August 20
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- 1900 - In the Reds' 15 - 7 pasting of St. Louis, Cy Young is knocked out of the box for the second consecutive game. This is a first in his career. Young will finish 32 of his 35 starts in compiling a 19-19 record.
- 1901:
- Umpire Bob Emslie becomes ill before the second game of the Superbas-Phils twin bill and Phils P Al Orth and Superbas C Jim McGuire fill in for him. However, it is a close game, and Orth is needed as a pinch hitter in the 9th. Doc White then becomes the second umpire as Orth hits a single and scores a run. Brooklyn holds on for a 3 - 2 win.
- At Boston, Cy Young pitches a 6 - 0 shutout over visiting Milwaukee.
- 1903:
- The National League-leading Pirates set an NL mark for inept fielding, making six errors in the first inning, giving the Giants seven runs toward a 13 - 7 win in the first of two games. Christy Mathewson, with relief in the 6th inning, coasts to his 23rd win. Deacon Phillippe wins the nitecap, 4 - 1, for the Pirates to keep the Giants five games in back.
- At Chicago, Boston's Buck Freeman is the first to hit a ball over the RF scoreboard, but the Americans lose to the White Sox, 9 - 5.
- 1904 - In a rain-shortened game in Pittsburgh, the Giants win 3 - 0, Christy Mathewson allows just three hits.
- 1908:
- New York tops the Reds, 2 - 0, as Christy Mathewson hurls an 8-hit shutout. The Reds' Andy Coakley allows just four Giant safeties in the loss. For Matty, it is his 25th win. The Giants will sweep three games from the Reds, with the only negative being Fred Snodgrass sustaining a broken thumb. The rookie catcher, who played just six games, will return next year to play mostly in the outfield.
- Brooklyn collects 15 safeties off three Pirates pitchers and Harry McIntire allows just four Buc hits for the win.
- 1912 - In Washington, Walter Johnson wins his American League-record 15th straight, downing Cleveland 4 - 2. Big Train is topped in the nitecap when Washington hurler Carl Cashion tosses a 6-inning no-hitter, winning 2 - 0. The only baserunners reach on two errors by SS George McBride. Johnson's effort takes one hour and 55 minutes, while Cashion's six innings finish in just 65 minutes; the game is called to allow Cleveland to catch a train to Boston. Cashion will win only 11 other games in his ML career.
- 1915:
- The Giants purchase the contract of George Kelly from Victoria for $1200. Kelly is the nephew of Bill Lange, 1890s star of the Chicago Nationals.
- The White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for OF Braggo Roth, OF Larry Chappell, P Ed Klepfer, and $31,500. Roth will lead the American League in homers this year with 7.
- 1916 - Giants 1B Fred Merkle is traded to Brooklyn for C Lew McCarty. Brooklyn needs help because regular 1B Jake Daubert is hurt.
- 1919 - Wichita Jobbers OF Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak in which he collected 155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 batting average. The previous record was 49 by Oakland Oaks's Jack Ness (Pacific Coast League) in 1915.
- 1922 - The A's jump to a 5 - 0 lead over the Browns, and hold on for a 7 - 6 win.
- 1923 - A four-piece bat used by Babe Ruth is banned by American League president Ban Johnson because of the glue used on it. A protest is made against the Browns' Ken Williams for using a bat with a wooden plug in it. Johnson rules that all bats must be one piece with nothing added except tape extending to 18 inches up the handle.
- 1926 - The Giants lose their fifth in six games, 6 - 2 in St. Louis. Frankie Frisch misses a sign that costs a run. After the game, berated by John McGraw in front of the team, Frisch buys a ticket to New York and leaves the team. Fined $500, McGraw's favorite, and heir apparent, is through with the Giants.
- 1928 - Art Shires of the White Sox strokes four hits, including a triple, in his major-league debut.
- 1931:
- Tony Freitas, who will win 342 minor league games, is let out of jail to pitch for Sacramento (PCL). He wins, and then returns to finish a 5-day sentence for speeding.
- At St. Louis, Lou Gehrig hits his 33rd homer in the 4th to tie Babe Ruth for the ML lead, but the Babe answers in the 9th with his 34th, a grand slam over the RF roof, to give the Yanks a 7 - 3 win over the Browns. Lefty Gomez almost has New York's first shutout of the season, but he weakens in the 9th.
