On August 18 in Baseball History...

    1886 - St. Louis Maroons owner Henry Lucas quits baseball, announcing that the club has cost him $27,000 in three years.

    1892 - In the course of a 13-4 win over Baltimore, Browns left fielder Cliff Carroll attempts to field a ground ball. He misjudges it, and the ball becomes lodged in his shirt pocket. Before he can extricate it, the Oriole batter makes it to third base. St. Louis owner Chris Von der Ahe is so incensed that he fines Carroll $50 and suspends him without pay for the rest of the season. The league rejects Carroll's appeal.

    1906 - Willie Keeler is struck out for only the second time this season, both times by spitballer Ed Walsh of the White Sox.

    1909 - Giants player-coach Arlie Latham steals second base in New York's 14-1 win over the Phillies. At 49, he's the oldest major leaguer ever to steal a base.

    1913 - The Cubs stroke nine straight hits (6 singles, 2 doubles and a home run) off reliever Erskine Mayer in the top of the ninth inning at the Baker Bowl. Chicago's late offensive barrage produces six runs helping the team to coast to an easy 10-4 victory over the Phillies. (Many sites erroneously list this game as being played on Aug. 19th with Grover Alexander giving up the big inning)

    1915 - The new Braves Field opens in Boston. An estimated 46,500 jam the park to see the Braves beat the Cards 3-1. Ground was broken for the new 40,000 seat facility in March.

    1931 - Lou Gehrig is hitless in Detroit, as he plays his 1,000th consecutive game. He is 307 short of Everett Scott's record streak.

    1940 - Jimmy Powers, sports editor of the Sunday New York Daily News, causes a flap when he suggests the Yankees' poor play this season can be attributed to "a mass polio epidemic" contracted from Lou Gehrig. The former Yankee first baseman and his roommate, Bill Dickey, file suit resulting in the newspaper to apologize and retract its story at the end of next month.

    1943 - Carl Hubbell wins his 253rd and final game, all with the Giants, as he beats the Pirates, 3-2. He will retire at the end of the year and take over the farm system for the Giants, which is down to two teams due to the war.

    1948 - The Indians' streak of not giving up a run is extended to 30 innings when Sam Zoldak tosses a nine-hit shutout against St. Louis. Cleveland right-fielder Allie Clark scores all of the Tribe's run in the 3-0 victory played at Cleveland Stadium.

    1956 - In their 13-4 victory at Crosley Field, the Reds hit eight home runs (Bob Thurman [3] Ted Kluszewski [2] Frank Robinson [2] and Wally Post [1] ) to tie a major league mark. The Braves add two more to set a National League mark for total homers for a nine inning game.

    1959 - Branch Rickey resigns as chairman of the Pirates to become president of the Continental League, which never plays a game.

    1960 - Facing just 27 batters, Lew Burdette pitches a 1-0 no-hitter against the Phillies. Tony Gonzalez, the only Phil to reach base, is hit by a Burdette pitch in the fifth inning but a double play erases him. The Milwaukee pitcher also scores the only run of the game.

    1960 - In a Midwest League contest, Bob Sprout throws a seven-inning no-hitter striking out 22 batters as the Decatur Commodores defeat the Waterloo Hawks, 3–0. The 18-year-old minor league southpaw will pitch in just one big league game appearing with the Angels in 1961.

    1962 - The game against Baltimore is delayed twice when Indians' starting pitcher Pedro Ramos is asked to change his uniform, with the right-hander complying to the request by first changing his shirt, then returning to the Memorial Stadium locker room for a different jersey and hat. The umpires suspect the Cleveland right-hander is doctoring the baseball.

    1965 - After hitting a ball on top of the pavilion at Sportman's Park, Braves outfielder Hank Aaron is denied a homer when Chris Pelekoudas calls him out. The home plate umpire's decision is influenced by Cardinal catcher Bob Uecker, who is jumping up and down insisting the eventual home champion had stepped out of the batter's box. Nevertheless, the Braves won the game 6-2.

    1965 - In a 3-2 win over the Red Sox, Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson hits into his third triple play against Boston, tying the record of George Sisler.

    1967 - A baseball tragedy occurs when Tony Conigliaro of the Red Sox is beaned by the Angels' Jack Hamilton. Hit on the left cheekbone, just below the eye socket, Conigliaro will miss the rest of 1967 and all of 1968 and will never come close to the Hall of Fame potential displayed during his first three seasons.. He was hitting .267 with 20 home runs and 67 RBI in 95 games.

    1972 - After playing in 414 games and accumulating over 1500 career at-bats, Phillies' shortstop Larry Bowa hits his first major league home run, an inside-the-park round-tripper at Veterans Stadium. The 26 year-old infielder, who will go deep only 15 times in his 16-year career, will not hit a homer over a wall until the beginning of the 1974 season.

    1975 - Earl Averill, Bucky Harris, Billy Herman, 'Judy' Johnson and Ralph Kiner are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

    1977 - Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his fifth one-hitter, tying the National League record, as he blanks the Giants 7-0. The lone hit is Marc Hill's two-out single in the eighth.

    1979 - In a 6-5 victory at Veterans Stadium, Giants' first baseman Willie McCovey hits his 505th home run off Larry Christenson establishing him as the National League all-time left-handed home run leader. Southpaw swinger Eddie Mathews had previously led the NL collecting 504 round-trippers playing for the Braves and Astros, adding another nine for Detroit in the American League at the end of his 17-year career.

    1982 - Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies made his 13,941st plate appearance in a 5-3 victory over the Houston Astros to move into first place on the career list ahead of Hank Aaron.

    1982 - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1. It was the second longest game in Cubs' history. The Wrigley Field contest, which is played over two days, takes a Dusty Baker sacrifice fly and 21 innings to complete.

    1983 - In the continuation of the Pine Tar Game, Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires the Yankees in order in the bottom of the ninth to preserve Kansas City's 5-4 victory. The conclusion takes just 12 minutes (and 16 pitches) and, as the only game scheduled at the Stadium, is witnessed by a crowd of 1,245.

    1989 - Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green (5th place, 56-65) as the Yankee manager. It is the 17th time the team has changed skippers during George Steinbrenner's 17-year tenure as the club's owner.

    1989 - The Orioles' Cal Ripken passes Steve Garvey for the third-longest consecutive games streak by playing in his 1,208th straight game.

    1989 - With his third-inning single off Jim Clancy, Jerome Walton extends his consecutive-game hitting streak to 28 games in a 6-5 loss to Houston at the Astrodome. The 24-year old freshman outfielder ties a modern Cubs' record established by Ron Santo in 1966.

    1995 - In spite of a Braves' rally in the ninth, Tom Henke records his 300th career save when the Cardinals edge Atlanta, 4-3. The Kansas City native becomes the seventh pitcher in major league history to reach this milestone.

    1995 - The Chicago White Sox released Atlee Hammaker.

    1996 - 24-year old Greg Norton makes his major league debut with the Chicago White Sox. Norton entered the game in the 8th inning as a pinch runner for designated hitter Harold Baines.  Norton would score on a single by Tony Phillips. Norton would nether bat or play in the field in this 8-7 win by the Brewers at County Stadium on Milwaukee.

    1997 - The Baltimore Orioles traded Juan Bautista to the Chicago White Sox completing trade in which the Chicago White Sox traded Harold Baines to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for a player to be named later (July 29, 1997).

    1998 - Greg Maddux wins his 200th career game as the Braves beat the Giants, 8-4. All of Atlanta's nine hits in the game were doubles.

    2000 - After beating out a potential double play ball to prolong a five-run ninth inning rally which ties the game, Angel centerfielder Darin Erstad makes a 10th inning game-saving catch and follows it with a game-winning homer in the 11th to beat the Yankees, 9-8.

    2000 - Tim Salmon becomes the franchise leader in home runs with his fourth-inning solo shot off Roger Clemens in the Angels' eventual 9-8 extra-inning victory over New York at Yankee Stadium. The Anaheim DH's 223rd career round-tripper surpasses Brian Downing's total, who had established the Halo mark in 1990.

    2000 - The Chicago White Sox signed Ken Hill as a free agent.

    2002 - In a pregame ceremony, Tommy Agee is inducted posthumously into the Mets Hall of Fame. The Mets' center fielder (1968-72) is best remembered for his two great catches in Game 3 of the 1969 World Series.

    2004 - The Spokane Indians (Texas Rangers) edge the Tri-City Dust Devils (Colorado Rockies) 2-1 in 23 innings. The Northwest League game, which lasted 6 hours, 37 minutes, was scoreless for 19 innings and suspended in a 1-1 tie in the 21st inning the previous night.

    2006 - At Fenway Park, the Yankees beat the Red Sox in the night cap to complete a day-night doubleheader sweep. The 14-11 slugfest, in which the Al East Division rivals bang out a total of 34 hits, takes 4 hours and 45 minutes to play making it the longest nine-inning game in big league history. A team scores in nine of the 18 half-innings.

    2006 - Mike Lieberthal passes Red Dooin to become the Phillies’ all-time leader in games as a catcher. The former Philadelphia backstop, who caught 1,124 games from 1902-14, is given credit for being the first catcher to wear shinguards (1906) and as player-manager (1914) tried but failed to convince owner William Barker to buy three promising players from Baltimore’s International League franchise, which included a pitcher named Babe Ruth.

    2006 - Blanking the Mariners for seven innings innings at Angel Stadium, Jered Weaver joins Whitey Ford (Yankees, 1950) to become only the second American League rookie to begin a career with nine straight victories as a starter. The 23-year old Angel hurler will need to win his next four games to match Hooks Wiltse (Giants, 1904) who started his freshman season with 13 consecutive wins.

    2006 - Alfonso Soriano becomes the third player in big league history to compile four seasons of 30 homers and 30 stolen bases. With his second inning swipe of second base in a 6-4 victory over the Phillies, the Nationals outfielder joins Barry and Bobby Bonds in accomplishing the feat for the fourth time.

    2007 - Micah Owings, with two home runs, a double and a single, compiles 11 total bases in the Diamondbacks' 12-6 victory over the Braves, the most for a hurler since Braves right-hander Jim Tobin had 12 with his three homers in 1942. In addition to driving in six runs and scoring four times, the Arizona rookie tosses seven innings of three-hit ball to win his sixth game of the season.

    2010 - The front-running Braves acquire slugger Derrek Lee from the Cubs for three minor league pitchers. As a ten-year veteran, who had played at least five years with the same team, the 34-year-old first baseman rejected a trade to the Angels last month because he thought LA had too much of a deficit to make up in the AL West race.

    2011 - Mike Jacobs becomes the first professional baseball player to be suspended for testing positive for human growth hormone. The 30-year-old Rockies minor league first baseman, who has played for the Mets, Marlins and and Royals, is handed a 50-game suspension for his involvement with HGH.

    2012 - Adam Dunn becomes the 50th major leaguer to hit 400 career runs when he goes deep in the eighth inning with a two-run blast off Tim Collins in a White Sox loss to Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium. The 32 year-old Chicago first baseman joins Paul Konerko in reaching the milestone this season making them the first teammates in baseball history to hit their 400th round-tripper in the same year playing for the same team.

    2015 - The Chicago White Sox released Emilio Bonifacio.

    2015 - The Red Sox hire Dave Dombrowski, who was replaced as the president and general manager of the Tigers earlier this month, to run the organization's baseball operations. Ben Cherington, after leading Boston to the World Series two seasons ago, declines to continue as the GM of the last-place team, but will assist during the club's transition.




    Baseball Birthdays on August 18...

    1857 - Wise, Sam
    1872 - Hickey, Eddie
    1874 - Harley, Dick
    1876 - Dorner, Gus
    1889 - Brady, Bill
    1890 - Weaver, Buck
    1891 - Gerber, Wally
    1892 - Knowlton, Bill
    1893 - Grimes, Burleigh
    1893 - Duffy, Bernie
    1897 - Brooks, Mandy
    1898 - Goldsmith, Hal
    1899 - Friberg, Bernie
    1908 - Peterson, Jim
    1913 - Heath, Tommy
    1915 - Lanier, Max
    1920 - Kennedy, Bob
    1927 - Bowman, Roger
    1934 - Consolo, Billy
    1934 - Clemente, Roberto
    1935 - Humphreys, Bob
    1939 - Azcue, Joe
    1940 - Popovich, Paul
    1944 - Ferraro, Mike
    1946 - Magnuson, Jim
    1947 - Guth, Bucky
    1947 - Palmer, Lowell
    1949 - Hudson, Charlie
    1955 - Benedict, Bruce
    1958 - Crow, Don
    1959 - Blocker, Terry
    1960 - LaValliere, Mike
    1961 - Howell, Jack
    1962 - Arnold, Scott
    1965 - Lawton, Marcus
    1966 - Zupcic, Bob
    1970 - Higginson, Bobby
    1971 - Lopez, Albie
    1974 - Durocher, Jayson
    1974 - Stowers, Chris
    1976 - Bowles, Brian
    1978 - Barry, Kevin
    1978 - Hensley, Matt
    1980 - Perry, Jason
    1981 - Johnson, Ben
    1981 - Misch, Pat
    1982 - Rupe, Josh
    1986 - Cruz, Tony
    1986 - Gattis, Evan
    1986 - Taylor, Andrew
    1987 - Wilson, Justin
    1988 - Smith, Chris
    1989 - Webb, Daniel
    1990 - Garcia, Yimi
    1992 - Hedges, Austin
    1995 - Chang, Yu



    Baseball Deaths on August 18...

    1893 - Dundon, Ed
    1932 - LaChance, Candy
    1958 - Stimmel, Archie
    1961 - Leary, John
    1971 - McCloskey, Jim
    1972 - Hinrichs, Dutch
    1975 - Enright, Jack
    1976 - Irwin, Walt
    1978 - Harper, George
    1986 - Lanfranconi, Walt
    2018 - Van Brabant, Ozzie

On August 20 in Baseball History...

1910 - Washington's Carl Cashion pitched a six-inning no-hitter to give the Senators a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians in the second game of a doubleheader.

1915 - The White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for outfielder Braggo Roth, outfielder Larry Chappell, pitcher Ed Klepfer, and $31,500.

1919 - Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak in which he collected 155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 batting average. The previous record was 49 by Oakland's Jack Ness (Pacific Coast League) in 1915.

1938 - At Cleveland’s Union Terminal Tower, a record is establish for catching baseballs thrown from a high altitude as Indians’ backstops Frankie Pytlak and Hank Hel catch balls dropped an estimated 708 feet. The spheres, dropped from the 52nd floor of second-tallest building in the world, is said to travel at an average speed of 140 mph during its descent.

1938 - In the Yankees' 11-3 rout of the A’s at Shibe Park, first baseman Lou Gehrig hits the final grand slam of his career. The first inning blast, given up by Philadelphia’s right-hander Buck Ross, extends the ‘Iron Horse’s major league record for bases-loaded home runs to 23.

1939 - After dropping the opener to Chicago, 9-5, the Pirates snap a twelve game losing streak with a 5-0 victory in the nightcap. Max Butcher goes the distance in the shortened six-inning game, limiting the visitors to just two hits in the Forbes Field contest.

1945 - Dodger shortstop Tommy Brown becomes the youngest player (17 years, 8 months and 14 days) in major league history to hit a home run. The round-tripper by 'Buckshot', who started his career as a 16 year-old high school student, will be the only run Brooklyn scores off 30-year old Pirates' southpaw Preacher Roe, who goes the distance in the 11-1 rout of the home team at Ebbets Field.

1946 - Prior to the start of the game against the Senators in Washington, using the U.S. Army's Sky Screen Chronograph, Bob Feller's fastball is clocked at 98.6 miles-per-hour breaking Yankees' hurler Atley Donald's 1939 speed record of 94.7 mph.

1947 - The Boston Braves hit a million attendance for the first time.

1948 - The Indians draw 78,382 at Municipal Stadium as Satchel Paige blanks the White Sox for the fourth consecutive shutout by Cleveland hurlers. Besides Paige, Gene Bearden, Sam Zoldak, and Bob Lemon had shutouts.

1953 - The Browns beat the Baltimore Orioles, the city's AAA minor league team, 8-2, in an exhibition game played in front of small crowd of 10,861 at Municipal Stadium. Undaunted by low turnout of fans for the contest against the International League team, St. Louis owner Bill Veeck will seek and be given permission to shift his franchise to the Charm City, a move denied by the American League owners last year.

