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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5025 on: September 27, 2018, 12:05:51 am »

    On September 27 in Baseball History...


    1877 - With their 19th victory in the last 20 games, the Red Caps, aka the Red Stockings, clinch the National League pennant beating the Hartford Dark Blues, 13-2. James 'Deacon' White, the league's leading hitter, paces Boston's attack with a 4-for-4 performance.

    1898 - Reds' first baseman Jake Beckley handles a record 22 chances (21 put outs, one assist and no errors) during a victory over the Cleveland Spiders.

    1904 - Cleveland Naps' (Indians) hurler Bob Rhoads holds Boston hitless until Chick Stahl singles with two outs in the ninth. In four years, the right-hander will become the first pitcher ever to no-hit the Red Sox.

    1905 - Boston Pilgrim (Red Sox) hurler Bill Dinneen pitches the season's fourth no-hitter beating the White Sox, 2-0. The right-hander, who will become an American League ump 17 days after he retires in 1909, is the only person in major league history ever to pitch a no-hitter and call one as plate umpire.

    1914 - Cleveland's Napoleon Lajoie doubles against for his 3000th hit to become the second modern major leaguer to reach the milestone as the Indians defeat the Yankees 5-3.

    1919 - Babe Ruth's 29th home run is his first of the year in Washington he is the first to hit one in every park in the league in one season.

    1919 - In a complete game effort at Shibe Park, Yankee right-hander Bob Shawkey establishes a franchise record when he strikes out 15 batters in a 9-2 victory over Philadelphia. In 1978, Ron Guidry will fan 18 batters breaking the 59-year old record, also shared by Whitey Ford who had tied the mark in 1959 in a 14-inning game against Washington

    1920 - An article appearing in the Philadelphia North American quotes local ****r Bill Maharg saying he and former major league pitcher Billy Burns offered eight White Sox players $100,000 to throw the 1919 World Series. The team will become infamously known as the Black Sox.

    1920 - At Chicago’s Comiskey Park, 33-year old Joe Jackson’s sixth inning double off Tiger hurler George Haus breaks a scoreless tie putting the White Sox ahead, 2-0. ‘Shoeless’ Joe’s game-winning hit will be his last of his 13-year career as players put on the grand jury list are indefinitely suspended for the rest of the season as the probe of the 1919 World Series fix is investigated.

    1923 - Lou Gehrig hit his first homer in the majors, off Bill Piercy of the Boston Red Sox. On the same date 15 years later, he hit his 493rd and last off Dutch Leonard of the Senators.

    1928 - Lefty Grove is the first pitcher to strike out the side on nine pitches for the second time in his career. The A's southpaw also accomplished the feat last month becoming the only hurler to do it twice in one season.

    1928 - At the Polo Grounds, the Giants unveil bronze tablets in memory of two former players Christy Mathewson and Ross Youngs. The future Hall of Famers were much beloved and respected by their manager John McGraw, a tyrant in the dugout who was known to berate his ballplayers.

    1930 - In a 13-8 victory over the Reds at Wrigley Field, Hack Wilson hits two home runs establishing a new National League mark for homers. The Cub outfielder's total of 56 for the season will stand until Mark McGwire breaks the record in 1998.

    1931 - Nick Altrock becomes the first player to appear in major league games in five different decades. The 54-year old former left-hander accomplishes the feat as a pinch hitter when he walks and then is promptly picked off first base in the Senators' 4-2 loss to Boston at Griffith Stadium.

    1931 - The most desperately contested battle for individual honors takes place in the race for the National League batting title. Chick Hafey, who reported late due to a contract dispute, goes into the final doubleheader with the Reds batting .353, ahead of last year's champ Bill Terry (.349). Hafey gets only one hit in eight times at bat to drop to .349. Against Brooklyn, Terry gets only one hit in four times at bat. The title goes to Hafey, who bats .3488 to Terry's .3486. Jim Bottomley, Hafey's Cardinal teammate, finishes at .3481.

    1935 - The Chicago Cubs won their 21st consecutive game and clinched the National League pennant.

    1936 - Replacing Johnny Mize, tossed by an ump for arguing, Cardinal rookie first baseman Walter Alston makes an error in handling two chances and strikes out in his only major league at-bat. 'Smokey' will, however, win seven pennants and four World Series in his 23-year Hall of Fame career as Dodger manager from 1954 to 1976.

    1938 - In Detroit's 10-2 rout of St. Louis in the nightcap of a twin bill, Hank Greenberg hits two home runs, both off Bill Cox, to extend his major league-leading total to 58. The pair of round-trippers gives the Tiger first baseman a total of 39 at Briggs Stadium, establishing a major league record for the most round-trippers hit at home in one season.

    1938 - An ailing Lou Gehrig hits his 493rd and final major league home run off Senators' right-hander Dutch Leonard. On the same date 15 years earlier, the Yankee first baseman had gone deep off Bill Piercy at Fenway Park for his first career home run.

    1939 - The hometown White Sox play the first day-night doubleheader against Cleveland, losing both games, 5-2, and 7-5. Fans are charged separate admissions for each game.


    1940 - Rookie Floyd Giebell pitched the Detroit Tigers to a pennant-clinching 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians. It was Giebell's second and last Major League win.

    1940 - On the last day of the season at Cleveland Stadium, the game against the Tigers is delayed because some Indian fans begin to shower the field with fruit and vegetables. The visitors' bullpen proves not to be a safe haven when a basket of green tomatoes is dropped on Birdie Tebbetts' head by an unruly fan.

    1942 - On the last day of the regular season, the Cardinals clinch the National League pennant as sore-armed hurler Ernie White throws a five-hit complete-game beating the Cubs in the first game of a twin bill, 9-2. The Redbirds also win the night cap to finish the season with 11 victories in their final 12 games.

    1946 - In Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Indian fireballer Bob Feller ties Rube Waddell's major league mark with his 343rd K of the season. Future research, however, will show the future Hall of Famer had really struck out 349 in 1904.

    1951 - Bill Sharman, recently called up from Fort Worth, is one of 15 Dodgers who are ejected by umpire Frank Dascoli for bench jockeying after a close call at home plate. The future basketball Hall of Famer will never play in the big leagues, and thus he will become the only player to be ejected from a major league game without ever appearing in one.

    1952 - In the Braves' 11-3 rout in Brooklyn, Eddie Mathews becomes the first rookie to hit three home runs in a game. The 20-year old first baseman's offensive output helps the team break a ten-game losing streak in a game that will become the last victory for the National League franchise representing the city of Boston.

    1953 - The St. Louis Browns play both their last game in Sportsman's Park and the last game in the franchise's 52-year history. Fittingly, they lose 2-1 to Billy Pierce and the Chicago White Sox in ten innings for their 100th defeat of the season.  The game draws only 3,174 fans.


    1954 - The first episode of NBC's Tonight Show, featuring Steve Allen as the host along with announcer Gene Rayburn and bandleader Skitch Henderson, airs nationally for the first time. Giants center fielder Willie Mays, the NL's leader in batting and eventual MVP of the circuit, appears as one of the first guests on the 90-minute innovative broadcast that will become a staple of late-night television.

    1959 - Phillies second baseman Sparky Anderson goes 0-for-3 and is caught stealing in a 5-2 loss to Milwaukee at County Stadium. The season finale marks the end of the 25-year old infielder's playing career, but the future Hall of Fame manager's participation in 152 contests will establish a record for the most games ever played by someone who spent only one year in the major leagues.

    1960 - Ryne Duren makes his first start in two years memorable when he strikes out the first five batters he faces in the Yankees' 5-1 victory over Washington. The feat ties a modern major league record shared by Lefty Gomez (Yankees), Dazzy Vance (Dodgers), and Walter Johnson (Senators).

    1961 - In front of only 1,717 fans at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, Bob Sprout appears in his only major league game. The Angels starter, who once struck out 22 batters in a seven-inning no-hitter in the minor leagues, starts against the Senators allowing four hits and two runs in four innings and has no role in the decision of his team’s 8-6 victory over Washington.

    1961 - Sandy Koufax breaks the National League mark for strikeouts in a season. This surpasses Christy Mathewson's 267 in 1903, which was accomplished in 367 innings pitched, as opposed to Koufax's 255. Unlike the turmoil caused by commissioner Ford Frick’s edict of having to hit 61 homers by the 154th game in the extended 162-game schedule to break Babe Ruth’s single season home run record, little is made that the Dodgers southpaw’s 268th punch-out occurs in the 151st game of the season, compared to the 142-game sked played early in the century.

    1963 - At Colt Stadium, Colt .45s skipper Harry Craft starts an all rookie team which includes future stars such as Joe Morgan, Rusty Staub, Jimmy Wynn, and Jerry Grote. The freshman team, whose average age is 19-years and 4 months old, loses to the Mets, 10-3, with 17-year old starting pitcher Jay Dahl making his only major league appearance.

    1964 - The Houston Colt .45's play their final game in Colt Stadium, the team's home ballpark since joining the National League in 1962. The future Astros beat the Dodgers in the 12th inning, 1-0, when Jimmy Wynn's single plates Bob Aspromonte.

    1964 - The Philadelphia Inquirer stops its recent practice of printing the Phillies magic number citing the countdown digit has lost its significance in the National League race. The fading Phils, which had a 6.5 game lead just six days ago, now clings to a half-game margin, and the team will need to beat the contenders they will face in five of the six remaining games to clinch the once ‘certain’ pennant.

    1964 - On Fan Appreciation Day at Shea Stadium, a promotion which features egg tossing contests and wheelbarrow races between games, the Reds sweep a twin bill from the Mets to take sole possession of first place. Six days ago, Cincinnati had trailed the Phillies by six and a half games.

    1964 - Despite three home runs by Johnny Callison, the Phils are 14-8 losers to the Braves, who complete a four-game sweep at Connie Mack Stadium. With their seventh straight loss the Phils drop out of first.

    1967 - Jim Bunning ties a National League record suffering his fifth 1-0 defeat of the season. The hard-luck Phillies right-hander loses to the Astros when, after two quick outs in the 11th, Rusty Staub doubles and scores on Chuck Harrison’s single.

    1967 - Ferguson Jenkins posts the first of his six 20-game win seasons when the Cubs beat the Reds at Crosley Field, 4-1. The Canadian right-hander will lead the American League with 25 victories after Chicago deals the future Hall of Famer to the Rangers in 1974.

    1973 - Nolan Ryan surpasses Sandy Koufax's major league mark for strikeouts in a season when he throws three fastballs past Rich Reese, the last batter of the game, for his 383rd of the year. The Angels' right-hander, who finishes the year with 21 wins, whiffs 16 batters in 11 innings en route to a complete-game 5-4 victory over Minnesota at Anaheim Stadium.

    1983 - Tim Raines becomes the first player since Ty Cobb to steal 70 bases and drive in 70 runs in the same season.

    1989 - The two San Francisco Bay teams clinch their divisions. Oakland wins the American League West by beating Texas 5-0, while San Francisco loses 1-0 to the Dodgers but is assured of the National League West crown when the second-place Padres lose to the Reds 2-1 in 13 innings.

    1989 - After he grounds out to second base to end the Mets' disappointing season, Gregg Jeffries charges the mound and wrestles Phillies' reliever Roger McDowell to the ground. The fight, which sparks a season-ending bench-clearing brawl, is apparently ignited by the Phillies' reliever when he says something to his former New York teammate who is running to first, but the rookie infielder will claim his anger was caused by a brushback pitch thrown a few days earlier by the Philadelphia pitcher.

    1992 - Randy Johnson ties Ron Guidry's American League mark for strikeouts in a game for left-handers. The Mariners southpaw fans 18 batters in eight innings of work in the team's 3-2 loss to Texas at Arlington Stadium.

    1992 - Beating the Royals at the Metrodome, 4-0, the Twins win their 523rd game with Tom Kelly as the manager. The victory makes the Minnesota native the winningest skipper in team history.

    1992 -     Gary Carter, in his last major league at bat, doubles deep to right field in the seventh inning, driving in Larry Walker with the lone run in the Expos' 1-0 victory over Chicago. The Montreal fans show their appreciation for one of the most beloved and talented players in franchise history with a long and loud standing ovation, causing the Kid to make two curtain calls to acknowledged the enthusiastic crowd when he removed from the game.


    1993 - Randy Myers became the first National League reliever with fifty saves in a season as the Chicago Cubs beat Los Angeles 7-3.

    1993 - Bo Jackson hits a three-run home run beating the Mariners, 4-2, helping the White Sox to clinch their first American League West title in 10 years.


    1993 - With a 2-0 victory over the Brewers in Milwaukee's County Stadium, the Blue Jays clinch their third consecutive American League East title. Toronto will go on to beat the Phillies in six games capturing their second straight World Series.

    1993 - Mike Piazza, who broke the major league rookie record for home runs by a catcher earlier in the month, sets another mark for round-trippers when he hits his 34th, surpassing the previous L.A. Dodger mark shared by Steve Garvey (1977) and Pedro Guerrero (1985). Duke Snider established the franchise record with 43 homers playing with Brooklyn in 1956.

    1996 - Roberto Alomar spits in the face of the umpire John Hirschbeck and will be suspended for five games. The Oriole second baseman appeals the decision and is allowed to play the next day helping Baltimore clinch the wild card.

    1996 - In a 12-3 loss to the Rockies at Coors Field, Giants left fielder Barry Bonds swipes his 40th base to become only the second player in major league history to have 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in the same season. Jose Canseco became the charter member of the 40-40 club in 1988 playing for the A's.

    1996 - Mark Wohlers sets a Braves record with his 39th save of the season. The right-handed reliever is less than perfect, throwing two wild pitches to give up a ninth-inning run, but hangs on to preserve Atlanta's 6-4 victory over the Expos at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.

    1997 - The Giants become the first team in baseball history to finish last two years in a row and then win a title. A 6-1 win over the Padres clinches the National League West. Wilson Alvarez, who came over from the White Sox on July 31, faces only 23 men in seven innings, allowing two hits and three walks.


    1998 - Mark McGwire hit two homers to reach No. 70 in the St. Louis Cardinals' season finale against Montreal. It gave McGwire five homers in the season-ending three-game series. McGwire's 70th and final home run of the season was a line shot over the left-field wall on a first-pitch fastball from Carl Pavano in the seventh.


    1998 - In the Blue Jays' 2-1 victory over the Tigers, Detroit pinch-hitter Bobby Higginson homers with two outs off of Blue Jay Roy Halladay to spoil the rookie's bid for a no-hitter. The Denver, Colorado native comes within one out of allowing no hits in only his second major league start.

    1998 - The 1998 Yankees win their seventh straight game to end the season with a .704 winning percentage. The Bronx Bombers (114-48) become the first team since the 1954 Indians (111-43) to play over .700 ball for the entire season.

    1998 - In the Reds' 4-1 victory over Pittsburgh, two sets of brothers appear in the same lineup for the first time in major league history. Stephen Larkin plays first, Bret Boone is at second, Barry Larkin is at short and Aaron Boone plays third making up the all-brother infield.

    1998 - Padres' reliever Trevor Hoffman ties the National League saves record as he gets three straight outs in a 3-2 victory over Arizona. His 53rd save (out of 54 chances) matches the standard set by current teammate Randy Myers, who did it for the Cubs in 1993.

    1998 - Greg Vauhgn's eighth inning two-run round-tripper is the difference in the Padres' 3-2 victory over Arizona at Bank One Ballpark. With his 50th home run, the San Diego left fielder joins Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Ken Griffey, Jr. in reaching the milestone, marking the first time four players have accomplished the feat the same season.

    1999 - In the final game played at Tiger Stadium, Detroit catcher Robert Fick hits the last round tripper, a grand slam, in the home team's 8-2 victory over the Royals. It is the 6,873rd major league contest played at the historic 87-year old park located on the corner of Trumbull and Michigan.

    1999 - Gabe Kapler takes the field donning a numberless uniform during last game at Tiger Stadium while other players in the starting lineup wear the uniform numbers of the corresponding members of the fan-selected All-Time Detroit Tigers team. The center fielder's back is blank as a tribute to Ty Cobb, who never wore a number.

    2000 - The United States Olympic team, managed by former Dodger skipper Tommy Lasorda, stuns the world beating the much-favored Cuban team to win the country's first gold medal in its national pastime. Ben Sheets ends Cuba's 21-game Olympic winning streak with a 4-0 shutout.

    2000 - Darin Erstad breaks the major league record for RBIs in a season by a leadoff batter. The Angels' outfielder collects his 99th RBI in a 9-7 loss to the A's, surpassing Nomar Garciaparra's total of 98 batting first for the Red Sox in 1997.

    2002 - At Cleveland's Jacobs Field, first baseman Jim Thome establishes a new single-season Indian home run record by hitting his 51st homer. Albert Belle hit 50 for the Tribe in 1995.

    2002 - In his first full season as closer, John Smoltz, preserving a Braves’ 3-1 victory over the Mets, converts his 54th save of the season to establish a new National League mark. Randy Myers (Cubs -1993) and Trevor Hoffman (Padres - 1998) had previously shared the record.

    2003 - At Veterans Stadium, Javy Lopez hit his 42nd home to break the major league record for home runs hit by a catcher. In 1996, Mets' backstop Todd Hundley hit 41 to surpass Roy Campanella's 1953 mark.

    2003 - Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa blasts his 40th home run to establish a National League record by reaching the plateau for the sixth consecutive season. The Chicago right fielder, who had previously been tied with Ralph Kiner and Duke Snider, needs another season of at least 40 homers to equal Babe Ruth's major league mark of seven seasons set from 1926 to 1932.

    2003 - With a startling rally, the Tigers avoid equaling the modern major league record of 120 losses set by the expansion 1962 Amazin' Mets. It takes one of the biggest comebacks in franchise history when Detroit beats the Twins on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth after trailing by eight runs, 9-8.

    2005 - With a seventh inning single off Mets reliever Juan Padilla, Jimmy Rollins extends his hitting streak to 32 games. The Philadelphia shortstop breaks the 106-year Phillies record surpassing Ed Delahanty, who hit in 31 games in a row in 1899.

    2005 - The Braves back into their 14th straight division flag with the Mets beating the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, 3-2. The record streak started in 1991 when Atlanta played in the NL West.

    2006 - Accomplishing the milestone in only 77 gates, the Yankees surpass the four million mark in attendance for the second consecutive year. The Bronx Bombers join the 1991-93 Blue Jays as the only teams in baseball history reach that mark in more than one season.

    2006 - Anibal Sanchez (10-3) tosses five innings to get the win in Florida's 7-2 victory over the Reds. The 22-year old right-hander along with Scott Olsen (12-9), Josh Johnson (12-7) and Ricky Nolasco (11-10) make the Marlins the first team in major league history to have four rookie pitchers win 10 or more games.

    2007 - In addition to pitching 6.1 innings of scoreless ball, Micah Owings goes 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs in the Diamondbacks' 8-0 victory over the Pirates at PNC Park. The 24-year old right-hander, who will collect the Silver Slugger award for his offensive prowess, is the first pitcher since Whitey Ford (Yankees - 1963) to have two four-hit games in one season.

    2007 - Ryan Hanigan the becomes first person born in Washington, D. C. to play in the major leagues. The 27-year old Reds rookie doubles off Brewers' ace Ben Sheets in his first big league at-bat.

    2009 - Paul Beeston is appointed for a three-year term as president and CEO of the Blue Jays and the Rogers Centre, the home of the Toronto franchise. In October of 2008, the former MLB president took the position on an interim basis replacing Paul Godfrey.

    2010 - With an opportunity to see their team clinch a postseason berth, only 12,446 fans attend the Rays game against Baltimore at Tropicana Field. The club, inspired by third baseman Evan Longoria's criticism of the low attendance figures, will make 20,000 free tickets available in the finale of the series in an effort get more 'energy' into the domed ball park.

    2010 - The Phillies capture their fourth consecutive NL East title when they beat Washington, 8-0, behind Roy Halladay's two-hit complete-game. Unlike the previous seasons, when the Fightin' Phils' trademark was the big bats in the lineup, this year's squad excelled due to a strong starting rotation that included Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt, in addition to Halladay.

    2011 - After giving up five runs in the top of the tenth inning, the Diamondbacks score six times in the bottom of the frame in an amazing 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Dodgers. Arizona infielder Ryan Roberts delivers the decisive blow in the Chase Field contest, a walk-off grand slam with two outs.

    2012 - In the Tigers' 5-4 victory over Kansas City at Comerica Park, Doug Fister establishes a new American League record when he strikes out nine consecutive batters, one shy of Tom Seaver's major league mark. The Detroit right-hander whiffs the last batter in the fourth frame, strikes out the side in the next two innings, and continues the streak until Salvador Perez, his first victim, grounds out to the shortstop on a 1-2 pitch to end the seventh inning.


    2012 - With New York's 6-5 victory over Pittsburgh at Citi Field, R. A. Dickey becomes a 20-game winner, the first Mets hurler in 22 years to accomplish the feat. The 37 year-old knuckleballer is the sixth pitcher in the 50-year history of the franchise to reach the milestone along with Tom Seaver (1969, 1971, 1972 and 1975), Jerry Koosman (1976), David Cone (1988), and Frank Viola (1990).

    2012 - Fernando Rodney sets a franchise record when he notches his 46th save of the season, throwing a scoreless ninth inning in the Rays' 3-2 victory over Chicago at U.S. Cellular Field. The 35 year-old right-handed closer surpasses the team mark established in 2010 by Rafael Soriano.


    2016 - The Atlanta Braves traded Gordon Beckham to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Richard
Rodriguez.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 27...


    1859 - Visner, Joe
    1863 - Heinzman, Jack
    1878 - Ferry, Cy
    1884 - Storke, Alan
    1887 - Eakle, Charlie
    1890 - Bergman, Al
    1890 - Adams, Willie
    1890 - Gibson, Frank
    1891 - Baird, Doug
    1894 - Loan, Mike
    1897 - Gagnon, Chick
    1898 - Clarkson, Bill
    1905 - Lang, Marty
    1906 - Smith, John
    1907 - Wyatt, Whit

    1907 - Billings, Josh
    1907 - Murphy, Walter
    1911 - Lanahan, Dick
    1915 - Chozen, Harry
    1919 - Ayers, Bill
    1919 - Pesky, Johnny
    1924 - Scala, Jerry

    1927 - Kirk, Tom
    1928 - Kipper, Thornton
    1928 - Currin, Perry
    1930 - Hall, Dick
    1933 - Casale, Jerry
    1935 - Wickersham, Dave
    1938 - George, Alex
    1944 - Rounsaville, Gene

    1944 - Sutherland, Gary
    1949 - Schmidt, Mike
    1950 - Lopez, Carlos
    1951 - Konieczny, Doug
    1954 - Matuszek, Len
    1955 - Veselic, Bob
    1962 - Schulze, Don
    1965 - Rohrmeier, Dan
    1974 - Dykhoff, Radhames
    1976 - Hart, Bo
    1976 - Phillips, Jason
    1977 - Padilla, Vicente
    1978 - Rauch, Jon
    1979 - Garland, Jon

    1980 - Hernandez, Runelvys
    1981 - Esposito, Mike
    1984 - Lannan, John
    1985 - Ciriaco, Pedro
    1986 - Mazzaro, Vincent
    1986 - Shoemaker, Matt
    1987 - Green, Grant
    1987 - Hale, David
    1989 - Miller, Mike
    1990 - Perkins, Cameron
    1991 - Wheeler, Andre

    1994 - Guillorme, Luis



    Baseball Deaths on September 27...


    1927 - Hunt, Ben
    1929 - Gochnaur, John
    1938 - Ferry, Cy
    1939 - Bailey, Sweetbreads
    1941 - Peffer, Monte
    1942 - Jaeger, Charlie
    1945 - Nordyke, Lou
    1946 - Tiemeyer, Eddie
    1955 - Walden, Fred
    1958 - Berry, Joe
    1959 - Hopper, Lefty
    1960 - Eschen, Jim
    1962 - Scalzi, Johnny
    1962 - Sperry, Stan
    1963 - Coakley, Andy
    1964 - McLaughlin, Jud
    1965 - Riviere, Tink

    1967 - Barnes, Frank
    1981 - Bool, Al
    1986 - Sheerin, Chuck
    1992 - Smith, Hal
    1996 - Konopka, Bruce
    1996 - Lawing, Garland
    2001 - Rozek, Dick
    2003 - Barbary, Red
    2006 - Koppe, Joe
    2006 - Kusick, Craig
    2013 - Brown, Gates
    2014 - Smith, Earl


       



     



     









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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5026 on: September 28, 2018, 12:13:31 am »

    On September 28 in Baseball History...


    1897 - Although he gives up 14 runs on 17 hits, Dave Wright of the Chicago Colts (Cubs) wins his first and only major league game. The 21-year old Dennison, Ohio native is the beneficiary of Chicago’s 11-run fifth inning when the club beats the Pirates, 15-14.

    1902 - On the last day of the season, the Browns and the White Sox decide to use an assortment of seven infielders and outfielders on the mound instead of relying on their pitching staffs. Chicago's flychaser Sam Mertes earns the victory and the Browns' left fielder Jesse Burkett takes the loss in the Pale Hose's 10-4 victory at Sportsman's Park, making it the last time the winning and losing pitchers were both position players in same game until 2012 when Chris Davis of the Orioles and Darnell McDonald of the Red Sox also accomplished the feat in Baltimore's 17-inning victory at Fenway Park.

    1905 - In a game that helps decide the pennant, the A's beat the White Sox 3-2 as Topsy Hartsel scores from second base with the winning run in the seventh inning. An RBI single by Harry Davis to short left hits Hartsel's mitt, which the left fielder had left in the outfield when he came off the field.

    1919 - In the first game of a twin bill on the last day of the season, the Giants need only 51 minutes to defeat the Phillies, 6-1. The Polo Grounds contest is the shortest nine-inning game ever played in the major leagues.

    1920 - A grand jury indicted eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox Scandal."


    1923 - At Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers beat the Red Sox, 24-4. En route to their one-sided victory, New York bangs out thirty hits in the game to set an American League record.

    1924 - Rogers Hornsby finishes the season with a .424 batting average to lead the National League. The Cardinal second baseman easily outdistances Zack Wheat, who finishes second in the race batting .375 for the Dodgers.

    1930 - As a Yankee, Babe Ruth returns to the mound after a nine-year absence at Fenway Park and pitches a complete game beating the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 9-3. The last time the 'Bambino' took the mound, he defeated the A's at the end of the 1921 season. 

    1930 - The Cubs bring down the season's curtain as Hack Wilson has his 189th and 190th RBI in a 12-11 victory over the Reds. Wilson's Major League RBI record will remain untouched. With Riggs Stephenson and Kiki Cuyler each driving in 100 runs, the Cubs have the first all-100 RBI outfield in the 20th century. The Boston outfield in 1894 also had the same credentials.

    1932 - In the opening game of the World Series, Lou Gehrig's home run leads the Yankees to a 12-6 win over the Cubs.

    1935 - With nothing on the line, the pennant winning Cubs finally lose to the Cardinals and snap their 21-game win streak. The skein is the longest in the majors since the Giants of 1916 when New York won 26 games and tied one. However, Chicago's win streak is the longest without a tie since 1880.

    1938 - Gabby Hartnett hit his famous "Homer in the Gloamin" as darkness descended at Wrigley Field in the ninth inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory, their ninth straight. It was a key victory en route to the Cubs' National League pennant.

    1941 - Batting .399955, Ted Williams elects to play in a doubleheader against the A's on the final day of the season rather than to back into the coveted .400 average because the number is rounded up. The 'Splendor Splinter' comes through by going 6-for-8 in the twin bill to finish the season with a .4057 mark (.406).

    1947 - On the season's last day, the St. Louis Browns, desperate for a ticket seller, bring announcer Dizzy Dean in to pitch against the White Sox. Diz gives up only three hits in four innings and laces a clean single in his only at bat, but a pulled leg muscle forces his retirement. The White Sox score all their runs in the ninth to win 5-2. Even with Diz, the game draws less than 16,000, and the Browns finish the year with only 320,000 attendance, less than half that of 1946.

    1947 - On the final day of the season in front of 23,085 fans, the Yankees stage the first Old-Timers’ Day in major league history. The team's signature event, the brain child of general manager Larry MacPhail and public relations director Red Paterson, is held to honor an ailing Babe Ruth.

    1948 - A crowd of 60,405 attends Joe Early Night at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The 26-year old night watchman wrote Bill Veeck asking why an average fan never gets a 'Day', and the Indians' owner responded by giving the World War II veteran a spectacular day of his own.

    1951 - Allie Reynolds pitched his second no-hitter of the season as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in the opener of a doubleheader. The Yankees clinched the American League pennant with an 11-3 victory in the second game.

    1952 - On the last day of the season at Ebbets Field, the Braves' 77 years of representing Boston is extended by three innings when Eddie Mathews' ninth-inning, two-out double ties the game. The contest is called due to darkness and ends in the 12th inning in a 5-5 tie with the Dodgers.

    1953 - Reversing their decision from last season, the American League owners unanimously agree on moving the Browns from St. Louis to Baltimore where the franchise will become known as the Orioles. The 54-100 team finishes last in attendance, averaging only 3,860 fans a game at Sportsman's Park, including yesterday's crowd of 3,174 in the franchise finale in St. Louis.

    1955 - In the bottom of the second inning, Elston Howard, in his first World Series at-bat, knots the score at two to two when he homers off Dodgers' right-hander Don Newcombe. The round-tripper to deep left field at Yankee Stadium marks the first time a black batter has hit a home run off a black pitcher in the history of the Fall Classic.

    1958 - Going 7-for-11 to end the season, Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams becomes the first 40-year old to lead the league in hitting and wins his sixth and final batting title. The 'Splendid Splinter's' .328 batting average beats out his teammate Pete Runnels, who goes 0-for-4 today and ends up the campaign with a .322 mark.

    1958 - On the last day of the season, Dave Philley establishes a big-league record by getting his eighth consecutive pinch hit. The seventh inning run-producing double helps the Phillies beat the Pirates at Forbes Field, 6–4.

    1958 - On the last day of the season at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, Richie Ashburn goes 3-for-4, including a tenth inning single, to capture his second batting crown. The Phillies center fielder, who also led the league in 1955, ends the season with a batting average of .350, three points higher than Giants slugger Willie Mays.

    1959 - In the first game of a best-of-three playoff, the Dodgers beat the Braves 3-2 in a cold Milwaukee drizzle. Rookie Larry Sherry pitches 7 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. In a losing cause, Eddie Mathews hits his 46th home run to win the title. Ernie Banks finishes with 45.

    1960 - In his final major-league plate appearance, against Baltimore's Jack Fisher, Ted Williams picks out a 1-1 pitch and drives it 450 feet into the right-center field seats behind the Boston bullpen. It is Williams' 521st and last home run, putting him third on the all-time list. The blast gives the seventh-place Red Sox a 5-4 victory. Williams stays in the dugout, ignoring the crowd's cheers, but when he trots out to left field in the ninth, he is replaced immediately by Carroll Hardy. He retires as a standing crowd roars.


    1962 - In front of only 595 fans at Wrigley Field, the Cubs (58-101) beat the Mets (39-118) in the first meeting between two 100-loss teams before the series begins in major league history. The New York expansion team will split the remaining two games in Chicago to finish the season 40-120, establishing the record for the most losses in baseball's modern-era.

    1965 - In his 2,000th career game, Willie Mays hits his 51st home run of the year, but the Giants lose to St. Louis 8-6.

    1965 - Dave Morehead takes the loss when the Angels beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 4-3. The defeat is the the right-hander's tenth consecutive defeat at the hands of the Halos, establishing a new American League record.

    1966 - At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Larry Jaster throws a four-hitter blanking Don Sutton and the Dodgers, 2-0. It’s the southpaw’s fifth shutout against LA this season equaling a post-1900 major league mark held by Senators Tom Hughes (against the Indians in 1905) and Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Phillies (against the Reds in 1916).

    1968 - Blanked by the combined efforts of Angel hurlers Marty Pattin and Jim McGlothlin, the White Sox lose their ninth 1-0 decision of the season. The defeat ties an American League record, matching the mark established by the 1914 Yankees.


    1968 - Although the future Hall of Famer gives up 16 hits, Giants' right-hander Gaylord Perry goes the distance earning a 10-4 victory over the Reds at Crosley Field. Cincinnati's 14 singles and two doubles cannot overcome their two errors and a three-run poke by Willie McCovey.

    1971 - Baltimore achieves 108 wins for the season with a doubleheader sweep at Boston, 10-2, and 5-4. The Orioles become only the third team to win 100 games in three straight seasons.

    1974 - Nolan Ryan pitched his third of seven career no-hitters, striking out 15 as the California Angels beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-0, at Anaheim Stadium.

    1975 - Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers of the Oakland A's combined to no-hit the California Angels, 5-0, on the final day of the season.

    1976 - At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Giants hurler John Montefusco no-hits the Braves, 9-0. The 'Count' is almost perfect giving up just a leadoff walk to Jerry Royster in the fourth inning.

    1979 - In a twin bill at Busch Stadium, Cardinal infielder Garry Templeton collects three hits against the Mets to become the first player to get 100 hits from each side of the plate. The St. Louis shortstop bats just right-handed during the last nine games to establish the unprecedented switch-hitting mark.

    1982 - Although the Twins stake Terry Felton to a 3-0 lead in the night cap of a twin bill, the Blue Jays tie the score knocking out the hard-luck pitcher from his last major league game. The no-decision leaves the 24-year old right hander with a lifetime mark of 0-16, a major league record for most career losses without recording a victory.

    1982 - At Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, right hander Jim Clancy is perfect until he faces Randy Bush leading off the ninth inning. The Twins designated hitter ruins the bid for perfection with a broken-bat single to right field, and the Blue Jays starter has to settle for a one-hitter beating Minnesota, 3-0.

    1983 - At Wrigley Field, the Phillies clinch the National League East championship with a 13-6 victory over Chicago. The clincher is the team's 7000th win in franchise history.

    1985 - Cincinnati's Tom Browning becomes the first rookie since Bob Grim in 1954 to win 20 games, raising his record to 20-9 with a 5-2 win over Houston. He is the first Reds pitcher to win 20 since Jim Merritt in 1970.

    1987 - Kevin Seitzer becomes the first rookie since Tony Oliva and Dick Allen in 1964 to collect 200 hits.

    1988 - In his last start of the regular season, Orel Hershiser pitches ten shutout innings to extend his consecutive-scoreless-inning streak to 59, breaking Dodger Don Drysdale's Major League record by one. San Diego's Andy Hawkins also pitches ten shutout innings and the Padres eventually win 2-1 on Mark Parent's home run in the bottom of the 16th.

    1988 - In Seoul, South Korea, Jim Abbott, born without a right hand, goes the distance en route in a 5-3 victory over Japan to win the Olympic Gold medal for the United States. After the game, the Japanese players, in a display of great respect, line up to congratulate the former University of Michigan pitcher who just had beaten them.

    1990 - The scoreboard at Old Comiskey Park 'explodes' for the last time when Frank Thomas goes deep off Randy Johnson in the seventh inning of a 13-4 loss to Seattle. The Monster, which has shot off fireworks whenever a White Sox player hit a home run since 1960, was an innovation of team owner Bill Veeck, who was inspired by the design of a pinball machine.


    1995 - A fan takes exception when a Cub reliever gives up two-run, pinch-hit home run to James Mouton giving the Astros a eighth inning 9-7 lead. As the Houston pinch hitter rounds the bases, the 27-year old spectator runs out of the stands and heads toward the mound where he is immediately pinned by Randy Myers, who in addition to his pitching prowess, is well trained in the martial arts.

    1995 - Greg Harris becomes the first post-1900 major leaguer to pitch ambidextrously. The Expos reliever, in his ninth inning appearance blanks the Reds facing four batters, two as a right-hander, his natural side, and the other two as a southpaw.

    1996 - Rockies' Ellis Burks becomes the fourth player to hit 40+ home runs and swipe 30 bases in a single season.

    1996 - The Devil Rays become the second team to sign a working agreement with a Japanese professional team. Tampa Bay signs a two-year contract with the Seibu Lions, which includes a four-year option extending the deal through 2002.

    1997 - With his 40th home run, catcher Mike Piazza sets a single season Los Angeles Dodger record. Duke Snider holds the franchise record slugging 43 round-trippers for Brooklyn in 1956.

    1997 - Toronto's Roger Clemens goes 8.1 innings against his former team, but doesn't get a decision when the Blue Jays score two runs in the bottom of the ninth and beat Boston in a 3-2 come-from-behind victory. The right-hander will finish the season with a 21-7 record, the best winning percentage for a starting pitcher on a team that will finish last.

    1997 - Tony Gwynn equals Honus Wagner's record by winning his eighth National League batting title when he finishes the season with a .372 batting average. The Padres outfielder becomes the first player to win four consecutive NL batting crowns since Rogers Hornsby accomplished the feat with the Cardnals, winning six straight titles between 1920 and 1925.

    1998 - In the first National League playoff since 1980, the Cubs beat the Giants, 5-3, in a one-game showdown to take the National League's wild card berth.

    2000 - The Brewers play the last game at Milwaukee County Stadium bowing to the Reds, 8-1 as Warren Spahn throws the ceremonial first pitch to Del Crandall, his battery mate on Opening Day 48 years ago in 1953 when Spahn and the Braves beat the Cardinals in 10 innings, 3-2.

    2000 - Troy Glaus, who will lead the American League with 45 home runs, hits his 44th playing the hot corner breaking the league record for homers by a third baseman set in 1953 by Al Rosen.

    2000 - Equalling the 1996 Orioles, the Blue Jays become only the second team in major league history to have seven players to hit twenty or more homers during the same season when DH Darrin Fletcher goes deep in the fifth inning for the team's only tally in a 23-1 rout by the Orioles at Camden Yards. The other Toronto players to reach the milestone include Carlos Delgado, Tony Batista, Shannon Stewart, Jose Cruz, Raul Mondesi, and Brad Fullmer.

    2001 - In the first home game at Wrigley since the terrorist attacks on America, Sammy Sosa, after hitting his 59th home run of the season, pulls out a small American flag and waves it as he circles the bases. After scoring and making a curtain call from the dugout, the Cub slugger continues to wave Old Glory.

    2001 - Ranger infielder Alex Rodriguez becomes the 20th player and first shortstop in major league history to hit 50 home runs season. The milestone blast is given up by Angel hurler Ismael Valdes in the first inning in at Edison Field in an 11-2 Texas win.

    2001 - Angels infielder David Eckstein breaks Frank Robinson's rookie record for getting hit by a pitch. The Halos' shortstop is struck by Rangers hurler Aaron Mayette's fifth inning pitch making it the 21st time he has been plunked this season.

    2001 - On a night he hits his 68th round tripper of the season in quest of Mark McGwire's single season home run record, Barry Bonds is walked for the 163rd time breaking 'Big Mac's' 1998 National League record for bases on balls. The major league record is 170 walks held by Babe Ruth.

    2003 - Ron Santo, the team's radio color commentator joins Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Billy Williams becoming third player to have his number retired by the Cubs. The nine-time All Star third baseman, who spent 14 of his 15-year career with Chicago (1960-73), will have his uniform #10 below Ernie Banks' on the left-field foul pole.

    2003 - At Turner Field in Atlanta, Jose Reyes becomes the second Mets player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in one game. Lee Mazzilli was the first when he went yard twice against the Dodgers in LA on September 3, 1978.

    2003 - Following an emotional closing ceremony, the Braves beat the Phillies 5-2 in the final game at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The two hour festivities at the intersection of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue includes the introduction of the All-Vet team and a eulogy given Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas, who receives a standing ovation from the 58,554 enthusiastic fans in attendance.


    2005 - Alex Rodriguez breaks Joe DiMaggio's 1937 single-season club record for home runs by a right-handed batter. The third baseman’s 47th homer proves to be the difference as the Yankees edge the Orioles, 2-1.

    2005 - With the lowest winning percentage ever compiled by a division champion during a non-strike year, the Padres (79-79) win their fourth division flag in the 37-year history of the franchise. San Diego, which needs to win three of their last four games just to finish above .500, accomplishes the feat the surpassing the Mets, who previously possessed the dubious record by going 82-79 (.509) to win the NL East in 1973.

    2006 - For the third consecutive season, Kansas City will lose 100 or more games. The team's 2-1 defeat to the Twins in the Metrodome makes the Royals the 11th franchise in big league history to accomplish this dubious feat.

    2006 - At Coors field in Colorado, James Loney collects four hits including two homers and drives in nine runs in a 19-11 victory over the Rockies. The rookie first baseman, who had one homer and eight runs batted in in 93 previous at-bats with the team, ties the franchise RBI mark set by Gil Hodges in his 1950 four-homer game and breaks the Los Angeles club mark held by Ron Cey.

