August 31

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1900 - Brickyard Kennedy, en route to his 4th 20-win season for the Superbas, walks six Phillies in a row in the 2nd inning of a 9 - 4 loss.
1902 - In Fort Wayne, IN, a Sunday crowd of 3,500 watch a matchup of Cleveland's Addie Joss and Boston's Cy Young. Boston pushes over two runs in the 11th to win, 3 - 1.
1903 - Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader this month, stopping the Phils twice, 4 - 1 and 9 - 2 and handing losses to Chick Fraser and Bill Duggleby. Iron Joe strikes out nine batters in the opener to win. The two games total three hours and three minutes,
1904 - In a rowdy 3 - 2, 11-inning Giants win in Cincinnati, the high point comes in the 6th when New York catcher Frank Bowerman slugs a fan, a music teacher named Albert Hartzell, who has been heckling him. Police escort the catcher from the field. Bowerman will be released from custody tomorrow when the fan drops the charges. The Giants win the second game as well, 4 - 1, in seven innings, with the game shortened to allow the Giants to catch a train for New York. The Giants leave Cincinnati with a 15-game lead over Chicago in the National League.
1906:
- In the great tradition of his late brother Ed, Frank Delahanty of New York hits two home runs, a triple, and single, and knocks in seven runs in a 20 - 5 rout of Washington.
- Beset by injuries, the Tigers call 46-year-old Sam Thompson out of retirement; he drives in two runs in a 5 - 1 win over the Browns. Thompson, who last played in the majors in 1898, appears in eight games and bats .226.
1909 - The A.J. Reach Company is granted a patent for its cork-centered baseball, which will replace the hard rubber-cored one. This change will be particularly apparent in the National League in 1910 and 1911.
1912 - The Red Sox run their record to 87-37 with a 2 - 1 win over the A's. Following the game, Connie Mack says he never realized how strong the Sox were, and concedes the pennant to them. There are 30 games left for Boston.
1914 - Walter Johnson relieves in the 8th inning with his Senators holding a 3 - 2 lead over the White Sox. On the first pitch, Jack Fournier hits a home run to tie the game. Fournier's next at bat up comes in the 10th and he homers again to give the Sox a 4 - 3 win. This is the first time Johnson has been reached for two home runs in a game by the same batter (Lou Gehrig will match it August 13, 1926). Last night the Sox beat Johnson 2 - 1 and Fournier was 3-for-3 with two triples against the "Big Train."
1915:
- At the Polo Grounds, Cubs' hurler Jimmy Lavender no-hits the Giants, 2 - 0.
- Art Nehf and Tom Hughes are both 2 - 0 winners as the Braves sweep two from the Reds.
1916 - The Browns beat the Red Sox and Babe Ruth, 2 - 1. Ruth makes two hits and scores the lone run but pops out to end the game.
1917 - At Fenway Park, Babe Ruth wins his 20th, beating the A's, 5 - 3. Ruth gives up six hits and walks 5.
1918 - The Red Sox clinch the pennant, winning the first of a twin bill from the A's 6 - 1, as Babe Ruth wins his ninth game in his last 11 starts.
1921 - In the Reds' 7 - 3 win over the Braves, the two infields accept 28 chances, tying the ML record.
1923 - Giants owner Charles Stoneham is indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. He will also be indicted for mail fraud. He had denied any ownership in two bucket-shop operations that had been found guilty of stock frauds; creditors of the two firms claimed he retained financial interests in both. Other National League owners are rumored to be forming a pool to buy him out, but Stoneham stays out of jail and in the NL.
1926:
- Bill Sherdel and Allen Sothoron pitch the Cards back into first place with 6 - 1 and 2 - 1 wins over the Pirates.
- White Sox IF Ray Morehart gets nine hits in 10 at bats in a doubleheader, a record that has been matched but never broken.
1927 - The Yankees open a home stand by beating the Red Sox 10 - 3. Babe Ruth hits home run number 43 and leads Lou Gehrig by 2. With an 89-37 record, the Bronx Bombers now lead the second-place A's by 17 games.
