Clay Buchholz Boston Red Sox

This Day In Baseball September 1

September

The history of sports is both vast and rich, thanks to the existence of so many different events and the longevity associated with them. With so much history to cull through, We offer the opportunity to look back and see what memorable things happened or milestones were reached on SeptemberĀ 1 in baseball history.

 

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Notable Events and Chronology for September 1

The championĀ Brooklyn EckfordsĀ Club begins a new Championship series

The championĀ Brooklyn EckfordsĀ Club begins a new Championship series

Albert Thakeā€š 22-year-old LF of theĀ Brooklyn Atlanticsā€š drowns off Fort Hamilton

Albert Thakeā€š 22-year-old LF of theĀ Brooklyn Atlanticsā€š drowns off Fort Hamilton

1874Ā – InĀ Hartfordā€šĀ Bobby MathewsĀ allows three hits as the visitingĀ MutualsĀ winā€š 14 – 0.

1879Ā –Ā ChicagoĀ beatsĀ Buffalo, 4 – 1, to briefly regain 2nd place overĀ Boston.

BostonĀ OFĀ Charley JonesĀ is suspended by the Boston club for demanding his $378 in back pay

BostonĀ OFĀ Charley JonesĀ is suspended by the Boston club for demanding his $378 in back pay

1ChicagoĀ scores 11 runs in the 3rd inning en route to a 21 - 7 thrashing ofĀ Cleveland

1ChicagoĀ scores 11 runs in the 3rd inning en route to a 21 – 7 thrashing ofĀ Cleveland

1885Ā –Ā DetroitĀ CĀ Charlie BennettĀ hits aĀ grand slamĀ in the 1st inningā€š leading Detroit to an 8 – 3 victory over theĀ New York Giants. Only two other grand slams are hit this yearā€š one byĀ Dave OrrĀ (New York) and one byĀ Tom BrownĀ (Pittsburgh).

1886Ā –Ā Ed “Cannonball” CraneĀ walksĀ 14 and adds 5Ā wild pitchesĀ and an error in a 15 – 2 loss toĀ Chicago. Formerly an OFā€š Crane has just been pressed into service as a pitcher for the last-placeĀ Nationals. He’ll emerge as a regular starter for theĀ New York GiantsĀ next year.

1887Ā – Following a 3-game sweep at the hands of theĀ Detroitsā€šĀ BostonĀ removesĀ King KellyĀ as captain and gives the job back to 1BĀ John Morrill.

1888Ā –Ā St. LouisĀ sluggerĀ Tip O’NeillĀ hits a home run over the fence in the 8th inning and lays down a game-winningĀ buntĀ single in the 10th inning to beatĀ AthleticsĀ aceĀ Ed Seward, 3 – 2. O’Neill will win theĀ American AssociationĀ batting titleĀ with a .335 average.

1889Ā – After having led theĀ American AssociationĀ race all season except for three days in Aprilā€šĀ St. LouisĀ falls to second place behindĀ BrooklynĀ after losing toĀ Columbus, 6 – 5, on a 10th-inning homer byĀ Dave Orr.

1890Ā –Ā BrooklynĀ wins three games in one dayā€š feasting onĀ PittsburghĀ 10 – 9ā€š 3 – 2ā€š and 8 – 4. In the first game, the losers are down 10 – 0 with 2 out in the 9thā€š then score 9 runs. The game ends asĀ Doggie MillerĀ hits a bases-loaded triple and is out trying to make it a game-tying homer. The three losses extend Pittsburgh’s losing streak to 22; it will reach 24 before they win again.

On Labor Day at Brooklyn’s Washington Park, the Bridegrooms, later to be known as the Dodgers, win all three games against Pittsburgh in the first tripleheader ever played. The home team sweeps the visiting Alleghenys, who will be renamed the Pirates next season, 10-9, 3-2, and 8-4.

Recently releasedĀ PiratesĀ PĀ Mark “Fido” BaldwinĀ is arrested in his hometown ofĀ Homestead, PAā€š for alleged complicity in the recent strike and ensuing riot. Baldwin posts a $2ā€š000 bail and claims that he was merely a spectator. He will soon rejoin the Pirates and finish the season with a 26-27 record.

Rookie PĀ Bill HawkeĀ ofĀ St. LouisĀ loads the bases with theĀ PhilliesĀ in the 6thā€š but then fans the next three batters on the way to a 4 – 1 win.Ā Tim KeefeĀ takes the loss.

1895Ā –Ā Aaron B. Championā€š president of the renownedĀ 1869Ā Cincinnati Red Stockingsā€š the first professional teamā€š dies inĀ London, England.

1898Ā –Ā Nap LajoieĀ singles against theĀ BrownsĀ to become the first hitter this year to reach 150Ā hits.

In today’s split of a doubleheader with theĀ Philliesā€šĀ Joe Tinkerā€šĀ Johnny Eversā€š andĀ Frank ChanceĀ appear together in theĀ Chicago OrphansĀ lineup for the first timeā€š but not in the positions that will earn them immortality. Eversā€š aĀ New York State LeagueĀ rookieā€š starts at SSā€š with Tinker at 3Bā€š Chance at 1Bā€š and veteranĀ Bobby LoweĀ at 2B. Philadelphia takes the openerā€š 11 – 3, behindĀ Doc Whiteā€š while Chicago is victorious in the nitecapā€š 6 – 1ā€š behindĀ Jack Taylor’sĀ pitching.

At theĀ Polo Groundsā€š the last-placeĀ GiantsĀ follow a successful road trip (7-4) by dropping two games to theĀ Cards. St. Louis winsā€š 6 – 4, in game 1 as 5 of the first 6 batters in the 2nd inning lay downĀ bunts. 3 runs score. The Cards then pummelĀ Christy MathewsonĀ for 12 hits in the nitecap to winā€š 8 – 2.

At theĀ Polo Groundsā€šĀ Christy MathewsonĀ allows 3 hitsā€š strikes out 9 and allows no earned runs asĀ New YorkĀ whips theĀ Philliesā€š 4 – 1.

Hillerich & BradsbyĀ sign a contract withĀ Honus WagnerĀ to produce the first autographed modelĀ bat.

TheĀ HighlandersĀ win their 6th game in three days fromĀ Washingtonā€š sweeping their third straightĀ doubleheaderā€š 5 – 4 and 5 – 3ā€š for anĀ American LeagueĀ record.

Portrait of Jack Coombs, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics. Stamped on back: "Charles M. Conlon, Evening Telegram, New York." Handwritten on back: "Jack Coombs, Athletics, 1908.

TheĀ American League’s longest game to date takes place inĀ BostonĀ before 16ā€š000 in this 24 inning marathon both startersĀ Jack Coombs and Joe HarrisĀ go the distance.

With the regular umpires sick from food poisoningā€šĀ CubĀ PĀ Carl LundgrenĀ andĀ CardinalĀ CĀ Pete NoonanĀ are picked to umpire at theĀ West Side Grounds. The Cubsā€š behindĀ Mordecai Brown’s 5-hitterā€š win, 8 – 1, for their 14th win in a row.

Tom Fisherā€š formerĀ National LeagueĀ pitcherā€š pitches aĀ perfect gameĀ forĀ ShreveportĀ in a win overĀ MontgomeryĀ in theĀ Southern Association. He strikes out 14.

CubsĀ PĀ Ed Reulbachā€š who will be 17-4 with a 1.69 ERAā€š goes into the 9th with a 2 - 0 lead over theĀ CardinalsĀ at Chicago. He gives up 8 straight hitsā€š 7 runsā€š and loses the game. The nitecap is stopped after 7 innings.

CubsĀ PĀ Ed Reulbachā€š who will be 17-4 with a 1.69 ERAā€š goes into the 9th with a 2 – 0 lead over theĀ CardinalsĀ at Chicago. He gives up 8 straight hitsā€š 7 runsā€š and loses the game. The nitecap is stopped after 7 innings.

1908Ā – The month starts with theĀ GiantsĀ in first place in theĀ National LeagueĀ with a 69-45 recordā€š followed byĀ ChicagoĀ (70-47) and theĀ PiratesĀ (69-47). New York shakes off its 3 losses to Chicago by beating up onĀ Bostonā€š winning two atĀ South End Grounds.Ā Hooks WiltseĀ takes the openerā€š 4 – 1ā€š andĀ Christy MathewsonĀ coasts home in the second gameā€š 8 – 0ā€š allowing 3 hits.Ā Dummy TaylorĀ pitches the 9th against the Doves.

Bill O’Hara, inserted as a pinch runner, becomes the first major leaguer to steal two bags in the same inning when he swipes second and third base in the Giants’ 9-6 victory over St. Louis at the Polo Grounds. The 28 year-old New York outfielder, who will end the season with a total of 31 stolen bases, will duplicate the feat tomorrow against the same opponents.

In game one of aĀ GiantsĀ doubleheaderā€šĀ Christy MathewsonĀ gives up 10 hits but beats theĀ Phils, 3 – 2. In game 2ā€šĀ Rube MarquardĀ one-hitsĀ the Phils, 2 – 0ā€š walks noneā€š and fans 10. The Phils’Ā Eddie “Smoke” StackĀ and Marquard match zeros for 7 inningsā€š but a walkā€š single and two errors bring home two Giant runs. This is Rube’s second one-hitter in a row: his previous startā€š onĀ August 24ā€š resulted in a two-hitter.

Whoops!Ā ClevelandĀ beats theĀ White Soxā€š 2 – 1ā€š with the help of a successfulĀ hidden ball trickĀ in the 9th inning. Chicago pinch runnerĀ Felix ChouinardĀ is caught by Cleveland SSĀ Ivy Olson.

In Pittsburghā€š theĀ PiratesĀ arrive late by train fromĀ ChicagoĀ for a morning/afternoonĀ doubleheaderĀ againstĀ Cincinnati. For the morning gameā€š they wear their road graysā€š losing 5 – 4 in 10 innings. In their home whites for the p.m. gameā€š they winā€š 5 – 1.

Frederick W. Thayerā€š inventor of theĀ catcher’s maskā€š dies at 65.

TheĀ PhilsĀ whitewash theĀ RobinsĀ twiceā€š winning 3 - 0 behindĀ Grover AlexanderĀ and 6 - 0 to backĀ Eppa Rixey

TheĀ PhilsĀ whitewash theĀ RobinsĀ twiceā€š winning 3 – 0 behindĀ Grover AlexanderĀ and 6 – 0 to backĀ Eppa Rixey

TheĀ Cardinalsā€š behind the pitching ofĀ Oscar HorstmannĀ andĀ Milt Watsonā€š win both ends of a doubleheader withĀ PittsburghĀ by 1 – 0 scores.Ā Wilbur CooperĀ takes the loss in game one on an unearned run in the 9th.Ā Hal CarlsonĀ loses the second game. The Cards have now won three straight 1 – 0 games from the Piratesā€š tying the major league mark and setting theĀ National LeagueĀ mark.

In the bottom of the 1st inning atĀ Clevelandā€šĀ Tris SpeakerĀ tries to steal home withĀ Joe EvansĀ batting. Evans swings and lines the ball into Speaker’s face.Ā TigerĀ managerĀ Hughie JenningsĀ allows a courtesy fielder,Ā Elmer Smith, to play CF in the 2nd frame while Speaker has his face stitched. Speaker then returns to CF in the 3rd.

American LeagueĀ presidentĀ Ban JohnsonĀ instructs umpires not to tolerate unnecessary delays. His statement is an outgrowth of a complaint byĀ Charles ComiskeyĀ that protests by some managers and players about the condition of theĀ ballĀ in recent games has made it necessary to play two hours or more. TheĀ New York TimesĀ writes thatā€š “Johnson said he would enforce the rule about discoloration of the ball but he has given out no bulletin on the ‘shine ball.'”

1918Ā - TheĀ BrownsĀ andĀ TigersĀ finish the season with a doubleheader split in St. Louis as theĀ Cleveland IndiansĀ refuse to make the trip for the Labor Day doubleheader. In Game 2ā€šĀ Ty CobbĀ pitches 2 innings against the Browns while the Browns'Ā George SislerĀ pitches one scoreless inning. The Browns winā€š 6 - 2ā€š and Sisler hits a double off Cobb. Detroit wins the openerā€š 7 - 2.

1918Ā – TheĀ BrownsĀ andĀ TigersĀ finish the season with a doubleheader split in St. Louis as theĀ Cleveland IndiansĀ refuse to make the trip for the Labor Day doubleheader. In Game 2ā€šĀ Ty CobbĀ pitches 2 innings against the Browns while the Browns’Ā George SislerĀ pitches one scoreless inning. The Browns winā€š 6 – 2ā€š and Sisler hits a double off Cobb. Detroit wins the openerā€š 7 – 2.

The major league regular season, scheduled to end today due to World War I, is extended when the owners decide to play through Labor Day. The Browns want the Indians fined and believe that Cleveland should forfeit the two games for refusing to play the additional contests.

In the first of two Labor Day gamesā€šĀ Babe RuthĀ allows 10Ā WashingtonĀ hitsā€š but wins, 2 – 1. Ruth drives home one run with a triple. The win is his last in aĀ Red SoxĀ uniform. In the nitecapā€š Ruth’s 7th-inning homer snaps a 1 – 1 tie asĀ BostonĀ winsā€š 4 – 1. It is the Babe’s 24th homer.

At St. Louisā€šĀ George SislerĀ gives theĀ BrownsĀ a split for the day with an 11th-inning homerā€š for a 4 – 2 win. TheĀ IndiansĀ win the openerā€š 5 – 3.

TheĀ SenatorsĀ knock out rookie starterĀ Duster Mailsā€š but theĀ IndiansĀ rally to win, 9 – 5ā€š and regain first place from theĀ White Soxā€š losers of 6 of their last 7 games.

Carl MaysĀ shuts out theĀ Browns, 3 – 0, on 4 hits for theĀ Yankees.

TheĀ RedsĀ beat theĀ Bravesā€š 6 – 3, behindĀ Ray FisherĀ andĀ Dolf LuqueĀ to move into first place by two points.

9/12/1920: In the top of the fourth inning of a game in Chicago, Washington’s Frank Ellerbe was on first base with two outs. Patsy Gharrity hit the ball into the left field bleachers for an apparent two-run homer. When Ellerbe heard the fans in those seats cheering he thought Joe Jackson had caught the ball which would have ended the inning. After rounding third base, Ellerbe turned and went to his shortstop position. Meanwhile Gharrity trotted around the bases. When he rounded third base, he was called out for passing Ellerbe. Both umpires, Bill Dinneen and Ollie Chill, made the call. Washington argued that since the ball was out of play it did not make any difference that Gharrity passed Ellerbe. The headline in the next days’Ā New York TimesĀ read: “Gharrity’s Homer Retires His Side.” This event had no effect on the game as the Senators beat the White Sox, 5-0.

Maurice Archdeacon

Maurice ArchdeaconĀ ofĀ RochesterĀ (International League) establishes a new record for circling the bases by completing the circuit in 13 2/5 seconds.

In the second twinbill whitewash in theĀ National LeagueĀ in two weeksā€š theĀ RedsĀ shut out theĀ Cardinalsā€š 5 - 0 and 9 - 0.Ā Carl MaysĀ submarines the Birds in the opener andĀ Rube BentonĀ coasts in the nitecap.

In the second twinbill whitewash in theĀ National LeagueĀ in two weeksā€š theĀ RedsĀ shut out theĀ Cardinalsā€š 5 – 0 and 9 – 0.Ā Carl MaysĀ submarines the Birds in the opener andĀ Rube BentonĀ coasts in the nitecap.

1925Ā – In the first of 5 games in Washingtonā€šĀ Walter JohnsonĀ gives theĀ SenatorsĀ a 7 – 3 win over theĀ A’s.Ā Roger PeckinpaughĀ drives in 3 runs for the Senators. The Senators now lead the A’sā€š who are in a 12-game losing streakā€š by 4 1/2 games.

1926Ā –Ā WashingtonĀ andĀ BostonĀ combine for a major league-record 11Ā sacrificesĀ in a game won by the Senators, 7 – 4. The Sox make 4 of the sacrificesā€š but it is not enough.

1927Ā – TheĀ PiratesĀ take over first place by beating the visitingĀ Cubsā€š 4 – 3.Ā Joe HarrisĀ has a double and home run to back the Bucs’Ā Lee Meadows. Both Waners (PaulĀ andĀ Lloyd) cut down runners with throws in the 2nd and 3rd innings.

In Washingtonā€š Republican presidential candidateĀ Herbert HooverĀ looks on as “Approximately 99 percent of the spectators wore their straw hatsā€š hoping theĀ SenatorsĀ would give them a chance to get excited and hurl them away” (New York Times). Alasā€š theĀ YankeesĀ winā€š 8 – 3.Ā Waite HoytĀ is the winner and beneficiary ofĀ Bob Meusel’s 4-for-4 hitting. Meusel has 3 RBIs.Ā Garland BraxtonĀ takes the loss.

Sheriff BlakeĀ is red-hot for theĀ Cubsā€š allowing just one hitā€š in besting theĀ Reds’Ā Ray Kolpā€š 1 – 0. The lone Reds hit is a 5th-inning double byĀ Long George Kelly.

TheĀ CardinalsĀ take a pair from theĀ PiratesĀ and go into first place.Ā Brooklynā€šĀ New Yorkā€š andĀ ChicagoĀ are all bunched at the top of the standings with St. Louis.Ā CincinnatiĀ takes a pair from the Cubsā€š winningā€š 5 – 0ā€š behindĀ Red Lucasā€š andā€š 2 – 1ā€š behindĀ Benny Frey.