    2008 - On the last day of the season, 39-year-old Yankee right-hander Mike Mussina (20-9) becomes the oldest pitcher to win 20 games in a season for the first time. The 18-year career veteran tosses six shutout innings against the Red Sox in New York's 6-2 Fenway Pak victory.

    2008 - With a 4-2 loss to the Marlins, the Mets play their final game at Shea Stadium disappointing a sell-out crowd by failing to qualify for the postseason on the last day of the season for the second consecutive year. After the contest, former Mets, including Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Yogi Berra and Tom Seaver, as well as Darryl Strawberry, Dwight 'Doc' Gooden and Mike Piazza, but not any of the club's current players, take part in a ceremony to celebrate the history of the 45-year old ballpark in front of the subdued spectators gathered to 'Shea Goodbye' .

    2008 - Pitching on a day's short rest, CC Sabathia tosses a complete game, defeating the Cubs, 3-1. The victory, along with the Mets' 4-2 loss to Florida an hour later, makes the Brewers the NL Wild Card and puts Milwaukee in the postseason for the first time since 1982.

    2008 - The Astros set a new National League mark for the fewest errors committed in one season. The 67 Houston miscues are one less than the record shared by the 1999 Mets and 2007 Rockies.

    2008 - For the first time in team history, the Red Sox draw over three-million patrons at home. A crowd of 37,091 fans attending the first game of a day-night doubleheader on the last day of the season brings the season's total to 3,010,801, marking the ninth straight year the attendance at Fenway Park has broken the franchise record.

    2009 - The Angels clinch their fifth AL West title in the last six years with their 11-0 win over Texas. Although the team has been very successful reaching the postseason, Los Angeles has won just one playoff series since winning Game 7 of the 2002 World Series for their only championship.

    2009 - The Angels acquire left-hander Scott Kazmir (8-7, 5.92) from the Rays in exchange for two prospects, left-hander Alex Torres and infielder Matt Sweeney, as well as a highly touted minor league player to be named later. The Rays dealt the 25-year-old talented southpaw, who is in the first year of a three-year, $28.5 million contract, due to restrictions in the organization's payroll.

    2010 - David Wright sets the all-time Mets record for strikeouts in a season with 157. The third baseman passes the infamous mark shared by Dave Kingman (1982) and Tommie Agee (1970).

    2011 - With their season-finale extra-inning victory over Atlanta, the Phillies set a team record with their 102nd win of the campaign. The 4-3 victory also moves skipper Charlie Manuel (646-488) past Gene Mauch for the most wins by a manager in the history of the franchise.

    2011 - The Braves become the first team in major league history to blow a lead of at least eight games in September when the team is eliminated from the playoffs on the last day of the season, losing to Philadelphia in 13 innings, 4-3. On August 26, Atlanta was 10½ games ahead of St. Louis, the eventual Wild Card team.

    2011 - On the final day of the season, the Brewers beat the Pirates 7-3, for their 96th victory of the season to break the franchise record for victories established in 1979 and tied in 1982. The National League Central Division champs finish the season 96-66, the second best record in the circuit trailing only Philadelphia.

    2011 - Trailing 7-0 going into the eighth, the Rays complete their storybook finish on the final day of the season with a ninth-inning, two-out, two-strike, game-tying pinch hit solo home run hit by Dan Johnson, and Evan Longoria's walk-off round-tripper in the 12th. The victory, along with the Red Sox 4-3 loss to Baltimore minutes before, gives Tampa Bay the AL wild-card berth, after being down by nine games at the beginning of the month.

    2011 - Ozzie Guillen, who signed a four-year, $10 million deal with Florida, is introduced before the season's finale as the club's new manager, replacing 80-year old interim Jack McKeon. The outspoken former White Sox skipper is expected, in addition to bringing a better product on the field, to help spark enthusiasm for the team as they start a new era playing in a new ballpark as the Miami Marlins.


    2011 - The Marlins attract 34,615 fans to their finale at Dolphin Stadium, now known as Sun Life Stadium, but will still post the poorest attendance in the National League for the sixth consecutive year. The last place club, which has played in its current venue during the first 19 years of the franchise's existence, will play next season's home games in a new ballpark with a retractable roof located on approximately 17 acres of the historic 42-acre Orange Bowl site in the Little Havana section of Miami.

    2011 - With a Tampa Bay loss all but assured, the Red Sox, appearing to need just a win to advance to the ALDS or to Tampa Bay for a one-game playoff if they lose, become optimistic about their chances for a playoff spot with their 3-2 lead over Baltimore, and the Rays trailing New York, 7-0. Boston will drop a 4-3 walk-off decision when the Birds score two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and moments later will see their season come to a crushing end when Evan Longoria hits a solo homer in the bottom of the 12th inning giving the Rays an unbelievable comeback victory and the AL Wild card.

    2011 - Eric O'Flaherty, who induces a double play from the only batter he faces in the Braves' 4-3 loss to Philadelphia, finishes the season with a microscopic 0.98 ERA. The 26 year-old southpaw's earned run average is the lowest ever posted by a pitcher with 75 or more appearances.

    2012 - Homer Bailey throws the 16th no-hitter in Cincinnati Reds history as the Reds beat the Pirates 1-0 at PNC Park.


    2014 - Jordan Zimmermann throws a no-hitter in the Nationals regular season finale. Thanks to a dramatic, diving grab by little-used rookie Steven Souza Jr., who came on as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning, Zimmermann completed his gem, a 1-0 victory for the NL East champion Nationals over the Miami Marlins. It's Zimmermann's first career no-hitter and also the first thrown by a National pitcher in their history.


    2015 - The Anaheim Angels signed Mat Latos as a free agent.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 28...


    1858 - Kellogg, Nate
    1859 - Knight, Joe
    1863 - Nelson, Bill
    1865 - Bierbauer, Lou
    1867 - Stephens, Ben
    1876 - Long, Red
    1882 - Sullivan, Denny
    1883 - Young, Harley
    1885 - Good, Wilbur
    1889 - Compton, Pete
    1889 - Fournier, Jack
    1889 - Jordan, Rip

    1891 - Booe, Everett
    1893 - Rheam, Cy
    1893 - Massey, Mike
    1895 - Witt, Whitey
    1895 - Bubser, Hal
    1902 - Chagnon, Leon
    1903 - Brillheart, Jim
    1903 - Grampp, Hank
    1905 - Easterling, Paul
    1906 - Barrett, Dick
    1908 - Sumner, Carl
    1914 - Midkiff, Dick
    1916 - Evans, Al
    1917 - Lee, Roy
    1917 - Moulder, Glen
    1917 - Ulisney, Mike
    1925 - Gonzales, Vince
    1925 - Jennings, Bill
    1926 - Van Brabant, Ozzie
    1928 - Gernert, Dick
    1935 - Dustal, Bob
    1942 - Jackson, Grant
    1945 - Ratliff, Gene
    1949 - Guerrero, Mario
    1951 - Rajsich, Dave
    1955 - Bogener, Terry
    1958 - Filson, Pete
    1958 - Reynolds, Ronn
    1959 - Worrell, Todd
    1961 - Vosberg, Ed
    1961 - Ward, Kevin
    1962 - Woodward, Rob
    1962 - Frohwirth, Todd
    1963 - Kerfeld, Charlie
    1966 - Hernandez, Cesar
    1970 - DeJean, Mike
    1970 - Banks, Brian
    1971 - Brewington, Jamie
    1978 - Nation, Joey
    1979 - Young, Jason
    1980 - Demaria, Chris
    1980 - Rosario, Francisco
    1982 - Gimenez, Hector

    1982 - Owings, Micah
    1983 - Buente, Jay
    1984 - Weber, Thad
    1984 - Zimmerman, Ryan
    1986 - Stewart, Zach

    1987 - Iglesias, Jose
    1987 - Robinson, Derrick
    1987 - Sands, Jerry

    1988 - Rupp, Cameron
    1988 - Brown, Gary
    1990 - Heathcott, Slade
    1991 - Rosario, Eddie
    1992 - Anderson, Justin
    1992 - Gonzalez, Severino
    1993 - Mendick, Danny

    1994 - Margot, Manuel



    Baseball Deaths on September 28...


    1918 - Frill, John
    1920 - Reardon, Phil
    1938 - Rollinson, Bill
    1947 - Kelleher, Duke
    1947 - C0ckman, Jim
    1950 - Crompton, Ned
    1952 - Wrigley, Zeke
    1959 - Brouthers, Art
    1959 - Corriden, Red
    1960 - Martin, Joe
    1960 - Mahoney, Danny
    1960 - Orndorff, Jess
    1967 - Powell, Bill
    1969 - McMillan, Norm
    1974 - Hogan, Willie
    1975 - Solters, Moose
    1976 - Blakely, Linc
    1982 - White, Ed

    1994 - Scheetz, Owen
    1997 - Grob, Connie
    1997 - Konikowski, Alex
    2001 - Maguire, Jack
    2009 - Thompson, Don
    2015 - Diaz, Carlos


 





       










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September 28, 1920 - Eight White Sox players are indicted by the grand jury on charges of fixing the last season's World Series against the Reds. The eight members involved in the 'Black Sox Scandal' will be cleared of the charges by the court, but on the same day, they will be banned for life from baseball by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's first commissioner.



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Today In White Sox History - September 28th







   


September 28, 2014 - Paul Konerko played his final game after 16 years with the White Sox.  He hit 432 homers for the franchise, second-most behind Frank Thomas, as well as 2,292 total hits, third-most in White Sox history. In his mid-30s, he was still getting into All-Star Games, putting up OBPs of .393, .388, and .371 from 2010-12.

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    On September 29 in Baseball History...


    1907 - Phillies' freshman hurler George McQuillan begins his major league career with 25 shutout innings establishing a rookie record. The 22-year old right-hander's mark will not be matched for 101 years until broken by A's reliever Brad Ziegler, who will extend the record to 39 1/3 innings in 2008.

    1908 - Allowing only one walk, Ed Walsh wins both ends of a doubleheader to establish an American League record. The Meriden, Connecticut resident beats the Red Sox at Chicago’s South Side Park 5-1 and 2-0.


    1908 - At Exposition Park, Pittsburgh blanks the Cardinals, 7-0. The last-place Redbirds are shut out for a record 33rd time, averaging more than one whitewash every five games.

    1913 - Senators' legend Walter Johnson beats the Philadelphia A's, 1-0, to finish the season with 36 victories. The future Hall of Fame right-hander will toss a record 110 shutouts during his 21 seasons in the major leagues.

    1914 - The Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch the pennant after a sensational second-half drive.

    1915 - The Philadelphia Phillies clinch their first National League pennant when Grover Cleveland Alexander tosses a one-hitter blanking the Braves, 5-0. It will take another 35 years before the franchise wins another flag.

    1920 - Babe Ruth hits his 54th homer in Philadelphia as the Yankees win, 7-2. That is more than any other team except the Phils. He is responsible for 241 of his team's 838 runs, even though he misses twelve games.

    1921 - Allen Sothoron establishes a major league record by not yielding a home run during the 178 innings he throws this season. The 28-year old right-hander, who started the season with the Browns before being sent to the Red Sox for a brief stint, will pitch the majority of his games with the Indians.

    1928 - At Navin Field, the Tigers establish a club record collecting 27 hits in a 19-10 victory over the first place Yankees. The mark will not be equaled until a 17-7 rout over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium in 2004.

    1934 - At Griffith Stadium in Washington, D. C., Yankees legend Babe Ruth hits his 659th and final home run wearing pinstripes. The 'Bambino' had 49 homers with the Red Sox prior to coming to New York and will add six additional round-trippers with the Braves before retiring next season.

    1935 - In his only major league game, Pirates rookie Aubrey Epps goes 3-for-4 in the Bucs' season finale, a 9-6 loss to Cincinnati at Crosley Field. The 23-year old catcher, known as Yo-Yo, will finish his one-game big league career with the same batting average (.750) and fielding percentage when he commits two errors in eight chances.

    1943 - Vern Stephens becomes the first player to hit two extra-inning home runs in the same game. The Browns shortstop puts St. Louis ahead with a solo shot in the 11th, and after the Red Sox tie the score in the bottom of the frame he goes deep again in the 13th with the eventual winning run in the team's 4-3 victory at Fenway Park.

    1945 - The Cubs clinch the National League flag on Hank Borowy's 4-3 win over Pittsburgh in the first game of a doubleheader.

    1945 - Paul Gillespie becomes the first of only two players in baseball history ever to hit home runs in their first and last big league at bats. The wartime Cubs reserve catcher went deep against the Giants at the Polo Grounds on September 11, 1942 and ends his career homering at the spacious Forbes Fields, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

    1946 - On the last day of the campaign, by striking out opposing pitcher Hal Newhouser and four others, Bob Feller establishes a major league record by striking out 348 batters in one season. Future research, however, will show Rube Waddell had struck out 349 in 1904.

    1951 - Don Newcombe becomes the first black to win twenty games in a season. In a must win for the Dodgers, the right-hander bests Robin Roberts, also a 20-game-winner, when he blanks the Phillies at Shibe Park, 5-0.

    1953 - A Baltimore syndicate headed by Baltimore Mayor Tom D'Alesandro buys Bill Veeck's interest in the Browns for $2.475 million. The American League approves the shift of the Browns to Baltimore without Bill Veeck.

    1954 - In a game which will be best remembered for Willie Mays making a spectacular over-the-shoulder grab of a ball hit to deep to center field, robbing Vic Wertz of an extra hit, Dusty Rhodes becomes the second player in World Series player to end a game with a homer. The Giants pinch-hitter's walk-off three-run home run off Bob Lemon beats the Indians 5-2 in Game 1 of the Fall Classic.


    1954 - Willie Mays gives the glove he used to make one of the most spectacular catches in baseball history, an amazing over-the-shoulder grab that robbed Vic Wertz of an extra hit in Game 1 of the World Series, to teammate Don Liddle's 6-year son. When he gets older, Craig Liddle will use the immortal piece of leather in Little League games.

    1957 - With 1895 manager Jack Doyle among the 11,606 looking on, the Giants lose their last game at the Polo Grounds 9-1. Bucs rookie John Powers hits a home run in the top of the ninth, the last homer and RBI at the Polo Grounds. This game is played on the 77th anniversary of the first Polo Grounds baseball game.

    1958 - Solly Hemus is traded to St. Louis by the Phillies in exchange for utility infielder Gene Freese. The 36 year-old former Redbird will become the Cardinals' player-manger for the next three seasons, compiling a 190-192 record.

    1959 - The Dodgers win Game Two of the playoff, 6-5, and take the National League pennant. Los Angeles overcomes a 5-2, ninth-inning deficit to tie the game they win it in the 12th inning when Gil Hodges scores from second on Felix Mantilla's off-balance heave past first base after a difficult chance on Carl Furillo's grounder.

    1961 - Johnny Blanchard singles in the ninth plating Roger Maris to give the Yankees a 2-1 walk-off victory over the Red Sox. The super-sub, playing right field today, hit his 21st home run of the season in the fourth inning off Boston’s complete-game loser Bill Monbouquette accounting for New York’s other run.

    1961 - Whitey Ford goes six innings for the victory in the Yankees' 2-1 win over the Red Sox to finish the season with a 25-4 record. 'Slick' hurls 283 innings during the campaign without allowing a stolen base.

    1962 - Branch Rickey, returning to the Cardinals for the second time in his long career, is given the title of senior consultant for player development. In this role, the 'Mahatma' will have the power to make deals, but is asked by team owner Gussie Busch to confer with general manager Bing Devine on a regular basis.

    1963 - In his last game, Stan Musial helps the Cardinals beat the Reds, 3-2 at Busch Stadium getting two hits in his final three at-bats. The 'Man' will retire with 3,630 hits, during his 22-year tenure with the Redbirds, collecting 1,815 in St. Louis, and the other 1,815 on the road.

    1963 - On the final day of the season, John Paciorek, brother of Tom and Jim, goes 3-for-3, driving in three runs and scoring four times in his big league debut as Houston routs the Mets at Colt Stadium, 13-4. Due to severe back problems, the 18-year-old Colt .45's right fielder, who also makes two outstanding defensive catches, will never again play in a big league game.

    1964 - Masanori Murakami becomes the first player born in Japan to win a major league game. At Candlestick Park, the 20-year old southpaw one-hits the Colt .45's over three innings, and the Otsuki native gets the victory when Matty Alou, who hasn't homered in two years, goes deep to give the Giants a dramatic walk-off 5-4 win in the bottom of the 11th inning.

    1964 - At a press conference, the Mets announce Casey Stengel, the only skipper the franchise has ever known, will continue to manage next season. Although the expansion team has finished last in all three years of its existence, the 'Old Perfessor' is given a raise.

    1968 - In a pre-game ceremony with Harry Caray as the master of ceremonies, the Cardinals honor retiring outfielder Roger Maris. The former two-time MVP with the Yankees, who has never had his accomplishments recognized in the Bronx, thanks the friendly Busch Stadium crowd and the team, remarking that his two seasons in St. Louis were his “most enjoyable years in baseball”.

    1968 - Carl Yastrzemski maintains a .3005 batting average to win his second straight batting crown with the lowest championship average ever. Yaz is the American League's only .300 hitter; Oakland's Danny Cater is second with .290.

    1968 - After the A's drop a 4-3 decision to Minnesota, Charlie O. Finley fires Oakland manager Bob Kennedy on the last day of the season. The A's owner, who has dismissed eight skippers in eight years, rehires Hank Bauer, who guided the team to ninth-places finishes in 1961 and 1962 when the club played in Kansas City.

    1969 - Going deep off Senator hurler Jim Shellenback, Rico Petrocelli becomes the first shortstop in American League history to hit 40 home runs in a season. The Red Sox infielder's record will stand until 1998 when Alex Rodriguez blasts 42 bombs with the Mariners.

    1971 - Expos second baseman Ron Hunt is plunked by a pitch for the 50th time of the season establishing a big league record. By comparison, the runner-up in the league, teammate Rusty Staub, will be hit by a pitch only nine times.

    1971 - In the sixth inning of the Expos' 6-5 win over the Cubs, Ron Hunt is hit by a Milt Pappas pitch. It is the 50th time Hunt is hit in 1971, setting a Major League record.

    1973 - Hank Aaron takes Houston's Jerry Reuss deep for his 40th home run of the season in the Braves' 7-0 victory at Atlanta Stadium. 'Hammerin’ Hank' joins teammates Davey Johnson and Darrell Evans in reaching the milestone, making them the first trio to accomplish the feat for the same club.

    1973 - Steve Carlton, who won 27 games for the cellar-dwelling Phillies last year, suffers his 20th loss of the season when Philadelphia is beaten in St.Louis, 7-1. 'Lefty' will post a 13-20 record, along with 3.90 ERA for the last place team.

    1976 - Tommy Lasorda is named to succeed Walter Alston as Dodger manager. 'Smokey' compiled a 2040-1613 record (.558), during his 23-year tenure with the club winning seven pennants and four world championships.

    1977 - Win a 6-3 victory over the Angels at Royals Stadium, Kansas City reaches the 100-win mark for the first time in the nine-year history of the franchise. The eventual American League Western Division champions will finish the regular season with 102 victories.

    1979 - Manny Mota sets a major league record with his 146th career pinch hit, a single to right field, in LA's 6-2 victory over Chicago at Dodger Stadium. The Dominican Republic native surpasses the all-time record set by Smoky Burgess, who collected his last hit as a pinch-hitter in 1967.

    1979 - J.R. Richard of the Astros shuts out the Dodgers 3-0 and fans eleven batters to break his own modern National League record for strikeouts by a right-hander. Richard finishes with 313 K's, ten more than in 1978. One of five Dodgers hits is a single by Manny Mota, his 146th pinch hit, breaking the mark of 145 formerly held by Smoky Burgess.

    1983 - In game which lasts only two hours and twenty minutes, Mike Warren, in his last start of the season no-hits the White Sox, 3-0, in front of 9,058 fans at the Oakland Coliseum. The 22-year old right-hander from California, who will only win four more games in his three-year career, is the 15th rookie to throw a no-hitter.


    1986 - Jay Bell becomes the tenth player to hit the first pitch he sees in the major leagues for a home run. Twins hurler Burt Blyleven, who gives up the homer to the Indians infielder, breaks former Phillies ace Robin Roberts's infamous record by serving up his 47th gopher ball this season.

    1986 - Chicago Cubs rookie Greg Maddux defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3. The losing pitcher was his brother, Mike, also a rookie. It was the first time brothers faced each other as rookies.

    1987 - New York Yankees' first baseman Don Mattingly sets a major league record by hitting his sixth grand slam of the season. Remarkably, it will be the only six bases-full homers he’ll hit during his entire 14-year career.


    1990 - The Reds clinch the National League West title during a rain delay of their 3-1 loss to the Padres when the second-place Dodgers lose 4-3 to San Francisco. The Reds, never out of first place, are the first National League team ever to lead from wire to wire in a 162-game schedule.

    1993 - George Brett plays his last game at Kauffman Stadium, and after the Royals' 3-2 ninth inning walk off victory, a post-game tribute is held to honor the future Hall of Famer. At the conclusion of the ceremony, with fireworks lighting up the sky, the KC third baseman circles the stadium in a golf cart and then kneels down and kisses home plate.

    1996 - During a 4-1 loss at the SkyDome, Orioles' center fielder Brady Anderson becomes the 14th player to hit 50 home runs in a season. The power surge comes as a surprise given the Baltimore leadoff hitter's previous season high was only 21 round-trippers.

    1996 - Hitting his 40th homer, Rockies third baseman Vinny Castilla joins Andres Galarraga (47) and Ellis Burks (40) to become the first trio of teammates in 23 years to hit 40 homers for one team. Davey Johnson (43), Darrell Evans (41), and Hank Aaron (40) accomplished the feat for the Braves in 1973.

    1996 - Two weeks after the Rangers retire Nolan Ryan's number, the Astros follow suit and honor the 'Ryan Express' by also retiring his #34. The right-handed fireballer played nine seasons for Houston, striking out a total of 1,866 batters en route to winning 106 games that included his 5th no-hitter against L.A. in 1981.

    1996 - Although he is four shy of the necessary 502 plate appearances requirement, Tony Gwynn, hitting .353, is given the National League's batting crown using the Oh-fer Clause, which has been in the rule book for 30 years but never invoked. The addition of four mythical hitless at-bats would leave the Padres outfielder with a .349 average, still five points better than the runner-up Ellis Burks of the Rockies.

    1998 - Mo Vaughn homered twice and tied a record with seven RBIs as Boston ended a 13-game postseason skid, beating Cleveland 11-3 in their American League divisional playoff series opener.

    1999 - Doug Glanville becomes the first Phillie player to collect 200 hits in a season since Pete Rose accomplished the feat twenty years ago. The center fielder reaches the milestone with a fourth inning three-run home run off Micah Bowie in Philadelphia's 5-0 victory over Chicago at Veterans Stadium.

    2000 - Gary Sheffield ties Duke Snider's 1956 mark for the Dodgers' franchise single-season home run record with his career best 43rd round tripper helping Los Angeles to defeat the Padres, 3-0.

    2001 - On three consecutive pitches, Astros' starter Dave Mlicki gives up homers to Fred McGriff, Rondell White and Todd Hundley. The back-to-back-to-back homers enable the Cubs to beat Houston, 6-2.

    2001 - Mariners' outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 234th hit of the season breaking 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson's 1911 rookie record for the most hits in a season. The historic hit also ties the 1985 major league mark for singles in a season established by Wade Boggs with 187 playing with the Red Sox.

    2001 - Miguel Tejada's seventh inning grand slam makes him the 15th player in A's history to hit for the cycle. The slugging shortstop had tripled in the first inning, singled in the third and doubled in the sixth.

    2002 - On the last day of the season, the Braves use 24 players with the Mets using 21 to tie the major league record for the most players employed in a nine-inning game. The Expos and the Cubs also combined to use 45 players on September 5, 1978.

    2002 - Barry Bonds sets a new season mark for on-base percentage with a .582 OBP. The 38-year old Giant left fielder, who became the oldest first-time winner of a batting title hitting .370, easily surpassed the 1941 mark established by Ted Williams with a .553 OBP.

    2002 - Jason Giambi homers in his first two trips to the plate in the Yankees' 6-0 win over Tampa Bay at the Stadium. The pair of round-trippers gives the slugging outfielder a total of 40 for the season, and when added with Jeremy's total of 20 home runs, hit with Oakland and Philadelphia, the Giambi brothers set the record for homers by siblings in the same season‚ topping the 59 hit by Joe (46) and Vince DiMaggio (13) in 1937.

    2004 - With the Braves beating the Mets 6-3, Bobby Cox becomes the ninth manager in baseball history to win 2,000 games as a manager. All of the other skippers who have reached this milestone are enshrined in the Hall of Fame with the exception of Tony LaRussa, who is still actively managing the Cardinals.

    2004 - Major League Baseball announces Washington, D.C. will become the new home of the Montreal Expos in time for the 2005 season. The nation's capital, which was chosen over finalists including Las Vegas and Northern Virginia, will have baseball for the first time in 33 years since the expansion Senators left in 1971 to become the Texas Rangers.

    2004 - Hours after MLB's announcement of the franchise's impending shift to Washington, D.C. for next season, the Expos played their final game in Montreal, a 9–1 loss to Florida before 31,395 enthusiastic fans at Olympic Stadium. As part of the ceremonies, the team commemorates their unfinished 1994 season by unfurling a banner that reads "1994 Meilleure Équipe du Baseball / Best Team in Baseball," a reference to the club's 74-40 record before the work stoppage ended the season and the city's hopes of playing in a World Series.


    2005 - Staving off what would have been one of the worst collapses in baseball history, the White Sox clinch their first American League Central title since 2000 beating the Tigers at Detroit’s Comerica Park, 4-2. The Pale Hose had watched their 15-game lead on August 1 shrink to only a game and a half over the rampaging Indians.


    2005 - Jhonny Peralta sets a new club record for home runs hit by an Indian shortstop. The 24-year old's third inning blast against the Devil Rays gives the Dominican his 24th round tripper of the season, one more than Woodie Held hit in 1961.

    2007 - During the sixth inning of a 5-3 loss to the Blue Jays in Toronto, Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon pulls Delmon Young out of the line-up for showing "blatant disrespect" for the game and the team by not running hard to first base. The 21-year old outfielder responds with a profanity-laced tirade claiming he was unfairly singled out and says he will not play in tomorrow's season finale, making it the only game in the 162-game season he will miss.

    2007 - One out away from clinching a playoff berth, Padres closer Trevor Hoffman gives up a game-tying pinch-hit triple to Tony Gwynn Jr, the son of a former teammate who he used to baby sit. The Padres will lose the game as well as tomorrow's season finale resulting in a one-game playoff loss to Colorado that keeps the team out of the postseason.

    2010 - At the Ballpark in Arlington, with the Seattle-Texas game tied 5-5 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Nelson Cruz strikes out, apparently sending the game into extra innings. The third strike turns out to be a wild pitch, and when the catcher makes an errant throw to first base trying to complete the putout, Mitch Moreland, the base runner already on first, scores the winning run giving the Rangers a 6-5 victory on a walk-off strikeout.

    2011 - The Chicago White Sox traded Ozzie Guillen and Ricardo Andres to Florida Marlins in exchange for Jhan Marinez and Osvaldo Martinez.


    2012 - The Nationals, with a 6-4 win in St. Louis, establishes a franchise record with their 96th victory of the season. In 1979, playing as the Expos, representing the city of Montreal, the team won 95 games, finishing the season two games behind Pittsburgh.

    2013 - The Rangers and Rays both win on the last day of the season to force a one-game tiebreaker for the second AL wild-card spot. Texas, who won its last seven games, will host Tampa Bay in the 163rd game of the season, with the winner playing the Indians in a third consecutive do-or-die game.

    2013 - The Tigers pitchers, with 13 combined K's in the season finale, end the season with 1,428, to establish the major league record for strikeouts by a team, surpassing a mark set by the 2003 Cubs. Detroit’s starting rotation features Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, and Anibal Sanchez, all who have each struck out 200+ batters this season.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 29...


    1859 - Orr, Dave
    1862 - Morris, Ed
    1866 - Weyhing, Gus
    1867 - Hines, Hunkey
    1871 - Hall, Russ
    1877 - Steinfeldt, Harry
    1880 - Lumley, Harry
    1884 - Shaw, Hunky
    1886 - Pieh, Cy
    1898 - Matthews, Joe
    1901 - Rensa, Tony

    1901 - Benton, Rabbit
    1905 - Cunningham, Bruce
    1909 - Hockett, Oris

    1911 - McGee, Dan
    1912 - Stewart, Glen
    1914 - Johnson, Johnny

    1917 - Feinberg, Eddie
    1919 - Emmerich, Slim
    1922 - Wheeler, Don
    1924 - McGhee, Ed

    1925 - Hamilton, Tom
    1932 - Giel, Paul
    1935 - Bedell, Howie
    1935 - Anderson, Bob
    1936 - Trosky, Hal

    1938 - McCormick, Mike
    1941 - James, Jeff
    1941 - Reese, Rich
    1949 - Busby, Steve
    1950 - Macha, Ken
    1950 - Crawford, Jim
    1953 - Richards, Gene
    1953 - Cromartie, Warren
    1955 - McLaughlin, Byron
    1956 - Calvert, Mark
    1957 - Lefferts, Craig
    1957 - Flannery, Tim
    1960 - Deer, Rob
    1967 - Silvestri, Dave
    1968 - Parks, Derek
    1970 - Hudson, Joe
    1970 - Haught, Gary
    1971 - Diaz, Eddy
    1976 - Pickering, Calvin
    1976 - Clark, Jermaine
    1977 - Bell, Heath
    1977 - Westbrook, Jake
    1979 - Duncan, Shelley
    1979 - Thurston, Joe
    1980 - Asencio, Miguel
    1980 - Day, Dewon

    1987 - Solis, Ali
    1988 - Thornburg, Tyler
    1989 - House, T.J.
    1994 - Mahle, Tyler
    1995 - Guerra, Javier



    Baseball Deaths on September 29...


    1920 - Creegan, Mark
    1945 - Van Haltren, George
    1947 - Walker, Ed
    1953 - Tyler, Lefty
    1966 - Rowan, Jack
    1969 - Leach, Tommy
    1974 - Speece, By
    1975 - Stengel, Casey
    1982 - Stratton, Monty

    1988 - Ordenana, Tony
    1990 - McLean, Al
    1991 - Moriarty, Ed
    1999 - Earley, Arnold
    2000 - Lovenguth, Lynn
    2001 - Noriega, John
    2009 - Robinson, Humberto
    2011 - Bockman, Eddie
    2014 - Shuba, George







         











     





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« Reply #5030 on: September 29, 2018, 12:06:40 am »

This Date In White Sox History - September 29th







September 29, 2005 -  The White Sox clinch their first American League Central title since 2000 beating the Tigers at Detroit's Comerica Park, 4-2. Though they led the AL Central wire-to-wire, the Pale Hose had watched their 15-game lead on August 1 shrink to 1.5 to the rampaging Indians.  The White Sox would go on to win 11 of 12 games in the playoffs to capture their first World Series title in 88 years.

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    On September 30 in Baseball History...


    1893 - On the day he is honored by The Sporting News as the most popular baseball player in America‚ Joe Quinn collects eight hits in the doubleheader becoming the first player to accomplish the feat. The St. Louis second baseman, a mortician in the off-season, helps the National League Browns, who will change their name to the Cardinals after the 1899 season, sweep a twin bill from the Beaneaters, 17-6 and 16-4.

    1893 - On the last day of the season, Duff Cooley collects six hits in NL Browns' 16-4 nightcap rout of Boston. The 20 year-old rookie accomplishes the rare feat by hitting four singles, a double, and a triple at the Robison Field in St. Louis.

    1904 - White Sox pitcher Doc White pitches his fifth shutout in eighteen days. The southpaw pitches six of his season total of seven shutouts in September.


    1907 - Cardinals' first baseman Ed Konetchy steals home twice in the same game. St. Louis swipes home plate three times during the contest.

    1921 - At Sportsman's Park, the Cardinals and their fans celebrate Rogers Hornsby Day. The 25 year-old Redbird second baseman, who will lead the NL in hitting with a .397 batting average, delights the crowd with a home run and two doubles in the team's 12-4 victory over Pittsburgh.

    1923 - It's Zack Wheat Day at Ebbets Field and the retiring Dodger outfielder collects two hits and is given an automobile. Cy Williams of the Phillies spoils the special day as he ties the score in the seventh inning with his 39th homer and his 40th in the 12th frame gives Philadelphia the victory, 6–4.

    1927 - At Yankee Stadium on the next-to-last day of the season off of Senator's starter Tom Zachary, Babe Ruth breaks his own 1921 home run record by hitting number 60, which lands just in fair territory in the right field stands. As a pinch hitter in the ninth inning, future Hall of Famer hurler Walter Johnson makes his last major league appearance in this game.


    1928 - In Washington's 9-1 win over the Browns, Goose Goslin gets two hits for the third day in a row to edge Browns outfielder Heinie Manush .379 to .378 for his only batting title in an 18-year career.

    1928 - In his major league debut, White Sox rookie Ed Weiland shuts out the A's at Comiskey Park, 1-0. The 6'4" fireballer from Chicago will finish his four year tenure with his hometown team compiling a 5-15 record before being traded to the Red Sox in 1932.

    1933 - At Sportsman's Park in a 12-2 Cubs rout of the Cardinals, Babe Herman hits for the cycle becoming the first player in baseball history to to do it three times. The Chicago outfielder playing for the Dodgers also accomplished the feat on two other occasions in 1931.

    1933 - In the season finale, the last-place White Sox lose to Cleveland, 5-3, finishing the campaign with a 53-99 record, 47 games out of first place. Chicago did not throw a single left-handed hurler during the entire season.


    1934 - Dizzy Dean beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-0, for his 30th victory of the year as the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the National League pennant.

    1934 - With a two-run round-tripper off Allyn Stout at Sportsman's Park in the Cardinals' 9-0 victory over Cincinnati, Rip Collins establishes a National League record when he blasts his league-leading 35th home run of the season as a switch hitter. The 30 year-old first baseman's mark will not be broken until Howard Johnson goes deep from both sides of the plate 36 times in 1987 for the Mets.

    1936 - In the World Series opener, Carl Hubbell scatters seven hits and limits the Yankees to a solo home run by George Selkirk. The Giants take a decisive 6-1 win.

    1945 - Hank Greenberg's grand-slam home run in the ninth inning on the final day of the season beats the St. Louis Browns 6-3 and clinches the American League pennant for the Detroit Tigers. Virgil Trucks, discharged three days earlier from the Navy, is the starter, with Hal Newhouser relieving in the fifth.

    1947 - In the first televised World Series, Ralph Branca becomes the youngest player to start a World Series opener. At Yankee Stadium, the 21-year and 9 months old right hander and the Dodgers lose to the Bronx Bombers, 5-1.

    1949 - Ralph Kiner hits his 54th homer and 16th in September, as the Pirates beat Herm Wehmeier and the Reds 3-2. The monthly total eclipses Cy Williams' 1923 National League mark.

    1951 - Knowing the Giants have won their game in Boston, the Dodgers rally from a five-run deficit to beat Philadelphia in 14 innings, 9-8, forcing a three-game playoff for the National League pennant. After Jackie Robinson makes a game-saving catch in the thirteenth to preserve an 8-8 tie, he hits a home run in the next frame that proves to be the difference in Brooklyn's victory at Shibe Park.

    1954 - With lefty Johnny Antonelli going the distance, the Giants defeat Early Wynn and the Indians 3-1 in Game two of the World Series. Dusty Rhodes drives in all the Giants' runs with a pinch-hit single and a solo home run. Cleveland's only score is a first-pitch home run by leadoff hitter Al Smith.

    1955 - Johnny Podres defeats Bob Turley, who fails to last two innings as the Dodgers win Game three of the World Series over the Yankees 8-3.

    1956 - At the age of 16, Jim Derrington becomes the youngest pitcher to start a major league game this century. The teenager loses to the A's 7-6, but singles becoming the youngest player to get a hit in the American League.


    1956 - Don Newcombe, a three-time twenty-game winner, goes the distance to earn his major-league leading 27th victory when the Dodgers beat Pittsburgh at Forbes Field, 8-6, on the last day of the campaign. Newk’s win is the most ever in a season by an African-American pitcher.

    1961 - The Angels win their 70th and final game of the season when they defeat Cleveland at L.A.'s Wrigley Field, 11-6. The seventy victories are the most games ever won by an expansion team in their first year of existence.

    1962 - Willie Mays homered to give the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 victory over the Houston Colt. 45s in the season's final day. That, coupled with the Los Angeles Dodgers' 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, forced a playoff for the National League pennant. The Giants won in three games.

    1962 - The Mets end their inaugural season with their 120th loss, a 20th century record. Joe Pignatano hits into an eighth inning triple play in his last career at-bat.

    1962 - In his last at-bat of his career, Don Gile homers in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Red Sox a 3-1, season-ending victory over the Senators at Fenway Park. The Boston first baseman had been 0-for-34 before the dramatic at-bat.

    1962 - On the last day of the season, Gene Oliver's eighth-inning homer off Johnny Podres proves to be the difference in St. Louis' 1-0 victory over the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine. The loss to the Cardinals forces Los Angeles into a best-of-three-game playoff with the Giants for the National League pennant, a series the team will lose to San Francisco.

    1962 - At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle blasts his 30th home run of the season, a fourth inning solo shot off White Sox's 20-game winner Ray Herbert, to extend his streak of having 30 or more round-trippers to eight seasons. The 'Mick', who missed a month of the campaign because of a leg injury, batted leadoff in final series of the year to collect more at-bats.


    1964 - As a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium, Bill Roman hits his only big league home run in his first major league at-bat. The 25-year old Tiger rookie first baseman will accumulate only 37 career plate appearances during a brief two-year stint in Detroit.

    1966 - At Comiskey Park in the top of the ninth inning, Roger Maris, in his last at-bat as a Yankee, slams a two-run home run as a pinch-hitter putting the club ahead of the White Sox, 5-4. As the slugger contemplates retirement, the former two-time American League MVP is stunned and embarrassed when New York trades him in the off-season to the Cardinals for utility player Charley Smith.

    1969 - The Braves clinch the first ever National League West division with their 3-2 win over the Reds at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The Lum Harris led club will finish the season three games ahead of San Francisco, but will be swept by New York in the NLCS.

    1971 - The Senators, in their final game in Washington, hold a 7-5 lead over the Yankees with two outs in the ninth. Fans then swarm onto the field, causing the game to be forfeited to the Yanks.

    1971 - Tom Seaver, for the second time in his career, becomes a 20-game winner when the Mets beat St. Louis, 6-1, at Shea Stadium on the final day of the season. En route to the complete game victory, 'Tom Terrific' whiffs 13 Redbirds to end the campaign with a league-leading 289 strikeouts.

    1971 - Don Mincher becomes the only player to be on the roster for both final games played in Washington for each team known as the Senators. The lefty-swinging first baseman will also be the only person to play for both the original Minnesota Twins and the original Texas Rangers, the franchises that left the nation's capital, respectively, in 1960 and 1971.

    1971 - Willie Montanez sets the Phillies' rookie home run record when he strokes a two-run round-tripper off Nelson Briles in the team's 4-3 loss to Pittsburgh at Veterans Stadium. The freshman first baseman's 30 homers eclipse the mark established by Dick Allen in 1964.

    1972 - Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente doubles off Met Jon Matlack to become the 11th major leaguer to collect 3000 hits. The two-bagger, sadly, will be his last hit as he will die in a plane crash on New Year's Eve.


    1973 - Playing in their final game at the 'old' Yankee Stadium, the fourth-place Bronx Bombers lose unceremoniously to the Tigers, 8-5. The team, which will play its home games for the next two seasons at Shea Stadium as the 50-year old ‘House that Ruth Built’ undergoes extensive renovations, also loses their skipper with Ralph Houk announcing his resignation.

    1973 - After posting an 88-73 record, Eddie Kasko is fired as manager of the second place Red Sox on the last day of the season. Triple-A Pawtucket pilot Darrell Johnson is named as next season's skipper.

    1973 - At the close of the season, the American League's new DH rule appears to have worked when the Junior Circuit's league’s batting average increases by 20 points to .259, its highest point since 1956, outhitting the NL for the first time in a decade. There were 112 more complete games than last season, and the total of 614 is the most since 1928 in either league.

    1978 - The Phillies overcome a first-inning grand slam by Willie Stargell to beat the Pirates 10-8 and finally clinch the National League East title. Winning pitcher Randy Lerch contributes two home runs to his cause. The loss snaps the Pirates' streak of 24 straight wins at Three Rivers Stadium.

    1979 - In his final major league at-bat, Ed Kranepool pinch hits a double off Bob Forsch in New York’s 4-2 win over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The 35-year old veteran, who broke in with the Mets as a 17-year old in 1962, has the longest tenure in franchise history playing 18 seasons with the club.

