June 24

From BR Bullpen

Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 24.

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• 1894 - The Chicago Colts score five runs in the top of the 9th to take the lead over Baltimore, but the National League leaders respond with three runs in the bottom of the inning to claim an 11 - 10 win.
• 1901:
  • The Giants edge St. Louis, 3 - 2, when Sammy Strang singles home Piano Legs Hickman in the bottom of the 9th. Christy Mathewson allows six hits in beating Willie Sudhoff, though the Cards' pitcher hits a two-run homer, his only major league round tripper.
  • The Chicago Orphans lose 2 - 1 to Brooklyn when Bill Dahlen hits a sacrifice fly to bring home Brooklyn's Wee Willie Keeler. Brooklyn C Deacon McGuire throws out five Chicago runners.
  • After Cincy loses 8 - 0 in the opener of a twinbill, the Reds' Bill Phillips sets several records in game two as he gives up 19 runs and 22 hits at Philadelphia, losing, 19 - 1. He faces a record 55 batters, with 49 official at bats - both records for the 20th century. Phils pitcher Doc White has four hits, including an inside-the-park home run.
• 1905 - Chicago Cubs rookie right-hander Ed Reulbach wins an 18-inning marathon duel with the Cards' Jack Taylor 2 - 1 in St. Louis. First baseman Frank Chance has 27 putouts and two assists for Chicago.
  • At the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat Boston, 2 - 1, in 12 innings, with Christy Mathewson getting the win. With two outs in the 12th, Matty hits a fly ball to CF Rip Cannell, who drops the ball. Catcher Frank Bowerman, on first base, chugs around with the winning run. Irv Young is the unfortunate loser.
• 1907 - In a Tri-State League at Williamsport, a game with Altoona ends in the 4th inning when a bolt of lightning sets fire to the grandstand. Williamsport pitcher Vickers is so stunned by the ordeal that he needs medical attention.
• 1908:
  • Honus Wagner does it all today, smacking a home run and double, then breaking a 3 - 3 tie with an 8th inning single. He ends his scoring with a steal of home as the Pirates win 5 - 3 over the Reds.
  • The Giants sweep two games from Boston to move into 3rd place. Hooks Wiltse tosses a 2-hit shutout to win, 4 - 0, and Christy Mathewson follows with a 7 - 1 victory over Irv Young in the 2nd match. Matty leaves after seven innings.
  • Charging the Highlander owners with refusing to spend money to build the team, manager Clark Griffith resigns; Kid Elberfeld replaces him following today's 6 - 6 tie with the A's. New York fades fast and finishes last with 103 losses.
• 1910 - In eight innings in the field at Pittsburgh, Cubs 1B Solly Hofman sets an NL record with no putouts. His only assist opportunity is fumbled for an error as Chicago loses, 6 - 5.
• 1911:
  • At Brooklyn's Washington Park, a crowd of 20,000 see Christy Mathewson defeat Elmer Knetzer, 7 - 4, for a Giants victory.
  • In a Reds win in Cincinnati, Cards player-manager Roger Bresnahan is called out on strikes by Bill Klem to end the game. When Roger argues too long over the call, Klem belts him. An embarrassed NL president Tom Lynch will fine the arbiter $50 for the punch.
• 1913 - The Giants tally 11 hits off Cardinal pitcher Dan Griner, but fail to score. St. Louis wins, 1 - 0.
• 1914 - Washington's Walter Johnson is en route to a 2 - 1 home win over the A's when newsboys come through the stands hawking the latest edition of the papers headlining the wedding that evening of the ace to Hazel Roberts. The fiancee is supposedly spotted by the crowd, but the real Ms. Roberts slips by unnoticed.
• 1915 - With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Heinie Zimmerman swipes home to give Chicago a 14 - 13 win over the visiting Cardinals. St. Louis went ahead 13 - 10 but the Cubs score four in the 9th, highlighted by a 2-run pinch double by Zimmerman.
