This Day In Baseball September 16

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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 September 16 in baseball history.

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Notable Events and Chronology for September 16

September 16 – The Chicago White Stockings win their 2nd straight pennant with a 4–0 win over the Boston Red Caps.

Jim McCormick picks off 4 Boston Unions in an 8-4 Cincinnati victory‚ one of his 21 UA wins. Earlier in the season he won 19 games for Cleveland (NL). He will lead the UA in winning percentage and in ERA and his combined won-loss record for the year is 40-25 (21-3 in UA)‚ just missing being a 20-game winner for two teams in the same season.

The Indianapolis Hoosiers lineup for their home game against the Philadelphia Quakers has the pitcher Lev Shreve batting eighth and the catcher John "Tug" Arundel ninth. At one point in the game Arundel batted ahead of Shreve and John Valentine correctly called Shreve out. 

The Indianapolis Hoosiers lineup for their home game against the Philadelphia Quakers has the pitcher Lev Shreve batting eighth and the catcher John “Tug” Arundel ninth. At one point in the game Arundel batted ahead of Shreve and John Valentine correctly called Shreve out. 

9/16/1887: Bob Pettit of Chicago (NL) ran the circuit on a hit but was called out on appeal for missing 3B in the third inning.

Boston Americans score in every inning, making it 11 consecutive frames that at least one player has crossed the plate

Boston Americans score in every inning, making it 11 consecutive frames that at least one player has crossed the plate

The Giants sweep two from Brooklyn as Christy Mathewson wins the opener, 2 - 1, allowing just four hits. Two of the hits, a triple and homer, are by rookie Emil Batch. Joe McGinnity wins the nitecap, 5 - 3.

The Giants sweep two from Brooklyn as Christy Mathewson wins the opener, 2 – 1, allowing just four hits. Two of the hits, a triple and homer, are by rookie Emil Batch. Joe McGinnity wins the nitecap, 5 – 3.

Christy Mathewson wins his 10th straight

Christy Mathewson wins his 10th straight

Willie Keeler, who is lefthanded, plays 2B in both games of a twin bill

Willie Keeler, who is lefthanded, plays 2B in both games of a twin bill

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William Howard Taft becomes the first U.S. President to attend a major league game

President Taft attends a Cubs-Giants game in Chicago and players are introduced to him before the game. Giants ace Christy Mathewson then outdeals Chicago ace Three Finger Brown, 2 – 1, with each allowing seven hits. Taft downs popcorn and lemonade during the match, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The University of Wisconsin baseball team arrives in Tokyo to begin a series of games against Japanese schools.

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Christy Mathewson stops the Bucs on five hits, as the Giants top Pittsburgh, 3 – 1

Rube Marquard, with relief from Christy Mathewson, beats the Pirates, 6 - 2

Rube Marquard, with relief from Christy Mathewson, beats the Pirates, 6 – 2

Boston's Smoky Joe Wood and rookie Buck O'Brien toss back-to-back shutouts to beat Cleveland

Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood and rookie Buck O’Brien toss back-to-back shutouts to beat Cleveland

For the second time in a week, an American League rookie debuts with a shutout; the Browns’ Elmer Brown stops the Senators, 6 – 0.

The Cubs riddle Christy Mathewson for 10 hits to beat the Giants, 4 - 3

The Cubs riddle Christy Mathewson for 10 hits to beat the Giants, 4 – 3

The Pirates’ 2 – 1 win over Brooklyn is their 12th in a row; they will overtake the Cubs and finish 2nd.

The Reds shut out the Phillies in a twinbill, winning 6 – 0 and 1 – 0. Art Fromme allows four hits in the lid-lifter, while Rube Benton outduels Grover Cleveland Alexander, 1 – 0, in the nitecap. Benton allows five hits.

Roger Peckinpaugh becomes the youngest manager in major league history

Roger Peckinpaugh becomes the youngest manager in major league history

Ty Cobb catches the final out and needs a police escort to leave the field

Ty Cobb catches the final out and needs a police escort to leave the field

Pete Alexander wins help to pull Phillies to within a game and a half of Brooklyn.

Pete Alexander wins help to pull Phillies to within a game and a half of Brooklyn.

The Reds’ Fred Toney pitches 12 innings in the nitecap against Brooklyn before the game is called at 1 – 1 apiece. Zack Wheat goes hitless to end his hitting streak at 29 games. He’ll put together a streak of 26 in 1919.

1919 – Dutch Ruether beats the Giants, 4 – 3, to clinch the Reds’ first pennant since their American Association days.

Chicago’s Dickie Kerr tops the Yankees, 8 – 3, the loss dropping New York to 2nd place behind Cleveland.

Duster Mails delivers for the Indians, canceling the Senators, 1 – 0, for his 4th win without a loss. Joe Sewell scores the lone run.

1922 – Pennant fever rages in St. Louis, as the Yankees come to town with a half-game lead. Bob Shawkey outpitches Urban Shocker, 2 – 1, as George Sisler ties Ty Cobb’s 1911 record by hitting in his 40th straight game. While chasing a fly ball in the 9th, New York OF Whitey Witt is hit in the head and knocked cold by a soda bottle thrown from the bleachers. Ban Johnson will initially offer a $1,000 reward for the name of the bottle-thrower. Then, to calm the crowds, the American League offers the theory that Witt stepped on the bottle and it flew up and hit him. The incident leads to a ban on the sale of bottled drinks in ballparks.

