October 5

Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 5.

[edit] Events

• 1901 - The Brooklyn Superbas sweep two from the New York Giants, 8 - 0 and 4 - 2. Bill Donovan pitches the opener, allowing three hits, in winning his National League-high 25th game. Christy Mathewson umpires the first game, then loses the 2nd game, also umpired by a ball player.
• 1905 - In the first game of a doubleheader, Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Chief Bender has three hits, including a three-run triple, in an 8 - 0 victory over the Washington Senators. Bender also relieves Andy Coakley in the second game and wins, 9 - 7. Overall, he has two wins with six hits and eight RBI for the day.
• 1907 - The Philadelphia Athletics' Rube Vickers pitches a five-inning 4 - 0 perfect game against the Washington Senators. Vickers also wins the 15-inning first game of the twin bill, 4 - 2, with a spectacular 12-inning relief effort. The two wins are the only ones for Vickers this season.
• 1908:
  • Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh tops the Detroit Tigers, 6 - 1, for his 40th victory and forces the American League pennant race to the final day. Detroit's 24-game winner Ed Summers takes the loss. Walsh leads the league in games pitched (66), innings (464), strikeouts (269), complete games (42), saves (six), shutouts (11) and winning percentage (.727). His ERA is 1.42.
  • The St. Louis Browns end the pennant hopes of the Cleveland Naps with a 3 - 1 win in the opener of two. Cleveland takes the second game, 5 - 3, to end the season with a 90 - 64 record. If the Tigers win tomorrow, their 90 - 63 will top Cleveland, whereas if the Chicago White Sox win, their 89-63 record will be four points ahead of the Naps.
  • Boston Red Sox pitcher King Brady makes his only American League appearance a good one, shutting out the New York Highlanders, 4 - 0. King had fashioned 1-1 records for both the Phillies and Pirates in the National League, and will go back to the NL with the Boston Doves over the winter.
• 1911 - The National Commission sells motion picture rights to the World Series for $3,500. When the players demand a share of it, the Commission cancels the deal.
• 1912:
  • The Boston Red Sox defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 3 - 0, for their 105th win of the season, an American League record until the 1927 Yankees reach 110.
  • In their last game at Washington Park, the Brooklyn Dodgers lose to the New York Giants, 1 - 0. Pat Ragan takes the loss before 10,000 fans. Brooklyn will open next season at Ebbets Field.
  • The New York Highlanders also play their last game at their field, Hilltop Park, beating the Washington Senators, 8 - 6, on the strength of Hal Chase's three-run home run. Next year, the team will play at the Polo Grounds. Homer Thompson, in his only major league appearance, is the catcher for New York while pitching is his brother Tommy, becoming the first brother battery in American League history.
• 1915 - In a 5 - 0 loss to the Indians, Detroit Tigers speedster Ty Cobb steals his 96th base of the season. Cobb's 96 steals will stand as a major league record until 1962, when Maury Wills steals 104 bases for the Dodgers.
• 1920 - Before the start of the World Series, Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets gives his approval for the addition of rookie Joe Sewell to the Indians' roster. Sewell joined the team after September 1 and was not eligible for the series. The tradition of low-scoring World Series games continues when the Cleveland Indians manage to collect only five hits off Brooklyn Robins starter Rube Marquard and two relievers. Stan Coveleski gives the Indians a 3 - 1 opening victory with a five-hit complete game
• 1921 - New York is host to the first one-city World Series since 1906 and the Polo Grounds is the site for all nine games. Carl Mays of the Yankees needs 86 pitches to set the Giants down on five hits, four of them by Frankie Frisch, as Babe Ruth drives in the first run of the Series in the opening inning of the 3 - 0 Yankees win.
• 1926 - In Game Three of the World Series, Jesse Haines pitches a five-hit shutout as the Cardinals beat the Yankees, 4 - 0, to take a 2-1 lead in the Series.
