion Angels becomes the first player to hit for the cycle during the 3+ year of existence of the franchise. The Los Angeles third baseman will accomplish the feat again in 1968 making it the second occurrence in club history.

July 28, 1976- White Sox pitchers John Odom (5 innings) and Francisco Barrios (4 innings) combined to no-hit the A's, 2-1.

July 28, 1979- Cubs' slugger Dave Kingman becomes the sixth player in major league history to hit three home runs in one game twice in one season. The Mets win the game, 6-4.

July 28, 1983- American League president Lee MacPhail decides George Brett's 'Pine Tar' home run should count. The remainder of the game will played on August 18 with the Royals beating the Yankees, 5-4.

July 28, 1985- The Hall of Fame welcomes Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, Arky Vaughan and Hoyt Wilhelm as members. Wilhelm is the first pitcher to be inducted because of his role as a relief pitcher.

July 28, 1991- Expos' Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game defeating Los Angeles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium. Ron Hassey becomes the first backstop to ever catch two perfect games as he also was behind the plate on May, 15, 1981 when pitcher Indian hurler Len Barker faced 27 batters beating the Blue Jays, 3-0.

July 28, 1993- Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. homers in his eighth straight game to tie a major league record held by Dale Long (1956) and Don Mattingly (1987). In tomorrow’s game Junior will barely miss breaking the record as he hits a long double of right-center field wall at the Kingdome.

July 28, 1994- Beating the Angels, 4-0, Rangers' southpaw Kenny Rogers becomes the first American League lefty to pitch a perfect game.94 Rangers' southpaw Kenny Rogers becomes the first American League lefty to pitch a perfect game beating the Angels, 4-0.

July 28, 1998- After setting the record yesterday for hitting the most home runs before getting a grand slam, Sammy Sosa hits another today becoming the 18th major leaguer to hit a grand slam on consecutive days.

July 28, 2002- During his induction speech at the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cooperstown, with the song Somewhere Over the Rainbow playing in the background and a copy of 'The Wizard of Oz' in his hands, Ozzie Smith compares his baseball career to Dorothy's away trip from Kansas. Citing the recipe for his success during his 19-year career with Cardinals and Padres, the 47-year-old tells the crowd he had the mind to dream, which the Scarecrow cherished, a heart to believe, which the Tin Man wanted, and courage, which the Lion lacked, in order to persevere.

July 28, 2002- In a 7-1 loss to the Phillies at Turner Field, Gary Sheffield's team record of reaching base ends at 52 straight games. The Braves' right fielder surpasses Dale Murphy's previous mark of 48 consecutive contests.

July 28, 2004- Nailing down a 2-0 Angels victory over the Rangers, Troy Percival becomes the 18th major league reliever to record 300 saves. The 34-year old right-hander is the fifth fastest to reach the career milestone.

July 28, 2007
With the help two day-night doubleheaders, MLB establishes a new daily attendance record as 717,478 go through the turnstiles for the 17 games played on Saturday. The former mark of 640,412, set on July 3, 1999, was accomplished with the same number of games played .

Greg Maddux Registers 3,000th Strikeout

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July 26, 1872 - The National Association holds a special meeting, resolving that, because some teams have dropped out of the race, nine games will be played between contending teams this season instead of five.

July 26, 1879 - Syracuse's Harry McCormick hits a home run in the first and then makes it stand up by beating Boston's Tommy Bond 1-0. This will be the only time in Major League history that a pitcher wins a 1-0 game with a first-inning home run.

July 26, 1948 - Leo Durocher makes his first appearance at Ebbets Field since taking over the Giants, but the overflow crowd delights in a 13-4 win by the Dodgers.

July 26, 1948 - Babe Ruth makes his last public appearance, at the New York premiere of the film The Babe Ruth Story. He will die three weeks later.

July 26, 1950 - Brooklyn beats the Cardinals 7-5 as the Dodgers' Jim Russell switch-hits home runs, making him the first switch-hitter in history to do it more than once. Stan Musial hits in his thirtieth straight game, the longest streak of the decade.

July 26, 1978 - Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run, and Rose hits in his thirty-ninth straight game, but the Reds bow to the Mets 12-3.

July 26, 1984 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that free-agent pitcher Vida Blue will be suspended for the remainder of the season as a result of his conviction on cocaine possession charges last November.

July 26, 1987 - Catfish Hunter, Billy Williams, and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

July 26, 1991 - After nine no-hit innings, Montreal's Mark Gardner allows two hits and a run in the tenth inning to lose at Los Angeles. Orel Hershiser, Kevin Gross, and Jay Howell also allow just two hits for the win.

July 26, 1992 - The Ryan Express just keeps on rolling. Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter of the season for a Major League record twenty-third consecutive year. He also gets a 6-2 win over the Orioles to pass Phil Niekro for 12th place on the all-time win list with 319.

July 26, 1998- Don Sutton and Larry Doby are inducted into the Hall of Fame along with Lee MacPhail, George Davis and Joe Rogan. MacPhail joins his dad, Larry, to become the first father and son to be enshrined at Cooperstown.

July 26, 1998- Hitting his 380th career homer, Jose Canseco becomes the all-time Latin home run leader passing Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez.

July 26, 1998- Trevor Hoffman's fails to set a big league record with 42 consecutive saves as Astros outfielder Moises Alou goes deep on his first on the first pitch thrown by Padres closer. The ninth inning homer ties the game, but San Diego prevails and beats Houston in the 10th, 5-4.

July 26, 2002- Carl Everett becomes the first Ranger to hit two home runs in one inning. The Texas designated hitter homers twice in the nine-run seventh inning during the 12-4 rout of visiting A's.

July 26, 2005- After waiting through a 2 hours, 43 minutes rain delay in Atlanta to start the game, Greg Maddux becomes the 13th pitcher in baseball history to register 3,000 strikeouts. Taking an inside fastball in the top of the third inning, Omar Vizquel of the Giants becomes the historic victim of the 39-year old Braves right-hander.

Hall of Fame Inductions

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July 25, 1930 - The Athletics pull off triple steals twice in one game against the Indians. This is the only time in Major League history that this has occurred.

July 25, 1941 - Forty-one-year-old Lefty Grove wins his 300th game as the Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians 10-6 before a Fenway Ladies Day crowd of 16,000. Though he will make six more starts, this will be Grove's last career win.

July 25, 1956 - Brooklyn right fielder Carl Furillo is the first Dodger player to homer in Jersey City, as the Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1.

July 25, 1959 - Fidel Castro supporters bring a halt to the International League contest between the Rochester Red Wings and Havana Sugar Kings with random gunshots from the grandstand. Red Wings third base coach Frank Verdi and Havana shortstop Leo Cardenas both suffer minor flesh wounds. The team is pulled from the field and Havana cancels the rest of the homestand, eventually relocating the franchise in Newark for the 1960 season.

July 25, 1961 - Roger Maris hits four home runs, tying the American League record for a doubleheader (at least one in each game), as New York beats Chicago, 5-1, and 12-0. Mickey Mantle also homers off Frank Baumann in the first game. He ends the day with thirty-eight home runs to forty for Maris.

July 25, 1967 - Race riots in Detroit force postponement of a Tigers-Orioles game. The games scheduled for the June 26-27 are shifted to Baltimore.

July 25, 1972 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 4-3 at Atlanta behind hometown hero Hank Aaron's two-run home run and Joe Morgan's 10th-inning RBI single. It is the seventh time the classic has gone into extra innings; the Nationals have won all seven.

July 25, 1977 - Pete Rose singles in the fourth inning of the Reds 9-8 loss to the Cardinals. It is Rose's 2,881st career hit, enabling him to surpass Frankie Frisch as the all-time leader among switch-hitters.

July 25, 1998 - Baltimore's ageless wonder Jesse Orosco pitches in his 1,000th career game.

July 25, 1999- Nolan Ryan, Robin Yount, George Brett, Nestor Chylak, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Selee and 'Smokey' Joe Williams are enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

July 25, 2004- Paul Molitor, a member 3000 hit club, and Dennis Eckersley, who appeared in the most games of any Hall of Fame pitcher (1,071 games) are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Long time Bay Area (A's and Giants ) broadcaster Lon Simmons wins the Ford C. Frick Award and the J.G. Taylor Spink Award is won by New York Times' Murray Chass enabling both to become members of the Hall for their outstanding reporting of the nationalp pastime.

July 25, 2004- Carlos Delgado's three-run homer in the Blue Jays' 5-3 victory over the Devil Rays makes the slugger the first Toronto player to drive in 1,000 runs in franchise history.

George Brett Billy Martin The Pine Tar Game

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July 24, 1882 - Chicago sets a National League record for runs by beating Cleveland 35-4. Seven Chicago players get four or more hits, and six score four or more runs. The record will last until June 29, 1897, when Chicago will pile up thirty-six runs against Louisville.

July 24, 1968 - Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th game breaks Cy Young's record for Major League pitching appearances, but he loses a 2-1 decision to Oakland.

July 24, 1973 - The National League wins the All-Star Game at Kansas City 7-1. A record fifty-four players are used, including Willie Mays, who strikes out in his final All-Star appearance, and Catfish Hunter, who sustains a fractured thumb that will sideline him for four weeks. The A's ace has a 15-3 record at the time.

July 24, 1977 - Seattle's John Montague pitches 6 1/3 innings of perfect relief against California, giving him thirty-three consecutive batsmen retired over two games to tie the American League record.

