Chicago Cubs P Bill Hands strikes out for the 14th straight at bat in the Cubs’ 2 – 0 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader at New York. The 14 strikeouts in consecutive at-bats (as opposed to plate appearances) are a major league record.

ByBaseball

Chicago Cubs P Bill Hands strikes out for the 14th straight at bat in the Cubs’ 2 – 0 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader at New York. The 14 strikeouts in consecutive at-bats (as opposed to plate appearances) are a major league record.

Minnesota rookie Rick Renick is the 16th American League player to hit a home run in his first major league at bat. The Twins beat the Tigers, 5 – 4.

ByBaseball

Minnesota rookie Rick Renick is the 16th American League player to hit a home run in his first major league at bat. The Twins beat the Tigers, 5 – 4.

tony perez 1967 homerun
|

Tony Perez hits a 15th inning home run against Jim “Catfish” Hunter in All Star Game

ByThis Day in Baseball

On July 11, 1967, Tony Perez of the Cincinnati Reds hits a 15th inning home run against Jim “Catfish” Hunter of the Kansas City A’s, ending the longest All-Star Game in history. Perez’ dramatic blast gives the National League a 2-1 victory @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@

Jim Wynn becomes the first Houston player to get a hit in the All-Star Game 
|

Jim Wynn becomes the first Houston player to get a hit in the All-Star Game 

ByThis Day in Baseball

1967 – Jim Wynn becomes the first Houston player to get a hit in the All-Star Game . He singles in the ninth against Al Downing but does not score. Rusty Staub singles off Catfish Hunter in the 11th but also doesn’t score. Mike Cuellar, the third Astro All-Star, pitches two shutout innings . Finally, Tony Perez of Cincinnati homers in the 15th to give the Nationals a 2-1 win.

Vic Power of the Angels is fined $250 and suspended 10 days for spitting on umpire Jim Honochick after a close play during a doubleheader loss to the White Sox, 7 – 4 and 6 – 1, the previous day.

ByBaseball

Vic Power of the Angels is fined $250 and suspended 10 days for spitting on umpire Jim Honochick after a close play during a doubleheader loss to the White Sox, 7 – 4 and 6 – 1, the previous day.

“My first major league game was at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, and Roberto Clemente almost killed me!” The “Toy Cannon” meets a real cannon with near disastrous results. Speaking with Baseball Digest some 40 years after the fact, Jimmy Wynn dredges up this traumatic close encounter: “Not many people know this, but I came up as a shortstop. Clemente hit a screaming line drive, and I got my glove up just as the ball hit the left field wall. I was one heck of a high school shortstop, but the majors were another story. After that, I told the coaches and manager to get me out of the infield.” In fact, this hair-raising encounter took place during Wynn’s second game in the majors. Wynn will have to soldier on in the infield for another 10 tension-filled days, but will be firmly ensconced in centerfield after that.

ByBaseball

“My first major league game was at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, and Roberto Clemente almost killed me!” The “Toy Cannon” meets a real cannon with near disastrous results. Speaking with Baseball Digest some 40 years after the fact, Jimmy Wynn dredges up this traumatic close encounter: “Not many people know this, but I came up as a shortstop. Clemente hit a screaming line drive, and I got my glove up just as the ball hit the left field wall. I was one heck of a high school shortstop, but the majors were another story. After that, I told the coaches and manager to get me out of the infield.” In fact, this hair-raising encounter took place during Wynn’s second game in the majors. Wynn will have to soldier on in the infield for another 10 tension-filled days, but will be firmly ensconced in centerfield after that.

For the first time since 1938, when the Waner brothers pulled the trick, brothers Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaron homer in the same inning. Both homers are hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank’s grand slam provides the winning margin in an 8 – 6 Braves win over the Cards.

ByBaseball

For the first time since 1938, when the Waner brothers pulled the trick, brothers Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaron homer in the same inning. Both homers are hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank’s grand slam provides the winning margin in an 8 – 6 Braves win over the Cards.