    1980 - A's outfielder Rickey Henderson sets the American League single-season stolen base record with his 98th in a 5-1 win over the White Sox, breaking Ty Cobb's record of 96 set in 1915. Henderson will finish the season with one-hundred stolen bases.

    1980 - In front of only 1,754 patrons, Mets southpaw Pete Falcone beats the Pirates in the season's last game at Shea Stadium, 3-1. It is the smallest crowd ever to attend a game at the Flushing ballpark, 33 less fans than yesterday.

    1981 - In the last major-league game at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium, Kansas City clinches at least a tie for the American League West second-half title with a 5-2 win over the Twins. Next season, the Twins will play in the brand-new Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis.

    1984 - Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly wins the American League batting title with a .343 average, finishing three points higher than teammate Dave Winfield. It the first of six consecutive seasons that 'Donnie Baseball' will finish hitting over .300, but will prove to be his only batting crown during a 14-year major league career.

    1984 - On the final day of the season, Mike Witt uses only 97 pitches to retire 27 consecutive hitters. The Angels' hurler throws the perfect game against the Rangers and beats Charlie Hough on an unearned run, 1-0.


    1985 - Trying to circumvent the Mariners' 'escape clause' which is based on attendance at the Kingdome, the King County Council attempts to modify the deal it made with the team. A proposed amendment, making it necessary for the club to play .500 ball before a move could be considered, a record the M's have never achieved, angers owner George Argyros so much he threatens to move the team out of Seattle.

    1987 - Dave Stewart becomes a 20-game winner when the A’s beat Cleveland at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, 4-3. The thirty-year old right hander, who spent the first decade of his career in the bullpen, will also earn twenty or more victories in the next three seasons.

    1988 - Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers broke Don Drysdale's record of 58 consecutive scoreless innings by shutting out San Diego for 10 innings. The Padres won in the 16th inning, 2-1.

    1988 - Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth for the second consecutive start, and finished with a 4-0 one-hitter over the Baltimore Orioles. Stieb faced the minimum 26 batters until Jim Trabor lined a single down the right-field line about 3 feet from the glove of first baseman Fred McGriff.

    1988 - Joining Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Dwight 'Doc' Gooden, David Cone improves his record to 20-3 becoming the fourth pitcher in Mets history to win twenty games in a season. After his 4-2 complete-game victory against the Cardinals, the 25-year old right-hander is congratulated by a surprise visitor to the Shea Stadium dugout, former president Richard Nixon.

    1988 - At Wrigley Field, President Ronald Reagan throws out two first ceremonial first pitches prior to the Cubs' 10-9 loss to the Pirates. 'Dutch', a former play-by-play announcer, then participates in the broadcast with Harry Caray spending the first inning and a half in the WGN booth.

    1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 13 Angels in a 2-0 three-hitter to raise his season total to 301. It is his sixth 300-strikeout season but his first since 1977.

    1989 - Ending a 43-year relationship with Major League Baseball, NBC airs its final regular season Game of the Week. The contest, which features the Blue Jays clinching the AL East title with a 4-3 victory over the Orioles at the SkyDome, is the 981st broadcast of a weekly tradition which began in 1947.

    1989 - Baltimore, after spending nearly three months in first place, is eliminated from the pennant race on the next-to-last day of the season when they suffer their second consecutive one-run loss to Toronto, allowing the Blue Jays to clinch first place in the AL East. The young group of players known as the "Why Not?" Orioles, led by Frank Robinson, improved in the standings by 32.5 games from their last-place finish last season.

    1990 - The White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in the last game played at historic Comiskey Park, which is to be torn down after eighty seasons of major-league ball. Chicago will play next season at the new Comiskey Park located across the street.



    1990 - Kansas City infielders Frank White, playing in his last major league game after spending his entire 18-year career with the Royals, and George Brett establish a new mark when they appear their 1,914th game together, the most by any American League teammates.

    1992 - With his fourth hit of the game, a single off LA's southpaw Tim Fortugno, George Brett collects his 3000th hit of his career. The Royals' third baseman's celebration of the milestone moment is short-lived when he is picked off and tagged by first baseman Gary Gaetti after stepping off the base to savor the accomplishment.

    1995 - Albert Belle becomes the first player in major league history to hit fifty home runs and fifty doubles in the same season. The accomplishment, which is more amazing because it is completed in only 143 games due to a strike-shorten season, far exceeds any of the prior 40-40 marks achieved by just a dozen players in major league history.

    1997 - Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning against Cleveland, making the New York Yankees the first team to hit three straight homers in a postseason game. O'Neill's homer made it 8-6, the final score of the Yankees' Game 1 victory in the American League division series.

    1998 - John Smoltz became the winningest pitcher in postseason history, allowing only five hits in 7 2/3 innings as the Atlanta Braves cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of their National League divisional playoff series.

    1998 - After the removal of a tumor nine months ago, former Royal reliever Dan Quisenberry dies of brain cancer at the age of 45. In 1983, 'Quiz', known for his outstanding control, became the first closer to record 40 saves, ending the season with 45.

    1999 - Mets' shortstop Rey Ordonez plays in his 96th consecutive game without committing an error breaking Cal Ripken's major league record for errorless games in that position. The flashy infielder will finish the season extending the record to 100 games.

    1999 - The largest regular-season crowd in Candlestick Park history, 61,389 fans, watches the Dodgers beat the home team, 9-4 in the last baseball game to ever be played at the 'Point'. Giant greats help mark the occasion with Juan Marichal tossing out the ceremonial first pitch before the game and Willie Mays throwing out the ballpark's final pitch after the game.

    1999 - For the twenty-third time this season, Diamondback fireballer Randy Johnson K's at least 10 batters to tie Nolan Ryan's 1973 major league record for the most double-digit strikeout games in a season. The tall left-hander whiffs 11 Padres in seven innings in a 5-3 victory to bring his season ending total to 364 which ranks fourth all-time.

    2000 - In the highest scoring game in A's franchise history, Oakland defeats the Rangers 23-2 to remain a half-game ahead of the Mariners for the Western Division lead as Seattle scores the most runs ever against the Angels, 21-9 assuring the team at least a tie for the American League wild card.

    2001 - With a third-inning double against Milwaukee, Rockies first baseman Todd Helton becomes the first player in major league history to have consecutive 100 extra-base hits seasons. Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig and Chuck Klein also had two 100 extra-base hits seasons, but did not accomplish the feat in successive years.

    2004 - Thanks to Bernie Williams’s ninth inning two-run homer, the Yankees beat the Twins, 6-4, to clinch their seventh straight American League East Division title. It is also their 100th victory of the season making the club only the fourth team in history (Braves 1997-99; Orioles 1969-71; A’s 1929-31) to have three consecutive 100-win seasons.

    2005 - The Devil Rays announce the team will buy out the last year of manager Lou Piniella’s $13 million, four-year deal signed in 2002. The agreement, which pays ‘Sweett Lou’ $2.2 million of the $4.4 million he is owed, allows the 62-year skipper to seek employment with another team.

    2005 - Mariner outfielder Ichiro Suzuki become the first player in baseball history to collect 200 hits each of his first five seasons in the big leagues. The Japanese native, who was last season’s AL batting champ, joins Willie Keeler (1894-1901), Wade Boggs (1983-89), Chuck Klein (1929-33), Al Simmons (1929-33), and Charlie Gehringer (1933-37) as the sixth major leaguer to have to reached this plateau for at least five consecutive seasons.

    2005 - Albert Pujols’s 40th home run, a seventh inning grand slam against the Reds, makes him the first Cardinal in the 114-year history of the team to hit that many home runs in three consecutive seasons. The homer, which was also the 200th of his career, makes the first baseman the third-youngest player to reach the milestone with only Mel Ott and Eddie Mathews accomplishing it sooner.

    2005 - Delta Air Lines names one of its Boeing 757s 'Big Papi' in honor of the Red Sox designated hitter. David Ortiz attends at the dedication ceremony at Logan International Airport where the company unveils the newly lettered jet, a Song Plane.

    2006 - Five years and two cities after Frank Robinson, then the vice president in the commissioner's office in charge of on-field discipline, accepts Bud Selig's offer to take the MLB-owned Expos' manager job for just one season, the franchise, now known as the Washington Nationals, will have a new skipper. Jim Bowden, the team's GM, announces the 71-year-old Hall of Famer will be replaced with the search for a new field boss beginning after tomorrow's season finale against the Mets at RFK.

    2007 - With the help of New York losing 6 out of their 7 last games (all at home) and squandering a seven game game with 17 to play, the Phillies clinch the NL East title for the first time in 14 years by beating the Nationals on the last day of the season, 6-1. The Mets' colossal failure down the stretch is considered by many to be the worst collapse by a team in baseball history.

    2007 - With 13 victories in the last 14 games of the season, the Rockies beat the Diamondbacks to force a one-game play-off with the Padres to determine the National League wild card team. San Diego, who was one strike away from clinching a postseason berth yesterday, loses again today to the Brewers ending the season with the same record as Colorado, 89-73.

    2007 - Jimmy Rollins triples to become only the fourth big leaguer to record 20 stolen bases, 20 homers, 20 triples and 20 doubles in a season. The Phillies shortstop and MVP candidate joins Frank Schulte (1911 -Cubs), Willie Mays (1957 - Giants) and Curtis Granderson (2007 -Tigers) as the only players in major league history to accomplish the feat.

    2008 - With its 1-0 tiebreaker win over the Twins, the White Sox become the first team in major league history to defeat three different opponents in three days. Chicago beat the Indians on the last scheduled day of the regular season to necessitate the playing of a previous rain out with the Tigers, which the Southsiders won 8-2, making today's game with Minnesota necessary to determine the AL Central divisional championship.


    2009 - In the Marlins' 5-4 victory over Atlanta, Ricky Nolasco sets a franchise record with 16 strikeouts. The 26-year old right-hander's performance includes whiffing nine consecutive batters, one shy of the major league record set by Tom Seaver with the Mets in 1970.

    2009 - The Phillies clinch their third straight division title with a 10-3 victory over Houston. If the team wins the World Series this year, the reigning World Champions will become the first National League team to win two in row since the Reds won consecutive Fall Classics in 1975-76.

    2009 - Francisco Rodríguez becomes the fourth pitcher in the history of the game to yield two walk-off grand slams in the same season when Justin Maxwell goes deep giving Washington a dramatic 7-4 victory over the Mets at Nationals Park. Last month, Everth Cabrera of the Padres also hit a game-ending four-run four-bagger making K-Rod Rodríguez the only major leaguer to surrender two game winning grand slams to a pair of rookies.

    2011 - The Red Sox do not pick up their option on Terry Francona’s contract, severing ties with their manager for the past eight seasons. The former Boston skipper, who was at the helm for the team's 2004 and 2007 World Championships, could not halt the club's historic collapse in September, losing a certain playoff spot to Tampa Bay when the team posts a meager 7-20 record in the final month of the season.

    2012 - En route from Baltimore to Tampa Bay to play the Rays, the Orioles' charter is forced to make an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida because of smoke on the plane. The cause of the fire is not immediately known, but there are no reported injuries.

    2012 - The Braves win for the 23rd straight time in a game started by Kris Medlen when they beat New York in the regular-season home finale at Turner Field, 6-2. The 26 year-old right-hander's streak surpasses the major league mark shared by Carl Hubbell (Giants, 1936-37) and Whitey Ford (Yankees, 1950-53).

    2012 - David Price becomes the first 20-game winner in franchise history when he goes seven innings in the Rays' 6-2 win over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. The 27 year-old southpaw, the youngest American League pitcher to win 20 since Johan Santana reached the milestone with Minnesota in 2004, will edge Tigers ace Justin Verlander for the AL Cy Young Award.


    2012 - After beating Boston earlier in the day, the Orioles secure a postseason berth when Texas beats the Angels in the second game of a twin bill. Baltimore, whose last playoff appearance occurred in 1997, clinches, at very least, one of the two American League Wild Card spots.

    2013 - In a one-game tie breaker to determine the AL's second Wild Card team, Rays' ace David Price allows just seven hits en route to a complete-game 5-2 victory over the Rangers in Arlington. Tampa Bay will take on the Indians for the Wild Card spot in the playoffs, and Texas, after winning its last seven contests of the regular 162-game season, will miss the postseason for the first time since 2009.

    2013 - The Mets extend manager Terry Collins’ contract for another two years, adding a club option for 2016. During his three-year tenure with New York, the 64 year-old skipper, who has also managed the Astros and Angels, has guided the team to 225-261 record, the lowest winning percentage (.463) of his major league managerial career.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 30...


    1851 - Shoupe, John
    1866 - Cotter, Tom
    1873 - O'Hagen, Hal
    1874 - Vorhees, Cy
    1878 - Kalahan, John
    1882 - Street, Gabby
    1882 - Hoelskoetter, Art
    1883 - More, Forrest
    1884 - Rucker, Nap
    1885 - Beck, Zinn
    1890 - Fritz, Harry
    1891 - Bohen, Pat
    1893 - Wallace, Doc
    1893 - Kelleher, Duke
    1897 - Cox, Dick
    1897 - Kenna, Eddie
    1897 - Kircher, Mike
    1902 - Carter, Blackie
    1905 - Harvel, Luther
    1905 - Allen, Johnny
    1906 - Lamanske, Frank
    1910 - Poindexter, Jennings
    1913 - Skaff, Frank
    1913 - Andrews, Nate
    1918 - Castiglia, Jim
    1920 - Linde, Lyman
    1921 - McGah, Eddie
    1924 - Taylor, Ben
    1926 - Roberts, Robin
    1929 - Blaylock, Marv
    1932 - Podres, Johnny
    1948 - Torres, Rusty

    1948 - Kusick, Craig
    1949 - Blessitt, Ike
    1953 - Gonzales, Dan
    1955 - Lezcano, Carlos
    1962 - Magadan, Dave
    1964 - Jennings, Doug
    1964 - Lusader, Scott
    1967 - DeSilva, John
    1967 - Perez, Yorkis
    1972 - Lima, Jose
    1972 - Goodwin, Curtis
    1974 - Giambi, Jeremy
    1975 - Guillen, Carlos
    1980 - Bullington, Bryan
    1981 - Watson, Brandon
    1982 - Smith, Seth
    1985 - Robertson, Dan
    1985 - Romak, Jamie
    1985 - Worth, Danny
    1986 - Hoyt, James
    1986 - Paredes, Edward
    1987 - Jansen, Kenley
    1988 - Marimon, Sugar Ray
    1989 - Parker, Kyle



    Baseball Deaths on September 30...


    1892 - O'Neil, Ed
    1922 - Genins, Frank
    1924 - Martin, Frank
    1927 - Morrison, Hank
    1937 - Shoch, George
    1941 - McPherson, John
    1947 - Halla, John
    1950 - Harper, Jack
    1952 - Freeman, Jerry
    1962 - Crowell, Cap
    1962 - Pillion, Squiz
    1963 - White, Jack
    1965 - Battle, Jim

    1969 - Galvin, Jim
    1969 - Thompson, Hank
    1970 - Patterson, Hank
    1970 - Novikoff, Lou
    1971 - Mack, Bill
    1973 - Russell, Reb

    1977 - Pratt, Del
    1989 - Weir, Roy
    1990 - Potter, Nels
    1998 - Quisenberry, Dan
    2002 - McGah, Eddie
    2008 - Brinkman, Ed



       


   


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On October 1 in Baseball History...


1903 - The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox, 7-3, in the first World Series game ever played. Jimmy Sebring hit the first home run. Deacon Phillippe was the winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser.

1919 - Just before the start of the World Series, the highly favored White Sox become the betting underdogs in the best-of-nine contest. Eddie Cicotte, a 29-game winner, is driven from the hill in a five-run fourth. Cincinnati's Dutch Ruether pitches a six-hitter and has three RBI on two triples and a single for a 9-1 win.

1921 - White Sox backstop Ray Schalk is the first catcher to make a putout at every single base. The feat has not been accomplished again.

1924 - Jimmy O'Connell, who will be out of baseball at the age of 23, is banned from the World Series by Kenesaw Mountain Landis after admitting to the commissioner his attempt to bribe Philadelphia shortstop Heinie Sand to "go easy" during their season-ending series against the Giants. The New York outfielder implicates teammates Frank Frisch‚ George Kelly‚ and Ross Youngs‚ but the trio will be cleared.

1932 - Babe Ruth, as legend has it, called his home run against Chicago's Charlie Root in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series, won by the New York Yankees, 7-5, at Wrigley Field. Ruth and Lou Gehrig each hit two homers for the Yankees.


1932 - Eighteen-year old Joe DiMaggio makes his professional debut at the end of the San Francisco Seals campaign playing shortstop for the team. Next year, the future Yankee superstar will hit .340 with 169 RBI’s and 28 home runs in his first full season in the Pacific Coast League.

1933 - Although he gives up 12 hits and 5 earned runs, 38-year old Babe Ruth goes the distance to beat the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, 6-5. The 'Sultan of Swat's' performance on the mound, a ploy to attract fans to a meaningless game, will be his last appearance as a pitcher, a position in which the future Hall of Fame slugger will post a 94-46 career record.

1944 - Dixie Walker, an outfielder on the seventh-place Dodgers, wins the National League batting crown with a .357 batting average finishing ten points higher than runner-up Stan Musial. In 1947, the 'People's Cherce's younger brother, Harry 'the Hat', will also lead the Senior Circuit hitting .363 in the year when he is traded after playing ten games for St. Louis to Philadelphia.

1944 - The St. Louis Browns, for the first and only time in their history, clinch the American League pennant when they beat the defending world champion Yankees at Sportman's Park, 5-2. Most of the team's offensive output is provided with a pair of two-run homers hit by Chet Laabs, an all-star outfielder in 1943 who has seen limited duty this season due to his job at a wartime defense plant.

1946 - For the first time in major league history, a playoff series to determine a league's championship was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers. The Cardinals took the first game, 4-2, as Howie Pollet held the Dodgers to two hits, a homer and an RBI-single by Howie Schultz.

1949 - Alex Kellner becomes the first 20-game winner for the A's since Lefty Grove accomplished the feat in 1933 when he goes the distance in Philadelphia's 7-4 victory over Washington at Griffith Stadium. The 24 year-old southpaw's success will be short-lived when he leads the American League with 20 losses next season .

1950 - Robin Roberts becomes the first Phillies right-hander to win 20 games since Grover Cleveland Alexander accomplished the feat with 30 victories in 1917. It is the first of six consecutive 20-win seasons the Whiz Kid from Springfield (IL) will compile for Philadelphia.

1950 - After they retire today, Burt Shotton of the Dodgers and the A's Connie Mack will become the last managers to wear street clothes. Although no edict that specifically mandates a skipper must wear a uniform, there is now a rule that states that a person not wearing a uniform, except medical personnel, isn't allowed on the field of play during a game.

1950 - The Philadelphia Phillies clinched the National League pennant on Dick Sisler's three-run homer against Don Newcombe in a 4-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers on the season's last day.

1951 - The Dodgers' 3-1 victory over the Giants in the first game of the National League playoffs is the first major league contest to be televised coast-to-coast. CBS, who obtained rights to the game, transmits the picture from Ebbets Field, but has to get the signal from ABC, who had made previously made arrangements with WOR-TV, the New York station which carried Brooklyn's regular season games.

1955 - After losing the first two games in the Bronx, the Dodgers even the World Series at two games apiece when they defeat the Yankees at Ebbets Field, 8-5. Brooklyn will make it three victories in a row tomorrow, but it will take a dramatic Game 7 for the 'Bums' to capture their first World Championship.

1955 - Receiving 71 of 103 votes cast by the writers, Indians hurler Herb Score wins the Sporting News American League Rookie of the Year award easily outdistancing Elston Howard of the Yankees and Hector Lopez of the A's. The 22-year old right-hander established a rookie record for strikeouts with 245 while compiling a 16-10 record for the Tribe.

1955 - Bill Virdon is selected as the National League's Rookie of the Year. The Cardinal outfielder, easily identified by his eye glases, receives 57 of the 92 writers' votes to beat runners-up Phillies hurler Jack Meyer and teammate Ken Boyer for the freshman award.

1961 - Roger Maris hit his 61st home run against Tracy Stallard of the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The homer eclipsed Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season home run record. The Yankees won, 1-0.

1961 - After providing a venue for the PCL's Angels from 1925 through 1957 and the major league expansion team with the same name this season, LA's Wrigley Field hosts its last professional baseball game. The Halos are defeated by the Tribe 8-5 in front of 9,868 fans at the 36-year old ballpark, which will be torn down in five years to make room for an eventual public playground and senior center.

1961 - Willie Mays hits his 40th home run when he he goes deep off Lew Burdette in the Giants' 8-2 victory over Milwaukee in the opener of a twin bill at County Stadium. The 'Say Hey Kid' is the eighth player to reach the mark this season, a major league record, when he joins Roger Maris (61), Mickey Mantle (54), Harmon Killebrew (46), Orlando Cepeda (46), Jim Gentile (46), Rocky Colavito (45), and Norm Cash (41) in accomplishing the feat.

1964 - In the event of a tie at the end of the season, National League president Warren Giles flips a coin to determine the different possible playoff pairings, which includes six possibilities - two with two-teams, three with three-teams and one with four teams. Reds' president and general manager Bill DeWitt wins the first toss and chooses to play the Cardinals at home, if Cincinnati prevails.

1964 - The smallest reported crowd ever to attend a game at Fenway Park watches the Red Sox, en route to their sixth consecutive losing season, beat Cleveland, 4-2, to snap a six-game slide. The crowd of 306 paid patrons is less than half of the previous low at the Boston ballpark when only 674 fans showed up for a game against Kansas City last season.

1967 - At Fenway Park, on the last day of the season, Carl Yastrzemski collects four hits to help the Red Sox beat the Twins, 5-3, and clinch the American League pennant by one game over Minnesota and the Tigers. Yaz’s remarkable streak of getting ten hits in his final 13 at-bats enables the Long Island, N.Y. native to win the Triple Crown (.326, 44, 121) .


1970 - The final game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium is played as the Phillies beat the Expos 2-1. The fans respond by swarming onto and destroying the field.

1970 - Alex Johnson becomes the first Angel to win a batting title when he edges Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski on the last day of the season. The California outfielder wins the title when he beats out a high chopper to raise his average to .3289 in the fifth inning, finishing a miniscule .003 higher than Yaz at .3286.

1973 - In the first game of a scheduled make-up double-header at Wrigley Field in front of only 1,913 fans, a day after the regular season ends, the Mets beat the Cubs, 6-4, to capture the National League East flag. The Miracle Mets, who were 11 and half games behind and in last place on August 5, by winning its 82nd game, (the lowest number victories ever to win a title) clinch the division making the second game of the twin bill unnecessary to play.

1973 - As renovations begin at Yankee Stadium, home plate and first base from the old ballpark are presented respectively to Mrs. Babe Ruth and Mrs. Lou Gehrig. The Bronx Bombers will play their home games at Shea Stadium during the next two years.

1974 - Whiffing 14 batters, Tom Seaver becomes the first hurler in National League history to strike out 200 or more batters for seven consecutive seasons. ‘Tom Terrific’s’ complete game effort in his last start of the year isn’t good enough to win as the Mets bow to Jim Lonborg and Phillies, 2-1.

1974 - At the Astrodome, Mike Marshall establishes the major league mark for the most appearances by a pitcher when he throws two innings in the Dodgers' 8-5 victory over Houston. With his 106 appearances, the right-handed reliever appears in 65% of the games that his team played this season.

1975 - The Expos fire their first manager Gene Mauch and replace him with Karl Kuehl, the successful pilot of the Memphis Blues, their top farm club. During his seven-year tenure north of the border, Mauch, who will become the winningest big league manager to have never won a pennant, compiles a 499-627 (.443) record, never finishing higher than fourth place.

1978 - The Cleveland Indians beat New York, 9-2, on the last day of the season to force a one-game playoff between the Yankees and Boston. The Red Sox won their eighth straight, 5-0 over the Toronto Blue Jays.

1978 - On the last day of the season at Qualcomm Stadium, Ozzie Smith does his signature flip for the first time. The Padres shortstop, asked by the club to do it for Fans Appreciation Day, will continue his gymnastic prowess as a member of the Cardinals with the somersault becoming an Opening Day tradition at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

1980 - With much media and fan pressure, the Red Sox fire their very unpopular manager Don Zimmer. During 'Popeye's' five years in the Boston dugout he compiles a very respectable 411-304 (.575) record, but he will never be forgiven for the team's collapse in 1978 when a 14-game lead gets away, ending in a one-game playoff for the American League pennant, a 5-4 loss to the Yankees, thanks to a legendary home run over the Green Monster hit by Bucky Dent.

1982 - In his last game, A's shortstop Fred Stanley goes 1-for-3 in a 12-7 loss to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. With 'Chicken' retiring there are now no active players left in the majors who once played with the Seattle Pilots.

1984 - Peter Ueberroth takes over the reins of major league baseball as the sport's sixth commissioner. The former L.A. Olympic president will immediately face a crisis when he needs to arbitrate the labor disagreement with the umpires' union, who have threatened to strike before the start of the League Championship Series.

1987 - With the bases full of Astros, Gerald Perry, the runner on third, scores on a delayed steal of home when the return throw from Braves' right-hander Danny Darwin is dropped by backstop Ronn Reynolds, who suffers a bruised and lacerated right hand on the play. The other runners, Jeff Blauser on first and Ken Oberkfell on second, also advance a base making it a rare triple steal, an event which will not occur again for another 21 years.

1988 - Tony Gwynn went 2-for-3 to raise his league-leading batting average to .313 but sustained a hand injury in a 6-3 victory over the Houston Astros. Gwynn, was the first National League batting champion to win the title with an average below .320. Larry Doyle's .320 average was the lowest.

1989 - Minnesota's Kirby Puckett and San Diego's Tony Gwynn each win batting titles on the final day of the regular season. Puckett goes 2-for-5 to edge Carney Lansford .339 to .336 while Gwynn goes 3-for-4 to beat Will Clark .336 to .333.

1991 - In what is believed to be his last day with the team, Ernie Harwell, whose contract is not renewed by team management and WJR, waves goodbye to the fans and the crowd attending the season finale gives the 'Voice of the Tigers' for the past 32-years a long and loud standing ovation. The veteran broadcaster will return to Detroit in 1993, thanks to the warm invitation from new team owner Mike Ilitch, and will continue to do play-by-play until the end of the 2002 season.

1993 - Mike Piazza plates Jose Offerman with a first-inning single to set a new team mark for runs driven in by rookie with 107. The 24 year-old Dodgers catcher breaks the franchise record for rookie RBIs established by Del Bissonette, a freshman first baseman who played with Brooklyn in 1928.

1995 - The Yankees and Rockies become first wild-card teams in the new major league baseball playoff system.

1995 - Beating the Giants,10-9, the Rockies win the first wild card in the National League thus becoming the first team to make the postseason before their seventh year in existence. Colorado posts the best ever record for a third-year team finishing ten games over .500 (77-67, .535).

1997 - The Orioles continue their dominance over the most dominant lefthander in baseball. Baltimore bounces Randy Johnson and the Mariners in the first game of the American League Division Series. Johnson, who has a winning record against every other team in the American League, falls to 3-8 overall against the Orioles.

1998 - In a 6-3 win over the Astros, Tony Gwynn goes 2-for-3 raising his league-leading batting average to .313. The Padres' outfielder becomes the first National League batting champion to win the title with an average below .320.

2000 - In the season finale, Kazuhiro Sasaki sets the rookie record for saves by notching his 37th when he tosses 1.2 innings of scoreless relief in the Mariners' 5-2 victory over Los Angeles at Edison Field. The 32-year old Japanese closer surpasses Todd Worrell's mark established in 1986 when the right-handed reliever played for the Cardinals.

2004 - With a little ground ball through the box, Ichiro Suzuki makes history in a big way as he breaks the major league record for hits in a single season. The historic hit by the Mariner outfielder from Japan surpasses George Sisler’s 84-year-old mark of 257 hits established in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns.


2005 - With a 10-1 drubbing by the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, the Royals establish a team record with their 105th defeat this season. Kansas City, which owns the worst record in the majors this year after losing 104 games last season, have reached the dubious century mark in three of the last four seasons.

2006 - Needing only one victory to clinch the AL Central flag, the Tigers are swept by the lowly Royals in a three game series in the final weekend of the season. After building a 6-0 lead in the season finale at Comerica Park, Detroit loses 10-8 in 12 innings and loses first place to the Twins to become the wild card team, opening on the road in the ALDS against the heavily favored Yankees.

2006 - With the exception of the work stoppage seasons of 1981, 1994 and 1995, it is the first time in baseball history no starting pitcher in either league wins 20 games. The most victories in the National League is sixteen accomplished by six hurlers and Johan Santana and Chien-Ming Wang win 19 games in the American League.

2006 - Joe Mauer becomes the first American League catcher to win a batting title and to lead the majors in hitting. The Twins backstop's .347 batting average outpaces Freddie Sanchez (.344) of the Pirates.

2006 - In the Tigers' 10-4 win over the Devil Rays, Carlos Guillen becomes the tenth player in franchise history to hit for for the cycle. The Detroit shortstop stretches a single into a double in his last at-bat in the eighth inning to complete the rare event.

2006 - Knowing that the contest might be his right fielder's final game with Boston, Red Sox manager Terry Francona replaces Trot Nixon in right field with two outs in the fifth inning on the last day of the season. The Fenway Faithful respond with a thunderous ovation when their regular right fielder for the past decade leaves the field.

2007 - The NL play-off game ends abruptly in the bottom of the 13th inning at Coors Field as Matt Holliday of the Rockies scores on a bang-bang play at home on a shallow Jamey Carroll sac fly, the third and winning run given up in Trevor Hoffman's blown save. Having won 14 of their last 15 games, the 9-8 comeback victory over the Padres, who were one strike away from clinching a postseason berth two games ago, makes Colorado the improbable NL wild card.

2009 - The Rockies' 9-2 win over Milwaukee assures the team of a wild card berth in the postseason, and puts the team in position to still win the NL West by sweeping the Dodgers this week-end in L.A. Although the team was 12 games under .500 on June 3, today's victory, their 91st - a club record, puts Colorado 23 games over .500, another first in the 17 year history of franchise.

2009 - Tony La Russa moves past John McGraw into second place for the most games managed in major league history. With his 4,770 contests as a manager, the Cardinal skipper now trails only Connie Mack, who amassed a total of 7755 during his 53 years in the dugout.

2014 - Brandon Crawford becomes the first shortstop to hit a postseason grand slam when he clears the bases in the fourth inning of the winner-take-all National League Wild Card Game, a 8-0 Giants’ victory over the Pirates. The former UCLA Bruins infielder’s four-run home run off Edinson Volquez quiets the very enthusiastic PNC Park crowd, who as been a valuable asset to the home team during the season.

2015 - Jose Abreu joins Albert Pujols (2001-02) as the second player in baseball history to hit 30 homers and drive in a 100 runs in each of his first two seasons. The Chicago White Sox slugging first baseman singles with two outs In the seventh-inning, picking up his 100th and 101st RBI of the season in the team's 6-4 loss to Kansas City at U.S. Cellular Field.

2017 - The season ends with the largest total of homers (6,105) and strikeouts (40,104) ever recorded in the history of the game. During the campaign, only 27 individual shutouts are thrown, the fewest since 1878, along with a total of 59 complete games, setting a record for the fewest for the third straight year.




Baseball Birthdays on October 1...


1868 - Motz, Frank
1870 - Westervelt, Huyler
1877 - Hackett, Jim
1884 - Zmich, Ed
1889 - Sterrett, Dutch
1894 - Kolp, Ray
1894 - Mails, Duster
1895 - Johnson, Roy
1895 - Hill, Carmen
1901 - Reese, Jimmie
1918 - Russell, Jim
1919 - Mussill, Barney
1925 - Boyd, Bob

1928 - Naragon, Hal
1931 - Kipp, Fred
1934 - Hiller, Chuck
1937 - Brice, Alan
1945 - Carew, Rod
1946 - Hermoso, Remy
1946 - Warden, Jon
1947 - Capra, Buzz
1948 - Bonham, Bill
1951 - Pape, Ken
1952 - Myrick, Bob
1953 - Falcone, Pete
1955 - Reardon, Jeff
1956 - Law, Vance

1963 - McGwire, Mark
1964 - Kelly, Roberto
1967 - McElroy, Chuck

1968 - Patterson, Jeff
1973 - Thomson, John
1975 - Knight, Brandon
1980 - Orvella, Chad
1984 - Cain, Matt
1984 - Johnson, Chris
1985 - Atkins, Mitch
1985 - Ford, Darren
1985 - Horst, Jeremy
1986 - Poreda, Aaron

1987 - Komatsu, Erik
1991 - Ray, Robbie
1991 - Sadzeck, Connor
1991 - Trivino, Lou
1992 - Bogaerts, Xander
1992 - Moran, Colin
1994 - Mullins, Cedric



Baseball Deaths on October 1...


1877 - Somerville, Ed
1911 - Hafford, Leo
1929 - Richmond, Lee
1937 - Devine, Mickey
1947 - Northen, Hub
1948 - Camp, Lew
1949 - Kolb, Eddie
1950 - Paynter, George
1950 - Howell, Red
1977 - Patterson, Pat
1978 - White, Abe
1980 - Veltman, Pat
1984 - Goodman, Billy

1984 - Alston, Walter
2000 - Brewster, Charlie
2005 - Clyde, Tom
2011 - Schmitz, Johnny
2013 - Burton, Ellis
2014 - Martinez, Jose
2015 - Neeman, Cal

       


 


   




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« Reply #5033 on: October 02, 2018, 12:11:38 am »

    On October 2 in Baseball History...


    1908 - On the last day of the season, future Hall of Famer Addie Joss hurls a perfect game beating Ed Walsh and the White Sox, 1-0. The Wisconsin right-hander's performance kept the Naps' hopes alive, but the Tigers edge Cleveland by a 1/2 game for the American League pennant.

    1916 - Grover Alexander pitched his sixteenth shutout of the season, allowing only three Boston Braves hits in a 2-0 triumph.

    1919 - In Game Two of the World Series, White Sox pitcher Lefty Williams falters in the third inning as the Reds take a 3-0 lead. Swede Risberg and Chick Gandil fail in the clutch in a 4-2 Cincinnati win. Chicago manager Kid Gleason tells owner Charlie Comiskey that he is suspicious of his players, but neither league president follows with action.


    1920 - In the only tripleheader ever played in the 20th century, the Reds win the first two games, 13-4 and 7-3, with the Pirates avoiding the sweep in the finale, 6-0 which was called after six innings because of darkness. Peter Harrison is the home plate umpire for all three games.

    1921 - The Yankees close the season by beating the Red Sox, 7-6. Babe Ruth hits his fifty-ninth home run off Curt Fullerton.

    1932 - The Yankees win their 12th consecutive World Series game and sweep the Fall Classic for the third time. At Wrigley Field, the Bronx Bombers bang out 19 hits as they club the Cubs, 13-6.

    1936 - The Yankees even the World Series and set a Series record for runs as they demolish the Giants 18-4. Lefty Gomez coasts to a six-hit win, while every member of the Yankees lineup makes a hit and scores at least one run. Tony Lazzeri hits a grand slam, the first in World Series play since 1920.

    1938 - During the 3-2 loss to New York in the season finale at the Polo Grounds, Bees (Braves) outfielder Vince DiMaggio strikes out four times extending his major league record to a season total of 129. Last month, Dom and Joe's older brother had surpassed Gus Williams' major league mark of 120 whiffs established by the Browns' outfielder in 1914.

    1938 - At the Polo Grounds, Mel Ott singles home a run in the Giants' 3-2 victory over Boston in the season finale at the Polo Grounds. The 29 year-old Giants' right fielder, who will celebrate a birthday in the off season, establishes the record for the most games played before a 30th birthday with 1,739, more than Robin Yount's 1,671 (Brewers, 1974-85) and Andruw Jones's 1,625 (Braves, 1996-2007)

    1938 -Indians' fireballer Bob Feller fans 18 Tigers establishing a modern major league record for strike outs in a game. A single-game record that stood until Steve Carlton broke it in 1969. 'Rapid Robert' loses the Cleveland Stadium contest, 4-1.

    1942 - With an combination of infielders consisted mostly of shortstop Eddie Joost, second sacker Pete Suder and first baseman Ferris Fain, the A's established a major-league record for turning 217 double plays. The trio was the subject of a poem written by Dick Armstrong, the Athletics' publicity director, titled "Joost to Suder to Fain" which still remains popular in the folklore of the franchise.

    1947 - The Dodgers squeak out a 9-8 win over the Yankees, jumping on Bobo Newsom and Vic Raschi for six runs in the second inning. Yogi Berra becomes the first player to hit a pinch home run in World Series history, belting one off Brooklyn's Ralph Branca in the seventh inning.

    1949 - The Yankees and the Red Sox enter the last day of the season tied for first place and nearly 70,000 pack Yankee Stadium to see the finale. Vic Raschi nurses a 1-0 lead into the eighth against Ellis Kinder before the Yankees score four runs and go on to win the game and the pennant 5-3. Ted Williams also loses the batting title as George Kell goes two-for-three in Detroit (.3429 to .3427).

    1952 - Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in Game 3 to establish a new World Series mark. The Dodger hurler's performance bests the record of A's Howard Ehmke who struck out 13 Cubs in Game 1 of 1929 Fall Classic.

    1954 - The Giants sweep the American League team with the best record in history, scoring four runs in the fifth for a 7-4 win over Cleveland. The Indians had won 111 games, a record that stood until surpassed by the 1998 Yankees.

    1955 - Surprise Brooklyn starter rookie Roger Craig pitches six innings for the 5-3 win to even the World Series. Two home runs by Duke Snider and one by Sandy Amoros prove too much for the Yankees.

    1958 - The Braves erupt for seven runs in the first and go on to defeat the Yankees 13-5. Lew Burdette is shaky but beats New York for the fourth consecutive time in the World Series. He also chips in with a three-run home run.

    1961 - Coming out of retirement, former Yankee skipper Casey Stengel agrees to manage the Mets, New York's National League expansion team. 'The Old Perfessor' during his three-plus years in the Amazins' dugout will compile a poor 175-404 (.302) record, but will serve as the face of the new franchise making the team lovable losers with a loyal fan base.

    1962 - Just 25,321 fans are on hand at Dodger Stadium for the second game in the best-of-three playoff against the Giants. A ninth-inning sacrifice fly by Ron Fairly sends Maury Wills home with the deciding run in the Dodgers' 8-7 win.

    1963 - Sandy Koufax fans the first five batters he faces and becomes the first pitcher to fan fifteen in a World Series game. Johnny Roseboro's three-run home run is the difference as Los Angeles beats the Yankees 5-2 at New York.


    1965 - Winning 14 their last 15 games, L.A. clinches the National League pennant on the next to last day of the season at Dodger Stadium. Sandy Koufax gets his 26th victory defeating the Braves in the clincher. 2-1. With thirteen strikeouts, Koufax ups his modern major league season record to 382. (Nolan Ryan will do Koufax one K better in 1973.)

    1966 - The Yankees end the season with a 2-0 victory over Chicago, but the team will still finish in last place, a half game behind the Red Sox. The tenth-place Bronx Bombers, who compiled a 70-89 record, 26.5 games behind Baltimore, become the first club in franchise history to finish in the American League cellar since 1912.

    1966 - On the last day of the season, Sonny Jackson establishes a major league rookie record with his 49th steal of the season, a mark that will last until 1977. The Astros shortstop will finish second in the Rookie of the Year balloting behind Tommy Helms of Cincinnati.

    1966 - Sandy Koufax clinches the third Los Angeles pennant in four years, working with just two days rest for a 6-3 win at Philadelphia. Koufax sets Los Angeles records with twenty-seven wins and a 1.73 ERA.

    1968 - Bob Gibson establishes a new World Series mark by striking out 17 batters as the Cardinals defeat the Tigers in Game 1 of the Fall Classic, 4-0.

    1969 - Only 5,473 patrons attend the Pilots' last game in Seattle as the last place team is defeated by the A's 3-1 for their 98th loss of year. The American League's newest franchise attracts only 677,944 fans for the season and will play in Milwaukee as the Brewers next season.

    1969 - In the eighth inning of the Reds' 8-3 win at Atlanta Stadium, Pete Rose beats out a bunt to third base for a hit in his last at-bat of the season to clinch the National League batting title. At the start of day, the Cincinnati right fielder is tied with Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente, who goes 3-for-4 against Montreal but finishes .005 of a point behind (.3447 to 3452) the eventual all-time hits leader.

    1972 - Bill Stoneman throws the second of his two no-hitters when he holds the Mets hitless in the Expos' 7-0 victory at Jarry Park. The Montreal All-star right-hander, who also accomplished the feat in 1969 against the Phillies in Philadelphia in his fifth major league start, becomes the first major league pitcher to toss a no-hitter in Canada.