July 24, 1978 - Pete Rose singles twice during the Reds' 5-3 win over the Mets, extending his hitting streak to thirty-seven games to tie the modern Major League record held by Tommy Holmes. Mets pitcher Pat Zachry, after allowing Rose's first hit, kicks the dugout steps in anger, breaking his foot and ending his season.

July 24, 1978 -Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager and is replaced by Bob Lemon. The Bronx Bombers will win a World Championship with their new skipper this season.

July 24, 1978- Ron Guidry sets a Yankee record pitching his ninth shutout of the season as he two-hits (his third consecutive two-hitter) the Indians, 4-0.

July 24, 1979 - Carl Yastrzemski hits his four-hundredth career home run in Boston's 7–3 win over Oakland, off Mike Morgan, in the seventh inning at Fenway Park.

July 24, 1983 - In the memorable Pine Tar Game at Yankee Stadium, George Brett hits an apparent 2-run home run off Rich Gossage to give the Royals a 5-4 lead with two outs in the ninth inning. But Yankees manager Billy Martin points out that the pine tar on Brett's bat handle exceeds the seventeen inches allowed in the rules. As a result, Brett is called out for illegally batting the ball, giving New York a 4-3 victory. The Royals immediately protest, and American League President Lee MacPhail overrules his umpires for the first time saying that, while the rules should certainly be rewritten and clarified, the home run will stand and the game will be resumed from that point on August 18.

July 24, 1993-In a 5-4 loss to Dodgers, Mets hard-luck hurler Anthony Young extends his record losing streak to 27 games by walking in the winning run in the 10th inning.

1978
Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager and is replaced by Bob Lemon. The Bronx Bombers will win a World Championship with their new skipper this season.

Henry Chadwick Gives Baseball The Box Score in 1859

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I came across this article on Henry Chadwick the creator of the box score in 1859 and I think that most baseball fans would find it interesting. The link is http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106891539

Gaylord Perry's Jersey Number Retired Steve Garvey Wins All-Star MVP

2009-07-23T05:14:00.000-07:00

July 23, 1890 - Harry Stovey of Boston's Players League club becomes the first Major League player to reach 100 career home runs.

July 23, 1956 - Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg are officially inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.

July 23, 1964 - Kansas City A's rookie Bert Campaneris sends Minnesota to defeat 4-3 with two home runs in his Major League debut. The first comes on the first pitch thrown to him by Jim Kaat. The 21-year-old Cuban and Bob Nieman are the only players since 1900 with two home runs in their first Major League game.

July 23, 1965 - Dick Stuart homers in a Major League record twenty-third different park when he connects at Shea Stadium in Philadelphia's 5-1 win.

July 23, 1974 - The National League triumphs 7-2 in the All-Star Game at Pittsburgh. Write-in choice first baseman Steve Garvey of the Dodgers is the game's MVP.

July 23, 1978 - The Yankees win their fifth straight, 3-1, over the White Sox. At the Chicago airport, Billy Martin, reacting to reporters' questions about Reggie Jackson and George Steinbrenner, replies, "The two deserve each other. One's a born liar; the other's convicted." The remarks will cost Billy his job.

July 23, 1985-Oddibe McDowell becomes the first Ranger player to hit for the cycle. His seventh inning home run completes the unique event, but the center fielder adds another round tripper in the following frame as Texas beats the Indians at Arlington Stadium, 8-4.

July 23, 2000- Joining his grandfather Gus and father Buddy, Reds' third baseman Mike Bell becomes part of the first three-generation family to play for the same team.

July 23, 2000- The Astros hit four homers in one inning off Cardinal hurler Andy Benes tying the major league record for homers allowed by one pitcher in a single frame. The second inning uprising help Houston set a team record for homers in one inning and tie a team record with six home runs for the game.

July 23, 2000-The Big Red Machine rolls into Cooperstown delivering first baseman Tony Perez, manager Sparky Anderson and Reds announcer Marty Brennaman into the Baseball Hall of Fame along with 1975 Red Sox World Series rival Carlton Fisk. Also enshrined are 19th century Cincinnati second baseman Bid McPhee and Negro League star 'Turkey' Stearnes.

July 23, 2002- Celebrating his 29th birthday by hitting three homers in Boston's 22-4 rout of the Devil Rays, Nomar Garciaparra ties the major league record becoming the 26th player to hit five home runs in two games. It was Red Sox shortstop's second three-homer game, who also accomplished the feat against the Mariners on May 10, 1999.

July 23, 2002- Nomar Garciaparra establishes the record for consecutive home runs in the shortest time in terms of innings. In a 22-4 rout of the Devil Rays at Fenway Park, the Red Sox shortstop homers three times in two frames - two two-run homers in the second and a grand slam in the third.

July 23, 2005- At SBC Park, uniform number 36 is added to the second deck of the left field bleachers joining nine others as the Giants honor Gaylord Perry. The Hall of Famer, who won 134 of his 314 career victories with San Francisco, remembers his 37-year old son, Jack, who died last month of complications from leukemia.

July 23, 2006-In a 3-1 victory over the Indians at Jacobs Field, Francisco Liriano and four Twins relievers establish a club record with 17 strikeouts in a nine inning game. The Minnesota starter reached double-digit whiffs (10) for the third time this season with Pat Neshek, Dennys Reyes, Juan Rincon and Joe Nathan adding seven more punch outs over the last four innings.

Ted Williams Day

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July 22, 1905-In the first game of a doubleheader, A's pitcher Weldon Henley no-hits the Browns, 6-0. During his four-year big league career, the Georgia native will compile a 32- 43 won-loss record.

July 22, 1923- Senators legend Walter Johnson fans Stan Coveleski to become the first pitcher in major league history to strike out 3,000 batters. The milestone will not be reached again until Bob Gibson accomplishes the feat in 1974.

July 22, 1926- With the help of four triples, the Reds score 11 runs in second inning en route to a 13-1 victory over the Braves. Curt Walker ties a National League record for most triples in an inning by hitting two in the frame.

July 22, 1941- Dick Wakefield becomes baseball's first 'bonus baby' when he signs with the Tigers for $52,000 and a new car. The University of Michigan standout will get one hit in seven at-bats (.143) this season.

July 22, 1954- In an attempt to put more pop in the lineup, Yankee skipper Casey Stengel inserts Mickey Mantle in the infield as the shortstop. The experiment works as the 'Commerce Comet' homers in the tenth inning giving the Yankees a 3-2 victory over the White Sox.

July 22, 1967-Using five pitchers in same inning, the Braves establish a major league mark for the number hurlers called upon in one frame. Ken Johnson, Ramon Hernandez, Claude Raymond, Dick Kelley and Cecil Upshaw all face the Cardinals in the ninth inning in the 5-4 Red Bird victory.

July 22, 1983-Angels' outfielder Brian Downing's American League record consecutive errorless streak ends at 244 games when he misplays Chet Lemon's line drive in a 13-11 loss to the Tigers.
July 22, 1967-Giving up four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning at Three Rivers Stadium, the Braves lose to the Pirates, 8-7, to fall ten games behind the division-leading Giants. In a remarkable turn-around, after the All-Star break Atlanta will post a 54-19 record finishing with 104 victories, and will win the National League West historic race on the last day of the season by a single game.

July 22, 2002-Although the Los Angeles Times has reported MLB players had tentatively set a strike date of September 16, union leader Donald Fehr, through a memo sent to players, indicates no such decision has been made. It would be baseball's ninth work stoppage since 1972.

July 22, 2002-Over 20,000 Red Sox fans gather at Fenway for a tribute entitled, "Ted Williams: A Celebration of an American Hero," The two hour salute of the man many consider to be the greatest hitter in baseball history, a vet of the World War II and the Korean War and a generous supporter of the Jimmy Fund, in addition to moving music and video, includes comments from present and former Red Sox players and broadcasters, historian Ken Burns, and former U.S. Senator John Glenn, who was Ted's wing man during the Korean War.

July 22, 2005-Yhency Brazoban records his 18th save as he works a perfect ninth inning as the Dodgers beat the Mets, 6-5. The Los Angeles freshman, who is filling in for injured closer Eric Gagne, breaks Steve Howe’s club rookie record for saves established in 1980.

Hank Aaron Hits 700th Career Home Run

2009-07-21T05:31:00.000-07:00

July 21, 1921 - The Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees combined for an American League record sixteen doubles as the Indians won 17-8. Cleveland had nine doubles and New York seven.

July 21, 1956 - Brooks Lawrence of the Cincinnati Reds had his 13-game winning streak broken as Roberto Clemente's three-run homer led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory.

July 21, 1970 - San Diego's Clay Kirby held the New York Mets hitless for eight innings but was lifted for a pinch hitter by manager Preston Gomez. With the Padres trailing 1-0 with two out in the eighth, Gomez elected to go for the win instead of letting Kirby finish the game. The Padres lost the no-hitter and the game, 3-0.

July 21, 1973 - Hank Aaron of Atlanta hit his 700th home run in the third inning of an 8-4 Braves loss to Philadelphia. Aaron connected on a 1-1 fastball off Phillies pitcher Ken Brett.

July 21, 1975 - Joe Torre of the New York Mets grounded into four double plays in a 6-2 loss to the Houston Astros. Felix Millan had four singles but was wiped out each time by Torre.