• 1928 - In the World Series, Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees unloads a three-run home run in the first inning of Game Two. Grover Cleveland Alexander, the hero of the 1926 Series between the Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals, is driven from the game in the third inning as New York cruises, 9 - 3, to take a 2-1 Series lead.
• 1929 - New York Giants Mel Ott and Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies go into a head-to-head doubleheader tied at 42 home runs apiece. In the opener, Klein homers for the Phillies off Carl Hubbell in his first at-bat to take the home run lead. In the nightcap, Phillies pitchers intentionally walk Ott five times rather than give him a chance to tie Klein. The last walk comes with the bases loaded. Lefty O'Doul of the Phillies has six hits on the day for a National League season-record of 254 hits.
• 1939 - In Game Two of the World Series, Yankees pitcher Monte Pearson does not allow a base hit until one out in the eighth inning as he shuts out Cincinnati, 4 - 0. Babe Dahlgren hits a home run and a double as the Yankees take a 2-0 Series lead.
• 1941 - In the World Series, Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen drops a third strike on Tommy Henrich in what would have been the final out of a Dodgers victory against the New York Yankees. Given a second chance, the Yankees then rally for a 7 - 4 win to take a 3-1 Series lead.
• 1942 - Whitey Kurowski hits a two-run home run in the ninth inning of Game Five, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 4 - 2 victory to capture the World Series over the Yankees.
• 1945 - Claude Passeau of the Chicago Cubs pitches a one-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 3 - 0 in Game Three of the World Series.
• 1947 - Left fielder Al Gionfriddo makes a spectacular catch and robs Joe DiMaggio of a game-tying home run in Game Six of the World Series. The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Yankees, 8 - 6.
• 1952 - In Game Five of the World Series, Brooklyn wins 6 - 5 in 11 innings over the Yankees when Billy Cox scores the winning run behind an RBI double hit by Duke Snider. Carl Erskine pitches a complete game to give Brooklyn a 3-2 Series lead heading back to Ebbets Field.
• 1953 - The New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game Six of the World Series. Billy Martin collects his 12th Series hit, a single to center field in the bottom of the ninth inning, that gives the Yankees their fifth World Championship in a row. Carl Furillo had tied it up in the ninth with a two-run home run.
• 1954 - Oscar Charleston dies in Philadelphia, days after he had fallen down a flight of stairs. He was 57 years old.
• 1960 - In a portent of things to come, Bill Mazeroski's two-run fifth-inning home run off Jim Coates is the difference as Pittsburgh beats the Yankees, 6 - 4, in its first World Series win since 1925.
• 1966 - With first-inning home runs by Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson, and 11 strikeouts from relief pitcher Moe Drabowsky, the Baltimore Orioles win their first World Series game, 5 - 2, over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• 1967 - Jim Lonborg of the Boston Red Sox pitches a one-hit, 5 - 0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals to tie the World Series, 1-1. Carl Yastrzemski hits two home runs.
• 1968 - Tim McCarver and Orlando Cepeda each hit three-run home runs to lead the Cardinals to a 7 - 3 win over Detroit. The Cardinals take a 2-1 World Series lead.
• 1971 - The Baltimore Orioles overcome two home runs by Reggie Jackson and one by Sal Bando to complete a sweep of the Oakland Athletics in the American League Championship Series with a 5 - 3 victory.
• 1979 - The Pittsburgh Pirates complete a sweep of their National League Championship Series, beating the Cincinnati Reds, 7 - 1. Willie Stargell, who hit a home run, is named the Series MVP.
• 1980 - Capping an improbable comeback, the Dodgers beat Houston for the third day in a row to force a one-game playoff for the NL West title. The Dodgers trailed Houston by three games with three games left in the season, and won each game by a single run.
• 1984 - Pitchers Milt Wilcox and Willie Hernandez combine on a three-hitter to give the Detroit Tigers a 1 - 0 win and a sweep of the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS.
• 1985:
  • The Toronto Blue Jays win the American League East championship with a 5 - 1 win over the New York Yankees at Exhibition Stadium. Doyle Alexander pitches a complete game, allowing only five hits.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals clinch the National League East title with a 7 - 1 win over the Chicago Cubs.