- 1933 - Powered by Turkey Stearnes' 41st home run, the Chicago American Giants (Negro Leagues) defeat the Nashville Elite Giants in a twin bill for their 28th consecutive victory.
- 1934 - Judge Landis rules against Dizzy Dean. The Cards end his suspension, and Dean returns to the team to avoid further loss in salary.
- 1938:
- At Union Terminal Tower, Frankie Pytlak and Hank Helf, catchers for the Indians, establish record for catching baseballs dropped from a high altitude. The balls fall an estimated 708 feet and travel an average speed of 140 mph during their 52-floor descent from Cleveland's enduring landmark, the second-tallest building in the world.
- Lou Gehrig hits a first-inning grand slam, the 23rd and last of his career for a still-standing record. It comes off Buck Ross in an 11 - 3 victory over the A's.
- 1940:
- In the second of two games, Wally Moses steals home in the 10th inning to give the A's the victory over the White Sox.
- The Reds score three runs in the 9th - 2 coming home on a single by Frank McCormick - to defeat the Giants, 3 - 2.
- 1941 - Larry MacPhail stages a fashion show before a Ladies Day crowd at Ebbets Field. Such promotions, as well as the Dodgers' pennant race, will push the home gate to over one million fans.
- 1945:
- Detroit's Hal Newhouser shuts out the A's 4 - 0 for his 20th win of the year. Hank Greenberg has his 15-game hitting streak stopped, but Roy Cullenbine and Doc Cramer add home runs.
- Washington stops Cleveland twice as Marino Pieretti wins 7 - 0 and Alex Carrasquel follows with a 6 - 0 shutout.
- At the age of 17, SS Tommy Brown of the Brooklyn Dodgers is the youngest player to hit a ML home run. Brown belts his homer off Pirates southpaw Preacher Roe into the upper LF section at Ebbets Field. Seven Dodger errors make it easy for Pittsburgh to win, 11 - 1.
- 1946:
- Prior to the start of the game against the Senators in Washington, using the U.S. Army's Sky Screen Chronograph, Bob Feller's fastball is clocked at 98.6 miles-per-hour breaking Yankee hurler Atley Donald's 1939 speed record of 94.7 mph.
- The Pirates vote on whether to accept the Guild as their bargaining agent. The vote is 15-3 against, with 10 abstentions.
- 1947 - The Boston Braves hit a million in attendance for the first time in their history and the fans get their money's worth in the 34-hit slugfest. The Pirates notch 20 to outslug the Braves, 16 - 10. Jim Russell, with a triple, double and three singles, and Jimmy Bloodworth, with four singles, lead the Buc shots.
- 1948 - The largest crowd (78,382) ever to attend a night game sees Satchel Paige become the fourth consecutive Indian to throw a shutout. The ageless wonder joins Gene Bearden, Sam Zoldak and Bob Lemon in blanking the opposition.
- 1954:
- The Cards hit into six double plays against the Redlegs to tie the National League record. The Redlegs win 3 - 2.
- OF Gene Woodling of the Yanks crashes into the wall, breaking a thumb. He is lost for the season.
- 1957:
- Yankee Bob Turley pitches a 2-hitter against Kansas City, but loses 1 - 0.
- Using a new slow delivery, 35-year-old Bob Keegan of the White Sox pitches a 6 - 0 no-hitter over Washington, walking just 2. Chuck Stobbs loses his 16th game en route to a league-leading 20 losses. The Sox lose the first game 5 - 4, but pick up a half game on New York.
- 1959 - The A's Bob Cerv hits three home runs in an 11 - 10 loss to Boston. The Sox outhit the A's 16 - 13. Reliever Earl Wilson drives in three runs and earns his first ML victory.
- 1960 - Ted Williams draws the 2,000th walk of his career in the Red Sox' split of a twi-night doubleheader with Baltimore. Williams joins Babe Ruth as the only batters to collect 2,000 walks. The Splendid Splinter also clouts home runs number 514 and 515 in game 1, an 8 - 6 Boston win. The O's win the nitecap, 6 - 0 but drop into 3rd place, two games behind the 1st-place Yankees.
