July 22, 1958 Dave Stein is born He played almost his entire career with the Toronto Blue Jays. Stieb was a 7X All-Star, pitched a no-hitter in 1990 (and famously a few near-misses), and is a member of the Blue Jays “Level of Excellence.” In his 16-year career (1979-1993, 1998), Dave had 176 wins, 1,669…
On July 22, 1957, former manager Joe McCarthy is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He and fellow inductee Sam Crawford are in Cooperstown with five other Hall of Famers for the ceremony.
1957 – Cubs relief pitcher Jim Brosnan falls on the mound while warming up, injuring his Achilles tendon. He leaves the game without throwing a single pitch to a batter.
1957 – Testifying before the Celler committee, Pacific Coast League President Leslie O’Connor holds that 90 percent of all good ballplayers are monopolized through the farm teams. He adds that the major leagues may control as many as 1,098 players.
Horace Stoneham says that the Giants will quit New York after the season. He says he has not heard anything more from San Francisco and that his move is not contingent on that of the Dodgers. He sees a new stadium or joint occupancy with the Yankees as the only solution that could convince the Giants to stay in New York.
Dodger slugger Gil Hodges hits his 12th career grand slam to tie the National League record of Rogers Hornsby and Ralph Kiner, as the Dodgers edge the Cards, 10 – 9. St. Louis remains a game behind the Phils. The slam comes against the Cardinals’ Wilmer Mizell.
In what will later be revealed as false testimony, Kansas City A’s owner Arnold Johnson denies before the Celler committee that he had any ties to the Yankee ownership or has favored them in any trades.
Ernie Banks and Chuck Tanner of the Cubs both hit inside-the-park homers at spacious Forbes Field. The Cubs nip Pittsburgh, 6 – 5.
Gene Woodling of the Indians throws out two Washington runners from LF in the 1st inning, tying a major league record. Washington wins, 4 – 0.
In front of a House Judiciary subcommittee, team owner Arnold Johnson, contrary to the truth, denies he has favored the Yankees when trading players from the A’s to the Bronx. The Congress is skeptical, due to a number of recent suspicious deals between the New York and Kansas City clubs.
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