September 6

Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 6.

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• 1883 - Tom Burns and Ned Williamson of the National League's Chicago White Stockings both score three runs in the 7th inning to establish a major league record which still stands today.
• 1888 - The National League Indianapolis Hoosiers club tries its second experimental night game (the first was on August 22nd), but the natural gas illumination is inadequate, and the idea is dropped.
• 1905 - Frank Smith of the Chicago White Sox pitches a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers, 15 - 0, in the biggest margin of victory for a no-hitter in American League history.
• 1912 - In an ace pitching duel, Smokey Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox bests Senators legend Walter Johnson, 1 - 0, for his 30th (14th consecutive) victory in a season in which he will win 34. The Red Sox's only run is the result of back-to-back doubles by Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis; the first two-bagger should have been an easy fly out, but the ball lands into an area cordoned off by a rope to section off the overflow Fenway Park crowd.
• 1913:
  • Ed Reulbach pitches Brooklyn to a 2 - 0 whitewash of the Giants‚ allowing just 2 hits. Christy Mathewson takes the loss‚ his 9th of the year. John McGraw‚ frustrated with his team's lack of hitting‚ loses an argument with umpire Mal Eason and is tossed.
  • Athletics 2B Eddie Collins steals home twice in a 9 - 2 victory against the Red Sox to tie the major league mark.
  • Browns interim manager Jimmy Austin is replaced by Branch Rickey. Austin (2-6) took over when George Stovall (50-84) was fired.
• 1915 - Babe Ruth holds the Yankees hitless till the 8th‚ before weakening and giving up 3 hits. Dutch Leonard relieves and the Red Sox win‚ 5 - 2‚ sweeping the doubleheader. Ruth is 2 for 3 at the plate.
• 1916:
  • New York's Rube Benton tosses both ends of a doubleheader against the faltering Brooklyn Robins‚ winning the opener, 6 - 1 and losing the second game‚ 2 - 1‚ to Rube Marquard. Benton gives up 14 hits in the two games. Art Fletcher is the offensive star of game 1, hitting a homer and stealing second base, third base and home in the 3rd. The steal of home is on the front end of a double steal with Walter Holke.
  • At Philadelphia, the Red Sox trim the meek Mackmen‚ 5 - 2. It is the A's 100th loss of the season.
  • At Detroit‚ Ty Cobb's speed is too much for St. Louis and the Tigers win, 4 - 3. In the 10th inning‚ Cobb beats out a hit to short‚ steals second base and continues to third on a low throw. Bobby Veach then grounds sharply to George Sisler at 1B‚ forcing Cobb to return to third. But when Sisler jogs over to touch the bag‚ Cobb dashes for home, beating the throw.
• 1918 - In Game 2 of the World Series‚ Lefty Tyler drives in 2 runs in the Cubs' 3-run 2nd. The Red Sox get one in the 9th and that's all the scoring for the day‚ with Tyler beating Joe Bush. The game also features fights between Heinie Wagner and Hippo Vaughn and another involving Les Mann and Bush.
• 1919:
  • Jack Tobin goes 5 for 5 to pace the St. Louis Browns to a 12 - 10 win over the Tigers. Ty Cobb notches three hits and Harry Heilmann hits two triples and a single for Detroit.
  • In Cleveland's 11 - 2 runaway win over the Chicago White Sox‚ Chicago's Buck Weaver swipes second base‚ third base‚ and home in the 9th to tie the major league mark. Joe Wood has a triple and homer and winning pitcher Jim Bagby also homers. Bagby allows 14 hits in the victory‚ which leaves the White Sox in the American League lead by 6 1/2 games.
• 1920:
  • At the Polo Grounds‚ the 3rd-place Yankees win an A.M.-P.M doubleheader from the Athletics. Hank Thormahlen wins the morning game‚ 4 - 1‚ beating Dave Keefe‚ who K's Babe Ruth three times. In the afternoon‚ Bob Shawkey tosses a three-hitter to shut out the A's, 5 - 0.
