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January 4: Today's featured birthday is that of Paul Gibson, who turns 65.

1933 - Minneapolis Millers slugger Joe Hauser hits his 68th and 69th home runs to set the American Association record. Hauser set the International League record with 63 in 1930 for the Baltimore Orioles.
1934 - Pittsburgh Crawfords' hurler Satchel Paige duels the Philadelphia Stars' Slim Jones to a 1-1 stalemate, called after 9 innings due to darkness. Paige strikes out 12, and Jones, 9, before 30,000 at Yankee Stadium.
1950 - Sal Maglie of the New York Giants hurls his fourth consecutive shutout, tying a major-league record, and beats the Dodgers, 2 - 0.
1965 - Sandy Koufax's perfect game against the Chicago Cubs bests Bob Hendley's one-hit effort, 1-0. It is the Dodgers southpaw's record fourth no-hitter.
1977 - In the second game of a doubleheader loss in Boston, Detroit Tigers rookies Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell (both pictured) debut together. They will hold down the 2B and SS jobs in Detroit for a record 19 years. Boston prevails today, 5 - 1 and 8 - 6.
2007 - Curtis Granderson steals his 20th base. This makes him the third player in MLB history to have 20 doubles, triples, homers and steals in the same season; the others were Wildfire Schulte (1911) and Willie Mays (1957). Jimmy Rollins will join them in a few days.

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