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Re: Pale Hose History
« Reply #4700 on: May 30, 2018, 01:19:20 am »

    On May 30 in Baseball History...


    1894 - After going 0-for-6 in the first game of a doubleheader, Beaneater Bob Lowe becomes the first major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game helping Boston to beat Cincinnati and Elton 'Icebox' Chamberlain, 20-11.

    1904 - At the Palace of the Fans in Cincinnati, Cubs first baseman Frank Chance is hit by a pitch five times during a doubleheader. In the first game of the twin bill, the future Hall of Famer briefly loses consciousness when he is hit on the head.

    1913 - Red Sox outfielder and future Hall of Famer Harry Hooper becomes the first major leaguer to start both games of a doubleheader with a home run. The feat will not be repeated again until 1993, when A's leadoff hitter Rickey Henderson opens each game of a twin bill against Cleveland with a homer.

    1913 - John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, and Connie Mack as managers who have won 1,000 games.

    1921 - A memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in action in the Argonne Forest October 20, 1918, is unveiled at the Polo Grounds.

    1922 - Traded between games of a doubleheader, Cliff Heathcote and Max Flack exchange their Cardinal and Cub uniforms respectively. The pair will both get hits for their new teams in the nightcap.

    1925 - Rogers Hornsby is named manager of the Cardinals, replacing Branch Rickey, who remains as general manager. Hornsby will be the only player-manager to win the Triple Crown, which he does by topping .400 for the third time in four years, hitting .403 with 39 home runs and 143 RBI.

    1927 - Cubs' shortstop Jimmy Cooney completes an unassisted triple play as he snares Paul Waner's liner, steps on second to double up Paul's brother, Lloyd, and then tags Clyde Barnhart coming from first for the third out.

    1927 - Walter Johnson's first appearance of the season is the occasion of the last shutout of his career, number 113, in a 3-0 win over Boston.

    1932 - In a pre-game ceremony, the Yankees dedicate a plaque in memory of skipper Miller Huggins. Their former manager, who died near the end of last season, would be delighted with today's doubleheader sweep of the Red Sox, 7-5 and 13-3.

    1932 - After dropping a twin bill, some White Sox players accuse George Moriarty of deliberately blowing calls against their team. The umpire, a former Pale Hose player himself, challenges them to a fight, but after he knocks down pitcher Mike Gaston with one punch, skipper Lew Fonseca and backstops Charlie Berry and Frank Grube even the score by thrashing the aggressive arbitrator.


    1932 - A plaque in memory of Miller Huggins, former Yankee manager, is dedicated at Yankee Stadium. It is the first of an array of monuments erected in the ballpark. Their former manager, who died near the end of last season, would be delighted with today's doubleheader sweep of the Red Sox, 7-5 and 13-3.


    1934 - Ben Chapman breaks up Earl Whitehill's no-hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning at Yankee Stadium. Last season, the Bronx Bomber left fielder, after being provoked, hit the right-hander with a punch in the passageway, causing a melee between the two teams that resulted in a 20-minute delay of the game before the police could restore order.

    1935 - Babe Ruth plays only the first inning of the opener of a doubleheader between the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies at Baker Bowl. It is his final major league appearance.

    1938 - The largest crowd in Yankee Stadium history, 83,533, sees Red Ruffing end Lefty Grove's eight-game winning streak in a 10-0 victory over the Red Sox. Approximately 6,000 fans are turned away, and 511 are given refunds because there is no place to sit. The Yankees also take the nightcap, 5-4, in a game made famous for a fight between Yankees outfielder Jake Powell and Boston player-manager Joe Cronin. Both players are fined and suspended for ten days.

    1943 - With contests played in Rockford (Illinois) and Racine (Wisconsin), the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League begins the first season of its 12-year existence. The original AAGBL four-team circuit, which also includes the war-production cities of Kenosha (Wisconsin) and South Bend (Indiana), will attract 176,612 baseball enthusiasts during the league's inaugural season.

    1946 - In a play that anticipates a scene in The Natural by Brooklyn-native Bernard Malamud, the Braves' Bama Rowell smashes a home run in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field. The ball shatters the Bulova clock high atop the right-field scoreboard at 4:25 P.M., showering glass down on the Dodgers right fielder Dixie Walker. An hour later the clock stops.