  • Cleveland sweeps an A.M.-P.M. doubleheader from the Browns‚ 7 - 2 and 6 - 5, to retain first place in the American League by a thin margin (.623) over Chicago (.614) and New York (.611). In the morning's game‚ slick-fielding SS Harry Lunte‚ Ray Chapman's replacement‚ pulls up lame running out a single and is out of action. OF Joe Evans takes over short‚ but manager Tris Speaker will push to buy 21-year-old minor leaguer Joe Sewell. Cleveland wins game 2 by scoring a pair of runs in the 9th inning. RF Elmer Smith helps on defense with an unassisted double play‚ the 2nd of 4 he'll pull off in his career.
  • The White Sox keep pace with the Indians in the pennant race by winning a pair from the Tigers‚ 6 - 2 and 5 - 4 in 10 innings. Shorty Hodge makes his major league debut in the afternoon game and pitches a two-hitter‚ with just one of the hits being clean. Harry Baumgartner‚ brought up today‚ finishes both games‚ taking the loss in the afternoon.
  • The Giants pick up Slim Sallee from the Reds. Slim won 134 games for the Giants between 1908 and 1918.
  • The Reds go back on top by sweeping a holiday twinbill with the Cards‚ 5 - 3 and 4 - 2. Ray Fisher wins the opener while Jimmy Ring takes game 2. The Phils flop the Robins twice‚ 3 - 2 and 6 - 5.
• 1921 - The Cards' Bill Bailey makes his last major league start a good one‚ besting the Cubs' Pete Alexander‚ 1 - 0.
• 1922 - In a 6 - 4 win over visiting Brooklyn‚ Phils 2B Frank Parkinson makes 11 assists for the third consecutive game.
• 1924:
  • In a major effort, Urban Shocker of the St. Louis Browns pitches two complete games against the Chicago White Sox and wins both with same score, 6 - 2.
  • Spitball hurler Bill Doak pitches the Robins into first place with a 1 - 0 win over Boston. It is Brooklyn's 15th win in a row. The streak ends in a 5 - 4‚ 10-inning Braves win in the 2nd game‚ and Brooklyn will fall back to 3rd place behind the Giants and Pirates.
  • Travis Jackson hits his second grand slam in three days as the Giants and Phils slug their way to a split. The Phils win the opener‚ 8 - 7 and the Giants come back to win‚ 16 - 14. Harry Baldwin‚ in relief‚ wins his second game in two days.
• 1926 - The Reds split a doubleheader with the Cubs‚ losing 2 -0 to Charlie Root‚ before winning, 7 - 4. The Reds also lose P Jakie May (13-9)‚ who is spiked in the opener‚ and is out for the remainder of the season.
• 1927 - At Fenway Park‚ the Yankees and Red Sox split a pair‚ with New York rolling to a 14 - 2 win in the opener behind Babe Ruth. Lou Gehrig takes the home run lead with a 5th-inning homer off Tony Welzer. But the Babe responds with two homers‚ in the 6th and 7th‚ the former a drive over the centerfield fence that is called "the longest ever hit at Fenway". Both shots also come against Welzer. Ruth hits his 3rd of the day‚ number 47‚ in the nitecap‚ off Jack Russell‚ but the terrier nips New York‚ 5 - 2. There will be 34 homers hit at Fenway this season‚ but only 5 by the Sox. Ruth will hit 8‚ Gehrig 6‚ the only New York home runs hit there.
• 1930:
  • In the first game of a doubleheader‚ Ted Lyons of Chicago beats Wes Ferrell of Cleveland‚ 2 - 1‚ ending Ferrell's winning streak at 13. It's Ferrell's first defeat since losing to Detroit on July 4 by a run. Lyons drives in the winning run with a triple to win his 20th on the year. Cleveland wins the nitecap‚ 4 - 2. Only 2 bases on balls are issued in the doubleheader.
  • At Forbes Field‚ the Cubs overcome a 12 - 8 Pirate lead after 7 innings‚ by scoring 4 runs in the 8th and 6 in the 9th to outshoot the Pirates‚ 19 - 14. Hack Wilson hits his 47th homer‚ to keep the Cubs in 1st place in the National League race.