September 1, 1930 Wes Ferrell (photo)

In the second of two gamesā€šĀ Cleveland’sĀ Wes FerrellĀ tops theĀ Brownsā€š 9 – 5ā€š for his 13th straight win. The Indians take the opener as wellā€š winning 13 – 8ā€š as pitcherĀ Willis HudlinĀ helps with aĀ grand slamĀ off the Brownies’Ā Dick Porter.

A Labor Day crowd of 72ā€š000 packsĀ Yankee StadiumĀ to see the World ChampionĀ A’sĀ split with theĀ New Yorkers. The A’s take the openerā€š 3 – 2ā€š with relieverĀ Lefty GroveĀ striking outĀ Babe RuthĀ with 2 on to end the game. Ruth drives in a run in the nitecapā€š 2 – 0, Yankee win.Ā Red RuffingĀ pitches his second two-hitter in two weeks to beatĀ George Earnshaw.

Lou GehrigĀ hits his thirdĀ grand slamĀ in five days and his sixth home run in consecutive games when he connects in a 5 – 1 second-game win over theĀ Red Sox. The blastā€š his 40th of the yearā€š comes in the 3rd inning offĀ Ed Morris. Gehrig connects in the opening 11 – 3 win againstĀ Milt Gastonā€š belting his 39th homer in the 7th inning. Lou finishes the day with 6 RBI and has knocked in 21 runs in the past 6 games.

GiantsĀ rookieĀ Jim MooneyĀ notches his fourth win since being called up three weeks agoā€š beating theĀ Braves, 4 – 0. It is his secondĀ shutout.

Lou Gehrig, for the third time in four days, hits a grand slam. The Bronx Bomber first baseman’s third-inning base-loaded home run off Ed Morris proves to be the difference in New York’s 5-1 victory over Boston at Yankee Stadium.

Lou Gehrig, for the third time in four days, hits a grand slam. The Bronx Bomber first baseman’s third-inning base-loaded home run off Ed Morris proves to be the difference in New York’s 5-1 victory over Boston at Yankee Stadium.

1933Ā – In the first of two games with theĀ Bravesā€šĀ Carl HubbellĀ pitches 10 innings and drives in the winning run for a 2 – 0 win. He doesn’t walk a batter and never goes as deep as a 3-2Ā countĀ on any hitterā€š holding the Braves to 4 hits. It is his 20th win and his 10thĀ shutoutĀ of the year. Five of the shutouts are 1 – 0ā€š aĀ National LeagueĀ record.Ā Fred FrankhouseĀ is the hard-luck loserā€š when his mates make 2 errors in the 10th.Ā New YorkĀ then takes the nitecapā€š 5 – 3.

1934Ā –Ā Jimmie FoxxĀ cracks a two-run homer in the 9thā€š his 39thā€š off relieverĀ Lefty Groveā€š to give theĀ A’sĀ an 8 – 7 win over theĀ Red Sox. Foxxā€š filling it at 3B for the injuredĀ Pinky Higginsā€š has three hits and 4 RBIs.

1935Ā – In a rain-soaked gameā€š theĀ SenatorsĀ take 14 innings to beatĀ Lefty GroveĀ and theĀ Red Soxā€š 2 – 1. The Nats will win 4 of 5 decisions this year off Lefty. Grove will win his next four decisions to finish at 20-12ā€š a big comeback from his 8-8 record inĀ 1934.

Detroit’sĀ Schoolboy RoweĀ fires his second two-hit game in 8 daysā€š beating theĀ A’sā€š 4 – 1. Rowe beat theĀ Red SoxĀ onĀ August 25thĀ by a 5 – 0 score. Philadelphia is saved from a shutout whenĀ Bob JohnsonĀ blasts his 22nd home run in the 9th inning. All of Detroit’s runs come in a hitless 4th when they use 5 walksā€š a fielder’s choice and error.

It is a wet afternoon inĀ St. LouisĀ for the Mound City celebration of the 60th anniversary of theĀ National League. TheĀ 1876Ā recreated game starts at 2:30 with NL publicity headĀ Bill BrandtĀ as the tall-hatted umpire who is shot dead after calling a runner out at home. Following is a 2 1/2 inning match between theĀ 1926 CardsĀ and theĀ current team.Ā Pete AlexanderĀ gives up an unearned run in the first for the ’26 teamā€š andĀ Vic KeenĀ pitches the second.Ā George EarnshawĀ K’s 4 of the 1926 teamā€š but does give up a double toĀ Wattie HolmĀ in the 1st. The 1936 Cards winā€š 1 – 0. The regular game between theĀ GiantsĀ and Cards is washed out after 4 innings.

TheĀ GiantsĀ signĀ Bill TerryĀ to a 5-year contract as manager and farm director at $40ā€š000 a year.

TheĀ GiantsĀ signĀ Bill TerryĀ to a 5-year contract as manager and farm director at $40ā€š000 a year.

1939Ā – TheĀ DodgersĀ andĀ CubsĀ use an open date to play a doubleheader of two rained-out games. The visiting Cubs take the openerā€š 6 – 2, behindĀ Larry Frenchā€š and the Dodgers take the nitecapā€š 3 – 1. In game 2ā€šĀ Gabby HartnettĀ sets a major league record for games caught of 1ā€š722. The old mark was held byĀ Ray Schalk.

Rudy YorkĀ wallops 3 home runs and drives in 5 runs for theĀ TigersĀ who beat theĀ Brownsā€š 9 – 5, in game 1 in Detroit. The Tigers rattle 20 hits in the nitecap to winā€š 16 – 8.

In the first of two this Labor Dayā€šĀ Dolph CamilliĀ hits the 200th home run of his career against theĀ BravesĀ to put the game into extra innings. Camilli then gives theĀ DodgersĀ a 6 – 5 victory in the 15th inning with his 5th hit of the game. Camilli’s 29th homer of the year ties the game in the 8thā€š his double in the 10th with 2 on keeps the Dodgers aliveā€š and a 2-out single in the 15th wins the game. Game 2 is cut short at 2 – 2 withĀ Al JaveryĀ on the mound for Boston; he’ll get no rest tomorrow as he is the loser in a 9 – 2 Brooklyn win.

AtĀ Fenway Parkā€š theĀ Red SoxĀ sweep two from theĀ Senatorsā€š 13 - 9 and 10 - 3.Ā Ted WilliamsĀ has only 5 official at batsā€š but has 3 hits - all homers - to take over theĀ American LeagueĀ lead fromĀ Charlie Keller. Ted walks 4 times.

AtĀ Fenway Parkā€š theĀ Red SoxĀ sweep two from theĀ Senatorsā€š 13 – 9 and 10 – 3.Ā Ted WilliamsĀ has only 5 official at batsā€š but has 3 hits – all homers – to take over theĀ American LeagueĀ lead fromĀ Charlie Keller. Ted walks 4 times.

The second-placeĀ CardinalsĀ matchĀ BrooklynĀ by recalling OFĀ Erv Dusak. Cards’ ownerĀ Sam BreadonĀ respondsā€š “They can have theirĀ Newsomā€š but I’d rather have Dusak. He has been one of the most sought-after players in the minor leagues.” Dusakā€š howeverā€š hits just .185. After going 24-9 in July and 25-8 in Augustā€š the Cardinals are still 3 1/2 games behind Brooklyn. Brooklyn beatsĀ PittsburghĀ todayā€š 4 – 2.

A story in theĀ Chicago TribuneĀ reports that player-managerĀ Parnell WoodsĀ of theĀ Negro American LeagueĀ Cleveland Buckeyesā€š and two teammates have been invited to try out with theĀ IndiansĀ at the start of theĀ 1943season. The two teammates areĀ Gene BremmerĀ andĀ Sam Jethroeā€š who is leading the league in hitting with a .450 average.

TheĀ GiantsĀ lose toĀ Brooklyn, 8 – 1ā€š as GiantĀ Joe MedwickĀ is hit on the elbow and leaves the game for treatment. With both teams out of the raceā€š Dodgers managerĀ Leo DurocherĀ agrees to allow Medwick to re-enter the game if Durocher can pick theĀ courtesy pinch runnerĀ for him. He selects slow-footedĀ Gus Mancusoā€š who is promptly erased on a double play ground ball.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. TheĀ SenatorsĀ start semi-pro pitcherĀ Jug Thesengaā€š who holds theĀ YankeesĀ scoreless for 5 innings before the roof caves in. But the Senators rally to winā€š 10 – 7ā€š behind relieverĀ Roger Wolffā€š who snaps his personal 11-game losing streak.

TheĀ PhilsĀ beat theĀ Braves, 8 – 3, in Bostonā€š asĀ Vince DiMaggioĀ hits his 4thĀ grand slamĀ of the yearā€š tying a major league mark. An injury will shortly end the season for the senior DiMaggio.

Detroit’sĀ Hal NewhouserĀ wrenches his back pitching against theĀ Indians’Ā Bob Feller. Newhouser leaves the game in the 7th and will stay behind when the team leaves forĀ New Yorkā€š but will rejoin them on theĀ 7th. The Tigers win, 5 – 4, behindĀ Jim TobinĀ and are just 1 1/2 games ahead of the 2nd placeĀ Senators.

Philadelphia outfielder Vince DiMaggio’s bases-loaded home run paces the Phillies to an 8-3 victory over Boston at Braves Field. Joe and Dom’s older brother ties a major league mark with his fourth grand slam of the season.

Philadelphia outfielder Vince DiMaggio’s bases-loaded home run paces the Phillies to an 8-3 victory over Boston at Braves Field. Joe and Dom’s older brother ties a major league mark with his fourth grand slam of the season.

Jack LohrkeĀ hits a homer against theĀ Bravesā€š number 183 for the season for theĀ Giantsā€š breaking the major league record held by theĀ 1936 Yankees.Ā Mel Ott's club had hit 5 home runs in a doubleheader against theĀ CubsonĀ August 24thĀ to breakĀ Chicago'sĀ 1929 NLĀ record. The Giants will finish with 221 homersā€š led byĀ Johnny Mizeā€šĀ Walker Cooperā€šĀ Willard Marshallā€š and rookieĀ Bobby Thomson.

Jack LohrkeĀ hits a homer against theĀ Bravesā€š number 183 for the season for theĀ Giantsā€š breaking the major league record held by theĀ 1936 Yankees.Ā Mel Ott’s club had hit 5 home runs in a doubleheader against theĀ CubsonĀ August 24thĀ to breakĀ Chicago’sĀ 1929 NLĀ record. The Giants will finish with 221 homersā€š led byĀ Johnny Mizeā€šĀ Walker Cooperā€šĀ Willard Marshallā€š and rookieĀ Bobby Thomson.

In 7 – 4 loss in the nitecap of a doubleheaderā€šĀ A’sĀ 1BĀ Ferris FainĀ participates in 6Ā double playsĀ to tie the major league record.Ā WashingtonĀ takes the opener as wellā€š 4 – 0ā€š onĀ Mickey Haefner’s 7-hitter.

The Giants surpass the mark established by the Yankees in 1936 for the most home runs hit in a season by a team. The three Polo Grounds homers in today’s twin bill sweep over Boston raise the record total to 185, and the New York National League club will finish the season with 221 round-trippers.

1948Ā – The hostĀ BravesĀ split a pair with theĀ Redsā€š asĀ Johnny Vander MeerĀ bestsĀ Warren Spahnā€š 3 – 1, in the opener.Ā Glenn Elliottā€š just up from theĀ AAAĀ Brewersā€š is awarded the victory in the 11 – 1 nitecapā€š even though he pitches just 3 innings. Elliott collides withĀ Ted KluszewskiĀ while running to first base and is injured after pitching his only innings of 1948. RelieverĀ Clyde ShounĀ throws the last 6 innings.

1949Ā –Ā Washington’sĀ Dick WeikĀ should change his name to Walk as he hands out 13Ā bases on ballsĀ in nine inningsā€š losing to theĀ White Soxā€š 3 – 0. He matchesĀ Tommy Byrne’s largesse earlier in the year and he’ll close out his career inĀ 1954Ā with more walks than innings pitched.Ā Randy GumpertĀ is the winner today as both pitchers allow 4 hits apiece.

Philadelphia’s GM Bob Carpenter, in an effort to save the Phillies a 24-hour train trip from St. Louis to play the Braves, charters his teamā€™s first plane flight. The TWA Lockhead Constellation, which is delayed because of mechanical problems, makes a precarious landing during a severe thunderstorm on a rainy, foggy day in Boston, resulting with the anxious players on board loudly cheering the pilot for their safe arrival.

Philadelphia’s GM Bob Carpenter, in an effort to save the Phillies a 24-hour train trip from St. Louis to play the Braves, charters his teamā€™s first plane flight. The TWA Lockhead Constellation, which is delayed because of mechanical problems, makes a precarious landing during a severe thunderstorm on a rainy, foggy day in Boston, resulting with the anxious players on board loudly cheering the pilot for their safe arrival.

1951Ā – OFĀ Don MuellerĀ hits 3 home runs in an 8 – 1Ā GiantsĀ win over theĀ Dodgers. His first homer comes againstĀ Ralph Brancaā€š coming off two consecutiveĀ shutoutsā€š and Mueller hits his 3rd home runā€š a two-run shot, offĀ Phil Haugstad.Ā Sal MaglieĀ is the winnerā€š giving up 7 singles and hitsĀ Jackie RobinsonĀ on the wrist in the 3rd to force home the only Dodger run.Ā Whitey LockmanĀ gets plunked twice for New York.Ā Al DarkĀ andĀ Eddie StankyĀ combine in the 5th on aĀ triple playĀ off a liner byĀ Pee Wee Reese.

Hall of Fame umpire Bill Klem dies at the age of 77

1952Ā – In the second game of a doubleheader inĀ St. Louisā€š theĀ IndiansĀ lose a critical gameā€š 2 – 1ā€š in 5 innings when rain halts the game for the second and last time. The Indians are ahead in the 6thā€š but a porous tarp turns the infield into a quagmireā€š washing out their three runs. The IndiansĀ protestĀ the gameā€š sayingĀ Bill VeeckĀ told the grounds crew to work slowlyā€š butĀ Will HarridgeĀ will reject the protest.

TheĀ CardsĀ hit 5 home runsā€š all of them solo shotsā€š but lose to theĀ Dodgers'Ā Preacher Roeā€š 12 - 5

TheĀ CardsĀ hit 5 home runsā€š all of them solo shotsā€š but lose to theĀ Dodgers’Ā Preacher Roeā€š 12 – 5

Chicago’sĀ Virgil TrucksĀ surrenders a homer toĀ Mickey MantleĀ in the 7th that proves to be the game-winnerā€š as the White Sox lose to theĀ Yankeesā€š 3 – 2.

1954Ā - AtĀ Crosley Fieldā€š theĀ Redlegs'Ā Ted KluszewskiĀ hits 2 home runs to break his own club mark of 40 homers. He will wind up with 49 for the season. Despite the Klu cloutsā€š Cincinnati loses toĀ Philadelphiaā€š 9 - 3. In a pre-game stuntā€š Reds catcherĀ Hobie LandrithĀ catches a ball dropped out of a helicopter hovering some 500-600 feet over the field.

1954Ā – AtĀ Crosley Fieldā€š theĀ Redlegs’Ā Ted KluszewskiĀ hits 2 home runs to break his own club mark of 40 homers. He will wind up with 49 for the season. Despite the Klu cloutsā€š Cincinnati loses toĀ Philadelphiaā€š 9 – 3. In a pre-game stuntā€š Reds catcherĀ Hobie LandrithĀ catches a ball dropped out of a helicopter hovering some 500-600 feet over the field.

1956Ā - Sparked byĀ Warren Spahn's 2-hit pitching and the clutch hitting ofĀ Joe Adcockā€š theĀ BravesĀ beat theĀ Cardsā€š 3 - 1. Adcock has 3 RBIs. Despite the winā€š the Braves' lead is cut to 2 games as theĀ DodgersĀ sweep a pair from theĀ Giants.

1956Ā – Sparked byĀ Warren Spahn’s 2-hit pitching and the clutch hitting ofĀ Joe Adcockā€š theĀ BravesĀ beat theĀ Cardsā€š 3 – 1. Adcock has 3 RBIs. Despite the winā€š the Braves’ lead is cut to 2 games as theĀ DodgersĀ sweep a pair from theĀ Giants.

1957Ā – TheĀ YankeesĀ purchaseĀ Sal “the Barber” MaglieĀ from theĀ Dodgersā€š but he is ineligible forĀ World SeriesĀ play. Maglie is the last man to play for all threeĀ New YorkĀ teams.

TheĀ Cardinals’Ā Vinegar Bend MizellĀ beats theĀ Redsā€š 1 – 0ā€š while walking aĀ National League-record (for aĀ shutout) 9 batters. The Reds also swipe 5 bases. Mizell allows 4 hitsā€š the same number as his opponentĀ Joe Nuxhallā€š who loses on an unearned run. The Reds come back to win the second game of the doubleheaderā€š 9 – 3.Ā Alex KellnerĀ is the winner with 8 1/3 innings or shutout relief.

Bob Buhlā€š sidelined by shoulder ailmentsā€š makes his first appearance sinceĀ May 13ā€š beating theĀ Cubsā€š 2 – 1, for the first-placeĀ Braves. He beatsĀ Bob Anderson. The Cubs rout former teammateĀ Bob RushĀ in the nitecap to win, 9 – 3.Ā Glen HobbieĀ picks up his 3rd win of the year against the Braves and his 10th overall.

