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    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



    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

      



       



                     








 

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