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Events

• 1885 - Philadelphia's Harry Stovey hits his AA-leading 13th homer off Pittsburgh's John Hofford. This is also Stovey's 51st career HR‚ which is the current major league record.
• 1897 - Although he gives up 14 runs on 17 hits, Dave Wright of the Chicago Colts wins his first and only major league game. The 21 year-old Dennison, Ohio native is the beneficiary of Chicago's 11-run 5th inning when the club beats the Pirates, 15 - 14.
• 1902 - On the last day of the season, the Browns and the White Sox decide to use an assortment of seven infielders and outfielders on the mound instead of relying on their pitching staffs. Chicago's flychaser Sam Mertes earns the victory, and the Browns' left fielder Jesse Burkett takes the loss in the Pale Hose’s 10 - 4 victory at Sportsman's Park, making it the last time the winning and losing pitchers of a game are both position players until 2012, when Chris Davis of the Orioles and Darnell McDonald of the Red Sox will also accomplish the feat in Baltimore's 17-inning victory at Fenway Park.
• 1905 - In a game that helps decide the pennant, the A's beat the White Sox, 3 - 2, as Topsy Hartsel scores from second base with the winning run in the 7th inning. An RBI single by Harry Davis to short left hits Hartsel's mitt, which the left fielder had left in the outfield when he came off the field, as was the custom at the time.
• 1919 - In the shortest nine-inning game in major league history, lasting only 51 minutes, the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 6 - 1.
• 1920 - A grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox Scandal." The eight players will be cleared of the charges by the court, but on the same day, they will be banned for life from baseball by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's first commissioner.
• 1923 - At Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers beat the Red Sox, 24 - 4. En route to their one-sided victory, New York bangs out thirty hits in the game to set an American League record.
• 1924 - Rogers Hornsby finishes the season with a .424 batting average to lead the National League.
• 1930:
  • The Cubs bring down the season's curtain as Hack Wilson has his 189th and 190th RBI in a 12 - 11 victory over the Reds. Wilson's major league RBI record will remain untouched. With Riggs Stephenson and Kiki Cuyler each driving in 100 runs, the Cubs have the first all-100 RBI outfield in the 20th century. The Boston outfield in 1894 also had the same credentials.
  • As a Yankee, Babe Ruth returns to the mound after a nine-year absence at Fenway Park and pitches a complete game, beating the Red Sox, 9 - 3. The last time the "Bambino" took the mound, he defeated the A's at the end of the 1921 season.
• 1932 - In the opening game of the World Series, Lou Gehrig's home run leads the Yankees to a 12 - 6 win over the Cubs.
• 1935 - With nothing on the line, the pennant-winning Cubs finally lose to the Cardinals and snap their 21-game win streak. The skein is the longest in the majors since the Giants of 1916 won 26 games and tied one. However, Chicago's win streak is the longest without a tie since 1880.
• 1938 - At Wrigley Field, Gabby Hartnett hits his famous "Homer in the Gloamin'" in the 9th inning against the Pirates' Mace Brown to give the Chicago Cubs a 6 - 5 victory, their ninth straight. It is a key triumph en route to the Cubs' National League pennant.
• 1939 - The Reds, ending a 20-year title drought, clinch their first pennant since 1919 when they beat the second-place Cardinals at Crosley Field, 5 - 3. Right-hander Paul Derringer goes the distance, giving up 14 hits en route to his 25th victory of the season.
• 1941 - Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox goes 6 for 8 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics to finish the season with a .406 batting average. He had started the day batting .3995 - which rounds up to .400 - and his manager, Joe Cronin, had suggested he sit out the otherwise meaniningless games to preserve the mark, but Williams insisted on earning the title on the field. No player has batted .400 since.
• 1947:
  • On the season's last day, the St. Louis Browns, desperate for a ticket seller, bring announcer Dizzy Dean in to pitch against the White Sox. Diz gives up only three hits in four innings and laces a clean single in his only at bat, but a pulled leg muscle forces his retirement. The White Sox score all their runs in the 9th to win, 5 - 2. Even with Diz, the game draws less than 16,000, and the Browns finish the year with only 320,000 attendance, less than half that of 1946.
  • Harry Walker hits .363 to win the National League batting title during the season in which he was traded to the Phillies, after appearing in just ten games with the defending World Champion Cardinals, a team in which he had played a pivotal role. The "Hat"'s older brother, Dixie, also won a batting crown the Senior Circuit with a .357 average for Brooklyn in 1944.
• 1948 - A crowd of 60,405 attends Joe Early Night at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The 26-year-old night watchman wrote Bill Veeck asking why an average fan never gets a "Day", and the Indians' owner responded by giving the World War II veteran a spectacular day of his own.
• 1951 - Allie Reynolds pitches his second no-hitter of the season as the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox, 8 - 0, in the opener of a doubleheader. The Yankees clinch the American League pennant with an 11 - 3 victory in the nightcap.
• 1952:
  • The Braves end 77 years of representing Boston in a 5 - 5 tie with the Dodgers. They will move to Milwaukee before the start of next season.
  • Stan Musial makes his major league pitching debut. Harvey Haddix moves to right field, Hal Rice shifts to center, and Musial pitches to Frank Baumholtz. After Baumholtz grounds out to third, everyone returns to their normal positions. Musial had first played as a pitcher in the minor leagues, before moving to the outfield.
