August 19

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1900 - In American League action, Rube Waddell throws two complete games as Milwaukee sweeps a doubleheader from the Chicago White Stockings, 2 - 1 and 1 - 0. After throwing 17 innings in the first game, the colorful southpaw is coaxed by skipper Connie Mack, who promises him a few days off to go fishing to pitch the night cap, he hurls a five-inning one-hitter.
1901:
- Kid Nichols and Christy Mathewson square off for the third time in seven days, with Nichols winning easily, 11 - 6. New York makes four errors, but a tired Matty is pasted for 13 hits while striking out just one.
- At St. Louis, the Pirates knock out the National League's leading pitcher Jack Harper (21-8) in the 3rd en route to a 9 - 5 win. Harper, 21-7 at the start of the day, will end up at 23-13.
1902 - Baltimore outfielder Kip Selbach sets the post-1900 mark in the American League by making four errors, a mark tied by Braves flychaser Fred Nicholson in 1922.
1908 - The Highlanders' Jack Chesbro allows 11 hits, but shuts out Detroit, 7 - 0.
1909 - The Phillies are rained out for an unprecedented tenth consecutive time.
1910 - At Cincinnati, the Giants win 9 - 3 beating Jack Rowan. Christy Mathewson allows nine hits in coasting to his 20th win of the year and his 17th straight victory over the Reds.
1911 - Thirty-five thousand gather at the not-yet-completed Polo Grounds to watch the Reds finally get to Christy Mathewson after 22 straight losses, beating him for the first time since May 1908. Matty, after saving the 5 - 4 opener for Hooks Wiltse with two scoreless frames, starts the nightcap, goes five innings, and loses 7 - 4. Mike Mitchell leads the Reds in the nitecap by hitting for the cycle off Matty, and adding a double.
1913 - Grover Alexander is reached for nine straight hits and six runs as the Cubs defeat Phillies, 10 - 4.
1914 - Lefty Tyler stops the Reds for a 3 - 2 Braves win.
1915 - Red Faber pitches the White Sox to a 2 - 1 win over the Red Sox, beating Rube Foster. With the Tigers' win over the A's, Boston and Detroit are virtually tied for 1st.
1917 - Coaching at third base in a 1 - 1 game against Washington, Ty Cobb gives base runner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit; Burns keeps going and scores the winning run. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him, as the rules now ban coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins 2 - 0.
1918 - Walter Johnson beats St. Louis 4 - 3 in 14 innings. The Big Train will work in 15 extra-inning games, including two of 18 innings, one of 16 innings, and another of 15 innings.
1920 - The Indians beat New York 3 - 2. They leave town with a half-game lead over Chicago and 1 1/2 over the Yankees, in what will be the tightest race since 1908.
1921 - At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to collect 3000 hits when he singles of off Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers.
1922 - In Philadelphia, the Browns and A's split a pair, with St. Louis taking the opener, 9 - 5. Urban Shocker is backed by Ken Williams' 31st home run. He hits his 32nd in the nitecap, but the A's win, 6 - 5, when Bing Miller bangs a 2-run homer in the eighth off Rasty Wright. The split allows the Yankees, winner over Chicago, to move back into first place.
1925 - The Phils finally solve Reds righthander Pete Donohue 5 - 4, after losing to him 20 straight times.
1930:
- In the first of two, Chicago's Hack Wilson connects off Phils P Les Sweetland for his 43rd home run, tying Chuck Klein's National League record set last year. In RF, Klein waves to Wilson as he circles the bases. The Phils hold on for a 9 - 8 win with Claude Willoughby the winner over rookie Bud Teachout. The second game ends in a 6 - 6 tie after 16 innings.
- Goose Goslin hits three consecutive home runs for St. Louis to back George Blaeholder's 7 - 0 shutout of the Philadelphia A's.
