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  • 1877 - With their 19th victory in the last 20 games, Boston clinches the National League pennant beating the Hartford Dark Blues,13-2. James 'Deacon' White, the league's leading hitter, paces the Reds' attack with a 4-for-4 performance.
  • 1889 - The Philadelphia National League club releases union activists George Wood and Dan Casey. Meanwhile, the Boston club announces the purchase of the entire Western Association champion Omaha team for 1890. This latter deal would not actually take place.
  • 1898 - Reds' first baseman Jake Beckley handles a record 22 chances (21 put outs, one assist and no errors) during a victory over the Cleveland Spiders.
  • 1901:
  • 1904:
  • 1905 - Pilgrim Bill Dinneen, who had not thrown this month because of a sore arm, pitches the 4th no-hitter of the season. The White Sox have 26 official at bats against him in the 2-0 Boston win, their first loss to Boston after 10 straight wins. Chicago gets revenge in the nitecap, whipping the Pilgrims, 15-1. With the A's losing yesterday to the Tigers, Chicago now heads for Philadelphia, trailing by three percentage points. The Pilgrims will play 11 twinbills this month, winning 2, losing 2, and splitting 7.
  • 1907:
    • After leading the American League most of the month, the Athletics (83-54) are beset by pitching problems as Detroit (86-56) comes into Philadelphia for a three game showdown. Detroit win the first game, 5-4, to take over 1st place.
    • Pirate star Honus Wagner is hit on the hand by a pitch from Rube Dessau, and will miss the last 12 games of the year.
  • 1908:
  • 1909 - The first-place Pirates set a National League record with their 16th victory in a row, before the Giants stop them, 8-7, in the 2nd game of a doubleheader.
  • 1912 - Eddie Plank goes 19 innings for the A's against Bob Groom and Walter Johnson of the Nationals, and takes a 5 - 4 loss when Eddie Collins' wild throw lets the winning run score. Johnson relieves Bob Groom at the end of the 9th, and pitches 10 innings of scoreless relief.
  • 1913 - The Giants lose to Brooklyn, but the pennant is theirs, as the Phils lose to Boston, 9 - 3.
  • 1914:
  • 1915 - St. Louis Browns 1B George Sisler makes his 2nd pitching start this month, and gets no decision despite giving up four runs in seven innings. The Red Sox beat St. Louis, 8 - 4.
  • 1917 - The Red Sox play a benefit game against an American League all-star team and Babe Ruth and Rube Foster combine for a 2 - 0 shutout. The AL squad features Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, and Joe Jackson in the outfield. More than $14,000 is raised for the family of sports writer Tim Murnane, who died February 13th. Murnane had played and managed in Boston in the 19th century. Actress Fanny Brice helps sell programs and former heavyweight champ John L. Sullivan coaches 3B for the Sox. Ruth wins the fungo hitting contest with a drive of 402 feet, while Joe Jackson has the longest throw at an impressive 396 feet.
  • 1919 - Babe Ruth's 29th HR is his first of the year in Washington; he is the first to hit one in every park in the league in one season.
  • 1920:
    • Carl Mays and the Yankees beat the A's, 3 - 0, as Mays allows just four hits. It is his 3rd straight shutout over Philadelphia and his 10th straight win against them. Babe Ruth drives in all the runs on a pair of homers over the RF fence off Rommel, his 52nd and 53rd homers of the campaign. He hit two other liners to left and center that were close to the wall.
    • Behind the pitching of Dickie Kerr, the White Sox top Detroit, 2 - 0. In the clubhouse following the game, copies of the Chicago papers are spread on the table. The headlines feature Philadelphia writer Jimmy Isaminger's interview with Billy Maharg where Maharg admits to his involvement, and that of former pitcher Bill Burns, in the scandal.
    • The Indians continue on their warpath by topping the Browns, 8 - 4. Duster Mails wins his 6th straight and Tris Speaker breaks out of a slump by collecting two hits. He had been 1-for-19. Charlie Jamieson adds four hits.
    • At the Polo Grounds, the Braves eliminate the 2nd-place Giants in game two by a 3 - 2 score on Boekel's homer in the 9th. The Giants win the opener, 2 - 1. The loss cinches the pennant for Brooklyn.
  • 1921:
  • 1922 - In the Giants, 3 - 2 win over the Phils, rookie Travis Jackson debuts, going 0-for-2. Jackson will play 15 years for the Giants, eventually going to the Hall of Fame.
  • 1923:
  • 1924:
    • Down 4 - 0 in the first, the Senators rally to top the Red Sox 7 - 5, as the Fenway crowd of 20,000 cheers the Washington win. Rookie pinch hitter Wade Lefler, who had one at-bat with the Braves previously, drives in three runs with a bases loaded double to win it. Lefler drove in Washington's only run in Friday's loss, but his five games with Washington (5-for-9 with three doubles) and one with Boston will sum up his ML career. In Philadelphia, the A's beat the Yankees 4 - 3 to give the Senators a 2-game lead with two to play.
