June 14
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 14.
[edit] Events
- 1876 - George Hall of the Philadelphia Athletics became the first major league player to hit for cycle. He will also become the first player to be banned along with others for throwing 3 1/2 game lead with 12 games to go in 1877.
- 1933 - Lou Gehrig's consecutive-game streak stay intact, even though he and Yankees manager Joe McCarthy were thrown out of a game. McCarthy was suspended for three games but Gehrig's streak, now at 1,249, continues.
- 1952 - Boston Braves pitcher Warren Spahn tied the National League record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts in an 15-inning, 3-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Spahn's home run was the only Braves run. On the same day, Braves scout Dewey Griggs signed Hank Aaron a contract.
- 1963 - Duke Snider hit his 400th career home run off Bob Purkey to highlight a 10 - 3 triumph by the New York Mets over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field.
- 1965 - Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds no-hit the New York Mets for 10 innings and tied a National League with 18 strikeouts in extra innings, but lose the game when Johnny Lewis hit a lead-off home run in the 11th inning that gave the Mets a 1 - 0 win.
- 1969 - Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics collected ten RBI with two home runs, one double and two singles against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. In the eighth inning, Jackson drove in three runs with a single when he easily could have made second base. Oakland won 21 - 7.
- 1974 - At Anaheim Stadium, Nolan Ryan struck out 19 Boston Red Sox batters in 13 innings, including Cecil Cooper in six consecutive times, to help the California Angels a 4 - 3 victory in 15 innings. Barry Raziano was the winner in two innings of relief and Luis Tiant took the loss in 14 1/3 innings, after Denny Doyle doubled home Mickey Rivers with the winning run.
- 1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds had two hits in a 3 - 1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs to start his 44-game hitting streak.
- 1979 - Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit his 513th home run off Dennis Lamp establishing him as the National League all-time left-handed home run leader, but the Chicago Cubs beat the Giants, 8 - 6, at Candlestick Park.
- 1985 - Coming out of retirement, manager Earl Weaver returns to the Baltimore Orioles dugout replacing Joe Altobelli. Weaver led Baltimore to four American League titles from 1968-82.
- 1995 - Mike Benjamin went 6-for-7, setting a major league record with 14 hits in three games, and drove in the winning run in the 13th inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4 - 3. A career .186 hitter in his first six seasons, Benjamin was 14-for-18 in that stretch.
- 1996 - Cal Ripken, Jr. set a new consecutive games world record by playing in his 2,216th consecutive game. The previous mark of 2,215 was held by Hiroshima Carp third baseman Sachio Kinugasa while playing in the Japanese Central League.
- 2002:
- With all 14 interleague games - and one National League game - taking place in NL parks, a designated hitter was not used in a full slate of major league games for the first time since 1972. Visiting pitchers will have plenty of opportunities to swing the bat as there is not a home game scheduled in American League parks for the 10 consecutive days.
- Aaron Boone hit a pair of home runs, one in the ninth inning to tie the game and one to win it in the 11th, as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 - 3.
- 2003 - Fred McGriff hit 2-for-4 after being activated from the disabled list by the Dodgers. It was his first trip to the DL during his 18-year career.
- 2005:
- Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners became the third major leaguer since 1900 to reach 1,000 hits in fewer than 700 games when he singled in the bottom of the first inning in the Mariners 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Suzuki's 1,000th hit came in his 696th game. Chuck Klein reached the mark in 1933 in 683 games, and Lloyd Waner reached it in 1932 in 686 games.
- Chris Carpenter pitched a one-hitter and struck out 10 to lead the Cardinals in a 7 - 0 win over Toronto.
- 2006 - Steve Finley hit his 300th major leaguue career home run as the San Francisco Giants beat the host Arizona Diamondbacks 11 - 4. Finley, who has 316 career stolen bases, became the sixth member of the exclusive 300 HR/300 SB club, joining teammate Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonds, Andre Dawson, Willie Mays and Reggie Sanders.
- 2009 - The Yakult Swallows set a Nippon Pro Baseball record with hits in 11 straight at-bats in a 14-10 win over the Orix Buffaloes. Norichika Aoki begins the inning with a single off Yoshihisa Hirano. Aaron Guiel, Yuichi Matsumoto, Shinya Miyamoto, Jamie D'Antona, Ryoji Aikawa, Keizo Kawashima, Shinichi Takeuchi and Hiroyasu Tanaka connect for 8 hits in a row, off Hirano, Akio Shimizu and Masanobu Okubo. Takashi Kamoshida walked Aoki, then gave up a grand slam to Guiel. Yasushi Iihara pinch-hit for Matsumoto and doubled to run the streak to 11 before Kamoshida retired Miyamoto. Yakult scored 10 runs in the inning and Guiel finished the day with 6 RBI.