  • The Phillies‚ losers 18 - 5 to the Giants on the 2nd‚ end a 3-day rest by dropping a 22 - 8 decision to the host Robins. The same 4 pitchers - Hap Collard‚ Hal Elliott‚ Buz Phillips and Les Sweetland - are on the mound for the Quakers.
  • After losing 3 straight to the Braves‚ the Giants manage a sweep of Boston‚ winning 13 - 1 and 7 - 2. In the opener‚ Bill Terry hits a home run‚ Mel Ott adds 3 hits‚ and starter Fred Fitzsimmons chips in with 2 hits. Third sacker Fred Lindstrom is knocked cold by a grounder off the bat of Boston's Buster Chatham. The Giants are now tied for 2nd place with the Cards.
  • Pitching 4 innings of hitless relief‚ Lefty Grove wins his 25th game‚ beating the Red Sox‚ 3 - 1, in 10 innings. Mickey Cochrane's 2-run homer with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th is the winner.
• 1931:
  • The visiting Cardinals tighten their hold on first place by shutting out the Reds twice‚ winning 3 - 0 and 7 - 0. Flint Rhem allows 3 hits in the opener to beat Si Johnson‚ then Syl Johnson wins the nitecap over Larry Benton. The Reds are credited with a triple play in the 6th inning of game 2‚ going from LF Nick Cullop to C Lena Styles to 3B Joe Stripp to SS Leo Durocher to 2B Tony Cuccinello. Cooch's last out is a hidden ball trick and since the ball is never returned to the pitcher‚ a triple play is recorded. It's Cooch's third successful hidden ball trick in two years‚ and the second in which Durocher assists. It is also Cooch's third triple play in two years.
  • Homestead Grays ace Smokey Joe Williams fashions a 2-hit‚ 6 - 2 win over the St. Louis Stars in the Negro National League Championship Series. The Grays will win in 6 games.
• 1935 - St. Louis Cardinals Terry Moore has a perfect day, going 6 for 6 against the Boston Braves.
• 1936:
  • The Washington Senators sweep a pair from the visiting A's winning, 7 – 1, and 7 – 5. Hod Lisenbee finishes both games for the A's, losing the second game in relief of rookie Stu Flythe. Flythe allows no runs in 1 1/3 innings and throws a wild pitch in what will be his last major league appearance. In just 39.1 innings he throws 16 wild pitches to lead the American League.
  • Boston Bees pinch hitter Tommy Thompson slugs a 9th-inning homer to beat the Giants, 3 – 2, the third loss to Boston in two days for the Giants. Boston also purchases P Fabian Kowalik from the Phils. Meanwhile, the Reds are sweeping a pair from the Cardinals, who drop three games back in the race for the National League pennant.
  • At Fenway Park, the Yankees drop a pair to the Red Sox, 14 – 5, and 4 – 2. In the opener, Wes Ferrell coasts to a win, allowing 14 hits and occasionally lobbing the ball to the plate. Jimmie Foxx's 37th homer starts the scoring. Yankees second baseman Tony Lazzeri's homer in game two deprives Lefty Grove of a shutout.
• 1937 - The Giants take a Labor Day pair from the Phillies‚ winning 6 - 2 and 9 - 3‚ and move 3 games ahead of the Cubs‚ who split with the Reds‚ losing 7 - 3 and winning 2 - 1. Reds pitcher Lee Grissom allows just one hit in the nitecap but loses. Phil Cavarretta's leadoff double in the 8th‚ a fly ball that Hub Walker overruns‚ an error and a botched sacrifice bunt load the bases. A wild pitch and a sacrifice fly win it for Curt Davis‚ breaking the Cubs' 5-game losing streak.
• 1940 - Detroit's Bobo Newsom wins his 18th and hands Cleveland its 5th straight loss‚ topping the Tribe, 10 - 5. The Indians now lead the American League by a game.
• 1941:
  • The Reds' Johnny Vander Meer fires a 2-hitter‚ striking out 14‚ to beat the Cards‚ 2 - 0‚ in St. Louis. He strikes out 5 in the 2nd and 3rd innings‚ walks a man‚ and records another strikeout.
