September 1
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 1.
[edit] Events
- 2000 - Rogers Communications Inc. purchased 80% of the Toronto Blue Jays with Interbrew (now InBev) maintaining 20% interest and CIBC relinquishing its 10% share.
- 2004 - Ryan Howard makes his MLB debut as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. In his first plate appearance, as a pinch hitter for pitcher Vicente Padilla, he strikes out against Atlanta Braves pitcher Jaret Wright.
- 2007:
- Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox pitches a 10-0 no-hitter over the Baltimore Orioles in his second career start. He is the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in his first or second start since Wilson Alvarez did so in 1991.
- Domingo Guzman becomes the second Dominican in under two weeks to set a Nippon Pro Baseball balk record. Shortly after Esteban Yan had set the single-season record, Guzman issues a record four in a game and ties the record of three in an inning. Like Yan, Guzman is ejected from his record-setting contest after conflict with the umpires.
- Tomonori Maeda gets his 2,000th career hit. He is the 4th member of the Hiroshima Carp to reach that level, which lets him join the meikyukai.
[edit] Births
- 1850 - Jim O'Rourke, outfielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1919)
- 1863 - Darby O'Brien, outfielder (d. 1893)
- 1874 - Henry Adkinson, outfielder (d. 1923)
- 1876 - Jimmy Wiggs, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1882 - Carl Druhot, pitcher (d. 1918)
- 1885 - Chuck Rose, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1888 - Polly Wolfe, outfielder (d. 1938)
- 1889 - Chuck Tompkins, pitcher (d. 1975)
- 1890 - Sam Brenegan, catcher (d. 1956)
- 1891 - Austin Walsh, outfielder (d. 1955)
- 1894 - Fred Nicholson, outfielder (d. 1972)
- 1898 - Ed Goebel, outfielder (d. 1959)
- 1900 - Hub Pruett, pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1903 - Foster Edwards, pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1903 - Freddie Moncewicz, infielder (d. 1969)
- 1912 - Ham Schulte, infielder (d. 1993)
- 1912 - Claude Wilborn, outfielder (d. 1992)
- 1913 - Joe Marty, outfielder (d. 1984)
- 1917 - Paul Campbell, infielder
- 1918 - Jim Mallory, outfielder (d. 2001)
- 1919 - Jim Hopper, pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1921 - Joe Erautt, catcher (d. 1976)
- 1922 - Joe Astroth, catcher
- 1922 - Vic Barnhart, infielder
- 1924 - Ed Samcoff, infielder
- 1927 - Cloyd Boyer, pitcher
- 1927 - Tom Burgess, infielder
- 1927 - Bob DiPietro, outfielder
- 1930 - Dean Stone, pitcher; All-Star
- 1938 - Merlin Nippert, pitcher
- 1939 - Rico Carty, outfielder; All-Star
- 1940 - Pat House, pitcher
- 1943 - Fred Rath, pitcher
- 1946 - Monty Montgomery, pitcher
- 1947 - Craig Skok, pitcher
- 1948 - Dick Lange, pitcher
- 1949 - Gary Ignasiak, pitcher
- 1949 - Garry Maddox, outfielder
- 1953 - Rob Wilfong, infielder
- 1957 - Dave Rucker, pitcher
- 1963 - Brad Pounders, minor league first baseman
- 1964 - Luis Lopez, catcher/infielder
- 1964 - David West, pitcher
- 1971 - Derek Wallace, pitcher
- 1972 - Kevin Orie, infielder
- 1976 - Lance Davis, pitcher
- 1978 - Stephen Smitherman, outfielder
- 1983 - Kyle Reynolds, minor league infielder
- 1983 - Jose Constanza, minor league player
[edit] Deaths
- 1872 - Al Thake, outfielder (b. 1849)
- 1916 - Ben Froelich, catcher (b. 1887)
- 1923 - Frank McManus, catcher (b. 1875)
- 1930 - John Reccius, outfielder (b. 1859)
- 1940 - Gus Dundon, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1943 - Joe Connolly, outfielder (b. 1884)
- 1943 - Eddie Matteson, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1949 - Larry McClure, outfielder (b. 1884)
- 1951 - Bill Klem Hall of Famer (b. 1874)
- 1954 - Wimpy Quinn, pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1955 - Jim Oglesby, infielder (b. 1905)
- 1962 - Hank Garrity, catcher (b. 1908)
- 1962 - Duke Shirey, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1965 - Ivy Olson, infielder (b. 1885)
- 1970 - Herbert Hill, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1970 - Ben Spencer, outfielder (b. 1890)
- 1976 - Mike Meola, pitcher (b. 1905)
- 1980 - Frank LaManna, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 1987 - Pinky Whitney, infielder; All-Star (b. 1905)
- 1990 - Buster Adams, outfielder (b. 1915)
- 1994 - Bob Greenwood, pitcher (b. 1928)
- 1999 - Doc Marshall, infielder (b. 1906)
- 1999 - Boots Poffenberger, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 2006 - Ted Davidson, pitcher (b. 1939)
