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On August 15 in Baseball History...
1886 - Louisville's Guy Hecker scores seven runs in a game, establishing a major league record.
1889 - The Cleveland Spiders win 19-8 over the Boston Beaneaters, and become the first team in National League history to score in all nine innings of a single game.
1905 - Philadelphia A's Rube Waddell pitches a five-inning no-hit game blanking the Browns, 2-0. The shortened masterpiece, which isn't officially considered a no-hitter, includes the southpaw striking out nine of the 15 St. Louis batters he faces before a torrential rain washes out the Columbia Park contest.
1914 - Brooklyn's Jake Daubert sets a National League record with four sacrifices in one game. The first baseman efforts isn't enough when the Dodgers drop a 8-7 decision to Philadelphia at Ebbets Field.
1916 - At Fenway Park, Red Sox southpaw Babe Ruth defeats Walter Johnson and the Senators in 13 innings, 1-0. After hold Boston to just four hits over the first twelve frames, Washington's 'Big Train' yields three more in the 13th allowing Jack Barry to score the game's lone run.
1925 - Dickie Kerr, the southpaw who won two games for the White Sox in the 1919 World Series, makes his first major league appearance since 1921. He has been playing semipro ball rather than accept Charles Comiskey's salary offer. When he relieves Red Faber in the third inning against the Tigers, play is stopped while admirers present him with a floral horseshoe.
1926 - When Babe Herman doubles with the bases loaded, three Dodgers wind up on third base. The runner on second rounds third but decides to go back as the runner from first reaches the same base, and a few seconds later Herman slides in to join his two teammates.
1941 - Although leading Boston, 6-3, when the game is called at the start of the eighth after a 40-minute rain delay, the Senators will lose the game. Washington forfeits the contest when the American League upholds Red Sox manager Joe Cronin's protest that the home ground crew deliberately refused to cover the field when it started to rain.
1945 - Commissioner Happy Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette. Ford had been the World Series sponsor since 1934, paying $100,000 annually.
1945 - The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers, 20-6, at Ebbets Field. Paul Gillespie knocked in six runs with two home runs and a single to lead the attack.
1951 - With one out in the top of the eighth inning and a runner on third base in a 1-1 tied game, Willie Mays, running a full speed, makes an incredible catch of Carl Furillo's drive to deep centerfield. After grabbing the ball, the rookie outfielder turns counterclockwise and throws a perfect strike to home to nail a surprised Billy Cox at home to complete the double play, and some believe, the catch, in the eventual Giants' 3-1 Polo Grounds victory over the Dodgers, is the impetus for the beginning of the team's incredible comeback from an 11.5 game deficit to win the National League pennant.
1954 - The Orioles lose their 27th consecutive game as the visiting team in Cleveland with a 3-1 nightcap loss to the Indians. The record losing streak on the road against one opponent started on August 13, 1952 when the franchise played as the St. Louis Browns.
1955 - Pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves hit a home run off Mel Wright of the St. Louis Cardinals to give Spahn a home run in every National League park.
1962 - Choo Choo Coleman and Jim Hickman tie a major league record by each hitting a home run as a pinch hitter as teammates in the same game. The Amazin' Mets still manage to lose to the Phillies, an 8-7 defeat in 13 innings at the Polo Grounds.
1962 - In the first game of a Polo Grounds doubleheader, Don Demeter hits home runs off two different pitchers named Bob Miller. The outfielder's third inning round-tripper off Mets' right-handed starter Robert Lane Miller, and his homer in the ninth off southpaw Robert Gerald Miller both contribute to the Phillies' 9-3 victory over the Amazin's.
1964 - Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago and 26,000 fans cheer the Cubs' slugger. Banks then goes hitless as Pittsburgh wins 5-4.
1965 - The Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor the first Japanese player to have reached the American major leagues. Ordinarily a reliever, Murakami makes his first major league start as the Giants outslug the Phillies 15-9.
1965 - In the nightcap of a Cleveland Stadium doubleheader, Indians pinch-hitter Max Alvis hits a two-run homer in the ninth to knot the score at 3-3, and two innings later, Leon Wagner, also pinch hitting, blasts a two-run round-tripper to beat the Twins, 6-4. The two pinch-hit home runs in one game ties a major league record.
1970 - Reds' right fielder Pete Rose goes 0-for-7 including striking out five consecutive times. The defending National League batting champ's futility at the plate contributes to Cincinnati's 5-4 loss to Philadelphia.
1970 - With the bases loaded and one gone in the bottom of the ninth with a 2-1 lead, Tom Seaver strikes out Bob Tillman for the apparent second out, but Jerry Grote's passed ball allows Tony Gonzalez to score the tying run for the Braves. In his effort to cut down the runner at home, the Mets catcher overthrows Seaver, who is covering the plate, bringing in Rico Carty home from third base with the winning tally giving Atlanta a stunning 3-2 victory, thanks to the two runs being scored on a called third strike.
1975 - Baltimore manager Earl Weaver was ejected twice by umpire Ron Luciano. Weaver was thrown out in the first game and was again before the second game of a doubleheader.
1983 - Braves slugger Bob Horner, who was hitting .303 with 20 home runs and 68 RBI, breaks his right wrist sliding into second base during a 4-0 loss to the Padres and will be sidelined for the rest of the season. In Atlanta, the injury is widely attributed to the "Chief Noc-A-Homa Jinx," which seems to strike whenever the Braves remove their mascot's outfield teepee in order to sell more tickets.
1987 - At the Pan American games in Indianapolis, the U.S.A. and Cuba are tied with two outs in the ninth when Ty Griffin hits a two-run home run to win it. For Cuba it is their first loss in twenty years of Pan Am competition.