In San Franciscoā€š theĀ GiantsĀ sweep a doubleheader from theĀ DodgersĀ (and 5 of 6 in the Labor Day series) by taking the first in an A.M.-P.M. doubleheaderā€š 8 – 6.Ā Willie MaysĀ goes 5 for 5 with 2 doubles and a home run to drive in 5 runs. The nitecap is a memorable 4 hour, 35 minute marathon. The Giants tie the game in the 9th onĀ Bob Schmidt’s homerā€š and the Dodgers go aheadā€š 5 – 4ā€š in the 16th onĀ Carl Furillo’s RBI.Ā Whitey Lockman’s home run in the bottom of the 16th ties itā€š then aĀ buntĀ single byĀ Ray JablonskiĀ is followed by another bunt by PĀ Ruben Gomez. Errors byĀ Johnny RoseboroĀ and Furillo follow, allowing Jabo to score the winning runā€š 6 – 5. Mays is 11 for 20 for the seriesā€š with 4 homers. San Francisco Police Chief Frank Ahernā€š sitting behind home plateā€š dies of a heart attack at the climax of the 2nd game.

1960Ā – For the second time in the climatically-challenged ballpark’s inaugural season,Ā Roberto ClementeĀ conquers the infamousĀ Candlestick ParkĀ crosswind with a powerful home run putting theĀ BucsĀ up over theĀ GiantsĀ by a 3 – 0 score. The blast travels over and beyond the 420-foot mark and is described as “the hardest-hit ball hit there all year.”

1961Ā – TheĀ American League’sĀ biggest crowd of the yearā€š 65ā€š566ā€š seesĀ Whitey FordĀ andĀ Don MossiĀ duel atĀ Yankee StadiumĀ as a week-end battle for first place begins. Two-outā€š 9th-inning hits byĀ Elston Howardā€šĀ Yogi Berraā€š andĀ Bill SkowronĀ giveĀ New YorkĀ a 1 – 0 win over theĀ Tigers.

Cuno Barragan, in his first major league at-bat, hits his only big league home run, taking Dick LeMay deep over the left-field fence at Wrigley Field in the second inning of the Cubs’ 4-3 loss to San Francisco. The 29 year-old catcher will play in 69 games for Chicago over three seasons.

Paul RichardsĀ (38-57) resigns as manager of theĀ OriolesĀ to become general manager of the newĀ HoustonĀ National LeagueĀ club. CoachĀ Lum HarrisĀ takes over.

CubsĀ 30-year old rookieĀ Cuno Barraganā€š sidelined sinceĀ spring trainingĀ when he broke his ankleā€š finally gets his first at bat and hits his only major league home run. His clout comes offĀ GiantsĀ PĀ Dick LeMayā€š but the Cubs lose, 4 – 3, in 14 innings.

TheĀ Reds’Ā Vada PinsonĀ has 4 singles and a double in a 10 – 5 win atĀ San Francisco.

YankeesĀ CFĀ Tom TreshĀ joins teammateĀ Mickey MantleĀ among 4Ā American LeagueĀ and 5Ā National LeagueĀ players to hit homers left- and righthanded in one game. The Yanks beatĀ Baltimore, 5 – 4. A tired Mantleā€š who had partied the night beforeā€š adds a pinch homer in the 8thā€š jumping on the first pitch fromĀ Mike McCormick.

AtĀ Pittsburghā€šĀ Bill VirdonĀ hits a 2-out game-endingĀ grand slamĀ to give the Bucs a 6 – 4 win over theĀ Reds.

Tim HarknessĀ cracks a 2-run game-ending homer in the 16th to give theĀ MetsĀ a 6 – 4 win over theĀ Braves. It is Harkness’s 2nd homer of the game.

ClevelandĀ takes a pair from theĀ Tigersā€š winning 6 – 3 and 3 – 1.Ā Mike de la HozĀ hits a 1st-inningĀ grand slamĀ in game 1 for the margin.

PĀ Curt SimmonsĀ of theĀ CardinalsĀ drives in a run with a triple in the 2nd and then steals home on an abortedĀ squeezeĀ play. He also knocks in another run and beats theĀ Phils, 7 – 3. Simmonsā€š who in his 20-year career will steal just 2 basesā€š is on third base when a squeeze play goes awryā€š and beats a wide throw home from PĀ Chris Short. It is the last steal of home by a pitcher untilĀ 1983ā€š and just the 4th in theĀ National LeagueĀ in the last 40 years.Ā Harry DorishĀ inĀ 1950Ā stole homeā€š the last time anĀ American LeagueĀ pitcher did pull off a theft.

Curt Simmons becomes the last pitcher ever to steal home with his second inning dash to the plate in the Cardinals’ 7-3 victory over the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. The Redbird hurler scores on an aborted squeeze play when Chris Short uncorks a pitch that cannot be bunted.

Masanori Murakami of the San Francisco becomes the first Japanese-born player to appear in a major league game

Southpaw relief PĀ Masanori MurakamiĀ becomes the first major league player fromĀ Japan. He debuts in a 4 – 1Ā San FranciscoĀ loss atĀ New York. His first 11 innings will be scoreless ones.

TheĀ PhilliesĀ topĀ Houston, 4 – 3, on 3 solo home runs in the 7th inning.Ā Johnny Callisonā€šĀ Wes Covingtonā€š andĀ Frank ThomasĀ supply the power outbursts.

TheĀ CardinalsĀ move past the falteringĀ GiantsĀ into third place with a 5 – 4 win over theĀ Braves. Former Braveā€š now Cardinals utility Cā€šĀ Bob UeckerĀ hits his first home run of the yearā€š then singles in the winning run in the 9th to win it for the Birds. St. Louis is 7 1/2 in back of the first-placeĀ Phils.

AtĀ Crosley Fieldā€šĀ Jim MaloneyĀ strikes out 13 in theĀ Reds’Ā 2 – 1 win overĀ Chicago.

Masanori Murakami becomes the first native-born Japanese player to appear in the U.S. major leagues when he throws a scoreless eighth inning in the Giants’ 4-1 loss to the Mets at Shea Stadium. The 20 year-old southpaw, who was to play only minor league ball until June as an ‘exchange player’, will be allowed to stay and play in one full season with San Francisco next year, before returning to the Nankai Hawks, ending his brief American stint with a 5-1 record and an ERA of 3.75.

Masanori Murakami becomes the first native-born Japanese player to appear in the U.S. major leagues when he throws a scoreless eighth inning in the Giants’ 4-1 loss to the Mets at Shea Stadium. The 20 year-old southpaw, who was to play only minor league ball until June as an ‘exchange player’, will be allowed to stay and play in one full season with San Francisco next year, before returning to the Nankai Hawks, ending his brief American stint with a 5-1 record and an ERA of 3.75.

1964Ā – Colt .45s have trouble leaving their Philadelphia hotel as a local radio station falsely reports that the Beatles are staying there. Teenaged fans swarm the exits, seeking a glimpse of the Fab Four. Battling past the mob, the .45s then lose to the Phils, 4-3, on four solo homers.

Sandy KoufaxĀ andĀ Don DrysdaleĀ lose as theĀ PiratesĀ sweep theĀ DodgersĀ in a doubleheaderā€š 3 – 2 and 2 – 1ā€š at Pittsburgh. The Pirates are now in 5th placeā€š just 2 1/2 games out of first place.

CincinnatiĀ sweeps theĀ BravesĀ 7 – 6 and 2 – 0 to regain first placeā€š while theĀ GiantsĀ andPhilsĀ are rained out.Ā Jim MaloneyĀ strikes out 12 in tossing theĀ shutoutĀ for the Reds.

Tim McCarver’s third-inning triple, his 13th and final one of the season, plates Orlando Cepeda in the Cardinals’ 7-4 victory over Atlanta at Busch Stadium. The 22 year-old Memphis, TN native will become the first backstop to ever lead the National or American League in three-baggers.

Tim McCarver's third-inning triple, his 13th and final one of the season, plates Orlando Cepeda in the Cardinals' 7-4 victory over Atlanta at Busch Stadium. The 22 year-old Memphis, TN native will become the first backstop to ever lead the National or American League in three-baggers.

Tim McCarver’s third-inning triple, his 13th and final one of the season, plates Orlando Cepeda in the Cardinals’ 7-4 victory over Atlanta at Busch Stadium. The 22 year-old Memphis, TN native will become the first backstop to ever lead the National or American League in three-baggers.

Cincinnati'sĀ Bob LeeĀ walksĀ Dick GroatĀ with the bases loaded in the 21st inning to give theĀ GiantsĀ a 1 - 0 victory atĀ Crosley Field. Twenty scoreless innings tie the major league mark set by theĀ PiratesĀ and theĀ BravesĀ onĀ August 1ā€šĀ 1918ā€š a game Pittsburgh also won in the 21stā€š 2 - 0.Ā Gaylord Perryā€š with 9 one-run losses during the seasonā€š pitches the first 16 innings of shutout ballā€š withĀ Frank LinzyĀ going the last 5.Ā Mel QueenĀ tosses 9 1/3 innings for the Reds.

Cincinnati’sĀ Bob LeeĀ walksĀ Dick GroatĀ with the bases loaded in the 21st inning to give theĀ GiantsĀ a 1 – 0 victory atĀ Crosley Field. Twenty scoreless innings tie the major league mark set by theĀ PiratesĀ and theĀ BravesĀ onĀ August 1ā€šĀ 1918ā€š a game Pittsburgh also won in the 21stā€š 2 – 0.Ā Gaylord Perryā€š with 9 one-run losses during the seasonā€š pitches the first 16 innings of shutout ballā€š withĀ Frank LinzyĀ going the last 5.Ā Mel QueenĀ tosses 9 1/3 innings for the Reds.

TheĀ CubsĀ start a streak of four straight doubleheaders by beating theĀ Metsā€š 8 – 2ā€š behindĀ Fergie Jenkins’ 17th win. Former CubĀ Don CardwellĀ wins the nitecapā€š 3 – 0ā€š striking out 11.

Alan FosterĀ ofĀ SpokaneĀ pitches hisĀ Pacific Coast League-record secondĀ no-hitterĀ of the year. Both no-nos are 1 – 0 games againstĀ Seattle.

Gaylord Perry, in the midst of his franchise record-setting of pitching 40 consecutive inning without allowing a run, extends his scoreless streak when he hurls 16 innings of shutout ball in the Giants’ 1-0 victory over the Reds. Frank Linzy keeps Cincinnati scoreless for the final five frames to get the victory for San Francisco in the 21-inning Crosley Field contest.

After 20 scoreless innings, which equals the major league mark, Dick Groat draws a bases loaded walk, giving the Giants a 1-0 victory over the Reds. In 1918, the Braves and Pirates also matched zeros for twenty frames, until the Bucs scored two runs in the top of the 21st for an eventual 2-0 victory in the Boston ballpark.

1968Ā –Ā Denny McLainĀ notches his 27th win of the season beating theĀ Orioles, 7 – 3. McLain helps theĀ TigerĀ cause by starting a 3rd-inningĀ triple play.

TheĀ GiantsĀ move past theĀ RedsĀ into first place in theĀ NL WestĀ with a 12 – 2 win overĀ Montreal.

Willie Davis ties the franchise record ofĀ hittingĀ in 29 straight games

1970Ā – TheĀ Red SoxĀ take an 8 – 1 lead atĀ Fenway Parkā€š butĀ DetroitĀ rallies to win, 10 – 9. The Sox take the lead on aĀ Mike AndrewsĀ homer and aĀ grand slamĀ byĀ Tony Conigliaro. The Tigers then use the long ball as wellā€š collecting 4 homersā€š including a grand slam byĀ Jim Priceā€š to win.Ā Daryl PattersonĀ is the winner overĀ Sonny Siebert.

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-black lineup in major league history

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-black lineup in major league history

AtĀ Wrigley Fieldā€š pitcherĀ Fergie JenkinsĀ leads theĀ CubsĀ to a 5 – 2 win overĀ MontrealĀ by clouting two home runs and driving in 3 runs.Ā Bill StonemanĀ takes the loss.

Rod CarewĀ swipes home with 2 out in the 10th inning to give theĀ TwinsĀ a 5 – 4 victory over theĀ Indians. Carew will swipe home 17 times in his careerā€š seven times stealing alone. The Twins score their first 4 runs asĀ Bobby DarwinĀ drives them all in on 4 hitsā€š including 2 homers.

Mel StottlemyreĀ hurls a 4-hitter to stop theĀ White Soxā€š 4 – 0. RookieĀ Charlie SpikesĀ has two hits in his major league debutā€š drives in a run and saves a run with a sparkling catch in right field.

TheĀ RedsĀ edge theĀ Exposā€š 1 – 0ā€š in 12 innings onĀ Johnny Bench’s single.Ā Ross GrimsleyĀ andĀ Clay CarrollĀ combine on theĀ shutout.

Battle on the base paths

Battle on the base paths

1973Ā – In San Diegoā€šĀ Johnny BenchĀ belts a 2-run homer in the 9th as theĀ RedsĀ edge theĀ Padresā€š 3 – 2.

During a 5 – 3 win over theĀ Tigersā€š theĀ A’sĀ 1BĀ Gene TenaceĀ goes through the entire game without aĀ fielding chanceĀ – only the 4th time this century that has occurred at that position. In the same gameā€š Detroit’sĀ Reggie SandersĀ homers in his first major league at-bat.

Lou BrockĀ stealsĀ 4 bases in an 8 – 1 win over theĀ Giants. This gives him 98 steals for the year.

TheĀ Major League Scouting BureauĀ is instituted as a way to cut costs by centralizing scouting. Membership is not mandatory untilĀ 1984ā€š and only 17 of 24 teams initially agree to the $118ā€š000 fee for joining. AllĀ American LeagueĀ clubs except theĀ Chicago White SoxĀ and (eventually) theĀ Toronto Blue JaysĀ join; in theĀ National Leagueā€š theĀ Chicago Cubsā€šĀ Montreal Exposā€šĀ Pittsburgh Piratesā€šĀ Atlanta Bravesā€šĀ Houston AstrosĀ and theĀ Cincinnati RedsĀ join.Ā Milwaukee BrewersĀ GMĀ Jim WilsonĀ is put in charge.

WithĀ Carlton FiskĀ out through the end of the seasonā€š theĀ Red SoxĀ purchase CĀ Tim McCarverĀ from theĀ Cardinals. McCarver will play just 11 games this year and 12 next spring in Boston before being reunited withĀ Steve CarltonĀ inĀ Philadelphia.

Tom Seaver Autographed 12x36 Panoramic Photo New York Mets "The Franchise HOF 92" Stock #77721 - PSA/DNA Certified

Tom Seaver becomes the first major league pitcher to reach the 200-strikeout plateau in eight consecutive seasons

MetsĀ aceĀ Tom SeaverĀ shuts out theĀ Pirates, 3 – 0, and reaches 200Ā strikeoutsĀ for a major league-record 8th straight season.

It is “Bob GibsonĀ Day” inĀ St. Louisā€š as dignitariesā€š includingĀ August BuschĀ andĀ Bowie Kuhnā€š honor the 39-year-old pitcher. The Cardsā€š led byĀ Lou Brockā€š then drill theĀ Cubsā€š 6 – 3. Brock has 3 singlesā€š 3 stolen basesā€š and scores 3 times.

Tom Seaver, when he whiffs Pirate Manny Sanguillen in the top of the seventh inning, becomes the first pitcher to strike out at least 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons. The 3-0 victory is also ‘Tom Terrific’s’ 20th of the season, making it the fourth time the right-hander has reached that plateau in his career.

Tom Seaver, when he whiffs Pirate Manny Sanguillen in the top of the seventh inning, becomes the first pitcher to strike out at least 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons. The 3-0 victory is also ‘Tom Terrific’s’ 20th of the season, making it the fourth time the right-hander has reached that plateau in his career.

1976Ā –Ā Red SoxĀ pitcherĀ Fergie JenkinsĀ rips his Achilles tendon covering first base in the 5th inning against theĀ Rangers. Jenkins (12-11) is through for the year.Ā Tom MurphyĀ relieves and pitches 4 2/3 innings of hitless ball to earn the 3 – 0 victory atĀ Fenway Park.

1976Ā –Ā Bo McLaughlinĀ blanks the Phillies, 1-0, as the club notches their sixth straight complete-game to tie a team record. McLaughlin surrenders six hits. A solo shot byĀ Cliff JohnsonĀ off Jim Kaat provides the game’s only tally.Ā 

1978Ā – Making his major league debutā€šĀ OrioleĀ Sammy StewartĀ fans 7 consecutive batters en route to a 9 – 3 win over theĀ White Sox.

Carney Lansford hits three consecutive home runs in California’s 7-4 victory over the Tribe at Cleveland Stadium. The Angels third baseman’s trio of round-trippers comes in the first, third, and fifth innings, each time with the bases empty.

TigersĀ OFĀ Al CowensĀ andĀ White SoxĀ relieverĀ Ed FarmerĀ publicly end their long-running feud

On the final day of the season, PawSox infielder Wade Boggs loses the International League batting title when he grounds out to first base in his final turn at-bat of the season. The plate appearance is necessitated when the Mud Hens, who are ahead 6-0, issue a two-out intentional walk in the ninth inning to light-hitting Ray Boyer, who makes every attempt to be put out to end the game, but is allowed to stroll around the bases and score on a deliberate error by the Toledo pitcher, forcing Boggs to make one last unnecessary plate appearance that will put him .007 of a percentage point behind Dave Engle, who plays in the outfield for the opponents.

Entering the game with 286 strikeouts, Lynchburg right-hander Dwight Gooden strikes out a dozen batters in the first six frames of a scheduled seven-inning against Hagerstown, needing two more in the last frame to record 300 for the season. After the leadoff batter grounds out, the 18 year-old phenom whiffs the next two Suns hitters to secure to the 1-0 victory, reaching the lofty plateau in 191 innings.

