September 29
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 29.
- 1879 - Baseball's reserve clause is born. National League owners, seeking to limit player salaries, led by Boston's Arthur Soden come to a secret agrerement whereby five players on each team will be "reserved" - off limits to all other clubs. The reserve clause will be in effect for the 1880 season. The owners tell the newspapers that they have agreed upon a uniform contract with no salary advances.
- 1908 - Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox beats the Boston Red Sox twice in Boston by scores of 5-1 and 2-0. Walsh allows only seven hits and one walk against fifteen strikeouts in the two games.
- 1913 - The Washington Senators beat the Philadelphia Athletics 1-0 to give Walter Johnson his 36th win of the year.
- 1919 - Arnold Rothstein decides to finance the World Series fix. The plan calls for Nat Evans to give a $40,000 advance to Sport Sullivan to give to the players with an additional $40,000 to be put in a safe at the Hotel Congress in Chicago, IL. Evans takes $29,000 and bets on the Cincinnati Reds, giving Chick Gandil only $10,000.
- 1920 - Babe Ruth hits his major league record 54th home run on the last day of the season. Only one other team in the American League will hit more than 44 homers.
- 1927 - Babe Ruth ties his own homerun record with #59 on the season. Ruth will break the record tomorrow.
- 1928 - The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers combine for an American League record 45 hits in a nine inning game. The Tigers get 28 of the hits in a 19-10 win.
- 1934 - Babe Ruth hits his last homer as a Yankee. #659 as a Yankee and #708 of his career comes off Syd Cohen in Washington, DC.
- 1947 - Joe McCarthy comes out of retirement accepting the managing job of the Boston Red Sox for 1948. When asked about Ted Williams, McCarthy responds "A manager who cannot get along with a .400 hitter ought to have his head examined."
- 1952 - Stan Musial makes his major league pitching debut. Harvey Haddix moves to right field, Hal Rice shifts to center, and Musial pitches to Frank Baumholtz. After Baumholtz grounds out to third, everyone returns to their positions.
- 1953 - American League owners finally get rid of Bill Veeck... for now. The AL announces that Veeck's controlling interest in the St. Louis Browns has been sold to a Baltimore, MD group headed by mayor Tom D'Alesandro. The new owners get immediate approval to move the team to Baltimore, something Veeck had been trying in vain to get approved.
- 1954 - Willie Mays makes his famous running catch off the bat of Vic Wertz in game one of the World Series.
- 1957 - The New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers play their last games as New York teams. The Giants lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Polo Grounds 9-1, while the Dodgers lose to the Philadelphia Phillies in Philly 2-1.
- 1957 - Ted Williams becomes the oldest batting champ when the 39-year old finishes the season with a .388 average.
- 1963 - John Paciorek of the Houston Colt .45s goes 3-for-3 in his only major league game, ending his big league career with a perfect 1.000 batting average.
- 1971 - Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch from Milt Pappas. It is the record 50th time this season Hunt is hit by a pitch.
- 1974 - Lou Brock steals his 118th and last base on the final day of the season.
- 1978 - Jim Rice doubles and singles against the Toronto Blue Jays in Fenway Park. Rice is the first American Leaguer to amass 400 bases since Joe DiMaggio in 1937.
- 1986 - Bert Blyleven surrenders three homers to the Cleveland Indians, giving him 49 on the year, breaking the major league record of 46 set by Robin Roberts in 1956.
- 2004 - MLB officially announced that the Montreal Expos franchise would move to Washington, D.C.. Hours after this, the Expos played their final game in Montreal, a 9 - 1 loss to the Florida Marlins before a crowd of 31,395 at Olympic Stadium.
[edit] Births
- 1859 - Dave Orr, infielder, manager (d. 1915)
- 1862 - Ed Morris, pitcher (d. 1937)
- 1866 - Gus Weyhing, pitcher (d. 1955)
- 1867 - Hunkey Hines, outfielder (d. 1928)
- 1871 - Russ Hall, infielder (d. 1937)
- 1877 - Harry Steinfeldt, infielder (d. 1914)
- 1880 - Harry Lumley, outfielder, manager (d. 1938)
- 1884 - Hunky Shaw, pinch hitter (d. 1969)
- 1886 - Cy Pieh, pitcher (d. 1945)
- 1898 - Joe Matthews, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1901 - Rabbit Benton, infielder (d. 1984)
- 1901 - Tony Rensa, catcher (d. 1987)
- 1905 - Bruce Cunningham, pitcher (d. 1984)
- 1909 - Oris Hockett, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1969)
- 1911 - Dan McGee, infielder (d. 1991)
- 1912 - Glen Stewart, infielder (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Johnny Johnson, pitcher (d. 1991)
- 1917 - Eddie Feinberg, infielder (d. 1986)
- 1919 - Slim Emmerich, pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1922 - Don Wheeler, catcher (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Ed McGhee, outfielder (d. 1986)
- 1925 - Tom Hamilton, infielder (d. 1973)
- 1935 - Bob Anderson, pitcher
- 1935 - Howie Bedell, outfielder
- 1936 - Hal Trosky, pitcher
- 1938 - Mike McCormick, pitcher; All-Star
- 1941 - Jeff James, pitcher
- 1941 - Rich Reese, infielder
- 1949 - Steve Busby, pitcher; All-Star
- 1950 - Jim Crawford, pitcher
- 1950 - Ken Macha, infielder, manager
- 1951 - John McLaren, manager
- 1953 - Warren Cromartie, outfielder
- 1953 - Gene Richards, outfielder
- 1953 - Carlos Tosca, , manager
- 1955 - Byron McLaughlin, pitcher
- 1956 - Mark Calvert, pitcher
- 1957 - Tim Flannery, infielder
- 1957 - Craig Lefferts, pitcher
- 1960 - Rob Deer, outfielder
- 1967 - Dave Silvestri, infielder
- 1968 - Derek Parks, catcher
- 1970 - Gary Haught, pitcher
- 1970 - Joe Hudson, pitcher
- 1971 - Eddy Diaz, infielder
- 1976 - Jermaine Clark, outfielder
- 1976 - Calvin Pickering, designated hitter
- 1977 - Heath Bell, pitcher
- 1977 - Jake Westbrook, pitcher; All-Star
- 1979 - Miguel Peguero, minor league player
- 1979 - Joe Thurston, infielder
- 1980 - Miguel Asencio, pitcher
- 1980 - Dewon Day, pitcher
- 1986 - James Simmons, minor league pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1920 - Mark Creegan, outfielder (b. 1864)
- 1945 - George Van Haltren, outfielder, manager (b. 1866)
- 1947 - Ed Walker, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1953 - Lefty Tyler, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1966 - Jack Rowan, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1969 - Tommy Leach, outfielder (b. 1877)
- 1974 - By Speece, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Casey Stengel, outfielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1890)
- 1982 - Monty Stratton, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1912)
- 1988 - Tony Ordenana, infielder (b. 1918)
- 1990 - Al McLean, pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1991 - Ed Moriarty, infielder (b. 1912)
- 1999 - Arnold Earley, pitcher (b. 1933)
- 2000 - Lynn Lovenguth, pitcher (b. 1922)
