June 19

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 Knickerbockers' best players.
• 1893 - Piggy Ward reaches base for the 17th consecutive plate appearance, an all-time major league record. Ward was traded in the middle of the streak.
• 1900 - In a great pitching duel, Clark Griffith of the Chicago Orphans and Rube Waddell of the Pittsburgh Pirates match shutouts during 13 innings, before Griffith's double in the bottom of the 14th drives in the only run. Waddell strikes out 12.
• 1903 - Lou Gehrig is born in New York City. Gehrig will make his major league debut with the New York Yankees in 1923. He will become the Yankees' everyday first baseman, replacing Wally Pipp and set a record for the longest consecutive games played streak while combining with Babe Ruth to form one of the greatest run-producing tandems of all time.
• 1913 - Wilbur Good hits the first pinch-hit home run in Chicago Cubs history, off Grover Alexander in the 8th inning, in a 2 - 1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
• 1927:
  • Jack Scott of the Philadelphia Phillies performs an ironman feat by pitching two complete games in 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 on the same day.
  • Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates ends his 23-game hitting streak, a day after his extra-base hit streak was stopped at 14 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 extends his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 against the Boston Bees. Vander Meer, coming off two straight no-hitters, sees the streak come to an end when he gives up a single to Debs Garms in the 4th inning.
• 1941 - Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hits in his 32nd consecutive game, en route to his 56 game hitting streak, going 3 for 3, including a home run, against the Chicago White Sox.
• 1942 - Paul Waner reaches the exclusive 3000 hit club with a single off Rip Sewell. Waner, playing for the Boston Braves, collects the milestone hit against his former team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who win the game, 7 - 6, in 11 innings
• 1952 - Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches a 5 - 0 no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
• 1955:
  • Ted Williams, held hitless for three straight games, blasts a pair of towering home runs as the Red Sox overpower Cleveland, 11 - 8. The Associated Press reports: "Williams leaned into a fastball by rookie fireballer Herb Score for a 450-foot drive into the dead centerfield bleachers in the 5th inning to end a hitless string at ten official times at bat. In the 8th inning, he connected again for a 430-foot drive into the right field stands off the veteran Bob Feller."
  • Dale Long goes 4 for 4 with 2 homers and 3 RBI as Pittsburgh defeats Cincinnati, 5 - 2. Long's teammate, rookie Roberto Clemente, starts off the 1st and 3rd innings with singles and hits a two-run, 9th-inning home run off former Montreal teammate Joe Black.
• 1961 - New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris hits a 9th-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. After the game, A's owner Charlie Finley makes his first managerial change, replacing the recently-hired Joe Gordon in favor of Hank Bauer.
• 1963 - Gates Brown of the Detroit Tigers becomes 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 defeat the Phillies, 6 - 5, in 15 innings. Ken Singleton homers in the 14th inning to re-tie the game and Donn Clendenon homers in the 15th to win it.
• 1972:
  • The United States Supreme Court rules 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.
  • With a double, home run and 3 RBI, Roberto Clemente passes Hall of Fame third baseman Pie Traynor on the Pittsburgh Pirates' all-time RBI list, bringing his career total to 1,275, still 200 shy of all-time leader Honus Wagner. Clemente's 5th-inning RBI double off Don Sutton ties Traynor's mark and puts Pittsburgh up by 2, en route to a 13 - 3 rout of the Dodgers. Mike Strahler then gives up an 8th-inning, two-run laser into Three Rivers Stadium's left field seats. Willie Stargell, will ultimately eclipse both Clemente's final total of 1,305 RBI and Wagner's long-standing mark of 1,475.
• 1973:
  • Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers both collect their 2,000th hits. It is a single for Rose against the San Francisco Giants and a home run for Davis against the Atlanta Braves.
  • Tampico's Silvano Quezada drops a 4 - 1 decision to the Mexico City Tigers, ending a Mexican League record run of 16 straight victories, dating back to April 8th.
• 1974 - Steve Busby of the Kansas City Royals pitches his second no-hitter in 14 months, a 2 - 0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Busby strikes out three batters and walks one to lead off the 2nd inning, George Scott, for the Brewers' only baserunner.
• 1977:
  • The Cleveland Indians fire Frank Robinson, the first black manager in major league history, and replace him with 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 give the Red Sox a major league record 16 in three games. Boston hit six homers on June 17th and five on June 18th, also against the Yankees. The Yankees hit no homers in the three-game series.
• 1979 - At Yankee Stadium, 36,211 fans show up to witness the return of Billy Martin as Yankees manager in a 5 - 4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Martin was named to replace Bob Lemon the previous day, and begins his second stint as Yankee skipper a season earlier than previously announced.
• 1988 - Bert Blyleven wins his 250th career game as Minnesota beat Seattle, 3 - 1. Jeff Reardon posts his 20th save, giving him seven straight 20-save seasons.
• 1989 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets records 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 plays 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 goes deep against the Toronto Blue Jays.
• 2001 - Ellis Burks of the Cleveland Indians hits 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.
• 2009:
  • Marcus Thames hits a pair of two-run home runs as Detroit beats Milwaukee, 10 - 4, in a rain-shortened game that ends with one out in the bottom of the 7th, after being delayed for more than two hours in the 4th. Zach Miner picks up the win in relief in the wild game in which video replay reviews deprive Dusty Ryan of an apparent home run in the 1st but grant one to Miguel Cabrera two innings later.
  • In the first contest of a doubleheader, Levi Maxwell of the Winston-Salem Dash no-hits the Wilmington Blue Rocks in a 7-inning game. It is the first Carolina League no-hitter in three years and the first for a Winston-Salem team since 2001.
• 2010:
  • The Twins have to fight all game to end up 13 - 10 winners over the Phillies. Trailing by 5 runs after 8 innings, they score 5 runs in the 9th, one in the 10th and 3 more in the 11th to win the game. Delmon Young delivers the game-winning hit with an infield single in the 11th; other highlight include a pinch-homer by Jim Thome in the 9th and another by Drew Butera in the 10th, the first long ball of the rookie's career. Joe Mauer hits a homer of his own in the 9th, a two-run shot against Phillies closer Brad Lidge that ties the game at 9-all.
  • To celebrate the ongoing 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the Marlins give away 15,000 vuvuzelas, the loud plastic trumpets whose drone has dominated soccer broadcasts for the past week, for their game against the Rays. The Rays emerge with an ear-shattering, 11-inning, 9 - 8 victory in which James Shields has to make the first relief appearance of his career for Tampa Bay. The Rays draw a team-record 12 walks in a game that features 16 different pitchers.
  • Kevin Millwood, signed in the off-season to be the Orioles' ace, finally records his first win of the year for the last-place team, after 8 straight defeats. It's a hard slog, as the O's prevail, 5 - 4, over San Diego as Millwood needs the help of three relievers, including Alfredo Simon, who picks up the save in his return from the disabled list.
• 2011:
  • The Marlins lose again, this time 2 - 1 to the Rays, when James Shields pitches a complete game. Before what turns out to be the team's 18th loss in its last 19 games, Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez announces his resignation. Bench coach Brandon Hyde is at the helm for today's loss.
  • The Cardinals beat the Royals, 4 - 3, on Skip Schumaker's walk-off home run in the 9th inning, but are more concerned about a wrist injury sustained by All-Star 1B Albert Pujols in the 6th inning as he attempts to make a tag on Wilson Betemit. Pujols' glove hand slams into Betemit and he falls to the ground in pain with what is first diagnosed as a sprained wrist. Tests conducted the next day will reveal a fracture.
• 2012:
  • Joel Peralta of the Rays enters a game against the Nationals in relief of David Price in the 8th inning, but is ejected before throwing a pitch for having pine tar on his glove. It is Nats' manager Davey Johnson, Peralta's former skipper, who advises umpire Tim Tschida to check the pitcher's glove, giving rise to suspicion that the hurler may have been a habitual offender in this respect. The ejection comes with an automatic 10-game suspension. The Rays still manage to win the game, 5 - 4.
  • Asdrubal Cabrera hits a walk-off two-run homer off fireballer Aroldis Chapman in the 10th inning to give Cleveland a come-from-behind 3 - 2 win over the Reds. Nick Hagadone had put the Reds ahead in the top of the inning with a pair of wild pitches that allowed Chris Heisey to score. The win puts the Indians back in first place in the AL Central.
  • Phillies rookie 2B Freddy Galvis is suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a synthetic steroid.