After listening to excessive bench jockeying from the Giants dugout, Reds’ hurler Adolfo Luque becomes so enraged he throws down his glove and bolts into the New York dugout. The Cuban native, known for his fiery temper, punches Casey Stengel on the jaw and is ordered to return to his own bench by the police, who are busy trying to prevent the Polo Grounds crowd, which has overflowed onto the field, from rioting.

1923 – The Cubs lose, 10 – 6, to the Giants in Chicago, despite the hitting of Hack Miller who collects three doubles and a triple. A riot occurs in the 8th inning when umpire Charlie Moran makes an out call at second base on Sparky Adams, Moran is pelted by hundreds of pop bottles. Judge Landis, in attendance at the game, shakes his cane at the angry mob, and play is held up for 15 minutes. John McGraw and the umpires need a police escort at the conclusion.

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Jim Bottomley sets MLB record with 12 RBI’s in a game vs Brooklyn

In the first of two games, Cubs veteran Grover Alexander wins 3 – 0 over Boston. Boston comes back to take the second game, 8 – 6.

John Bates of Nashville (Southern Association) goes hitless ending his 46-game hitting streak. He hit .371 during the streak.

En route to a 23 – 3 rout of the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, the Cardinals cross home plate 12 times during the 3rd inning. The dozen runs establishes a franchise record.

The Giants clean house early, giving Heinie Groh his release and allowing Irish Meusel to buy out his. Irish will finish out his career with a season in Brooklyn.

The Cardinals tie for first place when Bill Hallahan outduels Dazzy Vance, 1 - 0, in 10 innings

The Cardinals tie for first place when Bill Hallahan outduels Dazzy Vance, 1 – 0, in 10 innings

World Series tickets can now be printed as the St. Louis Cardinals repeat as National League champions

World Series tickets can now be printed as the St. Louis Cardinals repeat as National League champions

At Rickwood Field, Birmingham Barons starter Ray Caldwell outduels Dizzy Dean to beat the Texas League’s Houston Buffaloes, a Cardinals farm team, 1-0, in Game One of the Dixie Series. The 43 year-old right-hander posted a 19-7 record along with an ERA of 3.45 during the regular season for the Southern Association team.

In St. Louis, the Cardinals edge the Dodgers, 14 – 13, and pull off a triple steal in the 7th inning. The second game is called in the 5th with Brooklyn ahead, 4 – 2.

The Giants win two over the 2nd-place Cubs, winning the first one, 2 – 1, behind Carl Hubbell’s 22nd win. New York takes the nitecap, 6 – 3.

1934 – The largest turnout in Polo Grounds history, 62,573, suffers as the Deans take two from the Giants. Diz needs relief from Tex Carleton for a 5 – 3 opener, but Paul goes 11 innings for a 3 – 1 win in the nitecap.

In the opener of a critical four-game series in Chicago, the Giants lose, 8 – 3, to Lon Warneke. The Cubs have now won 12 straight.

Gus Suhr plays 1B in the last inning to run his streak of consecutive games played to 619, a new National League record

Gus Suhr plays 1B in the last inning to run his streak of consecutive games played to 619, a new National League record

1937 – Future Hall of Fame member Martin Dihigo pitches the first professional no-hit, no-run game on Mexican soil, a 4 – 0 victory against Nogales at Veracruz. In 1938, Dihigo will lead the Mexican League in four categories: ERA (0.90), wins (18-2), strikeouts (184), and batting (.387).

Johnny Rizzo becomes the first Pirates player in franchise history to hit 20 home runs in a season. The 25 year-old rookie outfielder from Texas, who becomes hurt next season, never playing regularly for the Bucs again, finishes the campaign batting .301 with 23 round-trippers and 111 RBIs.

The New York Yankees clinch their fourth successive pennant

The New York Yankees clinch their fourth successive pennant

A rhubarb at Ebbets Field results in a suspension and fine for Leo Durocher for "inciting a riot." Perhaps better known from the game is the photo showing an obese Brooklyn fan astride George Magerkurth, pummeling the veteran umpire.

A rhubarb at Ebbets Field results in a suspension and fine for Leo Durocher for “inciting a riot.” Perhaps better known from the game is the photo showing an obese Brooklyn fan astride George Magerkurth, pummeling the veteran umpire.

Called up from the Eastern League in August, Phillies rookie Danny Litwhiler singles in both games of 7 – 1 and 3 – 2 losses to St. Louis, extending his hitting streak to 21 straight games. He will be stopped tomorrow by Whitey Moore at Cincinnati. He will hit .345 in 36 games.

Rookie Johnny Lucadello of the St. Louis Browns hits homers from each side of the plate versus the New York Yankees

Johnny Lucadello  hits homers from each side of the plate Only Wally Schang, in 1916, had accomplished the same in the American League

The Phillies, bowing to the Cubs in the nightcap of a twin bill, 4-1, become the first major league team to have five consecutive 100 loss seasons. From 1938 to the end of this season, the team will compile a 227-532 (.299) record under three different managers.

1944 – Jack Kramer’s one-hitter against the White Sox puts the Browns back into first place.