July 21, 2006-Going deep in the third inning, 30-year old Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez collects his 2,000th career hit and at the same time becomes the youngest player to reach 450 home run plateau. Later in the day, Padres catcher Mike Piazza also becomes a member of the 2000 hit club with a second inning double to left at San Francisco's AT&T Park.

July 21, 2008-Jose Reyes fourth inning three-bagger in the Mets 7-5 victory over the Reds at Great American Ballpark makes him the franchise leader in triples. The speedy shortstop's 11th three-base hit this season, his the sixty-third of his career, all as a Met, puts the 25-year old infielder one ahead Mookie Wilson.

July 21, 2008 Randy Johnson becomes the first major leaguer to collect 2,000 strikeouts for two different teams. The southpaw, who fanned 2,162 batters pitching for the Mariners from 1989-98, whiffs Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez to earn the distinction.

Albert Pujols Goes 5 for 5

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July 20, 1906 - Mal Eason of Brooklyn pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cardinals at St. Louis.

July 20, 1925 - Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance struck out seventeen as the Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in 10 innings.

July 20, 1933 - Babe Herman hit three home runs, including a grand slam, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 10-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field.

July 20, 1941 - New York's Joe DiMaggio had three doubles and a homer in a 12-6, 17-inning Yankees victory over the Tigers at Detroit.

July 20, 1958 - Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers threw a no-hitter, beating the Boston Red Sox 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader.

July 20, 1965 Yankees' pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside the park grand slam against the Red Sox en route to a 6-3 victory.

July 20, 1970 - Bill Singer of the Dodgers pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in a 5-0 victory at Los Angeles.

July 20, 1973 White Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood loses both ends of a doubleheader to the Yankees.

July 20, 1987 Yankees' first baseman Don Mattingly ties a major league mark as he is credited with 22 putouts in one game matching Hal Chase's feat of 1906.

July 20, 2004 At Wrigley Field, Albert Pujols goes 5-for-5, including three home runs and five RBIs, as the Cardinals beat Central Division rivals Cubs, 11-8. The Redbird first baseman's first three-homer career game helps St. Louis to erase a six run deficit.

July 20, 2008 Surpassing John Smoltz’s effort for the 2003 Braves by ten games, Francisco Rodriguez becomes the quickest reliever ever to reach 40 saves. The Angels closer strikes out the side in the ninth of a 5-3 come-from-behind victory of the Red Sox, completing a sweep of the reigning World Series champions.

Ty Cobb Reaches 4,000 Hits & Cy Young Reaches 500 Wins

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July 19, 1909 - Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball pulled off the first unassisted triple play in modern Major League history.

July 19, 1910 - Cy Young registered his 500th career victory as the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Senators 5-4 in eleven-innings.

July 19, 1927 - Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics doubled for his 4,000th hit.

July 19, 1933 - Rick Ferrell of the Boston Red Sox hit a home run off brother Wes, pitching for the Cleveland Indians. Wes also homered in that game, marking the only time the two connected in the same contest.

July 19, 1960 - Juan Marichal broke in with the San Francisco Giants by pitching a one-hit, 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 19, 1974 - Dick Bosman of the Cleveland Indians pitched a no-hit, 4-0 victory over the world champion Oakland A's.

July 19, 1982 - In the first Old-timer's All-Star Classic, played at Washington's RFK Stadium before 29,000 fans, the American League won 7-2. Luke Appling, 75, led off for the American League and hit a home run over the shortened left-field fence off Warren Spahn.

July 19, 1989 - Cleveland's Joe Carter had the fourth three-home run game of his career, tying Lou Gehrig's American League record, and drove in six runs, powering the Indians past the Minnesota Twins 10-1.

July 19, 1994 - The Kingdome, home of the Seattle Mariners, was closed after four ceiling tiles fell nearly 180 feet into the stands behind home plate. The Mariners were forced into a 22-day road trip before the season was cut short by the players' strike.

Willie Mays Reaches 3,000 Hits

2009-07-18T05:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Joe Torre & Torii Hunter

July 18, 1882 - Ambidextrous pitcher Tony Mullane of Louisville pitched with both hands in a Major League game at Baltimore. Normally a right-hander, Mullane switched to the left hand in the fourth inning. He eventually lost 9-8.

July 18, 1912 - The Chicago Cubs had twenty-one hits in eleven innings but still lost to the Philadelphia Phillies when Gavvy Cravath stole home.

July 18, 1948 - Pat Seerey of the Chicago White Sox hit four home runs in a 12-11, eleven-inning victory over the Philadelphia A's in the opener of a doubleheader.

July 18, 1962 - Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins each hit grand slams in the first inning of a 14-3 rout of the Cleveland Indians.

July 18, 1970 - Willie Mays bounced career hit number 3,000 through the left side of the infield off Mike Wegener in the second inning of San Francisco's 10-1 romp over Montreal.

July 18, 1987 - Don Mattingly tied Dale Long 31-year-old Major League record when he hit a home run for the eighth consecutive game in the Yankees' 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.

July 18, 1998 - Donnie Sadler's first Major League home run was the first of Boston's record four two-out homers in a 9-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Bob Gibson Reaches 3,000 Strkeouts

2009-07-17T04:02:00.000-07:00

July 17, 1924 - Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a no-hitter, beating the Boston Braves 5-0.

July 17, 1936 - Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak over two years began as he defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on five hits.

July 17, 1941 - Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak of 56 games was stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at Cleveland. The Yankees still won, 4-3.

July 17, 1974 - Bob Gibson became the second pitcher in Major League history to record 3,000 strikeouts.

July 17, 1978 - Doc Medich of the Texas Rangers saved the life of a 61-year-old fan who had a heart attack before a game at Baltimore. Medich, a medical student, administered heart massage until help arrived.

July 17, 1987 - Don Mattingly became the first American League player to hit at least one home run in each of seven consecutive games as the Yankees beat Texas 8-4.

July 17, 1990 - Minnesota became the first team in Major League history to pull off two triple plays in one game, but it wasn't enough as the Red Sox won 1-0.

St. Louis Cardinals great Dizzy Dean dies on July 17, 1974.

Joe DiMaggio Extends Hit Streak to 56 Games

2009-07-16T06:27:00.000-07:00

July 16, 1902 - John McGraw was named manager of the New York Giants, a job he would hold for thirty years.

July 16, 1909 - Ed Summers of the Detroit Tigers pitched all eighteen innings of a 0-0 tie with the Washington Senators, the longest scoreless game in American League history.

July 16, 1920 - Babe Ruth broke his own season record of twenty-nine homers with his thirtieth as the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 5-2. Ruth would finish the season with fifty-four.

July 16, 1941 - Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to fifty-six games with a 3-for-4 day as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 10-3.

July 16, 1948 - After 8 1/2 years as Brooklyn manager, Leo Durocher stunned baseball by becoming manager of the Giants in midseason.

July 16, 1970 - The Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 before 48,846 in the first game at Three Rivers Stadium.

Johnny Bench Breaks Catcher HR Record

2009-07-15T06:11:00.000-07:00

July 15, 1901 - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his first of two career no-hitters, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0.

July 15, 1969 - Cincinnati's Lee May hit four home runs in a doubleheader split with the Atlanta Braves. May had two home runs and drove in five runs in both games as the Reds lost the opener 9-8 but came back to win the second game, 10-4.

July 15, 1969 - Rod Carew stole home off Chicago's Jerry Nyman in the Minnesota Twins' 6-2 victory. It was Carew's seventh steal of home for the year and tied Pete Reiser's 1946 major league mark.

July 15, 1973 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out seventeen batters and threw his second no-hitter of the year, beating Detroit 6-0.

July 15, 1980 - Johnny Bench broke Yogi Berra's record for home runs by a catcher as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Montreal Expos 12-7. Bench hit his 314th homer as a catcher off David Palmer. Bench had thirty-three home runs while playing other positions.

July 15, 1990 - Chicago's Bobby Thigpen became quickest to reach thirty saves in a season as the White Sox beat New York 8-5.

July 15, 1997 - The San Francisco Giants scored thirteen runs to set a modern National League record for runs in a seventh inning en route to a 16-2 rout of the San Diego Padres. The Giants set the National League record for the most runs in a seventh inning since 1900.

July 15, 1999 - After 22 1/2 years in the dreary Kingdome, Seattle finally played a home game outdoors, moving into a $517.6 million ballpark with a retractable roof. Jose Mesa wasted a ninth-inning lead by walking four batters and the Mariners lost 3-2 to the San Diego Padres in Safeco Field's opener.

Eddie Mathews & Hank Aaron Hit 500th Home Runs

2009-07-14T04:30:00.000-07:00

July 14, 1946 - Cleveland player-manager Lou Boudreau hit four doubles and a home run in the first game of a doubleheader against Boston, but Ted Williams connected for three home runs and drove in eight runs for an 11-10 Red Sox victory.

July 14, 1956 - Mel Parnell of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox for a 4-0 victory at Fenway Park.

July 14, 1967 - Eddie Mathews of the Astros hit his 500th home run off San Francisco's Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park. Houston beat the Giants 8-6.

July 14, 1968 - Hank Aaron got his 500th home run off Mike McCormick as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2.

July 14, 1968 - Don Wilson of the Houston Astros struck out eighteen Reds in a 6-1 victory over Cincinnati in the second game of a doubleheader.

