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8/1/1893 – In the first game of the day, Tommy Dowd was called out for batting out of turn for the St. Louis Browns at home against the Pirates. No further details are known.

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8/1/1893 – In the first game of the day, Tommy Dowd was called out for batting out of turn for the St. Louis Browns at home against the Pirates. No further details are known.

Jesse Haines Stats & Facts
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Jesse Haines Stats & Facts

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    Jesse Haines Position: PitcherBats: Right  •  Throws: Right6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)Born: July 22, 1893 in Clayton, OHDied: August 5, 1978 in Dayton, OHBuried: Bethel Cemetery, Phillipsburg, OHDebut: July 20, 1918  (4,715th in major league history)vs. BSN 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ERLast Game: September 10, 1937vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 3 ERHall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1970. (Voted by Veteran’s Committee)View Jesse Haines’s Page at…

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6/30/1893 – The New York Giants order for the game in Chicago had William “Shorty” Fuller hitting in the eight spot followed by George Davies. In the second, the Giants manager, Monte Ward, incorrectly told Davies to bat before Fuller. Fuller hit next and was called out for batting out of turn.

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6/30/1893 – The New York Giants order for the game in Chicago had William “Shorty” Fuller hitting in the eight spot followed by George Davies. In the second, the Giants manager, Monte Ward, incorrectly told Davies to bat before Fuller. Fuller hit next and was called out for batting out of turn.

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5/24/1893 – The St. Louis Browns were in Pittsburgh playing the Pirates. The Browns scored two runs in the ninth and lost the game 8-7. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Joe Gunson made his first appearance and batted out of turn. That paper did not have a box score for the game. However, the boxes in three other papers and a brief mention in the Boston Globe indicated that Gunson was a pinch hitter for the pitcher, and as such he was not batting out of turn.

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5/24/1893 – The St. Louis Browns were in Pittsburgh playing the Pirates. The Browns scored two runs in the ninth and lost the game 8-7. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Joe Gunson made his first appearance and batted out of turn. That paper did not have a box score for the game. However, the boxes in three other papers and a brief mention in the Boston Globe indicated that Gunson was a pinch hitter for the pitcher, and as such he was not batting out of turn.

On March 21, 1988 — 1988 – Edd Roush dies in Bradenton, Florida, at the age of 94. A two-time National League batting champion and a .323 hitter over an 18-year career, Roush entered the Hall of Fame in 1962.
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Edd Roush Stats & Facts

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    Edd Roush Position: CenterfielderBats: Left  •  Throws: Left5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)Born: May 8, 1893 in Oakland City, IN usDied: March 21, 1988  in Bradenton, FLBuried: Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland City, INHigh School: Oakland City HS (Oakland City, IN)Debut: August 20, 1913 (3,975th in major league history)vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: September 27, 1931vs. STL 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SBHall of Fame: Inducted as Player in…

1893 – The Louisville Colonels National League club is forced to transfer its only three Sunday games because the suburb of Parkland, in which the Colonels’ new ballpark is located, does not permit Sunday play.

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1893 – The Louisville Colonels National League club is forced to transfer its only three Sunday games because the suburb of Parkland, in which the Colonels’ new ballpark is located, does not permit Sunday play.

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George Sisler Stats & Facts

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George Sisler Position: First Baseman Bats: Left  •  Throws: Left 5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg) Born: March 24, 1893, in Manchester, OH Died: March 26, 1973  in Richmond Heights, MO Buried: Old Meeting House Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Frontenac, MO High School: Akron HS (Akron, OH) School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) Debut: June 28, 1915 (4,338th in MLB history) vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER Last Game: September…

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John Pickett wins $1,285.72 in a lawsuit against the Baltimore Orioles

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1893 – John Pickett wins $1,285.72 in a lawsuit against the Baltimore Orioles, his most recent team. Baltimore had claimed that they did not owe him this sum – Picket’s entire 1892 salary – because he “was slow in his movement, and had a sore arm which incapacitated him from being of service to the club.”

The first recorded version (Columbia Graphophone Grand, #9649) of the poem Casey at the Bat vocalized by recording pioneer Russell Hunting, is released

The first recorded version (Columbia Graphophone Grand, #9649) of the poem Casey at the Bat vocalized by recording pioneer Russell Hunting, is released

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The first recorded version (Columbia Graphophone Grand, #9649) of the poem Casey at the Bat, vocalized by recording pioneer Russell Hunting, is released. The more well-known rendition of Earnest Thayer’s work, the one popularized by DeWolfe Hopper, will not be heard by the public until 1906.

It is announced that Frank Bancroft is spending the remainder of the off-season serving as the manager of Linda Gardner’s Mastodon Minstrels. Bancroft is credited with introducing baseball to Cuba in 1879 when he took a touring team to the Caribbean.

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It is announced that Frank Bancroft is spending the remainder of the off-season serving as the manager of Linda Gardner’s Mastodon Minstrels. Bancroft is credited with introducing baseball to Cuba in 1879 when he took a touring team to the Caribbean.