1957 - In the nightcap of a doubleheader, Robert Keegen throws the White Sox's first no-hitter in twenty years beating the Senators, 6-0. The Comiskey Park no-no is the first one thrown at night in franchise history.

1958 - Out of catchers, the Cubs put left-handed first baseman Dale Long behind the plate in the opener against the Pirates. He is the first lefty backstop since 1906. The Cubs lose 4-2, then win the nightcap 5-1 with Long back at first base.

1961 - In the second game of a doubleheader, the Phillies snap a 23-game losing streak by beating the Braves, 7-4. The victory establishes a new record for most consecutive losses by a major league team.

1964 - On the New York team bus following a 5-0 White Sox win, Phil Linz begins to play Mary Had a Little Lamb on his harmonica. Manager Yogi Berra orders Linz to stop, then slaps the instrument out of his hands when he continues playing. The incident is reported as indicating dissension on the club and Berra's lack of control, as well as the level of Linz's humor.

1965 - Eddie Mathews hits his 28th home run as the Braves win 4-3 at Pittsburgh. The duo of Mathews and Hank Aaron, 1954-1965, becomes the top home run tandem in major league history, passing the Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig total of 772 home runs while playing together.

1965 -  The Beatles performed two shows at Comiskey Park in Chicago, at 3pm and 8pm. The first concert was seen by 25,000, and the second drew a crowd of 37,000.  Tickets for the concerts were priced at $2.50, $4.50 and $5.50. A promotion run by the drink 7-Up also offered purchasers the chance to win a pair of tickets, with 2,000 up for grabs. The Beatles' setlist featured 12 songs: the group's short version of Twist And Shout, followed by She's A Woman, I Feel Fine, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Ticket To Ride, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Can't Buy Me Love, Baby's In Black, Act Naturally, A Hard Day's Night, Help! and I'm Down.  The Beatles were paid $155,000 for the two performances. The other acts on the bill were Brenda Holloway and the King Curtis Band, Cannibal & The Headhunters, and Sounds Incorporated.


1967 - In the first game of a twin bill in Boston, switch-hitter Reggie Smith, in an 12-2 rout of the Angels, becomes the first Red Sox player to blast a home run from each side of the plate. Until today, the feat had never been accomplish by any Fenway Park batter.

1967 - In the night cap of a doubleheader at Fenway Park, the Red Sox rally from an eight-run deficit to beat the Angels, 9-8. The big blow is Carl Yastrzemski's fifth inning three-run homer, his second of the day, having gone deep with two men on in the first game.

1974 - In an 18-8 rout of the Cubs, the Dodgers collect 24 hits and set a club record with 48 total bases including Davey Lopes' three home runs, double and single. The Dodger second baseman's 15 total bases is the most ever for a leadoff hitter.

1974 - At Anaheim Stadium, Angel hurler Nolan Ryan throws a ball that is "officially" clocked at 100.9 miles per hour by the Guinness Book of World Records. The right-hander's pitch, thrown in a losing effort against Detroit, is listed as fastest pitch ever thrown in major league baseball.

1974 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out 19 in a 1-0, 11-inning loss to the Detroit Tigers, marking the third time during the season Ryan struck out 19 in a game.

1978 - In the visitors' clubhouse at Shea Stadium, Dodger Blue becomes black and blue when Steve Garvey confronts teammate Don Sutton about Washington Post story in which the pitcher is critical of of him. After right-hander confirms he had made the comments, the argument becomes physical when an inappropriate remark is made about the first baseman's wife.

1980 - Dan Spilner's bid for a no-hitter against the White Sox is spoiled by Leo Sutherland's single with one out in the ninth inning. The 28-year old Indian right-hander will get the next two outs and settle for a one-hit, 3-0 victory over Chicago at Comiskey Park.

1980 - Pittsburgh's Omar Moreno steals his 70th base of the season, becoming the first player this century with three consecutive 70-steal seasons. The fleet outfielder swiped 71 in 1978, 77 in 1979, and will finish 1980 with a career-high 96.

1985 - Dwight Gooden fans 16 batters on the way to his 13th consecutive victory, 5-0 over the Giants, raising his season strikeout total to 208. Gooden (19-3) and Herb Score are the only pitchers this century to strike out 200 batters in each of their first two seasons.

1989 - Howard Johnson hits his 30th home run of the season in the Mets' 5-4 loss to the Dodgers. Ho Jo joins Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays as the only players to achieve 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in two different seasons.

1989 - It's a busy day on the trading block for the Mets as they send popular outfielder Mookie Wilson to the Blue Jays for pitcher Jeff Musselman and minor leaguer Michael Brady. New York also gets Frank Viola from the Twins for pitchers Rick Aguilera, David West, and Kevin Tapani and two minor leaguers.

1995 - Jose Mesa of the Cleveland Indians picked up his 37th save in 37 opportunities, setting a major league record as the Indians beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5.

1998 - Mark McGwire becomes the first player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in three consecutive years. His home run off Willie Blair helps the Cardinals to a 2-0 win over the Mets. He adds No. 51 in the second game of the doubleheader at Shea Stadium, but the Mets prevail 5-4.

2000 - The winningest pitcher in franchise history is honored by the Yankees during Whitey Ford Day ceremonies at Yankee Stadium. The crafty lefty holds the team record for victories (236), innings pitched (3,170 1/3), strikeouts (1,956) and shutouts (45).

2002 - A judge issues a temporary restraining order preventing the sale of Barry Bonds' 600th career home run ball hit into the Pacific Bell Park stands on August 9. Jay Arsenault, who allegedly promised friends after being given a game ticket to split any monetary gains if he caught the historic baseball, has been ordered to appear in court for hearing on September 5 along with the prized souvenir.

2004 - The Seattle Mariners signed Bill Simas as a free agent.

2005 - Using the equivalent of a 98-miles-per-hour major league fastball, 12-year old Kalen Pimentel ties a Little League World Series record for strikeouts in a six-inning game. The 12-year old from Rancho Buena Vista strikes out 18 Owensboro batters (all of the recorded outs) as his team coasts to 7-2 victory in the pool play of the tournament.

2005 - The Royals snap their 19-game losing streak beating the A's in Oakland, 2-1. The skid ends two games shy of the of the American League record of 21 straight defeats established by the Orioles in 1988.

2007 - The Chicago White Sox signed Mike Myers as a free agent.

2008 - Umpires sign an agreement which will allow major league baseball to start using instant replay to help determine boundary calls, such as determining fair or foul fly balls and difficult home run rulings. No exact date has been set for the start of using replays, but installation of the necessary equipment has been taking place in ballparks, with the hope of starting later this month.

2008 - After the Angels score the potential winning run in the top of the inning of an eventual 5-4 victory over the Rays, Francisco Rodriguez pitches a perfect ninth to record his 48th save, establishing a new franchise record. The right-hander closer had set the previous team mark with 47 saves in 2006.

2010 - The New York Yankees traded Zach McAllister to the Cleveland Indians completing trade in which the Cleveland Indians traded Austin Kearns to the New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later (July 30, 2010).

2012 - The official first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the Major League Baseball All-Stars Forever stamps take place at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY. The very popular philatelic series based on historic photographs honors Yankee Joe DiMaggio; Larry Doby of the Indians; Pirate Willie Stargell of the Pirates and Red Sox legend Ted Williams.

2013 - The Cleveland Indians released Daisuke Matsuzaka.

2014 - The Chicago White Sox released Charlie Leesman.




Baseball Birthdays on August 20...

1855 - Pierson, Dave
1869 - Gibson, Robert
1869 - Bonner, Frank
1880 - Smith, Bull
1881 - McLane, Ed
1882 - McCloskey, John
1886 - Woodburn, Gene
1887 - Reynolds, Ross
1891 - Hovlik, Ed
1895 - Schneider, Pete
1906 - Crowley, Ed
1906 - Riley, Lee
1907 - Bell, Beau
1907 - Garibaldi, Art
1908 - Lopez, Al
1909 - Jakucki, Sig
1910 - Crouch, Bill
1919 - Harrist, Earl
1924 - Zuverink, George
1925 - Miggins, Larry
1936 - Cook, Cliff
1942 - Norman, Fred
1943 - Kurtz, Hal
1944 - Nettles, Graig
1952 - Rautzhan, Lance
1952 - Cuellar, Bobby
1953 - Dumoulin, Dan
1956 - Finch, Joel
1957 - Buice, De Wayne
1960 - Langston, Mark
1960 - Wojna, Ed
1960 - Brunansky, Tom
1963 - Sanchez, Israel
1963 - Daniels, Kal
1963 - Cecena, Jose
1963 - Arnsberg, Brad
1967 - Benes, Andy
1968 - Rogers, Kevin
1969 - Holzemer, Mark
1971 - Clapinski, Chris
1972 - Porzio, Mike
1973 - Helton, Todd
1973 - Paniagua, Jose
1976 - Kingsale, Gene
1977 - Pearce, Josh
1977 - Taylor, Aaron
1978 - Schroder, Chris
1978 - Tucker, T.J.
1979 - Gracesqui, Franklyn
1979 - Sullivan, Cory
1983 - Broadway, Lance
1984 - Hoffmann, Jamie
1985 - DeWitt, Blake
1985 - Hague, Matt
1989 - Cole, Taylor
1995 - Williams, Justin


Baseball Deaths on August 20...

1886 - Blaisdell, Dick
1908 - Honan, Marty
1916 - Stafford, Bob
1926 - McVey, Cal
1948 - Blair, Walter
1950 - Zmich, Ed
1952 - Owens, Red
1952 - Pettigrew, Ned
1960 - Perring, George
1975 - Miller, Jake
1980 - Hermann, Al
1982 - Johnson, Hank
1985 - Fieber, Clarence
1995 - Kennedy, Bill
1995 - McDaniel, Von
1998 - Sington, Fred
1998 - Host, Gene
2018 - Edwards, Doc

    On August 21 in Baseball History...

    1881 - With his team already ahead in the eighth inning, 5-0, White Stockings (Cubs) outfielder Abner Dalrymple becomes the first player to be intentionally walked with the bases loaded. The run-producing free pass is given up by Buffalo Bisons' right-hander Jack Lynch in an eventual 11-2 Chicago victory.

    1883 - In the most decisive shutout in major league history, the Philadelphia Quakers rout the Providence Grays 28-0.

    1902 - Joe McGinnity of the National League's Baltimore Orioles is thrown out of the league for punching and spitting at an umpire. Due to his popularity, 'Iron Man Mike' will be quickly reinstated.

    1908 - On the third try, Senator Gabby Street catches a ball thrown from the top of the Washington Monument. Scientists estimated the 555-foot drop the ball traveled had a force between 200 and 300 pounds.

    1917 - Now with Philadelphia, Chief Bender, 34, pitches his third straight shutout, winning 6-0 over the Cubs. In his last active season, Bender will turn in four shutouts, finishing 8-2 with a 1.67 ERA.

    1919 - Phillies catcher Bert Adams has a stellar day behind the plate recording ten putouts and five assists. The weak-hitting backstop's outstanding defense doesn't prevent Philadelphia from dropping a 5-1 decision to Chicago at the Baker Bowl.

    1926 - Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, winning 6-0 in a quick 1 hour, 7 minutes.

    1931 - Babe Ruth becomes the first major leaguer to hit 600 career home runs when the Yankees defeat the Browns, 11-7. The 36-year old slugger hit the milestone round-tripper off right-hander George Blaeholder.

    1932 - Defeating the Senators, 11-5, at Washington's Griffith Stadium, Indians' hurler Wes Ferrell becomes the first pitcher in this century to win 20 or more games in each of his first four seasons. The Greensboro, NC native, who will post a 23-12 record this season, won 21, 25, and 22 games for Cleveland during the past three years.

    1935 - At Braves Field, Cardinals' first baseman Ripper Collins does not make a putout during the 13-3 nine-inning loss to Boston. The St. Louis infielder, who will also not make a putout playing first for the Cubs in a game against Brooklyn in 1937, is the only player to have accomplished the very rare feat twice in the major leagues.

    1947 - The first Little League World Series tournament is held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Maynard Midgets of Williamsport, with a tourney batting average of .625, win the World Series 16-7.

    1948 - Aaron Robinson homers in the ninth inning off Bob Lemon to help the White Sox beat the Indians 3-2. The run breaks the 47-inning scoreless streak by Indians pitchers. Baltimore will extend the record in 1974 to 54 innings.

    1949 - A barrage of bottles from the Philadelphia stands as protest of a decision by umpire George Barr over a trapped line drive by Richie Ashburn results in the first forfeiture in the major leagues in seven years. The Giants are leading 4-2 with one out in the ninth when the forfeit occurs.

    1951 - Major General Emmett O'Donnell is selected by the owners to be the new commissioner, but President Harry Truman overrules the decision stating the officer is needed in Korea in his post as commander of bombers.

    1962 - On the the day he is released by New York, right-hander Robin Roberts signs as a free agent with the Orioles. The 35-year old future Hall of Famer, who never appeared in a game wearing a Yankee uniform, will compile a 42-36 record during his four seasons with the Birds.

    1971 - The Connie Mack statue, a fixture in front of the North Philadelphia ballpark since 1957, is rededicated at the corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue in front of the Phillies new home, Veterans Stadium. The team added a plaque to the monument's pedestal, listing the A;s players chosen between 1978 and 2003 for the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame.

    1972 - In an complete-game effort at Veterans Stadium, Steve Carlton's consecutive-victory streak ends at 15 when the Phillies drop a 2-1 decision to Atlanta and Phil Niekro, who also goes the distance. Dusty Baker, who started the 11th inning rally with a two-out double, scores the eventual winning run on Mike Lum's broken bat flare over the shortstop's head.

    1975 - The Reuschel brothers of the Cubs join forces to blank the Dodgers, 6-0. Rick goes 6 1-3 innings and Paul finishes the game for the first shutout thrown by siblings.

    1977 - In his first appearance at Shea Stadium since being traded, Tom Seaver throws a six-hitter against his former teammates and strikes out 11 helping the Reds defeat the Mets, 5-1. In addition to his work on the mound, 'Tom Terrific' hits a double and scores two runs.

    1982 - Milwaukee's Rollie Fingers records his 300th career save in a 3-2 win at Seattle, becoming the first player to reach that milestone.

    1983 - On the same day two minor leaguers, Vince Coleman and Donnell Nixon, break Rickey Henderson's single-season record by stealing their 131st base of the season.

    1986 - In the Red Sox's 24-5 rout the Indians, Spike Owen ties a major league mark becoming the first major leaguer to score six runs in a game since Johnny Pesky, also playing for Boston, accomplished the feat in 1946. The light-hitting shortstop was obtain three days ago, along with center fielder Dave Henderson, from the Mariners in exchange for Rey Quiones and cash..

    1989 - Cubs rookie outfielder Jerome Walton goes 0-for-4 in a 6-5, ten-inning loss to the Reds, ending his hitting streak at 30 consecutive games.

    1990 - The Phillies overcome an eight-run deficit scoring nine runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Dodgers, 12-11. John Kruk's pinch-hit three-run ties the game, and two batters later, Carmelo Martinez's double plates Rod Booker with the eventual winning run in the Chavez Ravine contest.


    1997 - Oakland hit six home runs, including a team record four in one inning as the Athletics posted a 13-6 win over the Boston Red Sox. Oakland hit homers off Steve Avery in each of the first three innings and three off reliever Kerry Lacy in the third.

    1999 - Orioles outfielder Brady Anderson becomes only the third player in major league history to lead off both games of a doubleheader with a home run. It doesn't help as the White Sox sweep the twin bill.

    1999 - Joining Mark McGwire, Ken Griffey Jr. and Babe Ruth, Sammy Sosa becomes the fourth player to hit 50 home runs in consecutive seasons. The Cubs right fielder, who hit 66 dingers last season, blasts his major league leading 50th and 51st home runs in an 8-6 victory over the Rockies at Wrigley Field.

    2001 - The International League's Triple-A game between the Rochester Red Wings (Orioles) and Ottawa Lynx (Expos) features Tim Raines and his son Tim Jr. as opponents. It is believed to be the first contest involving a dad and his son facing each other during the regular season on the professional level.