1989 - In his second start since returning to the major leagues after cancer treatment, Giants southpaw Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines in the sixth inning of a 3-2 San Francisco win. Dravecky will not pitch again in the major leagues.
1990 - Mark McGwire hits a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the tenth inning to give Oakland a 6-2 win over Boston. He becomes the first player to hit 30 home runs in each of his first four seasons.
1990 - Philadelphia's Terry Mulholland pitched the record eighth no-hitter of the season as the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-0. The season's eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1908 and 1917.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CBguleFR3w
1993 - Nolan Ryan wins the 324th and last victory of his 27-year career when the Rangers beat Cleveland, 6-4. The 46 year-old right-hander, who will lose his his next four games, sees his career come to an end two starts sooner than he planned when a torn ligament forces him to leave the mound in the first inning in what will prove to be his worst big league outing and final major league appearance.
1995 - Although he is hitting .287 and has 26 stolen bases in 75 games for KC, Vince Coleman is designated for assignment by the Royals. The Mariners acquire the 33 yea-old fleet outfielder and will compile a 26-14 record with their new leadoff hitter, a key factor in winning the AL Wild Card.
1995 - At request of the Mantle family, Bob Costas delivers the eulogy at Mickey's funeral. The popular broadcaster, known for his love of the game and his admiration of the Yankee superstar, describes the Hall of Famer as "a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr-tcB3L3g4
1999 - In the first frame of Anaheim's 10-2 victory in Detroit, Chuck Finley becomes the first major league hurler in history to strike out four batters in one inning twice in his career. The Angels' southpaw also accomplished the feat against the Yankees earlier in the season. (May 12)
2000 - Club owner Ted Turner and two-time National League MVP Dale Murphy are inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame joining Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Phil Niekro and Warren Spahn.
2005 - Randy Winn becomes the twenty-first player in Giants history to hit for the cycle. The fleet flychaser, obtained from the Mariners two weeks ago, singles in the first, homers in the third, doubles in the fourth and completes the feat with a triple in the sixth inning.
2005 - Felix Hernandez becomes the first teenager to strike out at least 10 batters since Dwight 'Doc' Gooden accomplished the feat with the Mets in May of 1984. The 18-year old Mariner rookie righty K's 11 batters as the Mariners maul the Royals, 11-3.
2006 - Joining Jim Hickman (1965), Dave Kingman (1978), Caudell Washington (1980), Darryl Strawberry (1985), Gary Carter (1985) and Edgardo Alfonzo (1999), Jose Reyes, in an 11-4 loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, becomes the seventh Mets player to hit three homers in a game. Like all his predecessors his trifecta is accomplished on the road.
2006 - With the 4-0 blanking of the Marlins, the Dodgers win their sixth consecutive game and 17th in 18 games. The stretch is the team's best run since the Brooklyn Superbas went 20-1 in 1899.
2006 - In a contest which takes five-hours, 21 minutes to complete, the Diamondbacks beat the Rockies at Coors Field, 2-1. The 18-inning game ties the D-Back franchise record for the most innings played in a game, and is also longest in Colorado history for both frames played and time of game.
2007 - The Devil Rays have come to terms with their first overall selection in the June first-year player draft, left-handed pitcher David Price. The Vanderbilt University (11-1, 2.63) southpaw signs a six-year major league contract which could be worth as much as $11.25 million if the college junior sticks in the bigs for the length of the deal.
2008 - Buster Posey, the fifth overall pick in the June amateur draft, gets the largest up-front bonus in major league history when he agrees to a $6.2 million signing deal with the Giants. The highly touted catcher gets slightly more than infielders Tim Beckham (first pick/shortstop) who receives $6.15 million from the Rays and Pedro Alvarez (second pick/third baseman) who gets $6 million from the Pirates.
2011 - At Petco Park, Jason Isringhausen becomes the 23rd major league pitcher to record 300 career saves when the Mets defeat San Diego in 10 innings, 5-4. The 38-year old right-handed closer is the third pitcher, along with John Franco (1996) and Billy Wagner (2006), to achieve his 300th save wearing a Mets uniform.
2011 - Jim Thome becomes the eighth player to reach the 600 career home runs plateau when he hits a two-run homer in the sixth (599), followed by three-run blast an inning later off Detroit's Daniel Schlereth. Needing fewer at-bats to reach 600 than anyone except for Babe Ruth, the 40-year-old Twins slugger accomplishes the feat in his 8,167th at-bat, compared to the Babino's 6,921.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFA7oQcfi84
2011 - The Chicago White Sox released Brian Bruney.
2012 - Joining Philip Humber (White Sox) and Matt Cain (Giants), Felix Hernandez becomes the third hurler to throw a perfect game this season, marking the first time in major league history that three spotless gems have been hurled in the same year. "King Felix's" 1-0 victory over the Rays at Safeco Field is the fourth no-hitter in Mariner history which includes hitless games tossed by Randy Johnson (1990) and Chris Bosio (1993) and the combined effort of six pitchers in June.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-zFYjB5Tos
2012 - Giants left fielder Melky Cabrera will miss the rest of the season when he is suspended for 50 games by MLB for testing positive for high levels of testosterone, a performance-enhancing substance. The MVP of the All-Star Game, who currently is 13 points behind Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen as the second-leading hitter in the National League, is one plate appearance shy of automatically qualifying for the NL batting title, but could still win the crown if he were to have the circuit's best average after the addition of a theoretical at-bat.
2013 - A proposal that would dramatically increase the number of plays that can be reviewed during a game is presented at the quarterly Owners Meetings by a committee consisting of Braves president John Schuerholz and former major league skippers Joe Torre and Tony La Russa. The rule change, which will be formally voted on by the owners in November, will allow a manager to inform an umpire that he wants to initiate a play review, with challenges being permitted once in the first six innings and twice more from the seventh through the end of the game, without any provision to cover the possibility of an obviously missed call late in the game when all of a team's challenges have been used.
