The Athletics send veteran pitcher Bill Dietrich to Washington for the waiver price. He’ll be there three weeks before the Senators waive him to the White Sox on July 20.
Detroit collects 25 hits off three White Sox pitchers to win, 21 – 7.
1936 – A home run by George Selkirk in the 16th inning gives Red Ruffing and the New York Yankees a 5 – 4 win over Oral Hildebrand and the Cleveland Indians. Ruffing has three hits, including a homer. Incredibly, there are no strikeouts in the long game.
1936 – Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,700th consecutive game, as the Yankees beat the Indians, 4 – 3.
Coming in as a reliever‚ Cards P Paul Dean loses for first time to the Dodgers. The final score is 4 – 3.
The Tigers score 10 runs in the 3rd and 6 in the 5th en route to a 18 – 9 thrashing of the A’s. Philadelphia scores 6 in the 9th but still comes up a bit short. Mickey Cochrane belts an inside-the-park grand slam in the 3rd and collapses after running it out and is replaced. Manager Cochrane will not be in the lineup as a player until July 15. Elden Auker goes the distance for Detroit and might have had a shutout except for 4 errors. The A’s misplay 6.
At Sportsman’s Park, Eddie Morgan, appearing as a pinch-hitter in the Cardinals’ 12-7 loss to Chicago, hits a home run in his first major league first at-bat. The round-tripper will be the 21 year-old rookie’s only career homer during his brief stint with St. Louis and Brooklyn.
1936 – Pitcher Paul Dean follows his brother Dizzy into the fold and signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for $10,000.
New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio runs his spring training record to 12 for 20, in an 11 – 2 Yankees victory over the newly-named Boston Bees. Before the next game is played, the prize rookie is left unattended with his foot in a diathermy machine. The resulting burn ends his spring training and delays his major league debut until May.
The Cincinnati Reds trade first baseman Jim Bottomley to the St. Louis Browns in exchange for utility player Johnny Burnett. Bottomley will have a strong season this year and, midway through the 1937 season, will be named manager.
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