    2002 - The Expos' first selection in the amateur draft (fifth overall), Clint Everts signs a deal with Montreal which gives him a $2.5 million signing bonus. The Houston Cypress Falls High School's right-hander along with teammate left-hander Scott Kazmir (Mets) are only the fourth pair of high school players selected in the first round of the same draft.

    2002 - In the longest game ever played in Little League World Series history, Louisville, Kentucky beats Fort Worth, Texas in the US semifinal in 11 innings, 2-1. A record-setting 49 strikeouts is recorded as Fort Worth's Walker Kelly strikes out 21 in nine two-hit innings and Louisville's Aaron Alvey fans 19 batter over nine no-hit inning.

    2003 - Miguel Tejeda starts his 559th consecutive game to establish a team record. The A's shortstop, who has the longest active streak in the majors, last missed a game on May 1, 2000.

    2003 - Much to the delight of the Fenway Faithful and the embarrassment of the team's first baseman, the "Rally Karaoke Guy" makes his debut when a video of Kevin Millar, as a LA City College freshman doing an impersonation of Bruce Springsteen singing "Born in the USA," is shown on the scoreboard. The video, which was first played at clubhouse meeting in Texas as a prank by a college friend, now FBI agent, appears to be Boston's answer to the Rally Monkey of Anaheim when the Red Sox win their first game in seven days beating the A's, 14-5.


    2003 - The Chicago White Sox traded Tim Hummel and cash to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Scott Sullivan.

    2005 - Using teammate's Cliff Floyd's bat, Mike Jacobs hits a three-run home run in his first major league at-bat pinch-hitting in the fifth inning. The left-handed hitting backstop becomes the fourth Mets rookie to go deep in his big league debut joining Benny Ayala, Mike Fitzgerald and Kaz Matsui.

    2005 - Florida suspends their bat boy for six games after the 11-year old accepts former Marlin and current Dodger hurler Brad Penny's $500 dare to drink a gallon of milk in less than an hour without throwing up. The sixth grader, who is able to drink the quantity in the allotted time but cannot keep it down, will be offered by the Milk Processor Education Program a promise to pay off the dare and will cover the lost wages resulting from the suspension if he agrees to drink three glasses every 24 hours.

    2006 - For the first time since 1943, the Yankees sweep a five-game series at Fenway. The latest Boston massacre leaves the Red Sox six and half games behind front-running New York and four games off the wild card pace.

    2006 - After seeing his starting pitcher give back seven runs of an 8-0 lead in the third inning, John Gibbons goes to the mound to remove Ted Lilly, who argues with the Blue Jay manager and refuses to give up the ball. The incident escalates in the clubhouse tunnel with the skirmish resulting in a bloody nose for the Toronto skipper.

    2006 - Cory Lidle, recently obtained from the Phillies along with Bobby Abreu in a trade-deadline deal, throws six scoreless innings to get the 2-1 win as the Yankees complete a five-game sweep of the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Dubbed the "Boston Massacre II", the lopsided series reminds fans of the rivalry of a similar meltdown in Boston in 1978.

    2007 - With a grand slam and a three-run homer, a two-run and a pair of one-run doubles during an 18-9 rout of the Yankees, Garret Anderson drives in a franchise-record ten runs with his four hits. The Angels' left fielder, who is one RBI shy of setting the American League mark, becomes the 12th player to collect 10 RBIs in one contest in big league history.

    2007 - Mark Reynolds ties a major league record, held by five other non-pitchers including Bo Jackson of the Royals in 1988, by striking out in nine plate consecutive appearances. The dubious streak comes to an end when Dave Bush hits the Diamondbacks' third baseman with a pitch in the sixth inning in a 7-4 Brewer victory at Chase Field.

    2007 - Citing he would be heavily taxed on the historically significant souvenir if he were to hold onto it, 21-year-old Matt Murphy reluctantly decides to sell the ball Barry Bonds hit to break Henry Aaron's all-time home run record. The August 7th AT&T Park home run ball, valued at an estimated $500,000, will be available from August 28 through September 15 through a Sotheby's/SCP on-line action.

    2010 - After being heckled by Philadelphia fans between innings, Nyjer Morgan throws a ball into the Citizens Bank Park outfield seats hitting a fan in the head. The Nationals outfielder will receive a seven-game suspension for his serious lapse of judgment, although his victim, a 37 years old male, is very surprised by the suspension and wishes his assailant luck with the appeal of the penalty.

    2010 - Matt Stairs sets the career record for pinch-hit home runs when he goes deep off Ernesto Frieri in the eighth inning of a 6-5 loss in Milwaukee. The two-run shot over the Miller Park right field fence, his twenty-first round-tripper coming off the bench, moves the premier pinch-hitter ahead of Cliff Johnson.

    2011 - The Padres retire Trevor Hoffman's No. 51 in a post-game ceremony to honor baseball's all-time saves leader, who retired in the off-season after playing 18 big league seasons, 16 with San Diego. After he was acquired by the team in a five-player deal in 1993, the right-handed reliever compiled 552 of his 601 saves for the Friars.

    2013 - Ichiro Suzuki collects his 4,000th career hit to join Ty Cobb and Pete Rose as the third professional baseball player to accomplish the feat. The Yankees right fielder, who has compiled more hits during his 13 seasons in the major leagues than any other player within the same amount of playing time, started his career with the Orix BlueWave in Japan where he had a total of 1,278 hits before joining the Mariners in 2001.

    2014 - The Chicago White Sox traded Gordon Beckham to the Anaheim Angels in exchange for a player to be named later; the Chicago White Sox received Yency Almonte (February 4, 2015).

    2015 - The Milwaukee Brewers traded Neal Cotts to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for player to be named or cash.




    Baseball Birthdays on August 21...

    1840 - West, Billy
    1847 - Gould, Charlie
    1866 - Titcomb, Cannonball
    1875 - Isbell, Frank
    1879 - Johns, Ollie
    1882 - Bates, Johnny
    1883 - Wilson, Chief
    1891 - Eschen, Jim
    1891 - Gossett, Dick
    1901 - Schulmerich, Wes
    1905 - Waddey, Frank
    1905 - Mosolf, Jim
    1907 - Hebert, Wally
    1907 - Jones, Cobe
    1911 - Cafego, Tom
    1912 - Williams, Woody
    1916 - Dickson, Murry
    1920 - Staley, Gerry
    1920 - Platt, Whitey
    1920 - Cardoni, Ben
    1921 - Knerr, Lou
    1923 - Flitcraft, Hilly
    1924 - Fear, Vern
    1937 - Damaska, Jack
    1939 - Beauchamp, Jim
    1943 - Millan, Felix
    1945 - Davanon, Jerry
    1948 - Robinson, Craig
    1948 - Ellis, John
    1951 - Stearns, John
    1952 - Lang, Chip
    1954 - Berenyi, Bruce
    1956 - Johnson, John Henry
    1957 - Eddy, Steve
    1957 - Pastore, Frank
    1963 - Jackson, Ken
    1964 - Hillegas, Shawn
    1965 - Bullinger, Jim
    1966 - Wetteland, John
    1968 - Rhodes, Karl
    1968 - Misuraca, Mike
    1969 - Cedeno, Andujar
    1970 - Counsell, Craig
    1972 - Crow, Dean
    1973 - Bovee, Mike
    1973 - Collier, Lou
    1973 - Valdes, Ismael
    1976 - Ebert, Derrin
    1976 - Vazquez, Ramon
    1978 - Gronkiewicz, Lee
    1978 - Marquis, Jason
    1983 - Chavez, Jesse
    1983 - Clement, Jeff
    1984 - Molleken, Dustin
    1984 - Upton, B.J.
    1986 - Hamren, Erik
    1987 - Martinez, J.D.
    1989 - Adrianza, Ehire
    1989 - Collins, Tim
    1990 - Vazquez, Christian
    1991 - Williams, Mason
    1992 - Drury, Brandon
    1993 - Fisher, Derek
    1993 - Weaver, Luke



    Baseball Deaths on August 21...

    1903 - Leonard, Andy
    1915 - Thomas, Blaine
    1919 - Clark, Bob
    1928 - Mulvey, Joe
    1934 - Lundgren, Carl
    1937 - Wright, George
    1944 - Gilks, Bob
    1944 - Post, Lew
    1947 - Brady, King
    1952 - Ryan, Jack
    1957 - Damrau, Harry
    1960 - Kelleher, John
    1963 - Asmussen, Tom
    1965 - Harris, Bill
    1967 - McGrew, Slim
    1972 - Kenna, Eddie
    1973 - Hutchinson, Ira
    1975 - McLane, Ed
    1984 - Smith, Rufus
    1985 - Luebbe, Roy
    1987 - Callaway, Frank
    1989 - Wilks, Ted
    1990 - Uhl, Bob
    1990 - Lasley, Bill
    2000 - Kerns, Russ
    2010 - Davidson, Satch
    2018 - Stone, Dean

August 22, 1968 - After walking on a 3-2 count which included pitches sailing over his head to the backstop and a ball being thrown behind him, Dick McAuliffe charges the mound and drives his knee into White Sox hurler Tommy John causing the pitcher’s shoulder to separate. Tommy John (10-5, 1.98) will be lost for the rest of the season and the Tiger’ shortstop is suspended for five games and fined $250 by AL president Joe Cronin as a result of the bench-clearing incident.

Boxscore & P-B-P:  http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1968/B08220DET1968.htm

August 23, 1906 - At American League Park in Washington, D.C.,  the White Sox and Roy Patterson defeat the Senators, 4-1. The win is Chicago's 19th consecutive victory, establishing a new American League record.

    On August 25 in Baseball History...

    1891 - The Boston National League club shocks the baseball world by announcing the signing of King Kelly away from the rival Boston American Association club, thereby wrecking peace talks between the leagues. Kelly signs through the 1892 season for a total of $25,000, a figure that will not be topped by any player until the Federal League war of 1914 and 1915.

    1913 - Carl Weilman become the first major leaguer to strike out six consecutive times in a single game. The Browns hurler accomplishes the dubious feat as the losing pitcher in a 3-0 defeat to the A’s at Sportsman's Park.

    1922 - After a building 25-6 early lead, thanks to scoring ten runs in the second inning and another 14 in the fourth, the Cubs need to hold on to defeat Philadelphia 26-23. The slugfest, which sets the major league mark for most tallies scored in one game and the most hits with a combined total of 51, ends with the Phillies leaving the bases loaded in the ninth.

    1934 - Schoolboy Rowe wins his 16th consecutive game defeating the Senators, 4-2, to tie the American League record shared by Smoky Joe Wood, Walter Johnson and Lefty Grove. The 24 year-old right-hander from Waco, Texas native, who goes 3-for-4 in the contest, singles home the eventual winning run in the ninth inning in the team's 4-2 victory over the Senators at Griffith Stadium.

    1936 - The Braves establish a new major league record hitting seven doubles in one inning. The two-bagger barrage occurs in the first frame of a 20-3 rout of the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park.

    1946 - The Yankees become the first major league team to draw over two million paying patrons at home when 42,908 fans show up at the Bronx ballpark to watch the Bombers drop a 7-2 decision to Detroit's Hal Newhouse. Today's crowd brings the season total to 2,027,087, three-quarters of a million more than the previous American League record also set by New York when the team played at the Polo Grounds in 1920.

    1952 - In a 1-0 win over the Yankees, Virgil Trucks of the Tigers pitches his second no-hitter of the season. The no-hitter is in doubt for three innings when a play made by shortstop Johnny Pesky in the third inning is under debate. Phil Rizzuto's grounder is ruled an error, then a hit, before it is switched back to an error.

    1956 - Prior to the Old Timers' Game at Yankee Stadium, shortstop Phil Rizzuto is asked to consult with general manager George Weiss and manager Casey Stengel concerning a player move necessitated by reacquiring Enos Slaughter off waivers from the A's. After making several suggestions about who should be cut from the squad, the veteran infielder is told by Weiss he is the player about to be let go.  Through the instigation of Ballantine Beer, Rizzuto will be in the announcing booth next year, replacing Jim Woods.

    1959 - The White Sox trade minor league infielder Bob Sagers and outfielder Harry Simpson to the Pirates in exchange for first baseman Ted Kluszewski. The 34 year-old 'Big Klu', who is obtained for the team's stretch run, will hit .391 and drive in 10 runs during the World Series for the AL champs.

    1967 - Dean Chance throws his second no-hitter of the month defeating the Indians 2-1 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. On August 5th, the Twins' 26-year old right-hander hurled five perfect innings in an abbreviated game against the Red Sox.

    1968 - Rocky Colavito, giving up just one hit in two and a third innings of relief, is credited with a win when the Yankees beat Detroit, 6-5. The Yankees outfielder, who also homers in the game, will be the last position player to notch a major league victory until Colorado catcher Brent Mayne accomplishes the feat in 2000.

    1979 - In a Hollywood Stars vs. the Media game played at Dodger Stadium, Robin Williams, the star of the hit television series, Mork and Mindy, a show in which he plays an alien, runs the bases backwards. The comedian explains circling the bags clockwise is very common on the Planet Ork, his character’s home in the universe.

    1983 - The Louisville Redbirds become the first minor league team to draw more than a million fans. A total of 1,052,438 people will watch the St. Louis AAA farm team play their American Association rivals at Cardinal Stadium, formerly know as Fairgrounds Stadium.

    1985 - New York's Dwight Gooden became the youngest to win 20 games with a 9-3 victory over the San Diego Padres. Gooden at 20 years, nine months, and nine days was one month younger that Bob Feller, who won 20 games for Cleveland in 1939.

    1986 - Oakland A's third baseman Mark McGwire hits his first major league home run, a 450-foot blast to center field off Walt Terrell, as Oakland beats Detroit 8-4 at Tiger Stadium.

    1991 - Doug Dascenzo commits his first career error after 242 games, an National League record, in Cubs' 12-9 loss to the Padres.

    1991 - At Busch Stadium, Lee Smith becomes the fifth major leaguer to record his 300th save when he pitches a scoreless ninth inning to preserve the Cardinals' 5-2 victory over L.A. The Louisiana native will retire with the most saves in major league history with 478, compiled during 18 seasons with eight different teams

    1992 - After posting a 12-14 record during the longest scheduled road trip in big league history, the Astros return to Houston to play a home game. The twenty-six game journey to eight cities is made necessary because of the Republican National Convention being held at the Astrodome.

    1995 - At Veterans Stadium, Gregg Jefferies hits for the cycle when Philadelphia crushes the Dodgers, 17-4. The Phillies' first baseman, who has four RBIs and scores four runs, collects all of his extra-base hits of off LA starting pitcher, Hideo Nomo.

    1996 - Brian Lesher becomes the first person born in Belgium to appear in a major league game. The 25-year old from Wilrij starts in right-field and enjoys a 1-for-3 day at the plate, including a run-scoring single in the sixth inning off Andy Pettitte in the A's 6-4 victory at Yankee Stadium.

    1996 - Joining Miller Huggins‚ Babe Ruth‚ and Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, who died of liver cancer last year, is honored with a monument in center field at Yankee Stadium. It is the first new monument to be dedicated by the team in 47 years.

    1997 - Boston's Nomar Garciaparra singles twice to extend his hitting streak to 27 games, breaking the American League rookie record set by Guy Curtright of the Chicago White Sox in 1943. The Red Sox come back to beat the Mariners 9-8. Garciaparra's streak will extend to thirty games.

    2000 - The Giants tie a franchise record by hitting eight doubles (Bill Mueller (2), Jeff Kent, Marvin Benard, J.T. Snow, Rich Aurilia, Felipe Crespo, and Ramon Martinez) en route to a 16-3 rout of the Phillies at Veterans Stadium. With the exception of Bobby Estalella, every San Francisco starter takes part of the 21-hit attack, including pitcher Russ Ortiz, who goes 3-for-3.

    2001 - Bengie Molina sets a team record by stroking nine consecutive hits. The Angel catcher is the first Anaheim player to have consecutive four-hit games since Tim Salmon accomplished the feat in 1994.

    2002 - Participating in a minor-league baseball promotion, a 28-year old woman collapsed and dies after running from the outfield fence to the infield in quest of a hidden diamond. She was one of approximately 250 women hoping to find a small box containing the treasure after the game between the Orlando Rays and Jacksonville Suns.