• 1953 - Reversing their decision from last season, the American League owners unanimously agree on moving the Browns from St. Louis to Baltimore, where the franchise will become known as the Orioles. The 54-100 team finishes last in attendance, averaging only 3,860 fans a game at Sportsman's Park, including yesterday’s crowd of 3,174 in the franchise finale in St. Louis.
• 1955 - The Yanks win the first game of the World Series as Whitey Ford beats Don Newcombe, 6 - 5. In the bottom of the 2nd inning, Elston Howard, in his first World Series at-bat, knots the score at 2 - 2 when he homers off Dodgers right-hander Don Newcombe. The round-tripper to deep left field at Yankee Stadium marks the first time a black batter has hit a home run off a black pitcher in the history of the Fall Classic. In a controversial play in the 8th, with Frank Kellert at bat, Jackie Robinson steals home to bring the Dodgers to within a run of a tie, but they will fall short today.
• 1958:
  • In the Phillies' 6 - 4, ten-inning win at Pittsburgh, Richie Ashburn clinches the batting title, going 3 for 4 to finish at .3495. Willie Mays, leading off in San Francisco's win over St. Louis, is 3 for 5 to finish at .3466.
  • On the last day of the season, Gus Triandos steals his first and only base of his 13-year major league career, swiping the bag off rookie pitcher Zach Monroe and third-string catcher Darrell Johnson, who are playing to give the Yankees regular battery a day off before the upcoming Fall Classic. The 28-year-old Orioles backstop will play a record 1,206 games consecutive games without ever being caught stealing a base.
  • Going 7-for-11 to end the season, Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams becomes the first 40-year-old to lead the league in hitting and wins his sixth and final batting title. The "Splendid Splinter's" .328 batting average beats out his teammate Pete Runnels, who goes 0-for-4 today and ends up the campaign with a .322 mark.
  • On the last day of the season, Dave Philley establishes a big-league record by getting his eighth consecutive pinch hit. The 7th-inning run-producing double helps the Phillies beat the Pirates at Forbes Field, 6 - 4.
• 1959 - In the first game of a best-of-three playoff, the Dodgers beat the Braves, 3 - 2, in a cold Milwaukee drizzle. Rookie Larry Sherry pitches 7 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. In a losing cause, Eddie Mathews hits his 46th home run to win the title. Ernie Banks had finished the year with 45.
• 1960 - In his final major-league plate appearance, against Baltimore's Jack Fisher, Ted Williams picks out a 1-1 pitch and drives it 450 feet into the right-center field seats behind the Boston bullpen. It is Williams' 521st and last home run, putting him third on the all-time list. The blast gives the seventh-place Red Sox a 5 - 4 victory. Williams stays in the dugout, ignoring the crowd's cheers, but when he trots out to left field in the 9th, he is replaced immediately by Carroll Hardy. He retires as a standing crowd roars.
• 1962 - In front of only 595 fans at Wrigley Field, the Cubs (58-101) beat the Mets (39-118) in the first meeting in major league history between two 100-loss teams before the series begins. The New York expansion team will split the remaining two games in Chicago to finish the season 40-120, establishing the record for the most losses in baseball's modern era that will stand until 2024.
• 1965:
  • In his 2,000th career game, Willie Mays hits his 51st home run of the year, but the Giants lose to St. Louis, 8 - 6.
  • Dave Morehead takes the loss when the Angels beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 4 - 3. The defeat is the right-hander's tenth consecutive at the hands of the Halos, establishing a new American League record.
• 1966:
  • By eking out a sweep of this evening's twin bill against Philadelphia, the hard-pressed Pirates pull to within one and a half games of the league-leading Dodgers with three games left to play, thus freezing Los Angeles's magic number at three. In the opener, Steve Blass outduels ex-Buc Jim Bunning, 2 - 1. In the nightcap, Bob Veale outlasts Larry Jackson, 4 - 2, with Roberto Clemente driving in the game-winner with a two-out, 8th-inning RBI double to deep left center. He then scores the insurance run on ex-teammate Dick Groat's throwing error.
  • At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Larry Jaster throws a four-hitter, blanking Don Sutton and the Dodgers, 2 - 0. It's the southpaw's fifth shutout against LA this season, equaling a post-1900 major league mark held by the Senators' Tom Hughes (against the Naps in 1905) and Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Phillies (against the Reds in 1916).
• 1968:
  • Blanked by the combined efforts of Angel hurlers Marty Pattin and Jim McGlothlin, the White Sox lose their ninth 1-0 decision of the season. The defeat ties an American League record, matching the mark established by the 1914 Yankees.
  • Although the future Hall of Famer gives up 16 hits, Giants right-hander Gaylord Perry goes the distance, earning a 10 -4 victory over the Reds at Crosley Field. Cincinnati’s 14 singles and two doubles cannot overcome their two errors and a three-run poke by Willie McCovey.
  • Facing Jim Lonborg at Fenway Park, Mickey Mantle pops out in his final plate appearance, before being replaced by Andy Kosco. Kosko's homer ties the score in the 8th and Joe Pepitone's home run in the 9th gives New York a 4 - 3 win.
• 1971 - Baltimore achieves 108 wins for the season with a doubleheader sweep at Boston, 10 - 2, and 5 - 4. The Orioles become only the third team to win 100 games in three straight seasons.
