Babe Ruth Passes Away August 16 1953 – On This Day in Baseball History
Good Morning here is your short walk through baseball history for August 16 on this day in...
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Good Morning here is your short walk through baseball history for August 16 on this day in...
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August 14, 2020, here is your short walk through baseball history! Debuts, Milestones, No Hitters,...
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Joe McCarthy, Jacob Ruppert and Babe Ruth at spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida –...
Read MoreEpisode 112 – This Week in Baseball Two of the best pitchers of the Dead Ball Era faced off...
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Babe Ruth Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Weight: 215 Born: Year: 1895 in Baltimore, MD USA Died: 8 16 1948 in New York, NY USA Debut: 7/11/1914 Last Game: 5/30/1935 Hall of Fame: Inducted as a Player in 1936 by BBWAA...
Read MoreMajor League Baseball Season Recap 1923 World Series – New York Yankees AL over New York Giants NL 4 games to 2 World Series MVP – Babe Ruth Award – Awards – </strong? Major League Cy Young Award Cy...
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Albert Pujols becomes the ninth major leaguer to hit 600 home runsand the only player to reach the milestone with a grand slam. The 37 year-old Los Angeles DH, the fourth youngest to accomplished the feat, behind only Babe Ruth, Alex Rodrigues, and Henry Aaron, goes deep in the fourth inning off Ervin Santana in the team’s 7-4 victory over the Twins at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
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Bill Werber, the oldest ex-major leaguer and last living teammate of Babe Ruth, dies at the age of 100. The former infielder, who played for the Yankees, Red Sox, A’s, Reds, and Giants, became the first player to appear in a televised game when he batted leadoff for Cincinnati in a contest played against the Dodgers at Ebbets Field on August 26, 1939.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 9, 2008 | 600 Homerun, Milestones | 0 |
On June 9, 2008. Reds’ center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 600th home run, a 2 run shot...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 3, 2001 | Record Setters, Walks | 0 |
On October 3, 2001 Barry Bonds walks three times, breaking Babe Ruth’s major league record...
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A new musical, The Curse of the Bambino, opens in Boston. Written by David Kruh with music and lyrics by Stephen Bergman, the comedy is staged as a Greek tragedy complete with a Greek chorus composed of four fans.
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Aug 24, 1999 | Homerun History | 0 |
Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth, Ralph Kiner, Duke Snider, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, and Mark McGwire as the only players to hit 40 homers in four consecutive seasons.
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The U.S. Postal Service issues a Jackie Robinson stamp as part of their “Celebrate the Century” program. Robinson was selected to represent the 1940s, the second ballplayer chosen. Babe Ruth, last May, represented the 1920s.
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On September 17, 1998, Chet Hoff, who pitched to Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, died at the age of 107. Hoff lived longer than any other ex-major leaguer. He played four seasons in the big leagues for the Yankees and Browns.
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Joining Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth, Albert Belle becomes only the fourth player to drive in 100 runs and hit 30 homers for seven consecutive seasons. The White Sox left fielder, who played in every game for the White Sox this season, will continue the streak next year with the Orioles.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 10, 1997 | 50th homerun, Homerun History | 0 |
In a 7-6 loss to the Giants, Cardinal Mark McGwire becomes only the second player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in consecutive seasons. Babe Ruth accomplished the feat twice, in the 1920-21 and 1927-28 seasons.
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On April 15, 1976, the New York Yankees defeat the Minnesota Twins, 11-4, in the first game at the newly renovated Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and the widows of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth take part in...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 4, 1974 | Homerun History, Opening Day | 0 |
On April 4, 1974, Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron blasts an historic three-run home run against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jack Billingham on Opening Day. The home run is the 714th of Aaron’s Hall of Fame career, tying him with the legendary Babe Ruth for the most home runs in major league history.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 6, 1972 | Homerun History, Record Setters | 0 |
Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth’s record for the most home runs with one team
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Braves outfielder Hank Aaron joins Babe Ruth and Willie Mays as the only major league player to hit 600 career home runs. His historic homer, a 350-foot drive over the left field wall, comes off Gaylord Perry in the third inning of a 6-5 ten-inning loss to the Giants at Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium.
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On July 21, 1969, Major League Baseball celebrates the national pastime’s centennial anniversary...
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1969 – The Baseball Records Committee decides to give Babe Ruth credit for one more home run during his career for a total of 715. The committee rules that one of Ruth’s home runs had been incorrectly ruled a triple. The committee will later reverse its decision, returning Ruth to a total of 714 home runs.
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On April 26, 1969, the Baseball Records Committee decides to give Babe Ruth credit for one more home run – for a total of 715 – during his career. The committee rules that one of Ruth’s home runs had been incorrectly ruled a triple. The committee will later reverse its decision, returning Ruth to a total of 714 home runs.
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In his final postseason game, Mickey Mantle hits a three-run homer to the opposite field off right-hander Bob Gibson, his third dinger of the series. The Sportsman’s Park bomb, in the 7-5 loss to the Redbirds in the Fall Classic finale, extends the Mick’s World Series record to 18.