- 1961:
- At Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, both Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris homer in the twinbill sweep. Mantle's first-inning three-run homer, and Maris' in the 3rd inning, make it easy for Ralph Terry. In the nitecap, Bill Skowron hits his 21st in the 2nd inning and the Yanks win 5 - 2.
- The Cubs and Pirates tie a National League record by playing their 3rd straight extra-inning game. The Cubs take this one 1 - 0. Chicago wins two of the three 11-inning games.
- In the second game of a doubleheader, the Phillies snap a 23-game losing streak by beating the Braves, 7 - 4. The victory establishes a new record for most consecutive losses by a major league team.
- 1962:
- The Tigers remain three games behind New York by sweeping a pair from the visiting Red Sox, 6 - 1 and 7 - 6.
- Roger Maris hits his 49th and Mickey Mantle his 46th as the Yankees sweep a pair from the Indians, 6 - 0 and 5 - 2. Both come in game one as Ralph Terry pitches a 4-hitter.
- At Crosley Field, Frank Robinson connects for a grand slam in the 10th inning as the Reds defeat the Dodgers, 7 - 3.
- 1963:
- For the second time in two weeks, Don Blasingame is the only thing between the Senators and a no-hitter. Blasingame's single off the A's Moe Drabowsky is the only hit for the Nats in a 9 - 0 game one loss. The A's complete the sweep with a 7 - 5 victory in game 2. Dave Wickersham is the winner.
- Mets 22-year-old rookie Grover Powell beats the Phils with a 4 - 0 shutout in his first ML start. In his next start he'll be hit on the cheek by a line drive off the bat of Pittsburgh's Donn Clendenon and never win another game.
- 1964:
- On the New York team bus following a 5 - 0 White Sox win, Phil Linz begins to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on his harmonica. Manager Yogi Berra orders Linz to stop, then slaps the instrument out of his hands when he continues playing. The incident is reported as indicating dissension on the club and Berra's lack of control, as well as the level of Linz's humor.
- Orioles LF Boog Powell fractures his right wrist in a collision with the outfield fence in Baltimore's loss at Boston. He will be sidelined until September 5.
- 1965:
- Eddie Mathews hits his 28th home run as the Braves win 4 - 3 at Pittsburgh. The duo of Mathews and Hank Aaron, from 1954 to this year, becomes the top home run tandem in ML history, passing the Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig total of 772 home runs while playing together for the New York Yankees.
- Detroit All-Star SS Dick McAuliffe is lost for the season with a broken bone in his left hand suffered diving into first base, as the 3rd-place Tigers sweep a doubleheader at Boston. The Tigers win, 2 - 0 and 3 - 2.
- 1966:
- Birdie Tebbetts (66-57) resigns as manager of the Indians. George Strickland is named interim boss.
- Gaylord Perry is the first 20-game winner of 1966, pitching the Giants into first place with a 6 - 1 win against the Braves.
- 1967:
- At Fenway Park, Red Sox Reggie Smith joins the ranks of Mickey Mantle, Pete Rose, and others by hitting home runs left- and righthanded in a game with California.
- Within 24 hours, Alvin Dark (52-69) is fired, rehired, and fired again as manager of the A's. Luke Appling becomes interim manager.
- 1969 - With an 8 - 5 win at Philadelphia, the Dodgers take first place in the National League West by a half game.
- 1971 - Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th, beating Houston 3 - 2. The win pulls the Cubs to 4 1/2 behind Pittsburgh. But following two losses to Houston, Leo Durocher and the players will square off in a clubhouse meeting on the 23rd. Durocher accuses Ron Santo of demanding that the team give him a day, and the third sacker has to be restrained from going after Leo. Leo will finally lip an "I quit," but stay on through the season in a frosty relationship with the team.
- 1972:
- Striking out 14, Don Wilson pitches the Astros to a 3 - 1 win over the Phils. Greg Luzinski accounts for the lone Quaker run with a homer. Still without a win this year, Ken Reynolds absorbs his 11th loss.
- The Angels score nine runs in the 4th inning but Detroit counters with eight runs in the 6th to win the wild affair, 11 - 9. Aurelio Rodriguez touches off the comeback with a double and ends the scoring with another extra base hit, a 3-run homer. In between are six singles and a sac fly.