    1956 - Mickey Mantle hits one of the most memorable home runs in his career, in the second game of a doubleheader with the Washington Senators. He tags a pitch from Pedro Ramos that comes within 18 inches of leaving Yankee Stadium, something never accomplished by any major leaguer. The ball was still climbing when it caromed off the upper-stand facade, about 396 feet from home plate. Estimates are that the ball could have traveled more than 600 feet. It is Mantle's 20th home run of the season — no one else has ever hit 20 home runs before June.

    1956 - At Yankee Stadium, Billy and his brothers attend their first big league game with their dad, Jack Crystal. The future entertainment superstar, who will write and perform a one-man play about his father and develop a movie script about the 1961 Yankees, tremendously enjoys watching his beloved Bronx Bombers sweep a mid-week doubleheader from the Senators, 4-3 and 12-5.

    1967 - After retiring the first 21 batters he faces, Cardinal starter Dick Hughes gives up two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in an eventual 2-1 loss to the Reds at Crosley Field. In the top of the ninth, the Redbirds mount a rally as Orlando Cepeda and Tim McCarver open the frame with singles, but the game ends abruptly when the next batter, Phil Gagliano, hits into a 6-4-3-2 triple play with the last out being recorded at the plate when Cepeda attempts to score from third base.

    1967 - Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball because of an elbow injury. His final appearance was a start in Detroit on May 21, but he lasted just one inning for the Yankees. The stylish lefthander closes out with 236 career wins and only 106 losses for a .690 percentage.

    1970 - All-Star voting is returned to the fans, as computerized punch-card ballots appear in stores and ballparks coast to coast. Since 1958 the All-Star squads had been selected by managers, coaches, and players.

    1971 - Willie Mays hits his 638th career home run for the Giants, adding in the process his N.L. record 1,950th run scored. Stan Musial had been the record holder with 1,949 runs.

    1974 - Sadaharu Oh becomes the first Japanese player to hit 600 career homers. The Yomiuri Giants first baseman will hit 868 round-trippers during his 22-year career, a world record.

    1976 - The Astros bang out 25 hits, a franchise high, beating the Braves in the night cap of an Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium twin bill, 16-5. Twenty-three of Houston's safeties are singles, a National League record.

    1977 - Twenty-two-year-old Dennis Eckersley fires a no-hitter as the Indians top the Angels 1-0. Frank Tanana, with three shutouts in his last four games, takes the loss.

    1982 - Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak begins with the Oriole third baseman (his position for the first 27 games during the streak) batting eighth against Blue Jays.

    1986 - In a 6-4 loss to the Dodgers at Three Rivers Stadium, future home run king Barry Bonds goes 0-for-5 in his major league debut. The Pirates center fielder, batting leadoff, strikes out three times.

    1987 - Eric Davis becomes the first National League player to hit three grand slams in a month. His 19th homer of the season proves to be the difference in the Reds' 6-2 victory over the Pirates.

    1992 - The Yankees Scott Sanderson becomes the ninth pitcher to defeat all 26 major league teams. Also on the list: Nolan Ryan, Tommy John, Don Sutton, Gaylord Perry, Rick Wise, Doyle Alexander, and Rich "Goose" Gossage.

    1998 - In an emotional on-the-field ceremony, Dan Quisenberry becomes the sixteenth member of the Royals Hall of Fame. The sinkerball pitcher with a submarine delivery was diagnosed with a grade IV malignant astrocyma and underwent brain surgery to remove the tumor in January.

    1998 - Mark McGwire hits his 27th home run to establish a major league record for the most homers hit before the month of June. Last season, Ken Griffey Jr. set the previous mark with 24 round trippers in the first two months of the season.

    2001 - After ending a streak of five straight losses to the Yankees, Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez makes light of the Curse of the Bambino by suggesting someone should wake up the Babe so he could drill him with a pitch. Boston will not beat the Bronx Bombers again during their final seven meetings of the season.

    2001 - At Pac Bell, it takes 5 hours, 53 minutes and 18 innings for the Diamondbacks to defeat the Giants, 1-0. Erubiel Durazo's double plating Steve Finley accounts for the game's only run.