    • Rookie Pedro Dibut (3 - 0) hurls the Reds to a 10 - 1 win over the Cardinals. Except for a brief relief appearance next year, that's it in the majors for the chunky Cuban, who played in the Negro Leagues for the Cuban Giants (West) before the Reds. He sets a oft-tied National League record for most wins without a loss in a career, a mark that will be eclipsed by Ben Shields (4 - 0 in two leagues).
    • Behind Jack Bentley's 4-hitter the Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating the Phils 5 - 1, while Brooklyn is losing 3 - 2 to Boston.
  • 1925 - In a doubleheader split with the Braves in St. Louis, the Cards player-manager Rogers Hornsby hits his 38th and 39th home runs of the year, along with a single, double, and triple to push his average to .403. In batting practice tomorrow, Hornsby will foul a ball off his foot splitting his toenail, and will sit the last three games. The Rajah calls reporters into the club house to view his bloody toe, "because some of those in the East may say I'm stallin' because I want to save my .400 average." Hornsby will be the only player-manager to win the triple crown, which he does by topping .400 for the 3rd time in four years, while his 39 home runs and 143 RBI are National League highs. His .756 slugging average is still the NL's best. The Cards take the opener 6 - 5 and lose the nitecap 7 - 6.
  • 1926 - Cleveland 1B George Burns hits his 64th double of the year, as the Indians down Philadelphia 5 - 4. Indians righthander George Uhle gives up nine hits in winning his 27th against 11 losses. He leads the American League, despite giving up a league-high 300 hits and 118 walks, and posts a 2.83 ERA. It is his best record in a 17-year, 200-win career.
  • 1927 - Babe Ruth connects for a grand slam off Lefty Grove while Lou Gehrig hits No. 46 in a 7-4 win over the A's. Ruth has 57 with three games to play. One of the HRs is a grand slam, the Babe's second in three days.
  • 1928:
    • With the Giants just a half game behind the Cardinals, New York loses the 1st game of a doubleheader to the Cubs 3 - 2. On a controversial play at the plate in the 6th inning, New York's Shanty Hogan hits a ball back to pitcher Art Nehf who throws to third to get the runner. But the runner, Randy Reese, was off with the crack of the bat and bowls over catcher Gabby Hartnett. Hartnett grabs the runner to keep from falling. and as Hartnett holds him, Reese is tagged out by the Cubs 3B. The Giants bench erupts, but umpire Bill Klem rules Reese is out. The subsequent protest will be disallowed, despite a photo clearly showing Hartnett up the line holding Reese. The Giants win the nitecap 2 - 0, but a loss tomorrow clinches the pennant for St. Louis.
    • For a remarkable 2nd time in five weeks, Lefty Grove strikes out three batters on nine pitches, this time victimizing the White Sox (Berg, Thomas and Mostil) in the 7th inning. Grove also starts the A's scoring with a solo home run and wins 6 - 3, his 6th straight win over Chicago and his 24th of the year. Not until Jim Bunning, in 1959, will another American League hurler strikeout the side on nine pitches.
    • At Boston, the Cardinals erupt for seven runs in the 15th inning to win 10 - 3, handing the loss to starter Bob Smith. Smith goes 14.1 innings, allowing nine hits and 12 walks. Smith and Kent Greenfield allow the seven runs, a major-league record for the 15th inning. The Cards tied the game in the 9th on Andy High's 2-out, 2-run single.
    • At St. Louis, Bump Hadley pitches the Senators to a 6 - 5 win over the Browns. Goslin, leading the American League, is 2-for-4, while his rival Heinie Manush has one hit, a 3-run home run in the Browns 5-run 9th. Manush has 13 homers - all at home.
  • 1929 - Phils outfielder Chuck Klein hits HR No. 42, tying Mel Ott and equaling Hornsby's National League record. He'll hit one more to top the NL with 43.
  • 1930:
  • 1931:
    • Lou Gehrig hits a home run to tie Babe Ruth at 46 while the Yankees pound Lefty Grove, 13 - 1, and deny him his 32nd victory. Grove throws just three innings in the warmup for the Series.. Gehrig drives in two runs as he (184) and Ruth (163) combine to drive in 347 runs for the year, the most productive duo in history. Dickey has four hits and ends the year with no passed balls, the only American League catcher - and the Yankees are the only AL team to ever accomplish the feat.
