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October 3
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 3.
[edit] Events
- 1897 - Cap Anson closes out a remarkable 27-year career that started in the National Association in 1871. He hits two home runs against St. Louis. At age 46, he becomes the oldest player to homer in the majors.
- 1904 - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants strikes out 16 Cardinals in a 3 - 1 Giants victory. His 16 strikeouts set a new record as he finishes the game in one hour and 15 minutes.
- 1919 - Rookie pitcher Dickie Kerr throws a three-hit shutout as the Chicago White Sox win 3 - 0 over the Cincinnati Reds. Shoeless Joe Jackson has two hits and Chick Gandil drives in two runs as the White Sox cut Cincinnati's World Series lead to 2-1. Cuban Dolf Luque becomes the first Hispanic player to appear in a World Series game, pitching one inning of relief for the Reds.
- 1920:
- In a 16 - 7 win over the White Sox, George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns collects his 257th hit of the season to set a major league record, that will last until the 21st century. He also pitches a scoreless ninth inning in relief for St. Louis.
- Jim Bagby wins his 31st game, clinching the pennant for the Indians with a 10 - 1 win over the Tigers. Tris Speaker contributes three hits to finish the year at .388, second to George Sisler's .407. The Red Sox's 10 - 7 victory over the Browns is not needed by the Indians.
- 1926 - After the Yankees score twice in the second inning, Grover Cleveland Alexander sets down the last 21 batters, striking out 10, in Game Two of the World Series. Billy Southworth and Tommy Thevenow collect three hits each for a 6 - 2 Cardinals win.
- 1934 - Dizzy Dean wins the opening game of the World Series, 8 - 3. Detroit Tigers manager Mickey Cochrane held back his ace pitcher, Schoolboy Rowe, and veteran General Crowder is ineffective as Joe Medwick goes 4 for 4, including a home run. The Tigers make five errors.
- 1940 - In the World Series, Jimmy Ripple's two-run home run in the third inning of Game Two provides the winning margin as the Cincinnati Reds end the National League's 10-game Series losing streak with a 5 - 3 win over the Tigers.
- 1945 - The Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs face each other in the World Series for the fourth time. Hank Borowy pitches a six-hitter and Hal Newhouser is demolished with eight runs in three innings as the Cubs win, 9 - 0.
- 1946 - The St. Louis Cardinals win the National League pennant by beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 8 - 4 and sweeping a best-of-three playoff.
- 1947 - New York Yankees pitcher Bill Bevens holds the Brooklyn Dodgers hitless until two are out in the ninth inning when pinch-hitter Cookie Lavagetto doubles in two runs for a 3 - 2 Brooklyn victory in Game Four of the World Series.
- 1951 - Bobby Thomson hits a three-run home run off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Giants a dramatic 5 - 4 playoff victory and the National League pennant. The blast will become known in baseball lore as the Shot Heard 'Round the World.
- 1956 - Sal Maglie and the Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the Yankees, 6 - 3, in the opening game of the World Series.
- 1957 - In Game Three of the World Series, Lew Burdette wins the first of his three decisions against the Yankees. Burdette and the Milwaukee Braves beat Bobby Shantz, 4 - 2.
- 1962 - The San Francisco Giants rally for four runs in the ninth inning to win the third game of the tie-breaking playoffs, 6 - 4, over the Los Angeles Dodgers and move on to the World Series.
- 1968 - In Game Two of the World Series, Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers ties the Series 1-1. Lolich pitches a six-hitter and hits his first major league home run to defeat the Cardinals, 8 - 1.
- 1971 - Bob Robertson hits three home runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9 - 4 trouncing of the San Francisco Giants, which ties the National League Championship Series at 1-1.
- 1972 - Roric Harrison homers as Baltimore beats Cleveland 4 - 3 in the second game of a doubleheader. With the designated hitter rule on the horizon, it will be the last home run hit by an American League pitcher until interleague play 25 years later.
- 1974 - Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager in the major leagues, as the Cleveland Indians name him to replace Ken Aspromonte for the 1975 season.
- 1976 - Hank Aaron singles in his last major-league at bat and drives in his 2,297th run as the sixth-place Brewers lose to the Tigers, 5 - 2.
- 1981 - The Milwaukee Brewers and Montreal Expos clinch their first-ever postseason appearances. Milwaukee beats Detroit, 2 - 1, to wrap up the second-half title in the AL East, while Montreal defeats the Mets, 5 - 4, to win the NL East's second playoff spot.
- 1982 - Robin Yount hits two home runs and a triple as the Brewers defeat Baltimore, 10 - 2, to win the AL East championship. Don Sutton, 4-1 since being acquired by the Brewers in late August, is the winning pitcher. The Brewers had lost three in a row to Baltimore to make this last game of the season a do-or-die affair.
- 1986 - The Baltimore Orioles lose to Detroit 6 - 3, assuring the Orioles of their first last-place finish since moving from St. Louis in 1954.
- 1987 - Benito Santiago's 34-game hitting streak, a rookie record, ends as the San Diego Padres snap a nine-game losing streak with a 1 - 0 victory over the Dodgers.
