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Events

• 1889 - The Browns' Tommy McCarthy steals second base, third, and home in the 7th inning of a 3 - 2 St. Louis victory in Kansas City.
• 1901 - The American League season ends with Chicago four games in front. Says the Reach Guide: "Effective pitching and sharp fielding were the rule as only 17 batters hit over .300. There was less disorder in the field than the other league, owing to the vigilance of Ban Johnson in protecting umpires."
• 1903:
  • Christy Mathewson relieves Luther Taylor with the score knotted at 5 - 5 in the 7th. The Giants then push across two runs off Jack Sutthoff and Matty wins his 29th of the year.
  • The Cubs beat the Phils, 6 - 5, in the first game of a twinbill. In the second game, Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago, 10 - 0, for the Phils. Peaches Graham, normally a catcher, is the loser in his only major league decision, while Fraser K's five and walks four.
  • Bill Dinneen wins his 20th as Boston defeats Cleveland, 7 - 6. In the absence of official sanction, the presidents of the pennant-winning clubs in the National and American Leagues sign an agreement to meet in a best-of-nine series for the championship. The Pirates will clinch the pennant tomorrow and will face Boston in the first World Series, starting on October 1st.
• 1908:
  • Cleveland's Bob Rhoads pitches a no-hitter against the Red Sox, 2 - 1, beating Frank Arellanes, the only Mexican-American pitcher in the major leagues.
  • The White Sox stay close to the top when Ed Walsh tops Walter Johnson to win, 1 - 0. The Sox manage just three hits off the Senators' ace.
  • The largest crowd in the history of the National League - 35,000 - cheer as the Giants shove the Pirates to five games off the pace by sweeping a doubleheader. Christy Mathewson shuts out the Bucs in the first game, 7 - 0, for his 11th shutout and his 33rd win. Then the Giants collect 18 hits to take the nitecap, 12 - 7, as Hooks Wiltse and Joe McGinnity combine for the win. The other hitting occurs in the first game when Mike Donlin tires of a heckler and punches him in the eye. Police quickly move in.
• 1909:
  • Before 35,409, the largest paid baseball attendance ever, Albert Bender beats Bill Donovan and the Tigers, 2 - 0, at Philadelphia to keep the A's in the pennant race. The A's are 14-8 against Detroit this year, setting an American League record for most wins against the pennant winner. Ty Cobb is the Triple Crown winner with a .377 BA, 9 home runs (all inside-the-park), and 107 RBI. He also will lead the American League with 216 hits, 116 runs, and 296 total bases. His 76 stolen bases make him the only player ever to win a "quadruple crown".
  • In Pittsburgh, Vic Willis stops Brooklyn on just one hit, a topped roller in the 3rd inning by Zack Wheat. It will be the closest ever to a no-hitter by any pitcher at Forbes Field.
• 1911:
  • With a triple steal on, the Highlanders' Cozy Dolan singles in three runs in a 9 - 4 loss at Detroit. The three RBIs are half of Cozy's season total.
  • The Giants beat Pittsburgh, 7 - 2, as the Giants steal eight bases with Larry Doyle swiping home twice. New York ties a major league mark with three steals of home. Christy Mathewson is the winner on a four-hitter over Howie Camnitz, increasing the Giants' lead to five games.
• 1912 - Despite being rained out in Cleveland, the Red Sox (97-41) clinch the pennant when the A's lose the first game of a doubleheader with Chicago. Red Sox president Jimmy McAleer informs the Highlanders that Boston will not play a rained out game with them.
• 1915 - In one of the best pitched games of the year, Ernie Shore goes all the way to give Boston a 1 - 0 win over Detroit in 12 innings.
• 1916:
  • The Giants extend their win streak to 11 games by topping the Pirates in the opener of two. The nitecap is called after eight innings with the score tied, 1 - 1.
  • Washington's Claude Thomas makes his first major league start and shuts out the A's, 1 - 0.
  • Ernie Shore tops the White Sox, 4 - 3. The win, coupled with Detroit's loss, allows the Red Sox to reclaim first place by .003. Boston will win three in a row from Detroit.
• 1917:
  • For the second time this month, a pitcher beats Brooklyn twice in one day, as the Cardinals' Bill Doak wins, 2 - 0 and 12 - 4. With his 14th and 15th victories, Doak picks up a bonus check as well. In a salary dispute in the spring, the Cards and Doak agreed upon a bonus if the pitcher reached 15 wins, and another bonus if he won twenty. He'll win just one more.
  • The Giants suspend team captain Buck Herzog for refusing to accompany the team on its western trip. Herzog will be traded after the season.
• 1920 - National League directors meet in New York, NY, joined by Jacob Ruppert, Cap Huston, Charles Comiskey, and Harry Frazee of the American League. They name a committee to draw up an agreement along the lines of Albert Lasker's proposal, and give the five AL clubs still backing Ban Johnson an ultimatum: come in by November 1st or the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox will pull out of the AL and join a 12-team National League (with a team in Detroit, MI to complete the roster). The AL five turn it down, and bluff and counterbluff blow through the autumn air.
• 1922 - Whitey Witt, his head bandaged from being hit by a bottle two days before, drives in two in the 9th for a 3 - 2 New York win, and they leave St. Louis one and a half games in front. They will finish one game on top, clinching the pennant on the 30th with a 3 - 1 win in Boston. George Sisler's 41-game hitting streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush, the same pitcher he had started the streak against on July 27th.
• 1925:
  • At Pittsburgh, the Pirates stop the Braves, 9 - 7. Kiki Cuyler is 4 for 4 with a double and triple and two runs to start a hit streak.
