On January 26, 1930, Carl Mays signs a contract with Portland of the Pacific Coast League, thus foregoing his major league career. In 1920, a Mays fastball had struck Ray Chapman in the head. The impact of the blow killed the Cleveland Indians’ shortstop. [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join the Community” subscribe_text=”We bring you cool stories about the…
On June 7, 1921, a minor league game in Kingsport, Tennessee is canceled because of a murder. The body of a slain girl is found at the ballpark, to prevent the trail from becoming confused for bloodhounds, police close the park and cancel the game between Kingsport and Knoxville.
1916 – Major League Baseball initiates an option plan to protect minor league players.
On September 5, 1914, While tossing a one hit 9-0 shutout against the Toronto Maple Leafs, 19 year-old Babe Ruth of the AAA Providence Grays (International league) hits the first home run in his professional career, a 3-run blast off Ellis Johnson. It will be his only homerun in minor league play. The site…
On April 22, 1914, future Hall of Famer Babe Ruth makes his pitching debut for the minor league Baltimore Orioles of the International League. The left-handed throwing Ruth allows only six hits in shutting out the Buffalo Bisons, 6-0. At the plate, Ruth picks up two singles in four at-bats.
John C. Bender, brother of Philadelphia great Chief Bender, dies the same month he played his final minor league game; it is frequently mistakenly reported as taking place on the baseball diamond for nearly a century.
Church bells ring when Fred Toney completes the longest no-hitter in organized baseball history, a 1-0 victory over the Lexington Colts of the Blue Grass League. As word spread around town about the Class D Winchester Hustlers right-hander’s performance on the mound, fans continued to stream into the ballpark before the lone run of the contest scored on a squeeze play in the bottom of the 17th.
1904 – Ty Cobb, making his pro baseball debut at the age of seventeen, hits a home run and double for the Augusta Tourists in the South Atlantic League.
In a 13-7 rout of the Corsicana Oil Cities, Paris Parasites left fielder Clyde Bateman becomes the second player in Texas League history to hit four home runs in a game, a feat accomplished last season by Oil Cities catcher Jay J. Clarke. In less than two months, the 26 year-old slugger, who will lead the circuit in hitting and homers, makes history again when he throws a no-hitter for the Steers (the franchise’s new name after moving to Waco on June 26) against the Fort Worth Panthers. (Ed. note- Clyde Bateman is also known as Quait Bateman – LP)
Corsicana of the Texas League wins its 27th game in a row, topping Charlotte’s record of 25 set earlier this year. Corsicana will finish the year with a 57-9 record.
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