    • The most desperately contested battle for individual honors takes place in the race for the National League batting title. Chick Hafey, who reported late due to a contract dispute, goes into the final doubleheader with the Reds batting .353, four points over Bill Terry, last year's champ. Hafey gets only two hits in eight times at bat to drop to .349. Bill Terry's Giants are playing archenemy Brooklyn at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn, in their last game as the Robins, wins 12 - 3, behind Clark. Terry gets only one hit in four times at bat. The title goes to Hafey, who batted .3488 to Terry's .3486. Jim Bottomley, Hafey's Cardinal teammate, goes 4-for-8 and finishes at .3481. The Cards win 6 - 2 and 5 - 3, to win 20 of 22 with the Reds.
    • In a scheduled doubleheader at Ebbets Field, the Robins beat the Giants 12 - 3 in the opener. The nitecap, called on account of darkness after three innings with no score, will turn out to be the final contest between managers Wilbert Robinson and John McGraw, one-time friends and business partners, but now bitter enemies. McGraw has the edge, 197 - 190, with five ties.
  • 1934 - The Cards close to one-half game of the idle Giants, beating the Reds 13-7. Cincinnati SS Gordon Slade makes 3 errors in the first inning.
  • 1935:
    • All American League games are rained out.
    • The Cubs clinch the National League pennant in the first game of a doubleheader with the Cardinals, 6 - 2, besting Dizzy Dean, as Bill Lee wins his 20th. The Cubs tally 15 hits off Diz, led by Freddie Lindstrom's 4. With Roy Henshaw's victory, 5 - 3, in the nitecap, the Cubs extend their win streak to an incredible 21 games and reach the 100-win mark. Only once during the winning streak have the Cubs pitchers given up more than three runs. The streak ties the franchise mark set in 1880.
  • 1936 - Replacing Johnny Mize, who is tossed by an ump for arguing, Cardinal rookie first baseman Walter Alston makes an error in handling two chances and is fanned by Lon Warneke in his only major league at-bat. 'Smokey' will, however, win seven pennants and four World Series in his 23-year Hall of Fame career as Dodger manager from 1954 to 1976.
  • 1938:
    • With the Pirates 11½ games up on the Cubs, Dizzy Dean shuts out the Bucs for 8 innings. In the 9th Bill Lee relieves Dean, and the Cubs win 2-1.
    • Hank Greenberg again hits 2 HRs, extending his record to 11 times in the same season. They are the last he will hit this season, as he falls 2 short of Ruth's 1927 record of 60.
  • 1939 - The hometown White Sox play the first "day-night" doubleheader against Cleveland, but lose both games 5-2 and 7-5. Fans are charged separate admissions for each game.
  • 1940 - Besides Bobo Newsom (21-5), Schoolboy Rowe (16-3), and Tommy Bridges (12-9), the Tigers pitching staff combines for a losing record. Needing one victory to gain the title, manager Del Baker decides to withhold Newsom and Rowe and picks Floyd Giebell, an obscure rookie just called in from Buffalo. Giebell shuts out the Indians 2-0 to beat Bob Feller, who gives up just 3 hits. Not eligible for the WS, Giebell never wins another game in the ML. During the game, unruly Cleveland fans shower the field with fruit and vegetables. At one point, a basket of green tomatoes is dropped onto Tigers C Birdie Tebbetts' head while he sits in the bullpen.
  • 1941:
    • You won't find the name of George Pfister in the NL records, though he appears as C for the Dodgers. The NL rules Pfister, who never signed a Brooklyn contract, is the property of Montreal (IL), and his name is removed from the box score.
    • Ted Williams starts the day with a .401 batting average and refuses Boston manager Joe Cronin's suggestion that he sit out the season to preserve his average. Against the A's he hits one single in 4 at bats to drop his average to .3995.
  • 1942:
    • The Red Sox Tex Hughson wins his 22nd to tie Mort Cooper for the ML lead, as the Red Sox edge the Yankees. A Fenway Park crowd of 26,166--including 4,293 youngsters who gained free admission by bringing 29,000 pounds of scrap metal--watches Hughson scatter 11 hits. Ted Williams, in his final appearance before entering the war, has a single to finish the season at .356 and wins his second straight batting title. Teammate Johnny Pesky is 2nd at .331. Williams also leads the ML in HRs (36), RBI (137), runs (141), and walks (145).
    • Phils outfielder Dan Litwhiler completes his 151st errorless game of the season in a game against the Dodgers. Litwhiler becomes the first OF to avoid an error the entire season. He has 308 putouts and 9 assists on the year.
    • The Cardinals clinch the NL pennant by winning the first game of a doubleheader from the Cubs. The final score is 9-2.
  • 1944 - The Browns give the lead back by insisting on playing the Red Sox in the rain under the arcs and then losing 4-1. The Red Sox had just lost 10 straight.
  • 1946 - In Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Indian fireballer Bob Feller ties Rube Wadell's strikeout mark with his 343rd K of the season. Future research, however, will show Rube Waddell had struck out 349 in 1904.
