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October 6
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 6.
[edit] Events
- 1926 - Babe Ruth hits three home runs to lead the Yankees to a 10 - 5 victory over St. Louis in Game Four of the World Series. His 1st-inning curtain-raiser is a majestic 395-footer, exiting Sportsman's Park over its right field bleacher roof. Home run number 2 clears the roof in right center, carrying 515 feet, breaking a window on the other side of Grand Avenue. Ruth's final foray, however, is the main attraction, carrying deep into the never-before reached centerfield bleachers, far beyond the 430-foot mark. Estimated at 530 feet, it is deemed the longest home run in World Series history. Ruth, however, not content to dominate offensively, also delivers a crucial outfield assist, cutting down a runner at the plate, ending the Cardinals' 3rd-inning rally. In the words of broadcaster Graham McNamee, "Babe Ruth nor no other man ever made a better throw. Babe shot it like an arrow and Hank Severeid did not have to move for it." If all this weren't enough, this also is the game during which the Babe makes good on his alleged pre-game promise to hit a home run for the bedridden young Johnny Sylvester.
- 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 will go on to win the Series in seven games and the Cubs won't win another National League championship for the rest of the 20th century. A belief that the Cubs were cursed by the goat will eventually develop.
- 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 8th inning by Feller.
- 1960 - Giddy following their team's Game One win over the heavily favored Yankees, Pirate fans are in for a brutal reality check, as the Big Apple Goliath walks over Steeltown's David, 16 - 3, to even the World Series at one all. This utterly uncontested affair is little more than batting practice for the Bombers, highlighted by two tremendous opposite field blasts by Mickey Mantle, the latter of which, measured at 478 feet, proves historic – the first time within memory that any right-handed batter has hit a ball out of Forbes Field to the right of dead center.
- 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 5th 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; he will eventually be passed by Jamie Moyer on May 7, 2010.
- 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 7th-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 puts two men aboard and reliever Nelson Santander lets one come in thanks to his own error and a sacrifice fly by Rombley.
- 2009:
- In his postseason debut, Cliff Lee comes within one pitch of a shutout before Troy Tulowitzki doubles in a run in the 9th as Philadelphia defeats Colorado, 5 - 1, in Game One of their NLDS. Raul Ibanez has two RBI for the Phillies.
- In the other NLDS, the Dodgers take a one game to none lead with a 5 - 3 win over the Cardinals and Chris Carpenter. Los Angeles' bullpen compensates for Randy Wolf's shaky start as five relievers give up a single run over 5 1/3 innings. Matt Kemp homers for the Dodgers.
- Detroit loses, 6 - 5, to Minnesota in a one-game playoff to determine the winner of the AL Central title. Alexi Casilla singles home the winning run with one out in the 12th inning. The Tigers had led the division by 3 games with 4 to play, and were ahead by 7 games on September 6 before sputtering down the stretch. Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera, under a swirl of controversy over allegations of impaired driving and domestic violence, hits an early home run to put Detroit ahead, but is thrown out at home by Nick Punto in the top half of the 12th. It is the last regular-season game to be played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this the 16th greatest game of the past fifty years.
- 2010 - Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay throws a no-hitter in Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds. It is the second post-season no-hitter in baseball history, after Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. The Phillies win, 4 - 0.
- 2011:
- The Tigers eliminate the Yankees in the ALDS for the second time in five years, taking advantage of back-to-back 1st-inning homers by Don Kelly and Delmon Young off Ivan Nova, to win, 3 - 2, in the decisive Game Five. Nova is lifted in the 2nd inning, while Doug Fister and three relievers manage to quiet the Yankees' bats to make the lead hold. Closer Jose Valverde remains perfect for the season, picking up the save with a flawless 9th inning at New Yankee Stadium.
- The White Sox name their former third baseman, Robin Ventura, as their new manager, replacing Ozzie Guillen. Ventura, who has no coaching or managerial experience, retired as a player in 2004. He was most recently a special advisor to the club's director of player development, Buddy Bell.
- 2012:
- In the first game of the ALDS, Justin Verlander of the Tigers gives up a home run to the first batter of the game, Coco Crisp, but goes on to strike out 11 over 7 innings, not giving up another run to the Athletics. The Tigers get the run back in the bottom of the 1st, take the lead with a 3rd-inning score, and complete the tally when C Alex Avila homers off Jarrod Parker in the 5th for a 3 - 1 win.
- In the NLDS, Cincinnati loses ace starter Johnny Cueto to back spasms after only two batters, but still manages to beat the Giants, 5 - 2. Brandon Phillips has 3 RBI on 3 hits, including a homer, and Jay Bruce homers as well, while Sam LeCure and Mat Latos, the latter making the first relief appearance of his career, step in ably in relief of Cueto. For the Giants, Buster Posey hits a solo homer off Latos, but it's not enough.
- Cleveland names Terry Francona as its manager for the next season.
[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)
- 1909 - Ernie Kershaw, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
- 1910 - Naotaka Makino, executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2006)
- 1913 - Ken Chase, pitcher (d. 1985)
- 1913 - Joe Murff, college coach (d. 1976)
- 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 (d. 2011)
- 1923 - René González, minor league infielder; Salon de la Fama (d. 1982)
- 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 (d. 2010)
- 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 - Jim Christensen, minor league infielder
- 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
- 1964 - Mark Barron, umpire
- 1965 - Jay Eddings, scout
- 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
- 1974 - Edgard López, Nicaraguan national team infielder
- 1975 - Jeff Farnsworth, pitcher
- 1976 - Freddy Garcia, pitcher; All-Star
- 1977 - Leo Hernandez, minor league player and manager
- 1977 - Sung-Hsien Yang, CPBL outfielder
- 1978 - Bill Villanueva, minor league pitcher
- 1980 - Héctor Garanzuay, minor league infielder
- 1981 - Joel Hanrahan, pitcher; All-Star
- 1982 - Aaron Campbell, New Zealand national team catcher
- 1982 - William Plaza, minor league catcher
- 1983 - Frank Díaz, minor league outfielder
- 1983 - Gonzalo Lopez, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Andrew Barb, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Jonathan Haras, Division Elite outfielder
- 1985 - Andrew Albers, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Ben Grover, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1986 - Edgmer Escalona, pitcher
- 1989 - Natalie Land, US women's national team infielder
- 1994 - Kayla Bufardeci, US women's national team pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1892 - Dickie Flowers, infielder (b. 1850)
- 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)
