Milt Gaston Career Highlights Position: Pitcher Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg) Born: January 27, 1896 in Ridgefield Park, NJ us Died: April 26, 1996 in Barnstable, MA Buried: Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, FL High School: Ridgefield Park HS (Ridgefield Park, NJ) Debut: April 20, 1924 (5,978th in major league history) vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER Last Game: September 26, 1934 vs. DET 8.0 IP, 11…
1931 – Two pitchers changes the color of their socks, when Boston sends forkballer Milt Gaston to Chicago in exchange hard-thrower Bob Weiland.
Milt Gaston of the Red Sox beats the Senators to stop a 10-game winning streak by the league-leading Senators. In 1929, he halted an 11-game string by the A’s, the eventual pennant winners.
Washington P Milt Gaston surrenders 14 hits in a 9 – 0 shutout over Cleveland, setting an American League mark and tying the major-league standard.
A’s rookie Mickey Cochrane hits three homers to lead Philadelphia to a 20 – 4 rout over the Browns. His first two clouts come off Milt Gaston, and the third off George Blaeholder. He will hit just another two all year to total six.
1913 – In front of the largest crowd of the season (22,000), Cubs hurler Larry Cheney hurls a 14-hit shutout against the visiting Giants, defeating them 7 – 0 while setting a major-league record for most hits allowed in a 9-inning whitewashing. Milt Gaston of Washington will duplicate the feat on July 10, 1928. Cheney wins his 20th over Rube Marquard, also seeking his 20th.