• 1916:
  • The leading Robins sweep a doubleheader against the Giants at Ebbets Field, winning 6 - 4 and 5 - 4. Casey Stengel is the hero in the opener, going 3-for-4.
  • The Red Sox sweep two from the A's, winning 3 - 2 and taking the night cap, 7 - 3 behind Carl Mays. Mays also saves the opener for Dutch Leonard.
• 1917 - Cincinnati splits a pair with the Cardinals, losing 4 - 2 before winning 15 - 4. The Reds' Fred Toney is caught stealing three times in one game, tying a NL record. A Cards catcher will do the same to Hy Myers in two months.
• 1926 - Bullet Joe Bush, 1-8 with the Senators, is handed his release. The Pirates will sign him.
• 1928 - Grover Alexander beats the Reds for the third time in eight days.
• 1931 - Bill Sweeney, Red Sox 1B, makes 21 putouts, one fewer than Hal Chase's 1906 record. Boston outfielders have no putouts as the Red Sox lose 7 - 3 in Cleveland.
• 1933 - Arky Vaughan hits for the cycle, as the Pirates beat the Dodgers 15 - 3.
• 1934 - After being hitless in his last 21 at bats, Babe Ruth hits a grand slam in a 5 - 0 Yankee win over the White Sox.
• 1936 - Rookie Joe DiMaggio ties three major-league records in New York's 10-run 5th inning against the White Sox, hitting 2 home runs for 8 total bases. With 2 doubles, he equals the modern record of four long hits in a game. New York beats St. Louis 18 - 4.
• 1944 - The Cardinals beat the Pirates 16-0 as Cards hurler Mort Cooper tosses a 3-hitter while his teammates pound out 22 hits.
• 1946 - A bus careens off a Cascade Mountain pass road, killing nine members of the Spokane (Western International League) club. Jack Lohrke, a young infielder, had gotten off the bus at its last stop before the accident, on orders to report to San Diego. The future Giant and Phil will be known ever after as "Lucky". Ben Geraghty is also among the survivors.
• 1947 - The Dodgers win 4 - 2 over the Pirates, as Jackie Robinson swipes home for the first of 19 times in his career.
• 1950:
  • With just 11 career homers, catcher Wes Westrum has three home runs and a triple today, as the Giants beat Cincinnati 12 - 2. The Giants belt seven home runs (Hank Thompson, Alvin Dark, Whitey Lockman, Monte Irvin) in the game, with Westrum driving in four runs and scoring five. Sheldon Jones is the winner, scattering eight hits.
  • The Phils top the Cubs 5 - 4 on two-run homers by Granny Hamner and Andy Seminick. Jim Konstanty, in relief of Russ Meyer, hurls four hitless innings to save the win. The Whiz Kids trail the Dodgers by a game.
  • The first-place Dodgers have a contest delayed to New York's Sunday curfew when their game with the Pirates is halted with one out in the 8th, Brooklyn leading 19 - 12. Five homers are hit including a Jackie Robinson grand slam in the 8th. The game will be completed later.
  • Art Houtteman pitches Detroit to a 4 - 1 win over the Yankees. Yogi Berra's homer is the only Yankee score, as New York loses their 4th straight and 8th in 12 games. Detroit now leads the AL by three games.
  • The Newport Canners of the Mountain States League are no-hit by Tom Dunovant of the Harlan Smokies, losing 7 - 0. The previous night, Jose Aguilar, pitching for Newport, recorded a 7 - 0 no-hit win versus the Big Stone Gap Rebels.
• 1953 - The Braves sign 17-year old Joey Jay from Middletown, Connecticut, making him the first Little League player to make it to the major leagues.
• 1955 - In a 18 - 7 loss to the Tigers, Senator 18-year old rookie third baseman Harmon Killebrew hits his first major league home run off Billy Hoeft. "Killer" will finish his 22-year Hall of Fame career with 573 homers.
