October 14

Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 14.

[edit] Events

• 1896 - Future Negro Leagues star and Hall of Famer Oscar Charleston is born in Indianapolis.
• 1905 - Christy Mathewson shuts out the Philadelphia Athletics, 2 - 0, to give the New York Giants the World Series in five games. All are shutouts, with Mathewson getting three, Joe McGinnity one, and Chief Bender of Philadelphia one.
• 1906 - The Chicago White Sox jump on the Chicago Cubs' Three Finger Brown for seven runs in the first two innings and coast behind Doc White to a 7 - 1 World Series-ending victory. The losers share of $439.50 for the Cubs is the lowest ever.
• 1908:
  • Before the smallest crowd in World Series history (6,210), the host Detroit Tigers are tamed on three hits by Orval Overall, who strikes out 10 in a 2 - 0 triumph. The Chicago Cubs win the World Series in five games. Upset over seating arrangements at the World Series, sports reporters form a professional group that will become the Baseball Writers Association of America.
• 1909 - George Mullin of the Detroit Tigers outlasts three Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers for a 5 - 4 victory sends the World Series to a seventh game in Detroit. This is the first World Series to go the limit.
• 1911 - The Philadelphia Athletics go into the World Series minus their star rookie first baseman Stuffy McInnis. The veteran Harry Davis replaces him and drives in the first run as Chief Bender tries again to outpitch Christy Mathewson. The New York Giants are dressed in the same black uniforms they wore in their 1905 conquest of the Athletics, and this Series starts as their last meeting ended: Mathewson wins it, 2 - 1. The largest crowd ever to watch a ball game - 38,281 - is at the Polo Grounds. Gate receipts are $77,379.
• 1912 - Rube Marquard pitches a complete game and Buck Herzog has four hits with two doubles and three stolen bases, as the New York Giants beat the Boston Red Sox, 5 - 2, in Game Six of the World Series.
• 1923 - Joe Bush spins a three-hitter as the New York Yankees beat the New York Giants, 8 - 1, in Game Five of the World Series. The Yankees lead the Series 3-2.
• 1927 - Walter Johnson retires as a player. He will return to the majors as a manager.
• 1929 - The Philadelphia Athletics rally for three runs in the 9th inning to beat the Chicago Cubs, 3 - 2, and take the World Series in five games. A two-run home run by Mule Haas ties the game and Bing Miller hits a RBI double to get the victory. There won't be another winning rally by a team down two runs in the 9th inning of a Series final game in the 20th century. The Arizona Diamondbacks, in 2001, will do it next.
• 1964 - In Game Six of the World Series, New York Yankees Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs on back-to-back pitches from Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Joe Pepitone belts a grand slam. New York wins, 8 - 3, at St. Louis and evens the Series.
• 1965 - Sandy Koufax pitches his second shutout to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2 - 0 victory over the Minnesota Twins and the World Series in seven games.
• 1968 - The National League holds an expansion draft for two new teams: the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres. The list of players taken in the draft includes future Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm and notables like Nate Colbert, Donn Clendenon, Cito Gaston, Dave Giusti, Mudcat Grant, Al McBean, Manny Mota and Maury Wills. The American League will hold its draft tomorrow.
• 1969 - Tommie Agee and Ed Kranepool hit home runs, Agee makes two brilliant catches in center field, and the New York Mets blank the Baltimore Orioles, 5 - 0. The underdog Mets take a 2-1 World Series lead.
• 1971 - Nelson Briles of the Pittsburgh Pirates throws a two-hit shutout against the Baltimore Orioles for a 4 - 0 victory which gives the Pirates a 3-2 edge in the World Series.
• 1972 - Catcher Gene Tenace becomes the first player ever to hit home runs in each of his first two at-bats in the World Series, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 3 - 2 opening-game victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
• 1973 - The New York Mets win Game Two of the World Series, 10 - 7, scoring four runs in an 11th inning that features the last major league hit by Willie Mays and two errors by Oakland Athletics second baseman Mike Andrews. Oakland owner Charlie Finley subsequently puts Andrews on the disabled list in a move that will be questioned by commissioner Bowie Kuhn and then reversed.