    2005 - With the 6-3 Cardinals win over the Pirates at PNC Park, skipper Tony LaRussa with his 2,195th career triumph moves past Sparky Anderson for third place for most victories by a big league manager. Connie Mack (3,731) and John McGraw (2,763) are first and second on the all-time managerial list for the number of major league wins.

    2007 - Padres rookie Craig Stansberry makes his big league debut with a seventh-inning pinch-hit single in San Diego’s 4-3 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The 25-year old, who moved to the United States when he was an infant, is the first person born in Saudi Arabia to participate in a major league game.

    2008 - After being swept in a four-game series earlier in the month in L.A., the Phillies return the favor beating the Dodgers, 5-0 to complete its own four-game sweep. It is the first time in franchise history that Philadelphia has swept the Dodgers in a four-game series at home.

    2008 - The Twins get 37-year-old Eddie Guardado, their former reliever from 1993-2003, from the Rangers in exchange for 21-year-old right-hander Mark Hamburger. The veteran “Everyday Eddie” will assume the setup role for Minnesota during the stretch run.

    2008 - Hitting a home run to lead off the game, Grady Sizemore becomes the second Indian and 14th American League member of the 30-30 club. The Cleveland outfielder joins Joe Carter (1987) as the only players in franchise history to accomplished the feat.

    2008 - Mike Pelfrey becomes the first Mets hurler with back-to-back complete-game victories since Bret Saberhagen accomplished the feat in 1995. With the help of a pair of Carlos Delgado three-run home runs, the 24-year old right-hander beats the Astros, 9-1.

    2009 - With a 5-4 win in ten innings over the Dodgers, the Rockies move 18 games over .500 for the first time in franchise history. The wild-card leader, winning 52 of their 74 games, the latest on a Troy Tulowitzki bases-loaded single, has cut LA's Western Division lead from 15.5 games on June 3 to just two games.

    2010 - The Reds blow a nine-run lead over San Francisco, but manage to tie the game in the ninth on Paul Janish’s single and get a 12-11 victory on Joey Votto’s two-out, tie-breaking hit in the 12th inning. Earlier in the day, the Braves squander the same size lead at Coors Field, but lose the game, 12-10, to the Rockies, who match their largest comeback in franchise history.

    2010 - Felix Hernandez collects his 1000th strikeout when he fans David Ortiz in the sixth inning of the Mariners' 4-2 victory over Boston at Safeco Field. The 24-year old Seattle starter, the fourth youngest ever to reach the milestone, joins Randy Johnson (2,162), Jamie Moyer (1,239) and Mark Langston (1,078) as the fourth pitcher in franchise history to accomplish the feat.

    2011 - In a 22-9 annhilation of the A's, the Yankees become the first team to hit three grand slams in one game. Robinson Cano, Russell Martin and Curtis Granderson all go deep with the bases loaded at the Bronx ball yard.

    2011 - The Minnesota Twins sold Jim Thome to the Cleveland Indians.

    2012 - In nine-player blockbuster trade, the Dodgers obtain Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, Nick Punto and cash considerations for James Loney, Allen Webster, Ivan De Jesus, Jr. and two players to be named later (Rubby De La Rosa and Jerry Sands). The deal gives the new Dodgers ownership an opportunity to show their fans they are serious about making a run for the postseason while giving an under-performing Boston team more financial flexibility in the offseason.

    2013 - For the first time in nearly six decades, a player homers to support his brother's effort on the mound when Jordan Danks goes deep in the fourth inning in the White Sox' 5-2 win over Texas, with his sibling, John, throwing six innings to earn the U.S. Cellular Field victory. In 1955, A's catcher Billy Shantz also homered in a game in which his battery mate was his brother Bobby.

    2013 - When he goes deep off KC's Ervin Santana, Bryce Harper becomes the third player in baseball history to hit 40 homers before his 21st birthday.  The Washington outfielder joins Mel Ott and Tony Conigliaro, who hit 61 and 56 round-trippers, respectively, for the Giants and Red Sox, before reaching their age of majority.   

    2015 - Calling his tweet completely unacceptable, ESPN pulls analyst Curt Schilling from the network's Little League World Series broadcasts. The former major league pitcher's post, which was quickly deleted, connected Muslim extremism to Nazi Germany.



    Baseball Birthdays on August 25...

    1858 - Jones, Frank
    1859 - Stockwell, Len
    1862 - Simon, Hank
    1869 - McFetridge, Jack
    1881 - Pettigrew, Ned
    1882 - McGeehan, Conny
    1884 - Catterson, Tom
    1884 - Reilley, Duke
    1886 - Kroh, Rube
    1887 - Rudolph, Dick
    1889 - Stevens, Jim
    1889 - Graff, Fred
    1892 - Jones, Johnny
    1892 - Boeckel, Tony
    1893 - Gandy, Bob
    1894 - Wetzel, Buzz
    1895 - Roberts, Ray
    1907 - Meadows, Rufus
    1911 - Frink, Fred
    1912 - Cisar, George
    1913 - Snyder, Bernie
    1913 - Narron, Sam
    1916 - Gantenbein, Joe
    1918 - Busby, Paul
    1921 - Jurisich, Al
    1922 - Devlin, Jim
    1926 - Suchecki, Jim
    1926 - Milliken, Bob
    1928 - Johnson, Darrell
    1928 - Wooldridge, Floyd
    1934 - Mauriello, Ralph
    1937 - Coleman, Choo Choo
    1939 - Womack, Dooley
    1940 - Wallace, Don
    1942 - Fitzmaurice, Shaun
    1944 - Smith, Dick
    1946 - Fingers, Rollie
    1949 - Babc0ck, Bob
    1950 - Heaverlo, Dave
    1950 - Perzanowski, Stan
    1953 - Lacey, Bob
    1954 - Redfern, Pete
    1960 - Meacham, Bob
    1962 - McDowell, Oddibe
    1966 - Belle, Albert
    1970 - Brumley, Duff
    1970 - Glanville, Doug
    1972 - Welch, Mike
    1972 - Abad, Andy
    1973 - Powell, Dante
    1974 - Matthews, Jr., Gary
    1974 - Ozuna, Pablo
    1976 - Feliciano, Pedro
    1976 - Rose, Mike
    1980 - Musser, Neal
    1987 - Morrison, Logan
    1987 - Smith, Murphy
    1987 - Upton, Justin
    1987 - Warren, Adam
    1990 - Marksberry, Matt
    1990 - Marrero, Deven
    1990 - Muncy, Max
    1992 - Shepherd, Chandler



    Baseball Deaths on August 25...

    1891 - Sweeney, Jerry
    1894 - Robinson, Yank
    1913 - Donahue, Red
    1927 - Cheek, Harry
    1928 - Wiltse, Snake
    1929 - Maher, Tom
    1943 - Hughes, Bill
    1949 - Watson, Mule
    1950 - Disch, George
    1952 - Maupin, Harry
    1953 - Maisel, Charlie
    1955 - Hudgens, Jimmy
    1957 - Griffin, Ivy
    1960 - Crolius, Fred
    1962 - Friday, Skipper
    1965 - Graham, Moonlight
    1966 - Rolling, Ray
    1966 - Zoldak, Sam
    1967 - Nelson, Emmett
    1970 - Moon, Leo
    1972 - Chelini, Italo
    1972 - Crouch, Jack
    1980 - Lee, Cliff
    1982 - Steineder, Ray
    1984 - Scalzi, Skeeter
    1984 - Hoyt, Waite
    1989 - Brideweser, Jim
    1993 - Bolton, Cecil
    1994 - Garrison, Cliff
    2004 - Epps, Hal
    2016 - Dade, Paul

On August 27 in Baseball History...

1897 - Washington Senator (NL) right-hander Roger Bresnahan makes his major league debut shutting out the St. Louis Browns, 3-0, en route to posting a perfect 4-0 record along with a 3.95 ERA this season. The 18 year-old's pitching time on the mound will be short-lived when the 'The Duke Of Tralee' switches to behind the plate to start a Hall of Fame career as catcher.

1910 - Using twenty 137,000 candlepower arc lights, two amateur teams play a night game in White Sox Park before 20,000. The first American League night game in the park will be in 1939.

1911 - At Comiskey Park, Chicago hurler Ed Walsh, Sr. no-hits the Red Sox, 5-0. The future Hall of Famer's son, Edward Arthur, will also pitch for the White Sox from 1928-1932.

1912 - At Boston‚ Chicago White Sox infielders Rath and Weaver get thrown out of the game‚ and coach Kid Gleason takes over at 2B. The 45-year-old last appeared in a game 4 years ago‚ but he makes no errors and goes 1-for-2 at the plate. With his appearance‚ Gleason has now played in four decades. The two Sox knot at 8 runs apiece.

1918 - Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in the chemical warfare branch of the Army.

1920 - The first place White Sox lose to the Yankees 6-5 in 12 innings but still lead the AL. Ruth is out of the Yank's lineup with a swollen arm from chigger bites incurred while working off days as a star in the filming of Safe At Home.

1937 - Dodger right-hander Fred Frankhouse holds the Reds hitless for 7 2/3 innings before a heavy downpour ends the Ebbets Field contest permanently. The right-hander's 5-0 victory will be one of the 31 "no-no's" that is erased when MLB redefines a no-hitter in 1991 as a game in which a pitcher throws nine innings or more without giving up a hit.

1938 - In the first game of a twin bill at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive triples. His offensive outburst helps the Bronx Bombers edge the Indians, 8-7.

1938 - Monte Pearson becomes the first pitcher to throw a no hitter in Yankee Stadium. The right-hander faces only 27 batters, thanks to two double plays, beating the the Indians, 13-0, for his 10th consecutive victory.

1941 - Beating the Braves 6-4, Charlie Root, best known for giving up Babe Ruth's 'called' home run, becomes the first pitcher to win 200 games in a Cub uniform.

1946 - A committee formed to study integration, which includes Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, delivers its secretive report during an Owners' Meeting, defending the covert color barrier which exists in professional baseball. The absurd reasons given to why blacks shouldn’t be allowed to play in the big leagues include an absence of skills due to inferior training and lack of fundamentals and the need to respect Negro League contracts, but another lesser known motivation may have been profit as revealed later in the report, “The Negro leagues rent their parks in many cities from clubs in Organized Baseball (and) Club owners in the major leagues are reluctant to give up revenues amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars every year" as well as the fear white fans would be driven away if black players attracted more minorities to the ballpark.

1951 - Scoring all the Phillies' runs in the victory over the Reds, Del Wilber hits three solo homers making it the first time in major league history a player has accounted for all the runs in a 3-0 game with home runs. The 32-year old catcher will hit a total of only 19 homers during his major league career.

1952 - The Dodgers set the National League mark for consecutive games with a double play when they complete a twin killing in their 23rd straight contest, a 10-5 loss to Chicago at Wrigley Field. The fifth inning 1-4-3 DP, pitcher Clyde King to second baseman Jackie Robinson to first baseman Gil Hodges, leaves Brooklyn two shy of the major league record.

1955 - In his second big league start, bonus baby Sandy Koufax two-hits the Reds at Ebbets Field, 7-0. Showing his future dominance of the 1960’s, the southpaw strikes out 14 Cincinnati batters.

1960 - Ernie Banks knocks in his 100th run of the season when he grounds out in the first inning of the Cubs' 5-4 victory over Philladelphia at Wrigley Field. The Chicago infielder, who will end his MVP season with 117 RBIs, will be the last National League shortstop to reach the milestone until Hubie Brooks accomplishes the feat with the Expos in 1985.

1974 - At Shea Stadium, Benny Ayala becomes the first National Leaguer in 13 years to hit a home run in his first major league at-bat. The Mets rookie goes deep off Astros' hurler Tom Griffin in New York's 4-2 win.

1975 - At Candlestick Park, nearly half the outs in the Giants' 9-1 victory over the Expos come via the strike out. John Montefusco, who goes the distance to get the win, strikes out 14 Montreal batters, and the 'Count' and his teammates reciprocate by whiffing 11 times, including the three times he goes back to the dugout with a bat in his hands.

1975 - Craig Kusick gains the dubious distinction of being hit by a pitch three times in one game, tying a major league record. The 11th inning plunking of the Twins' first baseman leads to the decisive run in the team's 1-0 victory over Milwaukee.

1977 - Toby Harrah and Bump Wills of the Texas Rangers hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs on consecutive pitches in the seventh inning as the Rangers beat New York, 8-2, at Yankee Stadium.

1978 - Joe Morgan of the Cincinnati Reds hit his 200th career home run to become the first major leaguer to have 200 homers and 500 stolen bases.

1982 - Rickey Henderson steals four bases in Oakland's 5-4 loss to Milwaukee to raise his total to 122 and break Lou Brock's single-season record of 118. The record-breaking 119th steal comes off pitcher Doc Medich and catcher Ted Simmons on a third-inning pitchout.

1986 - With one out in the bottom of the eleventh inning and the visiting Mets ahead of the Padres, 6-5, Lenny Dykstra's throw nails Gary Templeton at the plate when he tries to score from second base on Tim Flannery's single to center field. Knocked on his back by the runner, catcher John Gibbons, from a prone position, throws a strike to Howard Johnson who tags out Flannery, trying to get to third base, to end the game with an unusual 8-2-5 double play.

1988 - Tommy Lasorda wins his 1,000th game as a manager as Los Angeles tops Philadelphia 4-2.

1990 - The Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed thirty-five minutes when a huge swarm of gnats descends onto the field through the open SkyDome roof. Milwaukee scratches out a 4-2 win.

1997 - In honor of first baseman Jim Thome's birthday, the Indians begin pulling up their socks to just below the knees. The Tribe will win 17 of 27 games en route to clinching the American League East flag while sporting this new look.

1999 - In a 4-1 Expos loss to the Reds at Olympic Stadium, Vladimir Guerrero’s hitting streak, the longest in the big leagues since 1987, ends at 31 consecutive games. The Montreal outfielder's accomplishment sets a franchise record.

2000 - The Angels become the first American League team to have four players hit 30 home runs in the same season when Tim Salmon goes deep in LA's 10-9 victory over Cleveland at Edison Field. The Halos' right-fielder joins teammates Mo Vaughn, Garret Anderson, and Troy Glaus in reaching the plateau.

2001 - In the Nippon Ham Fighters-Fukuoka Daiei Hawks contest, Michihiro Ogasawara doubles and tallies on Yukio Tanaka's single breaking a 51-year Japanese record by scoring a run in 17 consecutive games. Indian Kenny Lofton (2000) and Yankee Red Rolfe (1939) share the major league record of 18 straight games.

2001 - With his 17th dinger this month, Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa ties the National League record for August homers established by Willie Mays in 1965. Tiger Rudy York set the major league mark going yard 18 times in the eighth month of 1937.

2005 - Jeff Kent becomes the first player to hit 300 homers as a second baseman. The Dodger infielder, who surpassed Ryne Sandberg’s total of 277 last September, is the major league leader at this position with Joe Gordon holding the American League record with 246 round-trippers.

2005 - After losing a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning against the Yomiuri Giants earlier in the season, Fumiya Nishiguchi (16-4) sees his perfect game against the expansion Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles go into extra innings. The Seibu Lions right-hander gives up a hit and has to settle for a 10-inning complete game shutout.

2007 - Citing the need a fresh start, Drayton McLane, owner of the last place Astros, fires skipper Phil Garner and GM Tim Purpura. Bench coach Cecil Cooper is named interim manager with long-time team executive Tal Smith being appointed as general manager, also on an interim basis.

2007 - Jake Peavy becomes the Padres leader in career strikeouts when he punches out Orlando Hudson looking at an inside fastball in the first inning of a 3-1 San Diego victory over the Diamondbacks at Petco Park. The right-handed fireballer, who fans 11 in the game, moves past Andy Benes who had struck out 1036 batters pitching for the Friars from 1989 to 1995.

2008 - The Atlanta Braves traded Mark Kotsay to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Luis Sumoza.

2011 - Justin Verlander becomes the first pitcher to win 20 games before the start of September since the D-Back's Curt Schilling reached the milestone in 2002. The right-hander (20-5) gives up four runs on eight hits along with six strikeouts and three walks in six innings of work, but is credited with a victory when the Tigers beat Minnesota at Target Field, 6-4.