• 1956 - Ed Bailey of the Redlegs hits three home runs in a 10 - 6 first-game win against the Dodgers. The Redlegs win the nitecap, 2 - 1. Eleven Cincinnati players then make an appearance on the What's My Line? television show that night.
• 1958 - The Yankees erupt for five runs in the 4th inning off Early Wynn to beat the White Sox 6 - 2 at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle's clout into the CF bleachers leads off the inning, followed by a single, walk and Jerry Lumpe's first ML home run, and a home run by Norm Siebern. Ryne Duren K's six of the last nine batters to preserve Bob Turley's win.
• 1960 - Willie Mays hits two home runs, singles, steals home, and makes 10 putouts to lead the Giants in a 5 - 3 win at Cincinnati. Mays has three RBI and three runs scored.
• 1962:
  • Led by a grand slam from Hank Foiles and four RBIs on two home runs from Frank Robinson, the Reds outslug the Dodgers, 12 - 10 at Dodger Stadium.
  • A marathon between the Tigers and Yankees concludes in the 22nd inning when Jack Reed's home run - his only one in the ML - gives New York and Jim Bouton a 9 - 7 victory. Reed replaced Joe Pepitone in the 13th. For the Tigers, Phil Regan takes the loss and Rocky Colavito has seven hits. Bobby Richardson ties a mark by going to the plate 11 times. At an even seven hours, the game is the slowest extra-inning contest in league history and it is the longest game in innings in Yankee history.
• 1964 - University of Wisconsin star slugger Rick Reichardt signs with the Angels. He receives the biggest bonus to that point, an estimated $200,000. The signing is one reason that the amateur draft is put into place to try to level the playing field and hold the line on bonuses.
• 1967 - Mickey Mantle breaks a 3 - 3 tie in the 9th with a home run off Detroit's Fred Gladding to give 9th place New York a 4 - 3 win.
• 1968 - Detroit RF Jim Northrup becomes the 6th American League player to hit two grand slams in one game, connecting in the 5th inning off Eddie Fisher and in the 6th off Billy Rohr, as the Tigers bomb Cleveland 14 - 3. Denny McLain is the victor. First baseman Willie Smith pitches the last three innings, walking just one and allowing one hit and no runs. Detroit's Don Wert is taken to the hospital following a 6th inning beaning which shatters his batting helmet. He will miss just a few games.
• 1969:
  • Richie Allen is fined $2,500 and suspended indefinitely when he fails to appear for the Phillies twi-night doubleheader game with the Mets. Allen had gone to New Jersey in the morning to see a horse race and got caught in traffic trying to return. He will stay suspended until July 20. Allen picked up a $1000 fine in May when, for two straight days, he reportedly arrived at the ballpark after the game had started. Without Allen, the Phils drop a pair, 2 - 1 and 5 - 0. Larry Hisle's homer in the opener off Tom Seaver is the only Phils score. Jim McAndrew is the winner in the nitecap, allowing two hits in eight innings.
  • The White Sox sweep a pair from the Pilots, winning 6 - 4 and 7 - 6 with reliever Wilbur Wood winning both games, giving up a hit in three 2/3 innings in Game One and a hit in two innings of game 2. In game 2, Bill Melton hits three consecutive homers, in the 2nd, 4th and 6th innings, but it takes a homer by Ed Herrmann in the 9th to win it. Jim Bouton pitches in both games for Seattle without allowing a run in three 2/3 innings.
• 1970:
  • In a doubleheader with the Indians at Yankee Stadium, Bobby Murcer ties Lou Gehrig's record of four straight homers. The Yanks lose the opener 7 - 2, despite Murcer's 9th-inning home run off Sam McDowell. Murcer next connects off game 2's starter Mike Paul, hitting a solo shot in the 1st inning. A walk in the 4th, then a 2-run homer off Paul in the 5th, and a game-tying homer in the 8th, off Fred Lasher. New York scores in the bottom of the 9th to salvage a 5 - 4 win. Cleveland 1B Tony Horton hears a boo and literally crawls back to the dugout after fanning on two of Yankee hurler Steve Hamilton's "folly floaters." Sensitive to fans' booing during the season, Horton will be hospitalized, and at 25, this is his last season.