• 1975 - The Cincinnati Reds take a 2-1 lead in the World Series with a controversial 6 - 5, 10-inning victory over the Boston Red Sox in Cincinnati. In the 10th inning, Reds pinch-hitter Ed Armbrister attempts a sacrifice bunt and bounces the ball in front of the plate. Boston catcher Carlton Fisk, in an attempt to field the ball, collides with Armbrister and throws the ball into center field in an attempt to force Cesar Gerónimo at second base. Gerónimo goes to third base and later scores the game winner, as Armbrister moves to second. Home plate umpire Larry Barnett rules there is no interference despite heated protests by the Red Sox.
• 1976 - Chris Chambliss hits a 9th-inning home run off Mark Littell to give the New York Yankees a 7 - 6 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS and their first American League pennant since 1964.
• 1984 - Kirk Gibson hits two home runs to lead the Detroit Tigers to an 8 - 4 victory and the World Series in five games over the San Diego Padres.
• 1992:
  • The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Canadian baseball team to reach the World Series with a 9 - 2 victory over the Oakland Athletics in Game Six of the American League Championship Series. Joe Carter and Candy Maldonado hit home runs for Toronto.
  • Pinch-hitter Francisco Cabrera delivers a two-out single in the bottom of the 9th inning, driving in the tying and winning runs for the Atlanta Braves in Game Seven of the National League Championship Series. Cabrera's heroics give the Braves a dramatic 3 - 2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a spot in the World Series.
• 1997 - Kevin Brown pitches a complete game and Bobby Bonilla collects three RBI as the Florida Marlins defeat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 4, winning the National League Championship Series, 4-2.
• 1998 - The San Diego Padres reach the World Series for the first time since 1984, shutting down the Atlanta Braves' comeback bid behind MVP Sterling Hitchcock, for a 5 - 0 victory in Game Six of the NLCS.
• 2000 - Giving the Yankees a 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series, Roger Clemens strikes out a series record-setting 15 and one-hits the Seattle Mariners, 5 - 0.
• 2002 - Ending the regular season with a record of 90-46-1, Japan's Seibu Lions post the Pacific League's highest win total in 46 years. Slugger Alex Cabrera fails to hit a home run in the team's last five games and has to settle with tying the single-season home run record with 55 along with Sadaharu Oh (1964) and Tuffy Rhodes (2001).
• 2003 - Holding a 3 - 0 lead and needing only five more outs to reach the World Series for the first time since 1945, the Chicago Cubs give up eight runs on five hits, three walks and an error to the Florida Marlins. Chicago appears to come apart after a Cubs fan, sitting along the left-field foul line at Wrigley Field, tries to catch a foul ball that is about to be caught by Cubs' outfielder Moises Alou for the second out of the inning. The Cubs also will lose the seventh and final game of the NLCS.
• 2011:
  • The Cardinals take a 3-2 lead over Milwaukee in the NLCS with a 7 - 1 win at home, even though, once again, their starting pitcher, Jaime Garcia, fails to reach the 6th inning. The longest outing by a Cards starter this series has been a five-inning stint by Chris Carpenter in Game 3. However, the bullpen is once again outstanding, with four pitchers keeping Milwaukee off the scoreboard for the last 4 1/3 innings and Octavio Dotel recording the win. St. Louis scores three times against Zack Greinke in the 2nd inning and then steadily adds to this early lead to get the win.
  • At the 2011 Baseball World Cup, Team USA advances to the Bronze Medal game as Jordy Mercer hits a 3-run homer to beat Venezuela, 7-4. The US scores six times in the last inning off Venezuelan closer Gabriel Alfaro. In the other key match-up today, Cuba tops Canada 8-2 with the winner advancing to the Gold Medal game and the loser going to the Bronze Medal game. Frederich Cepeda falls a homer shy of the cycle.
• 2012:
  • The Tigers take a 2 games to none lead in the ALCS with a 3 - 0 shutout of the Yankees at New Yankee Stadium. Anibal Sanchez pitches 7 innings in another strong outing by a Detroit starter. Hiroki Kuroda retires the first 15 Tigers batters but allows a run in the 6th on a botched potential double play grounder. A blown call by second base umpire Jeff Nelson in the 8th leads to two more runs, and results in manager Joe Girardi's ejection.
  • The Cardinals roll out to an early 6 - 0 lead over the Giants in Game 1 of the NLCS, then hang on for a 6 - 4 win. The Cards chase Madison Bumgarner in the 4th inning, thanks in part to homers by David Freese and Carlos Beltran. The Giants jump on starter Lance Lynn for four runs in the bottom of the 4th, but Joe Kelly relieves him and stops the bleeding before the rest of the team's bullpen shuts out San Francisco for the rest of the game.

