The Cardinals release right-hander Burleigh Grimes, the last legal spitballer. Ol’ Stubblebeard will finish his 19-year Hall of Fame career with a 270-212 record along with an ERA of 3.53.
1931 – In the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics rally for two runs and have two runners on base with two outs in the 9th inning when Cardinals reliever Bill Hallahan gets the final out for the 4 – 2 win in Game 7. The Athletics are denied their third consecutive World Championship.
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page June 16, 1931 – At Sportsman Park‚ the Philadelphia Phillies Chuck Klein hits a solo home run in the 1st inning‚ off Burleigh Grimes‚ to account for the only scoring till the 9th. With one out in the bottom…
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page October 5, 1930 – At Sportsman’s Park III, Jesse Haines pitches a brilliant 4-hitter to beat Lefty Grove and the A’s 3-1‚ evening up the Series 2 games each. Haines was a surprise starter, most expected Burleigh Grimes to…
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page October 1, 1930 – The World Series opens with a Wednesday game at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. The defending World Champion Athletics are held to 5 hits by Burleigh Grimes. Lefty Grove limits the St Louis Cardinals to a pair…
1928 – St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander opens his 18th season by shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 – 0.
1928 – The New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates swap pitchers: Burleigh Grimes for Vic Aldridge. Grimes, 19-8 with the Giants last season, will lead the National League in wins this year with 25 after his return to Pittsburgh. Aldridge holds out till May 3, and then will win just four games for New York.
1925 – Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances. The Dodgers pitcher hits into two double plays, then into a triple play.
1920 – The American League votes to allow pitchers who used the spitball in 1920 to continue using it as long as they are in the league. The National League will do the same. There will be 17 designated spitters in all, eight in the NL and nine in the AL. For the NL: Bill Doak, Phil Douglas, Dana Fillingim, Ray Fisher, Marvin Goodwin, Burleigh Grimes, Clarence Mitchell, and Dick Rudolph. For the AL: A.W. Ayers, Slim Caldwell, Stan Coveleski, Red Faber, Dutch Leonard, Jack Quinn, Allan Russell, Urban Shocker, and Allen Sothoron.
Indians’ Bill Wambsganss becomes the only player in World Series history to complete an unassisted triple play when he makes a leaping catch, steps on second base, and then tags the runner arriving from first base. After the play, a dead calm engulfs Cleveland’s League Park as the hometown fans try to digest what they had just witnessed.
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