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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5000 on: September 07, 2018, 12:47:29 am »

    On September 7 in Baseball History...


    1889 - The most controversial game in American Association history is held in Brooklyn. The St. Louis Browns hold a 4-2 lead in the ninth over the Bridegrooms and claim it is too dark to continue. The lighted candles in front of their bench make umpire Fred Goldsmith determined to finish the game no matter what. Several St. Louis players are hit with bottles as they leave the grounds. The Browns will forfeit the game the next day because they fear for their safety.

    1896 - New Britain, CT native Tom Lynch becomes the first major league umpire to work in over 1,000 games. The National League arbitrator, who becomes the president of the circuit in 1910, will be behind home plate in 1309 of 1325 of the games he will work.

    1896 - The first-place Orioles (NL) sweep a tripleheader against the cellar-dwelling Colonels, 4-3, 9-8, and 12-1. Baltimore will establish the record for most games won in two consecutive days with five when they take both ends of tomorrow's twin bill with Louisville.

    1903 - A year before the first subway line is completed, the Brooklyn Superbas, later to be known as the Dodgers, play their cross-town rivals in a two-stadium, same-day doubleheader. The first game played in Washington Park begins at 10:30 am with 9,300 fans watching the visiting Giants win the opener, 6-4, and later that afternoon in front of 23,623 patrons at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn wins the second game, 3-0.

    1908 - In the span of four days, Senators' sensation Walter Johnson throws a shutout against the Bronx Bombers for the third consecutive game. The 'Big Train's' two-hit performance in the first game of the Monday Labor Day doubleheader at Yankee Stadium follows a six-hit blanking on Friday, a four hitter with no runs on Saturday, and a day off due to New York's prohibition of baseball on Sundays.

    1911 - Cy Young loses a pitching duel to Phillies' rookie right-hander Grover Cleveland Alexander at Boston's South End Grounds, 1-0. Next month, the 44-year-old veteran Braves hurler will end his career after 22 seasons with an astonishing 511 victories, a major league record unlikely to be broken.

    1912 - Eddie Collins steals six bases in the Athletics' 9-7 win over Detroit, a 20th-century-record. Remarkably, on September 22, he will repeat with six against the Browns.

    1916 - The Giants defeat the Dodgers 4-1 to start their major league record 26-game winning streak. The 'Jints' start the span two games under .500 and make up nine games in the standings, but remain in fourth place during the entire streak.

    1918 - On one day's rest, Hippo Vaughn gives up only seven hits, but Carl Mays wins a 2-1 duel for the Red Sox. Game Three of the World Series ends with the Charlie Pick of the Cubs caught in a rundown between third base and home while trying to score on a passed ball.

    1923 - Red Sox starter Howard Ehmke no-hits the A's at Shibe Park, 4-0. In the seventh inning, the 29-year old right-hander appears to lose his bid for a no-hitter when Slim Harriss hits a would-be double, but the Philadelphia pitcher is called out for not touching first base.

    1935 - Red Sox Joe Cronin hits into a 5-6-4-3 game-ending triple play when his line drive caroms off Indian third baseman Odell Hale's head to Bill Knickerbocker. The shortstop starts the triple killing throwing the rebound to Roy Hughes covering second, who in turn relays the ball to first baseman Hal Trosky giving the Tribe a 5-3 victory in the first game of a twin bill at Fenway Park.

    1945 - Joe Kuhel hits an inside-the-park home run, the only homer hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium. The Nats hit twenty-six on the road.

    1950 - At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Tiger outfielder Hoot Evers hits for the cycle, collecting five hits, 13 total bases and six RBIs. The left fielder's tenth-single completes the accomplishment, and is part of a two-run rally that ties the game at 13-13 before the game is called due to darkness.

    1952 - Johnny Mize hits a pinch-hit grand slam to give the Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington. He has now homered in each one of the fifteen Major League parks, including Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, while in each league.

    1953 - Roy Campanella sets the Major League record for RBI by a catcher when he smacks a three-run home run in a 6-3 Dodgers win over the Phils. Campy's 125 breaks Yogi Berra's Major League record of 124 set in 1950, and he will finish the season with 142. Yesterday Roy broke Gabby Hartnett's record for home runs by a catcher in a season with his 38th.

    1955 - Whitey Ford continues his mastery with his second consecutive one-hitter, beating the A's 2-1. Jim Finigan hits a two-out single in the seventh for the Nats' only hit. The Yankees southpaw is the fifth Major League pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters.

    1962 - With four steals in a 10-1 loss to the Pirates, Dodger Maury Wills breaks the modern National League record for stolen bases in a season with his 82nd swipe. Cincinnati's Bob Bescher established the mark in 1911 playing left field with Cincinnati.

    1964 - At Connie Mack Stadium, a Labor Day crowd of 26,390 fans watches the first-place Phillies split a doubleheader with the Dodgers. The attendance for the twin bill brings the season’s total to 1,224,172 patrons, breaking the all-time franchise home attendance record established by the Whiz Kids in 1950.

    1967 - At Candlestick Park, the Giants tie a National League mark using a record 25 players to beat the Astros in 15 innings, 3-2. Manager Herman Franks uses all his starters and five relief pitchers, sends six pinch hitters to the plate, and three players enter the contest as pinch runners along with two defensive substitutions.

    1967 - With just three weeks left in the season, the standings at the end of the day will reveal a four-way tie for first place in the American League. The Red Sox (79-62), the eventual AL champs, are battling the White Sox (78-61), Tigers (79-62), and the Twins (78-61) to capture the flag in the historic pennant race.


    1968 - Heading toward home plate with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, Hank Aaron falls down and is tagged out by Houston's third baseman Doug Rader. The last-place Astros come back for an improbable 6-3 victory over the Braves when they score three runs in the top of the tenth frame.

    1969 - Donald Dubois wins $27,000 when Fred Talbot, the Pilots' starting pitcher who throws a three-hit shutout, hits a grand slam in the sixth inning of the team's 8-0 victory over California at Sick's Stadium. The Gladstone, Oregon native's good fortune is the result of participating in the expansion team's "Home Run for the Money" promotion.

    1970 - The White Sox use a Major League record 41 players in a doubleheader with Oakland, but lose both games, 7-4, and 7-5.


    1973 - To prevent an injury, the second game of the Mets-Expos doubleheader at Jarry Park is delayed for 11 minutes. The setting sun over the rim of the Montreal ballpark makes it impossible for the first baseman to see the ball being thrown from certain positions on the field.

    1973 - The Rangers fire future Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog. The White Rat, who compiled a 47-91 record during his six-month tenure in the Texas dugout, will be replaced by Billy Martin.

    1975 - With an 8-4 victory over the Giants at Riverfront Stadium, the Reds clinch the National League West in their 142nd game of the season. The ‘Big Red Machine’ captures a title earlier than any other club since the inception of divisional play in 1969.

    1978 - In a 9-4 victory over the Expos, Mets backstop John Stearns establishes a new mark for National League catchers with his 25th stolen base. Johnny Kling swiped 24 bases catching for the Cubs in 1902.

    1978 - The Yankees, four games behind the Red Sox in the American League East, arrive in Boston for a crucial four-game series. The Yanks begin the "Boston Massacre" with a 15-3 rout.

    1979 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox gets three hits to pass Ted Williams on the all-time total base list. ‘Teddy Ballgame’ collected 2,654 hits during his 19 seasons with Boston.

    1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets struck out Ron Cey of the Chicago Cubs in the second inning - his 228th of the season setting a National League record for a rookie. Gooden passed Grover Alexander, who set the mark with 227 in 1911. New York won 10-0 behind Gooden's one-hitter.

    1993 - Mark Whiten of the St. Louis Cardinals had one of the greatest offensive games in Major League history in the nightcap of a doubleheader against Cincinnati. In the 15-2 win, Whiten hit four home runs and drove in twelve runs, becoming the only player ever to accomplish both feats in one game.


    1996 - With 129 at-bats and a mediocre .254 batting average at the start of his major league career, Scott Rolen misses the remainder of the season when his arm is broken by a pitch thrown by Cubs right-hander Steve Trachsel. The hit-by-pitch will prove to be a blessing in disguise when the Phillies third baseman, technically still a rookie due to one less at-bat last season, will have an outstanding year next season winning the National League Rookie of the Year award.

    1996 - In a pre-game ceremony in front of a sellout crowd at the Metrodome, the Twins bid farewell to Kirby Puckett, one of team's most popular players in recent years. After a remarkable 12-year Hall of Fame career, the talented and personable outfielder was forced to retire in July because of blindness in his right eye caused by glaucoma.

    1997 - Expo infielder Mark Grudzielanek breaks the National League mark for doubles for a shortstop hitting his 49th in a 2-1 loss to Philadelphia. The previous record was set by Dick Bartell of the 1932 Phillies.

    1997 - For only the twenty-second time in major league history a player reaches the 50 home run plateau when Mariner outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his fiftieth in a 9-6 loss to the Twins. Junior will finish the season with a league-leading 56 round-trippers.

    1997 - In a 15-inning contest, a total of 33 players whiff during the Angels' 5-4 victory at Tiger Stadium. Players from both teams become visibly upset with home plate umpire Mike Everitt when 21 of the of 30 extra-inning outs are strikeouts, with 13 being the result of a called third strike.

    1998 - Ken Griffey, Jr. homered twice against Baltimore, giving baseball three 50-homer players in a season for the first time. Jr. joined Mark McGwire and Babe Ruth as the only players to hit fifty or more in consecutive seasons.

    1998 - Mark McGwire, who had become the third player in history to reach 60 home runs, hits his record-tying 61st against Cubs pitcher Mike Morgan. McGwire's pursuer in the home run chase, Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa, applauds McGwire, as does the adoring sold-out crowd in St. Louis.

    2001 - Dodger right fielder Shawn Green breaks a club record for homers in a season with his 44th home run. The previous mark was shared by Duke Snider (1956) and Gary Sheffield (2000).

    2001 - Ranger infielder Alex Rodriguez breaks his American League record (42 in 1998 and 1999 for the Mariners) for home runs by a shortstop with his 43rd long ball of the season. In 1958, Cub Hall of Famer Ernie Banks established the major league record for homers for that position with 47.

    2005 - Dontrelle Willis becomes the first pitcher in the thirteen-year history of the Marlins to win 20 games in a season when the team routs Washington at RFK Stadium, 12-1. The high-kicking southpaw had established a franchise record for victories in his last start with his 19th win.

    2006 - The Cubs are honored by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks for their preservation efforts at Wrigley Field. The venerable old ballpark receives Chicago Landmark Awards for Excellence for the bleacher expansion project which improved circulation in the seating section, increased the number of bathrooms, and dramatically improved access for fans with disabilities.

    2008 - The Pirates lose their 82nd game, an 11-6 defeat to the Giants at AT&T Park, ensuring the club will endure their 16th consecutive losing season. The streak equals the mark established by the 1933-1948 Philadelphia Phillies for the longest skid in the history of professional sports.

    2009 - Thanks to their loss to Chicago, the Pirates become the first franchise in baseball history to post a losing record for 17 consecutive seasons. The dubious streak, which dates back to 1993, surpasses the skid the Phillies endured from 1933 to 1948.

    2010 - A statue of Billy Williams, who played 16 seasons with the club from 1959-74, is dedicated by the Cubs on the corner of Sheffield Avenue and Addison Street outside of Wrigley Field. In attendance for the unveiling of the sculpture, that portrays the Hall of Famer outfielder finishing his sweet swing from the left side, is his wife, Shirley, former teammates Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, Ron Santo and Glenn Beckert, along with the Reverend Jesse Jackson.


    2010 - Trevor Hoffman earns his 600th save when he induces pinch-hitter Aaron Miles to hit a grounder for the final out in the Brewers' 4-2 victory over St. Louis at Miller Park. The 42-year-old reliever, baseball's career saves leader, has converted 600 of his 676 save opportunities (89%) during his 18-year career with Florida, San Diego and Milwaukee.

    2010 - At Petco Park, Padres' starter Mat Latos establishes a major league record when he limits L.A. to one run over seven innings. The 22-year old right-hander has a string of 15 straight starts of five or more innings of allowing two or fewer runs, breaking the mark shared by Greg Maddux (1993-94) and Mike Scott (1986).

    2011 - Alex Liddi becomes the first player born and raised in Italy to play in the major leagues. The Mariners' third baseman, who goes 0-for-2 in the loss to L.A., is the first MLB European Academy alumnus to make the show.

    2015 - In the last game of the season, Pensacola Blue Wahoos shortstop Ray Chang plays all nine positions, fielding a different one in each of the first nine inning including tossing a clean ninth frame. The 32 year-old popular infielder also enjoys a 3-for-4 day at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base in the Reds Double-A affiliate’s 4-2 loss against the Mobile BayBears.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 7...


    1851 - Johns, Tommy
    1856 - Foutz, Dave
    1859 - Duryea, Jesse
    1862 - Daily, Ed
    1862 - McDermott, Mike
    1866 - Murphy, Joe
    1874 - Poole, Ed
    1875 - Ritter, Lew
    1877 - O'Neill, Mike
    1879 - Case, Charlie
    1880 - Wiltse, Hooks
    1883 - Flynn, John
    1884 - Moseley, Earl
    1884 - Matteson, Eddie
    1887 - McManus, Joe
    1889 - Holden, Bill
    1891 - Blackwell, Fred
    1892 - Shinault, Ginger
    1898 - Winters, Clarence
    1902 - Carlyle, Cleo
    1903 - Davis, Curt
    1903 - Kloza, Nap
    1903 - Van Camp, Al
    1907 - McAfee, Bill
    1909 - Wilson, Eddie
    1910 - Potter, Dykes
    1915 - Otero, Reggie
    1916 - Sullivan, Lefty
    1917 - Partee, Roy
    1936 - Lindstrom, Chuck

    1943 - Matchick, Tom
    1944 - Lersch, Barry
    1946 - Crawford, Willie
    1946 - Rudi, Joe
    1947 - Wallace, Dave
    1952 - Sweet, Rick
    1953 - Washington, La Rue
    1954 - Eaton, Craig
    1956 - Sanchez, Orlando
    1958 - Schroeder, Bill
    1960 - Rowdon, Wade
    1964 - Valdez, Sergio
    1968 - Peguero, Julio
    1969 - Cookson, Brent
    1969 - Quirico, Rafael
    1969 - Bragg, Darren
    1972 - Isringhausen, Jason
    1972 - Morales, Willie
    1973 - Newhan, David
    1973 - Patterson, Jarrod
    1976 - Looper, Aaron
    1977 - Nance, Shane
    1977 - Padilla, Vicente
    1979 - Haynes, Nathan
    1979 - Stokes, Brian
    1980 - Prior, Mark
    1984 - Gomez, Mauro
    1985 - Davis, Wade
    1987 - Castillo, Rusney
    1987 - Hernandez, Gorkys
    1995 - Alcantara, Sandy



    Baseball Deaths on September 7...


    1881 - Woodhead, Red
    1908 - Morgan, Bill
    1912 - Raymond, Bugs
    1924 - Spade, Bob
    1930 - Keliher, Mickey
    1938 - King, Lee
    1958 - Gilbert, Wally
    1970 - Ford, Gene

    1977 - Jones, Broadway
    1977 - Maynard, Buster
    1982 - Boyer, Ken

    1984 - Cronin, Joe
    1995 - Papai, Al
    1996 - Miranda, Willy
    1998 - Harrist, Earl

    2000 - Tremark, Nick
    2004 - Reniff, Hal
    2004 - Boyd, Bob

    2006 - Mueller, Gordie
    2007 - Cohen, Al
    2008 - Gutteridge, Don

    2017 - Michael, Gene






           


               


   







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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5001 on: September 08, 2018, 12:20:51 am »

    On September 8 in Baseball History...


    1880 - The Polo Grounds in New York is leased by the new National Association Metropolitan club. The grounds, which have been used for polo matches, will be converted into the first commercial baseball park to be built on Manhattan Island. It opens three weeks later.

    1896 - Baltimore sweeps a twin bill from 12th-place Louisville, beating their National League opponents at Oriole Park, 10-9 and 3-1. The Birds, who won all three games against the Colonels in yesterday's tripleheader, establish the mark for the most victories in two consecutive days with their five wins.

    1905 - The Pittsburgh Pirates stranded eighteen runners in an 8-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds to set a National League record for men left on base.

    1916 - Twenty-three fans attending the game against the Yankees at rain-soaked Shibe Park, the smallest crowd in American League history, witness A's switch-hitter Wally Schang become the first player in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game. The feat will not be accomplished again in the Junior Circuit until 1940.

    1925 - In the nightcap of a doubleheader at Fenway Park, Babe Ruth belts his 300th career home run. The milestone blast is given up by southpaw Buster Ross in the Yankees' 7-4 win over the Red Sox.

    1933 - In the second game of a doubleheader against Detroit, Red Sox outfielder Mel Almada makes his major league debut at Fenway Park. The Huatabampo, Sonora native is the first Mexican to play in the major leagues.

    1939 - With his 12-1 victory over the Browns in St. Louis, Bob Feller becomes the youngest modern-era player to win 20 games. The Indians fireballer finishes the season 24-9 while posting a 2.85 ERA.

    1940 - Johnny Mize hits homers #'s 38, 39 and 40 in the first game of a doubleheader becoming the first player to hit three homers in one game four times in his career. Despite the 'Big Cat's' heroics, the Cardinals drop a pair to the Pirates, 16-14 and 9-4.

    1942 - The first exhibition game between two Negro League teams is finally played in Boston when the Philadelphia Stars edge the Baltimore Elite Giants in a rain-shortened seven-inning game at Fenway Park, 8-7. The Cradle of Liberty, unlike many metropolitan areas in the East and South, did not have a Black team represent the city, nor did the community embrace the concept of hosting Negro League contests.

    1955 - The Dodgers clinch their eighth National League pennant with a 10-2 victory over the Braves at Milwaukee’s County Stadium. Brooklyn's 17-game lead makes it the earliest date that a team has captured a flag in baseball history.

    1957 - Before their departure to play on the West Coast for next season, the Dodgers and Giants face one another for the final time in New York. The Jints beat the Bums at the Polo Grounds, 3-2, to finish the intense 68-year old storied rivalry with a 656-606 advantage over Brooklyn in the battle between the boroughs.

    1958 - Roberto Clemente tied a Major League record by hitting three triples in a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

    1963 - At Shibe Park, Braves left-hander Warren Spahn tosses a complete game edging Philadelphia, 3-2. The triumph is the southpaw ‘s 20th victory and ties Christy Mathewson’s record of thirteen seasons of twenty or more wins.

    1964 - The Mets announce the signing of 18-year old right-hander Bill Denehy. The recent high school graduate, who struck out 151 batters in 81 innings, posted a 10-1 record for Woodrow Wilson High School in Middletown, Connecticut, and won three tournament games en route to leading his team to the state championship.

    1965 - In a promotion to increase Kansas City's poor attendance, Bert Campaneris becomes the first major leaguer to play all nine positions in a single game. After being involved in a collision at home plate in the ninth inning, Campy is replaced by Rene Lachemann as the team's catcher in the A's eventual 5-3, 13-inning victory over California.

    1967 - The Mets, at the urging of their fans, honor former Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax, who retired last season when arthritis ended his career prematurely at the age of 30. The Brooklyn-born southpaw, who threw a no-hitter against New York in 1962, started twenty games against the Amazins compiling a 17-2 record, that included 14 complete games and 5 shutouts.

    1968 - Ralph Garr steals the first of his 172 stolen bases, swiping home as a pinch runner for Joe Torre in the Braves' 4-1 victory over Houston. In 1973, the 'Road Runner' will break Atlanta's record for stolen bases, a mark the outfielder established in his first full season three years ago.

    1972 - Pirates manager Bill Virdon posts his 100th different line-up in the 131st game of the season. The starting nine for the eventual NL Eastern Division winners beats the Expos in the second game of a doubleheader at Jarry Park in 12 inninngs, to complete the sweep of the twin bill, 4-2.

    1972 - Fergie Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-3, for his 20th victory of the season. It was the sixth straight year that Jenkins won at least twenty games.

    1973 - Billy Martin, dismissed six days ago by the Tigers, signs a multi-year contract to mange the last-place Rangers. The fiery 45 year-old skipper, who was at the helm when Detroit won the American League East title last season, replaces Whitey Herzog who was fired yesterday after compiling a 47-91 (.341) record in the first season of his Hall of Fame managerial career.

    1977 - Cubs' relief pitcher Bruce Sutter strikes out the first six batters he faces including three men in the ninth on nine pitches. The future Hall of Famer will earn his sixth victory in seven decisions when the Cubs beat Montreal in 10 innings at Wrigley Field, 3-2.

    1980 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends Fergie Jenkins indefinitely as a result of his August 25 drug arrest in Toronto. On September 22, the suspension will be overturned by arbitrator Raymond Goetz, the first time ever a commissioner's decision is overruled by an arbitrator.

    1985 - Cincinnati's Pete Rose inserted himself into the lineup when the Chicago Cubs started right-hander Reggie Patterson. Rose singled in the first inning and again in the fifth inning to tie Ty Cobb with 4,191 career hits. Rose was retired in his other at-bats and the game was called because of darkness after nine innings with the score tied, 5-5.

    1988 - National League president Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's seventh commissioner, and will succeed Peter Ueberroth in 1989.

    1993 - Retiring the final 17 batters in a row, 24 year-old right-hander Darryl Kile no-hits the Mets in a 7-1 Houston victory at the Astrodome. Jeff McKnight, who had walked, scores New York's lone run on a wild pitch after advancing to third base on an error.

    1995 - With a 3-2 victory over the Orioles at Jacobs Field, the Indians clinch the American League Central Division reaching the postseason for the first time since 1954. Mike Hargrove’s Tribe, which posts a 100-44 record, will win the division with the largest margin in baseball history finishing 30 games ahead of the Royals.

    1996 - Todd Hundley joins Mickey Mantle as the only other switch hitter to hit 40 homers in a season. The backstop's round-tripper also breaks Darryl Strawberry's Met club record for most homers in a single season.

    1996 - A Gary Sheffield fifth inning home run against the Expos' Pedro Martinez breaks the major league home run record for a season. The previous record of 4,458 round-trippers was established in 1987.

    1998 - Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris' thirty-seven year-old home run record, lining historic No. 62 just over the wall in left field with two out in the fourth inning. McGwire's homer off the Chicago Cubs' Steve Trachsel set off a wild celebration in Busch Stadium.

    2002 - Rafael Palmeiro's sixth inning homer against Tampa Bay establishes a new major league record with a Ranger player hitting a home run in 26 consecutive games. The previous mark was shared by the 1941 Yankees, the 1994 Tigers, and the 1998 Braves.

    2002 - The Chicago White Sox released Royce Clayton.


    2003 - At Camden Yards, 64-year old Steve Dalkowski throws the ceremonial first pitch to relief pitcher Buddy Groom before an Orioles game against Seattle. In 1963, on the day he was fitted for his big-league uniform, the Baltimore fireballing farmhand hurt his arm pitching in an exhibition game and never appeared in the major leagues.

    2004 - The Cincinnati Reds released McKay Christensen.

    2005 - At Troy’s Bruno Stadium, the Vermont Expos end the season by winning their seventh straight game beating Tri-City ValleyCats, 15-9. With the NY-Penn team changing its name next season, the game marks the last time the word Expos will appear on a uniform.

    2007 - Hitting his 50th and 51st home runs, Yankee infielder Alex Rodriguez joins Babe Ruth (1920-54, 1921-59, 1927-60, 1928-54), Roger Maris (1961-61), and Mickey Mantle (1956-52, 1961-54) to become only the fourth player in Yankee history to hit 50 or more homers in a single season. The second homer breaks the major league mark of 49 homers hit by a third baseman shared with Mike Schmidt (Phillies-1980) and Adrian Beltre (Dodgers-2004).

    2008 - The Red Sox break the Cleveland Indians' attendance record with their 456th consecutive regular-season sellout at Fenway Park. To commemorate the streak, which began on May 15, 2003, team owners, current players as well as club icon Johnny Pesky greet and thank fans entering the ballpark prior to the game against the Rays.

    2008 - On the first pitch he sees as a major leaguer, Mark Saccomanno hits a home run that contributes to the Astos’ 3-2 victory over the Pirates at Minute Maid Park. The Houston pinch-hitter becomes the fourth player in franchise history to homer in his initial big league at-bat.

    2008 - Gary Sheffield’s second home run of the game is the 250,000th round-tripper in major league history. The Tigers slugger needs only four more to reach a personal milestone of 500 homers.

    2010 - Tim Wakefield becomes the oldest player to win a game for the Red Sox since 1920, when the 44-year old starter goes five innings in Boston's 11-5 victory over Tampa Bay at Fenway Park. In 1998, Dennis Eckersley, at the age of 43 years and 349 days old, was credited with the win after getting two outs in relief in a game against Baltimore.

    2011 - The San Francisco Giants released Aaron Rowand.

    2012 - A healthy Stephen Strasburg makes his last 2012 appearance four days sooner than his much-debated scheduled season shut down set by the Nationals. The 24 year-old power right-hander, who underwent Tommy John surgery in 2010, was put on a strict innings limit by Washington, who will lose the NLDS to St. Louis, after compiling the best record in major league baseball.

    2012 - Darwin Barney sets the National League record for consecutive errorless games by a second baseman with 124 surpassing Ryne Sandberg, another Cub infielder who played his consecutive errorless streak at second between the 1989 and 1990 seasons. The major league mark for consecutive errorless games at second base is 186, established by Tiger infielder Placido Polanco from 2006-08.

    2016 - The Tampa Bay Rays signed Alexei Ramirez as a free agent.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 8...


    1854 - McKelvy, Russ
    1858 - Carl, Fred
    1861 - Higgins, Bill
    1870 - Rosebraugh, Zeke
    1872 - White, Deke
    1884 - Demaree, Al
    1886 - Rolling, Ray
    1887 - Sinc0ck, Bert
    1888 - Giannini, Joe
    1890 - Cruthers, Press
    1891 - Scheeren, Fritz
    1891 - Clemons, Verne
    1896 - Picinich, Val
    1896 - Schulte, Johnny
    1902 - Orsatti, Ernie
    1905 - Grimes, Ed
    1906 - Stewart, Frank

    1913 - Castleman, Slick
    1915 - Gabrielson, Len
    1916 - Bagby, Jim
    1916 - Turner, Tom

    1926 - Sleater, Lou
    1932 - Wise, Casey
    1938 - Werley, George
    1942 - Hargan, Steve
    1945 - Blanco, Ossie

    1946 - Forsch, Ken
    1951 - Barr, Steve
    1952 - McCall, Larry
    1954 - Aase, Don
    1954 - Smith, Jim
    1959 - Cook, Glen
    1962 - Pardo, Al
    1966 - Dyer, Mike
    1973 - Wolcott, Bob
    1976 - Rivera, Mike
    1978 - Meche, Gil
    1982 - Espineli, Geno
    1983 - Hundley, Nick
    1984 - Delaney, Rob
    1984 - Parnell, Bobby
    1986 - Schafer, Logan
    1988 - Ruffin, Chance
    1988 - Sanabia, Alejandro
    1990 - Cole, Gerrit
    1991 - Moya, Steven
    1992 - Altavilla, Dan
    1993 - Williams, Nick



    Baseball Deaths on September 8...


    1902 - Prentiss, George
    1919 - Kerins, John
    1936 - Banks, Bill
    1941 - Boehling, Joe
    1947 - Pond, Ralph
    1948 - Byers, Bill
    1952 - Hearne, Ed
    1955 - Criss, Dode
    1957 - Miller, Bill
    1959 - Mitchell, Roy
    1963 - Knickerbocker, Bill

    1963 - Williams, Johnnie
    1964 - Redfern, Buck

    1968 - Kalfass, Bill
    1977 - Hildebrand, Oral
    1979 - Joseph, Rick
    1990 - Gleason, Joe
    1991 - Koshorek, Clem
    1991 - Rosenberg, Lou

    1993 - Mattingly, Earl
    2011 - Jefferson, Jesse

    2012 - Hale, Bob
    2014 - Zuverink, George
    2015 - Andujar, Joaquin



           



       



       



     




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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5002 on: September 09, 2018, 12:01:05 am »

    On September 9 in Baseball History...


    1914 - Boston Braves' hurler George 'Iron' Davis, a Harvard Law School student, no-hits the Phillies at Boston's South End Grounds, 7-0. Only Bumpus Jones (2) and Bobo Holloman (3) have fewer career victories for pitchers that have thrown no-hitters than the 24-year old right-hander, who will retire after four seasons in the major leagues with a 7-10 record.

    1918 - In Game Four of the World Series, which is being played early because of World War I, Babe Ruth bats in two runs on a triple in the fourth and pitches seven scoreless innings before the Cubs tie it in the eighth. But Ruth and the Red Sox get the win when Phil Douglas throws away the game, first by a wild pitch, then an error.

    1922 - William Chester 'Baby Doll' Jacobson triples three times in the Browns' 16-0 rout of the Tigers at Sportsman's Park. The St. Louis outfielder will hit 94 three-baggers during his 11-year career.

    1936 - The New York Yankees clinched their eighth American League pennant with a doubleheader sweep of the Cleveland Indians, 11-3 and 12-9. The Yankees finished 19 1/2-games ahead of the Detroit Tigers for the largest margin in Yankee history.

    1945 - In the night cap of a twin bill at Shibe Park, Dick Fowler gets his only victory of the season when he no-hits the Browns, 1-0, becoming the first Canadian to throw a major league no-hitter. The A's 24-year old right-hander from Toronto will compile a 66-79 record during his ten-year tenure with the A's.

    1948 - At the Polo Grounds, Dodger Rex Barney no-hits the Giants, 2-0. The Brooklyn 23-year old right-hander had to endure a one-hour rain delay as well as showers in the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings to finish his gem.

    1953 - Mickey Mantle's two-run home run off Chicago's Billy Pierce caps a seven-run fifth inning, as New York wins 9-3 at Yankee Stadium. Returning to center field after the fifth, Mantle is photographed blowing a huge bubble with a wad of gum. Manager Casey Stengel will publicly rebuke the Mick, who will apologize for the indiscretion. However, Mantle does get an endorsement fee from the Bowman Gum company.

    1960 - Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams hits career homer 511 tying him with Mel Ott for third on the all-time home run list behind Babe Ruth (714) and Jimmie Foxx (534). The historic homer, a two-out game-tying solo shot to deep right field, comes off Jim Perry in the fifth inning of a 6-3 loss to the Tribe at Cleveland Stadium.

    1961 - At the Stadium, Roger Maris hits his 56th home run of the season off Mudcat Grant in an 8-7 comeback Yankee victory over the Indians. The Fargo native and roommate Mickey Mantle (52) now holds the record for most single-season home runs by a pair of teammates (108), previously set in 1927 by another pair of Bronx Bombers, Babe Ruth (60) and Lou Gehrig (47).

    1965 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched his fourth no-hitter, a perfect game, against the Chicago Cubs. Koufax fanned 14 in the 1-0 victory while Cubs pitcher Bob Hendley allowed only one hit - a double by Lou Johnson.


    1960 - Joe Gordon will have the distinction of managing his second team in Kansas City when he is hired to be the skipper for the new American League expansion team. The former A's manager, in his only year with the club, will pilot the Royals in their inaugural year to a fourth-place finish in the six-team AL West Division, finishing the season with a 69-93 record.

    1970 - Bowie Kuhn hands Denny McLain his third suspension of the year, this one is for carrying a gun, plus other unspecified charges, and ends McLain's season with a 3-5 record.

    1977 - At Fenway Park, Allan Trammel and Lou Whitaker, playing shortstop and second base respectively, both make their major league debut for Detroit. The Tigers' new double play combination will be teammates for the next 19 seasons, a major league record.

    1987 - Striking out 12 of the final 13 hitters and a total of 16 batters, Nolan Ryan beats the Giants, 4-2. The 'Ryan Express' notches his 4,500th career strikeout by whiffing Mike Aldrette to end the seventh inning.

    1988 - In his final major league game, Bruce Sutter, who missed all of last season due to shoulder problems, notches his 300th career save. The 35 year-old future Hall of Fame closer becomes the third reliever to reach the milestone when he retires the Padres in order in the 11th inning of the Braves' 5-4 victory at Jack Murphy Stadium.

    1990 - Oakland beats New York 7-3 to complete a twelve-game sweep of the Yankees this year. The season sweep is a first for the Yankees.

    1992 - In front of a sellout crowd at County Stadium, Robin Yount becomes the 17th and third youngest player to reach the 3000 hits milestone when he singles off of Indian reliever Jose Mesa in a 5-4 defeat to Cleveland. The 36 year-old Milwaukee center fielder also reached 1,000 and 2,000 hit plateaus against the Indians.

    1992 - Brewer owner Bud Selig is selected by the owners to serve as acting baseball commissioner until a permanent successor can be found. It will take nearly six years to name a permanent commissioner and it will be Selig.

    1993 - Baseball joins the other major sports and expands the postseason as well as its divisions. The measure passes by a 27-1 vote with Texas, one of two teams other than the new expansion teams never to go to the postseason by the old setup, as the lone dissenter.

    1997 -  Hall of Famer and beloved Phillies announcer Richie Ashburn, an excellent contact hitter who once fouled off 14 pitches in one at-bat, passes away of an apparent heart attack in his New York hotel room after broadcasting a Mets-Phillies game last night. 'Whitey' collected the most hits by any major leaguer during the decade of the 1950's.

    1997 - Red Sox rookie shortstop Nomar Garciaparra breaks the major league record for RBIs by a lead-off batter with his two ribbies in an 8-6 loss to the Yankees. Tiger Harvey Kuenn established the mark in 1956 with 85.

    1998 - The Yankees (102-41) move 20.5 games ahead of the second-place Red Sox and clinch the American League East title with their 7-5 win over Boston at Fenway Park. The Bronx Bombers will set an American League record with their 112 victories this season.

    1998 - Thanks to Damion Easley's tenth inning two-run walk-off homer, the Tigers beat Rick Aguilera and the Twins, 8-7. It is the third consecutive contest in which Detroit trailed going into the final inning, but wins the game in dramatic fashion in their last at-bat.

    2001 - For the second time in the season, Barry Bonds hits three home runs in a game. The Giants left fielder, whose offensive output gives him 63 homers, passes the major league season mark of 61 for homers hit left-handed set by Roger Maris in 1961.

    2002 - For the fifth straight season, Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson records 300 strikeouts breaking his own record of four consecutive years. The feat also ties the 'Big Unit' with Nolan Ryan having a total of six 300 strikeout seasons.

    2002 - Barry Bonds' 610th career home run is the longest dinger ever hit in the three-year history of Pac Bell Park. The 491-foot homer sails over the heads of the fans who are waiting in line at a concession stand in the center field bleachers.

    2002 - On the third-earliest date since divisional play began in 1969, the Braves clinch the National League East for the eighth consecutive season. Atlanta will finish the season 19 games ahead of the second-place Expos.

    2003 - At Turner Field, Tomas Perez and Jason Michaels both hit grand slams in the Phillies' 18-5 rout of the hometown Braves. The bases-full blasts come in the second and sixth inning respectively.

    2004 - Lino Urdaneta’s first major league appearance results in an earned run average of infinity when the Tigers rookie does not retire a batter, giving up five hits, one walk and six earned runs. Fortunately for the right-hander, the Mets will give him the opportunity to appear in two games in 2007, in which he allows one run in one inning of work, to bring down his ERA to a much more respectable 63.00.

    2004 - Joe Randa becomes the first player in American League history to collect six hits and score six runs in the a nine-inning game. The Kansas City third baseman’s offensive output contributes to the Royals’ 26-5 rout over Tigers.

    2006 - At Coors Field in Denver, Alfonso Soriano hit his 45th home run of the season to set the Nationals' single-season franchise record. The previous club record was established in 2000 by Vladimir Guerrero playing for of the Montreal Expos.

    2006 - In the shortest game ever recorded at Chase Field, Brandon Webb one-hits the visiting Cardinals, 3-0. The only hit the Diamondbacks right-hander gives up in the 1 hour and 54-minute in the desert is Scott Rolen's two-out double in the fourth inning

    2007 - In the first inning at Detroit's Comerica Park, Curtis Granderson steals his 20th base of the season to become only the third major leaguer to belong to the 20-20-20-20 club. The Tigers center fielder joins Frank Schulte (1911- Cubs) and Willie Mays (1957 - Giants) as the only players to record 20 home runs, 20 triples, 20 doubles and swipe 20 bases in a season.

    2007 - The Brewers become the third team in big league history to begin a game with three consecutive homers. In the Brew Crew’s 10-5 victory over the Reds, Rickie Weeks, J.J. Hardy and Ryan Braun start the Great American Ball Park contest with a bang.

    2008 - Derek Jeter passes the legendary Babe Ruth on the Yankees' all-time hits list adding a first inning single during the 7-1 victory over the Angels in Anaheim to run his career total to 2,519 hits. Lou Gehrig (2,721) is now the only Bronx Bomber with more hits than the club’s current shortstop.

    2008 - Removed from the starting lineup when his cab is stuck in traffic en route to Fenway Park, Dan Johnson, called up today from the Triple-A minor league Durham Bulls, pinch hits in the ninth inning with the Rays trailing 4-3, and belts a game-tying home run off closer Jonathan Papelbon. The homer, which comes in his first at-bat with the team and is his first pinch hit in 16 major league attempts, is believed to be the turning point of Tampa Bay's season as it helps to snap a four-game losing streak and prevents the Red Sox from taking over first place.

    2010 - Ichiro Suzuki becomes the first major leaguer with ten consecutive seasons with 200-hits. The Mariner right-fielder extends his own record with a fifth-inning single to center in the Mariners' 1-0 loss to Toronto at the Rogers Centre.

    2012 - Rays right-hander James Shields tosses a complete-game two-hitter, beating the first-place Rangers, 6-0. B.J. Upton knocks in half of Tampa Bay's runs when he hits three solo homers in the first, fourth and sixth innings of the Tropicana Field contest.

    2013 - Juan Uribe homers in each of his first three trips to the plate in the Dodgers’ 8-1 victory over Arizona. Los Angeles goes yard six times in the Chavez Ravine contest, falling two shy of the franchise record established in 2002.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 9...


    1857 - Dalrymple, Abner
    1872 - Eubank, John
    1877 - Chance, Frank

    1880 - Puttmann, Ambrose
    1886 - Miller, Dots
    1886 - Kellogg, Al
    1887 - Johnston, Doc
    1889 - Thompson, Harry
    1891 - Costello, Dan
    1892 - Graham, Tiny
    1892 - McNally, Mike
    1893 - Kinney, Walt
    1898 - Frisch, Frankie
    1899 - Hoyt, Waite
    1905 - Perkins, Charlie
    1909 - Marcum, Johnny

    1910 - Thomas, Bud
    1912 - Lazor, Johnny
    1913 - Mulcahy, Hugh
    1918 - Crowson, Woody
    1926 - Mickelson, Ed
    1931 - Averill, Earl

    1931 - Naton, Pete
    1935 - Proctor, Jim
    1938 - Ward, Jay
    1942 - Stone, Ron
    1949 - Sanders, Reggie
    1952 - Mumphrey, Jerry
    1953 - Ratzer, Steve
    1959 - Foley, Tom
    1960 - Davis, Alvin
    1961 - Corsi, Jim
    1962 - Strong, Joe
    1965 - Zeile, Todd
    1970 - Miceli, Dan
    1970 - Hamilton, Joey
    1971 - Roberson, Sid
    1971 - Checo, Robinson
    1972 - Hampton, Mike
    1978 - Ainsworth, Kurt
    1979 - DiNardo, Lenny
    1980 - Coffey, Todd
    1983 - Costanzo, Mike
    1983 - Davies, Kyle
    1983 - Hughes, Rhyne
    1983 - Jackson, Edwin

    1983 - Romero, Alex
    1984 - Pill, Brett
    1986 - Bowden, Mike
    1988 - Middlebrooks, Wil
    1988 - Terdoslavich, Joey
    1989 - Ranaudo, Anthony

    1990 - Hamilton, Billy
    1992 - Valaika, Pat



    Baseball Deaths on September 9...


