Cincinnati has only one assist in a game with the Dodgers, tying the major-league record held by four clubs.
Cincinnati has only one assist in a game with the Dodgers, tying the major-league record held by four clubs.
Forty-year-old Browns P Fred “Cactus” Johnson wins his first major-league game since 1923. He won 252 minor leagues games in his career.
Forty-year-old Browns P Fred “Cactus” Johnson wins his first major-league game since 1923. He won 252 minor leagues games in his career.
Bright yellow baseballs designed by Frederick Rah, who believes the visibility of the dandelion-hue sphere will help players avoid getting hit by a pitch, are used in the first game of a doubleheader. The one-game experiment draws mixed reactions and the Dodgers complete their sweep of the twin bill from the Cardinals, 6-2 and 9-3, using the traditional white ball in the nightcap.
Bright yellow baseballs designed by Frederick Rah, who believes the visibility of the dandelion-hue sphere will help players avoid getting hit by a pitch, are used in the first game of a doubleheader. The one-game experiment draws mixed reactions and the Dodgers complete their sweep of the twin bill from the Cardinals, 6-2 and 9-3, using the traditional white ball in the nightcap.
Al Munro Elias, founder of the Elias Sports Bureau and for many years the official statistician of the National League and International League, dies in New York City at age 67.
Al Munro Elias, founder of the Elias Sports Bureau and for many years the official statistician of the National League and International League, dies in New York City at age 67.
Yankee outfielder Jake Powell is suspened for racial comments
On the WGN’s White Sox pregame radio show, Yankee outfielder Jake Powel, in response to a Bob Elson question concerning his offseason employment as a Dayton, Ohio policeman, quips “I crack n*****s on the head”. Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis downplays the incident, describing the ballplayer’s comments as acting not “intentionally, but carelessly,” and will suspend the reserve flychaser for ten days.
New York’s Spud Chandler pitches 15 innings as the Yankees beat the White Sox, 7 – 3.
New York’s Spud Chandler pitches 15 innings as the Yankees beat the White Sox, 7 – 3.
Hank Greenberg of the Tigers, who had hit home runs his last two at bats the day before, homers his first two times up to tie the major league record of four in a row. Greenberg has a record-setting eleven two-home run games during the season.
1938 – Hank Greenberg of the Tigers, who had hit home runs his last two at bats the day before, homers his first two times up to tie the major league record of four in a row. Greenberg has a record-setting eleven two-home run games during the season.
Cleveland’s Johnny Allen has his 12-game win streak snapped by the Red Sox.
1938 – Cleveland’s Johnny Allen has his 12-game win streak snapped by the Red Sox.
1938 – 44-year-old Babe Ruth, roughly three years into his retirement and currently first base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers, launches one 430 feet out of Sportsman’s Park to win the $50 grand prize in a pre-game distance-hitting contest featuring an otherwise active pool of contestants including Cardinals Joe Medwick (the runner-up at 425 feet), Johnny Mize and Don Padgett, as well as Brooklyn’s Dolph Camilli and Ernie Koy.
1938 – 44-year-old Babe Ruth, roughly three years into his retirement and currently first base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers, launches one 430 feet out of Sportsman’s Park to win the $50 grand prize in a pre-game distance-hitting contest featuring an otherwise active pool of contestants including Cardinals Joe Medwick (the runner-up at 425 feet), Johnny Mize and Don Padgett, as well as Brooklyn’s Dolph Camilli and Ernie Koy.
Johnny Mize of the Cardinals has three home runs in a game for the second time this season, in a game against the Giants.
Johnny Mize of the Cardinals has three home runs in a game for the second time this season, in a game against the Giants.