  • The Kansas City Royals defeat the Oakland Athletics, 5 - 4 in 10 innings, to clinch the American League West title. Willie Wilson's single scores Pat Sheridan with the winning run.
• 1986 - Pete Incaviglia of the Texas Rangers hits his 30th home run of the season against the California Angels, becoming the 16th rookie in major league history to reach that mark. The homer comes off Don Sutton as the Rangers beat the Angels, 7 - 4.
• 1991 - After 11 lead changes or ties in the closing weeks of the NL West race, the Atlanta Braves finally clinch the division on the second-to-last day of the season.
• 1996 - Bernie Williams homers from each side of the plate and Cecil Fielder breaks a tie with a seventh-inning single as the Yankees beat Texas, 6 - 4, to win the American League Division Series, 3 - 1, and advance to the ALCS.
• 1997 - Mike Mussina beats the Mariners and Randy Johnson for the second time and gives Baltimore their second straight trip to the American League Championship Series. Mussina pitches a two-hitter for seven innings to win the game, and the Series, by a 3-1 margin.
• 1999:
  • The Houston Astros defeat the Atlanta Braves, 6 - 1, in the opener of their National League Division Series. Shane Reynolds gets the win for Houston, as 3B Ken Caminiti notches three hits, including a three-run home run.
  • The New York Mets defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8 - 4, to take the Game One of their NLDS. Edgardo Alfonzo hits two home runs for New York, including a game-winning grand slam with two outs in the 9th inning. Randy Johnson takes the loss for Arizona, his sixth consecutive defeat in postseason play.
  • The New York Yankees whitewash the Texas Rangers, 8 - 0, in Game One of their ALDS. Orlando Hernandez pitches a two-hitter for New York, while Bernie Williams hits a single, double and home run and collects six RBI.
• 2000:
  • The Mets even their NLDS with San Francisco at one game apiece by winning a 10-inning thriller, 5 - 4. Jay Payton's single drives home the winning run in the top of the 10th inning after J.T. Snow's pinch-hit three-run home run ties the game in the bottom of the 9th. Edgardo Alfonzo hits a two-run homer for the Mets in the top half of the frame. Al Leiter pitches 8+ innings for the Mets. Armando Benitez gives up the tying homer, but gets the win in relief.
  • St. Louis defeats the Braves, 10 - 4, to take a 2 game to 1 lead in their NLDS. Will Clark hits a three-run home run for St. Louis and Jim Edmonds ties a division-series record with three doubles. Darryl Kile is the winning pitcher, while Tom Glavine takes the loss in his shortest outing in seven years.
• 2002:
  • The Anaheim Angels shock the New York Yankees by scoring eight runs in the 5th inning and going on to a 9 - 5 victory. The victory gives Anaheim its first postseason series victory ever, as they win their ALDS matchup, 3 games to 1. Shawn Wooten hits a home run for Anaheim while Jorge Posada adds a round-tripper for New York. Jarrod Washburn gets the victory for the Angels.
  • St. Louis ousts the defending world champion Arizona Diamondbacks by taking a 6 - 3 win to sweep into the National League Division Series. David Dellucci and Rod Barajas hit home runs for Arizona, but it's not enough to stop St. Louis. Jeff Fassero picks up his second win of the series in relief.
  • The Atlanta Braves take a 2 - 1 lead in their NLDS with a 10 - 2 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Keith Lockhart homers for Atlanta and Barry Bonds for San Francisco. Pitcher Greg Maddux goes the first six innings for the victory.
  • Minnesota evens its ALDS with Oakland behind Eric Milton, winning by a score of 11 - 2. Doug Mientkiewicz homers for Minnesota and Miguel Tejada for Oakland.