    1889 - Gorman, Jack
    1914 - Garoni, Willie
    1915 - Spalding, Al
    1926 - Conway, Dick
    1928 - Shocker, Urban
    1934 - Dobbs, John
    1944 - Shugart, Frank

    1944 - Collier, Orlin
    1949 - Neubauer, Hal
    1949 - Madden, Len
    1951 - Snodgrass, Chappie
    1957 - Karger, Ed
    1959 - Lyons, Terry
    1961 - Oldring, Rube
    1961 - Barnes, Jesse
    1964 - Stueland, George
    1964 - Bennett, Herschel
    1975 - Jungels, Ken
    1981 - Alten, Ernie
    1990 - Cramer, Doc
    1991 - Rock, Les

    1996 - Pramesa, Johnny
    1996 - Hanebrink, Harry
    1997 - Ashburn, Richie
    1998 - Zimmerman, Jerry
    1999 - Hunter, Catfish
    2010 - Phillips, Eddie
    2016 - Miles, Carl
    2017 - Donohue, Jim


                 


                               





         




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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5003 on: September 09, 2018, 11:53:32 pm »

On September 10 in Baseball History...


1881 - At Haymakers' Grounds, future Hall of Fame first baseman Roger Connor becomes the first major leaguer to hit a a grand slam, giving the Troy Trojans a 7-4 walk-off victory over the Worcester Ruby Legs. The 23-year old Waterbury, CT native's sayonara slam, a home run which wins a game when a team is down by three runs in the bottom of the final inning, comes with two outs.

1889 - New York Giants pitcher Mickey Welch strikes out as the first pinch hitter in Major League history.

1918 - Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting World War I. On the field, Hippo Vaughn comes back with two days of rest for the Cubs and blanks the Red Sox 3-0 in Game Five.

1919 - Cleveland's right-hander Ray Caldwell no-hits the Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader sweep in New York, 3-0. The right-handed spitballer, released by the Red Sox in July, finishes the season winning five of six starts for the Tribe with an ERA of 1.71.

1924 - At the Polo Grounds, the Giants rip the Braves 22-1 in the opener of a doubleheader. Frankie Frisch goes six-for-six before grounding out.

1933 - The inaugural East-West All-Star game is played at Comiskey Park, the site of the first major league All-Star game played exactly one month ago. Gus Greenlee and Tom Wilson’s idea to showcase the black talent in the Negro Leagues draws 20,000 fans helping to relieve some of the burden facing the the financially-strapped club owners.


1950 - For the second consecutive year, the Red Sox sweep the home season series with the A's. The winning streak at Fenway now extends to 22 wins without a loss against Philadelphia.

1950 - In New York's 8-1 victory over the Senators at Washington, D.C.'s Griffith Stadium, Joe DiMaggio becomes the first major leaguer to hit three home runs in the 39-year history of the ballpark. It is the third time that Joltin' Joe has hit a trio of round-trippers in a game, but he has never accomplished the feat at Yankee Stadium.

1959 - Tim McCarver makes his major league debut at the age of 17 when he flies out to right field as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of the Cardinals' 7-4 loss to Milwaukee at County Stadium. The high school backstop, who was scouted by Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey, turns down football scholarships from Notre Dame and Tennessee to play baseball.

1963 - In the first inning of an 8-0 rout of the Cubs at Sportsman's Park, Cardinals left fielder Stan Musial becomes the first grandfather in big league history to hit a home run. The 42-year old new grandpa accomplishes the feat in his first at-bat since the birth of his grandson earlier in the day.

1963 - In the Mets' 4-2 victory over the Giants at the Polo Grounds, Carlton Willey retires the side in order getting all three Alou brothers - Jesus , Matty and Felipe - to make an out. The Dominican trio becomes the first three siblings to bat consecutively in the same inning.

1964 - With his office being responsible for all of the costs for teams not making it into the postseason, Baseball commissioner Ford Frick authorizes the Phillies, Yankees, White Sox and Orioles to print tickets for the World Series. Due to a historic late-season collapse by Philadelphia, the surging Cardinals win the National League pennant on the last day of the season, and will play the Bronx Bombers in the Fall Classic.

1967 - In the first game of a doubleheader at White Sox Park, Chicago right-hander Joe Horlen no-hits the visiting Tigers, 6-0. Detroit also goes scoreless in the nightcap when the team is blanked by Cisco Carlos, 4-0.

1967 - At Candlestick Park, San Francisco hurler Gaylord Perry’s 40-inning team record consecutive scoreless streak comes to an end as the Cubs score an unearned run in the seventh inning of a 2-1 victory over Fergie Jenkins and the Cubs. The future Hall of Famer will match his franchise mark with another string of scoreless innings in 1970.

1969 - At Shea Stadium, the Mets move into first place for the first time in their history. The Amazins, with their doubleheader sweep of Montreal, a 3-2 win in 12 innings in the opener and a 7-1 victory in the nightcap, take a one-game lead over the second-place Cubs.


1973 - During oral arguments being heard by the Supreme Court, Potter Stewart is handed a note with the startling news that Vice President Agnew had just resigned. The note also informs the glum Republican Justice, a big Reds fan, that the Mets are ahead of Cincinnati in the NLCS, 2-0.

1974 - Lou Brock ties and then breaks Maury Wills's 12-year-old record single season stolen base record with his 104th and 105th swipes. The Cardinal left fielder’s thievery against the Phillies doesn’t help as the Redbirds drop the Busch Stadium contest, 8-2.

1977 - The expansion Blue Jays rout the first-place Yankees at the Stadium, 19-3. Toronto third baseman Roy Howell leads the way with two home runs, two doubles and a single resulting in 13 total bases and nine RBIs.

1978 - The Red Sox throw 22-year-old Bobby Sprowl at the Yankees and the lefty last just two-thirds of an inning as the Yankees win 7-4. New York outhits the Red Sox 67-21, and outscores them 42-9, in a sweep that leaves the teams in a tie for first place, and caps a remarkable march to the top from fourth place, 14 games out.

1980 - Bill Gullickson whiffs 18 batters, the most strikeouts ever recorded by a rookie in a major league game. The Expos right-hander throws a complete-game four-hitter beating Chicago at Olympic Stadium, 4-2.

1985 - Both teams charge onto the Shea Stadium field when George Forster is hit with a first-inning pitch thrown by Cardinal starter Danny Cox, who appeared annoyed by the Mets' hitter stepping out of the box several times during the at-bat. Minutes after the bench-clearing incident and order is restored‚ Howard Johnson hits a grand slam to give New York an eventual 5-4 win and a one-game lead over the Redbirds in the tight NL East race.

1989 - Five days after hitting a home run for the Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown in his NFL debut with the Atlanta Falcons. He is the first player to accomplish both these feats in the same week at the professional level.

1992 - Cardinals vice chairman Fred Kuhlman tells reporters that a "security check" had revealed serious issues involving the two out-of-state investors, Vince Piazza and Vincent N. Tirendi, part of the six-man group trying to buy the Giants and move the franchise to Florida. The candid reply to the press will cost baseball more than $6 million to settle a suit that includes in a letter of apology from acting Commissioner Bud Selig to Vince Piazza, whose son Mike started his major league career with the Dodgers nine days before his father's rejection by the MLB owners.

1997 - Mark McGwire joined Babe Ruth as the only players in Major League history with consecutive 50-homer seasons by hitting a 446-foot shot off Shawn Estes in the third inning of St. Louis' game against at San Francisco. McGwire, who hit a Major League-leading fifty-two homers for Oakland last season, became the first player with back-to-back 50-homer seasons since Ruth did it in 1927 and 1928.

1999 - At Yankee Stadium, Boston starter Pedro Martinez allows just one hit, a second-inning solo home run to Chili Davis, en route to a complete-game 3-1 victory. Fanning 18 batters, the Red Sox right-hander extends his own record to 40 consecutive innings with at least one strikeout per frame.

2000 - On his 37th birthday, Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson becomes the 12th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters. Florida third baseman Mike Lowell is the 'Big Unit's' historic victim whiffing on four pitches to end the fourth inning. The lefty's first strike out of the game, his 300th of the season, ties Nolan Ryan for accomplishing the feat in three consecutive years.

2002 - Alex Rodriguez breaks the home run record for shortstops he established last season. The Ranger infielder slugs his major league leading 52nd and 53rd home runs of the season helping Texas to defeat the Mariners, 3-2.

2003 - Javy Lopez homers off Phillies' righty Vicente Padilla to give the Braves a franchise-record 216 home runs for the season. The 1996 Orioles hold the major league mark with 257 and the Astros established the National League record at 249 in 2000.

2006 - Francisco Rodriguez becomes the youngest pitcher to notch his 100th career save when he retires the side in order in the ninth inning of the Angels' 4-3 victory over Toronto. The 24-year-old right-handed closer breaks the previous mark held by Gregg Olson, who accomplished the feat with Baltimore in 1992.

2007 - Hitting his 20th home run of the season, Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies breaks Ernie Banks' National League rookie record for most home runs by a shortstop in a single season. The Cubs Hall of Famer, who compiled a total of 512 homers, hit 19 dingers as a freshman in 1954.

2008 - In a 3-2 Astros loss at Citizens Bank Park, Charlton Jimerson, pinch hitting for Roger Clemens, homers off Phillies' southpaw Cole Hamels. The sixth inning blast to center field makes the Houston rookie the third player in franchise history to hit a home run in his first major league at-bat.

2008 - With a 4-2 victory over the visiting Yankees, the Angels clinch the division flag on the earliest date in the history of the American League West. The Halos, the first club this season to secure a postseason spot, have finished in first place four times in the past five seasons.

2013 - With three doubles and a home run, Mark Trumbo ties a franchise record with four extra-base hits and becomes the first player in Angels' history to collect five hits and score five runs in the same game. The Anaheim's first baseman's ten total bases, however, yields only two RBIs in the Halos’ 12-6 victory over Toronto at the Rogers Centre.




Baseball Birthdays on September 10...

1864 - Murphy, Danny
1868 - Miller, Dusty
1872 - Berry, Joe
1875 - Lynch, Mike
1880 - Pelty, Barney
1880 - Niles, Harry
1881 - Tonneman, Tony
1884 - Lapp, Jack
1886 - Durbin, Kid
1888 - Krug, Marty
1891 - Evers, Joe
1895 - Kelly, George
1896 - Hale, Sammy
1899 - Johns, Augie
1904 - Tarbert, Arlie
1905 - Jeffries, Irv
1910 - Blair, Buddy
1911 - Chambers, Johnnie
1924 - Kluszewski, Ted
1928 - Davis, Brandy
1928 - Garber, Bob
1931 - Anderson, Harry
1934 - Maris, Roger
1940 - Chance, Bob
1944 - Hibbs, Jim
1951 - Wiles, Randy
1954 - Hanna, Preston
1954 - Cacek, Craig
1957 - Whitehouse, Len
1959 - Robbins, Bruce
1963 - Wells, Terry
1963 - Johnson, Randy
1964 - Kraemer, Joe
1965 - Sherrill, Tim
1966 - Ingram, Riccardo
1973 - Saipe, Mike
1977 - Baez, Danys
1977 - Hermansen, Chad
1978 - Green, Nick
1981 - Loe, Kameron
1981 - Robertson, Connor
1983 - Pendleton, Lance
1983 - Votto, Joey
1984 - Brown, Andrew
1985 - Angle, Matt
1985 - Swarzak, Anthony

1985 - Walker, Neil
1987 - Goldschmidt, Paul
1992 - Evans, Phillip
1992 - Kuhl, Chad
1992 - Walding, Mitchell
1994 - Peterson, Dustin



Baseball Deaths on September 10...

1905 - Browning, Pete
1918 - Cassian, Ed
1940 - Shipke, Bill
1951 - DeBerry, Hank
1955 - Collins, Shano

1956 - Brown, Eddie
1958 - Taylor, Arlas
1962 - Herring, Bill
1969 - Barbeau, Jap
1973 - Johnson, Roy
1975 - Richbourg, Lance
1976 - Carter, Blackie
1984 - Gallagher, Jackie
1984 - Marcum, Johnny

2006 - Gardella, Al
2012 - Saffell, Tom
2014 - Dunlap, Grant
2014 - Spencer, George
2017 - Didier, Mel

























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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5004 on: September 09, 2018, 11:55:02 pm »

Today In White Sox History - September 10th


 

September 10, 1967 - In the first game of a Sunday afternoon doubleheader at Comiskey Park, White Sox right-hander Joe Horlen no-hits the visiting Tigers, 6-0. Detroit also goes scoreless in the nightcap when the team is blanked by Cisco Carlos, 4-0 on five hits.

Game one box score:  http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1967/B09101CHA1967.htm

Game two box score:   http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1967/B09102CHA1967.htm


http://www.backtobaseball.com/playballregularseason.php?page=3&IDindex=CHA196709101&date=September+10%2C+1967



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Re: Pale Hose History
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This Date In MLB History - September 10th




September 10, 1964 - With his office being responsible for all of the costs for teams not making it into the postseason, Baseball commissioner Ford Frick authorizes the Phillies, Yankees, White Sox and Orioles to print tickets for the World Series. Due to a historic late-season collapse by Philadelphia, the surging Cardinals win the National League pennant on the last day of the season, and will play the Bronx Bombers in the Fall Classic.



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    On September 11 in Baseball History...


    1875 - The first baseball game played with women professionals takes place in Springfield, Illinois. The diamond is half-sized and a nine-foot high canvas surrounds the entire field. The uniforms are similar to the male version, except the pants are shorter.

    1886 - At Washington's Capitol Park, backstop Connie Mack makes his major league debut as the Senators edge Philadelphia, 4-3.

    1886 - Roger Connor becomes the first and only player to hit a ball out of the original Polo Grounds (110th Street and Fifth Avenue). The Giants’ first baseman receives a $500 gold watch from stockbrokers and others to honor his accomplishment.

    1902 - John Malarkey, leading off in the bottom of the 11th inning, hits a game-ending homer off St. Louis right-hander Mike O'Neill to give the Beaneaters a 4-3 victory in the first game of a twin bill at Boston's South End Grounds. Malarkey becomes the first pitcher in baseball history to earn a victory by hitting his own walk-off home run.

    1903 - A new National Agreement signed by the National Association of minor league clubs officially organizes professional baseball under one comprehensive set of rules.

    1912 - Eddie Collins steals six bases as Philadelphia beats the Tigers. 9-7. The A's second baseman will swipe six bases again on September 22.

    1915 - Eddie Plank of the Federal League's St. Louis Terriers records his 300th victory when he defeats the Newark Peppers 12-5. The future Hall of Famer (1946) is the ninth player and first southpaw to reach this milestone.

    1918 - In the earliest conclusion of the Fall Classic, Boston's Carl Mays three-hits the Cubs' 2-1 as the Red Sox win the World Series in six games. The regular season was shortened due to World War I.

    1922 - The Yankees play their farewell home game in the Polo Grounds. An estimated crowd of 40,000 overflows the stadium with another 25,000 turned away. Joe Bush beats the Philadelphia A's in the opener, 10-3, and Waite Hoyt takes the second game 2-1. This is the last regular season American League game at the Polo Grounds as the Yankees will open Yankee Stadium in 1923.

    1923 - After leadoff hitter Whitey Witt reaches first on a controversial single, Boston pitcher Howard Ehmke retires the next 27 batters for a 3-0 win. Ehmke has now given up just one hit in his last two games.

    1928 - Yankee shortstop Mark Koenig’s routine catch of A’s pinch hitter Ty Cobb’s pop fly behind third base will mark the last time the ‘Georgia Peach’ swings a bat in the big leagues. The aging 41-year old, who is the all-time hits leader, will announce his retirement six days later ending a 24 year Hall of Fame career.

    1938 - Free admission, bats and peanuts highlight Lefty O'Doul Day for Kids at Seals' Stadium. Between games of the Seals
and Oaks doubleheader, the kids have a chance to scramble for autographed balls thrown by the players.

    1948 - For the 16th consecutive season, the Phillies will have a losing season as the team drops its 78th game to Warren Spahn and the Braves, 13-2. The drought, which began in 1933, is the longest in big league history.

    1954 - Whitey Lockman hits a pinch-hit grand slam. The bases full home run propels the Giants to a 7-5 victory over the Reds at the Polo Grounds.

    1955 - Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit in a 5-3 loss to the Yankees.

    1955 - In his first and only major league appearance, Fred Van Dusen, entering the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning for the Phillies, is hit by a pitch thrown by Humberto Robinson of the Braves. The 18-year old bonus baby's career ends with an on-base percentage of 1.000, but without a batting average.

    1956 - Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds tied a rookie record for home runs in a season with his 38th homer of the year. The blow came off Steve Ridzik of the New York Giants and the Reds went on to an 11-5 victory.

    1958 - Del Crandall, after working the count full with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, hits a grand slam giving the Braves a dramatic 5-4 walk-off victory over Philadelphia. Milwaukee had entered the final frame at County Stadium behind 4-0 before the backstop abruptly ended the game with his 'ultimate grand slams'.

    1959 - The Dodgers end Elroy Face's consecutive win streak at 22 with a 5-4 victory over the Pirates. The reliever, who will end the season with an 18-1 record, is beaten by Chuck Churn, the winner of only three major league career victories.

    1959 - At Memorial Stadium, two twenty-year old Oriole hurlers throw complete-game shutouts in a twin bill sweep against the White Sox. Jack Fischer wins the opener 3-0, and Jerry Walker pitches 16 innings, beating the Pale Hose in the nightcap, 1-0.


    1964 - At Milwaukee’s County Stadium, Braves right-hander Danny Lemaster throws a one-hitter beating the Reds and Jim Maloney, who gives up only two hits, 1-0. The only run of the two-hour and six-minute contest scores on a sac fly by Felipe Alou plating Gene Oliver in the bottom of the eighth inning.

    1966 - Braves' pitcher Pat Jarvis becomes the first of Nolan Ryan's 5,714 career strikeouts.

    1966 - In his first major league at-bat, John Miller homers off Lee Strange in the second inning of the Yankees' 4-2 victory over Boston at Fenway Park. The 22 year-old left fielder, whose total of 10 hits in his 32-game career will include just two round-trippers, will become the only player to hit home runs in his first and last major league plate appearance when he goes deep as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers in his final turn at bat in 1966.

    1968 - Tying a dubious major league record, Cubs right-hander Ferguson Jenkins loses his fifth 1-0 decision of the season as the Mets and Jim McAndrew beat Chicago with a lone run at Wrigley Field. The Canadian-born hurler will finish the season with a 20-15 record, but is 20-6 in games in which his team scores a run.

    1969 - Implementing an innovation he conceived, team owner Ewing Kauffman announces plans to start the Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy. Syd Thrift, presently a member of KC's scouting department, will be named the director of the academy which will be designed to develop gifted athletes into major-league ready ballplayers for the organization.

    1974 -  At Shea Stadium, Cardinal Ken Reitz's two-strike, two-out home run ties the game in the ninth and sends it into extra innings. Five hours later St. Louis defeats the Mets, 4-3 , with Hank Webb taking the loss after making an errant pick off throw in the top of the 25th inning that leads to the eventual winning run. It took the St. Louis Cardinals 25 innings - 7:04 - to beat the New York Mets. A record 202 batters went to the plate, as Felix Millan and John Milner had twelve appearances apiece.

    1976 - Minnie Minoso comes to bat for the White Sox after a twelve-year hiatus. He goes hitless in his three at bats against Frank Tanana, but his appearance makes him one of a handful of Major League players to play in four decades. His at bat in 1980 will match him with Nick Altrock as a five-decade player.

    1980 - In a 6-5 win over the Cubs, Montreal's Ron LeFlore steals his 91st base of the season and Rodney Scott steals his 58th, breaking the Major League-record for stolen bases by teammates in one season. Lou Brock and Bake McBride set the record with the 1974 Cardinals.

    1985 - At Riverfront Stadium in front of 47,237 hometown fans, Reds' player-manager Pete Rose collects his 4,192nd career hit to pass Ty Cobb becoming the all-time major league hit leader. Padre righty Eric Show gives up the historic hit, a first inning single to left field, as Cincinnati beats San Diego, 2-0.


    1987 - With his 30th stolen base, Mets third baseman Howard Johnson becomes the first National League infielder to become a member of the 30-30 club. The other players in the Senior Circuit to have 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season are outfielders Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Bobby Bonds, Dale Murphy, and Eric Davis.

    1991 - Three Atlanta hurlers pitch the first combined no-hitter in National League history. Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena join forces to hold the opposing batters hitless in the Braves' 1-0 victory over the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium.

    1996 - After hitting a home run off right-hander Francisco Cordova earlier in the game, Ken Caminiti goes deep in the bottom of the seventh inning off southpaw Matt Ruebel making it the fourth time this season he has homered from both sides of the plate in a game. The Padres' third baseman breaks his own major league record which he established last year when he accomplished the feat three times.

    1997 - In a 9-5 Mets victory over the Expos at Shea Stadium, slow-footed John Olerud legs out an eighth-inning three-run triple to complete the cycle. The New York first baseman becomes the seventh player in franchise history to accomplish the feat.

    1998 - With a 7-2 defeat to the Braves, the Marlins lose their 100th game to become the first team that has gone from being World Series champions to a 100-game loser. The 'Fish' have the worst record in baseball, 48-100.

    1998 - Kevin Malone is named as the Dodgers' general manager replacing Tommy Lasorda, who is promoted to Senior Vice President of the team. The "new sheriff in town" tenure in Los Angeles will be marked by the signing of high profile players to huge contracts, including Kevin Brown's seven-year deal making the right-hander the first $100 million man in baseball.

    1999 - Twins' southpaw Eric Milton throws a no-hitter against the visiting Angels, 7-0, the fourth since the team moved to Minnesota from Washington, D.C. in 1961. The 24 year-old retires the side in order in seven of the nine innings en route to his 13-strikeout gem at the Metrodome.

    1999 - Facing just one batter, Doug Jones records his 300th career save when he gets the final out in the A's 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field. The 42 year-old right-handed reliever, the 11th closer to reach the milestone, will retire at the end of next season with 303 saves.

    2001 - In the wake of terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball cancels all games for security reasons and for the deep mourning for all the lives that have been lost. Yankee Stadium is evacuated as a precautionary measure.

    2002 - Yankee legends Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzzuto unveil a monument dedicated to the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The team also has a ceremonial tree planting in Monument Park in honor of the heroes and victims of the horrific events of a year ago.

    2004 - As 36,887 Bank One Ballpark fans hope to see Barry Bonds hit his 699th and perhaps 700th career homer, they watch the Giant left fielder reach a different milestone. The San Francisco slugger receives three base-on-balls from Diamondback pitchers to break his own record and becomes the first major leaguer to walk over 200 times in a single season.

    2006 - Frank Thomas goes yard in his sixth straight game setting an A's franchise record. The 'Big Hurt's' 36th home run, which comes off Twins' starter Carlos Silva, is nearly caught by center fielder Torii Hunter.

    2008 - Jack Cust whiffs in his first two plate appearances and K's again in the eighth inning to bring his strikeout total this season to 176. The A’s outfielder/DH breaks the franchise record previously held by Jose Canseco, who fanned 175 times in 1986.

    2008 - With his sixth-inning double in the 3-2 loss to the Cubs, Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols becomes only the third player in history to drive in 100 runs during his first eight major league seasons. The two other big leaguers to reach the plateau are Red sox outfielder Ted Williams, who also accomplished the feat for eight seasons from 1939-42, 46-49, and starting in 1924, fly-chaser Al Simmons did it for 11 years playing for the A’s (9) and the White Sox (2) .


    2009 - Prior to the start of the eighth inning at Comerica Park, a small boy races to the pitcher’s mound and grabs a baseball intended for Tigers' reliever Brandon Lyon. The youngster is helped back into the stands near the visitors' dugout and is allowed to keep the ball after a discussion between the boy's uncle and ballpark security reveals that the six-year old had misunderstood a suggestion to go to the railing to try to get a ball from one of the Blue Jay players.

    2009 - With an opposite-field single in the third inning of a 10-4 loss to Baltimore on a rainy New York night, Derek Jeter becomes the all-time team leader in hits for the historic franchise. The safety gives the Yankees captain 2,722 hits, one more than legendary Lou Gehrig, another 35 year-old team captain, who had held the record for more than 70 years.

    2010 - With MLB's permission, Pete Rose goes on the Great American Ball Park field for the celebration of his record-breaking hit that passed Ty Cobb making him the all-time leader. The banished player is joined by former teammates, including Tony Perez and Cesar Geronimo, and Reds' owner Bob Castellini, who gives him a trophy commemorating the 25th anniversary of the historic 4,192nd hit.

    2010 - Jim Thome connects for career homer No. 587 to pass Hall of Famer Frank Robinson for eighth place on the all-time career list. The Twins DH's historic round-tripper, which he blasts in the top of the twelfth inning at Progressive Field, is the lone run scored in Minnesota's 1-0 victory over Cleveland.

    2010 - For the 10th consecutive campaign, starting with his rookie year, Albert Pujols drives in 100 or more runs. Only Al Simmons, with 11, has more seasons with 100 RBIs to start a career than the Cardinals' first baseman.

    2011 - The Mets' request to wear caps honoring police, firefighters and other first responders for their September 11th game against Chicago is denied by Major League Baseball. The hats, which were worn during the pre-game ceremony of remembrance, will be autographed and sold on Mets.com with the proceeds to be given to charities through the Mets' foundation.

    2013 - At Marlins Park, benches clear when Brian McCann confronts Jose Fernandez as the Miami starting pitcher crosses home plate after hitting his first career home run. The Braves' backstop and third baseman Chris Johnson take exception to the 21 year-old rookie right-hander admiring the home run from the batter box then glaring into the Atlanta dugout as he was rounding the bases.





    Baseball Birthdays on September 11...


    1851 - Golden, Mike
    1858 - DePangher, Mike
    1864 - Daily, Con
    1868 - Brodie, Steve
    1869 - Kitson, Frank
    1881 - Hogg, Bill
    1886 - McDonough, Ed
    1889 - McGraner, Howard
    1890 - Damrau, Harry
    1892 - Koob, Ernie
    1893 - Grimes, Ray
    1893 - Grimes, Roy
    1901 - Mitchell, Monroe
    1901 - Loepp, George
    1905 - Spencer, Glenn
    1911 - Tietje, Les

    1914 - Smith, Clay
    1916 - Clary, Ellis
    1918 - Heflin, Randy
    1919 - Olsen, Barney
    1924 - Grasmick, Lou
    1926 - Miksis, Eddie
    1933 - Davis, Bob
    1934 - Coughtry, Marlan
    1940 - Hernandez, Jackie
    1941 - Bearnarth, Larry
    1944 - Roberts, Dave
    1947 - Cox, Larry
    1948 - Newman, Jeff
    1953 - Gordon, Mike
    1958 - Lesley, Brad
    1958 - Slaught, Don
    1964 - Burks, Ellis

    1965 - Mack, Quinn
    1969 - Penn, Shannon
    1969 - Perez, Eduardo

    1973 - Davey, Tom
    1976 - Guzman, Edwards
    1978 - Herndon, Junior
    1980 - DeSalvo, Matt
    1983 - Ellsbury, Jacoby
    1985  -Cassevah, Bobby
    1986 - Blanks, Kyle
    1986 - Cashner, Andrew
    1987 - Laird, Brandon
    1988 - Moustakas, Mike
    1989 - Spruill, Zeke
    1989 - Turley, Nik
    1990 - Armstrong, Shawn
    1992 - Suarez, Andrew
    1994 - Phillips, Evan



    Baseball Deaths on September 11...


    1905 - McCormick, Jerry
    1915 - Carbine, John
    1920 - Hallman, Bill
    1925 - Duff, Pat
    1931 - Sitton, Carl
    1931 - McCarthy, Jack
    1931 - Marshall, Joe
    1936 - Roth, Braggo

    1943 - Durbin, Kid
    1946 - Morgan, Cy
    1953 - Coulson, Bob
    1956 - Herrmann, Marty
    1960 - High, Charlie
    1961 - Outen, Chink
    1963 - Hyatt, Ham
    1964 - McDermott, Red
    1966 - Cramer, Bill
    1971 - Melton, Rube
    1973 - Baker, Del
    1978 - Gazella, Mike
    1978 - Hansen, Snipe
    1980 - Mann, Garth
    1980 - Hulihan, Harry
    1980 - Ovitz, Ernie
    1983 - McCarren, Bill
    1984 - Carter, Paul
    1986 - Nitcholas, Otho
    1998 - Bradford, Larry
    2001 - Dreisewerd, Clem
    2001 - Ventura, Vince
    2005 - Williams, Charlie
    2012 - Von Hoff, Bruce





       




          





   






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    On September 12 in Baseball History...


    1914 - Yankees shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, twenty-three, replaces Frank Chance and becomes the all-time youngest manager, and the seventh in the club's twelve-year existence. He will go ten-ten and will manage next at Cleveland in 1928.

    1930 - Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez drives one over the head of Cincinnati left fielder Bob Meusel, and the ball bounces into the bleachers at Ebbets Field. It will be the Major Leagues' last recorded bounce home run. The National League declares after the season that such a hit will henceforth be a double. The American League had made the change after the 1929 season.

    1932 - Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his Major League record sixth pinch-homer of the season in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.

    1936 - Kid Elberfeld, at age of 61, grounds out to third as he pinch-hits for the Fulton team in the Kitty League.

    1947 - Pirates' outfielder Ralph Kiner hits a record eight home runs in four games. Tony Lazzeri had hit seven round-trippers in four games in 1936.

    1952 - At Forbes Field, the Pirates become the first team to use protective head gear, a precursor to the batting helmet, that protects the players' temples. Branch Rickey's innovation, worn both at the plate and in the field in the Bucs' twin bill split with Boston, is a plastic hat with a foam layer attached the hat band.

    1953 - The Dodgers clinch a pennant at the earliest date ever in baseball history with a 5-2 victory over the Braves at County Stadium. Carl Erskine gets the win when Brooklyn, who clinches consecutive titles for the first time in franchise history, goes up 13 games up on Milwaukee with 12 left to play.

    1958 - At Connie Mack Stadium, Giants’ leadoff hitter Jim Davenport singles and a hits a three-run inside the park home during an eight-run first inning. Johnny Antonelli pitches a complete game for his 15th victory of the season as San Francisco routs the Phillies, 19-2.

    1959 - En route to a 21-15 season with the Giants, 33-year old Toothpick Sam Jones throws a four-hitter against Philadelphia to become the second black major leaguer to win twenty games. In 1955, the right-hander from Ohio lost twenty games pitching for the Cubs.

    1961 - Frank Lary wins his 20th game of the season, the second time he has accomplished the feat, when he goes the distance in the Tigers' 3-1 victory over Kansas City. The 31-year old right-hander will finish the season with a 23-9 record which includes a league-leading 22 complete games.

    1962 - At Memorial Stadium, twenty-seven year old Senator fireballer Tom Cheney sets a major league mark for K's in a single game by striking out 21 batters in a complete-game 16 inning, 2-1 victory over the Orioles.

    1962 - One game behind the front running Dodgers, the Giants lose Willie Mays as the ‘Say Hey Kid’ is hospitalized for nervous exhaustion. The team by-the-bay will drop six games in a row but will recover along with their All-star center fielder in time to beat Los Angeles in a playoff to win the National league pennant.

    1963 - With former Dodger teammates, including Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe and Ralph Branca, in attendance, Duke Snider is honored by the Mets who hold his 'night' at the Polo Grounds, in a game that coincidentally marks the last time the Giants, now located in San Francisco, will ever play in their once long-time home. The 'Silver Fox', obtained by the expansion team in April and who recently asked to be traded to a contender, tells the crowd at the Harlem ball park, “I look up into the stands, and it looks like Ebbets Field. The Mets are wonderful, but you can’t take the Dodger out of Brooklyn”.

    1964 - Orioles southpaw Frank Bertaina records his first major league victory when tosses a one-hitter to beat the A's at Memorial Stadium, 1-0. The losing pitcher Bob Meyer, who yields the game's lone run on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, also gives up just one hit in his complete-game effort against Baltimore.

    1969 - The Mets sweep the Pirates in a twin bill when Jerry Koosman and Don Cardwell both go the distance in 1-0 victories. Both starters drive in the only run scored in each game.

    1974 - Mike Schmidt hits an eighth inning three-run bomb, his 36th home run and final one this season, off Jerry Reuss in Philadelphia's 6-4 comeback victory over the Pirates at Veterans Stadium. The 24-year old third baseman becomes the first Phillies player to lead the league in home runs since Chuck Klein hit 28 round-tripper in 1933.

    1976 - At age 53, Minnie Minoso becomes the oldest player to get a hit in a regular season game as he singles in three at-bats as the designated hitter for the White Sox. Angels' southpaw Sid Monge gives up the historic hit.

    1979 - In a 9-2 Red Sox victory over the Yankees, Carl Yastrzemski collects his 3000th hit. Yaz's' milestone marker is an eighth-inning single off Jim Beattie at Fenway Park.


    1984 - Striking out Marvell Wynne in the sixth inning, Dwight Gooden breaks the season strikeout record for a rookie. By whiffing 16 Pirates, Doc's total of 251 is six more than Herb Score's 1955 mark.

    1987 - Passing Boog Powell, Eddie Murray becomes the Orioles' all-time home run leader when he hits his 304th round-tripper for Baltimore in a 4-3 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Cal Ripken will move pass his buddy for first-place honors hitting his 334th four-bagger in 1996.

    1991 - Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over the Twins is his 312th career win. It also makes the Rangers' pitcher just the second pitcher with twenty 10-win seasons.

    1993 - Paul Molitor's home run against California puts him over the 100-RBI mark for the first time in his career. At thirty-seven, Molitor is the oldest to reach this plateau for the first time.

    1995 - During a WGN pre-game radio broadcast at Wrigley Field, Cubs announcer Harry Caray remarks to the team’s skipper Jim Riggleman, "Well, my eyes are slanty enough, how 'bout yours?", referring to Hideo Nomo, the Japanese rookie hurler scheduled to start for the Dodgers. The veteran announcer, known for not backing off for his on-the-air off-handed comments, does issue an apology calling the incident "unfortunate."

    1996 - Seattle's Alex Rodriguez set a Major League record for a shortstop with his 88th extra-base hit in an 8-5 win over Kansas City.

    1996 - Bernie Williams drove in eight runs with two home runs and a single to lead the New York Yankees to a 12-3 victory over Detroit.

    1998 - Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa becomes the fourth major leaguer to hit 60 home runs in a season when he blasts a seventh-inning three-run shot off Milwaukee's Valerio de los Santos in a 15-12 victorious slugfest at Wrigley Field. The Chicago right-fielder joins Babe Ruth (1927 Yankees), Roger Maris (1961 Yankees), and Mark McGwire (1998 Cardinals) in reaching one of baseball's most cherished milestones.

    2000 - In a 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks, Dodger Dave Hansen breaks Johnny Frederick's 1932 major league record for pinch-hit home runs in a single season with his seventh pinch-hit round-tripper.

    2002 - A jury, and not a judge or umpires, will decide whether Alex Popov actually controlled Barry Bonds' record setting 73rd home run in his glove. Popov, who lost possession of the ball valued at approximately $1 million after being mobbed by fans, claims it should belongs to him and not Patrick Hayashi, who ended up with the historic souvenir.

    2005 - Making his season debut with just 20 games left in the regular schedule, Barry Bonds returns to the Giants line up with a bang lining a double in his first at-bat and barely missing hitting his 704th career homer. The 41-year old slugger had been placed on the disabled list at the start of the season due to an infection following knee surgery.

    2006 - The Braves are mathematically eliminated from the division race as the Mets beat the Marlins, 6-4. The New York victory ends Atlanta's streak of fourteen straight division titles, the longest run for any professional sport.

    2006 - At 39 years and 9 days old, Luis Gonzalez becomes the oldest player to hit 50 doubles in one season. The Diamondbacks outfielder, who also holds the club's record for two baggers, surpasses Hall of Famer Tris Speaker, who was 38 years, 107 days old when he last legged a hit to second.

    2008 - In the 2-1 victory over the Nationals, Jorge Cantu goes deep in the fourth inning making the Marlins the first team in big league history to have four infielders hit 25 home runs. The Florida third baseman joins first baseman Mike Jacobs (32), second baseman Dan Uggla (30), and shortstop Hanley Ramirez (29) in accounting for 116 of the Fish’s 188 big flies this season.

    2015 - Atlanta loses its 11th consecutive home game, dropping a 6-4 decision to the Mets at Turner Field. The defeat matches a franchise mark established in 1931 when the team played at Braves Field in Boston.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 12...


    1867 - Dolan, John
    1875 - Gochnauer, John
    1878 - Cristall, Bill
    1880 - Schmidt, Boss
    1884 - Groom, Bob
    1885 - Quinn, John
    1885 - Luderus, Fred
    1888 - McGaffigan, Patsy
    1891 - Peploski, Pepper
    1894 - Olsen, Ole
    1903 - Dondero, Len
    1907 - Bejma, Ollie

    1907 - Chandler, Spud
    1908 - McLeod, Jim
    1916 - Hamner, Ralph

    1916 - Keller, Charlie
    1917 - Christopher, Russ
    1918 - Libke, Al
    1920 - Seminick, Andy
    1924 - Church, Bubba
    1924 - Bradshaw, George
    1925 - Lopata, Stan
    1926 - Freese, George
    1928 - Matarazzo, Len
    1929 - Herrin, Tom
    1933 - Stenhouse, Dave
    1934 - Pearson, Albie
    1940 - Lolich, Mickey
    1940 - Barry, Rich
    1943 - Wicker, Floyd
    1947 - Montague, John
    1953 - Keatley, Greg
    1956 - Thurmond, Mark
    1957 - Ramirez, Mario
    1959 - Madison, Scotti
    1960 - Davis, Trench
    1963 - Hughes, Keith
    1963 - Roesler, Mike
    1967 - Listach, Pat
    1968 - Kida, Masao
    1969 - Hathaway, Hilly
    1970 - Navarro, Tito
    1975 - Castillo, Luis
    1975 - Johnson, Mark

    1980 - Burroughs, Sean
    1980 - Izturis, Maicer
    1980 - Richardson, Kevin
    1981 - Osoria, Franquelis
    1982 - Pignatiello, Carmen
    1983 - Richard, Clayton

    1986 - Garrison, Steve
    1986 - Weiland, Kyle
    1989 - Freeman, Freddie
    1991 - Urena, Jose
    1992 - Faulkner, Andrew
    1992 - Wisler, Matt
    1993 - Middleton, Keynan
    1994 - Danish, Tyler




    Baseball Deaths on September 12...