    1974 - In his last National League at-bat, Henry Aaron homers off Rawly Eastwick of the Reds for his 733rd round-tripper which is also the his 3600th career hit.

    1974 - Billy Martin elects not to use a designated hitter, and allows starting pitcher Ferguson Jenkins to bat for himself. Although Fergie gets a hit in the Texas 2-1 victory over the Twins at Metropolitan Stadium, the Rangers manager's refusal to use a DH prevents the position from being employed for the entire game according to the rules.

    1976 - Four years prior to the stroke that ends his career, 26-year old J.R. Richard becomes a twenty game winner on the last day of the season when he tosses a complete game in the Astros’ 10-1 victory over San Francisco. James Rodney also enjoys a big day at the plate going 3-for-4, including a two-run home run.

    1976 - In his last start of the season, rookie right-hander Mark Fidrych earns his 19th victory beating Milwaukee at County Stadium, 5-1. The five-hit complete game takes only one hour and 46 minutes to play.

    1977 - Dusty Baker homers in his final at-bat of the season during a 6-3 loss to the Astros. It is Baker's 30th home run of the year, enabling him to join teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32) and Ron Cey (30) in making the Dodgers the first team ever to boast four 30-homer hitters in one season.

    1978 - In a one-game playoff for the American League East title, Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer off Mike Torrez, leading the New York Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

    1981 - New York's once legendary center fielders, Giant Willie Mays, Dodger Duke Snider, and Yankee Mickey Mantle appear on the Warner Wolfe show. It is the first time all three Hall of Fame outfielders have appeared together on a television show.

    1982 - At San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, recording artist Vicki Carr and 43,077 fans sing an enthusiastic rendition of Happy Birthday prior to the Padres game with the Braves helping owner Ray Kroc celebrate his 80th birthday. As part of the fun the San Diego Chicken along with Ronald McDonald pop out of a giant cake.

    1983 - Carl Yastrzemski plays in his 3,308th and final game, hitting a single as the team's left fielder. After the Red Sox's 3-1 victory over Cleveland, 'Yaz' takes one more "final lap" around Fenway Park and will stay to sign autographs on Yawkey Way for over an hour.

    1984 - In the first LCS game played with replacement umpires, the Cubs clobber the Padres 13-0 in the opener of the National League series. Chicago hits five home runs at Wrigley Field, including one by winning pitcher Rick Sutcliffe.

    1985 - Tigers first baseman Darrell Evans hits his major league-leading 40th home run of the season and becomes the first player to have a 40-homer season in each loop. Evans hit 41 homers for the Braves in 1973.

    1985 - The Galbreath family and Warner Communications sell the Pirates to the Pittsburgh Associates which is a group of private investors committed to keeping the team in Pittsburgh.

    1985 - Mets sophomore Dwight Gooden pitches a 5-2 complete-game victory over the Cardinals and will become the seventh pitcher in baseball history to finish the season leading both leagues in wins (24), ERA (1.53) and strikeouts (268). Doc joins Walter Johnson (Senators -1913), Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies - 1915, 1917), Dazzy Vance (Dodgers - 1924) , Lefty Grove (A's -1930, 1931), Hal Newhouser (Tigers -1945), and Sandy Koufax (Dodgers - 1963, 1965, 1966) in winning the major league pitching triple crown, but he will not follow the six legends into the Hall of Fame.

    1985 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth makes it clear that Seattle is in self-imposed jeopardy of losing the Mariners citing there is no requirement for the team to stay in their present location if they are not wanted for the long term. The Commissioner is referring to the King County Council's attempt to modify an agreement based on attendance made with owner George Aggyros concerning the team's ability to exercise an 'escape clause' after the 1987 season.

    1986 - Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly establishes a new team record collecting his 232nd hit of the season breaking the 1927 mark set by Earl Combs. 'Donnie Baseball' will finish the season with a league-leading 238 hits.

    1986 - In an 8-2 victory over the Pirates including seven Ks, Mets' phenom Dwight Gooden becomes the first pitcher in baseball history to strike out 200 batters in each of his first three seasons.

    1986 - Mike Scott strikes out eight Giants in a 2-1 Astros victory to run his season total to 306, becoming the third National League pitcher to fan 300 batters in one season. Scott loses his bid for a second consecutive no-hitter when Will Clark doubles in the seventh inning.

    1988 - Minnesota's season-ending 3-2 win over the Angels is watched by 35,952 fans, making the Twins the first American League club ever to break three million in season attendance.

    1988 - In St. Louis, Mets' outfielder Kevin McReynolds establishes a major league record swiping 21 bases without being caught stealing during the season. The A's Jimmy Sexton had set the record in with 16 stolen bases without being thrown out in 1982.

    1991 - The Toronto Blue Jays clinched the American League East title and became the first team in sports history to draw four million fans in one season.

    1992 - Carlos Baerga becomes the first second baseman in American League history to hit .300 with 200 hits, 20 home runs and 100 RBI.

    1995 - In a one-game playoff for the American League West title, Mariners' southpaw Randy Johnson throws a three-hitter and beats the Angels, 9-1. The 'Big Unit' finishes the season with an 18-2 record to establish a new AL mark for winning percentage of .900, surpassing the record set of .893 by Ron Guidry in 1978.


    1999 - In Montreal's 13-3 rout of Philadelphia at Veterans Stadium, Vladimir Guerrero hits two home runs and his brother Wilton hits one round-tripper making it the second time in their careers the siblings have gone deep in the same game. The Expos teammates also accomplished the feat last season in Cincinnati.

    2001 - A 'roided up Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in baseball history to slug 60 home runs in three seasons. The Cubs' outfielder connects off Reds starter Lance Davis to reach the milestone.

    2002 - Former Diamondback Alex Cabrera slams his 55th home run to tie the Japanese single-season home run mark. The 31-year-old Seibu Lion joins Sadaharu Oh (1964) and Tuffy Rhodes (2001) in the record book.

    2004 - Jeff Kent hits two round-trippers to become the all-time home run leader of second basemen. The Astros infielder records his 278th dinger and 302nd overall to break Ryne Sandberg's major league record established in 1997.

    2004 - For the second time in his career, Steve Finley hits a walk-off grand slam. The center fielder's ninth-inning bases-loaded home run in the 7-3 win over the Giants at Chavez Ravine clinches the NL West title for the Dodgers.


    2005 - Before taking the field, the Marlins are told by an emotional Jack McKeon that he was managing the team for the last time. After applause and hugs for their 73-year old skipper, the Florida players respond by rallying in the ninth inning and defeat the NL East champion Braves in the 10th, 7-6.

    2005 - The Brewers compile their first non-losing season since 1992 as the team completes the season at 81-81. Milwaukee had a chance to finish with a winning record but lost their last two games to the Pirates at PNC Park.

    2005 - In the top of the sixth inning at Busch Stadium, Ozzie Smith emerges from the gate in right field wall in an open convertible. After touring warning track, the former Cardinal shortstop removes the digit "1", his old uniform number, which is affixed to the outfield wall, revealing a "0,"to indicate the number regular-season game left to be played in Busch Stadium.

    2005 - In a recorded message shown at the start of the last regular season game at Busch Stadium, Joe Buck, unable to be in attendance due to calling a NFL game on national television, asks the crowd to honor his late father by singing the "Star-Spangled Banner" a cappella. A stirring rendition fills the ballpark when 50,000 voices join in unison to sing the national anthem, a fitting tribute to the late and beloved Cardinal broadcaster.

    2005 - During the seventh inning of the final game of the season, the Mets halt play for eight minutes as the Shea Stadium crowd pays tribute to Mike Piazza, their 37 year-old All-Star catcher who will not be with the team next season. A video montage is shown on the centerfield scoreboard highlighting many of the backstop's magic moments in a New York uniform.

    2006 - Major League Baseball announces a record number of fans attended big league games this year. The ticket sales for the season is 76,043,902 making it the third consecutive year the overall record has been broken.

    2006 - Chicago's veep and GM Jim Hendry announces that the Cubs have declined to renew Dusty Baker's contract to return as the team's manager. During his 4-year reign in the northside dugout, the 57-year old skipper compiled a 322-326 record, including a 66-96 NL worst record last season.

    2008 - In its first appearance in the play-offs, the 10-year old Rays defeat the visiting White Sox at Tropicana Field, 6-4. Tampa Bay's rookie third baseman, Evan Longoria, joins Gary Gaetti (1987) in becoming only the second player to homer in his first two postseason at-bats.


    2009 - In the Rays' 13-4 rout of the visiting Yankees, B.J. Upton becomes the first player in the 12-year history of the franchise to hit for the cycle. The fleet center fielder’s offensive output, which includes five hits and six RBIs, helps Tampa Bay to deny CC Sabathia of his 20th win this season, a feat which hasn't been accomplished by a Bronx pitcher since Andy Pettitte posted a 21-8 record in 2003.

    2010 - The Royals exercise next year's $6 million option on David DeJesus, who had season-ending surgery on his right thumb. The 30-year-old outfielder batted .318 in 91 games for Kansas City before running into the Yankee Stadium wall on a play in July that became an inside-the-park home run for Derek Jeter.

    2010 - The Red Sox honored infielder Mike Lowell during a 20-minute pre-game ceremony at Fenway Park. The 2007 World Series MVP, a 13-year big league veteran who has been recently slowed down due to a hip ailment, announced last month that he would retire at the end of the season.

    2010 - With seventy former players and coaches sitting on the infield clad in white Braves jerseys in attendance in front of a sell-out crowd, Atlanta honors Bobby Cox with a pre-game ceremony. The Braves' longtime manager, who will remain with the team as a consultant, is given a 2010 Lexus LS460 from the team and an 11-night cruise from his current players during the moving tribute at Turner Field.

    2012 - In his last appearance of the season, Mets' 20-game winner R.A Dickey whiffs eight Miami batters to end the campaign with 230 strike outs, the most in the National League. The 37 year-old knuckleballer did not foresee the possibility of this occurrence when he wrote the opening lines of Where ever I Wind Up, his autobiography released in March, sharing with his readers, "I will never be a Hall of Famer and will never lead the league in strikeouts," unaware that he would accomplish feat in the near future.

    2012 - In a matchup of 100-loss teams, only the second occurrence in major league history, the Astros (55-105) beat the Cubs (60-100) at Wrigley Field, 3-0. In 1962, the woeful 58-101 Chicago club played host to the expansion Mets, sporting a 39-118 record en route to setting the all-time modern era record for futility.

    2015 - White Sox starter Chris Sale whiffs James McCann on a called strike for his 270th strikeout of the season, breaking the franchise single-season mark established in 1908 by Ed Walsh. The Chicago right-hander finishes his seven-inning of work in the team's 2-1 victory over Detroit at U.S. Cellular Field with seven strikesouts to extend the record to 274.


    2016 - Unbeknownst at the time, Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton will become the last player to be issued a four-pitch intentional walk when he gets a free pass in the top of the eighth inning off Nationals relief pitcher Reynaldo Lopez in Miami's 10-7 loss in Washington. In an effort to speed up the game, the implementation of the strategic base-on-balls will become automatic next season, making it unnecessary to actually throw four balls out of the strike zone to walk a batter.



    Baseball Birthdays on October 2...


    1853 - Dorgan, Mike
    1854 - Dow, Clarence
    1855 - Allen, Jack
    1855 - Blakiston, Bob
    1869 - Stratton, Scott
    1873 - Krause, Charlie
    1877 - Diehl, Ernie
    1878 - McGinley, Jim
    1880 - Miller, Jim
    1882 - Barry, Ed
    1891 - Murphy, Eddie

    1896 - Womack, Sid
    1904 - Angley, Tom
    1908 - Lucas, Ray
    1919 - Buzas, Joe
    1920 - Shea, Spec
    1921 - Weigel, Ralph
    1922 - Gladd, Jim
    1924 - Serena, Bill
    1930 - Gabler, Gabe
    1932 - Wills, Maury
    1932 - Heise, Jim
    1934 - Wilson, Earl
    1938 - de la Hoz, Mike
    1939 - Doyle, Paul
    1943 - Dicken, Paul
    1946 - Robertson, Bob
    1949 - Pryor, Greg
    1951 - Coluccio, Bob

    1952 - Cornutt, Terry
    1953 - Kobel, Kevin
    1956 - Doyle, Jeff
    1957 - Robertson, Andre
    1959 - Beard, Dave
    1960 - Riles, Ernest
    1964 - Villanueva, Hector
    1964 - Byers, Randy
    1969 - Walbeck, Matt
    1969 - Newman, Alan
    1970 - Guardado, Eddie
    1972 - Carmona, Rafael
    1972 - Moore, Trey
    1973 - Schoeneweis, Scott

    1974 - Nickle, Doug
    1976 - Santos, Victor
    1984 - Navarro, Oswaldo
    1984 - Reynolds, Matt
    1987 - Lopez, Rafel
    1988 - Gomez, Jeanmar
    1989 - Dull, Ryan
    1989 - Hicks, Aaron
    1989 - Olson, Tyler
    1989 - Smith, Chad
    1991 - Bedrosian, Cam
    1991 - Cuevas, Noel
    1991 - Hursh, Jason
    1993 - McCullers, Lance
    1995 - Wright, Kyle



    Baseball Deaths on October 2...


    1910 - McDougal, Sandy
    1915 - Beals, Tommy
    1920 - Hackett, Walter
    1921 - Carfrey, Ed
    1926 - Sunday, Art
    1929 - Hopkins, Buck
    1931 - Bradley, George
    1944 - Robertson, Dick
    1947 - Kane, Jim
    1947 - Hulen, Billy
    1949 - Schulte, Frank
    1958 - Forman, Bill
    1960 - Kilroy, Mike
    1962 - Yingling, Earl
    1963 - Bacon, Eddie
    1963 - Perkins, Cy
    1966 - Brown, Jumbo
    1967 - Price, Jackie
    1967 - Wagner, Bull
    1967 - Armbrust, Orville
    1969 - O'Connell, Danny
    1970 - Mohart, George
    1975 - Emig, Charlie
    1990 - Schuble, Heinie
    1996 - Tietje, Les

    1996 - Hafey, Tom
    2005 - Black, Bud
    2005 - Kelly, Pat

    2006 - Heist, Al
    2006 - Vollmer, Clyde
    2011 - Romonosky, John
    2015 - Schacker, Hal
    2017 - Hemus, Solly


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« Reply #5034 on: October 03, 2018, 12:04:20 am »

    On October 3 in Baseball History...


    1897 - Cap Anson closed out a remarkable 27-year career that started in the National Association in 1871. He hit two home runs against St. Louis. At 46, he was the oldest player to homer in the majors.

    1904 - Christy Mathewson strikes out 16 Cards in a 3-1 Giants victory. Big Six's 16 strikeouts establishes a new record as he finishes the game in one hour and 15 minutes.

    1919 - Rookie lefty Dickie Kerr pitches a three-hitter as the White Sox win 3-0. Joe Jackson has two hits and Chick Gandil drives in two runs as the White Sox cut Cincinnati's World Series lead to 2-1. Cuban native Adolfo Luque becomes the first player from Latin America to appear in a World Series. In Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 'the Pride Of Havana' pitches a scoreless eighth inning for the Reds in a 3-0 loss to the White Sox at Comiskey Park.

    1920 - In a 16-7 win over the White Sox, Browns first baseman George Sisler gets his 257th hit of the season to set a major league record. He also hurls a scoreless ninth inning in relief for St. Louis.

    1924 - At Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl, the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League beat the Eastern Colored League’s Hilldale Giants (PA), 6-2, in the opening game of the first Colored World Series. The ten-game event, in which KC will capture the crown winning 5 games to 4 with one tie, features games played in Chicago, Kansas City, and Baltimore.

    1926 - After the Yankees score twice in the second, Grover Alexander sets down the last 21 batters, striking out 10 in the second game of the World Series. Billy Southworth and shortstop Tommy Thevenow collect three hits each for a 6-2 St. Louis win.

    1934 - Dizzy Dean wins the opening game of the World Series 8-3. Detroit manager Mickey Cochrane holds back his ace, Schoolboy Rowe, and veteran Alvin Crowder is ineffective as Joe Medwick homers in a 4-for-4 day. The Tigers make five errors.

    1937 - In the season finale, Hank Greenberg gets the lone ribbie when Detroit defeats the Indians, 1-0. The 26 year-old Tiger first baseman finishes the season with 183 RBIs, just one shy of Lou Gehrig's 1931 American League record.

    1937 - Johnny Allen's bid for a perfect season is spoiled when Hank Greenberg drives in the only run of the game in the first inning and Jake Wade throws a one-hitter against the Indians in the 1-0 loss to Detroit on the last day of the season at Navin Field. The 32 year-old right-hander from North Carolina will finish the season 15-1, with his .938 won-loss percentage the best in the major leagues.

    1940 - Jimmy Ripple's two-run home run in the third inning of Game Two provides the winning margin as the Reds end the NL's 10-game Series losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Tigers.

    1945 - The Tigers and Cubs meet in the World Series for the fourth time. Hank Borowy pitches a six-hitter and Hal Newhouser is roughed up for eight runs in three innings as the Cubs win, 9-0.

    1946 - The St. Louis Cardinals won the National League pennant by beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-4 and sweeping the best-of-three playoff.

    1947 - In Game 4 of the Fall Classic, Bill Bevens comes within one out from pitching the first no-hitter in World Series history. The Yankee hurler loses his claim to fame and the game when Cookie Lavagetto, pinch-hitting for Eddie Stanky, hits a two-out ninth-inning double giving the Dodgers a 3-2 improbable victory.

    1951 - In Game 3 of National League play-off series at the Polo Grounds, Bobby Thomson's one-out three-run homer beats the Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth, 5-4, and the Giants win the pennant, the Giants win the pennant. The round-tripper, better known as the 'shot heard around the world', becomes one of the famous home runs in baseball history.


    1956 - Sal Maglie and the Dodgers defeat the Yankees 6-3 in the opening game of the World Series.

    1957 - In Game Three of the World Series, Lew Burdette wins the first of his three decisions against the Yankees. Burdette and the Braves beat Bobby Shantz 4-2.

    1962 - At Dodger Stadium, the Giants win the rubber game of the National League playoffs beating Los Angeles, 6-4 as Don Larsen gets the win in relief of Juan Marichal. Thanks to the extended season, Maury Wills sets a major league record for the most games played in a season appearing in 165 games.

    1965 - On the last day of the season, Giants' outfielder Willie Mays hits his 52nd home run to break the franchise record he established in 1955. The 'Say Hey Kid's' league leading home run is given up by Reds hurler Billy McCool as San Francisco defeats Cincinnati at Candlestick Park, 6-3.

    1965 - At Metropolitan Stadium, Angels first baseman Vic Power (Pellot) ends his 12-year major league career going 1-for-5 with a RBI single in a 5-2 loss to the Twins. The .284 career hitter will have the distinction of being the last active player to have worn a Philadelphia A's uniform (1954).

    1965 - Cardinal right-hander Bob Gibson goes the distance, beating Houston at the Astrodome, 5-2, to become a 20-game winner for the first time. The future Hall of Famer will win twenty games four more times in the next five seasons.

    1968 - Detroit's Mickey Lolich evens the World Series in Game Two with a six-hitter and his first major-league home run to defeat St. Louis, 8-1.  In the third inning of Game 2 of his complete-game World Series victory over St. Louis, Tiger starting pitcher Mickey Lolich hits a solo homer off Nelson Briles. The Busch Stadium round-tripper will be the only home run the southpaw will hit during his 16-year big league career.

    1970 - Baltimore's Mike Cuellar becomes the first pitcher to homer in a league championship game. The right-hander's fourth-inning grand slam proves to be the difference in the Orioles' 10-6 ALCS Game 1 victory over Minnesota.

    1971 - Bob Robertson's three home runs led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants, tying the National League playoffs at 1-1.

    1972 - Roric Harrison homers as Baltimore beats Cleveland 4-3 in the second game of a doubleheader. With the DH rule on the horizon, it will be the last home run hit by an AL pitcher until interleague play 25 years later.

    1972 - Surpassing Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente appears in his 2,433rd game for the most ever played by a Pirate. Sadly, it will be the last regular season game the Pittsburgh outfielder will ever play as he will be killed in a plane crash during the off-season.

    1974 - Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager in the major leagues, as the Indians name him to replace Ken Aspromonte for the 1975 season. The former Reds and Oriole superstar signs a $175,000 contract to manage and play for the Indians.

    1976 - On the last day of the season, Kansas City's George Brett and Hal McRae and Minnesota's Rod Carew are separated by .001 for the batting title. Brett, who goes 3-for-4 edges his Royals teammate (.333 vs .332) for the American League crown with the the deciding hit, an inside-the-park home run, being a misplayed line drive leading McRae to believe the lack of effort was intentional.

    1976 - Appearing as the designated hitter, Brewer Henry Aaron gets an infield single of Tiger hurler Dave Roberts in his last major league at-bat. With the exception of Minnie Minoso's appearance in three games with the White Sox as a 50 year-old in 1980, 'Hammerin' Hank' will be the last major leaguer to appear in a big league game who also played in the Negro Leagues.

    1981 - The Brewers and Expos clinch their first-ever postseason appearances. Milwaukee beats Detroit 2-1 to wrap up the second-half title in the AL East, while Montreal edges the Mets 5-4 to win the NL East's second playoff spot.

    1982 - On the last day of the season, the Brewers celebrate their American League East title clinching victory on the field at Memorial Stadium.  Robin Yount smacks two home runs and a triple as Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win the AL East championship. Don Sutton, 4-1 since being acquired by the Brewers in late August, is the winning pitcher.after beating the Orioles, 10-2, to edge Baltimore by one game in the final standings. The 51,642 hometown fans, although disappointed by the results, stay after the game and give retiring manager Earl Weaver a heartfelt, tremendous 45-minute series of ovations for his 15-year tenure as the Birds' skipper.


    1986 - Baltimore loses to Detroit 6-3, assuring the Orioles of their first last-place finish since moving from St. Louis in 1954.

    1987 - Benito Santiago's consecutive game hitting streak ends at 34 when the backstop is held hitless in three trips to the plate by Dodger hurler Orel Hershiser, who tosses a complete game in a 1-0 loss to the Padres. The stretch of straight games with a hit by the 23-year old not only represents a new mark for rookies, but also for catchers.

    1990 - George Brett became the first player to win a batting title in three different decades. Brett went 1-for-1 in Kansas City's 5-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians to win the American League title with a .329 average. Brett also won AL batting titles in 1976 and 1980.

    1990 - Willie McGee became the first player to win a batting title in a league he didn't finish the season in. McGee, who had a .335 average when St. Louis traded him to Oakland on Aug. 28, won his second National League crown when Dave Magadan of the New York Mets failed to catch him on the season's final day.

    1993 - The Toronto Blue Jays became the first team in American League history to have teammates finish 1-2-3 in the batting race. John Olerud led the league with a .363 batting average. Paul Molitor finished at .332 and Roberto Alomar closed the year at .326.

    1993 - The Giants need to beat the Dodgers on the final day of the season to force a one-game playoff with the Braves for the NL West title, but the Dodgers have other plans. LA rips the Giants, 12-1. Catcher Mike Piazza, who will be named the league's Rookie of the Year, hits two home runs in the game. At 103-59, San Francisco becomes the first team since the 1954 Yankees to win that many games and not play in the postseason.

    1993 - Eighty-three year old Mel Harder throws the ceremonial 'last' pitch at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. As a member of the 1932 Indian squad, he also had thrown the park's first pitch.

    1993 - The Rockies become the fourth National League team, the only one this century, not to record a shutout during the season. The other clubs to achieve this dubious distinction include the 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 1898 St. Louis Browns, 1898 Washington Senators, and the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.

    1995 - Tony Pena homers to left field in the 13th inning to give the Indians a 5-4 win over the Red Sox in the first game of the Division Series. It is Cleveland's first postseason victory since 1948.

    1995 - The Yankees, Indians, Reds and Braves win the first games ever played in divisional playoffs including wild cards.

    1996 - The Devil Rays and Tropicana Dole Beverages of North America, located in nearby Bradenton, announce an agreement that renames the ThunderDome. The ballpark will become known as Tropicana Field with the city of St. Petersburg receiving more than $13 million as part of the sweet deal.

    1997 - The Braves and Marlins both sweep the Division Series. The Braves, behind a three-hitter by John Smoltz, complete the sweep of Houston with a 4-1 win. The Marlins ride a grand slam by Devon White to a 6-2 win and sweep of San Francisco.

    1999 - Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire hits #65 and his final homer of the season passing Ted Williams and Willie McCovey to move into the tenth spot on the all-time career home run list with 522 round trippers.

    1999 - In the final regular-season game ever to be played at the Astrodome, Mike Hampton (22-4) beats the Dodgers, 9-4. The victory clinches the division title as the Astros finish one game ahead of the Reds in the National League Central.

    2000 - Against the Braves, Cardinal rookie starter Rick Ankiel sets a modern day major league record by uncorking five wild pitches in the third inning of Game 1 of NLDS. He joins Buffalo's Bert Cunningham who accomplished the same feat in the first inning in an 1890 Players League contest.

    2001 - Barry Bonds walks three times breaking Babe Ruth's major league record established in 1923 of 170 base on balls. Astros’ reliever Nelson Cruz gives up the historic walk in the sixth, and the Giants left fielder will finish the season with 177 walks.

    2002 - The ax continues to drop as a total of six managers have been fired since the end of the regular season three days ago. Jerry Royster (Brewers) joins Bobby Valentine (Mets) and Jerry Narron (Rangers) who were dismissed yesterday as well as Bruce Kimm (Cubs), Luis Pujols (Tigers) and Hal McRae (Devil Rays) who were let go earlier in the week.

    2004 - On the last day of the season, Blue Jays television announcer John Cerutti is found dead in his SkyDome hotel room. The death of the 44-year old Albany, N.Y. native, who was a former big league pitcher, is due to natural causes with foul play not being suspected.

    2004 - At the site of the franchise's first National League game in 1969, the Expos, who are scheduled to move to Washington, D.C. next season, play their last game in their 36-year history losing to the Mets at Shea Stadium, 8-1. Their finale, which turns out to be the rubber match of the franchise series with New York, gives the Amazin’s a 299-298 advantage in the 597 contests played since 1969.

    2005 - The ax begins to fall as two managers are fired the day after the season ends. Jim Tracy (5-yrs/427-383) and Alan Trammell (3-years/186-300) are fired by the Dodgers and Tigers respectively.

    2006 - Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria hires his fourth manager since buying the team four years ago. Florida hires Braves third-base coach Fred Gonzalez to replace first-year skipper Joe Girardi, who had a well-publicized feud with the owner during the season.

    2007 - After winning their tenth World Series campionship last season, the Cardinals announce senior vice president and general manager Walt Jocketty (1,117-968, .536) will no longer have a role with the team. The former GM, who will be replaced on an interim basis by his assisant John Mozeliak, watched the Redbirds make seven postseason appearances, winning two National League pennants and the 2006 Fall Classic, during his 13-year tenure with the club.

    2007 - The construction for the $250 million renovation of Kauffman Stadium, which will include the reduction of seating, the addition of an outfield concourse, a team hall of fame and conference center, and a new HD scoreboard, begins with a ceremonial groundbreaking inside the ballpark. The improvements, scheduled to be completed by Opening Day in 2009, will keep the Royals in Kansas City until 2030, a 15-year extension of their current deal.

    2008 - Jerry Manuel, who replaced Willie Randolph in June, inks a two-year deal to manage the Mets. The likable 54-year-old skipper, who compiled a 55-38 record in his interim role, built a three-and-a-half game division lead over Philadelphia in September, but like his predecessor, could not stop the team from collapsing at the end of the season.

    2009 - Needing only a win or a Colorado loss for the past week, the Dodgers finally clinch the National League West title with a 5-0 victory over the the wild-card Rockies. Joe Torre, who will be managing in the postseason for the 14th consecutive season, has won thirteen divisional titles, including ten with the Yankees, one with the Braves, and now his second with LA.

    2010 - The Giants return to the playoffs for the first time in six years when they beat the Padres on the last day of the season. After losing the first two games of the week-end series to San Diego, San Francisco avoids ending the season tied with their West Division foe with a 3-0 victory at AT &T Park.

    2010 - Entering the final day of the season tied with the Yankees, the Rays win their second AL East crown when their rivals lose to Boston. With the title not in jeopardy, even with a loss due to their overall record against New York this season, Tampa Bay rallies for a 3-2 victory over Kansas City in 12 innings to take the division by a game.


    2010 - With an 8-7 victory over the Phillies, and a San Diego loss to San Francisco later in the day, the Braves reach the postseason for the first time since 2005. Atlanta had won 14 straight division titles under skipper Bobby Cox, who has announced his retirement for the end of the season, but this is the first time in franchise history that the team has won the National League Wild Card.

    2010 - Josh Hamilton finished the regular season with a .359 average, the best in franchise history, to become the third Ranger player to win an American League batting crown. The Texas outfielder joins Julio Franco who hit .341 in 1991, and Michael Young, who led the Junior Circuit in 2005 with a batting average of .331.

    2010 - According to Ken Macha, he will become the first managerial casualty in the off season after hearing that the Brewers have decided not to pick up the option of his contract for 2011. The 60-year old skipper, who reached the playoffs with Milwaukee two seasons ago as the NL Wild Card team, will be told formally tomorrow in a meeting with general manager Doug Melvin.

    2010 - With their 5-2 loss in Miami, the Pirates finish the season with a 17-64 record on the road. The Bucs' dismal away-from-home performance equals the 1963 Mets' infamous mark for a 162-game season.

    2012 - After getting off to a slow start in the regular-season finale against Philadelphia, Teddy Roosevelt finally beats George, Abe, and Tom to the finish line, winning the Presidents Race for first time since the popular race made its debut at RFK Stadium in 2006. The victory, the mascot's first in over 500 tries, is assured when a green furry creature, who bears a striking resemblance to a phony Phillie Phanatic, waylays the other three presidential contenders in right field.

    2012 - In the final game of the season with the AL West title on the line, Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton's fourth inning-error opens the floodgates that allow the A's to erase a five-run deficit when they score six times en route to their 12-5 victory at the Oakland Coliseum. The Texas loss puts the team into the new one-game AL Wild Card contest against Baltimore.

    2012 - Miguel Cabrera clinches the AL Triple Crown becoming the first player to do so since 1967 when Carl Yastzemski accomplished the feat with Boston. The Tigers third baseman and eventual MVP led the circuit in average (.330), home runs (44), and RBIs (139) playing with the American League champs.

    2012 - Fernando Rodney extends his franchise record to 48 saves when he is brought in to face Jim Thome and gets the DH to hit a fly ball for the final out in the Rays' 4-1 victory over Baltimore at Tropicana Field. The right-handed closer, who has allowed only five earned runs over 74.2 innings, improves his single-season record for the lowest ERA (0.60) by a reliever in baseball history, bettering Dennis Eckersley's 0.61 mark established in 1990.

    2012 - Adam Dunn, having struck out 222 times, doesn’t play in the team's finale to avoid the dubious distinction of breaking the major league mark for strike outs in a season. The White Sox All-Star finishes with one less whiff than Mark Reynolds’ record, established by first baseman in 2009 when the played for the Diamondbacks.


    2013 - Alex Rodriguez announces he has filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court, accusing Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig of pursuing “vigilante justice” as part of a “witch hunt” in an effort to “destroy" his reputation and career. On August 5, the Yankees star was given a 211-game suspension for alleged violations of baseball’s drug agreement.

    2015 - Max Scherzer no-hits the Mets as the Washington Nationals win 2-0 at CitiField. This was the second no-hitter thrown by Scherzer this season. The Mets only runner was Kevin Plawecki who reached first on a throwing error by Yunel Escobar in the 6th.  Scherzer struck out 17 in the game.





    Baseball Birthdays on October 3...


    1866 - Goodfellow, Mike
    1872 - Clarke, Fred
    1874 - Shaw, Al
    1877 - Byers, Bill
    1880 - Thielman, Henry
    1883 - Reardon, Phil
    1885 - McClure, Larry
    1887 - Marsans, Armando
    1890 - House, Fred
    1891 - Richardson, Jack
    1895 - Lewis, Bert
    1905 - Riddle, Johnny
    1905 - Dorman, Red
    1909 - Broaca, Johnny
    1910 - Bowman, Bob
    1913 - Dallessandro, Dom
    1914 - Wheaton, Woody
    1915 - Letchas, Charlie
    1917 - Kalin, Frank
    1919 - Wood, Joe
    1922 - Eisenhart, Jake
    1925 - Haughey, Chris
    1927 - Harrington, Bill
    1928 - Melton, Dave
    1931 - Skinner, Bob
    1932 - Clark, Phil
    1936 - Lamabe, Jack
    1947 - Scrivener, Chuck
    1949 - Breazeale, Jim
    1949 - Foucault, Steve
    1951 - Winfield, Dave
    1954 - Roberge, Bert
    1954 - Eckersley, Dennis
    1954 - Gates, Joe
    1956 - Kearney, Bob
    1958 - Sconiers, Daryl
    1962 - Surhoff, Rich
    1966 - Taylor, Scott
    1966 - Fletcher, Darrin
    1967 - Felix, Junior
    1968 - Byrd, Jim
    1970 - Bailey, Roger
    1970 - Martinez, Manny
    1971 - Cordero, Wil

    1971 - Hyers, Tim
    1972 - Martinez, Sandy
    1973 - Robinson, Kerry
    1974 - Ramirez, Alex
    1975 - Cassidy, Scott
    1975 - Johnson, Mike
    1977 - Munson, Eric
    1978 - Kent, Steve
    1981 - Murton, Matt
    1982 - Carroll, Brett
    1982 - Young, Matt
    1988 - Belfiore, Mike
    1988 - Gosselin, Phil
    1991 - Plutko, Adam
    1991 - Stewart, Brock
    1993 - Kramer, Kevin
    1994 - Tseng, Jen-Ho



    Baseball Deaths on October 3...


    1895 - Wright, Harry
    1938 - Murphy, Morgan
    1941 - Inks, Bert
    1942 - Hargrave, Pinky
    1949 - Donahue, John
    1962 - Songer, Don
    1965 - McCarthy, Jerry
    1965 - Drake, Delos
    1967 - Mollwitz, Fritz
    1975 - Knetzer, Elmer
    1986 - DiMaggio, Vince
    1986 - Mueller, Heinie
    1995 - Jones, Nippy
    1999 - Burris, Paul
    2004 - Cerutti, John
    2004 - Brondell, Ken
    2005 - Encarnacion, Mario
    2007 - Stewart, Bunky
    2013 - Chance, Bob
    2017 - Herrnstein, John










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    On October 4 in Baseball History...


    1906 - The Chicago Cubs won their 116th game of 152 played for a winning percentage (.763) that has not been matched.

    1919 - White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte makes two errors in one inning of Game Four to give the Reds the only runs of the game. He walks none and gives up five hits, but Jimmy Ring gives up only three hits and wins, 2-0. The Reds lead the World Series three games to one.

    1922 - For the first time, the entire World Series will be broadcast over the radio. Writer Grantland Rice does the announcing of the Giants-Yankees Series for station WJZ, Newark, whose signal is relayed to WGY in Schenectady.

    1924 - Giants third baseman Freddie Lindstrom, at 18 years, 10 months, is the youngest ever to play in a World Series. President Calvin Coolidge is among 35,760 who jam the stands for Game One in Washington. Walter Johnson loses his World Series debut 4-3 in 12 innings.

    1925 - For the first time in the 50-year history of the franchise, the Cubs end the season in last place. The team, managed by Bill Killefer (33-42), Rabbit Maranville (23-30), and George Gibson (12-14), compiles a 68-86 record and finishes 27.5 games behind the first-place Pirates.

    1925 - On the final day of the season at Sportman's Park, Tiger outfielder Ty Cobb and Browns first baseman George Sisler, the player-managers of their respective teams, face one another as mound opponents making it the first time in which both teams use a position player to pitch in relief in the same game, an oddity that will not occur again until 2012. The Georgia Peach throws a perfect final frame in Detroit's 11-7 victory over St. Louis, with 'Gorgeous George' facing only seven batters in his two scoreless innings.

    1939 - The World Series begins in New York with the Yankees as heavy favorites and the Reds playing their first Series since the infamous 1919 matchup against Chicago. The game is tied 1-1 until the last of the ninth, when Yankees catcher Bill Dickey singles home the winning run.

    1944 - The only all-St. Louis World Series opens with the Browns, as the visiting team, beating the Cardinals on George McQuinn's home run, 2-1. Denny Galehouse is the winning pitcher and Mort Cooper loses despite allowing just two hits.

    1948 - The Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 8-3 in a one-game AL playoff. The pitching of Gene Bearden and the hitting of Lou Boudreau keyed the victory.

    1950 - Relief ace Jim Konstanty of the Phils starts and loses Game One of the World Series to Vic Raschi and the Yankees, 1-0. Bobby Brown doubles and comes around on two long flies to score the lone run.

    1951 - During Game 1, Giants outfielder Monte Irvin becomes the first player to steal home in a World Series contest since 1928. Twenty-three years ago, Bob Meusel of the Yankees swiped the dish in a 7-3 victory over the Cardinals during the sixth inning of Game 3.

    1951 - In the opening game of the World Series‚ the first all-black outfield in major league history makes its appearance when Monte Irvin, Willie Mays and Hank Thompson take the field for the Giants at Yankee Stadium. Leo Durocher, in a curious move, replaces the previously injured outfielder Don Mueller in right field with Hank Thompson, a third baseman by trade, and uses veteran outfielder Bobby Thomson at the hot corner.

    1953 - In an eventual 11-7 victory in Game 5, Mickey Mantle sends a Russ Meyer pitch into the upper deck to become only the fourth player in World Series history to hit a grand slam. The Yankees slugger joins teammate Gil McDougald (1951), Elmer Smith (1920) and Tony Lazzeri (1936) in accomplishing the feat.

    1955 - After more than half a century of futility, the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers finally win a World Championship thanks to Johnny Podres' 2-0 shutout of the Yankees and an outstanding catch by Sandy Amoros.

    1958 - With his 3-for-4 performance in Game 3, Hank Bauer establishes a major league record by collecting at least one hit in 17 consecutive World Series games. The Yankee outfielder sets the mark playing in three straight Fall Classics from 1956 to 1958.

    1959 - In Los Angeles, the Dodgers beat the White Sox 3-1 behind the pitching of Don Drysdale and Larry Sherry in Game Two of the World Series. Carl Furillo's pinch two-run single in the seventh is the difference. The attendance of 92,234 sets a new World Series mark.

    1959 - Stating he wants to spend more time with his family, Fred Haney resigns as the Braves manager and will be replaced by Charlie Dressen. During his three-and-a-half year tenure in the Milwaukee dugout, the 64-year old embattled skipper compiled a 341-231 (.596) record, resulting into two second-place finishes, two pennants and a World Championship.

    1961 - Whitey Ford's third straight World Series shutout, with home runs by Elston Howard and Bill Skowron, gives New York a 2-0 win in the opener against Cincinnati at Yankee Stadium.

    1962 - In the opener of the World Series at Candlestick Park, Whitey Ford's record scoreless inning streak ends at 33 2/3 when a surprise bunt by Jose Pagan brings Willie Mays home. The Yankees win, 6-2, the last of a record 10 World Series victories for Ford.

    1964 - The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the NL pennant with an 11-5 triumph over the New York Mets, ending the closest pennant race in league history.

    1964 - Thirty minutes after their 9-2 loss to Chicago on the last day of the season, the Giants fire manager Alvin Dark, and then name Herman Franks, a coach on the team, to be his successor. The former controversial skipper, rumored to be on the chopping block before the start of the season, is quoted complaining about the number of black and Hispanic players on his team in a Newsday article printed in August, telling Stan Issacs, "they are just not able to perform up to the white player when it comes to mental alertness".

    1967 - Cardinals left fielder Lou Brock has four hits, steals two bases and scores twice, as St. Louis edges Boston 2-1 to open the World Series at Fenway Park. Bob Gibson has 10 strikeouts and outduels Jose Santiago, whose home run is Boston's only score.

    1969 - In the first ever League Championship Series playoff game, the Mets beat the Braves 9-5 in Atlanta.

    1969 - The Orioles defeat Minnesota in Game 2 of the ALCS, 1-0, with the game's lone run coming from a Mark Belanger single, two ground outs and a bunt single by Paul Blair in the bottom of the 11th inning at Memorial Stadium. Dave McNally goes the distance in the longest complete-game shutout in postseason history.

    1972 - At Montreal's Parc Jarry, the Mets end the 1972 campaign beating the Expos, 3-1. Although New York finishes ten games over .500, they will become the first club in baseball history to finish a season without any player collecting 100 hits.

    1980 - The 17-1 trouncing of the of the Twins proves to be a very historic day for Willie Wilson. The Royals outfielder is the first big league player to be credited with 700 at-bats in one season, sets the American League record for singles in a season with 184, and joins Garry Templeton to become only the second switch-hitter in history to collect 100 hits from each side of the plate.