1984Ā – Two weeks after being given a vote of confidence by club ownerĀ George Argyrosā€šĀ MarinersĀ managerĀ Del CrandallĀ is fired and replaced by 3B coachĀ Chuck Cottier.

1985Ā – The visitingĀ New York MetsĀ edgeĀ San Franciscoā€š 4 – 3, withĀ Keith Hernandez’s 2-run homer climaxing a 3-run 9th inning.Ā Doug Siskā€š in relief ofĀ Ed Lynchā€š is the winning pitcher. In the 5thā€š Lynch lines to right field and is thrown out 9-3 by RFĀ Joel Youngblood. It’s theĀ National League’sĀ second 9-3 putout in 2 months.

A'sĀ rookieĀ Jose CansecoĀ become the first major league player with 100Ā RBIĀ this season

A’sĀ rookieĀ Jose CansecoĀ become the first major league player with 100Ā RBIĀ this season

Texas RangersĀ pinch hittersĀ Oddibe McDowellĀ andĀ Darrell PorterĀ blast 9th-inning back-to-back homers offĀ Boston Red SoxĀ relieverĀ Steve Crawford, but the Rangers fall to the Red Sox, 6 – 4.

TheĀ Red SoxĀ trade two heroes from theirĀ 1986 AL ChampionshipĀ teamā€š sending DHĀ Don BaylorĀ to theĀ TwinsĀ and OFĀ Dave HendersonĀ to theĀ GiantsĀ for players to be named later.

Billy HatcherĀ becomes the first player this season to beĀ ejectedĀ for using an illegal corkedĀ bat

Commissioner Bart Giamatti dies from a heart attack at the age of 51

The 3rdĀ inside-the-parkĀ grand slamĀ of the season is hit byĀ Boston’sĀ Mike GreenwellĀ offĀ Greg Cadaretā€š as the Red Sox beat visitingĀ New York, 15 – 1. Greenwell’s grounder eludesĀ Jesse BarfieldĀ in the RF corner; Barfield’s shoe-top miss onĀ August 14thĀ gaveĀ Luis PoloniaĀ his slam. The last season with three inside-the-park slams wasĀ 1947. Greenwell’s only other inside-the-park slam was also off Cadaretā€š inĀ 1989Ā atĀ Fenway Park. Boston jumps on Yankee starterĀ Andy HawkinsĀ who lasts a third of an inning. Hawkins has now pitched a total of one inning in 3 starts at Fenway Park and given up 18 runs (ERA 162.00).

Bobby WittĀ allows 10 walks againstĀ OaklandĀ in 7 inningsā€š the secondĀ RangerĀ in four days to hand out 10Ā walks. Before this seasonā€š the last pitcher to hand out 10 walks wasĀ Andy Hasslerā€š inĀ 1974. Witt also has 10 strikeouts and winsā€š 3 – 2ā€š for his 10th victory in a row.

At Tiger Stadium, Rick Aguilera pitches a scoreless ninth inning to notch his 35th save of the season in the Twins’ 5-4 victory over Detroit. The save is the closer’s 109th, making the right-handed reliever the franchise’s all-time saves leader.

1993Ā –Ā Terry MulhollandĀ beats theĀ Cubsā€š 4 – 1ā€š the 149th game in a row in which theĀ PhilsĀ have scoredā€š one short of theĀ National LeagueĀ record set byĀ PittsburghĀ inĀ 1924-1925.

1995Ā – Battery charges are dropped againstĀ AtlantaĀ managerĀ Bobby Coxā€š who was arrested back onĀ May 7th. Cox tells a judge that counseling has helped his marriage.

Alex RodriguezĀ borrows a bat fromĀ Ken GriffeyĀ and belts a 3-run homer to lead the Mariners to a 5 – 1 win

TheĀ RedsĀ lose to theĀ Royalsā€š 7 – 4ā€š asĀ Pete Rose Jr.ā€š son of the all-timeĀ hitĀ leaderā€š makes his major league debut. After striking out in his first time upā€š Rose singles in his next at bat and finishes with 1 hit in 3 trips to the plate. The debut prompts walk-up sales of 15ā€š000.

Before 50ā€š869 atĀ the Vetā€š theĀ PhilliesĀ defeat theĀ Yankeesā€š 5 – 1ā€š behindĀ Curt Schillingā€š who fans 16 batters in 8 innings of actionā€š and does not walk a man. The Phils will win the next day to sweep the series with the defending World champs.

Mark McGwire homers twice to break Hack Wilson’s National League single season home run record of 56

Sammy SosaĀ hits his 56th homerā€š offĀ Sterling Hitchcockā€š to give theĀ CubsĀ a 1 – 0 win overĀ San Diego.Ā Steve TrachselĀ is the winner with 7 shutout innings.Ā Glenallen Hill’s single is the only other Cub hit.

Mark McGwireĀ powers his 52nd homer in theĀ Cards’Ā 9 – 3 win overĀ Florida. It is his 590th career dinger and his 494th as a first basemenā€š surpassingĀ Lou Gehrig.

Albert Belle’s 30th home run of the year helps theĀ OriolesĀ beatĀ Tampa Bayā€š 3 – 1. Belle has now hit 30 homers in 8 straight seasons.

AtlantaĀ gets a 3-run home run fromĀ Brian HunterĀ and a 2-run homer fromĀ Bret BooneĀ to edge theĀ Redsā€š 8 – 7. Bret’s brotherĀ AaronĀ homers for the Redsā€š as doesĀ Sean CaseyĀ as the Reds lose for the 8th time in 9 meetings with Atlanta. Their victory 2 days before ended the Braves 10-game win streak.

Due to the union chief Richie Phillips’ ill-advised ploy to use mass resignations to force the owners into a new collective bargaining agreement, twenty-two of baseball’s regular 68 umpires find themselves unemployed. In a deal mediated by U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner, the Umpires Association agrees to a deal, costing those members their jobs, but allows for an arbitration proceeding that could permit some of the displaced umps back into the game at some point.

Rogers CommunicationsĀ Inc. purchases 80% of theĀ Toronto Blue JaysĀ with Interbrew (now InBev) maintaining a 20% interest and CIBC relinquishing its 10% share.

TheĀ Baltimore OriolesĀ turn the season’s fifthĀ triple playĀ and the first triple-killing inĀ Jacobs FieldĀ history

TheĀ RedsĀ ink HawaiianĀ Dane Sardinhaā€š a 2nd-round draft pick in theĀ June amateur draftā€š and high school SSĀ David Espinosaā€š a 23rd-round pick. Both players are represented by agentĀ Scott BorasĀ and held out all summer for long-term major league contracts.

Darin Erstad breaks the Angels’ club record for total hits in a season when he doubles in the second inning of the team’s 9-8 loss to the White Sox at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The 26 year-old Halo outfielder will finish the season with 240 hits, far surpassing Alex Johnson’s mark of 202, established in 1970.

2001Ā –Ā Ryan Klesko’s homer in the 13th gives theĀ PadresĀ a 1 – 0 win overĀ Arizona.

Sammy Sosa 600th Homerun

Cubs’ slugger Sammy Sosa hits the longest home run in Turner Field history

BostonĀ trims theĀ Indiansā€š 7 – 1ā€š behind the strong pitching ofĀ Tim Wakefieldā€š who doesn’t allow a hit beforeĀ Matt Lawton’s homer in the 5th.Ā Manny RamirezĀ andĀ Brian DaubachĀ hit back-to-back home runsā€š andĀ Johnny DamonĀ scores 3 runs.Ā Jim ThomeĀ reaches 100 walks for the 4th consecutive year and the 6th time in his career. Thome is the only player in Indians history to ever have consecutive 100 walks seasons.

ArizonaĀ tips theĀ Giantsā€š 7 – 6ā€š asĀ Tony WomackĀ smacks two homers and lays down a 9th-inningĀ buntĀ single to load the bases.Ā David DellucciĀ follows with a two-run double to win it.Ā Jeff KentĀ has 2 RBIs to reach the 100-RBI mark for the 6th straight timeā€š a record for second basemen. D’Back pitchers continue to respectĀ Barry Bondsā€š walking him 4 times. They walked him twice yesterday and 4 times on theĀ 30thā€š giving him 10 walks in three straight regulation-length games. Barry will have the next day off and collect another walk on theĀ 3rd.

Thanks to Miguel Tejada’s three-run ninth inning walk-off home run, the A’s beat the Twins, 7-5, extending their winning streak to 18. The dramatic victory marks the longest streak in franchise history, established by the Philadelphia A’s with 17 consecutive victories in 1931.

2003Ā –Ā Jeff KentĀ belts a grand slam and drives in six as Houston bombs Los Angeles, 10-1.Ā Brad AusmusĀ adds a home run.Ā Wade MillerĀ ups his record to 12-11. The Astros tie St. Louis for the Central Division lead while Chicago lurks just 1-1/2 games behind.Ā 

TheĀ MarlinsĀ edge theĀ Metsā€š 5 – 4.Ā Armando BenitezĀ gets theĀ saveĀ in relief. It is his 10th save of the year against New York for a new Major League record for saves against a club in a year. He will add one more save to give him 11 against his former teammates.

Minnesota’sĀ Terry MulhollandĀ goes 6 innings and allows 2 runs in the Twins’ 4 – 2 win overĀ Baltimore. Mulholland and catcherĀ Pat Bordersā€š who was obtained the previous day fromĀ SeattleĀ forĀ B.J. Garbeā€š are the first pair of 40-somethingĀ batterymatesĀ sinceĀ Curt DavisĀ andĀ Clyde SukeforthĀ for theĀ DodgersĀ inĀ 1945.

Ryan HowardĀ makes his major league debut as a member of theĀ Philadelphia Phillies. In his first plate appearance, as aĀ pinch hitterĀ for pitcherĀ Vicente Padilla, he strikes out againstĀ Atlanta BravesĀ pitcherĀ Jaret Wright.

The Pacific Coast League announces the total attendance for the circuit saw over seven-million fans turn the turnstiles this season. The PCL had set a new single season record in minor league history when the 16-team circuit passed the 6.8 million mark earlier in the month.

The first bus loads of Hurricane Katrina refugees, formerly housed at the SuperDome in New Orleans, begin to arrive early this morning at the Houston Astrodome. The former home of the Astros will afford the displaced an opportunity to escape the unhealthy horrendous conditions of their former shelter by supplying air conditioning, cots, food, and showers for eventually 25,000 people who are expected to arrive from Louisiana.

Clay Buchholz Boston Red Sox

In only his second major league start, Clay Buchholz throws No Hitter

9/1/2007Ā – Toronto had two different lineups, one posted in the clubhouse and one handed to the umpires. The latter, which is the one that counts, showed Aaron Hill batting sixth, Lyle Overbay batting seventh, Gregg Zaun eighth and John McDonald ninth. Overbay batted in Hill’s spot in the second inning and made an out. Then Hill doubled but the Mariners pointed out the mistake. Here is where is got interesting. The umpires huddled and then called Hill out for batting out of order. Then Zaun was allowed to bat. The correct call would be that the proper batter (Zaun) should have been declared out and then the hitter after him (McDonald) would be the next batter. Thus, in this case, Hill should have been skipped entirely. The concept of skipping someone in the lineup is difficult for people to grasp but is the correct sequence here.

A bad year off the field for the Clemens clan continues. WhileĀ Roger ClemensĀ has faced claims of adultery andĀ steroidĀ use, sonĀ Koby ClemensĀ and teammatesĀ Mark OriĀ andĀ Jimmy GoethalsĀ are arrested for their role in a restaurant fight.

In his complete game effort against the Pirates, CC Sabathia gives up only a questionable infield hit to Andy LaRoche in the fifth inning of the Brewers’ 7-0 victory at PNC Park. The club plans to forward a DVD of the play to Major League Baseball, hoping somehow official scorer Bob Webb, the only person allowed to reverse his own call according to the rule book, can be convinced to change the scoring of the grounder to the mound to an error.

Adrian Beltre becomes the fourth player in Seattle franchise historyto hit for the cycle

Cliff Lee shuts out the White Sox, 5-0, to become the Indians’ 56th twenty-game winner in franchise history, but the first to accomplish the feat in 34 years. The last Tribe’s moundsman to win as many games was Gaylord Perry, who posted a 21-13 record in 1974.

Stephen Drew hits for the cycle – the first player in franchise history to accomplish it

2009Ā – TheĀ RangersĀ have double vision today as they sweep a pair at home from theĀ Blue Jays. Both games end on a 5 – 2, score, withĀ Frank FranciscoĀ picking up theĀ saveĀ each time. CFĀ Josh HamiltonĀ hits two home runs for Texas, ending a 23-game homer drought and finally reaching double figures for the year, but 3BĀ Michael YoungĀ injures his hamstring running out a ground ball in the nitecap and will miss at least two weeks.

In his first game back from the DL after suffering a torn right testicle Adrian Beltre hears theĀ The Nutcracker SuiteĀ when he steps into the batter’s box

Brandon Allen, just recalled form AAAĀ Reno, hits aĀ grand slamĀ to lead theĀ DiamondbacksĀ to a 5 – 2 win overĀ San DiegoĀ for the Padres’ 7th consecutive loss. The Pads waste a ten-strikeout effort by starterĀ Mat Latos, who is lifted for aĀ pinch-hitterĀ in the 7th as they take a short-lived 2 – 1 lead.

Already appealing a seven-game suspension for throwing aĀ baseballĀ into the crowd in anger and hitting a fan inĀ PhiladelphiaĀ onĀ August 21st,Ā NationalsĀ OFĀ Nyjer MorganĀ is at the center of a bench-clearing brawl in today’s 16 – 10 loss to theĀ Florida Marlins. The brawl starts whenĀ Chris VolstadĀ thows a ball behind Morgan, who has already been hit by a pitch earlier in the game; Morgan charges the mound and throws a punch at Volstad before 1BĀ Gaby SanchezĀ tackles him. He needs to be escorted from the field, with his shirt ripped and his face bruised, but pounds his chest and screams at the crowd as he departs. He, Volstad, Marlins managerĀ Edwin RodriguezĀ and relieverĀ Jose VerasĀ are allĀ ejectedĀ from the game after the dust settles, then one inning later, Nats managerĀ Jim RigglemanĀ and PĀ Doug SlatenĀ are also thrown out when Sanchez is hit by a pitch. The trouble started the day before, when Morgan slammed into Marlins catcherĀ Brett HayesĀ in the 10th inning, separating his shoulder; he infuriates his opponents further when, after his hit-by-pitch, he steals second and third base even though his team trails, 14 – 3. In two days, theĀ National LeagueĀ will hand out suspensions to all involved, including 8 games for Morgan, 6 for Volstad and shorter suspensions for both managers, Nats coachĀ Pat Listach, Slaten, Sanchez and Marlins relieverĀ Alex Sanabia, while Veras escapes with a simple fine and warning. The league cites the succession of incidents in which Morgan has been involved in recent days to explain the unusually long verdict. Morgan will appeal, but now faces the prospect of two weeks of forced inaction.

The Nationals announce Rob Dibble is terminated for comments about Stephen Strasburg

TheĀ PhilliesĀ move to 41 games above .500 for only the third time in franchise history – the other two were inĀ 1976Ā – as they complete a four-game road sweep ofĀ CincinnatiĀ with a 6 – 4 win. RookieĀ Vance WorleyĀ is cruising with a 6 – 1 lead in the 7th when he allows a three-run pinch homer toĀ Chris Heisey, just activated from theĀ disabled list. His bullpen then takes over and he registers his 10th win of the year; the Phillies have now won his last 12 starts. The Phillies will win again tomorrow to go 42 games above .500 for the first time.

The third class of inductees to theĀ Latino Baseball Hall of FameĀ is announced inĀ New York, NY.Ā Puerto RicanĀ Bernie WilliamsĀ is one of six contemporary players selected, in addition to six veterans. The group will be enshrined at a ceremony inĀ La Romana, in theĀ Dominican Republic, onĀ February 11th.

Josh BeckettĀ wins his first game as a member of theĀ Dodgers, giving one run in 6 2/3 innings in beating theĀ Diamondbacks, 2 – 1.Ā Andre EthierĀ hits a tie-breaking homer offĀ Matt AlbersĀ in the 6th to give the Dodgers the win.

David FreeseĀ homers and drives in three runs to lead theĀ CardinalsĀ to a 10 – 9 win over theĀ Nationals.Ā Matt HollidayĀ also homers andĀ Matt CarpenterĀ has a three-run double, snapping a hitting slump for the Redbirds, who had scored only once in their previous 32 innings.Ā Adam LaRocheĀ andĀ Danny EspinosaĀ homer for Washington, which gives up a run in the 8th to tie the game, and another in the 9th to lose it whenĀ Allen CraigĀ leads off with a single againstĀ Drew Storen, steals second and comes in on Freese’s single.Ā Jason MotteĀ then picks up his 32nd saveĀ­.

2013Ā –Ā Zack GreinkeĀ defeats theĀ Padres, 2 – 1, behindĀ Yasiel Puig’s 14th homer, to give theĀ DodgersĀ a three-game sweep. They now lead theĀ NL WestĀ by 11 1/2 games.

he Philadelphia Phillies become the eleventh team in baseball history to throw a combined no-hitter

Bo Porter is dismissed as manager of the Astros

Justin Verlander pitches the third no-hitter

Justin Verlander pitches the third no-hitter

Alex Dickerson hits three homers and his 16 total bases tie a team record held by Willie Mays

Alex Dickerson hits three homers and his 16 total bases tie a team record held by Willie Mays

Marcell Ozuna becomes the first National League player to have a three-homer game at Fenway Park

Marcell Ozuna becomes the first National League player to have a three-homer game at Fenway Park

Spencer Strider strikes out 16 to set Atlanta team record

Spencer Strider strikes out 16 to set Atlanta team record

Events for September 1

The championĀ Brooklyn EckfordsĀ Club begins a new Championship series

The championĀ Brooklyn EckfordsĀ Club begins a new Championship series

Albert Thakeā€š 22-year-old LF of theĀ Brooklyn Atlanticsā€š drowns off Fort Hamilton

Albert Thakeā€š 22-year-old LF of theĀ Brooklyn Atlanticsā€š drowns off Fort Hamilton

1874Ā – InĀ Hartfordā€šĀ Bobby MathewsĀ allows three hits as the visitingĀ MutualsĀ winā€š 14 – 0.