    1881 - Sullivan, Chub
    1905 - Taylor, Billy
    1918 - Beam, Ernie
    1926 - Richardson, Danny
    1931 - Dillon, Pop
    1935 - Bennett, Pug
    1935 - Beecher, Ed
    1945 - Zearfoss, Dave
    1945 - Pieh, Cy
    1949 - Smith, Sherry
    1951 - Winham, Lave
    1955 - Adkins, Dick
    1956 - Sloan, Tod
    1957 - Thompson, Homer
    1966 - Perryman, Parson
    1967 - Zeider, Rollie
    1968 - Rudolph, Don

    1968 - Conway, Charlie
    1969 - Schorr, Ed
    1973 - Boland, Bernie
    1975 - Johns, Augie
    1980 - Olsen, Ole
    1985 - Struss, Steamboat
    1986 - Shilling, Jim
    1990 - Romano, Jim
    1993 - Hamner, Granny
    1994 - Lane, Hunter
    2007 - Kretlow, Lou
    2015 - Monchak, Al



         



       



                    



       








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« Reply #5008 on: September 13, 2018, 12:04:08 am »

    On September 13 in Baseball History...


    1883 - Cleveland's one-arm pitcher Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia, 1-0. The fireballing Irish right-hander lost his left hand as a result of a gun accident earlier in his life.

    1902 - Johnny Evers, acquired to replace second baseman Bobby Lowe, who broke his ankle, joins shortstop Joe Tinker and first baseman Johnny Evers on the Chicago infield marking the first time the three Cubs' infielders have played together. The legendary double play trio will be immortalized in Franklin Pierce Adams' baseball poem, "Baseball's Sad Lexicon," better known as "Tinker to Evers to Chance".

    1909 - Ty Cobb clinches the American League home run title with his ninth round-tripper. It is an inside-the-park drive against the Browns. In fact, all his nine home runs this season are inside the park, including two in one game on July 15. He is the only player in this century to lead in home runs without hitting one out of the park.

    1925 - In the first game of a twin bill, Robins' (Dodgers) starter Dazzy Vance no-hits the Phillies at Ebbets Field, 10-1. The Brooklyn hurler had one-hit the team from the City of Brotherly Love five days earlier.

    1927 - Babe Ruth hits two home runs to give him 52 for the year as the Yankees win a pair from Cleveland to clinch the American League pennant. It is Miller Huggins' fifth pennant, tying him with Connie Mack. The Yankees win the nightcap 5-3, as Waite Hoyt wins his 20th.

    1932 - With their 100th victory of the year, the Yankees clinch the American league pennant as George Pipqras beat the Indians at Cleveland Stadium, 9-3. Yankee Joe McCarthy, who captured a flag with the 1929 Cubs, becomes the first manager to win pennants in both the American and National League.

    1933 - White Sox veteran hurlers Sad Sam Jones (41) and Red Faber (44) are the starting pitchers in a doubleheader split with the A's at Philadelphia's Shibe Park. It will be another 53 seasons before another pair 40+ year-old teammates (Yankees Tommy John and Joe Niekro) start both ends of a twin bill.


    1934 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis sells the World Series broadcast rights to the Ford Motor Company for $100,000. Previously no fee had been charged.

    1936 - Indians' teenage pitching phenom Bob Feller sets a new American League record by striking out 17 batters when he two-hits the A's at Shibe Park, 5-2. After the season, the 17-year old will return to his Van Meter, Iowa home to graduate from high school.

    1938 - A special committee names Alexander Cartwright to Baseball's Hall of Fame for originating the sport's basic concepts. Henry Chadwick, inventor of the box score and the first baseball writer, is also honored.

    1945 - Only 281 patrons are in attendance at Crosley Field to watch the hometown Reds beat New York, 3-2. The Thursday crowd will be the smallest gathering of fans during the 58-year history of the Cincinnati ballpark.

    1946 - The Boston Red Sox clinch the American League pennant, edging the Cleveland Indians 1-0 on Ted Williams' inside-the-park home run, the only one of his career. Williams punches the ball over the shift when left fielder Pat Seerey pulls in behind the shortstop position.

    1948 - While batting, 32-year old Indian pitcher Don Black suffers a cerebral hemorrhage and is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The hurler will survive, but his major league career is over.

    1949 - For the second time in his career, Ralph Kiner hits four consecutive homers. After homering in his last two at-bat in the previous game (September 11) he goes deep in his first two at bats in today's contest.

    1950 - Giants' pitcher Sal Maglie's consecutive scoreless inning streak ends at 45 when Pirates' outfielder Gus Bell hits a 257-foot pop fly which just clears the wall at the Polo Grounds.

    1951 - The Cards split a rare doubleheader with two different teams, defeating the Giants 6-4 in the first game in the afternoon and losing to the Braves in the nightcap. The Cards manage just one hit in losing to Warren Spahn 2-0. It is the first time a team in the National League has played two different teams in the same day since the early years of the century.

    1953 - Bob Trice becomes the first black player to appear for the A's. The former Homestead Grays hurler will pitch in only in three games for Philadelphia this season and 19 next year and a few more in 1956.

    1954 - In the Giants' 1-0 victory over the Redbirds, Willie Mays strokes a first-inning double and scores the game's lone run. The two-bagger is the 'Say Hey Kid's' 82nd extra-base hit of the season, breaking the team record established by Mel Ott.  Giants' starter Johnny Antonelli picks up his sixth shutout and 21st victory of the season in the contest played before a crowd of 6,448 at the Polo Grounds.

    1958 - Warren Spahn becomes the first lefty to win twenty or more games nine times, as the Braves beat St. Louis 8-2. Eddie Plank and Lefty Grove each won twenty games eight times.

    1960 - In the top of the fifth inning at Crosley Field, Danny Murphy hits a two-out, three-run home run in an 8-6 loss to the Reds. The 18-year old right-fielder becomes the youngest Cubs player ever to homer.

    1963 - Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches the Yankees 28th pennant. It's a 2-0 shutout in Minnesota.

    1964 - The Cardinals become only the second team in major league history this century to score at least one run in every inning as they rout Chicago, 15-2. A dropped pop-up in the top of the ninth secures St. Louis' place in history.


    1965 - At the Astrodome facing Don Nottebart, Giant outfielder Willie Mays becomes the fifth player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs. The 'Say Hey Kid' will hit a league-leading and career high 52 home runs en route to his second MVP season.

    1968 - Jerry Koosman ties the National League rookie record when he hurls his seventh shutout of the season, blanking Pittsburgh on just three singles. The left-hander's 2-0 victory, the Mets' 67th win of the season - a franchise high, equals the mark shared by Irving Young (Braves, 1905) and Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies, 1911).

    1969 - In a 6-4 defeat to the Reds, Bobby Bonds becomes the fourth player in major league history to steal at least 30 bases and hit at least thirty home runs in the same season. The other members of the 30/30 club include Ken Williams (1922-Browns), Willie Mays (1956 & 1957-Giants) and Hank Aaron (1963-Braves).

    1971 - After connecting for #499 in Game 1 of a doubleheader, Frank Robinson of the Orioles joins the 500 home run club in the nightcap with a ninth-inning three-run homer off Fred Scherman of the Tigers.

    1978 - At Tiger Stadium, the visiting Yankees defeat Detroit, 7-3, to take sole possession of first place for the first time this season. On July 19, the Bronx Bombers trailed the Red Sox by 14 games in the American East Division.

    1982 - In addition to throwing a complete-game shutout to beat St. Louis, 2-0, for his 20th victory of the season, Phillies' southpaw Steve Carlton also goes deep in the fifth inning of the Veterans Stadium contest. It's the fourth time 'Lefty' has blanked his opponents and homered in the same game, becoming the first pitcher to have accomplished the feat in three different decades.

    1983 - Mike Fitzgerald becomes the 48th major leaguer to hit a home run in his first big league at bat. The Mets rookie backstop's second-inning homer of Tony Ghelfi contributes to a 5-1 victory over Philadelphia at Veterans Stadium.

    1983 - Recording his 39th save, Royals’ closer Dan Quisenberry breaks John Hiller’s single-season record. The submariner gets the last two outs in a 4-3 victory over the Angels.

    1986 - In a 14-1 trouncing of the Twins at the Metrodome, the Rangers hit a team record seven home runs, including blasts from Darrell Porter (2), Ruben Sierra (2), Steve Buechele, Pete O'Brien, and Pete Incaviglia. Minnesota's starter Bert Blyleven is tagged for five of the round-trippers, which raises his gopher ball total to 44 this season, establishing a new American League record.

    1989 - Fay Vincent is elected baseball's eighth commissioner, succeeding the late Bart Giamatti, whom he served as deputy commissioner.

    1991 - A 55-ton block collapses in Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The Expos, already in last place, will have to play the rest of their home games on the road.

    1995 - Appearing in the same game for the 1,915th time, Tiger second baseman Lou Whitaker and shortstop Alan Trammell set an American League record for joint appearances. The Detroit middle infielders surpass the mark established in 1990 by Royals' teammates George Brett and F. White.

    1996 - By hitting his 30th home run Dante Bichette joins his teammate Ellis Burks as a member of the 30/30 club. The Rockies join the 1987 New York Mets as the only teams in history to have two 30-30 players (Howard Johnson and Darryl Strawberry) during the same season.

    1996 - Alex Rodriguez became the first player in Mariners history to collect 200 hits in a season. The 20 year-old Seattle shortstop, who gets an RBI single off Minnesota's Travis Miller in the first inning to reach the milestone, will finish the season with 215 hits and a Major League leading .358 batting average.

    1998 - Sammy Sosa becomes the second player of the week to break the home run record of Roger Maris. Sosa, who had watched Mark McGwire tie and set the mark against the Cubs on September September 8, launches two home runs against the Brewers at Wrigley Field. The second one breaks the record, sets off a mad dash of fans chasing the ball on the street outside the ballpark, and sets up a game-tying rally against the Brewers in the ninth inning. Mark Grace later wins the game for the Cubs 11-10 with a home run.

    2001 - Due the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball postpones all games through September 17. The 91 missed games, the most regular-season contests not played since World War I forced the cancellation of the final month of the 1918 season, have been re-scheduled for the week after the regular season ends meaning the World Series is likely to extend into November for the first time in history.

    2002 - Oriole infielder Mike Bordick establishes a new American League record playing his 96th consecutive errorless game at shortstop. The mark was held by former teammate Cal Ripken.

    2002 - The U.S. Senate passes a resolution honoring Tiger broadcaster Ernie Harwell who is retiring at end of the season. The 84-year-old has been a major league baseball announcer for 55 years.

    2003 - After signing a one-day contract, Ken Daneyko grounds out to short in his professional baseball debut with the Newark Bears. The former New Jersey Devils defenseman, who was honored by the team before the game, plays DH against the Pennsylvania Road Warriors in a game started in a driving rainstorm and called immediately after his at bat.

    2004 - At Oakland’s Network Associates Coliseum, a female fan suffers a broken nose, facial lacerations and a possible concussion as she is hit with a plastic chair thrown by Ranger reliever Frank Francisco. The altercation between fans and the several Rangers players, which takes place in the field box seats between the Texas dugout and bullpen, occurs with two outs in the ninth inning after Texas' Alfonso Soriano’s second homer of the game ties the game 5-5.

    2005 - During the six-run second inning uprising by San Diego, each Dodger outfielder commits an error. The fielding of Ricky Ledee (lf), Jose Cruz Jr. (rf) and Jayson Werth (cf) contributes to the 6-4 loss to the first place Padres.

    2006 - With a single in the first inning, a double in the second, and triple in the fourth, Gary Matthews blasts a homer in the sixth to complete the cycle in order in his first four at bats. The Texas center fielder, son of a former major leaguer, is only the third Ranger player to hit for the cycle with Oddibe McDowell (1985) and Mark Teixeira (2004) being the others.

    2006 - In the Padres' 10-0 rout of Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park, Mike Piazza hits his last home run as a catcher to extend his record to 396, the most ever hit by a major league backstop. The 37-year old receiver surpassed Carlton Fisk in 2004 to establish the major league mark with his 352nd round-tripper while playing behind the plate for the Mets.

    2007 - After 13 years on the job, Terry Ryan announces his resignation as Twins general manager will be effective at the end of the month. The 53-year-old, who will serve as the team's senior advisor to the GM, saw his team win the AL Central last season for the fourth time since 2001.

    2008 - Striking out Raul Ibanez on a 3-2 changeup in the Angels' 5-2 victory over the Mariners, closer Francisco Rodriguez earns his 58th save to break the single-season record. K-Rod surpasses the mark established by Bobby Thigpen playing with the White Sox in 1990.


    2008 - The Marlins become only the second major league team to have three infielders hit 30 home runs in the same season when Hanley Ramirez goes deep in Florida's 4-2 victory over the Nationals at Dolphin Stadium. The Florida shortstop joins teammates first baseman Mike Jacobs and second baseman Dan Uggla to match feat accomplished in 2001 by A's infielders, Jason Giambi, Eric Chavez, and Miguel Tejada.

    2009    Ichiro Suzuki becomes the first player in major league history to collect 200 hits in nine consecutive seasons when he beats out an infield single in the Mariners' 5-0 nightcap victory over Texas at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The right-fielder had been tied with Wee Willie Keeler who had eight straight years with 200 or more hits playing for the National League franchises in Baltimore and Brooklyn from 1894-1901.

    2011 - After getting the first two outs on strikeouts, Mariano Rivera records his 600th career save when catcher Russell Martin throws out Ichiro Suzuki trying to steal second base for the final out of the game. The 41-year old Yankee closer is one save shy of tying Trevor Hoffman's major league career record.

    2013 - In a much anticipated start, Atlanta rookie David Hale sets a franchise record with nine strikeouts in his major league debut, but does not collect the victory when San Diego stages a late rally off the bullpen to overcome a three-run deficit to beat the Braves at Turner Field, 4-3. The 25 year-old right-hander from Marietta, GA surpasses the previous mark of eight shared by Bob Dresser (1902) and Kenshin Kawakami (2009).

    2013 - Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte, with two out in the ninth inning, emerge from the dugout to take out legendary closer Mariano Rivera, giving the sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium one last chance to cheer their beloved reliever. The unexpected visit to the mound, the brainchild of manager Joe Girardi, who asked permission from the umpires to implement the unorthodox move, triggers an emotional encounter between the remaining Core Four teammates that renders Mo speechless as he weeps from the adulation of his friends and fans.


    2014 - A walk off two-run homer in the bottom fo the ninth by Dayán Viciedo off of Glen Perkins gives the White Sox a 7-6 victory and seals a doubleheader sweep by the White Sox over the Twins at U.S. Cellular Field.   In game one, Alexei Ramirez's two-run homer along with two doubles by José Abreu and José Quintana's 7 solid innings on the mound led the White Sox to a 5-1 win.





    Baseball Birthdays on September 13...


    1864 - Schellhase, Al
    1887 - Redmond, Harry
    1889 - Chambers, Bill
    1890 - Marbet, Walt
    1893 - Ruether, Dutch
    1893 - Kelleher, John
    1894 - O'Brien, Dink
    1894 - Crane, Sam
    1896 - Stokes, Art
    1896 - Collins, Pat
    1896 - Wilson, Roy

    1897 - Rommel, Eddie
    1898 - Fullerton, Curt
    1903 - Warstler, Rabbit
    1906 - Levey, Jim
    1906 - Lee, Thornton

    1907 - Campbell, John
    1908 - Nitcholas, Otho
    1915 - Aderholt, Morrie
    1916 - Zimmerman, Roy
    1931 - Susce, George
    1934 - Hughes, Tom
    1938 - Heffner, Bob
    1939 - Parsons, Tom
    1945 - Wise, Rick
    1947 - Adamson, Mike
    1949 - Obradovich, Jim
    1949 - Dempsey, Rick
    1951 - McMillan, Tom
    1954 - Smith, Billy
    1954 - Harris, John
    1955 - Fischlin, Mike
    1963 - McCray, Rodney
    1964 - Hibbard, Greg

    1965 - Curry, Steve
    1967 - Correia, Rod
    1968 - Bennett, Erik
    1968 - Williams, Bernie
    1968 - Neagle, Denny
    1969 - Davis, Russ
    1971 - Brede, Brent
    1971 - Rios, Armando

    1972 - Perry, Chan
    1972 - Cruz, Nelson

    1976 - Miller, Wade
    1977 - Roberts, Grant
    1980 - James, Justin
    1980 - Matsuzaka, Daisuke
    1982 - Weeks, Rickie
    1984 - English, Jesse
    1985 - French, Luke
    1985 - Sanchez, Salvador

    1988 - Walden, Marcus
    1988 - Wilkins, Andy

    1990 - Hathaway, Steve
    1991 - Lee, Zach



    Baseball Deaths on September 13...


    1917 - Derby, Gene
    1933 - Harrington, Joe
    1945 - Blanton, Cy
    1946 - Gagnier, Ed
    1947 - Lennon, Ed
    1949 - Jordan, Tim
    1952 - Clauss, Al
    1953 - Callahan, Wesley
    1954 - Grimes, Roy
    1960 - Mattis, Ralph
    1966 - Comstock, Ralph
    1967 - Stanley, Joe
    1967 - LaPointe, Ralph
    1970 - Riley, Lee
    1973 - McCarthy, Johnny
    1973 - Barton, Vince
    1979 - Ward, Hap
    1980 - Pechous, Charlie
    1999 - Lohrman, Bill
    2001 - Comellas, Jorge
    2003 - Welaj, Johnny
    2009 - Frey, Lonny
    2012 - Pierce, Jack
    2013 - Osinski, Dan

    2014 - Torre, Frank



                             


               


       


         






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    1872 - An unusual play highlights the Athletics-Boston match in Philadelphia. With the Athletics leading 4-1 in the seventh inning, and runners on first and second, Fergy Malone pops up to shortstop George Wright. Wright catches the ball in his hat and then throws the ball to third base, after which it is thrown to second base. Wright claims a double play has been completed, as a batter cannot be retired with a "hat catch," and thus runners Cap Anson and Bob Reach are forced out. The umpire finally gives Malone another at bat, declaring nobody out. The Athletics win 6-4.

    1878 - The Cincinnati Red Stockings and Indianapolis Blues play an exhibition game in which they experiment with calling every pitch a ball or a strike and allowing only six balls for a walk. The rules up to this time provide for the umpire to call a "warning pitch" on the first wide delivery. The reaction is favorable.

    1890 - When the Buffalo Players League club captain Jay Faatz disagrees with management, Connie Mack become captain of the team. This unofficially marks the start of Mack's managing career that spans more than half a century.

    1903 - Red Ames' debut with the New York Giants was a five-inning, 5-0, no-hit victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The game was called in mid-afternoon because of unusual darkness.

    1905 - Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers engage in a fistfight on the field during an exhibition game in Washington, Indiana, because Evers took a taxi to the park, leaving his teammates in the hotel lobby. The pair will not speak to each other again for thirty-three years.

    1913 - Cubs hurler Larry Cheney hurls a 14-hit shutout against the Giants, defeating them 7-0 while setting a Major League record for most hits allowed in a whitewashing. Milt Gaston of Washington will duplicate the feat on July 10, 1928.

    1914 - After being ejected for swearing, Johnny Evers claims he was talking to the ball and not to umpire Mal Eason, but the Braves' shortstop is still suspended for three days.

    1923 - Red Sox first baseman George Burns completes an unassisted triple play against the Indians as he gathers in Frank Brower's line drive, tags Rube Lutzke coming from first, and beats Riggs Stephenson back to second.

    1924 - Walter Johnson is elected American League Most Valuable Player with fifty-five points. White Sox second baseman Eddie Collins is second in the voting. He was runner-up to Babe Ruth in 1923.


    1941 - With his 6-5 victory over New York at Sportsman's Park, Cardinals right-hander Howie Krist finishes the season, 10-0. Spud's perfect season establishes a National League record for the most wins in a season by a pitcher without a defeat.

    1942 - The Yankees win their 13th American League pennant when they beat Cleveland at League Park, 8-3. The Bronx Bombers will finish the season 103-51, nine games ahead of Boston, but will lose the World Series to the Cardinals in five games.

    1951 - In a 9-6 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park, rookie Bob Nieman hits consecutive dingers off Mickey McDermott becoming the first player to hit home runs in his first two career at bats in the majors. In his third trip to the plate, the St. Louis Browns' freshman beats out a bunt for a base hit.

    1951 - Preacher Roe wins his 20th game of the season when the Dodgers beat the Pirates at Forbes Field‚ 3-1. The 36-year old southpaw will finish the season with a 22-3 record.

    1955 - In a 3-2 victory over the Senators, Indians fireballer Herb Score establishes a new rookie record for strikeouts in a season surpassing Grover Cleveland Alexander's mark of 227 strikeouts set in 1911. The American League Rookie of the Year will finish the campaign with 245 punch outs, a total which will not be topped until 1984 when Mets right-hander Dwight Gooden strikes out 251 batters.

    1958 - The Yankees win their 24th pennant, and ninth under Casey Stengel. This ties Casey for first with Connie Mack for the most American League pennants won.

    1968 - Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland A's 5-4 to become the first pitcher since Dizzy Dean in 1934 to win thirty games.

    1969 - With more than two weeks left in the season, the Orioles clinch the first-ever American League East title when they beat Cleveland at Memorial Stadium, 7-3. The heavily-favored Birds will sweep Minnesota, the AL West Champs, to capture a pennant, but will lose the World Series in five games to New York.

    1974 - The Nettles for the second time in their careers both hit home runs in the same game when Graig goes yard in the first frame with Tiger southpaw Mickey Lolich on the mound, and his brother Jim takes Yankee right-hander Pat Dobson deep in the second inning of New York's 10-7 victory in Detroit. In 1972, the siblings also hit round-trippers as opponents in the same contest, but playing with different teams.

    1975 - Mel Ott's forty-seven year old record is broken when Brewers shortstop Robin Yount plays his 242nd major league game as a teenager. The youthful infielder was 18 years, 2 months and six days old when made his debut with Milwaukee in 1973.

    1976 - At Memorial Stadium, Dennis Martínez makes his major league debut pitching 5.2 innings of shutout baseball in relief to get the win in the Orioles' 9-7 victory over the Tigers. The Granada native, who will win 245 games, is the first person from Nicaragua to appear in a major league game.

    1978 - Notching his last major league victory (62-63), Jim Bouton wins a major league game for first time since 1970. The 39-year old 'Bulldog' limits San Francisco to three hits in six innings of work in the Braves' 4-0 victory.

    1986 - Bob Brenly of San Francisco tied a Major League record with four errors in one inning, but atoned with two homers, including the game-winner, to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Brenly, normally a catcher, was playing third base.

    1986 - At Royals Stadium, Kansas City rookie outfielder Bo Jackson hits his first major league home run. The 475-foot blast hit by the NFL running back is the longest homer ever hit in the ballpark.

    1987 - Ernie Whitt hit three of Toronto's Major League record 10 home runs as the Blue Jays rolled to an 18-3 victory over the Orioles. Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. had his consecutive-inning streak stopped at 8,243 when he was replaced at shortstop by Ron Washington in the eighth inning.
 
    1988 - In his first start against his former club, Mike Boddicker beats the Orioles, 4-1, with Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell hitting for the cycle. Last month, Baltimore traded the popular right-hander, who had spent nine years with the club, to Boston in return for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling.

    1989 - Jeff Reardon saves Minnesota's 2-0 win over Toronto to become the first pitcher ever to record at least 30 saves in five consecutive seasons.

    1990 - Ken Griffey and his son hit back-to-back homers in the first inning of the Seattle Mariners' 7-5 loss to the California Angels. The unprecedented father-and-son homers came off Kirk McCaskill.

    1991 - Baltimore's Juan Bell's tenth inning at-bat against Eric Bell is not a ringing success when he flies out to Albert Belle in left field. The Orioles drop the Memorial Stadium contest to the clangorous Cleveland club in 11 innings, 6-5.

    1993 - Mike Piazza sets the major league record for home runs by a rookie catcher when he hits his 29th round-tripper, a first-inning two-run shot off San Diego's Doug Brocail over the center field fence at Jack Murphy Stadium. The National League's eventual Rookie of the Year, who will finish the season with 35, breaks the mark set by Matt Nokes, who was a freshman backstop for the Tigers in 1987.

    1994 - The baseball season, already shut down by a month-long strike, was canceled along with the World Series in a vote by 26-of-28 teams.

    1996 - Todd Hundley passes Roy Campanella as the all-time leader for homers by a catcher. His homer helps the Mets come back from a five-run deficit and eventually beat the Braves, 6-5.

    1996 - Mark McGwire hits his 50th home run off Cleveland hurler Chad Ogea becoming the 13th player in major league history to reach that plateau. The A's first baseman gives the milestone ball to his eight-year-old son, Matthew.

    1998 - The Atlanta Braves clinched their seventh straight division crown, winning the National League East with a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Among the major pro sports leagues - baseball, NFL, NBA and NHL - only seven franchises have finished first during the regular season at least seven times in a row.

    1998 - At Kauffman Stadium, the Royals become the fifth team in baseball history to score in every inning. The eight innings of consistency lead to a 16-6 win over the A's.


    1999 - With a 12-2 pounding of the Phillies at the Astrodome, Houston establishes a club record with a twelve-game winning streak. The Astros' victory also extends Philadelphia's losing streak to 11 consecutive losses.

    2002 - Barry Bonds ties Hank Aaron for the most 100-RBI seasons by a National League player as he drives in his 100th run of the season for the 11th time in his career. The major league record is 13 shared by Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth.

    2002 - Chin-Feng Chen becomes the first Taiwan-born player to appear in the major leagues as he walks and scores as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers against the Rockies. The 24-year-old first baseman-outfielder played for the 1990 Taiwan team which won the Little League World Series.

    2002 - Playing the 148th game on the schedule, the Devil Rays suffer their 100th defeat losing to the Blue Jays at the SkyDome, 8-4. Tampa Bay (48-100) becomes the first team to lose 100 games in consecutive seasons since Toronto accomplished the dubious mark for three straight years starting 1979.

    2003 - Homering in his final at-bat, Vladimir Guerrero hits for 'Le Carrousel' at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Facing Mets' southpaw Tom Glavine, the Expos' right fielder doubled (2nd), singled (3rd) and hit a triple (5th) and completed the sixth cycle in team history going deep off Dan Wheeler (7th).

    2003 - At Comerica Park, Detroit set a franchise record for losses as they drop their 110th loss to the Royals, 7-2. The 1996 Tiger squad finished the season with a 53-109 record.

    2005 - Braves’ center fielder Andruw Jones hits his 50th home run in the eighth inning of a 12-4 loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Curacao native is the first major leaguer to reach the plateau since Alex Rodriguez hit 57 homers playing shortstop for the Rangers in 2002.

    2005 - As a tribute to his mother, Roger Clemens pitches on the day his mom Bess passes away. The 'Rocket' gets the win as the Astros beat the Marlins, 10-2, the score his Mom predicted when she told him she wanted him to start that night.

    2005 - On his way to home plate to score ahead of Tony Graffanino, who homered over the left-field wall, Gabe Kapler ruptures his Achilles tendon while rounding second base, and he cannot continue around the bases. After a delay of five-minutes, the Red Sox outfielder is carried off the field and is replaced in the base paths by pinch runner Alejandro Machad to finish the trip around the diamond in Boston's 5-3 win over Toronto at the Skydome.

    2007 - Ten-year-old Bosox fan Griffin Whitman is disappointed when Yankees outfielder Shelley Duncan, when asked for an autograph, writes in the boy's spiral-bound notebook, "RED SOX SUCK!" before signing his name. The 27-year-old flychaser, whose dad is the respected pitching coach of the Cardinals, is surprised by the negative reaction of the family.

    2008 - Carlos Zambrano becomes the first Cubs pitcher to throw a no-hitter since Milt Pappas accomplished the feat against the Padres in 1972. The Chicago right-hander’s 5-0 hitless gem comes at the expense of the the displaced Astros, who are playing a relocated ‘home game’ in Milwaukee’s Miller Park as a result of Hurricane Ike.

    2008 - With his 8th inning thievery in a 7-4 loss to the Braves at Shea Stadium, Mets' shortstop Jose Reyes becomes the first player to have four straight seasons of 50 or more stolen bases playing for a New York area team, which also includes Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants. The accomplishment extends the infielder's own record as he is also the only Gotham major leaguer to achieve the feat for three consecutive years.

    2011 - With their 3-2 loss to St. Louis, the Pirates extend their record streak of consecutive losing seasons to 19 straight years, the longest in American professional sports history. The Bucs, who led the NL Central by a half-game on July 20, have lost 38 of 54 contests since then, leaving the team with a 67-82 won-loss record.

    2011 - Braves' fireballer Brandon Beachy establishes the modern franchise record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie pitcher when he whiffs out eight batters in 4.1 innings, bringing his to total to 160. Irv Young struck out 156 in 1905 when the team played in Boston and were known as the Beaneaters.

    2011 - After missing 50 contests for a PED infraction in April 2008 while playing for the Giants, Eliezer Alfonzo becomes the first player to be suspended twice under the MLB drug program. The Colorado catcher will appeal the 100-game suspension, having the ban overturned for procedural reasons when his urine sample is not handled in the manner outlined in baseball's agreement with the players.

    2014 - With Cub runners on first and second in the fourth inning of the team's 7-3 victory over Chicago, the Pirates turn an 5-4-3 around-the-horn triple play when third baseman Josh Harrison fields Matt Szczur’s hard grounder, stepping on the bag to force Chris Valaika before firing the ball to second to Neil Walker to retire Mike Ott. The second baseman's relay to first sacker Andrew Lambo completes the first triple killing in the 14-year history of PNC Park.


    2014 - Jonathan Papelbon is ejected for grabbing his crotch, responding to the boos from the Citizens Bank Park crowd after he gives up four runs in the ninth inning of Phillies' 5-4 loss to Miami. The Philadelphia closer, who will apologize while insisting he wasn't making a vulgar motion toward fans, will be suspended for seven games and fined by Major League Baseball for making a lewd gesture and for bumping Joe West, the ump who will also receive a one-day suspension for pulling on the reliever's jersey after he threw the player out of the game.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 14...


    1853 - Booth, Amos
    1853 - Goodman, Jake
    1856 - Luff, Henry
    1865 - Leitner, Doc
    1869 - Nichols, Kid
    1879 - Dunleavy, Jack
    1882 - Madden, Bunny
    1882 - Cooney, Phil
    1884 - O'Connor, Andy
    1884 - Hogan, Willie
    1888 - Allen, Nick
    1888 - Richter, Reggie
    1908 - Bottarini, John
    1912 - Wilson, Icehouse
    1917 - Douglas, John
    1924 - Coleman, Jerry
    1927 - Hillman, Dave
    1927 - Fanning, Jim
    1931 - Williams, Don
    1933 - Green, Fred
    1934 - Perry, Bob
    1936 - Williams, Stan

    1938 - Carpin, Frank
    1945 - Brown, Curtis
    1947 - Parker, Harry
    1957 - Wallach, Tim
    1957 - Gleaton, Jerry Don

    1965 - Neel, Troy
    1966 - Dr@per, Mike
    1969 - Durant, Mike
    1972 - Bell, David
    1973 - Winkelsas, Joe
    1974 - Bradford, Chad

    1975 - Lombard, George
    1981 - Clark, Cody
    1983 - Hester, John
    1984 - Mosebach, Robert
    1984 - Outman, Josh
    1985 - Hicks, Brandon
    1985 - Young, Delmon
    1990 - Anderson, Cody
    1990 - Law, Derek
    1991 - Polanco, Gregory
    1993 - Vasquez, Andew



    Baseball Deaths on September 14...

    1900 - Knouff, Ed
    1907 - Wentz, Jack
    1908 - Van Zandt, Ike
    1914 - McDonald, Jim
    1930 - McCauley, Jim
    1932 - Jackson, Henry
    1940 - Knox, Andy
    1943 - Murray, Bill
    1949 - Martin, Billy
    1950 - Ging, Billy
    1951 - Roettger, Wally
    1959 - Upham, Bill
    1967 - Bond, Walt
    1968 - Lobert, Hans
    1969 - Tavener, Jackie
    1970 - Lanford, Sam
    1970 - Long, Jimmie

    1971 - Holden, Bill
    1973 - Thurston, Sloppy

    1973 - Monteagudo, Rene
    1977 - Bell, Beau
    1984 - Barnhart, Edgar
    1984 - Pofahl, Jimmy
    1993 - Atwood, Bill
    2000 - Myatt, George
    2002 - Shokes, Eddie
    2002 - McKee, Jim
    2016 - Adams, Dick


         


               




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Re: Pale Hose History
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    On September 15 in Baseball History...


    1884 - Meriden, ahead 5-3 in the top of the ninth inning, wins the Connecticut State League contest when Hartford forfeits because the team refuses to use a ball, needed to replaces the one that was hit foul into a marsh behind home plate, citing the sphere did not come from a box sealed by the league secretary. The suddenly shortened game also featured the only home run hit that season at the Meriden ballpark, a round-tripper stroked by its captain, future Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack.

    1902 - The trio of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance completes their first twin killing in a 6-3 win over Cincinnati at Chicago's West Side Grounds. The Cubs' legendary douple-play combination will be immortalized by the 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams, Baseball's Sad Lexicon.


    1904 - Giants rookie Hooks Wiltse wins his 12th straight game, setting a Major League mark for consecutive games won at the start of a career. It will be tied by relief hurler Butch Metzger in 1976.

    1912 - Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox pitched his 16th consecutive victory to tie Walter Johnson's record as he beat the St. Louis Browns 2-1.

    1922 - Catcher Butch Henline is the first National League player to hit three homers in a game since 1897, as the Phils beat the Cards 10-9. Henline's third home run tied the game in the ninth inning and Cliff Lee then hit the game-winning home run.

    1928 - The Braves play their ninth consecutive doubleheader. The streak, which began on September 4th, sees the team lose five in a row, including four to the Giants.

    1929 - Between games of a twin bill, Cincinnati entertains fans by sponsoring a base-circling contest with the winning player receiving $75 in prize money. Evar Swanson breaks Hans Lobart’s record of 13.8 seconds set earlier in the year as he completes the 360 foot dash in 13.3 seconds, according to official AAU timers who officiated the race.

    1931 - The Philadelphia Athletics clinch the pennant, beating Cleveland at home. Eddie Rommel, veteran knuckleball pitcher for the A's, is the winning hurler, as Connie Mack wins his third successive pennant. It is Mack's ninth, and last, American League championship.

    1938 - For the fifth time in a major league game, brothers homer in the same contest when Pirates teammates Lloyd and Paul Waner both go deep in the fifth inning of the Bucs' 7-2 victory over New York at the Polo Grounds. Although 'Big and Little Poison' have completed the deed twice before, they are the first siblings in history to hit the home runs in consecutive at-bats, a feat which will not be duplicated again until the Upton Brothers go back-to-back for the Braves in 2013.

    1946 - The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings in game two of a doubleheader when the game was called because a giant swarm of gnats engulfs Ebbets Field. The insects became such a problem for the players, umpires and fans that the game had to be stopped.

    1950 - At Ebbets Field, Cardinal starter, Cloyd Boyer, hurts his arm while warming up and is replaced by Red Munger. The reliever goes the distance beating the Dodgers, 6-2, getting credit for a complete game, but not for a game started.

    1950 - Johnny Mize hits three home runs in one game for the sixth time in his career‚ establishing a major league record. The first baseman's offensive output, which makes him the second player to accomplish a three-homer game in both leagues along with Babe Ruth, isn't enough when the Yankees lose at Detroit, 9-7.

    1952 - The Braves play their last game in Boston's Braves Field before moving to Milwaukee, losing to Brooklyn's Joe Black 8-2. The crowd of 8,822 is the second largest of the season at the ballpark.

    1958 - Snuffy Stirnweiss is killed when the New Jersey commuter train in which he is a passenger plunges off the CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge between Elizabethport and Bayonne. The 39-year old former all-star infielder, who played with the Yankees, Browns and Indians, led the American League in hitting with a .309 average playing for New York in 1945.

    1960 - Giants' superstar Willie Mays ties a major league mark by hitting three triples in an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia. The third three-bagger of the game in the eleventh inning for the ‘Say Hey Kid’, who collects 5 hits in 6 at-bats, leads to the eventual go-ahead run in the Connie Mack Stadium contest.

    1963 - Inspired by their fans, the Mets hold the first of many Banner Days. The Polo Grounds event gives the 'New Breed' an opportunity to display their creative ideas with signs, including some with a negative tone, with an on the field parade between games of a doubleheader against the Colt .45s.

    1963 - All three Alou brothers - Felipe, Matty and Jesus - played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

    1964 - At Wrigley Field, Larry Jackson fires a six-hitter beating the Reds, 6-1, to become the season’s first 20-game winner. The 33-year old right-handed workhorse will finish the campaign with a 24-11 record for the eighth-place Cubs.

    1967 - At the spacious Astrodome, Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to hit three homers in one game. The 'Toy Cannon's' performance isn't enough as the Braves beat Houston, 9-8.

    1969 - Cardinal hurler Steve Carlton fans nineteen batters, including three in the final frame, to establish a new major league mark for strikeouts for a nine-inning game. Lefty's performance is spoiled when Ron Swoboda's pair of two-run homers proves to be the difference in the Redbirds' 4-3 loss to the Mets at Busch Stadium.

    1971 - Making his debut in relief in the ninth inning against the Braves, Astros' rookie Larry Yount injures his right shoulder on his very first warm up pitch, and the 21-year-old right-hander will never get another chance to pitch in the bigs. Robin's older brother's total major league experience will consist of just one-warm up pitch.

    1971 - The Oakland A's win the American League West Division with their 3-2 victory over Chicago and the Royals' 6-2 loss to California. The franchise hadn't won a title since 1931 when Connie Mack managed the team in Philadelphia.

    1974 - On a bright, sunny day at Fenway Park, Rico Petrocelli is struck behind the left ear, below the helmet, when he loses Jim Slaton's pitch due to the blinding glare off the outfield bleachers. The beaning, which causes inner ear damage, results in the third baseman missing the rest of the season and will hasten his early retirement prior to the start of the 1977 season at the age of 33.

    1974 - Gaylord Perry goes the distance for his 20th victory when he beats Baltimore and Ross Grimsley at Memorial Stadium‚ 1-0. The right-hander, who will finish the season with a 21-13 record, will be the last Indian pitcher in the twentieth century to win twenty games.

    1975 - Mike Vail ties the National League rookie record as the outfielder hits in his twenty-third consecutive game. The Mets' late season call up’s streak matches the 1948 freshman performances of Richie Ashburn (1948, Phillies) and Alvin Dark (1948, Braves).

    1977 - The Orioles forfeit to the Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls his team off the field in the fifth inning citing a hazardous condition, a small tarpaulin held down by bricks on the bullpen mound.

    1977 - The Royals set a club record of 16 straight victories when they defeat the A's in ten innings in the nightcap of a doubleheader, 5-4.

    1978 - In front of 47,188 fans at Dodger Stadium, Don Sutton throws a six-hitter to beat Atlanta, 5-0. With tonight's attendance, Los Angeles becomes the first team in major league history to draw three million fans at home.

