This Day In Baseball July 3

July 3, This day in baseball. Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck purchases the contract of outfielder Larry Doby. Hall of Famer Don Drysdale passes away. Cleveland Indians right-hander Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minnesota Twins batters in 10 innings. Tony Cloninger Sets grand slam record and much more on This Day In Baseball. 

Debuts, Milestones, No Hitters, Rule Changes, Events, Birthdays, Deaths, and more on This Day In Baseball.  

Events for July 3

At Pittsburgh, Jack Chesbro beats the Beaneaters, 2 – 1; the Boston battery is Ted Lewis and Boileryard Clarke.

At Cleveland, the Naps top the Tigers, 5 – 0, in game called after six innings on account of rain. To underscore the soggy conditions, Detroit outfielder Germany Schaeferplays the last few innings wearing a raincoat over his uniform.

At a packed Washington Park, the Giants beat up Brooklyn, winning, 5 – 3 and 2 – 1, in a total of 23 innings. In the opener, Christy Mathewson relieves Bugs Raymond with the score knotted at 3 in the 9th. Matty shuts out the Superbas in the next six innings, and the Giants score two in the 14th off Harry McIntire for the win.

The Cardinals commit 17 errors in a doubleheader loss to the Reds, 10 – 2 and 13 – 7, to tie a modern major league record.

At Philadelphia, the A’s Frank Baker hits for the cycle in a 5 – 1 win over the Yankees in game two of a doubleheader.

New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard sets a modern day record by winning his 19th consecutive game

New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard sets a modern day record by winning his 19th consecutive game

The Giants’ Rube Marquard nips Nap Rucker, 2 – 1, to capture his 19th straight game this season. With two end-of-year wins in 1911, he has 21 in a row in regular season play. Both marks are records. On the 8th, the Cubs will beat him, but he will ultimately compile a league-leading 26 victories against 11 defeats. Today’s game is the Giants’ 16th consecutive win. Brooklyn will end the streak tomorrow.

Walter Johnson picks up a win and is given a rare rest in the 6th inning as Washington coasts to a 10 – 2 win over the Highlanders. Johnson will rack up an American Leaguerecord 16 straight wins before he is beaten.

The Giants hand Pete Alexander his third loss in the four-game series, as Jeff Tesreau wins, 4 – 2, in 11 innings. New York is now in first place by 3 1/2 games.

The Red Sox tally 15 hits off Washington’s Walter Johnson, but lose, 1 – 0, in 15 innings. This a major league frustration record for most hits in a shutout. Ray Collins takes the loss.

Chief Bender and Bob Shawkey whitewash the Yankees, 2 – 0 and 1 – 0, for an A’s sweep.

The Braves make their second trade in four days, acquiring OF Josh Devore from the Phils for IF Jack Martin.

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