May 4
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on May 4.
Events[edit]
- 1869 - The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first all-professional baseball team, start their first regular season with a 45 - 9 victory over the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
- 1871 - A National Association contest between the Cleveland Forest Citys and Fort Wayne Kekiongas is officially the first Major League game ever played. Fort Wayne is the winner, 2 - 0, behind a four-hit shutout by pitcher Bobby Mathews. Al Pratt is the losing pitcher. Cleveland's catcher, Deacon White, is 3 for 4, including the first hit (a double) and also is the first to hit into a double play. Bill Lennon becomes the first catcher to throw a runner out trying to steal second base. In the 127 games during the 1871 season, there will be a total of four shutouts.
- 1910 - Not wanting to offend either club, U.S. President William Howard Taft attends two games in one day. After watching part of a game between the hometown St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds at Robison Field, he travels cross-town to watch the remainder of the game between the St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Naps at Sportsman's Park.
- 1919 - For the first time, Sunday baseball can be played legally in New York, following the passage of the "Sunday Baseball Law", signed by Governor Al Smith on April 19th. 35,000 fans crowd the Polo Grounds to watch the Giants lose to the Phillies, 3 - 1, while at Ebbets Field, the Robins draw 25,000 spectators to their game. Future New York City Mayor and die-hard Giants fan Jimmy Walker is the prime mover behind the law.
- 1931 - In an effort to put less strain on his leg, Babe Ruth plays first base as Lou Gehrig moves to right field. Gehrig commits a costly error in the outfield helping the Washington Senators beat the Yankees, 7 - 3.
- 1936 - Isamu Fujii of the Osaka Tigers hits the first home run in Nippon Pro Baseball history, an inside-the-park homer against Akira Noguchi.
- 1939 - In his first-ever at-bat in the city of Detroit, Boston Red Sox rookie Ted Williams becomes the first player to hit a home run which totally clears the right field seats at Briggs Stadium.
- 1943 - National League President Ford C. Frick demonstrates that the revised "balata ball" is livelier than the previous year's ball by bouncing it on a carpet in his office. The major leagues have turned to the balata ball because of wartime restrictions on the supplies used to make standard baseballs.
- 1946 - Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators collects six straight hits before having his streak ended by Steve Gromek of the Cleveland Indians. Travis' performance marks one of the few highlights of his career after World War II, where he suffered frozen feet.
- 1954 - The Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record by using a whopping 42 players in an 11-inning marathon. The Phillies win the game, 14 - 10.
- 1955 - "Clemente's Brilliant Catch in 9th Kills Rally by Braves." So reads the New York Times headline but that's not the whole story. Clemente's game-ending circus catch not only secures Pittsburgh's 5 - 4 victory, it also bails out the main protagonist after his errant throw puts the tying and go-ahead runs on second and third base. And who should walk to the plate at this moment but George Crowe, Clemente's teammate and fellow Caribbean Champion with the Santurce Crabbers just three months earlier. As the Milwaukee Journal tells it: "Crowe, who had replaced the slump-ridden Joe Adcock at first base, pasted the ball against the remote grandstand not far from the right field foul line, only to have young Roberto Clemente race over and time his leap perfectly as he scraped the ball off the wall with his gloved hand."
- 1956 - Boston Red Sox manager Pinky Higgins accepts the first Red Sox schedule ever printed in braille from the National Braille Press.
- 1963 - Bob Shaw of the Milwaukee Braves sets a major league record by committing five balks. In the 3rd inning, Shaw walks Billy Williams and sends him home with three straight balks. Shaw lasts five innings before he is ejected for arguing. The Chicago Cubs beat Milwaukee, 5 - 3.
- 1966 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants establishes a new National League record for most career home runs when he hits his 512th, surpassing the total of former New York Giants great Mel Ott. Mays' blast against Claude Osteen, which puts him fourth on the all-time list, helps the Giants beat the Dodgers, 6 - 1.
