June 19
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 19.
[edit] Events
- 1846 - At the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ, the New York Ball Club defeats the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club 23-1 (some sources say 21-1). Alexander Cartwright serves as the umpire, which is curious, as Cartwright is one of the Knickerbocker's best players.
- 1893 - Piggy Ward reaches base for the 17th consecutive plate appearance, an all-time MLB record through 2006. Ward was traded in the middle of the streak.
- 1900 - In a great pitching duel, Clark Griffith of the Chicago Colts and Rube Waddell of the Pittsburgh Pirates matched shutouts during 13 innings, before Griffith's double in the bottom of the 14th drove in the only run. Waddell struck out 12.
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig was born in New York City. Gehrig will make his major league debut with the New York Yankees in 1923. He will eventually become the Yankees everyday first baseman, replacing Wally Pipp.
- 1913 - Wilbur Good hit the first pinch-hit home run in Chicago Cubs history, off Grover Alexander in the eigth inning, in a 2 - 1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1927:
- Jack Scott of the Philadelphia Phillies performed an ironman feat by pitching two complete games of a doubleheader, beating the Cincinnati Reds 3 - 1 before losing, 3 - 0. Scott is the last pitcher in major league history to complete two games in the same day.
- Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates ended his 23-game hitting streak, a day after his extra-base hit streak was stopped at 14 straight games to set a National League record. Waner, just in his second season, will lead the NL with a .380 batting average, 237 hits, and 131 RBI. His brother Lloyd will gather 223 hits for a .355 BA in his rookie year. The Waners pace the 1927 Pirates to a team BA of .305.
- 1938 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer extended his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 against the Boston Bees. Vander Meer, coming off two straight no-hitters, saw the streak came to an end when he gave up a single to Debs Garms in the fourth inning.
- 1941 - Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hit in his 32nd consecutive game, en route to his 56 hitting-streak, going 3-for-3, including a home run, against the Chicago White Sox.
- 1942 - Paul Waner reached the exclusive 3,000-hit club with a single off Rip Sewell. Waner, playing for the Boston Braves, collected the milestone hit against his former team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the game 7 - 6 in 11 innings
- 1952 - Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitched a 5 - 0 no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
- 1961:
- New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris hit a ninth-inning home run off Kansas City's Jim Archer, his 25th of the year, putting him seven games ahead of Babe Ruth's pace in 1927.
- Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley made his first managerial change, replacing the recently hired Joe Gordon in favor of Hank Bauer.
- 1963 - Gates Brown of the Detroit Tigers became the eleventh player in American League history to hit a home run in his first at-bat in a 9 - 2 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
- 1971 - At Shea Stadium, the Mets defeated the Phillies, 6-5, in 15 innings. Ken Singleton homered in the 14th inning to retie the game and Donn Clendenon homered in the 15th to win it.
- 1972 - The United States Supreme Court ruled against former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood, who had sued Major League Baseball over the reserve clause after being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The ruling upholds baseball's antitrust exemption, which was originally granted in 1922.
- 1973 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers both collected their 2,000th hits. It was a single for Rose against the San Francisco Giants and a home run for Davis against the Atlanta Braves.
- 1974 - Steve Busby of the Kansas City Royals pitched his second career no-hitter in 14 months, a 2 - 0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Busby struck out three batters and walked one to lead off the second inning, George Scott, for the Brewers' only base runner.
- 1977:
- The Cleveland Indians fired Frank Robinson, the first black manager in major league history, and replaced him with team coach Jeff Torborg.
- Carl Yastrzemski (2), Bernie Carbo (2), and George Scott (1) of the Boston Red Sox hit five home runs in an 11 - 1 triumph over the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. The five home runs gave the Red Sox a major league record 16 in three games. Boston hit six homers on June 17th and five on June 18, also against the Yankees. The Yankees had no homers in the three-game series.
- 1979 - At Yankee Stadium, 36,211 fans showed up to witness the return of Billy Martin as Yankees manager in a 5 - 4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Martin had been named to replace Bob Lemon the previous day, and began his second stint as Yankee skipper a season earlier than previously announced.
- 1988 - Bert Blyleven won his 250th career game as Minnesota beat Seattle 3 - 1. Jeff Reardon posted his 20th save, giving him seven straight 20-save seasons.
- 1989 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets recorded his 100th victory, 5 - 3, over Montreal. His 100-37 career record is second only to Whitey Ford's 100-36 start.
- 1990 - Gary Carter played in his 1,862nd career game as a catcher to break the National League mark set by Al Lopez.