- 1973 - In New York, the Reds score five runs in the 16th to beat the Mets, 8 - 3. Each team scores in the 13th.
- 1974:
- Davey Lopes sets an LA Dodger record when he totals 15 bases against the Cubs in an 18 - 8 drubbing of the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Lopes has three home runs, a double and single in the Dodgers' 24-hit attack. The Dodgers total 48 bases in the game, a team record.
- Nolan Ryan of the California Angels whiffs 19 Tigers in a 1 - 0, 11-inning loss to the Tigers. It is the third time the 'Ryan Express' has struck out 19 batters in one game this season. Ryan throws a ball clocked at 100.9 miles per hour, making it the fastest pitch ever thrown in major league baseball.
- 1976 - Winning 8 - 1 over the Pirates, the Dodgers reach two million in attendance. The Phils will match that tomorrow and the Reds will hit the mark on the 22nd.
- 1978 - At Shea Stadium, Dodger Blue becomes black and blue as pitcher Don Sutton and first baseman Steve Garvey begin fighting in the clubhouse prior to their 5 - 4 victory over the Mets.
- 1980:
- George Brett pushes his average to .406 with a 3-for-3 outing in a 5 - 3 win over Texas.
- The Giants beat the Mets, 2 - 1, but lose Jack Clark for a month after a Mark Bomback pitch breaks a bone in his left hand.
- Tom Brookens, the Tigers' number-8 hitter, goes 5 for 5 with a triple and a home run and also starts a triple play in an 8 - 6 win over Milwaukee.
- Cleveland's Dan Spillner, who entered the game with a 5.45 ERA, is two outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles. Spillner settles for a 3 - 0 one-hitter.
- Pittsburgh's Omar Moreno steals his 70th base of the season, becoming the first player this century with three consecutive 70-steal seasons. The fleet outfielder swiped 71 in 1978, 77 in 1979, and will finish 1980 with a career-high 96. Pittsburgh loses to Houston, 5 - 1.
- 1982:
- Padres rookie Alan Wiggins is suspended for one month by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn as a result of his July 21st arrest for cocaine possession.
- In Atlanta, the Braves top the Mets 6 - 4 as Brett Butler makes his debut for the Braves. Butler has a single and RBI.
- 1983 - Pittsburgh's Jose DeLeon takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning for the third time this season, but Cincinnati's Dan Driessen doubles with two out to spoil the gem. DeLeon finishes with 13 strikeouts in a 4 - 0 two-hitter.
- 1984 - The Giants trade veteran 1B Al Oliver, whom they acquired from Montreal in February, and pitcher Renie Martin to the Phillies for P George Riley and minor leaguer Kelly Downs.
- 1985 - Mets' phenom Doc Gooden strikes out 16 Giants in a 3 - 0 victory over San Francisco becoming the first National League pitcher to strike out 200 or more batters in each of his first two seasons.
- 1986:
- Tigers Walt Terrell is one out away from a no-hitter when Wally Joyner doubles. Terrell settles for a one-hit 3 - 0 win over the Angels.
- Dave Winfield hits his 300th homer in a losing cause as the Yanks fall to Seattle, 5 - 2. Mike Trujillo wins his first game for Seattle.
- Philadelphia's Don Carman pitches a perfect game until Bob Brenly doubles leading off the 9th, and Carman ends up combining with Steve Bedrosian for a 10-inning 1 - 0 win over the Giants. Juan Samuel's home run in the top of the 10th provides the game's only run.
- 1987 - Pittsburgh unloads another veteran pitcher, trading Rick Reuschel to the Giants for pitchers Jeff Robinson and Scott Medvin.
- 1988 - Forty-year-old Dave Concepcion steals home to help the Reds defeat the Cardinals 6 - 2.
- 1989:
- Howard Johnson hits his 30th home run of the season in the Mets' 5 - 4 loss to the Dodgers and joins Barry Bonds and Willie Mays as the only players to achieve 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in two different seasons.
