September 5

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1900 - While riding on the steps of a crowded streetcar in Philadelphia, Phils 3B Harry Wolverton is struck in the head by a pole beside the tracks, suffering a possible skull fracture. He recovers and finishes his ML career as a player-manager for the Highlanders in 1912.
1901 - In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition aganst the A's, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A's batters hit it, and throwing a bunt into the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose 11 - 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks. The A's light up rookie Frank Owen in game two to win, 9 - 3.
1903:
- In a game stopped by rain after five innings, Christy Mathewson beats Brooklyn's Bill Reidy, 3 - 1, allowing just one hit and striking out 5. The only Superbas score comes in the 4th when RF George Browne makes two errors.
- At Boston, the Americans trounce the Athletics, 12 - 1 in eight innings. Patsy Dougherty leads the way with three triples and two singles.
1904 - In front of 37,000 fans the Giants sweep the Beaneaters, beating Boston 6 - 1 and 4 - 3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, beating Kaiser Wilhelm, and is not scored upon until the 9th when Jim Delahanty and Tom Needham triple. Red Ames wins the nitecap. Following the Giant sweep, excited fans hoist John McGraw up to carry him to the Polo Grounds field house. But McGraw gets dropped during the excitement, sustaining a sprained ankle.
1905 - When Boston beats the Athletics 3 - 2 in 13 innings, they score the first runs off Rube Waddell in 44 innings. Waddell strikes out 17.
1908:
- At Brooklyn's Washington Park, Nap Rucker of the Superbas strikes out 14 Doves en route to no-hitting Boston, 6 - 0.
- The Giants roll over the Phils, 5 - 1, for their 7th straight win. Christy Mathewson is the winner over George McQuillan.
- Washington and Walter Johnson top the Highlanders, 6 - 0, as the New Yorkers manage just four hits.
- Ed Reulbach allows just four Pittsburgh hits as Chicago romps, 11 - 0.
1910 - Jack Coombs begins a streak of 53 shutout innings, topping Doc White's 46 of 1904. Three years later Walter Johnson will top Coombs.
1913 - The Phils score the only run this afternoon in a doubleheader in Boston. The visitors win the opener, 1 - 0, then the two play 10 innings of scoreless baseball before the game is called. Grover Cleveland Alexander misses his 20th win, but will reach the mark in three days.
1914 - Pitching for visiting Providence (International League) 19-year-old Babe Ruth beats Toronto 9 - 0 with a one-hitter, and hits his only minor league home run, a 3-run blast off Ellis Johnson.
1915 - In the first game of a doubleheader versus the Tigers, the Browns' George Sisler tosses nine innings and gives up six runs, to lose 6 - 5. Sisler clubs a home run in the loss.
1918 - At Comiskey Park, Babe Ruth of the Red Sox six-hits the Cubs in the opening game of the World Series, 1 - 0. The Fall Classic game, which starts almost a month earlier than usual due to World War I, is played at the White Sox home field rather than Weeghman Park (to be renamed Wrigley Field in 1926) due to the larger seating capacity. During the 7th-inning stretch, a military band plays "The Star Spangled Banner" and Fred Thomas, on leave from the Navy, snaps to attention.
1921:
- Walter Johnson breaks Cy Young's career strikeout mark by fanning seven Yankees to run his total to 2,287.
- The Angels (Pacific Coast League) win a pair from Portland, 8 - 4 and 9 - 3. The teams complete a 13-game series in seven days, with the Angels taking the last seven games in a row to win the series 10-3. The Angels outscore the Beavers in the series 72-36. The series started the day after the purchase of the Angels by William Wrigley, Jr.
- In the Labor Day afternoon game at Boston, won by the Red Sox, 8 - 2, the Yankees outfield makes an American League-record five assists, four by Bob Meusel. Meusel, with one of the strongest arms, will lead the AL in assists in 1921 and 1922.
- Browns pitcher Urban Shocker takes his first loss after winning nine in a row. Elmer Smith's two home runs pace a 10 - 5 Indians win in a morning game to back Guy Morton's pitching. In the afternoon game, a 12 - 8 St. Louis win, Smith starts off with another homer. Having hitting one in Detroit the day before, Smith has seven straight extra base hits in three games - a ML record - for 22 total bases (3 doubles, four home runs, in addition to two walks). Earl Sheely, in 1926, will have seven long hits in just two games, but he will sandwich those around a sacrifice fly.