    1980 - Mike Schmidt's two-run home run in the top of the 11th inning gives Philadelphia a 6-4 win over Montreal, clinching the NL East title for the Phillies. The home run is Schmidt's 48th of the season, breaking Eddie Mathews' single-season record for third baseman set in 1953.

    1981 - The Reds, who blank Atlanta, 3-0, finish with the best record in the National League strike-shortened season (66-42), but will not participate in the postseason. The team does not qualify because the Dodgers and Astros post better records, respectively, for the first half (pre-strike) and second half (post-strike) of play in the Western Division and will face one another in the first-ever 'NLDS', under a plan instituted mid-season by Giants executive Al Rosen to salvage the season.

    1986 - New York sweeps a doubleheader from Boston at Fenway Park, 5-3 and 3-1. Yankee closer Dave Righetti saves both ends of the twin bill bringing his major league record total to 46.

    1986 - In a 7-3 victory over Chicago at the Metrodome, Greg Gagne hits two inside-the-park home runs in the same game, both off Floyd Bannister. The light-hitting Twins shortstop becomes just the 18th modern major leaguer to accomplish this rare feat.

    1987 - The Detroit Tigers took advantage of one of the great collapses in baseball history to win the AL East title, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 behind the six-hit pitching of Frank Tanana. The Blue Jays lost their last seven games of the season, including three straight in the season-ending series at Detroit.

    1987 - On the last day of the season at Arlington Stadium, Charlie Hough and the Rangers lose to the Mariners, 7-4. The Texas knuckleballer is the last pitcher to start 40 games in a season.

    1989 - Will Clark has six RBI on four hits, including two home runs (one of which is the first NLCS grand slam since 1977) to lead the Giants to an 11-3 win over the Cubs in Game One.

    1992 - At 22 years, 11 months and 19 days, Rangers slugger Juan Gonzalez becomes the youngest home run champion in baseball history. 'Juan Gone', who goes deep 43 times during the season, is 46 days younger than Joe DiMaggio, who won the crown in playing with the Yankees in 1937.

    1992 - In the season finale, the Dodgers are beaten by the Astros, 3-0, to finish the season with a 63-99 record. It is the first time since 1905 the team has finished in last place.

    1995 - Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in the 15th inning to give the Yankees a dramatic victory and a two-games-to-none Division Series lead over the Mariners.

    1999 - On the last day of the season, New York infielder Rey Ordonez extends the major league record playing 100 errorless games at shortstop. During this span, the Cuban native handles 411 chances flawlessly for the Mets.

    1999 - In a one-game playoff for the NL wild card, the Mets beat the Reds at Cinergy Field, 5-0. Southpaw Al Leiter goes the distance limiting Cincinnati to only two hits.

    2001 - Barry Bonds ties Mark McGwire's single-season home run record established three years ago as he hits his 70th round-tripper. The historic homer, a shot to right-center at Enron Field, is given up in the ninth inning by Astro rookie hurler Wilfredo Rodriguez in a Giant 10-2 victory.

    2001 - With his third inning home run, 42-year-old Rickey Henderson breaks Ty Cobb's record to become the leading run-scorer in baseball history. To punctuate scoring his 2,246th run, the Padre outfielder slides into home.

    2001 - Appearing in a game against the Red Sox at Camden Yards, Oriole outfielders Tim Raines and Tim Raines Jr. become the second father-son combination to play for the same team on the major league level. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. both played for the Mariners in 1990.

    2001 - In a 16-1 loss to Seattle, 26-year old Ranger shortstop Alex Rodriguez hits his 52nd home run becoming only the fourth major leaguer to hit 50 home runs and 200 hits in the same season. Hall of Famers Babe Ruth (1921), Hack Wilson (1930) and Jimmie Foxx (1932) are the other players to accomplish the feat.

    2002 - The A's become the first team in postseason history to hit consecutive home runs to start a game. The back-to-back homers are hit by leadoff man Ray Durham (an inside-the-park round tripper) and Scott Hatteberg.

    2002 - Commissioner Bud Selig has apologizes to St. Louis fans for the late playoff start time for the Cardinal and Diamondback Game 1 NLDS game and promises it will not happen again. The 10 p.m. CDT start was due to many of the playoff teams coming from the west and baseball's desire not to have two games being played at the same time.

    2003 - The Cubs win their first postseason series victory since 1908 when the franchise won the World Series. In front of a standing-room crowd of 54,357 at Turner Field, Chicago beat the Braves in the deciding Game 5 of the NLDS, 5-1.

    2003 - At Pro Player Stadium, Jeff Conine's perfect peg to catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who holds onto the ball after a collision at home, advances the Marlins to the NLCS. The Florida outfielder's throw to the plate nails J.T. Snow trying to score on Jeffrey Hammonds' single for the final out of the team's 7-6 victory over the Giants in the deciding Game 4 of the NLDS.

    2003 - The Red Sox avoid an 0-3 deficit in the ALDS when Trot Nixon's pinch-hit 11th inning walk-off homer beats Oakland, 3-1. It is the fifth time in postseason play that a round-tripper has ended a game, and the first by a pinch-hitter since Kirk Gibson's historic homer off Dennis Eckersley to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

    2005 - Two-time National League Manager of the Year (1990 and 1992 Pirates) Jim Leyland is named to replace Alan Trammell, who was fired as the Tigers’ manager yesterday. The sixty-year old, who guided the Marlins to a World Championship in 1997, has not managed since resigning as the Rockies skipper in 1999.

    2005 - With John Hart’s resignation yesterday, the Rangers name his assistant Jon Daniels to be the team’s general manager. The 28-year-old, who is ten months younger than BoSox boss Theo Epstein, becomes the youngest GM in big league history.

    2006 - Citing the need for a different kind of communicator in the dugout, Jon Daniels, one year after he becomes the youngest GM in big league history, fires veteran skipper Buck Showalter. The Ranger manager compiled a 319-329 record during his four-year tenure in Texas.

    2006 - Russell Martin's double kills a promising two on and none out rally as both Dodgers runners are nailed at home. Jeff Kent and J.D. Drew both try to score, but the relay from right fielder Shawn Green to second baseman Jose Valentin to Paul Lo Duca gives the catcher an opportunity to tag each runner during their headfirst slides into the plate.

    2008 - The Dodgers complete a three-game NLDS sweep of Chicago with a 3-1 victory, winning their first postseason series since 1998. The stunning loss in the playoffs extends the World Series drought for the Cubs into another century.


    2009 - On the last day of the campaign, Miguel Tejada hits a fourth-inning double off Nelson Figueroa in the Astos' 4-0 loss in New York to finish the season with 46, the most in the National League. The Astros' shortstop, also tops in the AL with 50 two-baggers playing for the Orioles in 2005, is the first player in baseball history to have led both leagues in doubles.

    2010 - A day after the season ends, the last place Pirates fire John Russell, who equaled a franchise record for most losses by a manager in three seasons compiling a 186-299 record. The other Buc skipper with as many defeats in the same time frame was Fred Haney, posting a 163-299 record from 1953-55.

    2010 - The Mets fire manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya, a day after the team completes its fourth consecutive disappointing season. Assistant GM John Ricco will be the head of baseball operations on an interim basis until a new GM is hired, who in turn will select the team's next manager.

    2010 - Major League Baseball approves a change in the ground rules for Tropicana Field making a batted ball that caroms off the A- and B-ring catwalks a dead ball with the pitch not counting, instead of being in play as in the past. The Rays requested the change, which will be implemented in the upcoming ALDS, after Jason Kubel’s two-out, ninth-inning pop up hit off one of the catwalks driving in the go-ahead run in Minnesota’s eventual 8-6 victory over the home team.

    2010 - On a day three managers are sacked, the Reds give their skipper, Dusty Baker, a two-year contract extension through 2014. Cincinnati is making its first playoff appearance in 15 years.

    2010 - The Indians name Chris Antonetti as the team's new general manager, with former GM Mark Shapiro moving into his new position as team president. The transition has been developing over the past few years with Antonetti gradually being given a bigger role in Cleveland's day-to-day operations, giving Shapiro more time to run the business side of the franchise.

    2010 - Diamondbacks interim manager Kirk Gibson is given the permanent job, agreeing to a two-year deal with a team option for 2013. The former hard-nosed major leaguer compiled a 34-49 record for the last-place team, after being hired midseason to replace A.J. Hinch.

    2012 - A day after the regular season comes to an end, the Red Sox fire Bobby Valentine, just ten months into his tenure as their manager. In their worst campaign since 1965, the team finishes in last place with a 69-93 record.

    2014 - It takes the Giants six-hour and 23-minutes to defeat Washington at Nationals Park, 2-1, making Game 2 of the NLDS the longest contest in postseason history. San Francisco scores the eventual winning run in the top of the 18th thanks to Brandon Belt’s solo home run off Tanner Roark, hours after team had sent the game into extra innings by scoring the tying run with two outs in the top of ninth.

    2015 -Clayton Kershaw strikes out Melvin Upton to end the third inning of LA's 6-3 victory over the Padres at Chavez Ravine, becoming the 34th pitcher to record 300 strikeouts in a season, and joins Sandy Koufax, who accomplished the feat three times the 1960's, as the only the second Dodger to reach the mark. The 27 year-old southpaw is the first pitcher in 13 years to achieve the milestone since Diamondback teammates Curt Schilling (316) and Randy Johnson (334) both pass the plateau in 2002.

    2015 - In an effort to add more drama to the the final day of the regular season, MLB schedules all games to start simultaneously at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The scheduling, similar to the English Premier League’s "Survival Sunday”, also evens the playing field by limiting teams' ability to rest potential playoff starters based on the results of contests played earlier in the day.



    Baseball Birthdays on October 4...


    1858 - France, Ossie
    1861 - Leighton, John
    1862 - Polhemus, Mark
    1863 - Halpin, Jim
    1863 - Finley, Bill
    1864 - Lutenberg, Luke
    1871 - Jordan, Charlie
    1874 - Gardner, Jim
    1875 - McKinney, Bob
    1878 - Dresser, Bob
    1879 - Rhoads, Bob
    1884 - Ables, Harry
    1887 - Fisher, Ray
    1889 - Dee, Shorty
    1892 - Brown, Delos
    1895 - Shinners, Ralph
    1898 - McCue, Frank
    1903 - Thomas, Lefty
    1910 - Crosetti, Frankie
    1914 - Sloan, Bruce
    1917 - Quick, Hal
    1918 - Munger, Red
    1922 - Lenhardt, Don

    1927 - Kelly, Bob
    1927 - Repulski, Rip
    1931 - Kirrene, Joe
    1934 - Bradey, Don
    1939 - Davidson, Ted
    1943 - Williams, Jimy
    1944 - La Russa, Tony

    1945 - Duffie, John
    1947 - Adams, Glenn
    1948 - Johnson, Dave
    1949 - Wathan, John
    1950 - Halicki, Ed
    1951 - Speed, Horace
    1953 - Schuler, Dave
    1954 - Atkinson, Bill
    1954 - Littlejohn, Dennis
    1955 - Sorensen, Lary
    1956 - Leibrandt, Charlie
    1960 - Boever, Joe
    1960 - Hatcher, Billy
    1961 - Sharperson, Mike
    1962 - Ferreira, Tony
    1962 - Cook, Dennis

    1962 - James, Chris
    1963 - Ruffin, Bruce
    1964 - McLemore, Mark
    1964 - Kiely, John
    1965 - Olin, Steve
    1966 - Walker, Mike
    1966 - Mauser, Tim
    1967 - Pavlik, Roger
    1971 - Crawford, Carlos
    1972 - Riggs, Adam
    1977 - Scales, Bobby
    1978 - Lohse, Kyle
    1982 - Gwynn, Jr., Tony
    1982 - Sadowski, Ryan
    1982 - Weaver, Jered
    1983 - Suzuki, Kurt
    1984 - Stubbs, Drew
    1986 - Fife, Stephen
    1988 - Chisenhall, Lonnie
    1989 - Kelly, Casey
    1991 - Asher, Alec



    Baseball Deaths on October 4...


    1907 - Leary, Frank
    1918 - Routcliffe, Phil
    1927 - Richter, John
    1934 - Callahan, Nixey
    1936 - Burnett, Hercules
    1938 - Doe, Fred
    1941 - Justis, Walt
    1946 - Woods, John
    1952 - Zimmerman, Bill
    1955 - Baumgartner, Stan
    1956 - Gettman, Jake
    1960 - Warhop, Jack
    1961 - Golden, Roy
    1965 - MacDonald, Harvey
    1966 - Tresh, Mike

    1967 - Barney, Ed
    1979 - Graf, Fred
    1981 - Lindstrom, Freddie
    1982 - Barron, Red
    1984 - Marty, Joe
    1990 - Dinges, Vance
    1992 - Prudhomme, Augie
    1996 - Hoerner, Joe
    1998 - Grissom, Lee
    2000 - Oertel, Chuck
    2007 - Nottebart, Don
    2009 - Lersch, Barry
    2011 - Hodgin, Ralph

    2016 - Allie, Gair
    2016 - Slaten, Doug









     



       




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    On October 5 in Baseball History...


    1888 - At Swampoodle Grounds in Washington, D.C., James Francis Galvin of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys becomes baseball's first pitcher to record his 300th victory when he defeats the hometown Senators, 5-1. The 31-year old 'Pud', a workhorse who will win 20 games 10 of the 14 seasons he plays in the big leagues, will end his career with 361 victories.

    1908 - Defeating Detroit, 6-1, Ed Walsh wins his 40th game of the season. Big Ed's win total remains a White Sox single-season record. 'Big Ed', a right-hander from Meriden, CT, will finish his 14-year Hall of Fame career with a 195-126 record and sets the all-time ERA mark with a earned run average 1.82.


    1912 - During the Highlanders’ last game to be played at Hilltop Park, Homer Thompson appears in his first and last game in the majors. Although the New York backstop doesn’t come to bat, his debut is memorable as he catches his younger brother Tommy, making the siblings the first brothers to form a battery in American league history.

    1918 - Eddie Grant, a captain attached to the 307th Infantry, becomes the first major leaguer to be killed during World War l. The former Giants third baseman is hit by a shell while leading a unit to rescue the Lost Battalion, the name given to a contingent of roughly 554 soldiers of the United States 77th Division isolated by the German forces after an American attack in the Argonne Forest.

    1921 - In the first one-city World Series since 1906, the Polo Grounds is the site for all nine games. Carl Mays (27-9) needs 86 pitches to set the Giants down on five hits -- four of them by Frank Frisch. Babe Ruth drives in the first run of the Series in the opening inning of the 3-0 Yankees win.

    1928 - Lou Gehrig unloads a three-run home run in the first inning of Game Two. Grover Cleveland Alexander, the hero of the 1926 Series between the Yankees and Cardinals, is driven from the game in the third inning as New York cruises, 9-3, to take a 2-1 Series lead.

    1929 - Mel Ott and Chuck Klein go into a head-to-head doubleheader tied at 42 home runs apiece. In the opener, Klein homers for the Phillies off Carl Hubbell in his first at-bat to take the home run lead. In the nightcap, Phillies pitchers intentionally walk Ott five times rather than give him a chance to tie Klein. The last walk comes with the bases loaded. Lefty O'Doul of the Phillies has six hits on the day for an NL record of 254 hits.

    1939 - Yankees pitcher Monte Pearson does not allow a base hit until one out in the eighth as he shuts out the Reds, 4-0. Babe Dahlgren hits a home run and double as the Yanks take a 2-0 Series lead.

    1941 - In the bottom of the ninth with two outs and two strikes in Game 4 of the World Series Tommy Henrich appears to be struck out ending the game, but 'Old Reliable' reaches first base on Mickey Owen's passed ball. The catcher's blunder turns a sure 4-3 Brooklyn win to a heart-breaking 7-4 loss to the Yankees who take a 3-1 World Series lead.

    1942 - Behind the outstanding pitching of rookie Johnny Beazley andWhitey Kurowski's two-run home run in the ninth inning of Game Five gives St. Louis a 4-2 win to capture the World Series over the Yankees.

    1945 - Claude Passeau of the Cubs pitches a one-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 3-0 in Game Three of the World Series.

    1947 - Al Gionfriddo, inserted in left field for defensive purposes, makes one of most memorable catches in World Series history when he robs Joe DiMaggio of an extra base hit with two men on base in the sixth inning. The outfielder's heroics help to preserve an 8-5 Dodger victory in Game 6 of the Fall Classic.

    1949 - Don Newcombe, who allows only four hits and strikes out 11 through eight innings of Game 1 of the World Series, gives up a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth to Tommy Henrich as the Yankees beat the Dodgers, 1-0 . 'Old Reliable's shot to right field, the first game-ending home run in the history of the Fall Classic, gives Allie Reynolds the complete game win and it is Casey Stengel's first postseason victory.

    1951 - In Game 2 of the World Series, right fielder Mickey Mantle's season comes to an immediate end when he severely injures his right knee when his cleats get caught on a drainage cap at Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio's abrupt call for Willie Mays' fly ball in center field leads many to believe the last minute call was a contributing factor to the torn cartilage suffered by the 19 year-old rookie.

    1952 - Brooklyn wins 6-5 in 11 innings when Duke Snider doubles home Billy Cox. Carl Erskine goes all the way for the win to give the Dodgers a 3-2 Series lead heading back to Ebbets Field.

    1953 - In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 at Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers win their record fifth consecutive World Series in dramatic fashion. Billy Martin, the Series MVP, collects his twelfth hit of the Fall Classic, a single which scores Hank Bauer giving New York a 4-3 walk-off victory over the Dodgers.

    1957 - In the first World Series game ever played in Milwaukee, native son Tony Kubek hits two home runs in the 9-3 rout of the hometown Braves, that puts his Bronx Bombers ahead two games to one in the Fall classic. The Yankee shortstop becomes the second rookie to hit two round-trippers in a Fall Classic game, a feat first accomplished by Charlie Keller, who hit a pair of homers in Game 3 in 1939.

    1960 - At Forbes Field, Roger Maris becomes the seventh major leaguer to homer in first World Series at-bat. The right fielder's first-inning round-tripper off Vernon Law gets the Yankees off to a good start, but in a portent of things to come, Bill Mazeroski's two-run fifth-inning home run off Jim Coates is the difference as Pittsburgh beats New York 6-4 in its first World Series win since 1925.

    1963 - In Game 4 Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth’s record with his 15th World Series home run. The Yankees slugger turns around a Sandy Koufax fastball in the seventh inning to tie the score, but the blast isn’t enough to stave off the Dodgers’ Fall Classic sweep of the Bronx Bombers.

    1966 - With first-inning home runs by Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson and 11 strikeouts from relief pitcher Moe Drabowsky, the Orioles win their first World Series game, 5-2.

    1967 - Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox pitched a one-hit, 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals to tie the World Series, 1-1. Carl Yastrzemski hit two home runs.

    1968 - Tim McCarver and Orlando Cepeda each hit three-run home runs to lead St. Louis to a 7-3 win over Detroit. The Cardinals take a 2-1 World Series lead.

    1971 - The Orioles overcome two Reggie Jackson home runs to complete a sweep of Oakland in the ALCS with a 5-3 victory.

    1977 - Glenn Burke greets Dusty Baker on the dugout steps to congratulate his Dodger teammate for hitting a grand slam against the Phillies in Game 2 of the 1977 NLCS. The greeting, which consists of the two players extending their right arms above their heads and slapping their hands to make a resounding clap, is considered to be the first 'high five' in baseball history.

    1979 - The Pirates complete a sweep of the NLCS, beating the Reds, 7-1. Willie Stargell, who homers, is named series MVP.

    1980 - Capping an improbable comeback, the Dodgers beat the Astros for the third day in a row to force a one-game playoff for the NL West title. Los Angeles trailed Houston by three games with three games left in the season, and won each game by a single run.

    1980 - The Yankees break the American League regular attendance season record held by the 1948 Indians with 2,627,417 fans.

    1980 - Reaching first on a fielder's choice in the top of the seventh in the 4-0 win over the Twins, Royals' leadoff hitter Willie Wison establishes a major league record for the most at-bats in a season with 705. The Kansas City outfielder will collect 230 hits and score 133 runs for the division winning club.

    1980 - Brewers' outfielder Ben Ogilvie becomes the first non-American born player to lead the American League in home runs. On the last day of the season, the 31-year old Panamanian goes deep off Oakland's Rick Langford for his 41st homer, which ties Reggie Jackson for the most round trippers in the Junior Circuit.

    1980 - In a duel between two 19-game winners on the last day of the season, Scott McGregor enters the 20-win circle for the first and only time when he bests Len Barker in the Orioles' 7-1 victory over the Indians. The Cleveland right-hander, who gives up six runs in five innings to finish the campaign with a 19-12 record, will never again come close to being a 20-game winner.

    1984 - Milt Wilcox and Willie Hernandez combine on a three-hitter to give the Tigers a 1-0 win and a sweep of the Royals in the ALCS.

    1986 - Pete Incaviglia of Texas hit his 30th home run of the season, against the California Angels, becoming the 16th rookie in major league history to reach that mark. The homer came off Don Sutton as the Rangers beat the Angels, 7-4.

    1991 - After 11 lead changes or ties in the closing weeks of the NL West race, the Braves finally clinch the division on the second-to-last day of the season.

    1993 - Bob Watson replaces Bill Wood as the general manager of the Astros making the former Houston player the first black GM in baseball history. Bill Lucas had performed many similar duties for the Braves in the late 1970s but he never officially held the title.

    1996 - Bernie Williams homered from each side of the plate and Cecil Fielder broke a tie with a seventh-inning single as the New York Yankees beat Texas, 6-4, to win the AL division series, 3-1, and advance to the ALCS.

    1997 - Mike Mussina beats Seattle and Randy Johnson for the second time and gives the Orioles their second straight trip to the ALCS. Mussina pitches a two-hitter for seven innings to win the game, and the series, by a 3-1 margin.

    2001 - With their 115th victory of the season, the Seattle Mariners break the 1998 Yankee record for most wins in a season. The 1906 Cubs hold the major league record with 116 wins.

    2001 - In the longest 9-inning game in major league history, Barry Bonds breaks and then extends the mark for home runs in a season during the 4 hours and 27 minutes, 11-10 loss to the Dodgers at Pac Bell Park. The Giant outfielder connects off Dodger starter Chan Ho Park to break Mark McGwire's 1998 record of 70, and then homers again in his next at bat to extend his record to 72.

    2001 - The Braves maul the Marlins, 20-3 to clinch the National League East title and become the first team in professional sports to win 10 consecutive division titles. The Boston Celtics (1957-65) and Los Angeles Lakers (1982-90) had both won nine in a row.

    2001 - Arizona's Albie Lopez hurls a three-hit shutout to beat the Brewers at Miller Park, 5-0. The Diamondback victory clinches a tie for the NL West flag and with the win‚ the 30-year old right-hander avoids becoming the first 20-game loser since Brian Kingman accomplished the feat in 1980.

    2001 - On the last day of the season, 38-year-old Jamie Moyer (20-6) becomes the oldest first-time 20-game winner when the Mariners beat Texas at Safeco Field, 6-2. The Seattle southpaw will also compile a 21-7 record in 2003.

    2002 - For the first time in its 42-year old history, the Angels win a postseason series by beating the Yankees, 9-5 to take the ALDS, 3 games to 1. It is the first play-off appearance for the franchise since 1986 when after being a strike away from advancing the to the World Series in Game 5 of the ALCS the team loses to the Red Sox in 7 games.


    2006 - At Game 2 of the NLCS played at Petco Park, Padres closer Trevor Hoffman, who recently became baseball's all-time saves leader, catches the ceremonial first pitch thrown by Lee Smith, the reliever he surpassed with his 479th save. The two 'firemen' exchange autographed baseballs after the toss.

    2009 - The Indians, with six games left on on the schedule, announce they have dismissed Eric Wedge, their manager for the past seven years. The Cleveland skipper, whose firing had been rumored for weeks, asks to remain in the dugout to manage the fifth-place Tribe for the remainder of the season.

    2010 - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton breaks Ichiro's Japanese record for the most hits in a single season when he strokes his 211th hit of the year, a two-run single to center in a game against the Yakult Swallows. The 29-year old former major leaguer, a 2003 first-round draft pick of the Red Sox who was traded to the Cubs in a four-team deal that included Nomar Garciaparra, also played with the A's before being released by the Rockies last season.

    2011 - During the fifth inning of Game 4 of the NLDS against the Cardinals, a squirrel runs across home plate just as Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt begins to deliver a pitch to Skip Schumaker. Umpire Ángel Hernández calls the pitch a ball much to the chagrin of the right-hander and Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel who believe that "no pitch" should be called due to the distraction caused by the grey rodent, immortalized by the Redbirds fans as the "rally squirrel".




    Baseball Birthdays on October 5...


    1858 - Devine, Jim
    1858 - Reilly, John
    1859 - Whiteley, Gurdon
    1871 - Denzer, Roger
    1871 - Fifield, Jack
    1873 - Ritchey, Claude
    1875 - Crockett, Davey
    1880 - Hughes, Ed

    1881 - Raftery, Tom
    1885 - Steele, Bill
    1886 - Otis, Harry
    1887 - Chouinard, Felix

    1887 - Patterson, Claire
    1889 - Bagby, Jim
    1890 - Cook, Rollin
    1893 - Speraw, Paul
    1895 - McMillan, Norm
    1896 - Pechous, Charlie
    1896 - Silva, Danny
    1901 - Slayback, Scottie
    1904 - West, Sam

    1906 - Johnson, Si
    1907 - Doljack, Frank
    1909 - Malinosky, Tony
    1925 - Hofman, Bobby
    1927 - Heist, Al
    1939 - Bennett, Dennis
    1941 - Kosco, Andy
    1949 - Fife, Danny
    1957 - Concepcion, Onix
    1958 - Bush, Randy
    1958 - Gaff, Brent
    1959 - Allen, Rod
    1960 - Bockus, Randy
    1962 - Woodson, Tracy
    1964 - Mathews, Terry
    1967 - Sanchez, Rey
    1968 - Diaz, Alex
    1972 - Benitez, Yamil
    1973 - Laxton, Brett
    1973 - Lopez, Luis
    1974 - Aybar, Manny
    1975 - Puffer, Brandon
    1982 - Hinckley, Mike
    1983 - Ogando, Alexi
    1983 - Paulino, Felipe

    1986 - Bianchi, Jeff
    1986 - Roark, Tanner
    1987 - Krauss, Marc
    1994 - Reyes, Victor
    1995 - Littell, Zack



    Baseball Deaths on October 5...


    1898 - Richmond, John
    1918 - Grant, Eddie
    1926 - Burch, Al
    1926 - Murphy, Howard
    1940 - Schmit, Crazy
    1953 - Faircloth, Rags
    1955 - Lamb, Lyman
    1962 - Cummings, Jack
    1963 - Curry, George
    1965 - Matthews, Wid
    1966 - Hanson, Harry
    1968 - Bevan, Hal
    1970 - Ewing, Reuben
    1974 - Grimes, Ed
    1976 - Bagwell, Bill
    1983 - Turbeville, George
    1990 - Howell, Dixie
    1994 - G@mble, Lee
    1996 - Walsh, Joe
    2001 - Jensen, Woody
    2009 - Powell, Brian

     


                   




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« Reply #5037 on: October 06, 2018, 12:36:19 am »

On October 6 in Baseball History...


1911 - Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown, as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 wearing a Braves uniform in his 906th game.

1919 - After a Sunday rainout, Hod Eller blanks the White Sox on three hits, fanning six in a row in the second and third innings. Once again a big inning and some sloppy play give the Reds a 5-0 victory and a four-games-to-one lead in the best-of-nine World Series.


1920 - When Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits for Cleveland in the ninth inning of Game Two, his brother Jimmy is playing third base for Brooklyn. They become the first brothers to take opposite sides in a World Series. Brooklyn's Burleigh Grimes tosses a 3-0 shutout to even the Series.

1923 - The first unassisted triple play in National League history occurs when Braves' shortstop Ernie Padgett catches Phillies first baseman Walter Holke's line drive, doubles up James Tierney at second, and then tags Cliff Lee for the third out.

1923 - For only the second time in major league history, two 100-loss teams face one another when the 52-100 Braves beat the 50-102 Phillies in the first game of a season-ending doubleheader, 5-4. Boston, then known as the Beaneaters, was also part of the first occurrence of this rare type of matchup when the 50-100 club played the 45-103 team from Brooklyn in 1905.

1926 - In a 10-5 Game 4 victory over the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park, Yankee outfielder Babe Ruth becomes the first player to hit three home runs in a World Series game. History will repeat itself when the 'Sultan of Swat' once again goes deep three times against the Redbirds in St. Louis in the fourth game of the 1928 Fall Classic.

1933 - After pulling on umpire Charlie Moran's bow tie and letting it snap back, Senator outfielder Heinie Manush is ejected from Game 4 of the Fall Classic.

1936 - The Yankees roll to a 13-5 World Series-ending victory. Lefty Gomez is the winning pitcher, his second of the Series despite a team-worst 4.70 ERA. In the six games the Yankees score 43 runs to 23 by the Giants.

1938 - Lefty Gomez sets a record with his sixth World Series victory without a loss with a 6-3 win in Game Two against the Cubs. The Yankees return home with a 2-0 Series lead.

1941 - The Yankees top the Dodgers, 3-1, to take the World Series in five games. Pitcher Ernie Bonham, the fifth Yankees pitcher to start in the Series, wins the clincher with a four-hitter.

1943 - Cardinal batterymates and brothers Mort and Walker Cooper decide to play Game 2 of the World Series on the day their dad, Robert, dies at his home in Independence. After limiting the Yankees to six hits and winning the game, 4-3, Mort heads to Missouri while his younger brother, Walker, who has a 1-for-3 day behind the plate with an eighth inning single, will stay with the club until the Fall Classic is over.

1945 - In an effort to promote his nearby Billy Goat Tavern, William Sianis buys tickets to Game 4 of the Fall Classic for himself and Murphy, his pet goat. The bar owner becomes so upset when the Wrigley Field ushers ask his guest to leave, the Greek immigrant places a curse on the team preventing the Cubs from ever winning a World Series again.

1947 - The Yankees beat the Dodgers 5-2 to win the World Series in seven games. Relief pitcher Hugh Casey of the Dodgers appears in six games, winning two while notching an 0.87 ERA. Series heroes Bill Bevens, Al Gionfriddo, and Cookie Lavagetto will not play another major-league game.

1948 - In the opening game of the World Series, the Boston Braves beat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians 1-0 with only two hits.

1949 - In Game 2 of the World Series, only one run is scored again, but Preacher Roe and the Dodgers win this contest at Yankee Stadium, 1-0. Gil Hodges' second inning single drives in Jackie Robinson to even up the Fall Classic at a game apiece.

1957 - With the score tied at 5-5, Eddie Mathews of the Braves evens the World Series with a two-run home run in the bottom of the tenth to end Game Four. In the Series' first famous "shoeblack incident," pinch-hitter Nippy Jones convinces umpire Augie Donatelli that Tommy Byrne's pitch hit him on the foot.

1959 - The largest crowd ever to attend a major league game, 92,706 fans, watches a nail biter as White Sox hurler Bob Shaw beats Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers, 1-0 in Game 5 of the Fall Classic.


1963 - The Dodgers complete a four-game World Series sweep of the Yankees as Sandy Koufax wins his second game, 2-1. Frank Howard leads the offense with a home run and a single, the only two hits Whitey Ford gives up, and New York's first baseman Joe Pepitone's error (loses a thrown ball in the white-shirted crowd) leads to the decisive run in the seventh inning.

1965 - Sandy Koufax refuses to pitch the first game of the World Series against the Twins because game is scheduled on Yom Kippur, the most sacred of the Jewish holidays. As the Dodgers’ southpaw attends shul and fasts on the Day of Atonement, his teammates lose to Minnesota, 8-2.

1966 - Jim Palmer becomes the youngest player to pitch a shutout in the World Series when the 20-year old Oriole right-hander blanks Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers, 6-0. The contest will become more memorable next month when Koufax surprises the baseball world by announcing his retirement making this game his last major league appearance.

1966 - In the Game 2 loss to the Orioles at Dodger Stadium, Willie Davis establishes a World Series record by committing three errors in one game. The center fielder's blunders come on two consecutive plays in the fifth inning, the first by losing a fly ball in the sun, then by dropping the next fly ball followed by overthrowing third base.

1968 - St. Louis dumps Detroit 10-1 in Game Four. Bob Gibson, fanning ten, earns his seventh straight World Series victory. The Cardinals have a seemingly insurmountable 3-1 Series lead.

1969 - The Mets rally twice and win the first NL Championship Series. Tommie Agee, Ken Boswell, and Wayne Garrett hit home runs and fans swarm the Shea Stadium field after a 7-4 win.

1971 - The Pirates outslug the Giants, 9-5, to win the LCS, three games to one. Richie Hebner has three hits and three RBI, including a homer.

1978 - Despite three solo home runs off Yankees' ace Catfish Hunter by Kansas City's third baseman George Brett, the Bronx Bombers win Game 3 of the ALCS beating the Royals, 6-5.

1979 - Scott McGregor's 8-0 shutout of the Angels gives the Orioles the AL pennant. Pat Kelly notches three RBI with a home run and a single.

1980 - In the 163rd game of the season, 35-year-old knuckleballer Joe Niekro earns his 20th victory, going the distance to defeat the Dodgers, 7-1, in the winner-take-all contest for the NL West. With the win, the Astros hold on to capture their first title in the 19-year history of the franchise after losing a season-ending three game series to LA, (3-2, 2-1, and 4-3) that forced the one-game playoff.

1981 - In Game 1 of the ALDS in Kansas City, Mike Norris throws a six-hit complete game blanking the Royals, 4-0. Oakland’s appearance in the playoffs makes Billy Martin the first skipper in baseball history to manage four franchises (Twins-1969, Tigers-1972, A's-1981 and Yankees 1976-78) into postseason play.

1983 - Baltimore's Mike Boddicker struck out a playoff record 14 batters en route to a 4-0, five-hit victory over the Chicago White Sox in the second game of the ALCS.

1984 - Steve Garvey's two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Four gives San Diego a 7-5 win over Chicago and evens the NLCS.

1985 - On the last day of the season, Yankee knuckleballer Phil Niekro becomes the 18th and oldest player in major league history to win his 300th victory when he blanks the Blue Jays, 8-0. The forty-six year and 188 days old pitcher, who will win 318 games, also surpasses Satchel Paige (46 yrs, 75 days) to become the oldest pitcher to throw a shutout in the big leagues.

1986 - Steve Garvey's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gives the Padres a 7-5 walk-off win over the Cubs in Game 4 of NLCS. After losing the first two contests of the best-of-five NLCS, the victory brings the series to a decisive fifth game that San Diego will win to capture the National League pennant.

1991 - David Cone ties a National League mark for strikeouts as he fans 19 Phillies en route to a 7-0 victory in the season's finale. The Mets right-hander finishes the campaign with a league-leading 241 strikeouts, making it second straight season he has lead the circuit.

1991 - On Fan Appreciation Day at Shea Stadium, Howard Johnson drives in a run with a seventh-inning single to finish the season with a league-leading 117 RBIs. 'HoJo' is the first switch-hitter to lead the National League in runs batted in and the first Mets player to accomplish the feat.

1995 - The Indians sweep the Division Series with an 8-2 victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mo Vaughn, who will later be named MVP for 1995, and slugger Jose Canseco are a combined 0-for-27 for Boston.

1995 - In Game 3 of the ALDS, Bernie Williams becomes the first major leaguer to hit a home run from each side of the plate in a postseason game. The Yankee outfielder's second round-tripper, an eighth-inning shot batting left-handed off Bill Risley, is tossed back onto the field by a Mariner fan who is apparently unaware of the historic value of the the souvenir.

1997 - The Indians complete their surprising victory over the Yankees with a tense 4-3 win at Jacobs Field in Game Five of the Division Series. Jose Mesa saves rookie Jaret Wright's second win of the series when he retires Bernie Williams with the tying run on second in the ninth inning.


2000 - Reds' officials announce games at Cinergy Field during the final two seasons will be on played natural grass. The surface in Cincinnati has been artificial turf since in 1970 when the ballpark made its debut as Riverfront Stadium.

2000 - Chief executive officer John Harrington puts the Red Sox up for sale. Since the death of Jean Yawkey in 1992, the team has been owned by the Jean R. Yawkey Trust.

2001 - With their 116th win, the Mariners tie the 1906 Cubs as the winningest team in major league history. Bret Boone's 37th home run of the season, and the shutout pitching of five Seattle pitchers prove to be the difference in the 1-0 historic win over the Rangers.

2001 - At Camden Yards in front of a full house including Orioles notables Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver as well as Commissioner Bud Selig and former President Bill Clinton, Cal Ripken plays his 3,001st and final game. After a hitless night for the 41-year-old, the final out of the 5-1 loss to the Red Sox is made as Cal watches from the on deck circle.

2001 - With his 151st pinch hit, Lenny Harris breaks the major league mark for career pinch hits established by Manny Mota. Coming off the Met bench to bat for Rey Ordonez, he lines a 1-2 pitch off Expo starter Carl Pavano for a single to become the career leader in pinch hits.

2003 - Defeating the A's, 5-4, the Red Sox become the seventh team to win the last three games to win a best-of-five playoff series. Other teams to overcome an 0-2 deficit include the 1981 Dodgers (Astros-NLDS), 1982 Brewers (Angels-ALCS), 1984 Padres (Cubs-NLCS), 1995 Mariners (Yankees-ALDS), 1999 Red Sox (Indians-ALDS), and the 2001 Yankees (A's-ALDS).

2005 - Reds’ outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. (.301, 35, 92) and Yankee first baseman/DH Jason Giambi (.271, 32 , 87) are voted the Comeback Players of the Year in their respective leagues. For the first time, the winners of the award are determined by the fans voting on MLB.com.

2006 - After failing to advance past the first round of the American League playoffs in their previous five postseason appearances, the A's beat the much-favored Twins, 8-3, to complete a three-game ALDS sweep. The victory, which was the team's tenth opportunity to win a clinching game, puts Oakland in the ALCS for the first time since 1992.

2007 - In Game 2 of the ALDS at Jacobs Field, the Indians score the tying run on a wild pitch thrown by a bug-covered Joba Chamberlain. A rare infestation of insects (midges), which appeared en masse in the eighth inning, impacts the usually reliable rookie Yankees reliever who suffers his first blown save of the season.

2007 - At Wrigley Field, the Diamondbacks beat the Cubs, 5-1, to complete the three-game sweep of their National League division series. The loss for Chicago means the franchise has played for the last 99 years in the Windy City without winning a World Series championship.

2007 - With their 17th win in 18 games, the Rockies beat the Phillies at Coors Field, 2-1, completing a NLDS three-game sweep of Philadelphia to advance to their first-ever National League Championship Series. The Wild Card team will have to beat the Diamondbacks, their Western division foe, to win the pennant and earn a trip to the World Series.

2009 - Joe Mauer wins his third batting title becoming the first player to accomplish the feat in consecutive seasons since Nomar Garciaparra lead the league in 1999-2000. The Twins catcher's .365 mark establishes a major league record for the highest batting average by a backstop.

2009 - With one out in the bottom of the 12th inning in the AL Central tiebreaker, the Twins beat the Tigers, 6-5, when Alexi Casilla's single plates Carlos Gomez from second base with the winning run. The Metrodome victory finishes an amazing comeback by Minnesota, going 17-4 in the final month to close a seven-game deficit and completes a colossal collapse for the Tigers, who become the first team in big league history to surrender a three-game lead with only four contests to play.

2010 - Rays' hurler David Price is this year's recipient of the Oklahoma Sports Museum's Warren Spahn Award given annually to the best left-handed pitcher in the big leagues. The honor, named after the winningest southpaw in the history of the game, is awarded based on a point system which evaluates performance based on their wins, strikeouts and earned run average.

2010 - The Cardinals exercised their $16 million option for next season with first baseman Albert Pujols. The 30-year-old superstar, a three-time NL MVP, led the circuit with 42 home runs and 118 RBIs.

2010 - At Citizens Bank Park, Phillies right-hander Roy Halladay throws the second no-hitter in postseason history when he beats the Reds, 4-0, in Game 1 of the NLDS. Don Larsen became the first hurler to accomplish the feat by throwing a perfect game in the Yankees' victory over Brooklyn in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.

2011 - Robin Ventura, seen by many as a surprise choice, is hired by general manager Ken Williams as the White Sox's new manager. The former all-star infielder, who played ten seasons in Chicago after being selected as the team's first round pick in 1988, replaces a vocal and often-controversial Ozzie Guillen who left the Wind City to be the Marlins' new skipper.