- 1990:
- George Brett of the Kansas City Royals becomes the first player in major league history to win a batting title in three different decades. Brett goes 1 for 1 in Kansas City's 5 - 2 loss to the Cleveland Indians to win the American League batting title with a .329 average. Brett also won AL batting titles in 1976 and 1980.
- Willie McGee becomes the first major league player to win a batting title in a league in which he didn't finish the season. McGee, who had a .335 average when St. Louis traded him to Oakland on August 28, wins his second National League batting crown when Dave Magadan of the New York Mets fails to catch him on the season's final day.
- 1993:
- The Toronto Blue Jays become the first team in American League history to have teammates finish 1-2-3 in the batting race. John Olerud leads the league with a .363 batting average. Paul Molitor finishes at .332 and Roberto Alomar closes the season at .326.
- The San Francisco Giants need to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on the final day of the season to force a one-game playoff with the Atlanta Braves for the NL West title, but the Dodgers have other plans. Los Angeles rips the Giants, 12 - 1. At 103-59, San Francisco becomes the first club since the 1954 Yankees to win that many games and not play in the postseason.
- 1995 - Tony Peña hits a home run to left field in the 13th inning to give the Indians a 5 - 4 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the first game of their AL division series. It is Cleveland's first postseason victory since the 1948 season.
- 1997 - The Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins both sweep their respective NL division series. The Braves, behind a three-hitter by John Smoltz, complete the sweep of Houston with a 4 - 1 win. The Marlins ride a grand slam by Devon White to a 6 - 2 win and sweep of San Francisco.
- 1999 - On the final day of the season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hits his 65th home run, moving past Ted Williams and Willie McCovey into 10th place on the career list with 522. McGwire finishes with a two-homer edge over Chicago's Sammy Sosa, who hits his 63rd on the same day.
- 2002 - Alex Cabrera hits his 55th home run, tying the Nippon Pro Baseball record set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and matched by Tuffy Rhodes in 2001. Cabrera ends the season with 55 homers.
- 2004 - The final game in Montreal Expos team history is played away from home, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. New York defeats Montreal, 8 - 1. Jamey Carroll scores the final Expos run and Endy Chavez becomes the final Expos batter when he grounds out in the top of the 9th to end the game. Ironically, it was at Shea Stadium that the Expos played their first ever game in 1969.
- 2007 - Walt Jocketty resigns after 13 seasons as General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. During his tenure, the Cardinals reached the postseason 7 times and won the 2006 World Series.
- 2009:
- The Toronto Blue Jays fire General Manager J.P. Ricciardi with one year left on his contract. 32-year-old Alex Anthopoulos, a Canadian who began his career as an unpaid intern with the late Montreal Expos, takes over the job.
- Minnesota catches up with Detroit atop the AL Central as the Tigers lose, 5 - 1, to the White Sox, and the Twins beat Kansas City, 5 - 4. Michael Cuddyer, hitting .352 with 22 RBI since taking over at 1B for the injured Justin Morneau, hits his 31st homer in the win. Detroit had been in first place since July 24 and had led by as many as 7 games.
- St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols ties a major league record with his 184th assist of the season. He matches the mark set by Bill Buckner with the Red Sox in 1985. He will finish the year with 185.
- 2011:
- Detroit takes a 2-1 lead in their ALDS with a 5 - 4 win over the Yankees. Justin Verlander gives up two runs in the 1st inning, but then settles down. The Tigers score twice in the 3rd off CC Sabathia, then Jhonny Peralta puts them ahead with an RBI double in the 5th. The Yankees tie the game at 4 in the 7th on Brett Gardner's two-run double, but Delmon Young hits a solo homer off Rafael Soriano in the bottom of the inning to make Verlander a winner.
- The Rangers take a 2-1 lead over the Rays in the other ALDS. Mike Napoli hits a two-run homer off David Price to put Texas ahead, 2 - 1, in the 7th, then Josh Hamilton hits a two-run single to complete a 4-run inning. The Rangers' bullpen gives up two late runs, but holds on for a 4 - 3 win. Desmond Jennings hits two homers for the Rays.
- 2012:
- Miguel Cabrera goes 0 for 2 in a 1-0 Tigers win to end the season but still winds up as Major League Baseball's first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. Cabrera led the American League with a .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBI. He survives a late charge by Curtis Granderson, who homers twice today to finish at 43.
- The Oakland A's win their finale, 12 - 5 over Texas, completing a three-game sweep and passing the Rangers for the AL West Division title, though Texas does get a Wild Card berth. The other Wild Card goes to the Orioles, as the Yankees win the AL East Division thanks to Baltimore's 4 - 1 loss to the Rays; Evan Longoria hits three homers for Tampa Bay.
- Dan Johnson goes deep 3 times for the White Sox. Before Longoria and Johnson had their 3-homer days, only two players had ended their team's season with 3-homer contests: Gus Zernial and Richie Allen.