    1979 - Bob Watson of the Red Sox became the first to hit for the cycle in both leagues as he led Boston to a 10-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros against San Francisco on June 24, 1977.

    1990 - Bobby Thigpen pitched one inning and became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season as the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 7-4.


    1995 - Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith sets a Major League record with his 1,554th double play in a 7-6 loss to the Dodgers.

    1996 - The Baltimore Orioles set baseball's season home run record with five against Detroit, including Mark Parent's record-breaking shot in the third inning and Brady Anderson's tenth leadoff homer of the year. The homers gave the Orioles 243, three more than the 1961 New York Yankees.

    1996 - Thanks to Andres Galarraga's three-run homer the Rockies establish a big league record for runs scored at home. Colorado, which will amass 658 tallies at Coors Field, scores its 626th, 627th and 628th runs of the season when the 'Big Cat' goes deep to surpass the 1950 Red Sox who crossed the plate 625 times.

    1996 - Frank Thomas slams his 215th career home run in a White Sox uniform to surpass Carlton Fisk as the franchise all-time leader. The Big Hurt's historic homer is the first of three round trippers he hits in a 9-8 loss to the Red Sox at Boston's Fenway Park.


    1996 - The Rangers retire their first number in franchise history when they honor Nolan Ryan. The future owner of the team, who wore uniform jersey #34, pitched two no-hitters and won his 300th career game during his five years on the mound for Texas.

    1997 - Baltimore outfielder Eric Davis played five innings in the opening game of a day-night doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians, his first game since colon cancer surgery in June.

    1997 - Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 51st and 52nd homers in Seattle's win over Toronto to become the sixth Major Leaguer to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. Jr. hit 49 homers last season.

    1997 - - The newly renovated Anaheim Stadium will now be known as Edison International Field. The 30-year old Angels’ ballpark will once again be a baseball-only facility.

    1998 - In a 12-7 win over the Twins, Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the fourth-youngest (28 years and 10 months) player to reach 1,000 RBIs. Junior got to the 1,000 mark younger than anyone except Mel Ott (27 years, three months), Jimmie Foxx (27 years, eight months) and Lou Gehrig (28 years, 9 1/2 months).

    1998 - Ending a six-game drought without a homer, Mark McGwire, pinch-hitting in the ninth inning, hits his 63rd homer. The solo shot off Jason Christiansen in the Cardinals' 8-6 loss to the Pirates allows 'Big Mac' to regain the home-run lead over Sammy Sosa.

    1998 - Working the ninth for his 40th save in the Rangers' 6-5 win over the Orioles, John Wetteland joins three other pitchers in major league history to have three or more 40-save seasons. Dennis Eckersley, Jeff Reardon and Lee Smith have also accomplished the same feat.

    1998 - Rolando Arrojo (14-12) sets a record for wins by an expansion pitcher when the Devil Rays defeat the Angels, 8-1.

    1999 - The owners unanimously approved a resolution to redraft the Major League Agreement allowing the American League and National League to merge in all aspects except on the field, where the leagues and divisions will remain the same.

    2000 - A's first baseman Jason Giambi sets a team record by hitting his fourth grand slam of the season as Oakland drubs the Devil Rays, 17-3. The base-loaded shot also ties a major league record for the most grand slams by a team in a single season, 12.

    2000 - Passing both Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, Mariner Rickey Henderson scores two runs to take over second place on the career list for runs scored. Henderson with a total of 2,175 will need to tally 71 runs to pass all time leader, Ty Cobb (2,245).

    2000 - In a 5-4 victory over the Giants, Padres' closer Trevor Hoffman becomes the third player in baseball history to have four 40-save seasons.

    2002 - Defeating the Indians after a 67-minute rain delay, 5-0, the Twins clinch the American League Central Division flag. Minnesota, which will be making its first playoff appearance since 1991, was almost eliminated during the off season due to contraction.

    2003 - With his 2,063rd career base on balls, Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth on the all-time walks list. The Giant left fielder now trails only Rickey Henderson, who has 2,190 free passes.

    2003 - Rafael Palmeiro joins Jimmie Foxx as the only players to hit 35 homers and drive in 100 runs in nine consecutive seasons. The Hall of Famer Foxx accomplished the feat playing for the A's and Red Sox from 1932 to 1940.

    2003 - Thousands of Hanshin Tigers fans jump off the Ebisubashi Bridge into the Dotonbori River in celebration as their hometown heros clinch the Central League title for first time in 18 years. It has become a local ritual to jump into the murky river when the team wins.

    2004 - With the bases loaded in the fourth inning during an eventual 6-2 Expos victory at Dolphin Stadium, Mike Lowell tags Brian Schneider taking a lead off third base. The Expos catcher becomes the victim of the hidden ball trick not realizing the Marlins third baseman had not given the pitcher the ball after visiting the mound.

    2006 - For the ninth consecutive season, the Devil Rays lose 90-plus games. The 1936-45 Phillies are the only other team in big league history to accomplish the infamous feat.

    2007 - Prince Fielder's NL-leading 46th home run establishes a Brewers franchise record. The Milwaukee first baseman's third inning round tripper off Reds' hurler Kirk Saarloos breaks the team's home-run mark set by Gorman Thomas (1979) and Richie Sexson (2001, 2003).

    2007 - Although it’s nowhere near the amount 1998’s Mark McGwire's single season home run record ball commanded, Giants slugger Barry Bonds' career No. 756 home run baseball sells for more than experts predicted. The ball thrown by Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik on August 7, which was auctioned by Matt Murphy, the fan who caught the historic homer, is won by an unidentified bidder for $752,467.

    2008 - The day after dropping a doubleheader to the Phillies, the Brewers fire Ned Yost (457-502) ending the manager’s six-year tenure which saw Milwaukee develop from cellar dwellers into a contender in the National League Central Division. New skipper Dale Sveum, formerly the team’s third base coach, will try to stop the recent skid of 11 losses in 14 games and keep the 83-67 club in contention for the wild card.

    2010 - Derek Jeter, giving a performance worthy of an Oscar, is awarded first base when the umpires determine the New York shortstop was hit by a pitch thrown by Chad Qualls. Video replay of the at-bat, that clearly shows the fastball hit the knob of the bat, prompts a national debate about the ethics demonstrated by the usually squeaky-clean Yankees captain, who admitted after the 4-3 loss to Tampa that he pretended to get hit by the pitch to get on base.

    2010 - The Cubs beat the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 7-3, to complete their first three-game sweep in St. Louis in more than twenty years. The victory marks the first time since June 12, 1988 that the visiting Chicago fans can break out the brooms in the Gateway City.

    2010 - At Fenway Park, Jose Bautista establishes a new Blue Jay record for home runs in a season when he hit his 48th, a two-run blast on a 3-2 fastball thrown by Michael Bowden. The 29-year old outfielder, who has never gone deep more than 16 times in a year, breaks the mark established by George Bell in 1987.

    2011 - After hitting a first inning two-run homer, singling in the second, and stroking a leadoff double in the fifth, Pablo Sandoval hit for the cycle when he drives a pitch that sails just beyond the outstretched glove of Colorado's right fielder Carlos Gonzalez for a triple. 'Panda', a third baseman not known for speed, becomes the 25th Giant player to accomplish the feat, and the first since Fred Lewis did the deed in 2007, also at Coors Field.

    2012 - In the Marlins' 6-4 victory over Cincinnati in Miami, Jose Reyes is charged with baseball's unofficial 500,000th error. The All-star shortstop earns the dubious distinction when he flubs Drew Stubbs' ground ball in the seventh inning.

    2012 - In a thirty-minute pre-game ceremony, four U.S. Marine pilots unveiled a bronze statue of Jerry Coleman at Petco Park honoring the longtime Padres broadcaster for his 70 years of major league service in the booth and as a player, and for his distinguished career in the Marine Corps, where he flew 120 combat missions during WWII and the Korean conflict. The 7-foot, 5-inch sculpture, which sits on a granite base, is in front of three 4-foot by 8-foot panels that captures the 88 year old's roles in baseball, the military, and as broadcaster.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 15...


    1847 - Snyder, Jim
    1856 - Bushong, Doc
    1861 - Flanagan, Ed
    1862 - Cleveland, Elmer
    1870 - O'Connor, Frank
    1875 - Rohe, George
    1876 - Altrock, Nick

    1881 - Doyle, Slow Joe
    1887 - Suter, Harry
    1888 - Dubuc, Jean
    1892 - Lunte, Harry
    1893 - Martin, Speed
    1897 - McQuillan, Hugh
    1899 - McCurdy, Harry
    1900 - Meeker, Roy
    1900 - Clancy, Bud

    1902 - Young, Russ
    1905 - Peploski, Henry
    1905 - Page, Vance
    1906 - Tobin, Johnny
    1906 - Biggs, Charlie
    1907 - Ostermueller, Fritz
    1919 - Budnick, Mike
    1924 - Davis, Jim
    1927 - Simpson, Duke
    1928 - Lennon, Bob
    1929 - Wheat, Lee
    1933 - Fitzgerald, John
    1936 - Burdette, Freddie
    1937 - Smith, Charley

    1938 - Perry, Gaylord
    1940 - Linzy, Frank
    1941 - Barbieri, Jim
    1949 - Pagan, Dave
    1949 - Carrithers, Don
    1950 - Hilton, Dave
    1952 - Collins, Don
    1956 - Pacella, John
    1960 - Fischer, Todd
    1966 - Simons, Doug
    1967 - Abbott, Paul
    1967 - Moeller, Dennis
    1968 - Robertson, Rich
    1969 - Perry, Herb

    1971 - Hardtke, Jason
    1975 - Cardona, Javier
    1975 - Smith, Dan
    1976 - Pena, Elvis
    1976 - Thornton, Matt

    1977 - Rolls, Damian
    1983 - Hochevar, Luke
    1991 - Suero, Wander
    1994 - Hudson, Dakota




    Baseball Deaths on September 15...


    1922 - Jones, Charlie
    1924 - Chance, Frank
    1932 - Kane, Harry
    1935 - Ardner, Joe
    1940 - Yewell, Ed
    1946 - Wilson, Tex
    1949 - Bonham, Tiny
    1949 - Beckendorf, Heinie
    1950 - Knotts, Joe
    1953 - Sigsby, Seth
    1957 - Butcher, Max
    1958 - Stirnweiss, Snuffy
    1961 - Carlson, Leon
    1963 - Miner, Ray
    1971 - Ortiz, Roberto
    1978 - Bettencourt, Larry
    1981 - Caldwell, Earl
    1991 - Burgess, Smoky

    1993 - Allen, Ethan
    1995 - Reyes, Nap
    1996 - Pilney, Andy
    2010 - LaMacchia, Al
    2011 - Taylor, Bill
    2015 - Wiles, Randy



     


       


     






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    On September 16 in Baseball History...


    1883 - Tommy Burns and Ned Williamson of the National League's Chicago White Stockings both score three runs in the seventh inning to establish a major league record which still stands today.

    1903 - In their 14-7 victory over Cleveland at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, the first-place Americans score in every inning, making it 11 consecutive frames that at least one player has crossed the plate. The fledgling American League team will also tally in the first six innings of its next game to extend the scoring streak to 17 straight frames.


    1905 - The New York Highlanders find themselves a little short on infielders, so right fielder Willie Keeler, who is left-handed, plays second base in both halves of a twin bill.

    1914 - At the age of 23, Yankees shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is hired to replace Frank Chance as the skipper of the team. During his 20-game tenure as the player-manager, the young infielder will finish the season with a 10-10 record for the 6th-place club.

    1919 - Dutch Ruether beats the Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati's first pennant since American Association days.

    1922 - After listening to excessive bench jockeying from the Giants dugout, Reds' hurler Adolfo Luque becomes so enraged he throws down his glove and bolts into the New York dugout. The Cuban native, known for his fiery temper, punches Casey Stengel on the jaw and is ordered to return to his own bench by the police, who are busy trying to prevent the Polo Grounds crowd, which has overflowed onto the field, from rioting.

    1924 - Jim Bottomley goes 6-for-6, including two homers, and bats in a record 12 runs as the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 17-3. The previous mark of 11 RBIs in one game was established in 1892 by today's opposing Dodger manager, Wilbert Robinson.

    1926 - En route to a 23-3 rout of the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, the Cardinals cross home plate 12 times during the third inning. The dozen runs establish a franchise record for the Redbirds.

    1938 - Johnny Rizzo becomes the first Pirates player in franchise history to hit 20 home runs in a season. The 25-year old rookie outfielder from Texas, who becomes hurt next season never playing regularly for the Bucs again, finishes the campaign batting .301 with 23 round-trippers and 111 RBIs.

    1940 - Rookie Johnny Lucadello of the St. Louis Browns hits home runs from each side of the plate against the New York Yankees in a 16-4 Browns win. Only Wally Schang, in 1916, had accomplished the same feat in the American League. Mickey Mantle in 1955 will be the next American League player to do it. These are the only home runs Lucadello hits all year and will hit just three more home runs during his six-year career.

    1942 - Bowing to the Cubs in the nightcap of a twin bill, 4-1, the Phillies become the first major league team to have five consecutive 100 loss seasons. From 1938 to the end of this season, the team will compile a 227-532 (.299) under three different managers.

    1948 - Joe DiMaggio's 300th career homer is the lone run yielded by Detroit starter Fred Hutchinson in his 2-1 complete-game victory of New York at Briggs Stadium. The 'Yankees Clipper' joins Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, Rogers Hornsby, Chuck Klein and Hank Greenberg as the eighth major leaguer to reach the milestone.

    1948 - Larry Doby's first inning grand slam proves to be the difference as the Indians hand the Senators their 16th consecutive defeat, 6-3. The bases full homer extends the rookie outfielder's hitting streak to 21 games.

    1952 - Pacific Coast League's Sacramento manager, former major league all-star second baseman Joe Gordon, pinch hits homers in both ends of a doubleheader. The first one, a grand slam, wins the game, 4-1.

    1955 - In the eighth inning of the A's 13–7 victory over Chicago, Kansas City infielder Alex George makes his major league debut at Municipal Stadium. The 16-year-old shortstop handles two chances cleanly and strikes out in his only at bat in the game.

    1957 - The Los Angeles City Council approves a 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for a Dodger stadium if the club will finance a public recreation area.

    1960 - Warren Spahn, thirty-nine, pitched a no-hitter and set an all-time Braves record with fifteen strikeouts. Milwaukee beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0.

    1965 - At Fenway Park in front of only 1,247 fans, Boston right-hander Dave Morehead, who will lead the league in losses with 18 this season, no-hits the visiting Indians, 2-1. On the same day, the 100-loss bound ninth-place Red Sox fire their general manager, Pinky Higgins.

    1966 - Bob Gibson notches his 20th victory of the season when he goes the distance to beat Chicago at Wrigley Field, 3-1. The Cardinal right-hander will become the first pitcher in more than forty years to have consecutive 20-win seasons for a second-division team.

    1968 - American League President Joe Cronin fires umpires Al Salerno, an eight-year veteran, and Bill Valentine, with seven years. They say they have been fired for activities related to starting an umpires union.

    1972 - Phillies' rookie third baseman Mike Schmidt hits his first career home run breaking Expos' Balor Moore's 25 consecutive scoreless inning streak. Michael Jack Schmidt will finish his 18-year career with 548 round-trippers.

    1972 - In an 18-5 victory over the Mets, Cub infielder Glen Beckert goes 0-for-6 and sets a record by leaving 12 men on base.

    1975 - Rennie Stennett ties a major league mark established in 1892 with his 7-for-7 performance in a nine-inning game. The Pirates' second baseman gets two hits in one inning twice, the first and fifth frames, in the Bucs' 22-0 rout of the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the most one-sided shutout since 1900.

    1975 - Mike Vail fails to break the major league rookie record for consecutive games with a hit shared by Richie Ashburn (1948, Phillies) and Alvin Dark (1948, Braves). The 23-year old freshman left fielder has plenty of opportunities to hit safely in his 24th straight game, coming to the plate eight times in the Mets’ 18-inning marathon with Montreal, a 4-3 victory over the Expos at Shea Stadium.

    1976 - In the 11th inning at Veterans Stadium, Rick Joseph hits a walk-off grand slam in the Phillies' 8-4 victory over the Dodgers. Two batters are walked intentionally by Ron Perranoski to face the weak hitting Philadelphia pinch hitter, who responds with his first career home run which will be his only round-tripper this season.

    1979 - At Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers hold Catfish Hunter Day to honor their future Hall of Fame pitcher who will be retiring at the end of the season at the age of 33. A 20-year-old left-hander named Dave Righetti makes his major league debut for the home town team.

    1979 - Willie Wilson hits his fifth inside-the-park homer of the season in a 6-3 loss to Seattle at Kansas City. It is the most inside-the-park-homers in a season since Kiki Cuyler hit eight for the Pirates in 1925.

    1980 - En route to a 22-9 record with the second-place A’s, Mike Norris gets his 20th victory when Oakland beats Texas at Arlington Stadium, 4-2. The 25-year old right-hander will compile a 58-59 career mark during his ten years in the major leagues with Oakland.

    1987 - Joe Carter of the Cleveland Indians became the ninth Major Leaguer to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season when he stole his career-high 30th base in the fourth inning of a 5-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners.

    1988 - Reds' Tom Browning pitches a perfect game against the Dodgers striking out eight and allowing only eight balls to be hit out of the infield in his 1-0 victory. Over three starts including the perfect game he retires 40 consecutive batters - one shy of a major league record.


    1991 - Darren Lewis scores four runs and steals three bases without the benefit of a base hit. The Giants leadoff hitter reaches base in four of his five plate appearances via base on balls in San Francisco's victory over the Braves at Candlestick Park, 8-5.

    1993 - At the age of 41, Twins' Dave Winfield becomes the 19th major leaguer to collect 3000 hits as he singles to left off A's ace Dennis Eckersley in a 5-1 home victory over Oakland.


    1995 - Greg Maddux of the Braves sets a Major League record with his 17th consecutive road victory in a 6-1 triumph over the Reds.

    1996 - At Wrigley Field, Phillies catcher Benito Santiago hits a trio of home runs in his three first at-bats in Philadephia's 6-1 victory over the Cubs. The 31-year old also went deep in his last at-bat in yesterday's contest in Chicago giving the Philadelphia backstop four consecutive homers in four at-bats.

    1996 - A fifth inning triple off of Royal pitcher Jose Rosado gives Twins Paul Molitor his 3000th hit becoming the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat with a three bagger. The 'Ignitor' reaches this milestone in the same season in which he also collects 200 hits, making him the only player to accomplish both feats in the same campaign.


    1997 - Philadelphia's Curt Schilling struck out nine in the Phillies win over the New York Mets to become the 13th pitcher since 1900 with 300 strikeouts in a season.

    1998 - Tom Gordon ties Jose Mesa's major league single-season record established in 1995 with his 38th consecutive save. The 30 year-old right-handed closer also sets a franchise mark with his 41st save of the season when the Red Sox beat Baltimore, 4-3.

    1998 - With homers in four straight at-bats and five in two games, Cleveland's Manny Ramirez ties a major league record. The Indian right fielder, who homered in his final three at-bats last night, goes deep off of Twin Bob Tewksbury in the first and takes a 3-2 pitch to left in the fifth for his fifth homer in six at-bats.

    1998 - For only the 30th time in major league history and the 12th time it has been done consecutively, four batters strike out in one inning. Thanks to Randy Knorr's passed ball, Marlin rookie Kirt Ojala accomplishes the feat in the fourth inning of the Marlins' 3-2 defeat to the Expos.

    1998 - In front of 49,891 patrons at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium, Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire by hitting his record-setting 63rd home run. The 434-foot eighth inning two-out blast off Brian Boehringer is a tie-breaking grand slam with 'Slammin' Sammy collecting all six RBIs when the Cubs beat the Padres, 6-3.

    2000 - With a sixth-inning blast in a 7-6 loss to the hometown Cardinals, Cub outfielder Sammy Sosa joins Mark McGwire (1997-99) as the only major leaguer to hit 50 home runs three straight seasons. Babe Ruth had three 50+ homer season, but did not accomplish the feat in consecutive years

    2002 - Diamondback righty Curt Schilling K's his 300th victim to join Randy Johnson in becoming the first teammates to each strike out at least 300 batters in the same season.

    2002 - Giant left fielder Barry Bonds walks three times breaking his own record for base on balls in a season with 178. Approximately one-third of the free passes given to the San Francisco slugger have been intentional (60 out of 178).

    2004 - The Red Sox become the fourth team in big league history to sell out an entire 81-game home season. The Indians (1996-2000), Rockies (1996) and Giants (2000) are the other teams which accomplished the feat.

    2005 - Youppi!, who got his start at Olympic Stadium, is named as the first official mascot of the Montreal Canadiens becoming the first to ever switch from Major League Baseball to the NHL. The acquisition, reportedly at the cost of six figures, is made possible when the Expos leave the hairy orange arm-waving giant behind in favor of an eagle call "Screech" when they moved to Washington, D.C. to become the Nationals.


    2006 - Stealing second base in the first inning in an 8-5 victory over the Brewers at RFK, Alfonso Soriano becomes the fourth player in major league history in a single season to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases. The Nationals' outfielder joins Jose Canseco (1988), Barry Bonds (1996) and Alex Rodriguez (1998) as the only players to record 40-40 seasons.

    2006 - The Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston's grand reopening ceremony for its Roxbury facility, which underwent a $7-million renovation, has some community leaders upset with the building's new name to be unveiled at the event. Although previous owner of the Red Sox created the charitable foundation that donated $3 million used to renovate the run-down club, some in the minority neighborhood believe it would be wrong to name the clubhouse after Tom Yawkey because his policies were racially motivated as evidenced by passing up an opportunity to get Jackie Robinson and the team becoming the last to integrate in the major leagues.

    2006 - In a 12-6 loss to the Rangers in Texas, Angels’ center fielder Chone Figgins triples in the ninth inning to become the fifth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. 'Figgy' joins Jeff DaVanon (2004), Dave Winfield (1991), Dan Ford (1979) and Jim Fregosi (1964, 1968) to accomplish the feat for the Halos.

    2007 - With a homer in the seventh inning of a 10-6 loss to the Phillies at Shea Stadium, David Wright becomes the 30th member of the 30-30 club. Returning to the dugout, the Mets third baseman is greeted by hitting coach Howard Johnson, who along with Darryl Strawberry are the other Metropolitans to have also stolen thirty bases and hit 30 homers in the same season.

    2007 - In a dramatic at bat, Jim Thome becomes the third major leaguer this season, and the 23rd overall to hit 500 career home runs. The historic homer comes in the bottom of the ninth on a full count as the White Sox DH strokes a two-run walkoff round tripper to beat the Angels at U.S. Cellular Field, 9-7.



    2007 - The Nationals announce that the press box in Nationals Park, the team's new home scheduled to open next season, will be named the "Shirley Povich Media Center", in honor of the late Hall of Fame Baseball writer. The Washington Post's longtime sports columnist and reporter covered the Senators' first World Series championship in 1924 and continued to write for the paper until his death in 1998.

    2007 - Todd Jones becomes the 21st major leaguer to record 300 career saves. The milestone doesn’t come easy as the Tigers’ closer gives up three hits and a run in Detroit’s 6-4 win over the Twins at the Metrodome.

    2009 - The Chicago White Sox released Bartolo Colon.


    2009 - During the 4-3 victory over Kansas City, the front-running Tigers pay tribute to 91-year-old Ernie Harwell, their long-time broadcaster (1960-2002), who recently revealed he has inoperable cancer. The third-inning ceremony includes a three-minute video tribute followed by the Hall of Fame announcer thanking the admiring and supportive fans attending the game at Comerica Park.


    2010 - Following appeals, Nyjer Morgan will serve an eight-game suspension in place of the two original bans that totaled 15 games. The Nationals outfielder had been given a seven-game suspension when the commissioner’s office alleged he had deliberately thrown a baseball into the stands, resulting in a Philadelphia fan getting hit and then a week later was handed an eight-game suspension for his instigation and participation in a brawl with Florida.

    2012 - With their 9-5 victory over Oakland, the Orioles are assured of having their first winning season since the team finished first in the AL East in 1997. The Birds will finish the campaign with 93-69 record for a second-place finish, but will earn a spot in the postseason as the play-in Wild Card team.

    2013 - The White Sox score seven runs in the bottom of the first to help Erik Johnson win his first major league game.  Johnson pitched six scoreless innings as the White Sox beat the Twinkies 12-1 st U.S. Cellular Field.  Adam Dunn, Dayan Viciedo, Jordan Danks and Alexei Ramirez all homered in this game for the White Sox.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 16...


    1849 - Harrison, Rit
    1859 - Irwin, Bill
    1864 - Easterday, Henry
    1865 - McVey, George
    1867 - Clark, Spider
    1870 - Moran, Sam
    1877 - McConnell, George
    1887 - Galloway, Jim
    1891 - Orme, George
    1898 - Lefevre, Al
    1899 - Mueller, Heinie
    1901 - Ash, Ken

    1904 - Barnhart, Edgar
    1905 - Vance, Joe

    1905 - McNamara, Dinny
    1908 - Mills, Buster
    1912 - Bildilli, Emil
    1919 - Konopka, Bruce
    1923 - Dempsey, Con
    1926 - McKee, Rogers
    1926 - Krieger, Kurt
    1928 - Valentinetti, Vito

    1930 - Mrozinski, Ron
    1931 - Schypinski, Jerry
    1944 - Brinkman, Chuck

    1945 - Torres, Hector
    1945 - Sprague, Ed
    1945 - Chlupsa, Bob
    1947 - Ross, Gary
    1949 - Garman, Mike
    1949 - Moret, Roger
    1953 - Knapp, Chris

    1955 - Yount, Robin
    1955 - Edelen, Joe
    1958 - Hershiser, Orel
    1959 - Raines, Tim

    1960 - Hall, Mel
    1960 - Tettleton, Mickey
    1961 - Parent, Mark

    1961 - Pittaro, Chris
    1961 - Medvin, Scott
    1968 - Acre, Mark
    1970 - Patrick, Bronswell
    1970 - Shuey, Paul
    1972 - Tollberg, Brian
    1973 - Relaford, Desi
    1976 - Harville, Chad
    1979 - George, Chris
    1979 - Korecky, Bobby
    1982 - Carter, Chris
    1982 - Martinez, Michael
    1982 - Ramirez, Ramon
    1983 - Moss, Brandon
    1986 - Beckham, Gordon

    1989 - Grossman, Robbie
    1992 - Junis, Jake



    Baseball Deaths on September 16...


    1894 - Larkin, Terry
    1933 - Gore, George
    1936 - Lampe, Henry
    1944 - Steelman, Farmer
    1946 - Bildilli, Emil
    1952 - Sheely, Earl

    1955 - Sherman, Dan
    1963 - Niggeling, Johnny
    1964 - Conyers, Herb
    1967 - King, Lee
    1968 - Bostick, Henry
    1970 - Shook, Ray
    1972 - Waitkus, Eddie
    1973 - Long, Tom
    1974 - Walker, Frank
    1979 - Deal, Charlie
    1987 - Wahl, Kermit
    1988 - Trice, Bob
    1993 - Marshall, Max
    1994 - Chozen, Harry
    1999 - Gregory, Paul

    1999 - Hansen, Doug
    1999 - Williams, Ace
    2000 - Perkovich, John

    2010 - Twitchell, Wayne


     







       



     



       



         



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This Date In White Sox History - September 16th




September 16, 2007 - In a dramatic at bat, Jim Thome becomes the third major leaguer this season, and the 23rd overall to hit 500 career home runs. The historic homer comes in the bottom of the ninth on a full count as the White Sox DH strokes a two-run walkoff round tripper to beat the Angels at U.S. Cellular Field, 9-7.

Boxscore & P-B-P:  http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B09160CHA2007.htm



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On September 17 in Baseball History...


1900 - Tommy Corcoran of the Reds uncovers a wire in the coaching box that leads across the outfield to the Phils' locker room, where reserve catcher Morgan Murphy is reading the opposing catcher's signs and relaying them to the Phils' coach by a buzzer hidden in the dirt.

1906 - Playing as Sullivan, Columbia University junior Eddie Collins makes his debut at shortstop with the Philadelphia Athletics. He gets one hit off Ed Walsh and strikes out twice. Collins will play twenty-five years in the Major Leagues, bat .333, and become a member of the Hall of Fame.

1912 - Casey Stengel of the Dodgers makes an impressive major league debut in the Dodgers 7-3 win against the Pirates. The likable Brooklyn outfielder from Kansas City collects four hits, drives in two runs and swipes a pair of stolen bases.

1916 - George Sisler outduels the Senators' legend Walter Johnson, 1-0. It will be Gorgeous George's last Major League pitching victory, but the former Browns’ hurler will become a member of the Hall of Fame as a first baseman in 1939.

1920 - Going 6-for-6, left fielder Bobby Veach becomes the first Tiger to hit for the cycle as Detroit beats the Red Sox in a 12-inning victory, 14-13. Giants' George Burns also hits for the cycle in New York's 10 inning 4-3 win over the Pirates making it the only time it has ever happened twice in the same day.

1930 - Cleveland's Earl Averill drove in eight runs with three consecutive home runs to lead the Indians to a 13-7 victory over the Washington Senators in a doubleheader opener. Averill added another homer in the second game, which the Senators took 6-4, and set an American League record with eleven RBIs in the twinbill.

1931 - On his 32nd birthday, outfielder Earl Webb of the Red Sox sets a Major League record for doubles with sixty-five. He will finish the season with sixty-seven.

1939 - American League President Will Harridge overturns the umpires' decision to call the September 2 Yankee-Red Sox game a forefit and orders the contest to be replayed from the seventh inning as a 5-5 tie. After the Red Sox fans had thrown a barrage of garbage onto the playing field at Fenway Park due to the Yankees making deliberate outs to take advantage of the 6:30 Sunday curfew, umpire Cal Hubbard ruled the Boston crowd's action made it impossible to continue the game and awarded the game to the Yankees, 9-0.

1941 - In front of only 3,585 fans in St. Louis, twenty-year old Stan Musial makes his major league debut against Boston going 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs. Musial, who started the season in the Western Association (Class C), will hit .426 in 12 games. 'Stan the Man' will collect a total of 3,630 hits during his 22-year Hall of Fame career, 1815 hits at home and 1815 on the road.

1947 - Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News two weeks before the season is over. At year's end he has hit .297 and led the league in stolen bases and sacrifices. He has fourteen bunt hits, and in a game against the Cubs in June, scores from first base on a sacrifice.

1951 - In the bottom of the ninth, Joe DiMaggio scores the winning run on a squeeze bunt by Phil Rizzuto off Cleveland starter Bob Lemon giving the Yankees a 2-1 walk-off victory. The dramatic win breaks the tie for first place with the Tribe, and the Bronx Bombers will stay in front for the rest of the season.

1953 - Ernie Banks becomes the first black player to appear in a Cubs' game. The former Kansas City Monarch infielder, who makes an error and is hitless in three at-bats, will go on to hit 512 home runs as well as winning the MVP award twice during his 19-year Hall of Fame career.

1955 - Future Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson gets two hits in his first game as the Orioles top the Senators 3-1.

1963 - Dodger ace Sandy Koufax tosses a four-hitter blanking St. Louis at Sportsman's Park, 4-0. The southpaw's scoreless effort establishes a National League record for shutouts thrown by lefties in a season with 11, five shy of Grover Cleveland Alexander's major league mark set in 1916 with the Phillies.

1964 - Thanks to the efforts of Charlie Finley (seen below wearing a wig), the Beatles, who had planned for a day of rest in New Orleans on the only free date scheduled during their American tour, play a concert in Kansas City's Municipal Stadium. The group's manager Brian Epstein had initially turned down the A's owner's offers of $50,000 and $100,000 to have the lads from Liverpool perform in the City of Fountains, but then agreed on $150,000, enabling the Fab Four to earn $4,838 per minute, the largest sum ever paid for a musical concert.


1964 - Seattle mayor J.D. Dorm Braman publicly admits his attempt to bring the Indians to the Emerald City. Other suitors for the disgruntled franchise, whose board of directors will vote to keep the team in Cleveland next month, also include Oakland and Dallas.

1964 - Mickey Mantle gets his 2,000th career hit and his 450th home run as the Yankees whip the Angels 6-2 to lock on to first place for good with a two percentage point lead over the idle White Sox and Orioles.


1965 - In front of a capacity crowd at the ballpark in the Bronx, the Yankees pay tribute to Mickey Mantle in the first of three special days held in his honor. Prior to appearing in his 2000th career game, 'The Mick' tells the fans that he hoped to play another 15 years, but in reality will play his last major league contest in 1968.

1966 - At Yankee Stadium, New York celebrates Bobby Richardson Day in honor of their All-Star second baseman, who is retiring at the end of the season. After deciding to leave the playing field in his prime to spend more time with his family, the 31 year-old infielder will return to the game in 1970 to become the head baseball coach at the University of South Carolina where he will compile a 221-92-1 record with the Gamec0cks.

1966 - Cleveland pitchers set an American League record by fanning nineteen batters in the first nine innings of a ten-inning 6-2 win at Detroit.

1968 - At Candlestick, Giants' hurler Gaylord Perry (14-14) no-hits the Cardinals and Bob Gibson, 1-0, with the only run of the game being tallied on Ron Hunt's first-inning home run. Tomorrow the Redbirds return the favor and will no-hit San Francisco.

1968 - For the first time since 1945, the Tigers win the American League pennant with a 2-1 victory over the Yankees. Twenty-six year old right-hander Joe Sparma throws a complete game five-hitter for the clincher.

1973 - Rick Waits makes his major league debut when he pitches the ninth inning of the Rangers' 10-3 victory over Chicago at Arlington Stadium. Although the 21-year old right-hander starts the frame with an eight run lead, he inexplicably gets credit for a save.

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1975 - In a 5-2 loss to Chicago at Shea Stadium, Mets right-fielder Rusty Staub homers off Ray Burris in the fourth frame for his 98th RBI of the season to establish a new team record.'Le Grand Orange' surpasses the mark set by Donn Clendenon in 1970.

1977 - With a third-inning round-tripper off Jim Crawford at Tiger Stadium, Yankees DH Dave Kingman becomes the first player to homer for four different teams in one season. The much-traveled veteran will hit a total of 26 home runs this year playing for the Mets (9), Padres (11), Angels (2), and the Bronx Bombers (4).

1979 - Royals third baseman George Brett collects his 20th triple of the season in a 16-4 romp over the Angels. Brett becomes the sixth player ever, and the first since Willie Mays in 1957, to collect twenty doubles, twenty triples, and twenty home runs in the same season. He will finish with totals of 42, 20, and 23.

1980 - After surrendering a two-run home run to Rusty Staub, Rick Langford is removed with two outs in the ninth inning of Oakland's 6-4 win over Texas, ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22.

1981 - Dodgers southpaw Fernando Valenzuela ties White Sox freshman Ewell Russell's 1913 rookie record when he hurls his eighth shutout of the season, blanking Atlanta on three hits. The 20-year old Mexican's 2-0 victory breaks the previous National League mark shared by Irving Young (Braves, 1905), Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies, 1911), and Jerry Koosman (Mets, 1968).

1982 - In the bottom of the seventh at Shea Stadium, Dave Kingman knots the score at 2-2 against the Redbirds when he hits the final homer of his league-leading season total of 37. The 33-year old Mets slugger will finish the season hitting just .204, the lowest batting average ever for someone who wins a home run crown.

1983 - At Riverfront Stadium, 53‚790 faithful fans celebrate Johnny Bench Night. The future Hall of Fame catcher doesn't disappoint the regular-season record crowd responding with a two-run homer and a single in the Reds' 4-3 loss to the Astros.

1983 - At Comiskey Park, the White Sox beat the visiting Mariners 4-3 to clinch their first American League West divisional title. Julio Cruz scored on a sacrifice fly by Harold Baines in the bottom of the ninth inning. The victory secures the club's first postseason berth since 1959.

1984 - Reggie Jackson, at thirty-eight, became the thirteenth player in Major League history to record five-hundred home runs. No. 500 came off Kansas City pitcher Bud Black. His homer came exactly seventeen years after he got his first career hit.

1984 - Rookie Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets struck out sixteen Phillies in a 2-1 loss at Philadelphia. Five days earlier, Gooden fanned sixteen Pittsburgh Pirates, tying a Major League record for thirty-two strikeouts in two consecutive games.

1988 - Pitching the ninth inning for his 40th save, Jeff Reardon becomes the first pitcher to save 40 games in both leagues as the Twins defeat the White Sox, 3-1. The Dalton, Massachusetts native also saved 42 games for the Expos in 1985.

1990 - The Blue Jays set a major league single-season attendance record as 49,902 watch the home team beat the Yankees, 6-4. Toronto will finish the season with 58 consecutive sell-outs at the Sky Dome with a total attendance of 3,885,284.

1993 - Texas Ranger superstar Nolan Ryan strikes out Angel catcher Greg Myers for his 5,714th and final career strikeout.

1995 - Switch-hitting third baseman Ken Caminiti ties 1987 Eddie Murray's major league mark and becomes the first National Leaguer to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games when he goes deep off right-hander Turk Wendell and southpaw Roberto Rivera in the Padres' 12-4 victory over Chicago at Jack Murphy Stadium. Yesterday, the San Diego slugger homered right-handed off Larry Casian and cleared the fence in deep right center batting lefty facing Steve Trachsel.

1996 - Hideo Nomo pitched a no-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers and beat the Colorado Rockies, 9-0. Nomo walked four and struck out eight.


1998 - At the age of 107, Chet Hoff dies in Daytona Beach, Florida giving the southpaw the longest life span of any major leaguer. 'Red' played for the New York Highlanders (1911-13) and St. Louis Browns (1915) compiling a 2-4, 2.49 record before WW I ended his playing career.

1998 - The Braves become the first team since the 1915 Red Sox to have five pitchers win 15 or more games in the same season. Joining Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Kevin Millwood, southpaw Denny Neagle becomes the latest Atlanta hurler to accomplish the feat when he scatters six hits over six innings in a 1-0 victory over Arizona.

2001 - After a six-day hiatus, major league games are played for the first time since the September 11 terrorist attacks. At Busch Stadium during a pre-game ceremony, Cardinal announcer Jack Buck captures the mood of a nation with the reading of his original poem, "We Shall Overcome", and a new baseball tradition begins when the song God Bless America is sung during the seventh-inning stretch of all six scheduled contests.

2003 - Roy Halladay pitches his fourth consecutive complete game beating Detroit at Tiger Stadium, 6-0. 'Doc' will finish the season 22-7 with eight of the victories coming from his nine complete games.

2004 - Connecting off Jake Peavy’s third inning slider at SBC Park, Barry Bonds hits his 700th career home run. The historic homer touches off a fireworks display and the unfurling of a gigantic light-tower banner featuring Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, the two other players to reach the milestone.


2005 - Trailing 5-0 lead with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, the Padres shock the Nationals tying the score thanks to Khalil Greene's first career grand slam. San Diego beats Washington, 8-5, as Ramon Hernandez belts a three-run walk-off homer with two out in the bottom of the 12th.

2006 - In a 7-4 loss to the Royals in Kansas City, Mariners' outfielder Ichiro Suzuki singles in his first two at-bats extending his own major league record for consecutive 200-hit seasons to begin a career to six. The Japanese native also steals his 33rd consecutive base which is an American League single-season record.