Joe DiMaggio hits for the Cycle

Joe DiMaggio’s hits his 300th career homer

Larry Doby's first inning grand slam proves to be the difference when the Indians hand the Senators their 16th consecutive defeat, 6-3

Larry Doby’s first inning grand slam proves to be the difference when the Indians hand the Senators their 16th consecutive defeat, 6-3

9/16/1949 – The New York Giants were at Wrigley Field to play the Cubs. In the bottom of the tenth inning, the Cubs batted out of turn and, when the Giants did not realize the mistake, the Cubs scored the winning run! The Cubs had runners on first and third with two outs when relief pitcher Bob Rush, in the eighth spot in the order, should have come to the plate. There was a “double switch” after Emil Verban pinch ran for Smoky Burgess in the ninth and remained in the game at second base and in the ninth place in the order. Verban came to the plate to hit ahead of Rush and walked to load the bases. The Giants failed to speak up. Mickey Owen then pinch hit and singled in the winning run. Once a pitch was made to Owen, the Giants lost the ability to speak up about Verban. Due to not complaining about Verban, the #9 hitter, the correct next batter was the #1 hitter, Bob Ramazzotti, so Owen was hitting in the lead off slot. The cellar-dwelling Cubs won, 5-4.

At Ebbets Field, Reds rookie Ted Tappe pinch hits in the 8th and homers in his first major league at bat. The round-tripper, off Erv Palica, helps cement a 6 – 3 win over Brooklyn. Tappe will hit four more homers, all as a member of the Chicago Cubs.

Rookie Whitey Ford tosses a six-hitter

Rookie Whitey Ford tosses a six-hitter to lift the Yankees  back into first place

Joe DiMaggio's long triple off Bob Feller keys a 5 - 1 New York win

Joe DiMaggio’s long triple off Bob Feller keys a 5 – 1 New York win

In Chicago, the Dodgers beat up on the Cubs, winning, 6 – 1, behind rookie Clem Labine. Rookie Bob Kelly takes the loss, allowing six hits, including Gil Hodges’ 38th homer.

The visiting – and rampaging – Giants sweep the Pirates, 7 – 1 and 6 – 4. Larry Jansen wins his 19th and Sal Maglie collects his 23rd. It is Maglie’s 11th straight win over the Bucs. The Giants collect 29 hits in the two games, including 6 by Al Dark, in handing losses to Howie Pollet and reliever Murry Dickson. The Dodgers’ lead of 4 1/2 is their slimmest since July 4th.

Pacific Coast League’s Sacramento manager, former major league All-Star second baseman Joe Gordon, pinch hits homers in both ends of a doubleheader. The first one, a grand slam, wins the game, 4-1.

1955 – Slugger Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring running out a bunt. He will make just two pinch-hit appearances in September, and he will go to bat in the World Series just 10 times.

In the eighth inning of the A’s 13-7 victory over Chicago, Kansas City infielder Alex George makes his major league debut at Municipal Stadium. The 16 year-old shortstop handles two chances cleanly and strikes out in his only at bat in the game.

1957 – The Los Angeles City Council approves a 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for a ballpark for the Dodgers if the club will finance a public recreation area.

The Pirates keep their slim pennant hopes alive as they win a suspended game from the Cards, 2 – 1, then take the regular game, 3 – 1, behind Ron Kline. In the opener, young George Witt (9-2) picks up where he left off when the game was suspended six weeks ago, winning his 8th straight game. For Witt, plagued with arm troubles all year, it is his last appearance of the year, as he leaves on the 24th to finish his senior year at Long Beach State. Witt’s 1.61 ERA in 106 innings is the National League’s best. Alas, he’ll go 0-7 next season with a 6.96 ERA.

Yankee killer Frank Lary is the third pitcher to beat them seven times in the same season, as the Tiger star defeats them, 4 – 2. Ed Walsh (9-1 in 1908) and Ed Cicotte (7-1 in 1916) were the others.

With Ty Cobb among the 49,055 fans in attendance at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle cracks a two-run homer, his 35th, off the O’s Chuck Estrada to give New York a 2 – 0 lead in the 1st. Yogi Berra adds a home run. In the last of the 8th, Bobby Richardson’s hit off Estrada’s glove drives in two runs for a 5 – 3 New York win.

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39 year old Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter and sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts

At Detroit, Roger Maris connects for #57, off Frank Lary, to stay a game ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 home run pace. But Lary wins his 21st, 10 – 4, over Ralph Terry, with help from Norm Cash, who belts a homer, his 37th, and a triple. Al Kaline adds four hits and a sac fly.

The Senators acquire P Claude Osteen from the Reds for 1B Dave Sisler and cash.

1962 – Willie Mays celebrates his return to the lineup by cracking a three-run home run in the 8th inning, his 44th of the year, to tie the Pirates, 4 – 4. Pittsburgh tops the Giants in the 10th inning when Smoky Burgess hits a two-run home run.

The Dodgers and Cardinals begin a first-place showdown before 32,442 fans at Busch Stadium Stan Musial hits final homerun of career

The Dodgers and Cardinals begin a first-place showdown before 32,442 fans at Busch Stadium Stan Musial hits final homerun of career

1964 – The White Sox move into a first-place tie (88-61) with Baltimore by besting Detroit, 4 – 1, while the Orioles lose to Minnesota 2 – 1. The Yanks are one point behind.

Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning (17-4), starting on two days’ rest after pitching 10 innings in Houston, loses to the Colt .45s, 6 – 5. Bunning had won eight in a row. Manager Gene Mauch will be highly criticized for his overuse of his top pitchers down the stretch as Philadelphia blows its season-long lead.

Bobby Bolin’s 5 – 1 win at Houston gives the Giants 14 straight wins, the longest National League streak since 1951.

