July 12

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1896 - In a 9-8 defeat to the hometown Chicago Colts, Phillies' outfielder Ed Delahanty hits four home runs in one game. All of the round trippers are the inside-the-park variety.
1900 - Frank "Noodles" Hahn of Cincinnati twirls a 4 - 0 no-hitter over Philadelphia. The Reds lefty gives up five walks to the visiting Quakers who are playing without Nap Lajoie. Hahn strikes out 7, including the first two batters in the 9th. The last batter, Roy Thomas, is thrown out on his two-strike bunt. Philadelphia's Bill Bernhard allows seven hits, including a homer by Sam Crawford in the 7th.
1901 - At Boston's Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, Cy Young of the Americans seven-hits the A's, 5-3, to win his 300th game. The 34-year old will win an additional 211 games to establish an amazing major league record of 511 career victories.
1901 - Boston Somersets' Cy Young scatters seven hits in beating the Athletics, 5-3, for his 300th victory.
1901 - The host Cardinals edge the Giants, 3-2, in 11 innings, beating Christy Mathewson on an error.
1902 - Overcoming poor Buc baserunning, Pirates star Jack Chesbro pitches a 5-hit shutout and strikes out 11 Giants to beat Christy Mathewson, 4 - 0. As noted by Clifford Blau, the Buccos lose five straight runners via baserunning errors. With two outs in the third, Ginger Beaumont is on 2B, with first base empty, and he is put out trying to advance to third on a grounder. In the 4th, Hans Wagner leads off with a triple, but is out at the plate on Kitty Bransfield's grounder to first. Bransfield is then thrown out trying to steal 2B. Claude Ritchey draws a walk, but is picked off first. Jimmy Burke leads off the fifth with a double, but tries to stretch it into a triple, and is tagged out by Matty, covering the bag.
1904 - Christy Mathewson wins his 16th, beating the Reds at League Park, 7 - 4 in 10 innings. Matty triples home a run in the 7th and scores, but the Reds tie it in the 9th. Noodles Hahn is the loser.
1905 - The Detroit Tigers beat New York, 6-3, with the help of two errors by Highlander 1B Jack Doyle. The vet Doyle was signed yesterday and this will be his only appearance for New York.
1905 - Chicago's Three Finger Brown scores the first of nine straight wins over Christy Mathewson 8-1 as he allows just two New York hits. New York's lone run scores on an error by Billy Maloney. Matty gives up 12 hits while his teammates commit five errors. Of 28 matches over their careers, Brown will win 14.
1907 - After an absence of 24 days, Roger Bresnahan returns to the lineup and collects two hits in a 3-2 win for the Giants against Andy Coakley, the same hurler who hit him with a pitch on June 18th. Bresnahan does not wear the headgear he developed. When a fan keeps a foul ball during the game rather than tossing it back, Giants team secretary Frank Knowles warns that "in the future he will not be so lenient about anyone stealing a ball."
1909 - The Pirates split with the Giants, dropping the opener 3 - 0 when Christy Mathewson limits the Bucs to four hits. Mathewson (13 - 2) has won 11 straight. Pittsburgh wins the nitecap 9 - 0.
1911 - In the first inning of a 9 - 0 win over the Athletics at Detroit, Ty Cobb walks, then on consecutive pitches steals 2B, 3B, and home off lefty Harry Krause. Twice he beats perfect throws by C Ira Thomas. After Cobb reaches on a fielder's choice in the 3rd, Sam Crawford homers. In the 7th, Cobb walks, is bunted to 2B, and scores on a sacrifice fly, knocking the ball out of the hands of the new catcher Paddy Livingston.
1911 - At Pittsburgh, the Giants win 4 - 3 behind Rube Marquard's pitching. Rube strikes out the side in the 2nd and 3rd innings, setting down Dots Miller, Newt Hunter, and Owen Wilson, then blowing by pitcher Elmer Steele, Bobby Byrne and Tommy Leach in the 3rd frame.
