On October 24 in Baseball History... 1908 - Baseball's anthem, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, is introduced by Bill Murray. The song writing team of Albert Von Tilzer (music) and Jack Norworth (words) who created the immortal tune has never seen a game.
1911 - The World Series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics was resumed after six days of rain, and Chief Bender beat Christy Mathewson 4-2 to give the A's 3-1 lead.
1939 - The AL MVP is Joe DiMaggio, with Jimmie Foxx the runner-up.
1951 - Former Reds and Dodger owner Larry MacPhail suggests there should be four new major league teams including one located on the West Coast. The innovative baseball executive, responsible for introducing night baseball and commercial air travel, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978.
1956 - The AP names Cincinnati manager Birdie Tebbets as its NL Manager of the Year.
1963 - Sandy Koufax is the unanimous winner of the Cy Young Award.
1972 - Jackie Robinson, the first black player of the 20th century, dies of heart disease at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. The 53-year old Hall of Famer broke the color line playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers came back to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in a sloppy 3{-hour marathon and tied the World Series 2-2. The Yankees blew a 6-3 lead. On one play, Reggie Jackson lost the ball in the sun and it bounced off his shoulder for a two-base error.
1985 - Danny Jackson's five-hitter cut St. Louis' lead to 3-2 in the World Series as the Kansas City Royals took Game 5, 6-1. Willie Wilson's two-run triple highlighted a three-run second inning and chased starter Ken Forsch.
1986 - Bill Russell, 38, announces his retirement. He is the last member of the Dodgers' Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey 1970s infield and is second on the club's all-time list with 2,183 games played.
1987 - Amidst the deafening crowd noise of the hanky-waving fans in the Metrodome, the Twins staved off elimination as the team scores a total of eight runs in the fifth and sixth innings of Game 6. Kent Hrbek's grand slam highlighted a 15-hit barrage as the Minnesota Twins pounded the St. Louis Cardinals 11-5 at the Metrodome to force the World Series to a seventh game.
1991 - The Braves take the lead in the Series with a 14-5 rout of the Twins. Atlanta blows open a 5-3 game with nine runs in the last two innings.
1992 - In Game 6, Canada wins its first-ever World Series when the Blue Jays beat the Braves, 4-3. Forty-one year old Dave Winfield's 11th inning double is the key hit in Toronto's victory.
1993 - Joe Carter became just the second player in baseball history to end a World Series with a home run, hitting a three-run shot off Mitch Williams in the ninth inning that gave the Toronto Blue Jays their second straight championship with an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6.
1994 - Atlanta's Greg Maddux became the first pitcher to win three straight Cy Young Awards, unanimously sweeping the NL honor. Maddux was 16-6 with a 1.56 ERA, the third-lowest in 75 years.
1995 - Eddie Murray singles home pinch-runner Alvaro Espinoza in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Indians their first win in a World Series in 47 years. The Tribe's 7-6 victory over the Braves fittingly occurs in the first-ever Series game at Jacobs Field.
1996 - The Yankees lay claim to the last game in the history of Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. The Yankees, who finish the postseason with an 8-0 road record, are helped by poor Atlanta outfield defense and some great plays from their own outfielders as Andy Pettitte outduels John Smoltz 1-0 in Game Five.
2000 - Orlando Hernandez (8-0, 1.90) loses his first postseason game as the Mets defeat the Yankees on a tie breaking eighth inning double by Benny Agbayani, 4-2. New York native John Franco gets the win ending the Yankees' record 14-game World Series winning streak.
2000 - Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Met catcher Mike Piazza in the first inning of Game 2 of the World Series.
2003 - In Game 5 of the World Series, the Giants annihilate the Angels 16-4 at Pac Bell. Jeff Kent leads the attack with two home runs, four RBIs, and ties a Fall Classic record by scoring four times.
2006 - Seven months after negotiations began, the Players' Association and MLB officials announce a five-year collective bargaining agreement has been reached. The longest accord in baseball history, which will end in 2011, assures the game will have a span of 16 years without a work stoppage.
2007 - In a 13-1 rout of the Rockies, Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series opener. The 24-year old freshman, the 31st major leaguer to homer in his first Fall Classic appearance, joins Orioles' outfielder Don Buford who went yard in 1969 as a leadoff batter in Game 1 off Tom Seaver of the Mets.