1930 - At Ebbets Field, the Robins roll up a football-like score when they tally 23 hits, including round trippers by Babe Herman, Glenn Wright, and Rube Bressler, to stomp the Phils 14 - 3.
1930:
- With a chance to pick up a game and a half on the leading Cubs, the Giants edge the Braves 4 - 3 in the opener a doubleheader before 40,000 fans at the Polo Grounds. In the second game, Mel Ott hits a double and three consecutive home runs to drive in six runs, but the Braves counter with a homer by George Sisler and two by slugging rookie Wally Berger among their 18 hits. Ott is the 4th major leaguer to hit three straight homers, joining Goose Goslin (August 19, 1930), Carl Reynolds (July 2, 1930), George Kelly (September 17, 1923), and Cap Anson (August 6, 1884). The final score is Boston 14, New York, 10.
- Bill Hallahan, on the way to becoming the National League strikeout leader, fans 12 as the Cards beat the Cubs 8 - 3.
1931:
- Wes Ferrell of Cleveland hits two home runs, as he beats the White Sox 13 - 5 at Chicago. He will end his career with a record 37 home runs as a hurler, plus one as a pinch hitter.
- Against the Senators' Lloyd Brown, Lou Gehrig belts his second grand slam homer in three days, but the Senators hang onto 2nd place by beating the Yankees, 6 - 5.
- In his attempt to break Walter Johnson's consecutive game winning streak of 17 games, Lefty Grove loses as Browns' hurler Dick Coffman throws a three-hit shutout against the A's. Reserve Jimmy Moore, playing in place of the absent Al Simmons, misjudges a fly ball which leads to the decisive run and subsequently to Lefty's meltdown in the locker room.
1932 - Detroit P Chief Hogsett hits two homers, as the Tigers end Tony Freitas' winning streak at 10 with a 5 - 4 victory over the A's.
1933 - The Giants lose 3B Johnny Vergez for the season due to an appendectomy. Travis Jackson, who has been filling in at SS, shifts to 3B.
1935 - In the first no-hitter thrown in Comiskey Park history, Vern Kennedy holds the Indians hitless and triples home three runs in a 5 - 0 White Sox win.
1936 - Yankees manager Joe McCarthy consents to Dixie Walker as a temporary substitute while the White Sox patch up Mike Kreevich, who is spiked on a play. Walker runs for Kreevich but does not replace him in the outfield.
1937 - Detroit's rookie Rudy York sets a new record for home runs in a month, hitting his 17th and 18th to eclipse Babe Ruth's mark set in September 1927. He knocks in seven runs against Pete Appleton, as Detroit beats Washington 12 - 3.
1942 - Larry MacPhail seeks insurance for the Dodger pennant run by buying Bobo Newsom from the Senators for $25,000. The purchase had been rumored for weeks. The veteran will respond by shutting out Cincinnati 2 - 0 in three days.
1943 - Detroit's Rudy York hits two home runs to bring his August home run total to 17, one less than his 1937 record for home runs in a single month, which he also set in August.
1945 - The Senators again muff a chance to go into first place, dropping a pair to the Yankees, 3 - 2 and 3 - 1. In between games, Nats pitcher Bert Shepard receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in World War II. Shepard lost his leg in battle.
1946 - Luke Sewell quits as manager of the Browns; Zack Taylor will finish the season.
1947:
- Despite a 10 - 4 loss to the first-place Dodgers, the Giants' Jack Lohrke homers to set a season record for home runs by a club. The Giants have now hit 183 home runs, topping the 182 hit by the 1936 Yankees. They will end the season with 221 round trippers.
- The Cubs overcome Ralph Kiner's 39th homer of the season to defeat the Pirates, 6 - 3, in Chicago. Doyle Lade goes the distance. Kiner's homer, with one aboard, gives him 101 RBIs for the year.
1948:
- The Red Sox keep their precarious hold on 1st place with an 8 - 4 win over the Tigers. Mel Parnell is the complete game winner. Ted Williams has two hits, scores two runs and steals a base.