- 1967 - Roberto's Revenge: Old Testament Style – Donn Clendenon and Roberto Clemente combine to give Don Drysdale a taste of his own medicine (perhaps taking Orlando Cepeda's adage – "the trick with Drysdale is to hit him before he hits you" – a tad literally). Dodger beat writer Frank Finch reports: "Before Drysdale retired, he took a physical pounding from the Pirates. Clemente's third hit almost tore Don's right hand off, and later in the same inning Donn Clendenon's drive drilled Drysdale on the shins so hard that it bounced to first base, where Wes Parker made an easy put-out."
- 1969 - The Houston Astros set a National League record by turning seven double plays against the San Francisco Giants, with first baseman Curt Blefary taking part in all of them. The many twin killings help the Astros to win the game, 3 - 1.
- 1975 - Bob Watson of the Houston Astros races around the bases on Milt May's home run and crosses the plate at Candlestick Park in time to score the one millionth run in major league history, seconds ahead of Dave Concepción of the Cincinnati Reds, playing in a different game in another city, to earn the distinction.
- 1976 - The Illinois Legislature declares today "Rick Monday Day" to honor his patriotic gesture on April 25th of saving an American flag from being burned by two spectators at Dodger Stadium.
- 1980:
- Chicago White Sox first baseman Mike Squires catches the final inning of an 11 - 1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, becoming the first left-handed catcher to play in major league baseball since Dale Long in 1958.
- Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Otto Vélez hits four home runs in a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Exhibition Stadium. In the first game, he hits a grand slam in the 1st inning, followed by a two-run homer in the 8th, and a game-winning solo shot in the 10th. In the following contest, he clubs a three-run home run in the 1st inning. Overall, he has ten RBI for the day.
- 1981 - New York Yankees relief pitcher Ron Davis strikes out eight consecutive batters in a 4 - 2 victory over the California Angels at Anaheim Stadium, tying an American League record set by Nolan Ryan.
- 1984 - At the Metrodome, Dave Kingman of the Oakland Athletics is awarded a ground rule double when the ball he hits disappears. The Athletics slugger's towering fly ball goes through a drainage hole in the stadium roof and never returns to the playing field.
- 1989 - Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Junior Felix becomes the 53rd player in major league history to hit a home run in his first at-bat with a 3rd-inning drive off Kirk McCaskill as Toronto loses, 3 - 2, to the California Angels in 10 innings.
- 1991 - Chris James of the Cleveland Indians drives in nine runs with two home runs and two singles, breaking a club record for RBI and leading the Indians to a 20 - 6 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
- 1996:
- The Texas Rangers become the first American League team in 79 years to pitch consecutive one-hitters as Roger Pavlik holds the Detroit Tigers to a 5th-inning home run in a 3 - 1 win. Ken Hill one-hit Detroit on May 3rd, retiring the last 26 batters he faced.
- The Colorado Rockies bang out 21 hits, including a pair of three-run home runs by Andres Galarraga, to hook the Florida Marlins, 17 - 5. The Rockies score seven runs in the 1st inning when they hit three of their five home runs. Galarraga collects seven RBI for the day.
- 2000 - The Philadelphia Phillies crush the Cincinnati Reds, 14 - 1, as Doug Glanville collects five hits. The Phillies also tie a major league record by hitting four consecutive doubles in the 1st inning.
- 2001 - Raúl Mondesi of the Toronto Blue Jays goes 4 for 4, with two home runs, two doubles and six RBI, leading Toronto to an 8 - 3 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
- 2002
- Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run in a San Francisco Giants uniform in a 3 - 0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Ryan Jensen relieves Giants starter Jason Schmidt in the 1st inning and carries a no-hitter into the 8th before surrendering a single to Jason LaRue.
- Pinch-hitter Shea Hillenbrand hits a two-out grand slam in the 9th inning, off Victor Zambrano, to give the Boston Red Sox a 7 - 5 win over the host Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It is the third straight game in which Tampa Bay has blown a lead in the 9th.