Claude Osteen launches a Dodgers winning streak as he shuts out the Cubs, 2 – 0. The Dodgers will win their next 3, all by shutouts, in St. Louis.

Dave Morehead, who will lead the league in losses with 18 this season, no-hits the visiting Indians

Dave Morehead, who will lead the league in losses with 18 this season, no-hits the visiting Indians

Willie McCovey hits a 500-foot home run, judged the longest ever at Candlestick Park

Willie McCovey hits a 500-foot home run, judged the longest ever at Candlestick Park

Bob Gibson notches his 20th victory of the season when he goes the distance to beat Chicago at Wrigley Field, 3-1. The Cardinal right-hander will become the first pitcher in more than forty years to have consecutive 20-win seasons for a second-division team.

1966 – Sonny Jackson goes 5-for-5 and Chuck Harrison belts a grand slam as the Astros break nemesis Chris Short and the Phillies, 6-4. Mike Cuellar tosses his sixth straight complete game.

Norm Cash drives in five runs and John Hiller goes the distance, enabling Detroit to take the American League lead with a 9 – 1 win over the Yankees.

The Phils top the Dodgers, 8 – 4, in 11 innings, when Rick Joseph hits a pinch grand slam to end it.

One day after seeing their team mathematically eliminated, Candlestick Park’s patrons show up in “record” numbers, the smallest crowd to see a game since the team moved to San Francisco in 1958. The story of today’s 8 – 4 Giants win over Cincinnati, the latest installment in the two teams’ ongoing battle for second-best, will itself be second best (at least as judged by tomorrow’s sports page editors) as compared to the following unfortunate incident. UPI reports: “A gathering of only 2,361, the smallest in San Francisco’s major league history, was on hand and witnessed the rare sight of Willie Mays engaged in a shouting match with two spectators. Mays, in fact, had to be restrained from charging into the stands to confront the two hecklers, both Air Force sergeants dressed in civilian clothes. ‘Nice catch, Willie,’ they jeered from the front row after Mays made a spectacular catch in the 4th. ‘For a $100,000 bum you’re finally earning your money'”. “Mays was approaching the dugout in the middle of the 4th when he went after the two men,” adds AP. “He was intercepted by Bobby Bonds and manager Herman Franks and the sergeants were ejected from the park.”

Umpires Al Salerno and Bill Valentine are fired by American League President Joe Cronin. The men in blue claim the dismissals are due to their efforts organizing a union.

1969 – Juan Marichal blanks the Braves, 2 – 0, as the Giants regain first place.

Red Sox skipper Dick Williams, with one year left on his contract, is fired by the team as the result of a culmination of a number of things, including a lack of communications with the players, according to General Manager Dick O’Connell. During his rookie season as a manager, Williams led Boston to their Impossible Dream American League pennant in 1967.

Clyde Wright 2nd Angel to win 20 games

At New York, lefty Juan Pizarro shuts out the Mets and Tom Seaver, 1 – 0. Pizarro does it all, clubbing a solo homer to win his own game. It’s Pizarro’s second shutout in a row and Seaver’s first loss after seven straight wins. Tom’s last loss was August 1st, also to Pizarro.

At Candlestick Park, George Foster hits an 8th-inning grand slam to pace the Reds to an 8 – 1 win over the Giants.

Expo P Balor Moore extends his scoreless innings streak to 25 before serving up a 7th-inning three-run home run to lose to the Phillies, 3 – 1. The home run is the first for Phils rookie Mike Schmidt.

Following the Reds-Padres game at Riverfront Stadium, “This is your Life” host Ralph Edwards surprises Johnny Bench as the catcher is the featured guest on the program. With cameras rolling, Bench’s family and friends appear as Edwards narrates the show.

In an 18 – 5 victory over the Mets, Cub infielder Glenn Beckert goes 0 for 6 and sets a record by leaving 12 men on base.

Joe Coleman wins his 17th game and Dick McAuliffe clouts two home runs and drives in four to lead Detroit to a 6 – 2 win in Milwaukee. This is Detroit’s 5th win in a row and keeps them a percentage point behind Boston.

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Glen Beckert strands 12 men on base to set a new major league mark

9/16/1972 – Dwight Evans made his major league debut in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Cleveland Indians when he pinch ran for Reggie Smith. The Red Sox were leading at the time, 9-0 and Cecil Cooper had already been placed in the game as a pinch runner for Carl Yastrzemski. Yaz was batting third and Smith fourth in the original lineup. In the top of the seventh, both Cooper and Evans stayed in the game and three other defensive replacements were made by manager Eddie Kasko. With one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, Evans batted in Cooper’s spot but flew out. No protest was made by the Indians. The next legal batter should have been Phil Gagliano but Cooper came to the plate and also made an out to end the inning and the Sox went on to win 10-0. Thus, Dwight Evans’ first major league plate appearance was out of order!

Phillies' rookie third baseman Mike Schmidt hits his first career home run, breaking Expos' Balor Moore's 25 consecutive scoreless inning streak

Phillies’ rookie third baseman Mike Schmidt hits his first career home run, breaking Expos’ Balor Moore’s 25 consecutive scoreless inning streak

At Fenway Park, Luis Tiant shuts out the Orioles, 2 – 0, for the Red Sox. It’s the Señor’s first shutout of the year after leading the American League in 1974.