- At Yankee Stadium, the Yanks score four runs in the 8th but the Browns come back with five in the 9th off Joe Page to make it close. But New York prevails, 10 - 9. 1B Tommy Henrich has a home run and an unassisted double play to help Allie Reynolds to the win. The Yanks remain a game behind the Red Sox.
- Before 45,531 at Wrigley Field, the last place Cubs beat the first-place Dodgers, 3 - 0 and 7 - 2. Hank Borowy stops Brooklyn on one hit in the opener - a single by Gene Hermanski - and faces just 27 batters. He hurls 100 pitches, while Bob Scheffing drives in all three runs. Doyle Lade wins the nitecap. The loss slices Brooklyn's lead to two points over the Braves, 3 - 1 winners at Cincinnati, while the Cards and Pirates move just two games back.
1950 - Gil Hodges becomes the fourth major leaguer in the century to hit four home runs in one game as Brooklyn routs the Braves, 19 - 3. The Dodger first baseman also ties the major league record for total bases with 17.
1952 - The Montreal Royals clinch the International League pennant behind the stellar pitching of lefty Tommy Lasorda.
1954 - The Indians beat the Yanks, 6 - 1, to record their 26th win of the month, tying the 1931 Athletics.
1955 - Lefty Bill Wight of the Orioles gives up five runs in the first and then no-hits his former Indian teammates for eight innings. He loses 5 - 1.
1956 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower is in attendance as Jim Lemon of the Senators slugs three consecutive home runs in a night game against the Yankees, but New York still wins, 6 - 4.
1957 - Steve Dalkowski, legendary minor league fastballer pitching for Kingsport (Appalachian League), strikes out 24, walks 18, hits four batters, and throws six wild pitches in a row. He loses, 9 - 8.
1959 - Sandy Koufax fans 18 Giants to set a National League mark in a 5 - 2 Dodger win.
1963 - Trailing Houston 5 - 1 entering the 9th, Chicago's Ellis Burton clouts a dramatic 2-out grand slam off Hal Woodeshick to give the Cubs a 6 - 5 victory.
1964 - Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of next year's California Angels.
1965 - Boston C Russ Nixon ties a major-league record with three run-scoring sacrifice flies in the second game at Washington. Boston wins 8 - 5 after taking the opener, 4 - 0.
1966 - Yankees 2B Bobby Richardson, 31, announces his retirement.
1968:
- Steve Blass gets the first out against the Braves, and then moves to LF as Roy Face relieves. Face retires Felix Millan and ties Walter Johnson's major-league record of 802 pitching appearances with one club. Blass comes back to pitch and the Pirates go on to win 8 - 0. Blass will not get credit for the shutout but will still lead the National League in shutouts with 7. Late in the game, the Pirates announce the sale of Elroy Face to the Detroit Tigers.
- It is a tough month for Mets P Jim McAndrew, as he takes his National League-tying 5th shutout loss. Steve Carlton wins for the Cards 2 - 0. McAndrew gave up just six runs in the four losses, losing 2 - 0 to Bob Gibson on July 21, and to the Dodgers and Mike Kekich, 2 - 0 on August 4. On August 10 and 17th, he narrowed the margin to 1 - 0 losses, to the Giants and Houston respectively. The four losses are McAndrew's first ML decisions.
- Baltimore's Dave McNally wins his 10th straight, topping the first-place Tigers, 5 - 1. Paul Blair homers and triples in the win.
1969:
- In their second trade with Seattle within a week, Houston acquires OF Tommy Davis for outfielders Sandy Valdespino and Danny Walton.
- Morganna, a well-endowed fan dressed in a mini dress, jumps onto the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium field and kisses the batter Clete Boyer on the cheek. The Braves' third baseman then promptly ends a 1-for-17 slump with a RBI single and goes on 8-for-15 tear.
1971 - The A's trade Frank Fernandez, along with Adrian Garrett, to the Cubs for Bill McNulty. Fernandez will drive in four runs for the Cubs in September, all on solo homers.