Baseball Birthdays on August 15...
1857 - Hackett, Walter
1859 - Comiskey, Charlie
1861 - Foster, Elmer
1864 - Miller, Doggie
1871 - Kissinger, Bill
1872 - Carr, Lew
1872 - Warner, John
1875 - Becker, Bob
1875 - Hess, Tom
1877 - Mills, Willie
1885 - Moyer, Ed
1887 - Casey, Joe
1888 - Van Dyke, Ben
1889 - Smith, Harry
1891 - Bowden, Tim
1896 - Sherdel, Bill
1896 - Rochefort, Ben
1901 - Sweetland, Les
1906 - Peery, Red
1908 - Walter, Bernie
1911 - Flohr, Mort
1916 - Garriott, Cecil
1919 - Pawelek, Ted
1922 - McDonnell, Jim
1924 - Whitman, Frank
1926 - Schultz, Barney
1926 - Goodwin, Jim
1930 - Martyn, Bob
1932 - Snyder, Jim
1934 - Morehead, Seth
1935 - Jay, Joey
1940 - Brunsberg, Arlo
1940 - Santiago, Jose
1941 - Reynolds, Tommie
1942 - Peterson, Cap
1943 - Trevino, Bobby
1944 - Compton, Mike
1944 - Matias, John
1945 - Dyer, Duffy
1946 - Lis, Joe
1946 - McAnally, Ernie
1947 - Conigliaro, Billy
1950 - Kelly, Tom
1953 - Espinosa, Nino
1958 - Cowley, Joe
1958 - Johnson, Randy
1958 - James, Bob
1958 - Dodd, Tom
1961 - Brown, Chris
1963 - Fox, Eric
1964 - Huson, Jeff
1966 - Brosius, Scott
1966 - Walters, Dan
1967 - James, Mike
1970 - Rodriguez, Tony
1972 - Singleton, Chris
1974 - Morel, Ramon
1975 - Ford, Ben
1977 - Levrault, Allen
1978 - Ramirez, Santiago
1979 - Budde, Ryan
1980 - Stocker, Mel
1981 - Perez, Oliver
1984 - Brummett, Tyson
1984 - Dyson, Jarrod
1984 - Pettit, Chris
1987 - De Leon, Jorge
1990 - Cimber, Adam
1991 - Moscot, Jon
1992 - Rodriguez, Yorman
1995 - Gardewine, Nick
Baseball Deaths on August 15...
1901 - Whitehead, Milt
1901 - Bagley, Gene
1912 - Polchow, Lou
1915 - Evans, Roy
1916 - Dyler, John
1923 - Hogan, Marty
1929 - Manning, Jack
1930 - Tutwiler, Guy
1936 - Richie, Lew
1943 - Whitney, Art
1945 - Kennedy, Snapper
1947 - Hall, Bill
1947 - Lord, Carlton
1957 - Baecht, Ed
1960 - Wheeler, Ed
1963 - Drews, Karl
1965 - Pitula, Stan
1966 - Burns, George
1967 - Meister, Karl
1969 - Williamson, Howie
1970 - Bates, Ray
1972 - Pfeffer, Jeff
1973 - Luhrsen, Wild Bill
1976 - Lajeskie, Dick
1976 - Henry, Jim
1978 - Chaplin, Ed
1990 - Garbark, Bob
1994 - Brovia, Joe
1999 - George, Greek
2002 - Moser, Arnie
2003 - Hardy, Red
2008 - Winston, Darrin
2014 - Lumpe, Jerry
2015 - Daugherty, Doc
2015 - Thomas, Bud
2016 - Coleman, Choo Choo
AndyMacFAIL:
On August 16 in Baseball History...
1873 - At Baltimore's Newington Park, Baltimore Canaries outfielder Lip Pike races against a horse. Pike has a short lead after 75 yards when the trotter breaks into a run. Pike holds on to win in 10 seconds flat.
1890 - Bill Phillips becomes the first pitcher to allow two grand slams in the same inning, when Tom Burns and Malachi Kittridge both take the Alleghenys (Pirates) right-hander deep in the same frame of an 18-5 loss to the Chicago Colts. In 1999, Chan Ho Park will match the dubious feat, but will have the distinction of giving up both bases-full homers to the same batter, Fernando Tatis of the Cardinals.
1909 - On a gloomy and extremely overcast day at newly-opened Forbes Field, Red Murray's spectacular grab of Dots Miller's long drive becomes a truly electifying catch. Just as the Giants' outfielder snags the ball on a full run in deep right-center field, a bolt of lighning illuminates the field and creates an a eerie, but unforgettable split-second image.
1920 - At the Polo Grounds Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman, 29, is beaned by a Carl Mays pitch. A right-handed batter who crowds the plate, Chapman freezes and fails to get out of the way of the submarine delivery. He is carried from the field and he dies the next day from a fractured skull.
1927 - Teeing off on a Tommy Thomas pitch, Babe Ruth becomes the first player to homer over the roof of Comiskey Park. The 'Bambino's' blast helps power the Bronx Bombers past the Pale Hose at the Chicago southside ballpark, 8-1.
1947 - Ralph Kiner hits three successive home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates, for a 12-7 win over the Cardinals in a game in which the two clubs bang out 10 homers. Kiner matches the major league marks of seven home runs in four games, six in three games, five in two games, and four in consecutive at bats.
1948 - At the age 53, with his wife Claire and his two adopted daughters at his side, Babe Ruth dies of throat cancer at Memorial Hospital in New York City. The Bambino made his final public appearance at the premiere of The Babe Ruth Story three weeks ago in New York .
