This Day In Baseball May 12 Debuts, Milestones, No Hitters, Rule Changes, Events, Birthdays, Deaths, and more on This Day In Baseball. Events for May 12 Sort bySearch Days, Events, Players Title (A - Z)Date (Newest) May 12, 1910 Chief Bender of the Philadelphia Athletics pitches a 4 – 0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Naps. Bender, who misses a perfect game by issuing a walk, will compile a 23-5 record during the season. May 12, 1915 Using just 67 pitches, Red Faber of the Chicago White Sox throws a complete game victory, beating the Washington Senators on three hits, 4 – 1. May 12, 1926 Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators wins his 400th career game. May 12, 1926 Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators records his 400th career win when he defeats the St. Louis Browns, 7 – 4, to reach the rarely-achieved milestone. May 12, 1932 Carey Selph of the Chicago White Sox collects his ninth strikeout of the season. But it won’t happen again. Selph will go another 89 games without striking out, to set a major league record, hitting .283 in 396 at-bats in his second and last season. Selph’s record will last until 1958, when Nellie Fox sets a new mark with 98 consecutive games whitout striking out. May 12, 1937 Joe Medwick hits two home runs and two doubles to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 15 – 3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. May 12, 1941 After five years of being called the Bees, the National League franchise in Boston is once again known as the Braves. May 12, 1948 5/12/1948: Joe DiMaggio hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning at Yankee Stadium off Gene Bearden of the Indians. There was one out at the time. The game was rained out in the bottom of the fourth. May 12, 1953 5/12/1953: Carlos Bernier of the Pirates led off the top of the second inning with a homer off Cincinnati’s Eddie Erautt for the first run of the game. With one out in the bottom of the fifth and the Pirates ahead, 5-1, the game was rained out. Bernier hit three homers in his career. May 12, 1955 Toothpick Sam Jones of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first black pitcher in major league history to throw a no-hitter and he does it in the hardest way. In the 9th inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Jones walks the bases full and then strikes out Dick Groat, Roberto Clemente and Frank Thomas in a row to preserve his 4 – 0 victory. It is also the first no-hitter at Wrigley Field in the last 38 years. Unfortunately only 2,918 fans are on hand to witness the double milestone. May 12, 1955 Sam Jones becomes first black pitcher to fire no hitter May 12, 1956 Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches a 3 – 0 no-hitter against the New York Giants. Erskine strikes out three and walks two. His masterpiece at Ebbets Field is the second no-hitter of his career. His first came in 1952 against the Chicago Cubs. Birthdays Coming Soon Death Coming Soon [best_selling_products per_page="0" orderby="menu_order" columns="4" order="ASC"]