1922 - The Browns take over 1st place by beating the Indians, 10 - 9 as Urban Shocker wins his 23rd, in relief. He'll win no more. Ken Williams hits his 34th, a grand slam.
1924 - In Philadelphia, the Giants sweep two from the Phils, winning 6 - 5 and 15 - 3. Harry Baldwin and Hugh McQuillan are the winners. Travis Jackson hits a grand slam in the game two rout.
1926 - At Baltimore, the minor league Orioles embarrass the Yankees, 18 - 9 in an exhibition game. Babe Ruth is 0 for 5 and tangles with Mark Koenig in the dugout after the 8th inning. Ruth yells at Koenig of loafing on several plays.
1928 - Boston sweeps today's twinbill with Brooklyn winning the opener, 9 - 2. The Robins collect 13 hits in the loss, but make eight errors. The Braves are paced by George Sisler's four hits. Bob Smith pitches a 2-hitter to win the nitecap.
1931:
- At Boston, George Earnshaw loses a no-hitter in the 8th inning when Marty McManus's roller gets away from SS Dib Williams. Earnshaw ends with a 8 - 0 one-hitter. The A's lose the nitecap, 6 - 3, to Wilcy Moore.
- The Cardinals lead drops to 5 1/2 as the 2nd-place Giants whip Brooklyn, 5 - 1 and 10 - 1. New York's Fred Fitzsimmons wins the opener, pitching seven innings, giving up three hits and stroking a home run. In the 7th inning, Fitzsimmons is struck on the head by a pitch from Cy Moore, which ruptures a blood vessel and keeps the knuckleballer from making his next start.
- In Cincinnati, the Cubs lose, 4 - 3, in 10 innings. Hack Wilson, in the Cubs doghouse for drinking and not hitting, is left in the bullpen to warm up pitchers when manager Rogers Hornsby, short of outfielders, inserts pitcher Bud Teachout in LF. On the train back to Chicago that night, Wilson starts arguing with two writers. When Pat Malone wanders by, he joins in the argument and, with his encouragement, Wilson punches out both writers. Malone will be fined $500 for his actions while club president Bill L. Veeck will suspend Wilson without pay for the rest of the season. In 112 games, Wilson hit just .261 with 13 home runs, and the Cubs will send the slumping slugger to St. Louis over the winter.
1935:
- Rookie Terry Moore of the Cardinals goes 6 for 6 and the rest of the Cards add another 12 hits to paste the Braves, 15 - 3.
- The Cubs keep the pressure on by edging the Phils in 11 innings, 3 - 2, on Frank Demaree's single. Charlie Root picks up the win.
- Trailing the St. Louis Browns, 5 - 1, Lefty Grove is lifted for pinch-hitter Wes Ferrell who hits an RBI single as the Red Sox score six runs in the 6th inning en route to 9 - 5 win. Grove is the winning pitcher.
1938 - C Babe Phelps of the Dodgers breaks a bone in his throwing hand for the third time this season.
1948 - Amarillo (West Texas-New Mexico League) OF Bob Crues hits 2 home runs against Lubbock to give him 69 for the season, tying Joe Hauser's 1933 mark at Minneapolis. He sets an organized baseball record with 254 RBI in 140 games, hits a record 8 grand slams, while hitting .404.
1950:
- Phils lefty Curt Simmons is the first player inducted into the Army as a result of the Korean conflict. He will get one more start before reporting.
- Purdue University Athletic Director Red Mackey criticizes the Yankees for signing his 19-year-old star P/SS Bill Skowron, who was also expected to be the starting right halfback on the Boilermakers' football squad.
- The Yankees acquire 1B Johnny Hopp, who is second in the National League in hitting with a .340 mark, from the Pirates for an undisclosed amount of cash. The Yanks believe Hopp will provide late-season pennant insurance.
1951:
- Ralph Branca, despite twinges in his arm, pitches the Dodgers to a 5 - 2 win over the Phillies. Gil Hodges drives home four runs on a grand slam off Ken Johnson. It is Gil's 37th homer of year, setting a new Dodger record.
- After a day off, the Giants sweep two games in Boston, winning 3 - 2 and 9 - 1. In the opener, Sheldon Jones scatters six hits to beat Warren Spahn. Spahn allows just five hits in his attempt to become the National League's first 19-game winner. The Giants tally 13 hits in the second game to help Sal Maglie win his first-ever victory against Boston.
