Template:Today in Baseball/July 26

October 5: Today's featured birthday is that of Brett Laxton, who turns 51.

• 1928 - Bob Meusel hits for the cycle for the third time, the first major leaguer to have done so.
• 1933 - Joe DiMaggio of the San Francisco Seals has his hitting streak snapped at 61 games by Ed Walsh Jr. DiMaggio falls 8 games shy of the longest hitting streak in minor league history.
• 1950 - Jim Russell homers from both sides of the plate in the same game, the first player ever to do that more than once in the major leagues.
• 1962 - Warren Spahn cracks his 31st career home run, setting a new National League record for a pitcher.
• 2010 - Matt Garza (pictured) throws the first no-hitter in the history of the Tampa Bay Rays.

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