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At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle, facing Barney Schultz, slams the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth inning out of the Bronx ballpark, giving New York a dramatic 2-1 walk-off victory and two games to one advantage over St. Louis in the Fall Classic. ‘The Mick’s’ game-winning round-tripper, his 16th Fall Classic round-tripper, breaking the previous mark set by Babe Ruth, makes him the fifth major leaguer to end a World Series game with a home run.
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1961 – For the second consecutive year, New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris is named American League Most Valuable Player. The new single-season home run record holder with 61 edges his teammate Mickey Mantle by four points, 202-198. Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles finishes third with 157 points.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 8, 1961 | Classic Broadcast, World Series | 0 |
On October 8, 1961, at Crosley Field – Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees sets a record for...
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On September 26, 1961, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees ties Babe Ruth for most home runs in...
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At the Stadium, Roger Maris hits his 56th home run of the season off Mudcat Grant in an 8-7 comeback Yankee victory over the Indians. The Fargo native and roommate Mickey Mantle (52) now hold the record for most single-season home runs by a pair of teammates (108), previously set in 1927 by another pair of Bronx Bombers, Babe Ruth (60) and Lou Gehrig (47).
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 18, 1961 | Commissioner, Homerun History | 0 |
On July 18, 1961, Commissioner Ford Frick makes a controversial ruling in announcing that Babe...
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Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams hits career homer 511, tying him with Mel Ott for third on the all-time home run list behind Babe Ruth (714) and Jimmie Foxx (534). The historic homer, a two-out game-tying solo shot to deep right field, comes off Jim Perry in the fifth inning of a 6-3 loss to the Tribe at Cleveland Stadium.
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1960 – Ted Williams draws the 2,000th walk of his career in the Red Sox’s split of a twi-night doubleheader with Baltimore. Williams joins Babe Ruth as the only batters to collect 2,000 walks. The Splendid Splinter also clouts home runs number 514 and 515 in the first game, an 8 – 6 Boston win. The O’s win the nightcap, 6 – 0, but drop into 3rd place, two games behind the 1st-place Yankees.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 17, 1960 | 500 Homerun, Milestones | 0 |
On June 17, 1960, at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ted Williams becomes the fourth major league...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Apr 9, 1953 | Exhibition | 0 |
Pittsburgh’s one-sided pre-season victory over the defending World Champions notwithstanding, today’s main attraction is 21-year-old Mickey Mantle, as the Yankees’ young phenom becomes just the third batter in Forbes Field’s 44-year history—after Babe Ruth in 1935 and Teddy Beard in 1950—to clear the 89-foot-high right field roof.
Read More1949 – The New York Yankees unveil a granite monument to Babe Ruth. Monument Park, located in the deep center field region of Yankee Stadium, also includes monuments for Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 17, 1948 | Death | 0 |
An estimated crowd of 100,000 fans passes by the body of Babe Ruth, which is on display at Yankee Stadium. After the funeral in two days at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the ‘Bambino’ will be buried in the Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven in Hawthorne, New York.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 16, 1948 | Death | 0 |
On August 16, 1948, one of the game’s most charismatic figures passes away. Home run king Babe...
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On July 26, 1948, Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance. Ruth visits the film premiere of...
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On June 13, 1948, an ailing Babe Ruth makes his final appearance at Yankee Stadium. The New York...
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September 12, 1947 Babe Ruth Returns to Fenway for the Final Time. Managers and future Hall of...
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On April 27, 1947, the New York Yankees hold Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium. A crowd of 58,339 attends the ceremony at “The House That Ruth Built” to honor the game’s all-time home run leader, who is dying of throat cancer. Ruth will succumb the following summer…
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November 2, 1944 – Japan, where baseball has been banned as an undesirable enemy influence,...
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War Bond Game, August 26, 1943, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, Lefty...
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Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 23, 1942 | Exhibition | 0 |
Walter Johnson pitching to Babe Ruth is the pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for the New York-Washington game at Yankee Stadium that provides $80,000 for Army-Navy relief. Ruth hits the fifth pitch into the right-field stands, and then adds one more shot before circling the bases. Sixteen relief games contribute $523,000 during the season. In the doubleheader between the Senators and the Yankees, the Senators win the opener, 7 – 6 and New York cops the nitecap, 3 – 0, in 5 1/2 innings.
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Walter Johnson pitching to Babe Ruth is the pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for the New York-Washington game at Yankee Stadium that provides $80,000 for Army-Navy relief. Ruth hits the fifth pitch into the right-field stands, and then adds one more shot before circling the bases. Sixteen relief games contribute $523,000 during the season. In the doubleheader between the Senators and the Yankees, the Senators win the opener, 7 – 6 and New York cops the nitecap, 3 – 0, in 5 1/2 innings.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 17, 1941 | Images | 0 |
In 1941. Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Tris Speaker
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On June 4, 1941, numerous baseball dignitaries attend the funeral of Lou Gehrig in the Bronx....
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