Mike Vail fails to break the major league rookie record for consecutive games with a hit shared by Richie Ashburn (1948, Phillies) and Alvin Dark (1948, Braves). The 23 year-old freshman left fielder has plenty of opportunities to hit safely in his 24th straight game, coming to the plate eight times in the Mets’ 18-inning marathon with Montreal, a 4-3 victory over the Expos at Shea Stadium.

RENNIE STENNET imposed the record of 7 hits in a 9-inning game on September 16, 1975, playing for the Pittsbutgh Pirates

Rennie Stennett establishes a new modern day record for most hits in a nine-inning game

In the 11th inning at Veterans Stadium, Rick Joseph hits a walk-off grand slam in the Phillies’ 8-4 victory over the Dodgers. Two batters are walked intentionally by Ron Perranoski to face the weak hitting Philadelphia pinch hitter, who responds with his first career home run, which will be his only round-tripper this season.

1977 – Seattle and Doc Medich beat Kansas City, 4 – 1, to end the Royals’ winning streak at 16 games – the longest in the majors in 24 years.

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the Yankees walk off on Thurman Munson Sacrifice fly vs Red Sox

Willie Wilson hits his 5th inside-the-park homer this season in a 6 – 3 loss to Seattle at Kansas City. It is the most inside-the-park homers hit in a season since Kiki Cuyler hit eight for the Pirates in 1925.

At Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers hold Catfish Hunter Day to honor their future Hall of Fame pitcher who will be retiring at the end of the season at the age of 33. A 20 year-old left-hander named Dave Righetti makes his major league debut for the hometown team.

Mike Norris, en route to a 22-9 record with the second-place A’s, gets his 20th victory of the season when Oakland beats Texas at Arlington Stadium, 4-2. The 25 year-old right-hander will compile a 58-59 career mark during his ten years in the major leagues with Oakland.

1983 – Minnesota’s Tim Teufel goes 5 for 5 with a triple and the first two home runs of his major league career in an 11 – 4 win over the Blue Jays.

1985 – Detroit’s Nelson Simmons hits a home run from each side of the plate, the first Tiger to do so. But the Orioles answer with six homers of their own in overpowering the Tigers, 14 – 7. Cal Ripken hits his second homer of the game in the 8th, and Eddie Murray and Fred Lynn follow with successive homers. The three straight tie a Birds record.

In a 6 – 4 win, California’s Bob Boone catches his 1,919th major league game to break the record held by Hall of Fame member Al Lopez.

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Indian first baseman Joe Carter, swiping his career-high 30th base, becomes the tenth major leaguer to hit 30 home runs and to steal 30 bases in the same season

Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches the 14th perfect game in major league history

Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches the 14th perfect game in major league history

1989 – Pirates ace John Smiley (12-7) scatters nine hits to top the Cubs’ Greg Maddux (17-12). The Bucs win, 8 – 6, but the Cubs still lead by 5 1/2 games over the Mets and Cardinals.

1990 – Cleveland trades pending free agent Bud Black (11-10) to Toronto for Mauro Gozzo, Steve Cummings, and Alex Sanchez. Black will sign with the Giants on November 9th.

Atlanta OF Otis Nixon is suspended for 60 days for violating baseball’s drug policy. Nixon, who had been arrested on charges of cocaine possession in 1987, is currently leading the National League with 72 stolen bases. He will miss the NL playoffs due to the suspension.

Barry Bonds homers and drives in his 100th run for the second consecutive season, just the 8th Pirate to accomplish that. Pittsburgh beats the Cubs, 9 – 2,

Bonehead baserunning almost costs the Dodgers a win over the Reds. With one out in the 11th, and the score 3 – 3, Los Angeles has Jose Offerman on third base, with Brett Butler on first. When Lenny Harris hits a ground ball, Offerman tries to score but fails to touch the plate and is tagged out on the throw. Harris is called out for passing Butler, who inexplicably stands watching the play. But the Dodgers rally with three runs in the 12th to win, 6 – 5. Eddie Murray hits his first triple of the year and Eric Karros has his first major league hit, a double, before Joey Hamilton’s game-winning single. L.A. sets a National League record in the 4 1/2-hour marathon by using 27 players, including nine pitchers. The Reds use 19.

Kevin Tapani (15-8) becomes the Twins’ third 15-game winner, pitching a three-hitter for 7 2/3 inning against the Royals. The Twins win, 9 – 0, jumping on Mark Gubicza. Tapani is 13-2 since June 5th.

The Braves blow a three-run lead and lose to the Giants, 8 – 5, at Candlestick Park. Darren Lewis scores half the Giants’ runs.

9/16/1991: Devon White of the Blue Jays led off the game with a tremendous drive to right field off Mariners pitcher Brian Holman destined for the upper deck. The ball struck one of the Kingdome’s speakers attached to the dome’s roof and fell to the turf. White, who had gone into a home run trot, had to sprint into second base for a double.

Darren Lewis scores four runs and steals three bases without the benefit of a base hit. The Giants leadoff hitter reaches base in four of his five plate appearances via base on balls in San Francisco’s victory over the Braves at Candlestick Park, 8-5.

The Cubs blow out the Phils, 14 – 9, to give Greg Maddux his 18th win. Maddux gives up three earned runs in six innings. Led by Andre Dawson’s four hits, the first four hitters collect 11 hits and 11 ribbies for the Cubs. Dave Hollins homers for the Phils, while Dawson, Ryne Sandberg and Rick Wilkins go deep for Chicago. Mark Grace makes an error, ending his streak of 102 errorless games at 1B; his streak began after two errors on May 18th vs. the Dodgers.