  • 1949 - The Red Sox, winners of 16 out of the last 19 with the Senators, win the opener in Washington 6-4.
  • 1950:
    • The Phils rally for five runs in the eighth to tie, but the Giants win in 10 innings 8 - 7. Monte Irvin, sliding across the plate with the winning run, injures catcher Andy Seminick, limiting his effectiveness. He will play the next day and all through the WS, later to find out that he has a bone separation. In the nitecap, Bobby Thomson first inning inside-the-park grand slam is all the Giants need as Jim Hearn wins 5 - 0. The Dodgers split with the Braves cutting the Phillies lead to two games.
    • Against the A's, Whitey Ford relieves and loses his first game after nine wins. The Yanks lose, 8 - 7.
  • 1951:
    • Trying for his 23rd win, Preacher Roe loses just his 3rd game, 4 - 3, to Chet Nichols and the Braves. The Dodgers now lead New York by 1/2 game. Future Hall of Fame basketball player Bill Sharman becomes the only man in history to be thrown out of a ML baseball game without ever having played in one. With the score tied at 3-3 in the 8th inning, umpire Frank Dascoli clears the entire Brooklyn bench after a home plate call by him results in a violent protest. Sharman, up from St. Paul (AA) at the end of the season, is one of the players thrown out. Dascoli's safe call at home on Bob Addis's score results in the winning run.
    • Monte Irvin clouts a 3-run homer in the 1st inning off Phils righty Andy Hansen and Larry Jansen picks up his 21st win, 10 - 1.
    • Gabe Paul replaces the newly elected National League President Warren Giles as GM of the Cincinnati Reds.
  • 1952:
    • The Braves Ed Mathews hits 3 HRs as Boston breaks a 10-game loss streak and beats Brooklyn 11-3. Virgil Jester wins, his last in the majors and the last victory for the Boston Braves franchise.
    • During the Braves' final win in Boston, Eddie Mathews becomes the first rookie in major league history to hit three home runs in a game.
  • 1953:
    • In a fitting finale, the St. Louis plays their last game as the Browns and lose their 100th game, 2-1, to the White Sox in 11 innings. Next season the team will move to Baltimore and will become the Orioles.
    • Washington's Mickey Vernon goes into the last game of the season still fighting for the batting title with Cleveland's Al Rosen. Near the end of the game Vernon is hitting .337 when word arrives that Rosen's game is over and Vernon is ahead by .0011 points. The possibility of Vernon coming up to bat again and maybe losing a point is scotched when his teammates contrive to make an out to end the game.
    • The St. Louis Browns play both their last game in Sportsman's Park and the last game in the franchise's 52-year history. Fittingly, they lose 2-1 to Billy Pierce and the Chicago White Sox in 10 innings for their 100th defeat of the season. Reserve 1B Ed Mickelson drives in Johnny Groth in the 4th inning for the last run of the Browns franchise.
  • 1957:
    • Johnny Klippstein of the Reds one-hits the Braves 6-0, with Bob Hazle getting the only safety.
    • In a desperate move, New York City Council President Abe "Hit Sign, Win" Stark says the Dodgers should be urged to enlarge and modernize Ebbets Field.
    • Walter O'Malley says he will waive the oil rights to Chavez Ravine.
    • Owner Paul I. Fagan agrees to rent Seals Stadium to the Giants until Candlestick is ready. Fagan will pay $125,000 in annual taxes, in exchange for the parking concession, against 5 percent of the gross revenue.
  • 1958 - The Red Sox drill a 9 - 5 win over Washington as Pete Runnels and Ted Williams each have three hits, but Ted has two less at bats to move ahead in the bat race. The two sluggers hit back-to-back home runs in the 4th, off John Romonosky.
  • 1959 - In one of the NL's frequent tight races, the Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68), with the Giants a close 3rd (83-71). The Dodgers beat Chicago 7-1 while the Braves beat the Phillies 5-2. The Giants drop 2 to the Cardinals, to finish with 7 losses in their final 8 games.
  • 1960 - Pancho Herrera's 135th strikeout sets an National League record, even though the Phils beat the Braves 5 - 3.
  • 1961 - Sandy Koufax (18-13)fans seven Phils in the course of a 2 - 1 loss to set a National League record for strikeouts in a season: 269. This surpasses Christy Mathewson's 267 in 1903, which was accomplished in 367 innings pitched, as opposed to Koufax's remarkable 255. Both runs off Sandy are unearned.
  • 1962:
    • The Cardinals sidetrack the Giants, 7 - 4, as Gene Oliver contributes a 3-run home run and Stan Stan Musial goes 5-for-5.
    • The Dodgers' hopes for clinching a tie for the pennant are dashed when Sandy Koufax, making his 2nd start since returning to action, lasts just five innings against Houston. Reliever Ron Perranoski is the loser, 8 - 6.