1950 - At the Polo Grounds, Hank Thompson's two inside-the-park home runs off Don Bankhead and Carl Erskine contribute to the Giants' 16-7 drubbing of the Dodgers. The 24 year-old third baseman will hit 129 round-trippers in his 9-year career, three of which will be of the IPHR variety.
1954 - In a throwing contest between Jim Piersall and Willie Mays before a Red Sox-Giants charity game in Boston, Piersall hurts his arm. He starts the game but leaves midway. He wakes up the following morning with a sore arm that stays with him a year, and he will never throw quite as well again.
1954 - The first issue of Sports Illustrated is available at the newsstands. The inaugural cover of the innovative new magazine features a Mark Kauffman photo of Braves slugger Eddie Mathews at bat, Giants catcher Wes Westrum behind the plate, and umpire Augie Donatelli calling balls and strikes in Milwaukee County Stadium.
1961 - Roger Maris hits two home runs off White Sox hurler Billy Pierce giving the slugger 48 in his quest to break Babe Ruth's single season mark. It is the sixth consecutive game the Yankees outfielder has gone deep tying an American League record.
1964 - Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals had eight straight hits in a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers won the first game 3-0 and the Cardinals took the second, 4-0.
1964 - Sandy Koufax (19-5) hurts his elbow sliding into second base in a 3-0 win against St. Louis. He will miss the rest of the season. In the nightcap, Curt Simmons matches Sandy Koufax with a 4-0 shutout of the Dodgers. Cards center fielder Curt Flood has eight straight hits in the doubleheader split.
1966 - In a 3-1 Giants win over the Cardinals, Willie Mays hits his 534th career home run. The 'Say Hey Kid's' third inning round-tripper ties him with Jimmie Foxx for most career home runs hit by a right-handed batter in major league history.
1967 - Jim Maloney of Cincinnati retired 19 consecutive Pirates but had to leave the game after he injured his ankle by stepping in a hole at Forbes Field. Billy McCool allowed two hits over the final 2 2/3 innings to complete a 4-0 victory over Pittsburgh.
1968 - Denny McLain, who compiles a 31-6 record at the end of the season, improves his undefeated decisions on the road to 16-0 when he blanks the Red Sox 4-0 at Fenway Park. The Detroit right-hander will finish 17-2 along with an ERA of 1.44 in the 21 games he pitches away from Tiger Stadium.
1969 - The Phillies post their fourth consecutive shutout, blanking the Astros at Connie Mack Stadium, 7-0. Rick Wise's four-hitter follows the complete-game performances by teammates Jerry Johnson, Woodie Fryman, and Grant Jackson.
1970 - Milt Mason, who in late June had vowed not to leave his team-sponsored trailer on top of the County Stadium scoreboard until the Brewers drew a home crowd of 40,000, ends his 40-day boycott when 44,387 fans show up for Bat Day. Before his his death in 1973, he is recognized as the original Bernie Brewer, and a costumed character with the same name becomes the team's official mascot in 1973, as a tribute to the retired engineer.
1975 - After a frustrating 9-1 loss in Minnesota, Indians manager Frank Robinson chews out his 52-65 team. The fiery skipper appears to have gotten the players' attention when the Tribe wins 27 of the remaining 42 contests, finishing season just one game under .500.
1976 - With the help of three picked-off Oakland runners at first base, the first such occurrence in the American League since 1910, the Brewers beat Oakland 4-3. Another oddity happens when Oakland's Billy Williams is called out on strikes after refusing to enter the batter's box. He is then thrown out of the game.
1984 - After nearly six years, Pete Rose is reunited with his hometown Cincinnati Reds when the Expos trade him for infielder Tom Lawless. The Reds immediately name him player-manager, replacing Vern Rapp.
1996 - The Padres and Mets play the first regular season major league game ever played in Mexico, and it isn't pretty. The Padres take a big lead in support of Mexican native and starting pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, but the Mets close the gap with seven runs in the ninth inning in a 15-10 Padres triumph. The series is moved from San Diego because of a perceived conflict with the Republican National Convention. The Padres take two of three games in "La Primera Serie" in Monterrey, Mexico.
2000 - The Astros, who clout six homers for the second time in four days in their 11-10 victory over Pittsburgh, set a National League record by hitting 18 home runs in four consecutive games. Enron Field will become known "Ten-Run" due to the Houston's new ballpark's hitter-friendly dimensions, especially in left-field.
2001 - After piloting the team 13 games above .500 in spite of numerous injuries to key players, manager Jimy Williams is fired by the Red Sox. The ousted skipper is replaced by the club's well respected pitching coach, Joe Kerrigan.
2001 - Barry Bonds' second home run of the game and 53rd of the season breaks the franchise record established by his godfather, Willie Mays. With his first homer, the left fielder eclipses the National League record for home runs by a left handed batter established in 1947 by another Giant, Johnny Mize.
2002 - After four days of delaying the decision, the executive board of the Major League Players' Association votes 57-0 to set an August 30 strike date. All eight previous negotiations since 1972 have resulted in work stoppages in the national pastime.
2002 - During opening ceremonies of the 2002 Little League Baseball World Series at Little League Volunteer Stadium, the 1955 Little League Team from Charleston, S.C., is honored. The fourteen boys from the Cannon Street YMCA Little League, who were banned from their own state's postseason tournament 47 years ago due to their skin color were invited to Williamsport as guests after the other 61 S.C. all-white leagues were told by Little League officials the winner of their state finals would not be permitted to participate in the tournament because they refused to play a duly franchised league.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKFNvSFRgqk
2005 - As skipper of the Fort Worth Cats of the Central League, Bobby Bragan becomes the oldest person to ever manage a professional baseball game. The 87-year-old, whose one day of employment is shortened by being ejected in the third inning for arguing balls and strikes, is eight days older than Connie Mack, who managed his last game for the1950 Philadelphia A's.