- The A's Ferris Fain goes 5 for 5 in the second game of a doubleheader with Washington, as the A's sweep a pair, 4 - 1 and 9 - 7. Fain is 6 for 9 and is hitting .341.
1952 - Raul Sanchez of the Senators pitches a 2 - 0 whitewash against the Red Sox in the first start of his career.
1954:
- Hank Aaron goes 4 for 4 in a 9 - 7 triumph over the Cubs, but breaks his ankle in the second game of a doubleheader and is lost for the remainder of the season.
- Joe Bauman, of Roswell (Class C Longhorn League) hits 3 home runs in a twin bill win over Artesia, giving him an all-time season record of 72 round trippers.
1955 - In an 11 - 4 win over the Phillies, Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe hits his seventh homer establishing a National League record for home runs by a pitcher in a season. The victory is Newk's 20th of the season.
1956 - The Red Sox wallop the Senators 16 - 0 in the second game after taking game one 7 - 5. In the nightcap, the Sox bang out 20 safeties with every starter getting a hit.
1958:
- At St. Louis, the Dodgers manage only three hits but bunch the safeties in the 2nd inning off Vinegar Bend Mizell to win, 2 - 1. In the 8th with two outs, Junior Gilliam tries to steal steal home on a 3 - 1 pitch to Gil Hodges, but he is tagged out on what is called a ball: Hodges, though he is credited with a walk, never goes to first base.
- At Pittsburgh, Bill Virdon hits a 10th-inning home run to break up a brilliant pitching duel between the Braves' Carl Willey and George Witt. The Pirates win, 1 - 0.
1959 - Jim Lemon of Washington knocks in 6 runs in the 3rd inning, on 2 home runs, tying 2 ML records. Washington scores 10 in the inning to triumph over Cleveland 14 - 2.
1960 - The first-place Pirates split with the Braves, winning 9 - 7 before losing, 7 - 1. The Bucs rout Warren Spahn in the opener scoring seven runs in the 4th after the Braves have knocked out starter Bob Friend. Bob Buhl is the winner in the nitecap, scattering seven hits. Chuck Cottier has three doubles and three RBIs to back Buhl. Harvey Haddix is the loser and gives way to Diomedes Olivo, who makes his ML debut in relief. At age 41, or thereabouts, Olivo is the oldest rookie in ML history except for Satchel Paige. The International League MVP pitches two runless innings.
1961:
- Los Angeles's Lee Thomas ties the major-league record with nine hits in a doubleheader, five in the first game and 4, including three home runs, in the second. Thomas ties the American League record with 19 total bases in a doubleheader. But Kansas City wins both games from the Angels, 7 - 3 and 13 - 12.
- The Yanks top Washington, 6 - 1, sending the Senators to their 20th defeat in their last 21 games. Mickey Mantle's homers for his 51st. The Yanks win, coupled with a Detroit doubleheader loss, puts New York ahead by 7 1/2 games.
1962:
- Washington's John Kennedy pinch hits against the Twins and becomes the 9th American League player to debut with a home run in his first at bat. His blow breaks up a no-hit bid by Dick Stigman, and the Nats rally to tie the game at 7 - 7 in the 9th, The Twins win 9 - 7 in 11 frames, then drop the nitecap, 3 - 0, as Claude Osteen fires a three-hitter. The split leaves the Twins 2 1/2 games behind the Yankees.
- Ken Hubbs of the Cubs sets ML records at 2B for consecutive games without an error (78) and consecutive chances accepted (418) without an error. His streak ends with a 4th-inning throwing error as Cincinnati beats Chicago, 4 - 1.
1964:
- Ernie Banks belts a double and homer in the same inning, and the Cubs use the big score to beat the Cards, 8 - 5. Mike Cuellar takes the loss against Larry Jackson.
- The Yanks acquire veteran P Pedro Ramos from the Indians as pennant insurance. The Indians get two players to be named later: Ralph Terry on October 12, and Bud Daley on November 27.
- Blue Moon Odom makes his ML debut, and Mickey Mantle greets him with a 3-run opposite-field homer in the first inning. New York hangs on to win, again by a 9 - 7 score.
1965 - The Reds edge the Phillies, 10 - 9, despite the slugging of Phils first sacker Dick Stuart. Stuart clouts a grand slam, the 9th of his career, in the 1st inning, then hits a 2-run homer in the 7th.
