Template:Today in Baseball/April 26

June 16: Today's featured birthday is that of Bob Rauch, who turns 75.

• 1905 - Jack McCarthy becomes the second Major League outfielder to turn three double plays in a game. He throws out three runners at home in a 2-1 Cubs win over the Pirates.
• 1949 - The Yomiuri Giants and Daiei Stars combine for a Nippon Pro Baseball-record 13 home runs, with the Giants winning 15-13 in windy conditions. Tokuji Kawasaki, a pitcher, is the surprising offensive star, with three homers and eight RBI, but allows eight home runs to Daiei. Tetsuharu Kawakami, the "God of Hitting", is held hitless in the slugfest
• 1959 - In the second game of a doubleheader, Yomiuri Giants 18-year-old rookie Sadaharu Oh (pictured) homers off Genichi Murata. It is the first of Oh's 868 home runs in Nippon Pro Baseball.
• 1997 - Ryne Sandberg hits his 267th home run as a second baseman, breaking the major league record for the position, previously held by Joe Morgan.
• 2017 - Gift Ngoepe becomes the first major leaguer from Africa. Entering in a double switch in a 6 - 5 Pirates win over the Cubs, the South Africa native singles and walks off Jon Lester in his first two plate appearances and helps turn the game-ending double play.

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