August 13

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1900 - A mechanical pitching gun is used in a game between the Memphis Chicks and the Nashvilles. The invention of Princeton professor Charles Hinton, the early pitching machine strikes out two and allows three hits in two innings.
1901 - Kid Nichols and Christy Mathewson face each other again and both throw shut out ball for nine innings. Boston finally scores three in the 10th to win, 3-0. Matty's record in the past month is 3-7. Nichols and Mathewson will go at each other tomorrow, in the 2nd game of two, with the match ending in an 11-inning 5-5 tie.
1902 - In the 2nd game of a doubleheader in Boston, Pirate Honus Wagner steals 2B, 3B, and home in the 7th inning. Wagner also did it in 1899.
1902 - In the 6th inning of a game with the Tigers, Harry Davis of the A's attempts a double steal with Dave Fultz, who is on 3B. But Davis does not draw a throw as he goes into 2B. On the next pitch he "steals" 1B. The next time he steals 2B he does draw a throw and Fultz scores from 3B. This double steal maneuver will be attempted in later years by Fred Tenney (July 31, 1908), and Germany Schaefer (September 4, 1908), though the details are contradictory.
1903 - New York wins its 3rd doubleheader in a week, clipping St. Louis 6-2 and 9-7. Christy Mathewson strikes out 10 in the opener as he outpitches Three Finger Brown.
1906 - After pitching 1727 consecutive complete innings, including fifteen games in relief, Cub pitcher Jack Taylor's streak comes to an end as the Brooklyn Superbas knock him out of the game in the third inning.
1906 - The Cubs' Jack "Brakeman" Taylor is knocked out by Brooklyn in the 3rd inning, breaking a string of 187 complete games and 15 relief appearances in which he finished each game. The record run began June 20, 1901. In 10 years he will fail to finish only eight of 286 starts. With relief help from Orval Overall, Chicago wins, 11-3.
1906 - The host Giants sweep the Pirates, winning 6-1 and 2-1. Hooks Wiltse is the winner in the opener, while Mathewson matches him in the nitecap. Spike Shannon's 9th inning single off Lefty Leifield brings home the game-winner in the 2nd game.
1908 - The Giants drop the Superbas, 5-3, behind Red Ames and Christy Mathewson. Mathewson pitches seven innings of shutout ball for the win.
1908 - Cy Young Day is celebrated by 20,000 in Boston. He pitches briefly against an All-Star team that includes Jack Chesbro, Hal Chase, Willie Keeler, Harry Davis, and George Mullin. The game is interrupted several times for presentations to the great hurler, including a great loving cup from the AL for all his accomplishments.
1910 - In a game which features each team having 38 at-bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit batsman, and 1 passed ball, the Pirates and the Superbas (later to be known as the Dodgers) play to what else - an 8-8 tie.
1910 - In the most evenly matched game ever, the Pirates and Superbas each have eight runs, 13 hits, 38 at bats, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batter, one passed ball, 13 assists, 27 putouts, two errors, and use two pitchers. Darkness ends the game before the symmetry does.
1911 - Ty Cobb, apparently believing the Tigers can no longer win the pennant race, begins a vacation.
1911 - The Pirates' Elmer Steele throws just 72 pitches in subduing the Superbas, 9 - 0. Steele gives up no walks and has no strikeouts, and allows just one hit"”a one-out 9th inning single to light-hitting Tex Erwin. Brooklyn so admires the feat they obtain him on September 16th, but he never wins another game in the ML.
1913 - Doc Crandall is rescued from the basement: John McGraw buys him back from the Cards 12 days after trading him. According to historian Merritt Clifton, Doc has a sore arm and is sent back as damaged goods. He will pitch for Brattleboro to get his arm in shape before rejoining the Giants for the stretch drive.
1913 - In a great pickup, the Cubs send P Lew Richie to Kansas City (AA) for Hippo Vaughn. Vaughn, who had pitched five years with little success in the AL with New York and Washington, will be a workhorse for Chicago. Tomorrow the Cubs will ship 33-year-old Ed Reulbach (1-3) to Brooklyn for P Eddie Stack and cash.