- For the 3rd time in his career, Kevin Bass homers from each side of the plate in a game, as the Astros double the Cubs, 8 - 4, winning again in the 9th. Bass's second homer of the game is a grand slam with one out in the 9th off Mitch Williams. Danny Darwin (11-3) is the winner.
- It's a busy day on the trading block for the Mets as they send popular outfielder Mookie Wilson to the Blue Jays for pitcher Jeff Musselman and minor leaguer Michael Brady. New York also gets Frank Viola from the Twins for pitchers Rick Aguilera, David West, and Kevin Tapani and two minor leaguers.
- 1991 - Dickie Thon's 2-out, two-run homer in the 9th gives the Phils a 6 - 5 win over the Pirates. The Phillies had gone 346 games since winning in the 9th: tomorrow, they'll win again in the 9th, and on the following nite, win in the 10th.
- 1992 - Blue Jays P David Wells allows 13 runs, all earned, in 4 1/3 innings in Toronto's 16 - 3 loss to Milwaukee.
- 1993 - The Indians trade OF Glenallen Hill to the Cubs for OF Candy Maldonado.
- 1995 - Setting a major league record, Indian Jose Mesa picks up his 37th save in as many opportunities as Cleveland beats the Brewers, 8 - 5.
- 1996:
- In the Cubs 8 - 1 win over Florida, Sammy Sosa picks up his 100th RBI the hard way when he is hit by a Mark Hutton pitch with the bases loaded in the first inning. The pitch breaks Sosa's wrist and the slugger will miss 4 to 6 weeks, stopping his streak of consecutive games played at 304.
- Rangers SS Kevin Elster drops a throw, ending Texas's errorless streak at an American League record-tying 15 games. The Indians defeat the Rangers, 10 - 4, behind their powerful middle of the lineup: Manny Ramirez hits a grand slam, Albert Belle has a homer and two triples, and Jim Thome homers.
- Ken Caminiti has a grand slam and six RBIs to lead the Padres to a 7 - 4 win over the Expos. Starter Scott Sanders (6-4) pitches 6 2/3 innings of no-hit ball before Darrin Fletcher singles.
- 1997:
- The Twins trade OF Roberto Kelly to the Mariners for a player to be named.
- The Red Sox sweep two from the A's, winning 7 - 5 and 5 - 4 in 13 innings. In the nitecap the A's collect one hit in the last 10 innings against five Sox pitchers. Nomar Garciaparra has hits in both games to set a ML rookie record of 22 straight games.
- It's an easy day at the office for the Reds as they record no assists in a 5 - 3 loss to the Rockies (14 flies, 12 Ks and one unassisted grounder). This has happened just once before in the National League, by the Mets against the Phillies on June 25, 1989.
- 1998:
- The Phillies split a doubleheader with the Diamondbacks, winning the first game, 11 - 1, and losing the second, 12 - 9. Philadelphia 3B Scott Rolen drives in nine runs in the twinbill.
- At Shea Stadium, Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire becomes the first player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in three consecutive seasons. Mac's seventh-inning solo shot helps to defeat the Mets, 2 - 0.
- 1999:
- Colorado GM Bob Gebhard announces his resignation.
- Houston defeats Florida, 6 - 4, in 16 innings, despite blowing a 4 - 0 lead, striking out 17 times, and stranding 20 runners. Astros 1B Jeff Bagwell walks six times to tie a major league mark held by Jimmie Foxx and Andre Thornton.
- The Giants defeat the Brewers, 10 - 3 as Ramon Martinez, Barry Bonds, and Ellis Burks hit homers.
- 1999 - Diamondback's P Todd Stottlemyre makes his first start since tearing the rotary cuff in his right arm on May 17. Stottlemyre, who eschewed surgery in favor of a strengthening program, gives up seven hits to the Pirates in 4 2/3 innings, including a pair of homers by Brian Giles. He will go 2-1 the rest of the year.
- 2000:
- The winningest pitcher in franchise history is honored by the Yankees during Whitey Ford Day ceremonies at Yankee Stadium. The crafty lefty holds the team record for victories (236) , innings pitched (3,170 1/3), strikeouts (1,956) and shutouts (45).
- The Indians defeat the Mariners, 12 - 4 in a game delayed by a rogue squirrel. The loss is the 7th in a row in which Seattle has surrendered at least nine runs, tying a 99-year-old major-league record set by the New York Giants on September 3-6, 1901. The Giants lost seven in a row allowing 10+ runs in each.