1972 - Another insurance purchase for the Tigers: they buy slugging 1B/OF Frank Howard from Texas.
1974:
- Portland Mavericks manager Frank Peters rotates his players so that each man plays one inning at each position. It works: Portland beats Tri-Cities (Northwest League) 8 - 7.
- Johnny Bench drives in seven runs with a bases-loaded double and grand slam to lead the Reds to a 10 - 3 win over Montreal.
1977:
- Yankee reliever Sparky Lyle records his third win in three games, all won on late-inning homers by New York. Graig Nettles' second homer of the game gives New York a 5 - 4 win over Seattle.
- Hank Aaron's mark of 755 career home runs is tied by Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Pro Baseball.
1979:
- The Angels regain 1st place in the AL West by beating the Indians, 9 - 8. California scores five runs in the 8th on three homers, then watch as Cleveland scores four to tie.
- The Phillies fire Danny Ozark, senior manager (since 1973) in the National League. Farm director Dallas Green takes over as interim manager. The Phils remove the "interim" on October 18.
1980 - In Cleveland, reliever Ed Farmer picks up two saves as the White Sox sweep a doubleheader from the Indians. Chicago rallies for eight runs in the last two innings of the opener to win, 10 - 8, then does it again in the nitecap score four in the last two innings to win, 8 - 7.
1981 - Royals manager Jim Frey is fired and replaced by Dick Howser, whose Yankees lost to Frey's Royals in last season's American League Championship Series. Kansas City was 10-10 in the 2nd half of the season, 30-40 overall.
1982 - The Mets lose their 15th in a row, 4 - 0 on Nolan Ryan's two-hitter. The Mets will finally win the following day, beating the Astros 5 - 1.
1985:
- The Pirates trade former batting champion Bill Madlock to the Dodgers for prospects R.J. Reynolds, Cecil Espy, and Sid Bream.
- San Francisco's Jim Gott and Mark Davis combine to beat the Mets 3 - 2, ending Dwight Gooden's personal 14-game winning streak.
1988:
- Arbitrator George Nicolau rules against the ML owners in the "Collusion II" case, agreeing with the players' contention that the owners conspired to fix the free agent market after the 1986 season. Twelve players will be granted no-risk free agency after the season.
- The first-place Tigers try for pennant insurance: Ted Power from Kansas City and Fred Lynn from Baltimore for players to be named later.
1989:
- Arbitrator Thomas Roberts orders the ML owners to pay $10.5 million in damages as a result of their collusion against free agents after the 1985 season.
- Minutes before the postseason rosters must be filed, the Cubs obtain 3B Luis Salazar and OF Marvell Wynne from San Diego in exchange for P Calvin Schiraldi, OF Darrin Jackson and 1B Phil Stephenson. Salazar will play a key role in the Cubs' title run, while of the three new Pad people, only Jackson will perform decently.
1990:
- Refusing to part with Triple-A third baseman Scott Cooper to get Larry Andersen from the Astros for the stretch run, Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman trades the Eastern League's MVP Jeff Bagwell for the right-handed relief pitcher. The University of Hartford standout will go on to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1991 and will becomes the league's MVP the same year Andersen retires from the Phillies (1994) .
- Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Sr. become the first father and son to play in the same major league lineup.
- Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season in Oakland's 4 - 2 win over Texas to join Dan Quisenberry and Jeff Reardon as the only pitchers to save 40 games twice.
1991 - The Twins' Chuck Knoblauch hits his first ML homer, off the Orioles' Mike Mussina, and it puts the Twins ahead in the 6th. It is Knoblach's only homer this year. The Twins win, 5 - 2, with the win going to Kevin Tapani.
1992:
- The Padres trade P Craig Lefferts to the Orioles in exchange for minor league P Erik Schullstrom and a player to be named.
- Minnesota sends pitcher Bill Krueger to Montreal for OF Darren Reed. It is the third season that Krueger has split between the two leagues: only Sal Maglie has done it more often.