  • Five days after making a start in a 4 - 3 loss to the Browns, White Sox pitcher Dickie Kerr loses his only decision this year, 11 - 6, to Washington. It's the last decision of his brilliant but short career. Kerr (21-17 in 1920; 19-17 in 1921) turned down a Sox offer of $4,500 in 1922 and signed with a Texas semi-pro team for $5,000. Commissioner Landis suspended Kerr, and he didn't return to the major leagues till this month. Kerr was the winner of two games in the 1919 World Series.
• 1926 - At Dunn Field, the Indians win their fourth in a row, defeating the Yankees, 3 - 1, behind George Uhle. The win cuts the Yanks' American League lead to two and a half games over the Tribe.
• 1928 - The Braves and Cubs combine for National League-record eight double plays between them, but the Cubs win the game, 8 - 3. Sheriff Blake is the winner over Johnny Cooney.
• 1929 - A Pirates loss to the Braves clinches the National League pennant for the Cubs.
• 1930:
  • The Cards finish a three-game sweep of Brooklyn at Ebbets Field.
  • The Yankees edge the Browns, 7 - 6, in ten innings as pitcher Red Ruffing hits two home runs in the winning effort.
  • The Philadelphia Athletics win the American League championship for the second year in a row, defeating the White Sox, 14 - 10.
• 1931:
  • In a 4 - 3 loss to the Cardinals, the Giants' Mel Ott is beaned by Burleigh Grimes in the 5th inning. Ott suffers a concussion and, with the Cardinals clinching the pennant, he sits out the rest of the season.
  • Lefty Grove wins his 30th game, beating the White Sox, 3 - 1, on five hits. He is the first to win 30 since Jim Bagby of Cleveland in 1920 and will be the last American League hurler to do so until Denny McLain in 1968.
• 1933:
  • The Cards put off the Giants' flag conquest by attacking Carl Hubbell in the 8th to win, 4 - 3. Tex Carleton is the winner when Leo Durocher drives home the last run with a triple.
  • The second-place Yankees split with the White Sox, winning, 6 - 1, on Johnny Allen's two-hitter, before falling, 4 - 3. Les Tietje, in his big league debut, stops the Bombers in the nitecap. Lou Gehrig clubs home runs #28 and #29: Jimmie Foxx leads the American League with 45.
• 1934 - Bobo Newsom of the Browns continues the unusual, losing a no-hitter with two out in the 10th inning. Two walks and a single produce the game's second run as Boston's Rube Walberg hurls nine innings of ten hits and one run. Wes Ferrell started but left after one inning. Final score: 2 - 1.
• 1935 - With 30,000 fans watching at Wrigley Field, first-place Chicago tallies 20 hits in thrashing the Giants, 15 - 3. Charlie Root picks up the win, Chicago's 15th straight.
• 1936 - Larry MacPhail abruptly quits as the Reds' general manager. He will be replaced by Warren Giles.
• 1937:
  • Pittsburgh OF Paul Waner establishes a 20th-century National League record with his eighth year of 200 or more hits.
  • Martin Dihigo raps six hits (four singles, a double and a home run) in a Mexican League game, the first player to do so.
• 1938 - Although they drop a doubleheader to the Browns, the Yankees clinch the pennant.
• 1940:
  • The A's are mired deep in the cellar, but Connie Mack hits all the right buttons today. He sends four pinch hitters to the plate in the 9th inning versus Detroit, and all four deliver hits.
  • The Reds clinch the National League flag, outdistancing the Dodgers and the late-rushing Cardinals. Bill McKechnie's Cincinnati team makes only 117 errors during the season, 18 less than any previous team. The .981 fielding mark is the best up to this time. The defense, plus the pitching of Bucky Walters, Paul Derringer, and reliever Joe Beggs, brings the second straight NL flag to the Reds, despite multiple injuries to Ernie Lombardi. The big catcher went down again on September 15th, and the club turns to 39-year-old coach Jimmie Wilson for some of the backstopping. Wilson will end up as a World Series hero.
• 1943 - The Cardinals clinch the National League pennant. Howie Pollet, Max Lanier, and Mort Cooper will rank 1-2-3 in NL ERA, and Al Brazle at 1.53 and Harry Brecheen at 2.27 are near the same level. For hitting, Redbirds prime with Whitey Kurowski, Walker Cooper, and Stan Musial, who in his second season hits .357 and has 220 hits, 347 total bases, 48 doubles and 20 triples.
• 1950 - At Ebbets Field, the Dodgers' Tommy Brown hits three home runs in his team's losing effort. He is the third Dodger this year to clout three homers in one game. The Cubs' Ron Northey hits his third lifetime pinch grand slam - a record - to give Chicago a 9 - 7 win.
• 1951:
  • In St. Louis, the Cardinals cuff Ralph Branca for a 7 - 1 win over the Dodgers. It is Brooklyn's fourth loss in seven road games. Adding insult to injury, Stan Musial and Enos Slaughter pull off a double steal with Stan scoring.
  • After a day off, the Giants edge the Reds, 6 - 5, in Cincy, though Dave Koslo is touched for 13 hits. Willie Mays has two of the three Giants errors, but George Spencer saves the game in his 55th appearance.
  • In the first of two games today, Browns pitcher Tommy Byrne hits a grand slam off the Senators' Sid Hudson in the 9th inning to ice the game, 8 - 0. It's the first grand slam for the Browns this year. In the nitecap, Byrne cracks a 10th-inning pinch single to give the Browns a 3 - 2 victory,
  • Cleveland beats Boston, 6 - 4, as Mike Garcia wins his 20th. With the Yanks losing to Billy Pierce and Chicago, 7 - 1, the Indians and Yankees are tied for first place. This is the tenth time the two teams have been in a tie for first place, surpassing the major-league record of nine set in the National League race of 1889 and the Federal League race of 1914.
