October 6
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 6.
- 1926 - Babe Ruth hits three home runs to lead the New York Yankees to a 10 - 5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Four of the World Series.
- 1945 - A goat and its owner make an appearance at Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the World Series. The pair is told to leave before the game ends, angering the owner. The Chicago Cubs lose to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1. Detroit goes on to win the Series in seven games and the Cubs don't win another National League championship for the rest of the 20th century. A belief that the Cubs were cursed by the goat develops eventually.
- 1948 - In the opening game of the World Series, the Boston Braves beat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians, 1 - 0, with only two hits and the benefit of a disputed call on a pick-off attempt in the eighth inning by Feller.
- 1963 - Frank Howard leads the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2 - 1 win over the New York Yankees with a home run and a single, giving the Dodgers a four-game sweep in the World Series.
- 1966 - Jim Palmer, at age 20, becomes the youngest pitcher with a World Series shutout as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6 - 0. Sandy Koufax is the loser in his last appearance in the major leagues. Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis commits three errors on successive plays in the fifth inning.
- 1969 - The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves, 7-4, at Shea Stadium in Game 3 of the NLCS to clinch the pennant.
- 1980 - The Houston Astros clinch the National League West title with a 7-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in a tie-breaker playoff. Art Howe homers and drives in four runs. Joe Niekro wins his 20th game of the season.
- 1983 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Boddicker strikes out a playoff-record 14 batters en route to a 4 - 0, five-hit victory over the Chicago White Sox in the second game of the ALCS.
- 1985 - New York Yankees pitcher Phil Niekro becomes the 18th 300-game winner as he blanks the Toronto Blue Jays, 8 - 0, on the last day of the season. At age 46, Niekro also becomes the oldest pitcher to throw a shutout in major league history.
- 2001 - Phil Nevin has his first three-homer game, including a grand slam, as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 10 - 4. Colorado's Todd Helton becomes the first player in major league history to have consecutive seasons with 400 or more total bases. His seventh-inning double gives him exactly 400 bases this year.
- 2003 - The Boston Red Sox complete a three-game playoff comeback, beating the Oakland Athletics 4 - 3 in Game 5 of their American League Division Series.
- 2007
- The Arizona Diamondbacks complete a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS with a 5-1 victory in Wrigley Field. Chris Young hits the first pitch of the game for a home run and Livan Hernandez picks up the win.
- The Colorado Rockies win 2-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies in Denver to sweep the NLDS three games to none. Pinch hitter Jeff Baker drives in the winning run with a two-out single in the 8th inning. Manuel Corpas picks up his third consecutive save as the Rockies win a postseason series for the first time in their history.
- In the longest game in the 21-year history of the Holland Series, Corendon Kinheim trails the Konica Minolta Pioniers 3-1 with one out in the 9th inning. Richard Orman, the winningest left-hander in Hoofdklasse history to that point, has proven nearly unhittable. The next two Kinheim hitters reach, though, and closer Dave Draijer is summoned. He promptly walks Danny Rombley and hits René Cremer with a pitch. Dirk van 't Klooster grounds to 1B Dè Flanegin, whose throw home is off the mark, letting Kinheim tie the score. Four innings later, Draijer put two men aboard and reliever Nelson Santander lets one come in thanks to an error by Santander and a sacrifice fly by Rombley.