2013 - Marlon Byrd is traded by the Mets, along with John Buck and cash, to the Pirates for a player to be named later (Vic Black) and minor leaguer Dilson Herrera.  Although the outfielder is no longer on the roster, the team follows through on its planned promotion, giving away Marlon Byrd T-shirts prior to tonight's game. 


2015 - In their game against Seattle, the White Sox wear collared blue and white v-neck retro jerseys, reminding fans of the infamous look the team had starting with a few games 1976 until 1981. The Throwback Thursday promotion at U.S. Cellular Field features the unusual uniforms designed by then-owner Bill Veeck, who believed his team, at the time, may not have been the greatest in baseball, but could be the most stylish club in the major leagues.





Baseball Birthdays on August 27...

1847 - McKelvey, John
1860 - Carroll, Scrappy
1867 - Long, Dan
1873 - McJames, Doc
1875 - Hahn, Ed
1875 - Wright, Dave
1877 - Brashear, Kitty
1879 - Sentell, Paul
1885 - Louden, Baldy
1888 - Troy, Bun
1892 - Janvrin, Hal
1893 - Haworth, Howie
1893 - Nutter, Dizzy
1894 - Mulligan, Eddie
1894 - East, Carl
1898 - Wayenberg, Frank
1898 - Fisher, Clarence
1901 - Berger, Johnny
1901 - Collins, Phil
1903 - Engle, Charlie
1905 - Gudat, Marv
1910 - Pyle, Ewald
1912 - Olson, Ted
1915 - Verban, Emil
1918 - Lowrey, Peanuts
1921 - Picciuto, Nick
1923 - Grate, Don
1931 - Cunningham, Joe
1932 - King, Jim
1935 - Lindbeck, Em
1935 - Broglio, Ernie
1938 - McCabe, Joe
1944 - Hairston, Johnny
1946 - Peters, Ray
1946 - Herrmann, Ed
1947 - York, Jim
1948 - Beasley, Lew
1951 - Bell, Buddy
1952 - Edwards, Mike
1952 - Edwards, Marshall
1955 - Kelly, Pat
1956 - Steirer, Rick
1961 - Maddux, Mike
1967 - McRae, Brian
1967 - Smith, Willie
1970 - Thome, Jim
1971 - Pote, Lou
1973 - Gorecki, Rick
1974 - Vidro, Jose
1975 - Durrington, Trent
1977 - Miller, Justin
1979 - Murphy, Tommy
1979 - Pratt, Andy
1983 - Buckner, Billy
1986 - Mercer, Jordy
1987 - Bochy, Brett
1988 - Achter, A.J.
1988 - Frankoff, Seth
1988 - Olt, Mike
1989 - Vitter, Josh
1990 - Tropeano, Nick
1991 - Wisdom, Patrick
1993 - Travis, Sam



Baseball Deaths on August 27...

1897 - Moran, Sam
1905 - Kappel, Heinie
1917 - Alberts, Cy
1920 - Lyons, Toby
1943 - Truesdale, Frank
1953 - Shields, Charlie
1959 - Jonnard, Claude
1971 - Clarkson, Bill
1973 - Layne, Herman
1975 - Remneas, Alex
1976 - Mizeur, Bill
1980 - Wilson, John
1985 - Lindell, Johnny
1989 - Kelleher, Hal
1994 - Gryska, Sig
2000 - Mahoney, Bob
2004 - Crawford, Willie
2008 - Lindbeck, Em
2011 - Fanovich, Frank
2016 - Everitt, Leon

August 27, 1954 - In an 11-0 White Sox win at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia‚ Chicago third baseman Cass Michaels has his skull fractured by a pitch from A's Marion Fricano. Michaels is sidelined the rest of the year‚ and the injury will effectively end his 12-year ML career.

Boxscore & P-B-P:  http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1954/B08270PHA1954.htm

    On August 29 in Baseball History...

    1887 - Denny Lyons of the Philadelphia Athletics is held hitless for the first time since May 23 to end a 52-game hitting streak. In two of those games, however, Lyons' only hits were actually bases on balls, scored as hits this year.

    1918 - At Wrigley Field, Lefty Tyler tosses a gem as the Cubs edge the Reds, 1-0. The victory clinches the National League pennant for Chicago which will end the season 10.5 games ahead of the second-place Giants.

    1925 - After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice. Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him for disobeying orders on the field and team rules off the field. Ruth is forced to apologize before he's reinstated nine days later. The day after his return to the lineup, Ruth hits career home run number 300.

    1934 - Schoolboy Rowe, after sixteen straight victories, finally loses when the A's chase him after seven innings in a 13-5 final at Philadelphia's Shibe Park. In his last start, the Tiger right-hander tied the American League record for consecutive wins shared by Smoky Joe Wood, Walter Johnson and Lefty Grove.

    1939 - Wheaties sponsors the first telecast of a baseball game when their ads are aired during the Ebbets Field contest between Reds and the Dodgers. The commercial broadcast is only available in New York City where an estimated 500 people own television sets.

    1948 - Jackie Robinson hits for the backward cycle when he homers in the first inning, triples in the fourth, doubles in the sixth, and completes the rare event with single in the eighth. In addition to his ten total bases, the Dodger second baseman drives in two runs, scores three times and steals a base helping Brooklyn beat the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park, 12-7.

    1951 - The Yankees trade rookie hurler Lew Burdette along with $50,000 to the Braves for right-hander Johnny Sain. Burdette will come back to haunt the Bronx Bombers pitching three complete-game victories in the 1957 World Series won by Milwaukee in seven games.

    1951 - With his second home run of the game, the sixth time he has accomplished the feat this year, Gil Hodges hits his 36th round-tripper to establish a new franchise record for homers in a season. The Dodger first baseman's seventh-inning three-run blast in the team's 13-1 rout of Cincinnati at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field surpasses the mark of 35 set by Babe Herman in 1930.

    1954 - A disappointed crowd of 45,922 at Milwaukee's County Stadium sees the Dodgers take a pair from the Braves, 12-4, and 11-4. In game one, the Dodgers break a tie with a record eight runs in the eleventh inning. The Braves establish a new National League attendance mark of 1,841,666 on their way to a season total of 2,131,388.

    1964 - On Elston Howard Night, the Yankees sweep a doubleheader from Boston, 10-2, and 6-1. Joe Pepitone's three home runs, including a grand slam, and Roger Maris' six singles lead the offense. Mickey Mantle hits home run No. 447 in the opener and ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) in the nightcap.

    1965 - Giants center fielder Willie Mays breaks Ralph Kiner's record for home runs in a month when the 'Say Hey Kid' hits a moon shot off Jack Fischer for his 17th round tripper in an 8-3 victory over New York. The former Pirates outfielder, now a broadcaster for the Mets on WHN radio and WOR-TV, calls the round tripper which breaks his mark he established in 1949 with 16 round-trippers in the month of September.

    1966 - In San Francisco, the Beatles play their last concert ever at the Giants' home, Candlestick Park. The 'Fab Four' will never perform in public again.


    1966 - Getting the Cubs’ 4-2 win in relief, Robin Roberts becomes the first and only pitcher to beat the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves. The future Hall of Famer gains his third career big league victory against the Boston Braves on Independence Day in 1948.

    1967 - Bert Campaneris of the Kansas City A's hit three triples in a 9-8, 10-inning loss to the Cleveland Indians.

    1971 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves drove in his 100th run of the season, giving him the National League record of 11 seasons with 100 or more RBIs.

    1972 - During a 3-0 win over St. Louis, San Francisco's Jim Barr retires the first 20 batters to face him. Six days earlier, Barr had gotten out the last 21 men to face him. This gives Barr a major league-record of 41 consecutive batsmen retired.

    1977 - After four seasons and 1,382 major league at-bats, Duane Kuiper hits his first and only MLB career homer off of White Sox starter Steve Stone in the bottom of the 1st inning. The Indians' second baseman will come to bat 3,379 times in his 12 year career.

    1977 - At Jack Murphy Stadium, 39-year old Cardinals outfielder Lou Brock steals two bases breaking the 49-year-old career stolen bases record with his 893rd swipe. The Georgia Peach had established the mark in 1928 as a member of the Philadelphia A's at the age of 41.

    1977 - Nolan Ryan, who will finish the season fanning 341 batters, strikes out 11 Orioles to pass 300 mark for the fifth time in his career. The Angels right-hander’s performance isn’t enough to prevent a 6-1 loss to Baltimore at Memorial Stadium.

    1985 - Don Baylor is hit by a first inning pitch thrown by Angels' hurler Kirk McCaskill. It is the 190th time the Yankee DH has been plunked which breaks, pardon the expression, Minnie Minoso’s American League record.

    1986 - The Angels, down by eight runs in the bottom of the final frame, score nine times to beat the Tigers, 13-12. Dick Schofield, batting for the second time in the inning, completes the amazing comeback with a two-out walk-off grand slam off Willie Hernandez.

    1987 - Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for a major league-record 11th time, fanning seven Pirates in six innings of an 8-2 Astros loss.

    1989 - Giving up just three singles, recently acquired Mets southpaw Frank Viola out duels Orel Hershiser and beats the Dodgers, 1-0. The classic contest between two aces marked the first time in baseball history that the reigning winners of the Cy Young Award have faced one another in the regular season.

    1992 - Atlanta's Charlie Leibrandt records his 1,000th strikeout and decides to save the ball. He rolls the ball towards the dugout for safekeeping, but neglects to call time out so Ricky Jordan takes second base on the error.

    1993 - George Brett got his 200th stolen base in Kansas City's 5-4, 12-inning victory over Boston to join Willie Mays and Hank Aaron as the only players with 3,000 hits, 300 homers and 200 steals.

    1995 - With two out in the ninth inning at Three Rivers Stadium, Paul Wagner loses a no-hitter against Rockies on an infield single by Andres Galarraga. The 27-year old Pirates right-hander will win the game, 4-0, but will lead the National League in losses this season posting a 5-16 record for Pittsburgh.

    1996 - The Orioles become the first major league team to have seven players hit 20 or more home runs in the same season when Bobby Bonilla goes deep off right-hander Bob Wells in the first inning of a 9-6 loss to Seattle at the Kingdome. The other Baltimore sluggers to reach the plateau include Rafael Palmeiro, Roberto Alomar, Cal Ripken, B.J. Surhoff, Brady Anderson, and Chris Hoiles.

    1998 - Derek Jeter hits his 17th home run of the season to establish a new mark for Yankee shortstops. The infielder also scores four times in a 11-6 victory over the Mariners.

    1999 - Tony Eusebio's home run in the top of the 13th inning is the difference in the Astros' 11-9 victory over the Braves in Atlanta. The Houston catcher's homer breaks the skid of eleven consecutive losses which is a team record.

    2000 - As the Braves come to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning trailing the Reds, 4-2, a power spike causes most of the lights to go out at Turner Field causing a 12-minute delay. As the Atlanta crowd waits for play to resume it is treated to a rendition of the song, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia".

    2001 - The Cardinals score two runs on a strikeout when runners, who are breaking from first and second, score after pinch-hitter Bobby Bonilla strikes out throwing his bat down the third-base line causing the Padres third baseman Phil Nevin to duck to avoid being hit by the flying lumber. At the same time, catcher Ben Davis's throw, attempting to cut down the runner at an unmanned third base, goes into left field which allows Edgar Renteria to score from second and Eli Marrero also tallies from first as left fielder Rickey Henderson misplays the ball.

    2002 - At Milwaukee's Miller Park, Mark Bellhorn becomes the first National Leaguer and joins Carlos Baerga as the only other switch-hitter to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning. The Cub infielder connects off southpaw Andrew Lorraine to start Chicago's 10-run fourth-inning and then goes deep again with a three run homer with two outs off Jose Cabrera.

    2002 - To show their displeasure about tomorrow's impending strike, fans at the Devil Ray-Angel game begin throwing foul balls back onto the field at Edison Field and over 100 people are ejected for throwing trash. New words are added to the traditional seventh-inning rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" as many of the fans in attendance begin to chant, "Don't strike! Don't strike! Don't strike!".

    2004 - At Toronto's SkyDome, Blue Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek joins former players George Bell, Joe Carter and Tony Fernandez, Dave Stieb, former manager Cito Gaston and former general manager Pat Gillick as the seventh member of the club's Level of Excellence. The recipient of the team’s highest award for individual achievement, which comes as an emotional surprise for the play-by-play announcer, called 4,306 consecutive regular season games, and another 41 during the postseason during the first 27 1/2 seasons of the franchise’s existence.

    2004 - In the Cardinals’ 4-0 victory over Pittsburgh at PNC Park, Albert Pujols homers to become only the fourth player in major league history to hit 40 home runs and compile 100 RBIs in four consecutive seasons. The St. Louis first baseman joins Hall of Famers Al Simmons, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams in accomplishing the feat.

    2006 - Roy Oswalt and the Astros reach agreement on a $73 million contract extension keeping the two-time 20-game winner in Houston for the next five years. The deal, the largest multi-season deal in franchise history, is signed on the right-hander's 29th birthday.

    2006 - With his two homers (726, 727) in a 13-8 losing effort to the Braves at Miller Park, Giants slugger Barry Bonds passes Sammy Sosa into second place with 69 career multi-homer games. Babe Ruth hit two or more homers on 72 occasions during his 22-year career in the majors.

    2006 - Willy Taveras' consecutive game hitting streak team is stopped at 30 establishing a new team record. The Astros center fielder, who is plunked twice by Brewer starter Tomo Ohka, goes 0-for-3 in Houston's 10-3 win at Minute Maid Park.

    2006 - In a pre-game ceremony at Coors Field, the Rockies unveil a five-sided commemorative plaque which will be placed in the parking lot at the exact spot where home plate was located at Mile High Stadium. Although the team played just two seasons in the old ballpark before it was torn down to make room to park cars, the structure, built in 1948, served as the home for the popular minor league Denver Bears, the precursor to a major league team arriving in 1993.

    2007 - With Bobby Abreu at bat and Derek Jeter on second base during the bottom of the second inning at Yankee Stadium, visiting Red Sox manager Terry Francona is told to go to the dugout tunnel to show compliance with baseball's dress code. The Boston skipper, who is known not to wear his uniform jersey undernearth his pullover, is upset with timing of 'Shirtgate' because the inspection takes place as the game is being played.

    2008 - With a 14-3 victory over the Orioles, the Rays are assured of their first winning season in the 11-year old history of the franchise. Tampa Bay, presently in first place with an 82-51 record, had never won more than 70 games in a season.

    2010 - After initially ruling Brian McCann's drive a double, the umpires take just 86 seconds to overturn the call making it the first time in baseball history a game ends with a walk-off home run thanks to a video review of a play. The backstop's ninth inning round-tripper, which clearly bounced off the top of the outfield wall and strikes a second barrier, gives the Braves a 7-6 comeback victory over Florida.

    2010 - Nationals manager Jim Riggleman benches Nyjer Morgan for the 'unprofessional' play of his outfielder during yesterday's 14-5 victory over St. Louis. The center fielder had bowled over and severely injured Bryan Anderson at home plate in the bottom of the eighth inning even though the Cardinal catcher didn't have the ball, and when he neglected to touch home plate is called out on the play.

    2010 - In a pre-game ceremony prior to their game against New York, the White Sox retire Frank Thomas’ jersey number 35. The 'Big Hurt', a two-time American League MVP who played 16 of his 19 years in the big leagues in Chicago, retired in the off season with a .301 lifetime batting average along with 521 homers and 1,704 RBIs.


    2012 - Thanks to official scorer Bob Rosenberg changing his ruling, Darwin Barney establishes a National League single-season record when he plays in his 114th straight errorless game at second base in the Cubs' 3-1 loss to Milwaukee at Wrigley Field to break the mark set by David Eckstein, who had accomplished the feat playing for the Padres in 2010. After Barney originally received an error for his toss to the third base, the retired sportswriter changed his mind and gave the error to third baseman Luis Valbuena for mishandling the throw.

    2013 - The Cleveland Indians released pitcher Brett Myers.

    2013 - The New York Yankees released 1B/DH Dan Johnson.

    2014 - Minnesota, dating back to its origins in the nation's capital, becomes the 16th franchise in baseball history to reach the 10,000 home run plateau. The historic homer, struck by the Twin third baseman Trevor Plouffe, receives little fanfare, being the only tally the team scores in a 9-1 loss in Baltimore. 