  • In the last game ever played at Crosley Field, Lee May and Johnny Bench hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth off Juan Marichal to give the Reds a 5 - 4 win. After the game, home plate is presented to Mayor Eugene Ruehlman and is flown by helicopter to the Reds' new home, Riverfront Stadium.
• 1971 - The Mets' Tom Seaver smashes an 8th inning homer, off Montreal's Bill Stoneman, to win his own game, 2 - 1.
• 1972 - Culminating a long battle to reach pro baseball, Bernice Gera umpires the first game of a doubleheader between Auburn and Geneva (New York-Pennsylvania League). Several disputes take place and she ejects the Auburn manager, Nolan Campbell. Gera resigns before the 2nd game, leaving in tears, saying resentment from the other umps was a factor in her decision. She will later work in the Mets PR department.
• 1974 - Steve Busby retires the first nine White Sox to set an American League record with 33 consecutive batsmen retired. The Royals lose, however, 3 - 1.
• 1975 - In Atlanta, Joe Morgan lofts a 3-run homer off Phil Niekro to account for all the scoring as the Reds beat the Braves, 3 - 0.
• 1976 - The Braves top the Expos, 2 - 1, but Rowland Office is collared after hitting safely in 29 straight games. Office hit .408 during the streak, which began on May 23rd.
• 1977:
  • Bob Watson hits for the cycle to lead Houston to a 6 - 5 win over the SF Giants. Joe Sambito is the winning pitcher.
  • At Minnesota, Chicago's Ralph Garr hits a three-run homer in the 3rd, but Jim Essian, the baserunner on first base, watches the ball to see if it will be caught and Garr passes him. Garr gets a single and two RBIs. Minnesota still wins, 7 - 6.
  • Before 54,940 at Yankee Stadium, Roy White launches a dramatic 2-out 2-run home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Yanks a 5 - 5 tie with the Red Sox, and New York scores in the next inning on Reggie Jackson's bases-loaded single to win, 6 - 5. White's key hit comes after Bill Campbell retires the first two Yankees in the 9th and then Willie Randolph triples to bring up Bobby Murcer. Sparky Lyle picks up the win, handing Boston their first loss in eight games. With homers from Carl Yastrzemski, Butch Hobson and George Scott, the Sox set a major-league record of 33 homers in 10 games.
• 1978 - The Red Sox lose the first of two games with Minnesota, 5 - 4, to stretch their losing streak to five games. Rod Carew's 2-run double in the 6th inning, off Dick Drago, gives the Twins the 5 - 3 lead. In the nitecap, the Red Sox score four runs in the 6th inning to win, 4 - 2, overcoming the loss of starter Mike Torrez, who was tossed in the 1st inning for protesting a balk call. Carl Yastrzemski drives home a run, collecting his 1,500th career RBI, and Carlton Fisk hits his 15th homer of the year.
• 1979:
  • The Redbirds' Ted Simmons suffers a broken bone in his left wrist during a 6 - 2 loss to the Mets. He will miss 28 games.
  • Rickey Henderson makes his ML debut for Oakland in a 5 - 1 loss to Texas in the first game of a doubleheader. Henderson has a single and double in four at bats, and steals the first base of his ML career.
• 1983 - Milwaukee's Don Sutton strikes out Alan Bannister in the 8th inning of a 3 - 2 win over Cleveland to become the 8th pitcher in ML history with 3,000 career strikeouts. County Stadium is packed with 46,037 fans for the game, mostly to welcome back popular OF Gorman Thomas, who was traded to Cleveland earlier this month.