• 1953 - The St. Louis Cardinals appeal the U.S. claim for $215,025 in back taxes from 1947-1949.
• 1954:
  • The Indians clinch the third pennant in club history with a 3 - 2 win over the Tigers.
  • The Giants' Don Mueller makes his 200th hit an inside-the-park home run, making him the first Giant to get 200 hits since Joe Moore in 1936. Willie Mays also has an inside-the park homer, as the Giants beat the Phils, 8 - 1.
• 1955 - In a 7 - 5 loss to Brooklyn, Willie Mays hits his ninth homer at Ebbets Field to tie Joe Adcock's mark.
• 1956:
  • Mickey Mantle hits his 50th home run, only the eighth to do so, in the 11th off Chicago's Billy Pierce, as New York wins, 3 - 2, to clinch another pennant.
  • Cleveland sweeps a doubleheader from Washington behind Herb Score and Mike Garcia, 1 - 0 and 6 - 0.
• 1958 - For the second time in a month, the first two leadoff hitters homer. This time it is Kansas City's Bill Tuttle and Roger Maris connecting off Boston's Ted Bowsfield as the A's win, 4 - 1. Bob Cerv hits #37 for the A's and Pete Daley homers off winner Bud Daley for Boston's score.
• 1960:
  • Pittsburgh's Vern Law joins the 20-win circle with a complete-game 5 - 3 win in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader at Cincinnati's Crosley Field.
  • Don Zimmer, Ron Santo, and George Altman hit 6th-inning home runs as the Cubs beat the Dodgers, 5 - 2, at Wrigley Field. Chicago's biggest home run threat, Ernie Banks, sets a record by drawing his 27th intentional walk of the year.
  • Before 53,876 fans, the Yankees sweep the Orioles, winning, 7 - 3 and 2 - 0. The Yankees sweep the four-game series and the faltering Birds, now four back, will end up in second place, eight games back. Ralph Terry's two-hitter in the nitecap beats Milt Pappas.
  • The surprising fourth-place Senators fall to a game above .500 when Ted Williams' two-run home run off Pedro Ramos gives Boston a 2 - 1 win. Billy Muffett allows just three hits, including Jim Lemon's 38th home run, in a quick one hour, 40 minute win. A late collapse - 15 losses in their final 18 games - will drop Washington to fifth place, but that will still be the club's best finish in seven years. The club will continue its improvement after relocating in Minnesota.
• 1962:
  • The Mets drop a pair to the visiting Colts .45s, 6 - 2 and 8 - 6, and also break the major-league record for homers allowed. Merritt Ranew and Dave Roberts connect for the Colts, the 188th and 189th homers allowed, breaking the A's mark set in 1956. Bob Aspromonte of the Colts sets a National League record for a third baseman with his 57th straight errorless game.
  • At Los Angeles, the Aaron brothers lead the Braves to a 10 - 5 pounding of the Dodgers, and cut the Dodgers' lead over the idle Giants to three and a half games. Hank Aaron hits his 40th homer and Tommie Aaron accounts for three RBIs with three hits.
  • At Washington's new ball park, D.C. Stadium, Mickey Mantle clouts the first home run there, and adds another, both off Washington starter Tom Cheney, to pace New York to a 7 - 1 win. Mick has five RBIs. Ralph Terry picks up his 22nd win, the most by a Yankee right-hander since 1928. The Yankees' win, combined with a Twins loss, leaves New York (90-63) in first place by four games.
  • Charlie Finley is denied permission to move the Athletics to Dallas-Ft. Worth.
• 1963:
  • Rookie Dick Nen crushes St. Louis' pennant hopes with a 9th-inning game-tying home run off reliever Ron Taylor. Ron Perranoski wins, 6 - 5, in 13 innings for a three-game sweep of the threatening Cards. Nen's home run is his only hit in eight at bats with the Dodgers.
  • The last major league game at the Polo Grounds draws 1,752 fans to see Philadelphia beat New York, 5 - 1. Jim Hickman hits the final New York home run in the historic park, and Chris Short beats Craig Anderson.
• 1965:
  • Larry Jackson of the Cubs beats the Mets, 4 - 3, for his 11th straight win over New York.
  • On Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium, 50,180 fans see Mantle play his 2,000th game. Joe DiMaggio and Bobby Kennedy are on hand as Mantle is given a barbecue grill in the shape of a prairie schooner and a six-foot Kosher salami weighing 100 pounds. In Mantle's first at bat, Detroit's Joe Sparma comes off the mound to shake his hand. Mick then flies out. Detroit wins, 4 - 3, with reliever Denny McLain getting the win.
• 1966:
  • The Twins beat the Yankees, 5 - 3, in ten innings, on Bob Allison's pinch three-run homer, sending the Yankees to the cellar in the American League. In his last plate appearance of the year, Mickey Mantle whiffs and becomes the first player to strike out 1,500 times in his career.
  • Kansas City and Washington battle with Washington winning, 1 - 0, behind Phil Ortega. John Odom blanks the Senators for 8 1/3 innings to run the A's scoreless string to 45 1/3 innings. The American League record of 47 was set by Cleveland in 1948.
• 1967:
  • Bob Gibson pitches St. Louis to a 5 - 1 win and its second pennant of the decade.
  • Boston rallies to beat the first-place Tigers in Detroit. A Carl Yastrzemski home run, his 40th, ties the game, 5 - 5, in the 9th inning and a solo home run by Dalton Jones wins it in the 10th. Hours later, Detroit will receive another blow when Denny McLain leaps off a couch and sprains his left ankle. He will not pitch again until the last game of the year.
