NMay 4, 1925 At Yankee Stadium 25 year old rookie Lefty Grove records his first win pitching 4 innings in relief. The Philadelphia a’s were down 7-6 entering the 9th when Max Bishop took another future hall of famer Waite Hoyt deep to tie the game and the A’s push across another run on a…
On May 4, 1910, President William Howard Taft attends two games in one day. After watching part of a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds at Sportsman’s Park, with the Cardinals are routing the Reds, he travels cross-town to watch the remainder of the game between the hometown Browns and the Cleveland Spiders…
Fred Brown makes his major league debut, his first appearance of a brief nine-game career, all for the Boston Beaneaters over two seasons. The 22 year-old outfielder, who goes 4-for-20 at the plate without making an error in the field, will enjoy a far more extended career as a politician, winning a Senate seat as a Democrat in then-conservative New Hampshire 1932 after serving as the state’s governor.
A National Association contest between the Cleveland Forest Citys and Fort Wayne Kekiongas is officially the first Major League game ever played. Fort Wayne is the winner, 2 – 0, behind a four-hit shutout by pitcher Bobby Mathews. Al Pratt is the losing pitcher. Cleveland’s catcher, Deacon White, is 3 for 4, including the first hit (a double) and also is the first to hit into a double play. Bill Lennon becomes the first catcher to throw a runner out trying to steal second base. In the 127 games during the 1871 season, there are a total of four shutouts.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first all-professional baseball team, start their first regular season with a 45 – 9 victory over the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
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