August 12
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 12.
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- 1912 - Three men attack Ty Cobb on his way to the Detroit rail station. Cobb sustains a cut on his shoulder, but catches one of his attackers and pistol-whips him. Cobb travels to Syracuse and gets two hits in an exhibition game.
- 1917 - The Lincoln Links defeated the Joplin Miners 2-1 in a 21 inning Western League contest.
- 1929 - Reading Keystones outfielder George Quellich gets his 15th straight hit, apparently an OB record. Quellich had a single, double and homer on August 9 against the Toronto Maple Leafs to begin the streak. He is stopped by Montreal Royals' pitcher Elam Vangilder with a fly ball out.
- 1932 - George Hubbell, younger brother of Carl Hubbell, is traded from the Muskogee Chiefs to the Hutchinson Wheat Shockers for four new baseballs.
- 1934 - 41,766 turn out to Fenway Park to see what will probably be Babe Ruth's last game in Boston. In game one of the double-header, Ruth goes 2-5 with a double, but misplays a Billy Werber line drive into a triple. Ruth is 0-1 with two walks in the second game, leaving in the sixth inning.
- 1936 - The largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game turns out for the 1936 Olympics, with between 90,000 and 125,000 fans watching the US amateurs lose, 6-5, to the world amateurs.
- 1940 - Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of "Casey at the Bat" dies in Santa Barbara, CA at age 77.
- 1941 - Allie Reynolds strikes out 17 Madison Blues for the Cedar Rapids Raiders in a Three-I League contest.
- 1946 - Stan Musial gets four hits in four at-bats against the Chicago Cubs, giving Musial 12 hits over three games. The St. Louis Cardinals win 5-0 behind Al Brazle's three hitter.
- 1948 - In the second game of a double header, the Cleveland Indians get 26 hits against the St. Louis Browns. The Indians set a record with 14 different players getting hits in the 26-3 win.
- 1952 - A Texas League game between the Fort Worth Cats and Beaumont Roughnecks is stopped for several minutes by seagulls landing on the field. The seagulls harrassed the players before settling in deep centerfield to watch the game.
- 1963 - Stan Musial announces his retirement , effective at the end of the season, at the St. Louis Cardinals' annual team picnic.
- 1964 - Mickey Mantle sets a major league record when hits a homerun from both sides of the plate for the 10th time in his career. Mantle hits a left-handed homer off Ray Herbert over the 461 ft. marker in centerfield and lands 15 rows into the bleachers, 502 ft. from the plate.
- 1966 - The Spartanburg Phillies extend their winning streak to 25 games with a double-header sweep of the Lexington Giants. The Greenville Mets will stop the streak the next day.
- 1970 - Judge Irving Ben Cooper rules against Curt Flood in his anti-trust siut. Cooper says "Decisions of the Supreme Court are not lightly overruled... We find no general or widespread disregard of the extremely important position the player occupies... Clearly the preponderance of credible proof does not favor elimination of the reserve clause" However the judge says changes in the reserve clause should be made through negotiation, but denied Flood damages.
- 1974 - Nolan Ryan fans 19 batters in the California Angels 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Ryan breaks the American League record of 18 by Bob Feller in 1938 and ties the ML record set by Steve Carlton in 1969 and Tom Seaver in 1970. He also ties the ML record with 32 Ks in his last two games.
- 1987 - The Detroit Tigers, needing pitching help for the pennant drive, acquire Doyle Alexander from the Atlanta Braves for minor league pitcher John Smoltz.
- 1988 - The Boston Red Sox win their 23rd consecutive home game, breaking the American League record set by the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics.
- 1994 - Major League Baseball players go on strike. For the first time in 90 years, the World Series will not be held. Matt Williams' assault on the home run record held by Roger Maris is halted.
- 1998 - Alex Rodriguez becomes the fourth youngest player to 100 HRs in a 11-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
- 2002 - Chih-Chia Chang of the Seibu Lions strikes out a batter for the 28th consecutive inning, a new Nippon Pro Baseball record. Yutaka Enatsu and Isamu Kida had held the out mark of 23.
- 2006 - Takuro Ishii raps his 2,082nd lifetime hit, setting a new Yokohama BayStars record.