  • Minnesota keeps pace by beating Kansas City, 2 - 0, behind Jim Kaat's six-hitter. The White Sox lose, 3 - 2, to the Angels when Rick Reichardt hits a 9th-inning RBI single. Boston, Detroit, and Minnesota are now tied for first, with Chicago in fourth place, a half-game back.
• 1968 - Sixteen hours after Gaylord Perry's feat, Ray Washburn of the Cards makes major league history by hurling a second consecutive no-hitter in one park. Run-scoring hits by Mike Shannon and Curt Flood at Candlestick Park down the Giants, 2 - 0.
• 1970 - The Cubs sweep a pair from Montreal, winning 3 - 2 and 5 - 4. Fergie Jenkins wins his 20th in the opener, helped by Billy Williams' 40th homer of the year. Phil Regan is the victor in the nitecap.
• 1971 - San Diego's Clay Kirby allows just one hit - a wind-blown homer in the 8th by Willie McCovey - in beating the Giants, 2 - 1. Despite the loss, the Giants retain their two-game edge over the Dodgers. The Padres score their first run on a squeeze by Enzo Hernandez. For Hernandez, his bunt gives him 12 RBIs: his 12 RBIs in 549 at bats is the fewest in history by anyone with 500 or more at bats.
• 1975 - The New York Mets defeat the Chicago Cubs, 7 - 5, at Shea Stadium. Dave Kingman sets a team record with his 35th home run of the season to win it in the 9th inning. Rusty Staub becomes the first Mets' player to reach 100 RBIs in a season with a two-run homer in the 5th.
• 1976:
  • In his last major league at-bat, future Hall of Fame Cleveland player-manager Frank Robinson strokes a pinch-hit single against the Orioles.
  • The Phillies finally win, topping the host Cubs, 4 - 1, as Jay Johnstone leads with four hits. It is the first-place Phillies' sixth win in their last 24 games.
  • Tom Seaver cuts down the Pirates for the second time in six days, this time winning 6 - 2 at Shea Stadium. Dave Kingman belts his 35th homer and Ed Kranepool adds another for the Mets.
• 1977:
  • Spoiling Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore, Boston's Ted Cox goes 4 for 4 in his first big league game, a 10 - 4 win over the Orioles. Cox will get two more hits tomorrow before making an out against the Yankees, setting a major-league record for consecutive hits at the start of a career.
  • After losing five of his last six decisions, Chicago's Rick Reuschel notches his 20th victory, beating the Mets, 6 - 5. Reuschel leaves after six innings because of a blister, but racks up two hits and three ribbies at the plate.
• 1979 - Yankees manager Billy Martin reportedly pays rookie P Bob Kammeyer $100 to hit former Yankee Cliff Johnson with a pitch in Cleveland's 16 - 3 rout of the Bronx Bombers. Johnson belts two homers as does Toby Harrah and the two combine for nine RBIs. The loss goes to Paul Mirabella but Kammeyer gives up all eight Tribe scores in the 4th inning without recording an out in his only appearance of the season.
• 1980:
  • At Milwaukee, the Twins lose, 9 - 8, to the Brewers, wasting Gary Ward's hitting for the cycle.
  • Willie Wilson steals second and third base in the 2nd inning of Kansas City's 5 - 2 win over the Angels, giving him an American League-record 28 consecutive stolen bases without being caught. Ron LeFlore had set the previous record in 1978.
• 1981 - The Brewers top the Orioles, 5 - 1, to move into first place in the American League East by half a game.
• 1984:
  • Tim Raines becomes the first player in major league history with four consecutive seasons of 70 or more stolen bases by swiping four in Montreal's 7 - 4 win over St. Louis.
  • The Tigers clinch the American League East championship with a 3 - 0 win over the Brewers as starter Randy O'Neal records his first major league win. Detroit becomes the fourth team this century to be in first place every day of the season, joining the 1923 Giants, the 1927 Yankees, and the 1955 Dodgers.
• 1985 - Catcher Rich Gedman hits for the cycle and drives in seven runs as the Red Sox rout Toronto, 13 - 1.
• 1986 - For the second time in his career, Reggie Jackson belts three homers in a game in an 18 - 3 Angels laugher over Kansas City. At the age of 40 years, four months, Reggie joins Stan Musial and Babe Ruth as the only players to accomplish the feat after turning 40. Reggie scores four times and has seven RBIs
• 1987 - In Detroit's 7 - 6 win over the Brewers, Darrell Evans belts his 30th homer of the year. He is the first 40-year-old to hit 30 homers in a season.
• 1988 - Baltimore's Bob Milacki allows one hit over eight innings in his big league debut and Tom Niedenfuer pitches the 9th to complete a 2 - 0 one-hitter against the Tigers.
• 1990 - In Toronto, the Red Sox beat the Jays, 6 - 3, to cut Toronto's lead to two games over Baltimore. Boston has now won four out of five in the SkyDome, but has a 15-game losing streak to the Blue Jays at Fenway Park.
• 1991:
  • San Diego's Tony Gwynn undergoes arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee. Gwynn has missed 11 of the Padres' last 17 games. He has just four hits in his last 27 at bats and has fallen behind Hal Morris in the batting race.
  • Despite Cal Ripken's 30th homer of the year, Baltimore loses to Boston, 7 - 5. With 42 doubles already, Cal is the first shortstop in major league history to top 30 home runs and 40 doubles in the same year.
  • In Toronto's 5 - 3 win over Seattle, Toronto's Rob Ducey is knocked unconscious in a collision at the plate with Seattle C Scott Bradley. Unlike most catchers, Bradley keeps his mask on for throws from the OF, and Ducey hits his head on the mask.
• 1992:
  • Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds hits his 30th home run of the season off Philadelphia's Terry Mulholland in the Pirates' 5 - 2 win over the Phillies. Bonds thus becomes the fifth player in history to have a pair of 30-HR, 30-stolen bases seasons. The others include his father, Willie Mays, Howard Johnson, and Ron Gant.