2006 - For the first time in thirty years, the Red Sox sweep a doubleheader from their arch rivals, the Yankees. Boston hadn't beaten the Bronx Bombers twice in one day since July 31, 1976, and Independence Day of 1973 was the last time they did it as the visiting team.

2006 - At Turner Field, Marlin infielder Dan Uggla hits his 26th home run of the season off Atlanta hurler Chad Paronto to break Joe Gordon's record for most home runs by a rookie second baseman. Gordon established the record playing with the Yankees in 1938.y

2007 - Frank Thomas hit three home runs to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 6-1.  Thomas homered twice against knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, then hit his third against reliever Kyle Snyder.

2007 - Marc Ecko, who made millions from his brand of clothing, announces on the Today Show he is giving the public the opportunity to vote on the fate of Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run ball. The 35-year old fashion designer, who paid $752,467 for the ball at an online auction, has set up a website, www.vote756.com, which gives the fans the option of voting to (1) send the ball directly to Cooperstown, (2) branding it with an asterisk before sending it to the Hall of Fame or (3) putting the ball on a rocket ship and launching it into outer space.


2008 - Jesse Carlson earns the victory as the Blue Jays rally from a 6-0 deficit to beat the Orioles, 8-7. The southpaw rookie reliever from Berlin, Connecticut, who has not been scored on in his last 12 appearances, notches his seventh victory in relief, the most by any Toronto reliever since Paul Quantrill won 11 in 2001.

2008 - Derek Jeter becomes the all-time hits leader at Yankee Stadium, which will be demolished at the end of the season. The team's shortstop and captain surpasses Lou Gehrig's record with a first-inning single in a 6-2 loss to the White Sox bringing his total to 1,270 at the 85-year-old ballpark.


2008 - Tampa Bay (90-60) became the sixth team in major league history to win 90 games immediately following a stretch of at least 10 consecutive losing seasons. The others were the 1912 Washington Senators, 1914 Boston Braves, 1956 Cincinnati Reds, 1979 Montreal Expos and 2006 Detroit Tigers.

2010 - L.A. manager Joe Torre announces he will retire at the end of the season. The Dodgers immediately hire hitting coach Don Mattingly to replace the 70-year-old as the team's skipper for 2011.

2011 — Houston lost 100 games in a season for the first time in franchise history, falling to the Chicago Cubs 2-1. The Astros, who began play in 1962 as the Colt .45s, dropped to 51-100. Colorado and the Angels are the only remaining franchises that have never lost 100 games in a season.

2011 — Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers scored his 100th run in the third inning and stole his 40th base in the sixth of a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh. Kemp became the first player in Dodgers franchise history with at least 40 steals, 100 runs scored, 100 RBIs and 30 home runs.

2011 - Mariano Rivera tied the major league saves record, earning the 601st of his career and matching Trevor Hoffman while preserving the New York Yankees’ 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The 41-year-old Rivera was perfect in pitching the ninth inning for his 42nd save of the season.

2014 - Brandon McCarthy throws nine pitches, has nine strikes, and records three outs, retiring Wil Myers, Nick Franklin, and Matt Joyce in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ 3-2 victory over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field. The 31 year-old right-hander pitches the fifth Immaculate Inning in franchise history, joining Al Downing (1967), Ron Guidry (1984), A.J. Burnett (2009), and Ivan Nova (2013) in accomplishing the feat.





Baseball Birthdays on September 17...


1850 - Sutton, Ezra
1853 - Blong, Joe
1863 - Blair, Bill
1870 - Padden, Dick
1871 - Wagner, Butts
1874 - Sudhoff, Willie
1876 - Krueger, Otto
1882 - Schulte, Frank
1883 - Hafford, Leo
1883 - Zacher, Elmer
1884 - Moran, Roy
1885 - Kent, Maury
1886 - Ray, Farmer
1887 - Cullop, Nick
1888 - Hearn, Ed
1890 - Walker, Ernie
1892 - Taylor, Tommy
1893 - Glazner, Whitey
1897 - Webb, Earl
1897 - Green, Joe
1899 - Blake, Sheriff
1899 - Gilham, George
1900 - Luebbe, Roy
1900 - Critz, Hughie
1907 - Bates, Charlie
1909 - Koy, Ernie
1913 - Uhl, Bob
1917 - Gettel, Al
1918 - Dillinger, Bob
1923 - Rothel, Bob
1923 - Peden, Les
1930 - Umbricht, Jim
1933 - Daniel, Chuck
1936 - Carroll, Tom
1937 - Cepeda, Orlando
1938 - Wine, Bobby
1939 - Woods, Jim
1939 - Bouldin, Carl
1940 - Carlos, Cisco

1947 - Harris, Candy
1954 - Krenchicki, Wayne
1955 - Brant, Marshall
1956 - Bosley, Thad

1958 - Waddell, Tom
1960 - Franco, John
1964 - Pena, Jim
1972 - Raggio, Brady
1972 - Smith, Brian
1975 - Jensen, Ryan
1980 - Harren, Dan
1981 - Janssen, Casey
1982 - Burnett, Sean
1982 - Putnam, Danny
1985 - Golson, greg
1985 - Hurley, Eric
1985 - Rosenberg, B.J.
1988 - Crosby, Casey
1990 - Rodgers, Brady
1990 - Semien, Marcus

1992 - Granite, Zack
1992 - Ramirez, Jose



Baseball Deaths on September 17...


1892 - Blong, Joe
1899 - Haldeman, John
1909 - Long, Herman
1920 - Eden, Charlie
1926 - Drohan, Tom
1935 - Koenecke, Len
1939 - Hart, Tom
1946 - Burke, Frank
1948 - Chouneau, Chief
1950 - Hurley, Jerry
1967 - Adams, Karl
1968 - Pence, Elmer
1970 - Corey, Ed
1971 - Miller, Hack
1989 - Culberson, Leon
1993 - Elko, Pete
1996 - Bowers, Billy
1998 - Hoff, Chet
2000 - Salmon, Chico
2001 - Church, Bubba
2005 - Clendenon, Donn
2006 - Banta, Jack
2017 - Hilton, Dave



     







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    On September 18 in Baseball History...


    1908 - Outdueling Frank Arellanes, the only Mexican-American playing in the majors, Bob Rhoads tosses a no-hitter beating the Red Sox at Cleveland's League Park, 2-1. Four years ago, the right-hander held Boston hitless until Chick Stahl singled with two outs in the ninth inning.

    1909 - Ty Cobb wins the Triple Crown with a .377 batting average, nine home runs and 107 RBI. He also leads the American League with 216 hits, 116 runs and 296 total bases.

    1922 - George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush, the same pitcher the St. Louis Browns first baseman had started the streak against on July 27. Whitey Witt, his head bandaged from being hit by a bottle, drives in two in the ninth for a 3-2 Yankees' win.

    1930 - The Yankees edge the Browns at Sportman's Park in ten innings, 7-6. New York starter Red Ruffing helps the cause by hitting two home runs in his seven innings of work.

    1954 - With a 3-2 victory over Detroit, the Indians clinch the American League pennant. The Tribe, who will set an American League record with 111 victories, will be swept in the World Series by the Giants.

    1956 - Mickey Mantle hits his 50th home run, making him the eighth player to do so, in the eleventh inning off Chicago's Billy Pierce. New York wins 3-2 to clinch another pennant. Mickey Mantle will win the Triple Crown with a .353 batting average, 52 home runs and 130 RBI.


    1959 - When Tiger manager Joe Gordon says he plans to leave the team at the end of the season, he is fired four days later by general manager Frank Lane. After reported negotiations with Leo Durocher to take over the helm do not pan out, the Detroit GM changes his mind and apologizes to his skipper, who decides to continue in his position.

    1963 - In the Polo Grounds' final game, played in front of a paltry 1,752 patrons, Jim Hickman of the Mets hits the last home run in the 52-year history of the Coogan's Bluff ballpark as the Piladelphia Phillies beat the Mets 5-1. The historic stadium, which served as the home for the Giants (1911-1957), Yankees (1913-1922), and Mets (1962-63), first opened it doors on June 28, 1911.

    1965 - On Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium, 50,180 fans see Mantle play his 2,000th game.

    1967 - At Tiger Stadium, the Red Sox rally to move into a first place tie with Detroit (85-66). The late-inning heroics begin with Carl Yastrzemski's home run in the ninth inning which ties the game at 5-to-5, and ends with third baseman Dalton Jones's solo homer in the tenth that leads to an eventual 6-5 Bosox victory.

    1968 - After being no-hit yesterday by Giants' hurler Gaylord Perry, the Cardinal hurler Ray Washburn returns the favor by no-hitting San Francisco, 2-0, making it the first time in major league history the feat had been accomplished in successive games. The 30 year-old right-hander is the fourth Redbird pitcher to throw a no-no in franchise history, and the first since Lon Warneke's gem in 1941.

    1970 - The Mets purchase Dean Chance from the Indians, but the 1964 Cy Young award winner will appear in only three games for the franchise before being sent to Detroit, along with Bill Denehy, in an off-season trade with the Tigers. In exchange, New York obtains right hander Jerry Robertson, who will never pitch again in a major league game.

    1971 - Clay Kirby goes the distance limiting the Giants to one hit in the Padres' 2-1 victory at Candlestick Park. Willie McCovey spoils the right-hander's bid for a no-hitter leading off the eighth inning with a wind-blown home run.

    1975 - In a 7-5 victory over Chicago at Shea Stadium, Mets slugger Dave Kingman hit his 35th homer to set a new franchise record for round-trippers in a season. The previous mark was set by Frank Thomas in 1962, the team's first year in existence.

    1975 - Rusty Staub becomes the first Mets player in the 14-year history of the franchise to drive in one hundred runs in a season. A two-run blast accounts for the 'Le Grand Orange's' 100th RBI, which comes in a 7-5 victory over Chicago at Shea Stadium.

    1976 - In his final major league at-bat, Indians player-manager Frank Robinson strokes a pinch-hit single in a 4-3 loss to Baltimore at Cleveland Stadium. The 41-year old future Hall of Famer ends his 21-year career with a batting average of .294 and 586 home runs, the fourth-best in baseball history at the time of his retirement.

    1977 - In front of a sell-out crowd of 51,798 at Memorial Stadium on 'Thanks Brooks (Robinson) Day', Red Sox designated hitter Ted Cox goes 4-for-4 tying the big league mark shared by Casey Stengel, Willie McCovey, Mack Jones, and Forest Jacobs for the most hits in a major league debut. The performance is also the start of a historic two-game hitting streak by the rookie DH, who will collect two hits in his first two at-bats in tomorrow's contest to become the only player to begin a big league career with six consecutive hits.

    1984 - With a 3-0 victory over Milwaukee, the Tigers clinch the American League East title to become only the fourth team in major league history to lead from start to finish of a season. The 1923 Giants, 1927 Yankees, and the 1955 Dodgers also led their circuits from wire to wire.

    1987 - Detroit's Darrell Evans became the first 40-year-old player in Major League history to hit 30 home runs in a season as the Tigers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6.

    1987 - In a slugfest which the Mets will lose 10-9 to Pittsburgh, Darryl Strawberry gets the team off to a good start when he slams a three-run home run off Brian Fischer in the top of the first inning at Three Rivers Stadium. The New York right fielder's round-tripper, his 37th of the season, establishes a new franchise record for homers previously set by Dave Kingman in 1975.

    1992 - Barry Bonds connects his 30th home run of the season off Terry Mulholland. The home run gives the Pirates outfielder his second 30/30 season, a feat only equaled by Bobby Bonds (his father), Willie Mays (his godfather), Howard Johnson, and Ron Gant.

    1993 - The Yankees trail the Red Sox 3-1 in the ninth inning when Mike Stanley hits a popup to left field. Just before the pitch, a fan runs onto the field and umpire Tim Welke calls timeout, so the last out doesn't count. The Yankees rally for three runs and the Red Sox lose the game as well as the protest filed by the team.

    1996 - Roger Clemens ties his own record for strikeouts in game by mowing down 20 Tigers in the Red Sox 4-0 victory in Detroit. The 'Rocket' first achieved the feat a decade earlier against the Mariners.

    1997 - In a game in which the Braves become the first franchise to clinch six consecutive postseason berths, the team establishes a new major league record for grand slams. In the first inning of a 10-2 rout over New York, Ryan Klesko blasts the club's 12th bases-juiced home run of the season surpassing the mark set last year by both the Orioles and Mariners.

    1999 - Slammin' Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league history to hit 60 homers twice. The Cub outfielder, who hit 66 home runs last season, blasts his milestone round-tripper off Milwaukee hurler Jason Bere.

    2000 - Pitching a one-hitter against the Yankees, Indian hurler Bartolo Colon nearly ends the longest streak in major league history of a team being held hitless by its opponents. The Bronx Bombers have not been denied a hit in a game since Hoyt Wilhelm did it on September 9,1958 spanning total of 6,637 contests.

    2002 - Not too fleet-of-foot Greg Colbrunn hits an improbable triple in his last turn at bat to complete the cycle. The Diamondback infielder had five hits which included two two-run homers in the 10-3 victory over the Padres.

    2002 - Major League Baseball teams across the nation celebrate the first annual “Roberto Clemente Day”. Each home team’s recipient of the John Hanc0ck’s Roberto Clemente Award will be recognized (the balance will be given when the road team arrives home) and the national recipient of the award, chosen from among the 30 club honorees, will be announced during the World Series.

    2004 - For the first time in seventy years, Professional Japanese baseball players go on strike to protest the Nippon League’s threat to merge two teams. The work action lasts for only two days as the merger proposal is withdrawn by team owners.

    2005 - The Rangers establish a new major league record for home runs hit at home when David Dellucci, Alfonso Soriano, and Rod Barajas all go yard as Texas beats the Mariners, 8-6. The power surge gives the team a total 150 homers at Ameriquest Field, one more than the Rockies’ output at Coors Field in 1996.

    2006 - Having done it with the Indians and Phillies, White Sox DH Jim Thome becomes only the second big leaguer in baseball history to hit 40 home runs with three different teams when he goes deep in an 8-2 loss to Detroit at U.S. Cellular Field. Alex Rodriguez also accomplished the milestone with the Mariners, Rangers and Yankees.


    2006 - In front of an enthusiastic crowd of 46,729 at Shea Stadium, the Mets capture the NL East title for first time since 1988 by beating the Marlins, 4-0. It was the team's fifth attempt to clinch the division, but a road loss in Florida and being swept in Pittsburgh brought the champagne celebration home to New York.

    2006 - The Dodgers, who are last in the National League in homers, hit four consecutive home runs in an inning when Jeff Kent, J.D. Drew, Russell Martin and Marlon Anderson all go deep in the bottom of the ninth to tie the Padres, 9-9. The improbable feat, which had been accomplished only by the 1964 Twins, 1963 Indians and the 1961 Braves, leads to Nomar Garciaparra’s walk-off two-run homer in the tenth and sole possession of first place when Los Angeles beat the Friars 11-10.


    2007 - With the Yankees' 12-0 defeat of the Orioles at the Stadium, Mike Mussina becomes the first American League hurler to win 10+ games in 16 consecutive seasons. ‘Moose’ joins Hall of Famers Steve Carlton (18), Warren Spahn (17), Nolan Ryan (16), Don Sutton (17), Cy Young (19), and future inductee Greg Maddux (20) as one of only seven players in baseball history to have victories in the double-digits over a similar span of time.

    2008 - Greg Maddux breaks Cy Young's major league record by getting his 13th win for the 20th consecutive season. The Padres veteran right-hander's streak of not issuing a base on balls for 59 2/3 innings, however, ends as ‘Mad Dog’ walks Jason Bay on a full count in the third inning of a 5-3 victory over the Pirates at Petco Park.

    2010 - At Citi Field, Luis Hernandez falls to the ground in obvious pain when he fouls a ball off his right foot, and after a lengthy discussion, dismisses the team trainer to resume his at-bat. The Mets second baseman hits a home run on the next pitch he sees, but severely limps going around the bases, reminiscent of Kirk Gibson, barely making it home due to the broken foot that will end his season.

    2010 - With two round-trippers in the Rockies' 12-2 rout of LA, Troy Tulowitzki ties a major-league record with 14 homers in a 15-game span. The Colorado shortstop, who has four multi-homer games in the previous ten contests, joins sluggers Albert Belle (1995) and Barry Bonds (2001) as the third player to accomplish the feat.

    2010 - After finishing a victory short of the milestone twice during his distinguished career, CC Sabathia becomes a 20-game winner for first time when the Yankees beat the Orioles 11-3. The left-hander, who leads both leagues in victories, is the fourth Bronx Bomber since 2000 to reach the plateau, a list that includes Roger Clemens (2001), Andy Pettitte (2003) and Mike Mussina (2008).

    2013 - In his first start in the majors, Reds' rookie Billy Hamilton gets on base five times, going 3-for-4 with two walks, two runs scored, and an RBI. The Cincinnati speedy center fielder, who stole 155 bases in the minors last season, becomes the first major leaguer since 1920 to steal four bases in his first major league start.

    2013 - Yadier Molina strokes his 41st double of the season in the Cardinals’ 4-3 victory over Colorado, breaking the mark for two-baggers by a catcher. The St. Louis backstop, who will finish the year with 44 doubles, surpasses the record established in 1978 by Ted Simmons, who also played for the Redbirds.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 18...


    1848 - Allison, Bill
    1859 - Andrews, Wally
    1883 - Manush, Frank
    1889 - Groh, Heinie
    1889 - Miller, Chuck
    1890 - Grubb, Harvey
    1898 - Uhle, George
    1901 - Stone, Tige
    1909 - Collins, Rip
    1909 - Guise, Lefty
    1911 - de la Cruz, Tommy
    1913 - Marshall, Max
    1914 - Sodd, Bill
    1920 - Gillespie, Paul
    1920 - Hanyzewski, Ed
    1923 - Tepsic, Joe
    1925 - Haddix, Harvey
    1935 - Mallett, Jerry
    1941 - Dietz, Dick
    1946 - Sells, Dave
    1947 - Champion, Bill
    1948 - Brett, Ken
    1948 - Richard, Lee

    1951 - Scott, Tony
    1952 - Bowen, Sam
    1953 - DeJohn, Mark
    1955 - McCormack, Don
    1955 - Smith, Ray
    1958 - Holman, Scott
    1958 - Mason, Roger
    1959 - Sandberg, Ryne
    1960 - Earl, Scott
    1964 - Murphy, Dan
    1965 - Bronkey, Jeff
    1970 - Timmons, Ozzie
    1971 - Holt, Chris
    1973 - Meluskey, Mitch
    1975 - Williams, Randy

    1977 - Gerut, Jody
    1978 - Ruan, Wilkin
    1979 - Thompson, Kevin
    1979 - Traber, Billy
    1982 - Bisenius, Joe
    1983 - Lillibridge, Brent
    1984 - Veal, Donnie

    1986 - Kirkman, Michael
    1989 - Motter, Taylor
    1990 - Minaya, Juan

    1991 - Singleton, Jonathan
    1992 - Shafer, Justin
    1992 - Turnbull, Spencer



    Baseball Deaths on September 18...


    1908 - Pearce, Dickey
    1922 - Stahl, Jake
    1923 - Stafford, General
    1924 - Geis, Bill
    1939 - Coyne, Toots
    1945 - Holmes, Ducky
    1948 - Devlin, Art
    1949 - Malay, Charlie
    1949 - Denzer, Roger
    1953 - Aubrey, Harry
    1956 - Rutherford, Jim
    1964 - Barron, Frank
    1968 - Wheeler, Rip
    1969 - Grace, Joe
    1973 - Smith, Doug
    1973 - Harris, Dave
    1980 - Tankersley, Leo

    1982 - McCullough, Clyde
    2010 - Coleman, Ray

    2012 - Kralick, Jack


                             


     


 


     




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« Reply #5016 on: September 19, 2018, 12:02:59 am »

    On September 19 in Baseball History...


    1910 - A Southern Association game between Mobile and Atlanta takes just thirty-two minutes to complete. The game is conducted as an experiment with batters swinging at every good pitch and little time taken between pitches. There are no strikeouts and one walk as Mobile wins 2-1.

    1925 - Ted Lyons lost his bid for a no-hitter when Bobby Veach singled with two outs in the ninth inning. The Chicago White Sox routed the Washington Senators 17-0.

    1926 - The St. Louis Cardinals pounded the Philadelphia Phillies 23-3 in the first game of a doubleheader and beat them 10-2 in the second game.

    1929 - Joe Sewell sets a major league record by playing in his 115th consecutive game without striking out. The Indian third baseman will be fanned only four times in 578-at-bats this season.

    1931 - Lefty Grove wins his 30th game over the White Sox 2-1. He is the first to win 30 since Jim Bagby of Cleveland in 1920 and will be the last American League hurler to do so until Denny McLain in 1968.

    1935 - The Cubs win their 16th consecutive game as they beat Carl Hubbell completing a four-game sweep of the Giants. The mark is the most since the 1924 Dodgers won 15 straight games.

    1937 - Tigers' first baseman Hank Greenberg becomes the first player to hit a homer into the center field bleachers at Yankee Stadium. The area will become known as 'the black' when seats are covered in the dark color to serve as a batting eye.

    1939 - September call-up Elmer Gedeon collects all three of his major league hits of his five-game career in the Senators' 10–9 victory over the Indians at Griffith Stadium. The Washington starting center fielder will be the first of two major leaguers to be killed in World War II when his plane is shot over France in 1944.
 
    1939 - Ted Williams hits a home run off Thornton Lee, one of thirty-one home runs he will hit in his rookie season. Williams will homer off Thornton's son, Don Lee, twenty-one years later.

    1949 - In a 6-4 loss to the Giants at Forbes Field‚ Pirates slugger Ralph Kiner hits his 50th home run off Kirby Higbe. Having hit 54 homers in his sophomore season of 1947, the 26-year old all-star outfielder becomes the first National League player to accomplish the feat in two different seasons.

    1949 - With their 77th victory of the year, a 4-3 win in St. Louis, the Phillies are assured of not having a losing season for the first time since 1932. Philadelphia's record 16-year skid of playing under .500 will be surpassed by the Pirates in 2009, who haven't won more than they've loss since 1993.

    1951 - Indian Larry Doby walks five times in a 15-2 drubbing of the Red Sox when Early Wynn picks up his 20th victory. The intimidating right-hander, who win exactly 300 games in a 23 year big league career, will post 20 or more wins in five of those seasons.

    1955 - Cubs' infielder Ernie Banks hit his fifth grand slam of the season to establish a new major league mark, but Rip Repulski's 12th inning homer off of Jim Davis proves to be the difference as the Cardinals beat Chicago, 6-5.

    1955 - After being on a flag pole since June 23, Bill Sherman leaves his perch after deciding he couldn't keep his promise to sit there until the Braves won seven consecutive games. Milwaukee will win six games in a row on three different occasions, but can't get the elusive seventh victory during the 89 day span.

    1956 - Orioles catcher Tom Gastall dies as the plane he is piloting crashes into the Chesapeake Bay. The 24-year old backup backstop, who signed a $40,000 contract as a "bonus baby" with Baltimore after being drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions, was the captain of the Boston University's basketball and baseball teams in his senior year and played quarterback for the Terriers' football team.

    1959 - Richie Ashburn becomes the all-time franchise leader collecting his 2,212th hit wearing a Phillies uniform. The historic hit is a ball which caroms off first base for a single in Philadelphia's 9-3 loss to the Braves at Connie Mack Stadium.

    1962 - Dick Donovan becomes the Indians' first 20-game winner since Early Wynn, Bob Lemon, and Herb Score each hit the total in 1956. The contest will be best remembered for the pair of back-to back-home runs hit in the first and seventh innings hit by Tribe teammates Walter Bond and Johnny Romano, who also both had doubles, in the team's 10-9 victory at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium.

    1964 - With two outs in the bottom of the 16th inning‚ Willie Davis, after singling, swiping second, and advancing to third on a wild pitch, steals home giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia. The fleet outfielder's theft of the plate is the latest frame in a National League game the feat has ever been accomplished and ties Hal Trosky's major league record set in 1944.

    1968 - Denny McLain won his 31st game, the most in the American League since Lefty Grove's thirty-one in 1931. The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 6-2 while Mickey Mantle hit his 535th and next-to-last career homer.

    1973 - Frank Robinson hit his first home run in Arlington Stadium, as a member of the California Angels. It was the 32nd Major League ballpark in which he had homered.

    1973 - Braves' Davey Johnson hits his 43rd (42nd as a second baseman) homer tying Rogers Hornsby's record for the most home runs for a second baseman.

    1973 - Astros' infielder Dave Campbell hits a first-inning two-run double against San Diego right-hander Clay Kirby to snap an 0-for-45 drought, tying a major league record set in 1909 by Bill Bergen, a catcher who played with Brooklyn. 'Soup', who will become a respected national baseball broadcaster, endured the futility while playing for three teams, combining a 17 at-bat hitless streak with the Padres and another 21 at-bat hitless streak for the Cardinals before hitting the two-bagger in his eighth at-bat with Houston.

    1977 - With two singles in his first two at bats, Ted Cox ties and then breaks Senators' Cecil Travis 1933 record of five consecutive hits at the start of a career. The Red Sox rookie designated hitter had gone 4-for-4 in Baltimore yesterday and is 6-for-6 in his first six major league plate appearances.

    1980 - At Tiger Stadium, Al Kaline becomes the first player in franchise history to have his uniform number retired. The Hall of Famer, who wore the number 6, roamed the outfield for Detroit from 1953 to 1974.

    1980 - In the Royals' 13-3 victory over the visiting A’s, George Brett goes 2-for-4. The third baseman’s two singles keeps his batting average at .400, the latest date in the season the plateau has been reached since the feat was last accomplished in 1941 by Ted Williams.

    1981 - The Red Sox snap the Yankees' nine-game winning streak at Fenway Park finally beating the Bronx Bombers at home, 8-5. Trailing for most of the game, Boston explodes for seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning which includes Rick Miller's three-run homer off New York reliever, Dave LaRoche.

    1982 - Mariner rookie Orlando Mercado becomes the third player to hit a grand slam for his first major league hit. Bill Duggelby (1898 - first at bat) and Bobby Bonds (1968 - third at bat) were the other two players to accomplish the feat.

    1984 - Pete Rose reached the 100-hit plateau for the 22nd consecutive year, an all-time record. He also tied the National League record for doubles with 725 as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2.

    1986 - Joe Cowley walks seven batters and gives up a run, but the White Sox right-hander no-hits the Angels at Anaheim Stadium, 7-1. The 28-year old Kentuckian will become the first pitcher in major league history never to win another game after tossing a no-hitter when he is released by the Phillies next season.


    1993 - Tom Glavine notches his 20th victory of the season as the Braves beat the Mets at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 11-2. The southpaw becomes the first National League hurler since Ferguson Jenkins (1973) to win 20 games in three consecutive seasons.

    1995 - In a 15-4 rout of the Rockies, Ken Caminiti becomes the first major leaguer to hit homers from both sides of the plate in the same game three times in one month. The Padres third baseman accomplishes the feat in just four games.

    1997 - Mark McGwire hit his 54th homer and became the first in the majors to hit 20 or more homers for two teams in the same season.

    1997 - In the first inning of the nightcap of a twin bill at Royals Stadium, Matt Williams tricks Jed Hansen with the rarely used hidden ball trick. The Kansas City rookie second baseman, deceived about the location of the ball, is tagged out by the Indians veteran infielder taking a lead off third base in an eventual 6-2 Cleveland victory.

    1998 - Indian Manny Ramirez belts two homers to raise his five-game total to eight becoming only the second player in history to do so. Frank Howard accomplished the feat twice in 1968.

    1998 - In a 5-3 loss to the Angels at Edison International Field, Mariner shortstop Alex Rodriguez hits his 40th home run of the season off Jack McDowell becoming the first infielder and third player in major league history to have 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in the same season. Jose Canseco (A’s - 1988) and Barry Bonds (Giants - 1996) are the other members of the 40-40 club.

    2000 - A Dodger fan, in addition to other court-ordered restrictions, has been banned from attending home games in Los Angeles for 18 months. The irate patron threw coffee in the face of a Mets fan who was cheering a grand slam hit by New York's catcher Todd Pratt.

    2001 - Defeating White Sox, 6-3, Roger Clemens becomes the first major league pitcher to have a season won-loss record of 20-1. The five-time Cy Young Award winner has won his last 16 decisions for the Yankees.


    2001 - Cardinal freshman Albert Pujols sets a National League rookie mark with 120 RBIs. The 21-year-old infielder broke the mark of 119 established in 1930 by Wally Berger of the Boston Braves.

    2001 - Major League Baseball and the Players Association announce the creation of the MLB-MLBPA Disaster Relief Fund. The organizations will each donate $10 million to aid the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

    2002 - In his major league debut, Twins' rookie Mike Ryan strokes two singles, scores two runs and drives in two runs in the nine-run first inning against the Tigers. Unfortunately, the game is rained out in the second inning meaning none of the statistics will be official.

    2006 - Heritage Toronto commemorates the spot where Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run with a plaque at Canada's Hanlan's Point. The historic home run, the only one the Bambino would hit as a minor leaguer, came on September 5, 1914, as the visiting Providence Grays' hurler goes deep against the Maple Leafs in the International League contest.


    2006 - In a game against Florida, Julio Franco starts at third base for the Mets, who clinched the NL East flag yesterday. This is the 48 year-old infielder's first start at the hot corner since his rookie year in 1982, marking 24 years between starts at the position.

    2007 - For the tenth consecutive season, the Devil Rays lose their 90th game. Tampa Bay is the only team in big league history to lose as many as 90 games each year over the span of a decade.

    2007 - Driving in Jose Reyes with a third inning single, David Wright becomes the first Mets player in franchise history to collect 100 RBIs in three consecutive seasons. The 24-year old third baseman will finish the season with 107 ribbies.

    2008 - In only his second appearance in the Marlins’ starting lineup, Cameron Maybin equals a franchise record by getting on base in 10 consecutive plate appearances, matching the accomplishments of Derrek Lee and Juan Encarnacion. The 21-year old outfielder’s streak includes hits in eight straight at-bats, which also ties a team record shared by Preston Wilson and Gary Sheffield.

    2008 - In Tampa Bay's 11-1 rout of Minnesota, Carlos Pena's fourth-inning home run is the result of the first reversal determined by baseball's new instant replay system. Umpire Mike DiMuro at first signals fan interference, but changes the call after reviewing the video of the Rays first baseman's line drive.

    2009 - In the Brewers' 7-2 victory over Houston, Prince Fielder sets the team's RBI mark with his eighth inning sacrifice fly. The Milwaukee first baseman's league-leading 127 RBI total surpasses the 1983 club record established by Cecil Cooper, the Astros' manager who watches his record be broken from the opposing bench.

    2010 - Nationals Park hosts a simulcast of the Washington National Opera's production of Verdi’s dramatic musical play, 'The Masked Ball', as it is performed at the Kennedy Center. The annual free program, called Opera in the Outfield, features special events, kids activities, and prizes in an effort to introduce the genre to a broader audience, especially children.

    2010 - Standing on third base, Tyler Colvin's chest is punctured when he is hit by a piece of Welington Castillo's shattered maple bat. The Cubs' rookie outfielder, who will not play another game this season, scores on his teammate's double, but leaves the game in the bottom half of the inning to be taken to a hospital.

    2011 - In front of the smallest crowd in the three-year history of new Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera retires Trevor Plouffe, Michael Cuddyer and Chris Parmelee to finish New York's 6-4 win over Minnesota. The save, the 602nd in the closer's career, breaks Trevor Hoffman's major league mark.

    2014 - LA’s Clayton Kershaw becomes the first 20-game winner of the season when the team routs Chicago at a windy Wrigley Field, 14-5. The 26 year-old southpaw, who has compiled a 20-3 (.870) along with an ERA of 1.80. is the first Dodger hurler to reach the 20-win plateau twice since Claude Osteen accomplish the feat in 1969 and 1972.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 19...


    1856 - Baker, Phil
    1859 - Robinson, Yank
    1860 - Glenn, Ed
    1862 - Marr, Lefty
    1867 - McMahon, Sadie
    1871 - McDougal, Dewey
    1872 - Lampe, Henry
    1884 - Ryan, Jack
    1886 - Harter, Frank
    1889 - Young, Ralph
    1890 - McInnis, Stuffy
    1890 - Hartranft, Ray
    1899 - Douglass, Astyanax
    1900 - Wright, Jim
    1902 - Connatser, Bruce
    1902 - Begley, Jim
    1903 - Lind, Carl
    1906 - Clark, Cap
    1909 - Martin, Hersh
    1909 - Reiber, Frank
    1913 - Barkley, Red
    1913 - Etten, Nick
    1915 - Kardow, Paul
    1916 - Fischer, Rube
    1916 - McNamara, Bob
    1924 - Benson, Vern
    1926 - Snider, Duke
    1926 - Wall, Murray
    1927 - Sarni, Bill
    1929 - Shearer, Ray
    1930 - Turley, Bob
    1931 - Shoop, Ron
    1937 - Short, Chris
    1943 - Derrick, Mike
    1943 - Morgan, Joe
    1944 - Nagelson, Russ
    1946 - Lolich, Ron

    1946 - Ferguson, Joe
    1950 - Schultz, Buddy
    1951 - Contreras, Nardi

    1960 - Stephenson, Phil
    1962 - Myers, Randy
    1967 - Abbott, Jim

    1968 - Munoz, Pedro
    1969 - Ronan, Marc
    1971 - Dawley, Joey
    1975 - Valentin, Javier
    1977 - Smith, Mark
    1978 - Johnson, Nick
    1979 - Good, Andrew
    1980 - Roberts, Ryan
    1980 - Sadler, Ray
    1981 - Baker, Scott
    1983 - Devine, Joey
    1983 - Diaz, Robinzon
    1983 - Haeger, Charlie

    1983 - Jaso, John
    1984 - Valencia, Danny
    1985 - Gonzalez, Gio

    1986 - Vasquez, Anthony
    1988 - Jones, Christopher
    1989 - Springer, George
    1992 - Briceno, Jose
    1992 - Querecuto, Juniel



    Baseball Deaths on September 19...


    1930 - Pond, Arlie
    1932 - Neu, Otto
    1936 - Hart, Bill
    1938 - Hawley, Pink
    1949 - Danner, Buck
    1960 - Brockett, Lew
    1963 - Harriss, Slim
    1970 - Danforth, Dave
    1972 - Bartholomew, Les

    1974 - Taylor, Zack
    1977 - Livingston, Paddy
    1980 - Capron, Ralph
    1993 - Wurm, Frank
    1995 - Lovett, Mem

    1996 - Fernandez, Nanny
    1997 - Butland, Bill
    2001 - Stafford, Bill
    2005 - Grissom, Marv
    2006 - Peterson, Buddy

    2008 - Andres, Ernie
    2015 - Etheridge, Bobby
    2015 - Young, Walter


     


           


           


               


       




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« Reply #5017 on: September 20, 2018, 12:03:06 am »

    On September 20 in Baseball History...


    1902 - The White Sox first no-hitter in franchise history is tossed by Jim 'Nixey' Callahan when he defeats the Tigers, 2-0. The right-hander will accumulate 99 victories on the mound, but the utility player will pitch in only eight of his 13 seasons in the major leagues.

    1905 - Chicago White Sox president Charles Comiskey orders a houseboat built for the express purpose of transporting and housing the team during spring training.


    1907 - At Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Nick Maddox no-hits the Dodgers, 2-1. At the age of 20 years and ten months, the Pirates hurler becomes the youngest pitcher and the second rookie to throw a no-hitter.

    1908 - Defeating the A's, 1-0, Frank Smith hurls his second career no-hit game. 'Piano Mover', as the right-hander was called by his White Sox teammates, also held the Tigers hitless for a game in 1905.

    1908 - In the bottom of the ninth inning at Huntington Avenue Grounds, Freddy Parent, while being walked intentionally by Eddie Plank, reaches out and pokes a shallow sac fly to right field. The unexpected sacrifice scores the winning run in the White Sox 1-0 victory over Philadelphia, and gives Frank Smith, who held the A's hitless, his second career no-hitter.


    1911 - Bill Bergen ends his major league career with the lowest lifetime batting average for a position player in major league history by hitting an anemic .170 during his 11-year tenure with the Reds and Superbas. The 33-year old backstop, who had only one year of batting above .200, also holds the records for lowest season batting average for a regular (.139 in 1909) and the longest streak of at-bats without a hit (46 in 1909).

    1912 - Losing to the Tigers, 6-4, Smoky Joe Wood fails to break Walter Johnson's record of 16 consecutive victories, established earlier in the season. Joe Lake gets the win pitching the last five innings after replacing starter Bill Covington who is thrown out of the game during the 5th inning.

    1919 - On Babe Ruth Day in Boston, the Bambino scores the winning run in both ends of the doubleheader. Ironically, it will be the last game he plays for the Red Sox in Fenway.

    1919 - Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson Major League mark of 27 home runs with a game-winner off Lefty Williams of the White Sox. Four days later he will hit number 28 over the roof of the Polo Grounds.

    1922 - Rogers Hornsby is stopped by Burleigh Grimes of Brooklyn after hitting in 33 straight games.

    1924 - The 37-year old righty Grover Cleveland Alexander earns his 300th victory when the Cubs beat the Giants in 12 innings, 7-3. 'Old Pete' will collect 373 victories during his 20-year career.

    1931 - For the first time in 19 years, Gabby Street appears in a major league game. The 48-year old Cardinal skipper is 0-for-1, but the backstop displays his old catching skills when he nails Brooklyn runner Babe Herman trying to steal a base.

    1931 - Lou Gehrig drives in four runs to break his old American League RBI mark of 175, set in 1927. By the season's end he will have a total of 184.

    1932 - The Cubs clinch the National League pennant when they beat Pittsburgh, 5-2, thanks to Kiki Cuyler's seventh-inning bases-loaded triple. The Wrigley Field contest features rookie second baseman Billy Herman's 200th hit of the season.

    1951 - Replacing "Happy" Chandler, Ford Frick is selected by the owners to be the third commissioner of the sport. The former National League president, who will be best remembered for his decision as commish for suggesting the single-season home run records of Babe Ruth and Roger Maris be listed separately based on the length of the season, will hold the position for fourteen years.

    1953 - Ernie Banks of the Cubs hits his first Major League home run against Gerry Staley, but the Cards win 11-6.

    1953 - Gene Baker, the other half of the Kansas City Monarchs double play duo along with Ernie Banks, joins his former Negro League teammate making his major league debut with the Cubs. In 1961, the second baseman will be named manager of the minor league Batavia, New York team becoming the first black manager in organized baseball.

    1954 - The Giants clinch the pennant when they beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 7-1. The National League champs, finishing the season five games ahead of second-place Brooklyn, will go on to sweep Cleveland in the Fall Classic.

    1955 - Willlie Mays becomes the seventh player to hit fifty home runs in a season when he connects off Pittsburgh's Vern Law for the second time in the Giants' 14-8 victory at the Polo Grounds. The round-tripper is the 24-year old center fielder's seventh in six consecutive games.