    Baseball Birthdays on August 29...

    1857 - Cox, Frank
    1860 - West, Buck
    1861 - Ake, John
    1876 - Stricklett, Elmer
    1883 - Savage, Jimmie
    1885 - Bushelman, Jack
    1888 - Cottrell, Ensign
    1889 - Nicholson, Frank
    1891 - Callahan, Ray
    1892 - Wood, Roy
    1894 - Bono, Gus
    1895 - Morrison, Guy
    1898 - Collard, Hap
    1903 - Warner, Jack
    1906 - Hooks, Alex
    1906 - Goldman, Jonah
    1907 - Young, Pep
    1909 - Marrow, Buck
    1915 - Garrison, Ford
    1918 - Schultz, Joe
    1919 - Cox, Billy
    1919 - Lawing, Garland
    1919 - Grove, Orval
    1924 - McLeland, Wayne
    1925 - Brucker, Earle
    1927 - Naples, Al
    1928 - McDermott, Mickey
    1930 - Cole, Dave
    1932 - Mackenzie, Eric
    1932 - McCardell, Roger
    1937 - Stowe, Hal
    1939 - Nicholson, Dave
    1939 - Zupo, Frank
    1942 - Schneider, Dan
    1944 - Brown, Randy
    1946 - Sipin, John
    1946 - McNulty, Bill
    1950 - Zeber, George
    1950 - DeCinces, Doug
    1953 - Foley, Marv
    1960 - Williams, Reggie
    1960 - Tillman, Rusty
    1960 - Latham, Bill
    1963 - Richardson, Jeff
    1971 - Heflin, Bronson
    1971 - Blanco, Henry
    1975 - Riedling, John
    1977 - Oswalt, Roy
    1977 - Lomasney, Steve
    1977 - Rowand, Aaron
    1978 - Rogers, Eddie
    1979 - Sanders, Dave
    1979 - Shealy, Ryan
    1979 - Villacis, Eduardo
    1981 - Meyer, Drew
    1983 - Recker, Anthony
    1988 - White, Alex
    1989 - Scott, Robby
    1989 - Suter, Brent
    1989 - Watkins, Logan
    1990 - Taylor, Chris
    1992 - Syndergaard, Noah
    1994 - Reyes, Alex
    1995 - Rodriguez, Jose


    Baseball Deaths on August 29...

    1896 - Welch, Curt
    1920 - Peoples, Jimmy
    1923 - Milligan, Jocko
    1930 - Sanders, Ben
    1944 - McGill, Willie
    1948 - Graham, Charlie
    1950 - Ralston, Doc
    1954 - Ferry, Jack
    1961 - Schwartz, Bill
    1965 - Waner, Paul
    1966 - Schang, Bobby
    1966 - DeVormer, Al
    1968 - Howard, Paul
    1972 - Hausmann, Clem
    1976 - Platte, Al
    1982 - Niebergall, Charlie
    1989 - Dear, Buddy
    1992 - Gilbert, Andy
    2000 - Bell, Fern
    2001 - Tipton, Eric
    2001 - Peterson, Sid
    2001 - Selma, Dick
    2009 - Collum, Jackie
    2012 - Moss, Les

    On August 31 in Baseball History...

    1906 - Beset by injuries, the Tigers call 46-year-old Sam Thompson out of retirement. He drives in two runs in a 5-1 win over the Browns. Thompson last played in the majors in 1898. He appears in eight games and bats .226.

    1909 - The A. J. Reach Company is granted a patent for a cork-centered baseball, which will replace the hard rubber-cored one. This change will be particularly apparent in the NL in 1910-11.

    1915 - In the first game of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, Cubs' right-hander Jimmy Lavender no-hits the hometown Giants, 2-0. Next season, the 31-year old knuckleballer will stymie New York once again tossing a one-hitter, allowing only an infield safety to Benny Kauff.

    1935 - Vern Kennedy of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat Cleveland 5-0. Kennedy also had a bases-loaded triple.

    1937 - Detroit's rookie Rudy York sets a new record for home runs in a month, hitting his 17th and 18th to eclipse Babe Ruth's mark set in September 1927. Sammy Sosa will break that mark in 1998.

    1946 - With two singles in the Red Sox 4-2 victory over Philadelphia, Johnny Pesky collects a total of 53 hits in August, the highest monthly total in franchise history. The shortstop's team mark will be tied in 1950, also accomplished in the month August, by his close friend, Dom DiMaggio.

    1950 - In front of 14,226 fans at Ebbets Field, Gil Hodges becomes the fourth major leaguer in the century to hit four home runs in one game as Brooklyn routs the Braves, 19-3. The Dodger first baseman also ties the major league record for total bases with 17.

    1954 - The Indians beat the Yanks 6-1 to record their 26th win of the month, tying the 1931 Philadelphia A's.

    1954 - Closing in on the professional home run record of 69, established by Joe Hauser (Minneapolis-1938) and equaled by Bob Crues (Amarillo-1948), Joe Bauman blasts four home runs in the Roswell Rockets' 15-9 victory over the Wichita Falls/Sweetwater Spudders to bring his total to 68. The 32-year old slugging first baseman will finish the season with 72 homers, a record which will last until Barry Bonds surpasses the mark with by one round-tripper in 2001. -This entry was inspired by Ron Skrabacz, who was born on this date. His dad was a teammate of Joe's in 1949 on the Elk City Elks.

    1957 - Oriole minor league fireballer Steve Dalkowski strikes out 24 Bluefield players, but issues 18 walks, hits four batters and uncorks six wild pitches. The New Britain, Connecticut native's wildness costs him the game when Kingsport loses in an Appalachian League contest, 9-8.

    1959 - Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's National League mark and ties Bob Feller's major league record of 18 strikeouts in a game against the Giants as 82,974 fans watch. He also totals 31 strikeouts for two consecutive games to set a new major league mark. (The major league record for strikeouts in a game is now shared by Roger Clemens and Kerry Wood, while Wood holds the record with 33 strikeouts over two games.)

    1963 - In the bottom of the ninth with two outs at Wrigley Field, Ellis Burton hits a walk-off grand slam off Houston hurler Hal Woodeshick giving the Cubs a dramatic 6-5 victory. Chicago had been trailing 5-2 before the switch-hitting center fielder hit the most memorable of his 17 career round-trippers.

    1964 - Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of next year's Angels.

    1968 - Elroy Face ties Senators' legend Walter Johnson's major league mark for appearances with one team when he enters a game for the 802nd time for the Pirates, replacing Steve Blass, who remains in the contest in left field. After the reliever retires one batter to equal the record, Blass returns to the mound, and an announcement will be made before the final out is recorded in Pittsburgh's 8-0 victory over Atlanta that the Bucs' right-handed veteran has been sold to the Tigers

    1969 - Morganna, a well-endowed fan dressed in a mini dress, jumps onto the Atlanta Stadium field and kisses the batter Clete Boyer on the cheek. The Braves' third baseman then promptly ends a 1-for-17 slump with a RBI single and goes on an 8-for-15 tear.

    1974 - In a Class A minor league contest, Mavericks' manager Frank Peters rotates his starting nine so each player takes a different position on the field for every inning. The innovative strategy works as Portland posts an 8-7 victory over the Tri-Cities Ports, their Northwest League opponents. .

    1979 - The Phillies fire Danny Ozark, the club's skipper since 1973. Farm director Dallas Green takes over.

    1981 - Royals manager Jim Frey is fired and replaced by Dick Howser, whose Yankees lost to Frey's Royals in last season's American League Championship Series.

    1984 - Trailing by five runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Rangers score six times to beat the Brewers, 7-6. With two runs in and two out, Milwaukee shortstop Robin Yount's error on Gary Ward's ground ball loads the bases setting the stage for Buddy Bell's 'sayonara slam' over the left field wall off Pete Ladd.

    1989 - Arbitrator Thomas Roberts orders the major league owners to pay $10.5 million in damages as a result of their collusion against free agents after the 1985 season.

    1990 - Refusing to part with Triple-A third baseman Scott Cooper to get Larry Andersen from the Astros for the stretch run, Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman trades the Eastern League's MVP Jeff Bagwell for the right-handed relief pitcher. The University of Hartford standout will go on to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award (1991) and will become the league's MVP the same year Andersen, who hurled only 15 innings during his time in Boston, retires from the Phillies (1994) .

    1990 - The Ken Griffeys, Griffey, Jr. in center field and Ken (Sr.) in left field, become the first father-and-son combination in major league history to play as teammates, and they each go 1-for-4 in Seattle's 5-2 win over the Royals. The Mariners had signed the elder Griffey after he was waived by the Reds.

    1992 - The A's trade Jose Canseco to the Rangers for Ruben Sierra, Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell and an undisclosed amount of money. Baseball's bad boy will hit 45 home runs and bat .269 during his three-year tenure in Texas.

    1997 - Andruw Jones's grand slam is the Braves' tenth of the season breaking the National League mark for bases-full home runs for a team in single season. Ironically the record is broken in an American League park as Atlanta defeats the Red Sox at Fenway.

    1997 - In front of a crowd of 55,707, Don Mattingly's uniform number 23 is added to the list of retired numbers on the wall at Monument Park. The former Bronx Bomber first basemen, who served as captain of the team from 1991 to 1995, is the first Yankee to have his uniform number retired without having reached a World Series.

    1999 - Paul Byrd of the Phillies plunks Braves catcher Eddie Perez on the back precipitating a bench-clearing brawl between the two already unfriendly ball clubs. As the battle rages on, the two instigators are discovered praying together when the pitcher's prayer for forgiveness is overheard by the angry batter.

    2000 - The Red Sox trade two minor league pitchers to the Reds for Dante Bichette. The 36-year-old veteran outfielder will be the designated hitter for his new team.

    2001 - Upon learning Danny Almonte, star pitcher of the LLWS, is 14-years old, not 12 as required by the organization's rules, the Little League strips the Raulindo Paulino All-Stars of all its wins. The team, which had captured the heart of the community, finished third in Williamsport and was given a parade in New York and honored in a pregame ceremony at Yankee Stadium.

    2001 - Former major league league catcher Crash Davis, whose name was the inspiration for the main character of the 1988 hit movie Bull Durham, dies at the age of 82 after a yearlong bout with cancer. In the movie, which was ranked #1 as the greatest sports film of all time by Sports IIlustrated Kevin Costner portrays "Crash" as the veteran backstop of the Durham Bull brought in to help a rookie pitcher reach the big leagues by sharing his experiences on and off the field.


    2002 - Losing their 13th consecutive game at Shea Stadium, the Mets complete the worst month at home in National League history. With the 1-0 loss to Randy Wolf and the Phillies, the Amazins' join the Seattle Pilots (August-1969) and the Tigers (September-1996) as teams that have not won a home game in a calendar month with at least ten games.

    2004 - Equaling the largest shutout margin of a victory in baseball history, the Indians rout the Yankees, 22-0. The biggest defeat in the 101-year history of the Bronx Bombers matches the 1975 Pirates' record-setting performance against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

    2004 - Omar Vizquel becomes the first player in the 81-year history of Yankee Stadium to collect six hits in a game. The Indians shortstop's 6-for-7 performance helps pace the Tribe’s 22-0 dismantling of the Bronx Bombers.

    2005 - On the third pitch he sees in the bigs, Jeremy Hermida becomes only the second player to hit a grand slam in his first major-league at-bat. The Marlin rookie pinch hitter joins Phillies hurler Bill Duggleby who accomplished the same feat in 1898.

    2006 - With his major league leading 49th home run, Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard establishes a new club record for home runs in a single season. Last year's Rookie of the Year's fourth inning long ball at RFK Stadium puts him ahead of Hall Famer Michael Schmidt who hit 48 dingers in 1980.

    2006 - A.J. Pierzynski’s sixth inning blast makes the White Sox the first club in major league history to hit at least 200 home runs for seven consecutive seasons. The catcher's two-run homer isn't enough as Chicago loses to the Devil Rays at Comiskey Park, 5-3.

    2007 - After walking the lead-off hitter John Buck in the ninth to spoil his perfect game, Scott Baker gets an out then yields a single to pinch hitter Mike Sweeney two outs shy of a no-hitter. The Twins' 25-year-old right-hander from Shreveport, LA settles with a one-hitter blanking the Royals at the Metrodome, 5-0.

    2007 - Tony La Russa becomes the winingest manager in franchise history when the Cardinals defeat Cincinnati at Busch Stadium, 8–5. The Redbird skipper surpasses Red Schoendienst, who compiled a 1,041–955 managerial record with St. Louis.

    2008 - David Eckstein is traded by the Blue Jays to the Diamondbacks for minor league pitching prospect Chad Beck. The 33-year old infielder, who played a pivotal role for the 2002 World Champions Angels and was named the 2006 World Series MVP playing for the Cardinals, is obtained by Arizona to provide postseason leadership and experience.

    2008 - Greg Dobbs breaks the Phillies' 95 year-old club record for pinch hits in a season. The Californian's seventh inning pinch-hit game-tying double, his 21st hit off the bench, breaks the mark established by Doc Miller in 1913.

    2009 - The Chicago White Sox traded Jim Thome and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Justin Fuller.

    2009 - The Chicago White Sox traded Jose Contreras and cash to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Brandon Hynick.

    2010 - Jeff Francoeur is traded to the Rangers by the Mets in exchange for infielder Joaquin Arias. The rifle-armed right fielder will be a right-handed bat off the bench and defensive replacement for the play-off bound Texas team.

    2010 - Aroldis Chapman makes his much-anticipated major league debut tossing a perfect inning in the Reds' 8-4 victory over Milwaukee. The 22-year old Cuban defector lives up to the hype throwing four pitches at a speed of 100 mph or better.

    2010 - The Dodgers trade a player to be named (infielder Tony Abreu) to the Diamondbacks in exchange for starter Jon Garland. The 31-year old right-hander will post a 3-2 record with a 2.72 ERA in his six late-season starts for the Dodgers, before signing as a free agent with San Diego.

    2011 - The Diamondbacks set a team record with their 12th consecutive victory at home when they beat Colorado at Chase Field, 4-2. The streak surpasses the mark established by the 2000 and 2003 clubs.

    2011 - Craig Kimbrel sets a rookie record with his 41st save when he retires the side in order in the Braves' 3-1 victory over Washington at Turner Field. The 23-year old Atlanta closer, who will finish the season with 46, surpasses Neftali Feliz's saves record established last season with the Rangers.

    2011 - In a stretch-run trade with Pittsburgh, the Braves acquired Matt Diaz for a player to be named and cash considerations. The 33-year old outfielder, who played with Atlanta for five years, left the organization after the 2010 season when he inked a two-year, $4.25 million free-agent deal with the Pirates.

    2012 - Bob Uecker, known for his humor on and off the diamond, is honored by the Brewers in a light-hearted dedication ceremony outside Miller Park that unveils a seven-foot bronze statue of the team's popular broadcaster. The sculpture, depicting the smiling "Mr. Baseball" with his hands in his pockets, joins the likenesses of Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Robin Yount and Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig in front of of the ballpark.

    2014 - At the waiver deadline, the White Sox trade Adam Dunn to the A's for 23 year-old minor-league pitcher Nolan Sanburn, who is 3-1 with a 3.28 ERA along with 73 strikeouts in 71.1 innings hurling for Class A Stockton. Oakland hopes their new slugger, a 34 year-old two-time All-Star with 460 career homers, can provide some offensive punch for the contending team, which recently has been slumping.

    2014 - In the semifinals of the Japanese National High School Rubber Baseball Tournament, Chukyo High School finally breaks the scoreless tie that had captured the attention of a nation, tallying three runs in the 50th inning to beat Sotoku High School. Both starting pitchers, Chukyo's Taiga Matsui and Jukiya Ishioka of Sotoku, go the distance, throwing 709 and 689 pitches, respectively, in the contest that takes four days to compete.

    2015 - The Boston Red Sox traded Alejandro de Aza to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Luis Ysla.

    2017 - The Chicago White Sox traded Miguel Gonzalez to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Ti'Quan Forbes.

    2017 - The Detroit Tigers traded Justin Verlander, cash and a player to be named later to the Houston Astros in exchange for Daz Cameron, Franklin Perez and Jake Rogers; Houston Astros received Juan Ramirez (October 13, 2017).