  • Koji Akiyama sets a Pacific League record with his eighth straight 30-homer season. Akiyama and teammates Orestes Destrade and Kazuhiro Kiyohara have each hit 30+ three years in a row, also a record.
• 1993 - Trailing by two runs with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Mike Stanley hits a pop fly to left for the apparent third out, but time had been called just as the pitch was delivered due to a fan running out onto the Yankee Stadium field. Given a second chance, the Yankee catcher singles, which is followed by a Wade Boggs hit, a walk to Dion James, and a Don Mattingly single driving in two runs to beat the Red Sox, 4 - 3.
• 1995:
  • Gary Sheffield follows up his 5-for-5 performance of yesterday with three hits in three at bats - eight straight hits - for seven RBIs, in Florida's 13 - 10 loss to Philadelphia. Sheffield, who was on the disabled list, will hit ten homers and a club record 27 RBI in September.
  • The owners hire New York City labor commissioner Randy Levine as their chief labor negotiator.
• 1996:
  • Boston's Roger Clemens fans 20 Detroit Tigers, without walking a single batter, to tie his record for most strikeouts in a nine-inning game. The Rocket holds the Tigers to four hits en route to a 4 - 0 shutout.
  • Cincinnati OF Kevin Mitchell is suspended by the Reds for the final 13 games of the season. After receiving permission to stay behind in San Diego on an off-day, Mitchell did not show up in Pittsburgh as expected yesterday or today, precipitating the suspension.
• 1997 - At San Francisco, Brian Johnson homers in the 12th inning to give the Giants a 6 - 5 win over the Dodgers and a tie for the lead in the National League West. Rod Beck gives up three singles in the 10th, but strikes out Todd Zeile and gets Eddie Murray on a double play.
• 1998:
  • The White Sox sell C Chad Kreuter to the Angels.
  • Mark McGwire hits home run #64 as he leads the Cardinals to a 5 - 2 win over the Brewers.
  • Houston's Randy Johnson loses his no-hit bid in the 7th but improves his National League record to 9-1, beating the Pirates, 5 - 2. The Big Unit allows four hits.
  • Frank Thomas notches his 100th RBI - the eighth straight year he's reached that level - by clouting a two-run home run in Chicago's 11 - 9 win over Boston. Thomas's home run is one of seven in the game in which 32 hits are registered.
• 1999:
  • The Rangers defeat the Devil Rays, 6 - 1. Tampa Bay P Jim Morris makes his major league debut by fanning Royce Clayton in the 8th inning. At 36, he becomes the oldest rookie pitcher since Diomedes Olivo (age 40 or so) with Pittsburgh in 1960. Morris was a high school baseball coach and science teacher just four months ago when he tried out at the urging of his players. His life story will be turned into a movie.
  • Slammin' Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league history to hit 60 homers twice. The Cub outfielder hits his milestone round-tripper off Brewer hurler Jason Bere.
• 2000:
  • Pitching a one-hitter against the Yankees, Indians hurler Bartolo Colon nearly ends the longest streak in major league history of a team not being held hitless by its opponents. The Bronx Bombers have not been denied a hit in a game since Hoyt Wilhelm did it on September 9, 1958 spanning a total of 6,637 contests.
  • The Braves defeat the Mets, 6 - 3, as Greg Maddux extends his scoreless streak to 29 innings.
• 2001 - The Rockies came back from a 6 - 0 deficit in the 1st inning, in which they make five errors, and pound Curt Schilling to defeat the Diamondbacks, 10 - 9. The Rocks win it on dramatic back-to-back homers by Todd Helton and Jeff Cirillo off Byung-Hyun Kim in the bottom of the 9th. The D-Backs' lead over San Francisco is now just one and a half games.
• 2002 - The Diamondbacks trounce the Padres, 10 - 3, as 1B Greg Colbrunn hits for the cycle. Colbrunn adds a second home run among five hits and drives home four runs for Arizona. Colbrunn is the first player to hit two home runs in a game while hitting for the cycle since George Brett (May 28, 1979).
• 2007 - The second Bricktown Showdown is played and the Sacramento River Cats top the Richmond Braves, 7 - 1. Kazuhito Tadano gets the win while Blaine Boyer takes the loss. Lou Merloni drives in four to win the MVP award while Brant Colamarino hits a two-run homer.
• 2009:
  • Ichiro Suzuki hits a two-out, two-run homer off Yankee closer Mariano Rivera to give Seattle a 3 - 2 win.
  • Scott Kazmir pitches six scoreless innings for his first win with the Angels, 2 - 0 over Texas. Vladimir Guerrero hits a home run.
• 2010:
  • DOOR Neptunus wins its record 13th Hoofdklasse title, breaking a tie with Haarlem Nicols. They win the 2010 Holland Series, four games to two, over the Amsterdam Pirates, taking Game 6 by a 5 - 2 score. The finale features two weird plays at third base that lead to both Amsterdam runs. Bas de Jong collides with the third base coach while en route to score his team's first run, but Johan Brandsma, the umpire, rules it is not interference. The very next play, Neptunus 3B Raily Legito collides with Kenny Berkenbosch on a pick-off, leading to an interference call and a second run. Diegomar Markwell pitches a one-hitter, the second in Holland Series history, while Amsterdam becomes the first team to strand no baserunners in a Holland Series game. Dushan Ruzic is named Series MVP thanks to two wins and one save out of the Neptunus bullpen.