1879Ā –Ā ChicagoĀ beatsĀ Buffalo, 4 – 1, to briefly regain 2nd place overĀ Boston.

BostonĀ OFĀ Charley JonesĀ is suspended by the Boston club for demanding his $378 in back pay

BostonĀ OFĀ Charley JonesĀ is suspended by the Boston club for demanding his $378 in back pay

1ChicagoĀ scores 11 runs in the 3rd inning en route to a 21 - 7 thrashing ofĀ Cleveland

1ChicagoĀ scores 11 runs in the 3rd inning en route to a 21 – 7 thrashing ofĀ Cleveland

1885Ā –Ā DetroitĀ CĀ Charlie BennettĀ hits aĀ grand slamĀ in the 1st inningā€š leading Detroit to an 8 – 3 victory over theĀ New York Giants. Only two other grand slams are hit this yearā€š one byĀ Dave OrrĀ (New York) and one byĀ Tom BrownĀ (Pittsburgh).

1886Ā –Ā Ed “Cannonball” CraneĀ walksĀ 14 and adds 5Ā wild pitchesĀ and an error in a 15 – 2 loss toĀ Chicago. Formerly an OFā€š Crane has just been pressed into service as a pitcher for the last-placeĀ Nationals. He’ll emerge as a regular starter for theĀ New York GiantsĀ next year.

1887Ā – Following a 3-game sweep at the hands of theĀ Detroitsā€šĀ BostonĀ removesĀ King KellyĀ as captain and gives the job back to 1BĀ John Morrill.

1888Ā –Ā St. LouisĀ sluggerĀ Tip O’NeillĀ hits a home run over the fence in the 8th inning and lays down a game-winningĀ buntĀ single in the 10th inning to beatĀ AthleticsĀ aceĀ Ed Seward, 3 – 2. O’Neill will win theĀ American AssociationĀ batting titleĀ with a .335 average.

1889Ā – After having led theĀ American AssociationĀ race all season except for three days in Aprilā€šĀ St. LouisĀ falls to second place behindĀ BrooklynĀ after losing toĀ Columbus, 6 – 5, on a 10th-inning homer byĀ Dave Orr.

1890Ā –Ā BrooklynĀ wins three games in one dayā€š feasting onĀ PittsburghĀ 10 – 9ā€š 3 – 2ā€š and 8 – 4. In the first game, the losers are down 10 – 0 with 2 out in the 9thā€š then score 9 runs. The game ends asĀ Doggie MillerĀ hits a bases-loaded triple and is out trying to make it a game-tying homer. The three losses extend Pittsburgh’s losing streak to 22; it will reach 24 before they win again.

On Labor Day at Brooklyn’s Washington Park, the Bridegrooms, later to be known as the Dodgers, win all three games against Pittsburgh in the first tripleheader ever played. The home team sweeps the visiting Alleghenys, who will be renamed the Pirates next season, 10-9, 3-2, and 8-4.

Recently releasedĀ PiratesĀ PĀ Mark “Fido” BaldwinĀ is arrested in his hometown ofĀ Homestead, PAā€š for alleged complicity in the recent strike and ensuing riot. Baldwin posts a $2ā€š000 bail and claims that he was merely a spectator. He will soon rejoin the Pirates and finish the season with a 26-27 record.

Rookie PĀ Bill HawkeĀ ofĀ St. LouisĀ loads the bases with theĀ PhilliesĀ in the 6thā€š but then fans the next three batters on the way to a 4 – 1 win.Ā Tim KeefeĀ takes the loss.

1895Ā –Ā Aaron B. Championā€š president of the renownedĀ 1869Ā Cincinnati Red Stockingsā€š the first professional teamā€š dies inĀ London, England.

1898Ā –Ā Nap LajoieĀ singles against theĀ BrownsĀ to become the first hitter this year to reach 150Ā hits.

In today’s split of a doubleheader with theĀ Philliesā€šĀ Joe Tinkerā€šĀ Johnny Eversā€š andĀ Frank ChanceĀ appear together in theĀ Chicago OrphansĀ lineup for the first timeā€š but not in the positions that will earn them immortality. Eversā€š aĀ New York State LeagueĀ rookieā€š starts at SSā€š with Tinker at 3Bā€š Chance at 1Bā€š and veteranĀ Bobby LoweĀ at 2B. Philadelphia takes the openerā€š 11 – 3, behindĀ Doc Whiteā€š while Chicago is victorious in the nitecapā€š 6 – 1ā€š behindĀ Jack Taylor’sĀ pitching.

At theĀ Polo Groundsā€š the last-placeĀ GiantsĀ follow a successful road trip (7-4) by dropping two games to theĀ Cards. St. Louis winsā€š 6 – 4, in game 1 as 5 of the first 6 batters in the 2nd inning lay downĀ bunts. 3 runs score. The Cards then pummelĀ Christy MathewsonĀ for 12 hits in the nitecap to winā€š 8 – 2.

At theĀ Polo Groundsā€šĀ Christy MathewsonĀ allows 3 hitsā€š strikes out 9 and allows no earned runs asĀ New YorkĀ whips theĀ Philliesā€š 4 – 1.

Hillerich & BradsbyĀ sign a contract withĀ Honus WagnerĀ to produce the first autographed modelĀ bat.

TheĀ HighlandersĀ win their 6th game in three days fromĀ Washingtonā€š sweeping their third straightĀ doubleheaderā€š 5 – 4 and 5 – 3ā€š for anĀ American LeagueĀ record.

Portrait of Jack Coombs, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics. Stamped on back: "Charles M. Conlon, Evening Telegram, New York." Handwritten on back: "Jack Coombs, Athletics, 1908.

TheĀ American League’s longest game to date takes place inĀ BostonĀ before 16ā€š000 in this 24 inning marathon both startersĀ Jack Coombs and Joe HarrisĀ go the distance.

With the regular umpires sick from food poisoningā€šĀ CubĀ PĀ Carl LundgrenĀ andĀ CardinalĀ CĀ Pete NoonanĀ are picked to umpire at theĀ West Side Grounds. The Cubsā€š behindĀ Mordecai Brown’s 5-hitterā€š win, 8 – 1, for their 14th win in a row.

Tom Fisherā€š formerĀ National LeagueĀ pitcherā€š pitches aĀ perfect gameĀ forĀ ShreveportĀ in a win overĀ MontgomeryĀ in theĀ Southern Association. He strikes out 14.

CubsĀ PĀ Ed Reulbachā€š who will be 17-4 with a 1.69 ERAā€š goes into the 9th with a 2 - 0 lead over theĀ CardinalsĀ at Chicago. He gives up 8 straight hitsā€š 7 runsā€š and loses the game. The nitecap is stopped after 7 innings.

CubsĀ PĀ Ed Reulbachā€š who will be 17-4 with a 1.69 ERAā€š goes into the 9th with a 2 – 0 lead over theĀ CardinalsĀ at Chicago. He gives up 8 straight hitsā€š 7 runsā€š and loses the game. The nitecap is stopped after 7 innings.

1908Ā – The month starts with theĀ GiantsĀ in first place in theĀ National LeagueĀ with a 69-45 recordā€š followed byĀ ChicagoĀ (70-47) and theĀ PiratesĀ (69-47). New York shakes off its 3 losses to Chicago by beating up onĀ Bostonā€š winning two atĀ South End Grounds.Ā Hooks WiltseĀ takes the openerā€š 4 – 1ā€š andĀ Christy MathewsonĀ coasts home in the second gameā€š 8 – 0ā€š allowing 3 hits.Ā Dummy TaylorĀ pitches the 9th against the Doves.

Bill O’Hara, inserted as a pinch runner, becomes the first major leaguer to steal two bags in the same inning when he swipes second and third base in the Giants’ 9-6 victory over St. Louis at the Polo Grounds. The 28 year-old New York outfielder, who will end the season with a total of 31 stolen bases, will duplicate the feat tomorrow against the same opponents.

In game one of aĀ GiantsĀ doubleheaderā€šĀ Christy MathewsonĀ gives up 10 hits but beats theĀ Phils, 3 – 2. In game 2ā€šĀ Rube MarquardĀ one-hitsĀ the Phils, 2 – 0ā€š walks noneā€š and fans 10. The Phils’Ā Eddie “Smoke” StackĀ and Marquard match zeros for 7 inningsā€š but a walkā€š single and two errors bring home two Giant runs. This is Rube’s second one-hitter in a row: his previous startā€š onĀ August 24ā€š resulted in a two-hitter.

Whoops!Ā ClevelandĀ beats theĀ White Soxā€š 2 – 1ā€š with the help of a successfulĀ hidden ball trickĀ in the 9th inning. Chicago pinch runnerĀ Felix ChouinardĀ is caught by Cleveland SSĀ Ivy Olson.

In Pittsburghā€š theĀ PiratesĀ arrive late by train fromĀ ChicagoĀ for a morning/afternoonĀ doubleheaderĀ againstĀ Cincinnati. For the morning gameā€š they wear their road graysā€š losing 5 – 4 in 10 innings. In their home whites for the p.m. gameā€š they winā€š 5 – 1.

Frederick W. Thayerā€š inventor of theĀ catcher’s maskā€š dies at 65.

TheĀ PhilsĀ whitewash theĀ RobinsĀ twiceā€š winning 3 - 0 behindĀ Grover AlexanderĀ and 6 - 0 to backĀ Eppa Rixey

TheĀ PhilsĀ whitewash theĀ RobinsĀ twiceā€š winning 3 – 0 behindĀ Grover AlexanderĀ and 6 – 0 to backĀ Eppa Rixey

TheĀ Cardinalsā€š behind the pitching ofĀ Oscar HorstmannĀ andĀ Milt Watsonā€š win both ends of a doubleheader withĀ PittsburghĀ by 1 – 0 scores.Ā Wilbur CooperĀ takes the loss in game one on an unearned run in the 9th.Ā Hal CarlsonĀ loses the second game. The Cards have now won three straight 1 – 0 games from the Piratesā€š tying the major league mark and setting theĀ National LeagueĀ mark.

In the bottom of the 1st inning atĀ Clevelandā€šĀ Tris SpeakerĀ tries to steal home withĀ Joe EvansĀ batting. Evans swings and lines the ball into Speaker’s face.Ā TigerĀ managerĀ Hughie JenningsĀ allows a courtesy fielder,Ā Elmer Smith, to play CF in the 2nd frame while Speaker has his face stitched. Speaker then returns to CF in the 3rd.

American LeagueĀ presidentĀ Ban JohnsonĀ instructs umpires not to tolerate unnecessary delays. His statement is an outgrowth of a complaint byĀ Charles ComiskeyĀ that protests by some managers and players about the condition of theĀ ballĀ in recent games has made it necessary to play two hours or more. TheĀ New York TimesĀ writes thatā€š “Johnson said he would enforce the rule about discoloration of the ball but he has given out no bulletin on the ‘shine ball.'”

1918Ā - TheĀ BrownsĀ andĀ TigersĀ finish the season with a doubleheader split in St. Louis as theĀ Cleveland IndiansĀ refuse to make the trip for the Labor Day doubleheader. In Game 2ā€šĀ Ty CobbĀ pitches 2 innings against the Browns while the Browns'Ā George SislerĀ pitches one scoreless inning. The Browns winā€š 6 - 2ā€š and Sisler hits a double off Cobb. Detroit wins the openerā€š 7 - 2.

1918Ā – TheĀ BrownsĀ andĀ TigersĀ finish the season with a doubleheader split in St. Louis as theĀ Cleveland IndiansĀ refuse to make the trip for the Labor Day doubleheader. In Game 2ā€šĀ Ty CobbĀ pitches 2 innings against the Browns while the Browns’Ā George SislerĀ pitches one scoreless inning. The Browns winā€š 6 – 2ā€š and Sisler hits a double off Cobb. Detroit wins the openerā€š 7 – 2.

The major league regular season, scheduled to end today due to World War I, is extended when the owners decide to play through Labor Day. The Browns want the Indians fined and believe that Cleveland should forfeit the two games for refusing to play the additional contests.

In the first of two Labor Day gamesā€šĀ Babe RuthĀ allows 10Ā WashingtonĀ hitsā€š but wins, 2 – 1. Ruth drives home one run with a triple. The win is his last in aĀ Red SoxĀ uniform. In the nitecapā€š Ruth’s 7th-inning homer snaps a 1 – 1 tie asĀ BostonĀ winsā€š 4 – 1. It is the Babe’s 24th homer.

At St. Louisā€šĀ George SislerĀ gives theĀ BrownsĀ a split for the day with an 11th-inning homerā€š for a 4 – 2 win. TheĀ IndiansĀ win the openerā€š 5 – 3.

TheĀ SenatorsĀ knock out rookie starterĀ Duster Mailsā€š but theĀ IndiansĀ rally to win, 9 – 5ā€š and regain first place from theĀ White Soxā€š losers of 6 of their last 7 games.

Carl MaysĀ shuts out theĀ Browns, 3 – 0, on 4 hits for theĀ Yankees.

TheĀ RedsĀ beat theĀ Bravesā€š 6 – 3, behindĀ Ray FisherĀ andĀ Dolf LuqueĀ to move into first place by two points.

9/12/1920: In the top of the fourth inning of a game in Chicago, Washington’s Frank Ellerbe was on first base with two outs. Patsy Gharrity hit the ball into the left field bleachers for an apparent two-run homer. When Ellerbe heard the fans in those seats cheering he thought Joe Jackson had caught the ball which would have ended the inning. After rounding third base, Ellerbe turned and went to his shortstop position. Meanwhile Gharrity trotted around the bases. When he rounded third base, he was called out for passing Ellerbe. Both umpires, Bill Dinneen and Ollie Chill, made the call. Washington argued that since the ball was out of play it did not make any difference that Gharrity passed Ellerbe. The headline in the next days’Ā New York TimesĀ read: “Gharrity’s Homer Retires His Side.” This event had no effect on the game as the Senators beat the White Sox, 5-0.

Maurice Archdeacon

Maurice ArchdeaconĀ ofĀ RochesterĀ (International League) establishes a new record for circling the bases by completing the circuit in 13 2/5 seconds.

In the second twinbill whitewash in theĀ National LeagueĀ in two weeksā€š theĀ RedsĀ shut out theĀ Cardinalsā€š 5 - 0 and 9 - 0.Ā Carl MaysĀ submarines the Birds in the opener andĀ Rube BentonĀ coasts in the nitecap.

In the second twinbill whitewash in theĀ National LeagueĀ in two weeksā€š theĀ RedsĀ shut out theĀ Cardinalsā€š 5 – 0 and 9 – 0.Ā Carl MaysĀ submarines the Birds in the opener andĀ Rube BentonĀ coasts in the nitecap.

1925Ā – In the first of 5 games in Washingtonā€šĀ Walter JohnsonĀ gives theĀ SenatorsĀ a 7 – 3 win over theĀ A’s.Ā Roger PeckinpaughĀ drives in 3 runs for the Senators. The Senators now lead the A’sā€š who are in a 12-game losing streakā€š by 4 1/2 games.

1926Ā –Ā WashingtonĀ andĀ BostonĀ combine for a major league-record 11Ā sacrificesĀ in a game won by the Senators, 7 – 4. The Sox make 4 of the sacrificesā€š but it is not enough.

1927Ā – TheĀ PiratesĀ take over first place by beating the visitingĀ Cubsā€š 4 – 3.Ā Joe HarrisĀ has a double and home run to back the Bucs’Ā Lee Meadows. Both Waners (PaulĀ andĀ Lloyd) cut down runners with throws in the 2nd and 3rd innings.

In Washingtonā€š Republican presidential candidateĀ Herbert HooverĀ looks on as “Approximately 99 percent of the spectators wore their straw hatsā€š hoping theĀ SenatorsĀ would give them a chance to get excited and hurl them away” (New York Times). Alasā€š theĀ YankeesĀ winā€š 8 – 3.Ā Waite HoytĀ is the winner and beneficiary ofĀ Bob Meusel’s 4-for-4 hitting. Meusel has 3 RBIs.Ā Garland BraxtonĀ takes the loss.

Sheriff BlakeĀ is red-hot for theĀ Cubsā€š allowing just one hitā€š in besting theĀ Reds’Ā Ray Kolpā€š 1 – 0. The lone Reds hit is a 5th-inning double byĀ Long George Kelly.

TheĀ CardinalsĀ take a pair from theĀ PiratesĀ and go into first place.Ā Brooklynā€šĀ New Yorkā€š andĀ ChicagoĀ are all bunched at the top of the standings with St. Louis.Ā CincinnatiĀ takes a pair from the Cubsā€š winningā€š 5 – 0ā€š behindĀ Red Lucasā€š andā€š 2 – 1ā€š behindĀ Benny Frey.

September 1, 1930 Wes Ferrell (photo)

In the second of two gamesā€šĀ Cleveland’sĀ Wes FerrellĀ tops theĀ Brownsā€š 9 – 5ā€š for his 13th straight win. The Indians take the opener as wellā€š winning 13 – 8ā€š as pitcherĀ Willis HudlinĀ helps with aĀ grand slamĀ off the Brownies’Ā Dick Porter.