1911 - Yankee third baseman Roy Hartzell, acquired from the Browns in January for Jimmy Austin and Frank LaPorte, has a career day as the cleanup hitter. He hits a 3-run double and another double in one inning, then piles on a sacrifice fly and grand slam, to drive in eight runs. It is an AL record until Jimmie Foxx's nine RBI in a game in 1933. New York defeats the Browns, 12 - 2.
1912 - In the Yankees 4 - 1 win over the Browns, New York pitcher Jack Warhop swipes home in the 3rd. It is Warhops's 2nd steal of home in three years.
1912 - The Phillies beat the Reds, 6 - 4, behind Pete Alexander. He'll beat them again, 5 - 0, on the 15th.
1912 - In Boston, the Red Sox edge the Tigers 1 - 0 in 11 innings. Smoky Joe Wood goes all the way in the win allowing five hits and striking out 10.
1912 - At Detroit, the Tigers roll over the Athletics and Harry Krause, 9 - 0. Ty Cobb swipes home in the 1st inning to start the Tigers off.
1913 - Philadelphia's Boardwalk Brown walks 15 Tigers in seven 2/3 innings, but staggers to a 16 - 9 win. Brown has only one walkless inning"”the first. Ty Cobb, out for a week with an injured knee, plays 2B for the only time in his career, and makes three errors in his five fielding chances.
1915 - At the Polo Grounds, Cincinnati's Gene Dale pitches an 8-hit shutout to beat the Giants, 6 - 0. Christy Mathewson takes the loss.
1916 - With the temperature at Fenway near 100 degrees, Boston sweeps the White Sox behind complete game wins by Ernie Shore, 2 - 1, and Dutch Leonard, 3 - 1.
1921 - Babe Ruth hits his 137th career HR, passing 19th-century star Roger Connor's record 136.
1928 - Baseball's biggest battery is recorded, appropriately, with the New York Giants, as Garland "Gob" Buckeye, a 260 pound pro football lineman in the off-season, makes his NL pitching debut with 250 pound Shanty Hogan behind the plate. The Giants lose to the Cardinals.
1931 - The largest crowd in the history of Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, 45,715 (in a ballpark with 35,000 seats), creates a travesty and permanently distorts the record for doubles hit in a game. Easy fly balls drop for ground-rule doubles among the fans encroaching on the field. There are 32 doubles hit in two games, 11 in the first and 21 in the 2nd, for records both for the most doubles in one game and for a doubleheader.
1932 - After setting a major league record in the first game with nine doubles, the Cubs and Cardinals combined to hit another twenty-three two-baggers in the second game for an incredible total of thirty-two doubles in their doubleheader.
1934 - Chuck Klein is out of the Cubs lineup because of injuries as they beat the Braves 7-4. He is batting .331 with 19 HRs and 65 RBI, but will miss much of the second half and never again will return to the high level of performance previously shown.
1934 - Schoolboy Rowe fans 11 Yankees in a 4-2 win that puts the Tigers back in first place.
1936 - At Cincinnati, Phillies starter Joe Bowman gives up his first hit of the game, a lead off triple in the 9th inning to Kiki Cuyler, and then is relieved by Claude Passeau, who retires the next three batters. The Phils win 4 - 0.
1937 - The Phillies score six runs in the seventh inning to beat Hal Schumacher and the Giants 6-3. With the bases loaded in the first, Giants OF Mel Ott starts an unusual 9-2-5 triple play. But the highlight of the game comes when umpire Bill Klem ejects Giants manager Bill Terry for the first time in Terry's 15-year career.
1938 - The Pirates take the NL lead for the first time, beating the Cubs for their 12th straight win.
1943 - In Boston, a team of Armed Forces all-stars managed by Babe Ruth and featuring Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams plays the Braves in a fund-raising effort. Ruth pinch-hits in the eighth and flies out to right. The all-stars win 9-8 on a Williams HR.