- 2009:
- Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals records his major league-leading sixth win when he shuts out the White Sox, 3 - 0, striking out ten and walking none. He lowers his ERA to 0.40 for the year.
- The Dodgers defeat Arizona, 7 - 2, for their 11th straight home victory, setting a National League record for most consecutive wins at home to start a season. Manny Ramirez homers and drives in three runs, while Eric Stults picks up the win. Arizona pulls off the second triple play in franchise history in the 2nd, but to no avail.
- 2010
- Ernie Harwell, one of the greatest broadcasters in baseball history, dies at the age of 92 after a year-long bout with cancer. He was the radio and television voice of the Detroit Tigers for 42 years, retiring from the booth in 2002. He received the Ford Frick Award in 1981 and was a member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.
- Philadelphia police use a taser gun to subdue a 17-year-old fan who runs onto the field in the 8th inning of a game between the Phillies and Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park. The police justify the use of the controversial weapon by pointing to injuries sustained during previous similar incidents, most notoriously when two fans assaulted Kansas City first base coach Tom Gamboa in Chicago in 2002. Criticized for having used excessive force, the Phillies announce a day later that from now on, they will call for police assistance only if team security is unable to handle a situation by itself. The Phillies win the game, 2 - 1, on a 10th-inning walk-off home run by Carlos Ruiz.
- 2011:
- Zack Greinke finally makes his debut with the Brewers after being sidelined by a broken rib sustained in the off-season, but his opponent on the mound, Tim Hudson, steals the show in the Braves' 8 - 0 win, pitching a one-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader. The Braves also win the first game, 8 - 3, as Nate McLouth reaches bases in all eight of his plate appearances on the day, going 5 for 5 with three walks and a homer in the two games.
- Tim Lincecum has a good night in shutting out the Mets, 2 - 0, at Citi Field. He fans 12 batters in seven innings for the 29th double-digit strikeout game of his career. That total is the most ever by a Giants pitcher, overtaking Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson who set the previous mark back in the days the franchise played in New York.
- 2012:
- The Rays win their tenth straight game at home, defeating Oakland, 7 - 2. David Price strikes out 12 on his way to his fifth win of the year for Tampa Bay, which was also won 12 of its last 13 games.
- Henderson Alvarez throws his first career shutout for the Blue Jays, defeating the Angels, 4 - 0. It comes one day after teammate Brandon Morrow shut out Los Angeles on a three-hitter, the first back-to-back complete game shutouts by Blue Jay pitchers since Jack Morris and Al Leiter in their last World Series-winning season, in 1993. For his part, Ervin Santana falls to 0-6 for the struggling Angels. The Angels have failed to score in Santana's last five starts, setting a major league record for poor run support.
- 41-year-old Shinya Miyamoto gets his 2,000th hit in Nippon Pro Baseball, the 40th player to reach that plateau but the second in a week (following Atsunori Inaba by six days). Oddly, both Inaba and Miyamoto reach 2,000 in their 1,976th game. Miyamoto passes Hiromitsu Ochiai as the oldest player to reach 2,000, the figure needed to join the meikyukai. Miyamoto's hit comes off Yuya Fukui and his Yakult Swallows top the Hiroshima Carp, 8 - 4.
- 2013:
- Jeremy Guthrie of the Royals has his 17th consecutive start without a loss as he beats the White Sox, 2 - 0, with a complete game shutout, the first of his career. Guthrie breaks Paul Splittorff's club mark for consecutive starts without a loss.
- 20-year-old Jose Fernandez gives up only a hit and no runs in seven innings as the Marlins defeat the Phillies, 2 - 0. Marcell Ozuna and Chris Valaika homer in support of the youngster, Ozuna's being the first long ball of his career, while Mike Dunn and Steve Cishek add a hitless inning each. The combined one-hit shutout is Fernandez's first win.