2006 - Prior to the Red Sox and Tigers game, Bruce Froemming is honored during an on-field ceremony at Fenway Park. The 66-year old home plate umpire works his 5,000th major league game of his 36 year career, second only to Bill Klem who arbitrated 5,374 games from 1905-40.
2007 - With nine minutes left to the signing deadline, the Orioles and their top draft choice, fifth overall, come to terms, as Georgia Tech standout Matt Wieters agrees to a minor league contract which includes a $6 million signing bonus. The switch hitting catcher's deal ranks only second behind Justin Upton, who received $6.1 million in 2005 to play with the Diamondbacks.
2007 - Jose Reyes becomes the first infielder, and tenth player overall, in the modern era (post-1898) to steal sixty bases in three consecutive seasons. The Mets shortstop, who will swipe 78 sacks this season, steals second base in the second inning for the second time in a 10-7 loss to the Pirates at PNC Park.
2008 - Francisco Rodriguez ties his own team record when he picks up his 47th save in the Angels' 4-3 win over Cleveland. After yielding a single to Jhonny Peralta, the right-handed closer records three quick outs - two with strikeouts - to match the mark he established in 2006.
2009 - With his 3-for-4 performance in the Yankees' 10-3 loss in Seattle, Derek Jeter passes Luis Aparicio for most hits ever compiled by a major league shortstop. The New York infielder, collecting career hits #2,673 and #2,674 his first two at-bats, surpasses the Hall of Famer's total, who spent his 18-year career, ending in 1973, with the White Sox, Orioles, and Red Sox.
2011 - Rangers president Nolan Ryan announces a bronze artwork depicting Shannon Stone and his six-year-old son attending a game will most likely be placed outside the home plate entrance to the Arlington ballpark at the start of next season. The 39-year old firefighter died after falling more than 20 feet while attempting to catch a ball tossed by Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton during a game in July.
2011 - Albert Pujols of St. Louis reached 30 home runs for the 11th consecutive season in a 5-4, 11-inning loss to Pittsburgh. Pujols connected in the 6th inning off on the Pirates' Jeff Karstens. The NL home runs leader became the first player in MLB history to hit 30 homers in each of his first 11 seasons.
2012 - With a unanimous vote, the Major League owners approve the transfer of the San Diego Padres from John Moores, who had owned the team for 18 years, to a group headed by longtime local businessman Ron Fowler. The new ownership group, the fifth in franchise history, also includes pro golfer Phil Mickelson, a San Diego native.
2013 - Phillies' general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announces Ryne Sandberg has been named as the interim manager of the team, replacing Charlie Manuel, who won more games than any other skipper in franchise history. During his nine seasons in the Philadelphia dugout, the 69 year-old, who had never been selected as the NL Manager of the year, led the club to five consecutive division titles and a world championship in 2008.
2013 - Grant Holman of Chula Vista, CA struck out 13 and became the first player to toss a no-hitter in the Little League World Series since the 85-pitch rule was put in place in 2007. Holman led Chula Vista into the second round with a 3-0 seven-inning victory over Grosse Pointe, MI. Holman also became the first pitcher since 1979 to throw an extra-inning no-hitter in the LLWS.
2014 - The Arizona Diamondbacks released Blake Tekotte.
Baseball Birthdays on August 16...
1854 - Landis, Doc
1855 - Carpenter, Hick
1866 - Mayer, Ed
1872 - Steere, Gene
1872 - Clark, Willie
1884 - Hovlik, Joe
1885 - Northen, Hub
1889 - Robinson, Hank
1890 - Jacobson, Baby Doll
1892 - Keen, Bill
1893 - Wright, Cy
1895 - Bailey, Fred
1897 - Fothergill, Bob
1900 - Rhiel, Billy
1901 - Higbee, Mahlon
1908 - Bednar, Andy
1911 - Besse, Herman
1913 - Bonham, Tiny
1913 - Carpenter, Lew
1922 - Woodling, Gene
1925 - Jones, Willie
1929 - Roberts, Curt
1931 - Rudolph, Don
1938 - Rodgers, Buck
1941 - Edgerton, Bill
1941 - Brabender, Gene
1941 - Loughlin, Larry
1945 - Dukes, Jan
1948 - Jorgensen, Mike
1952 - Holland, Al
1958 - Maler, Jim
1960 - Mooneyham, Bill
1961 - Scott, Donnie
1961 - Jelks, Greg
1964 - Reed, Rick
1965 - Hernandez, Xavier
1966 - Foster, Steve
1966 - Shumpert, Terry
1967 - Barberie, Bret
1973 - Jackson, Damian
1974 - Cedeno, Roger
1974 - Snyder, John
1975 - Coleman, Michael
1975 - Cho, Jin Ho
1979 - Gordon, Brian
1980 - Hanigan, Ryan
1980 - Kozlowski, Ben
1981 - Novoa, Roberto
1982 - Sandoval, Freddy
1985 - Barton, Daric
1985 - Harrison, Matt
1986 - Darvish, Yu
1986 - Maldonado, Martin
1988 - Grimm, Justin
1988 - Ramirez, Juan
1990 - Sanchez, Adrian
1992 - DeShields, Delino
Baseball Deaths on August 16...
