1938 – A special committee names Alexander Cartwright to Baseball’s Hall of Fame for originating the sport’s basic concepts. Henry Chadwick, inventor of the box score and the first baseball writer, is also honored.

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1938 – A special committee names Alexander Cartwright to Baseball’s Hall of Fame for originating the sport’s basic concepts. Henry Chadwick, inventor of the box score and the first baseball writer, is also honored.

Free admission as well as giveaways of small bats and bags of peanuts highlight Lefty O’Doul Day at Seals Stadium for youngster under 14. Between games of PCL doubleheader against the Oakland Oaks, the kids have a chance to scramble for autographed balls thrown by the San Francisco Seals players.

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Free admission as well as giveaways of small bats and bags of peanuts highlight Lefty O’Doul Day at Seals Stadium for youngster under 14. Between games of PCL doubleheader against the Oakland Oaks, the kids have a chance to scramble for autographed balls thrown by the San Francisco Seals players.

For the third time this season, Dodger catcher Babe Phelps breaks a bone in his throwing hand. Although the injuries will limit his playing time to only 66 games and 208 at-bats this season, the southpaw-swinging backstop will hit .308 and was named to the National League All-Star team, the first of three consecutive games he’ll play in the Mid-summer classic.

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For the third time this season, Dodger catcher Babe Phelps breaks a bone in his throwing hand. Although the injuries will limit his playing time to only 66 games and 208 at-bats this season, the southpaw-swinging backstop will hit .308 and was named to the National League All-Star team, the first of three consecutive games he’ll play in the Mid-summer classic.

1938 – St. Louis Browns George McQuinn’s 34-game hitting streak is stopped seven short of George Sisler’s American League record.

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1938 – St. Louis Browns George McQuinn’s 34-game hitting streak is stopped seven short of George Sisler’s American League record.

1938 – The West wins the 1938 East-West Game, 5-4, when Neil Robinson hits a 3-run inside-the-park homer between the legs of East CF Sammy Bankhead. Hilton Smith and Double Duty Radcliffe allow only one run in eight innings of relief for a struggling Sug Cornelius.

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1938 – The West wins the 1938 East-West Game, 5-4, when Neil Robinson hits a 3-run inside-the-park homer between the legs of East CF Sammy Bankhead. Hilton Smith and Double Duty Radcliffe allow only one run in eight innings of relief for a struggling Sug Cornelius.

At Union Terminal Tower, Frankie Pytlak and Hank Helf, catchers for the Indians, establish record for catching baseballs dropped from a high altitude. The balls fall an estimated 708 feet and travel an average speed of 140 mph during their 52-floor descent from Cleveland’s enduring landmark, the second-tallest building in the world.

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At Union Terminal Tower, Frankie Pytlak and Hank Helf, catchers for the Indians, establish record for catching baseballs dropped from a high altitude. The balls fall an estimated 708 feet and travel an average speed of 140 mph during their 52-floor descent from Cleveland’s enduring landmark, the second-tallest building in the world.