    2001 - Barry Bonds hits career homer No. 522, passing Willie McCovey and Ted Williams to move up to #11 on the all time list, and making him the number one lefty home run hitter in National League history. The round tripper is the 17th hit by the Giant outfielder in May, breaking the record set by Mickey Mantle (1956) and Mark McGwire (1998).

    2007 - Toronto's third baseman Howie Clark, believing he hears teammate John McDonald calling to make the play, allows Jorge Posada's pop fly to land on the ground untouched for an RBI single. The Blue Jays, convinced it was baserunner Alex Rodriguez's voice which caused the infielder to back off the play, become incensed describing the Yankee superstar's behavior as bush league.

    2008 - The Colorado Rockies signed Todd Ritchie as a free agent.

    2009 - The San Francisco Giants signed Joe Borchard as a free agent.

    2009 - The New York Mets traded Ramon Castro and cash to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Lance Broadway.

    2010 - Max Scherzer becomes the first hurler since 1900 to strike out 14 batters in less than six innings. The Tigers right-hander reaches the total in five and two-thirds shutout frames en route to a Detroit 10-2 victory over Oakland at Comerica Park.

    2013 - Jacoby Ellsbury sets a single-game franchise record when he swipes five bases in the Red Sox's 9-2 victory over Philadelphia. The 29 year-old center fielder led the American League in stolen bases in his first two seasons in the majors, but injuries during the recent years have slowed down the Boston speedy leadoff hitter.

    2014 - The Mets become the first team to have three players appear in a game whose last name begins with a lower case 'd’, when Travis d'arnaud, Jake deGrom, and Matt den Dekker all play in the Mets’ 6-5 walk-off loss to Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. After having to use an upside-down capital ‘P’ on d’arnaud’s jersey last season due to lack of lower case letters, New York equipment manager Kevin Kierst asked Majestic, MLB's uniform supplier, to make 'small’ uniform letters available, knowing there would be even more of a need this season.




    Baseball Birthdays on May 30...


    1864 - Proeser, George
    1870 - Frank, Charlie
    1870 - Fitzgerald, John
    1870 - Von Fricken, Tony
    1871 - Rusie, Amos
    1873 - Stimmel, Archie
    1878 - Donlin, Mike
    1879 - Whiting, Jesse
    1881 - Dougherty, Tom

    1884 - Oldring, Rube
    1885 - Misse, John
    1894 - Twining, Twink
    1894 - Mamaux, Al
    1897 - Kimmick, Wally
    1902 - McEvoy, Lou
    1906 - Willingham, Hugh

    1922 - Hooper, Bob
    1924 - Lown, Turk

    1926 - Upright, Dixie
    1936 - Nelson, Mel
    1936 - Rakow, Ed
    1941 - Miller, John
    1942 - Felske, John
    1946 - Sadek, Mike
    1956 - LaCoss, Mike
    1956 - Loviglio, Jay

    1961 - Steels, Jim
    1968 - Oquist, Mike
    1970 - Courtright, John
    1972 - Eyre, Scott
    1972 - Ramirez, Manny

    1978 - Washington, Rico
    1981 - Willits, Reggie
    1983 - Asencio, Jairo
    1983 - Rku, Jae-Kuk
    1984 - Herrmann, Frank
    1985 - Salas, Fernando
    1985 - Watson, Tony
    1986 - Campana, Tony
    1990 - Brebbia, John
    1990 - Perez, Eury
    1990 - Wheeler, Zack
    1994 - Phillips, Brett
    1995 - Arroyo, Christian



    Baseball Deaths on May 30...


    1914 - Devin, Frank
    1932 - Lipp, Tom
    1933 - Byers, Burley
    1942 - Burns, Ed
    1946 - Earle, Billy
    1959 - Tonkin, Doc
    1960 - Hildebrand, George
    1963 - McDonald, Joe
    1966 - Ward, Dick
    1970 - Gregory, Howie
    1973 - Breton, Jim
    1975 - Cole, Bert

    1976 - Carey, Max
    1979 - Smaza, Joe

    1982 - Gooch, Charlie
    1982 - O'Connor, Johnny
    1983 - Weaver, Harry
    1987 - Blackerby, George
    1991 - Magnuson, Jim

    1995 - Burke, Glenn
    1999 - Heise, Clarence
    2008 - Hoffman, Ray
    2015 - Merullo, Lennie
    2015 - Travis, Vic


           


 





   


 








       






 

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