2012 - With a year remaining on his contract, Jim Tracy resigns as the manager of the Rockies, a position he has held since his promotion from the club's bench coach in May of 2009. During his four-year tenure with Colorado, the 2009 NL Manager of the Year compiled a 294-308 record, going a 64-98 last season, a franchise mark for losses.

2012 - The Orioles eliminate the two-time AL champion Rangers, 5-1, in the American League's first win-or-go-home wild-card playoff game. The victory sends the surprising Baltimore team into the playoffs for the first time in 15 years, a best-of-five division series against New York.

2012 - The Cardinals, in the first NL one-game winner-take-all wild-card playoff, beat the hometown Braves, 6-3, in a game that will be best remembered for a disputed infield fly rule call in the eighth inning. The irate Turner Field fans show their displeasure with the umpires' decision on what appears to be a key Redbird error on a dropped pop fly in the outfield by littering the playing field with debris, causing a 19-minute delay while the ground crew cleans up the assorted trash.

2012 - The Indians name former Boston skipper Terry Francona, rather than Sandy Alomar Jr., who replaced Manny Acta as the interim field boss with six games remaining to be played on the schedule, to be their 42nd manager in franchise history. The 53 year-old's father, Tito, played with the Tribe from 1959 to '64.




Baseball Birthdays on October 6...


1854 - Snyder, Pop
1854 - McCarton, Frank
1855 - Williams, Dale
1859 - Cartwright, Ed
1866 - Burke, Eddie
1868 - Gibson, Whitey
1872 - Dunn, Jack
1873 - Starnagle, George
1878 - Swormstedt, Len
1883 - Morgan, Red
1884 - Slaughter, Barney
1885 - Ryan, Buddy
1885 - Knight, John
1886 - Snyder, Jack
1886 - Barr, Scotty
1887 - Enwright, Charlie
1889 - Zamloch, Carl
1893 - Tillman, Johnny
1893 - Duncan, Pat
1896 - Heitmann, Harry
1901 - Littlejohn, Carlisle
1908 - Padden, Tom
1909 - Bashore, Walt
1913 - Chase, Ken
1914 - Washburn, George
1915 - Meyer, Dutch
1917 - Calvert, Paul
1917 - Orrell, Joe
1918 - Corriden, John
1918 - Grant, Jimmy
1922 - Frazier, Joe
1928 - Marolewski, Fred
1939 - Cullen, Jack
1942 - Grote, Jerry
1943 - Stephenson, Jerry
1943 - McGlothlin, Jim

1946 - Gentry, Gary
1946 - Clines, Gene
1947 - Kline, Steve
1947 - Bell, Jerry
1947 - Vaughan, Charlie
1947 - Hacker, Rich
1953 - Bernal, Victor
1954 - Weaver, Roger
1956 - Riley, George
1957 - Griffin, Alfredo
1959 - Walker, Greg

1959 - Boyd, Oil Can
1960 - Johnson, Bill
1960 - Zaske, Jeff
1960 - Baller, Jay
1960 - Fields, Bruce
1962 - Yett, Rich
1965 - Sierra, Ruben
1966 - Cianfrocco, Archi
1968 - Pierce, Ed
1969 - Person, Robert
1970 - Oliver, Darren
1972 - Gil, Benji
1975 - de los Santos, Valerio
1975 - Farnsworth, Jeff
1976 - Garcia, Freddy

1981 - Hanrahan, Joel
1985 - Albers, Andrew
1986 - Escalona, Edgmer
1990 - Schebler, Scott
1991 - Schoop, Jonathan



Baseball Deaths on October 6...


1910 - Farley, Tom
1911 - Murphy, Larry
1912 - Finley, Bill
1931 - Kirby, John
1934 - Mansell, Tom
1949 - Zinn, Guy
1954 - DeVore, Josh
1957 - Cooney, Phil
1957 - Campbell, Billy
1962 - Gossett, Dick
1964 - Schreiber, Barney
1964 - Adams, Dan
1966 - Henderson, Bill
1969 - Beatty, Desmond
1969 - Crumpler, Roy
1976 - Erautt, Joe
1977 - Bedford, Gene
1979 - Wolf, Ray
1988 - Boken, Bob
1997 - Vander Meer, Johnny
1998 - Belanger, Mark
1999 - Patrick, Bob
2001 - Del Toro, Miguel
2004 - Schlueter, Norm
2006 - O'Neil, Buck


     






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    On October 7 in Baseball History...


    1904 - Jack Chesbro got his 41st victory of the season as New York defeated the Boston Red Sox, 3-2.

    1905 - Fred Odwell hits his ninth and final home run of the season, making the Reds' outfielder the National League's home run champion. 'Fritz' hit just one last year as a rookie, and after leading the majors this season, will never hit another round-tripper again.

    1919 - Two errors by Swede Risberg and one by Happy Felsch help put Dickie Kerr in a 4-0 hole, but Felsch, Buck Weaver, and Joe Jackson combine for seven hits as the White Sox win 5-4. Kerr wins his second game as the Sox now trail the best-of-nine Series by a 4-2 margin.


    1925 - Walter Johnson opens the World Series in Pittsburgh. A fifth-inning home run by Pie Traynor is the only damaging blow as Johnson fans 10 for a 4-1 Washington win.

    1927 - Herb Pennock is handed an 8-0 lead and takes a perfect game into the eighth inning. The Yankees southpaw retires Glenn Wright, but Pie Traynor breaks the spell with a single and Clyde Barnhart doubles him home. Pennock settles for a three-hit 8-1 victory over the Pirates to give the Yankees a commanding 3-0 edge in the World Series.

    1928 - Lou Gehrig's two home runs led the New York Yankees to a 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, giving them a 3-0 lead.

    1933 - Flags are at half staff for Game Five to honor William L. Veeck, Chicago Cubs president, who died suddenly. On the field, the World Series comes to a close when Mel Ott homers in the 10th inning for a 4-3 Giants victory over Washington.

    1935 - In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, the Tigers win their first World Series as Goose Goslin singles home Mickey Cochrane in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Cubs, 4-3.

    1939 - In Game 3 at Crosley Field, Charlie Keller becomes the first rookie to hit two home runs in the same World Series game. The 22-year old outfielder's first and fifth inning homers, both off starter Junior Thompson, helps the Yankees beat the Reds, 7-3.

    1945 - Hank Greenberg's three doubles led Detroit to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead in the World Series.

    1950 - Rookie hurler Whitey Ford, with ninth inning help from Allie Reynolds, beats the Phillies, 5-2, as the Yankees complete the World Series sweep of Philadelphia’s ‘Whiz Kids’. Jerry Coleman wins the Babe Ruth Award as the series MVP.

    1952 - At Ebbetts Field, Billy Martin's running catch on a high infield pop with the bases loaded in the seventh inning snuffed out a Dodgers rally and the New York Yankees went on to win Game 7 of the World Series, 4-2.  This is the Yankees fourth consecutive World Championship. Gil Hodges finishes the Fall Classic hitless in twenty-one at-bats, which had prompted some Brooklyn fans to gather at local churches asking for divine help for their beloved first baseman.

    1958 - The Yanks pull even against the Braves as Hank Bauer hits his fourth home run of the Series and New York wins Game Six in 10 innings, 4-3.

    1960 - At Crosley Field, the Yankees win Game Three of the World Series beating the hometown Reds, 3-2. The decisive blow is a lead-off home run in the top of the ninth inning off Cincinnati starter Bob Purkey.

    1961 - New York's Roger Maris won the third game of the World Series with a ninth-inning home run off the Reds' Bob Purkey. The Yankees won, 3-2, at Cincinnati's Crosley Field.


    1968 - Mickey Lolich saves Detroit, 5-3, with an unlikely assist from Lou Brock, who tries to score standing up on Julian Javier's single and is gunned down by Willie Horton's throw. Al Kaline's bases-loaded single drives in the deciding runs.

    1969 - The Cardinals trade Curt Flood along with Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner and Tim McCarver to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson, and Cookie Rojas. When Flood refuses to report to Philadelphia, St. Louis will send Willie Montanez and a minor leaguer to complete the trade, but the outfielder's courageous challenge to the reserve clause will have a dramatic impact on the game.

    1975 - The Red Sox gain a 5-3 win and three-game sweep over Oakland for the AL pennant. Carl Yastrzemski makes two great plays in the outfield and has two hits to back Rick Wise's pitching.

    1977 - Down 5-3 to the Phillies in Game Three of the NLCS with two outs in the ninth inning, the Dodgers catch lightning in a bottle. Pinch-hitter Vic Davalillo beats out a two-strike drag bunt and pinch hitter Manny Mota follows with a long double. Los Angeles eventually pulls out a 6-5 victory.

    1978 - In Game 4 of the NLCS, Ron Cey scores in the 10th inning on Bill Russell's two-out game winning single giving the Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Phillies and their second consecutive National League pennant. Cey, who walked after the first two batters were retired, advanced into scoring position when Garry Maddox misplayed Dusty Baker's fly ball in center field.

    1984 - In a game that will be best remembered for Cubs first baseman Leon Durham's seventh-inning error on an easy ground ball, the Padres win the NLCS when Tony Gwynn's seventh inning two-run double breaks a 3-3 tie en route to a 6-3 victory at Jack Murphy Stadium. Chicago had a 2-0 game advantage as well as 3-0 lead in the decisive Game 5, but were unable to end their thirty-nine year World Series appearance drought.

    1987 - Don Baylor singled to break an eighth-inning tie and Gary Gaetti homered in his first two playoff at-bats as the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers, 8-5, in the opening game of the ALCS.

    1988 - The Yankees replace manager Billy Martin with Dallas Green. 'Billy the Kid' will compile a 1253-1013 (.553) record piloting the Tigers, Twins, Yankees, A's and Rangers during his 19-year managerial career.

    1995 - With a 10-4 victory over Colorado, the Braves win their Division Series behind the solid pitching of Greg Maddux and the power provided by Fred McGriff's two home runs. The eventual World champs will sweep Cincinnati in the NLCS before beating Cleveland in the Fall Classic

    1995 - In Game 4 of the ALDS, Edgar Martinez's eighth-inning grand slam breaks a 6-6 tie with the Yankees at the Kingdome. The Mariner DH's round-tripper, considered by many the biggest in franchise history, is the difference in Seattle's eventual 11-10 victory, forcing a decisive Game 5.

    1996 - Vince Naimoli, the founding owner of the Devil Rays, and St. Petersburg Mayor David Fischer preside over the official groundbreaking ceremony for the planned renovations to be done at Tropicana Field, the home of the new American League franchise. The $63 million facelift of the eight-year old facility, originally known as the Florida Suncoast Dome, will take fifteen months to complete.

    1998 - Chuck Knoblauch argued for an interference call at first base instead of picking up the ball while Enrique Wilson scored to break a 1-1 tie in the 12th inning of the Cleveland Indians' 4-1 victory at New York in Game 2 of the AL championship series.

    2000 - Benny Agbayani’s 13th inning home run ends the longest LDS game ever played, 5 hours and 22 minutes. The dramatic round tripper by the Mets outfielder, who was voted the 36th greatest athlete from Hawaii by Sports Illustrated, gives New York a 3-2 victory and 2-1 series advantage over the Giants.

    2001 - On the last day of the season, Rickey Henderson bloops a double down the right field line off Rockies' hurler John Thomson to become the 25th major leaguer to collect 3000 hits. Tony Gwynn, who is playing in his last major league game and is also a member of the 3000 hit club, meets the Padre outfielder at home plate in front of a sell out crowd Qualcomm Park.

    2001 - Barry Bonds extends his major league record for home runs in a season to 73 as he drives a 3-2 first inning knuckleball off Dodger Dennis Springer over the right field fence. The blast also secures two more major league records for the Giants' left fielder as he surpasses Babe Ruth (1920 - .847) with a .863 season slugging percentage and bests Mark McGwire (1998 - one HR every 7.27 AB) by homering in every 6.52 at-bats.

    2005 - In Game 3 of the ALDS played at Fenway Park, the White Sox complete the three-game sweep of the defending World Series champion by beating the Red Sox, 5-3. It is the first time since 1917 the Pale Hose have won a postseason series.

    2006 - Three years after enduring a 119-loss season, the wild card Tigers upset the much-favored Yankees to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1987. After beating New York 8-3 to take the ALDS 3 games to 1, Detroit players start spraying champagne on fans at Comerica Park who have suffered through 12 consecutive losing seasons and a tough month of September before the team wins their first postseason series in 19 years.

    2006 - The Mets defeat Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium, 9-5, to complete a three-game sweep in the NLDS. Since beating the A's in the 1988 World Series the Dodgers have won only one postseason game in 13 attempts.

    2007 - George Steinbrenner makes it clear if the Yankees do not get past the first round of playoffs against the Indians, Joe Torre's job, the longest tenured manager under the Boss's ownership, will be in jeopardy. Trailing the ALDS 2-0, the team responds for their popular skipper with a come-from-behind 6-4 victory over the Tribe at the Stadium.

    2009 - On the last day of the season in the Bronx Bombers' 10-2 victory at Tampa Bay, the Yankees break a franchise record, thanks to Alex Rodriguez's three-run blast in the 10-run sixth inning, by hitting their 243rd homer of the season. In the same frame, A-Rod goes deep again, this time with the bases loaded, to extend the team's mark and sets a new American League record collecting seven RBI's in the same inning.

    2010 - With only 17 instances of a manager being tossed in the history of the postseason, two occurrences happen on the same day when the Rays' Joe Maddon and Twins' Ron Gardenhire are both ejected from different ALCS games. The Tampa Bay skipper gets the heave-ho in the fifth frame in a game against Texas for arguing a check swing with home plate umpire Jim Wolf, and the Minnesota pilot suffers the same fate with Hunter Wendelstedt for arguing balls and strikes in the seventh inning in the contest against the Yankees.

    2015 - The Milwaukee Brewers claimed Junior Guerra from the Chicago White Sox on waivers.



    Baseball Birthdays on October 7...

    1856 - Walker, Fleet
    1857 - Hengle, Moxie
    1859 - Rickley, Chris
    1867 - Kennedy, Brickyard
    1869 - Donnelly, Frank
    1881 - Durham, John

    1881 - Knoll, Punch
    1883 - Tuckey, Tom
    1883 - Burch, Al
    1885 - Ovitz, Ernie
    1885 - Liese, Fred
    1890 - Brenton, Lynn
    1891 - Batten, George
    1892 - Debus, Adam
    1895 - Fussell, Fred
    1898 - Giard, Joe
    1903 - Walker, Bill
    1904 - Klein, Chuck
    1912 - Patton, Bill
    1916 - Derry, Russ
    1918 - Baumholtz, Frank
    1918 - Hall, Irv
    1919 - Hughes, Tommy
    1921 - Sima, Al

    1921 - Fox, Charlie
    1921 - Adams, Red
    1922 - Hatton, Grady

    1928 - Presko, Joe
    1932 - Daley, Bud
    1934 - Drake, Sammy
    1939 - Ortega, Phil
    1939 - O'Donoghue, John
    1940 - Steevens, Morrie
    1943 - Cardenal, Jose
    1945 - Bates, Dick
    1952 - Caneira, John
    1953 - Replogle, Andy
    1956 - Law, Rudy
    1963 - Van Burkleo, Ty
    1964 - Bruske, Jim
    1964 - DeLucia, Rich
    1965 - Burgos, Enrique
    1968 - Henry, Butch
    1968 - Cuyler, Milt
    1970 - Unroe, Tim
    1975 - Brunette, Justin
    1983 - Rohlinger, Ryan
    1985 - Longoria, Evan
    1985 - Medlen, Kris
    1987 - Cobb, Alex
    1988 - Cunniff, Brandon
    1991 - Foltynewicz, Mike
    1991 - Sampson, Adrien
    1992 - Betts, Mookie
    1994 - Stewart, Kohl


    Baseball Deaths on October 7...

    1900 - Phillips, Bill
    1918 - Troy, Bun
    1925 - Mathewson, Christy
    1948 - Imlay, Doc
    1956 - Stouch, Tom
    1958 - Brandom, Chick
    1964 - Armbruster, Charlie

    1971 - Barnhart, Les
    1974 - Fletcher, Frank
    1984 - Butler, Art
    1990 - Ripley, Walt
    1991 - Durocher, Leo
    1994 - Ferens, Stan
    1997 - Possehl, Lou
    2002 - Freels, Bob
    2008 - Del Canton, Bruce

    2008 - Kissell, George
    2017 - Landis, Jim




                 



           



     








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Today In White Sox History - October 7th








October 7, 2005 - In Game 3 of the ALDS played at Fenway Park, the White Sox complete the three-game sweep of the defending World Series champion by beating the Red Sox, 5-3. In the bottom of the sixth with the bases loaded and no out in a 4-3 game, Orlando Hernandez came on in relief and retired the next three hitters on two infield popouts and a strikeout.  It is the first time since 1917 the Pale Hose have won a post-season series.

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    On October 8 in Baseball History...


    1904 - Jimmy Barrett becomes the first major leaguer to play 162 games in a season, 57 years before the schedule is expanded from 154 contests to 162. The Tigers outfielder accomplished the unusual feat because Detroit played in ten tie games during the season.

    1908 - In a make-up game necessitated by Fred Merkle's base running blunder on September 23, Three Finger Brown outduels Christy Mathewson, 4-2, as the Cubs win the National League pennant by one game over the Giants in one of the most dramatic pennant races of all time.

    1915 - The Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3-1. Red Sox rookie Babe Ruth grounds out as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of the opener and will sit out the rest of the Series.

    1919 - Ed Cicotte pitches Game Seven, and the White Sox play like they mean it. Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch drive in two runs each for a 4-1 win to cut the Reds' lead to four games to three in the best-of-nine Series.


    1922 - Behind Art Nehf’s complete game five-hitter, the Giants repeat as World Champions sweeping the Yankees in five games, including one tie. The comeback 5-3 victory is fueled by George Kelly’s RBI single during the three-run eighth inning at the Polo Grounds.

    1924 - Giants rookie third baseman Fred Lindstrom is 4-for-5 with two RBI against Walter Johnson, and New York hurler Jack Bentley (16-5) clouts a two-run homer and earns the 6-2 win. The Giants hold a 3-2 World Series edge heading back to Washington.

    1927 - Facing elimination at Yankee Stadium, the Pirates are tied with the Yankees 3-3 in the last of the ninth. Reliever Johnny Miljus strikes out Lou Gehrig and Bob Meusel with the bases loaded, but a two-strike wild pitch to Tony Lazzeri allows Earle Combs to score the winning run and capture the World Series.

    1929 - In front of 50,000 fans at Wrigley Field, surprise starter Howard Ehmke establishes a new World Series record striking out 13 Cubs en route to a 3-1 A's victory in Game 1 of the Fall Classic. The mark will last for 34 years until Dodger hurler Carl Erskine fans 14 Yankees in 1953.

    1930 - George Earnshaw finishes off the Cardinals 7-1 to win the World Series for the Athletics. He is clearly the pitching star of the World Series with two wins and a 0.72 ERA.

    1939 - In the top of the tenth, Yankee outfielder Joe DiMaggio scores all the way from first base when Reds' catcher Ernie Lombardi lays in a daze at home plate after being run over by 'King Kong' Charlie Keller. The Bronx Bombers score three runs thanks to ‘Lombardi's Swoon’ and will go on to win the game, 7-4, to complete the World Series sweep and become the first club to win four consecutive Fall Classics.

    1940 - With only one day's rest, Bobo Newsom comes back for the Tigers and nearly has enough to win Game Seven. Cincinnati's Paul Derringer gives up seven hits in the first six innings but sets the Tigers down in order in the final three frames for the 2-1 win, giving the Reds the Series.

    1940 - With the Reds' 2-1 victory over the Tigers in Game 7 of the Fall Classic, Bill McKechnie becomes the first manager to win a World Series with two different teams. The 'Deacon' also piloted the Pirates to a World Championship beating Washington in seven games in the 1925 Fall Classic.

    1945 - Stan Hack's double takes a tricky bounce over left fielder Hank Greenberg's shoulder with two outs in the 12th inning to score runner Bill Schuster and give the Chicago Cubs an 8-7 win in Game Six to even the World Series with Detroit.

    1948 - Facing only thirty batters, Indians' rookie hurler Gene Bearden five-hits the Braves for a 2-0 victory in front of 70,000 fans in Cleveland. The Tribe takes a 2-1 World Series game lead.

    1953 - Birmingham bans Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing in the city. After Robinson gives in and drops the white players from the team, city officials allow the team to play.

    1956 - Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the only perfect game in World Series history for a 2-0 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sal Maglie, the opposing pitcher, gave up five hits.


    1958 - The Yankees win the World Series on Moose Skowron's three-run home run off Lew Burdette in the eighth inning of Game Seven that puts the game on ice, 6-2. Eddie Mathews strikes out for the 11th time, a record that will stand until l980 when it is broken by Willie Wilson of Kansas City. This is Casey Stengel's seventh championship, tying him with Joe McCarthy.

    1959 - The Los Angeles Dodgers win 9-3 to take the World Series over the White Sox. Larry Sherry wins in relief of Johnny Podres in Game Six.


    1961 - In Game 4 at Crosley Field, Whitey Ford blanks the Reds for five innings to extend his World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak to 32 breaking Red Sox hurler Babe Ruth's previous record of 29 2/3 innings. Hector Lopez and Clete Boyer provide the offense driving in two runs each in the Yankee 6-0 victory.

    1962 - In Game 4 of the World Series, Chuck Hiller's seventh inning grand slam off Marshall Bridges proves to be the difference in the Giants' 7-3 victory at Yankee Stadium. The infielder's bases-loaded homer, the first by a National Leaguer in the history of the Fall Classic, helps to even the series at two games apiece.

    1966 - The Orioles managed only three hits off Claude Osteen, but Paul Blair's fifth inning 430-foot home run proves to be the difference as Baltimore beats the Dodgers in Game 3 of the World Series, 1-0. Wally Bunker throws a six-hitter to get the victory in the first Fall Classic game ever played in Baltimore.

    1972 - After being drilled by a pitch in Game 2 of the ALCS, Bert Campaneris, 3-for-3 on the day, hurls his bat at Tiger pitcher Lerrin LaGrow. Both players are ejected from the game, but the A's shortstop, although permitted to play in the World Series, will be suspended for the rest of this series and five games to start next seasons in addition to being fined $500.

    1973 - Rusty Staub's two home runs powered the New York Mets to a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and a 2-1 lead in the NLCS. Pete Rose of the Reds and Bud Harrelson of the Mets scuffled at second base in the fifth inning after Rose slid hard into the base.


    1977 - In Game 4 of the NLCS played at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Dodger hurler Tommy John goes the distance and beats Steve Carlton and the Phillies, 4-1. The Los Angeles right-hander considers this pennant-clinching performance the best game he has ever pitched in the major leagues.

    1983 - In front of 64,494 fans at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies win the NLCS behind the pitching of Steve Carlton and the power of Gary Matthews’ three-run homer, 7-2. Philadelphia will take on the Orioles in the Fall Classic which will be dubbed as the I-95 World Series.

    1986 - Mike Scott equaled a playoff record with 14 strikeouts and threw a five-hitter as the Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 1-0 in the first game of the NLCS. Glenn Davis opened the second inning with a home run off Dwight Gooden.

    1988 - Dodgers ace reliever Jay Howell is ejected in the eighth inning of Game Three of the NLCS for having pine tar on his glove and the Mets go on to score five times in the inning on the way to an 8-4 win. Howell will be suspended for three days by the NL.

    1989 - Oakland beats Toronto 4-3 in Game Five to advance to the World Series for the second straight year. Rickey Henderson, who hit .400 with eight stolen bases, is named Series MVP.

    1995 - Thanks to a two-run double off Jack McDowell by Edgar Martinez, the Mariners become only the fourth team in major league history to overcome a two-game deficit to win a five-game series when they dramatically come-from-behind to beat the Yankees in 11 innings, 6-5.

    1995 - In the Mariners' dramatic come-from-behind Game 5 extra-inning victory to beat the Yankees and win the ALDS, Ken Griffey Jr. ties a major league record when he hits his fifth home run in the postseason series, an eighth-inning round-tripper off David Cone. Reggie Jackson established the mark in 1977 going deep five times in the World Series against the Dodgers.

    2000 - At Shea Stadium, the Mets blank the Giants, 4-0, to win the NLDS in four games. Bobby Jones, who was sent to the minors earlier in the season to work on his mechanics, retires the side in order eight of the nine innings allowing only a fifth inning double to Jeff Kent. It is only the sixth complete-game one-hitter in postseason history.


    2002 - The Tigers select their former all-star shortstop Alan Trammell (1977-1996) to manage the faltering franchise. The Garden Grove, California native had been a coach with the Padres for the last three seasons.

    2006 - In the inaugural season in their new ballpark, the Cardinals beat the Padres 6-2 at Busch Stadium to take the NLDS playoff three games to one. The Redbirds advance to the championship series for the third consecutive season when Chris Carpenter gets the win earning his second victory in the best-of-five series.

    2007 - With a 6-4 victory at Yankee Stadium, the Indians advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1995. The Tribe's win ends the Bronx Bombers' season, and begins speculation of the impending firing of New York skipper Joe Torre, who was chastised in the press yesterday by owner George Steinbrenner for the team's first round woes.

    2007 - A 6-4 defeat to the Indians in Game 4 of the ALDS at the Stadium proves to be Joe Torre’s final game with the Yankees. The veteran skipper, who during his 12-year tenure with the Bronx Bombers saw the team win 1,173 games and make the postseason every year, will later reject a $5 million, one-year contract to return as manager, a deal many believe to be structured to oust the popular pilot without upsetting the fans.

    2008 - The Cubs exercise Rich Harden’s $7 million option for next year, the day after tests reveal the 26-year-old hurler has a sound pitching shoulder. The hard-throwing right-hander, obtained from the A's in a July deal, compiled a combined record of 10-2 posting a 2.07 ERA in 25 starts for his two teams.

    2009 - A ninth inning error by left fielder Matt Holliday with the bases empty and two-out leads to the Dodgers' stunning 3-2 walk-off victory, and gives LA a commanding 2-0 game advantage in the NLDS. After the crucial miscue on the sinking line drive, Cardinals' closer Ryan Franklin gives up RBI singles to Ronnie Belliard and pinch-hitter Mark Loretta to complete the improbable two-run comeback rally.

    2010 - Although the Astros finish ten games under .500, the team exercises the 2012 option on the contract of their manager Brad Mills and adds a club option for the following season. After a dismal 17-34 start and the loss of veterans Roy Oswalt to Philadelphia and Lance Berkman to New York, the first-year skipper pilots Houston to a 59-52 record after June 1.



    Baseball Birthdays on October 8...


    1849 - Donnelly, Pete
    1857 - Bergh, John
    1858 - Conway, Jim
    1862 - Manlove, Charlie
    1863 - Peoples, Jimmy
    1870 - Colcolough, Tom
    1884 - Lewis, Phil
    1885 - Lush, Johnny
    1886 - Pratt, Larry
    1887 - Bush, Donie
    1887 - Berran, Dennis
    1887 - Crandall, Doc
    1887 - Bodie, Ping
    1889 - Esmond, Jimmy
    1890 - Tappan, Walter
    1891 - Peffer, Monte
    1891 - Neff, Doug
    1892 - Baumgartner, Harry
    1895 - Wingo, Ed
    1896 - Murchison, Tim
    1902 - Schreiber, Paul
    1910 - Moses, Wally

    1913 - Rogers, Lee
    1916 - Cecil, Rex
    1916 - Callahan, Joe
    1917 - Murtaugh, Danny
    1917 - Toenes, Hal
    1918 - Gillespie, Bob
    1920 - Metkovich, Catfish
    1929 - Mabe, Bob
    1934 - Harrington, Mickey
    1942 - Landis, Bill
    1943 - Pepper, Don
    1944 - Kirkpatrick, Ed
    1946 - Gagliano, Ralph
    1946 - Splittorff, Paul
    1946 - Wegener, Mike
    1948 - Williams, Bernie
    1948 - Stelmaszek, Rick
    1949 - Cabell, Enos
    1955 - Reed, Jerry
    1956 - Lahti, Jeff
    1957 - Skube, Bob
    1957 - Chris, Mike
    1959 - Morgan, Mike
    1959 - Little, Bryan

    1959 - Hardy, Jack
    1965 - Kremers, Jimmy
    1966 - Gainer, Jay
    1967 - Bruett, J.T.
    1970 - Doster, David
    1970 - Saenz, Olmedo

    1971 - Ayrault, Joe
    1972 - Adams, Willie
    1975 - Thompson, Andy
    1978 - Reed, Keith
    1983 - Richardson, Antoan
    1985 - Eppley, Cody
    1986 - Chambers, Adron
    1986 - Davis, Erik
    1989 - Featherston, Taylor
    1989 - Suarez, Albert
    1990 - Erlin, Robbie



    Baseball Deaths on October 8...


    1905 - Sullivan, Bill
    1912 - Heitmuller, Heinie
    1913 - Cleveland, Elmer
    1934 - Snyder, Bill
    1936 - Ames, Red
    1948 - Orth, Al
    1952 - Adams, Joe
    1957 - Russell, Paul
    1962 - Head, Ralph
    1969 - Ramsdell, Willie
    1971 - Wall, Murray
    1973 - Haley, Ray
    1976 - Bottarini, John
    1978 - Gilliam, Jim
    1980 - Johnson, Lloyd
    1981 - Nagel, Bill
    1982 - Meehan, Bill
    1986 - Surkont, Max
    1988 - Fowler, Boob
    1991 - Hanyzewski, Ed
    2002 - Beeler, Jodie
    2004 - Sturm, Johnny
    2004 - Giuliani, Tony
    2005 - Larsen, Swede
    2006 - Murrell, Ivan
    2008 - McCrabb, Les
    2010 - Roberts. Dale
    2013 - Pafko, Andy
    2017 - Lock, Don






       




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« Reply #5041 on: October 09, 2018, 12:43:40 am »

    On October 9 in Baseball History...


    1894 - At Chicago's Lake Front Park, Quaker (Phillies) fly chaser Jack Manning hits three home runs in an 11-7 loss to the White Stockings. The Philadelphia outfielder is the first player in franchise history to accomplish the feat.

    1905 - At Philadelphia, Christy Mathewson of the Giants outpitches 26-game-winner Eddie Plank 3-0 in the first game of an all-shutout Series.

    1906 - In a snowy West Side Park, the first one-city World Series opens in Chicago. Nick Altrock outduels Three Finger Brown giving the White Sox a 2 -1 victory over the heavily favored Cubs.


    1907 - In Game 2 of the World Series played at Chicago’s West Side Grounds, Tigers third baseman Bill Coughlin tags out Jimmy Slagle, who is leading off the base, using the hidden ball trick. The Cubs center fielder is the first victim ever to be deceived about the location of the ball during the Fall Classic.

    1909 - Ty Cobb's steal of home is the highlight of the Tigers' 7-2 victory over the Pirates, that knots the World Series at one game apiece. The 'Georgia Peach' swipes home plate 54 times during his career, a major league record.

    1910 - Nap Lajoie, in a batting race with Ty Cobb, collected eight hits for Cleveland in a season-ending doubleheader with the Browns. The hits were somewhat tainted, however, as St. Louis third baseman Red Corriden played back as Lajoie bunted safely six times. Regardless, Cobb was awarded the batting title by a fraction of a point.

    1913 - n Game 3 of the World Series, rookie right-hander Joe Bush throws a complete game limiting the Giants to five hits in the A's 8-2 victory at the Polo Grounds. At the age 20 years and 316 days, 'Bullet Bob' is the youngest pitcher to start a game in the Fall Classic, 40 days sooner than Fernando Valenzuez (1981) and Jim Palmer (1966), who are tied for second on list.

    1915 - Woodrow Wilson becomes the first president to to watch a World Series game when he attends Game 2 of the Fall Classic played at the Barker Bowl in Philadelphia. Red Sox hurler Rube Foster limits the Phillies to just three hits en route to a 2-1 victory to even the series at one game apiece.

    1916 - Babe Ruth outpitched Sherry Smith of the Brooklyn Dodgers as the Boston Red Sox won the longest World Series game, 2-1 in 14 innings.

    1919 - With rumors spreading about a fix, the White Sox, after a very ineffective start by Lefty Williams, are defeated 10-5 at Comiskey Park and drop the World Series to the underdog Reds, 8 games to 3. Before next season begins eight Chicago players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, will be accused of accepting bribes to purposely throw the games.


    1926 - Grover Alexander scatters eight hits in Game Six while the Cards tee off at Yankee Stadium for a 10-2 romp that sends the Series to a seventh game.

    1928 - At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, the Yankees beat the Cardinals, 7-3, completing their second consecutive sweep of the World Series. The Bronx Bombers, who win their third World Championship in franchise history, live up to their name as they slugged five homers in the game, three by Babe Ruth, a feat which will not be matched until 1989 when Oakland does it against San Francisco.

    1934 - At Detroit's Navin Field, Commissioner Landis makes Joe Medwick leave Game 7 of the World Series for 'his own safety'. The Tiger fans are upset with his aggressive slide into third baseman Marv Owen, after hitting a triple in the sixth inning and the angry mob responds by hurling fruit at the outfielder during the Cardinals' 11-0 series-clinching victory.

    1938 - Sweeping the Cubs in four games, the Bronx Bombers become the first team in major league history to win three consecutive World Series. Red Ruffing goes the distance beating Chicago, 8-3, at Yankee Stadium.

    1944 - The Cardinals top the Browns, 3-1, and win the World Series in six games.

    1948 - Behind the solid pitching of Steve Gromek, the Indians win pivotal Game 4 of the Fall Classic edging the Braves, 2-1, to take a 3-1 series lead. Larry Doby's home run, the first by a black player in World Series history, proves to be the difference in the Tribe's victory.

    1949 - The Yankees pound the Dodgers 10-6 to win the World Series in five games. Pinch hitter and third baseman Bobby Brown is the hitting hero, batting .500 and driving in five runs.

    1951 - In Game 5 of the Fall Classic, Gil McDougal, joining Elmer Smith (1920) and Tony Lazzeri (1936), becomes the third player in World Series history to hit a grand slam. The 23-year old Yankees infielder is the first rookie to accomplish the feat.

    1956 - The Dodgers bounce back after Don Larsen's perfect game to tie the series in Game Six. Clem Labine comes out of the bullpen to pitch a 1-0 victory over the Yankees in 10 innings.

    1957 - With Warren Spahn stricken by the flu, Lew Burdette, pitching with two days rest, hurls his third complete game and second shutout to beat New York 5-0 to win the World Series.

    1958 - In Game 7, the Yankees beat the defending World champion Braves in Milwaukee's County Stadium, 6-2, for their eighteenth title, the club's seventh in the past decade. The Bronx Bombers become only the second team, the first being the 1925 Pirates, to come back from a 3–1 deficit to win a best-of-seven Fall Classic.

    1961 - With the help of a pair of five-run innings at Crosley Field, the Yankees win the World Series beating the Reds in Game 5, 13-5. Johnny Blanchard, a reserve player who will collect 10 hits in 29 at-bats in five Fall Classics, hits two home runs and bats .400 en route to the Bronx Bombers’ 19th World Championship.

    1966 - Dave McNally wraps up Baltimore's brilliant pitching display, and a World Championship, with a four-hit, 1-0 win. Frank Robinson's home run off Don Drysdale gives Baltimore a surprising sweep of the defending champion Dodgers. The 33 consecutive scoreless innings pitched by Baltimore sets a World Series record.

    1967 - Roger Maris homers for the Cardinals in the ninth inning, but Jim Lonborg's 3-1 win sends the World Series back to Boston.

    1969 - Just a few days after agreeing to be on the coaching staff of the Angels, Sparky Anderson accepts an offer to replace Dave Bristol as the manager of the Reds. During his nine-year tenure, in which Cincinnati will average 96 victories a season, the club will win five divisional titles‚ four National League pennants‚ and consecutive World Series in 1975 and 1976.

    1971 - The Orioles win the opener of the World Series over the Pirates 5-3. Dave McNally tosses a three-hitter and Merv Rettenmund adds a three-run homer.

    1976 - While on his way home from his party, Pirates reliever Bob Moose is killed on his birthday in an automobile accident in Martin's Ferry, Ohio. The 29-year old’s death occurs two days shy of the four-year mark of the date he threw the infamous wild pitch giving Cincinnati a walk-off victory in the fifth and deciding game of the NLCS.

    1977 - The New York Yankees rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 and take the American League pennant in the fifth game of the playoffs.

    1980 - In Game 2 of the ALCS with the Yankees trailing 3-2 with two outs in the top of the eighth inning, George Steinbrenner is caught on live national television jumping out of his seat and shouting what appears to be profanities when Willie Randolph is tagged out at home on a relay throw by George Brett. The Yankees' owner wants third base coach Mike Ferraro fired on the spot, but manager Dick Howser refuses and the skipper will lose his job when the team is swept in three games by the Royals, despite a first place finish in the American League East compiling a 103-59 record.


    1984 - The Tigers win the World Series opener as Jack Morris pitches a complete-game 3-2 victory over San Diego. Larry Herndon's two-run home run in the fifth provides the winning margin.

    1988 - The Oakland Athletics completed a four-game sweep in the ALCS by beating the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Jose Canseco tied an AL playoff record with his third home run of the series and Dennis Eckersley set a major league playoff mark with his fourth save.

    1989 - The Giants win their first NL pennant since 1962 by defeating the Cubs 3-2 in Game Five of the NLCS. Will Clark bats .650 in the series with eight RBI to win MVP honors.

    1989 - Televising the deciding Game 5 of the NLCS, a 3-2 Giants victory over the Cubs from Candlestick Park, NBC broadcasts its final edition of the Game of the Week. Next season, CBS’s sporadic and less frequent coverage of a regular season weekly game led many to believe the network was really only interested in airing the All-Star Game and postseason contests.

    1996 - With the Yankees trailing 4–3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Derek Jeter ties the game with a deep fly ball to right field that is ruled a home run by umpire Rich Garcia despite the protest of outfielder Tony Tarasco and Orioles manager Davey Johnson, who claim there was spectator interference that prevented the ball from being caught. Video replay clearly shows 12-year-old Jeffrey Maier reaching over the fence and deflecting the catchable live ball into the stands forever changing the outcome of Game 1 of the ALCS, and many believe of the series.


    2005 - At Minute Maid Park, Chris Burke’s 18th inning homer ends the longest postseason game in baseball history as the Astros defeat the Braves, 7-6, to advance into the National League championship series. Atlanta’s five-run lead late in the game is erased with an eighth inning grand slam by Lance Berkman and a two-out ninth inning solo shot by Brad Ausmus, which barely clears Gold Glove center fielder Andruw Jones' outstretched hand.

    2010 - At Yankee Stadium, the Twins drop Game 3 of the ALCS, 6-2, giving New York a sweep of the series. Minnesota, the first team to make the playoffs, exits the postseason for the second straight year without winning a game in the first round.

    2014 - The Oakland Athletics released Adam Dunn.



    Baseball Birthdays on October 9...


    1854 - Rowe, Dave
    1864 - Woerlin, Joe
    1865 - Maul, Al
    1873 - Reidy, Bill
    1880 - Faust, Charlie
    1885 - Wilson, Pete
    1886 - Marquard, Rube
    1890 - Manning, Ernie
    1890 - Massey, Roy
    1890 - Helfrich, Ty
    1892 - Stone, Arnie
    1894 - Johnson, Jing
    1897 - Biemiller, Harry
    1898 - Sewell, Joe
    1900 - Spurgeon, Freddy
    1902 - Welsh, Jimmy
    1902 - Hogan, Kenny
    1903 - Tising, Jack
    1904 - Slade, Gordon
    1909 - Winford, Jim
    1912 - Haefner, Mickey
    1925 - Giordano, Tommy
    1939 - Hershberger, Mike

    1940 - Pepitone, Joe
    1941 - Long, Jeoff

    1944 - Patek, Freddie
    1946 - Qualls, Jim

    1947 - Moose, Bob
    1950 - Downing, Brian

    1951 - Bryant, Derek
    1954 - Lerch, Randy
    1955 - Taveras, Alex
    1959 - Krawczyk, Ray
    1963 - Fermin, Felix
    1967 - Tatum, Jim
    1969 - Jordan, Kevin
    1970 - Robertson, Mike

    1972 - Gibralter, Steve
    1973 - Pulsipher, Bill
    1974 - Duncan, Courtney
    1975 - Mota, Danny
    1977 - Roberts, Brian
    1979 - Soler, Alay
    1980 - McLemore, Mark
    1982 - Jaramillo, Jason
    1983 - Pridie, Jason
    1986 - Holland, Derek

    1986 - Phelps, David
    1986 - Roe, Chaz
    1987 - Burns, Cory
    1988 - Marte, Starling
    1989 - Melville, Tim
    1990 - Lamb, Jacob
    1991 - Brett, Ryan
    1995 - Gonzalez, Merandy



    Baseball Deaths on October 9...


