On May 10, 1953, Pittsburgh infielders Eddie O’Brien and Johnny O’Brien become the first twins to play for the same team in the same game when Johnny enters the nightcap of a Giants game on defense and Eddie later pinch runs. But the Giants take the twin bill, 4 – 0, behind Sal Maglie’s 3-hitter,…
At Braves Field, in the second of two games, the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies start the match in daylight and finish under the lights, a first in the majors. The Phillies win, 6 – 5. Johnny Sain hurls the Braves to a 4 – 3 victory in the opener.
1920 – Edd Roush of the Cincinnati Reds falls asleep in center field during a long argument in the infield. Heinie Groh goes out to wake him, but the chief umpire ejects Roush for delaying the game.
John McGraw puts 49-year-old coach Arlie Latham at 2B in a 19 – 3 romp over St. Louis. Latham goes hitless but handles 2 assists. Cy Seymour scores 5 runs.
1907 – The Mills Commission on the origins of baseball reports that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839. The Commission is convinced by the testimony of Abner Graves, who claimed to be a childhood companion of Doubleday’s. Grave’s story is later “verified” when an old, rotting ball is found among his personal effects; the ball is now in the Hall of Fame. The Commission ignores the fact that Doubleday did not graduate from West Point until 1842.
1902 – At Chicago, the Reds’ Cy Seymour sets a major-league record by hitting four sacrifice flies in a 6 – 1 win over the Chicago Orphans. Seymour will be tied but never topped.
In his major league debut, Luis Castro plays second base for Connie Mack’s Philadelphia’s A’s in an 8-1 victory over the Orioles at Oriole Park. The 25 year-old Medellin native is the first and last player from Colombia to appear in the big leagues until Orlando Ramrez broke in with the Angels in 1974.
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