July 14, 1970 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds scored on Jim Hickman's 12th-inning single after bowling over Cleveland's Ray Fosse at home plate to give the National League a 5-4 victory over the American League at Riverfront Stadium.

July 14, 1972 - In a Major League first, Bill Haller was the umpire behind the plate while his brother Tom Haller was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers.

July 14, 1995 - Ramon Martinez threw the first no-hitter of the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins 7-0. Martinez was perfect for 7 1/3 innings before walking Tommy Gregg.

Pedro Martinez Strikes Out First 4 Batters At All-Star Game

2009-07-13T05:12:00.000-07:00

July 13, 1934 - Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run in a 4-2 victory over Tommy Bridges and the Detroit Tigers. Lou Gehrig left in the first with a severe case of lumbago, the most serious threat to his streak. He returned for one at-bat the next day.

July 13, 1943 - The first night game in All-Star history, at Philadelphia's Shibe Park, went to the American League, 5-3, despite a single, triple and home run by National League center fielder Vince DiMaggio of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The big blow was a three-run homer by Bobby Doerr of the Boston Red Sox, which gave the American League the lead for good.

July 13, 1954 - Pitcher Dean Stone did not retire a batter and received credit for the American League's 11-9 All-Star victory at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. Red Schoendienst tried to steal a run for the Natioinal League after Stone was summoned into the game in the eighth inning, but the pitcher's throw to the plate nailed the runner for the third out.

July 13, 1963 - Early Wynn, at 43, registered his 300th and last victory, pitching the first five innings of Cleveland's 7-4 triumph over the Kansas City A's.

July 13, 1965 - The National League took the lead over the American League for the first time since the All-Star series began, winning 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota.
July 13, 1971 - Reggie Jackson's mammoth home run off the power generator on the right-field roof at Tiger Stadium highlighted a barrage of six homers - three by each team as American League beat the National League 6-4 in the All-Star Game.

July 13, 1982 - The National League registered its eleventh consecutive All-Star victory over the American League with a 4-1 victory at Montreal's Olympic Stadium in the first game played outside the United States. Dave Concepcion's two-run homer off Dennis Eckersley in the second inning was the deciding hit.

July 13, 1999 - Boston's Pedro Martinez pitched himself into the All-Star Game record book, becoming the first to strike out the first four hitters in an All-Star Game, fanning Barry Larkin, Larry Walker and Sammy Sosa in the first inning, and Mark McGwire to start the second. Martinez struck out five in the first two innings - tying an American League record - to lead the American League to a 4-1 victory over the National League.

Allie Reynolds Tosses No-Hitter

2009-07-12T07:51:00.000-07:00

July 12, 1901 - Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox records his 300th victory with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A's.

July 12, 1945 - Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves went hitless to end his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37 games, a National League record that stood until Pete Rose broke it in 1978.

July 12, 1949 - Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians and Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe of the host Dodgers became the first black players to appear in an All-Star game. The American League took advantage of five National League errors to win 11-7 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

July 12, 1951 - Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees beat Bob Feller of the Indians 1-0 with a no-hitter at Cleveland. Gene Woodling homered for the Indians.

July 12, 1955 - Stan Musial hit Frank Sullivan's first pitch of the 12th inning for a home run to give the National League a 6-5 victory in the All-Star game at County Stadium in Milwaukee.

July 12, 1994 - Tony Gwynn scored on Moises Alou's double in the tenth inning to give the National League an 8-7 victory and end its record six-game losing streak in the All-Star Game. Fred McGriff, the MVP, hit a two-run homer in the ninth.

July 12, 1997 - Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon combined for a ten-inning no-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros 3-0. Cordova pitched nine innings before being removed with the score 0-0. Rincon pitched the tenth and got the win when Mark Smith hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning.

Nolan Ryan Becomes First Pitcher To Record 4,000 Strikeouts

2009-07-11T08:00:00.000-07:00

July 11, 1914 - Babe Ruth breaks in with Boston, pitching a 4-3 win over Cleveland. In his first Major League at-bat, Ruth strikes out. He will be 2-1 with Boston, spending most of the year in the International League at Providence.

July 11, 1944 - Phil Cavarretta of the Cubs sets an All-Star Game record by reaching base five successive times on a triple, single, and three walks in a 7-1 National League romp.

July 11, 1950 - Making a leaping, off-the-wall catch of a Ralph Kiner drive, Ted Williams fractures his left elbow in the All-Star game at Chicago. Remaining in the game, he puts the American League ahead, 3-2, with an RBI single. Kiner's ninth-innving home run ties the game, and Red Schoendienst's blast in the fourteenth inning wins it.

July 11, 1961 - Strong winds dominate the first All-Star Game of 1961. A capacity crowd sees pitcher Stu Miller blown off the mound in the ninth inning at Candlestick Park. A balk is called, and it enables the American League to forge a 3-3 tie before losing 5-4 in ten innings.

July 11, 1962 - For the first time since 1938, when the Waner brothers pulled the trick, brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron homer in the same inning. Both were hit in the last of the ninth, and Hank's grand slam provides the winning margin in a 8-6 Braves win over the Cards.

July 11, 1968 - Earl Weaver, who never played in the Majors, replaces Hank Bauer as manager of the Orioles. Weaver will become famous for his boisterous temper and run-ins with umpires, but his 1,480 wins and .583 winning percentage in Baltimore will land him in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

July 11, 1978 - At San Diego, the National League wins the All-Star Game 7-3. Steve Garvey singles and triples to earn the game's MVP trophy. Vida Blue starts for the National League, becoming the first pitcher to start for both leagues. Blue also started in 1971 and 1975 for the American League.

July 11, 1985 - Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher to record 4,000 strikeouts, fanning Danny Heep in the sixth inning of Houston's 4-3 win over the Mets. Ryan finishes with eleven strikeouts in seven innings, but gets no decision.

July 11, 1987 - Billy Ripken, 22, joins his brother Cal in the Orioles starting lineup in Baltimore's 2-1 loss to the Twins. Orioles manager Cal Ripken, Sr., is the first to manage two sons in the Majors.

July 11, 1989 - Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs lead off the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back home runs off Rick Reuschel to spark the American League to a 5-3 win in the All-Star Game at Anaheim Stadium. Jackson earns MVP honors.

Carl Hubbell Strikes Out 5 Hall of Famers

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July 10, 1919 - Cleveland manager Lee Fohl brings in little-used southpaw Fritz Coumbe to pitch to Babe Ruth with the bases loaded and a 7-4 lead in the ninth inning. Ruth's subsequent grand slam gives Boston an 8-7 win and gives the Indians a new manager. Center fielder Tris Speaker brings the Tribe home in second place and stays as skipper for seven years.

July 10, 1920 - After banging out 11 straight hits, Tris Speaker is stopped by Tom Zachary of Washington. It's the record until Pinky Higgins of the Red Sox racks up 12 in a row in 1938.

July 10, 1932 - To save train fare for the single-date appearance, Connie Mack takes along just two A's pitchers to Cleveland. Lew Krausse the A's starting pitcher, gives up four hits in the first inning and his replacement, Eddie Rommel pitches 17 innings in relief, giving up a record 29 hits, but wins 18-17. Cleveland's Johnny Burnett sets a major-league record by collecting nine hits in 11 at bats, while the A's Jimmie Foxx strokes six hits, including three home runs for a record-tying 16 total bases.

July 10, 1934 - The second annual All-Star Game produces Carl Hubbell's amazing feat of striking out five future Hall of Famers in a row. After two batters reach in the first, he strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx. He adds Al Simmons and Joe Cronin to start the second. He leaves with the N.L. ahead 4-0, but the A.L. rallies for a 9-7 victory.

July 10, 1936 - Philadelphia's Chuck Klein hits four home runs in five at bats in a ten-inning game at Forbes Field. His final home run beats the Pirates, 9-6.

July 10, 1945 - The All-Star Game at Fenway Park is canceled because of travel restrictions enforced by World War II.

July 10, 1956 - In the All-Star Game, Ken Boyer of the Cardinals makes three sparkling plays at third base and gets three hits as the N.L. defeats the A.L. 7-3. Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, and Stan Musial all homer. Mays' pinch-hit two-run home run off Whitey Ford is his seventh straight hit against the Yankee lefty.

July 10, 1962 - Roberto Clemente has three hits as the N.L. wins 3-1 in the first of two All-Star Games of 1962 at Washington's D.C. Stadium.

July 10, 1964 - Jesus Alou gets six hits against six different pitchers as the Giants beat the Cubs 10-3.

July 10, 1982 - Rangers slugger Larry Parrish hits his third grand slam of the week in a 6-5 win over the Tigers, tying the major-league record set by Detroit's Jim Northrup in 1968. Parrish also hit grand slams July 4 against Oakland and July 7 against Boston.

July 10, 1984 - On the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell's legendary five consecutive strikeouts in the 1934 All-Star Game, N.L. pitchers Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to fan six batters in a row for a new All-Star Game record in the N.L.'s 3-1 triumph. After Valenzuela whiffs Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson, and George Brett in the fourth inning, Gooden, the youngest All-Star ever at age 19, fans Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, and Alvin Davis in the fifth.

Mike Piazza Wins All-Star Game MVP

2009-07-09T05:00:00.000-07:00

July 9, 1946 - With seven Red Sox teammates on the A.L. squad, Ted Williams stages a power show with two home runs, two singles, a walk, four runs scored, and four RBI to lead the A.L. to a 12-0 laugher over the N.L. at Fenway Park. The highlight of the All-Star Game is Williams's homer off a Rip Sewell blooper pitch.