- 2018:
- Albert Pujols of the Angels becomes the 32nd member of the 3,000 hit club with a 5th-inning single off Mike Leake of the Mariners. Pujols is only the fourth player to combine 3,000 hits and 600 homers, after Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez.
- Four Dodgers pitchers combine to throw the first no-hitter ever pitched outside the United States or Canada. In a game played at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Walker Buehler pitches six no-hit innings and is followed on the mound by Tony Cingrani, Yimi Garcia and Adam Liberatore who toss a hitless inning each to complete the feat. The Dodgers defeat the Padres, 4 - 0.
- The no-hitter is arguably not even the best-pitched game of the day, as Gerrit Cole of the Astros sets a personal record with 16 strikeouts while tossing a one-hitter to defeat the Diamondbacks, 8 - 0. The only hit is a double by Chris Owings in the 5th.
- 2019 - The longest game in the history of Miller Park goes 18 innings before Ryan Braun ends it by driving the winning run with his sixth hit of the night. A two-run single with one out in the 18th gives the Brewers a 4 - 3 win over the Mets. Braun outhits all of his teammates, given Milwaukee only tallies 11 safeties as a team; in the winning rally, the Mets' Chris Flexen walks the bases loaded before facing Braun.
- 2021 - The minor leagues start their season, after having been on hiatus since September of 2019 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. In the interim, the governing structure, Minor League Baseball, has been thoroughly reorganized and in effect replaced by the Professional Development League.
- 2022 - By pitching seven innings of one-hit ball, Adam Wainwright gets credit for a 10 - 0 win by the Cardinals over the Royals. It is the 202nd time that the battery of Wainwright and C Yadier Molina have combined on a win, tying the all-time record set by Warren Spahn and Del Crandall of the Boston and Milwaukee Braves.
- 2023 - The AAA Louisville Bats get a couple of outstanding offensive performances as Matt McLain hits for the cycle and teammate Christian Encarnacion-Strand hits three home runs in a 12 - 10 win over the Omaha Storm Chasers. The pair combine for seven hits and nine RBIs.
- 2024:
- In the early hours of the morning, the Padres complete a rumored trade with the Marlins, acquiring two-time batting champion Luis Arráez for P Woo-Suk Go and three other minor league prospects. The trade pays off immediate dividends as Arráez is able to join his new team for that evening's game in Arizona and goes 4 for 6 with two runs and an RBI in a 13 - 1 win.
- Max Muncy has a three-homer game for the Dodgers in an 11 - 2 win over the Braves.
- The Athletics, lame ducks in Oakland, continue to be one of the biggest surprises of the young season as they improve their record to .500 with their sixth straight win, a 20 - 4 rout of the Marlins. The A's score ten runs in the 3rd inning, highlighted by two homers by Brent Rooker.
