1958 – Despite a wind blowing in at Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle poles a Jim Bunning pitch down the right field line over the roof onto Trumbull Avenue, some 500 feet away. The two-run homer is all that Bunning allows as the Tigers win, 5 – 2.
On July 29, 1958, At Briggs Stadium, Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox blasts his 17th career grand slam off future hall of farmer Jim Bunning. The home run places Williams in a second-place tie with Babe Ruth on the all-time grand slam list behind Lou Gehrig, who had 23. Williams also adds a…
During the first game of a doubleheader, Tiger right-hander Jim Bunning no-hits the Red Sox, 3-0. The future Hall of Famer and U.S. Senator will become the first modern-day pitcher to toss a hitless game in both leagues when he throws a perfect game against the Mets in 1964, and once again Mets broadcaster Bob Murphy will be behind the microphone doing the play-by-play, as he is today for Boston.
6/25/1958: Bob Boyd and Gus Triandos of the Orioles homered off Jim Bunning at Tiger Stadium in the first inning only to see them washed out. Boyd’s blast came with one out and no one on while Triandos hit his two batters later with a man aboard. Bunning didn’t last through the inning.
Tiger right-hander Jim Bunning two-hits the Yankees in the Bronx, 3-2, but one is Mickey Mantle’s 200th career home run, a ninth-inning line drive that clears the left field wall. Both players will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
On October 23, 1931, future Hall of Famer Jim Bunning is born in Southgate, Kentucky. Bunning will make his major league debut in 1955 with the Detroit Tigers and will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1996. He will later became a U.S senator for his home state… @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Play by…
1880 – John Montgomery Ward of the Providence Grays pitches a perfect game against the Buffalo Bisons, winning 5 – 0. Losing pitcher Pud Galvin makes the last out. This is the second perfect game in the National League in six days; the first one was pitched by Lee Richmond on June 12th. The next perfect game by a National League pitcher will not happen for 84 years, when Jim Bunning turns the trick on Father’s Day in 1964.
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