  • CC Sabathia becomes the major leagues' first 20-game winner this year in the Yankees' 11 - 3 pasting of the Orioles. Sabathia has twice before finished a season with 19 wins, but it is the first time he reaches the magic number. However, the Yankees fail to put some distance between themselves and Tampa Bay, as the Rays rally in the 9th to tie the game, then score the winning run on a throwing error as they defeat the Angels, 4 - 3, to remain a half-game behind the Bronx Bombers.
  • The Padres use a 9th-inning rally, capped by a three-run homer by Ryan Ludwick against his former teammates, as they defeat St. Louis, 8 - 4, and regain a half-game lead over San Francisco in the NL West. The Rockies are only a game back of both teams after they win their 20th in their last 26 games, 12 - 2 over Los Angeles. Red-hot Troy Tulowitzki hits two more homers and has now gone long 14 times in his last 15 games.
• 2012:
  • The Tigers defeat the red-hot Athletics, 12 - 2, but lose P Max Scherzer, who departs after two innings with shoulder fatigue. Miguel Cabrera homers twice, including a grand slam in the 8th, and drives in six runs; Prince Fielder and Jhonny Peralta also homer as A.J. Griffin is the loser after starting his career with six straight wins.
  • Taylor Teagarden strokes a pinch-hit single in the 18th inning to give the Orioles a 4 - 2 win over the Seattle Mariners, and put them in a first-place tie with the New York Yankees in the AL East. The O's need to rally from a 2 - 0 deficit in the top of the 9th, as Ryan Flaherty and Nate McLouth open the frame with singles, chasing starter Erasmo Ramirez, who had only given up two hits until then. J.J. Hardy bunts the two runners over, then Chris Davis drives them both in with a single off closer Tom Wilhelmsen, sending the game into extra innings.
• 2013:
  • In his first major league start Reds OF Billy Hamilton reaches base five times and steals four bases, becoming the first player to do so in the modern era. The Reds defeat the Astros, 6 - 5, as Hamilton scores a key run in the top of the 13th.
  • Other games with postseason implications go into extra innings, as the Rays defeat the Rangers, 4 - 3, in 12 innings on Desmond Jennings' game-ending single, while Chris Davis of the Orioles drives in a pair of 12th-inning runs in a 5 - 3 win over Boston. Tampa Bay's win gives the Rays sole possession of the first wild card slot in the American League, a game ahead of Texas, with Cleveland a half-game behind Texas, the Orioles one back and Kansas City two and a half out.
• 2016 - The Kingdom of the Netherlands wins the 2016 European Championship, defending its title. The Dutch receive a stiff challenge from Spain, appearing in its first finals in 61 years. Nick Urbanus hits a two-run single off Leslie Nacar in the 2nd but Fernando Martínez ties it in the 8th with a two-run homer against Shairon Martis. In the bottom of the 10th, Yurendell de Caster singles in Dashenko Ricardo with the winner. Loek van Mil gets the win. Dutch shortstop Stijn van der Meer is named European Championship MVP.
• 2017:
  • Playing the last-place Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, the Dodgers open the game with an inside-the-park homer by Chris Taylor and a conventional one by Justin Turner against rookie Nick Pivetta. However, the youngster settles down and in the 6th, Clayton Kershaw loads the bases with a pair of walks sandwiched around a bloop single by Freddy Galvis, before Aaron Altherr takes him deep for the first grand slam he has allowed in over 1,900 major league innings. Curtis Granderson adds a homer for the Dodgers in the 9th, but Hector Neris saves Philly's 4 - 3 win.
  • In Game 4 of the American Association championship series, the Wichita Wingnuts think they have defeated the Winnipeg Goldeyes when Casey Turgeon grounds out to third with a runner on second base to apparently end the game and give Wichita a 3 - 2 win that clinches the championship. But while the players are out celebrating, the home plate umpire throws a cold shower on their party, telling them he had called a balk on the play. Given a second chance to bat, Turgeon drives in the tying run and Winnipeg eventually wins in 17 innings, forcing a decisive fifth game.
• 2018:
  • With a 4 - 0 win over the Rangers, Blake Snell becomes the first 20-game winner in the majors this year. He also ties David Price for the Rays team record, and records his 200th strikeout in the process, reaching the mark for the first time of his career.
  • The first Super6 begins. In the opener of the 2018 edition, Italy hits five home runs to rout Germany, 11 - 1. Former major leaguers Alex Liddi and Chris Colabello combine for five runs and six RBI, while Luis Lugo gets the win over Daniel Thieben.
  • The Memphis Redbirds win the Triple-A Baseball National Championship with a 14 - 4 romp over the Durham Bulls. Alex Mejia goes 5 for 5 with five RBI to win the MVP award.
• 2019 - On the first day of the 2019 Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier, the Netherlands beat Czechia, 4 - 1, behind three RBI from Roger Bernadina and a strong start by Orlando Yntema. Israel's Joey Wagman throws a three-hitter and Danny Valencia drives in all the runs in a 3 - 0 win over Spain. The game between Italy and South Africa is halted by rain in the 6th inning.
• 2020 - Garrett Crochet becomes the first player in over a decade to go straight to the majors when the #11 pick from the 2020 amateur draft makes his maiden appearance pitching in relief for the White Sox against the Reds. After working out at the Sox's alternate training site in Schaumburg, IL since being signed, he impresses by striking two of the three batters he faces and regularly hitting 100 mph on the radar gun with his fastball.
• 2021 - Slovakia finishes last in its first European Championship but shows it could challenge teams with long histories. In the 15th/16th place game of the 2021 European Championship, it leads France (a former Bronze Medalist that has finished 7th or 8th in recent Euros) entering the 8th before falling, 6 - 5, in 11 innings. Robyn Clara gets the win when center fielder Léo Jiminian makes a catch-and-throw double play to end the game, nailing Michal Noga at the plate.