• 1974:
  • Nolan Ryan pitches his third of seven career no-hitters, striking out 15 batters and beating the Minnesota Twins, 4 - 0, at Anaheim Stadium. He also walks eight to run his season total to 202 bases on balls, joining Bob Feller in 1938 as the only pitcher to walk more than 200 in a season. Ryan will again top 200 in 1977.
  • Don Wilson of Houston hurls a two-hit shutout against the Braves in what will become the final start of his career. He will pass away during the off-season.
• 1975 - For the first time in the major leagues, four pitchers share a no-hitter when Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers of the Oakland Athletics combine to no-hit the California Angels, 5 - 0, on the final day of the season.
• 1976 - At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Giants hurler John Montefusco no-hits the Braves, 9 - 0. The "Count" is almost perfect, giving up just a leadoff walk to Jerry Royster in the 4th inning.
• 1978 - J.R. Richard of Houston becomes the first righthander in National League history to reach 300 strikeouts during a 4 - 3 victory over Atlanta.
• 1979 - Switch-hitting Cardinals shortstop Garry Templeton collects three hits against the Mets and becomes the first player to get 100 hits from each side of the plate. During the last nine games, he batted exclusively righthanded to set the record.
• 1982 - Although the Twins stake Terry Felton to a 3 - 0 lead in the nightcap of a twin bill, the Blue Jays tie the score, knocking out the hard-luck pitcher from his last major league game. The no-decision leaves the 24-year-old righthander with a lifetime mark of 0-16, a major league record for most career losses without recording a victory. In the opener at Exhibition Stadium, right hander Jim Clancy is perfect until he faces Randy Bush leading off the 9th inning. The Twins designated hitter ruins the bid for perfection with a broken-bat single to right field, and the Blue Jays starter has to settle for a one-hitter, beating Minnesota, 3 - 0.
• 1983 - The Philadelphia Phillies become NL East champions with a 13 - 6 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The title clincher is also the 7,000th victory for the Phillies in their history.
• 1985 - Cincinnati's Tom Browning becomes the first rookie since Bob Grim in 1954 to win 20 games, raising his record to 20-9 with a 5 - 2 win over Houston. He is the first Reds pitcher to win 20 since Jim Merritt in 1970.
• 1987 - Kevin Seitzer becomes the first rookie since Tony Oliva and Dick Allen in 1964 to collect 200 hits.
• 1988:
  • Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws ten shutout innings against the San Diego Padres and extends his streak of scoreless innings to 59, breaking the record set by Don Drysdale in 1968.
  • In Seoul, South Korea, Jim Abbott, born without a right hand, goes the distance en route to a 5 - 3 victory over Japan to win the Olympic Gold Medal for the United States. After the game, the Japanese players, in a display of great respect, line up to congratulate the former University of Michigan pitcher who has just beaten them.
• 1990:
  • The scoreboard at old Comiskey Park "explodes" for the last time when Frank Thomas goes deep off Randy Johnson in the 7th inning of a 13 - 4 loss to Seattle. The Monster, which has shot off fireworks whenever a White Sox player hit a home run since 1960, was an innovation of team owner Bill Veeck, who was inspired by the design of a pinball machine.
  • The Astros' Danny Darwin hurls seven shutout innings to reduce his ERA to 2.21, earning him the league title.
• 1995:
  • Greg Harris of the Montreal Expos becomes the first pitcher to pitch with both hands in the 20th century. Harris faces four batters, two from his usual right side and two from the left, in pitching a scoreless 9th inning in a 9 - 7 loss to Cincinnati.
  • A fan takes exception when a Cub reliever gives up two-run, pinch home run to James Mouton, giving the Astros an 8th-inning 9 - 7 lead. As the Houston pinch-hitter rounds the bases, the 27-year-old spectator runs out of the stands and heads toward the mound, where he is immediately pinned by Randy Myers, who in addition to his pitching prowess, is well trained in the martial arts.
• 1996:
  • The Rockies' Ellis Burks becomes the fourth player to hit 40 home runs and swipe 30 bases in a single season when he goes deep off Dan Carlson with an 8th-inning solo shot in the team’s 8 - 5 loss to the Giants at Coors Field. The 32-year-old Colorado outfielder joins Hank Aaron (1963 Braves), Jose Canseco (1988 A's), and Barry Bonds (1996 Giants) in accomplishing the feat.
  • The Devil Rays become the second team to sign a working agreement with a Japanese professional team. Tampa Bay, which will only start play in the American League in 1998, signs a two-year contract with the Seibu Lions, which includes a four-year option extending the deal through 2002.
• 1997:
  • Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres ties Honus Wagner's record by winning his eighth National League batting title. Gwynn finishes at .372, becoming the first player to win four consecutive NL batting titles since Rogers Hornsby won six straight between 1920 and 1925.
  • With his 40th home run, catcher Mike Piazza sets a single season Los Angeles Dodgers record. Duke Snider holds the franchise record, slugging 43 round-trippers for Brooklyn in 1956.
  • Toronto's Roger Clemens goes 8 1/3 innings against his former team, but doesn't get a decision when the Blue Jays score two runs in the bottom of the 9th and beat Boston in a 3 - 2 come-from-behind victory. The right-hander will finish the season with a 21-7 record, the best winning percentage for a starting pitcher on a team that will finish last.
• 1998 - In the first National League playoff since 1980, the Cubs beat the Giants, 5 - 3, to take the National League's wild card berth. San Francisco makes the game interesting by scoring three runs in the 9th inning in front of a very anxious crowd at Wrigley Field.