• 2007:
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates fire manager Jim Tracy after two seasons at the helm, as part of a front office purge by new general manager Neal Huntington. Senior director of player development Brian Graham, who had been interim general manager, scouting director Ed Creech, Director of baseball operations Jon Mercurio, as well as Tracy's entire coaching staff also lose their jobs.
  • The Cleveland Indians can thank a bug infestation at Jacobs Field for helping them defeat the New York Yankees, 2 - 1, in 11 innings, and take a 2-0 lead in the ALDS. The bugs are at their worst in the 8th inning, when a flustered Joba Chamberlain gives up the tying run on a wild pitch.
  • Manny Ramirez hits a two-out walk-off three-run home run in the 9th inning off Francisco Rodriguez of the Angels to give Boston a 6 - 3 win and a 2 games to none lead in the ALDS
  • Tilson Brito of the President Lions hits his 32nd home run and drives in his 103rd run of the season. Both are new Chinese Professional Baseball League records. The Lions beat the Macoto Cobras this game, 12 - 11.
• 2010 - In a 17 - 4 Hanshin Tigers rout of the Yakult Swallows, Matt Murton collects three hits to give him 213, breaking Ichiro Suzuki's 16-year-old NPB record.
• 2011:
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks force their NLDS with Milwaukee to a decisive Game 5 with a 10 - 6 win at home today. The D-Backs use four home runs - a grand slam by Ryan Roberts, two long balls by Chris Young and one by Aaron Hill - to power their way to the win. They jump to a 5 - 0 lead off Randy Wolf in the 1st inning on Roberts' slam, their second in as many games; the only other team to hit grand slams in back-to-back postseason games was the 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers. Arizona never looks back after its quick start, although starter Joe Saunders struggles and is lifted after three innings; his replacement, Micah Owings, is the winner.
  • David Freese drives in 4 runs on a double and homer to lead the Cardinals to a 5 - 3 win over the Phillies in Game Four of the other NLDS; this series is also knotted at 2 games each. Edwin Jackson is the winner over Roy Oswalt.
• 2012:
  • St. Louis wins the first-ever National League Wild Card Game, defeating the Braves, 6 - 3, at Turner Field. 3B Chipper Jones, playing the last game of his career, commits a costly error for Atlanta in the 4th inning, throwing a potential double play grounder into right field, allowing St. Louis to score its first three runs that inning. The most controversial play takes place in the 8th, however, when SS Andrelton Simmons lifts a fly ball to shallow left that drops between LF Matt Holliday and SS Peter Kozma. But umpire Sam Holbrook calls the infield fly rule, and Simmons is out. A 19-minute delay ensues as fans pelt the field with debris; Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez files a protest, which is immediately dismissed by Major League Baseball Vice-President Joe Torre, allowing the game to resume. Jason Motte then records the final four outs of the game.
  • In the American League Wild Card Game, Baltimore defeats Texas, 5 - 1, at the Ballpark in Arlington. Joe Saunders, winless for his career in Arlington, allows only one run in 5 2/3 innings. For the O's, it is a first win the postseason since 1997.