July 9, 1957 - At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, the A.L. nips the N.L. 6-5 in the 24th All-Star Game. Both teams score three in the ninth inning, but Minnie Minoso's running catch with the bases loaded chokes off the N.L.'s last rally.

July 9, 1962 - At a meeting held in conjunction with the All-Star Game, the major league players request a reduced schedule for the 1963 season. They also vote unanimously to continue playing two All-Star Games each year.

July 9, 1963 - Willie Mays is held to a single, but dominates a 5-3 N.L. win in the All-Star Game. He also walks, steals twice, scores twice, bats in a pair, and makes a great catch. It is Stan Musial's 24th All-Star appearance, a record.

July 9, 1965 - Senators left fielder Frank Howard ties a major-league record with seven strikeouts in Washington's twin-bill split with the Red Sox.

July 9, 1968 - Appropriately for 1968, pitching dominates the All-Star Game. Willie Mays, playing in place of injured Pete Rose, tallies an unearned run in the first inning against A.L. starter Luis Tiant to complete the scoring for the day. It is the first All-Star effort to end 1-0. Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver, Ron Reed, and Jerry Koosman hold the A.L. to three hits.

July 9, 1976 - Astros pitcher Larry Dierker no-hits the Expos 6-0 and evens his record at 8-8. Houston is fourth in the West.

July 9, 1986 - Atlanta's Dale Murphy does not play in the Braves 7-3 win over the Phillies, ending his consecutive-game streak at 740. Murphy hadn't missed a game since September 1981.

July 9, 1988 - Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits the 10,000th home run in Giants history to lead San Francisco to a 21-2 rout of the Cardinals. The 21 runs are a San Francisco record.

July 9, 1988 - Nolan Ryan wins his 100th game as an Astro 6-3 over the Mets, becoming the seventh pitcher in Major League history to win 100 for two different clubs. Ryan won 138 games for the Angels in the 1970s.

July 9, 1991 - At Toronto's SkyDome, the A.L. wins the All-Star Game 4-2 on Cal Ripken, Jr.'s three-run home run off Montreal's Dennis Martinez. The Baltimore shortstop earns MVP honors.

July 9, 1996 - The N.L. blanks the AL 6-0 in the All-Star Game at Veterans Stadium. Pennsylvania native Mike Piazza is MVP in his hometown return, Cal Ripken, Jr. plays despite having his nose accidentally broken prior to the game, and the N.L. blanks the powerful A.L. bats. However, the TV ratings are the worst since Nielson began tracking the All-Star Game in 1967.

Milwaukee Braves Set Record

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July 8, 1920 - The Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center field during a long argument in the infield. Heinie Groh goes out to wake him, but the ump ejects Roush for delaying the game.

July 8, 1921 - Babe Ruth is arrested for speeding in New York, fined $100, and held in jail until 4:00 PM. Game time is 3:15, so a uniform is taken to him. He changes in jail and follows a police escort to the ballpark where he enters with New York trailing 3-2. The Yanks rally for a 4-3 win.
July 8, 1933 - Jimmie Foxx homers in his first three at-bats as the A's outscore the Yankees 14-10. He had homered his last time up the previous day to give him four consecutive home runs.

July 8, 1935 - Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds on a play at first base and leaves the game with arm and shoulder injuries. His consecutive streak is preserved, in part, by a rainout of the next day's game and an open date.

July 8, 1955 - The Dodgers option pitcher Tommy Lasorda to Montreal to make room on the roster for bonus baby Sandy Koufax, who has been on the injured list.

July 8, 1961 - Milwaukee sets a major-league record with four consecutive home runs in the seventh inning against the Reds. Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron hit back-to-back home runs off Jim Maloney. Joe Adcock greets reliever Marshall Bridges with another home run, and Frank Thomas sets the record. When these four teammates end their major-league careers, they will have hit a combined total of 1,889 homers. For all the bombardment, the Braves lose 10-8.

July 8, 1965 - Arizona star sophomore Rick Monday, selected by the Athletics, is the first player chosen in the initial major league free-agent draft of high school, college, and sandlot players. Picking second, the Mets take pitcher Les Rohr. In the tenth round, they finally take Nolan Ryan. Cincinnati picks Johnny Bench in the second round.

July 8, 1968 - Don Drysdale works four scoreless innings against Philadelphia before finally allowing a run, after 58 2/3 shutout innings, on Howie Bedell's sacrifice fly. Bedell has no other RBI in 1968. Drysdale breaks the major league record of 56 consecutive scoreless innings set by Walter Johnson in 1913. The Dodgers win 5-3.

July 8, 1969 - Mickey Mantle Day in New York. With 60,096 fans on hand, Mantle's number 7 is retired and plaques he exchanges with Joe DiMaggio will hang on the center field wall at Yankee Stadium. DiMaggio's plaque comes as a surprise to the Yankee Clipper. The Yankees then sweep the White Sox 3-1 and 11-2.

July 8, 1971 - Danny Goodwin is chosen as the first player in the June draft and turns down a reported $50,000 offer from the White Sox to attend Southern University. He will be chosen number one again in 1975. The Padres select pitcher Jay Franklin with the second pick. Future M.V.P. Keith Hernandez lasts until the 42nd round.

July 8, 1976 - The Houston Astros, picking first in the baseball draft, select Arizona State pitcher Floyd Bannister. Bannister is one of 12 eventual major leaguers from the ASU team, which finished third in the College World Series. The Tigers take pitcher Pat Underwood with the second pick. Outfielder Rickey Henderson lasts until the fourth round.

July 8, 1977 - Nolan Ryan notches his fourth career 19-strikeout game, hurling the first 10 innings of a game against Toronto.

July 8, 1978 - Bob Horner, the College Player of the Year, is selected first in the free-agent draft by the Braves. The Blue Jays make Lloyd Moseby the second selection.

July 8, 1981 - The Seattle Mariners take Oral Roberts University righthander Mike Moore with the first pick overall in the annual amateur draft. The Cubs take Wichita State's Joe Carter with the second pick. The Yankees use their first-round pick to take Stanford quarterback John Elway.

July 8, 1989 - After taking a 10-0 lead in the top of the first inning (Pittsburgh's best inning since 1942), the Pirates lose to the Phillies 15-11. After the season, Pirates broadcaster Jim Rooker will conduct a charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh as a result of his on-air promise to walk home if the Pirates blew their early lead.

Cleveland Indians Sign Satchel Paige On His Birthday

2009-07-07T05:18:00.000-07:00

July 7, 1900 - Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory, beating Chicago 11-4. The win comes two months before his 31st birthday, making him the youngest to ever reach the magic figure.

July 7, 1914 - Suffering heavy losses from Federal League competition in Baltimore, Jack Dunn, owner of the International League Orioles, offers Babe Ruth (plus Ernie Shore and catcher Ben Egan) for $10,000 to old friend Connie Mack. Mack refuses, pleading poverty. Cincinnati, which has a working agreement giving them the choice of two players, takes outfielder George Twombly and shortstop Claud Derrick. Dunn finally peddles his threesome to new owner Joe Lannin of the Red Sox for a reported $25,000.

July 7, 1922 - Pirates outfielder Max Carey is the busiest man on the field in a 9-8, 18-inning loss to the Giants. He gets six hits, draws three walks, has three stolen bases (including one of home), and catches seven flies.

July 7, 1923 - Cleveland scores in every inning against the Red Sox, but playing at home, the team does not bat in the ninth of a doubleheader opener. They run up an A.L. record twenty-seven runs, including 13 in the sixth inning, for a 27-3 win. The Indians keep it up, scoring three in the first inning of the second game en route to an 8-5 win.

July 7, 1937 - Lou Gehrig leads the A.L. All-Stars over the NL 8-3 with a home run, double, and four RBI. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attends the game in Washington. Dizzy Dean's toe is fractured by a drive off the bat of Earl Averill. After the injury Dean is unable to pitch with the same delivery. He uses an unnatural motion, causing an arm injury from which he never recovers.

July 7, 1942 - A military All-star team that includes Bob Feller, Cecil Travis, Sam Chapman, Benny McCoy, Johnny Sturm, and Frankie Pytlak loses 5-0 to A.L. stars in a game at Cleveland in front of more than 60,000 fans. Military relief receives $160,000.

July 7, 1948 - The Indians sign Satchel Paige(on his birthday), fabulous veteran Negro League pitcher. Ridiculed as a Bill Veeck publicity stunt, the move pays as the 42-year-old Paige finishes 6-1.

July 7, 1959 - The N.L. defeats the AL 5-4 in the All-Star Game at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Willie Mays knocks in Hank Aaron with the deciding run. Don Drysdale pitches perfect ball the first three innings.

July 7, 1964 - Johnny Callison's ninth-inning three-run home run off Dick Radatz caps a four-run rally and gives the N.L. a 7-4 win in the All-Star Game at Shea Stadium. This evens the series at 17 wins apiece.

July 7, 1993 - Tom Browning decides that he has seen the view from the dugout often enough, so he leaves Wrigley Field and watches the Reds beat the Cubs 4-3 from the roof of a three-story building across Sheffield Avenue. He is fined $500 for leaving the dugout - not to mention the ballpark - during a game.