White Sox 1B Frank Thomas gets five hits, all singles, in Chicago’s 9 – 6 win over the Yankees. Rookie Sterling Hitchcock loses his first big league decision.

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1995 – San Diego beats the Cubs, 12 – 4, as Sammy Sosa and Ken Caminiti each pound a pair of homers. Caminiti collects one from each side of the plate. Tony Gwynn (.367) has three ribbies in going 3 for 5.

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Paul Molitor of the Minnesota Twins collects the 3,000th hit of his career.

Backed by two three-run homers from Tim Raines, celebrating his 37th birthday, Jimmy Key stops the Blue Jays, 10 – 0. Raines’ second home run, a 457-foot blast to CF, is the longest hit by a Yankee this year. The Yanks are now three games up in the American League East.

In their 5 – 2 loss to the Braves, Mets OF Lance Johnson hits his 20th triple. He’s the first National Leaguer to reach that plateau since Willie Mays in 1957.

Steve Finley’s lead-off home run in the 11th gives the Padres a 2 – 1 win over the host Giants. San Francisco’s only run is Barry Bonds’ 40th homer, and he joins Hank Aaron and Jose Canseco as the only players with 40 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season.

The Mariners stop the Rangers, 6 – 0, as Jamie Moyer pitches eight innings of hitless ball. Edgar Martinez collects his 50th double, just the 5th player this century to hit 50 doubles in two straight years.

Benito Santiago hits a trio of home runs in his three first at-bats in the Phillies’ 6-1 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The 31 year-old native of Ponce, Puerto Rico also went deep in his last at-bat in yesterday’s contest in Chicago, giving the Philadelphia backstop four consecutive homers in four at-bats.

At Wrigley Field, Kevin Tapani pitches a one-hitter for his first National League shutout and Sammy Sosa breaks a scoreless tie with a two-run, 6th-inning homer as Chicago beats Cincinnati, 5 – 0. Bret Boone’s leadoff single in the 6th is the only Reds hit.

For the second straight day, the Giants lose on a home run, as the Braves win, 6 – 4. Eddie Perez’s grand slam in the 6th gives the Braves a major league record-tying 11 slams for the year.

In Miami, Florida’s Bobby Bonilla fouls off six two-strike pitches before blasting a grand slam with two outs in the 9th inning to give the Marlins a dramatic 9 – 6 win. For Bonilla, it is his 8th career slam. Larry Walker, Andres Galarraga, and Vinny Castilla homer for Colorado, which sets a National League record with 223 homers this year.

Jimmy Key, 0-7 in his last nine starts at Camden Yards, beats the Cleveland Indians, 7 – 2, to give the Orioles a split in a day-night doubleheader. Roberto Alomar has three hits and three RBIs and Brady Anderson and Rafael Palmeiro homer in the win. In the opener, Charles Nagy pitches five-hit ball into the 7th inning and Matt Williams drives home two runs to lead the Indians to a 4 – 2 victory.

Mark McGwire hits his 52nd home run hours after signing a three-year contract with the Cards for $28.5 million. But Cardinals closer Dennis Eckersley collapses in the 9th and the Dodgers come back to win, 7 – 6. McGwire’s 517-foot 1st-inning blast, the longest ever measured at Busch Stadium, ties him for the major league lead with Ken Griffey, Jr..

The Yankees sweep the Red Sox, winning 2 – 0 and 4 – 3. Andy Pettitte pitches eight innings in the opener, striking out a career-high 12. Willie Banks is the winner in the nitecap with 6 2/3 innings.

In a 3-2 victory at Veterans Stadium, Phillies hurler Curt Schilling whiffs nine Mets to become the thirteenth pitcher in major league history since 1900 to record 300 strikeouts in a season. The right-hander, who will finish the season with a career high of 319, will also reach the milestone next year with Philadelphia and in 2002 with the Diamondbacks.

1997 – Jeff Bagwell launches his 40th homer of the season in a 15-3 laugher over San Diego. Sean Bergman is the victim. Bagwell’s blast comes in a six-run fourth that extends the lead to 13-1. Ramon Garcia benefits from the offensive support for his seventh win.

Detroit P Sean Runyan makes his 84th appearance of the season in the Tigers’ 2 – 1 loss to Toronto. He breaks Mike Myers’ rookie record of 83 set in 1996.

Ken Griffey, Jr. steals his 20th base of the season in a 4 – 1 victory over Oakland. He becomes just the third player in history to record at least 50 home runs and at least 20 stolen bases in the same season. Willie Mays and Brady Anderson are the others.

Sammy Sosa’s grand slam in the 8th inning, his 63rd home run of the year, leads the Cubs to a 6 – 3 win over San Diego. He now has 154 RBIs for the season.

In front of 49,891 patrons at San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium, Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire by hitting his record-setting 63rd home run. The 434-foot eighth inning two-out blast off Brian Boehringer is a tie-breaking grand slam, with ‘Slammin’ Sammy collecting all six RBIs when the Cubs beat the Padres, 6-3.

Tom Gordon ties Jose Mesa’s major league single-season record established in 1995 with his 38th consecutive save. The 30 year-old right-handed closer also sets a franchise mark with his 41st save of the season when the Red Sox beat Baltimore, 4-3.

With homers in four straight at-bats and five in two games, Cleveland’s Manny Ramirez ties a major league record. The Indian right fielder, who homered in his final three at-bats last night, goes deep off of Twin Bob Tewksbury in the first and takes a 3-2 pitch to left in the fifth for his fifth homer in six at-bats.