Births[edit]
- 1847 - Fred Bunce, umpire (d. 1915)
- 1854 - Flip Lafferty, outfielder (d. 1910)
- 1854 - Jim Shanley, outfielder (d. 1904)
- 1872 - John Malarkey, pitcher (d. 1949)
- 1875 - Lou Gertenrich, outfielder (d. 1933)
- 1876 - Dave Murphy, infielder (d. 1940)
- 1879 - Larry Milton, pitcher (d. 1942)
- 1888 - Shinzo Koizumi, amateur executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1966)
- 1888 - Ralph Pond, outfielder (d. 1947)
- 1890 - Sotaro Suzuki, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1982)
- 1891 - Frank Bruggy, catcher (d. 1959)
- 1891 - Vic Saier, infielder (d. 1967)
- 1892 - Zip Collins, outfielder (d. 1983)
- 1892 - Jack Tobin, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1892 - Ted Turner, manager (d. 1958)
- 1895 - Charlie Babington, outfielder (d. 1957)
- 1907 - Milt Galatzer, outfielder (d. 1976)
- 1910 - Charles Perini, owner (d. 1961)
- 1912 - Sid Gautreaux, catcher (d. 1980)
- 1912 - Toshiaki Okamura, NPB outfielder (d. 1996)
- 1914 - Harl Maggert, outfielder (d. 1986)
- 1915 - Don Manno, outfielder (d. 1995)
- 1915 - Ox Miller, pitcher (d. 2007)
- 1916 - Butch Davis, outfielder (d. 1988)
- 1916 - Harold Thompson, college coach (d. 2015)
- 1919 - Cy Block, infielder (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Nobuo Nakatani, NPB pitcher (d. 1992)
- 1921 - Larry Drake, outfielder (d. 1985)
- 1926 - Bert Thiel, pitcher (d. 2020)
- 1927 - Hal Hudson, pitcher (d. 2016)
- 1927 - John Kelly, minor league pitcher (d. 2007)
- 1928 - Émilien Côté, umpire (d. 2001)
- 1931 - Lenora Mandella, AAGPBL pitcher-infielder (d. 2005)
- 1932 - Barbara Sowers, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1938 - Howie Koplitz, pitcher (d. 2012)
- 1939 - Paul Gleason, minor league player (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Tom Videtich, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1992)
- 1943 - Dick Nold, pitcher
- 1944 - Walt Head, scout (d. 2021)
- 1945 - Rene Lachemann, catcher, manager
- 1945 - Fred Spenn, umpire
- 1949 - Pat Osburn, pitcher
- 1950 - Butch Alberts, designated hitter
- 1950 - Jack Baker, infielder
- 1952 - Fred Andrews, infielder (d. 2021)
- 1956 - Ubaldo Heredia, pitcher
- 1956 - Ken Oberkfell, infielder
- 1957 - Rick Leach, outfielder
- 1960 - Tim Tschida, umpire
- 1961 - Ivan Mesa, minor league infielder
- 1966 - Mike Fiore, minor league outfielder
- 1968 - Tim Donahue, minor league infielder
- 1968 - Eddie Perez, catcher
- 1971 - Joe Borowski, pitcher
- 1971 - Brian Maxcy, pitcher
- 1972 - Manuel Aybar, pitcher
- 1972 - Håkan Börjes, Elitserien outfielder
- 1972 - Yobal Dueñas, minor league infielder
- 1972 - Ching-Ching Huang, CPBL pitcher
- 1973 - Luke Langenfeld, college coach
- 1973 - Koichi Taniguchi, NPB pitcher
- 1974 - Miguel Cairo, infielder; manager
- 1974 - Silverio Navas, minor league infielder
- 1974 - Ramil Placides, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Robinson Cancel, catcher
- 1976 - Ben Grieve, outfielder; All-Star
- 1976 - Jason Michaels, outfielder
- 1977 - Spike Lundberg, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Steve Morales, minor league catcher and manager
- 1978 - Renny Pérez, Dominican national team coach
- 1978 - Evan Rust, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Landon Jacobsen, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Ryan Jorgensen, catcher
- 1980 - Greg Brown, coach
- 1981 - Young-soo Bae, KBO pitcher
- 1981 - T.J. Stanton, minor league pitcher and manager
- 1982 - Javier Guzman, minor league infielder
- 1982 - Takanori Hoshi, NPB catcher
- 1982 - Woo-min Lee, KBO outfielder
- 1982 - Matt Tolbert, infielder
- 1983 - John Tumpane, umpire
- 1984 - Andrew Barbaro, minor league catcher
- 1984 - Shaldimar Daantji, Hoofdklasse outfielder
- 1984 - Sam LeCure, pitcher
- 1984 - Reagan Sidoi, Palauan national team infielder