• 1984:
  • At the Metrodome, Tim Teufel's bloop single in the 9th inning with two on turns into an inside-the-park homer when it bounces over the head of Harold Baines to give the Twins a 3 - 2 win over the White Sox. Rich Dotson is the unlucky loser. The Twins' Randy Bush hit an inside-the-park home run in yesterday's 4 - 3 win over Chicago.
  • After missing two starts, Jack Morris (12 - 3) stops the Brewers, 7 - 1. Ruppert Jones and Lance Parrish hit homers for the Tigers, who have now drawn 165,000 fans for the 4-game series with Milwaukee. Detroit now leads the AL East by 8 1/2 games.
  • Oakland's Joe Morgan hits his 265th career home run as a second baseman, breaking Rogers Hornsby's major-league record for that position. Morgan, who has 267 home runs overall, connects off Frank Tanana in the first inning of the A's 4 - 2 win over Texas.
• 1988 - Cleveland's Doug Jones celebrates his 31st birthday by saving his 14th game in 14 appearances, breaking the major-league record for consecutive saves set last season by Steve Bedrosian. Jones retires all seven batters he faces to close out the Indians' 7 - 5 win over the Yankees.
• 1989:
  • Cardinals OF Vince Coleman steals his 39th and 40th consecutive bases in a 5 - 2 loss to the Pirates to break the major-league record set by Davey Lopes in 1975. Coleman has not been caught stealing since last September 15th.
  • Cleveland's Joe Carter hits three home runs in a game for the third time in his career as the Indians beat Texas 7 - 3. Rangers Charlie Hough and Kenny Rogers combine to allow just six hits - all homers.
• 1991:
  • The Twins' Scott Erickson wins his 12th consecutive decision, tops the majors, stopping the Yankees, 5 - 0, on two hits. He retires 24 of the final 25 batters.
  • California's Dave Winfield goes 5-for-5 and hits for the cycle as the Angels defeat Kansas City, 9 - 4. In so doing, he becomes the oldest player in history (39) to accomplish the feat. He completes the cycle, the first of his career, in the 8th with a triple off infielder Bill Pecota, making his first pitching appearance. Winfield is the first batter faced by Pecota, who takes over when Tom Gordon's hemorrhoids act up.
• 1992:
  • The Mets, behind Doc Gooden, defeat the Cubs, 3 - 2 at New York. Danny Jackson takes the loss. Gooden has now beaten the Cubs 12 straight times. Before his loss in August 1987, he had another streak of 10 straight wins over the Cubs.
  • Yankees P Steve Howe is permanently banned from baseball by Commissioner Fay Vincent after having pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempting to purchase a gram of cocaine. It is Howe's 7th ban from the game, as he becomes the first player ever permanently banned from baseball because of drugs; the ban will later be rescinded.
• 1993:
  • Carlton Fisk of the White Sox, plays his 2,226 and final ML game, surpassing Bob Boone's record of 2,225 for most games caught. Fisk reluctantly retires with 3,999 total bases, the most ever for a catcher. The Sox will exacerbate Fisk's bitterness by refusing to allow him into the locker room after the Sox make the playoffs this year. When the Sox retire Fisk #72 in 1997, Fisk will request that Jerry Reinsdorf and GM Ron Schueler not be there for the ceremony, and when he goes into Cooperstown he will wear a Red Sox cap. A clerical error about three games caught in 1981, in which Fisk relieved, initially gives him a total of 2,229 games caught. This error will appear on Fisk's Hall of Fame plaque when he is inducted, the 5th edition of Total Baseball, and the 1997 edition of The Sports Encyclopedia-Baseball. Other records books such as the final edition of The Baseball Encyclopedia, the 1997 editions of The Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book and the Elias Book of Baseball Records both correctly show him with 2,226 games caught lifetime. SABR historian Wayne McElreavy and others note the discrepancy and the plaque and subsequent editions of the record books will correct the total to 2,226.
