This Week we cover August 26 – Sept 1 . . . We are going to talk Tom Yawkey, Jackie Robinson, Jeff Bagwell, The First Televised Game, Rob Dibble, The Rat and Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell. TRIVIA – Who was the first black/African American player in Major League Baseball History? On August 26, 1939…
Earl Wilson Position: Pitcher Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-3, 216lb (190cm, 97kg) Born: October 2, 1934 in Ponchatoula, LA Died: April 23, 2005 (Aged 70-203d) in Southfield, MI Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI High School: Greenville Park HS (Hammond, LA) Debut: July 28, 1959 (11,657th in major league history) vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER Last Game: September 22, 1970 vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2…
Carlos Zambrano hits his 24th career homer as the Marlins beat the Phillies, 5 – 1. That ties him with Bob Gibson for second-most dingers by a pitcher in the post-1962 era, still 9 behind leader Earl Wilson.
Earl Wilson nearly scores after striking out
On May 19, 1968, Frank Howard’s home run streak comes to an end. The Washington Senators’ slugger had hit 10 home runs over the last six games, establishing a new major league record. “Hondo” is shut down by Detroit Tigers pitcher Earl Wilson, who defeats the Senators, 5-4. in the first game of a doubleheader….
Detroit’s Earl Wilson, winner of six straight, hits an 8th-inning homer to give himself a 5 – 3 lead over New York. But the Yankees, batting against reliever Hank Aguirre in the 9th, tally one run on a Clete Boyer single, and win it, 6 – 5, when Mickey Mantle clouts a pinch homer over a leaping Al Kaline in RF. The win still leaves New York (57-72) in last place.
On June 26, 1962, Earl Wilson of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first black pitcher in American League history to hurl a no-hitter. Wilson also hits a 400-foot home run off loser Bo Belinsky, who pitched his no-hitter six weeks earlier, in the 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels at Boston’s Fenway Park….
In the third inning of the Senators’ 14-2 rout of Boston, Jim Lemon belts two home runs, respectively off Bill Monbouquette and Earl Wilson. The outfielder’s pair of round-trippers accounts for six of the ten runs scored in the frame.