Sponsor this Page June 10, 1947 Ken Singleton is born in New York, singleton now a Yankees broadcaster Played for the Mets, Expos, and Orioles. In 1973 Singleton became the first Expos player to drive in 100 runs and led the league with a .425 OB%. In ’74 he was traded to Baltimore, where…
In the 5th inning at Ebbets Field‚ Dodgers OF Pete Reiser crashes into the fence and is knocked unconscious. He still manages to hold onto the long fly by Culley Rikard to help the Dodgers win over Pittsburgh, 9 – 4. In the clubhouse, a priest administers the last rites of the Catholic Church to Reiser‚ who will be hospitalized for 10 days.
The Giants send 3B Babe Young to the Reds for pitcher Joe Beggs.
The record for the largest crowd to attend a single game in baseball history is set when 74,747 fans, not including the 1,140 people who get their money back when it turns out there is no place left to stand after buying standing room tickets, watch the Yankees beat Boston, 9-3, in a Monday evening tilt at the Bronx ballpark. The previous mark was set in 1932 at Cleveland’s spacious Municipal Stadium with a Sunday afternoon game attracting 73,592 patrons to witness Philadelphia’s 1-0 victory over the hometown Indians, a contest that takes only an hour and fifty minutes to complete.
On May 24 1947, at Ebbets Field Carl Furillo pinch hits for Gene Hermanski in the first inning and hits a three-run homer as a pinch-hitter in the first inning. Skeeter Newsome’s third career homer in 5 years ties the game in the 8th and the Phils win it in 10 innings‚ 4 – 3….
Matching Allie Reynolds’ game the day before‚ Spud Chandler gives the Yankees a 5 – 0 win over Boston‚ allowing 2 hits.
The Yankees beat Boston, 9 – 0, as Allie Reynolds fires his second two-hit shutout over the Red Sox in a month. Harry Dorish is the loser.
Joe DiMaggio and five other Yankees are slapped with $100 fines for not fulfilling contract requirements to do promotional duties for the Bronx Bombers.
A’s catcher Buddy Rosar drops Walt Judnich’s pop-up, ending his record-setting errorless game streak at 147 games. The All-Star backstop’s perfect fielding included the span of the 117 games he played for Philadelphia last season, handling 605 chances without a miscue during the entire campaign.
The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Braves, 4 – 3, in a game that features 22 hits – all singles. The Pirates hit 12 singles, the Braves 10.
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