• 2000:
  • Equalling the 1996 Orioles, the Blue Jays become only the second team in major league history to have seven players hit 20 or more homers during the same season when DH Darrin Fletcher goes deep in the 5th inning for the team's only tally in a 23 - 1 rout by the Orioles at Camden Yards. The other Toronto players to reach the milestone are Carlos Delgado, Tony Batista, Shannon Stewart, Jose Cruz, Raul Mondesi and Brad Fullmer.
  • The Brewers play the last game at Milwaukee County Stadium, bowing to the Reds, 8 - 1, as Warren Spahn throws the ceremonial first pitch to Del Crandall, his battery-mate on Opening Day, 47 years ago in 1953 when Spahn and the Braves beat the Cardinals in ten innings, 3 - 2. The Brewers will move into Miller Park next season.
  • Troy Glaus hits his 44th homer, breaking the 47-year-old record for homers by an American League third baseman set in 1953 by Al Rosen, who played the hot corner for the Indians. The Angels infielder will lead in the circuit with 47 round-trippers, including one hit as a designated hitter.
• 2001:
  • Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers hits his 50th home run in an 11 - 2 victory over Anaheim and becomes the 20th player - and the first shortstop - in major league history to hit 50 homers in a season.
  • In the first home game at Wrigley Field since the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, Sammy Sosa, after hitting his 59th home run of the season, pulls out a small American flag and waves it as he circles the bases. After scoring and making a curtain call from the dugout, the Cub slugger continues to wave Old Glory.
  • Angels infielder David Eckstein breaks Frank Robinson's rookie record for getting hit by a pitch. The Halos shortstop is struck by Rangers hurler Aaron Myette's 5th-inning pitch, making it the 21st time he has been plunked this season.
  • On a night he hits his 68th round-tripper of the season in quest of Mark McGwire's single-season home run record, Barry Bonds is walked for the 163rd time, breaking "Big Mac's" 1998 National League record for bases on balls. The major league record is 170 walks held by Babe Ruth, but Bonds will break that mark as well.
• 2003:
  • Following an emotional closing ceremony, the Braves beat the Phillies, 5 - 2, in the final game at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The two-hour festivities at the intersection of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue include the introduction of the All-Vet team and a eulogy given by Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas, who receives a standing ovation from the 58,554 enthusiastic fans in attendance.
  • Ron Santo, the team's radio color commentator, joins Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Billy Williams, becoming third player to have his number retired by the Cubs. The nine-time All-Star third baseman, who spent 14 of his 15 seasons with Chicago (1960-1973), will have his uniform #10 below Ernie Banks's on the left-field foul pole.
• 2005:
  • The San Diego Padres clinch the fourth division title in their 37-year history, beating the San Francisco Giants, 9 - 1. The Padres (79-79) need to win three of their last four games to finish above .500. Since 1969, and excluding strike years, the 1973 Mets own the lowest winning percentage of a division champion by going 82-79 (.509) to win the NL East that year.
  • Alex Rodriguez hits his 47th home run in the Yankees' 2 - 1 victory over Baltimore. The shot breaks Joe DiMaggio's single-season club record for home runs by a right-handed batter, set in 1937.
• 2006 - At Coors Field, James Loney collects four hits, including two homers, and drives in nine runs in the Dodgers' 19 - 11 victory over the Rockies. The rookie first baseman, who had one homer and eight runs batted in in 93 previous at-bats with the team, ties the franchise RBI mark set by Gil Hodges in his 1950 four-homer game for Brooklyn and breaks the Los Angeles club mark held by Ron Cey.
• 2007:
  • The Boston Red Sox clinch the AL East title, bringing to an end a streak of nine consecutive division titles by the New York Yankees, dating back to 1998. The Yankees will not miss the Postseason however, having clinched the Wild Card slot.
  • The Chicago Cubs clinch the NL Central division title with a 6 - 0 shutout of the Cincinnati Reds, combined with a loss by the Milwaukee Brewers. It is the third different franchise that Cubs manager Lou Piniella has led to a division title. For Chicago, Alfonso Soriano hits his 32nd home run of the season, taking Bronson Arroyo deep in the 1st inning. It is Soriano's sixth home run leading off a game this month, a new major league record. It is also his 13th homer in September, tying Ernie Banks' franchise record.
  • Jimmy Rollins flies out against Tim Redding in the 3rd inning of the Phillies' 6 - 0 win over Washington. It is his 706th at-bat of the season, breaking the 27-year-old record held by Willie Wilson.
  • The Houston Astros announce that they will keep interim manager Cecil Cooper on in a full-time role in 2008.
• 2008 :
  • In the last game played at Shea Stadium, the Mets complete their second dramatic late-season collapse in as many years, losing 4 - 2 to the Marlins. Relievers Scott Schoeneweis and Luis Ayala give up back-to-back homers to Wes Helms and Dan Uggla in the 8th inning to seal the Mets's fate. Meanwhile, the Brewers defeat Chicago behind CC Sabathia's four-hit complete game, in his third straight start on three days' rest, and Ryan Braun's home run, to clinch the National League Wild Card. New York led the NL East by three and a half games with 17 games to play, but were passed by both the Phillies and Brewers to fall out of the playoff picture. For the Brewers, it will be a first postseason appearance since 1982, back when they were still playing in the American League.
