Fred Merkle Position: First BasemanBats: Right • Throws: Right6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)Born: December 20, 1888 in Watertown, WIDied: March 2, 1956 in Daytona Beach, FLBuried: Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, FLHigh School: Toledo HS (Toledo, OH)Debut: September 21, 1907 ( 2,987th in MLB history)vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: September 26, 1926vs. SLB 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Carl Frederick…
Jim Ray Hart ties a modern major-league record with 6 RBIs in one inning (the 5th) with a three-run homer and a three-run triple; Hart is the first player in 59 years to accomplish the feat. The Giants score 11 in the frame. Hart also hits for the cycle as the Giants rout the Braves, 13 – 0. Gaylord Perry is the easy winner, posting San Francisco’s first shutout of the year. Perry will throw four more to lead the National League.
The Browns beat the Yankees twice, 6 – 1 and 6 – 2, in a total time of two hours, seven minutes, a major-league record for a twinbill. The second game is the fastest in American League history: 55 minutes. The Yanks total 19 hits, while the Browns collect 26 in the two games. Babe Ruth has one at bat, then sits, and misses reliever George Sisler, who tosses two scoreless innings to finish for the Browns in the second game and, when the Browns score four in the 8th, picks up the victory. Ruth has 47 homers – twice as many as the runner-up, and also leads the AL with 139 runs, 155 RBI, and 144 bases on balls. Browns coach Jimmy Austin, 46 years old, participates in the nitecap and contributes to the win by knocking in a run with a double and then stealing home. He is not the oldest to steal a base (Arlie Latham, 50, in 1909), but he is the oldest to steal home. The Yankees use Fred Merkle in his final game. Merkle replaces Lou Gehrig at 1B in the 6th.
New York Giants trade first baseman Fred Merkle
The Giants lose 1 – 0 to the Cardinals, managing just three hits off Bill Doak, but win game two on a 2-hitter by Christy Mathewson over Slim Sallee. The 4 – 0 win is Matty’s 20th.
October 10, 1913 At Shibe Park the home team won for the first time in the series, although the visiting Giants made it close in the late innings. Wally Schang had four RBI for the A’s, they now had a 3–1 series lead. Just like in Game 1, Bender struggled but went the distance for…
October 7, 1913 At the Polo Grounds, in the World Series opener, Home Run Baker drove in three runs with three hits for the A’s, including a home run. Eddie Collins went 3-for-3 and scored three runs. Despite giving up four runs and 11 hits, Chief Bender held on for a 6–4 win. The…
On October 16, 1912 –At Fenway Park, game 8 was played as a make up for a game 2 tie. Christy Mathewson faces off vs Hugh Bedient. Bedient pitched 7 solid innings of 1 run ball. Mathewson was his equal through 7. Bedient was replaced by Smokey Joe Wood, who got pounded for 7…
October 12, 1912 at Fenway Park the Red Sox scored two quick runs in the bottom of the third against Christy Mathewson when Harry Hooper led off with a triple, Yerkes also tripled, and Tris Speaker reached on an error by Giants second baseman Larry Doyle allowing Yerkes to score. Mathewson then proceeded to…
October 10, 1912, At Fenway Park Game 2 of the World Series, in the top of the second, Red Murray doubled to center. He advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Fred Merkle and scored on a sacrifice fly by Buck Herzog, giving the Giants a 1–0 lead. Three innings later, Herzog doubled…