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    On September 7 in Baseball History...


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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




    Baseball Birthdays on September 7...


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

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



    Baseball Deaths on September 7...


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

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

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

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

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

    2017 - Michael, Gene






           


               


   







 

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