1906 - Carey, Tom
1919 - McKean, Ed
1923 - Scoggins, Jim
1923 - Day, Bill
1927 - Denny, Jerry
1943 - Becker, Beals
1944 - Sullivan, Tom
1946 - Rhiel, Billy
1948 - Ruth, Babe
1953 - Tyson, Ty
1963 - Braggins, Dick
1970 - Krieger, Kurt
1971 - Mueller, Walter
1972 - Bailey, Fred
1976 - Aiton, George
1977 - Kelly, Joe
1977 - Javery, Al
1977 - Barnabe, Charlie
1983 - Averill, Earl
1984 - Aaron, Tommie
1984 - Hahn, Fred
1985 - Drott, Dick
1993 - Rowell, Bama
2002 - Roseboro, Johnny
2007 - Garcia, Chico
2010 - Thomson, Bobby
AndyMacFAIL:
Today In White Sox History - August 16th
August 16, 1961 - Roger Maris hits two home runs off White Sox hurler Billy Pierce giving the slugger 48 in his quest to break Babe Ruth’s single season mark. It is the sixth consecutive game the Yankees outfielder has gone deep tying an American League record.
Boxscore & P-B-P: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B08160NYA1961.htm
AndyMacFAIL:
On August 17 in Baseball History...
1882 - In what is considered one of the greatest games of the century, Providence beats Detroit 1-0 on an 18th-inning home run by right fielder Old Hoss Radbourn. This National League game will serve as the longest shutout in major league history until September 1, 1967, when San Francisco will blank Cincinnati 1-0 in twenty innings.
1891 - The American Aassociation franchise in Cincinnati folds. Milwaukee of the Western Association is elected to take its place, a move that dooms that minor league. The American Association will be subsumed by the National League over the winter.
1894 - Right-hander Jack Wadsworth of the National League's Louisville club set a record that still stands by giving up twenty-eight singles in one game. The Phillies rout the Colonels at the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds, 29-4.
1904 - At Chicago's South Side Park, Boston American hurler Jesse Tennehill no-hits the White Sox, 6-0. The Americans will change their name to the Red Sox for the 1907 season.
1909 - Nap Lajoie resigns as the manager of the faltering Cleveland club. The fans still show their support for the popular skipper when a response to a newspaper poll indicates the overwhelming choice is to keep the team name as the Naps instead of choosing a new one, which will not happen until they become the Indians following the 1914 season.
1915 - Boston defeats the Cardinals in their debut at Braves Field, 3-1. The concrete and steel facility, which took only five months to construct, becomes the first ballpark to seat more than 40,000 fans.
1920 - Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman died from a beaning by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees on Aug. 16. This was the only on-field fatality in major league history.
1933 - On his way to establishing the mark of playing in 2,130 consecutive games, Lou Gehrig quietly surpasses Everett Scott's previous record of 1,308 games. The first baseman's single and triple don't prevent the last place Browns from beating the Yankees in ten innings at Sportsman's Park, 7-6.
1937 - In Cincinnati, the Cardinals beat the Reds with the final out being recorded at 12:02 a.m. making it the first major league game ever completed after midnight.
1944 - Johnny Lindell of the New York Yankees hit four consecutive doubles in a 10-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Lindell drove in two runs and scored twice.
1947 - The Lowell Orphans, a bankrupt minor league team moved from Lawrence, MA last month, draws only 85 paying customers to a doubleheader. The team's poor performance, which includes a 20-game losing streak, causes the city to evict the New England League franchise from Alumni Field, making it necessary for the club to finish the season on the road.
1948 - An estimated crowd of 100,000 fans passes by the body of Babe Ruth which is on display at Yankee Stadium. After the funeral in two days at St. Patrick's Cathedral, the 'Bambino' will be buried in the Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven in Hawthorne, New York.
1948 - Tommy Henrich hits his fourth grand slam of the season to tie the American League mark. Henrich, who broke in with the Yankees in 1937, had never hit a grand slam before this season.
1957 - Richie Ashburn, known for his ability to foul pitches off, hits spectator Alice Roth twice in the same at bat. The first one breaks her nose, and the second one hits her while she is being removed from her seat on a stretcher. Ironically, she is the wife of Earl Roth, the sports editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin. The Phils win 3-1 over New York.
1966 - After tying Jimmie Foxx yesterday for most career home runs hit by a right-handed batter, Giants slugger Willie Mays passes 'Double X' with his 535th homer. The San Francisco center fielder now takes over second place on the all-time list trailing only Babe Ruth's 714.
1968 - After four tries, the Mets still haven’t scored a run when Jim McAndrew starts a game with their 1-0 loss to Houston at Shea Stadium. In his first four major league appearances, the 24 year-old rookie right-hander has a puny 1.82 ERA, but is 0-4 due to the team dropping two 2-0 and two 1-0 decisions.
1971 - Prior to tonight's game against the Senators, the A's are invited to the White House so President Nixon can meet with southpaw sensation, Vida Blue. The commander-in-chief tells the 21-year old left-hander, who is presently 22-4, he wouldn't want to be the team's lawyer negotiating the phenom's next contract given the success of the underpaid hurler this season.
1972 - On his wife's birthday, Steve Calrton extends his streak to 15 consecutive victories when he beats Cincinnati 9-4 to win his 20th game of the season. After the contest, 'Lefty' returns from the clubhouse and stands near home plate to acknowledge the deafending cheers from the sold-out crowd at Veterans Stadium.
1973 - At Shea Stadium, 42-year old Willie Mays hits his 660th and final home run of his career off Cincinnati southpaw Don Gullett. The Mets first baseman, who played 21 seasons roaming the outfield for the Giants before coming home to New York last season, is third on the all-time home run career list behind Babe Ruth (714) and Hank Aaron (703).
1976 - Royals' third baseman George Brett steals home in the tenth inning to beat the Indians, 4-3.
1980 - George Brett has four hits and five RBI in Kansas City's 8-3 win over Texas, raising his batting average to .401 and extending his hitting streak to 29 consecutive games.