- 1994 - The Detroit Tigers hit at least one home run in their 25th consecutive game when Mickey Tettleton went deep against the Toronto Blue Jays.
- 2001 - Ellis Burks of the Cleveland Indians hit three home runs in a 10 - 9 loss to Minnesota.
- 2007 - Jong-beom Lee, considered by some to be the best all-around position player in the history of the Korea Baseball Organization, is sent to the minor leagues as the 37-year-old is hitting under the Mendoza Line. His manager reports that he had asked Lee to retire before he would go into decline but Lee had refused.
[edit] Births
- 1856 - Frank McLaughlin, infielder (d. 1917)
- 1867 - Tom Terrell, catcher/outfielder (d. 1893)
- 1872 - Dummy Leitner, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1876 - John Hinton, infielder (d. 1920)
- 1881 - Harry Betts, pitcher (d. 1946)
- 1884 - Eddie Cicotte, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Dan Adams, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1892 - Harry Daubert, pinch hitter (d. 1944)
- 1903 - Lou Gehrig, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1941)
- 1906 - Buck Stanton, outfielder (d. 1992)
- 1908 - Bill Swift, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1909 - Casper Asbjornson, catcher (d. 1970)
- 1912 - Red Anderson, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1912 - Don Gutteridge, infielder, manager
- 1922 - George Burpo, pitcher
- 1924 - Jim Blackburn, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1929 - Don Ferrarese, pitcher
- 1931 - Hank Mason, pitcher
- 1935 - Chet Boak, infielder (d. 1983)
- 1937 - Larry Miller, pitcher
- 1938 - Bob Aspromonte, infielder
- 1940 - Isao Harimoto, NPB outfielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1946 - Luis Isaac, coach
- 1946 - Ozzie Osborn, pitcher
- 1949 - Jerry Reuss, pitcher; All-Star
- 1950 - Rudy Arroyo, pitcher
- 1950 - Fernando Gonzalez, infielder
- 1950 - Duane Kuiper, infielder
- 1950 - Jim Slaton, pitcher; All-Star
- 1954 - Johnnie LeMaster, infielder
- 1954 - Tatsuo Omiya, NPB catcher
- 1957 - Bob Gibson, pitcher
- 1958 - Butch Davis, outfielder
- 1961 - Steve Stanicek, designated hitter
- 1962 - Craig Smajstrla, infielder
- 1972 - Kazuhiro Wada, NPB outfielder
- 1973 - Yasuhiko Yabuta, pitcher
- 1974 - Doug Mientkiewicz, infielder
- 1975 - Willis Roberts, pitcher
- 1976 - Dustan Mohr, outfielder
- 1976 - Alex Prieto, infielder
- 1977 - Bruce Chen, pitcher
- 1978 - Dewis Navarro, Spanish national team catcher
- 1978 - Claudio Vargas, pitcher
- 1979 - Martin Almstetter, German national team pitcher
- 1981 - Val Majewski, outfielder
- 1981 - Brooks McNiven, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Douglas Pickens, minor league player
- 1985 - Peter Zocchi, minor league player
- 1987 - Richard Martinez, minor league player
- 1988 - Devin Mesoraco, minor league catcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1904 - Marshall Quinton, catcher/outfielder (b. 1852)
- 1909 - George Dovey, owner (b. ????)
- 1913 - Eddie Quick, pitcher (b. 1881)
- 1916 - John Dodge, infielder (b. 1889)
- 1920 - Ed Barry, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1928 - Jake Weimer, pitcher (b. 1873)
- 1932 - Alonzo Breitenstein, pitcher (b. 1857)
- 1932 - Charlie Getzein, pitcher (b. 1864)
- 1940 - Ed Pabst, outfielder (b. 1868)
- 1943 - Art Goodwin, pitcher (b. 1877)
- 1945 - Bob Gandy, outfielder (b. 1893)
- 1947 - Neal Brady, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1951 - Wally Gerber, infielder (b. 1891)
- 1952 - Dick Crutcher, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1956 - John Monroe, infielder (b. 1898)
- 1971 - Gene Bremmer, Negro League pitcher (b. 1915)
- 1971 - Bert Graham, infielder (b. 1886)
- 1971 - Jack White, infielder (b. 1905)
- 1974 - Hap Morse, infielder (b. 1886)
- 1976 - Prince Oana, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1986 - Jerry Nason, writer (b. 1909)
- 1991 - Pete Rambo, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1993 - Alex Hooks, infielder (b. 1906)