  • The Marlins obtain OF Gary Sheffield and P Rich Rodriguez from the Padres for P Trevor Hoffman, Andres Berumen and Jose Martinez. The Fish will give Sheffield a 4-year contract extension in September.
  • The Mets tie an 86-year-old record when they lose to the Cardinals, 8 - 5. They have not won two straight games for the 61st consecutive time.
  • After never having had a multi-homer game in his career, dating back to Little League, Giants 2B Robby Thompson hits two home runs in a game for the second day in a row, leading SF to a 17 - 2 win over the Rockies. Thompson gets five hits on the day for the Giants.
• 1994 - Aided by a 9-run 6th inning, Houston goes on to defeat the Dodgers, 16 - 4. 1B Jeff Bagwell drives home six of the Astros' runs as he slugs three homers, including two in the 6th inning. He is the 28th player in major league history to homer twice in the same inning.
• 1995 - Phillies 2B Mickey Morandini strokes five hits to lead Philadelphia to a 10 - 9 win over the Cardinals. He gets three singles and two doubles, drives home three runs, and scores a pair to help the Phillies maintain their five game lead over Atlanta in the National League East.
• 1996:
  • Ron Gant homers on the first pitch and the Cards go on to beat the Braves, 9 - 2, ending John Smoltz's 14-game winning streak. Brian Jordan has six RBIs to stop Smoltz, who was trying to match Gaylord Perry's 15 game streak in 1974. Smoltz, 4 - 9 against the Cards, has not beaten them since 1992.
  • On Oh! Henry candy bar day in Montreal, Henry Rodriguez bangs two homers to tie for the National League lead at 25. His Expos beat the Pirates, 11 - 3, nine of the runs coming in the 2nd inning. Rodriguez adds a single and 2-run double.
  • Former Yankees P Steve Howe, released by the team just two days ago, is arrested at Kennedy International Airport for carrying a loaded gun in his luggage. He will plead guilty to a misdemeanor and receive three years probation and 150 hours of community service.
• 1997:
  • At Seattle, the Mariners fall to the Athletics, 4 - 1, despite a 19-strikeout performance by Randy Johnson. The 19 Ks are the most ever by an American League left-hander. Mark McGwire turns one Johnson fastball into a homer that travels an estimated 538 feet.
  • 1B Tino Martinez hits two singles, a double, and a pair of home runs while driving in four as the Yankees top Detroit, 12 - 9. Chad Curtis adds five ribbies for NY.
• 1998:
  • The Indians trade OF Geronimo Berroa to the Tigers for P Tim Worrell and minor league OF Dave Roberts.
  • Despite Jeff Bagwell's two homers - #200 and #201 - the Astros lose to the Rockies, 8 - 6.
• 1999:
  • The Angels defeat the Mariners, 12 - 7, as 2B Randy Velarde and DH Mo Vaughn both go 5-for-6. Velarde homers and drives home four runs, while Vaughn homers twice and brings home 6.
  • The Reds defeat the Astros, 3 - 0, as Ron Villone and Danny Graves combine to toss a one-hitter. A single by C Tony Eusebio is Houston's only safety.
• 2000:
  • The Reds beat the Padres, 11 - 5, as Barry Larkin goes 5-for-5 with two home runs, four RBIs, and four runs scored.
  • The Giants defeat the Astros, 13 - 4, as C Doug Mirabelli strokes five hits, including three doubles and a home run.
  • The Tigers trim the Indians, 14 - 8, in the second game of a day-night doubleheader behind OF Bobby Higginson's three home runs and six RBIs. The Indians take the first game by a score of 8 - 1.
  • The Cardinals defeat the Dodgers, 6 - 1, behind Mark McGwire's major-league-leading 28th home run of the season. It is McGwire's 550th career homer.