For only the 30th time in major league history and the 12th time it has been done consecutively, four batters strike out in one inning. Thanks to Randy Knorr’s passed ball, Marlin rookie Kirt Ojala accomplishes the feat in the fourth inning of the Marlins’ 3-2 defeat to the Expos.

1999 – In a 7 – 1 Kansas City win over Anaheim, Carlos Beltran collects his 100th RBI. He’s the first rookie since Mark McGwire, in 1987, to reach that level.

Doug Glanville collects five hits, including a double and a home run, in the Phillies’ 8-6 victory at the Astrodome, that ends Houston’s win streak at 12, a franchise record. The 29 year-old center fielder will enjoy another five-hit performance next season against Cincinnati.

Seattle’s Jamie Moyer (13-9) scatters three hits over seven scoreless innings to coast to his 11th straight win over the Orioles, winning 14 – 0. Alex Rodriguez hits his 37th home run in the 1st off Mike Mussina. Moyer, 11-1 against his old team, started his win streak on April 18, 1996, when he was with Boston.

With a sixth-inning blast in a 7-6 loss to the hometown Cardinals, Cub outfielder Sammy Sosa joins Mark McGwire (1997-99) as the only major leaguer to hit 50 home runs three straight seasons. Babe Ruth had three 50+ homer seasons, but did not accomplish the feat in consecutive years

Diamondback righty Curt Schilling K’s his 300th victim to join southpaw Randy Johnson in becoming the first teammates to each strike out at least 300 batters in the same season. ‘Schill’ has now done it three times in his career with the ‘Big Unit’ reaching the milestone six times, but neither hurler will accomplish the feat again.

Giant left fielder Barry Bonds walks three times, breaking his own record for bases on balls in a season with 178. Approximately one-third of the free passes given to the San Francisco slugger have been intentional (60 out of 178).

2003 – Richard Hidalgo blasts three homers and drives in five to lead a 14-4 slugfest over the Rockies at Coors Field . Adam Everett, Morgan Ensberg and Jeff Kent join him in the home run derby. Jeriome Robertson wins his 15th, a Houston rookie record, to keep the Astros 1-1/2 games ahead of Chicago in the N.L. Central race. 

The Red Sox become the fourth team in big league history to sell out an entire 81-game home season. The Indians (1996-2000), Rockies (1996), and Giants (2000) are the other clubs that have accomplished the feat.

Youppi!, who got his start at Olympic Stadium, is named as the first official mascot of the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first to ever switch from Major League Baseball to the NHL. The acquisition, reportedly at the cost of six figures, is made possible when the Expos leave the hairy orange arm-waving giant behind in favor of an eagle called “Screech” when they moved to Washington, D.C. to become the Nationals.

2005 – This wasn’t just an ordinary game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth for Jeff Bagwell. It was his first big league hit since mid-May when he decided on surgery to help an arthritic shoulder. There were no guarantees the franchise’s home run champ would be able to resume playing. His hit scores Willy Taveras for a 2-1 triumph over Milwaukee to keep the Astros a half-game ahead in the wild card race. Elsewhere, former Astro owner John McMullen, the man who signed the first million-dollar free agent (Nolan Ryan), dies at age 87. McMullen owned the ballclub from 1979 to 1992. 

Angels center fielder Chone Figgins, in a 12-6 loss to the Rangers in Texas, triples in the ninth inning to become the fifth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. ‘Figgy’ joins Jeff DaVanon (2004), Dave Winfield (1991), Dan Ford (1979), and Jim Fregosi (1964, 1968) to accomplish the feat for the Halos.

Stealing second base in the first inning in an 8-5 victory over the Brewers at RFK, Alfonso Soriano becomes the fourth player in major league history in a single season to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases. The Nationals’ outfielder joins Jose Canseco (1988), Barry Bonds (1996), and Alex Rodriguez (1998) as the only players to record 40-40 seasons.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston’s grand reopening ceremony for its Roxbury facility, which underwent a $7-million renovation, has some community leaders upset with the building’s new name to be unveiled at the event. Although the previous owner of the Red Sox created the charitable foundation that donated $3 million used to renovate the run-down club, some in the minority neighborhood believe it would be wrong to name the clubhouse after Tom Yawkey because his policies were racially motivated, as evidenced by passing up an opportunity to get Jackie Robinson, and the team becoming the last to integrate in the major leagues.

9/16/2006: Ryan Howard hit a ball to left field that was touched by a Houston fan; the ball was ruled in play although it was apparent from the replay that it was over the wall when touched. Howard was credited with a double. The lost homer did not affect the outcome of the game as the Phillies beat the Astros, 7-2.

The Braves start three players with the same surname – 3B Chipper Jones, LF Brandon Jones and CF Andruw Jones. The last time a team had done that was the 1999 Pirates with Emil Brown, Adrian Brown and Brant Brown. The 2001 Pirates did not capitalize on the chance when they had Enrique Wilson, Jack Wilson and Craig Wilson.

David Wright, homering in the seventh inning of a 10-6 loss to Philadelphia at Shea Stadium, becomes the 30th member of the 30-30 club. Returning to the dugout, the Mets third baseman is greeted by hitting coach Howard Johnson, who along with Darryl Strawberry are the other Metropolitans to have also stolen thirty bases and hit 30 homers in the same season.