1913 - Petersburg P Harry Hedgpeth (Virginia League) blanks Richmond twice, by scores of 1 - 0 and 10 - 0, both in nine innings. He gives up only one hit in the opener, while hurling a no-hitter in the 2nd game.
1914 - In the start of a crucial series in New York, the Braves pound Rube Marquard for 11 hits to win, 5 - 3. Rabbit Maranville contributes a triple and Les Mann adds a homer and 2-run single. Lefty Tyler notches another victory.
1915 - Grover Cleveland Alexander wins his 20th, 5 - 3, as the Phillies beat Boston's Dick Rudolph.
1916 - On a muddy Robison Field in St. Louis, the Cards drill 23 hits in game one to defeat the Pirates in 11 innings, 9 - 8. The hit total is a ML-high for the 1916 season. Game two begins at six p.m. and when the Bucs score eight runs in the first two innings, Pittsburgh hurries to get the game in, while on the other side of the field, the Cards begin to dally. The Cards Dot Miller singles and then steals 2B and 3B on one pitch as pitcher Al Mamaux and C Bill Fischer ignore him. The Cards "steal" 11 bases, while the Bucs add three in just five innings before the umps and darkness mercifully end it. Pittsburgh wins, 9 - 5. The steal rule will eventually be amended to not credit a runner when the defense ignores him.
1921 - In Philadelphia, 33,000 fans"”the largest crowd to watch a game in Philadelphia since 1914"”see Carl Mays win his 15th straight over the Mackmen as the Yankees prevail, 7 - 2, in game 1. Bob Shawkey coasts home to a 13 - 7 win in the nitecap. Meusel homers in each game.
1921 - George Sisler continues his hot hitting, collecting two doubles and hitting for the cycle in a 10-inning 7 - 5 win at Detroit. Sisler is 5-for-5.
1921 - Boston Braves P John "Mule" Watson hurls two complete-game victories over the Phillies, winning by scores of 4 - 3 and 8 - 0. It is the 3rd doubleheader he has pitched, the first two being with the A's in 1918.
1922 - Led by SS Charles Hollocher's three triples the Cubs cook the Cardinals, 16 - 5. Hollocher is in the middle of his best season, and will hit .340 while leading the loop in fielding for the second straight year.
1922 - The New York Yankees Everett Scott nears 1,000 consecutive games played, but it takes an extra effort to keep the streak alive. He spends $40 to hire a car to get to Chicago in time for the game after a train he is on is wrecked.
1923 - Pirates OF Max Carey steals 2B, 3B, and home versus Brooklyn. He will again lead the NL with 51. Equally fleet in the field, he will garner 450 putouts and 28 assists. He is the only OF to top 400 putouts 6 times. Richie Ashburn will later do it 9 times.
1924 - Red Sox righthander Howard Ehmke has the White Sox popping up all day in his 6-0 win. Only one assist is made by Boston.
1924 - The Yankees regain the AL lead with 1-0 and 2-1 wins over the Browns.
1926 - Pittsburgh players ask that Fred Clarke, assistant to owner Barney Dreyfuss, not be permitted to sit on the bench. Dreyfuss squelches the revolt by releasing Carson Bigbee and Babe Adams, and suspending Max Carey, who has slumped to .222. Carey is waived to the Dodgers.
1931 - Tony Cuccinello wakes up the last-place Reds by going 6-for-6, with three singles, two doubles and a triple, as Cincy wins the first game, 17 - 3, of a doubleheader against Boston. Cuccinello doesn't stop there, belting a 3-run homer in the 8th of the nitecap to give the Reds a 4 - 2 win. 'Cooch' has eight RBIs for the day.
1932 - Commissioner Landis clears Rogers Hornsby of charges of fraudulently "borrowing" money from Cubs players. The Chicago papers said Hornsby had obtained money from players, either loaned to him to bet on horse races, or to share in joint ventures. When Hornsby is fined, the players want refunds. Hornsby wants a lump payoff by the Cubs, who refuse. Landis holds several hearings, and as he doesn't punish anyone, it is taken as exoneration.