  • 1963:
    • Using a lineup of nine rookies the Colt 45s lose 10 - 3 to the Mets. The lineup includes P Jay Dahl, 17 (debut); C Jerry Grote, 20; 1B Rusty Staub, 19; 2B Joe Morgan, 20; 3B Glenn Vaughan, 19; SS Sonny Jackson, 19 (debut); and outfielders Brock Davis, 19, Aaron Pointer, 21, and Jim Wynn, 21. Dahl loses his only ML game at 17 and will die in an auto accident at 19. Houston 2B Joe Morgan will play 22 years, and 1B Rusty Staub, 23. Aaron Pointer singles for his only hit this year: his sisters will do better with a top-10 hit of "Fire," by Bruce Springsteen. Joe Hoerner and Danny Coombs follow Dahl to the mound in their ML debuts. 20-year-old P Larry Yellen debuted yesterday and 18-year-old OF Ivan Murrell debuts tomorrow.
    • At St. Louis, the Reds John Tsitouris pitches a 2-hit, 3 - 0 shut out over the Cardinals. In his last three starts, Tsitouris has pitched three shutouts and allowed eight hits.
    • At Colt Stadium, Colt .45s skipper Harry Craft starts an all rookie team which includes future stars such as Joe Morgan, Rusty Staub, Jimmy Wynn, and Jerry Grote. The freshmam team, who has average age is 19years and 4 months, lose to the Mets, 10-3, with 17-year old starting pitcher Jay Dahl making his only major league appearance.
  • 1964:
    • The Reds are winners of nine straight as they sweep two against New York, winning 4 - 1 and 3 - 1, to take a one-game lead over the faltering Phils. Philadelphia is now just a half-game ahead of the charging Cardinals, winners of eight straight games. Even the Giants, losers of a doubleheader against the Cubs, are just four 1/2 games in back of the Reds, and will not be eliminated until October 3.
    • Despite three home runs by Johnny Callison, the Phils are 14 - 8 losers to the Braves, who complete a 4-game sweep at Connie Mack Stadium. The Phils' 7th straight loss drops them out of first, which they had held for 73 days. Milwaukee tallied 22 hits"”10 against Jim Bunning in four innings"”and four relievers. Joe Torre has two hits including his 20th homer.
    • The Houston Colt 45's play their final game in Colt Stadium. The future 'Astros' beat the Dodgers in the 12th inning, 1-0.
  • 1965:
    • Tom Haller clouts two home runs to give the Giants an 8 - 4 win over the Cards. The Dodgers keep pace by defeating the Reds 6 - 1.
    • A week after sending veteran Ken Boyer to the Mets, St. Louis trades SS Dick Groat, 1B Bill White and C Bob Uecker to the Phillies for P Art Mahaffey, OF Alex Johnson and C Pat Corrales.
  • 1966 - At St. Louis, the Dodgers win as Don Drysdale pitches his 2nd shutout in a row, beating the Cardinals.
  • 1967:
    • Philadelphia's Jim Bunning loses a ML-record-tying 5th 1 - 0 decision, as Houston's Mike Cuellar outlasts the veteran in 11 innings.
    • In afternoon games, Cleveland tops Boston 6 - 0, while the Twins drop a 5 - 1 decision to California. In their last games in Kansas City before moving to Oakland, the 10th place A's sweep a doubleheader from Chicago, beating the American League's ERA leaders Gary Peters and Joe Horlen. Peters loses the opener 5 - 2, and Horlen the nitecap 4 - 0, to rookie Catfish Hunter. Jim Gosger leads the way for KC by going 5-for-8 in the doubleheader. The two losses on this "Black Wednesday" drops Chicago to 4th place with only a hope of a tie for the pennant.
  • 1968:
    • For the 2nd time in two years, the Cards sign free-agent P Barney Schultz to enable him to qualify for pension time. Schultz was released last October 8.
    • A 1 - 0 win and 11 strikeouts against the Astros enables Cardinal Bob Gibson to lower his ERA to 1.12, a new NL season mark. His phenomenal campaign includes 28 complete games, 268 strikeouts, and 13 shutouts.
    • At Detroit, Frank Howard snaps a 1 - 1 tie with his 44th homer, and the Senators beat the Tigers, 3 - 1. Howard run is his 89th, and he'll finish the year with that, compiling the most homers in history without scoring 90 runs.
    • Facing Lee Stange at Fenway Park, Mantle flies out in his final plate appearance, before being replaced by Andy Kosko. Kosko's homer ties the score in the 8th and Pepitone's home run in the 9th gives New York a 4 - 3 win.
  • 1969 - Jim Maloney fires a one-hitter in beating Houston, 3 - 0, at Crosley Field. Joe Morgan's 3rd inning single is the only safety.