  • The White Sox beat Cleveland, 5 - 1, behind Mark Buehrle's pitching, to break a five-game losing streak and stay alive in the AL Central. The Sox's win necessitates a make-up game against Detroit tomorrow to force an eventual one-game playoff with the Minnesota Twins, who beat the Royals, 6 - 0, behind Scott Baker to remain one-half game in front of Chicago.
  • The Angels set a franchise record with 100 wins with a 7 - 0 romp over the Rangers. They finish with the best record in the majors this year.
  • Mike Mussina, who has won 18 or 19 games five times, finally becomes a 20-game winner at age 39. The Yankee hurler tops the Red Sox, 6 - 2, as Daisuke Matsuzaka falls to 18-3 on the year. Mussina will announce his retirement after the season.
• 2009
  • The Angels crush Texas, 11 - 0, to clinch the AL West title for the third straight year. Kendry Morales, who has emerged as a top hitter this year, leads the charge with a homer and three RBI. The Angels have dedicated the season to pitcher Nick Adenhart, who died in a car crash in April, and honor his memory during the post-game celebrations.
  • Atlanta keeps on winning. Today, Jair Jurrjens pitches seven shutout innings in a 4 - 0 win over Florida, the Braves' 15th in 17 games.
• 2011:
  • The Cardinals cap a remarkable final month by winning the National League wild card. On the season's final day, Chris Carpenter shuts out Houston, 8 - 0, while Atlanta loses, 4 - 3, to Philadelphia in 13 innings. Rookie Craig Kimbrel, outstanding all year for Atlanta, falters by blowing a save opportunity in the 9th. The Cards were ten games back of the Braves on August 25th.
  • The Rays complete just as remarkable a comeback to earn the wild card slot in the American League. In a microcosm of their season, they are down, 7 - 0, to the Yankees after five innings, but rally for six runs in the 8th off Boone Logan and Luis Ayala, then tie the game with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, when Dan Johnson hits a two-strike pinch home run off Cory Wade. Evan Longoria clinches a postseason berth with his second homer of the game off Scott Proctor, the Yankees' 11th pitcher of the night, in the 12th inning. Meanwhile, the Red Sox complete their collapse when closer Jonathan Papelbon blows a 3 - 2 lead over the Orioles with two outs in the 9th, losing 4 - 3. The Sox, who had begun the day tied with Tampa Bay, went 7-20 in September after starting the month in first place in the AL East.
  • The ­Florida Marlins play their last game under that name, and their last at Sun Life Stadium, as they prepare to become the Miami Marlins making their home in a new downtown ballpark next year. However, it's Washington's Stephen Strasburg who steals the show, earning his first win of the year in throwing 6 shutout innings and striking out 10 as the Nats beat the Marlins, 3 - 1.
• 2012:
  • Homer Bailey of the Reds pitches the seventh no-hitter of the season, beating the Pirates, 1 - 0. He allows a walk and one batter reaches on an error. The seven no-hitters this year tie the modern record set in 1990 and matched in 1991.
  • 2B Darwin Barney of the Cubs makes a wild throw to first base after fielding Justin Upton's ground ball in the 8th inning of the Cubs' 8 - 3 loss to the Diamondbacks. The miscue ends Barney's 141-game errorless streak, tying Placido Polanco's all-time record for a single season, set in 2007.
• 2013:
  • The Rangers move the start of their game to 11:05 AM local time to avoid a poor weather forecast and beat the Angels, 7 - 4 for their sixth straight win as they benefit from five Angels errors. Joe Nathan pitches the 9th inning in a driving rainstorm to nail the win; for the Angels, Erick Aybar ties a team record with three doubles. With the Rays' 7 - 2 loss to the Blue Jays, who get homers from rookies Ryan Goins and Kevin Pillar, Texas is now tied with Tampa Bay for the second American League wild card spot with one game left. The Indians, 5 - 1 winners over the Twins behind Scott Kazmir, now have a one-game lead as they hold on to the first spot.
  • The Pirates bang six homers, their most since 2007, as they defeat the Reds, 8 - 3, to ensure they will host Cincinnati in the National League Wild Card Game in two days. Neil Walker hits two of the homers, and Andrew McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez and Marlon Byrd all also homer off loser Bronson Arroyo; Andrew Lambo completes the feast with his first major league long ball, off Logan Ondrusek.
• 2014:
  • For the second straight season, a pitcher tosses a no-hitter on the last day of the regular season. After Henderson Alvarez last year, it's Jordan Zimmermann's turn to shine, as the Nationals defeat Miami, 1 - 0. It is the first no-hitter in Nats history, although they recorded four such games when they were the Montréal Expos. Ironically, Alvarez ends up the loser, allowing a solo homer to Ian Desmond in the 2nd for the only run of the game. LF Steven Souza saves the day by making a tremendous catch of a line drive by Christian Yelich to end the game.
  • The Athletics avoid a monumental collapse, saving their season when Sonny Gray tosses a six-hit shutout to beat the Rangers, 4 - 0, and ensure Oakland's place as the second wild card team in the American League. The A's had the best record in the majors at the All-Star break, but end up just one game ahead of Seattle for the final postseason slot in the AL.