1932 - Bill Terry, Mel Ott, and Fred Lindstrom hit HRs on consecutive pitches in the fourth inning, but the Giants lose 18-9 to Brooklyn. In game 2 the Dodgers' Joe Stripp, Lefty O'Doul, and Tony Cuccinello hit first-inning HRs off Waite Hoyt. Brooklyn wins 5-4.
1932 - It looks like the Yankees scoring streak might be broken, but P Red Ruffing hits a HR in the 10th to beat Al Thomas of the Senators 1-0. Tom Hughes, in 1906, was the last major-league pitcher to hit an extra-inning, game-winning HR.
1934 - In a preview of the WS, the Cardinals play the Tigers in an exhibition game in Detroit. The Deans refuse to make the trip, having both pitched the day before. Dizzy is fined $100 and Paul $50.
1937 - The Hellenic Societies of Chicago hold a day for Alex Kampouris of the visiting Reds. He gets a car, and the Cubs get a 22-6 win, as Kampouris makes 3 errors and fans twice.
1939 - The Yankees beat the A's 21-0 to equal the major-league record for lopsided shutouts. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren each have two HRs, one each inside the park. Red Ruffing collects four hits along with the victory.
1939 - The Giants hit three successive HRs in the fourth inning, with Joe Moore, Alex Kampouris, and P Bill Lohrman connecting. The Giants add four more HRs in the game to beat the Phils 11-2.
1940 - The Indians move two games in front by besting the Tigers again, 6 - 5. Cleveland will win their next two games to go up by 3.
1945 - Branch Rickey becomes the principal stockholder of the Dodgers. He and associates Walter O'Malley and John Smith acquire the 50 percent interest of the Ebbets estate for a reported price of $750,000.
1947 - At Sportsman's Park,pinch-hitter Willard Brown of the Browns becomes the first black player to hit home run in the American League. The historic homer, an inside-the-parker of future Hall of Fame hurler Hal Newhouser , helps the Browns beat the Tigers, 6-5.
1947 - Willard Brown of the Browns is the first black player to homer in the American League when he hits a pinch inside-the-park blow in a 6 - 5 win over the Tigers. Hal Newhouser is the Detroit pitcher.
1948 - At Shibe Park, the Phillies set a major league record scoring nine runs before making an out as they beat the Giants, 12-7.
1948 - The Phils score 10 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning, including a ML-record nine runs before the first out is recorded, then hold on to beat the Giants 10 - 7. Rookie Curt Simmons lasts six innings for the win.
1948 - The promise of Paige on the mound brings 51,013 to Comiskey Park to see "Ole Satch" pitch his first ML shutout as Cleveland wins 5 - 0. He gives up five hits to run his record to 5 - 1. In his 12 appearances, Paige has attracted 201,829 fans.
1950 - The Giants earn a split with the Phils as Jim Hearn shuts out the Whiz Kids, 2 - 0. But the Phils will take 11 of their next 14 games to hold a 7-game edge over second-place Brooklyn.
1950 - At Rochester (International League), Rochester edges Jersey City 3 - 2 in 22 innings. Pitchers Tom Poholsky of Rochester and Andy Tomasic of Jersey City go all the way.
1951 - Every one who shows up with a musical instrument is admitted free to Ebbets Field. Two thousand fans take advantage of the Musical Depreciation Night promotion including a man who brings a piano.
1951 - Where's Steve Sax when you need him? At Ebbets Field, the Dodgers offer up one of the odder promotions in "Music Depreciation Night," and every fan with a musical instrument is admitted free. 2,426 fans take advantage of the offer, including one with a piano. The Dodgers have a motive in countering the local musicians' union which wants to silence the non-union Sym-Phoney. The Dodgers outplay the Braves, 7 - 6, as Gil Hodges belts a 3-run homer in the 8th, following an intentional walk to Campanella, who had earlier homered.
1951 - The Giants keep pace with a 5 - 2 win over the Phils. Larry Jansen, pitching for the first time in eight days, wins his 15th. Whitey Lockman hits a 3-run homer.
1955 - Larry Doby makes his first error in the OF in 167 games, a new AL record.