1984 - A stamp featuring Roberto Clemente, the fourth in a series honoring American sports heroes, is unveiled in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the late Pirates outfielder's home. The twenty cent six-color commemorative, designed by Juan Lopez-Bonilla, shows the pensive Hall of Famer wearing his Pittsburgh cap with the Puerto Rican flag in the background.
1984 - Pete Rose returns to the Cincinnati lineup for the first time in six years, going 2-for-4, including a single in his first at-bat, in the team's 6-4 victory over Chicago at Riverfront Stadium. 'Charlie Hustle', traded by the Expos yesterday in exchange for infielder Tom Lawless, also replaces Vern Rapp in the dugout in his new role as the club's player-manger.
1986 - Pinch-hitting in the eighth inning of a 9-5 loss to the Padres at Riverfront Stadium, all-time hit leader Pete Rose makes his final major league appearance. The Reds player-manager, who will end his 24-year career with a .303 batting average, is struck out by future Hall of Famer Goose Gossage.
1990 - In Chicago's 4-2 win over Texas, Carlton Fisk homers off Charlie Hough to become the all-time home run leader (with 187) in White Sox history and the all-time leader in home runs by a catcher (328).
1992 - Kevin Gross, retiring 22 of the final 23 batters he faces on his wife's birthday, no-hits the Giants at Dodger Stadium, 2-0. The LA right-hander's no-no averts the team from being swept in a four-game series at home against the Giants for the first time in 69 years.
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1999 - Oriole reliever Jesse Orosco, 42, sets a major league mark pitching in his 1,072nd game passing Dennis Eckersley on the all-time career appearance list.
2001 - After hitting a double, triple and homer, Blue Jay Jeff Frye elects to turn an apparent additional double in the 7th inning into a single making the infielder only the second player in Blue Jay history to hit for the cycle. Kelly Gruber, the other player to accomplish the feat for the franchise, makes it to the SkyDome in time to give an on-field hug after Frye's fourth at-bat.
2002 - Homering in the seventh inning off Mariner stater James Baldwin, Yankee All-star Alfonso Soriano becomes the first second baseman to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season. Bobby Bonds is the only other Yankee to post a 30/30 season accomplishing the feat in 1975.
2002 - Alex Rodriguez becomes the sixth player and the first infielder to compile five consecutive 40-home run seasons. The Rangers' shortstop joins Ralph Kiner (1947-51), Duke Snider (1953-57), Ken Griffey Jr (1996-2000), Sammy Sosa (1998-2002) and Babe Ruth (1926-32), who established the record with seven straight 40-homer seasons.
2003 - Good grief, Peanuts character Charlie Brown joins late broadcaster Bob Prince, Negro League star Josh Gibson, former catcher Manny Sanguillen, and current shortstop Jack Wilson to be honored by the Pirates with a bobblehead doll give-away day. Almost ten percent of the nearly 18,000 Peanuts strips created by Charles Schulz focused on baseball.
2003 - The Rally Monkey, the Angels' unofficial mascot, is honored for its contribution to last season's world championship with its own bobble head doll promotion. The Rally Monkey Bobble Belly joins other dolls given to fans this year paying tribute to Troy Glaus (2002 World Series MVP), Adam Kennedy (ALCS MVP), and Mike Scioscia (AL manager of the year) and will wear an Anaheim jersey with a name of a honored player on the back.
2004 - As she enters Raley Field at 6:27 p.m., five year old Olivia Perez is honored by the River Cats as she becomes the four millionth fan in franchise history. The Triple A affiliate of the Oakland A’s reaches the milestone faster than any club in minor league baseball history.
2005 - St. Louis announces the franchise has broken its single-season attendance record of 3.43 million set in 1989. The first-place Cardinals have sold 3.45 million tickets for the team’s farewell season at 40-year old Busch Stadium.
2006 - For first time in big league history, both teams hit leadoff home runs in the first two innings of a game. In a 5-4 White Sox victory over Kansas City at U.S. Cellular Field, Royals batters David DeJesus and Emil Brown go deep leading off in the first and second inning respectively as does Pablo Ozuna and Jermaine Dye for Chicago.
2008 - During the fifth inning of an 11-8 loss to the Twins at the Metrodome, Mariners' right-hander R. A. Dickey throws four wild pitches tying a major league record for WPs in one frame. Seattle backstop Kenji Johjima is also charged with a passed ball on another pitch thrown in the infamous inning.
2008 - The Blue Jays set a team record for two-baggers slugging 10 doubles in a 15-4 victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. With his 5-for-6 performance, Alex Rios ties a club mark becoming the third player in franchise history to hit four doubles in one game.
2008 - In a pre-game 55-minute ceremony at Minute Maid Park, Craig Biggio becomes the ninth Astro to have his jersey number retired. The Smithtown, N.Y. native, who wore number 7, is the team's all-time leader in games (2,850) and seasons (20) played.
2008 - Josh Hamilton becomes only the sixth major leaguer to be intentionally walked with the bases loaded. Rays' manager Joe Maddon's decision to give the Rangers' slugger a run-producing free pass in the ninth inning is successful when Tampa Bay goes on to win the game in Arlington, 7-4.
2012 - Lugazi, Uganda becomes the first team from Africa to appear in the 66-year history of the Little League World Series when they are defeated by Aguadulce, Panama, 9-3. None of the African youths, who have become the darlings of the tournament, have been playing baseball for more than two years.
2012 - The Boston Red Sox released Mark Prior.
2012 - Clay Buchholz strikes out Adam Jones (looking), Matt Wieters (looking) and Chris Davis (swinging) on nine pitches in the bottom of the sixth inning of the Red Sox's 6-3 victory over Baltimore at Camden Yards. The immaculate inning thrown by the Red Sox right-hander marks the 47th time the feat has been accomplished in major league history, and the first for a Boston hurler since Pedro Martinez turned the trick in 2002.