  • The South Korean national team wins its second straight Asian Games Gold Medal. Sending a team of their top pros and shutting down the Korea Baseball Organization for the 2014 Asian Games, they are nearly stunned by Taiwan. Korea is down, 3 - 2, after seven innings as ace Kwang-hyun Kim is matched by Chun-Lin Kuo and Kuan-Yu Chen; Pin-Chieh Chen scores twice (including after a game-opening triple) but the Koreans rally for three runs in the 8th off Kuan-Yu Chen and Chia-Jen Lo. Ji-man An gets the win in relief and former big leaguers Chang-yong Lim and Jung-keun Bong pitch the 9th. Byung-hun Min scores two for South Korea while 3B Jae-kyun Hwang drives in two. In the Bronze Medal game, Japan blanks China, 10 - 0, as Ryota Sekiya and two relievers combine on a two-hitter.
  • Game 2 of the 2014 Holland Series is a rout for the Amsterdam Pirates, 17 - 7 over DOOR Neptunus. It is the most runs Amsterdam has ever scored against Neptunus, regular season or otherwise, and the first nine runs come off 2014 Hoofdklasse ERA leader Orlando Yntema (1.15 in the regular season). Taking 3 hours and 52 minutes, it is the longest nine-inning Holland Series game and the 17 runs are the second-most for a Holland Series game (following 20 in 1996's Game 2). Rashid Gerard drives in five, Roelie Henrique has four hits and Jesse Aussems, Bas Nooij and Remco Draijer each score three. Dwayne Kemp hits a grand slam in a losing cause.
• 2015:
  • The Dodgers are all set to clinch the NL West title for a third straight year, but the Giants delay their party for at least a day as pinch-hitter Alejandro De Aza drives in the winning run with a 12th-inning sacrifice fly. The 3 - 2 loss is the fourth in a row for Los Angeles, which fails to take advantage of the presence of ace Zack Greinke on the mound. The Dodgers' magic number remains at two with six games left to play.
  • Chris Denorfia of the Cubs does something unprecedented when he homers as a pinch-hitter for Fernando Rodney in the bottom of the 11th inning to give his team a 1 - 0 win over the Royals. His blast off Miguel Almonte is the first-ever pinch-hit, walk-off homer in extra innings in a 1-0 game.
• 2016 - John Jaso becomes the first player to hit for the cycle in the history of PNC Park when he pulls off the rare feat in an 8 - 4 Pirates win over the Cubs. The last Pirates player to amass a cycle had been Daryle Ward, in 2004.
• 2017 - Giancarlo Stanton hits two homers in a 7 - 1 Marlins win over the Braves, to reach the total of 59 for the season with three games left to play. He is now within sight of Roger Maris's total of 61 in 1961 which many observers consider as the "true" major league record, given that those who have eclipsed it have all been tainted by allegations of steroids use. However, he will not add to his total in his final three games.
• 2018 - The Rockies win their eighth consecutive game, 5 -2 over the Nationals, to clinch a postseason slot for the second straight year. David Dahl homers for a fifth game in a row in support of Kyle Freeland's pitching.
• 2019 - With a 3rd-inning blast off Mike Foltynewicz, Pete Alonso breaks the rookie record for home runs set two years earlier by Aaron Judge with his 53rd long ball of the season.
• 2020 - Down three games to two in the 2020 Italian Series, ASD San Marino stays alive with a 6 - 1 no-hitter by Fernando Baez and Dimitri Kourtis, though they walk six. Fortitudo Bologna scores in the 1st when Niccolo Loardi's sacrifice fly scores Ray-Patrick Didder but the pitching duo contains them from there.
• 2021 - With their 17th straight win, 6 - 2 over the Brewers, the Cardinals clinch the second wild card spot in the National League. The streak was already the longest in franchise history, and the longest in the league since 1937, before ageless Adam Wainwright's six strong innings and Dylan Carlson and Nolan Arenado's homers seal the win.
• 2022 - Aaron Judge ties one of the most hallowed records in baseball - the 61 home runs hit by Roger Maris in 1961, which still stands as the American League record six decades later. He takes Tim Mayza deep with a man on base in the 6th inning of a game at Rogers Centre, breaking a 3 - 3 tie to lead the Yankees to an 8 - 3 win. While three players have exceeded that total in the National League, all were active in the steroids era and their accomplishment has been tainted as a result - which is not the case for Judge.
• 2023:
  • With a homer and two RBIs in Atlanta's 5 - 3 win over the Cubs, Matt Olson sets a new modern Braves franchise record for RBIs with 136, besting Eddie Mathews' mark of 135 set in 1953, although it is still shy of the all-time franchise best of 145 dating back to 1894 and Hugh Duffy. Olson had earlier passed Andruw Jones' record of 51 homers, being now at 54. The win clinches the best record in the National League for the Braves.
  • Over in the American League, the Orioles defeat the Red Sox, 2 - 0, for their 100th win of the season, also clinching their first AL East division title since 2014. Their last season of 100 or more wins had been in 1980.

Births

• 1848 - George Snyder, pitcher (d. 1905)
• 1858 - Nate Kellogg, infielder (d. 1923)
• 1859 - Joe Knight, outfielder (d. 1938)
• 1861 - Lefty Johnson, outfielder (d. 1942)
• 1863 - Bill Nelson, pitcher (d. 1941)
• 1865 - Lou Bierbauer, infielder (d. 1926)
• 1867 - Ben Stephens, pitcher (d. 1896)
• 1876 - Frank Bates, pitcher (d. ????)