1943 - An Armed Forces All-Star team managed by Babe Ruth and featuring Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams play a fund-raising game against the Braves in Boston. The All Stars win on a Splendid Splinter's' home run, 9-8.
1945 - The Chicago Cubs stop Tommy Holmes's modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games, beating the Boston Braves 6-1 behind Hank Wyse for their 11th victory in a row. The Braves take game two 3-1, as Claude Passeau loses his first after nine straight wins. . Holmes hits .433 during the streak and will finish at .352, second in the NL. His nine strikeouts coupled with 28 HRs and 47 doubles is unparalleled for making contact and hitting for average and power.
1945 - Braves' outfielder Tommy Holmes goes hitless ending his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37 which sets a National League record. The mark will stand until Pete Rose surpasses it in 1978.
1946 - Johnny Sain just misses a perfect no-hitter when Grady Hatton's pop fly drops among three Braves behind 3B. No one else gets on as the Braves win 1-0 in Cincinnati.
1949 - The first All-Star game which includes black players is played at Ebbets Field. Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson and Don Newcombe represent the National League in an 11-7 loss to Larry Dolby and his AL teammates.
1949 - The NL commits five errors, allowing the AL to record an 11-7 triumph in the All-Star Game at Ebbets Field. The contest marks the first appearance of black players--Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, and Don Newcombe in the NL lineup and Larry Doby among the AL stars.
1949 - The major league owners agree to install warning tracks made of cinder in front of outfield fences prior to the start of next season.
1951 - At Cleveland, Allie Reynolds of the NY Yankees no-hits Cleveland 1 - 0 for the first of his two no-hitters this season. Gene Woodling's seventh inning HR off loser Bob Feller is the difference in the 1 - 0 game. The Chief's no-hitter is the first by a Yankee since Monte Pearson in 1928. New York takes the nitecap behind Vic Raschi as Joe DiMaggio cinches it with a three-run homer off Chuck Stobbs.
1951 - At Cleveland Stadium, Yankee hurler Allie Reynolds no-hits the Indians 1-0. Gene Woodling's seventh-inning home run off Bob Feller proves to be the difference.
1951 - The Red Sox and White Sox draw a record crowd of 52,592 for a twi-night doubleheader at Comiskey. Boston wins the opener, 3 - 2. In the second game, Saul Rogovin of the White Sox goes the route in a 17-inning contest, only to lose 5 - 4, on Clyde Vollmer's sac fly. Ellis Kinder of Boston pitches 10 scoreless innings in relief for the win.
1953 - The Yomiuri and Mainichi newspaper chains inaugurate a program of regular visits by American major-league clubs to Japan. The program will be sponsored by the Yomiuri chain alone from 1966.
1953 - Braves slugger Eddie Mathews hits the first grand slam in the history of the Milwaukee franchise, as the Braves sweep two from the Cardinals 10-1 and 4-3 in St. Louis.
1955 - At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Stan Musial comes to bat in the bottom of 12th inning of a 5-5 All Star deadlock. American League catcher Yogi Berra complains about his feet hurting and Musial tells him "Don't worry, I'll have you home in a minute"......then 'the Man' hits a game-winning home run on the next pitch.
1955 - In the All-Star Game in Milwaukee, the AL takes a 5-run lead on a 3-run HR by Mickey Mantle off Robin Roberts, only to see the NL tie it. Braves P Gene Conley strikes out the side in the 12th, and Stan Musial of the Cards homers off Frank Sullivan of the Red Sox to win it.
1958 - Orlando Cepeda's 3-run HR off Spahn gives the Giants a 5-3 win and pulls San Francisco to within a half game of the Braves.
1959 - NBC uses outfield TV cameras with 80-inch lenses to show the catchers' signals during a Yankee-Red Sox game. Commissioner Ford Frick requests that they halt its use. It doesn't help New York, which drops their last four games to the Red Sox. Boston wins today, 7 - 3.
1959 - Larry Sherry loses his 2nd start for the Dodgers, as the Reds nip him 4 - 3. Sherry will not lose again, winning his next seven starts.