1931:
- At Chicago, Lefty Grove (25-2)wins his 16th consecutive game, 4 - 2, tying the American League record set by Walter Johnson and Joe Wood in 1912. Grove holds the Sox scoreless till the 9th, while the A's score in the 2nd, 3rd and 8th off Red Faber. Grove has completed all but one of the wins.
- The Giants score single runs in each of the last three innings to beat the Reds, 6 - 5. Giants Shanty Hogan is the first catcher to start three double plays (only one other catcher, Damian Miller in 1999) will match him. The three DPs ties a major-league record for catchers.
1934 - The Harvard University varsity team tours Japan, winning only five of 11 games against collegiate and club teams.
1940 - Hot-hitting Jimmie Foxx belts his 33rd home run, against Cleveland.
1941 - Pittsburgh Pirates manager Frankie Frisch is ejected by umpire Jocko Conlan from the second game of a doubleheader when he appears on the field with an umbrella to protest the playing conditions at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. The rainy argument is later portrayed in a famous oil painting by artist Norman Rockwell.
1945 - The Yankees win the first of two with the White Sox, 4 - 2, to break their 9-game losing streak. Chicago takes the nitecap, 20, as Lefty Grove gives up just five hits.
1945 - In game two of a doubleheader against the Reds, 37-year-old slugger Jimmie Foxx makes his first ML start, pitching the first seven innings for the Philadelphia Phillies. He leaves with a 4 - 1 lead, and Andy Karl saves Foxx's only ML decision, a 6 - 2 final. Double X's ERA in 10 ML appearances is 1.52. The lidlifter goes to the Phils as well, 5 - 0, though they are mathematically eliminated from a 1st place finish.
1947 - Led by Eddie Miller's grand slam and six RBIs, the Reds trounce the Giants 6 - 1. Johnny Vander Meer is the winner over Dave Koslo.
1948 - In the Eastern Shore League, Ed Santulli of Rehoboth Beach pitches a 10 - 0 no-hitter over Federalsburg, the third no-hitter in the league in four days. On August 16, Ed Black of Salisbury no-hit Milford, 4 - 0, while Gene Kern of Cambridge did the same, beating Federalsburg, 12 - 0.
1950:
- The Gillette Safety Razor Co. pays $800,000 for TV rights to the World Series. Radio rights will add another $175,000 more.
- The Pirates outslug the Cubs, 13 - 9, for their sixth win in seven games. Ralph Kiner slugs two homers to put him seven days and nine games ahead of last year's pace, when he hit 54. He has rapped eight dingers this month and four in the last five games. Clyde McCullough adds a bases-loaded triple, sac fly, and two-run double, while Johnny Hopp homers. The Cubs answer with homers by Hank Sauer, Mickey Owen, and Roy Smalley, but it's not enough. Reliever Bob Rush loses to Murry Dickson.
1951:
- In Philadelphia, the Giants overcome a 4-run deficit to win, 5 - 4, and cut Brooklyn's lead to eight games. Al Corwin wins in relief, after Bobby Thomson's 2-run homer gets the Giants on the board. The Giants have won nine in a row.
- Forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.
- In Boston, the Braves score five in the 6th and roll over the Dodgers, 13 - 4. Warren Spahn picks up his 15th win and his 21st complete game. A 2nd-inning homer by Willard Marshall, off Ralph Branca, starts the scoring.
1955 - Robin Roberts of the Phils defeats Don Newcombe of the Dodgers 3 - 2 to become the first 20-game winner of the year.
1957 - The Giants' Board of Directors votes 9 - 1 in favor of moving the team to San Francisco.
1958 - In an oddity, each starting player of the Douglas Copper Kings team hits a home run in a 22 - 8 rout of the Chihuahua Dorados (Arizona-Mexico League).
1959 - Honolulu seeks a franchise in the Continental League.
1961:
- The Reds surge to a 3-game lead in the National League by topping the Cards, 3 - 1, behind Joey Jay. They now lead by three games. The Reds get on the board in the 6th on Wally Post's homer, his 16th. He has now homered this year in every NL park.