1957 - Mickey Mantle goes 3-for-3 and drives in three runs as the Yankees edge the Red Sox 3-2. Mantle improves his average to .384 while Ted Williams, with 1-for-2, is at .388. A week later Mantle will injure himself when he angrily swings a golf club at a branch and gouges his shinbone. This will effectively take him out of the running for a second-straight triple crown.
1957 - P Lew Burdette of the Braves hits his first two HRs and beats the Redlegs 12-4.
1959 - The Giants and Cubs set a record for the longest 9-inning game in history, playing three hours and 50 minutes. Chicago wins the marathon at Wrigley by a score of 20 - 9, pounding out 19 hits and five home runs. Eddie Fisher takes the loss while Ed Donnelly is the winner.
1961 - In the first of two with the Senators, Roger Maris belts his 44th homer to tie Mickey Mantle. An inning later, Mantle, hits a Bennie Daniels offering for his 45th, but that's all Daniels allows, winning 12 - 2. Maris adds his 45th homer in the 1st inning in game two as the Yanks win, 9 - 4.
1962 - Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (Florida State League) pitches ambidextrously in a relief appearance. Facing Ft. Lauderdale, Campy throws lefty to lefthanders, and switches when righthanders come up.
1963 - At Crosley Field, the Reds and Giants deal aces as Jim Maloney outpitches Juan Marichal to win, 4 - 0. Maloney allows just two hits.
1964 - A day after the team and fans celebrate his birthday, ailing Fred Hutchinson again takes a leave of absence as manager of Reds. Dick Sisler again takes charge. Hutch will enter a hospital for further treatments.
1964 - In a battle of teenagers, 19-year old Met first baseman Ed Kranepool homers twice off 18-year old Phillie hurler Rick Wise.
1964 - CBS buys 80 percent of the New York Yankees, effective November 2.
1966 - Dave Giusti one-hits the Giants for a 1 - 0 Houston win. Cap Peterson's 2nd inning single is the only hit.
1966 - Restaurateur Vernon Stouffer buys a controlling interest in the Indians.
1967 - Completing a 3-game sweep of the White Sox, Jim Merritt pitches the Twins into first place with a 3 - 2 win.
1968 - Pitching seven 2/3 innings, Tom Hall gains his first ML win as the Twins beat the Senators, 8 - 4. Washington's Jim Hannan (7-3) takes the loss and doesn't help himself at bat, striking out for the 13th straight time since July 24.
1969 - With a unanimous vote, the major league owners elect Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to a seven-year term.
1969 - Bill Hands pitches a complete game 4 - 2 win over San Diego. Chicago now has a seemingly comfortable eight 1/2 game lead.
1969 - In a 6-4 defeat to the Reds, Bobby Bonds becomes the fourth player in major league history steal at least 30 bases and hit at least thirty home runs in the same season. The other members of the 30/30 club include Ken Williams (1922-Browns) , Willie Mays (1956 & 1957-Giants) and Hank Aaron (1963-Braves).
1969 - Baltimore's Jim Palmer leaves no doubt about his comeback with a 8 - 0 no-hitter against Oakland. Reggie Jackson, leading the American League with 42 home runs, walks three times, as the A's drop two games behind the Twins in the West. Palmer, now 11-2, pushes the O's lead to a comfortable 14 1/2 games.
1969 - Joe Pepitone returns to the Yankees but does not play in their 5 - 2 loss to the Twins. Rich Reese is 4-for-4 with two homers and two singles to drive in four runs for the Twins as Jim Kaat is the winner over Mel Stottlemyre (16-9). Reese will have hits his first three at bats tomorrow before flying out.
1969 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is elected for a 7-year term by unanimous vote of ML owners.
1969 - Montreal reliever Elroy Face gives up the last of his record 21 extra-inning gopher balls, an 11th inning grand slam to the Reds Johnny Bench. Cincinnati wins, 8 - 3 in Montreal.
1969 - Oriole Jim Palmer hurls a no-hitter against the A's, the 8-0 victory gives Baltimore a comfortable 14 and a half game lead in the first American League East Division race ever.
1970 - The Reds Jim Merritt strikes out 13 Mets en route to a 5 - 1 win in Cincinnati.