    Baseball Birthdays on August 31...

    1850 - Kimball, Gene
    1866 - Clarkson, Dad
    1866 - Farrell, Duke
    1868 - Ehret, Red
    1869 - Cross, Monte
    1874 - Bruyette, Ed
    1875 - Chambers, Rome
    1875 - Plank, Eddie
    1880 - Fitzgerald, Matty
    1881 - Brown, Buster
    1883 - Smith, Syd
    1885 - Gaiser, Fred
    1888 - Rehg, Wally
    1893 - Currie, Murphy
    1898 - Connally, Sarge
    1905 - Pearce, Frank
    1905 - White, Jack
    1907 - Berres, Ray
    1907 - Burns, Jack
    1910 - Hutchinson, Ira
    1913 - Copeland, Mays
    1916 - Mack, Ray
    1916 - Litwhiler, Danny
    1917 - Dasso, Frank
    1919 - Wallaesa, Jack
    1922 - Andrews, Hub
    1925 - Hinrichs, Paul
    1927 - Dozier, Buzz
    1935 - Robinson, Frank
    1937 - Stallard, Tracy
    1940 - James, Cleo
    1940 - Hernandez, Ramon
    1942 - Dukes, Tom
    1942 - Webster, Ray
    1947 - Day, Boots
    1953 - Bernhardt, Juan
    1953 - Nahorodny, Bill
    1954 - Perconte, Jack
    1954 - Washington, Claudell
    1957 - Candiotti, Tom
    1958 - Hayes, Von
    1960 - Madden, Morris
    1961 - Hartley, Mike
    1962 - Tubbs, Greg
    1966 - Frye, Jeff
    1967 - Royer, Stan
    1968 - Howell, Pat
    1968 - Nomo, Hideo
    1969 - Minchey, Nate
    1975 - Kapler, Gabe
    1976 - Gilfillan, Jason
    1978 - Drew, Tim
    1979 - Hensley, Clay
    1979 - Raines, Jr., Tim
    1979 - Santiago, Ramon
    1981 - Dove, Dennis
    1981 - Ramirez, Ramon
    1982 - Kroeger, Josh
    1983 - Gabino, Armando
    1986 - Nicasio, Juan
    1987 - Cardullo, Stephen
    1987 - Johnson, Steve
    1988 - Adams, Matt
    1988 - Gindl, Caleb
    1989 - Hicks, John
    1989 - Pruitt, Austin
    1991 - Gonzalez, Erik
    1992 - Peters, Dillon
    1992 - Rodriguez, Ricatdo



    Baseball Deaths on August 31...

    1906 - Voss, Alex
    1910 - Esper, Duke
    1911 - White, Will
    1920 - Ricks, John
    1937 - Connell, Gene
    1938 - Moore, Gene
    1956 - Watt, Frank
    1958 - Quellich, George
    1962 - Wilson, Mutt
    1968 - Kirke, Jay
    1970 - Odom, Heinie
    1972 - Shiver, Ivey
    1981 - Parmelee, Roy
    1983 - Mills, Frank
    1985 - Smoll, Lefty
    1988 - Daley, John
    1989 - Newsome, Skeeter
    1993 - Hill, Jesse
    1994 - Garbark, Mike
    1996 - English, Gil
    2001 - Davis, Crash
    2005 - Hodkey, Eli
    2006 - Wagner, Charlie


 

    On September 1 in Baseball History...

    1890 - On Labor Day at Brooklyn's Washington Park, the Bridegrooms, later to be known as the Dodgers, win all three games against Pittsburgh in the first tripleheader ever played. The home team sweeps the visiting Alleghenys, who will be renamed the Pirates next season, 10-9, 3-2, and 8-4.

    1902 - Tinker, Evers, and Chance appear together in the Chicago Cubs lineup for the first time, but not in the positions that will earn them immortality. Johnny Evers, a New York State League rookie, starts at shortstop, with Joe Tinker at third base, Frank Chance at first base, and Bobby Lowe at second base.

    1906 - The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 in twenty-four innings. Jack Coombs of the Athletics and Joe Harris of the Red Sox pitched all twenty-four innings. Coombs fanned eighteen.

    1909 - Bill O'Hara becomes the first pinch runner to steal two bases in the same inning in the Giants' 9-6 victory over St. Louis at the Polo Grounds. The Giants' outfielder, who will swipe 31 bases this season, will duplicate the feat tomorrow off the same team.

    1912 - Smokey Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox, on his way to a thirty-four win season, beat Washington's Walter Johnson 1-0 in a specially arranged pitching duel at Boston. The victory was Wood's sixteenth consecutive.

    1918 - Ty Cobb pitches two innings against the Browns while the Browns' George Sisler pitches one scoreless inning. The Browns win 6-2 as Sisler hits a double off Cobb.

    1918 - Due to World War I, the major league regular season is originally scheduled to end today, but the owners decide to play through Labor Day (September 2). The Browns want the Indians fined and believe that Cleveland should forfeit two games for refusing to play on the extended dates (September 1 & 2).

    1931 - Lou Gehrig hits his third grand slam in four days. It is the sixth consecutive game in which the Yankees slugger has homered and it helps New York beat the Red Sox.

    1945 - Vince DiMaggio's bases-loaded home run paces the Phillies to an 8-3 victory over Boston at Braves Field. The Phillies outfielder ties a major league mark with his fourth grand slam of the season.

    1947 - The Giants break the 1936 Yankees record for the most home runs hit in a season by a team. The three Polo Grounds homers today raise the total to 185 and New York will finish the season with 221 round-trippers.

    1953 - The Cardinals tie a major league mark hitting five homers in a 12-5 loss to Brooklyn at Ebbets Field. The solo shots hit by Stan Musial, Harry Elliot, Rip Repulski and Steve Bilko (2), all off starter Preacher Roe, aren't enough to offset the Dodgers' 17-hit attack, which includes six doubles but no round-trippers.

    1954 - Redlegs slugger Ted Kluszewski hits two home runs to break his own club mark of forty homers in a 9-3 loss to Philadelphia. He will wind up with forty-nine for the season.

    1958 - Vinegar Bend Mizell of the St. Louis Cardinals set a National League record by walking nine batters and pitching a shutout. Mizell beat Cincinnati 1-0.

    1961 - Cuno Barragan hits his only big league home run in his first major league at-bat when he takes Dick LeMay deep over the left-field fence at Wrigley Field in the second inning of the Cubs' 4-3 loss to San Francisco. The 29-year old catcher will play in 69 games for Chicago over three seasons.

    1963 - Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals allowed six hits, drove in two runs with a triple and stole home plate in a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Simmons' steal of home is the last by a pitcher.

    1964 - Southpaw relief pitcher Masanori Murakami becomes the first Major League player from Japan. He debuts in a 4-1 San Francisco loss at New York. His first eleven innings will be scoreless ones.

    1966 - ardinals backstop Tim McCarver hits his 13th and final triple of the season helping the Redbirds beat the Braves at Busch Stadium, 7-4. The Memphis native becomes the first catcher to lead a league in three-baggers.

    1967 - After 20 scoreless innings, which matches the major league mark for a scoreless tie, Dick Groat draws a bases loaded walk giving the Giants 1-0 victory over the Reds.

    1967 - In the midst of his franchise record of 40 consecutive inning scoreless streak, Gaylord Perry hurls 16 innings of shutout ball in the Giants, 1-0, 21-inning victory over the Reds at Crosley Field. Frank Linzy keeps Cincinnati scoreless for the final five frames to get the victory.

    1969 - At Dodger Stadium, Willie Davis ties the franchise record by hitting in 29 consecutive games with his second-inning single in LA's 10-6 victory over New York. The mark was established by Zack Wheat in 1916.

    1971 - At Parc Jarry in Montreal, the Pirates become the first major league team to start an all-black team. The lineup includes infielders Al Oliver (1b), Rennie Stennett (2b), Jackie Hernandez (ss) Dave Cash (3b) and outfielders Willie Stargell (lf), Gene Clines (cf), Roberto Clemente (rf) with Dock Ellis (p) and Manny Sanguillen (c) making up the battery.

    1975 - When he whiffs Pirate Manny Sanguillen in the seventh inning of the Mets' 3-0 victory, Tom Seaver becomes the first pitcher to strike out at least 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons. The victory is also 'Tom Terrific's' 20th of the season making it the fourth time in his career he has reached that plateau.

    1979 - Angel infielder Carney Lansford hits three consecutive home runs. The Halos' homers help California down the Indians, 7-4.

    1987 - Williamsport (Eastern League) Bills catcher Dave Bresnahan introduces a new wrinkle to baseball, the hidden potato. With a Reading runner, Rick Rudblad, on third base, Bresnahan returns from a time out with a shaved potato hidden in his mitt. On the next pitch he throws the potato wildly on a pickoff attempt. When the runner trots home, Bresnahan tags him out with the real ball. The umpire, unamused, rules the runner safe, gives the catcher an error, and fines him $50. He is released the following day. But that night, their last game of the season, the Bills admit any fan for $1 and a potato. On each potato, Bresnahan autographs, "This spud's for you."

    1989 - Eight days after banning Pete Rose from baseball for life, Commissioner Bart Giamatti dies suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 51.

    1992 - At Tiger Stadium, Rick Aguilera pitches a scoreless ninth inning to notched his 35th save of the season in the Twins' 5-4 victory over Detroit. It is the right-handed reliever's 109th save making him the franchise all-time saves leader.

    1995 - Tigers manager Sparky Anderson manages his four-thousandth Major League game, but the Indians are 14-4 winners.

    1998 - In a 7-1 victory over the Marlins, Cardinal slugger Mark McGwire homers twice breaking Hack Wilson's National League single season home run record of 56. Mac's seventh inning shot ties the 1930 mark and a new record is established in the ninth when he hits a Don Pall pitch 472 feet over the Pro Player Stadium wall in centerfield.

    1999 - Due to the union's failure to force an early start to negotiations for a new labor contract with mass resignations, twenty-two of baseball's regular 68 umpires find themselves unemployed. In a deal, mediated by J. Curtis Joyner, a U.S. District Judge, the union agrees the 22 will no longer provide services for major league baseball.

    2000 - In an unusual play, the Orioles turns a triple play as shortstop Melvin Mora purposely lets a short fly drop in left field with runners at first and second. The runner at second (Travis Fryman) is tagged out and the runner at first (Wil Cordero) is forced at second and the batter (Sandy Alomar) thinking the infield-fly rule would be enforced does not go to first and is called automatically out for going back to dugout.

    2000 - Darin Erstad breaks the Angels' club record for total hits in a season (202) set in 1970 by Alex Johnson by getting three hits in a 9-8 loss to the White Sox giving him 204 so far this season.

    2001 - Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa hits the longest home run in Turner Field history as his 53rd of the season travels 471 feet to straight away center. The historic homer comes in the first inning off four-time Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux.

    2002 - Thanks to Miguel Tejada's three-run ninth inning walkoff home run, the A's beat the Twins, 7-5 extending their winning streak to 18. The dramatic victory marks the longest streak in franchise history established by the Philadelphia A's with 17 consecutive victories in 1931.

    2005 - The Pacific Coast League announces the total season attendance for the circuit surpasses 7-million fans. The PCL had set a new single season record in minor league history when the 16 team circuit passed the 6.8 million mark earlier in the month.

    2005 - The first bus loads of Hurricane Katrina refugees, formerly housed at the SuperDome in New Orleans, begin to arrive early this morning at Houston's Astrodome. The former home of the Astros will afford the displaced an opportunity to escape the unhealthy horrendous conditions of their former shelter by supplying air conditioning, cots, food and showers for eventually 25,000 people who are expected from Louisiana.

    2007 - In only his second major league start, Clay Buchholz, using an assortment of fastballs, curves and changeups, becomes the 20th rookie to throw a no-hitter beating the Orioles in front of a very supportive Fenway crowd, 10-0. The 23-year-old right-hander, who was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket to make the start, becomes the youngest of the 17 players who have accomplished the feat in Red Sox history.


    2008 - Cliff Lee shuts out the White Sox, 5-0, to become the Indians' 56th twenty-game winner in franchise history, but the first to accomplish the feat in 34 years. The last Tribe's moundsman to win as many games was Gaylord Perry who posted a 21-13 record in 1974.
   
    2008 - The San Diego Padres released Tadahito Iguchi.

    2008 - In Arizona's 8-6 comeback victory over the Cardinals, Stephen Drew singles in the first, triples in the third, homers in the fifth and doubles in the seventh to complete the cycle. The Diamondbacks' shortstop becomes the third player in franchise history, and the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat at Chase Field, which was formerly known as the Bank One Ballpark.


    2008 - Adrian Beltre triples in the eighth inning off Rangers' right-hander Josh Rupe to become the fourth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. The rare event is accomplished twice today as Diamondbacks shortstop Stephen Drew also collects a single, double, triple and home run in a game against the Cardinals at Chase Field.

    2008 - In his his complete game effort against the Pirates, C.C. Sabathia gives up only a questionable infield hit to Andy LaRoche in the fifth inning of the Brewers' 7-0 victory at PNC Park. The club plans to forward a DVD of the play to Major League Baseball hoping somehow official scorer Bob Webb, the only person allowed to reverse his own call according to the rule book, can be convinced to change the scoring of the grounder to the mound to an error.

    2009 - In his first game back from the DL after suffering a torn right testicle when a bad hop grounder hit him in the groin last month, Adrián Beltre hears the The Nutcracker Suite when he steps into the batter's box. Mariner teammate Ken Griffey Jr. arranged to have the Safeco Field PA system play the waltz to have some fun with the third baseman, who decided not wear a protective cup until today's game.

    2010 - The Nationals announce Rob Dibble will no longer be employed as a TV analyst for the team’s games on MASN, the network that telecasts the Washington games. The former major league reliever, as a host on a Sirius XM Radio show, loses his job after severely chastising Stephen Strasburg for not pitching through pain before the rookie phenom was diagnosed with a torn elbow ligament.

    2012 - The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Lorenzo Barcelo as a free agent.

    2014 - The Phillies become the eleventh team in baseball history to throw a combined no-hitter when four of their hurlers do not yield a hit in the team’s 7-0 victory over the Braves. Philadelphia starter Cole Hamels goes the first six innings in the Turner Field contest with relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles, and Jonathan Papelbon each tossing a perfect inning to accomplish the rare feat.

    2015 - The Atlanta Braves released David Aardsma.



    Baseball Birthdays on September 1...

    1850 - O'Rourke, Jim
    1863 - O'Brien, Darby
    1874 - Adkinson, Henry
    1876 - Wiggs, Jimmy
    1882 - Druhot, Carl
    1885 - Rose, Chuck
    1888 - Wolfe, Polly
    1889 - Tompkins, Chuck
    1890 - Brenegan, Sam
    1891 - Walsh, Austin
    1894 - Nicholson, Fred
    1899 - Goebel, Ed
    1900 - Pruett, Hub
    1903 - Moncewicz, Freddie
    1903 - Edwards, Foster
    1912 - Wilborn, Claude
    1912 - Schulte, Ham
    1913 - Marty, Joe
    1917 - Campbell, Paul
    1918 - Mallory, Jim
    1919 - Hopper, Jim
    1921 - Erautt, Joe
    1922 - Barnhart, Vic
    1922 - Astroth, Joe
    1924 - Samcoff, Ed
    1927 - DiPietro, Bob
    1927 - Burgess, Tom
    1927 - Boyer, Cloyd
    1930 - Stone, Dean
    1938 - Nippert, Merlin
    1939 - Carty, Rico
    1940 - House, Pat
    1943 - Rath, Fred
    1946 - Montgomery, Monty
    1947 - Skok, Craig
    1948 - Lange, Dick
    1949 - Ignasiak, Gary
    1949 - Maddox, Garry
    1953 - Wilfong, Rob
    1957 - Rucker, Dave
    1964 - West, David
    1964 - Lopez, Luis
    1971 - Wallace, Derek
    1972 - Orie, Kevin
    1976 - Davis, Lance
    1978 - Smitherman, Steve
    1983 - Constanza, Jose
    1986 - Broderick, Brian
    1987 - Carpenter, David
    1987 - O'Sullivan, Sean
    1987 - Robinson, Trayvon



    Baseball Deaths on September 1...