2011 - With the help of a mismanaged Cardinal bullpen, Mike Napoli gives his team 3-2 Series lead when he hits a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Rangers' 4-2 victory in Game 5 in Arlington. The Texas catcher, who bats eighth in the order, becomes only the second player to have four multi-RBI games in a World Series, joining Yankee legend Mickey Mantle who accomplished the feat against Pittsburgh in 1960.
2012 - In the Giants' 8-3 victory over the Tigers at AT&T Park, Pablo Sandoval becomes the fourth major leaguer to hit three home runs in a World Series game. The San Francisco third baseman with first, third, and fifth inning round-trippers in the opening game of the Fall Classic becomes the fourth major leaguer to accomplish the feat, joining Yankees outfielders Babe Ruth (1926, 28) and Reggie Jackson (1977) and Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (2011) .
2014 - Paul Konerko and Jimmy Rollins are named co-recipients of the Roberto Clemente Award, an honor bestowed on major leaguers for their for their commitment to the community. The former White Sox first baseman and Phillies shortstop have both been heavily involved in improving the lives of children, raising money school supplies and back-to-school clothes, supporting juvenile diabetes and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis research, and funding the fight against child abuse, among many other charitable efforts.
2014 - The Kansas City Royals claimed Moises Sierra from the Chicago White Sox on waivers.
Baseball Birthdays on October 24... 1857 - Williamson, Ned
1857 - Pierson, Dick
1858 - Griffin, Sandy
1858 - Kuehne, Bill
1860 - Faatz, Jay
1865 - McNabb, Edgar
1870 - Routcliffe, Phil
1871 - Sockalexis, Chief
1871 - Smith, Heinie
1885 - Young, Del
1887 - High, Hugh
1887 - Stack, Eddie
1888 - Perryman, Parson
1892 - Niehaus, Dick
1895 - Pierotti, Al
1899 - Christensen, Cuckoo
1900 - Bluege, Ossie
1904 - Smythe, Harry
1905 - Russell, Jack
1905 - Small, Charlie
1906 - McClanahan, Pete
1907 - Bowler, Grant 1908 - Onis, Ralph
1927 - Hogue, Cal
1927 - Greengrass, Jim
1928 - Bullard, George
1929 - Brosnan, Jim 1933 - Bell, Bill
1937 - Goetz, John
1944 - Jeter, Johnny 1950 - Eastwick, Rawly
1952 - Moreno, Omar
1952 - Torres, Angel
1952 - Walton, Reggie
1956 - Serum, Gary
1957 - Hayes, Bill
1957 - Jurak, Ed
1957 - Gardenhire, Ron
1959 - Johnson, Dave
1959 - Brewer, Mike
1959 - Ortiz, Junior
1961 - Clay, Danny
1961 - Ziem, Steve
1961 - Belliard, Rafael
1962 - Larkin, Gene
1963 - Grant, Mark
1967 - Santangelo, F.P.
1968 - Ryan, Ken
1969 - Rhodes, Arthur
1973 - Matthews, Mike
1974 - Guerrero, Wilton
1978 - Bootcheck, Chris
1981 - Quintanilla, Omar
1982 - McBride, Macay
1983 - Colabello, Chris
1984 - May, Lucas
1989 - Hosmer, Eric
1996 - Devers, Rafael
Baseball Deaths on October 24... 1912 - Ward, Piggy
1916 - Ebright, Hi
1921 - Barrett, Jimmy
1931 - Lamer, Pete
1938 - Borchers, George
1941 - Rogers, Emmett
1944 - Swander, Pinky
1948 - Thoney, Jack
1960 - Fisher, Wilbur
1965 - Dudra, John
1969 - Bentley, Jack
1970 - Oyler, Andy
1971 - Fahey, Howard
1972 - Robinson, Jackie
1973 - Brazle, Al
1977 - Lewis, Bill
1989 - O'Mara, Ollie
1990 - Clark, Jim
1995 - Linde, Lyman
2001 - Mueller, Bill 2006 - Radtke, Jack
2014 - McGlothin, Pat