    1897 - Lockwood, Milo
    1900 - Wheeler, Harry
    1901 - Lane, Chappy
    1918 - Gaiser, Fred
    1920 - Vandagrift, Carl
    1924 - Daubert, Jake
    1924 - Caskin, Ed
    1929 - Kleinow, Red
    1930 - Cross, Lem
    1934 - Pettee, Pat
    1937 - Gastright, Hank
    1939 - Schaller, Biff

    1940 - Massey, Bill
    1944 - DeBerry, Joe
    1945 - Ganley, Bob
    1955 - Fox, Howie
    1955 - Jackson, Jim
    1957 - Henline, Butch

    1964 - Wingo, Al
    1969 - Lucas, Ray
    1969 - Hoak, Don
    1972 - Bancroft, Dave
    1976 - Christman, Mark
    1976 - Moose, Bob
    1985 - Yarnall, Rusty
    1986 - White, Jo-Jo
    1991 - Moss, Charlie
    1992 - Guerra, Mike
    1997 - Templeton, Chuck
    1999 - Dotterer, Dutch
    2017 - Hawes, Roy
    2017 - McQueen, Mike



     



        



   













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« Reply #5042 on: October 10, 2018, 12:47:07 am »

    On October 10 in Baseball History...


    1904 - Boston clinched the pennant on the last day of the season when Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders threw a wild pitch in the ninth to allow the winning run to score from third. The Red Sox won 3-2 in the doubleheader opener.

    1906 - Ed Reulbach's no-hit bid is broken by Jiggs Donahue's single in the seventh, but the Cubs beat the White Sox, 7-1. The next World Series one-hitter will come in 1945, by another Cub: Claude Passeau.

    1920 - Indians' Bill Wambsganss becomes the only player in World Series history to complete an unassisted triple play as he makes a leaping catch, steps on second base and then tags the runner arriving from first base.

    1920 - Outfielder Elmer Smith becomes the first player to hit a grand slam in World Series history as the Indians defeat the Dodgers and Burleigh Grimes, 8-1. In the same game, Jim Bagby becomes the first pitcher to hit a home run in World Series history.

    1923 - It's an all-New York World Series for the third straight year. A 4-4 tie is broken in the top of the ninth by the Giants. Casey Stengel's inside-the-park home run is the first World Series homer at Yankee Stadium. It is the first World Series to be broadcast on a nationwide radio network.

    1924 - With the score tied at 3-3 and one out in the bottom of the 12th in Game 7 of the World Series, Senators' backstop Muddy Ruel lifts a high catchable foul pop-up which Giant catcher Hank Gowdy misses when he stumbles over his own mask. Given a second chance, Ruel then doubles and eventually scores the winning run making the Senators World Champs.

    1926 - Grover Alexander, 39, saved Game 7 and the World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals, fanning Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and pitching 2 1/3 hitless innings.

    1931 - The Philadelphia Athletics rally for two runs and have two runners on base with two outs in the ninth when Cardinals reliever Bill Hallahan gets the final out for the 4-2 win in Game Seven. The A's are denied their third consecutive World Championship.

    1937 - Lefty Gomez knocks in the winning run in the 4-2 clincher in Game Five against the Giants. It is his record fifth World Series win without a loss. Another record comes when the Yankees complete the Series without an error.

    1945 - The Tigers score five runs in the first inning of Game Seven and rout the Cubs 9-3 behind Hal Newhouser, who strikes out 10 to win the World Series.

    1948 - The largest crowd ever to attend a World Series game, 86,288 fans jam into Cleveland's Municipal Stadium to witness a showdown between two future Hall of Famers. Braves' southpaw Warren Spahn beats Bob Feller and the Indians in Game 5 of the Fall Classic, 11-5.

    1951 - In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, the Yankees become World Champions for the 14th time in franchise history when they beat the Giants, 4-3. The Bronx Bombers' big blow is a three-run triple hit by Hank Bauer off Dave Koslo in the sixth inning.

    1956 - Johnny Kucks sets down Brooklyn, 9-0, as the Yankees win the World Series in seven games. Yogi Berra hits a pair of two-run home runs and Bill Skowron hits a grand slam. It's the seventh and final time Brooklyn and the Yankees meet in the Series. In the future, it will take a jet, not a subway, to get these two teams together.

    1957 - Starting Game 7 on just two days rest, Lew Burdette pitches the Braves to a World Championship as he blanks the Bronx Bombers at Yankee Stadium, 5-0. The 30-year old right-hander, named the Series MVP, tosses 24 consecutive scoreless innings and posts a 0.64 ERA in his three Fall classic victories.

    1957 - With a 5-0 victory over the defending World Champions in Game 7 at Yankee Stadium, Milwaukee wins its first World Series championship since the 'Miracle Braves' won the title in 1914 representing Boston. The Most Valuable Player of the Fall Classic is right-hander Lew Burdette, who hurled three complete game victories, including today's shut out.

    1962 - Tom Tresh belts an eighth-inning homer off Jack Sanford to give the Yankees a 5-3 comeback win over the Giants in Game 5 of the World Series played in soggy San Francisco. The rookie shortstop's dad, Mike Tresh, who hit only two home runs in his dozen big league seasons, prior to the at bat left his seat behind home plate and moved to the standing-room section in Candlestick Park hoping to bring his son good luck.

    1963 - The Mets announce the club has 'traded' coaches with the Giants bringing Wes Westrum to New York in exchanged for Cookie Lavagetto, who is recovering from a serious illness and asked to be moved nearer to his home in Oakland. Mets manager Casey Stengel met and became fond of his new coach during the recent All-star game, and will be replaced by him as the team's second skipper in franchise history when the 75-year old 'Old Professor' retires in 1965.

    1964 - In Game 3, Mickey Mantle hits a walk-off home run off reliever Barney Schultz giving the Yankees a dramatic 2-1 victory over St. Louis. The ninth-inning blast is the Mick’s 16th Fall Classic round-tripper, breaking the previous mark set by Babe Ruth.

    1964 - At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle slams the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth inning out of the Bronx ballpark giving New York a dramatic 2-1 walk-off victory and two games to one advantage over the Cardinals in the Fall Classic. 'The Mick's' game-winning round-tripper off Barney Schultz makes him the fifth major leaguer to end a World Series game with a home run.

    1968 - Cardinal fireballer Bob Gibson sets the mark for total strikeouts (35) in a World Series, but loses the seventh and deciding game to Tigers, 4-1.

    1968 - In the fifth inning of Game 7 of the World Series, Dal Maxvill pops out to first base becoming the first major leaguer to go 0-for-22 in the Fall Classic. The Cardinal shortstop surpasses the single series infamous mark previously shared by Gil Hodges (1952 - Dodgers), Red Murray (1911 - Giants), Billy Sullivan (1906 -White Sox) and Jimmy Sheckard (1906 -Cubs).

    1968 - Bob Gibson goes the distance in his consecutive eighth consecutive World Series game, losing Game 7 to Detroit, 4-1. The only time the St. Louis Cardinal right-hander, who will compile a 1.89 postseason ERA, didn't finish a Fall Classic contest was in his first appearance in 1964 when he tossed eight innings against the Yankees.

    1970 - In the first game of the World Series, Boog Powell, Ellie Hendricks and Brooks Robinson homer to power the Orioles past the Reds, 4-3. Baltimore's offensive output overcomes an early Cincinnati 3-0 lead.

    1973 - In the fifth and deciding game, the Mets win the National League pennant beating Reds, 7-2. Tom Seaver bests Jack Billingham in the Shea Stadium showdown.

    1976 - The Royals gain their first postseason victory in franchise history when they beat the Yankees, 7-3, in Game 2 of the ALCS. Kansas City southpaw Paul Splittorff, pitching 5.2 innings in relief, is credited with the victory.

    1978 - Prior to the start of Game1 of the World Series, the Dodgers retire the uniform #19 of Jim Gilliam, their coach who died suddenly two days ago as the result of a massive brain hemorrhage. The 37 year-old former All-Star LA infielder will become the team's first player not inducted into the Hall of Fame to receive this honor.


    1978 - Davey Lopes collects two home runs and five RBI to lead the Dodgers to an 11-5 victory over the Yankees in the first game of the World Series.

    1979 - The Orioles score five runs in the first inning of the World Series, then hang on to defeat the Pirates 5-4.

    1980 - Kansas City's George Brett hit an upper deck three-run homer off relief ace Goose Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 4-2 victory and a three-game sweep of New York Yankees in the ALCS.

    1982 - The Brewers complete their comeback from a 2-0 ALCS deficit by edging the Angels 4-3, to earn their first-ever trip to the World Series. Angels outfielder Fred Lynn bats .611 for the series and is named MVP in a losing cause.

    1987 - Jeffrey Leonard homered for the fourth straight game as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2, tying the NLCS at two games apiece.

    1990 - The Oakland Athletics swept the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and their third straight trip to the World Series with a 3-1 victory. MVP Dave Stewart won for the eighth straight time in head-to-head matchups with Roger Clemens, who was ejected in the second inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Terry Cooney.

    1993 - Frank Thomas is selected as the American League's Most Valuable Player. The first baseman batted .317 with 41 home runs and knocked in 128 runs for the division-winning White Sox.


    1996 - Gary Gaetti hits a grand slam off Greg Maddux to lead the Cardinals to an 8-3 win over the Braves and a tie of the NLCS.

    1999 - Scoring more than 19 NFL teams, the Red Sox establish a major league record for most runs and biggest margin of victory in a postseason game as they rout the Indians, 23-7 to tie the 5-game series at two games a piece.

    2000 - In a 2-0 Seattle victory, the Mariners (9) and Yankees (13) combined for 22 strikeouts to set an ALCS record in Game 1 of the series.

    2003 - With six hits in six consecutive at-bats, Kenny Lofton sets an NLCS record and ties the ALCS mark. Gary Matthews (Phillies-1983), Will Clark (Giants-1989), Steve Buechele (Pirates-1991) and Javy Lopez (Braves-1996) all held the previous NL distinction with five consecutive hits and Paul Molitor (Blue Jays-1993) established the major league standard, now shared with the Cub flychaser, with reaching safely six times in six consecutive at-bats.

    2003 - The Cubs take a 2-1 game advantage in the NLCS when they beat the Marlins in extra innings at Pro Player Stadium, 5-4. The eventual winning run scores in the top of the 11th when Doug Glanville triples off Florida's Brandon Looper to plate Kenny Lofton, who had singled after the first out was in the made in the frame.

    2005 - Although the Phillies (88-74) have had three straight winning seasons and missed a chance of being the wild card by one game this season, Ed Wade is fired as the team’s general manager. Philadelphia has not played in the postseason for 12 consecutive years, including the last eight seasons with Wade calling the shots.

    2005 - Rafael Palmeiro is spared perjury charges when a Congressional subcommittee decides to not prosecute him following its investigation. The former Orioles' first baseman/DH had piqued the legislators interest when he tested positive for steroids four months after pointing his finger at the committee during a Capitol Hill hearing, emphatically denying that he had used performance enhancing substances.

    2008 - Prior to the start of Game 2 of the NLDS, Phillies' manager Charlie Manuel is informed his mother had died earlier in the day at a Virginia hospital after a brief illness. The grieving skipper, one of ten of June's children, stays with the team and directs his club to an 8-5 victory against the Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park.

    2009 - In Matt Holliday's first at-bat at home since his critical error allowed LA to stage an amazing comeback victory, the Cardinals' left fielder receives a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 47,296 at Busch Stadium. The former NLCS MVP award winner (Colorado -2007), who will become a free agent after the season, is touched by the fans' reaction and very appreciative of their support.

    2009 - The Dodgers advance to their second consecutive National League championship series beating St. Louis 5-1 to complete a three-game sweep of the Redbirds in the NLDS. Solid pitching by late-season pick-up Vicente Padilla and timely hitting by Andre Ethier, who had three extra-base hits, and Manny Ramirez, who broke out of slump with three hits and two RBIs, close out the series which will be best remembered for the team's dramatic Game 2 comeback when Matt Holliday's error on James Loney's ninth-inning two-out line drive leads to a stunning two-run walk-off rally.

    2010 - Behind the solid starting pitching of Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels, the Phillies complete the franchise’s first playoff sweep when Hamels throws a complete-game, five-hit 2-0 NLDS victory over the Reds at Great American Ball Park. Philadelphia will have an opportunity to become the first team to win three consecutive National League pennants since the war-time Cardinals raised flags from 1942 to 1944.

    2011 - Ranger left fielder Nelson Cruz hits the first walk-off grand slam in major league playoff history when his 11th inning round-tripper beats Detroit, 7-3 in Game Two of the ALCS. The victory in Arlington gives Texas a 2-0 advantage in the seven-game series.



    Baseball Birthdays on October 10...


    1854 - Tobin, Bill
    1864 - Sprague, Charlie
    1867 - Fuller, Shorty
    1868 - Gumbert, Ad
    1868 - Anderson, Dave
    1869 - Moran, Bill
    1877 - Deininger, Pep
    1878 - Hess, Otto
    1879 - Hillebrand, Homer
    1886 - Forman, Bill
    1887 - Fittery, Paul
    1887 - Killefer, Bill
    1888 - Shultz, Toots
    1892 - Durning, Rich
    1894 - Brown, Myrl
    1902 - Peel, Homer
    1904 - Thomas, Fay
    1905 - Berger, Wally
    1905 - Stone, John
    1914 - Chelini, Italo
    1914 - Fine, Tommy
    1915 - Eisenstat, Harry
    1916 - Baker, Floyd

    1918 - Pfund, Lee
    1921 - Riebe, Hank
    1922 - Kreitner, Mickey
    1923 - Rogovin, Saul

    1929 - Tiefenauer, Bobby
    1932 - Raether, Hal
    1937 - Sundin, Gordie
    1940 - Maxie, Larry
    1940 - Powell, Grover
    1946 - Tenace, Gene
    1947 - Metzger, Roger
    1949 - Lintz, Larry
    1949 - Sperring, Rob
    1950 - Enyart, Terry
    1959 - Weaver, Jim
    1959 - Straker, Les
    1959 - Gordon, Don
    1960 - Moore, Bill
    1966 - Cabrera, Francisco
    1972 - Martinez, Ramon
    1972 - Holtz, Mike
    1973 - Powell, Brian
    1974 - Hackman, Luther
    1975 - Polanco, Placido
    1976 - Burrell, Pat
    1979 - Ziegler, Brad
    1980 - Lowry, Noah
    1984 - Tulowitzki, Troy
    1985 - Cespedes, Yoenis
    1986 - McCutchen. Andrew
    1987 - Cardenas. Adrian
    1987 - Ramirez, Elvin
    1988 - Martinez, Fernando
    1989 - Familia, Jeurys
    1990 - Aro, Jonathan
    1990 - Miller, Shelby
    1990 - Wong, Kolten
    1994 - Hampson, Garrett



    Baseball Deaths on October 10...


    1883 - Devlin, Jim
    1893 - Pike, Lip
    1903 - Valentine, John
    1911 - Parks, Bill
    1912 - Tobin, Bill
    1916 - McBride, Dick
    1918 - LeClaire, George
    1926 - Foreman, Brownie
    1935 - Streit, Oscar
    1943 - Vahrenhorst, Harry
    1944 - LeRoy, Louis
    1946 - Jones, Bill
    1946 - Clarkson, Walter
    1947 - Embrey, Slim
    1959 - Hearn, Bunny
    1960 - Hart, Hub
    1966 - Gharrity, Patsy
    1970 - Fried, Cy
    1970 - Leifield, Lefty
    1977 - Lyle, Jim
    1986 - Van Atta, Russ
    1990 - Moses, Wally

    1990 - Barnicle, George
    1995 - Gill, Ed
    1998 - Tappe, El
    1998 - Shofner, Strick
    2001 - Gerard, Dave
    2002 - Wood, Joe
    2003 - Klippstein, Johnny
    2004 - Caminiti, Ken
    2008 - Hudson, Sid
    2009 - Jansen, Larry
    2015 - Hanc0ck, Garry

       







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« Reply #5043 on: October 11, 2018, 12:03:25 am »

    On October 11 in Baseball History...


    1906 - Ed Walsh of the White Sox pitched a two-hitter over the Cubs for a 3-0 win and a 2-1 lead in the World Series.


    1909 - At Bennett Park, Honus Wagner becomes the first player to steal three bases in a World Series contest. The Pirates third baseman's thievery enables Pittsburgh to beat Detroit, 8-6, in Game 3 of the Fall Classic.

    1911 - Ty Cobb (Tigers -AL) and Frank Schulte (Cubs -NL) receive cars for being chosen the first-ever Most Valuable Player in their respective leagues. Known as the Chalmers Award, the new honor is sponsored by Chalmers Automotive, a Detroit based automobile company.

    1913 - Eddie Plank tossed a two-hitter against the New York Giants to give the Philadelphia Athletics a 3-1 victory and the World Series in five games.

    1915 - In front of the largest crowd to ever to see a World Series game, 42,300 fans watch the Red Sox beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 2-1. The contest, which is played at the National League home of the Braves to accommodate more Boston patrons, ends when Duffy Lewis singles with two outs to score Harry Hopper in the bottom of the ninth inning.

    1925 - Walter Johnson wins his third straight World Series contest over two years, 4-0. A three-run home run by Goose Goslin followed by a solo shot by Joe Harris gives the Senators a 4-0 win and 3-1 Series advantage over the Pirates.

    1943 - New York's Spud Chandler shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 as the Yankees won the World Series in five games. Chandler gave up 10 hits and stranded 11 runners.

    1946 - The Yankees trade Joe Gordon to the Indians in exchange for right-hander Allie Reynolds. The future Hall of Fame second baseman will leave the Bronx after playing in precisely 1,000 games and collecting exactly 1,000 hits.

    1948 - In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, the Indians beat the Braves, 4-3 to win the World Series. Bob Lemon gets the win with Gene Bearden pitching the final one and two-thirds innings to earn the save.

    1964 - In Game 4 of the World Series, Ken Boyer's sixth inning grand slam off Yankee starter Al Downing gives the Cardinals a 4-3 victory over the Yankees. The St. Louis third baseman is the second National Leaguer to hit a postseason bases-loaded round-tripper.

    1965 - In Game 5, a 7-0 victory over the Twins at Dodger Stadium, Willie Davis becomes the second player to steal three bases in a World Series game. The L.A. center fielder joins Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner, who accomplished the feat on the same date 56 years ago against Detroit in Game 3 of the 1909 Fall Classic.

    1967 - Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli, his second of the game, all go deep off Dick Hughes in the bottom of the fourth inning at Fenway Park, marking the first time three home runs have been hit in the same inning in a World Series game. Boston's eventual 8-4 victory over St. Louis knots the Fall Classic at three games apiece.

    1967 - Gil Hodges, with a year remaining on his contract to manage Washington, inks a three-year deal to become the Mets skipper. New York agrees to pay significant reparations to the Senators, and to send a player from the 40-man roster to Washington to get the fan-favorite former Dodger.

    1968 - The Giants name Clyde King as the team's new manager, replacing Herman Franks.  The San Francisco skipper will guide the club to 90 victories next season, but will be fired after blowing an 8-0 lead against the Padres in May, 1970.

    1969 - Don Buford's leadoff home run starts a 4-1 Baltimore win over the Mets to open the World Series. Mike Cuellar bests Tom Seaver in what will be New York's only postseason loss of the year.

    1971 - Brooks Robinson ties a World Series record by reaching base five straight times on three hits and two walks as Baltimore rolls over Pittsburgh, 11-3. The defending World Champion Orioles hold a 2-0 Series advantage.

    1972 - In the fifth and deciding game of the NLCS at Riverfront Stadium, George Foster scores the winning run from third base in the bottom of the ninth on a wild pitch thrown by Bob Moose giving the Reds a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory over the Pirates. Earlier in the inning, Johnny Bench hit a home run off Dave Giusti to tie the score.

    1972 - Bobby Winkles, former head baseball coach at Arizona State, becomes the first major league skipper taken from the collegiate ranks since Hugo Bezdek managed the Pirates in 1917. The Angel coach, who compiled a 524-173 record en route to three national championships with ASU, replaces Del Rice, who was fired after one season with the fifth-place (75-80) Halos.

    1973 - Catfish Hunter throws a five-hitter as Oakland beats Baltimore 3-0 in Game Five to take the AL pennant.

    1975 - Boston's Luis Tiant shuts down the Big Red Machine and scores the first run as the Red Sox win the opening game of the 1975 World Series, 6-0.

    1975 - As the first host of Saturday Night Live, George Carlin compares baseball to football in the opening monologue of the ground-breaking show. The comedian jokes the national pastime a gentler game portraying the sport as one which is pastoral and played in a park as opposed to football in which the objective is to march downfield and penetrate enemy territory in a stadium.


    1977 - The Yankees beat the Dodgers in the opening game of the World Series in 12 innings, 4-3. Willie Randolph doubles and scores the winning run on a single by Paul Blair.

    1978 - The Dodgers take a 2-0 World Series lead as Ron Cey drives in all the Dodger runs and Reggie Jackson does the same for the Yankees. Bob Welch saves Burt Hooton's 4-3 win in dramatic fashion by striking out Jackson in the ninth inning.


    1979 - Manny Sanguillen's pinch-hit, two-out single in the ninth inning of Game Two breaks a tie as the Pirates win, 3-2, and even the World Series.

    1980 - In one of the most exciting and controversial games in playoff history, the Phillies tie the NLCS with a 10-inning 5-3 win over the Astros in Game Four. In the fourth inning, Houston is deprived of an apparent triple play when the umpires rule that pitcher Vern Ruhle traps Garry Maddox's soft line drive. In the sixth, Houston loses a run when Gary Woods leaves the base early on Luis Pujols' would-be sacrifice fly.

    1981 - Steve Rogers wins Game Five of the NL East Divisional playoff for Montreal over Philadelphia by twirling a six-hit shutout and knocking in two of his team's runs in a 3-0 victory.

    1985 - In Game 3 of the ALCS, the Royals beat the Blue Jays, 6-5, with George Brett contributing to the victory by going 4-for-4, hitting two homers, driving in three runs and scoring four times. The Kansas City third baseman, who will hit .348 with a .500 on base percentage during the seven game set with Toronto, will be selected as the series Most Valuable Player.

    1986 - Tom Gorman, a former National League umpire for 25 seasons and major league pitcher who appeared in four games with the Giants in 1939, suffers a fatal heart attack at his New Jersey home. The 67-year old arbitrator will be buried in his umpire's uniform holding a ball and strike indicator in his hand showing the count to be 3 and 2.

    1986 - Len Dykstra's two-run home run off Dave Smith with one out in the bottom of the ninth gives the Mets a 6-5 win over the Astros and a 2-1 lead in the NLCS.

    1992 - Dennis Eckersley, who saved 51 games for Oakland during the season, surrenders a two-run home run to Roberto Alomar that sends Game Four of the ALCS into extra innings. The Blue Jays go on to win 7-6 in 11 innings and take a 3-1 series edge.

    1992 - After participating in a game against the Dolphins in Miami, NFL Falcons' cornerback Deion Sanders flies to Pittsburgh hoping to become the first athlete to play in two professional leagues in the same day. The traveling outfielder, however, will not be in the lineup for the Braves' 7-1 loss in Game 5 of the NLCS against the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium that evening.

    1996 - With the ALCS tied at 1-1 and the game tied at 2-2, Orioles third baseman Todd Zeile fakes a throw and the ball trickles away to allow the go-ahead run to score. Cecil Fielder follows with a home run and the Yankees win, 5-2.

    1997 - One of the most bizarre endings in ALCS history, the winning run scores on a botched squeeze play. With Marquis Grissom racing home from third base, Omar Vizquel bunts and misses and the ball trickles a few feet from the plate. Orioles catcher Lenny Webster thinks it's a foul ball and loafs after it as Grissom streaks home for a 2-1 Cleveland win. Baltimore starter Mike Mussina strikes out an LCS record 15 batters in seven innings in the difficult twilight at Jacobs Field, but has nothing to show for it.

    1999 - With both starters ineffective in the decisive Game 5 of the ALCS and the score tied at 8-8 in the fourth, an ailing Pedro Martinez enters the game and doesn't yield another hit to the Indians for the next six innings. Troy O'Leary collects a grand slam and a three-run home run, both following an intentional pass to Nomar Garciaparra, contributing to the Red Sox 12-8 clinching victory.


    2000 - The Yankees' eight hits in the 8th inning in Game 2 set an ALCS record and contribute to the Bronx Bombers' 7-1 victory over the Mariners. The Orioles (Game 1 - 1970), the Yankees (Game 2 - 1981) and the Blue Jays (Game 3 - 1985) had previously each had seven hits in one inning of a championship series.

    2002 - Former Yankee and Diamondback skipper Buck Showalter is hired by the Rangers to be the team's manager. The Cubs, Mets, Devil Rays and Brewers had also expressed an interest in the ESPN commentator.

    2003 - The Cubs [6] and Marlins [8] tie the NLCS homer record by hitting 14 dingers in the championship series. The mark was established by the Giants and Cardinals last year.

    2004 - After seven tries during their 43-year history, the Astros finally win a postseason playoff series when they eliminate the Braves in the deciding Game 5 of the NLDS, 12-3. It is the third consecutive year Atlanta has lost Game 5 of the division series at Turner Field.

    2005 - The Pirates hire former Dodger skipper Jim Tracy as the team’s manager to replace recently-fired Lloyd McClendon. It is the first time in nearly two decades Pittsburgh has looked outside the organization to select its field boss.

    2006 - On a rainy mid-week afternoon in Manhattan, Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor Tyler Stanger die as their four-seat plane crashes into an Upper East Side high-rise building. Manny Acta, the Mets third base coach, is not sure he will be able to go to his home after tonight's scheduled Game 1 of the NLCS at Shea Stadium due to damage to the Belaire Condominiums caused by the crash.

    2009 - In the final game game to be played by at the Metrodome, the Yankees advance to the ALCS by defeating the hometown Twins, 4-1. A costly eighth inning base-running blunder by Nick Punto ends Minnesota's hopes of a comeback over a very talented New York team, which includes Alex Rodriguez, who went 5 for 11 with two homers and six RBIs in the three-game division series sweep.

    2009 - Jonathan Papelbon, who had never given up a run in any of his previous 26 postseason innings, allows two inherited runners to score in the eighth, and yields another three runs in the ninth giving the Angels, who trailed 5-1 going into the sixth inning, a 7-6 victory over the Red Sox. The Halos' comeback victory at Fenway completes a three-game sweep of the ALDS over a team which historically had been their nemesis having been eliminated from the playoffs in their past four postseason encounters with Boston.

    2009 - Admitting to a blown call, which led to the decisive run in the Rockies' 6-5 Game 2 NLDS loss to the Phillies at a very chilly Coors Field, home plate umpire Jerry Meals, after watching a post-game replay, states the ball that glanced off Chase Utley's leg should have not been considered in play. To make matters worse on the same play which was foul to begin with, umpire Ron Kulpa rules the runner safe on a close call which appeared to have the Philadelphia infielder beat at first base.

    2010 - With their 3-2 victory over the Braves in Game 4 of the NLDS at Turner Field, San Francisco advances to the National League Championship Series to play Philadelphia. After the last out of the game, the Giants players come onto the field to salute the opposing manager, Bobby Cox, who is retiring after 29 years in the dugout.


    2012 - For the first time since the divisional playoffs began in 1995, all four series will go the distance to a Game 5 when both the Nationals and Orioles knot their respective series against the Cardinals and Yankees. Washington and Baltimore join the A's and Giants who also forced a decisive game with victories over the Tigers and Reds in yesterday's LDS games.




    Baseball Birthdays on October 11...


    1854 - White, Will
    1858 - Dickerson, Buttercup
    1859 - Burdick, Bill
    1866 - Husted, Bill
    1878 - Roth, Frank
    1882 - Washer, Buck
    1888 - Wertz, Del
    1889 - Stewart, Mark
    1894 - Fortune, Gary
    1899 - Dyer, Eddie
    1899 - Smith, Ernie

    1905 - Hunt, Joel
    1906 - Carey, Tom
    1912 - Osborne, Wayne
    1912 - Guerra, Mike
    1917 - Castino, Vince
    1918 - Chipman, Bob
    1926 - Ginsberg, Joe
    1929 - Kell, Skeeter
    1930 - Fischer, Bill
    1931 - Blaylock, Gary
    1938 - Roman, Bill
    1944 - Fiore, Mike
    1945 - Stinson, Bob
    1946 - Tatum, Jarvis
    1947 - James, Rick
    1947 - Williams, Charlie
    1949 - Jones, Bob
    1959 - Dodson, Pat
    1960 - Ford, Curt
    1965 - Johnson, Erik
    1965 - Hernandez, Orlando

    1966 - Olson, Gregg
    1969 - Luebbers, Larry
    1971 - Roa, Joe
    1973 - Young, Dmitri
    1974 - Sanchez, Jesus
    1974 - Duvall, Mike
    1976 - Sadler, Carl
    1977 - Wigginton, Ty
    1979 - Youman, Shane
    1982 - Larish, Jeff
    1984 - Ramirez, Max
    1988 - Goforth, David
    1989 - Mejia, Jenrry
    1991 - Urshela, Giovanny
    1992 - Greiner, Grayson



    Baseball Deaths on October 11...


    1891 - Smalley, Will
    1916 - Luff, Henry
    1928 - Smith, Frank
    1934 - Burk, Sandy
    1935 - Pierce, George
    1935 - Smith, Chick
    1947 - Martel, Doc
    1951 - Becker, Bob
    1952 - Beecher, Roy
    1958 - Thomas, Ira
    1962 - Bell, Bill
    1964 - Gray, Stan
    1965 - Cole, Willis

    1966 - Smith, Red
    1972 - Taylor, Danny
    1979 - Bowman, Abe
    1989 - Phebus, Bill
    1991 - Kirby, Clay
    1993 - O'Neill, Emmett

    1993 - Walls, Lee
    1994 - Brooks, Bobby
    1994 - Cuellar, Charlie

    2006 - Pellagrini, Eddie
    2006 - Lidle, Cory
    2008 - Foster, Kevin
    2011 - Buker, Cy
    2011 - Martin, Paul
    2012 - Summers, Champ
    2015 - Chance, Dean



                         


                                                






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« Reply #5044 on: October 12, 2018, 12:51:16 am »

    On October 12 in Baseball History...


    1907 - Three Finger Brown shuts down the Tigers, 2-0, to win the World Series. The Cubs steal four bases for a total of 18 in the five-game series (the Cubs won four games, the other ending in a tie).

    1913 - John McGraw hosts a reunion for Hugh Jennings and the old Orioles. After a night of heavy drinking, he blames his longtime friend, business partner, and teammate Wilbert Robinson for too many coaching mistakes in the recently concluded World Series. They exchange insults and McGraw fires him. They won't speak to each other for 17 years. Six days later Robbie will begin a legendary 18-year career as Brooklyn manager.

    1916 - In Game 5 of the World Series, Red Sox right-hander Ernie Shore three-hits the Robins at Braves Field, 4-1. With the victory, Boston (AL) captures its fourth World Championship in the 13-year history of the Fall Classic.

    1920 - Cleveland's Stan Coveleski won his third game in the World Series as the Indians beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-0 and won the championship, five games to two.

    1923 - In front of the largest crowd in baseball history, 62,430 fans are on hand to see Casey Stengel hit his second home run of the World Series. The round-tripper proves to be the difference when Giants hurler Art Nerf outduels Yankees' starter Sam Jones in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 1-0.

    1929 - Trailing 8-0 during the fourth game of the World Series, the Philadelphia A's erupt for 10 seven-inning runs off three Cub pitchers en route to a 10-8 victory. Chicago's Hack Wilson becomes one of the goats of the game when he loses two balls in the sun in center field.

    1948 - The Yankees surprise their fans and a skeptical press when they name Casey Stengel to replace Bucky Harris as the team's manager. In his previous stints as the skipper with the National League's Braves and Dodgers, the 'Old Professor' had never finished higher than fifth place.

    1954 - Although a group comes forward to keep the team in Philadelphia, the American League owners approve the sale of the A's to Arnold Johnson, a Chicago business man, who will shift the team to Kansas City next season. The last-minute deal to keep the franchise in the 'City of Brotherly Love' includes Charlie O. Finley, who will eventually buy the team after it goes to KC, moving it to Oakland in 1968.

    1963 - At the last game featuring major-leaguers to be played at the historic Polo Grounds, the Latin stars from the National League beat their AL peers, 5-2, in the first and only Hispanic Major League All-Star Game. The postseason exhibition, in which Twins first baseman Vic Power, a native of Puerto Rico, is honored as the number-one Latin American player during a pregame ceremony, includes future Hall of Famers Luis Aparicio, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, and Juan Marichal.

    1965 - After being cut from the baseball team during the first three years in high school, Larry Bowa is signed by Philadelphia as an amateur free agent. The persistent infielder, who made the C. K. McClatchy squad as a senior, will be given the Phillies' starting shortstop position in 1970 by Phillies' skipper Frank Lucchesi, who likes the 24 year-old's fiery personality.

    1967 - Boston's Impossible Dream comes to an end when Cardinals' ace Bob Gibson throws a three-hitter, his third complete game in the Fall Classic, beating the Red Sox, 7-2. The team's slogan for the season, based on the hit song from the musical "Man of La Mancha," became popular as the ninth-place team from last year won the AL flag on the last day of the campaign in a pennant race involving four teams and came up one game short from being the World Champions.

    1967 - Lou Brock becomes the third player in major league history to accomplish a trio of thefts in a World Series contest. The three stolen bases during the Cardinals' 7-2 victory over Boston in Game 7 gives the speedy St. Louis left fielder a total of seven for the series, establishing a new Fall Classic mark.

    1969 - Al Weis's timely ninth-inning hit combined with the two-hitter tossed by Jerry Koosman and Ron Taylor enable the Mets to even the Fall Classic with the Orioles at one game apiece. New York will win the next three games, all played at Shea Stadium, to finish their amazing season with a World Championship.

    1972 - After clinching the pennant with a 2-1 victory in Game 5 of the ALCS, Blue Moon Odom and Vida Blue give new meaning to the term the Swingin' A's when the starting pitcher and the game's closer begin to brawl in the clubhouse. Odom, who left after five innings having allowed a run on two hits, takes exception to the universal choke sign made by Vida Blue, when the reliever used the gesture to answer his own question, "How come you starters can't finish what you begin".

    1972 - In Game 5 of the ALCS, the A's clinch their first American League pennant since 1931 by beating Detroit at Tiger Stadium, 2-1. Oakland's Blue Moon Odom goes the first five innings, giving up one run on two hits, and the ill starter is then replaced by Vida Blue, who shuts down the opponents the rest of the way for a four-inning save.

    1974 - Oakland slugging star Reggie Jackson connects for a homer off Andy Messersmith, and pitcher Ken Holtzman scores the second run in the fifth inning on a suicide squeeze. The A's win the World Series opener 3-2 as the Dodgers strand 12 baserunners.

    1975 - Down 2-1 in the ninth inning, the Reds rally to beat the Red Sox in Game Two of the World Series 3-2.

    1976 - The Reds score seven times in the final three innings to secure a 7-6 win and complete a sweep of the Phillies in the NLCS.

    1977 - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 6-1 to even the World Series after two games. Catfish Hunter, who had not pitched in over a month, started the game for the Yankees. Ron Cey, Steve Yeager and Reggie Smith all homered and knocked out Hunter in the third inning.

    1979 - Kiko Garcia drives in four runs to lead the Orioles to an 8-4 triumph over Pittsburgh in Game Three of the World Series.

    1980 - The Phillies capture their first NL title since 1950 with a 10-inning, 8-7 win over the Astros in the fifth and final game of the NLCS. Each of the last four games was decided in extra innings.

    1982 - In Game 1, Brewers' leadoff batter Paul Molitor becomes the first player to collect five hits in a World Series game. The third baseman's 5-for-6 Fall Classic performance helps Milwaukee rout the Cardinals, 10-0, the biggest shutout margin since Yankees blanked the Bucs 12-0 in 1960.


    1983 - At Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, the Orioles even the series at a game apiece as they defeat the Phillies, 4-1. In a battle between rookie pitchers, Mike Boddicker throws a three-hitter besting Charles Hudson as John Lowenstein paces the Birds' offense with three hits, including a fifth inning home run.

    1984 - San Diego pitchers tie a World Series record by issuing 11 walks in a 5-2 loss to the Tigers in Game Three. Detroit takes a 2-1 Series lead.

    1985 - In Game Four of the ALCS, Al Oliver's two-run pinch double in the ninth inning gives Toronto a 3-1 win over Kansas City and a 3-1 lead in the series. Until this year's best-of-seven format was adopted, the three wins would have sent the Blue Jays to the World Series. The Royals will take advantage of the format change.

    1986 - The Angels are one strike away from the World Series, when Dave Henderson, who had earlier watched Bobby Grich's fly ball bounce over the center field fence off the heel of his glove giving California the lead, hits a two-run homer off of Donnie Moore to put the Red Sox ahead, 6-5. California will tie the game in the bottom of the frame, but Boston will prevail scoring the deciding run in the 11th inning on a Henderson sac fly.

    1987 - Minnesota beats Detroit 9-5 in Game Five of the ALCS to wrap up its first AL championship since 1965. Twins third baseman Gary Gaetti is named MVP.

    1988 - NLCS MVP Orel Hershiser shuts out the Mets to win Game Seven. The 6-0 win puts the Dodgers into the World Series for the first time since 1981.

    1990 - Danny Jackson, Norm Charlton, and Randy Myers combine on a one-hitter as Cincinnati beats the Pirates 2-1 to win the NLCS in six games.

    1991 - The Blue Jays chase Twins starter Kevin Tapani for the second time in the ALCS, but Minnesota's bullpen and bats lead to six unanswered runs in Game Five as the Twins win their third pennant.

    1993 - The Toronto Blue Jays, behind the strong pitching of Dave Stewart, beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 to win the American League pennant in six games.


    1997 - Marlins rookie Livan Hernandez matches Mike Mussina's one-day old LCS record with 15 strikeouts in a three-hit, 2-1 win in Game Five of the NLCS. Hernandez, who would not have started if not for an injury to Alex Fernandez, wins his second game of the series and will earn MVP honors.

    2001 - Tom Kelly retires as the Twins' skipper. During his 15-season tenure, the longest among current managers, he won two World Series titles and compiled a record of 1140-1244 for the small market team

    2003 - Thirty-five years after creating a controversy with his rendition of the song, Jose Feliciano sings the Star-Spangled Banner at the Marlins' NLCS game against the Cubs at Pro Player Stadium. The singer's nontraditional gospelized version of the national anthem sung before the start of Game 5 of the 1968 World Series at Tiger Stadium caused such a flap that some radio stations stopped playing his records on the air.


    2003 - With his team having lost three consecutive playoff games and on the brink of elimination in the NLCS, Marlins starter Josh Becket sends the series back to Chicago when he strikes out 11 Chicago batters and gives up just two hits en route to tossing a 4-0 shutout at Pro Player Stadium. Florida will complete their stunning comeback by winning the final two games at Wrigley Field, including the infamous Game 6 that will make Steve Bartman an instant villain in the Windy City.

    2005 - The White Sox' 2-1 victory, that ties the ALCS at one-game apiece with the Angels, will be best remembered for Doug Eddings's controversial call which appears to signal the third out of ninth inning has been made, but A.J. Pierzynski takes first base as the home plate ump belatedly rules the catcher had trapped the swinging strike. The ‘Pale Hose’ will take advantage of the incident when pinch runner Pablo Ozuna steals second and scores the winning run on Joe Crede’s double.


    2007 - In a move commended by environmentalists, the Devil Rays, which had decided to phase out all free parking, will still extend its offer to all vehicles transporting four or more passengers. The decision exemplifies Tampa Bay's continued approach to the greening of Tropicana Field and its team operations.

    2009 - The Phillies rally for three runs in the top of the ninth beating the Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 of the division series to advance to the NLCS. For the second consecutive night at Coors Field, Huston Street, Colorado's very reliable closer, gives up runs in the final frame and takes the loss.

    2009 - The Cubs file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Wilmington, Delaware. The anticipated short-term move will allow the club's owner, the Tribune Company, to sell the team in an $845 million deal to the family of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.’s founder, Joe Ricketts.

    2010 - Behind the complete-game effort by Cliff Lee, the Rangers beat Tampa Bay, 5-1, in the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS at Tropicana Field for the team's first playoff series victory in franchise history, the last major league club to accomplish the task. Texas, who will take on the Yankees for the AL flag, lost their three previous playoff appearances with first-round losses to the Bronx Bombers in 1996 and 1998-99.

