May 7
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on May 7.
[edit] Events
- 1917 - Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox allows only two hits as he outpitches Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1 - 0, at Griffith Stadium. Ruth helps himself by driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.
- 1922 - Jesse Barnes of the New York Giants pitches the only no-hitter of the year, beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 6 - 0, at the Polo Grounds.
- 1925 - At Forbes Field, Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Glenn Wright tunrs an unassisted triple play in the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals when he catches Jim Bottomley's line drive, steps on second base to double Jimmy Cooney, and tags Rogers Hornsby coming from first. Despite Wright's effort, the Cardinals win, 10 - 9.
- 1940 - The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first National League team to fly when they travel by air to Chicago from St. Louis.
- 1957 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Herb Score is hit on the right eye by a line drive off the bat of the Yankees' Gil McDougald in the first inning. The ball breaks Score's nose and damages his eye; he will miss the rest of the season.
- 1959 - A crowd of 93,103 comes to the Los Angeles Coliseum on Roy Campanella Night to show their affection for the paralyzed Dodger catcher. The Dodgers are beaten by the New York Yankees, 6 - 2, in an exhibition game that follows the ceremonies.
- 1960 - Norm Sherry, a back-up catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, hits a walk-off home run in the 11th inning to give his brother, relief pitcher Larry Sherry, a 3 - 2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1966 - After only four victories in the first twenty games, New York Yankees manager Johnny Keane is fired and replaced by the team's general manager and former skipper, Ralph Houk.
- 1970 - Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Wes Parker completes the cycle by hitting a triple in the tenth inning to beat the New York Mets, 7 - 4, at Shea Stadium. Parker becomes the first Dodger to hit for the cycle since Gil Hodges did it with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949.
- 1975 - The Atlanta Braves trade holdout first baseman Dick Allen and catcher Johnny Oates to the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher Jim Essian, outfielder Barry Bonnell, and cash. Allen had refused to report to the Braves after being acquired in an off-season deal with the Chicago White Sox.
- 1986 - Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Garry Maddox announces his retirement at the age of 36. Properly nicknamed "Secretary of Defense", the slick-fielding Maddox won eight Gold Gloves.
- 1995 - Former All-Star outfielder Gus Bell dies at the age of 66. As the patriarch of a three-generation baseball family, Bell reached the 100-RBI mark four times while starring for the Cincinnati Reds. His son, Buddy, and his grandsons, David and Mike, later played in the major leagues.
- 1997 - The Montreal Expos score 13 runs to set a National League record for runs in a sixth inning during their 19 - 3 win over the San Francisco Giants. Montreal adds five runs in the fifth to set a National League record for runs in consecutive innings with 18.
- 1999:
- Carlos Lee becomes the first player in Chicago White Sox history to hit a home run in his first major league at-bat in the 7 - 1 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
- In the biggest comeback in Jacobs Field history, the Cleveland Indians score 18 runs in the final three innings to overcome a 9 - 1 deficit and beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 20 - 11. Tampa Bay's first baseman Fred McGriff sets a major league record by homering in his 34th major league ballpark.
- Rookie Bruce Aven hits the first pinch-hit grand slam in Florida Marlins history, helping his team to beat the Dodgers 6 - 3.
- Hideki Irabu of the New York Yankees opposes Mac Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners in the first match up of Japanese starting pitchers in major league history.
- Larry Walker hits a two-out home run in the first inning as the Colorado Rockies tie a National League record by scoring in 14 consecutive innings. The mark was established by the 1894 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1949 New York Giants. The major league mark is 17 set by the Boston Americans in 1903.
- 2003 - Seventy-nine year old Wayne Terwilliger becomes the oldest manager in minor league history. Terwilliger, who has managed 12 minor league teams, will lead the Fort Worth Cats to the Central Baseball League championship in 2005. He will retire after the season with a record of 1,224 wins and 1,089 losses. Only Connie Mack (at 87) is ahead of Terwilliger in being the eldest manager ever in professional baseball.
- 2005 - Julio Franco of the Atlanta Braves goes 3-for-4 including his first home run of the season in a 4 - 1 victory over the Houston Astros. Franco, who turns 47 on August 23, becomes the second-oldest player in major league history to homer at 46 years, 257 days. Jack Quinn, a pitcher who accomplished the feat when he was 100 days older, hit a home run for the Philadelphia Athletics on June 27, 1930.
- 2008:
- In a 13-1 win by the Twins, Carlos Gomez hits for the cycle, the first Twins player to do so since Kirby Puckett in 1986. Gomez homers off Mark Buehrle in the first, triples in the fifth, doubles in the sixth and singles in the 9th, driving in runs on each of the first three hits.