2012 - In his 1,000th major league game, Prince Fielder, with his two homers off Josh Beckett in the Tigers' 10-0 rout of Boston at Comerica Park, ends the day with 232 career round-trippers. The Detroit first baseman's dad, Cecil, also had the same total of big league home runs after playing in the same amount of games.
2013 - Miguel Tejada is suspended for 105 games, one of the longest in baseball history, after he reportedly tested positive on multiple occasions this season for Adderall, an amphetamine used to treat attention-deficit disorder. The 39 year-old Royals infielder, a six-time All-Star, apologizes to the organization, his teammates and the Kansas City fans, explaining his medical condition requires medication, but that he was wrong to take it while re-applying for a Therapeutic Use Exemption.
2013 - Clayton Kershaw blanks the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, 5-0, giving the Dodgers their first double-digit winning streak since 2006. The team's 42 victories in their last fifty games, including a 25-3 mark since the All-Star break, equals the 1941 Yankees and 1942 Cardinals for the best record for that span of games since 1900.
2014 - Michael Cuddyer is the 30th player to hit for multiple cycles, but becomes only the third player to accomplish the feat in both the American and National League, joining Bob Watson (Astros, 1977, and Red Sox, 1979) and John Olerud (Mets, 1997, and Mariners, 2001). The rare baseball occurrence is completed with an eighth inning double off Reds reliever Manny Parra, who yielded three of the hits in the outfielder's first cycle in 2009, pitching for the Brewers in a game against the Twins.
Baseball Birthdays on August 17...
1861 - McFarland, Chris
1866 - Harper, George
1873 - Norton, Effie
1874 - Keister, Bill
1883 - Justis, Walt
1888 - Molyneaux, Vince
1891 - Reilly, Arch
1891 - Powell, Jack
1892 - Rawlings, Johnny
1896 - McWeeny, Doug
1897 - Lennon, Ed
1897 - Bradshaw, Joe
1900 - Pence, Elmer
1901 - Embrey, Slim
1904 - Walsh, Augie
1905 - Watwood, Johnny
1906 - Walker, Hub
1908 - Durham, Ed
1910 - McLaughlin, Pat
1913 - York, Rudy
1918 - Nevel, Ernie
1919 - Hausmann, Clem
1920 - Bickford, Vern
1923 - Clyde, Tom
1923 - Markell, Duke
1924 - Ciaffone, Larry
1930 - Varner, Buck
1933 - Davenport, Jim
1936 - Buzhardt, John
1937 - Segui, Diego
1938 - Lines, Dick
1941 - Powell, Boog
1943 - Turner, Ken
1946 - Lockwood, Skip
1948 - Parsons, Bill
1950 - Johnson, Larry
1950 - Lemanczyk, Dave
1951 - Hobson, Butch
1957 - Landrum, Bill
1959 - Moronko, Jeff
1959 - Wellman, Brad
1963 - Fischer, Jeff
1965 - Cole, Alex
1966 - Barron, Tony
1967 - Mann, Kelly
1971 - Converse, Jim
1971 - Posada, Jorge
1972 - Abbott, Jeff
1972 - Ramirez, Roberto
1973 - Butler, Adam
1974 - Liefer, Jeff
1976 - Anderson, Matt
1976 - Cervenak, Mike
1976 - Valera, Yohanny
1977 - Maroth, Mike
1978 - Crozier, Eric
1978 - Qualls, Chad
1980 - Myers, Brett
1980 - O'Connor, Mike
1980 - Ridgway, Jeff
1980 - Waters, Chris
1982 - Metcalf, Travis
1983 - Gosewisch, Tuffy
1983 - Greene, Tyler
1983 - Pedroia, Dustin
1983 - Perez, Luis
1987 - Neal, Thomas
1990 - Farmer, Kyle
1991 - Overton, Dillon
1993 - Caratini, Victor
1993 - Winker, Jesse
Baseball Deaths on August 17...
1914 - Steinfeldt, Harry
1920 - Chapman, Ray
1930 - Maskrey, Harry
1934 - Potts, Dan
1940 - Baker, Bock
1950 - O'Connor, Paddy
1950 - Gilman, Pit
1951 - Wylie, Ren
1951 - Crandall, Doc
1961 - McCandless, Jack
1964 - Felsch, Happy
1967 - Caldwell, Ray
1968 - More, Forrest
1969 - Shellenback, Frank
1974 - Barrett, Johnny
1975 - Schulte, Jack
1976 - Tooley, Bert
1980 - Iott, Hooks
1980 - Goldman, Jonah
1982 - Meixell, Moxie
1986 - Vick, Sammy
1989 - Frankhouse, Fred
1993 - Sima, Al
1998 - Lipon, Johnny
1999 - Heflin, Randy
2002 - Bloodworth, Jimmy
2007 - Sanders, Dee
2009 - Williams, Davey
2013 - Craig, Rod
2013 - Harshman, Jack
2014 - Teed, Dick
2016 - Arlin, Steve
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB-wyk2Gq_E
White Sox vs Rangers Brawl 8/17/1990
Aug 17th, 1990- In first game of a double-header, Nolan Ryan hits Craig Grebeck for having umpire check the ball. Greg Hibbard retaliates by hitting Steve Buechele and benches clear.
AndyMacFAIL:
Today In White Sox History - August 17th
August 17, 1990 - White Sox backstop Carlton Fisk breaks Johnny Bench's record for home runs by a catcher hitting his 328th in a game two of a twilight doubleheader vs. the Rangers at Arlington Stadium. The White Sox win this game 4-2 after losing the opener 1-0 in 13 innings.
Boxscore & P-B-P: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/B08172TEX1990.htm
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