    2012 - The Nationals, twice within a strike of reaching the NLCS, suffer the worst collapse ever in a winner-take-all baseball postseason game when they are stunned by the visiting Cardinals. After his team takes a 6-0 advantage in the third inning and clings to a two-run lead with two outs in the ninth, Washington's closer Drew Storen gives up four runs in the final frame resulting in the eventual devastating 9-5 loss at Nationals Park.

    2013 - For the first time in baseball history, two playoff games on the same day end with the score of 1-0. In Game One of the ALCS, the Tigers blank Boston at Fenway Park with the contest’s lone run scoring on Jhonny Peralta’s sac fly in the sixth, and Jon Jay's fifth inning sacrifice fly at Busch Stadium provides the only run the Cardinals will need to take a 2-0 game advantage to Los Angeles in the NLCS.

    2013 - Anibal Sanchez becomes the second person in postseason history to strike out four batters in an inning when he whiffs Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino (who gets on base on a passed ball), David Ortiz and Mike Napoli in the first frame of the Detroit's 1-0 ALCS victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The 29 year-old right-hander, who matches Cubs right-hander Orval Overall’s total in Game 5 of the 1908 Fall Classic, is also first the Tiger hurler to accomplished the feat in franchise history, including the regular season.

    2015 - The Cubs homer six times en route to an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in the Game 3 of the NLDS. Chicago’s sextet of round-trippers, that included long balls from Kris Bryant, Starlin Castro, Dexter Fowler, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber, and Jorge Soler, marks first time in postseason history that one team has recorded that many home runs in one game.



    Baseball Birthdays on October 12...


    1848 - Field, Sam
    1854 - Morton, Charlie
    1855 - Carbine, John
    1856 - Smith, Pop
    1857 - Collins, Chub
    1860 - Ringo, Frank
    1869 - Kittridge, Malachi
    1869 - Householder, Ed
    1874 - Burke, Jimmy
    1882 - Howard, Ivan
    1883 - French, Charlie
    1884 - Rooney, Frank
    1888 - Fiske, Max
    1888 - Swanson, Bill
    1889 - Cotter, Dick
    1890 - Jenkins, Joe
    1890 - Davis, Dixie
    1892 - Mills, Rupert
    1893 - Ritter, Hank
    1894 - Merritt, John
    1899 - Kuhn, Bub
    1901 - Brame, Erv
    1902 - Bolen, Stew
    1903 - Holland, Dutch
    1903 - Crouch, Jack
    1905 - Ferrell, Rick
    1906 - Cronin, Joe
    1907 - Smith, Al
    1907 - Weintraub, Phil
    1910 - Signer, Walter
    1911 - Bullock, Red
    1912 - Unser, Al
    1912 - Moriarty, Ed
    1915 - Novikoff, Lou
    1916 - Gentile, Sam
    1917 - Murray, Ray
    1926 - Kennedy, John
    1927 - Daugherty, Doc
    1930 - Trimble, Joe
    1935 - Osborne, Bobo
    1936 - Kubek, Tony
    1940 - Beckert, Glenn
    1945 - Hill, Herman
    1954 - Kubski, Gil
    1954 - Iorg, Garth
    1955 - Lewis, Jim
    1956 - Shirley, Steve
    1962 - Fernandez, Sid
    1964 - Polonia, Luis
    1966 - Pedre, Jorge
    1969 - White, Derrick
    1969 - Valentin, Jose
    1970 - Sturtze, Tanyon

    1971 - Fiore, Tony
    1978 - Brea, Leslie
    1982 - Janish, Paul
    1982 - McGehee, Casey
    1983 - Reimold, Nolan
    1986 - Bell, Trevor
    1988 - Ortega, Jose
    1988 - Tepesch, Nick
    1989 - Pena, Francisco
    1991 - Riddle, J.T.
    1992 - Gustave, Jandel
    1993 - Marte, Ketel
    1993 - Romano, Sal



    Baseball Deaths on October 12...


    1892 - Burch, Ernie
    1907 - Gibson, Whitey
    1910 - Mundinger, George
    1915 - Myers, Bert
    1917 - Clay, Bill
    1918 - Glenn, Harry
    1918 - Burr, Alex
    1932 - Spurney, Ed
    1935 - Treadaway, Ray
    1945 - Oxley, Henry
    1951 - Griffin, Pug
    1951 - Essick, Bill
    1951 - Vinson, Rube
    1954 - Holke, Walter
    1962 - Geyer, Rube
    1963 - Goodwin, Clyde
    1965 - Davis, Curt
    1973 - Mattox, Jim
    1983 - Engle, Charlie
    1986 - Cash, Norm

    1987 - Henry, Snake
    1989 - Foy, Joe
    2005 - Naymick, Mike
    2006 - Callison, Johnny

    2008 - Jimenez, Juan
    2012 - Kremmel, Jim

       


       




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« Reply #5045 on: October 13, 2018, 01:26:44 am »

    On October 13 in Baseball History...


    1862 - In a game against the Unions of Morrisania, Jim Creighton of the Excelsiors hits a sixth-inning home run after doubling in each of first four times to the plate. When he crosses home, the 21-year old superstar complains of having broken his belt, that turns out to be a suspected fatal ruptured inguinal hernia caused by the torque created by his all upper-body hard swing with the bat.

    1903 - In Game 8 of the series, the Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) defeat the Pirates, 3-0, to take baseball's first ever world championship, 5 games to 3. In the 95-minute contest, Bill Dinneen gets the win over Pittsburgh's Deacon Phillippe in front of a Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds crowd of 7,455 fans.

    1914 - Boston becomes the first team to complete a four-game World Series sweep as the Miracle Braves beat the American League's heavily favored A's behind the solid pitching of Dick Ruldolf, who bests Philadelphia, 3-1. The Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, won the National League pennant by ten and a half games.

    1915 - The Phillies get four runs early off Red Sox hurler Rube Foster in Game Five. The Red Sox break a tie in the ninth inning for the third time in the World Series, as reliever Eppa Rixey gives up Harry Hooper's second home run of the game and Boston wins 5-4 to take the Series in five.

    1921 - In the first all New York World Series, the Giants beat the Yankees at the Polo Grounds (home for both NY teams), 1-0, to win the Fall Classic in eight games. Art Nerf, the loser in Games 2 and 5, throws a complete-game four-hitter to get the victory with the lone run of the game being scored in the top of the first inning on an error.

    1960 - At Forbes Field, Bill Mazeroski's dramatic walk-off home run off Yankee hurler Ralph Terry breaks up a 9-9 tie ending one of the most exciting seven game World Series ever played. Maz's round-tripper remains the only home run ever to a win a World Series Game 7.


    1970 - The Orioles win their third straight over the Reds, 9-3, with winning pitcher Dave McNally slugging a grand slam. Frank Robinson and Don Buford also contribute homers and third baseman Brooks Robinson continues his excellence with the glove as he makes two spectacular grabs in the field.

    1971 - In the first World Series night game ever played, the Pirates defeat the Orioles at Three Rivers Stadium, 4-3. Roberto Clemente's three hits contribute to the Bucs overcoming the Birds' three-run first inning.

    1972 - The day after Oakland wins the ALCS, Bowie Kuhn announces that A's shortstop Burt Campaneris, who had been suspended for the rest of the division playoff for throwing his bat at Tiger hurler Lerrin LaGrow in Game 2, will be allowed to participate in the World Series. The commissioner cites the precedent of New York shortstop Frank Crosetti, who had been suspended for 30 days because of an ugly incident with an umpire late in the season, being permitted to play in the 1942 Fall Classic by AL president Will Harridge, who decided to carry the penalty into next season rather than diminish his circuit's chances of winning a World Championship.

    1973 - The Mets hold the A's to four hits in the World Series opener, but three of those hits come in the two-run third inning as the A's win 2-1.

    1974 - Los Angeles, behind Don Sutton, evens the Series with a 3-2 win. The Dodgers score in the second off Vida Blue, and a two-run home run by Joe Ferguson in the sixth provides the winning margin.

    1974 - Herb Washington, representing the tying run in the top of the ninth is picked off first base by Dodger closer Mike Marshall for the second out of Game 2, the only contest the A's will lose in the Fall Classic. The world-class sprinter, who will never have a plate appearance in his brief 105-game career, was selected by Oakland owner Charlie Finley to become the team's "designated runner,” a position that doesn't exist with any other major league club.


    1978 - New York third baseman Graig Nettles put on a fielding clinic and prevented seven runs as the Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in the third game of the World Series. Nettles made four spectacular stops and gave the Yankees the first victory of the series.

    1979 - Baltimore scores six runs in the eighth inning en route to a 9-6 win, taking a 3-1 Series advantage over the Pirates. Pinch-hit doubles by John Lowenstein and Terry Crowley drive in four runs.

    1984 - A pair of two-run home runs by Alan Trammell provide all Detroit's scoring as Jack Morris beats the Padres 4-2 in Game Four. The Tigers are now just one win away from the title.

    1985 - The Cardinals rout the Dodgers, 12-2, to even the NLCS. The Cards, however, lose rookie sensation Vince Coleman to one of the more bizarre injuries in major-league history. Coleman is stretching before the game when his left leg becomes caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin as it unrolls across the infield, trapping him for about 30 seconds. He does not play again in 1985.

    1989 - In a nationwide polling of sportswriters and broadcasters, Orioles' skipper Frank Robinson is named the Associated Press Manager of the Year, easily outdistancing the runner-up, Don Zimmer of the Cubs. The Hall of Famer guided a young group of players in one of the greatest comeback seasons in history of the game, finishing the campaign 32.5 games better than the club's last-place finish the previous year.

    1993 - At Veterans Stadium, the Phillies win the National League pennant by beating the Braves in Game 6 of the NLCS, 6-3. With Tommy Greene out-dueling Greg Maddux and the timely hitting of Darren Daulton, Dave Hollins and Mickey Morandini, Philadelphia wins its third consecutive game to dethrone the defending champs.

    1995 - Jay Buhner, whose error in right field allowed the Indians to tie the game, hits his second home run of the game in the top of the eleventh inning to lead the Mariners to a 5-2 victory in Game Three of the ALCS. Norm Charlton hurls three hitless innings in relief to give the Mariners a 2-1 series lead.

    1996 - Powered by a three-homer third inning and eight strong innings from Andy Pettitte, New York won its 34th American League pennant with a 6-4 victory over Baltimore. The Yankees took the ALCS 4-1 and went to the World Series for the first time since 1981.

    1998 - The New York Yankees advanced to the World Series for a record 35th time after beating the Cleveland Indians 9-5 to win the AL championship series in six games.

    2000 - Extending his streak to 33.1 innings, Mariano Rivera breaks the 38-year-old record of Whitey Ford for consecutive scoreless frames in postseason play when the Yankees defeat the Mariners, 8-2 in Game 3 of the ALCS. The Yankees' Hall of Fame lefty had established the record from 1960 to 1962 with 33 innings as a World Series starter.

    2001 - Being down 2-0 in the best-of-five series, the Yankees stave off elimination beating the A's and Barry Zito, 1-0, thanks to the shutout pitching by Mike Mussina and Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada's fifth-inning home run. Shortstop Derek Jeter backing up an errant relay throw down the first base line and flipping it home to cut down Jeremy Giambi as the potential tying run will be remembered as one of the best defensive plays in postseason history.


    2003 - A tearful 72-year-old Don Zimmer apologizes for his part in yesterday's brawl during Game 3 of the ALCS between the Yankees and Red Sox. During the fourth-inning matinee melee at Fenway, the Yankees' assistant to the manager is thrown to the ground by Pedro Martinez, after charging the right-hander.

    2006 - Mark Kiger becomes the first player in history to make his big league debut during the postseason. The second baseman enters Game 3 as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the eighth inning for D'Angelo Jimenez, who has been filling in for the injured starter Mark Ellis.

    2007 - Four days after manager Charlie Manuel gets his contract extended, the Phillies re-signed their entire coaching staff for next season. After ending a 14-year postseason drought, the reigning National League East Champs ask Jimy Williams (bench coach), Rich Dubee (pitching coach), Milt Thompson (hitting coach), Davey Lopes (first-base coach), Steve Smith (third-base coach), Ramon Henderson (bullpen coach), and Mick Billmeyer (catching instructor) to return to Philadelphia in 2008.



    Baseball Birthdays on October 13...


    1849 - Stires, Gat
    1858 - Lewis, Fred
    1876 - Donovan, Bill
    1876 - Waddell, Rube
    1877 - Patterson, Ham

    1883 - Blair, Walter
    1885 - Hanley, Jim
    1888 - Onslow, Jack
    1889 - Smykal, Frank
    1891 - McMullin, Fred

    1892 - Burkam, Chris
    1892 - Piez, Sandy
    1893 - Spalding, Dick
    1894 - Risberg, Swede

    1894 - Dillhoefer, Pickles
    1894 - Allen, Bob
    1895 - Roberts, Jim
    1895 - Paschal, Ben
    1896 - See, Charlie
    1896 - Davidson, Claude
    1896 - Gazella, Mike
    1897 - Bigelow, Elliot
    1900 - Odom, Heinie
    1901 - Hensiek, Phil
    1904 - Carter, Howie
    1913 - Rescigno, Xavier
    1914 - Hayes, Frankie
    1916 - Hathaway, Ray
    1924 - Silvera, Charlie
    1926 - Yost, Eddie
    1931 - Mathews, Eddie
    1932 - Barone, Dick
    1937 - Clinton, Lou
    1938 - Moeller, Ron
    1941 - Price, Jim
    1942 - Bailey, Bob
    1943 - Robertson, Jerry
    1946 - Strohmayer, John
    1948 - Moffitt, Randy
    1950 - Pole, Dick
    1951 - LaCorte, Frank
    1954 - Frazier, George
    1956 - Beene, Andy
    1961 - Capel, Mike
    1963 - Hickerson, Bryan
    1964 - Gwynn, Chris
    1967 - Fariss, Monty
    1967 - Hoffman, Trevor
    1967 - Cooper, Scott
    1968 - Valera, Julio
    1969 - Miller, Damian
    1969 - Crabtree, Tim
    1970 - Steenstra, Kennie
    1981 - Buchholz, Taylor
    1983 - Seddon, Chris
    1984 - Lerud, Steve
    1984 - Penn, Hayden
    1988 - Mitchell, Jared




    Baseball Deaths on October 13...


    1913 - Heydon, Mike

    1916 - Miller, Cyclone
    1941 - Proeser, George
    1955 - Lear, Fred
    1956 - Dumont, George
    1959 - Wills, Dave
    1962 - Hetling, Gus
    1964 - Moore, Scrappy
    1969 - Huston, Harry
    1970 - Mitchell, Fred
    1973 - Wilson, Icehouse
    1974 - Rice, Sam
    1975 - Risberg, Swede

    1977 - Bratcher, Joe
    1978 - Jeffcoat, George
    1981 - Knott, Jack

    1984 - Carroll, Dixie
    1984 - Kelly, George
    1984 - Carroll, Ed
    1990 - Donoso, Lino
    1999 - Aulds, Leslie
    2004 - Blyzka, Mike
    2011 - Scherger, George



       


         


      




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« Reply #5046 on: October 14, 2018, 12:57:39 am »

    On October 14 in Baseball History...


    1905 - Christy Mathewson blanked the Philadelphia Athletics 2-0 to give the New York Giants the World Series in five games. All were shutouts, with Mathewson getting three, Joe McGinnity one, and Chief Bender of Philadelphia one.

    1906 - The White Sox, known as baseball's 'hitless wonders' complete their unbelievable World Series upset of their powerful crosstown rivals beating the Cubs, 8-3 at South Side Park. The Cubs had won a record 116 regular season games. The White Sox jump on Three Finger Brown for seven runs in the first two innings and coast behind Doc White to a Series-ending victory. The losers share of $439.50 for the Cubs is the lowest ever.


    1908 - In front of the smallest crowd in World Series history, Chicago, behind the strong pitching of Orval Overall, beat the Tigers in just 85 minutes to capture the Fall Classic. The 6,210 fans, witnessing the fifth and final World Series game at Detroit's Bennett Park, have no idea it will be the last time the Cubs will win a World Championship in the next 100+ years.

    1909 - George Mullin outlasts three Pirates pitchers for a 5-4 win that sends the World Series to a seventh game in Detroit. This is the first World Series to go the limit.

    1929 - The Philadelphia A's rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 and take the World Series in five games. Mule Haas' two-run homer tied the game and Bing Miller's RBI double won the game.

    1952 - The Reds obtain outfielder Gus Bell from the Pirates in exchange for Cal Abrams, Gail Henley and Joe Rossi. The newest Cincinnati flychaser, considered one of general manager Gabe Paul's best acquisitions for the team, will become a fan favorite and will hit .288 during his nine-year tenure in the Queen City.

    1964 - Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs on back-to-back pitches from Curt Simmons, and Joe Pepitone belts a grand slam in Game Six. New York wins 8-3 at St. Louis and evens the World Series.

    1965 - Sandy Koufax tossed his second shutout to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins and the World Series in seven games.

    1968 - In the NL expansion draft, the Expos choose 30 players, including Maury Wills, Jim Grant, Donn Clendenon and Manny Mota. San Diego's 30 selections include Dave Giusti, Nate Colbert, Zoilo Versalles, Al McBean and Cito Gaston.

    1969 - Thanks to two great catches by Tommy Agee at Shea Stadium, the Mets beat the Orioles to take a 2-1 game lead in the World Series. The center fielder's outfield heroics save the team at least five runs in the 5-0 victory over Baltimore.

    1971 - Pittsburgh's Nelson Briles threw a two-hitter against the Orioles for a 4-0 victory which gave the Pirates a 3-2 edge in the World Series.

    1972 - In Game 1 of the World Series, Gene Tenace, who went 1-for-17 in the ALCS, becomes the first player in history to hit two home runs in his first two at-bats in the Fall Classic. His second and fifth inning homers account for all of the A’s runs in the team’s 3-2 victory over the Reds at Riverfront Stadium, and earn the Oakland catcher a $5,000 bonus from the usually tight-fisted owner of the club, Charlie O. Finley.

    1973 - The Mets win Game Two of the World Series, 10-7, scoring four runs in an 11th inning that features the last major league hit by Willie Mays and two errors by Oakland second baseman Mike Andrews. Finley subsequently puts Andrews on the disabled list in a move that will be questioned and then reversed.

    1975 - The Reds took a 2-1 lead in the World Series with a controversial 6-5, 10-inning victory over the Boston Red Sox in Cincinnati. In the 10th, Reds pinch-hitter Ed Armbrister attempted a sacrifice bunt and bounced the ball in front of the plate. Catcher Carlton Fisk, in an attempt to field the ball, collided with Armbrister and threw the ball into center in an attempt to force Cesar Geronimo at second. Geronimo went to third -- and later scored the game-winner -- and Armbrister moved to second. Home plate umpire Larry Barnett ruled there was no interference despite heated protests by the Red Sox.

    1976 - The Yankees dramatically win their 30th pennant on Chris Chambliss' home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The first baseman's walk-off solo shot beats the Royals in Game Five and the deciding contest of the ALCS, 7-6.

    1983 - At Veterans Stadium, Jim Palmer pitches two innings of scoreless relief and gets the win as the Orioles beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the World Series, 3-2. The Hall of Famer becomes the only pitcher in baseball history to win a Fall Classic game in the three different decades.

    1984 - With the Tigers leading 5-4 in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the World Series, Kirk Gibson hits his second home run of the game, a three-run blast to the upper deck in right field, putting the game out of reach to give the Motor City its fourth World Championship in franchise history. Padres manager Dick Williams had ordered his pitcher to intentionally walk the Detroit right fielder, but Goose Gossage, after ignoring the walk sign at first, convinces his skipper he can get the slugger out, only to be proven wrong two pitches later.

    1984 - The Tigers' 8-4 clinching victory over the Padres marks the last time the World Series is played outdoors in sunlight. A single day Fall Classic game is scheduled in 1987, but the contest is played indoors at Metrodome in Minnesota.

    1985 - Ozzie Smith provides one of the most memorable moments in Cardinals history by hitting a dramatic homer to win Game 5 of the NLCS. The round-tripper was the first left handed home run of the Wizard's career which spans 3009 major league at-bats.

    1986 - Riding the momentum from their dramatic come-from-behind 7-6 extra inning win to stave off elimination in California, the Red Sox cruise to a 10-4 win over the Angels. The Fenway Park victory evens the ALCS at 3-3.

    1992 - In Game 7 of the NLCS, Francisco Cabrera's ninth inning, two-out pinch hit single tallies two runs giving the Braves a stunning comeback victory, 3-2 over the Pirates. The backup catcher had only three hits during the regular season. 

    1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays became the first Canadian team to reach the Series with a 9-2 win over the Oakland Athletics in Game 6 of the American League championship series.

    1997 - At Turner Field, Kevin Brown tosses an 11-hit complete game to capture the Marlins' first National League pennant. The flag, captured in only the fifth year of the team’s existence, is clinched in Game 6 of the NLCS when Florida beats Tom Glavine and the Braves, 7-4.

    1998 - The San Diego Padres reached the World Series for the first time since 1984, shutting down the Atlanta Braves' comeback bid behind MVP Sterling Hitchc0ck for a 5-0 victory in Game 6 of the NL championship series.

    2000 - Giving the Yankees a 3-1 lead in the ALCS, Roger Clemens strikes out a record-setting 15 batters and one-hits the Mariners, 5-0.

    2002 - Light-hitting second baseman Adam Kennedy becomes the fifth player to hit three homers in a postseason game helping the Angels to secure their first World Series berth in the team's 42-year history. Using a ten-run seventh inning, Anaheim beats the Twins 13-5 to capture the ALCS in five games.

    2002 - Ending the regular season with a record of 90-46-1, Japan's Seibu Lions post the Pacific League's highest win total in 46 years. Alex Cabrera fails to hit a home run in the team's last five games and has to settle with tying the single season home run record with 55 along with Sadaharu Oh (1964) and Tuffy Rhodes (2001).

    2003 - Holding a 3-0 lead and needing only five more outs to go the World Series for the first time since 1945, the Cubs give up eight runs, on five hits, three walks and an error to the Marlins. The team appears to come apart after a fan, later identified as Steve Bartman, sitting along the left-field line at Wrigley Field, tries to catch a foul ball that was about to be caught by Chicago outfielder Moises Alou for the second out of the inning.

    2003 - The Giants announced that Pac Bell will be renamed SBC Park. The new name will change once again after the 2005 season as the result of the SBC merger with AT&T.

    2005 - The White Sox take a two games to one lead over the Angels in the ALCS behind a complete game 5-2 win by Jon Garland.  Paul Konerko leads the way with three RBI and three hits including a 2-run first inning homer.


    2005 - After negotiations have broken down with their skipper, the A’s line up five candidates to replace outgoing manager Ken Macha, who appears to be the top choice for many other teams. A week later, GM Billy Beane and his former field boss agree to a surprising new three-year deal.

    2006 - With a 6-3 victory in Game 4 of the ALCS, Jim Leyland's Tigers sweep the A's to win the American League pennant for the first time since 1984. Magglio Ordonez's dramatic walk-off three-run homer sets off a wild celebration at Comerica Park by the fans, who suffered through an historic 119 loss season just three years ago.

    2006 - Silas Simmons, the oldest former professional baseball player of all time, celebrates his 111th birthday. The 17th-oldest person in the country, born the same year as Babe Ruth, is joined by former players of the Negro Leagues and receives a 1913 Homestead Grays jersey with No. 111 stitched beneath his name from Steve Henderson of the Devil Rays at his home in the Westminster Suncoast retirement community in St. Petersburg.

    2010 - In a widely anticipated hiring, the Braves sign Fredi Gonzalez to replace their long-time legendary manager Bobby Cox, who retired at the end of the season. Atlanta's new skipper, who served as the team’s third-base coach from 2003-06, was unexpectedly fired in June by the Marlins, a move which may have been prompted by the benching of shortstop Hanley Ramirez for not hustling.

    2015 - In a game that includes the benches clearing twice, the Blue Jays advance to the ALCS, defeating the Rangers, 6-3, in the decisive game 5. Toronto overcomes a one-run deficit, thanks to three straight errors by Texas to start the bottom of the seventh inning, followed by a three-run homer hit Jose Bautista, who irks the opponents with an exaggerated bat flip while admiring his third-deck shot at the Rogers Centre.




    Baseball Birthdays on October 14...


    1842 - Start, Joe
    1853 - Waitt, Charlie
    1857 - Poorman, Tom
    1858 - Andrus, Wiman
    1861 - Radford, Paul
    1863 - Baker, Norm
    1864 - Chatterton, Jim
    1866 - Abbey, Charlie
    1868 - Underwood, Fred
    1871 - Eiteljorge, Ed
    1872 - Sullivan, Suter
    1882 - Jackson, George
    1883 - Huston, Harry
    1884 - Davidson, Homer
    1885 - Leard, Bill
    1885 - Olson, Ivy
    1886 - Walsh, Joe
    1886 - Dodd, Ona
    1888 - Becker, Charlie
    1891 - Gallia, Bert
    1897 - McIlree, Vance
    1909 - Ripple, Jimmy
    1913 - Casey, Hugh
    1914 - Brecheen, Harry
    1915 - Macon, Max
    1915 - Heintzelman, Ken
    1924 - Jolly, Dave
    1924 - Renna, Bill
    1934 - Cheney, Tom
    1940 - Harper, Tommy
    1940 - Sorrell, Bill
    1941 - Shamsky, Art
    1944 - Robertson, Rich
    1945 - Silverio, Tom
    1946 - Oliver, Al
    1946 - Duffy, Frank
    1948 - Figueroa, Ed
    1948 - Strom, Brent
    1953 - Garcia, Kiko
    1954 - Aikens, Willie
    1955 - Vega, Jesus
    1960 - Bathe, Bill
    1962 - Nichols, Carl
    1964 - Girardi, Joe
    1967 - Kelly, Pat
    1967 - Hajek, Dave
    1968 - Shinall, Zak
    1969 - Ortiz, Hector
    1971 - Cummings, Midre
    1974 - Sabel, Erik
    1976 - Mateo, Henry
    1978 - Church, Ryan
    1981 - Bonser, Boof
    1982 - Gil, Jerry
    1982 - Marmol, Carlos
    1983 - Arias, Alberto
    1984 - Johnson, Kris
    1987 - Calhoun, Kole
    1988 - Maness, Seth
    1990 - Cuevas, William
    1991 - Astudillo, Willians
    1991 - Wieck, Brad
    1993 - Dean, Austin



    Baseball Deaths on October 14...


    1890 - Williams, Gus
    1891 - Corcoran, Larry
    1915 - Reidy, Bill
    1919 - Blake, Harry
    1922 - Wright, Rasty
    1927 - Hughes, Ed

    1928 - Milligan, Billy
    1928 - Stuart, Bill
    1929 - Borden, Joe
    1931 - Niehaus, Al
    1934 - Cox, Les

    1944 - Hartsel, Topsy
    1945 - Tyler, Fred
    1949 - Westervelt, Huyler
    1950 - Fields, Jocko
    1952 - Banning, Jim
    1954 - Swanson, Bill
    1961 - Southwick, Clyde
    1968 - Brenton, Lynn
    1971 - Prothro, Doc
    1985 - Bluege, Ossie
    1988 - Raschi, Vic
    1988 - Hood, Abie
    1998 - Galehouse, Denny
    2001 - Sankey, Ben
    2003 - Culmer, Wil
    2007 - Bruckbauer, Fred
    2007 - Friend, Owen
    2008 - Tresh, Tom
    2013 - Bell, Wally
    2017 - Webb, Daniel







             



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« Reply #5047 on: October 15, 2018, 12:01:40 am »

    On October 15 in Baseball History...


    1892 - On the last day the season, Cincinnati pitcher Charles 'Bumpus' Jones, in his first major league start, no-hits Pittsburgh. This will turn out to be the latest date in the season that a no hitter is ever thrown in the major league.

    1912 - On a cold day in Boston, the Giants catch up with Joe Wood's smoke, teeing off for six runs on seven hits before the 32,694 fans have settled down for Game Six. The 11-4 win evens the Series. Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play in the eighth for Boston, the only one by an outfielder in World Series play.

    1917 - The Chicago White Sox won the World Series when the New York Giants left home plate uncovered and Eddie Collins dashed home with third baseman Heinie Zimmerman chasing him in helpless pursuit.

    1917 - A letter signed by 24 members of the World Series Champion Chicago White Sox and manager Pants Rowland contains complaints concerning not receiving their full winner share after beating the New York Giants. The written request, which will be discovered as a tattered document more than 40 years later among boxes stored at the Hall of Fame library, may explain the ‘Black Sox’ motivation for fixing the Fall Classic the two years later.


    1923 - Babe Ruth hits a first-inning home run in Game Six, but the Giants take a 4-1 lead into the eighth. The Giants walk in two runs before Bob Meusel raps a single that scores the go-ahead runs. Sam Jones holds off the Giants, and the Yankees have their first World Championship.

    1925 - Kiki Cuyler's bases-loaded double in the eighth inning gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 9-7 victory over Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators in Game 7 of the World Series, capping a comeback from a 3-1 deficit.

    1946 - In Game 7 of the World Series, the Cardinals beat the Red Sox, 4-3 when Enos Slaughter streaked home from first on Harry Walker's single. The play surprises everyone including cut-off man shortstop Johnny Pesky who hesitates, as legend has it, throwing the ball home.

    1964 - Despite three Bronx Bombers home runs by Mickey Mantle, Clete Boyer and Phil Linz in Game 7 at Sportsman’s Park, the Cardinals hang on to defeat the Yankees, 7-5, to capture their seventh World Championship. Bob Gibson, who struck out 31 batters in 27 innings during his three starts, is selected as the World Series Most Valuable player.

    1964 - In the Game 7 loss to the Cardinals, Bobby Richardson establishes a World Series record playing in thirty consecutive Fall Classic games. The Yankees second baseman shares the record for the most hits [13], RBIs [12] and runs scored[8] in a seven game series (1960).

    1964 - The Boyer brothers both hit home runs in Game 7 of the World Series, Ken for the Cardinals, and Clete for the Yankees. Both siblings accomplish the feat in their last at bat of the Fall Classic.

    1964 - In his final postseason game, Mickey Mantle hits a three-run homer to the opposite field off right-hander Bob Gibson, his third dinger of the series. The Sportsman's Park bomb, in the 7-5 loss to the Redbirds in the Fall Classic finale, extends the Mick’s World Series record to 18.

    1968 - Orioles right-hander Roger Nelson is selected first by the Royals in the American League expansion draft. The Pilots then choose first baseman Don Mincher from the Angels as their franchise's first choice.

    1969 - In Game 4 of the Fall Classic at Shea Stadium, Tom Seaver and the Mets beat the Orioles in ten innings, 2-1. The game features an outstanding run-saving diving catch of Brooks Robinson's sinking line drive with two on in the ninth inning by rightfielder Ron Swoboda and a controversial play in the tenth when an interference is not called after J.C. Martin clearly gets in the way of Pete Rickert's throw.

    1969 - During the third inning of Game 4 of the Fall Classic, Earl Weaver becomes the first manager to be thrown out of a World Series game in 34 years. The 'Earl of Baltimore', who had previously been warned been by umpire Shag Crawford, is quickly ejected after he protested a strike call from the bench.

    1970 - Brooks Robinson is selected as the World Series Most Valuable Player after batting .429 (9/21) and driving in six runs during the five-game set against Cincinnati. The Orioles' third baseman becomes the first player to be named the MVP in the Fall Classic, an All-star game (1966), and for his league (AL-1964).

    1972 - The A's win 2-1 as Joe Rudi clouts a home run and makes a game-saving catch to back up Catfish Hunter's pitching before a record Cincinnati crowd of 53,224. The A's take a 2-0 World Series advantage as the scene shifts to Oakland.

    1972 - In his last appearance at a major league ballpark, Jackie Robinson, speaking prior to Game 2 of the World Series nine days before his death, urges baseball to hire a black manager. The first African- American skipper will not be hired until 1975 when the Indians employ Frank Robinson to run the team.

    1974 - The surprise starter for the Dodgers in Game Three is Al Downing, but Catfish Hunter pitches Oakland to a 3-2 win.

    1975 - Luis Tiant throws 163 pitches in winning his second game of the World Series against Cincinnati, 5-4, to even the Series after four games.

    1977 - The Yankees win 4-2 to take a 3-1 World Series advantage over the Dodgers. Reggie Jackson doubles and homers, and Ron Guidry notches a four-hitter.

    1978 - The Yankees pummel the Dodgers with 18 hits in Game Five to win 12-2. Bucky Dent, Mickey Rivers and Brian Doyle have three hits each.

    1981 - With Dave Righetti, Ron Davis and Goose Gossage combining to shutout Oakland, 4-0, the Yankees sweep the A's to capture their thirty-third American League pennant. The Bronx Bombers will face the Dodgers in the World Series for the third time in the past five Fall Classics.

    1982 - Willie McGee becomes the third rookie to hit two home runs in same World Series game. Going deep off Brewers starter Pete Vuckovich in the 5th and 7th innings in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, the Cardinals' center fielder joins Charlie Keller (1939) and Tony Kubek (1957), who also accomplished the feat in the third game of their respective Fall Classics.

    1986 - In the longest postseason game ever played (4 hours and 42 minutes), the Mets clinch their third National League crown beating Houston in sixteen innings at the Astrodome, 7-6. Trailing 3-0, Lenny Dykstra and Ray Knight spark a ninth rally which sends the game into extra innings.

    1986 - After being down three games to one in the ALCS, the Red Sox pull off one the greatest comebacks in playoff history by defeating the California Angels 8-1 to win the American League pennant.

    1988 - In his only plate appearance in the Fall Classic, a limping Kirk Gibson, appearing as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of Game 1, sends two-out, 3-2 back-door slider from the A's relief ace Dennis Eckersley over the right field fence. It's the first time a World Series game is ever decided on a come-from-behind home run in the final inning.


    1996 - The Devil Rays name Jamie Reed as the club's head trainer. The 37-year old, formerly the assistant trainer for the Orioles, is the first on-field major league hire for the new expansion team.

    1997 - A resolution creating a 16-team National League and a 14-team American League for the upcoming season is approved by Major League Baseball. The expansion Devil Rays are placed in the AL Eastern Division, and the NL's newest team, the Rockies, will play in the circuit's Western Division.

    1997 - Mike Mussina pitches two-hit baseball for eight innings, but the Orioles can't score. Charles Nagy and three Indians relievers strand 14 Baltimore baserunners. Tony Fernandez homers in the 12th inning for the only run of the game as the Indians win the pennant for the second time in three years.

    2001 - The Yankees beat the A's 5-3 to win the ALDS. The Bronx Bombers become the first team ever to win a best-of-five series after losing the first two games at home.

    2001 - After losing their first playoff appearance to the Mets in 1999, the Diamondbacks win their postseason series beating the Cardinals in only their fourth year of existence. Tony Womack's two-out game-winning hit in the deciding fifth game of the NLDS gives Arizona the 2-1 victory.

    2002 - Kirk Gibson signs a three-year deal to become Detroit's new bench coach. The aggressive former outfielder joins the staff of the newly hired skipper, Alan Trammell, a former 1984 World Champion Tiger teammate.

    2003 - Steve Bartman, the Cubs fan who deflected a foul ball in Game 6 of the NLCS, releases a statement explaining his actions. During a weepy apology, the 26-year old human resources company worker asks Chicago fans to redirect their negative energy into positive support for the team during Game 7 of the championship series.

    2008 - In Game 5 of the NLCS, the visiting Phillies beat the Dodgers, 5-1, to win their first pennant since 1993. Southpaw Cole Hamels, the series MVP, hurls his third postseason gem and Jimmy Rollins starts the Philadelphia attack with a leadoff home run to start the game.

    2011 - With another home run in the Game 6 clincher, a 15-5 Ranger rout of Detroit, Nelson Cruz sets a new record for the most round-trippers in a postseason series with six. The Texas right-fielder, who ended the regular season in a slump, is named the ALCS Most Valuable Player for his outstanding contribution to his team's success in the championship series.

    2012 - The Reds sign Dusty Baker to a two-year contract extension giving their 63-year-old manager another chance to take the team beyond the first round of the playoffs. Cincinnati has participated in the postseason in two of the last three years, including this season's heartbreaking loss in NLDS, losing the last three contests at home in a five-game series to San Francisco.

    2014 - The Royals become the first team to win eight consecutive postseason games when they swept the Orioles in the ALCS with a 2-1 victory at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City, after winning the Wild Card game over the A's, continued their winning ways by beating the Angels in the first three games of the best-of-five ALDS series



    Baseball Birthdays on October 15...


    1852 - Hawkes, Th0rny
    1860 - Smith, Edgar (AE)
    1863 - Murphy, Con
    1866 - Callahan, Pat
    1869 - McMahon, Jack
    1869 - Hogan, Marty
    1874 - Frisk, Emil
    1876 - Coleman, Percy
    1882 - O'Leary, Charley
    1887 - Harmon, Bob
    1888 - Hall, Bert
    1889 - Evans, Chick
    1893 - Whitehouse, Gil
    1893 - Karst, John
    1896 - Watson, Mule
    1897 - Gearin, Dinty
    1897 - Gray, Dolly
    1899 - Chapman, John
    1902 - Swanson, Evar
    1903 - Haas, Mule

    1904 - Lewis, Bill
    1907 - Byrd, Sammy
    1908 - Klaerner, Hugo

    1909 - Harder, Mel
    1912 - Tremark, Nick
    1918 - Knickerbocker, Austin
    1926 - Carlsen, Don
    1927 - Henry, Bill
    1928 - Command, Jim
    1928 - Henley, Gail
    1930 - Robertson, Don
    1931 - Harris, Gail
    1936 - Swanson, Red
    1939 - Klimchock, Lou
    1944 - Such, Dick
    1945 - Palmer, Jim
    1946 - Northey, Scott
    1951 - Toms, Tommy
    1951 - Page, Mitchell
    1954 - Gulliver, Glenn
    1964 - Barfield, John
    1967 - Garcia, Carlos
    1968 - Dunbar, Matt
    1971 - Mottola, Chad
    1973 - Young, Tim
    1973 - Cortes, David
    1974 - Lopez, Mendy
    1975 - Scheffer, Aaron
    1977 - Jones, Mitch
    1978 - Cruz, Juan
    1978 - Rabe, Josh
    1992 - Carroll,Cody
    1992 - Hernandez, Teoscar
    1995 - Flaherty, Jack



    Baseball Deaths on October 15...


    1931 - Graham, Oscar
    1943 - Rickert, Joe
    1947 - Perritt, Pol
    1957 - Ball, Neal
    1960 - Wallace, Jack
    1965 - Brickell, Fritz
    1971 - Coble, Dave
    1975 - Grasso, Mickey
    1984 - Cox, Red
    1986 - Kopf, Larry
    1989 - Guisto, Lou
    1992 - Sullivan, Jackie
    1996 - Ferrick, Tom
    1996 - Balas, Mike
    2005 - Rowe, Don
    2005 - Widmar, Al

    2013 - Minarcin, Rudy
    2015 - Sheridan, Neill


     










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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #5048 on: October 15, 2018, 12:03:39 am »

This Date In White Sox History - October 15th






October 15, 1917 - The White Sox win the World Series in six games beating the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 4-2. When the New York infield leaves home plate uncovered in the fourth inning, Eddie Collins scurries home scoring the eventual winning run with Giants' third baseman Heinie Zimmerman chasing him.

After Red Faber and Rube Benton match 3 scoreless innings‚ in Game 6‚ Eddie Collins leads off the 4th and hits a grounder to Heinie Zimmerman at 3B. Collins takes 2nd when the throw gets past 1B Walter Holke. Joe Jackson's fly to RF is dropped by Dave Robertson‚ and Collins goes to 3B. When Happy Felsch hits one back to the pitcher‚ Collins breaks for home. Benton throws to 3B to catch Collins‚ and C Bill Rariden comes up the line. But with Zimmerman in pursuit Collins keeps running and slides home safely. Zimmerman will be blamed for chasing the runner‚ but nobody was covering home plate. The Giants come back with two runs on Buck Herzog's triple in the 4th‚ but Faber wins his 3rd of the Series 4-2. The winners earn $3‚669.32 each; the losers $2‚442.21. One-fourth of each team's share‚ about $4‚000‚ is divided equally among the clubs in each league.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1917/B10150NY11917.htm

http://www.backtobaseball.com/playballworldseries.php?page=1&IDindex=NY1191710150&date=October+15%2C+1917



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« Reply #5049 on: October 15, 2018, 12:05:24 am »
This Date In White Sox History - October 15







October 15, 2005 - The White Sox take a commanding 3-games-to-1 lead over the Angels in the ALCS with an 8-2 victory behind Freddy Garcia. Paul Konerko hits a 3-run HR for Chicago‚ while AJ Pierzynski also connects.

http://www.backtobaseball.com/playballpostseason.php?IDindex=ANA200510150&date=October+15%2C+2005

Boxscore & P-B-P:  http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2005/B10150ANA2005.htm



 

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