  • 1970:
    • The Pirates clinch the National League East with a 2 - 1 win over the Mets. A record crowd of 50,469 cheer on the Bucs. Boswell, who had played a record 85 games at 2B without an error, boots a grounder in the 5th for his first E in 389 chances.
    • The Red Sox smash four homers to reach a club-record 201 homers in handing the Senators their 10th straight loss, 10 - 1. Winning pitcher Gary Peters hits a 3-run homer, Conigliaro, and George Scott with two homers and five RBIs are the leaders. The previous Sox high for homers was 197 last season.
    • The Orioles rally for two runs in the 8th inning to beat the Indians Sam McDowell, 4 - 3. Dick Hall wins his 10th game with three innings of hitless relief. He also walks no one and ends the year with more wins than walks"”10 wins and only six walks in 61 innings. Not since Slim Sallee's 21 wins in 1919 when he walked 20 has a pitcher accomplished this. Bret Saberhagen in 1994 will be the next, winning 14 and walking 13. Before Sallee, Christy Mathewson had two seasons of more wins than walks.
  • 1972:
    • A's relief star Darold Knowles breaks his thumb, costing him a chance to pitch in the World Series. Knowles finishes the season with a 5-1 record, 11 saves, and a 1.36 ERA.
    • The Dodgers Don Sutton shuts out San Diego, 2 - 0, handing Steve Arlin his National League-high 21st loss of the year. Arlin also led the NL in losses last year with 19. It's Sutton's 9th shutout of the year to tie Nolan Ryan for the most in the ML.
    • Trailing 5 - 1, the Tigers score three in the 8th and two in the 9th to beat the Yankees and Sparky Lyle.
  • 1973:
    • The Angels Nolan Ryan fans 16 in 11 innings, beating the Twins 5 - 4. The final strikeout victim, Rich Reese, is 383 of the season for Ryan, enabling him to surpass the major-league record set by Sandy Koufax in 1965. Ryan opts to skip his next start on the 30th, thus passing on a shot at 400 K's.
    • After a series of incidents, the Reds suspend OF Bobby Tolan for insubordination. Tolan was in several scuffles with club personnel, went AWOL for two days in August, and began growing a beard, a no no with the Reds. Tolan, hitting .206, will be traded in November.
    • Angels' fireballer Nolan Ryan establishes a major league record striking out 383 batters in a season. The Texan reaches the mark by whiffing 16 Twins in a 5-4, 11-inning victory.
  • 1974 - Baltimore breaks a scoreless tie with the Brewers in the 17th inning to pull out a 1 - 0 win. Grant Jackson wins the decision over Jim Colborn.
  • 1977 - The Philadelphia Phillies clinch their second consecutive National League East Division title with a 15-9 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Winning pitcher Larry Christenson hits a grand slam home run in the 7th inning.
  • 1978 - At Fenway, Carlton Fisk lines a 2-run triple in the first inning and the Red Sox top the Tigers, 5 - 2. George Scott hits his 1st homer in a month and collects his 1000th RBI to back Luis Tiant's win (his 203rd). New York maintains its lead by beating the Blue Jays, 5 - 1, at Yankee Stadium.
  • 1981 - In the first game of a doubleheader with Chicago, Oakland ties an American League record with eight straight singles in the bottom of the first inning, but blows its 5 - 0 lead and loses 9 - 5. The White Sox take the nightcap 10 - 3.
  • 1982:
    • Willie McGee's 3-run inside-the-park home run in the first inning sparks the Cardinals to a 4 - 2 win over the Expos, clinching their first National League East title since divisional play began in 1969.
    • Atlanta's Phil Niekro shuts out the Giants on two hits 7 - 0 to push the Braves back into a first-place tie with the Dodgers in the NL West. The Dodgers have lost six straight games.
  • 1983:
    • Jim Beattie fires the first one-hitter in Mariners' history, beating Kansas City. U.L. Washington's single in the 3rd inning is the only baserunner allowed by Beattie.
    • Tim Raines becomes the first player since Ty Cobb to steal 70 bases and drive in 70 runs in the same season, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a stolen base, and four RBI in Montreal's 10 - 4 win over St. Louis.
  • 1984:
    • Before a crowd of 2,803, the smallest crowd in Montreal history, the Expos trim the Cards, 6 - 3. Paced by back-to-back homers by Gary Carter and Dan Driessen, the Expos score six in the 4th. The Spos will draw 3,613 on Sept. 4, 2001, their next smallest crowd. In Joe Hesketh's 7 - 0 shutout over the Mets, tomorrow, the crowd will be 12,164.
    • The Indians top the Twins, 4 - 3, on a 2-out pinch solo homer in the 9th by Jamie Quirk. Ron Davis serves up the game-winner to Quirk, whose contract was purchased three days ago from the Chicago White Sox. For Quirk, it will be his only at bat in a Cleveland uniform during his one-week stint: the Tribe will release him on October one when the season ends.