A Labor Day crowd of 72ā€š000 packsĀ Yankee StadiumĀ to see the World ChampionĀ A’sĀ split with theĀ New Yorkers. The A’s take the openerā€š 3 – 2ā€š with relieverĀ Lefty GroveĀ striking outĀ Babe RuthĀ with 2 on to end the game. Ruth drives in a run in the nitecapā€š 2 – 0, Yankee win.Ā Red RuffingĀ pitches his second two-hitter in two weeks to beatĀ George Earnshaw.

Lou GehrigĀ hits his thirdĀ grand slamĀ in five days and his sixth home run in consecutive games when he connects in a 5 – 1 second-game win over theĀ Red Sox. The blastā€š his 40th of the yearā€š comes in the 3rd inning offĀ Ed Morris. Gehrig connects in the opening 11 – 3 win againstĀ Milt Gastonā€š belting his 39th homer in the 7th inning. Lou finishes the day with 6 RBI and has knocked in 21 runs in the past 6 games.

GiantsĀ rookieĀ Jim MooneyĀ notches his fourth win since being called up three weeks agoā€š beating theĀ Braves, 4 – 0. It is his secondĀ shutout.

Lou Gehrig, for the third time in four days, hits a grand slam. The Bronx Bomber first baseman’s third-inning base-loaded home run off Ed Morris proves to be the difference in New York’s 5-1 victory over Boston at Yankee Stadium.

Lou Gehrig, for the third time in four days, hits a grand slam. The Bronx Bomber first baseman’s third-inning base-loaded home run off Ed Morris proves to be the difference in New York’s 5-1 victory over Boston at Yankee Stadium.

1933Ā – In the first of two games with theĀ Bravesā€šĀ Carl HubbellĀ pitches 10 innings and drives in the winning run for a 2 – 0 win. He doesn’t walk a batter and never goes as deep as a 3-2Ā countĀ on any hitterā€š holding the Braves to 4 hits. It is his 20th win and his 10thĀ shutoutĀ of the year. Five of the shutouts are 1 – 0ā€š aĀ National LeagueĀ record.Ā Fred FrankhouseĀ is the hard-luck loserā€š when his mates make 2 errors in the 10th.Ā New YorkĀ then takes the nitecapā€š 5 – 3.

1934Ā –Ā Jimmie FoxxĀ cracks a two-run homer in the 9thā€š his 39thā€š off relieverĀ Lefty Groveā€š to give theĀ A’sĀ an 8 – 7 win over theĀ Red Sox. Foxxā€š filling it at 3B for the injuredĀ Pinky Higginsā€š has three hits and 4 RBIs.

1935Ā – In a rain-soaked gameā€š theĀ SenatorsĀ take 14 innings to beatĀ Lefty GroveĀ and theĀ Red Soxā€š 2 – 1. The Nats will win 4 of 5 decisions this year off Lefty. Grove will win his next four decisions to finish at 20-12ā€š a big comeback from his 8-8 record inĀ 1934.

Detroit’sĀ Schoolboy RoweĀ fires his second two-hit game in 8 daysā€š beating theĀ A’sā€š 4 – 1. Rowe beat theĀ Red SoxĀ onĀ August 25thĀ by a 5 – 0 score. Philadelphia is saved from a shutout whenĀ Bob JohnsonĀ blasts his 22nd home run in the 9th inning. All of Detroit’s runs come in a hitless 4th when they use 5 walksā€š a fielder’s choice and error.

It is a wet afternoon inĀ St. LouisĀ for the Mound City celebration of the 60th anniversary of theĀ National League. TheĀ 1876Ā recreated game starts at 2:30 with NL publicity headĀ Bill BrandtĀ as the tall-hatted umpire who is shot dead after calling a runner out at home. Following is a 2 1/2 inning match between theĀ 1926 CardsĀ and theĀ current team.Ā Pete AlexanderĀ gives up an unearned run in the first for the ’26 teamā€š andĀ Vic KeenĀ pitches the second.Ā George EarnshawĀ K’s 4 of the 1926 teamā€š but does give up a double toĀ Wattie HolmĀ in the 1st. The 1936 Cards winā€š 1 – 0. The regular game between theĀ GiantsĀ and Cards is washed out after 4 innings.

TheĀ GiantsĀ signĀ Bill TerryĀ to a 5-year contract as manager and farm director at $40ā€š000 a year.

TheĀ GiantsĀ signĀ Bill TerryĀ to a 5-year contract as manager and farm director at $40ā€š000 a year.

1939Ā – TheĀ DodgersĀ andĀ CubsĀ use an open date to play a doubleheader of two rained-out games. The visiting Cubs take the openerā€š 6 – 2, behindĀ Larry Frenchā€š and the Dodgers take the nitecapā€š 3 – 1. In game 2ā€šĀ Gabby HartnettĀ sets a major league record for games caught of 1ā€š722. The old mark was held byĀ Ray Schalk.

Rudy YorkĀ wallops 3 home runs and drives in 5 runs for theĀ TigersĀ who beat theĀ Brownsā€š 9 – 5, in game 1 in Detroit. The Tigers rattle 20 hits in the nitecap to winā€š 16 – 8.

In the first of two this Labor Dayā€šĀ Dolph CamilliĀ hits the 200th home run of his career against theĀ BravesĀ to put the game into extra innings. Camilli then gives theĀ DodgersĀ a 6 – 5 victory in the 15th inning with his 5th hit of the game. Camilli’s 29th homer of the year ties the game in the 8thā€š his double in the 10th with 2 on keeps the Dodgers aliveā€š and a 2-out single in the 15th wins the game. Game 2 is cut short at 2 – 2 withĀ Al JaveryĀ on the mound for Boston; he’ll get no rest tomorrow as he is the loser in a 9 – 2 Brooklyn win.

AtĀ Fenway Parkā€š theĀ Red SoxĀ sweep two from theĀ Senatorsā€š 13 - 9 and 10 - 3.Ā Ted WilliamsĀ has only 5 official at batsā€š but has 3 hits - all homers - to take over theĀ American LeagueĀ lead fromĀ Charlie Keller. Ted walks 4 times.

AtĀ Fenway Parkā€š theĀ Red SoxĀ sweep two from theĀ Senatorsā€š 13 – 9 and 10 – 3.Ā Ted WilliamsĀ has only 5 official at batsā€š but has 3 hits – all homers – to take over theĀ American LeagueĀ lead fromĀ Charlie Keller. Ted walks 4 times.

The second-placeĀ CardinalsĀ matchĀ BrooklynĀ by recalling OFĀ Erv Dusak. Cards’ ownerĀ Sam BreadonĀ respondsā€š “They can have theirĀ Newsomā€š but I’d rather have Dusak. He has been one of the most sought-after players in the minor leagues.” Dusakā€š howeverā€š hits just .185. After going 24-9 in July and 25-8 in Augustā€š the Cardinals are still 3 1/2 games behind Brooklyn. Brooklyn beatsĀ PittsburghĀ todayā€š 4 – 2.

A story in theĀ Chicago TribuneĀ reports that player-managerĀ Parnell WoodsĀ of theĀ Negro American LeagueĀ Cleveland Buckeyesā€š and two teammates have been invited to try out with theĀ IndiansĀ at the start of theĀ 1943season. The two teammates areĀ Gene BremmerĀ andĀ Sam Jethroeā€š who is leading the league in hitting with a .450 average.

TheĀ GiantsĀ lose toĀ Brooklyn, 8 – 1ā€š as GiantĀ Joe MedwickĀ is hit on the elbow and leaves the game for treatment. With both teams out of the raceā€š Dodgers managerĀ Leo DurocherĀ agrees to allow Medwick to re-enter the game if Durocher can pick theĀ courtesy pinch runnerĀ for him. He selects slow-footedĀ Gus Mancusoā€š who is promptly erased on a double play ground ball.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. TheĀ SenatorsĀ start semi-pro pitcherĀ Jug Thesengaā€š who holds theĀ YankeesĀ scoreless for 5 innings before the roof caves in. But the Senators rally to winā€š 10 – 7ā€š behind relieverĀ Roger Wolffā€š who snaps his personal 11-game losing streak.

TheĀ PhilsĀ beat theĀ Braves, 8 – 3, in Bostonā€š asĀ Vince DiMaggioĀ hits his 4thĀ grand slamĀ of the yearā€š tying a major league mark. An injury will shortly end the season for the senior DiMaggio.

Detroit’sĀ Hal NewhouserĀ wrenches his back pitching against theĀ Indians’Ā Bob Feller. Newhouser leaves the game in the 7th and will stay behind when the team leaves forĀ New Yorkā€š but will rejoin them on theĀ 7th. The Tigers win, 5 – 4, behindĀ Jim TobinĀ and are just 1 1/2 games ahead of the 2nd placeĀ Senators.

Philadelphia outfielder Vince DiMaggio’s bases-loaded home run paces the Phillies to an 8-3 victory over Boston at Braves Field. Joe and Dom’s older brother ties a major league mark with his fourth grand slam of the season.

Philadelphia outfielder Vince DiMaggio’s bases-loaded home run paces the Phillies to an 8-3 victory over Boston at Braves Field. Joe and Dom’s older brother ties a major league mark with his fourth grand slam of the season.

Jack LohrkeĀ hits a homer against theĀ Bravesā€š number 183 for the season for theĀ Giantsā€š breaking the major league record held by theĀ 1936 Yankees.Ā Mel Ott's club had hit 5 home runs in a doubleheader against theĀ CubsonĀ August 24thĀ to breakĀ Chicago'sĀ 1929 NLĀ record. The Giants will finish with 221 homersā€š led byĀ Johnny Mizeā€šĀ Walker Cooperā€šĀ Willard Marshallā€š and rookieĀ Bobby Thomson.

Jack LohrkeĀ hits a homer against theĀ Bravesā€š number 183 for the season for theĀ Giantsā€š breaking the major league record held by theĀ 1936 Yankees.Ā Mel Ott’s club had hit 5 home runs in a doubleheader against theĀ CubsonĀ August 24thĀ to breakĀ Chicago’sĀ 1929 NLĀ record. The Giants will finish with 221 homersā€š led byĀ Johnny Mizeā€šĀ Walker Cooperā€šĀ Willard Marshallā€š and rookieĀ Bobby Thomson.

In 7 – 4 loss in the nitecap of a doubleheaderā€šĀ A’sĀ 1BĀ Ferris FainĀ participates in 6Ā double playsĀ to tie the major league record.Ā WashingtonĀ takes the opener as wellā€š 4 – 0ā€š onĀ Mickey Haefner’s 7-hitter.

The Giants surpass the mark established by the Yankees in 1936 for the most home runs hit in a season by a team. The three Polo Grounds homers in today’s twin bill sweep over Boston raise the record total to 185, and the New York National League club will finish the season with 221 round-trippers.

1948Ā – The hostĀ BravesĀ split a pair with theĀ Redsā€š asĀ Johnny Vander MeerĀ bestsĀ Warren Spahnā€š 3 – 1, in the opener.Ā Glenn Elliottā€š just up from theĀ AAAĀ Brewersā€š is awarded the victory in the 11 – 1 nitecapā€š even though he pitches just 3 innings. Elliott collides withĀ Ted KluszewskiĀ while running to first base and is injured after pitching his only innings of 1948. RelieverĀ Clyde ShounĀ throws the last 6 innings.

1949Ā –Ā Washington’sĀ Dick WeikĀ should change his name to Walk as he hands out 13Ā bases on ballsĀ in nine inningsā€š losing to theĀ White Soxā€š 3 – 0. He matchesĀ Tommy Byrne’s largesse earlier in the year and he’ll close out his career inĀ 1954Ā with more walks than innings pitched.Ā Randy GumpertĀ is the winner today as both pitchers allow 4 hits apiece.

Philadelphia’s GM Bob Carpenter, in an effort to save the Phillies a 24-hour train trip from St. Louis to play the Braves, charters his teamā€™s first plane flight. The TWA Lockhead Constellation, which is delayed because of mechanical problems, makes a precarious landing during a severe thunderstorm on a rainy, foggy day in Boston, resulting with the anxious players on board loudly cheering the pilot for their safe arrival.

Philadelphia’s GM Bob Carpenter, in an effort to save the Phillies a 24-hour train trip from St. Louis to play the Braves, charters his teamā€™s first plane flight. The TWA Lockhead Constellation, which is delayed because of mechanical problems, makes a precarious landing during a severe thunderstorm on a rainy, foggy day in Boston, resulting with the anxious players on board loudly cheering the pilot for their safe arrival.

1951Ā – OFĀ Don MuellerĀ hits 3 home runs in an 8 – 1Ā GiantsĀ win over theĀ Dodgers. His first homer comes againstĀ Ralph Brancaā€š coming off two consecutiveĀ shutoutsā€š and Mueller hits his 3rd home runā€š a two-run shot, offĀ Phil Haugstad.Ā Sal MaglieĀ is the winnerā€š giving up 7 singles and hitsĀ Jackie RobinsonĀ on the wrist in the 3rd to force home the only Dodger run.Ā Whitey LockmanĀ gets plunked twice for New York.Ā Al DarkĀ andĀ Eddie StankyĀ combine in the 5th on aĀ triple playĀ off a liner byĀ Pee Wee Reese.

Hall of Fame umpire Bill Klem dies at the age of 77

1952Ā – In the second game of a doubleheader inĀ St. Louisā€š theĀ IndiansĀ lose a critical gameā€š 2 – 1ā€š in 5 innings when rain halts the game for the second and last time. The Indians are ahead in the 6thā€š but a porous tarp turns the infield into a quagmireā€š washing out their three runs. The IndiansĀ protestĀ the gameā€š sayingĀ Bill VeeckĀ told the grounds crew to work slowlyā€š butĀ Will HarridgeĀ will reject the protest.

TheĀ CardsĀ hit 5 home runsā€š all of them solo shotsā€š but lose to theĀ Dodgers'Ā Preacher Roeā€š 12 - 5

TheĀ CardsĀ hit 5 home runsā€š all of them solo shotsā€š but lose to theĀ Dodgers’Ā Preacher Roeā€š 12 – 5

Chicago’sĀ Virgil TrucksĀ surrenders a homer toĀ Mickey MantleĀ in the 7th that proves to be the game-winnerā€š as the White Sox lose to theĀ Yankeesā€š 3 – 2.

1954Ā - AtĀ Crosley Fieldā€š theĀ Redlegs'Ā Ted KluszewskiĀ hits 2 home runs to break his own club mark of 40 homers. He will wind up with 49 for the season. Despite the Klu cloutsā€š Cincinnati loses toĀ Philadelphiaā€š 9 - 3. In a pre-game stuntā€š Reds catcherĀ Hobie LandrithĀ catches a ball dropped out of a helicopter hovering some 500-600 feet over the field.

1954Ā – AtĀ Crosley Fieldā€š theĀ Redlegs’Ā Ted KluszewskiĀ hits 2 home runs to break his own club mark of 40 homers. He will wind up with 49 for the season. Despite the Klu cloutsā€š Cincinnati loses toĀ Philadelphiaā€š 9 – 3. In a pre-game stuntā€š Reds catcherĀ Hobie LandrithĀ catches a ball dropped out of a helicopter hovering some 500-600 feet over the field.

1956Ā - Sparked byĀ Warren Spahn's 2-hit pitching and the clutch hitting ofĀ Joe Adcockā€š theĀ BravesĀ beat theĀ Cardsā€š 3 - 1. Adcock has 3 RBIs. Despite the winā€š the Braves' lead is cut to 2 games as theĀ DodgersĀ sweep a pair from theĀ Giants.

1956Ā – Sparked byĀ Warren Spahn’s 2-hit pitching and the clutch hitting ofĀ Joe Adcockā€š theĀ BravesĀ beat theĀ Cardsā€š 3 – 1. Adcock has 3 RBIs. Despite the winā€š the Braves’ lead is cut to 2 games as theĀ DodgersĀ sweep a pair from theĀ Giants.

1957Ā – TheĀ YankeesĀ purchaseĀ Sal “the Barber” MaglieĀ from theĀ Dodgersā€š but he is ineligible forĀ World SeriesĀ play. Maglie is the last man to play for all threeĀ New YorkĀ teams.

TheĀ Cardinals’Ā Vinegar Bend MizellĀ beats theĀ Redsā€š 1 – 0ā€š while walking aĀ National League-record (for aĀ shutout) 9 batters. The Reds also swipe 5 bases. Mizell allows 4 hitsā€š the same number as his opponentĀ Joe Nuxhallā€š who loses on an unearned run. The Reds come back to win the second game of the doubleheaderā€š 9 – 3.Ā Alex KellnerĀ is the winner with 8 1/3 innings or shutout relief.

Bob Buhlā€š sidelined by shoulder ailmentsā€š makes his first appearance sinceĀ May 13ā€š beating theĀ Cubsā€š 2 – 1, for the first-placeĀ Braves. He beatsĀ Bob Anderson. The Cubs rout former teammateĀ Bob RushĀ in the nitecap to win, 9 – 3.Ā Glen HobbieĀ picks up his 3rd win of the year against the Braves and his 10th overall.