[edit] Births
- 1850 - Alexander Nevin, infielder (d. 1921)
- 1866 - Mike Goodfellow, outfielder (d. 1920)
- 1872 - Fred Clarke, outfielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1960)
- 1874 - John Callahan, pitcher (d. 1954)
- 1877 - Bill Byers, catcher (d. 1948)
- 1880 - Henry Thielman, pitcher (d. 1942)
- 1881 - Phil Reardon, outfielder (d. 1920)
- 1887 - Armando Marsans, outfielder (d. 1960)
- 1890 - Fred House, pitcher (d. 1923)
- 1891 - Jack Richardson, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1895 - Bert Lewis, pitcher (d. 1950)
- 1900 - Charlie Dorman, catcher (d. 1928)
- 1905 - Red Dorman, outfielder (d. 1974)
- 1905 - Johnny Riddle, catcher (d. 1998)
- 1909 - Johnny Broaca, pitcher (d. 1985)
- 1910 - Bob Bowman, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1911 - Felix Evans, Negro League pitcher (d. 1993)
- 1913 - Dom Dallessandro, outfielder (d. 1988)
- 1914 - Woody Wheaton, outfielder (d. 1995)
- 1915 - Charlie Letchas, infielder (d. 1995)
- 1917 - Frank Kalin, outfielder (d. 1975)
- 1919 - Joe Wood, infielder (d. 1985)
- 1922 - Jake Eisenhart, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1924 - George Marquette, minor league infielder, college coach (d. 2008)
- 1925 - Chris Haughey, pitcher
- 1927 - Bill Harrington, pitcher
- 1928 - Dave Melton, outfielder (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Nancy Cato, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2012)
- 1931 - Bob Skinner, outfielder, manager; All-Star
- 1932 - Phil Clark, pitcher
- 1936 - Jack Lamabe, pitcher (d. 2007)
- 1947 - Chuck Scrivener, infielder
- 1949 - Jim Breazeale, infielder
- 1949 - Steve Foucault, pitcher
- 1950 - Salvador Colorado, minor league pitcher; Salon de la Fama
- 1951 - Dave Winfield, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer
- 1953 - Tamotsu Nagai, NPB pitcher
- 1954 - Dennis Eckersley, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer
- 1954 - Joe Gates, infielder (d. 2010)
- 1954 - Bert Roberge, pitcher
- 1955 - Jim Joyce, umpire
- 1956 - Bob Kearney, catcher
- 1958 - Daryl Sconiers, infielder
- 1961 - Hiromasa Fujita, NPB catcher
- 1962 - Rick Surhoff, pitcher
- 1966 - Darrin Fletcher, catcher; All-Star
- 1966 - Scott Taylor, pitcher
- 1967 - Junior Felix, outfielder
- 1967 - Tetsuya Katahira, NPB outfielder
- 1968 - Jim Byrd, pinch runner
- 1969 - Ismael Cruz, scout
- 1969 - Seigo Fujishima, NPB outfielder
- 1970 - Roger Bailey, pitcher
- 1970 - Jay Davis, minor league and KBO outfielder
- 1970 - Manny Martinez, outfielder
- 1971 - Wil Cordero, infielder; All-Star
- 1971 - Tim Hyers, infielder
- 1971 - Earl Johnson, minor league outfielder
- 1972 - Hee-bong An, KBO infielder
- 1973 - Brandon Hyde, coach
- 1973 - Kerry Robinson, outfielder
- 1973 - Danny Wout, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1974 - Alex Ramirez, outfielder
- 1975 - Scott Cassidy, pitcher
- 1975 - Mike Johnson, pitcher
- 1977 - Eric Munson, infielder
- 1978 - Steve Kent, pitcher
- 1978 - Kris Sutton, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Matt Murton, outfielder
- 1982 - Brett Carroll, outfielder
- 1982 - Mike Conroy, minor league player
- 1982 - Matt Young, outfielder
- 1985 - Drew Bignall, Great Britain national team pitcher
- 1985 - Max Warren, Bundesliga outfielder
- 1986 - Carlos Teller, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Michael Belfiore, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Nathan Vineyard, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Sam Bishop, New Zealand national team pitcher
- 1994 - Jen-Ho Tseng, Taiwan national team pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1895 - Harry Wright, outfielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1835)
- 1938 - Morgan Murphy, catcher (b. 1867)
- 1941 - Bert Inks, pitcher (b. 1871)
- 1942 - Pinky Hargrave, catcher (b. 1896)
- 1949 - John Donahue, outfielder (b. 1894)
- 1962 - Don Songer, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1965 - Delos Drake, outfielder (b. 1886)
- 1965 - Jerry McCarthy, infielder (b. 1923)
- 1967 - Fritz Mollwitz, infielder (b. 1890)
- 1975 - Elmer Knetzer, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1986 - Vince DiMaggio, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1912)
- 1986 - Heinie Mueller, infielder (b. 1912)
- 1995 - Nippy Jones, infielder (b. 1925)
- 1999 - Paul Burris, catcher (b. 1923)
- 2004 - Ken Brondell, pitcher (b. 1921)
- 2004 - John Cerutti, pitcher (b. 1960)
- 2005 - Mario Encarnacion, outfielder (b. 1975)
- 2007 - Bunky Stewart, pitcher (b. 1931)
- 2011 - Dustin Kellogg, minor league pitcher (b. 1993)