  • 1986 - Jack Morris shuts out the Yankees 1 - 0 in 10 innings, raising his record to 20-8 and snapping Don Mattingly's hitting streak at 24 consecutive games.
  • 1987:
    • In his final plate appearance of the year at Wrigley, Andre Dawson crashes his 47th home run to lead the Cubs to a 7 - 3 win over the Cardinals. Dawson will finish with 49 round trippers on his way to the MVP. He also draws just 32 walks.
    • Shea Stadium is packed with 48,588 fans to see the Mets clobber the Pirates 12 - 3, making the Mets the 2nd franchise in ML history to break the three million barrier in season attendance. St. Louis will also draw three million fans this season.
    • Phil Niekro makes his final ML appearance and is pounded for five runs in three innings in Atlanta's 15 - 6 loss to the Giants. Niekro, who had been released earlier in the season by Toronto, agreed to pitch one last game for the Braves, the team he spent his first 19 ML seasons with.
  • 1989 - The two San Francisco Bay teams clinch their divisions. Oakland wins the American League West by beating Texas 5 - 0, while San Francisco loses 1 - 0 to the Dodgers but is assured of the National League West crown when the 2nd-place Padres lose to the Reds 2 - 1 in 13 innings.
  • 1991 - The Indians lose their 100th game as the Yankees beat Greg Swindell, 3 - 0. With eight innings of work, Pascual Perez (2 - 4) earns his last ML decision.
  • 1992:
    • Mariner Randy Johnson ties Ron Guidry's American League mark for strikes out (18) in a game for a left-handers.
    • At Yankee Stadium, Jack Morris wins his 20th of the year, going six innings in a 12 - 2 blowout over the 4th place Yanks. Toronto scores nine runs off Scott Sanderson, who leaves in the 2nd inning. Joe Carter paces the 19-hit attack with four hits. The Jays maintain a two 1/2 game lead in the East over Milwaukee.
    • Mariners P Randy Johnson ties an American League record for lefthanders by striking out 18 Texas Rangers in a 3 - 2 Mariners' loss. Ron Guidry of the Yankees set the mark against California on June 17, 1978.
  • 1993:
    • In a 7-3 victory over the Dodgers, Cubs' reliever Randy Myers becomes the first National League pitcher to record 50 saves in a season.
    • Bo Jackson hits a three-run home run beating the Mariners, 4-2, helping the White Sox to clinch their first American League West title in 10 years.
  • 1996:
    • The Angels score two runs in the top half of the 15th inning, then hold on as Texas fights back for one in their half, to earn a 4-3 victory. LF Garret Anderson gets six hits for California and drives home three runs.
    • After being ejected for arguing a strike call in the 1st inning of Baltimore's game against the Blue Jays, Orioles' 2B Roberto Alomar spits in the face of umpire John Hirschbeck. Alomar claims he was provoked by Hirschbeck, but the incident will set off a national debate. After the game, Alomar remarks, I used to respect him a lot. He had problems with his family when his son died"”I know that's something real tough in life"”but after that he just changed, personality-wise. He just got real bitter." When the ump hears about the remarks tomorrow he will charge into the Orioles locker room and have to be restrained by fellow ump Joyce.
    • Roberto Alomar spits in the face of the umpire John Hirschbeck and will be suspended for five games. The Oriole second baseman appeals the decision and is allowed to play the next day helping Baltimore clinch the wild card.
    • Barry Bonds steals his 40th base to become the 2nd player, after Jose Canseco, to reach 40 homers and 40 steals in a season. He has 42 homers. San Francisco tops Colorado, 9 - 3, with a 7-run 7th.
  • 1997 - The Mariners hand Randy Johnson his 20th win when the Big Unit pitches the 5th and 6th innings in relief of Omar Olivares and Seattle beats Oakland, 9 - 3. Johnson is the first 20-game winner in M's history, The Mariners stake Olivares to a 7 - 2 lead, but Lou Piniella lifts the starter after four innings. Johnson was sidelined from August 20th to September 13th with a finger injury.
  • 1998:
    • The 1998 Yankees win their seventh straight game to end the season with a .704 winning percentage. The Bronx Bombers (114-48) become the first team since the 1954 Indians (111-43) to play over .700 ball for the entire season.
    • In the Reds' 4-1 victory over Pirates, two sets of brothers appear in the same lineup for the first time in major league history. Stephen Larkin plays first, Bret Boone is at second, Barry Larkin is at short and Aaron Boone plays third making up the all-brother infield.
    • Padres' reliever Trevor Hoffman ties the National League saves record as he gets three straight outs in a 3-2 victory over Arizona. His 53rd save (out of 54 chances) matches the standard set by current teammate Randy Myers, who did it for the Cubs in 1993.