[edit] Births
- 1854 - Frank McCarton, outfielder (d. 1907)
- 1854 - Pop Snyder, catcher, manager (d. 1924)
- 1855 - Dale Williams, pitcher (d. 1939)
- 1859 - Ed Cartwright, infielder (d. 1933)
- 1866 - Eddie Burke, outfielder (d. 1907)
- 1868 - Whitey Gibson, catcher (d. 1907)
- 1872 - Jack Dunn, infielder (d. 1928)
- 1873 - George Starnagle, catcher (d. 1946)
- 1878 - Len Swormstedt, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1883 - Red Morgan, infielder (d. 1981)
- 1884 - Barney Slaughter, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1885 - John Knight, infielder (d. 1965)
- 1885 - Buddy Ryan, outfielder (d. 1956)
- 1886 - Scotty Barr, infielder (d. 1934)
- 1886 - Jack Snyder, catcher (d. 1981)
- 1887 - Charlie Enwright, infielder (d. 1917)
- 1889 - Carl Zamloch, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1893 - Pat Duncan, outfielder (d. 1960)
- 1893 - Johnny Tillman, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1896 - Harry Heitmann, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1901 - Carlisle Littlejohn, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1908 - Tom Padden, catcher (d. 1973)
- 1909 - Walt Bashore, outfielder (d. 1984)
- 1913 - Ken Chase, pitcher (d. 1985)
- 1914 - George Washburn, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1915 - Dutch Meyer, infielder (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Paul Calvert, pitcher (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Jimmy Grant, infielder (d. 1970)
- 1922 - Joe Frazier, outfielder, manager
- 1928 - Fred Marolewski, infielder
- 1939 - Jack Cullen, pitcher
- 1942 - Jerry Grote, catcher; All-Star
- 1943 - Jim McGlothlin, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1975)
- 1943 - Jerry Stephenson, pitcher
- 1946 - Gene Clines, outfielder
- 1946 - Gary Gentry, pitcher
- 1947 - Jerry Bell, pitcher
- 1947 - Rich Hacker, infielder
- 1947 - Steve Kline, pitcher
- 1947 - Charlie Vaughan, pitcher
- 1953 - Victor Bernal, pitcher (d. 2006)
- 1954 - Roger Weaver, pitcher
- 1956 - George Riley, pitcher
- 1957 - Alfredo Griffin, infielder; All-Star
- 1959 - Oil Can Boyd, pitcher
- 1959 - Greg Walker, infielder
- 1960 - Jay Baller, pitcher
- 1960 - Bruce Fields, outfielder
- 1960 - Bill Johnson, pitcher
- 1960 - Jeff Zaske, pitcher
- 1962 - Rich Yett, pitcher
- 1965 - Ruben Sierra, outfielder; All-Star
- 1966 - Archi Cianfrocco, infielder
- 1968 - Ed Pierce, pitcher
- 1969 - Robert Person, pitcher
- 1970 - Darren Oliver, pitcher
- 1970 - Chris Mader, minor league player
- 1972 - Valerio de los Santos, pitcher
- 1972 - Benji Gil, infielder
- 1974 - Matt Duff, pitcher
- 1975 - Jeff Farnsworth, pitcher
- 1981 - Joel Hanrahan, pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1910 - Tom Farley, outfielder (b. 1856)
- 1911 - Larry Murphy, outfielder (b. 1857)
- 1912 - Bill Finley, catcher/outfielder (b. 1863)
- 1926 - Holly Hollingshead, outfielder, manager (b. 1853)
- 1931 - John Kirby, pitcher (b. 1865)
- 1934 - Tom Mansell, outfielder (b. 1855)
- 1949 - Guy Zinn, outfielder (b. 1887)
- 1954 - Josh Devore, outfielder (b. 1887)
- 1957 - Billy Campbell, pitcher (b. 1873)
- 1957 - Phil Cooney, infielder (b. 1882)
- 1962 - Dick Gossett, catcher (b. 1891)
- 1964 - Dan Adams, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1964 - Barney Schreiber, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1966 - Bill Henderson, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1969 - Desmond Beatty, infielder (b. 1893)
- 1969 - Roy Crumpler, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1976 - Joe Erautt, catcher (b. 1921)
- 1977 - Gene Bedford, infielder (b. 1896)
- 1979 - Ray Wolf, infielder (b. 1904)
- 1988 - Bob Boken, infielder (b. 1908)
- 1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1914)
- 1998 - Mark Belanger, infielder; All-Star (b. 1944)
- 1999 - Bob Patrick, outfielder (b. 1917)
- 2001 - Miguel del Toro, pitcher (b. 1972)
- 2004 - Norm Schlueter, catcher (b. 1916)