1971 - Reds pitchers Don Gullett and Wayne Granger combine on a one-hitter, beating the visiting Cubs, 8 - 2. The lone Cub safety is a 2-out double by Cleon Jones in the 8th inning. Granger pitches a hitless 9th.
1972 - Bengals manager Billy Martin literally picks his starting lineup out of a hat in an attempt to halt the Tigers' 4-game losing streak. The ploy works as Detroit defeats Cleveland 3 - 2. Using a regular lineup in the nightcap, the Tigers lose 9 - 2.
1973 - Roy White homers from both sides of the plate as the Yankees top the Angels, 6 - 0.
1975 - The A's release P Jim Perry and purchase OF Tommy Harper from the Angels.
1977 - Against visiting Seattle, the Red Sox have two outs in the 6th inning, and then unload back-to-back-to-back homers by George Scott, Butch Hobson and Dwight Evans. The Red Sox win, 13 - 6.
1978 - Although the Yankees score five runs in the top of the 7th inning, the Bronx Bombers lose to the Orioles, 3-0 because the score reverted to the last completed inning after the game is rained out. This rule will be changed in 1980, and the game today would have been suspended.
1978 - The Yankees erupt for five runs in the 7th inning to take a 5 - 3 lead over the Orioles before heavy rains force a delay of the game. Thanks to stalling tactics of Earl Weaver and some slow-moving Baltimore groundskeepers, the game is called, and the score reverts to the last complete inning. The Orioles win 3 - 0, with Scott McGregor the winner.
1979 - Lou Brock, 40, collects his 3,000th career hit, a single off Dennis Lamp, as the Cardinals top the Cubs, 3 - 2.
1979 - St. Louis outfielder Lou Brock reaches the 3000 hits milestone as his line drive caroms off Dennis Lamp's pitching hand in the 3-2 Cardinal victory over the Cubs.
1980 - The Yankees trade righty Ken Clay and a player to be named later to the Rangers for 41-year-old pitcher Gaylord Perry.
1982 - Dodger second baseman Steve Sax steals his 41st base to set a team record for rookies.
1983 - Cincinnati native Jeff Russell makes his ML debut for the Reds and pitches a 3-hitter, beating the Padres, 3 - 1. He helps with an RBI double.
1984 - At Cooperstown, the Tigers beat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 5.
1985 - In the Mariners' 11 - 4 win, Seattle's infield again ties the major-league record for assists with 21 against California. Mark Langston goes all the way for the win.
1987 - The Cardinals outfield sets a major-league record by failing to record a single putout in a 4 - 2, 13-inning win over the Phillies. The previous mark was held by the 1905 St. Louis Browns, who played an 11-inning game with no outfield putouts.
1987 - Paul Molitor keeps his hit streak alive at 28 games when he homers with two out in the 9th inning against the O's. Baltimore still wins 5 - 4.
1987 - The Cubs retire Hall of Famer Billy Williams' uniform number (26).
1988 - Behind Dwight Evans' seven RBIs, the Red Sox defeat the Tigers, 16 - 4. The Sox collect 19 hits in winning their 24th straight at home, an American League record.
1993 - Rickey Henderson, recently traded to Toronto by Oakland, gives teammate Turner Ward $25,000 for uniform No. 24. Henderson had complained that he was having trouble hitting with No. 14 on his back.
1995 - Flags fly at half-mast at the stadium as Yankee legend Mickey Mantle dies of liver cancer at the age of 63 in Dallas, Texas.
1995 - Baseball legend Mickey Mantle dies at age 63 from liver cancer in Dallas.
1995 - The Dodgers take sole possession of first place in the National League West with a 4 - 1 win over the Pirates. Eric Karros hits a 2-run homer and Todd Worrell ices the win by striking out the side on nine pitches in the 9th.
1996 - Robin Ventura belts his team-record 9th grand slam to pace the White Sox to an 8 - 4 win over the Yankees. David Weathers serves up the gopher.
1996 - The Braves obtain 3B Terry Pendleton from the Marlins in exchange for minor league OF Roosevelt Brown.