Fred Lynn Hits All-Star Game Grand Slam

2009-07-06T05:59:00.000-07:00

July 6, 1919 - William Veeck, former sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president, but Mitchell remains manager for Chicago.

July 6, 1932 - Cubs shortstop Billy Jurges is shot twice in his Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli. In a scuffle for the gun, Jurges is hit in the shoulder and hand. Jurges fails to prosecute, and Valli will be signed to a 22-week contract to sing in local nightclubs.
July 6, 1933 - The first major-league All-Star Game is played at Comiskey Park, and Babe Ruth is the star. His two-run home run is the margin of victory in the American League's 4-2 win. John McGraw comes out of retirement to manage the National League.

July 6, 1942 - First-inning home runs by Lou Boudreau and Rudy York off Mort Cooper lead the A.L. to a 3-1 triumph over the N.L. in the All-Star Game at the Polo Grounds. Mickey Owen's pinch home-run is the N.L.'s only score. He does not hit a single home run during the regular schedule.

July 6, 1956 - Ford Frick inaugurates the Cy Young Award, to honor one outstanding pitcher each year. The Baseball Writers Association will do the voting. Only one pitcher will be honored each year until 1967, when a pitcher in each league will be selected.

July 6, 1980 - Steve Carlton (14-4) becomes the all-time lefthanded strikeout king, fanning seven Cardinals in an 8-3 Phillies win to bring his major-league career total to 2,836. Mickey Lolich had held the record with 2,832.

July 6, 1983 - In the 50th anniversary All-Star Game at Chicago's Comiskey Park, the A.L. routs the N.L. 13-3 for its first win since 1971. The A.L. breaks the game open with seven runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by Fred Lynn grand slam - the first ever in All-Star competition. It is Lynn's fourth All-Star homer, tying him with Ted Williams for the A.L. record.

July 6, 1986 - Bob Horner becomes the 11th player to hit four home runs in a game, but it isn't enough as the Braves fall to the Expos 11-8. Horner is the first to hit four home runs in a losing cause.

July 6, 1989 - Despite having retired May 29, Mike Schmidt is elected to start at third base for the N.L. in the All-Star Game. A's outfielder Jose Canseco, who has not played all season because of a wrist injury, is picked to start for the A.L.. Neither will play in the game.

Happy Birthday Willie Randolph

Larry Doby Becomes First African American Player in The American League

2009-07-05T05:58:00.000-07:00

July 5, 1904 - The Giants' 18-game winning streak ends when the Phillies prevail 6-5 in ten innings. The Giants record is now 53-18, effectively ending the National League race. At season's end, the Giants will refuse to play the postseason World Series against American League champion Boston.

July 5, 1935 - Tony Cuccinello of the Dodgers and Al Cuccinello of the Giants hit home runs, the first time in the majors brothers on opposing teams homered in the same game.

July 5, 1947 - Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians becomes the first black to play in the American League. He strikes out as a pinch hitter as the Chicago White Sox edge the Indians 6-5.

July 5, 1951 - After sweeping the Giants in a three-game series, Dodgers manager Chuck Dressen declares, 'We knocked 'em out. They won't bother us anymore.' The Dodgers now lead the Giants by 7 1/2 games, but the Giants will have the last laugh.

July 5, 1961 - Bill White hit three home runs and a double to power the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

July 5, 1987 - Mark McGwire became the first rookie to hit 30 homers before the All-Star break and Jose Canseco homered twice, leading Oakland to a 6-3 victory over Boston.

July 5, 1989 - Barry Bonds homers in Pittsburgh's 6-4 loss to the Giants, giving Barry and father Bobby the major league father-and-son home run record with 408. The Bells (Gus and Buddy) and the Berras (Yogi and Dale) had shared the record of 407.

July 5, 1991 - The Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins receive unanimous approval from owners to join the National League in 1993.

July 5, 1993 - Rickey Henderson of the Athletics opened both games of a doubleheader with a homer, the first player to accomplish the feat in 60 years.

July 5, 1998 - Roger Clemens became the 11th pitcher in baseball history to notch 3,000th strikeouts.

July 5, 1998 - Juan Gonzalez became the second player to top 100 RBIs before the All-Star break, homering in the first and seventh innings off Seattle's Randy Johnson.

July 5, 2000 - Luis Gonzalez became the first Arizona player to hit for the cycle as the Diamondbacks beat Houston 12-9.

Lou Gehrig Speech Mantle's 300th Righetti No-Hitter

2009-07-04T03:38:00.000-07:00

July 4, 1905 - In the afternoon game of a doubleheader, Philadelphia's Rube Waddell bests Cy Young in a 25-inning marathon as the Athletics down Boston 4-2. A's catcher Ossee Schreckengost works twenty-eught innings in one day, a Major League record.

July 4, 1911 - In the morning game between Chicago and Detroit, Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak as the White Sox win 7-3. Cobb has batted .491 since the streak started on May 15.

July 4, 1939 - A tearful Lou Gehrig tells 61,808 fans at Yankee Stadium, 'I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.' Gehrig's uniform number four is retired, the first Major League player so honored.

July 4, 1960 - Mickey Mantle's three-run first-inning home run off Hal Woodeshick is the 300th of his career. Mantle becomes the 18th player to join the 300 club, but the Yankees drop a 9-8 decision to Washington.

July 4, 1974 - Mike Marshall picks up a 3-2 win over Reds. Over the past 30 days, Marshall is 9-0 with three saves and a 1.82 ERA in twenty appearances.

July 4, 1980 - Nolan Ryan fans Reds outfielder Cesar Geronimo to become the fourth pitcher ever to reach 3,000 career strikeouts. Geronimo was also Bob Gibson's 3,000th career strikeout victim. Despite the milestone, Ryan is tagged with the 8-1 loss.

July4, 1983 - Dave Righetti pitches the Yankees' first no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. He handcuffs the Red Sox 4-0 before a holiday crowd of 41,077 at Yankee Stadium.

July 4, 1984 - Phil Niekro strikes out five batters in the Yankees' 5-0 win over Texas to become the ninth pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 career strikeouts.

July 4, 1985 - In a marathon game that borders on the surreal, the Mets endure two rain delays and six hours and ten minutes of playing time to beat the Braves 16-13 in 19 innings. Relief pitcher Rick Camp, an .060 career hitter, homers in the 18th inning to tie the game no pitcher has ever homered that late in a game. Keith Hernandez hits for the cycle in a game that ends at 3:55 a.m. on July 5, the latest finish in Major League history. At 4:01 a.m., the post-game fireworks display begins, causing some local residents to think the city is under attack.

Happy Birthday George Steinbrenner

Luis Tiant Strikes Out 19

2009-07-03T04:30:00.000-07:00

July 3, 1912 - The Giants' Rube Marquard nips Nap Rucker and the Dodgers 2-1 to capture his 19th straight game of the season. With two end-of-year wins in 1911, he has 21 in a row in regular season play. Both marks are records.

July 3, 1950 - With rookie Joe Collins not hitting and Tommy Henrich injured, Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play first base in an experiment. In the 7-2 loss he handles 13 chances cleanly.

July 3, 1965 - Horseplay between Phillies teammates Frank Thomas and Dick Allen turns serious when Thomas swings a bat at Allen. Thomas hits a pinch-homer to tie the game in the eighth inning, but the Reds prevail, 10-8. Following the game, Thomas is released and signs with Houston.

July 3, 1966 - Pitcher Tony Cloninger hits two grand slams and drives in nine runs as the Braves rout the Giants at Candlestick Park 17-3. Cloninger is the first National League player to hit two grand slams in a game, and his nine RBI set a Major League record for pitchers.

July 3, 1968 - Luis Tiant registers nineteen strikeouts in ten innings as Cleveland beats Minnesota 1-0. Tiant sets two modern major-league records: most strikeouts in a ten-inning game and 32 strikeouts in consecutive games. He also ties the modern major league record of 41 strikeouts in three successive appearances.

July 3, 1970 - In pregame ceremonies, California's Clyde Wright is inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame for his pitching while at Carson-Newman College. He then hurls a no-hitter against Oakland, winning 4-0. Reggie Jackson's 400-foot shot to dead center in the seventh is caught.

July 3, 1974 - Pitching in his record 13th consecutive game for the Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win over the Reds in the first game of a doubleheader.

July 3, 1983 - The Rangers explode for 12 runs in the 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's, setting a new major-league record for runs in a single extra inning.

July 3, 1988 - Oakland's Gene Nelson steals a base while pinch-running for Don Baylor in a 9-8, 16-inning win over Toronto, becoming the first American League pitcher to steal a base since Blue Moon Odom in 1973.

Joe DiMaggio Passes Willie Keeler

2009-07-02T05:08:00.000-07:00

July 2, 1941 - Joe DiMaggio extends his consecutive-game hitting streak to 45 by hitting a home run off Boston's Dick Newsome, surpassing Willie Keeler's all-time record.

July 2, 1950 - Bob Feller, wins his 200th major-league game, a 5-3 Cleveland win over Detroit in the second game of a doubleheader split.

July 2, 1951 - Bill Veeck gets the necessary 75 percent of outstanding stock on the last day of his option to buy the St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt.

July 2, 1963 - At 12:31 A.M. in San Francisco, Willie Mays homers off Warren Spahn in the bottom of the 16th inning to give Juan Marichal a 1-0 victory in the National League's longest game ended by a home run.