In San Franciscoā€š theĀ GiantsĀ sweep a doubleheader from theĀ DodgersĀ (and 5 of 6 in the Labor Day series) by taking the first in an A.M.-P.M. doubleheaderā€š 8 – 6.Ā Willie MaysĀ goes 5 for 5 with 2 doubles and a home run to drive in 5 runs. The nitecap is a memorable 4 hour, 35 minute marathon. The Giants tie the game in the 9th onĀ Bob Schmidt’s homerā€š and the Dodgers go aheadā€š 5 – 4ā€š in the 16th onĀ Carl Furillo’s RBI.Ā Whitey Lockman’s home run in the bottom of the 16th ties itā€š then aĀ buntĀ single byĀ Ray JablonskiĀ is followed by another bunt by PĀ Ruben Gomez. Errors byĀ Johnny RoseboroĀ and Furillo follow, allowing Jabo to score the winning runā€š 6 – 5. Mays is 11 for 20 for the seriesā€š with 4 homers. San Francisco Police Chief Frank Ahernā€š sitting behind home plateā€š dies of a heart attack at the climax of the 2nd game.

1960Ā – For the second time in the climatically-challenged ballpark’s inaugural season,Ā Roberto ClementeĀ conquers the infamousĀ Candlestick ParkĀ crosswind with a powerful home run putting theĀ BucsĀ up over theĀ GiantsĀ by a 3 – 0 score. The blast travels over and beyond the 420-foot mark and is described as “the hardest-hit ball hit there all year.”

1961Ā – TheĀ American League’sĀ biggest crowd of the yearā€š 65ā€š566ā€š seesĀ Whitey FordĀ andĀ Don MossiĀ duel atĀ Yankee StadiumĀ as a week-end battle for first place begins. Two-outā€š 9th-inning hits byĀ Elston Howardā€šĀ Yogi Berraā€š andĀ Bill SkowronĀ giveĀ New YorkĀ a 1 – 0 win over theĀ Tigers.

Cuno Barragan, in his first major league at-bat, hits his only big league home run, taking Dick LeMay deep over the left-field fence at Wrigley Field in the second inning of the Cubs’ 4-3 loss to San Francisco. The 29 year-old catcher will play in 69 games for Chicago over three seasons.

Paul RichardsĀ (38-57) resigns as manager of theĀ OriolesĀ to become general manager of the newĀ HoustonĀ National LeagueĀ club. CoachĀ Lum HarrisĀ takes over.

CubsĀ 30-year old rookieĀ Cuno Barraganā€š sidelined sinceĀ spring trainingĀ when he broke his ankleā€š finally gets his first at bat and hits his only major league home run. His clout comes offĀ GiantsĀ PĀ Dick LeMayā€š but the Cubs lose, 4 – 3, in 14 innings.

TheĀ Reds’Ā Vada PinsonĀ has 4 singles and a double in a 10 – 5 win atĀ San Francisco.

YankeesĀ CFĀ Tom TreshĀ joins teammateĀ Mickey MantleĀ among 4Ā American LeagueĀ and 5Ā National LeagueĀ players to hit homers left- and righthanded in one game. The Yanks beatĀ Baltimore, 5 – 4. A tired Mantleā€š who had partied the night beforeā€š adds a pinch homer in the 8thā€š jumping on the first pitch fromĀ Mike McCormick.

AtĀ Pittsburghā€šĀ Bill VirdonĀ hits a 2-out game-endingĀ grand slamĀ to give the Bucs a 6 – 4 win over theĀ Reds.

Tim HarknessĀ cracks a 2-run game-ending homer in the 16th to give theĀ MetsĀ a 6 – 4 win over theĀ Braves. It is Harkness’s 2nd homer of the game.

ClevelandĀ takes a pair from theĀ Tigersā€š winning 6 – 3 and 3 – 1.Ā Mike de la HozĀ hits a 1st-inningĀ grand slamĀ in game 1 for the margin.

PĀ Curt SimmonsĀ of theĀ CardinalsĀ drives in a run with a triple in the 2nd and then steals home on an abortedĀ squeezeĀ play. He also knocks in another run and beats theĀ Phils, 7 – 3. Simmonsā€š who in his 20-year career will steal just 2 basesā€š is on third base when a squeeze play goes awryā€š and beats a wide throw home from PĀ Chris Short. It is the last steal of home by a pitcher untilĀ 1983ā€š and just the 4th in theĀ National LeagueĀ in the last 40 years.Ā Harry DorishĀ inĀ 1950Ā stole homeā€š the last time anĀ American LeagueĀ pitcher did pull off a theft.

Curt Simmons becomes the last pitcher ever to steal home with his second inning dash to the plate in the Cardinals’ 7-3 victory over the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. The Redbird hurler scores on an aborted squeeze play when Chris Short uncorks a pitch that cannot be bunted.

Masanori Murakami of the San Francisco becomes the first Japanese-born player to appear in a major league game

Southpaw relief PĀ Masanori MurakamiĀ becomes the first major league player fromĀ Japan. He debuts in a 4 – 1Ā San FranciscoĀ loss atĀ New York. His first 11 innings will be scoreless ones.

TheĀ PhilliesĀ topĀ Houston, 4 – 3, on 3 solo home runs in the 7th inning.Ā Johnny Callisonā€šĀ Wes Covingtonā€š andĀ Frank ThomasĀ supply the power outbursts.

TheĀ CardinalsĀ move past the falteringĀ GiantsĀ into third place with a 5 – 4 win over theĀ Braves. Former Braveā€š now Cardinals utility Cā€šĀ Bob UeckerĀ hits his first home run of the yearā€š then singles in the winning run in the 9th to win it for the Birds. St. Louis is 7 1/2 in back of the first-placeĀ Phils.

AtĀ Crosley Fieldā€šĀ Jim MaloneyĀ strikes out 13 in theĀ Reds’Ā 2 – 1 win overĀ Chicago.

Masanori Murakami becomes the first native-born Japanese player to appear in the U.S. major leagues when he throws a scoreless eighth inning in the Giants’ 4-1 loss to the Mets at Shea Stadium. The 20 year-old southpaw, who was to play only minor league ball until June as an ‘exchange player’, will be allowed to stay and play in one full season with San Francisco next year, before returning to the Nankai Hawks, ending his brief American stint with a 5-1 record and an ERA of 3.75.

Masanori Murakami becomes the first native-born Japanese player to appear in the U.S. major leagues when he throws a scoreless eighth inning in the Giants’ 4-1 loss to the Mets at Shea Stadium. The 20 year-old southpaw, who was to play only minor league ball until June as an ‘exchange player’, will be allowed to stay and play in one full season with San Francisco next year, before returning to the Nankai Hawks, ending his brief American stint with a 5-1 record and an ERA of 3.75.

1964Ā – Colt .45s have trouble leaving their Philadelphia hotel as a local radio station falsely reports that the Beatles are staying there. Teenaged fans swarm the exits, seeking a glimpse of the Fab Four. Battling past the mob, the .45s then lose to the Phils, 4-3, on four solo homers.

Sandy KoufaxĀ andĀ Don DrysdaleĀ lose as theĀ PiratesĀ sweep theĀ DodgersĀ in a doubleheaderā€š 3 – 2 and 2 – 1ā€š at Pittsburgh. The Pirates are now in 5th placeā€š just 2 1/2 games out of first place.

CincinnatiĀ sweeps theĀ BravesĀ 7 – 6 and 2 – 0 to regain first placeā€š while theĀ GiantsĀ andPhilsĀ are rained out.Ā Jim MaloneyĀ strikes out 12 in tossing theĀ shutoutĀ for the Reds.

Tim McCarver’s third-inning triple, his 13th and final one of the season, plates Orlando Cepeda in the Cardinals’ 7-4 victory over Atlanta at Busch Stadium. The 22 year-old Memphis, TN native will become the first backstop to ever lead the National or American League in three-baggers.

Tim McCarver's third-inning triple, his 13th and final one of the season, plates Orlando Cepeda in the Cardinals' 7-4 victory over Atlanta at Busch Stadium. The 22 year-old Memphis, TN native will become the first backstop to ever lead the National or American League in three-baggers.

Tim McCarver’s third-inning triple, his 13th and final one of the season, plates Orlando Cepeda in the Cardinals’ 7-4 victory over Atlanta at Busch Stadium. The 22 year-old Memphis, TN native will become the first backstop to ever lead the National or American League in three-baggers.

Cincinnati'sĀ Bob LeeĀ walksĀ Dick GroatĀ with the bases loaded in the 21st inning to give theĀ GiantsĀ a 1 - 0 victory atĀ Crosley Field. Twenty scoreless innings tie the major league mark set by theĀ PiratesĀ and theĀ BravesĀ onĀ August 1ā€šĀ 1918ā€š a game Pittsburgh also won in the 21stā€š 2 - 0.Ā Gaylord Perryā€š with 9 one-run losses during the seasonā€š pitches the first 16 innings of shutout ballā€š withĀ Frank LinzyĀ going the last 5.Ā Mel QueenĀ tosses 9 1/3 innings for the Reds.

Cincinnati’sĀ Bob LeeĀ walksĀ Dick GroatĀ with the bases loaded in the 21st inning to give theĀ GiantsĀ a 1 – 0 victory atĀ Crosley Field. Twenty scoreless innings tie the major league mark set by theĀ PiratesĀ and theĀ BravesĀ onĀ August 1ā€šĀ 1918ā€š a game Pittsburgh also won in the 21stā€š 2 – 0.Ā Gaylord Perryā€š with 9 one-run losses during the seasonā€š pitches the first 16 innings of shutout ballā€š withĀ Frank LinzyĀ going the last 5.Ā Mel QueenĀ tosses 9 1/3 innings for the Reds.

TheĀ CubsĀ start a streak of four straight doubleheaders by beating theĀ Metsā€š 8 – 2ā€š behindĀ Fergie Jenkins’ 17th win. Former CubĀ Don CardwellĀ wins the nitecapā€š 3 – 0ā€š striking out 11.

Alan FosterĀ ofĀ SpokaneĀ pitches hisĀ Pacific Coast League-record secondĀ no-hitterĀ of the year. Both no-nos are 1 – 0 games againstĀ Seattle.

Gaylord Perry, in the midst of his franchise record-setting of pitching 40 consecutive inning without allowing a run, extends his scoreless streak when he hurls 16 innings of shutout ball in the Giants’ 1-0 victory over the Reds. Frank Linzy keeps Cincinnati scoreless for the final five frames to get the victory for San Francisco in the 21-inning Crosley Field contest.

After 20 scoreless innings, which equals the major league mark, Dick Groat draws a bases loaded walk, giving the Giants a 1-0 victory over the Reds. In 1918, the Braves and Pirates also matched zeros for twenty frames, until the Bucs scored two runs in the top of the 21st for an eventual 2-0 victory in the Boston ballpark.

1968Ā –Ā Denny McLainĀ notches his 27th win of the season beating theĀ Orioles, 7 – 3. McLain helps theĀ TigerĀ cause by starting a 3rd-inningĀ triple play.

TheĀ GiantsĀ move past theĀ RedsĀ into first place in theĀ NL WestĀ with a 12 – 2 win overĀ Montreal.

Willie Davis ties the franchise record ofĀ hittingĀ in 29 straight games

1970Ā – TheĀ Red SoxĀ take an 8 – 1 lead atĀ Fenway Parkā€š butĀ DetroitĀ rallies to win, 10 – 9. The Sox take the lead on aĀ Mike AndrewsĀ homer and aĀ grand slamĀ byĀ Tony Conigliaro. The Tigers then use the long ball as wellā€š collecting 4 homersā€š including a grand slam byĀ Jim Priceā€š to win.Ā Daryl PattersonĀ is the winner overĀ Sonny Siebert.

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-black lineup in major league history

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-black lineup in major league history

AtĀ Wrigley Fieldā€š pitcherĀ Fergie JenkinsĀ leads theĀ CubsĀ to a 5 – 2 win overĀ MontrealĀ by clouting two home runs and driving in 3 runs.Ā Bill StonemanĀ takes the loss.

Rod CarewĀ swipes home with 2 out in the 10th inning to give theĀ TwinsĀ a 5 – 4 victory over theĀ Indians. Carew will swipe home 17 times in his careerā€š seven times stealing alone. The Twins score their first 4 runs asĀ Bobby DarwinĀ drives them all in on 4 hitsā€š including 2 homers.

Mel StottlemyreĀ hurls a 4-hitter to stop theĀ White Soxā€š 4 – 0. RookieĀ Charlie SpikesĀ has two hits in his major league debutā€š drives in a run and saves a run with a sparkling catch in right field.

TheĀ RedsĀ edge theĀ Exposā€š 1 – 0ā€š in 12 innings onĀ Johnny Bench’s single.Ā Ross GrimsleyĀ andĀ Clay CarrollĀ combine on theĀ shutout.

Battle on the base paths

Battle on the base paths

1973Ā – In San Diegoā€šĀ Johnny BenchĀ belts a 2-run homer in the 9th as theĀ RedsĀ edge theĀ Padresā€š 3 – 2.

During a 5 – 3 win over theĀ Tigersā€š theĀ A’sĀ 1BĀ Gene TenaceĀ goes through the entire game without aĀ fielding chanceĀ – only the 4th time this century that has occurred at that position. In the same gameā€š Detroit’sĀ Reggie SandersĀ homers in his first major league at-bat.

Lou BrockĀ stealsĀ 4 bases in an 8 – 1 win over theĀ Giants. This gives him 98 steals for the year.

TheĀ Major League Scouting BureauĀ is instituted as a way to cut costs by centralizing scouting. Membership is not mandatory untilĀ 1984ā€š and only 17 of 24 teams initially agree to the $118ā€š000 fee for joining. AllĀ American LeagueĀ clubs except theĀ Chicago White SoxĀ and (eventually) theĀ Toronto Blue JaysĀ join; in theĀ National Leagueā€š theĀ Chicago Cubsā€šĀ Montreal Exposā€šĀ Pittsburgh Piratesā€šĀ Atlanta Bravesā€šĀ Houston AstrosĀ and theĀ Cincinnati RedsĀ join.Ā Milwaukee BrewersĀ GMĀ Jim WilsonĀ is put in charge.

WithĀ Carlton FiskĀ out through the end of the seasonā€š theĀ Red SoxĀ purchase CĀ Tim McCarverĀ from theĀ Cardinals. McCarver will play just 11 games this year and 12 next spring in Boston before being reunited withĀ Steve CarltonĀ inĀ Philadelphia.

Tom Seaver Autographed 12x36 Panoramic Photo New York Mets "The Franchise HOF 92" Stock #77721 - PSA/DNA Certified

Tom Seaver becomes the first major league pitcher to reach the 200-strikeout plateau in eight consecutive seasons

MetsĀ aceĀ Tom SeaverĀ shuts out theĀ Pirates, 3 – 0, and reaches 200Ā strikeoutsĀ for a major league-record 8th straight season.

It is “Bob GibsonĀ Day” inĀ St. Louisā€š as dignitariesā€š includingĀ August BuschĀ andĀ Bowie Kuhnā€š honor the 39-year-old pitcher. The Cardsā€š led byĀ Lou Brockā€š then drill theĀ Cubsā€š 6 – 3. Brock has 3 singlesā€š 3 stolen basesā€š and scores 3 times.

Tom Seaver, when he whiffs Pirate Manny Sanguillen in the top of the seventh inning, becomes the first pitcher to strike out at least 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons. The 3-0 victory is also ‘Tom Terrific’s’ 20th of the season, making it the fourth time the right-hander has reached that plateau in his career.

Tom Seaver, when he whiffs Pirate Manny Sanguillen in the top of the seventh inning, becomes the first pitcher to strike out at least 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons. The 3-0 victory is also ‘Tom Terrific’s’ 20th of the season, making it the fourth time the right-hander has reached that plateau in his career.

1976Ā –Ā Red SoxĀ pitcherĀ Fergie JenkinsĀ rips his Achilles tendon covering first base in the 5th inning against theĀ Rangers. Jenkins (12-11) is through for the year.Ā Tom MurphyĀ relieves and pitches 4 2/3 innings of hitless ball to earn the 3 – 0 victory atĀ Fenway Park.

1976Ā –Ā Bo McLaughlinĀ blanks the Phillies, 1-0, as the club notches their sixth straight complete-game to tie a team record. McLaughlin surrenders six hits. A solo shot byĀ Cliff JohnsonĀ off Jim Kaat provides the game’s only tally.Ā 

1978Ā – Making his major league debutā€šĀ OrioleĀ Sammy StewartĀ fans 7 consecutive batters en route to a 9 – 3 win over theĀ White Sox.

Carney Lansford hits three consecutive home runs in California’s 7-4 victory over the Tribe at Cleveland Stadium. The Angels third baseman’s trio of round-trippers comes in the first, third, and fifth innings, each time with the bases empty.

TigersĀ OFĀ Al CowensĀ andĀ White SoxĀ relieverĀ Ed FarmerĀ publicly end their long-running feud

On the final day of the season, PawSox infielder Wade Boggs loses the International League batting title when he grounds out to first base in his final turn at-bat of the season. The plate appearance is necessitated when the Mud Hens, who are ahead 6-0, issue a two-out intentional walk in the ninth inning to light-hitting Ray Boyer, who makes every attempt to be put out to end the game, but is allowed to stroll around the bases and score on a deliberate error by the Toledo pitcher, forcing Boggs to make one last unnecessary plate appearance that will put him .007 of a percentage point behind Dave Engle, who plays in the outfield for the opponents.

Entering the game with 286 strikeouts, Lynchburg right-hander Dwight Gooden strikes out a dozen batters in the first six frames of a scheduled seven-inning against Hagerstown, needing two more in the last frame to record 300 for the season. After the leadoff batter grounds out, the 18 year-old phenom whiffs the next two Suns hitters to secure to the 1-0 victory, reaching the lofty plateau in 191 innings.

1984Ā – Two weeks after being given a vote of confidence by club ownerĀ George Argyrosā€šĀ MarinersĀ managerĀ Del CrandallĀ is fired and replaced by 3B coachĀ Chuck Cottier.