[edit] Births

• 1857 - 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 (d. 2008)
• 1918 - Conklyn Meriwether, minor league player (d. 1996)
• 1918 - Archie Ware, Negro League infielder (d. 1990)
• 1922 - George Burpo, pitcher
• 1924 - Jim Blackburn, pitcher (d. 1969)
• 1929 - Don Ferrarese, pitcher
• 1929 - Ray Nemec, researcher
• 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
• 1967 - Hector Miyauchi, NPB outfielder
• 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, Italian Baseball League catcher
• 1978 - Claudio Vargas, pitcher
• 1979 - Martin Almstetter, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1979 - Olivier Berrebi, Division Elite pitcher
• 1979 - Hyun-sam Myung, South Korean womens' national team pitcher
• 1981 - Val Majewski, outfielder
• 1981 - Brooks McNiven, minor league pitcher
• 1981 - Yoshiyuki Ohtsuka, minor league infielder
• 1981 - José Yepez, catcher
• 1982 - Matthew Blackmore, Division Elite pitcher
• 1982 - Dusty Brown, catcher
• 1982 - Jeff Urgelles, minor league catcher
• 1983 - Björn Henrichs, Hoofdklasse infielder
• 1984 - Francisco Plasencia, minor league outfielder
• 1985 - Blake Parker, pitcher
• 1985 - Douglas Pickens, minor league catcher
• 1985 - P.J. Zocchi, minor league player
• 1987 - Richard Martinez, minor league player
• 1987 - Collin McHugh, pitcher
• 1988 - Anel De Los Santos, minor league catcher
• 1988 - Devin Mesoraco, catcher
• 1991 - Christian Villanueva, minor league infielder
• 1992 - Jesse Aussems, Hoofdklasse infielder
• 1992 - Oscar Taveras, minor league outfielder

[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. 1897)
• 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)
• 1975 - Hook Mylin, college coach (b. 1894)
• 1976 - Prince Oana, pitcher/outfielder (b. 1910)
• 1986 - Jerry Nason, writer (b. 1909)
• 1991 - Pete Rambo, pitcher (b. 1906)
• 1993 - Alex Hooks, infielder (b. 1906)
• 1997 - Pat Rigby, scout (b. 1940)
• 2009 - Red Boucher, founder/manager of Alaska Goldpanners (b. 1921)