[edit] Births

• 1842 - Joe Start, infielder, manager (d. 1927)
• 1853 - Charlie Waitt, outfielder (d. 1912)
• 1857 - Tom Poorman, outfielder (d. 1905)
• 1858 - Wiman Andrus, infielder (d. 1935)
• 1861 - Paul Radford, outfielder (d. 1945)
• 1863 - Norm Baker, pitcher (d. 1949)
• 1864 - Jim Chatterton, infielder/outfielder (d. 1944)
• 1866 - Charlie Abbey, outfielder (d. 1926)
• 1868 - Fred Underwood, pitcher (d. 1906)
• 1871 - Ed Eiteljorge, pitcher (d. 1942)
• 1872 - Suter Sullivan, infielder (d. 1925)
• 1882 - George Jackson, outfielder (d. 1972)
• 1883 - Harry Huston, catcher (d. 1969)
• 1884 - Homer Davidson, catcher (d. 1948)
• 1885 - Bill Leard, infielder (d. 1970)
• 1885 - Ivy Olson, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1886 - Ona Dodd, infielder (d. 1956)
• 1886 - Joe Walsh, catcher (d. 1967)
• 1890 - Charlie Becker, pitcher (d. 1928)
• 1891 - Bert Gallia, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1896 - Oscar Charleston Hall of Famer (d. 1954)
• 1897 - Vance McIlree, pitcher (d. 1959)
• 1900 - Rod Whitney, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1994)
• 1908 - Fred Millican, minor league catcher and manager
• 1909 - Jimmy Ripple, outfielder (d. 1959)
• 1913 - Hugh Casey, pitcher (d. 1951)
• 1914 - Harry Brecheen, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2004)
• 1915 - Bill Ford, pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1915 - Ken Heintzelman, pitcher (d. 2000)
• 1915 - Max Macon, pitcher (d. 1989)
• 1924 - Dave Jolly, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1924 - Bill Renna, outfielder
• 1934 - Tom Cheney, pitcher (d. 2001)
• 1940 - Tommy Harper, outfielder; All-Star
• 1940 - Bill Sorrell, infielder (d. 2008)
• 1941 - Art Shamsky, outfielder
• 1944 - Rich Robertson, pitcher
• 1945 - Tom Silverio, outfielder (d. 2011)
• 1946 - Frank Duffy, infielder
• 1946 - Al Oliver, outfielder; All-Star
• 1948 - Ed Figueroa, pitcher
• 1948 - Rodolfo Puente, Cuban league infielder
• 1948 - Brent Strom, pitcher
• 1953 - Kiko Garcia, infielder
• 1954 - Willie Aikens, infielder
• 1955 - Jesus Vega, designated hitter
• 1960 - Bill Bathe, catcher
• 1960 - Bob Bathe, minor league infielder
• 1960 - Dave Wilder, scout
• 1962 - Carl Nichols, catcher
• 1963 - Kevin Andersh, minor league pitcher
• 1964 - Joe Girardi, catcher; All-Star
• 1965 - Tonny Cohen, minor league pitcher
• 1967 - Dave Hajek, infielder
• 1967 - Pat Kelly, infielder
• 1968 - Zak Shinall, pitcher
• 1969 - Hector Ortiz, catcher
• 1970 - Tony Mitchell, minor league player
• 1971 - Midre Cummings, outfielder
• 1972 - Hiroyuki Takagi, NPB infielder
• 1974 - Erik Sabel, pitcher
• 1976 - Henry Mateo, infielder
• 1978 - Ryan Church, outfielder
• 1978 - Hisashi Takeda, NPB pitcher
• 1979 - Duaner Sanchez, pitcher
• 1980 - John Wesley, minor league pitcher
• 1981 - Boof Bonser, pitcher
• 1982 - Jerry Gil, infielder
• 1982 - Carlos Marmol, pitcher; All-Star
• 1983 - Alberto Arias, pitcher
• 1984 - Kris Johnson, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Yurisbel Gracial, Serie Nacional infielder
• 1987 - Kole Calhoun, outfielder
• 1988 - Seth Maness, pitcher
• 1989 - Randy Consuegra, minor league pitcher
• 1992 - Roy Seltenrijch, Hoofdklasse infielder

[edit] Deaths

• 1890 - Gus Williams, pitcher (b. 1870)
• 1891 - Larry Corcoran, pitcher (b. 1859)
• 1915 - Bill Reidy, pitcher (b. 1873)
• 1919 - Harry Blake, outfielder (b. 1874)
• 1922 - Rasty Wright, outfielder (b. 1863)
• 1927 - Ed Hughes, pitcher (b. 1880)
• 1928 - Billy Milligan, pitcher (b. 1878)
• 1928 - Bill Stuart, infielder (b. 1873)
• 1929 - Joe Borden, pitcher (b. 1854)
• 1931 - Al Niehaus, infielder (b. 1899)
• 1934 - Les Cox, pitcher (b. 1904)
• 1944 - Topsy Hartsel, outfielder (b. 1874)
• 1945 - Fred Tyler, catcher (b. 1891)
• 1949 - Huyler Westervelt, pitcher (b. 1869)
• 1950 - Jocko Fields, outfielder (b. 1864)
• 1951 - Henry Zeiher, catcher (b. 1862)
• 1952 - Jim Banning, catcher (b. 1866)
• 1954 - Bill Swanson, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1961 - Clyde Southwick, catcher (b. 1886)
• 1968 - Lynn Brenton, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1971 - Doc Prothro, infielder, manager (b. 1893)
• 1985 - Ossie Bluege, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1900)
• 1988 - Abie Hood, infielder (b. 1903)
• 1988 - Vic Raschi, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1919)
• 1998 - Denny Galehouse, pitcher (b. 1911)
• 2001 - Ben Sankey, infielder (b. 1907)
• 2007 - Fred Bruckbauer, pitcher (b. 1938)
• 2007 - Owen Friend, infielder (b. 1927)
• 2008 - Tom Tresh, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1937)