1996 - After failing to score in the first three innings, the Giants proceed to plate runs in each of their next six at bats, going on to defeat the Pirates, 12-10. Rick Wilkins' pinch-hitter grand slam in the 8th leads the Jints on to victory.
1996 - Oklahoma City's Rick Helling pitches a perfect game, winning 4 - 0 over Nashville.
1997 - The Red Sox trade C Mike Stanley and IF Randy Brown to the Yankees in exchange for P Tony Armas and a player to be named.
1997 - The Angels trade pitchers Ryan Hancock and Steven Agosto and a player to be named to the Padres for OF Rickey Henderson. To make room for the future Hall of Famer, the Angels release another future HOFer, Eddie Murray. Murray will sign with the Dodgers.
1997 - The Reds defeat the Padres, 2-0, on a combined 1-hitter by Mike Morgan (7 innings), Stan Belinda (1 inning), and Jeff Shaw (1 inning). OF Mark Sweeney's single is San Diego's only hit.
1998 - Orlando Hernandez sets a Yankee rookie record by striking out 13 in beating Texas, 2 - 0.
1998 - Tom Glavine (16-4) shuts out the Padres, 5 - 0, on two hits and beats Mark Langston. Langston strikes out eight batters to push his career Ks to 2,419, and move into 24th place on the career K list.
1998 - Baltimore's Harold Baines becomes the all - time leader in RBIs by a DH when he drives in his 824th in a 7 - 4 win over the Indians. Hal McRae was the previous record - holder.
1999 - In the first game of a DH, the Expos defeat the Rockies, 14-13 after the score is tied at one apiece after four innings. Each team scores five runs in the 5th, then Montreal scores six and Colorado five in the 6th. The Expos finally win the game by scoring a run in the 10th inning. Montreal also takes the second game by an 8-6 count.
2000 - Astros' first baseman Jeff Bagwell goes 4-for-5 and drives in a club-record seven runs as Houston drubs the Phillies,14-7.
2000 - The Astros defeat the Phillies, 14-7, in the process hitting six home runs to tie a club mark. 1B Jeff Bagwell ties another club record by driving home seven runs.
2000 - Mike Sweeney becomes the fastest Royal player ever to reach 100 RBIs when he goes deep helping Kansas City defeat the Orioles, 10-5.
2001 - Craig Biggio hits his 26th leadoff home run on the first pitch from Jason Bere and the Astros never look back, beating the Cubs, 9 - 5. Shane Reynolds is the winner, now 7 - 0 against Chicago. The Cubs fall out of first place as the Astros take over.
2002 - In Minnesota, the Twins' Rick Reed needs little help in shutting out the Baltimore Orioles, 6 - 0. Doug Mientkiewitz hits two homers and David Ortiz adds a home run and 2-run double. In the pre-game ceremonies celebrating Native American Heritage Day, golfer Notah Begay, a Navajo, chips the opening pitch. The losing pitcher is Scott Erickson, who had beaten his former team nine straight times over six seasons.
2002 - Warring Mets co - owners Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday finally complete their deal to transfer full ownership of the team to Wilpon within the next 30 days. But Nelson will question the valuation of the team by the independent arbitrator, and the transaction will not be resolved until the fall.
2003 - After missing nearly three months with a groin injury, Mike Piazza makes a dramatic return to the New York lineup as he homers and drives in five runs on Italian Night at Shea Stadium. The backstop's 3-for-5 performance, including a home run in the third inning, RBI single in the fourth and a two-run single in the seventh, contributes to the Mets 9-2 victory over the Giants.
2004 - At Seattle's Boeing Field, Edgar Martinez is on hand to greet George W. Bush. The President, who had requested to meet the retiring designated hitter, exchanges autographed baseballs with man who routinely helped the Mariners beat his Rangers when the chief executive was the managing partner of Texas.
2007 - Placido Polanco plays his 144th consecutive game at second base in which he has not made an error. This breaks Luis Castillo's record, set earlier this season. The two streaks had overlapped for many months. The Tigers still lose, 7-2, dropping them to 8 wins in their past 25 games and a tie for first place with the Indians.