- The Red Sox top the Tigers, 5 - 3, as the two teams combine to hit into eight double plays, tying the major-league record for nine innings.
- The Phils rally in the 9th, but strand 11 and lose, 4 - 3 to Milwaukee. For the hapless Quakers, it is their 22nd loss in a row. For the Braves, it is their 9th win in a row. The Phils have 13 hits off Tony Cloninger, the winner, while Frank Sullivan allows just 7. The Braves score all their runs in the 3rd, the big blow being Frank Thomas' 2-run homer.
1962:
- Gino Cimoli, Wayne Causey, and Billy Bryan of the Athletics hit consecutive home runs in the 7th inning, but Elston Howard has two home runs and eight RBIs; Bill Skowron, a home run and four RBIs; Mickey Mantle, a grand slam and seven RBIs, and Skowron four RBIs as the Yankees rout the A's, 21 - 7. Mantle adds two stolen bases before Jack Reed takes over CF and has two at bats.
- Cleveland Indians President Mike Wilson dies at age 74.
1965:
- At San Francisco, Don Drysdale faces Warren Spahn in the start of a critical four-game series. Drysdale lasts longer than Spahn, allowing five runs through eleven innings and leaves with the game tied. The Dodgers win it in 15 innings, 6 - 5.
- At Wrigley Field, Reds' hurler Jim Maloney no-hits the Cubs 1 - 0, with the only run scoring on a Leo Cardenas homer in the tenth inning. Earlier in the season Maloney had also no-hit the Mets for ten innings, but lost the game in the eleventh when Johnny Lewis homered.
1967 - The Red Sox continue winning, beating California, 12 - 11.
1968 - Bob Gibson pitches the Cardinals to a 2 - 0 win over the Phillies. Gibson strikes out Dick Allen four times, the 7th time this season the Phils' slugger has K'ed four times. He will strike out a career-high 161 times this season.
1969:
- John Hollison dies in Chicago at age 99. He was the last surviving ML pitcher to throw from a mound 50 feet from home plate. He pitched in one game in 1892
- At Wrigley Field, Ken Holtzman no-hits the Braves, 3 - 0, with Ron Santo's first inning homer providing all of the Cubs' runs.
1970 - Fergie Jenkins homers and his teammates add another six as Chicago coasts over San Diego, 12 - 2. Jim Hickman (2), Glenn Beckert, Johnny Callison, Joe Pepitone, and Billy Williams also hit round trippers for Chicago. Six of the Cub homers are solo shots and San Diego adds a solo homer: the seven solo homers by two teams sets a National League record and ties the ML mark set on April 29, 1962.
1970 - The White Sox erupt for 11 runs on 10 hits in the 9th inning to defeat the Red Sox, 13 - 5.
1973 - Behind P Jim Rooker, the Pirates top San Francisco 5 - 0 to move two games out of 1st in the National League East. Rooker also leads the way hitting 3 for 3 .
1974 - Reds' 2B Joe Morgan drives in seven runs as Cincinnati rolls over Philadelphia 15 - 2. Morgan has a grand slam and a 3-run homer, then leaves after three innings when the Reds build a 14 - 0 lead.
1975:
- The Astros hire Bill Virdon, recently dismissed by the Yankees, to replace Preston Gomez as manager.
- The Cardinals' Lynn McGlothen strikes out three Reds on nine pitches in the 2nd inning of a 2 - 1 victory. The loss snaps the Reds' 9-game win streak.
1977 - Backed by homers from Reggie Jackson and Bucky Dent, Mike Torrez hurls his 6th complete game in a row and New York beats Texas, 8 - 1. The Yanks are now 2 1/2 games back of Boston.
1980:
- Jon Matlack holds George Brett hitless, snapping his hitting streak at 30 consecutive games, but Kansas City rallies for three runs in the 9th to beat Texas 4 - 3. Brett batted .467 during the streak and knocked in 42 runs.