• 2001 - The Royals send C Sal Fasano and P Mac Suzuki to the Rockies for C Brent Mayne.
• 2003 - With a bunt single in the second, a double in the fifth, a triple in the sixth, and a homer in the seventh, Brad Wilkerson becomes the fifth Expo player to hit for the cycle. The left fielder's 4-for-4 performance, which drives in four runs' enables the Expos to beat the Pirates, 6 - 4.
• 2005 - Thanks to Bernie Williams dropping a ball in center field, the Mets become the first National League to hit three sacrifice flies in one inning. Backstop Ramon Castro's sac fly to right ties the game at 1 - 1 as David Wright advances to third; the Yankee's centerfielder then drops Jose Reyes' deep fly ball allowing Wright to score; Mike Cameron skies to right plating Doug Mientkiewicz, who had advanced to third on errant pick-off throw.
• 2007:
  • Oregon State University wins the 2007 College World Series in the first finals rematch in 34 years, as they face the University of North Carolina. They become the first College World Series champion to have finished under .500 in conference play, having gone 10-14 in the Pacific-10 Conference and almost being left out of the field of 64 for the tournament. They only trail for one inning out of 45 in the CWS and handily win the finale, 9 - 3.
  • Roger Clemens makes his first relief appearance in 22 years, 341 days, a new MLB record. Steve Carlton (15 years, 343 days) had held the record previously. Clemens had not pitched in relief since his rookie season. He volunteered to fill in when the Yankees had worn out their bullpen in 13 innings a day previously.
• 2008 - For the first time since game 7 of the 1960 World Series, the New York Yankees visit Pittsburgh, PA. After Bill Mazeroski, the hero of that game 7, throws out the first pitch, the home team pulls off a reenactment of 1960, upsetting New York. The Pirates top the Yanks, 12 - 5, with six Bucs getting multiple hits. Ryan Doumit goes 3 for 5 with a homer, two runs and two RBI and Freddy Sanchez scores three times while Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Jason Giambi go a combined 1 for 12.
• 2009:
  • Jared Mitchell hits a 3-run homer to help lead the Louisiana State University Tigers to a 11 - 4 win in the finale of the 2009 College World Series. It is LSU's sixth title, tying the University of Texas (the 2009 runner-up) for second-most College World Series pennants.
  • Vladimir Guerrero hits his first home run since April 12 in Los Angeles' 11 - 3 win over the Colorado Rockies, who lose their second straight after winning 17 of their previous 18 games. Guerrero and Bobby Abreu drive in 3 runs each for the Angels and Joe Saunders picks up the win while Jason Marquis fails in his bid to become the majors' first 10-game winner.

[edit] Births

• 1865 - Billy Nash, infielder, manager (d. 1929)
• 1867 - Jake Stenzel, outfielder (d. 1919)
• 1869 - Kirtley Baker, pitcher (d. 1927)
• 1869 - John Weyhing, pitcher (d. 1890)
• 1872 - Jack Katoll, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1876 - Bill Hanlon, infielder (d. 1905)
• 1882 - John Kull, pitcher (d. 1936)
• 1884 - Willy Fetzer, pinch hitter (d. 1959)
• 1886 - Doc Cook, outfielder (d. 1973)
• 1887 - Henry Keupper, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1889 - Paul Musser, pitcher (d. 1973)
• 1891 - Al Clauss, pitcher (d. 1952)
• 1892 - Howard Fahey, infielder (d. 1971)
• 1892 - George Harper, outfielder (d. 1978)
• 1897 - Oliver Marcelle, Negro League infielder (d. 1949)
