Grover Cleveland Alexander allows two hits in the 1st inning and none in the next eight innings, but the match-up with the Giants’ Rube Marquard ends in a 1 – 1 tie.
Cubs right-hander reliever George Washington Zabel, called into the game with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, throws 18 and 1/3 innings of the Cubs’ 4-3 victory over the Robins at Chicago’s West Side Park. ‘Zip,’ establishing the major league record for the longest relief stint in one game, beats Brooklyn starter Jeff Pfeffer, who tosses a 19-inning complete-game.
On June 11, 1915 At the Polo Grounds in a 10-9 victory over the White Sox, Ray Caldwell becomes the first major leaguer to hit a home run in consecutive pinch-hit appearances. The Yankee pitcher, who will win 19 games this season, hit the first of his two round-trippers as a pinch hitter yesterday, also…
On June 11, 1915 Giants catcher Larry McLean‚ suspended by John McGraw for 10 days‚ goes on rampage at Buckingham Hotel in St. Louis and picks a fight with McGraw and scout Dick Kinsella. McGraw banishes the catcher saying he’ll never play for Giants again. Christy Mathewson‚ unperturbed‚ beats the Cards in the afternoon. McLean will be shipped to the Cards‚ from whence he came‚…
On June 11, 1915 The Yankees finally beat the White Sox‚ winning 10 – 9. Yankees P Ray Caldwell hits a pinch home run for his second pinch homer in 2 days. He hit one yesterday in a 5 – 4 loss to the White Sox. Nobody else in the American League repeats the feat until Joe Cronin in 1943. Tomorrow, Caldwell will hit another…
On June 11, 1915 The Reds finally beat the Robins‚ 1 – 0‚ in 15 innings, as Rube Benton pitches a complete game shutout. Tommy Griffith’s single drives in the winning run. Yesterday‚ the two teams battled to a 2 – 2 tie in 14 innings.
Ty Cobb steals home in the 9th inning of 3 – 0 Detroit win‚ the only steal of home that late in a game in his career. Yankee pitcher Ray Caldwell is so angry at the safe call he throws his mitt in the air and is promptly ejected by umpire Silk O’Loughlin. It is Cobb’s second steal of home while Caldwell is on the mound (the first was on May 12th‚ 1911).
Tim Hurst‚ colorful umpire who was often in the center of controversy‚ dies at 49.
1915 – At the Polo Grounds, Babe Ruth and the well-traveled Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees, 7 – 1. It is the last stop on a 29-day road trip for the Red Sox. Ruth allows five hits and hits his second career home run, a three-run shot off Jack Warhop in the 2nd inning. After his homer, Ruth receives two intentional walks. He ends up kicking the bench and breaking his toe, sidelining him for two weeks.
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