[edit] Births

• 1824 - Henry Chadwick Hall of Famer (d. 1908)
• 1858 - John Reilly, infielder (d. 1937)
• 1859 - Gurdon Whiteley, outfielder (d. 1925)
• 1860 - Wallace Fessenden, manager (d. 1935)
• 1871 - Roger Denzer, pitcher (d. 1949)
• 1871 - Jack Fifield, pitcher (d. 1939)
• 1873 - Claude Ritchey, infielder (d. 1951)
• 1875 - Davey Crockett, infielder (d. 1961)
• 1880 - Ed Hughes, pitcher (d. 1927)
• 1881 - Tom Raftery, outfielder (d. 1954)
• 1886 - Harry Otis, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1886 - Bill Steele, pitcher (d. 1949)
• 1887 - Felix Chouinard, outfielder (d. 1955)
• 1887 - Clare Patterson, outfielder (d. 1913)
• 1889 - Jim Bagby, pitcher (d. 1954)
• 1890 - Rollin Cook, pitcher (d. 1975)
• 1893 - Paul Speraw, infielder (d. 1962)
• 1895 - Norm McMillan, infielder (d. 1969)
• 1896 - Charlie Pechous, infielder (d. 1980)
• 1896 - Danny Silva, infielder (d. 1974)
• 1901 - Scottie Slayback, infielder (d. 1979)
• 1904 - Sam West, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1985)
• 1906 - Si Johnson, pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1907 - Frank Doljack, outfielder (d. 1948)
• 1925 - Bobby Hofman, infielder (d. 1994)
• 1927 - Al Heist, outfielder (d. 2006)
• 1930 - Raul Galata, minor league pitcher
• 1939 - Dennis Bennett, pitcher (d. 2012)
• 1941 - Andy Kosco, outfielder
• 1949 - Danny Fife, pitcher
• 1957 - Onix Concepcion, infielder
• 1958 - Randy Bush, outfielder
• 1958 - Brent Gaff, pitcher
• 1959 - Rod Allen, designated hitter
• 1960 - Randy Bockus, pitcher
• 1962 - Tracy Woodson, infielder
• 1964 - Terry Mathews, pitcher (d. 2012)
• 1967 - Rey Sanchez, infielder
• 1968 - Alex Diaz, outfielder
• 1968 - Ron Kulpa, umpire
• 1969 - John Boccieri, minor league player
• 1971 - Todd Hall, minor league infielder
• 1972 - Yamil Benitez, outfielder
• 1972 - Aaron Guiel, outfielder
• 1973 - Wen-Bin Chen, CPBL catcher/infielder/outfielder/pitcher
• 1973 - Brett Laxton, pitcher
• 1973 - Luis Lopez, infielder
• 1975 - Tom Bost, minor league player
• 1975 - Brandon Puffer, pitcher
• 1976 - Brady Aalbers, minor league infielder
• 1979 - Paul Bush, minor league player
• 1980 - Matt Lemanczyk, minor league outfielder
• 1980 - John Suomi, minor league catcher
• 1982 - Mike Hinckley, pitcher
• 1982 - Matt Kniginyzky, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Keizo Kawashima, NPB infielder
• 1983 - Alexi Ogando, pitcher; All-Star
• 1983 - Felipe Paulino, pitcher
• 1985 - Candido Jesus, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Jeff Bianchi, infielder
• 1987 - Marc Krauss, minor league outfielder
• 1990 - Joris Navarro, Division Elite pitcher

[edit] Deaths

• 1898 - John Richmond, infielder (b. 1855)
• 1918 - Eddie Grant, infielder (b. 1883)
• 1926 - Al Burch, outfielder (b. 1883)
• 1926 - Howard Murphy, outfielder (b. 1882)
• 1933 - Bill Veeck Sr., executive (b. 1877)
• 1940 - Crazy Schmit, pitcher (b. 1866)
• 1953 - Rags Faircloth, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1954 - Oscar Charleston, Negro League outfielder; Hall of Fame (b. 1896)
• 1955 - Lyman Lamb, infielder (b. 1895)
• 1962 - Jack Cummings, catcher (b. 1904)
• 1963 - George Curry, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1965 - Wid Matthews, outfielder (b. 1896)
• 1966 - Harry Hanson, catcher (b. 1896)
• 1968 - Hal Bevan, infielder (b. 1930)
• 1970 - Reuben Ewing, infielder (b. 1899)
• 1974 - Ed Grimes, infielder (b. 1905)
• 1976 - Bill Bagwell, outfielder (b. 1896)
• 1983 - George Turbeville, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 1989 - Isamu Saeki, NPB owner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1903)
• 1990 - Dixie Howell, catcher (b. 1920)
• 1994 - Lee Gamble, outfielder (b. 1910)
• 1996 - Joe Walsh, infielder (b. 1917)
• 2001 - Woody Jensen, outfielder (b. 1907)
• 2009 - Brian Powell, pitcher (b. 1973)