In a dramatic at-bat, Jim Thome becomes the third major leaguer this season, and the 23rd overall to hit 500 career home runs. The historic homer comes in the bottom of the ninth on a full count as the White Sox DH strokes a two-run walk-off round-tripper to beat the Angels at U.S. Cellular Field, 9-7.

In a dramatic at-bat, Jim Thome becomes the third major leaguer this season, and the 23rd overall to hit 500 career home runs. The historic homer comes in the bottom of the ninth on a full count as the White Sox DH strokes a two-run walk-off round-tripper to beat the Angels at U.S. Cellular Field, 9-7.

Todd Jones becomes the 21st major leaguer to record 300 career saves. The milestone doesn’t come easy as the Tigers’ closer gives up three hits and a run in Detroit’s 6-4 win over the Twins at the Metrodome.

The Nationals announce that the press box in Nationals Park, the team’s new home scheduled to open next season, will be named the “Shirley Povich Media Center”, in honor of the late Hall of Fame Baseball writer. The Washington Post’s longtime sports columnist and reporter covered the Senators’ first World Series championship in 1924 and continued to write for the paper until his death in 1998.

2007 – September call-up Josh Anderson goes 5-for-5 and reaches base six times in a 15-3 rout of Pittsburgh. The outfielder, in just his third big league start, spanks four singles and a double as well as being hit by a pitch. Home runs are provided by Cody Ransom, Ty Wigginton and Chris Burke. Brandon Backe enjoys the 22-hit support, winning his first game in over a year after returning from elbow surgery. 

Derek Jeter becomes the all-time hits leader at Yankee Stadium, which will be demolished at the end of the season. The team’s shortstop and captain surpasses Lou Gehrig’s record with a first-inning single in a 6-2 loss to the White Sox, bringing his total to 1,270 at the 85 year-old ballpark.

Jorge de la Rosa, who started the season 0-6, pitches 8 scoreless innings as the Rockies beat San Francisco, 4 – 3. De la Rosa registers his 15th win in outpitching Matt Cain and prevents Colorado from being swept in the three-game series, but the Rockies’ bullpen makes the game more exciting than need be. Franklin Morales starts the 9th by giving up three singles and a run; Rafael Betancourt comes to his rescue, but an error, a stolen base and an RBI groundout bring the Giants within 90 feet of tying the game before Nate Schierholtz strikes out to end it. Colorado leads S.F. by 3 1/2 games in the wild card race.

Mark Reynolds strikes out four times to reach the 200 mark for the second consecutive year as his Diamondbacks lose, 6 – 5, in 10 innings to San Diego. Reynolds set the all-time record with 204 strikeouts last year, but that is now under threat. Justin Upton collects five hits for the losers.

Peter Moylan pitches his 75th game of the season and still has not allowed a home run; this is a new record for most consecutive homerless outings to begin a season, breaking Chad Bradford’s two-year-old mark.

The Tigers pay tribute to 91 year-old Ernie Harwell, their long-time broadcaster (1960-2002), who recently revealed he has inoperable cancer. The third-inning ceremony during the 4-3 victory over Kansas City includes a three-minute video tribute followed by the Hall of Fame announcer thanking the admiring and supportive fans attending the game at Comerica Park.

Nyjer Morgan, following appeals, will serve an eight-game suspension in place of the two original bans that totaled 15 games. The Nationals outfielder had been given a seven-game suspension when the commissioner’s office alleged he had deliberately thrown a baseball into the stands, resulting in a Philadelphia fan getting hit, and then a week later was handed an eight-game suspension for his instigation and participation in a brawl with Florida.

The Orioles secure their first winning record since 1997 with a 9 – 5 win over the Athletics, giving them 82 wins on the year. Matt Wieters homers twice off Dan Straily to lead the offense, but the O’s can’t gain ground on the first-place Yankees, who beat the Rays, 6 – 4, behind Hiroki Kuroda and Rafael Soriano’s 40th save of the season. At the end of the day, New York leads by one game over Baltimore and 5 over the falling Rays.

The Orioles, with their 9-5 victory over Oakland, are assured of having their first winning season since the team finished first in the AL East in 1997. The Birds will finish the campaign with a 93-69 record for a second-place finish, but will earn a spot in the postseason as the play-in Wild Card team.

Andrew Cashner makes a bid to become the first pitcher in Padres history to throw a no-hitter, but falls short, allowing a 7th-inning hit to Jose Tabata after retiring the first 18 batters. He settles for a one-hitter in beating the Pirates, 2 – 0, facing the minimum 27 batters. Pittsburgh remains tied with St. Louis, beaten 6 – 2 at Colorado, in the NL Central.

The Royals beat the Indians, 7 – 1, in a match with significant implications for the AL wild card race. James Shields strikes out a season-high 10 batters as the Royals move within 2 1/2 games of a postseason slot, with Cleveland two games ahead of them as a number of other teams are also still in contention.

The Cubs’ Jake Arrieta throws a one-hitter in shutting out the Reds, 7 – 0. Brandon Phillips’ two-out double in the 8th is the only blemish as Arrieta strikes out 13.

Two more teams punch their tickets to the postseason. The Orioles are the AL East champions for the first time since 1997 after defeating the Blue Jays, 8 – 2, and the Nationals clinch the NL East crown for the second time in three years when they beat the Atlanta Braves, 3 – 0.

Bryce Harper hits his 40th home run in Washington’s 12 – 2 win over the Phillies. Only six other players have hit 40 homers in a season before turning 23.

 

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