    • The Reds double up on the Pirates, beating them 4 - 1. Cincinnati uses a brother infield of Bret Boone at 2B (0 - for - 4) and his brother Aaron (1 - for - 2) at 3B; Barry Larkin at SS (0 - for - 3) and Stephen Larkin at 1B (1 - for - 3). Aaron Boone's 3 - run homer gives Tomko (13 - 12) the complete game victory. Stephen Larkin is a career minor leaguer with a pacemaker and had a new one installed in August after his old one had a hiccup. Stephen hit .228 with three home run and 31 RBI in 80 games with the AA Chattanooga Lookouts this year.
    • In the season finale, Mark McGwire ends the historic season hitting his 69th and 70th home runs in the Cardinals' 6-3 win over the Expos. Big Mac hits #70 in his last at-bat off of Expos' rookie Carl Pavano of Southington, Connecticut.
    • In Blue Jays' 2-1 victory over the Tigers, Detroit pinch-hitter Bobby Higginson homers with two outs off of Blue Jay Roy Halladay to spoil the rookies' bid for a no-hitter. The Denver, Colorado native comes within one out of allowing no hits in only his second major league start.
  • 1999:
    • With each of the Tigers wearing the uniform numbers of all-time Detroit players at their position (OF Gabe Kapler, standing in for Ty Cobb, wears no number) the Tigers defeat the Royals, 8-2, in the last game ever played at Tiger Stadium. Rob Fick's grand slam in the 8th brings the capacity crowd of 43,356 to its feet. Luis Polonia and Karim Garcia also homer as Brian Moehler beats Jeff Suppan.
    • In the final game to be played in the 87-year old park, Detroit catcher Robert Fick hits the last home run, a grand slam, in Tiger Stadium as the home team defeats the Royals, 8-2 at the corner Trumbull and Michigan.
    • In the 2nd game of doubleheader with Milwaukee, the first three batters for Pittsburgh are: Adrian Brown (CF), Emil Brown (LF), and Brant Brown (1B). It's brown 'n serve as far as the Brewers go, downing the Bucs, 5 - 2.
  • 2000:
    • The A's defeat the Angels, 9-7. Anaheim's Darin Erstad hits a home run in the 2nd inning for his 99th RBI of the year from the leadoff spot to set a new record. Nomar Garciaparra drove home 98 in 1997 for the previous mark.
    • The Mets beat the Braves, 6-2, to clinch the NL wild-card berth for the 2nd year in a row.
    • The United States Olympic team, managed by former Dodger skipper Tommy Lasorda, stuns the world beating the much-favored Cuban team to win the country's first gold medal in its national pastime. Ben Sheets ends Cuba's 21-game Olympic winning streak with 4-0 shutout.
  • 2002:
    • The Pirates beat the Cubs, 13 - 3. Brian Giles scores five runs for Pittsburgh and drives home six with a double and a pair of home runs. Giles will hit a pinch 2-run home run tomorrow to finish the year with 103 RBIs.
    • Braves' first-year closer John Smoltz establishes a new National League mark by recording his 54th save of the season. The previous record of 53 was shared by Randy Myers (Cubs) and Trevor Hoffman (Padres) had shared the previous record.
    • At Cleveland's Jacob Field, first baseman Jim Thome establishes a new single-season Indian home run record by hitting his 51st homer. Albert Belle hit 50 for the Tribe in 1995.
    • The Dodgers keep their slim playoff hopes alive with a 1 - 0, 10-inning win over the Padres. Paul LoDuca's homer off Jeremy Fikac is the winner.
  • 2003:
    • Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa blasts his 40th home run to establish a National League record by reaching the plateau for the sixth consecutive season. The Chicago right fielder, who had previously been tied with Ralph Kiner and Duke Snider, needs another season of at least 40 homers to equal Babe Ruth's major league mark of seven seasons set from 1926 to 1932.
    • At Veterans Stadium, Javy Lopez hit his 42nd home to break the major league record for home runs hit by a catcher. In 1996, Mets' backstop Todd Hundley hit 41 surpass Roy Campanella's 1953 mark.
    • With a startling rally, the Tigers avoid equaling the modern major league record of 120 losses set by the expansion 1962 Amazin' Mets. It takes one of the biggest comeback in franchise history as Detroit beats the wins on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth after trailing by eight runs, 9-8.
  • 2005 - With a seventh inning single off Mets reliever Juan Padilla, Jimmy Rollins extends his hitting streak to 32 games. The Philadelphia shortstop breaks the 106-year Phillies record surpassing Ed Delahanty, who hit in 31 games in a row in 1899.
  • 2007 - Ryan Howard strikes out against John Smoltz in the third inning of the Phillies-Braves contest. It is his 196th strikeout of the season, breaking Adam Dunn's 3-year-old MLB record.

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