Boston Red Caps sign Jim Whitney at a salary of $150 per month
1880 – In the National League, the Boston Red Caps sign Jim Whitney, considered one of the best pitchers in California, at a salary of $150 per month.
Future Hall of Famer Pete Hill is born in Pittsburgh
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Harry Stovey hits a pair of homer runs to take the league lead with 6. Harry adds a single and double as Worcester beats Troy’s Mickey Welch‚ 17-2.
Harry Stovey hits a pair of homer runs to take the league lead with 6. Harry adds a single and double as Worcester beats Troy’s Mickey Welch‚ 17-2.
Harry Stovey hits a leadoff home run‚ his second of the week‚ to start Worcester towards a 3-1 win over Troy.
Harry Stovey hits a leadoff home run‚ his second of the week‚ to start Worcester towards a 3-1 win over Troy.
Boston OF Charley Jones is suspended by the Boston club for demanding his $378 in back pay
1880 – Boston OF Charley Jones is suspended by the Boston club for demanding his $378 in back pay and then refusing to play when it is not forthcoming. In reaction to Jones’s actions‚ the club suspends‚ fines‚ and blacklists him without paying him anything.
Joe Tinker Stats & Facts
Joe Tinker Position: Shortstop Bats: Right • Throws: Right 5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg) Born: July 27, 1880 in Muscotah, KS us Died: July 27, 1948 (Aged 68-000d) in Orlando, FL Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, FL High School: Herington HS (Herington, KS) Debut: April 17, 1902 (Age 21-264d, 2,355th in major league history) Last Game: September 22, 1916 (Age 36-057d) vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by…
Rookie Harry Stovey hits his first homerun‚ connecting off Jim McCormick
Rookie Harry Stovey hits his first ML HR‚ connecting off Jim McCormick as Worcester beats Cleveland 7-1. Stovey will be the first ML player to reach 100 career HRs.
Cleveland beats Boston, 6 – 5, with Gid Gardner pitching his first game of the season
Cleveland beats Boston, 6 – 5, with Gid Gardner pitching his first game of the season. Jim McCormick had pitched complete games in all of Cleveland’s 31 previous National League games.
Abner Dalrymple, George Gore and Larry Corcoran switch hit for the first time
1880 – Abner Dalrymple, George Gore and Larry Corcoran, all normally left-handed batters, cross over and bat right-handed against southpaw Lee Richmond and get one hit each as Chicago beats Worcester, 4 – 0.
John Montgomery Ward of the Providence Grays pitches a perfect game against the Buffalo Bisons, winning 5 – 0
1880 – John Montgomery Ward of the Providence Grays pitches a perfect game against the Buffalo Bisons, winning 5 – 0. Losing pitcher Pud Galvin makes the last out. This is the second perfect game in the National League in six days; the first one was pitched by Lee Richmond on June 12th. The next perfect game by a National League pitcher will not happen for 84 years, when Jim Bunning turns the trick on Father’s Day in 1964.
