1907 – Cincinnati Reds manager Ned Hanlon, whose managing days began in 1889 at Pittsburgh, announces this will be his last season. His record includes five pennants – 4 at Baltimore, one at Brooklyn.
At St. Louis, the Giants edge the Cards, 4 – 3 in 11 innings. New York blows a 2 – 0 lead in the 9th when Christy Mathewson makes a wild throw to first base. A triple by Cy Seymour, sandwiched between two hits, gives the Giants a pair of runs, and Matty holds on to win.
1907 – The Reds take their third game in a row from the Giants, and winning pitcher Jake Weimer adds insult to injury with a swipe of home. An incensed John McGraw gets into a fight with a park security man and belts him. Police break it up and no arrests are made.
1907 – Red Sox manager Deacon McGuire belts a pinch-hit solo homer off Detroit’s Ed Siever. At age 43, McGuire is the oldest player to ever hit a pinch homer. His first round tripper came back in 1884.
1907 – The Austin Senators (Texas League) steal 23 bases and beat San Antonio, 44 – 0.
1907 – Chicago’s Carl Lundgren and New York’s Christy Mathewson are stingy today with the Cubs twirler allowing just four hits while the Cubs scratch three off Matty. The Giants score in the 4th when Cy Seymour parks a drive in the bleachers with two on. Prevailing rules make the hit a single, with just one run scoring: it is enough as Matty wins, 1 – 0. Joe Tinker is hitless against Matty, the only time this year that Mathewson shuts down his nemesis.
Al Orth becomes the first pitcher to win 100 games in both the American and National League, tossing a two-hitter to beat future Hall of Famer Ed Walsh, who also throws a complete game, in the Highlanders’ 4-0 victory over the White Sox at Chicago’s South Side Park. The 34 year-old New York right-hander, known as the Curveless Wonder, broke in with the Phillies where he won precisely 100 games during his seven seasons the club, before jumping to the Junior Circuit in 1902, signing with the Washington Senators, along with many of his Philadephia teammates.
Battling for second place, the Pirates defeat the Giants, 2 – 0, pinning the loss on Christy Mathewson. The Giants announce that Tommy Corcoran, the 38-year-old veteran whom the Giants picked up before the season started, has been handed his release.
Ed Walsh sets another major league record for fielding chances for pitchers, handling 12 assists and three putouts in a 13-inning game.
The Chicago White Sox pound the New York Highlanders, 15 – 0, the second time this season they’ve beaten New York by that score. They’ll beat them in 1950 by the same score, which will be the Yanks team record for most runs by an opponent in a shutout until 2004.
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