    1958 - Thanks to a Gus Triandos home run, recently acquired Oriole knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits Yankees, 1-0. It will be the last time in this century the Yankees will fail to get a hit in a game.

    1959 - Losing to the Dodgers, 8-2, the San Francisco Giants play their last game at Seals Stadium. The transplanted New York team, which compiled an 86-68 record in their two-year stay in the former PCL park, will move to the newly constructed Candlestick Park next season.

    1961 - In a 13-inning contest, Sandy Koufax goes the distance beating the Cubs, 3-2, in the last regular season game to be played at the LA Memorial Coliseum, which was originally built for the 1932 Olympics. The Dodgers are leaving the only home they have known since moving from Brooklyn four seasons ago to play in a brand new stadium in Chavez Ravine, located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles.

    1961 - The 155th Yankees game of 1961 (including a tie) is Roger Maris' last chance to beat Babe Ruth, in compliance with Commissioner Ford Frick's statement that, for the record to be broken, Maris must do it in the same number of games as Ruth. Maris' 59th home run of the year, off Jack Fisher, is short of the record, but helps New York beat Baltimore 4-2 as the Yankees clinch their 26th American League pennant.

    1966 - The Mets' 3-0 victory over Houston, their 63rd win, assures the team will lose less than a hundred games in a season for the first time in the five-year history of the franchise. The Amazin's, who will finish the campaign in ninth place with a 66-95 record, averaged 113 losses a season during their first four years in the league.

    1968 - Mickey Mantle hit his 536th and final home run of his 18-year major league career. The homer is given up by Jim Lonborg in a 4-3 loss to the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.

    1969 - Giving the Pirates their third win in two days against the eventual world champs, Bob Moose no-hits the first-place Mets at Shea Stadium, 4-0. The 21-year old Pirates right-hander will compile a 14-3 record with a 2.91 ERA for the third-place Bucs this season.

    1972 - By scoring all of their runs in the second inning, the Braves put it on cruise control beating the Astros, 13-6. Only 2061 fans are on hand at Atlanta Stadium to enjoy the big inning.

    1972 - With a 6-2 complete-game victory over Montreal at Wrigley Field, Milt Pappas wins his 200th major league game. The Cubs' right-hander becomes the first hurler to reach the milestone without the benefit of a single 20-win season.

    1973 - At Shea Stadium, Dave Augustine of the Pirates appears to hit a potential game-ending home run in the 13th inning but the ball hits the top of the fence and Met outfielder Cleon Jones catches it and throws out Richie Zisk at home plate. The Mets will go on to win the game, and the minor league veteran outfielder will never homer in the majors.


    1973 - Prior to the 4-3 Mets victory over Pittsburgh, Willie Mays announces his retirement at a press conference held at the ballpark's Diamond Club. Five days later, the club will honor the aging superstar with a night at Shea Stadium.

    1980 - In memory of Thurman Munson, a bronze plaque is dedicated to the deceased New York catcher in Yankee Stadium's Memorial Park. The 32-year old team captain Munson was killed last season attempting to land his Cessna Citation at Akron-Canton Airport.


    1980 - Baltimore hurler Steve Stone ties a club record for the most wins in a season as he beats the Blue Jays for his 24th victory. The Orioles’ right-hander matches the 1970 totals of both Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally.

    1980 - George Brett goes 0-for-4 in a 9-0 loss to the A's to drop his average below .400 for good. He is now hitting .396 and will finish the season at .390.

    1983 - In the first inning of a 14–1 rain-shortened five-inning victory over the Orioles, the Tigers stroke 10 consecutive hits and score 11 runs. Detroit's opening offense ties the American League record for runs scored to start a game which was established by the Boston Americans in 1901.

    1984 - With a 5-4 victory over San Francisco at Jack Murphy Stadium, the Padres win their first division crown. In addition to winning the clincher, Tim Lollar hits a three-run home run in the second inning to help his cause.

    1986 - Tying the National League record for steals in one game, Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn swipes five bases as the Astros beat San Diego, 10–6. During his 20-year career, the .338 lifetime hitter will average only 16 stolen bases per season.

    1988 - Wade Boggs becomes the first player in this century to get 200 hits in six consecutive years. The 30-year old Red sox third baseman will extend the streak to seven straight seasons with 205 hits in 1989. Boggs also joined Lou Gehrig as the only players to get 200 hits and 100 walks in three consecutive years.

    1992 - Phillies' second baseman Mickey Morandini catches Jeff King's line drive, steps on second doubling up Andy Van Slyke and tags Barry Bonds to complete an unassisted triple play in a 3-2 loss to the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium.


    1995 - The Padres play their one-thousandth home game without having a rain out. The streak, which began on April 20, 1983, will end on May 12, 1998, a total of 1,184 games over a span of 15 years.

    1995 - The Rockies equal a franchise record for runs scored as they rout the Padres on 23 hits, 20-1. Colorado outfielder Matt Holliday also ties a club mark with an eight RBI day, homering twice in the Coors Field contest.

    1996 - Eddie Murray’s 500th home run ball is sold to Michael Lasky for $280,000 and it could be worth as much as $500,000 thanks to an annuity to be paid over 20 years. The new owner, who is the founder of the Psychic Friends Network, plans to put the Camden Yards souvenir on public display for “the people of Baltimore".

    1997 - Cardinal Mark McGwire becomes the first major leaguer to hit 20 home runs for two different teams in the same season. 'Big Mac' had hit 34 with the A's before being traded to St. Louis.

    1998 - After nearly 16 years of not missing a game, Cal Ripken takes himself out of the lineup after playing in a major-league record 2,632 consecutive games. The Orioles shortstop's consecutive streak ends in Baltimore's loss to the Yankees at Camden Yards in a nationally televised Sunday night game.

    1998 - At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Cardinals' first baseman Mark McGwire extends his home run record to 65 and should have had his 66th homer of the season, but his fly ball to center field is ruled a ground rule double due to fan interference which video replays clearly show as the wrong call. Big Mac's first inning round-tripper, his 32th hit as a visiting player, breaks George Foster's 1977 National League and ties 1927 Babe Ruth's records for home runs hit on the road.

    2002 - Oriole infielder Mike Bordick sets a major league record playing his 102nd successive game at shortstop without committing an error. Rey Ordonez, playing shortstop for the Mets, had established the mark in 1999-2000.

    2002 - With a 9-3 victory over the Astros at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals clinch the Central Division of the National League. An emotional on- field celebration includes Albert Pujols carrying Darryl Kile's No. 57 jersey onto the field in tribute of the pitcher who died unexpectedly in June.

    2003 - Unlike this season when the team played twenty-five percent of its home games in San Juan, the players vote to play their entire 2004 home schedule in Montreal. The MLB owners, who collectively own the franchise, have been considering moving the Expos permanently to Washington, D.C., Portland (Oregon) or Monterrey, (Mexico) or continuing the present format by having the team split home games between different locations (Puerto Rico or Mexico and Montreal).

    2003 - When Marcus Giles sends Brad Penny's 3-2 pitch into the stands, the Braves tie the National League record by having six players to hit at least 20 home runs in season. Along with the Atlanta's second baseman, Javy Lopez, Gary Sheffield, Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones and Vinny Castilla equal the mark established by Eddie Mathews (32), Hank Aaron (32), Joe Torre (27), Felipe Alou (23) Mack Jones (31) and Gene Oliver (21) of the 1965 Milwaukee Braves.

    2006 - Although the team bows to the Blue Jays at the Stadium, the Yankees capture their ninth consecutive AL East title thirty minutes later as the second place Red Sox are defeated by the Twins. The Bronx Bombers become the second team in the Big Apple this week to pop the champagne as their crosstown rivals, the Mets, clinched the NL East Division two days ago.

    2006 - After a Royals 3-0 loss to the Angels, KC skipper Buddy Bell announces he needs to take a medical leave to treat a growth in his tonsils and will be replaced in the dugout by bench coach Billy Doran. The manager's wife, Gloria, has also battled tonsil cancer.

    2007 - With his 4-for-4 performance and getting hit with a pitch with the bases loaded, September call-up J.R. Towles establishes a franchise-record eight RBIs as the Astros rout the Cardinals, 18-1. The outstanding offensive output by the 23-year old rookie catcher, who started the season with the Single-A Salem Avalanche, helps Houston produce its most lopsided victory in team history.

    2008 - With a 5-4 victory over St. Louis at Wrigley Field, the Cubs win their second straight National League Central Division championship. It is the first time the club will appear in consecutive postseasons since the 1906-08 teams played in the World Series.

    2009 - The Cubs suspend Milton Bradley for the rest of the year, a day after the turbulent outfielder criticizes the team in a newspaper interview citing there wasn't a “positive environment” in the organization, and he could see why the club hasn’t won a championship in the last century. The decision whether Chicago brings back the 32-year old, who still has two years remaining on a $30 million, three-year contract he signed as a free agent last offseason, will be general manager Jim Hendry’s call, according to manager Lou Piniella.

    2010 - A teen-age fan, wearing a red spandex suit with a red mask, is subdued by Matt Diaz after the intruder runs onto the field and eludes a security guard during the Braves-Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park. The Braves' left fielder tackles the costumed 17-year old, who will be released from juvenile detention tomorrow afternoon with the parents apologizing for their son's actions.


    2010 - George Steinbrenner is honored with a 7-by-5-foot, 760-pound monument of bronze atop a granite base in Monument Park. The unveiling of the tribute to the recently deceased Yankee owner is attended by estranged former manager Joe Torre, who is making his first visit to the new Yankee Stadium.

    2011 - Clayton Kershaw becomes the Dodgers' first 20-game winner since Ramon Martinez accomplished the feat in 1990. Allowing just one run in 7 1/3 innings, the southpaw gets the victory when LA beats the visiting Giants, 2-1.

    2012 - Washington secures a playoff spot when they beat the Dodgers at Nationals Park, 4-1. The last time there was postseason baseball in the nation’s capital occurred 79 years ago, when player-skipper Joe Cronin and the Senators lost to the Giants in five games in the 1933 World Series.

    2014 - Oliver Perez records the first four-strikeout inning in Diamondback history when a dropped third strike allows the first batter to reach base in the seventh frame of the team's 5-1 loss to Colorado at Coors Field. The 33 year-old Arizona southpaw becomes the 69th different major league hurler to accomplish the feat.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 20...


    1860 - Boyle, Henry
    1861 - Pechiney, George
    1878 - Schlafly, Larry
    1881 - Bowser, Red

    1893 - Bradley, Jack
    1898 - Dressen, Chuck
    1899 - Schnell, Karl
    1900 - Greene, Nelson
    1908 - Bonura, Zeke

    1912 - DePhillips, Tony
    1912 - McLean, Al
    1916 - Juelich, Red
    1922 - Lombardi, Vic
    1937 - Tresh, Tom
    1941 - Ribant, Dennis
    1943 - Morales, Rich

    1944 - Phillips, Ed
    1945 - Jurewicz, Mike
    1946 - Harrison, Roric
    1947 - Hamm, Pete
    1952 - Wilhelm, Jim
    1954 - Detherage, Bob
    1954 - Klutts, Mickey
    1956 - Gates, Mike
    1958 - Siwy, Jim
    1960 - Gallagher, Dave

    1960 - Kramer, Randy
    1968 - Elliott, Donnie
    1970 - Snopek, Chris

    1975 - Lara, Yovanny
    1976 - Walker, Kevin

    1978 - Bay, Jason
    1981 - Tata. Jordan
    1983 - Sanchez, Angel

    1985 - Desmond, Ian
    1985 - Mattison, Kevin
    1986 - Ramos, A.J.
    1988 - Lombardozzi, Steve
    1989 - Snodgress, Scott

    1990 - Giles, Kenneth
    1992 - Springs, Jeffrey



    Baseball Deaths on September 20...


    1896 - Crane, Ed
    1904 - Neagle, Jack
    1909 - Wright, Joe
    1910 - Schiappacasse, Lou
    1919 - Seymour, Cy
    1937 - Stovey, Harry
    1946 - Piatt, Wiley

    1955 - Herman, Art
    1956 - Gastall, Tom
    1959 - Walker, Tilly
    1961 - McGinley, Jim
    1970 - Lamlein, Fred

    1970 - Hill, Oliver
    1973 - Bishop, Jim
    1974 - Huenke, Al
    1975 - Tompkins, Chuck
    1981 - Fisher, Harry
    1990 - Gyselman, Dick
    1991 - Peek, Steve
    1991 - Morgan, Chet
    1997 - Hickey, Jim
    2001 - Archie, George
    2001 - Stephenson, Joe

    2007 - Sullivan, John
    2010 - Cassini, Jack
    2010 - Pilarcik, Al

    2013 - Linden, Walt
    2017 - Harrington, Mickey
    2017 - Hill, Garry
    2017 - Phillips, Ed








        


     





     


     


       





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    On September 21 in Baseball History...


    1892 - At Cleveland's League Park, John Clarkson of the Spiders beats the Pirates 3-2 to become the fifth pitcher in major league history to record his 300th victory. The 31-year old right-hander will compile a 328-178 record during his 12 year Hall of Fame career in the big leagues.

    1896 - Connie Mack announces he will leave the Pirates to manage the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers of the Western League. The light-hitting catcher retires as a full time player to accept the deal which includes twenty-five percent of the club, a precursor to his 54-year reign as the owner of the American League A's.

    1922 - The American League reinstates the Most Valuable Player award, last given in 1914, appointing a committee of one writer from each city. The trophy goes to George Sisler. The National League will pick up the idea two years later.

    1923 - Babe Ruth is the unanimous choice of the American League committee of baseball writers for the Most Valuable Player Award.
 
    1925 - Barney Friberg catches an inning in a 9-7 loss against Pittsburgh, the only position on the field the Phillies utility man hadn't yet played this season. The achievement will be noted in a Ripleys Believe or Not cartoon.

    1934 - In the second game of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field, 22-year old Cardinal hurler Paul Dean becomes the fifth rookie to throw a no-hitter beating the Dodgers, 3-0. His brother Dizzy had thrown a two-hitter in the first game of the twin bill blanking Brooklyn, 13-0.

    1939 - The National League announces that for the first time in the 20th century, games will be transferred from one city to another. A doubleheader in Philadelphia will be moved to Brooklyn in an effort to top one million paid attendance.

    1944 - After a 5-15 stretch that ate away a chunk of their 20-game lead, the Cardinals finally clinch the National League flag with a 5-4 win over Boston. They will finish with 105 victories and their third title under Billy Southworth, whose clubs won 316 games in three years.

    1947 - The first Reds game is broadcast on television by W8XCT, the station which will become known WLWT. An estimated home audience of 10,000 viewers watches their hometown heroes lose to the Pirates in the Sunday afternoon contest at Crosley Field, 11-7.

    1949 - At Wrigley Field, the Phillies beat Chicago, 3-1, for their 78th victory of the season. The win guarantees the club its first winning season since 1932, snapping a 16-year streak of futility.

    1951 - In his major league debut, Cardinals hurler Jack Collum throws a two-hit shutout against the Cubs at Sportsman's Park, 6-0. The rookie southpaw developed a natural screwball due to losing part of his index finger in a farm accident.

    1952 - In front of the second largest crowd this season, with many of the 8‚822 fans rooting for the Dodgers, the Braves play their last home game in Boston. Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella hits the last home run at Braves Field in an 8-2 victory over the Milwaukee-bound club.

    1954 - Rookie pitcher Bob Grim wins his 20th game when the Yankees defeat the Senators, 3-1. Due to arm troubles, the 24-year old right-hander will eventually be used exclusively in relief, being selected for the All-Star team in that role for the American League squad in 1957.

    1956 - At Fenway Park, the Yankees strand 20 runners on base losing to the Red Sox, 13-7. The number of players left on base sets a big league record for a nine-inning game.

    1957 - Gail Harris is the last player to hit a home run as a New York Giant in a 9-5 win over the Pirates in the second game of a doubleheader. Ruben Gomez gains the last victory for the New York Giants.

    1959 - With an eight-inning 12-hit effort in the Braves' 8-6 victory over Pittsburgh at Forbes Field, lefty Warren Spahn earns his 20th victory for the fourth consecutive season and for the tenth time in his career. The southpaw will compile 13 seasons with twenty or more wins during his 21-year Hall of Fame tenure in the major leagues.

    1963 - At Wrigley Field, Jerry Lynch leads off the top of the ninth with pinch-hit home run which proves to be the difference in the Pirates' 7-6 victory over Chicago. The historic homer is the southpaw slugger's 15th career homer coming off the bench, establishing a new major league record that was previously shared with former Cincinnati teammate, George Crowe.

    1964 - Returning from a West Coast road trip, the Phillies are greeted at the airport by over 2,000 pennant-fever fans as the club arrives in Philadelphia early in the morning. The team, in front of the National League by six and a half games with only 12 games to play, will suffer a ten-game losing streak and will not make it to the postseason.

    1964 - In the first of ten consecutive losses, the front-running Phillies lose to the Reds at Connie Mack Stadium, 1-0. The game’s sole run scores in the sixth inning when Chico Ruiz steals home, the play which many fans believe is the harbinger of the season-ending collapse which will see the team blow a six-and-half game lead with 12 left to play.

    1969 - In a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the tenth inning at Candlestick Park, LA's Pete Mikkelsen quickly retires the first two Giants batters, but then is ordered to intentionally walk Willie McCovey, who is 4-for-4 in the game.  The Dodger reliever proceeds to issue free passes to the next two hitters unintentionally, loading the bases, and then loses the game when shortstop Maury Wills boots pinch-hitter Jim Davenport's ground ball.

    1970 - Vida Blue becomes the 11th rookie to throw a no-hitter. The A's right-hander, who will become the AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner next season, beats the Twins at Oakland Coliseum, 6-0.

    1971 - For the fourth consecutive season, Dave McNally wins his 20th game when he blanks New York at Yankee Stadium, 5-0. The southpaw becomes the first of the four 20-game winners on the club, which includes Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar, and Pat Dobson.

    1973 - With a 10-2 win over the Pirates at Shea Stadium, the Mets reach .500 (77-77) for the first time since May 27. New York's victory, the 21st in their last 29 games, puts the eventual division champs into first place in the 'NL Least'.

    1975 - During a 6-5 victory over the Tigers in Detroit, a bone is broken in Jim Rice's hand when he is struck by a Vern Ruhle pitch in the first inning. The injury will cause the Red Sox rookie sensation to miss the remainder of the season including the World Series.

    1979 - In the Royals' 13-4 rout of the A's at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, U.L. Washington hits two three-run home runs, one left-handed, one right-handed. The pair of round-trippers will be be the only ones the Kansas City shortstop hits in the 101 games he plays this season.

    1981 - Steve Carlton struck out Andre Dawson in the third inning for the left-hander's 3,118th career strikeout, the most in the National League. But the Philadelphia Phillies lost to Montreal, 1-0 in 17 innings.

    1982 - Playing against the Royals at Anaheim Stadium, outfielders Fred Lynn and Brian Downing crash through the left field fence while trying to catch a fly ball. Lynn makes the catch and it is ruled an out, the umpires reasoning that it is the same as if he had tumbled into the seats.

    1986 - Allowing only a third inning triple to opposing pitcher Bob Knepper, 22-year old Jimmy Jones tosses a one-hit shutout in his major league debut when San Diego blanks Houston, 5-0. The Number 1 draft pick will post only a 43-39 record during his eight-year big league career with the Padres, Yankees, and Astros.

    1987 - Darryl Strawberry and Howard Johnson become the first teammates to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in the same season when the Straw man steals two bases in the Mets' 7-1 victory over Chicago at Wrigley Field. The southpaw swinger is only the tenth member of the 30-30 club‚ but is the fourth player, along with HoJo, Indians' right fielder Joe Carter, and Reds center fielder Eric Davis, to accomplish the feat this season.

    1987 - Howard Johnson breaks a 53-year-old National League record when he strokes his 36th home run as a switch hitter. The Mets third baseman's historic homer, a grand slam, surpasses the mark established by Cardinals' first baseman Ripper Collins in 1934.

    1988 - Astros' right-hander Bob Knepper tosses a one-hitter beating Pete Smith, who also throws a complete game, and the Braves, 1-0. The only Atlanta hit in the 2:04 minute Astrodome contest is a Dale Murphy second-inning infield single.

    1995 - Colorado's John Vander Wal set a Major League record with his 26th pinch-hit of the season, a home run in the seventh inning against San Francisco.

    1997 - Mike Piazza becomes the first Dodger, and the first player in 25 years, to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium. Piazza's 478-foot drive off Colorado's Frank Castillo bounces off the left field pavilion roof. Pittsburgh's Willie Stargell was the only other player to hit a ball out of the stadium (in right field), accomplishing the feat in both 1969 and 1973.

    1997 - At Kauffman Stadium, Indians starter John Smiley breaks his arm throwing a curve ball warming up in the bullpen. The southpaw, who was obtained in a mid-season trade from the Reds, had recently been placed on the disabled list due to tendinitis.

    1998 - Jason Kendall sets a new National League record for catchers swiping his 26th base in an 8-1 loss to the Giants at Candlestick Park. The Pirates backstop surpasses the previous mark set by John Stearns playing for the Mets in 1978.

    2000 - In a 10-3 victory over the Marlins, Vladimir Guerrero establishes an Expo single-season home run record by hitting his 43rd round tripper. The outfielder breaks his own record he set last year.

    2001 - Ranger infielder Alex Rodriguez hit his 47th home run tying the major league record for home runs in a season by a shortstop. The Cubs' legend Ernie Banks established the record in 1958.

    2001 - The Mets donate their day's pay, which totals approximately $500,000, from tonight's game with the Braves at Shea to a rescue fund for the families of the firefighters and policemen killed in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. The contest is the first professional baseball game played in New York since the tragedy.

    2001 - A crowd 41,235 at Shea Stadium witnesses the return of baseball to New York City for the first time since the terrorist attacks of September 11. Uplifting ceremonies before and during the game, which include singers Diana Ross, Marc Anthony, Lisa Minnelli as well as bagpipers, pay tribute to victims of the tragedy. Mike Piazza's eighth inning home run gives the Mets a 3-2 dramatic victory over the Braves.


    2003 - With Atlanta beating the Marlins, 8-0, Greg Maddux becomes the first pitcher ever to have won at least 15 games in 16 consecutive seasons. The Braves' righty had shared the record with Cy Young.

    2004 - In the 16-6 rout over the Angels, Raul Ibanez ties an American League record shared by 20+ players when he collects six hits in the nine-inning contest. The mark for the most hits in an AL game is 9 accomplished Cleveland's Johnny Burnett in an 18-inning marathon against Philadelphia.

    2005 - At Shea Stadium, Mudcat Grant and Al Downing welcome Marlins’ southpaw Dontrelle Willis to the "Black Aces", a fraternity of African-Americans to win 20 games in a big league season. Beating the Nationals earlier in the month, the D-Train became the 13th black to accomplish the feat and will join the Aces’ foundation to help in promoting baseball in African-American community.

    2006 - David Ortiz breaks the Red Sox's franchise record of 50 home runs in a single-season established by Jimmie Foxx in 1938. 'Big Papi', who will hit another dinger in the seventh inning, surpasses the Hall of Famer in the bottom of the first inning going deep over Fenway's right field bullpen off Twins' ace southpaw, Johan Santana.

    2008 - After a moving ceremony celebrating the history of the 85-year old ballpark, New York beat the Orioles in the last game ever to be played at Yankee Stadium, 7-3. Julia Ruth Stevens, the Babe's daughter, throws out the ceremonial first pitch, and at the end of game, team captain Derek Jeter, standing in front of the mound, surrounded by his teammates, bids farewell to 'House Ruth Built' in an address in front of the 54,610 fans that attended the Bronx finale.


    2008 - The Rays, who have never finished higher than fourth in the American League East Division during the first decade of their existence, clinch a postseason berth with a 7-2 victory over Minnesota at Tropicana Field. Southpaw Scott Kazmir throws six scoreless innings with Carlos Pena hitting a pair of doubles and solo home runs by Cliff Floyd and Fernando Perez providing the offensive in Tampa Bay's historic win.

    2009 - Cecil Cooper is replaced by Dave Clark, the team's third base coach, as the manager of the slumping Astros. 'Coop', who had signed a contract extension to manage until the end of the 2010 season, piloted his club to a 171-170 record, including a disappointing 70-79 mark this season, during his two-year tenure in the Houston dugout.

    2010 - A 6-4 come-from-behind victory over Cleveland at Target Field along with Chicago's loss in Oakland clinches the AL Central Division for the Twins. Minnesota, who had to play a 163rd game the previous two seasons to determine a division winner, becomes the first club this season to secure a postseason berth.

    2010 - Roy Halladay, obtained in an off-season trade with Toronto, is the Phillies' first 20-game winner since Steve Carlton reached the milestone 28 years ago, and he becomes the first right-hander to accomplish the feat for the club since Robin Roberts posted a 23-14 record in 1955. The 5-3 victory over Atlanta, Philadelphia's ninth straight win that increases the team's NL East lead to five games over the fading Braves, makes 'Doc' the 17th pitcher to accomplish the feat in both leagues, having compiled two 20-win seasons with the Blue Jays.

    2013 - Mariners left fielder Raul Ibanez’s 29th round-tripper, his 300th career home run, ties him with with Ted Williams for the most hit in a season by a player who is 41 or older. The ’Splendid Splinter’, in his final year as a major leaguer, hit that many in 1960 playing with the Red Sox.

    2015 - A Victor Martinez leadoff single in the fifth inning is the only hit surrendered by Jeff Samardzija in his complete game 2-0 shutout of the Tigers at Comerica Park.   In game two of the White Sox doubleheader sweep, Erik Johnson pitched six innings striking out 9 and allowed two runs in the White Sox 3-2 win.






    Baseball Birthdays on September 21...


    1849 - Thake, Al
    1858 - Buckley, Dick
    1860 - Brown, Tom
    1860 - Bishop, Frank
    1863 - Horner, Jack
    1865 - Joyce, Bill
    1865 - Hoover, Charlie
    1868 - Daly, Joe
    1869 - Garry, Jim
    1871 - Blackburn, George
    1875 - McManus, Frank
    1882 - Quinn, Tad
    1883 - Lord, Bris
    1886 - Bader, Art
    1891 - Shields, Pete
    1891 - Britton, Gil
    1892 - Smith, Elmer
    1895 - Swigler, Ad
    1896 - Bennett, Herschel
    1899 - Lundgren, Del
    1900 - Bogart, John
    1909 - Blanche, Al
    1910 - Butcher, Max
    1910 - Auker, Elden
    1917 - Haynes, Joe
    1918 - Walczak, Ed
    1921 - McHale, John
    1927 - Clark, Jim
    1930 - Muffett, Billy
    1934 - Zimmerman, Jerry
    1940 - Fosnow, Jerry
    1942 - McDowell, Sam
    1942 - Wilson, Bill
    1947 - Todd, Jim
    1948 - Lopez, Aurelio
    1948 - Lance, Gary
    1952 - Gray, Gary
    1952 - Gardner, Art
    1954 - MacCormack, Frank
    1959 - Cox, Danny
    1960 - Rodriguez, Rick
    1963 - Afenir, Troy
    1963 - Fielder, Cecil
    1965 - Dozier, D.J.
    1969 - Christiansen, Jason
    1969 - Shelton, Ben
    1972 - Spiezio, Scott
    1972 - Withem, Shannon
    1974 - Barrios, Manuel
    1975 - Davis, Doug
    1976 - Santana, Pedro
    1977 - Tallet, Brian
    1981 - Rice, Scott
    1981 - Sadler, Billy
    1982 - Burke, Greg
    1984 - Arias, Joaquin
    1984 - Rosa, Carlos
    1985 - Bastardo, Antonio
    1986 - Phillips, Zach
    1987 - Jeffress, Jeremy
    1988 - Lin, Che-Hsuan
    1991 - Martinez, Carlos
    1993 - Bummer, Aaron




    Baseball Deaths on September 21...


    1883 - Collins, Dan
    1898 - Tierney, Bill
    1907 - Gouzzie, Claude
    1916 - Allen, Hezekiah
    1925 - Irwin, Charlie
    1926 - Keenan, Jim
    1935 - Yaik, Henry
    1935 - McFarland, Herm
    1940 - Otterson, Billy
    1945 - Humphries, Bert
    1950 - Kenworthy, Bill
    1954 - Moran, Herbie
    1965 - Seibold, Socks
    1970 - Wehde, Biggs
    1977 - Connell, Joe
    1989 - Dickson, Murry
    1993 - Goodell, John
    1995 - Cuccinello, Tony

    2009 - Goldy, Purnal
    2012 - Umphlett, Tom














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    On September 22 in Baseball History...


    1911 - At the age of 44, Cy Young gains his 511th and final career win defeating the Pirates, 1-0.

    1912 - At Sportsman's Park against the Browns, Eddie Collins becomes the only player to steal six bases in one game for a second time. The Philadelphia A’s second baseman’s feat of thievery has yet to be surpassed.

    1920 - A Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that eight White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series.


    1925 - Burleigh Grimes accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances. The Dodger pitcher hits into two double plays, then into a triple play.

    1926 - At Ebbets Field, the aging 18-year veteran outfielder Zack Wheat hits his last homer as a Dodger, but severely pulls a muscle nearing second. The future Hall of Famer needs to rest nearly five minutes before completing his trip to home plate making it the longest home run trot in major league history.

    1935 - The Boston Braves lose their 110th game for a new National League record. They will lose 115, which remains the record until the 1962 expansion New York Mets lose 120 in a 162-game schedule. The Braves' winning percentage of .248 is a Twentieth Century low in the National League.

    1936 - With victories of 12-0 and 14-0 over the Browns, the Tigers record the most one-sided doubleheader shutouts in the history of the game.

    1947 - The Dodgers win the pennant while idle. The Cards lose to the Cubs to clinch the Dodgers' first title since 1941, this time with a five-game margin.

    1948 - For the fourth time this season, Stan Musial has five hits in five at-bats setting a National League record, and tying Ty Cobb's major league record. The hits 'Stan the Man' collects come off five different pitchers, on five consecutive pitches.

    1953 - The Dodgers tie the record for the most wins in a home park, beating Pittsburgh 5-4. They go an incredible 60-17 at Ebbets Field, tying the record of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1942. Only the 61 wins of the San Francisco Giants in 1962 in an 81-game home season will surpass the mark.

    1954 - In his major league debut, Dodger Karl Spooner blanks the Giants, 3-0 while striking out 15, including six straight. The 23-year old lefty's strikeout total is the most ever recorded in a rookie's first appearance.

    1957 - With his second round-tripper in the Dodgers' 7-3 victory over Philadephia, Duke Snider hits his 40th home run tying Ralph Kiner's National League record of five consecutive seasons with forty or more homers. The Duke of Flatbush's seventh inning homer off future Hall of Famer Robin Roberts will prove to be the last one ever hit at Ebbets Field.

    1959 - The White Sox clinch their first pennant in 40 years with a 4-2 win over the second-place Indians. Early Wynn gets the win, with Gerry Staley saving the game in the ninth.

    1961 - Jim Gentile's fifth grand slam of 1961 ties the Major League single-season record in Baltimore's 8-6 win over Chicago. Each of Gentile's slams comes with Chuck Estrada pitching for the Orioles.

    1962 - The Cubs hand Al Jackson his 20th loss of the season as the team beats the Mets, 8-2. The New York southpaw joins Roger Craig in reaching the dubious number of defeats making the pair the first teammates since Bucky Walters and Joe Bowman of the 1936 Phillies to become 20-game losers on the same National League team.

    1964 - Larry Dierker, who will have a long relationship with the franchise including stints as a broadcaster and manager, becomes the last rookie to make his major league debut as a Colt .45. On his 18th birthday, the right-hander is the starting pitcher and takes the loss when San Francisco defeats Houston, 7-3.

    1965 - Willie Mays joins Ralph Kiner as only the second National Leaguer to have more than one 50-home run season. The milestone homer helps the Giants to beat the Reds, 7-5.

    1966 - The Orioles clinched their first pennant representing Baltimore when Jim Palmer goes the distance and beats Lew Krausse and the A's at Municipal Stadium, 6-1. The franchise's last flag was raised in St. Louis in 1944 when the team was known as the Browns.

    1966 - With only 413 patrons in attendance to see New York's 4-1 loss to the White Sox, Red Barber's request for a camera to scan the empty stands is denied by the team's head of media relations. The veteran broadcaster will reportedly lose his job when he continues to tell his audience, "I don't know what the paid attendance is today, but whatever it is, it is the smallest crowd in the history of Yankee Stadium, and this crowd is the story, not the game."


    1968 - Cesar Tovar played one inning at each position for the Minnesota Twins, becoming only the second Major Leaguer in history to do it. Bert Campaneris of the Oakland A's was the other.

    1969 - During the 4-2 victory over the Padres, Giant outfielder Bobby Bonds establishes a big league record as he strikeouts for the 176th time this season. The California native will finish the year with a total of 187 and will extend the record next season with 189 strikeouts.

    1969 - Joining Yankee legend Babe Ruth, Willie Mays becomes the second major leaguer to hit 600 career home runs. The historic two-run homer is delivered as a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh inning off Padres hurler Mike Corkins, and proves to be the difference in the Giants' 4-2 victory at Qualcomm Stadium.

    1973 - John Hiller goes 3 1/2 innings in the Tigers' 5-1 victory over the Red Sox notching his 38th save, a club record. In 1971, the southpaw reliever suffered a heart attack at the age of 27.

    1976 - Right-hander Don Sutton goes the distance to become a twenty game winner for the first and last time when the Dodgers beat the Giants at Candlestick Park, 3-1. The future Hall of Famer will compile a 324-256 (.559) record during his 23-year career in the bigs.

    1977 - Bert Blyleven no-hits the Angels, 6-0. A third inning error, in which the runner is erased on a double play, and a walk, issued with two outs in the ninth, account for the only two base runners in the game for Anaheim.

    1985 - One night after scuffling with a patron in the bar of the Yankees' Baltimore hotel, manager Billy Martin has his right arm broken by pitcher Ed Whitson in an early-morning brawl in the same bar.

    1986 - Dodger hurler Fernando Valenzuela (20-10) two-hits Houston en route to a 9-2 victory at the Astrodome. The 25-year old southpaw becomes the first Mexican to win 20 games in the major leagues.

    1987 - Chicago sends Dickie Noles to the Tigers for a player to be named later. A month later the right handed pitcher is returned to the Cubs as that player to be named later.

    1987 - Future Hall of Famer Wade Boggs collects his 200th hit for the fifth straight season. The Red Sox third baseman will reached the 200-hit mark for two more consecutive seasons before the streak ends in 1990.

    1988 - The Mets clinch their fourth NL East title when Ron Darling goes the distance defeating Philadelphia at Shea Stadium, 3-1. The Amazins also copped the division flag in 1969, 1973, and 1986.

    1989 - Dave Stewart becomes the first pitcher since Jim Palmer (1975-78) to win twenty games in three straight seasons by beating the Twins 5-2. It is also Stewart's 100th Major League win.

    1990 - Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs stole his 300th base in an 11-5 loss to the New York Mets, becoming only the second player with 300 homers, 300 steals and 2,000 hits. Willie Mays was the other.

    1993 - The Rockies establish the major league home attendance record with 4,483,350 patrons attending games at Denver's Mile High Stadium. The expansion team averages 55,350 fans per game in their inaugural season.

    1993 - The long career of Ranger right-hander Nolan Ryan, who had announced his plans to retire at end of the season, comes to an abrupt end when the Texas starter leaves the game in the first inning after injuring his right elbow. The future Hall of Famer, who gives up five runs without retiring a batter, will throw just one more pitch after giving up a grand slam to Dann Howitt in the 7-4 loss to Seattle at the Kingdome.

    1996 - Barry Larkin becomes the first shortstop to become a member of the 30-30 club when he goes deep off Donovan Osborne in the fifth inning in the Reds' 6-3 victory over St. Louis. The future Hall of Fame infielder joins teammate Eric Davis as only the second Cincinnati player to accomplish the feat.

    1997 - The Braves become the first team in Major League history to win six consecutive division titles (not counting the 1994 strike season) after the Mets knock off the second-place Marlins. The announcement is made in the last Braves home game of the year at Turner Field in the eighth inning of a tie game with the Expos. The Braves keep the champagne on ice until the bottom of the 11th inning when Mike Mordecai strikes out, but the ball gets away and Tony Bautista crosses home plate with the winning run.

    1998 - The Blue Jays' Jose Canseco hits his 45th and 46th home runs setting a new career high.

    1998 - With his American League-leading home runs #54 and 55, Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig as the only players to drive in 140 or more runs in three consecutive seasons.

    1998 - Braves' backstop Eddie Perez's solo home run in Atlanta's 4-1 win over the Marlins is the team's 208th homer this season breaking a 32-year-old franchise record.

    1998 - By walking in the first inning, John Olerud ties Barry Bonds' National League record of reaching base 15 consecutive times. The Mets first baseman grounds out in the third to fall one short of the 1957 major league mark set by Ted Williams.

    1998 - Tony Clark becomes the first Detroit player since Rudy York (1937-38) to drive in 100 runs in each of his first two full seasons in the Motor City.

     2000 - Passing the 1997 Rockies, the Astros establish a new National League team single-season home run mark hitting their 240th in a 12-5 loss to the Reds at Cinergy Field. The slugfest features nine home runs with Cincinnati hitting six and Houston going deep three times.

    2000 - At Cinergy Field, Astros' Jose Lima sets a National League record by giving up his 47th home run of the season passing the 1956 mark of Robin Roberts. Bert Blyleven holds the major league mark serving up 50 gopher balls as a Twin in 1986.

    2000 - Mets' closer Armando Benitez blanks the Phillies in the ninth for his 39th save breaking John Franco's club record. Franco also appeared in the Mets' 9-6 win.

    2002 - Chicago first baseman Fred McGriff becomes the first player to hit 30 home runs in a season for five different teams (Blue Jays, Braves, Cubs, Devil Rays, and Cubs). The 'Crime Dog's' first inning PNC poke also sets a record for being the 42nd major league park in which he's gone yard, one more than Ellis Burks of the Indians.

    2002 - In last game ever played at Cinergy Field, the Phillies complete a three-game sweep defeating the Reds, 4-3, in front of many of the team's former superstars except for the banished Pete Rose. The all-time hit leader, however, is not forgotten as Tom Browning paints Rose's uniform number 14 on the pitcher's mound after the game with red spray paint and, as home plate is dug up and to be delivered next door to Great American Ball Park, the crowd begins to chant, "Pete, Pete".

    2002 - Greg Maddux pitches seven innings of four-hit ball as the Braves beat the Marlins, 4-1. 'Mad Dog' joins Cy Young as one of only two pitchers in baseball history to win at least 15 games in 15 consecutive seasons.

    2003 - Hitting his 13th leadoff home run of the season, Alfonso Soriano establishes a new major league record. The Yankees second baseman has been tied with Brady Anderson who hit 12 in 1996 for the Orioles.

    2003 - For only the third time in major league history, a Korean pitcher and a Japanese pitcher oppose one another as Expos' hurler Tomo Ohka faces Jae Weong Seo as starters at Shea Stadium. Both Pacific Rim right handers throw well but neither gets the decision as Montreal beats the Mets on misplayed fly balls in the ninth, 4-2.

    2003 - The Tigers established a new mark for futility in the American League recording their 118th loss of the season. The 1916 A's (36-117) had held the record prior to Detroit's 12-6 loss to the Royals.