  • The Dodgers beat the Giants‚ 4 - 1‚ to increase their lead to 2 games. With Pee Wee Reese‚ Joe Medwick‚ and Cookie Lavagetto benched‚ Dolph Camilli hits his 30th homer to pace the attack.
• 1942 - Hank Gornicki shuts out the Cubs‚ 5 - 0‚ in the opener and Pirate teammate Luke Hamlin follows and shuts out the Cubs in the nitecap‚ 6 - 0.
• 1943 - At sixteen years, eight months, five days, Philadelphia Athletics pitcher]Carl Scheib becomes the youngest player to appear in an American League game.
• 1944 - In a rare night game‚ allowed by American League president Will Harridge after wet grounds delayed the afternoon game‚ the Tigers edge the host White Sox‚ 3 - 2‚ to stay close to the Browns and Yankees. Only 1‚216 fans are on hand.
• 1945 - Punching umpire Joe Rue earns an indefinite suspension for the A's C Greek George. George will not play in the majors again‚ though his lifetime batting average of .177 might be the main cause.
• 1948:
  • The Pirates sweep two from the Cardinals‚ winning 2 - 1 and 4 - 1‚ and the two teams combine for just 2 strikeouts in the doubleheader‚ a major league record. The two also turn 13 double plays‚ 8 by Pittsburgh‚ to tie a major league mark for a twinbill. Pittsburgh turns a record tying 6 DPs in the lidlifter to back Bob Chesnes' 12th win as Ralph Kiner belts a 2-run homer‚ his 38th‚ for all the scoring. 2B Danny Murtaugh is involved in 5 of the twin killings in game 1, equaling the mark first set by Detroit's Charley O'Leary on July 23‚ 1905. Murtaugh's hitting streak is stopped at 23 games.
  • The Boston Braves increase their lead to 4 games as Warren Spahn lasts 14 innings to beat Da Bums‚ 2 - 1. Spahn twice picks off Jackie Robinson in his 5-hitter. In the 7-inning nitecap‚ Johnny Sain wins‚ 4 - 0. Bill Salkeld and Mike McCormick bat out of turn 3 times in game 2 and not till the latter's single in the 5th is the irregularity noticed. The umps then rule he's out of turn and he loses his hit; Salkeld's two earlier hits stand. The crowd of 40‚000 pushes the Braves attendance over the 1.3 million mark‚ a new high. Spahn and Sain will start 11 of the next 16 games.
  • After 2‚423 times at bat‚ Cubs infielder Dutch Verban finally connects for his only major league home run. Dutch goes deep against Johnny Vander Meer in the first of two games‚ but that's all the Cubs' scoring‚ as the Reds win‚ 3 - 1. Dutch McCall takes the loss and serves up Hank Sauer's 30th homer‚ tying a Reds' club record. The Cubs win the 2nd game in eight innings‚ 6 - 2‚ as Bob Rush defeats Herm Wehmeier. Roy Smalley hits a 3-run home run.
  • At Philadelphia‚ the Giants sweep a pair from the Phils‚ winning 4 - 3 in 13 innings and 3 - 0 in 7 innings. In the nitecap, the Giants manage just one hit in the first 6 innings but garner 10 walks off Curt Simmons. He walks 2 more batters in the 7th‚ and gives up 3 hits before exiting. No one in the National League has ever walked that many in that few innings. Clint Hartung is the winner.
  • In the twinbill split between the Tigers and the Browns, the 2 teams set an American League mark by using 37 players in game 2‚ an 11 - 10 St. Louis win. Ted Gray wins the opener‚ 8 - 1.
  • At Chicago‚ the struggling Indians split a Labor Day doubleheader with the White Sox‚ losing 3 - 1 before winning, 1 - 0, in 7 innings. Bob Feller throws the shutout halted by darkness. The Tribe now trails the Yanks by 3 games and the Red Sox by 4 1/2 games.