1966 - St. Louis hosts a hot midsummer All-Star classic. Maury Wills' 10th-inning single scores Tim McCarver, as the National League wins 2 - 1 in 105-degree heat. Brooks Robinson's stellar game (3 hits, eight chances) earns him the game MVP. Asked about the new ball park, Casey Stengel remarks, "it holds the heat well." On field temperature is 113 degrees.
1967 - Reds 3B Tony Perez ends the longest All-Star Game (15 innings, three hours and 41 minutes) with a home run off Catfish Hunter. home runs by National League 3B Richie Allen and American League 3B Brooks Robinson account for the other runs in a 2 - 1 NL triumph.
1968 - Eddie Stanky is fired as manager of the White Sox and replaced by Al Lopez.
1968 - The Cardinals beat the Astros, 8 - 1, but Houston scores a run on Bob Gibson. Denis Menke's bloop double, fair by inches, drives home the lone run. Houston reliever Tom Dukes ties the major-league record with his 9th straight relief appearance for the Astros.
1968 - The Giants trade P Lindy McDaniel to the Yankees for P Bill Monbouquette.
1970 - In the second inning of an eventual 7-3 win over the Orioles, the Tigers lay down a record-tying three sacrifice bunts.
1972 - The A's Dave Duncan is 5-for-5 but the Red Sox win, 7 - 6.
1975 - in a 10 - 4 loss to Texas, Luis Tiant hits and flies out. He is the 1st Boston pitcher to hit since DH was put into effect.
1976 - A tentative agreement between the players and owners on labor contracts is reached. The formal agreement will be announced August 9th.
1977 - Willie Randolph hits the game-winning homer and Don Gullett pitches the Yankees to a 5 - 2 win over the Brewers. The win stops the Yanks loss streak at three games.
1977 - Steve Henderson hits a game-winning home run, off Bruce Sutter, to give the Mets a 4 - 2 victory over the Cubs. After the game the Cubs relief ace admits his arm is bothering him, and asks to be excused from the All-Star game. Bleeding will be found in Sutter's arm and he will get the week off after the All-Star break to rest it.
1979 - The Tigers win the first game of a scheduled doubleheader 4 - 1 on Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park. Thousands of fans swarm onto the field, littering and tearing it up, and causing the White Sox to forfeit the 2nd game.
1979 - After a delay of an hour and 16 minutes, the White Sox are forced to forfeit the second game of twi-night doubleheader against the Tigers when over 5000 adolescent fans refuse to leave the field during Disco Demolition Night. Mike Veeck's promotion involves admitting fans for .98 cents with a disco record, collecting the vinyl and then literally blowing up the LPs and .45s in center field.
1987 - The Yankees trade P Bob Tewksbury and two minor league pitchers to the Cubs for Steve Trout, who has just pitched back-to-back shutouts.
1988 - After being maligned by the press as an unworthy All-Star starter, A's catcher Terry Steinbach hits a solo home run and a sacrifice fly to lead the American League to a 2 - 1 victory at Riverfront Stadium and is named the game's MVP.
1988 - Terry Steinbach homers in his first at-bat as an All-Star. The A's catcher becomes the first major league to have homered in his first major league at-bat (9/12/86) and also in the mid-summer classic.
1989 - Ron Guidry retires from baseball. During his 14-year career with the Yankees, 'Louisiana Lightning' compiles a 170- 91 record with a 3.29 ERA.
1990 - In a 6-inning rain shorten contest, White Sox starter Melido Perez no-hits the hometown Yankees, 8-0. His bother Pascual, who is watching the New York bench, also hurled an abbreviated no-no in 1988 holding the Phillies hitless for five innings at Veterans Stadium.
1990 - The White Sox Melido Perez pitches a rain-shortened 6-inning no-hitter over the Yankees, as Chicago wins 8 - 0. This is the 7th no-hitter this season, the most since 1917. Lance Johnson makes a diving over the shoulder catch in the 5th to save a hit and also bangs a 3-run home run.