    2004 - By whiffing Albert Pujols in the 3-2 loss to the Cardinals, Ben Sheets breaks the Brewers' single-season strikeout record. The 26-year-old Louisiana native surpasses Teddy Higuera’s mark of 240 established in 1987.

    2005 - On the day he is scheduled to return to the team after rehabilitating his right knee and left ankle at home, the Orioles informs Rafael Palmeiro not to report to the team. The first baseman/DH, who tested positive for steroids earlier in the season, continues to stir up more controversy as the 40-year old veteran states the reason for failing the drug test due to a vitamin B-12 shot given by his teammate, Miguel Tejada.

    2005 - An American Society of Microbiology's study of the number of people who wash their hands after using a public restroom reports 83 percent of patrons take advantage of the available soap and water. Of the 6,300 bathroom users monitored, the worst hygiene was found at Turner Field during a Braves game where approximately a quarter of the patrons (37% male and 16% female) did not wash their hands after using the facilities.

    2009 - Diamondback slugger Mark Reynolds establishes a new single-season strikeout mark for the second year in a row when he misses a 1-2 breaking ball from Madison Bumgarner, his 205th K of the campaign. Prior to breaking his own dubious mark and extending it with another whiff in the sixth inning, the 26-year old third baseman collected his 100th RBI of the season in Arizona's 10-8 Chase Field victory over San Francisco.

    2010 - The Diamondbacks hire Kevin Towers as the team's general manager, bypassing the interim GM Jerry Dipoto, who is highly regarded within the organization and throughout baseball for the job he did replacing Josh Byrnes. During Towers' 14-year tenure in the same position with the Padres, San Diego won four division titles and played in the 1998 World Series against New York.

    2011 - Thanks to Shane Victorino's million-dollar pledge, the renovated 105-year-old Nicetown Boys & Girls Club celebrates its grand opening. The inner-city facility, now named after the Phillies' All-star center fielder, is only the second club in the country to bear the name of a major leaguer with the 'Flying Hawaiian' sharing the distinction with Willie Mays.

    2011 - Leo Núñez is placed on the restricted list by the Marlins without the club listing a reason, but the Associated Press has reported that the Florida closer, whose real name is Juan Oviedo, needs to return to the Dominican Republic to deal with legal issues pertaining to the use of fake identification documents. The 29-year old right-handed reliever used his childhood friend's identity in order to receive a more lucrative deal due to being believed to be only be 16 years of age instead of 17 when signing his first major league contract.

    2012 - Gio Gonzalez becomes the second pitcher in franchise history to win 20 games in a season when Washington beats Milwaukee at Nationals Park, 10-4. The 27 year-old southpaw joins Ross Grimsley, who accomplished the feat in 1978 when the club played in Montreal as the Expos.

    2013 - Felix Hernandez, making his first appearance since suffering a strained oblique, sets a record for strikeouts in a start lasting four or fewer innings when he whiffs 10 batters before the fifth frame in the Mariners’ 3-2 victory at Angel Stadium. The fans aren't the only ones buzzing during King Felix's performance as a swarm of bees in the outfield delays the contest for 23 minutes during the third inning.

    2014 - Chris "The Hound" Bassitt picks up his first major league victory in a 2-0 White Sox shutout at Comerica Park in Detroit.  Bassitt pitched 7.2 innings of 6 hit ball striking out three and walking one.  Jake Petricka pitched a perfect 1 1/3 innings to preserve the shutout while picking up his 14th save of the season.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 22...


    1862 - Keating, Bob
    1869 - Stephenson, Dummy
    1870 - Powers, Doc
    1875 - Marshall, Doc
    1878 - Himes, Jack
    1879 - Conn, Bert
    1880 - Flater, Jack
    1882 - Sitton, Carl
    1884 - Land, Grover
    1885 - Lonergan, Walter
    1885 - Walsh, Jimmy
    1885 - Stem, Fred
    1888 - Scott, Jim
    1889 - Dauss, Hooks
    1890 - Wilie, Denney
    1893 - French, Pat
    1893 - Flagstead, Ira
    1894 - Walker, Frank
    1895 - McHenry, Austin
    1900 - Heine, Bud
    1902 - Marquardt, Ollie
    1903 - Hostetler, Chuck
    1905 - Bettencourt, Larry
    1908 - Holloway, Jim
    1915 - Diggs, Reese
    1917 - Moore, Anse
    1920 - Eschen, Larry
    1920 - Lemon, Bob
    1923 - Wright, Tom

    1927 - Lasorda, Tom
    1929 - Bright, Harry
    1930 - Harrison, Bob
    1931 - Aspromonte, Ken
    1934 - Johnson, Lou
    1936 - Camilli, Doug
    1939 - McIlwain, Stover

    1944 - Fairey, Jim
    1946 - Dierker, Larry
    1952 - Alston, Dell
    1954 - Dues, Hal
    1955 - Leonard, Jeffrey
    1955 - Tolleson, Wayne

    1958 - Sax, Dave
    1959 - Stefero, John
    1959 - Graham, Lee
    1959 - Backman, Wally
    1961 - Coleman, Vince
    1961 - Geren, Bob
    1962 - Stephens, Ray
    1963 - Peterek, Jeff
    1965 - Guthrie, Mark
    1967 - Forbes, P.J.
    1967 - Lindsey, Doug

    1967 - Howard, Matt
    1967 - Briscoe, John
    1969 - Barry, Jeff
    1969 - Devarez, Cesar
    1970 - Matheny, Mike
    1975 - Garcia, Luis
    1975 - Klassen, Danny
    1979 - Jimerson, Charlton
    1981 - Ramirez, Alexeil

    1986 - Leon, Arcenio
    1986 - Schwinden, Chris
    1993 - Cabrera, Mauricio
    1994 - Correa, Carlos
    1995 - Ortiz, Luis



    Baseball Deaths on September 22...


    1906 - Davies, George
    1919 - Sullivan, Harry
    1925 - Beadle, Dave
    1929 - Chamberlain, Elton
    1932 - Hearne, Hughie
    1934 - Messitt, Tom
    1942 - Davis, Wiley
    1943 - Hesterfer, Larry
    1949 - Fitzgerald, Matty
    1955 - Drucke, Louis
    1956 - Tannehill, Jesse
    1960 - Bernard, Joe
    1964 - Torkelson, Red
    1980 - Neill, Tommy
    1992 - Lopez, Aurelio
    2000 - Sommers, Bill
    2002 - Carlsen, Don
    2004 - Block, Cy
    2005 - Basgall, Monty
    2005 - Ulisney, Mike
    2007 - Harman, Bill
    2015 - Berra, Yogi









             


       




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« Reply #5020 on: September 22, 2018, 12:18:40 am »
This Date In White Sox History - September 22nd













September 22, 1959 -After the White Sox clinch the pennant by beating the second-place Indians at Cleveland Stadium, 4-2, Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley orders the city air raid sirens to blast. It is the South-siders' first American League championship since the notorious Black Sox team won the flag 40 years ago.

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    On September 23 in Baseball History...


    1901 - Against Cincinnati, the Dodgers score a total 25 runs breaking a team record.

    1905 - Tigers' rookie Ty Cobb hits his first career home run, an inside-the parker, but Washington beats Detroit, 8-5.

    1908 - Fred Merkle of the New York Giants failed to touch second base as the apparent winning run crossed home plate in a crucial game with the Chicago Cubs. The ensuing dispute resulted in the game being declared a tie and played over on Oct. 8 when the Cubs and Giants ended the season in a tie.

    1916 - Allowing only just one walk during a twin bill with the Cincinnati Reds, Grover Alexander of the Phillies wins both ends of a doubleheader (7-3 and 4-0) to establish a National League record. The future Hall of Famer will repeat the feat on September 3, 1917 against the Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers) at Ebbets Field.

    1925 - Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, a .294 hitter, is named the American League Most Valuable Player with 45 points; A's outfielder Al Simmons is second with forty-one.

    1930 - In a slugfest played at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl, the Cardinals set a franchise record collecting 26 hits in a 19-16 victory over the Phillies. It will be another seventy-eight years before the Redbirds have an equal amount of hits in a game.

    1936 - Carl Hubbell notches his sixteenth consecutive victory, his 26th of the year. King Carl beats the Phils, 5-4. He resumes the streak next year to reach a record 24 wins in a row.

    1939 - In the first game of a twin bill, Brooklyn's third baseman Cookie Lavagetto reaches base seven consecutive times as the Dodgers rout the Phillies, 22-4. The 26-run Shibe Park contest takes only two hours and five minutes to complete.

    1949 - Before the game, Cleveland owner Bill Veeck and a few players hold funeral services to bury the 1948 pennant in center field. Yesterday, the Tribe was mathematically eliminated from the American League pennant race.

    1952 - The Brooklyn Dodgers clinched the National League pennant, the first time since 1948 that the pennant wasn't decided in the season's final game.

    1955 - The Yankees clinch their 21st American League pennant by beating Boston in the nightcap at Fenway Park, 3-2. The team, who will lose the World Series to Brooklyn in seven games, will finish the season three games in front of Cleveland.

    1956 - Ozzie Virgil becomes the first Dominican to reach the majors. The 23-year old Monte Cristi native, who will also see his son catch in the big leagues, plays third base for the Giants.

    1956 - With the Dodgers leading the Pirates 8-3, the largest crowd in Forbes Field's history watches the game be postponed with two outs in the ninth inning as the curfew is enforced.

    1957 - Hank Aaron's eleventh-inning homer gave the Milwaukee Braves a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and the National League pennant. It was the first time since 1950 that a New York team hadn't finished first.

    1961 - Ernie Banks voluntarily takes the bench as a sore knee brings his 717 consecutive-games-played streak to an end.

    1962 - A 12-2 Dodgers' loss at St. Louis is enlivened by Maury Wills, who ties Ty Cobb's long-standing Major League single-season record of 96 steals by swiping second base after singling in the third, and breaks it with a repeat performance in the seventh.

    1969 - In his last major league at-bat, John Miller homers making the Dodger the only player in history to have hit a home run in his first and last plate appearance in the major leagues. In 1966, as a Yankee, he went deep in the first of only 61 big league career at-bats in which he would collect only 10 hits, including the two memorable round-trippers to start and end his 32-game career.

    1969 - In an 8-3 win over the Yankees at Fenway Park, Red Sox first baseman Carl Yastrzemski hits his 200th career home. Yaz, who will hit 452 homers during his 23-year tenure in the major leagues, blasts a third-inning pitch off starter Mel Stottlemyre to reach the milestone, and then adds #201 in the eighth off Lindy McDaniel.

    1969 - Exactly one year after their manager suffered a heart attack in the dugout during a game against Atlanta, the Mets give Gil Hodges a reason to breathe a bit easier when the team clinches a tie for the NL East flag by beating the Cardinals, 3-2, on an 11th inning walk-off single stroked by Bud Harrelson off Bob Gibson. Prior to the Shea Stadium victory, Linton H. Bishop, Jr., the skipper's cardiologist, had sent him a telegram that read, "Happy to see you're No. 1. Hope your team does as well as your heart."

    1978 - The Angels' 27-year-old outfielder Lyman Bostock, a .311 lifetime hitter, is killed by a shotgun blast while riding in a car in Gary, Indiana. The shot was meant for one of the other passengers in the car.

    1979 - In a ten-inning 7-4 Cardinal victory over New York, Lou Brock steals his 938th and final base to surpass Billy Hamilton's mark established last century. In 1977, the St. Louis outfielder broke Ty Cobb's modern major league record of 892 thefts.

    1983 - With a 6-2 win over the team which traded him, Phillies' southpaw Steve Carlton records his 300th victory beating the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The Redbirds traded the future Hall of Fame left-hander to Philadelphia for Rick Wise.

    1984 - The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 4-1, making Sparky Anderson the first manager ever to win 100 games in a season in each league. As skipper of the 'Big Red Machine', his team won 108 games in 1975 and 102 in 1976.

    1984 - Tiger closer Willie Hernandez establishes a franchise record when he converts his 32nd consecutive save opportunity, holding New York to one run over two innings in the team's 4-1 victory in Detroit. The mark will last for 27 years until it is broken in 2011 by Jose Valverde.

    1986 - Rookie left-hander Jim Deshaies set a Major League record by striking out eight to start the game and finished with a two-hitter and 10 strikeouts to lead the Houston Astros past the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0.

    1987 - In a 5-4 victory over the Astros, Albert Hall becomes the first Braves' player to hit for the cycle since 1910.

    1988 - Jose Canseco of the A's becomes baseball's first 40-40 player when he swipes his 39th and 40th base in a 14-inning victory over the Brewers, 9-8. Canseco also hits his 41st home run.The Oakland slugger, who will finish the season with 42 homers and 40 stolen bases, will never have a 30-30 season in his 17 years in the major leagues.

    1992 - Bip Roberts tied the National League record with his 10th consecutive hit, then grounded out against Pedro Astacio to end his streak in the Cincinnati Reds' game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

    1997 - With a 6-3 victory over the Expos at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, the Marlins clinch their first-ever postseason berth. Florida, which reaches the play-offs in just their fifth year in existence, will become the youngest franchise to ever win a World Championship.

    1997 - The Mariners break the record for most home run by a major league team when Jay Buhner goes deep for the club's 258th round-tripper of the season in the first inning of the 4-3 victory over Anaheim at the Kingdome. The eventual AL Division Champs, who will have six players hit at least 20 homers, break the record established last year by the Orioles, and will extend the mark to 264 round-trippers by season's end.

    1997 - It's clinching day in Major League baseball. The Indians clinch their third consecutive American League Central title, the Mariners secure their second American League West crown in three years, and the Marlins are in the playoffs for the first time ever.

    1998 - Houston's Craig Biggio became only the second player this century to have 50 steals and 50 doubles in a season, joining Hall of Famer Tris Speaker. Biggio, with 51 doubles, singled for his second hit of the game and easily stole his 50th base with two outs in the sixth.

    1998 - In Chicago's 8-7 loss at Milwaukee, Cubs' outfielder Sammy Sosa hits his 64th and 65th homers tying Mark McGwire's record.

    1998 - With an 8-4 victory over the Indians, the 1998 Yankees tie the 1927 team for the most wins in franchise history. The Bronx Bombers' 110 victories pull them within one game of the American League record of 111 victories by the 1954 Indians.

    1998 - With his team ahead 7-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases full of Brewers and two outs, Cubs' outfielder Brant Brown drops Geoff Jenkins's routine long fly ball to left field allowing three runs to score giving Milwaukee an 8-7 walk-off win at County Stadium. The infamous error became will be immortalized by Ron Santo's radio call when the broadcaster mournfully exclaims, "Nooooooooo!!!!!" as the ball rolls toward the ivy-covered wall.

    1999 - With a crowd of 27,549 fans, the Yankees break the New York City season attendance record with a total of 3,072,009. The Mets had previously held the record when 3,047,724 turned the turnstiles in 1988.

    1999 - In a 12-4 Orioles victory over the A’s at Camden Yards, Albert Belle becomes only the third player in baseball history to hit four doubles in one game twice during his career, and the first one to do so in one season. Along with the Baltimore designated hitter, Gavvy Cravath and Bill Werber are the two other major leaguers to accomplish the feat.

    2000 - Joining Frank Robinson, Devil Rays' Fred McGriff becomes only the second player in major league history to hit 200 homers in both the American and National League.

    2000 - Breaking the major league team record held by the 1997 Braves and the 1999 Indians for grand slams in a season, Ben Grieve's 7th inning bases-loaded home run gives the A's a record breaking 13 grand slams.

    2000 - Rafael Palmeiro becomes the 32nd major leaguer to hit 400 career homers as he hits a three-run shot in the fifth inning of a 15-4 defeat to the Angels at the Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.

    2001 - Sammy Sosa sets a major league record with his third three-homer game of the season hitting #'s 56, 57, and 58 off Astros' rookie Tim Redding. Slammin' Sammy also accomplished the feat against the Rockies (August 9) and the Brewers (August 22).

    2001 - Alex Rodriguez' 48th home run breaks Ernie Banks' major league record for most in a season by a shortstop which 'Mr. Cub' established in 1957. The homer also ties the Rangers' infielder with Frank Howard (1969 as a Senator) for the franchise record for home runs in a season.

    2001 - At Camden Yards, Yankee closer Marino Rivera establishes a franchise single-season record when he saves his 47th game, a 5-4 victory over Baltimore in 10-innings. The previous record was held by Dave Righetti who set the mark in 1986.

    2001 - Barry Bonds ties Sammy Sosa for the second-most home runs in a season hitting his 66th round tripper off rookie Jason Middlebrow. The Giants' left fielder also sets a major league record with 34 road homers passing Babe Ruth (1927) and Mark McGwire (1998) , who both had 32 dingers away from home.

    2002 - In the last public event in 32-year old Cinergy Field, over 40,000 fans attend a softball game featuring Reds greats of the 'Big Red Machine' against an all-star team of players made up from the same era. Because the game is not affiliated with major league baseball, Pete Rose is allowed to play and he receives a tremendous ovation from the Cincinnati fans.

    2005 - Jimmy Rollins' first-inning single makes the shortstop’s 28-game hitting streak the longest by a Phillies player in over one hundred years. Ed Delahanty got at least one hit in 31 consecutive contests for the Philadelphia’s National League franchise during the 1899 season.

    2005 - As a result of the merger of Bank One and JP Morgan Chase & Co. the Diamondbacks' home field, Bank One Ballpark, is renamed Chase Field. Arizona fans, who have affectionately come to call the stadium ‘Bob’, will be comforted to know the team will continue to employ D. Baxter Bobcat as the team’s mascot.

    2006 - In Milwaukee's Miller Park, Barry Bonds hits his 734th career homer surpassing Hank Aaron and establishes a new all-time National League home run mark. The historic long ball hit by the unpopular 42-year old Giants slugger receives little fanfare in the city in which 'Hammerin' Hank', a former player for the Braves and Brewers, is a local legend.

    2006 - With one home game left on the schedule, the Dodgers break their single-season attendance record established in 1982 as the team sells 3,708,723 tickets to its games played in Chavez Ravine. The previous record of 3,608,881 was determined by former National League rules which counted fans by turnstile count.

    2006 - At Camden Yards, Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons hits a foul ball straight back over the screen that hits a fan in the rib cage. The injured patron is the batter’s wife, Laura. `

    2007 - The 41-year old RFK Stadium, one-time home to the NFL Redskins and American League Senators, hosts its last major league baseball game when Washington beats the Phillies in the home finale, 5-3. When the District's new expansion team moved to Texas in 1972, the 56,000-seat facility lost baseball until the Montreal Expos arrived in D.C. to become the Nationals in 2005.

    2007 - Milton Bradley's anterior cruciate ligament is torn when his manager Bud Black spins him to the ground to keep him from going after umpire Mike Winters in the eighth inning of a 7-3 loss to the Rockies. The Padres' left fielder will miss the rest of the season due to the injury, and the first base ump will be suspended for the remainder of the season without pay for his actions during the confrontation.

    2007 - At Petco Park, the Rockies beat the Padres, 7-3, for their 84th win of the season to break a club record. Jeff Francis, who gives up seven hits and two runs in his eight innings of work, ties Kevin Ritz (1996) and Pedro Astacio (1999) for club victories and establishes a new franchise mark for left-handers winning his 17th game of the campaign.

    2007 - Mike Mussina becomes the 45th pitcher in major league history to win 250 games when the Yankees beat the Blue Jays in the Bronx, 7-5. ‘Moose’ insists that the game ball go to Joba Chamberlain, the rookie phenom who picks up his first career save.

    2008 - With a 5-4 victory over the Indians at Fenway Park, the Red Sox earn at least a wild card play-off berth. Boston's win eliminates the Yankees, who had appeared in 13 consecutive postseasons, spanning Derek Jeter's entire career.

    2008 - Blanked for the 13th time this season, the Tigers lose to Kansas City, 5-0, and fall into last place in the American League Central Division. Detroit, after making significant moves in the off season, had been favored to be one of the best teams in baseball.

    2008 - For the third consecutive season, the Marlins have established a new franchise record for home runs. Josh Willingham's second inning round tripper, the club's 202nd, sets the new mark in Florida's 9-4 loss to the Nationals.

    2008 - Tim Lincecum sets the Giants' single-season record with 252 strikeouts. The San Francisco right-hander whiffs nine Colorado batters in 4.1 innings to surpass Jason Schmidt, who had 251 K's in 2004.

    2008 - Jose Reyes collects his 200th hit of the season with a bases-loaded triple in a much-needed Mets 6-2 victory over the Cubs at Shea Stadium. The 25-year old shortstop joins Lance Johnson (1996) as one of the only two players in franchise history to reach the esteemed plateau.

    2009 - Trailing 8-0 at Dodger Stadium, the Giants take the lead scoring nine runs into the top of the seventh inning. Although L.A. will come back twice to tie the score with clutch two-out hits in the eighth and ninth, San Francisco tallies four runs in the top of the tenth frame for the 14-10 victory.

    2009 - After signing him to a one-year contract extension for 2010, the Braves announce Bobby Cox will retire as the manager of the Braves after next season. The 68-year old skipper has led the team to a string of 14 consecutive postseason appearances and a world championship during his 24-year tenure in Atlanta.

    2010 - The lone run in the Blue Jays' 1-0 victory over Seattle at the Rogers Centre scores in the first inning when Jose Bautista hits his 50th home run of the season, making the right-fielder the 26th player to reach the coveted plateau. The milestone had not been accomplished since 2007 when Prince Fielder and Alex Rodriguez hit 50 and 54 home runs, respectively.

    2010 - Ichiro Suzuki, with his fifth-inning single off Toronto's Shawn Hill, becomes the first major leaguer to compile ten consecutive 200-hit seasons, breaking the record he shared with Willie Keeler. The Mariner outfielder now has more 200-hit seasons than any player in AL history, surpassing Ty Cobb, and joins Pete Rose as the only other player with ten seasons with 200 or more hits.

    2011 - Starlin Castro becomes the youngest Cubs player to collect 200 hits in a season when he singles off Chris Carpenter leading off the game in St. Louis. The Cubs' 21-year-old shortstop accomplishes the feat at an age two years younger than Billy Herman (1932) and Augie Galan (1935), who were both 23 at the time.

    2011 - The Brewers win their first division title in 29 years when they beat Florida 4-1. Ryan Braun's three-run home run in the eighth inning, breaking the 1-1 deadlock, is the decisive blow in the Miller Park clincher.

    2011 - The Rangers' 5-3 victory over Seattle, coupled with a Halos' loss, clinches the AL West division. The title is the second in a row for Texas and the fifth in the history of the franchise.

    2011 - The Diamondbacks beat San Francisco, 3-1, to win the NL West division for the first time in four years. Arizona, who finished 65-97 last season, clinched their worst-to-first title with an eighth-inning rally much to the delight of the cheering fans at Chase Field.

    2013 - With their 2-1 win over Chicago thanks to Starling Marte's ninth-inning homer, along with Washington's defeat in St. Louis, the Pirates will appear in the postseason for the first time since 1992. The victory assures the Bucs one of the two  wildcard berths with a division title still within reach.

    2014 - Arizona names Dave Stewart as the team’s fourth general manager in franchise history. The former All-Star big league pitcher, a 20-game winner for four consecutive seasons beginning in 1987, will report to the Diamondbacks' chief baseball officer Tony La Russa, who was his manager when he posted a 119-78 record (.604) during his eight seasons with the A’s.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 23...


    1875 - DeMontreville, Lee
    1880 - Wagner, Heinie
    1880 - Neighbors, Cy
    1886 - Kelly, Joe
    1886 - Higgins, Bob
    1887 - Martin, Doc
    1889 - Schaller, George "Biff"

    1895 - Mokan, Johnny
    1897 - Irwin, Walt
    1898 - Lisenbee, Hod
    1898 - Murray, George

    1900 - Stewart, Lefty
    1909 - Mahon, Al
    1913 - Sivess, Pete
    1914 - Stewart, Mack
    1920 - Pieretti, Marino

    1922 - Donoso, Lino
    1924 - Restelli, Dino
    1942 - Woodward, Woody
    1942 - Rooker, Jim
    1943 - Lopez, Marcelino
    1943 - Llenas, Winston
    1944 - Zamora, Oscar
    1952 - Lamp, Dennis
    1952 - Morrison, Jim

    1952 - Scanlon, Pat
    1953 - Asselstine, Brian
    1957 - Fossas, Tony
    1959 - Winn, Jim

    1963 - McGriff, Terry
    1966 - Harnisch, Pete
    1968 - Bolton, Rodney

    1969 - Cirillo, Jeff
    1971 - Greene, Willie
    1972 - Harris, Pep
    1974 - Knott, Eric
    1975 - Elder, Dave
    1977 - Abernathy, Brent
    1980 - Gosling, Mike
    1984 - Kemp, Matt
    1985 - Chamberlain, Joba
    1986 - Gonzalez, Miguel
    1986 - Volstad, Chris
    1987 - Germen, Gonzalez
    1987 - Scruggs, Xavier
    1988 - Gyorko, Jedd
    1989 - May, Trevor



    Baseball Deaths on September 23...


    1896 - Crowley, John
    1901 - McJames, Doc
    1907 - Buffinton, Charlie
    1915 - Kennedy, Brickyard
    1916 - Cline, Monk
    1920 - Curley, Doc
    1922 - Rementer, Butch
    1924 - McFarlan, Dan
    1941 - Morrissey, Tom
    1942 - Thomas, Tom
    1948 - Durning, Rich
    1951 - Gear, Dale
    1954 - Wilson, John
    1955 - Fortune, Gary
    1958 - Mundy, Bill
    1960 - Hinson, Paul
    1961 - Jourdan, Ted

    1962 - Sullivan, Tom
    1964 - Barger, Cy
    1973 - Fowler, Jesse
    1982 - Mills, Lefty
    2000 - Rodriguez, Aurelio
    2010 - Shaw, Bob

    2011 - Litwhiler, Danny
    2012 - Rodriguez, Roberto






   


 


 





     




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    On September 24 in Baseball History...


    1916 - Marty Kavanagh, Indians utility man, hits the American League's first pinch-hit grand slam for Cleveland in a 5-3 win over the Red Sox. The ball rolls through a hole in the fence and cannot be retrieved in time for a play at the plate.

    1919 - With a blast that clears the roof of the Polo Grounds, Red Sox outfielder Babe Ruth ties the game in the top of the ninth in an eventual 2-1 loss to Yankees that takes 13 innings to complete. The Bambino's round-tripper, his 28th of the season, breaks the 19th century home run record established in 1894 by Ned Williamson of the NL's Chicago White Stockings.

    1922 - Cardinals outfielder Rogers Hornsby hits home runs off Giant hurlers Jesse and Virgil Barnes. The homers served up by the brothers enable the ‘Rajah’ to set the National League record for round trippers in a season with 42.

    1925 - With the Yankees trailing by three runs in the bottom of the tenth inning, Babe Ruth hits a Sarge Connally pitch for a game-winning home run which beats the White Sox, 6-5. The 'Sultan of Swat' becomes the first modern player to blast a walk-off homer with the bases full which wins the game by one run.


    1926 - The Cardinals clinch their first pennant in the 35-year history of the franchise when they beat the Giants at the Polo Grounds. Billy Southworth's second inning two-run home run off his former team proves to be the difference in St. Louis' 6-4 victory at the Polo Grounds.

    1928 - A Monday afternoon of crowd of only 404 watches the Tigers blank the last-place Red Sox, 8-0. The meager amount of fans at Navin Field is the lowest American League attendance ever recorded in Detroit.

    1929 - Tom Zachary of the Yankees wins his 12th without a loss 5-3 over Boston. He is the first pitcher to go 12-0 for a season.

    1934 - Idle Detroit wins the pennant, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 5-0 in the season finale at Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth walks in the first inning, limps to first base, and leaves for a pinch runner in his last home game as a Yankee.

    1940 - At Shibe Park, Red Sox first baseman Jimmie Foxx blasts his 500th career home run off A's pitcher George Caster. The historic homer is one of four round trippers hit in the inning setting an American League mark.

    1946 - Disappointing on the field, the Yankees nevertheless finish their home season with an attendance of 2,265,512. The best previous draw was the 1929 Cubs at 1,485,166. Total Major League attendance was 18.5 million, 75 percent more than 1945.

    1948 - The Red Sox loss to the Yankees along with Detroit's defeat of the Indians results in a three-way tie for first place with Boston, Cleveland and New York finishing the day with identical records of 91-56 with only seven games to play. A one-game playoff, between the Tribe and BoSox, will be needed to crown Cleveland as the American League champs.

    1950 - With 66‚924 fans in attendance, the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 9-5, on Johnny Mize Day at Yankee Stadium. The 38-year old first baseman and future Hall of Famer contributes to the victory over the fading Boston team, now four games behind the Bronx Bombers, with a single and double.

    1957 - Grounding out, Pirates left-handed first baseman Dee Fondy becomes last player ever to bat in Ebbets Field when the Dodgers blank the Bucs, 2-0 in the final major league game ever played in Brooklyn.

    1968 - During a game against the Braves in Atlanta, Mets manager Gil Hodges suffers a mild heart attack. The New York skipper, who will die of a massive coronary in 1972, is hospitalized until October 20 when doctors give him a clean bill of health, but warned him about the continued risks of stress and smoking. 

    1969 - Home runs by Donn Clendenon and Ed Charles, and Gary Gentry's four-hitter, clinch the National League East for the Mets, who defeat Steve Carlton and the Cards 6-0. As the game ends, a large number of the 54,928 fans pour onto the field ripping up huge chunks of sod. Seven fans suffer fractures in the celebration.

    1971 - Al Downing becomes a 20-game winner when he blanks the Braves at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 2-0. The Dodger left-hander, best remembered for giving up Hank Aaron’s historic 715th home run, will compile a 123-107 record during his 17-year major league career.

    1971 - In the top of the fourth inning of a losing effort to Philadelphia, Cubs' starter Milt Pappas strikes out the side throwing just nine pitches. Greg Luzinski, Don Money, and Mike Anderson are the victims of the right-hander's immaculate inning.

    1974 - At Memorial Stadium in a 5-4 loss to the Birds, Tigers outfielder Al Kaline gets his 3000th hit. The milestone hit is given up by Orioles hurler Dave McNally, a two-bagger down the right-field line.

    1975 - Tom Seaver learns the adage the "third time's the charm" isn't always true when he loses his bid for a no-hitter in the ninth inning for the third time in his career. After striking out Don Kessinger and Rick Monday, rookie outfielder Joe Wallis, playing in his 15th career game, singles to right field for Cubs' first hit off the Mets' starter in the Wrigley Field contest.

    1977 - Gene Richards of the Padres and Pirates outfielder Omar Moreno both swipe their 50th base of the season to surpass Sonny Jackson's rookie record set with the Astros 1966. The Friars' first baseman will establish a new freshman mark ending the campaign with 56 thefts, three more than the Bucs' flychaser.

    1978 - Yankee southpaw Ron Guidry ties the American League record for shutouts tossed in a season by a lefty when he blanks Cleveland, 4-0. 'Gator', with his ninth complete scoreless game equals Babe Ruth's mark, who accomplished the feat in 1916 with the Red Sox.

    1979 - Pete Rose singles as the Phillies fall to the Cardinals, 7-2. Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for the tenth time. He breaks the Major League record of nine such seasons held by Ty Cobb.

    1980 - The Braves, with 24,897 watching, beat the Astros 4-2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, pushing the Braves over the one million attendance mark for the season. The eleven other National League teams have already reached that milestone, making this the first season ever in which all the teams in one league have done so.

    1984 - Rick Sutcliffe pitches a two-hitter in a 4-1 win over Pittsburgh to clinch the National League East title for the Cubs, who will be making their first postseason appearance since 1945. The win is Sutcliffe's 14th in a row.

    1985 - Expos outfielder Andre Dawson slugs three home runs, including a pair of three-run shots in a 12-run fifth inning, to lead Montreal to a wild 17-15 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Dawson joins Willie McCovey as the only players to hit two home runs in one inning on two different occasions.

    1988 - Julio Franco's two-out, two-strike ninth inning bad-hop single spoils Dave Stieb's bid for a no-hitter. The Blue Jays' starter settles for a 1-0 one-hit victory over the Indians.

    1991 - With his 37th homer of the season, Howard Johnson establishes a new NL record for round-trippers by a switch-hitter when he goes deep off Bob Walk in the Mets' 10-8 loss to Pittsburgh at Shea Stadium. HoJo, who will extend the record finishing the season with 38 home runs, had set the previous mark in 1987.

    1992 - At the age of 40, Dave Winfield drives in four runs with a homer and a two-run double becoming the oldest player to drive in 100 runs. The 40-year-old does the trick in his 2,700th career game. The future Hall of Famer's offensive outburst helps the Blue Jays beat the Orioles, 8-2.

    1992 - Kenny Lofton establishes an Indian record when he steals 62nd base of the season, a swipe of second base in the first inning. The Tribe's rookie center fielder surpasses the previous franchise mark established by Miguel Dilone in 1980.

    1993 - Defeating Cincinnati, 9-2, the Rockies set a National League record for wins by an expansion team. Colorado's 65th win of the season surpasses the mark established by the Houston Colt .45s. in 1962.

    1998 - Tom Gordon strikes out the side saving a Red Sox 9-6 victory over the Orioles at Fenway Park. 'Flash' records his 42nd consecutive save establishing a new major league record.

    2001 - Former American major leaguer Tuffy Rhodes ties the Japanese record set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 when takes fireballer Daisuke Matsuzaka deep for his 55th home run of the season. The Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder has five games left to break the record, but opposing pitchers will intentionally walked him to prevent the immortal Oh's record being broken.

    2002 - Thanks to Jason's two home runs in the Yankees' 6-0 whitewash of the Devil Rays, the Giambi brothers (Jason 40, Jeremy 20) pass the DiMaggio siblings for the highest single-season total for homers with 60. The DiMaggios (Joe 46, Vince, 13) went yard 59 times in 1937.

    2002 - The Astros have their first rain delay at home since July 15, 1976. To save time, officials decide to cover the Minute Maid field with a tarp during the 19-minute delay rather than use the retractable roof.

    2003 - Eric Gagne ties John Smoltz’s National League mark for saves with 55th as he helps the Dodgers defeat the Padres, 5-3. The Los Angeles closer equals the NL mark in consecutive opportunites, which is also a record.

    2004 - Atlanta's streak of consecutive division titles is extended to 13 with the Braves clinching the NL East as a result of an 8-7 victory over the Marlins. The record run, which excludes the strike-shortened season of 1994, includes the three titles won in the NL West prior to the re-alignment of teams in 1993.

    2005 - Averaging more than 50,000 fans per game, the Yankees become the third franchise in major league history, and the first since the 1994 strike, to pass the four-million attendance mark. The 1993 Colorado Rockies and the 1991-1993 Toronto Blue Jays are the other teams which have reached the milestone.

    2006 - With the best record in the majors at 94-62, the Tigers clinched their first playoff spot since 1987. Detroit's 11-4 victory over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium ends the 19 season postseason drought.

    2006 - As the Petco Park sellout crowd roars, Trevor Hoffman retires all the three Pittsburgh batters he faces in the ninth inning ensuring a 2-1 San Diego victory. The Padres closer's 479th career save surpasses Lee Smith's total (1980-1997) making the 38-year-old reliever the all-time leader in saves.

    2006 - David Ortiz ties Babe Ruth's American League record with his 32nd round-tripper on the road. 'Big Papi's 53rd homer of the season comes in the Red Sox 13-4 losing effort to the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre.

    2007 - Baltimore completes a season sweep of the Royals with a 3-2 victory at Camden Yards. The Orioles, twenty-three games under the .500 mark, beat Kansas City seven times in seven tries making it only the sixth time in team history that a season series has been swept from an AL opponent.

    2008 - Thanks to Mark Teixeira's eighth inning solo home run, the Mariners are defeated by the Angels, 6-5, making it the fourth time in franchise history the club has lost 100 games. Seattle has the distinction of being the first team with a $100 million payroll to lose 100 games.

    2009 - When his team beats Kansas City, 10-3, Red Sox skipper Terry Francona moves ahead of Mike Higgins with his 561st win piloting Boston, the second-most in franchise history. Joe Cronin, the club's all-time leader, accumulated 1,071 wins during his 13-year tenure with the team from 1935 to 1947.

    2010 - Rafael Soriano sets a club record when earns his 44th save of the season in the Rays’ 5-3 win over Seattle at Tropicana Field. The right-handed reliever, who will extend the mark to 45, had been tied with Roberto Hernandez, who saved 43 games for Tampa Bay in 1999.

    2011 - With his strikeout of pinch-hitter Jose Lopez in the Brewers' 6-4 win over Florida, John Axford earns his 45th save of the year to set the single season franchise park for saves. The Milwaukee closer surpasses Francisco Cordero, who established the mark with 44 in 2007.

    2011 - Dillon Gee becomes the first Mets rookie to win 13 games in a season when New York defeats Washington, 6-3. In 1984, Dwight Gooden compiled a 17-9 record as a freshman in 31 starts for the team.

    2011 - In a pre-game ceremony before a nationally televised game with Boston, the Yankees celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roger Maris's record breaking 61st home run. The festivities include New York captain Derek Jeter carrying the bat to home plate that the Rajah used to hit the Tracy Stallard pitch on October 1, 1961, and Sal Durante, the 19-year fan old who caught the historic homer in the right field stands, bringing the ball onto the field.

    2011 - The 200,000th game played in major league history since 1876 goes over time. At Minute Maid Park, it takes the visiting Rockies 13 innings to beat the Astros, 4-2, in the milestone meeting of big league clubs.

    2012 - Curtis Granderson becomes only the fifth player in franchise history to hit 40 home runs in consecutive seasons when he goes deep into the upper deck at Target Field in the Yankees' 6-3 victory over Minnesota. The 31 year-old southpaw-swinging slugger joins Jason Giambi and Hall of Famers Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Mickey Mantle as the only other Bronx Bombers to accomplish the feat.

    2013 - The Baltimore Orioles released Wilson Betemit.

    2013 - The Marlins lose their 100th game of the year, dropping a 2-1 decision to Philadelphia en route to the second-worst record (62-100) in franchise history. The season follows a much-maligned fire sale that left the team without its prized players from the 2012 roster, including Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Heath Bell, as well as starting pitchers Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson.

    2013 - Michael Wacha just misses becoming the 22nd rookie ever to throw a no-hitter when Ryan Zimmerman beats out an infield grounder with two outs in the top of ninth inning for Washington’s only hit. The 22 year-old Cardinals right-hander comes within inches of fielding the ball that cost him his bid for history in the team’s 2-0 victory at Busch Stadium.

    2014 - Twins' hurler Phil Hughes loses a $500,000 bonus when he doesn't return to the mound after a lengthy rain delay, having pitched a season total 209.2 innings, an out short needed to trigger a contract incentive worth a half-a million bucks. The Minnesota right-hander, who held Arizona to one run over eight innings, finishes his first year the team with an 11.63 K/BB ratio, the highest single-season mark for a starter in the history of the game, surpassing Bret Saberhagen's record of a 11.00 K/BB ratio accomplished with the 1994 Mets.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 24...