1968 - Gene Mauch is named manager of the new Montreal NL club, which is officially named the Expos.
1969 - Billy Williams has all four of Chicago's hits, as the Cubs lose a 9 - 2 decision to Steve Blass and the Pirates. There's nothing cheap about Billy's hits - two doubles and two homers - as he sets a National League record for most hits in a game with no other hits, tying the major-league record of Kid Elberfeld (August 1, 1903). Blass helps his own cause with his only ML homer, a 3-run blast, off Ken Holtzman, and three singles. The win is Pittsburgh's first at Wrigley Field since July 5, 1968, a string of 13 losses. They'll win the next two to sweep the series and drop the Cubs lead to 2 1/2 games.
1971:
- Astros pitcher J.R. Richard makes his ML debut, striking out 15 Giants in a 5 - 3 win.
- Cardinal pitcher Jerry Reuss is a winner, 12 - 5, in a duel with Chicago's Fergie Jenkins. Jenkins gives up home run to Matty Alou in the contest and now all three Alou brothers have hit dingers off him.
- The Tigers tie a major-league record by using six pinch hitters in the 7th inning, but lose 6 - 5 to the Yankees anyway.
1972 - Felix Millan is 5 for 5 in the Braves' 5 - 3 win over the Astros.
1974 - Milwaukee hands Boston its 7th straight loss as rookie Gorman Thomas hits a 2-run shot in the 9th inning. It is Thomas' first game of the year for Milwaukee after hitting 51 homers for Sacramento (Pacific Coast League) this year. Billy Champion (10-3) picks up the win for the 5th-place Brewers.
1975:
- Mets C Jerry Grote ties the modern major-league record by reaching base on errors three times during a 5 - 2 win over the Cardinals.
- Montreal and Pittsburgh use a major-league record 15 pinch hitters in their doubleheader split. The Expos take the opener, 4 - 3 in 10 innings, and Pittsburgh wins the nitecap, 5 - 2, behind Jim Rooker.
1976 - Phillies pitcher Larry Christenson belts two homers and pitches a 3 - 1 win over the Mets. Mickey Lolich is the losing pitcher.
1977 - The Indians break an eighteen-game losing streak by sweeping a twin bill , 4 - 3 and 5 - 4, from the Yankees.
1978:
- The Expos beat the Cubs 10 - 8 in a 9-inning game that sees a major-league record 45 players participate.
- The Twins' Dan Ford costs his team a run during a 4 - 3 loss to the White Sox. On third base when a teammate singles, Ford backpedals homeward, signaling to José Morales to follow him home. Morales arrives there ahead of Ford, who is out for being passed on the bases.
1979 - Matt Keough of the A's beats the Brewers 6 - 1 for his first victory after 14 straight losses. He ended 1978 with four defeats and barely avoids tying the American League record of 19 consecutive losses.
1980 - Brewers manager George Bamberger announces he will step down as skipper after tomorrow's game. 'Bambi' will be replaced by Buck Rodgers.
1981 - Milwaukee's Jim Slaton pitches a no-hitter for eight innings, then is knocked out of the box in the 9th without retiring a batter. Two singles and a home run cut the Brewers' lead to 5 - 3, but Rollie Fingers retires the final three batters for his 22nd save.
1982 - Despite managing just one hit - Al Oliver's solo home run in the 2nd inning - the Expos beat the Braves 2 - 1 on Rafael Ramirez's error in the bottom of the 9th.
1983 - Reds rookie Jeff Russell loses his no-hitter in the 8th inning at Candlestick Park before losing, 3 - 2, on Joel Youngblood's double and Dave Bergman's home run.
1984:
- Cal Ripken's first-inning error lets in a score, and that's it as the Tigers beat Baltimore, 1 - 0. Juan Berenguer (8-9) is the winner with Willie Hernandez picking up his 28th save. Mike Flanagan goes all the way in the loss. Detroit's magic number is now 15.
- At San Francisco, Nolan Ryan pitches eight innings, striking out eight in beating the Giants, 4 - 1. Ryan strikes out Giants Chili Davis to nudge ahead of Steve Carlton in all time strike outs.
1985 - Boston's first two batters - Dwight Evans and Wade Boggs - crack homers off Cleveland's Neal Heaton in Boston's 13 - 6 win in game 1. Evans adds another home run to back Oil Can Boyd's first win in seven weeks. Cleveland wins the nitecap, 9 - 5.