- Baltimore's Steve Stone becomes the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this season, holding the Angels hitless for 7 1/3 innings on the way to a 5 - 2 victory.
1982 - Scheduled to pitch against the Expos in a home game, Braves rookie Pascual Perez misses the start of the game when he can't find his way to the ballpark. Perez circles on the interstate several times but gets lost. He will be given a Braves jacket with the new number I-85 on it. Phil Niekro takes the mound and wins 5 - 4 to run his record to 11-3.
1983 - The Dodgers trade pitchers Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for star pitcher Rick Honeycutt, who is 14-8 with an American League-best 2.42 ERA for the Rangers. Honeycutt will go 2-3 down the stretch for the Dodgers, but still wins the AL ERA title because his 174 2/3 innings pitched were already enough to qualify.
1985:
- The Mets move into 1st place in the National League East with a 1 - 0 win over the Expos. Ron Darling, with relief help from Roger McDowell, is the winner.
- At Milwaukee, Roy Smalley's homer in the 5th is the Twins' only hit off Danny Darwin. The Brewers win, 2 - 1.
1987 - Paul Molitor collects four hits to extend his hitting streak to 34 games and tie Dom DiMaggio for 11th spot on the all-time list. The Brewers beat Cleveland 13 - 2. Rob Deer has a grand slam for the Brewers, and tomorrow will hit another to become just the 11th player in history to hit grand slams in consecutive games.
1990:
- Bobby Thigpen records his 40th save as the Chicago White Sox beat the Rangers, 4 - 2. He becomes the only eighth reliever to reach this milestone in major league history.
- Dodger SS Jose Offerman leads off the bottom of the first with a home run off Dennis Martinez in his first ML at bat, but that is all the LA scoring as Montreal wins 2 - 1. Offerman had not homered all season in the minors.
1992:
- Tom Glavine (19-3) wins his 13th in a row, stopping the Expos, 4 - 2. Mike Stanton gets the last two outs. Jeff Blauser's 2-run homer off starter Chris Nabholz is the big blow.
- Mariners 2B Bret Boone makes his major league debut against the Orioles. By doing so, he becomes the first third-generation player in the major leagues, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Ray, and his father Bob. Boone goes 1 for 4 and drives in a run in Seattle's 10 - 8 victory.
1995 - The Devil Rays name Braves assistant general manager Chuck LaMar as the franchise's first general manager.
1996:
- The Phils release Mitch Williams, who was 1-2 with Scranton-Wilkes-Barre.
- Rondell White hits a 2nd inning grand slam off a Tom Candiotti curve ball, to give the Expos a 7 - 3 win over the Dodgers. The Expos have a 1-game lead over the Cards for the wild card spot.
1998:
- Toronto downs Seattle by a score of 16 - 2. The Blue Jays hit seven homers in the contest, including two each by Shawn Green and Carlos Delgado.
- The Expos beat Arizona, 8 - 2, giving Felipe Alou his 521st career win as manager of the Montreal Expos, most in franchise history. Buck Rodgers had 520. Alou's good luck charm is P Dustin Hermanson, who allows three hits in seven innings. Hermanson was also the starting and winning pitcher in Alou's 400th, 450th, and 500th win.
1999 - Cincinnati defeats Pittsburgh, 1 - 0, as P Pete Harnisch hurls a one-hitter. Harnisch fans 12 in his eight innings of work - Scott Williamson pitches the hitless 9th -, allowing only a 7th-inning single to SS Mike Benjamin.
2000:
- The Astros defeat the Brewers, 10 - 8, as Jeff Bagwell hits two home runs and drives home five runs. Bagwell becomes the first Houston player to reach 300 homers in his career.
- The Diamondbacks defeat the Cubs, 11 - 3, scoring eight runs in the 3rd inning to tie a franchise mark.
- The Yankees beat the Angels, 9 - 1, hitting a ML record-tying three sacrifice flies in the 3rd inning.
