June 10
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 10.
[edit] Events
- 1921 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became major league baseball's career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland Indians pitcher Jim Bagby, Sr. in the third inning. The Indians won 8 - 6.
- 1944 - Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, became the youngest player in major league history when he pitched 2-3 of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18 - 0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
- 1959 - Cleveland Indians Rocky Colavito hit four consecutive home runs at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. Billy Martin and Minnie Miñoso also homered in the Cleveland's 11-8 victory over the Orioles.
- 1966 - Sonny Siebert pitched a no-hitter against the Washington Senators and Leon Wagner homered off loser Phil Ortega as first-place Cleveland Indians won 2 - 0.
- 1972 - Hank Aaron's grand slam helped the Atlanta Braves to a 15 - 3 rout of the Phillies. It was Aaron's 649th home run, moving him ahead of Willie Mays into second place on the career list. It was also his 14th grand slam, tying Gil Hodges' National League record.
- 1981 - Philadelphia Phillies Pete Rose hit a single in the first inning off Nolan Ryan that gave him 3,630 hits, tying Stan Musial's National League mark. The Phillies beat the Houston Astros, 5 - 4, before more than 57,000 fans at Veterans Stadium.
- 1995 - Baltimore Orioles third baseman Jeff Manto, who collected four home runs in his first three years in the major leagues, homered in his fourth consecutive at-bat. In all, he homers five times in six at-bats in three games played.
- 1997 - Kevin Brown threw a no-hitter and missed a perfect game by hitting a batter in the eighth inning. The Florida Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 9 - 0.
- 2000 - Darin Erstad hit a double in the Anaheim Angels' 10 - 3 win over Arizona. With a major league-leading 100 hits in 61 games, Erstad became the fastest to reach the 100-hit mark since Heinie Manush did it in 60 games for the 1934 Washington Senators.
- 2007 - 39-year-old Masumi Kuwata enters a game for the Pirates. He becomes the oldest major league rookie in 47 years, since Diomedes Olivo debuted - also with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kuwata allows one hit in two innings, but it is a 2-run homer to Alex Rodriguez.
- 2008 - Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the 6th player in MLB history to hit 600 home runs when he connects off Mark Hendrickson of the Florida Marlins. He joins a select club counting only Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa as members.
[edit] Births
- 1856 - Bill Rollinson, catcher (d. 1938)
- 1857 - J.B. Young, pitcher (d. 1938)
- 1860 - Mike Sullivan, outfielder (d. 1929)
- 1861 - Pat O'Connell, outfielder (d. 1943)
- 1870 - Pat McCauley, catcher (d. 1917)
- 1876 - George Prentiss, pitcher (d. 1902)
- 1878 - Ernie Lindemann, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1880 - Jack Coveney, catcher (d. 1961)
- 1882 - Jap Barbeau, infielder (d. 1969)
- 1886 - Jack Graney, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1887 - Jake Smith, pitcher (d. 1948)
- 1892 - Frank Gilhooley, outfielder (d. 1959)
- 1894 - Fred Hofmann, catcher (d. 1964)
- 1894 - Roy Sanders, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1900 - Garland Braxton, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1900 - Lefty Wolf, pitcher (d. 1971)
- 1905 - Vic Harris, Negro League outfielder and manager (d. 1978)
- 1905 - Danny MacFayden, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1908 - Mike Kreevich, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1994)
- 1910 - Frank Demaree, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1958)
- 1912 - Whitey Moore, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1913 - Cal Dorsett, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1917 - Earl Henry, pitcher (d. 2002)
- 1920 - Johnny Podgajny, pitcher (d. 1971)
- 1921 - Chuck Thompson, announcer (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Al Verdel, pitcher (d. 1991)
- 1928 - Ken Lehman, pitcher
- 1929 - Hank Foiles, catcher; All-Star
- 1933 - Ed Palmquist, pitcher
- 1937 - Kazuhisa Inao, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1938 - Johnny Edwards, catcher; All-Star
- 1947 - Ken Singleton, outfielder; All-Star
- 1948 - Bob Randall, infielder
- 1950 - Gerry Hunsicker, general manager
- 1950 - Elias Sosa, pitcher
- 1953 - Francisco Barrios, pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1953 - Rick Camp, pitcher
- 1955 - Floyd Bannister, pitcher; All-Star
- 1955 - Scott Ullger, infielder
- 1956 - Brad Gulden, catcher
- 1956 - Randy Johnson, infielder
- 1965 - Jim McNamara, catcher
- 1967 - Edgar Alfonzo, minor league infielder and manager
- 1969 - Greg Bicknell, minor league and CPBL pitcher
- 1969 - Shawn Bryant, minor league pitcher
- 1969 - Kevin Flora, outfielder
- 1973 - Jason Garrett, minor league infielder
- 1973 - Pokey Reese, infielder
- 1974 - David Yocum, minor league pitcher
- 1975 - Freddy Garcia, pitcher; All-Star
- 1978 - Carlos Rivera, infielder
- 1980 - Jeff Bennett, pitcher
- 1981 - Vaughan Harris, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1983 - Matt Chico, pitcher
- 1983 - Radhames Liz, pitcher
- 1984 - James Avery, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Travis Chick, pitcher
- 1985 - Casey Weathers, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Robert Alcombrack, minor league player
[edit] Deaths
- 1891 - Jerry Dorgan, outfielder (b. 1856)
- 1907 - Tun Berger, infielder (b. 1867)
- 1916 - Jack Chapman, outfielder, manager (b. 1843)
- 1917 - Jack Fanning, pitcher (b. 1863)
- 1920 - Martin Flaherty, outfielder (b. 1853)
- 1921 - Julie Freeman, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1923 - Bill Annis, outfielder (b. 1857)
- 1930 - Wally Smith, infielder (b. 1888)
- 1933 - Jack O'Brien, outfielder (b. 1873)
- 1934 - Les German, pitcher (b. 1869)
- 1942 - Matt Zeiser, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1948 - Hosea Siner, infielder (b. 1885)
- 1957 - George Rohe, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1957 - John Slappey, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1958 - John Vann, pinch hitter (b. 1890)
- 1960 - Charlie Fallon, pinch runner (b. 1881)
- 1961 - La Rue Kirby, outfielder (b. 1889)
- 1963 - Mike Simon, catcher (b. 1883)
- 1967 - Pete Fahrer, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1968 - Curly Brown, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1969 - Charlie Fuchs, pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1973 - Tom Padden, catcher (b. 1908)
- 1977 - Turk Farrell, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1934)
- 1983 - Jim Cronin, infielder (b. 1905)
- 1985 - Bob Prince, announcer (b. 1916)
- 1989 - Joe Stripp, infielder (b. 1903)
- 1994 - Vic Bradford, outfielder (b. 1915)
- 1995 - Stan Andrews, catcher (b. 1917)
- 1995 - Lindsey Nelson, announcer (b. 1919)
- 1998 - Jim Hearn, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1921)
- 2008 - Eliot Asinof, writer; minor league player (b. 1919)