- The A's trade Jose Canseco to the Rangers for Ruben Sierra, Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell and an undisclosed amount of money.
1993:
- 3B Gary Gaetti of the Royals hits the 239th home run of his career in KC's 6 - 5 win over Milwaukee. By doing so, he becomes the all-time home run leader for players who homered in their 1st big league at bat, moving past Hall of Famer Earl Averill.
- In a flurry of deadline trades, the Reds sent pitchers Johnny Ruffin and Jim Pierce to the White Sox in exchange for P Tim Belcher, the Dodgers trade OF Eric Davis to the Tigers in exchange for P John DeSilva, and the Cardinals trade P Lee Smith to the Yankees in exchange for P Rich Batchelor.
- The Minnesota Twins defeat the Indians in 22 innings by a score of 5 - 4.
1994:
- Minnesota OF-DH Dave Winfield is sold to the Indians. Because of the strike, Winfield won't play for his new team until 1995.
- Three-and-a-half hours of negotiations with federal mediators produces no progress in the strike, and no further talks are scheduled as the strike goes into its 4th week.
1995:
- The Blue Jays trade OF Candy Maldonado to the Rangers in exchange for a player to be named.
- Yankees OF Paul O'Neill homers in his first three at bats and drives home eight runs in leading the New Yorkers to an 11 - 6 win over California.
1996:
- Florida scores five runs in the top of the 1st inning to jump out to a quick lead over Cincinnati, but the Reds bounce back with seven runs in the 2nd, and don't look back. They score four more in the 5th, two in the 6th, six in the 7th, and three in the 8th to defeat the Marlins, 22 - 8. Kevin Mitchell leads the way with six runs batted in for the Reds.
- The Indians obtain IF Kevin Seitzer from the Brewers in exchange for OF Jeromy Burnitz.
1997:
- Andruw Jones' grand slam is the Braves' tenth of the season breaking the National League mark for bases-full home runs for a team in single season. Ironically the record is broken in an American League park as Atlanta defeats the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
- The Brewers obtain P Pete Harnisch from the Mets in exchange for OF Donny Moore.
- The Cubs trade vet SS Shawon Dunston to the Pirates in exchange for a player to be named.
- In front of a crowd of 55,707, Don Mattingly's uniform number 23 is added to the list of retired numbers on the wall at Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
- The Indians acquire IF-OF Bip Roberts from the Royals in exchange for P Roland de la Maza.
1998:
- Texas defeats Detroit, 13 - 2, as OF Juan Gonzalez gets four long hits, including two doubles, a triple and a homer, and drives home seven runs. Gonzalez now has 143 ribbies on the year.
- Oakland OF Rickey Henderson scores the 2,000th run of his career in the Athletics' 15 - 6 loss to Cleveland. He joins Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Pete Rose, and Willie Mays as the only players to reach the milestone.
- Richie Sexson hits a 2-run single in Cleveland's 10-run first inning, as the Tribe scalps Oakland, 15 - 6. Sexson hits his 4th homer in three days, and Manny Ramirez hits his 34th homer and knocks in five runs for starter Dave Burba. Joey Cora, acquired hours before the game from Seattle for David Bell, scores two runs and drives in 2.
- Cubs OF Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire by hitting his 55th home run in Chicago's 5 - 4 win over Cincinnati. Sosa has hit 30 of his homers at Wrigley Field, three short of Hack Wilson's Cub record and tying him with Ernie Banks.
1999:
- In three pennant insurance moves, the Astros obtain vet Stan Javier from the Giants for P Joe Messman; the Diamondbacks get IF-OF Lenny Harris from the Rockies in exchange for IF Belvani Martinez; and the Indians pick up the once highly-touted Tyler Houston from the Cubs for P Richard Negrette. Houston will prove valuable at 3B.
- Down 12 - 4, the Indians rally for 10 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to defeat the Angels, 14 - 12. 1B Richie Sexson gets four hits and drives home five runs for the Tribe. This is the 3rd time this season that the Indians have rallied from an 8-run deficit to win, a ML record.