- Rookie Joey Votto becomes the 23rd member of the Cincinnati Reds to hit three home runs in a game. Votto, who starred for Canada in the 2005 Baseball World Cup, goes deep off Jon Lieber, Sean Marshall and Sean Gallagher in a 9-0 win over the Cubs. The Reds still have the worst record in their division.
- The Pirates top the Giants, 3-1, as Phil Dumatrait gets his first major league win. Barry Zito falls to 0-7, the first Giants hurler since Bill Clarkson in 1927 to reach such depths in just 7 starts.
- 2009:
- The Dodgers' star outfielder Manny Ramirez is suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a banned substance. He is the most prominent player yet caught under MLB's policy implemented in 2005.
- The Red Sox score 12 runs in the 6th inning before recording an out in their 13 - 3 win over Cleveland. Jason Bay drives in four of the runs with a double and a three-run homer in the record-tying scoring spree.
- Arizona fires manager Bob Melvin after losing 4 - 3 to the Padres in 10 innings. The D-Backs have started the year 12-17 and are already 8½ games back of Los Angeles.
[edit] Births
- 1866 - Joe Neale, pitcher (d. 1913)
- 1874 - Case Patten, pitcher (d. 1935)
- 1880 - Mickey Doolan, infielder (d. 1951)
- 1887 - Henri Rondeau, outfielder (d. 1943)
- 1888 - Paul Smith, outfielder (d. 1958)
- 1888 - Gus Williams, outfielder (d. 1964)
- 1889 - Wilson Collins, outfielder (d. 1941)
- 1892 - Allan Travers, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1893 - Bill Hobbs, infielder (d. 1945)
- 1896 - Tom Zachary, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1898 - Gabriel Atristain, minor league umpire (d. 1990)
- 1899 - Eddie Pick, infielder (d. 1967)
- 1902 - Sal Gliatto, pitcher (d. 1995)
- 1905 - Dave Barbee, outfielder (d. 1968)
- 1906 - Syd Cohen, pitcher (d. 1988)
- 1908 - Harry Davis, infielder (d. 1997)
- 1909 - Ed Heusser, pitcher (d. 1956)
- 1913 - Art Doll, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1917 - Al Papai, pitcher (d. 1995)
- 1918 - Al Epperly, pitcher (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Tokuji Kawasaki, NPB pitcher and manager (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Al Cihocki, infielder
- 1929 - Dick Williams, infielder, manager
- 1937 - Claude Raymond, pitcher; All-Star
- 1940 - Mike Gillespie, college coach
- 1942 - John Flavin, pitcher
- 1943 - Steve Whitaker, outfielder
- 1944 - Billy Murphy, outfielder
- 1948 - Ken Hottman, outfielder
- 1955 - Bob Ferris, pitcher
- 1956 - Paul Elliott, minor league manager
- 1961 - Manny Hernandez, pitcher
- 1969 - Masahito Kohiyama, NPB pitcher
- 1970 - Brook Fordyce, catcher
- 1970 - Mark Smith, outfielder
- 1977 - Casey Smith, minor league infielder
- 1979 - Jim Ed Warden, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Ryan Prahm, minor league player
- 1982 - Conor Jackson, infielder
- 1984 - James Loney, infielder
- 1988 - Isaias Velasquez, minor league infielder
[edit] Deaths
- 1905 - Al Mays, pitcher (b. 1865)
- 1912 - Gus Alberts, infielder (b. 1861)
- 1935 - Sid Farrar, infielder (b. 1859)
- 1943 - Bill Coughlin, infielder (b. 1878)
- 1946 - Walter Cazen, minor league outfielder (b. 1911)
- 1946 - Bill Fincher, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1946 - Bill Fox, infielder (b. 1872)
- 1947 - Mike McDermott, pitcher (b. 1864)
- 1948 - Hi Ladd, outfielder (b. 1870)
- 1949 - John Durham, pitcher (b. 1881)
- 1951 - Ezra Lincoln, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1952 - Red Bluhm, pinch hitter (b. 1894)
- 1956 - Tommy Atkins, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1966 - Bing Miller, outfielder (b. 1894)
- 1969 - Ray Mack, infielder; All-Star (b. 1916)
- 1973 - Ralph Miller, pitcher, oldest living player (b. 1873)
- 1979 - Johnny Berger, catcher (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Marty McHale, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1987 - Boom-Boom Beck, pitcher (b. 1904)
- 1989 - Howie Moss, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 1993 - Thurman Tucker, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1917)
- 1995 - Gus Bell, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Dick Kimble, infielder (b. 1915)
- 2009 - Danny Ozark, manager (b. 1923)