• 1900 - Juan Ley Fong, minor league executive; Salon de la Fama (d. 1969)
• 1904 - Bobby Reeves, infielder (d. 1993)
• 1906 - Johnny Gottselig, AAGPBL manager (d. 1986)
• 1907 - Rollie Hemsley, catcher; All-Star (d. 1972)
• 1913 - Hal Kelleher, pitcher (d. 1989)
• 1915 - Buster Adams, outfielder (d. 1990)
• 1915 - Bob Stewart, umpire
• 1917 - Al Gerheauser, pitcher (d. 1972)
• 1919 - Jim Mills, minor league infielder-outfielder and manager (d. 2008)
• 1923 - Mel Hoderlein, infielder (d. 2001)
• 1925 - Jack Banta, pitcher (d. 2006)
• 1925 - Wally Yonamine, NPB outfielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1935 - Charlie Dees, infielder
• 1937 - Jim Campbell, catcher
• 1938 - Don Mincher, infielder; All-Star
• 1946 - Orlando Gomez, coach
• 1951 - Mike Bruhert, pitcher
• 1951 - Ken Reitz, infielder; All-Star
• 1956 - George Vukovich, outfielder
• 1957 - Doug Jones, pitcher; All-Star
• 1958 - Tom Klawitter, pitcher
• 1962 - Charlie Mitchell, pitcher
• 1971 - Chip Glass, minor league outfielder
• 1971 - Toshihiro Noguchi, NPB catcher
• 1973 - Todd Betts, minor league infielder
• 1973 - Kevin Hodges, pitcher
• 1973 - Ryan Nye, pitcher
• 1973 - Rob Ryan, outfielder
• 1979 - Jason Romano, outfielder
• 1980 - Paul Bell, minor league infielder
• 1980 - Doug Bernier, infielder
• 1983 - Jeremy Papelbon, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Josh Papelbon, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Lei Li, Chinese national team outfielder
• 1985 - Matt McGraw, minor league outfielder
• 1985 - Kentaro Takasaki, NPB pitcher
• 1986 - Philip Hughes, pitcher
• 1986 - Orlando J. Díaz, Division Honor catcher
• 1986 - Keijiro Matsumoto, NPB outfielder
• 1987 - Juan Francisco, infielder
• 1989 - Yusuke Nomura, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1990 - Yung-hoon Sung, KBO pitcher
• 1991 - Shelby Gordon, Women's Baseball World Cup pitcher

[edit] Deaths

• 1906 - Joe Strauss, outfielder (b. 1858)
• 1907 - Billy Klusman, infielder (b. 1865)
• 1921 - Charlie Hall, outfielder (b. 1863)
• 1922 - Dan O'Leary, outfielder, manager (b. 1856)
• 1926 - John Gillespie, outfielder (b. 1862)
• 1928 - Frank Cox, infielder (b. 1857)
• 1940 - Bert Adams, catcher (b. 1891)
• 1940 - Axel Lindstrom, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1946 - Mel Cole, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1914)
• 1957 - Jack Burns, infielder (b. 1880)
• 1959 - Joe Ogrodowski, pitcher (b. 1906)
• 1962 - Steve Basil, umpire (b. ????)
• 1963 - Jud Wilson, Negro League infielder; Hall of Fame (b. 1897)
• 1964 - Bruce Dudley, minor league executive (b. ????)
• 1965 - Johnny Humphries, pitcher (b. 1915)
• 1967 - Roy Castleton, pitcher (b. 1885)
• 1969 - John Perrin, outfielder (b. 1898)
• 1971 - Thomas Kain, minor league pitcher/manager and scout (b. 1905)
• 1974 - Joe Burns, infielder (b. 1916)
• 1977 - Shigeo Mori, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1906)
• 1984 - Jim Roberts, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1986 - Loy Hanning, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 1987 - Fred Newman, pitcher (b. 1942)
• 1991 - Bud Swartz, pitcher (b. 1929)
• 1992 - Vern Curtis, pitcher (b. 1920)
• 1999 - Takehiko Bessho, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1922)
• 2003 - Jack Bruner, pitcher (b. 1924)
• 2006 - Chink Zachary, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 2007 - Giles Knowles, minor league pitcher (b. 1917)