[edit] Births
- 1847 - Dick McBride, pitcher (d. 1916)
- 1861 - Charlie Buffinton, pitcher, manager (d. 1907)
- 1869 - Harvey Watkins, manager (d. 1949)
- 1872 - Doc Parker, pitcher (d. 1941)
- 1882 - Mike Cunningham, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Walt Tragesser, catcher (d. 1970)
- 1889 - Bill Harper, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1889 - Ray Morgan, infielder (d. 1940)
- 1890 - Jack Reis, pitcher (d. 1939)
- 1891 - Frank Withrow, catcher (d. 1966)
- 1895 - Ike Davis, infielder (d. 1984)
- 1898 - Bill Doran, infielder (d. 1978)
- 1898 - Joe Rue, umpire (d. 1984)
- 1899 - William Pierson, pitcher (d. 1959)
- 1914 - George Myatt, infielder, manager (d. 2000)
- 1917 - Ray Hoffman, infielder (d. 2008)
- 1917 - Hal Manders, pitcher
- 1919 - Isamu Fukushi, NPB pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1922 - Bud Hardin, infielder (d. 1997)
- 1925 - Fenton Mole, infielder
- 1926 - Don Newcombe, pitcher; All-Star
- 1928 - Herb Plews, infielder
- 1933 - Jim Constable, pitcher (d. 2002)
- 1935 - Neil Wilson, catcher
- 1936 - Glen Rosenbaum, coach
- 1937 - Johnny Weekly, outfielder (d. 1974)
- 1942 - Juan Rios, infielder (d. 1995)
- 1950 - Bill Fahey, catcher
- 1953 - Luis Aponte, pitcher
- 1953 - Mark Lee, pitcher
- 1956 - Mike Grace, infielder
- 1957 - Greg Brock, infielder
- 1957 - Tony Castillo, catcher
- 1960 - Mike Laga, infielder
- 1960 - Pat Larkin, pitcher
- 1966 - Randy Tomlin, pitcher
- 1967 - Jerry Spradlin, pitcher
- 1967 - George Tsamis, pitcher
- 1967 - Brian Turang, outfielder
- 1968 - Nolan Lane, minor league outfielder
- 1969 - Tom Houk, minor league infielder
- 1971 - Tomonori Maeda, NPB outfielder
- 1974 - Ed Campaniello, minor league outfielder
- 1975 - Peter Munro, pitcher
- 1976 - Lester Victoria, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Edgar Gonzalez, infielder
- 1982 - Mike Hollimon, pitcher
- 1984 - Jesus Guzman, infielder
- 1984 - Joo-hwan Na, KBO infielder
- 1985 - Michael Jones, minor league infielder
- 1986 - Luke Greinke, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Jakub Hajtmar, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Louise Harris, Women's Baseball World Cup pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1906 - Mike Sullivan, pitcher (b. 1866)
- 1918 - George Wheeler, pinch hitter (b. 1881)
- 1926 - Johnny Beall, outfielder (b. 1882)
- 1928 - Con Daily, catcher (b. 1864)
- 1935 - Walt Kuhn, catcher (b. 1884)
- 1937 - Bert Miller, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1943 - Fred Kommers, outfielder (b. 1886)
- 1949 - Charlie Moran, catcher (b. 1878)
- 1953 - Harry Williams, writer; minor league executive (b. 1878)
- 1959 - Ed Cotter, infielder (b. 1904)
- 1966 - Bill Walker, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1903)
- 1970 - Webbo Clarke, pitcher (b. 1928)
- 1973 - Fred Johnson, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1973 - Twink Twining, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1980 - Johnny Hodapp, infielder (b. 1905)
- 1982 - Red Evans, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1983 - Speed Martin, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1984 - Duke Markell, pitcher (b. 1923)
- 1985 - Don McShane, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1905)
- 1989 - Pat Capri, infielder (b. 1918)
- 1994 - Monte Weaver, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 2005 - Bob Lennon, outfielder (b. 1928)
- 2009 - Hal Woodeshick, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1932)
- 2009 - Raymond Theobald, minor league player (b. ~1926)