• 1876 - Red Long, pitcher (d. 1929)
• 1879 - Roy Largent, scout (d. 1943)
• 1882 - Denny Sullivan, outfielder (d. 1956)
• 1883 - Harley Young, pitcher (d. 1975)
• 1885 - Wilbur Good, outfielder (d. 1963)
• 1889 - Pete Compton, outfielder (d. 1978)
• 1889 - Rip Jordan, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1891 - Everett Booe, outfielder (d. 1969)
• 1892 - Jack Fournier, infielder (d. 1973)
• 1893 - Mike Massey, infielder (d. 1971)
• 1893 - Cy Rheam, infielder (d. 1947)
• 1895 - Hal Bubser, pinch hitter (d. 1959)
• 1895 - Whitey Witt, outfielder (d. 1988)
• 1896 - Tom Williams, pitcher (d. 1937)
• 1898 - Faustin Gallegos, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1942)
• 1901 - William S. Paley, owner (d. 1990)
• 1902 - Leon Chagnon, pitcher (d. 1953)
• 1903 - Jim Brillheart, pitcher (d. 1972)
• 1903 - Hank Grampp, pitcher (d. 1986)
• 1905 - Paul Easterling, outfielder (d. 1993)
• 1905 - Sol Mishkin, minor league infielder/outfielder and manager (d. 1995)
• 1906 - Dick Barrett, pitcher (d. 1966)
• 1908 - Carl Sumner, outfielder (d. 1999)
• 1912 - Don Heap, college coach (d. 2016)
• 1913 - Bill Deck, Negro League pitcher (d. 2011)
• 1913 - Francis Plouf, minor league infielder (d. 1996)
• 1914 - Dick Midkiff, pitcher (d. 1956)
• 1916 - Al Evans, catcher (d. 1979)
• 1917 - Roy Lee, pitcher (d. 1985)
• 1917 - Glen Moulder, pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1917 - Mike Ulisney, catcher (d. 2005)
• 1920 - Susumu Yuki, NPB pitcher (d. 1997)
• 1922 - Larry Munson, announcer (d. 2011)
• 1925 - Vince Gonzales, pitcher (d. 1981)
• 1925 - Bill Jennings, infielder (d. 2010)
• 1925 - Carolyn Morris, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 1996)
• 1925 - Fredda Thompson, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1926 - David Burke, minor league infielder and manager
• 1926 - Ozzie Van Brabant, pitcher (d. 2018)
• 1928 - Dick Gernert, infielder (d. 2017)
• 1929 - Moose Johnson, scout (d. 2012)
• 1930 - Audrey Deemer, AAGPBL player (d. 2012)
• 1931 - Ewell Utley, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1933 - Bob Wiggins, Negro League outfielder (d. 2012)
• 1934 - Boyd Mauer, umpire
• 1935 - Bob Dustal, pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1935 - Vincent McMahon, college coach
• 1938 - Minoru Nakamura, NPB pitcher (d. 2021)
• 1939 - Bruce Froemming, umpire
• 1939 - Al Robertson, Canadian national team infielder
• 1942 - Nick DeMatteis, minor league pitcher (d. 2017)
• 1942 - Grant Jackson, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2021)
• 1944 - John Petrulis, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1945 - Gene Ratliff, pinch hitter
• 1945 - Tom Krawczyk, minor league infielder
• 1946 - J.B. Brett, minor league infielder
• 1947 - Mikio Sendo, NPB outfielder
• 1949 - Mario Guerrero, infielder (d. 2023)
• 1951 - Dave Rajsich, pitcher
• 1952 - Ramon Ortiz, minor league infielder
• 1953 - Julio César Sánchez, Nicaraguan national team infielder and manager
• 1954 - Yoshihisa Uchikawa, Japanese national team coach
• 1955 - Terry Bogener, outfielder
• 1957 - Michael Deeble, Australian national team infielder
• 1958 - Pete Filson, pitcher
• 1958 - Jerry Layne, umpire
• 1958 - Ronn Reynolds, catcher
• 1959 - Todd Worrell, pitcher; All-Star
• 1961 - Genaro Llanes, Nicaraguan national team catcher
• 1961 - Ed Vosberg, pitcher
• 1961 - Kevin Ward, outfielder (d. 2019)
• 1962 - Todd Frohwirth, pitcher (d. 2017)
• 1962 - Rob Woodward, pitcher
• 1963 - Charlie Kerfeld, pitcher
• 1964 - Carlo Colombino, minor league player and coach
• 1964 - Manny Mantrana, minor league infielder and college coach (d. 2021)
• 1965 - Darryl Landrum, minor league outfielder
• 1966 - César Hernández, outfielder
• 1967 - Mike Rebhan, drafted pitcher (d. 2019)
• 1967 - Matt Vasgersian, announcer
• 1968 - Rubén Prevost, Cuban league outfielder and manager
• 1968 - Keiichi Yabu, pitcher
• 1970 - Brian Banks, infielder
• 1970 - Elliot Cianchini, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
• 1970 - Mike DeJean, pitcher
• 1970 - Ronaldo Romero, minor league pitcher (d. 1990)
• 1971 - Jamie Brewington, pitcher
• 1972 - Hyun-woo Hong, KBO infielder
• 1972 - Ronnie Walden, minor league pitcher
• 1973 - Lázaro Garro, Cuban league pitcher
• 1973 - Sheng-Hsiung Lin, CPBL infielder
• 1973 - Eddy Ramos, minor league pitcher