- The Tigers break a 6 - 6 tie by scoring eight runs in the 7th inning to defeat the Rangers, 14 - 6.
- The Red Sox obtain beefy closer Rod Beck from the Cubs for P Mark Guthrie and a player to be named.
2000:
- The Rangers defeat the Indians, 14 - 7, as OF Rusty Greer gets five hits and drives home four runs. 2B Luis Alicea scores five runs for Texas.
- The Red Sox obtain OF Dante Bichette from the Reds for pitchers Chris Reitsma and John Curtice.
2001:
- The Braves acquire vet Julio Franco from the Mexico City Tigers. Franco, 40, who led the Mexican League with a .437 average, has been out of the majors since 1997. In a separate deal, the Braves pick up P Rudy Seanez from the Padres for a player to be named later.
- Former minor league catcher Lawrence 'Crash' Davis dies after a year long bout with cancer. The 82-year old got a late-life shot of renewed celebrity because of the 1988 movie Bull Durham, in which the main character played by Kevin Costner bore his name.
- Because Little League World Series star pitcher Danny Almonte is 14 years old, not 12 as required by the organization's rules, the Raulindo Paulino All-Stars are stripped of all their wins in this year's edition of the tournament. The team, which had captured the heart of the community, finished third in Williamsport, PA and were given a parade in New York, NY and honored before a game at Yankee Stadium.
- The Reds rout the Pirates, 11 - 3, behind the slugging of rookie Robin Jennings. Jennings hits his first ML homer, a grand slam, in the 7-run 4th and adds a bases-loaded triple for seven RBIs.
2002:
- The Astros acquire free-agent-to-be Mark Loretta from the Brewers for cash and a player to be named. In two days, the player turns out to be Keith Ginter, hitting .264 at New Orleans.
- The Mets are shut out by the Phillies, 1 - 0, to mark their 13th consecutive home defeat. In doing so, they become the first National League team to lose all their home games over the course of a month.
2005 - On the third pitch he sees in the bigs, Jeremy Hermida becomes only the second player to hit a grand slam in his first major-league at-bat. The Marlin rookie pinch hitter joins Phillies hurler Bill Duggleby who accomplished the same feat in 1898.
2007:
- The Monterrey Sultans top the Yucatan Lions in 7 games in the Mexican League finals. Monterrey wins the finale, 2 - 1, behind the pitching of Walter Silva. Karim Garcia scores both of the Sultans' runs.
- The Chicago Cubs reacquire former hurler Steve Trachsel for the stretch run. They send Scott Moore and Rocky Cherry to the Baltimore Orioles in return for the veteran.
2008:
- CC Sabathia improves to 9-0 with a 1.43 ERA since joining the Brewers, with a one-hitter against the Pirates. The lone hit is a grounder back to the mound by Andy LaRoche which Sabathia bobbles. Brewer manager Ned Yost and LF Ryan Braun both say it was undoubtedly an error and that Sabathia had a no-hitter; an appeal is filed over the ruling. Milwaukee wins, 7 - 0; it is Pittsburgh's 10th loss in a row.
- Trying to hold on to their lead in the NL West, the Diamondbacks acquire 2006 World Series MVP David Eckstein from the Jays for Chad Beck.
2009:
- Andy Pettitte of the Yankees retires the first 20 Baltimore batters he faces before an error and a hit spoil his bid for immortality. New York wins easily, 5 - 1.
- Toronto takes an 11 - 0 lead over Texas in the first five innings, then nearly blows it as the Rangers score 10 unanswered runs. Another offensive barrage of 7 runs in the 9th gives the Blue Jays an 18 - 10 victory. Adam Lind hits two homers, including a grand slam, and drives in a career-high 8 runs.
- Los Angeles makes a push for the World Series by acquiring two veterans just before the limit for them to be eligible for the postseason roster. The two are White Sox DH Jim Thome and Arizona SP Jon Garland. The Dodgers give up minor leaguer Justin Fuller for Thome, and a player to be named later for Garland.