July 2, 1970 - Detroit's Joe Niekro no-hits the Yankees until Horace Clarke singles in the ninth inning as the Tigers win 5-0. This is the third time in the month that Clarke has broken up a no-hitter, having spoiled bids by Kansas City's Jim Rooker (June 4) and Boston's Sonny Siebert (June 19).

Bob Feller Tosses 3rd Career No-Hitter

2009-07-01T04:32:00.000-07:00

July 1, 1910 - White Sox Park opens with a 2-0 loss to the Browns. The stadium, which becomes known as Comiskey Park, cost $750,000 to build. The stadium will be the oldest in baseball when it is closed in 1990 and replaced by a new structure called Comiskey Park.

July 1, 1916 - At age 42 years and four months, Honus Wagner is the oldest player to hit an inside-the-park home run. He connects for the Pirates in the fourth inning at Cincinnati.

July 1, 1920 - Walter Johnson pitches his first no-hitter. An error by Bucky Harris costs him a perfect game, but Harris' hit drives in Washington's only run against the Red Sox at Fenway. The next day Johnson comes up with the first sore arm of his life and is useless for the rest of the year, finishing 8-10.

July 1, 1945 - The first of the superstars returns from the war. Hank Greenberg, gone for four years, homers in his first game following his release from the Army. Charlie Gassaway of the Athletics gives up the blow before 47,700 in a 9-5 win at Briggs Stadium.

July 1, 1948 - Brooklyn's Roy Campanella makes his debut, catching Ralph Branca. Campy doubles in his first at-bat and adds two singles, but the Giants win 6-4.

July 1, 1951 - Bob Feller pitches the third no-hitter of his career, tying the record of Cy Young and Larry Corcoran, as he beats Detroit's Bob Cain 2-1.

July 1, 1954 - Joe Cunningham of the Cards hits two home runs in a game against Milwaukee, giving him a record three roundtrippers in his first two days in the major leagues. In his first seven at-bats, he has nine RBI.

Eddie Murray Gets 3,000th Hit

2009-06-30T05:09:00.000-07:00

June 30, 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.

June 30, 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 his mistake.

June 30, 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.

June 30, 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.

June 30, 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.

June 30, 1994 - Giants center fielder Darren Lewis commits his first major league error to break his record of 392 flawless games in the outfield.

June 30, 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.

Billy Williams Day in Chicago 1969

2009-06-29T06:17:00.000-07:00

June 29, 1916 - The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds played a nine-inning game with just one baseball.

June 29, 1941 - Joe DiMaggio singles against Washington knuckleballer Dutch Leonard in the sixth inning in the first game of a doubleheader to tie George Sisler's A.L. consecutive-game hit record of forty-one (41). In the nightcap he collects a seventh-inning single off of Walt Masterson to set the record at forty-two (42) games.

June 29, 1961 - With three home runs at Philadelphia, including a tenth-inning shot to win 8-7, Willie Mays becomes the fourth major-league player with three or more home runs twice in one season. Manager Gene Mauch's efforts to conceal his starting pitcher and force Alvin Dark's hand has a Phillies lineup including hurlers Don Ferrarese (batting leadoff, playing center field), Jim Owens (third, right field), Chris Short (seventh, catcher), and Ken Lehman (ninth, pitcher) against San Francisco. When Dark sends a lefty to the mound, Mauch replaces Ferrarese. Dark then replaces Billy O'Dell with Sam Jones. Mauch replaces Lehman with Dallas Green after two batters. All the maneuvering takes three hours and twenty (20) minutes.

June 29, 1968 - Detroit's Jim Northrup hit his third grand slam in a week and the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2.

June 29, 1969 - On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's National League record for consecutive games played (896). The Cubs sweep the Cardinals 3-1 and 12-1 before 41,060.

June 29, 1977 - Willie Stargell hits his 400th career home run, this one coming off Eric Rasmussen of the Cardinals.

June 29, 1984 - Pete Rose plays in his 3,309th major-league game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski as the all-time leader. Rose goes 0-for-5, but Montreal beats Cincinnati 7-3.

June 29, 1986 - Detroit beats Milwaukee 9-5 in the first game of a doubleheader split, making Tigers manager Sparky Anderson the first manager ever to win six-hundred games in each league.

June 29, 1987 - In the first game of Philadelphia's doubleheader sweep of Pittsburgh, Steve Bedrosian records his twelfth consecutive save (in twelve appearances) to break the major-league record set by Sparky Lyle in 1975.

June 29, 1990 - Oakland's Dave Stewart and the Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela both throw no-hitters. Stewart blanks the Blue Jays 5-0, and a few hours later Valenzuela beats the Cardinals 6-0.

June 29, 1992 - Oakland's Dennis Eckersley sets the new standard with his twenty-sixth straight save of the season.

June 29, 1995 - The Dodgers' Hideo Nomo struck out thirteen Colorado Rockies in a 3-0 victory, giving him fifty (50) strikeouts in four (4) games. That broke the Los Angeles record of forty-nine (49) over four (4) games accomplished three (3) times by Sandy Koufax, the last thirty (30) years earlier.

Chicago Cubs Joe Tinkers Steals Home Twice

2009-06-28T06:11:00.000-07:00

June 28, 1907 - Branch Rickey, catcher for the New York Yankees, watched 12 Washington players steal safely in a 16-5 Senators win.

June 28, 1910 - Joe Tinker of the Chicago Cubs became the first major leaguer to steal home twice in the same game.

June 28, 1919 - Carl Mays of Boston pitched two complete games against the New York Yankees. The Red Sox won the first game, 2-0, and lost the nightcap, 4-1.

June 28, 1970 - Pittsburgh swept the Chicago Cubs, 3-2 and 4-1, in the Pirates' final games at Forbes Field.

June 28, 1984 - Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox completed the cycle with a three-run, 11th-inning homer to beat the Seattle Mariners, 9-6.

June 28, 1986 - Phil Niekro of the Cleveland Indians and Don Sutton of the California Angels became the first 300-game winners to start against each other in this century. Neither Niekro nor Sutton got a decision as the Angels scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to win, 9-3.

June 28, 1987 - Mark McGwire homered twice to tie a major league record with five homers over two games, and Steve Ontiveros pitched a two-hitter as the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians, 10-0.

June 28, 1994 - Matt Williams tied Willie Stargell's 1971 N.L. record for home runs before July with his 28th in San Francisco's 7-4 loss to Los Angeles.

Jerry Reuss Tosses No-Hitter For Dodgers

2009-06-27T05:18:00.000-07:00

June 27, 1959 - With the players voting, Henry Aaron gets a unanimous vote for the All-Star Game, making him the first player so selected.

June 27, 1973 - David Clyde, 18 and fresh out of Houston's Westchester high school, makes his eagerly awaited debut with Texas before 35,698, the largest Rangers' crowd of the year. Clyde, the number one pick in the draft, walks the first two Twins he faces, then gets Bob Darwin, George Mitterwald, and Joe Lis on swinging third strikes. Clyde goes five innings and gives up only one hit — a two-run home run — walks seven and strikes out eight. He is the winner, 4-3.

June 27, 1977 - Willie McCovey smashes two home runs in the sixth inning to pace a 14-9 Giants victory over the Reds. McCovey becomes the first player to twice hit two home runs in one inning, having also done it on April 12, 1973. He also becomes the all-time N.L. leader with 17 career grand slams.

June 27, 1980 - Jerry Reuss pitches an 8-0 no-hitter for the Dodgers against the Giants at Candlestick Park. Reuss, who strikes out only two but doesn't walk a batter, is deprived of a perfect game when shortstop Bill Russell throws wildly to first base on Jack Clark's easy grounder in the first inning.

June 27, 1986 - Give him an 'A' for effort. San Francisco second baseman Robby Thompson is caught stealing four times in the Giants' 7-6, 12-inning win over the Reds, establishing a new major league record. Thompson was thrown out by Bo Diaz in the fourth, sixth, ninth and 11th innings.

Happy Birthday Derek Jeter

2009-06-26T05:17:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday
Derek Jeter
born
6/26/1974

June 26, 1916 - Cleveland players, in a game with the White Sox, wear numbers on their sleeves, marking the first time players are identified by numbers corresponding to those on the scorecard.

June 26, 1920 - Lou Gehrig gets his first national mention when, as a high school junior for New York City's School of Commerce, he hits a grand slam in a high school championship game against Lane Tech in Chicago. Scouts sit with open mouths as the ball sails out of the N.L. park (later known as Wrigley Field).

June 26, 1935 - Lloyd Waner sets a major-league record with 18 putouts in center field in a doubleheader as the Pirates take a pair from the Braves at Boston.

June 26, 1940 - More than 50,000 pack the Polo Grounds to watch the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants play each other in a six-inning contest to raise money for war bonds. Each team plays successive innings against the other two teams, then sits out an inning. The final score is Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, Giants, 0.

June 26, 1960 - Hoping to speed up the election process, the Hall of Fame changes its voting procedures. The new rules allow the Special Veterans Committee to vote annually, rather than every other year, and to induct up to two players a year. The BBWAA is authorized to hold a runoff election of the top 30 vote getters if no one is elected in the first ballot.

June 26, 1968 - The major league Executive Council decides that both the A.L. and N.L. will play 162-game schedules in 1969 and operate two six-team divisions.