• 2022:
  • The USA wins the 2022 U-18 Baseball World Cup. In the finale, they avenge their only loss, beating Taiwan, 5 - 1. Bryce Eldridge scores two, drives in three and closes out the game with a shutout inning to lock up Cup MVP honors. It is the US's tenth title, moving within one of all-time leader Cuba. In the Bronze Medal Game, Japan beats South Korea, 6 - 2, with Shiki Kawahara notching a three-inning save, allowing one hit and no runs.
  • With ten strikeouts in six innings in a 5 - 2 Braves win over the Phillies, rookie Spencer Strider becomes the quickest pitcher to record 200 Ks in a season, doing so in 130 innings. The previous record was 130 2/3 innings by Randy Johnson in 2001.
• 2023 - Having announcement his retirement at the end of the season, Adam Wainwright achieves an important career milestone in one of his final starts as he defeats Milwaukee, 1 - 0, for his 200th win. The long-time Cardinals pitcher gives up four hits and no runs over seven innings.
• 2024 - The first two teams to clinch a spot in this year's postseason do so today. The Brewers secure the NL Central title, their third in four years, with a 2 - 1 win over the Phillies combined with a loss by the Cubs earlier in the day. For their part, the Yankees are assured of at least a wild card spot after a ten-inning, 2 - 1 victory over Seattle, although they are looking for more given they now hold a five-game lead over the Orioles in the AL East and have the best record in the circuit at 89-63.

Births

• 1859 - Wally Andrews, infielder (d. 1940)
• 1865 - Al Warner, umpire (d. 1916)
• 1872 - Bill Byron, umpire (d. 1955)
• 1883 - Frank Manush, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1889 - Heinie Groh, infielder, manager (d. 1968)
• 1889 - Chuck Miller, outfielder (d. 1961)
• 1890 - Harvey Grubb, infielder (d. 1970)
• 1898 - George Uhle, pitcher (d. 1985)
• 1899 - Steve O'Neill, owner (d. 1983)
• 1901 - Tige Stone, outfielder (d. 1960)
• 1903 - Rube Chambers, pitcher (d. 1928)
• 1905 - Sammy Bankhead, outfielder/infielder; All-Star (d. 1976)
• 1905 - Mike Getto, college coach (d. 1960)
• 1906 - Jimmy Bonner, NPB pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1908 - Lefty Guise, pitcher (d. 1968)
• 1909 - Rip Collins, catcher (d. 1969)
• 1911 - Tommy de la Cruz, pitcher (d. 1958)
• 1911 - Charlie Rivera, infielder (d. 2003)
• 1913 - Max Marshall, outfielder (d. 1993)
• 1914 - Sylvester Snead, infielder (d. 1995)
• 1914 - Bill Sodd, pinch hitter (d. 1998)
• 1918 - Enrique Fonseca, Venezuelan national team catcher (d. 2020)
• 1919 - Len Pigg, catcher (d. 1993)
• 1920 - Paul Gillespie, catcher (d. 1970)
• 1920 - Ed Hanyzewski, pitcher (d. 1991)
• 1922 - Lenny Roberts, umpire (d. 2008)
• 1923 - Joe Tepsic, outfielder (d. 2009)
• 1925 - Harvey Haddix, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1994)
• 1929 - Mary Beschorner, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 2008)
• 1934 - Bob White, minor league infielder (d. 2010)
• 1935 - Jerry Mallett, outfielder
• 1936 - Yoshinori Kido, NPB pitcher
• 1938 - Lorn Brown, broadcaster (d. 2010)
• 1941 - Dick Dietz, catcher; All-Star (d. 2005)
• 1945 - Satoru Miwa, NPB pitcher (d. 2021)
• 1946 - Mitsuru Fujiwara, NPB infielder
• 1946 - Dave Sells, pitcher
• 1947 - Bill Champion, pitcher (d. 2017)
• 1948 - Ken Brett, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2003)
• 1948 - Lee Richard, infielder (d. 2023)
• 1951 - Bob Maneely, minor league pitcher
• 1951 - Juan Pérez Pérez, Cuban league pitcher (d. 2013)
• 1951 - Tony Scott, outfielder (d. 2024)
• 1952 - Sam Bowen, outfielder
• 1953 - Mark DeJohn, infielder
• 1953 - Rick Tronerud, minor league pitcher (d. 2020)
• 1955 - Don McCormack, catcher
• 1955 - Garry Pyka, minor league infielder
• 1955 - Ray Smith, catcher
• 1956 - Dave Burroughs, college coach
• 1957 - Roger Mason, pitcher
• 1958 - Scott Holman, pitcher
• 1959 - Ryne Sandberg, infielder; All-Star, manager; Hall of Famer
• 1960 - Renato Anastagasti, Netherlands Antilles national team infielder
• 1960 - Scott Earl, infielder
• 1960 - Dan Lamar, minor league catcher
• 1963 - Dave Martinez, minor league pitcher (d. 2022)
• 1963 - Mike Trapasso, college coach
• 1964 - Takehiro Hashimoto, NPB pitcher
• 1964 - Alex Morales, scout
• 1964 - Dan Murphy, pitcher
• 1965 - Jeff Bronkey, pitcher
• 1967 - Dave Richards, minor league pitcher
• 1968 - Jose Musset, minor league pitcher
• 1969 - Katsuyoshi Murata, NPB pitcher
• 1969 - Kevin Schula, minor league catcher
• 1970 - Ozzie Timmons, outfielder
• 1970 - Todd Ruyak, minor league player
• 1971 - Chris Holt, pitcher
• 1971 - Adrian Langeveldt, South African national team infielder
• 1973 - Ming-Chang Liu, TML pitcher
• 1973 - Mitch Meluskey, catcher