1985Ā – The visitingĀ New York MetsĀ edgeĀ San Franciscoā€š 4 – 3, withĀ Keith Hernandez’s 2-run homer climaxing a 3-run 9th inning.Ā Doug Siskā€š in relief ofĀ Ed Lynchā€š is the winning pitcher. In the 5thā€š Lynch lines to right field and is thrown out 9-3 by RFĀ Joel Youngblood. It’s theĀ National League’sĀ second 9-3 putout in 2 months.

A'sĀ rookieĀ Jose CansecoĀ become the first major league player with 100Ā RBIĀ this season

A’sĀ rookieĀ Jose CansecoĀ become the first major league player with 100Ā RBIĀ this season

Texas RangersĀ pinch hittersĀ Oddibe McDowellĀ andĀ Darrell PorterĀ blast 9th-inning back-to-back homers offĀ Boston Red SoxĀ relieverĀ Steve Crawford, but the Rangers fall to the Red Sox, 6 – 4.

TheĀ Red SoxĀ trade two heroes from theirĀ 1986 AL ChampionshipĀ teamā€š sending DHĀ Don BaylorĀ to theĀ TwinsĀ and OFĀ Dave HendersonĀ to theĀ GiantsĀ for players to be named later.

Billy HatcherĀ becomes the first player this season to beĀ ejectedĀ for using an illegal corkedĀ bat

Commissioner Bart Giamatti dies from a heart attack at the age of 51

The 3rdĀ inside-the-parkĀ grand slamĀ of the season is hit byĀ Boston’sĀ Mike GreenwellĀ offĀ Greg Cadaretā€š as the Red Sox beat visitingĀ New York, 15 – 1. Greenwell’s grounder eludesĀ Jesse BarfieldĀ in the RF corner; Barfield’s shoe-top miss onĀ August 14thĀ gaveĀ Luis PoloniaĀ his slam. The last season with three inside-the-park slams wasĀ 1947. Greenwell’s only other inside-the-park slam was also off Cadaretā€š inĀ 1989Ā atĀ Fenway Park. Boston jumps on Yankee starterĀ Andy HawkinsĀ who lasts a third of an inning. Hawkins has now pitched a total of one inning in 3 starts at Fenway Park and given up 18 runs (ERA 162.00).

Bobby WittĀ allows 10 walks againstĀ OaklandĀ in 7 inningsā€š the secondĀ RangerĀ in four days to hand out 10Ā walks. Before this seasonā€š the last pitcher to hand out 10 walks wasĀ Andy Hasslerā€š inĀ 1974. Witt also has 10 strikeouts and winsā€š 3 – 2ā€š for his 10th victory in a row.

At Tiger Stadium, Rick Aguilera pitches a scoreless ninth inning to notch his 35th save of the season in the Twins’ 5-4 victory over Detroit. The save is the closer’s 109th, making the right-handed reliever the franchise’s all-time saves leader.

1993Ā –Ā Terry MulhollandĀ beats theĀ Cubsā€š 4 – 1ā€š the 149th game in a row in which theĀ PhilsĀ have scoredā€š one short of theĀ National LeagueĀ record set byĀ PittsburghĀ inĀ 1924-1925.

1995Ā – Battery charges are dropped againstĀ AtlantaĀ managerĀ Bobby Coxā€š who was arrested back onĀ May 7th. Cox tells a judge that counseling has helped his marriage.

Alex RodriguezĀ borrows a bat fromĀ Ken GriffeyĀ and belts a 3-run homer to lead the Mariners to a 5 – 1 win

TheĀ RedsĀ lose to theĀ Royalsā€š 7 – 4ā€š asĀ Pete Rose Jr.ā€š son of the all-timeĀ hitĀ leaderā€š makes his major league debut. After striking out in his first time upā€š Rose singles in his next at bat and finishes with 1 hit in 3 trips to the plate. The debut prompts walk-up sales of 15ā€š000.

Before 50ā€š869 atĀ the Vetā€š theĀ PhilliesĀ defeat theĀ Yankeesā€š 5 – 1ā€š behindĀ Curt Schillingā€š who fans 16 batters in 8 innings of actionā€š and does not walk a man. The Phils will win the next day to sweep the series with the defending World champs.

Mark McGwire homers twice to break Hack Wilson’s National League single season home run record of 56

Sammy SosaĀ hits his 56th homerā€š offĀ Sterling Hitchcockā€š to give theĀ CubsĀ a 1 – 0 win overĀ San Diego.Ā Steve TrachselĀ is the winner with 7 shutout innings.Ā Glenallen Hill’s single is the only other Cub hit.

Mark McGwireĀ powers his 52nd homer in theĀ Cards’Ā 9 – 3 win overĀ Florida. It is his 590th career dinger and his 494th as a first basemenā€š surpassingĀ Lou Gehrig.

Albert Belle’s 30th home run of the year helps theĀ OriolesĀ beatĀ Tampa Bayā€š 3 – 1. Belle has now hit 30 homers in 8 straight seasons.

AtlantaĀ gets a 3-run home run fromĀ Brian HunterĀ and a 2-run homer fromĀ Bret BooneĀ to edge theĀ Redsā€š 8 – 7. Bret’s brotherĀ AaronĀ homers for the Redsā€š as doesĀ Sean CaseyĀ as the Reds lose for the 8th time in 9 meetings with Atlanta. Their victory 2 days before ended the Braves 10-game win streak.

Due to the union chief Richie Phillips’ ill-advised ploy to use mass resignations to force the owners into a new collective bargaining agreement, twenty-two of baseball’s regular 68 umpires find themselves unemployed. In a deal mediated by U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner, the Umpires Association agrees to a deal, costing those members their jobs, but allows for an arbitration proceeding that could permit some of the displaced umps back into the game at some point.

Rogers CommunicationsĀ Inc. purchases 80% of theĀ Toronto Blue JaysĀ with Interbrew (now InBev) maintaining a 20% interest and CIBC relinquishing its 10% share.

TheĀ Baltimore OriolesĀ turn the season’s fifthĀ triple playĀ and the first triple-killing inĀ Jacobs FieldĀ history

TheĀ RedsĀ ink HawaiianĀ Dane Sardinhaā€š a 2nd-round draft pick in theĀ June amateur draftā€š and high school SSĀ David Espinosaā€š a 23rd-round pick. Both players are represented by agentĀ Scott BorasĀ and held out all summer for long-term major league contracts.

Darin Erstad breaks the Angels’ club record for total hits in a season when he doubles in the second inning of the team’s 9-8 loss to the White Sox at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The 26 year-old Halo outfielder will finish the season with 240 hits, far surpassing Alex Johnson’s mark of 202, established in 1970.

2001Ā –Ā Ryan Klesko’s homer in the 13th gives theĀ PadresĀ a 1 – 0 win overĀ Arizona.

Sammy Sosa 600th Homerun

Cubs’ slugger Sammy Sosa hits the longest home run in Turner Field history

BostonĀ trims theĀ Indiansā€š 7 – 1ā€š behind the strong pitching ofĀ Tim Wakefieldā€š who doesn’t allow a hit beforeĀ Matt Lawton’s homer in the 5th.Ā Manny RamirezĀ andĀ Brian DaubachĀ hit back-to-back home runsā€š andĀ Johnny DamonĀ scores 3 runs.Ā Jim ThomeĀ reaches 100 walks for the 4th consecutive year and the 6th time in his career. Thome is the only player in Indians history to ever have consecutive 100 walks seasons.

ArizonaĀ tips theĀ Giantsā€š 7 – 6ā€š asĀ Tony WomackĀ smacks two homers and lays down a 9th-inningĀ buntĀ single to load the bases.Ā David DellucciĀ follows with a two-run double to win it.Ā Jeff KentĀ has 2 RBIs to reach the 100-RBI mark for the 6th straight timeā€š a record for second basemen. D’Back pitchers continue to respectĀ Barry Bondsā€š walking him 4 times. They walked him twice yesterday and 4 times on theĀ 30thā€š giving him 10 walks in three straight regulation-length games. Barry will have the next day off and collect another walk on theĀ 3rd.

Thanks to Miguel Tejada’s three-run ninth inning walk-off home run, the A’s beat the Twins, 7-5, extending their winning streak to 18. The dramatic victory marks the longest streak in franchise history, established by the Philadelphia A’s with 17 consecutive victories in 1931.

2003Ā –Ā Jeff KentĀ belts a grand slam and drives in six as Houston bombs Los Angeles, 10-1.Ā Brad AusmusĀ adds a home run.Ā Wade MillerĀ ups his record to 12-11. The Astros tie St. Louis for the Central Division lead while Chicago lurks just 1-1/2 games behind.Ā 

TheĀ MarlinsĀ edge theĀ Metsā€š 5 – 4.Ā Armando BenitezĀ gets theĀ saveĀ in relief. It is his 10th save of the year against New York for a new Major League record for saves against a club in a year. He will add one more save to give him 11 against his former teammates.

Minnesota’sĀ Terry MulhollandĀ goes 6 innings and allows 2 runs in the Twins’ 4 – 2 win overĀ Baltimore. Mulholland and catcherĀ Pat Bordersā€š who was obtained the previous day fromĀ SeattleĀ forĀ B.J. Garbeā€š are the first pair of 40-somethingĀ batterymatesĀ sinceĀ Curt DavisĀ andĀ Clyde SukeforthĀ for theĀ DodgersĀ inĀ 1945.

Ryan HowardĀ makes his major league debut as a member of theĀ Philadelphia Phillies. In his first plate appearance, as aĀ pinch hitterĀ for pitcherĀ Vicente Padilla, he strikes out againstĀ Atlanta BravesĀ pitcherĀ Jaret Wright.

The Pacific Coast League announces the total attendance for the circuit saw over seven-million fans turn the turnstiles this season. The PCL had set a new single season record in minor league history when the 16-team circuit passed the 6.8 million mark earlier in the month.

The first bus loads of Hurricane Katrina refugees, formerly housed at the SuperDome in New Orleans, begin to arrive early this morning at the Houston Astrodome. The former home of the Astros will afford the displaced an opportunity to escape the unhealthy horrendous conditions of their former shelter by supplying air conditioning, cots, food, and showers for eventually 25,000 people who are expected to arrive from Louisiana.

Clay Buchholz Boston Red Sox

In only his second major league start, Clay Buchholz throws No Hitter

9/1/2007Ā – Toronto had two different lineups, one posted in the clubhouse and one handed to the umpires. The latter, which is the one that counts, showed Aaron Hill batting sixth, Lyle Overbay batting seventh, Gregg Zaun eighth and John McDonald ninth. Overbay batted in Hill’s spot in the second inning and made an out. Then Hill doubled but the Mariners pointed out the mistake. Here is where is got interesting. The umpires huddled and then called Hill out for batting out of order. Then Zaun was allowed to bat. The correct call would be that the proper batter (Zaun) should have been declared out and then the hitter after him (McDonald) would be the next batter. Thus, in this case, Hill should have been skipped entirely. The concept of skipping someone in the lineup is difficult for people to grasp but is the correct sequence here.

A bad year off the field for the Clemens clan continues. WhileĀ Roger ClemensĀ has faced claims of adultery andĀ steroidĀ use, sonĀ Koby ClemensĀ and teammatesĀ Mark OriĀ andĀ Jimmy GoethalsĀ are arrested for their role in a restaurant fight.

In his complete game effort against the Pirates, CC Sabathia gives up only a questionable infield hit to Andy LaRoche in the fifth inning of the Brewers’ 7-0 victory at PNC Park. The club plans to forward a DVD of the play to Major League Baseball, hoping somehow official scorer Bob Webb, the only person allowed to reverse his own call according to the rule book, can be convinced to change the scoring of the grounder to the mound to an error.

Adrian Beltre becomes the fourth player in Seattle franchise historyto hit for the cycle

Cliff Lee shuts out the White Sox, 5-0, to become the Indians’ 56th twenty-game winner in franchise history, but the first to accomplish the feat in 34 years. The last Tribe’s moundsman to win as many games was Gaylord Perry, who posted a 21-13 record in 1974.

Stephen Drew hits for the cycle – the first player in franchise history to accomplish it

2009Ā – TheĀ RangersĀ have double vision today as they sweep a pair at home from theĀ Blue Jays. Both games end on a 5 – 2, score, withĀ Frank FranciscoĀ picking up theĀ saveĀ each time. CFĀ Josh HamiltonĀ hits two home runs for Texas, ending a 23-game homer drought and finally reaching double figures for the year, but 3BĀ Michael YoungĀ injures his hamstring running out a ground ball in the nitecap and will miss at least two weeks.

In his first game back from the DL after suffering a torn right testicle Adrian Beltre hears theĀ The Nutcracker SuiteĀ when he steps into the batter’s box

Brandon Allen, just recalled form AAAĀ Reno, hits aĀ grand slamĀ to lead theĀ DiamondbacksĀ to a 5 – 2 win overĀ San DiegoĀ for the Padres’ 7th consecutive loss. The Pads waste a ten-strikeout effort by starterĀ Mat Latos, who is lifted for aĀ pinch-hitterĀ in the 7th as they take a short-lived 2 – 1 lead.

Already appealing a seven-game suspension for throwing aĀ baseballĀ into the crowd in anger and hitting a fan inĀ PhiladelphiaĀ onĀ August 21st,Ā NationalsĀ OFĀ Nyjer MorganĀ is at the center of a bench-clearing brawl in today’s 16 – 10 loss to theĀ Florida Marlins. The brawl starts whenĀ Chris VolstadĀ thows a ball behind Morgan, who has already been hit by a pitch earlier in the game; Morgan charges the mound and throws a punch at Volstad before 1BĀ Gaby SanchezĀ tackles him. He needs to be escorted from the field, with his shirt ripped and his face bruised, but pounds his chest and screams at the crowd as he departs. He, Volstad, Marlins managerĀ Edwin RodriguezĀ and relieverĀ Jose VerasĀ are allĀ ejectedĀ from the game after the dust settles, then one inning later, Nats managerĀ Jim RigglemanĀ and PĀ Doug SlatenĀ are also thrown out when Sanchez is hit by a pitch. The trouble started the day before, when Morgan slammed into Marlins catcherĀ Brett HayesĀ in the 10th inning, separating his shoulder; he infuriates his opponents further when, after his hit-by-pitch, he steals second and third base even though his team trails, 14 – 3. In two days, theĀ National LeagueĀ will hand out suspensions to all involved, including 8 games for Morgan, 6 for Volstad and shorter suspensions for both managers, Nats coachĀ Pat Listach, Slaten, Sanchez and Marlins relieverĀ Alex Sanabia, while Veras escapes with a simple fine and warning. The league cites the succession of incidents in which Morgan has been involved in recent days to explain the unusually long verdict. Morgan will appeal, but now faces the prospect of two weeks of forced inaction.

The Nationals announce Rob Dibble is terminated for comments about Stephen Strasburg

TheĀ PhilliesĀ move to 41 games above .500 for only the third time in franchise history – the other two were inĀ 1976Ā – as they complete a four-game road sweep ofĀ CincinnatiĀ with a 6 – 4 win. RookieĀ Vance WorleyĀ is cruising with a 6 – 1 lead in the 7th when he allows a three-run pinch homer toĀ Chris Heisey, just activated from theĀ disabled list. His bullpen then takes over and he registers his 10th win of the year; the Phillies have now won his last 12 starts. The Phillies will win again tomorrow to go 42 games above .500 for the first time.

The third class of inductees to theĀ Latino Baseball Hall of FameĀ is announced inĀ New York, NY.Ā Puerto RicanĀ Bernie WilliamsĀ is one of six contemporary players selected, in addition to six veterans. The group will be enshrined at a ceremony inĀ La Romana, in theĀ Dominican Republic, onĀ February 11th.

Josh BeckettĀ wins his first game as a member of theĀ Dodgers, giving one run in 6 2/3 innings in beating theĀ Diamondbacks, 2 – 1.Ā Andre EthierĀ hits a tie-breaking homer offĀ Matt AlbersĀ in the 6th to give the Dodgers the win.

David FreeseĀ homers and drives in three runs to lead theĀ CardinalsĀ to a 10 – 9 win over theĀ Nationals.Ā Matt HollidayĀ also homers andĀ Matt CarpenterĀ has a three-run double, snapping a hitting slump for the Redbirds, who had scored only once in their previous 32 innings.Ā Adam LaRocheĀ andĀ Danny EspinosaĀ homer for Washington, which gives up a run in the 8th to tie the game, and another in the 9th to lose it whenĀ Allen CraigĀ leads off with a single againstĀ Drew Storen, steals second and comes in on Freese’s single.Ā Jason MotteĀ then picks up his 32nd saveĀ­.

2013Ā –Ā Zack GreinkeĀ defeats theĀ Padres, 2 – 1, behindĀ Yasiel Puig’s 14th homer, to give theĀ DodgersĀ a three-game sweep. They now lead theĀ NL WestĀ by 11 1/2 games.

he Philadelphia Phillies become the eleventh team in baseball history to throw a combined no-hitter

Bo Porter is dismissed as manager of the Astros

Justin Verlander pitches the third no-hitter

Justin Verlander pitches the third no-hitter

Alex Dickerson hits three homers and his 16 total bases tie a team record held by Willie Mays

Alex Dickerson hits three homers and his 16 total bases tie a team record held by Willie Mays

Marcell Ozuna becomes the first National League player to have a three-homer game at Fenway Park

Marcell Ozuna becomes the first National League player to have a three-homer game at Fenway Park

Spencer Strider strikes out 16 to set Atlanta team record

Spencer Strider strikes out 16 to set Atlanta team record

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