Ford Frick inaugurates the Cy Young Award, to honor the outstanding pitcher each year. The BBWAA will do the voting. Only one pitcher will be honored each year until 1967, when a pitcher will be selected in each league.

Ford Frick inaugurates the Cy Young Award, to honor the outstanding pitcher each year. The BBWAA will do the voting. Only one pitcher will be honored each year until 1967, when a pitcher will be selected in each league.

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Ford Frick inaugurates the Cy Young Award, to honor the outstanding pitcher each year. The BBWAA will do the voting. Only one pitcher will be honored each year until 1967, when a pitcher will be selected in each league.

Jim Busby hits his second grand slam in consecutive days to beat the A’s, 4-2. Yesterday, in a 13-7 loss to Detroit, the Indians’ outfielder hit his bases-loaded home run off winner Frank Lary in the first inning.

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Jim Busby hits his second grand slam in consecutive days to beat the A’s, 4-2. Yesterday, in a 13-7 loss to Detroit, the Indians’ outfielder hit his bases-loaded home run off winner Frank Lary in the first inning.

In his first major league start, Al Worthington blanks the Pirates, 6 – 0. The Giants rookie will repeat the feat in his next start blanking the Dodgers to tie a major league mark.

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In his first major league start, Al Worthington blanks the Pirates, 6 – 0. The Giants rookie will repeat the feat in his next start blanking the Dodgers to tie a major league mark.

At the Polo Grounds, the Braves smack two homers (Willard Marshall and Walker Cooper) in the top of the third, only to have the Giants answer with three home runs – by Wes Westrum, Bobby Thomson, and Don Mueller – in the bottom of the inning. The Giants outslug the Braves for the game, 12 – 10.

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At the Polo Grounds, the Braves smack two homers (Willard Marshall and Walker Cooper) in the top of the third, only to have the Giants answer with three home runs – by Wes Westrum, Bobby Thomson, and Don Mueller – in the bottom of the inning. The Giants outslug the Braves for the game, 12 – 10.

At Crosley Field, Walker Cooper goes 6 for 7, including three home runs and three singles, five runs scored and ten RBIs, to power the Reds over the Cubs, 23 – 4. Cooper had just been acquired on June 13th from the Giants.

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At Crosley Field, Walker Cooper goes 6 for 7, including three home runs and three singles, five runs scored and ten RBIs, to power the Reds over the Cubs, 23 – 4. Cooper had just been acquired on June 13th from the Giants.

Larry Doby makes his first start as a major league player
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Larry Doby makes his first start as a major league player

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On July 6, 1947, Larry Doby makes his first start as a major league player. Doby, the first black player in the history of the American League, plays all nine innings at first base in the Cleveland Indians’ 6-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Doby will bat .326 in 1950, and will lead the…

Tommy Holmes hits in his 34th consecutive game to pass Rogers Hornsby’s modern National League record of 33 in 1922

Tommy Holmes hits in his 34th consecutive game to pass Rogers Hornsby’s modern National League record of 33 in 1922

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The Braves sweep the Pirates, 13 – 5 and 14 – 8, as Butch Nieman hits a pinch grand slam in the opener. In the second game, Tommy Holmes hits in his 34th consecutive game to pass Rogers Hornsby’s modern National League record of 33 in 1922; Willie Keeler had 44 in the 19th Century.

P Phil Marchildon rejoins the Athletics. In the Canadian Air Force, he was shot down during World War II and was in a German prison camp for nine months.

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P Phil Marchildon rejoins the Athletics. In the Canadian Air Force, he was shot down during World War II and was in a German prison camp for nine months.

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American League All-Stars defeats the National League at the Polo Grounds, 3 – 1 in the 1942 All Star Game

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1942 – Powered by first-inning home runs by Indians shortstop Lou Boudreau and Tigers first baseman Rudy York, the American League All-Stars defeats the National League at the Polo Grounds, 3 – 1. Mickey Owen also homers for the third run. He will not hit a single home run during the regular schedule. The game features the first and only starting sibling battery in All-Star history as losing pitcher Mort Cooper throws to backstop Walker Cooper, his brother.