• 1974 - Huai-Shan Chen, CPBL infielder and outfielder
• 1975 - Randy Williams, pitcher
• 1976 - Remy Maduro, minor league outfielder
• 1977 - Jody Gerut, outfielder
• 1977 - Taisuke Ishimaru, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Tony Stevens, minor league infielder
• 1978 - Wilkin Ruan, outfielder
• 1979 - Shaun Francis, minor league umpire
• 1979 - Cupertino León, minor league pitcher
• 1979 - Kevin Thompson, outfielder
• 1979 - Billy Traber, pitcher
• 1980 - Carlo Cota, minor league infielder
• 1982 - Joe Bisenius, pitcher
• 1983 - Jesus Castillo, Division Honor infielder
• 1983 - Brent Lillibridge, infielder
• 1984 - Kevin Flores, minor league infielder
• 1984 - Jered Stanley, minor league infielder
• 1984 - Donnie Veal, pitcher
• 1985 - Brahiam Maldonado, minor league outfielder
• 1985 - Ryuhei Matsuyama, NPB outfielder
• 1985 - Nick Pugliese, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Michael Kirkman, pitcher
• 1987 - Chih-Hsiang Huang, minor league infielder
• 1987 - Aaron Miller, minor league player
• 1988 - Yung-Han Chang, CPBL outfielder
• 1988 - Derrick Fox, minor league infielder
• 1988 - Rick Hague, minor league infielder
• 1988 - Sébastien Vézina, division elite player
• 1989 - Taylor Motter, outfielder
• 1989 - Lucas Nakandakare, minor league infielder
• 1989 - Franklin Soto, minor league player
• 1989 - Kenjiro Tanaka, NPB pitcher
• 1990 - Melissa Armstrong, Canadian women's national team pitcher
• 1990 - Jesus Castillo, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Kelly Dugan, minor league outfielder
• 1990 - Juan Minaya, pitcher
• 1991 - Yomar Cruz, Puerto Rican national team catcher
• 1991 - Michael Flemming, Virgin Islands national team infielder
• 1991 - Víctor Luna, Dominican national team infielder
• 1991 - Jon Singleton, infielder
• 1992 - Mike Odenwaelder, college coach
• 1992 - Will Remillard, minor league catcher
• 1992 - Justin Shafer, pitcher
• 1992 - Spencer Turnbull, pitcher
• 1993 - Daniel Thieben, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Ronny Agustín, minor league pitcher
• 1995 - Vladimir Gutiérrez, pitcher
• 1995 - Matthew Holliday, Hong Kong national team infielder
• 1995 - Daniel Procopio, minor league pitcher
• 1995 - Jonah Todd, college coach
• 1995 - Wei-Yung Wang, CPBL pitcher
• 1996 - Seth Beer, infielder
• 1996 - Beau Burrows, pitcher
• 1996 - Marcos Diplan, pitcher
• 1997 - Ricky Karcher, pitcher
• 1997 - Sergey Kudryashov, Russian national team outfielder
• 1997 - Jace Van Droogenbroeck, First Division pitcher
• 1998 - Carlos Miranda, Colombian national team catcher
• 1998 - Daniel Federman, minor league pitcher
• 1998 - Andre Pallante, pitcher
• 1999 - David Grimes, Bundesliga infielder
• 2000 - Ceddanne Rafaela, outfielder
• 2001 - Hayato Tsunehiro, NPB pitcher
• 2003 - Dong-hee Yoon, KBO outfielder

Deaths

• 1892 - George Hurll, umpire (b. 1854)
• 1908 - Dickey Pearce, infielder, manager (b. 1836)
• 1921 - Zack Foreman, pitcher (b. 1893)
• 1922 - Jake Stahl, infielder, manager (b. 1879)
• 1923 - General Stafford, infielder (b. 1868)
• 1924 - Bill Geis, infielder (b. 1858)
• 1939 - Toots Coyne, infielder (b. 1894)
• 1940 - Bade Myers, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1872)
• 1945 - Ducky Holmes, catcher; umpire (b. 1883)
• 1948 - Art Devlin, infielder (b. 1879)
• 1949 - Roger Denzer, pitcher (b. 1871)
• 1949 - Charlie Malay, infielder (b. 1879)
• 1953 - Harry Aubrey, infielder (b. 1880)
• 1956 - Jim Rutherford, outfielder (b. 1886)
• 1964 - Frank Barron, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1968 - Rip Wheeler, pitcher (b. 1898)
• 1969 - Joe Grace, outfielder (b. 1914)
• 1973 - Dave Harris, outfielder (b. 1900)
• 1973 - Doug Smith, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1978 - Joe Lillard, outfielder (b. 1905)
• 1979 - Isaac Lane, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1979 - John Reeves, minor league executive (b. 1901)
• 1980 - Leo Tankersley, catcher (b. 1901)
• 1982 - Clyde McCullough, catcher; All-Star (b. 1917)
• 1995 - Buck Elliott, minor league outfielder (b. 1919)
• 1997 - Amos Watson, pitcher (b. 1926)
• 2004 - Gil Aase, minor league pitcher (b. 1909)
• 2004 - Ned Eades, minor league catcher (b. 1946)
• 2005 - Marv Grissom, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1918)
• 2008 - Cece Carlucci, minor league umpire (b. 1917)
• 2010 - Ray Coleman, outfielder (b. 1922)
• 2012 - Jack Kralick, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1935)
• 2014 - Emory Dickerson, Negro League player (b. ~1924)
• 2014 - Carlos Garcia, Nicaraguan baseball official (b. 1931)
• 2015 - John Petrulis, minor league pitcher (b. 1944)
• 2017 - Miguel Gonzalez, minor league pitcher (b. 1995)