June 26, 1994 - Kirby Puckett becomes Minnesota's all-time hits leader by getting three safeties to pass Rod Carew with his 2,088 hit as a Twin.

June 26, 1997 - Tony Gwynn of the Padres breaks a seventh-inning tie with an inside-the-park grand slam as San Diego beats Los Angeles, 9-7. The opposite-field hit not only puts Gwynn back over the .400 mark, but is also the first N.L. inside-the-park grand slam in six years.

Cal Ripken Plays in 1,000th Consecutive Game

2009-06-25T05:01:00.000-07:00

June 25, 1903 - Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt becomes the only 20th-century pitcher to lose two complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3.

June 25, 1968 - San Francisco rookie Bobby Bonds becomes the second player to debut with a grand slam as teammate Ray Sadecki blanks the Dodgers 9-0. Bonds does it on his third at-bat. The only other player to hit a grand slam in his first major-league game was William Duggelby of the Philadelphia Nationals in 1898.

June 25, 1976 - Ranger Toby Harrah becomes the first shortstop in major-league history to go through an entire doubleheader without a fielding chance. At the plate, Harrah makes up for the inactivity, collecting six hits, including a grand slam in the opener and another round-tripper in the nightcap. The Rangers beat the White Sox in the first game 8-4, but lose the nightcap 14-9.

June 25, 1988 - Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game, a 10-3 loss to Boston. Ripken's streak is the sixth-longest in major-league history.

June 25, 1989 - The Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Philadelphia, tying the major-league record set by the Indians in 1945. New York pitchers retire the Phillies on 13 strikeouts, 12 fly outs, and two ground balls to first base.

Harmon Killebrew Hits First Career Home Run

2009-06-24T05:44:00.000-07:00

June 24, 1947 - The Dodgers win 4-2 over the Pirates as Jackie Robinson swipes home for the first of 19 times in his career.

June 24, 1955 - Washington rookie infielder Harmon Killebrew hits his first home run in an 18-7 loss to the Detroit Tigers.

June 24, 1970 - The Reds play their final game at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, beating the Giants 5-4.

June 24, 1972 - Culminating a long battle to reach pro baseball, Bernice Gera umpires the first game of a doubleheader between Auburn and Geneva (New York-Pennsylvania League). Several disputes take place and she ejects the Auburn manager. Gera resigns before the second game, leaving in tears.

June 24, 1974 - Steve Busby retires the first nine White Sox to set an A.L. record with 33 consecutive batsmen retired. The Royals lose, however, 3-1.

June 24, 1983 - Milwaukee's Don Sutton strikes out Alan Bannister in the eighth inning of a 3-2 win over Cleveland to become the eighth pitcher in major-league history with 3,000 career strikeouts. County Stadium is packed with 46,037 fans for the game, mostly to welcome back popular outfielder Gorman Thomas, who was traded to Cleveland earlier in the month.

June 24, 1989 - Cardinals outfielder Vince Coleman steals his 39th and 40th consecutive bases in a 5-2 loss to the Pirates to break the major-league record set by Davey Lopes in 1975. Coleman has not been caught stealing since September 15, 1988.

June 24, 1997 - Randy Johnson ties Steve Carlton's major-league record for lefthanders with 19 strikeouts against the Oakland A's. He breaks Ron Guidry's A.L. mark for lefties, but like Carlton, Johnson takes the loss in his 19-K game. Mark McGwire's 538-foot home run powers Oakland to a 4-1 victory.

Big Day For Phillies Pitchers in Baseball History

2009-06-23T06:37:00.000-07:00

June 23, 1932 - Lou Gehrig plays his 1,103rd successive game in a Yankees uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland).

June 23, 1961 - Ernie Banks voluntarily takes the bench as a sore knee brings his 717 consecutive-games-played streak to an end.

June 23, 1962 - Larry Doby, retired from the Cleveland Indians, signs on with the Chunichi Dragons. He becomes, with Don Newcombe, the first former major league player to toil for a Japanese team. Doby's season batting average will be a mediocre .225.

June 23, 1963 - Jimmy Piersall of the New York Mets hits the 100th home run of his major league career and celebrates by running around the bases backwards. Dallas Green of the Phillies, who gave up the home run, is not amused. Neither is Commissioner Ford Frick, who is in the stands.

June 23, 1971 - In a spectacular performance, Phillies pitcher Rick Wise no-hits the Reds 4-0 and hits two home runs in the game. Wise gets Pete Rose for the last out.

June 23, 1973 - Phillies pitcher Ken Brett beats the Expos 7-2 and hits a home run for a major-league record for a pitcher fourth consecutive game. He hit home runs on June 9, 13, and 18: he will total ten for his career.

June 23, 1981 - Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 33rd inning, giving Pawtucket a 3-2 win over Rochester and ending the longest game in professional baseball history. The game had been suspended April 19 after 32 innings and eight hours, seven minutes of play, but the continuation took only eighteen minutes to complete. Bob Ojeda pitches one inning to earn the win.

June 23, 1988 - George Steinbrenner fires Billy Martin for the fifth time, replacing him with Lou Piniella. In 1985, Piniella was fired and replaced by Martin. In 1985, Martin was fired and replaced by Piniella. New York's 40-28 record is the fourth best in the big leagues, but the Yankees had just completed a 2-7 road trip.

Atlanta Braves Name Bobby Cox New Manager

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June 22, 1932 - The N.L., at a meeting of club presidents, finally approves players wearing numbers. The A.L. had started in 1929.

June 22, 1946 - Bill Veeck heads a syndicate that purchases the Cleveland Indians. This launches Veeck on a long career as a lively promoter.

June 22, 1976 - Randy Jones pitches the Padres to a 4-2 win over the Giants, and ties Christy Mathewson's 63-year-old N.L. record by going 68 innings without a base on balls. He receives a standing ovation from the home crowd after striking out Darrell Evans to end the seventh. His streak ends when he walks catcher Marc Hill leading off the eighth. It is Jones's 13th win of the year.

June 22, 1982 - Pete Rose doubles off John Stuper in the third inning of a 3-2 loss to the Cardinals for his 3,772nd career hit, moving him past Hank Aaron into second place on baseball's all-time list.

June 22, 1984 - In a teary home plate ceremony before the Twins-White Sox game at the Metrodome, Calvin Griffith and his sister, Thelma Haynes, sign a letter of intent to sell their 52 percent ownership of the Twins to Minneapolis banker Carl Pohlad for $32 million. Griffith and his sister had been involved with the franchise since 1922, when owner Clark Griffith of the then-Washington Senators adopted them.

June 22, 1987 - Tom Seaver abandons his comeback attempt with the injury-riddled Mets and retires with a career record of 311-205, an ERA of 2.86, 3,640 strikeouts, and 61 shutouts.

June 22, 1990 - The last-place Braves fire manager Russ Nixon and replace him with general manager Bobby Cox, who last managed Toronto in 1985.

June 22, 1994 - Mets reliever John Franco earns his 253rd career save to break Dave Righetti's record for most saves by a lefthander.

Jim Bunning Tosses Perfect Game

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June 21, 1939 - The New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement, based on the report that he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The 36-year-old star will remain with the team as captain.

June 21, 1950 - Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit, a seventh-inning single off the Indians Chick Pieretti, as the Yanks win 8-2. DiMaggio joins Luke Appling and Wally Moses as the only active players with 2,000 or more hits.

June 21, 1964 - On Father's Day at Shea Stadium, Jim Bunning pitches the first perfect game (excluding Don Larsen's 1956 World Series effort and Harvey Haddix's 1959 extra-inning loss) since Charlie Robertson's on April 30, 1922. He also becomes the first pitcher to win no-hitters in both leagues and drives in 2 runs as Philadelphia beats the Mets 6-0. Gus Triandos becomes the first catcher to catch a no-hitter in each league. The Mets don't fare much better in the nightcap as rookie Rick Wise wins his first game and gives up just 3 hits for an 8-2 win.

June 21, 1970 - Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes seven-for-seven to tie a record set in 1892 in a 12-inning, 9-8 win over Cleveland. Mickey Stanley's home run wins it for the Tigers. Gutierrez will collect just seven hits in all of 1971, and 128 hits for his career.

June 21, 1971 - Indians slugger Ken Harrelson announces his retirement from baseball to join the pro golf tour.

June 21, 1986 - Bo Jackson, college football's Heisman Trophy winner in 1985 and the first pick (by Tampa Bay) in the NFL draft, stuns observers nationwide by signing with the Kansas City Royals instead.

Cleveland Indians Set Major League Record

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June 20, 1932 - Roger Cramer of the A's has six hits in consecutive times at bat in a nine-inning game. Cramer will do this again in 1935, the only A.L. player to repeat the feat.

June 20, 1948 - Cleveland draws 82,781 for a doubleheader, a major league record for a regular season game that will be broken by the same club in 1954. The Indians will attract 2.6 million for the season.

June 30, 1956 - At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle poles two Billy Hoeft pitches into the right center field bleachers, something no other player had done since the bleachers were built in the late 1930s. New York wins 7-4.

June 30, 1973 - Bobby Bonds leads off with a home run, but the Giants lose 7-5 to the Reds. It is Bonds's 22nd leadoff home run, breaking Lou Brock's N.L. record.

June 30, 1982 - Pete Rose plays in his 3,000th major league game (a 3-1 loss to the Pirates), joining Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, and Carl Yastrzemski as the only players to reach that plateau.