• 1975 - Tomohiro Iizuka, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1975 - Juan Carlos Moreno, Cuban league infielder
• 1975 - Julio Rangel, coach
• 1976 - Julio Germosen, minor league infielder
• 1977 - Ikuro Katsuragi, NPB outfielder
• 1977 - Yi-Hsiang Lin, CPBL infielder
• 1977 - Ben Shaffar, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Brian Cole, minor league outfielder (d. 2001)
• 1978 - Joey Nation, pitcher
• 1978 - Todd Noel, minor league pitcher
• 1979 - Mike Eylward, minor league infielder
• 1979 - Jason Young, pitcher
• 1980 - Chris Demaria, pitcher
• 1980 - Javier Hernandez, minor league player
• 1980 - Francisco Rosario, pitcher
• 1981 - Imtiaz Ali Ali, Pakistani national team catcher
• 1981 - Asdrubal Infante, minor league pitcher (d. 1999)
• 1982 - Hector Gimenez, pinch hitter
• 1982 - Tony Mansolino, coach
• 1982 - Micah Owings, pitcher
• 1982 - Scott Wearne, minor league infielder
• 1983 - Jay Buente, pitcher
• 1983 - Janior Montes, Nicaraguan national team catcher
• 1984 - Julian Cordero, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Ming-Chin Tsai, CPBL pitcher
• 1984 - Thad Weber, pitcher
• 1984 - Ryan Zimmerman, infielder; All-Star
• 1985 - Petie Montero, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Jorian van Acker, Hoofdklasse pitcher
• 1986 - Justin Fry, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Zach Stewart, pitcher
• 1987 - Nick Greenwood, pitcher
• 1987 - Tae-hoon Kim, South Korean national team catcher
• 1987 - Dieudone Paul, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Omar Poveda, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Bret Ringer, college coach
• 1987 - Derrick Robinson, outfielder
• 1987 - Jerry Sands, outfielder
• 1988 - C.J. Beatty, minor league infielder
• 1988 - Gary Brown, outfielder
• 1988 - Cameron Rupp, catcher
• 1990 - Slade Heathcott, outfielder
• 1990 - R.C. Orlan, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Sean Smedley, minor league catcher and manager
• 1991 - Eddie Rosario, outfielder
• 1992 - Justin Anderson, pitcher
• 1992 - Severino Gonzalez, pitcher
• 1992 - Casey Turgeon, minor league infielder
• 1993 - Danny Mendick, infielder
• 1994 - Jon Denney, minor league catcher
• 1994 - Manuel Margot, outfielder
• 1995 - Joe Barlow, pitcher
• 1995 - Hiroto Kobukata, NPB infielder
• 1995 - Enoli Paredes, pitcher
• 1996 - Alexis Díaz, pitcher; All-Star
• 1998 - Chien-Fu Liao, CPBL catcher
• 1998 - Shay Whitcomb, infielder
• 1999 - Logan Cerny, minor league outfielder
• 2000 - Riley Greene, outfielder; All-Star

Deaths

• 1906 - Matthew Porter, outfielder, manager (b. 1858)
• 1908 - Tom Pratt, infielder; umpire (b. 1844)
• 1918 - John Frill, pitcher (b. 1879)
• 1920 - Phil Reardon, outfielder (b. 1881)
• 1924 - Larry Gilboy, minor league outfielder (b. 1875)
• 1938 - Bill Rollinson, catcher (b. 1856)
• 1945 - Harry Mathews, coach (d. 1876)
• 1947 - Jim Cockman, infielder (b. 1873)
• 1947 - Duke Kelleher, catcher (b. 1893)
• 1950 - George Paynter, outfielder (b. 1871)
• 1952 - Zeke Wrigley, infielder (b. 1874)
• 1959 - Art Brouthers, infielder (b. 1882)
• 1959 - Red Corriden, infielder, manager (b. 1887)
• 1960 - Danny Mahoney, pinch runner (b. 1888)
• 1960 - Joe Martin, infielder (b. 1911)
• 1960 - Jess Orndorff, catcher (b. 1881)
• 1967 - Bill Powell, pitcher (b. 1885)
• 1969 - Norm McMillan, infielder (b. 1895)
• 1974 - Willie Hogan, outfielder (b. 1884)
• 1975 - Moose Solters, outfielder (b. 1906)
• 1976 - Linc Blakely, outfielder (b. 1912)
• 1982 - Ed White, outfielder (b. 1926)
• 1983 - Walter Thomas, pitcher/outfielder (b. 1911)
• 1994 - Owen Scheetz, pitcher (b. 1913)
• 1997 - Connie Grob, pitcher (b. 1932)
• 1999 - Edwin Dimes, outfielder (b. 1904)
• 2001 - Jack Maguire, outfielder (b. 1925)
• 2008 - Jeff Edwards, minor league catcher (b. 1963)
• 2009 - Humberto Robinson, pitcher (b. 1930)
• 2009 - John Salamon, minor league pitcher (b. 1972)
• 2009 - Don Thompson, outfielder (b. 1923)
• 2012 - Neville Pratt, Australian national team player (b. 1930)
• 2014 - George Dummar, minor league infielder (b. 1960)
• 2015 - Carlos Diaz, pitcher (b. 1958)
• 2016 - George Spelius, minor league executive (b. 1933)
• 2017 - Chuck Hoyack, college coach (b. 1959)
• 2017 - Leen Staub, Hoofdklasse coach (b. 1939)
• 2021 - Steve Davis, pitcher (b. 1960)
• 2022 - Tom Urbani, pitcher (b. 1968)
• 2023 - Bob Priddy, pitcher (b. 1939)