2001:
- Greg Colbrunn hits a pinch-hit home run in the Diamondbacks' 13 - 6 win over the Cubs. Colbrunn's blast is the 13th round-tripper by a pinch-hitter for Arizona this year, breaking the National League mark set by the 1957 Reds.
- The Mariners rout the Yankees, 10 - 2, as OF Mike Cameron gets four hits (including two home runs) and drives home eight runs. OF Ichiro Suzuki stretches his hitting streak to 16 games, giving him three streaks of 15 or more games this year. He's the first major leaguer with three 15-game streaks in the same season since Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper in 1980.
- The Orioles bounce back from a 6 - 1 deficit to defeat the Red Sox, 13 - 7. Jeff Conine has five hits for Baltimore. The Birds steal five bases on slow Hideo Nomo.
2005:
- As skipper of the Fort Worth Cats of the Central League, Bobby Bragan becomes the oldest person to ever to manage a professional baseball game. The 87-year-old, whose one day of employment is shortened by being ejected in the third inning for arguing ball and strikes, is eight days older than Connie Mack, who managed his last game for the 1950 Athletics.
- A new internship, announced by the independent minor league team, the Brockton Rox will be dedicated in the memory of an Emerson journalism student accidently killed by the Boston police during a near riot around Fenway Park after the Red Sox beat the Yankees to win the pennant. "The Victoria Snelgrove Media Internship" which will be awarded to an aspiring journalist will host pre- and post-game radio shows, and hopefully will focus attention on the senseless violence that sometimes follows sporting contests.
2007:
- John Smoltz sets the career Atlanta Braves franchise record for strikeouts. He whiffs Mark Reynolds in the 3rd inning of a 6 - 2 win, one of 13 K's on the day as he passes Phil Niekro's old mark of 2,912.
- Johan Santana also sets a team strikeout record, this one for a single game, when he fans 17, two more than the old Minnesota Twins record. Santana throws two-hit ball and walks none in a 8-inning gem to beat Kevin Millwood, 1 - 0, in a pitcher's duel. Michael Cuddyer provides the game's lone run with his 12th homer of the season. Michael Young, the All-Star shortstop, leads the K crowd by striking out all four times against Santana.
- Greg Maddux moves up the historical charts, as he ties Tim Keefe for 9th all-time with 349 wins. He allows one run, two hits and no walks in six innings in a 5 - 3 win over the Astros. Maddux aids his cause with two hits in two at-bats.
2008:
- In a match-up of the two 5-0 teams in the 2008 Olympics, South Korea beats Cuba, 7 - 4. A 2-run single by Young-min Ko and 2-run throwing error by reliever Norberto González are the big blows.
- Hideaki Wakui faces the minimum 21 batters in a pitching gem over the Chinese national team in a 10 - 0, 7-inning mercy rule win by Japan. Tsuyoshi Nishioka goes 3 for 3 with 3 RBI.
- Team USA beats Taiwan 4 - 2 as Dexter Fowler drives in 2, scores one, doubles and triples. Taiwan is eliminated from medal contention.
- Canada gets its second win with a 4 - 0 shutout of the Netherlands. Brooks McNiven and three relievers team up on a 2-hit gem while Shairon Martis falls to 0-2 in the Olympics.
2009:
- Bologna takes the Italian Series in five games over T&A San Marino, with a 16 - 2 romp in the finale. Claudio Liverziani goes eight for fourteen with eight walks and 6 RBI for a 1537 OPS, winning MVP honors. Just over a week later, the Italian Baseball Federation suspends Liverziani for a positive amphetamine test during the playoffs.
- Cliff Lee continues to dominate since the Phillies acquired him from Cleveland at the trading deadline. He pitches a two-hitter in an 8 - 1 win over Arizona, after taking a no-hitter into the 6th inning. It is his 4th win and 2nd complete game in four starts since the trade.