- 2007 - Magglio Ordóñez homers twice in the second inning as the Tigers score eight against Dallas Braden. He becomes the second player in Detroit Tigers history to hit two home runs in an inning; Al Kaline was the other.
[edit] Births
- 1866 - Tom Dowse, catcher (d. 1946)
- 1867 - Dan Lally, outfielder (d. 1936)
- 1868 - Charlie Bell, pitcher (d. 1937)
- 1869 - Jerry Harrington, catcher (d. 1913)
- 1870 - Ed Scott, pitcher (d. 1933)
- 1871 - Andy Dunning, pitcher (d. 1952)
- 1879 - Watty Lee, outfielder (d. 1936)
- 1880 - Christy Mathewson, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1925)
- 1887 - Marc Hall, pitcher (d. 1915)
- 1887 - Erv Lange, pitcher (d. 1971)
- 1889 - Ted Goulait, pitcher (d. 1936)
- 1891 - Bill Lathrop, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1892 - Ray Schalk, catcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1970)
- 1893 - John Michaelson, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1894 - Paul Carpenter, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1899 - Bill Black, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1900 - Spencer Harris, outfielder (d. 1982)
- 1905 - Don Hurst, infielder (d. 1952)
- 1909 - Skinny Graham, outfielder (d. 1967)
- 1912 - Harlond Clift, infielder; All-Star (d. 1992)
- 1918 - Charlie Gassaway, pitcher (d. 1992)
- 1919 - Fred Hutchinson, pitcher, manager; All-Star (d. 1964)
- 1921 - Lefty Wallace, pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1928 - Bob Buhl, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2001)
- 1928 - Charlie White, catcher (d. 1998)
- 1935 - Ken McBride, pitcher; All-Star
- 1936 - Ellis Burton, outfielder
- 1936 - Tom McAvoy, pitcher
- 1956 - Bobby Bonner, infielder
- 1958 - Rusty McNealy, designated hitter
- 1962 - Urbano Lugo, pitcher
- 1962 - Dave Pavlas, pitcher
- 1963 - Kent Anderson, infielder
- 1965 - Barry Manuel, pitcher
- 1966 - Dean Hartgraves, pitcher
- 1966 - Joe Millette, infielder
- 1968 - Reggie Harris, pitcher
- 1968 - Tony Longmire, outfielder
- 1973 - Gene Stechschulte, pitcher
- 1974 - Matt Clement, pitcher; All-Star
- 1974 - Shane Monahan, outfielder
- 1975 - Luis Ordaz, infielder
- 1976 - Lew Ford, outfielder
- 1976 - Ismael Villegas, pitcher
- 1978 - Michel Hernandez, catcher
- 1979 - D.J. Houlton, pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1885 - Dick Cramer, outfielder
- 1888 - Favel Wordsworth, infielder (b. 1850)
- 1920 - Elmer Horton, pitcher (b. 1869)
- 1932 - Jake Boyd, outfielder (b. 1874)
- 1934 - Ed Andrews, outfielder (b. 1859)
- 1939 - Jack Darragh, infielder (b. 1866)
- 1951 - Paul McSweeney, infielder (b. 1867)
- 1956 - Warren Miller, outfielder (b. 1885)
- 1959 - Johnny Burnett, infielder (b. 1904)
- 1959 - Ed Goebel, outfielder (b. 1898)
- 1959 - Mike O'Neill, pitcher (b. 1877)
- 1960 - Leo Murphy, catcher (b. 1889)
- 1961 - Harry Colliflower, pitcher (b. 1869)
- 1969 - Cy Morgan, minor league outfielder and scout (d. 1899)
- 1971 - Shorty Dee, infielder (b. 1889)
- 1975 - Lew Riggs, infielder; All-Star (b. 1910)
- 1981 - George Lyons, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1990 - Fay Thomas, pitcher (b. 1903)
- 1991 - Bill Starr, catcher (b. 1911)
- 1993 - Quincy Trouppe, catcher (b. 1912)
- 1997 - Rex Barney, pitcher (b. 1924)
- 2001 - Jim Hughes, pitcher (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Enos Slaughter, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Junior Wooten, outfielder (b. 1924)
