On May 3, 1964, Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants rips four home runs against the Hanshin Tigers, establishing a new Japanese League record for most home runs in a game. Oh also shares the record with several major leaguers, including Hall of Famers Ed Delahanty, Chuck Klein, Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays, and Mike Schmidt.
On May 2, 1964, At Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, the visiting Minnesota Twins hit four consecutive home runs in one inning. Tony Oliva (his second of the game), Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall, and Harmon Killebrew (his second of the game, he hit a go-ahead home run in 9th) go deep in the 11th inning…
At Memorial Stadium, the Orioles host “Safety Patrol Day” to honor students who helped their schoolmates travel to and from school safely by giving free admission to 20,000 children from around the state of Maryland to the team’s game against the Cleveland. Unfortunately, a freak accident involving an escalator to the upper deck causes the death of a teenage girl and injuries to 46 other children when a people channeler, a device to control the crowding of patrons getting onto an escalator, was inadvertently left on top, restricting the flow of kids in the wrong direction, a blockage which caused children to fall back onto one another when they could not exit at the same pace as people getting onto the the moving steps.
1964 – Barry Larkin is born in Cincinnati, OH. The shortstop will play his entire 19-year career with his hometown Cincinnati Reds, lead the team to a World Championship in 1990, and win an MVP Award in 1995 before gaining election to the Hall of Fame in 2012.
On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt .45s becomes the first major leaguer to hurl a nine-inning no-hitter and lose the game. The knuckleballing right-hander goes down to defeat, 1-0. Second baseman Nellie Fox, usually a reliable defensive player, commits a critical run-scoring error on Vada Pinson’s groundball.
1964 – Nellie Fox drives in four runs with a two-run single and a two-run triple to pace a 7-1 win over St. Louis. Dick Farrell tosses a four-hitter.
1964 – Bob Bruce ties a major-league record by striking out the side on nine pitches in the eighth inning against the Cardinals. It happens in a 6-1 loss to Bob Gibson. Bruce fans Bill White, Charley Jones and Ken Boyer in perfect order. The next inning, after a leadoff single, Bruce KOs Tim McCarver, Julian Javier and Gibson for good measure.
On April 18, 1964, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers strikes out the side on nine pitches, becoming the first pitcher in major league history to achieve the feat twice. In spite of this third-inning dominance against the Cincinnati Reds, Koufax loses the game, 3-0.
April 17, 1964 Boston Red Sox rookie Tony Conigliaro hits his first Major League home run in his first at-bat at Fenway Park, off Joe Horlen, 2nd inning. The two-out blast totally clears the Green Monster. the 19-year-old was born in Revere MA just a few miles away from Fenway Park. He will become the…
The New York Mets lose their first game at Shea Stadium to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 – 3. Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell hits the first home run ever at Shea.
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