    1916 - Froelich, Ben
    1923 - McManus, Frank
    1930 - Reccius, John
    1940 - Dundon, Gus
    1943 - Connolly, Joe
    1943 - Matteson, Eddie
    1949 - McClure, Larry
    1954 - Quinn, Wimpy
    1955 - Oglesby, Jim
    1962 - Shirey, Duke
    1962 - Garrity, Hank
    1965 - Olson, Ivy
    1970 - Hill, Herbert
    1970 - Spencer, Ben
    1976 - Meola, Mike
    1980 - LaManna, Frank
    1987 - Whitney, Pinky
    1990 - Adams, Buster
    1999 - Marshall, Doc
    1999 - Poffenberger, Boots
    2003 - Rodriguez, Hector
    2006 - Davidson, Ted
    2007 - Roberts, Mel
    2010 - Lang, Don
    2014 - McKee, Roger
    2017 - Schaal, Paul
    2017 - Swanson, Stan

    On September 3 in Baseball History...

    1880 - At Strawberry Hill, located on the shores of Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts, the first night baseball game is played under artificial light with teams made up of employees from the retail competitors of Jordan Marsh and R.H. White. The contest, illuminated by lights placed on three wooden towers erected five hundred feet apart from one another by the Northern Electric Light Company that supply the equivalent brightness of 90,000 candles, ends in a 16-16 tie, when the players need to catch the last ferry back to Boston.


    1894 - Taking over for the fired manager Ned Hanlon, Connie Mack leads the Pirates to a 22-1 rout of his former team, the Washington Senators.

    1901 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity hurls two complete games against the Milwaukee Brewers, winning 10-0 and losing 6-1.

    1906 - The Philadelphia Giants, with Rube Foster on the mound, win the first Negro Championship Cup when they beat the Cuban X-Giants, 3-2. The game attracts 10,000 fans, the largest crowd ever to watch a black baseball game.

    1917 - Philadelphia's Grover Alexander went the distance in both games of the Phillies' 5-0 and 9-3 sweep of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

    1928 - Ty Cobb makes the last of his 4,189 hits, the 724th double of his career, as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning for the Philadelphia Athletics in the first game of a doubleheader at Washington. The hit is off Bump Hadley.

    1932 - Jimmie Foxx of the A's poles his 50th and 51st home runs to become the third player to reach fifty in a season. Babe Ruth was the first player to do it and Hack Wilson was the first National League star to perform the trick.

    1936 - Red Sox hurler Wes Ferrell ends Luke Appling's White Sox club-record 27-game hitting streak.

    1947 - At Fenway Park, Tommy Henrich and Joe DiMaggio lead the way with four hits each as the Yankees bang out a total eighteen hits, all singles, defeating the Red Sox, 11-2.

    1947 - At Shibe Park, A's right-hander Bill McCahan throws a no-hitter as a rookie beating the Senators, 3-0. The WW II test pilot, whose baseball career is cut short when he hurts his arm lifting barrels of oil in his off season job, is the seventh player in baseball history to toss a no-hitter in his freshman year.

    1953 - South Bend Blue Sox right-hander Jean Faut tosses a perfect game beating the Kalamazoo Lassies, 4-0, becoming the only professional pitcher in history to accomplish the feat twice. The AAGPBL Player of the Year, who also didn't allow a Rockford Peaches batter to reach base in a 1951 contest, will pitch only one more game before retiring at the end of the season.

    1957 - The Dodgers play their last game in Jersey City, as Don Drysdale loses to Philadelphia 3-2 in 12 innings. Brooklyn ends with an 11-4 mark in New Jersey.

    1957 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves recorded his 41st career shutout with an 8-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Spahn's shutout set a Major League record for left-handed pitchers.

    1961 - Yankee outfielders Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle become the first teammates to both hit 50 home runs in the same season when 'the Mick' goes deep in the bottom of the ninth to tie the Tigers, 5-5. Mantle also finished the 1956 season with 52 dingers.

    1963 - Ron Santo ties the National League record by a third baseman for errors committed in an inning. The Cub infielder's three miscues in the second frame lead to a seven-run inning, and an eventual 16-3 victory for San Francisco at Candlestick Park.

    1965 - Preparing a move to Anaheim, the Angels change their name from Los Angeles to California. They will stay in LA for another year before going to Anaheim.

    1967 - At Crosley Field, the Reds intentionally walk Willie McCovey during his first three plate appearances in the game. Although the two-out strategy works every time, the Giants prevail as Ray Sadecki hurls a three-hit shutout for the 4-0 San Francisco victory.

    1970 - Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs asked to be kept out of the lineup, snapping his National League record of 1,117 consecutive games played. His record was broken in 1983 by Steve Garvey.

    1974 - Giants pitcher John Montefusco makes his Major League debut, homers in his first official time at bat, and hurls nine innings of relief to earn a 9-5 victory over the Dodgers.

    1975 - Future Hall of Famer Bob Gibson gives up a grand slam to Chicago's Pete LaC0ck, the son of Hollywood Squares host Peter Marshall. The Cardinal right-hander faces one more batter to end the inning, retiring Don Kessinger on a ground out, and never returns to a big league mound.

    1977 - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits the 756th home run of his career to surpass Hank Aaron's total and make him the most prolific home run hitter in professional baseball history.

    1978 - At Dodger Stadium, Lee Mazzilli becomes the first Mets player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in a game. The center fielder's first (off T. John) and seventh (off C. Hough) inning blasts pace the last place club to an 8-5 victory.

    1981 - The Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners played the longest game in Fenway Park's history, 19 innings, before the game was suspended with the score tied 7-7. The Mariners won 8-7 in 20 innings when the game resumed the next day.

    1985 - Future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson becomes the first major leaguer to hit one hundred home runs for three different clubs. The former A's and Yankees outfielder's second homer for the Angels in a 14-8 loss to Detroit, his 525th career round-tripper, accomplishes the milestone.

    1986 - Billy Hatcher's homer in the top of the 18th inning gave the Houston Astros an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The two teams played 14 innings the day before and used a Major League record 53 players in the game.

    1990 - Bobby Thigpen set a Major League record with his 47th save in a 4-2 Chicago White Sox victory over Kansas City. Thigpen broke the record set by Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees in 1986.

    1994 - With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Jackson Generals overcome a 1-0 deficit when Tom Nevers and Jeff Ball hit back-to-back homers at Mississppi’s Smith-Wills Stadium. The dramatic decisive Game 5 victory over the Shreveport Captains enables the Astros' AA minor league farm club to capture the Texas League East championship series.

    1996 - Todd Stottlemyre and the Cardinals beat the Astros at Busch Stadium, 12-5. With his win, the Redbirds' right-hander and his dad Mel set the major league record with 259 victories by a father (164) and son (95), surpassing Dizzy and Steve Trout.

    2000 - Kenny Lofton's first inning run ties a 1939 major league record set by Yankees' Red Rolfe for scoring in eighteen consecutive games. The speedy Indian outfielder, besides hitting the game-winning homer in the 13th, also steals five bases tying Cleveland's single-game record set by Alex Cole (8/1/90 & 5/3/92).

    2001 - On Labor Day, in just his 11th start, Cardinals' freshman hurler Bud Smith no-hits the Padres, 4-0. The 21-year-old becomes the 18th rookie to throw a no-hitter since 1900 to accomplish the feat.

    2002 - Losing their 15th straight game at Shea Stadium, the Mets pass the dubious mark set by the 1911 Braves to establish a new National league record for consecutive losses at home.

    2002 - In a 7-1 victory at Camden Yard, Joaquín Benoit pitches seven innings of one-hit ball in relief against the Orioles. The Rangers reliever's performance is the longest save ever recorded in major league history.

    2006 - In the opener of a doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia's Ryan Howard belts three home runs bringing the first baseman's total to 52. The sophomore slugger, the 24th major leaguer to reach the milestone, becomes the first Phillies player to hit 50 home runs and passes Ralph Kiner, who hit 51 for the Pirates in 1947, for the most homers hit by a second-year player in big league history.

    2006 - The Marlins, who were 11-31 in late May, become the first team since 1899 to reach .500 record after being 20 games below the mediocre mark. Their 10-3 victory over the Brewers gets the team even at 68-68, and places the 'Fish' two games behind the Padres in the wild-card standings.

    2007 - Making his first start of the season, Mets right hander Pedro Martinez whiffs Reds hurler Aaron Harang to become the 15th major league pitcher to record 3,000 career strike outs. The three-time Cy Young winner has missed most of the season recovering from rotator cuff surgery.


    2007 - With a home run against Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, Ichiro collects his 200th hit for the season for the seventh consecutive year. The Mariner outfielder joins Wee Willie Keeler (Orioles and Brooklyn Grooms/Supurbas, 1894-1901) and Wade Boggs (Red Sox, 1983-1989) as only the third player to accomplish the feat, and will tie Keeler's record of eight straight seasons if he reaches the milestone next year.

    2008 - Yankee Alex Rodriguez's towering fly ball, which bounces off the Tropicana Field catwalk behind the foul pole in left field, is immediately ruled a home home run by Brian Runge. The third base umpire's decision, which is disputed by Rays catcher Dioner Navarro, proves to be correct as the men in blue take 2 minutes, 15 seconds to review the video becoming the first crew to use new instant-replay system since its implementation last week.

    2008 - Although the official attendance, which is based on tickets sold, is 11,211, fewer than 600 fans actually attend the Marlins game at Miami’s Dolphin Stadium. The Fish, who had beeen in contention for most of the season, beat the Braves on the hot and humid Florida afternoon, 5-3.

    2009 - Pedro Martinez, tossing seven innings of one-hit ball at Citizens Bank Park in the Phillies' 2-1 victory over the Giants, becomes just the tenth pitcher in major league history to win 100 games in both leagues. The right-hander compiled a 117-37 record pitching for Boston during his seven year stint in the American League.

    2009 - After starting 13 games with two different clubs, Pat Misch's team finally wins a game he starts when the Mets beat the Rockies, 8-3. The former Giants' starter, who earned the Coors Field victory for New York, had tied a dubious mark established over the 1993-94 seasons by Seattle's John Cummings for the longest winless streak endured by a team with the same starter of the mound.

    2010 - Major League Baseball penalizes six players, both skippers and a coach following an ugly brawl between the Nationals and Marlins two days ago in Miami that was a result of Chris Volstad throwing at Nyjer Morgan for the second time in the game. The Florida outfielder, who became a target when he ran over Brett Hayes separating the catcher's shoulder in yesterday's contest, retaliated to being hit in the fourth by stealing two bases, but charges the mound after the sixth inning incident setting off the melee.


    2010 - Stephen Strasburg undergoes reconstructive elbow surgery in which Dr. Lewis Yocum takes a piece of ligament from the 22-year old right-hander's left leg and transplants it into the rookie's pitching elbow. The 'Tommy John' surgery might keep the Nationals much-heralded phenom out of the starting rotation until the start of the 2012 season.

    2011 - Left-handed starter Tom Milone hits a home run on the first pitch he sees in the big leagues. The 24 year-old southpaw's three-run blast gives him a 5-0 lead at the time, but the rookie goes only 4.1 innings in his debut and doesn't get the win in the Nationals' 9-8 victory over New York.


    2011 - Needing a two-bagger to become the first major leaguer to hit for the cycle this season, George Kottaras strokes an apparent triple, but accomplishes the feat when the ball bounces off of Tal's Hill, a 20 degree angled incline located in centerfield, over the fence for an unexpected ground-rule double. The Brewers backstop also hit a solo homer in the fourth, a sixth inning triple, and singled in the seventh in Milwaukee's 8-4 victory of Houston at Minute Maid park.

    2012 - The New York Yankees released Kosuke Fukudome.

    2012 - The Nationals win their 82nd game when they beat Chicago at home, 2-1, assuring the team of their first winning season since leaving Montreal to play in Washington. The transplanted team finished at exactly .500 after their first year in the nation's capital, posting an 81-81 record in 2005.

    2012 - The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, with its ballpark known as PNC Field in Moosic, Pennsylvania under renovations, finishes the season, playing their entire 144-game schedule away from home. The International League (AAA) team, using six different venues where all but twelve of their 'home' games are played in Upstate New York, will become unofficially known as the Empire State Yankees.

    2013 - Max Scherzer's opportunity to become the second hurler to start a season with a 20-1 record is dashed when Jon Lester and the Red Sox beat the Tigers at Fenway Park, 2-1. Yankees right-hander Roger Clemens, who finishes 20-3 in 2001, remains the only pitcher to open a campaign 20-1.

    2013 - The Pirates ensure their first non-losing campaign since 1992, when the team beats Milwaukee at Miller Park, 4-3. Travis Snider's ninth inning pinch-hit home run brings the Bucs their eighty-first victory this season, a total the team hadn't reached in 21 years.

    2014 - In the Red Sox’ 9-4 victory at Yankee Stadium, Xander Bogaerts and Mookie Betts become the first pair of Boston rookies to hit a home run in the same game at the Bronx ballpark in 62 years. In 1952, Dick Gernert and Faye Throneberry also accomplished the feat, providing the difference in the team’s 3-1 win over the Bombers.

    2015 - Bryce Harper, thanks to being issued four bases-on-balls, scores four times and records a RBI without ever swinging his bat in Washington's 15-1 rout of the Braves at Nationals Park. The 22 year-old slugger from Las Vegas joins Rickey Henderson, Joe Morgan, and Larry Doby, who also were 0-for-0 and scored four runs without an official at-bat.

    2016 - The Miami Marlins released Andre Rienzo.




    Baseball Birthdays on September 3...

    1854 - Decker, Harry
    1871 - Goeckel, Billy
    1872 - McFadden, Guy
    1873 - Kahoe, Mike
    1876 - Miller, Dusty
    1876 - Donovan, Jerry
    1877 - Stone, George
    1883 - Fromme, Art
    1885 - Konetchy, Ed
    1891 - Keifer, Katsy
    1902 - Moore, Bill
    1910 - Redmond, Jack
    1911 - Deal, Lindsay
    1913 - Farrell, Kerby
    1915 - West, Lefty
    1916 - Stanky, Eddie
    1919 - Jelincich, Frank
    1920 - Consuegra, Sandy
    1922 - Martin, Morrie
    1924 - Greason, Bill
    1931 - Brewer, Tom
    1936 - Boros, Steve
    1947 - Gilbreth, Bill
    1951 - Bannister, Alan
    1951 - Campbell, Dave
    1953 - Paxton, Mike
    1955 - Kainer, Don
    1960 - Gonzales, Rene
    1962 - Clark, Dave
    1963 - Plunk, Eric
    1963 - Landrum, Ced
    1967 - Gonzalez, Luis
    1969 - Thobe, Tom
    1970 - Berg, Dave
    1970 - Fox, Chad
    1970 - Wilson, Craig
    1977 - Robertson, Nate
    1978 - Perez, Juan
    1981 - Woods, Jake
    1982 - Livingston. Bobby
    1983 - Capps, Matt
    1985 - Nelson, Chris
    1985 - Patton, Troy
    1986 - Beachy, Brandon
    1987 - Brown, Domonic
    1987 - Hayes, Drew
    1988 - Osich, Josh
    1990 - Simmons, Shae
    1991 - Edwards Jr., Carl
    1993 - Oswalt, Corey
    1997 - Kieboom, Carter



    Baseball Deaths on September 3...

    1893 - Vinton, Bill
    1913 - Householder, Charlie
    1921 - Clinton, Jim
    1923 - Burnett, Jack
    1924 - Pitz, Herman
    1933 - Cartwright, Ed
    1945 - Miller, Dusty
    1948 - Husting, Bert
    1950 - Pearce, Frank
    1950 - Connor, Jim
    1952 - Daly, Bert
    1953 - Pfiester, Jack
    1955 - Schwenk, Hal
    1959 - Bowles, Emmett
    1960 - Marsans, Armando
    1963 - DeFate, Tony
    1964 - Ritter, Hank
    1965 - Leopold, Rudy
    1969 - Culp, Bill
    1972 - Fisher, Tom
    1975 - Medlinger, Irv
    1989 - Sewell, Rip
    1990 - Bridges, Marshall
    2000 - Sukeforth, Clyde
    2001 - Lindquist, Carl
    2004 - Uhalt, Frenchy
    2012 - DiPietro, Bob