1994 - Moises Alou's double in the 10th inning gives the National League an 8-7 victory over the American League in the All-Star Game. The NL is now a perfect 9-0 in extra-inning contests. Houston P John Hudek becomes the 1st P in history to appear in an All-Star Game before recording a major league victory. Fred McGriff, whose 2-run homer in the 9th inning tied the score, takes MVP honors.
1996 - Montreal defeats the Cubs by a score of 3-2. Throughout the game, Expo 1B David Segui shares his mitt with Chicago's Mark Grace as Grace's glove did not arrive at the ballpark due to a shipping mix-up. The player's leave the mitt in the field between innings, as players did at the turn of the century.
1996 - Minnesota star Kirby Puckett announces he is retiring, effective immediately, because of glaucoma in his right eye.
1996 - Down 9-2 as they bat in the last half of the 7th inning in Colorado, the Rockies score 11 times and hold on for a 13-12 win over the Padres. 3B Vinny Castilla's grand slam"”his 2nd homer of the game"”is the big blow of the inning.
1997 - In Pittsburgh's 1st non-Opening Day sellout since 1977, a crowd of 44,119 sees Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon combine on a 10-inning no-hitter as the Pirates down the Astros, 3-0, on a 10th-inning pinch home run by Mark Smith. Cordova hurls the 1st nine innings while Rincon hurls the 10th and gets the win. The victory keeps the Pirates in a tie for 1st place with the Astros in the National League Central.
1997 - In front of full house at Three Rivers Stadium on Jackie Robinson Night, two Pirates' pitchers throw the first extra inning combined no-hitter in big league history. Ricardo Rinon takes over in tenth inning to preserve starter Francisco Cordova's effort and gets the win as pinch-hitter hits a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the inning.
1997 - Pitching for the first time in Fenway not wearing a Red Sox uniform, Roger Clemens strikes out sixteen as the Blue Jays defeat Boston, 3-1. During the game, it appears the 'Rocket' is continually glaring up at Dan Duquette in the general manager's suite.
1997 - The Blue Jays defeat the Red Sox, 3-1, as Roger Clemens fans 16 of his former teammates in eight innings of work. Boston pitchers K 13 Seattle batters as the total of 29 strike outs falls one short of the major league mark for two teams in a single game.
2000 - The Phillies trade hurler Andy Ashby, 33, to the Braves for pitcher Bruce Chen and Jimmy Osting.
2000 - In a six-player deal, the Reds trade Denny Neagle ( 8-2, 3.52) and outfielder Mike Frank to the Yankees for minor league third baseman Drew Henson, outfielder Jackson Melian and pitchers Brian Reith and Ed Yarnall.
2000 - The Yankees obtain P Denny Neagle and OF Mike Frank from the Reds in exchange for 3B Drew Henson, OF Jackson Melian, and Ps Brian Reith and Ed Yarnall.
2000 - The Braves swap pitchers Bruce Chen and Jimmy Osting to the Phillies for P Andy Ashby. Chen, who made 22 appearances for the Braves this year, all in relief, will make 15 appearances for the Phils"”all starts (as noted by Wayne McElreavy).
2001 - Three Minnesota players homer twice in the Twins 13 - 5 defeat of Milwaukee. Jacque Jones, Torii Hunter, and Corey Koskie each hit a pair of four - baggers to tie a ML record.
2005 - During the All Star game Town Hall discussion, Bud Selig, believing the designated hitter is a big part of the game, states the rule remain in use for the foreseeable future. The commissioner however makes it clear the National League will never adopt the 1973 addition to the American League rule book.
2005 - At the Home Run Derby in Detroit, Bobby Abreu shatters the records for a single round, the championship round and the grand total for all three rounds of the derby by hitting 41dingers into every part of Comerica Park. The Phillies outfielder, who was representing Venezuela in the event's new international format, goes deep 24 times in the first round, tacks on six more in the second round and finishes with 11 more in the championship round.