- 2001:
- The Reds defeat the Cardinals, 5 - 4, on Ken Griffey, Jr.'s 11th-inning inside-the-park home run. The "run-off" home run breaks the Cardinals' 11-game winning streak. The Cards, who also won 10 in a row in May, are the first team since the 1978 Pirates to post a pair of double-digit win streaks in the same season.
- Kerry Wood has an MRI that comes out clean, but the Cubs ace will miss a month with tendinitis in his shoulder.
- 2002:
- The Pirates shut out the Cardinals, 8 - 0, on a combined one-hitter hurled by Kris Benson (7 innings), Brian Boehringer (1), and Al Reyes (1). Kerry Robinson's one-out single in the 1st inning is St. Louis' only safety.
- A judge issues a temporary restraining order preventing the sale of Barry Bonds' 600th career home run ball hit into the Pacific Bell Park stands on August 9. Jay Arsenault, who allegedly promised friends after being given a game ticket to split any monetary gains if he caught the historic baseball, has been ordered to appear in court for hearing on September 5 along with the prized souvenir.
- 2005:
- Using the equivalent of a 98-mile-per-hour major league fastball, 12-year old Kalen Pimentel ties a Little League World Series record for strikeouts in a six-inning game. The 12-year old from Rancho Buena Vista strikes out 18 Owensboro batters (all of the recorded outs) as his team coasts to 7 - 2 victory in the pool play of the tournament.
- Losing to the A's at Oakland's McAfee Coliseum, 4 - 0, the Royals establish a franchise record losing their 19th consecutive game and tie the club's mark by dropping its 12 straight road game. The 38-82 squad needs two more defeats to match American League record of 21 losses accomplished by the 1988 Orioles, and four more will tie the major league mark of 23 endured by 1961 Phillies.
- 2008:
- South Korea finishes the round-robin phase of the 2008 Olympics with a 7-0 record. Won-sam Jang pitches a 8-inning, 4-hit shutout in the 10 - 0 mercy rule win over the Netherlands and Alexander Smit. Dae-ho Lee and Taek-keun Lee homer and Yong-kyu Lee goes 4 for 4.
- Cuba routs the Chinese national team 17 - 1 as the host Chinese finish last at 1-6; Cuba goes 6-1 in the preliminary phase. Nine Cubans score and leadoff man Giorvis Duvergel hits a grand slam, one of three Cubans to go deep.
- Taiwan beats Canada 6 - 5 in 12 innings to edge the Canadians for 5th in the Beijing Games. Chih-Sheng Lin and Che-Hsuan Lin both hit 2-run homers and Fu-Te Ni gets a win after losing his first two decisions in the Olympics. Canada's 5 losses in Beijing all were by a single run.
- In a match-up of the 3rd and 4th place teams, Japan loses 4 - 2 in 11 innings to Team USA. When the game is played by baseball rules, it is an exciting pitching duel for 10 innings, as neither team scores. Under the IBAF's new rule for extra innings, the game becomes a high-scoring affair in the 11th. For the second time in Beijing, Japanese relief star Hitoki Iwase takes a loss.
- The World Umpires Association and Major League Baseball sign an agreement allowing the use of instant replay, with hopes that it will be in place by next August. WUA president John Hirschbeck says he told his members it would be a tool to help make sure they got the calls correct.
- Former big leaguer Hideki Irabu is arrested after allegedly attacking a restaurant manager in Osaka. Irabu had drunk about 20 jugs of beer prior to the 3 AM attack.
- 2009:
- The Houston Astros beat the Florida Marlins 4 - 1, allowing only 4 hits, thus ending the Marlins' 15-game streak of at least 10 hits every game, the first streak of that length since the 1937 St. Louis Browns set the record with 18 consecutive such games. Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez retires 15 consecutive batters in getting the win.
- Julio Borbon continues his hot hitting for the Rangers, banging his first career homer in a 3 for 5 night in which he drives in 3. He raises his average to .536 since his recall from AAA Oklahoma City earlier this month. The Rangers easily beat Minnesota, 11 - 1.