1987 - Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career home run off Danny Jackson, but the White Sox lose to the Royals 4 - 2.
1989 - Deion Sanders, the fifth player selected overall in the 1989 NFL Draft, hits a home run as the Bronx Bombers rout the Mariners at the Kingdome, 12 - 2. Five days later in his NFL debut with the Atlanta Falcons, the Yankee rookie returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown.
1990 - The Pirates beat the Mets 1 - 0 and 3 - 1 to open a 2 1/2 game lead over New York in the National League East. Zane Smith pitches a one-hitter in the opener for the Bucs, which has swept all five of its doubleheaders this season.
1993 - Philadelphia 1B John Kruk walks in his first at bat in the Phils' 5 - 3 win over Cincinnati, giving him 100 free passes for the season. He is the 3rd Phillie to reach the mark this year, making them the 1st National League team ever to have such a trio.
1995:
- Cal Ripken ties Lou Gehrig's all-time mark by appearing in his 2,130th consecutive game. The Orioles shut out the Angels behind Scott Erickson by a score of 8 - 0.
- The Astros defeat the Reds, 10 - 1, in a game marked by a bench-clearing brawl that will lead to suspensions for Xavier Hernandez (8 games), Doug Drabek (5), Pat Borders (5), Ron Gant (4), Davey Johnson (2), and Terry Collins (2). Intentional walks backfire twice for Cincy. Ahead 1 - 0, they walk Jeff Bagwell in the 3rd (with Craig Biggio on second base and one out) and Mike Simms homers. Undeterred, the Reds give a free pass to pinch-hitter Dave Magadan in the 7th (with men on second and third base and one out) and the score just 4 - 1. Derrick May then hits a grand slam.
1997 - OF Deion Sanders leaves the Reds to join the Dallas Cowboys for the remainder of the season. Sanders is leading the National League is stolen bases with 56, but will be overtaken by Pittsburgh's Tony Womack.
1998:
- Giants outfielder Barry Bonds sets a new National League mark reaching base in 15 consecutive plate appearances. His five singles, two doubles, two homers and six walks during the streak breaks Dodger Pedro Guerrero's mark of 14 established in 1983. Armando Rios hits home runs for his first two major league hits. Expos' third baseman Shane Andrews accomplished the same feat on April 27 and 28 in 1995.
- Mark McGwire slugs his 60th home run of the season to become the 3rd player in history to reach the milestone. The 1st-inning blast off lefty Dennys Reyes helps the Cards on their way to a 7 - 0 blanking of the Reds.
- Sammy Sosa hits home run #58 in Chicago's 8 - 4 win over the Pirates, as the Cubs maintain their lead in the race for the wild card spot.
1999 - The Reds, by hitting five home runs in a 9 - 7 victory over the Phillies, establish a major league record homering 14 times in two games.
2002:
- Texas pounds Baltimore, 11 - 2, as SS Alex Rodriguez homers twice to give him 50 for the year. He becomes the 5th player in history to record successive 50-home run seasons.
- Anaheim beats Tampa Bay, 10 - 1, as OF Garret Anderson homers twice and drives home seven runs.
2007 - The Reds beat the Mets, 7 - 0. Brandon Phillips hits his 28th home run of the year, coming in the first inning against John Maine with Alex Gonzalez aboard. This gives him the record for a Cincinnati Reds second baseman, surpassing Joe Morgan's 27 in 1976. In his third major league start, Tom Shearn tosses six scoreless frames for the win, while Reds 1B Joey Votto homers in his first MLB start.
2008:
- Derek Lowe and Chan-ho Park combine on a 2-hit shutout of the Diamondbacks to move LA within a half-game of first in the NL West. Andre Ethier goes 5 for 5 with 5 RBI in the 7 - 0 win.
- Brandon Morrow of the Mariners does not allow a hit until two outs in the 8th in his MLB debut. Wilson Betemit spoils the no-hit bid as Morrow tops the Yankees 3 - 1.
2009 - A great start by Ross Ohlendorf goes to waste as Pittsburgh loses to St. Louis, 2 - 1 in 10 innings. Ohlendorf strikes out the side on 9 pitches in the 7th and allows only an unearned run in 8 innings of work. Albert Pujols ends the game with a homer off Matt Capps, only the second pinch homer of his career.