On June 21, 1959 At Los Angeles, the Redlegs’ Don Newcombe subdues the Dodgers, 17 – 3. Newk pitches a complete game and collects four hits and four RBIs.
On June 21, 1959 Milwaukee’s Hank Aaron hits three two-run home runs at Seals Stadium to power the Braves to a 13 – 3 win over the Giants. It’s the only 3-homer game of Aaron’s career.
On June 21, 1958 Frank Lary pitches his third straight shutout, beating the Yankees’ Duke Maas, 1 – 0. Al Kaline throws out Maas at the plate and hits his 7th home run to extend his hitting streak to 18 games.
On June 21, 1958 White Sox lefty Billy Pierce hurls a two-hitter against the Orioles, winning 1 – 0 over Billy Loes. It’s the Sox’s 5th shutout in their last six games.
On June 21, 1957 In his first major league start, Von McDaniel, who graduated from Oklahoma’s Hollis High School last month, two-hits the Dodgers at Busch Stadium, 2-0. Brooklyn does not get a hit off the 18 year-old bonus baby until the sixth inning.
On June 21, 1957 Going the distance in the Senators’ 6-3 victory over Cleveland, Chuck Stobbs wins his first game since throwing a shutout against Baltimore last September. The 27 year-old right-hander snaps a personal 16-game losing streak, which includes dropping his first 11 decisions this year.
On June 21, 1956 Jack Harshman pitching for the White Sox and Connie Johnson for the Baltimore Orioles are embroiled in the true definition of a “pitcher’s duel”. In the bottom of the first inning at Comiskey Park, before a thin crowd of just 4,581 fans, Connie Johnson will walk Jim Rivera who will then…
On June 21, 1956 Kansas City Star reporter Dick Wade says that his stopwatch proves that there were only 9:55 minutes of actual “action” in a game the Athletics won from the Senators, 15 – 6 (in just 8 1/2 innings). Wade calculated the time the ball was in play, allowing a second for each pitch that was taken or fouled…
Interested in exploring FRANCHISING? We will help you through your journey visit us @ www.franchisingconnection.com On June 21, 1952 The Harrisburg Senators sign softball shortstop standout Eleanor Engle, but the 24 year-old stenographer will never take the field when National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues president George Trautman bans the signing of women. Commissioner Ford…
6/21/1952: Steve Souchock of the Tigers lost a two-run homer to the rain. The game against the Athletics was called in the bottom of the fourth.
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