    1853 - Flaherty, Martin
    1859 - Miller, Cyclone
    1878 - Richardson, Bill
    1881 - Vail, Bob
    1882 - Kane, John
    1890 - Gonzalez, Mike
    1891 - Siglin, Paddy
    1893 - Sargent, Joe
    1894 - Neu, Otto
    1896 - Pennington, Kewpie
    1909 - Reder, Johnny
    1910 - Walker, Dixie

    1910 - Seats, Tom
    1920 - Davis, Otis
    1921 - Vollmer, Clyde
    1925 - Hood, Wally
    1929 - Mangan, Jim
    1931 - Krsnich, Mike
    1938 - Banks, George
    1939 - Nen, Dick
    1940 - Motton, Curt
    1942 - Nieson, Chuck
    1946 - Camilli, Lou
    1947 - Angelini, Norm
    1948 - Soderholm, Eric

    1949 - Kirkwood, Don
    1952 - Gilbreath, Rod
    1955 - Heimueller, Gorman
    1956 - Brooks, Hubie
    1958 - Acker, Jim
    1962 - Davis, Doug
    1964 - Palmeiro, Rafael
    1964 - Neidlinger, Jim
    1965 - Leius, Scott
    1966 - George, Chris
    1966 - Gilkey, Bernard
    1966 - Koslofski, Kevin
    1970 - Spoljaric, Paul
    1971 - Millar, Kevin
    1971 - Burke, Jamie

    1973 - Garcia, Jesse
    1973 - Loewer, Carlton
    1974 - McDonald, John
    1976 - Broussard, Ben
    1977 - Encarnacion, Mario
    1977 - Coco, Pasqual
    1979 - Cornejo, Nate
    1980 - Speigner, Levale
    1982 - Karstens, Jeff
    1983 - Ishikawa, Travis
    1984 - Carroll, Scott

    1984 - Crotta, Michael
    1984 - Rodriguez, Rafael
    1987 - Goebbert, Jake
    1988 - Jones, James
    1988 - Sierra, Moises

    1988 - Strickland, Hunter
    1989 - Buchanan, Jake
    1991 - Ynoa, Michael

    1993 - Smith, Drew
    1993 - Torres, Jose



    Baseball Deaths on September 24...


    1910 - Boone, George
    1913 - Roat, Fred
    1933 - Donlin, Mike
    1941 - Castro, Luis
    1946 - Tesreau, Jeff
    1956 - Marbet, Walt
    1958 - Jackson, Bill
    1963 - Gammons, Daff
    1965 - Knox, Cliff
    1967 - Allen, John
    1973 - Nelson, Tommy
    1973 - Sloan, Bruce
    1974 - Porter, Dick
    1977 - Lollar, Sherm

    1978 - Bostock, Lyman
    1980 - Ayers, Bill
    1980 - Shore, Ernie
    1990 - Werts, Johnny
    1993 - Goldstein, Izzy
    1996 - Embree, Red
    2005 - Smith, Frank
    2008 - Vernon, Mickey
    2009 - Bates, Del
    2015 - Sukla, Ed



             


     


               







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    On September 25 in Baseball History...


    1907 - In a game against the Giants, Pirates' third baseman Honus Wagner swipes four bases, including second, third, and home in the second inning. Outfielder Fred Clarke also has four stolen bases for Pittsburgh.

    1922 - The Giants beat St. Louis 5-4 in ten innings to clinch John McGraw's eighth pennant. It the tenth pennant for the Giants in 41 years in the National League.

    1925 - When he refuses to to play a game against the Robins‚ Rogers Hornsby is fined $500 by the Cardinals and suspended for the remainder of the season. The Redbird infielder claims to be feeling ill despite the opinion of the team doctor that he is able to take the field. 

    1929 - During the fifth inning of the Red Sox-Yankee contest at Fenway Park, all the players are summoned to home plate and are told a telegram had just arrived announcing the death of New York manager Miller Huggins. Home plate umpire, Bill McGowan, requests a moment of silence as the crowd rises and the centerfield flag is lowered to half-staff.

    1932 - Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th home run in the last game of the season to finish just shy of Ruth's 1927 record of 60.

    1941 - Combined with a Cardinal defeat, the Dodgers win their first pennant in 21 years when they beat the Braves, 6-0. Whitlow Wyatt throws a five-hitter and Pete Reiser hits a homer in the winning cause.

    1949 - In front of a cheering Municipal Stadium crowd of 33,977 attending the Indians' final home game of the season, Charley Lupica, after spending 113 days in air waiting for the Tribe to take first place or be eliminated from the pennant race, climbs down from his flagpole perch, which was recently shifted five miles from his confectionery store to the ball park on a hydraulic lift. The wobbly loyal fan kisses home plate and is rewarded with a new automobile from team owner Bill Veeck, in addition to receiving a 50-foot flagpole as a souvenir.

    1954 - A crowd of 14,175 Fenway faithful fans pays tribute to retiring Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams who is playing his last game at home. The Splendid Splinter's retirement will only last until May when his divorce is finalized with his contract being excluded from the settlement.

    1954 - Early Wynn two-hits the Tigers 11-1 for his league-leading 23rd win as the Indians notch their 111th victory, a new American League record, eclipsing the 110 wins of the 1927 Yankees.

    1955 - At the age of 20, Al Kaline becomes the youngest player to win a batting title, finishing his sophomore season with a .340 average. Ty Cobb was one day older than the Tiger outfielder when he claimed the crown batting .350 in 1907, also playing for Detroit.

    1956 - Dodger right-hander Sal Maglie no-hits the Phillies at Ebbets Field, 5-0. The 'Barber's' gem helps second-place Brooklyn to keep pace in the pennant race with Milwaukee and Cincinnati.


    1960 - For the first time since 1927, the Pirates are headed for the World Series. A gigantic torchlight victory parade in Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle at midnight celebrates the pennant.

    1960 - Defeating the Red Sox, 4-3, the Yankees clinched the American League. It will be 70-year old Casey Stengel's tenth and last pennant as he will be let go by the Yankees and be replaced by Ralph Houk next season.

    1961 - Roger Maris tied Babe Ruth's 34-year-old record with his 60th homer, off Baltimore's Jack Fisher.

    1962 - After appearing in 60 games over a two-year span, Dodger reliever Ed Roebuck suffers his first loss. The LA right-hander gives up a 10th inning home run to Houston's Al Spanger breaking the 2-2 deadlock up at Chavez Ravine.

    1963 - Team owner August A. Busch announces the Cardinals will permanently retire Stan Musial's uniform number 6. 'Stan the Man' is also appointed the Redbirds' vice president, a duty he'll begin at the end of this season after completing his 22-year Hall of Fame career as a player.


    1965 - Another Kansas City publicity stunt makes the great Satchel Paige baseball's oldest performer. At ffity-nine, Paige hurls the first three innings, garners one strikeout, and allows just one hit, to Carl Yastrzemski, in his first Major League appearance since 1953. The Red Sox jump on reliever Don Mossi for a 5-2 win.

    1965 - At age 34, Willie Mays becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a seasons. The Giants' center fielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat hitting 51 homers in 1955.

    1965 - Mudcat Grant throws a one-hitter to beat the Senators at D.C. Stadium, 5-0, becoming the first black player in the American League to win twenty games. Don Blasingame’s third-inning double spoils the 30-year old right-hander’s bid for a no-hitter.

    1966 - For the first time in the five-year history of the franchise, the Mets will not end their season in last place. The Amazins, who will finish ahead of the Cubs, clinched ninth place by beating Cincinnati at Crosley Field, 8-4.

    1968 - With two outs in the ninth inning, Mickey Mantle steps up to the plate for his last Yankee Stadium at-bat. The aging superstar, after going for 1-for-3, works out out a walk against Cleveland starter Luis Tiant, who will strike out the next batter to complete a 3-0 complete-game victory at the Bronx ballpark.

    1973 - It's Willie Mays Night in Flushing as the Mets honor the fan favorite in an emotional ceremony at Shea Stadium after their 2-1 victory over Montreal. The 'Say Hey Kid' tells the crowd, "Just to hear you cheer like this for me and not be able to do anything about it makes me a very sad man. This is my farewell."

    1974 - In the first-of-its-kind operation, Dr. Frank Jobe transplants a tendon from Tommy John's right wrist to the Dodger pitcher's left elbow. The revolutionary ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, which will become commonplace surgical procedure better known as Tommy John surgery, enables the southpaw to win an additional 164 games games, more than half of his career total of 288 victories.

    1975 - With San Diego's 6-5 victory over Los Angeles, Randy Jones becomes the first 20-game winner in the seven-year history of the franchise. Two seasons ago, the southpaw led the league in losses with 22 defeats for the Friars.

    1979 - Behind the solid pitching of Frank Tanana, the Angels defeat the Royals, 4-1, to win their first American League West title. Jim Fregosi's 88-74 team, which will finish three games ahead of second-place Kansas City, will lose the best of-five ALCS to Baltimore in four games.

    1980 - Brian Kingman loses his 20th game as the A's are defeated by the White Sox at the Oakland Coliseum, 6-4. The 26-year old right-hander, who will win his next decision to finish 8-20, will become the last 20-game loser of this century and the first to hurl for a winning team since Dolf Luque went 13-23 for the 1922 second-place Reds.


    1980 - The Padres become the first team in baseball history to have three players to steal more than 50 bases in a season when both Jerry Mumphrey and Ozzie Smith swipe their 50th sack in a 5-3 extra-inning loss to Cincinnati. Fellow Friar Gene Richard, who will lead the club with 61 stolen bases, reached the milestone at the end of last month.

    1981 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros became the first player to pitch five no-hitters, hurling a 5-0 victory over Los Angeles at the Astrodome.

    1983 - Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched the second no-hitter of his career, defeating Montreal 3-0.

    1984 - New York's pinch-hitter Rusty Staub becomes only the second player to hit a round-tripper as a teenager and one after his 40th birthday when he hits a walk-off home run off Larry Anderson to give the Mets a 6-4 victory over Philadelphia at Shea Stadium. Ty Cobb was the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat.

    1986 - With a 9-3 loss to Milwaukee at County Stadium, the Orioles suffer the 82nd of their 89 defeats this season season assuring the team will finish below .500 for the first time in 18 seasons. The last time the Baltimore lost more games than it won in a campaign was in 1967 when the sixth-place Birds compiled a 76-85 record under Hank Bauer.

    1986 - Houston's Mike Scott pitches a 2-0 no-hitter against the Giants at the Astrodome, clinching the National League West title for the Astros. It is the first time a division has ever been decided by a no-hitter, and the third consecutive game in which Astros pitchers have allowed two hits or less.

    1989 - The Red Sox announce announce the team will not exercise its option on Jim Rice next season. Bob Stanley, the club's all-time save leader with 173, reports he will call it quits after this season.

    1989 - Wade Boggs becomes the first player in Major League history to achieve both 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons. It is his seventh straight 200-hit season overall, extending his own modern Major League record. The Red Sox third baseman goes 4-for-5 as Boston beats the Yankees, 7-4.

    1993 - Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners became the eighth pitcher to strike out 300 batters in a season with 13 strikeouts in ten innings of a 3-2, twelve-inning loss to Oakland.

    1996 - In a 7-5 loss to L.A., Giants slugger Barry Bonds draws an intentional walk which gives him the National League record with 149 bases-on-balls in a season. The free pass is issued in the seventh inning by Mark Guthrie with two outs and a runner on third base.

    1997 - Eleven years to the day that the club won their last title, the Astros clinch their NL Central division by beating the Cubs, 9-1. Houston manages to capture the flag despite being only five games over .500.

    1997 - Donning uniform number 43 to honor recently fired manager Cito Gaston, Joe Carter becomes the Blue Jays career home run leader hitting his 203rd in a 4-3 victory over the Orioles. George Bell, who spent nine seasons in Toronto, had previously set the franchise mark 1990.

    1997 - NBC’s hit TV show "ER" airs live and includes the Cubs telecast in the background of various scenes to authenticate its claim of not being pre-recorded. The medical drama cuts to the game just as Brad Ausmus hits a three-run homer much to the delight of the Astros’ catcher who is taping his favorite program to watch later, not knowing he would be part of the cast.

    1997 - Pedro Martinez joins Curt Schilling of the Phillies in the 300-strikeout club. The Expos right-hander fans nine Marlins in a 3-2 victory to become the first pitcher in a quarter-century with 300 strikeouts and an ERA under 2.00 (Martinez finishes with an National League best 1.90 mark). The last time two pitchers fanned 300 in a season was 1972 when Steve Carlton and Nolan Ryan turned the trick.

    1998 - Curt Schilling became the fifth pitcher ever to strike out 300 batters in consecutive seasons when he fanned Kevin Orie in the seventh inning of Philadelphia's 4-3 loss to Florida in the first game of a doubleheader.

    1998 - With a 6-1 win over the Devil Rays, the Bronx Bombers set an American League record with their 112th win. The 1906 Cubs, who went 116-36, are the only team with more victories than the 1998 Yankees.

    1998 - By hitting a 462-foot blast at the Astrodome, Sammy Sosa hits #66 (and his final homer of the season) to take the lead in the HR race. Less than an hour later, however, Mark McGwire also hits his 66th in the Cardinals' 6-5 victory over the Expos to tie the Cub outfielder in the historic home run race.

    1998 - Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his league-leading 56th homer of the season and 350th of his career becoming the youngest player ever to reach the milestone. The 28 year-old outfielder drives in five runs in the Mariners' 15-4 rout of Texas, who still manages to cop their second consecutive American League West division title thanks to an Anaheim lost to Kansas City.

    1999 - For the first time in 50 years, a major leaguer drives in 159 runs when Manny Ramirez gets in two RBIs in the Indians' 9-6 victory over the Blue Jays at the SkyDome. The Cleveland right fielder, who will finish the season with 165 ribbies, matches Ted Williams' and Vern Stephens' output with the Red Sox in 1949.

    2000 - For only the second time since 1900 three teams have play in a twin bill, as the Indians beat the White Sox in the opener, 9-2, and lose the nightcap to the Twins, 4-3 at the Jake. In 1951 at Sportsman's Park, the Cardinals played host to the Giants (win 6-4) and Braves (lose, 2-0).


    2001 - In the Brewers' 9-4 victory over the Diamondbacks, teammates Richie Sexson and Jeromy Burnitz both hit three home runs. It is the first time in major league history two players have hit three homers in the same game.

    2003 - Sammy Sosa becomes the first National Leaguer to have at least 100-RBIs nine seasons in a row. The Cubs' right fielder surpasses Mel Ott and Willie Mays who had accomplished the feat eight straight seasons, and joins Rafael Palmeiro and Jimmie Foxx as the only players in major league history to hit 35 home runs and 100 RBI for nine consecutive seasons.

    2003 - Carlos Delgado becomes the 15th player in big-league history and only the fifth American Leaguer player to hit four home runs in one game. The Blue Jays' first baseman's first homer was the 300th of his career and his barrage gives him 41 for the season.

    2003 - Friends, family, associates, and former players gather at Shea Stadium on Bob Murphy Appreciation Night to honor the long-time broadcaster. Following the pregame ceremonies, the Hall of Famer, who started with the Mets in their inaugural season in 1962, will call the last of his more than 6,000 games for the team.

    2008 - The Diamondbacks, defending division champions, lose to the Cardinals, 12-3, allowing the Dodgers to clinch the NL West. Los Angeles first-year skipper Joe Torre's 13-year postseason streak continues, unlike the Yankees, his former team.

    2008 - Giving up six hits and two runs in his ninth complete game of the season, Roy Halladay posts his second 20-win season with an 8-2 victory over the Yankees at the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays right-hander, en route to the Cy Young Award, compiled a 22-7 record in 2003.

    2008 - Mark Reynolds strikes out for the 200th time breaking the major league record set in 2007 by Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard. The Diamondbacks third baseman will extend the dubious mark to 204 by season's end.

    2009 - In a position which the team was unable to find a reliable everyday player to be penciled into the lineup on a consistent basis for decades, David Wright establishes a franchise record, starting his 836th game at third base for the Mets, surpassing his hitting coach and friend Howard Johnson. More than 120 players, beginning in 1962 with Don Zimmer, have appeared at the hot corner for the team, but only ten have appeared in as many as 200 games during the club's 47-year history.

    2009 - New York clears the fence for the 127th time at the new Yankee Stadium to break the franchise record for most home runs hit by the team at home. Alex Rodriguez’s third-inning poke off John Lester in the Bronx Bombers' 9-5 victory over Boston puts this year's squad ahead of the 2004 and 2005 clubs, who both went deep 126 times in the old stadium.

    2010 - In the game in which he sets a team record for striking out, Brandon Inge drives in the winning run with a walk-off single in the 13th inning of the Tigers' 11-10 victory over Minnesota. With the second of his three whiffs of the contest, the Detroit third baseman surpasses the franchise record of 1,099, playing more than a 1,000 fewer games than Lou Whitaker, who had held the previous infamous mark.

    2010 - Bobby Cox, who will retire after the season ends, earns his 2,500th major league victory as a manager when the Braves blank Washington at Nationals Park, 5-0. The veteran skipper joins Connie Mack, John McGraw, and Tony La Russa as the fourth field boss to reach this milestone.

    2010 - Neftali Feliz records his 38th save of the season when he limits the A's to one hit in an inning and a third of work in the Rangers' 4-3 victory in Oakland. The freshman closer surpasses Mariners' Kazuhiro Sasaki's mark of 37 in 2000 to establish the record for the most saves by a reliever in his rookie season.

    2012 - With Zack Greinke fanning 13 batters during his five-inning outing and the bullpen adding another seven, the Angels' staff combines for 20 strikeouts in the team's 5-4 victory over Seattle, tying the record for the most ever recorded in a nine-inning game. The Anaheim starter's performance makes him the first hurler since 1920 to whiff 13 opponents in an outing that lasts less than six innings.

    2013 - In the final game he plays at Coors Field, Todd Helton homers in his first at bat, a second-inning solo in the Colorado's 15-5 loss to Boston. The 40 year-old first baseman, who announced his retirement last week, has spent his entire 17-year career with the Rockies.

    2014 - Derek Jeter makes his last game at Yankee Stadium very memorable when he drives in the winning run with a ninth-inning opposite field one-out single off of Evan Meek in the team's 6-5 walk-off win over Baltimore. The Captain's heroics help the Bronx Bombers overcome blowing a three-run lead in top of the frame.


    2015 - Phil Hughes, who finished the final start of his season one out short of reaching 210 innings to receive a $500,000 contract incentive because of yesterday’s lengthy rain delay, is given the opportunity to make a brief relief appearance for the Twins. The right-hander turns down the club's offer, saying he also he would not have any interest in simply being given the bonus that is worth half-a-million dollars.

    2015 - The Los Angeles Dodgers released Mat Latos.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 25...


    1865 - Cobb, George
    1872 - Odwell, Fred
    1872 - Harley, Dick
    1885 - Hogan, George
    1888 - Hauser, Arnold
    1888 - Zeiser, Matt
    1889 - Robertson, Dave
    1893 - Chaplin, Ed
    1897 - Anderson, Walter
    1899 - Workman, Hoge
    1902 - Malone, Pat
    1904 - Hopkins, Paul
    1905 - Mulleavy, Greg

    1911 - Atwood, Bill
    1916 - Schlueter, Norm

    1917 - Rizzuto, Phil
    1917 - Sain, Johnny

    1924 - Webb, Red
    1945 - Hepler, Bill
    1945 - Arlin, Steve
    1948 - Busse, Ray
    1952 - Butera, Sal
    1952 - Stanton, Mike

    1953 - Davis, Dick
    1953 - Putman, Ed
    1955 - Wessinger, Jim
    1957 - Hubbard, Glenn
    1958 - Mathis, Ron
    1958 - White, Larry
    1959 - Petralli, Geno
    1960 - Walsh, Dave
    1963 - Hetzel, Eric
    1965 - Wapnick, Steve

    1968 - Jefferson, Reggie
    1969 - Weathers, David
    1969 - Womack, Tony
    1969 - Munoz, Oscar
    1970 - Holbert, Ray
    1974 - Hunter, Rich
    1976 - Cerros, Juan
    1977 - Nieves, Wil
    1977 - Piersoll, Chris
    1978 - Pineiro, Joel
    1981 - Baldelli, Rocco
    1981 - Bergmann, Jay
    1982 - Reyes, Argenis
    1983 - Perez, Miguel
    1984 - Garate, Victor
    1985 - Bergesen, Brad
    1985 - Schultz, Bo
    1987 - Anderson, Lars
    1987 - Worley, Vance
    1989 - Wilson, Tyler
    1991 - Ryan, Kyle



    Baseball Deaths on September 25...


    1888 - Bass, John
    1899 - Sullivan, Sleeper
    1929 - Huggins, Miller
    1930 - Wilhoit, Joe
    1939 - LaPorte, Frank
    1940 - Jordan, Mike
    1950 - Deininger, Pep
    1951 - Richardson, Nolen
    1956 - McMakin, John
    1957 - Becker, Marty
    1966 - Stevens, Jim
    1967 - Geier, Phil
    1968 - Holloway, Ken
    1971 - Wolf, Lefty
    1972 - Lynn, Jerry
    1974 - Brady, Cliff
    1976 - Faber, Red

    1991 - Prichard, Bob
    1997 - Donovan, Bill
    2001 - Powers, John
    2002 - Hayworth, Ray
    2003 - Dixon, Walt
    2008 - File, Sam
    2013 - Stewart, Bill
    2015 - Kelley, Tom
    2016 - Fernández, José


         



       



         





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    On September 26 in Baseball History...


    1896 - Cleveland's Jesse Burkett gets three hits to finish the season at .410. The 'Crab' becomes the first player to hit .400 in consecutive seasons.

    1905 - When Doc White is knocked out without retiring a batter in the first inning during the first game of a twin bill against Boston, the Game 2 starter Ed Walsh enters the contest without warming up and gives up five runs before blanking Boston for the rest of the contest en route to a 10-5 victory. The Meriden, CT native proceeds to win his scheduled start in the South Side Park nightcap, 3-1, and gets credit for two complete game victories over the Americans.


    1906 - After setting a major league record of being shutout for 48 consecutive innings, the A's finally score a run thanks to Harry Davis' two-run double. The Mackmen, however, still lose to the Cleveland Naps, 5-3.

    1908 - Ed Reulbach of the Chicago Cubs became the only pitcher to throw two shutouts in a doubleheader, beating the Superbas 5-0 on a five-hitter and 3-0 on a three-hitter. The entire doubleheader is played in less than three hours.

    1916 - Washington manager Clark Griffith excuses several regulars for the remaining games of the season so he can use some new players. Included is Walter Johnson, who has already won 25 games for the seventh-place club. In a league-leading 371 innings, he did not give up a home run, an all-time record.

    1921 - Babe Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat the Indians 8-7, and the Yankees take a two-and-a-half-game lead. The four-game series draws 147,000 people.

    1926 - In his final day in a Tiger uniform, Ty Cobb watches his replacement in centerfield get six hits in a twin bill with the Red Sox. Heinie Manush's perfect performance at the plate places him ahead of Yankee slugger Babe Ruth for the American League batting title, .378 to .372.

    1932 - Chuck Klein closes the season with 38 home runs and 20 stolen bases and becomes the only player of the lively-ball era (1920 and after) to lead his league in these two departments.

    1944 - At Fenway Park, the Boston Yanks lose 28-7 to the Philadelphia Eagles in their NFL debut. The team owner Ted Collins, singer Kate Smith's manager, selected the name 'Yanks' because he originally thought the new franchise would represent New York with its home games played at Yankee Stadium, but the football Giants refused to let his team share the New York metropolitan area.


    1953 - Billy Hunter becomes the last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game. The Browns lose anyway 6-3 to Chicago.

    1954 - Art Ditmar of the Athletics defeats the Yanks 8-6 in the last game the franchise will play in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City. Yankees catcher Yogi Berra plays his only game at third base in his career and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop.

    1954 - With three hits in the season finale, Willie Mays wins the batting title finishing with a .345 average. The ‘Say Hey Kid’ goes third to first in batting average with his performance passing teammate Don Mueller (.342) and Dodger center fielder Duke Snider (341).

    1954 - On the last day of the season against the Giants, Phillies outfielder Richie Ashburn plays in his 730th consecutive game to establish a franchise record. The streak, which began on June 7, 1950, ends on the Opening Day of 1955 due to an injury sustained in spring training.

    1954 - At Yankee Stadium, the A's defeat the Bronx Bombers, 8-6, in the last game the franchise will play representing Philadelphia. Connie Mack's Athletics, after spending the first 54 years of existence in the City of Brotherly Love, will play in Kansas City next season, after much legal wrangling, under the new ownership of Arnold Johnson.

    1954 - With the Yankees eight games behind Cleveland on the last day of the season, Casey Stengel fields a lineup of familiar faces in unfamiliar places. In an 8-6 loss to Philadelphia at the ball park in the Bronx, Yogi Berra plays his only career game at third base, handling two chances without a miscue, shortstop Mickey Mantle flawlessly fields eight grounders, and Moose Skowron makes just one error in his eight opportunities at his new position at second base.

    1955 - Ted Williams finishes the season at .356, well ahead of Al Kaline's .340, but does not have enough at-bats to win the batting title. The same thing happened in 1954. Williams was walked 136 times in 1954 and 71 times (an American League leading 17 were intentional) this year. A rule change will be made to recognize plate appearances, not times at bat.

    1959 - At Milwaukee the Braves beat the Phillies 3-2 behind Spahn's 21st win. He is now ahead of Eppa Rixey as the winningest National League lefty.

    1959 - Sam Jones holds the Cardinals hitless for seven innings before the game is called with two outs in the top of the eighth. Although 'Toothpick' loses his bid for an 'official' no-hitter due to the rain-shortened game, the Giants' right-hander gets his career-high 21st win of the season with the Giants' 4-0 victory over the Redbirds at Busch Stadium.

    1961 - At Yankee Stadium, Roger Maris ties Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single season record with his 60th home run of the year, a high drive down the right-field line off on a curve ball thrown by Orioles right-hander Jack Fisher. The Bronx Bomber outfielder's accomplishment comes in the 159th game of the newly expanded season, which at the time, keeps Ruth the single-season home run leader according to an edict made by baseball commissioner Ford Frick, who ruled for the mark to be shared or broken the historic round-tripper had to come in the first 154 games of the season.

    1961 - With an 8-3 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the Reds clinch their first National League pennant since 1940. Cincinnati will lose the World Series to the Yankees, 4 games to 1.

    1964 - At RFK Stadium, Mel Stottlemyre limits the Senators to just two hits throwing a complete game 7-0 shutout. In addition to his outstanding pitching performance, the 22-year old rookie helps the Yankees win their 11th consecutive game with four singles and a double in five plate appearances.

    1965 - Minnesota Twins' hurler Jim Kaat stops the Senators in a 2-1 decision and Minnesota (formerly the original Senators) clinches its first pennant since 1933.

    1969 - Pirates skipper Larry Shepard is fired with five games to play and is replaced on an interim basis by Alex Grammas. Danny Murtaugh, the team's pilot next season, will win the National League Manager of the Year Award after his team finishes with 88 victories, just one more win than this year's squad.

    1971 - At Cleveland Stadium, Jim Palmer blanks the Tribe, 5–0, to become the fourth Oriole starter this season to capture his 20th victory. The right-hander joins teammates Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson, and his feat makes Baltimore the second team in major league history, along with the 1920 Chicago White Sox, to have four 20-game winners on its staff.

    1973 - Paul Splittorff becomes the first twenty-game winner in franchise history when the Royals beat Chicago, 6-2. The 26-year old southpaw will retire in 1984 as the team's all-time leader in victories with 166.


    1975 - Burt Hooton sets a Dodger record for starting pitchers by winning his twelfth consecutive game. The right-hander accomplishes the feat by beating J.R. Richard and the Astros, 3-2.

    1976 - The Phillies beat the Expos in the first game of a doubleheader to clinch the National League East title. After the second game, Dick Allen bolts from the team to protest Tony Taylor not being placed on the postseason roster.

    1976 - The last major league games are played at Jarry Park‚ the home of the Expos since the team's inception in 1969. The Phillies beat Montreal‚ 4-1‚ to clinch the National League East title, and then complete the twin bill sweep by taking the nitecap in the finale of Parc Jarry‚ 2-1.

    1978 - Gary Alexander’s home run with two outs in the ninth inning derails Mike Flanagan's potential no-hitter against Cleveland. After giving up two additional singles, the Baltimore starter is replaced by Don Stanhouse, who comes and saves the 3-1 Orioles win.

    1978 - New York District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms in the state.

    1979 - Atlanta's Phil Niekro notches his 20th win of the season by beating his brother Joe, the National League's only other 20-game winner of the season, 9-4. The Niekro brothers are the second pair (the other was Jim and Gaylord Perry) to win 20 games in the same year. Phil Niekro, who finishes at 21-20, is the first pitcher since fellow knuckleballer Wilbur Wood in 1973 to win and lose 20 games the same year, and the first National League pitcher to do so since 1905.

    1979 - Frank White becomes the fourth player in the team's 11-year history to hit for the cycle when he triples in the ninth inning of the Royals' 4-0 victory over California at Anaheim Stadium. The Kansas City second baseman joins Freddie Patek (1971), John Mayberry (1977), and George Brett (1979), who also have completed the rare feat playing for the franchise.

    1981 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros became the first to pitch five no-hitters, hurling a 5-0 victory over Los Angeles at the Astrodome.


    1983 - Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched the second no-hitter of his career, defeating Montreal 3-0.

    1987 - Padres' catcher Benito Santiago sets a major league record for rookies by hitting safely in his 28th consecutive contest, a streak the 21-year old backstop will extend to 34 games. Pirates third baseman Jimmy Williams had set the previous mark of 27 in 1899 with the Pirates.

    1992 - For the first time in the 30-year history of the franchise, the Mets use a position player as a pitcher. Eighth inning pinch-hitter Bill Pecota takes the mound in the bottom of the inning, and the infielder gives up only a home run to Andy Van Slyke as the Pirates pummel New York, 19-2

    1993 - Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners became the eighth pitcher to strike out 300 batters in a season with 13 strikeouts in 10 innings of a 3-2, 12-inning loss to Oakland.

    1995 - Adam Sisk becomes the first player signed by the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The 19-year old Edison Community College student, who was 24-2 as a high schooler at Riverdale Baptist, was drafted by San Diego last year, but the right-hander chose to go to college where he developed tendinitis in his right elbow after making just two appearances.

    1997 - In a 10-4 win over the Rockies, Dodger catcher Mike Piazza hits the longest home run in the history of Coors Field. The 28-year old backstop's sixth-inning blast travels 496 feet and hits the left center field billboard between the scoreboard and the Rockpile.

    1998 - Curt Schilling became the fifth to strike out 300 batters in consecutive seasons when he fanned Kevin Orie in the seventh inning of Philadelphia's 4-3 loss to Florida in the first game of a doubleheader.

    1998 - David Cone sets a new major league record for the most years between 20-win seasons as the Yankees beat Devil Rays, 3-1. Cone, who was 20-3 in 1988 as a Met, passed the mark set by Jim Kaat who won twenty in 1966 and 1974.

    1998 - In a 5-2 loss to the Orioles at Fenway, Red Sox reliever Dennis Eckersley pitches in his 1,071st game breaking Hoyt Wilhelm's major league mark for the most career pitching appearances.

    1998 - Rickey Henderson, 39, steals his 66th base of the season. The all-time stolen base leader is the oldest player to ever steal more than 50 bases in a season.

    1998 - In the Cardinals' 7-6 loss to Montreal, Mark McGwire establishes a new National League record for homers hit at home with his 38th blast at Busch Stadium this season. Big Mac surpasses Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa, who broke the record 13 days ago with his 35th home run at Wrigley Field and then extended the mark with two more in the next two contests.

    2007 - Big League umpire Mike Winters is suspended for the remainder of the season without pay for his actions during a confrontation with Milton Bradley in the eighth inning of the Rockies-Padres game at Petco Park. After an investigation of the incident which occurred three days ago, the first base ump, who ejected Padres outfielder with a profanity-laden accusation, allegedly incited Bradley to the point the player needed to be restrained resulting in a season-ending injury.

    2007 - At Miller Park, Albert Pujols becomes the only player in big league history to hit 30 homers and have 100 RBIs in each of his first seven seasons. The Cardinals first baseman's first-inning homer helps St. Louis beat the contending Brewers, 7-3.

    2007 - As the result of a internet poll conducted by Marc Ecko, who owns the historic horsehide, the record-breaking 756th home run baseball belted by Barry Bonds, will be donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame branded with an asterisk. The fashion designer, who made the announcement on the 'Today' show, revealed 47% voted for the ball to be marked with another 34% voting to donate it unchanged, and 19% elected to send the special sphere into outer space.


    2007 - After a 50 homerless at-bat drought, Brandon Phillips hits his 30th home run of the season to become the 31st member of the 30-30 club, which now includes Mets third baseman David Wright and Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins who also accomplished the feat this season. The 26-year old infielder becomes only the second second baseman (Alfonso Soriano - Yankees, 2002) and third Reds player (Eric Davis, 1987 and Barry Larkin, 1996) to have hit 30 home runs and stolen 30 bases in the same season.

    2007 - During the New Hampshire presidential primary debate, moderator Tim Russert asks candidate Hillary Clinton who she would root for in a potential Cubs vs. Yankees World Series. The senator from New York, an Illinois native, responds diplomatically, "I would probably have to alternate sides".

    2008 - Although they suffer a 6-4 loss to the Tigers, the Rays win their first American League East title when the Red Sox lose to the Yankees later in the evening. Skipper Joe Maddon and just a few players remained in the Comerica Park club house to watch the end of the rain-delayed contest in Boston which brings the title to Tampa Bay.

    2009 - Bronx native Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court's newest member, throws the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium, a strike right down the middle of the plate, prior to watching her team defeat the Red Sox, 3-0. In 1995, Justice Sotomayor, as a U.S. District Judge, issued an injunction which led to ending the nearly eight month-long baseball strike.

    2010 - In their last game played in Detroit this season, the Tigers establish a Comerica Park record when they beat Minnesota, 5-1, for their 52nd victory at home, one more win than in the ballpark's inaugural season in 2000. The club, however, is unable to contend this year due to its poor performance on the road, presently 19 games below .500.

    2011 - With a single up the middle, Vladimir Guerrero becomes the all-time career hit leader among players born in the Dominican Republic. The 36-year-old Orioles DH's 2,587th career hit puts him ahead of Hato Mayor del Rey native Julio Franco.

    2012 - David Wright, the franchise leader in doubles, extra-base hits, walks, RBIs and runs scored, breaks the record for most hits in Met history when beats out a slow grounder down the third base line for an infield single in the team's 6-0 victory over Pittsburgh at Citi Field. The 29 year-old third baseman's 1,419th career hit surpasses Ed Kranepool, a first baseman and outfielder who played for New York from 1962-1979.

    2012 - After 63 years of being a play-by-play announcer, Milo Hamilton calls his final game, painting the word picture of his Astros beating St. Louis at Minute Maid Park, 2-0. The Hall of Fame broadcaster, who also worked for the Browns, Cardinals, Cubs, White Sox, Braves, and Pirates before starting his 28-year tenure with Houston, gives an inspirational farewell speech during the seventh-inning stretch, receiving a standing ovation from the fans at the ballpark.


    2013 - Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte, with two out in the ninth inning, emerge from the dugout to take out legendary closer Mariano Rivera, giving the sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium one last chance to cheer their beloved reliever. The unexpected visit to the mound, the brainchild of manager Joe Girardi, who asked permission from the umpires to implement the unorthodox move, triggers an emotional encounter between the remaining Core Four teammates that renders Mo speechless as he weeps from the adulation of his friends and fans.


    2013 - Commissioner Bud Selig announces his intention to retire upon the completion of his contract, scheduled to expire at the end of next year. The 79 year-old chief executive of baseball has held the position since 1992, first on an interim basis, before being named permanently to the post nearly six years later.

    2014 - The Royals clinch their first postseason berth in nearly three decades with a 3-1 win over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. The Cinderella American League Wild Card team will win three postseason series, beating Oakland, Los Angeles, and Baltimore, to make it to the Fall Classic, before losing to San Francisco in seven games.


    2015 - Unbeknownst to the Blue Jays at the time, the team technically clinched a postseason spot yesterday. After fans crunch the numbers after the game to discover the oversight, the team and MLB review the results and officially confirm the end of the longest playoff drought in North American professional sports, ending Toronto's 22-year absence from the postseason which will be celebrated in a champagne-soaked clubhouse celebration after today's 10-8 victory over Tampa Bay at the Roger Centre.

    2015 - The Mets clinch their first NL East title and first postseason berth since 2006 when the team routs Cincinnati at the Great American Ball Park, 10-2. New York, needing only an 88-67 record to capture the flag, took advantage of the season-long woes of the heavily-favored Nationals.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 26...


    1876 - Asmussen, Tom
    1879 - Jordan, Slats
    1880 - Humphries, Bert
    1886 - Rutherford, Jim
    1889 - Anderson, George
    1890 - Coleman, Bob
    1891 - Ginn, Tinsley
    1895 - Neis, Bernie
    1904 - Cortazzo, Jess
    1905 - Caraway, Pat
    1905 - Hodapp, Johnny

    1910 - Sullivan, Joe
    1912 - Clarke, Grey
    1917 - Tucker, Thurman

    1918 - Chipple, Walt
    1921 - Maddern, Clarence
    1924 - Erautt, Eddie
    1925 - Shantz, Bobby
    1928 - Lary, Al
    1933 - Wright, Roy
    1935 - Streuli, Walt
    1945 - Duncan, Dave

    1947 - McRae, Norm
    1950 - Moran, Bill

    1953 - Gideon, Jim
    1957 - Moore, Kelvin
    1957 - Sisk, Doug
    1959 - Gedman, Rich
    1961 - Buechele, Steve
    1963 - Jones, Calvin
    1964 - Martinez, Dave

    1964 - Skalski, Joe
    1965 - Piatt, Doug
    1967 - Traxler, Brian
    1968 - Shouse, Brian
    1969 - Looney, Brian
    1970 - Murray, Matt
    1977 - Myette, Aaron

    1979 - DeCaster, Yurendell
    1982 - McCutchen, Daniel
    1983 - Lewis, Scott
    1986 - Doolittle, Sean
    1988 - Archer, Chris
    1989 - Walsh, Colin
    1990 - Pounders, Brooks
    1993 - Luplow, Jordan



    Baseball Deaths on September 26...


    1884 - Egan, Jim
    1890 - Moore, Jerrie
    1894 - Reeder, Nick
    1912 - Fisher, Cherokee
    1915 - Cushman, Ed
    1932 - Gruber, Henry
    1942 - Giannini, Joe
    1948 - Leifer, Elmer

    1950 - Scheneberg, John
    1953 - Cunningham, Bill
    1958 - Aitchison, Raleigh
    1961 - Hughes, Vern
    1964 - Zahniser, Paul
    1968 - Clancy, Bud
    1972 - Baker, Jesse

    1974 - Stewart, Lefty
    1976 - Crump, Buddy
    1976 - Russell, Rip
    1977 - Lombardi, Ernie
    1980 - O'Connor, Andy
    1984 - Bashore, Walt
    1997 - English, Woody
    2002 - Kvasnak, Al
    2004 - Cruz, Victor


           


     


           


     


     


             






 

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