Bobby Wallace Essentials Positions: ShortstopBats: R Throws: RWeight: 170Born: November 4, 1873 in Pittsburgh, PA USADied: November 3, 1960 in Torrance, CA USADebut: September 15, 1894Last Game: September 2, 1918Hall of Fame: Inducted as a Player in 1953 by VeteransFull Name: Roderick John Wallace Notable Events and Chronology for Bobby Wallace Career In the first decade of…
August 29, 1878 – Boston pulls another out of the fire‚ coring 4 in the bottom of the 10th to beat Chicago‚ 8-7. Bob Ferguson‚ catching for the Whites‚ makes 5 errors and passed balls in the final frame. Ezra Sutton caps the scoring with a game-winning homer‚ his only Homerun of the year.
June 29, 1878 – Indianapolis Pitcher Jim McCormick finishes his first week in the National League by beating the Reds for the 3rd time. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Play by Play, Box Scores, News Paper Reports and other links Other Resources & Links Baseball-Reference Box Score
1878 – Terry Larkin allows 7 hits and knocks in 2 runs to give Chicago a 2 – 1 win over Providence.
In a 3-1 National League loss to the White Stockings at Chicago’s Lake Front Park, right-hander Jim McCormick of the Indianapolis Blues becomes the first player born in Scotland to appear in a major league game. Next season, as a 23 year-old, the Glasgow native will manage the team, which will move to Cleveland, making him the youngest skipper in the history of the game.
on May 9, 1878, Sam Weaver of the Milwaukee Cream Citys threw a no-hit game according to one scorer. The scorer from the Indianapolis Blues awarded a hit to John Clapp and more debate began.
After designing the device last season to protect his team’s promising, but skittish, catcher James Tyng, Fredrick Thayer receives a patent for his innovative invention, the catcher’s mask. The Harvard captain, who will never play in a major league game, designed an oblong wire frame modeled after a fencing mask with eyes holes that supports a series of strategically-placed pads made from animal skins.
Benjamin Douglas is hired as the manager of the Providence Grays, and Tom Carey is signed as the team’s captain. The skipper of the new National League franchise in Rhode Island will be fired for insubordination before the season begins, being replaced by left fielder Tom York, who led the team to a third-place finish with a 33-27 (.550) record.
1877 – William Hulbert is reelected president of the National League. The Hartford Dark Blues are dropped from the league.
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page July 9, 1877 – In the IA‚ Jim McCormick of Columbus gives up only 4 hits in 18 innings as the Buckeyes battle the Tecumsehs to a 1-1 tie. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@
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