1945 – The Tigers’ Joe Hoover will swipe only 19 bases in his career, but the most valuable one comes today. On the front end of a 3rd-inning double steal, Hoover steals home against the Browns for the game’s only run.
1942 – The largest night crowd in St. Louis history watch two aces deal, the Dodgers’ Whit Wyatt and the Cardinals’ Mort Cooper, go scoreless for 12 innings. Both teams score in the 13th, and the Cards win it in the 14th, 2 – 1, on Walker Cooper’s solo shot. The win by Cooper cuts the Dodgers’ lead over St. Louis to 5 1/2 games.
Lefty Tom George, who started in pro ball in 1907, returns to the mound for York (Interstate League) at age 54, and wins, 3 – 2. He had been inactive for five years.
In the second game of a twinbill, the Red Sox explode for 11 runs in the 6th inning. Jimmie Foxx hits his 3rd grand slam of the year in the inning, connecting off the Browns’ Emil Bildilli. The game is called after seven innings, with the Sox ahea,d 17 – 3.
1939 – Red Rolfe scores for the Yankees in his 18th consecutive game, giving him a total of 30 runs.
1938 – St. Louis Browns George McQuinn’s 34-game hitting streak is stopped seven short of George Sisler’s American League record.
1937 – Cleveland’s Bob Feller strikes out 16 Red Sox, one less than his own American League record, in an 8 – 1 victory.
The Braves establish a new major league record, hitting seven doubles in one inning. The two-bagger barrage occurs in the first frame of a 20-3 rout of the Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park.
1936 – The Giants win their 13th straight and take over first place.
Earle Combs collides with teammate Red Rolfe while chasing a fly ball
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