[edit] Births
- 1848 - Jim Carleton, infielder (d. 1910)
- 1855 - George Fisher, infielder (d. 1937)
- 1855 - Dave Pierson, catcher (d. 1922)
- 1857 - George Baker, catcher (d. 1915)
- 1869 - Frank Bonner, infielder (d. 1905)
- 1869 - Robert Gibson, pitcher (d. 1949)
- 1880 - Bull Smith, outfielder (d. 1928)
- 1881 - Ed McLane, outfielder (d. 1975)
- 1881 - Forrest More, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1882 - John McCloskey, pitcher (d. 1919)
- 1886 - Gene Woodburn, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1887 - Ross Reynolds, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1891 - Ed Hovlik, pitcher (d. 1955)
- 1895 - Pete Schneider, pitcher (d. 1957)
- 1906 - Ed Crowley, infielder (d. 1970)
- 1906 - Lee Riley, outfielder (d. 1970)
- 1907 - Beau Bell, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1977)
- 1907 - Bill Crouch, pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1907 - Art Garibaldi, infielder (d. 1967)
- 1908 - Al Lopez, catcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2005)
- 1909 - Sig Jakucki, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1913 - Eddie Popowski, manager (d. 2001)
- 1919 - Earl Harrist, pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1924 - George Zuverink, pitcher
- 1925 - Larry Miggins, outfielder
- 1936 - Cliff Cook, infielder
- 1942 - Fred Norman, pitcher
- 1943 - Hal Kurtz, pitcher
- 1944 - Graig Nettles, infielder; All-Star
- 1952 - Bobby Cuellar, pitcher
- 1952 - Lance Rautzhan, pitcher
- 1953 - Dan Dumoulin, pitcher
- 1956 - Joel Finch, pitcher
- 1957 - De Wayne Buice, pitcher
- 1960 - Tom Brunansky, outfielder; All-Star
- 1960 - Mark Langston, pitcher; All-Star
- 1960 - Ed Wojna, pitcher
- 1963 - Brad Arnsberg, pitcher
- 1963 - Jose Cecena, pitcher
- 1963 - Kal Daniels, outfielder
- 1963 - Israel Sanchez, pitcher
- 1967 - Andy Benes, pitcher; All-Star
- 1968 - Kevin Rogers, pitcher
- 1969 - Mark Holzemer, pitcher
- 1971 - Chris Clapinski, infielder
- 1972 - Mike Porzio, pitcher
- 1973 - Todd Helton, infielder; All-Star
- 1973 - Jose Paniagua, pitcher
- 1975 - David Leander, Elitserien utility player
- 1976 - Gene Kingsale, outfielder
- 1977 - Josh Pearce, pitcher
- 1977 - Aaron Taylor, pitcher
- 1978 - T.J. Tucker, pitcher
- 1979 - Franklyn Gracesqui, pitcher
- 1979 - Cory Sullivan, outfielder
- 1982 - Yi Feng, Chinese national team catcher
- 1983 - Lance Broadway, pitcher
- 1984 - Isaias Garcia, minor league infielder
- 1984 - Jamie Hoffmann, outfielder
- 1985 - Blake DeWitt, infielder
- 1985 - Matt Hague, minor league infielder
- 1985 - Ching-Lung Lo, minor league pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1886 - Dick Blaisdell, pitcher (b. 1862)
- 1916 - Bob Stafford, outfielder (b. 1872)
- 1926 - Cal McVey, infielder, manager (b. 1850)
- 1948 - Walter Blair, catcher, manager (b. 1883)
- 1950 - Ed Zmich, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1952 - Red Owens, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1952 - Ned Pettigrew, pinch hitter (b. 1881)
- 1960 - George Perring, infielder (b. 1884)
- 1975 - Jake Miller, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1980 - Al Hermann, infielder (b. 1899)
- 1982 - Hank Johnson, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1985 - Clarence Fieber, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1995 - Bill Kennedy, pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1995 - Von McDaniel, pitcher (b. 1939)
- 1998 - Gene Host, pitcher (b. 1933)
- 1998 - Fred Sington, outfielder (b. 1910)
- 2008 - Joe Lubas, Serie A1 player and coach; Italian Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1926)