- 1984 - Kevin Slowey, pitcher
- 1986 - Ernie Munoz, minor league catcher and manager
- 1987 - Ethan Hollingsworth, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Mike Schwartz, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Christian Bergman, pitcher
- 1988 - Mark Fleury, minor league catcher
- 1989 - Jake Lemmerman, minor league infielder
- 1989 - Nick Noonan, infielder
- 1991 - Uber Paz, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Cam Booser, pitcher
- 1992 - Mirco Caradonna, Italian Baseball League infielder
- 1994 - Louis Boyd, minor league infielder
- 1994 - Yusuke Masago, NPB outfielder
- 1994 - Ryan Meisinger, pitcher
- 1995 - Akeem Bostick, pitcher
- 1997 - Vimukthi Bandara, Sri Lankan national team infielder
- 1997 - Steven Fuentes, minor league pitcher
- 1998 - Yonny Hernandez, infielder
- 1999 - Max Castillo, pitcher
- 1999 - Andrés Chaparro, infielder
- 2000 - Tommaso Battioni, Serie A1 infielder
- 2001 - Arthur Heymans, Belgian national team utility man
- 2001 - Connor Phillips, pitcher
- 2001 - Jesús Sepúlveda, Colombian national team outfielder
- 2002 - Agnel Miranda, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
- 2002 - Jesus Sanchez, minor league outfielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1904 - Frank Quinlan, catcher/outfielder (b. 1869)
- 1910 - Pete Gillespie, outfielder (b. 1851)
- 1918 - Maury Uhler, outfielder (b. 1886)
- 1921 - A.D. Ayers, umpire (b. 1850)
- 1922 - Bill Daley, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1935 - Dory Dean, pitcher (b. 1852)
- 1948 - John Dolan, pitcher (b. 1867)
- 1950 - Vince Molyneaux, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1951 - Charlie Buelow, infielder (b. 1877)
- 1952 - Burt Keeley, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1954 - Otto McIvor, outfielder (b. 1884)
- 1955 - Frederick Westervelt, umpire (b. 1878)
- 1956 - Gus Dorner, pitcher (b. 1876)
- 1961 - Frank Jude, outfielder (b. 1884)
- 1963 - Dickie Kerr, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1963 - Pat McNulty, outfielder (b. 1899)
- 1963 - Ray Pierce, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1965 - Guy Sturdy, infielder (b. 1899)
- 1966 - Bob Elliott, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1916)
- 1971 - Billy Mullen, infielder (b. 1896)
- 1972 - Vic Sorrell, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1976 - Bob Cooney, pitcher (b. 1907)
- 1985 - Bill Kunkel, pitcher (b. 1936)
- 1986 - Hal Luby, infielder (b. 1913)
- 1986 - Paul Richards, catcher, manager (b. 1908)
- 1986 - Johnny Williams, pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1990 - Luther Clifford, catcher (b. 1924)
- 1990 - Jim Schelle, pitcher (b. 1917)
- 1990 - John Wright, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1916)
- 1991 - Bill MacDonald, pitcher (b. 1929)
- 1995 - Connie Wisniewski, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Gus Keriazakos, pitcher (b. 1931)
- 1996 - Ed Norris, umpire (b. 1927)
- 1997 - David Hall, college coach (b. 1948)
- 1997 - Butch Weis, outfielder (b. 1901)
- 1998 - Sam Gentile, pinch hitter (b. 1916)
- 1999 - Minoru Murakami, NPB executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1906)
- 2006 - Jim Delsing, outfielder (b. 1925)
- 2010 - Ernie Harwell, announcer (b. 1918)
- 2011 - Robert Thomson, minor league infielder (b. 1928)
- 2012 - Tunney Brooks, minor league player (b. 1927)
- 2013 - Butch Hairston, minor league outfielder (b. 1950)
- 2017 - Sue Kidd, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1933)
- 2018 - Charles Aspromonte, minor league outfielder (b. 1927)
- 2018 - Terry Scalzitti, minor league infielder (b. 1931)
- 2021 - Ray Miller, manager (b. 1945)
- 2021 - Wim Oosterhof, Hoofdklasse player (b. 1928)
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