• 1950 - Don Newcombe misses pitching complete games in a doubleheader for the Brooklyn Dodgers by leaving in the 7th inning of the second game, trailing the Philadelphia Phillies, 2 - 0. Newcombe won the first game, 2 - 0.
• 1952:
  • Sid Gordon of the Braves goes 5 for 8 in the first game of a doubleheader that goes 17 innings‚ as Boston loses, 7 - 6, at Philadelphia. Phils starter Robin Roberts trails 6 - 2 after 8 innings but stays the distance, pitching 17 innings for the win. Del Ennis ends the game with a leadoff homer in the 17th. This is the third 17-inning effort in 2 years.
  • For the third win in a row‚ Luke Easter homers as the Indians win‚ 8 - 3, over the Browns. Big Luke clouts two to back Bob Lemon's 19th win‚ and Larry Doby hits his 30th.
  • The Giants sweep a pair from Brooklyn‚ winning 6 - 4 and 7 - 3‚ to cut the Brooks' lead to 4 games. The first game goes 3 hours and 38 minutes as the Dodgers fumble the win away. Jim Hearn holds Da Bums to 4 hits in the nitecap.
• 1953:
  • The feuding continues‚ as the Dodgers beat the Giants, 6 - 3, but lose Carl Furillo‚ the National League's leading hitter at .344‚ for the rest of the regular season. Furillo is hit on the wrist by a Ruben Gomez pitch in the 2nd and is restrained from charging the mound. He goes to first base and‚ with a 3-2 count on the next batter‚ Furillo races from first into the dugout to swing at Leo Durocher‚ who ordered the beaning. In the melee‚ a Giants player steps on Furillo's left hand‚ breaking a finger. Furillo will not play again till the World Series‚ but his .344 will lead the NL in hitting. Roy Campanella homers in the 2nd inning and sets the major league mark for home runs by a catcher. His 38th tops the 37 hit by Cubs C Gabby Hartnett in 1930.
  • The Chicago Cubs win a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds, by scores of 7 - 6 and 7 - 2. In the first game, Cubs first baseman Dee Fondy hits one of his team's four homers and then scores the game-winning run with a two-out, two-strike steal of home in the 9th inning. Fondy's teammates Ransom Jackson, Ralph Kiner and Hank Sauer also homer, Kiner and Sauer back-to-back.
• 1954 - Cuban outfielder Carlos Paula integrates the Washington Senators. Next year, in his only full season in the majors, Paula will be given consideration for the Rookie of the Year honors as he will lead all freshmen by hitting .299.
• 1957:
  • In Milwaukee‚ the Cubs edge the Braves‚ 5 - 4‚ handing the league leaders their 3rd straight defeat. The Braves still lead by 6 1/2 games.
  • In St. Louis‚ Pirate pinch hitter Jerry Lynch swats a 6th-inning 2-run homer off Cards reliever Willard Schmidt to give Pittsburgh a 5 - 3 win. The loss ends Schmidt's 10-game winning streak.
• 1960 - The National League-leading Pirates defeat Milwaukee, 5 - 3, increasing their margin to seven games over second-place St. Louis. Unfortunately, they also lose their shortstop in the process. NL batting leader and leading MVP candidate Dick Groat takes a Lew Burdette 1st-inning fastball on the left wrist with predictable results. Despite the fractured bone, which will keep Groat out of action until the end of the month, the Pirates scarcely miss a beat as Dick Schofield will step in and hit .381 while Groat is out.
• 1959 - The Dodgers set a record for a Coliseum doubleheader when 39‚432 fans show up for two games with the Cubs. Sandy Koufax runs his streak to 41 strikeouts in three games‚ for another major league record‚ but loses the opener, 3 - 0 on a 3-run homer by Ernie Banks in the 9th. The Dodgers lose the second game, 5 - 3‚ also on a 3-run 9th-inning homer‚ to drop 3 games behind the Giants.
• 1961:
  • Roger Maris connects for home run #54‚ off Tom Cheney of the Senators‚ as the Yankees win‚ 8 - 0‚ behind Whitey Ford's 5-hitter. Ford is now 23-3. Johnny Blanchard hits a pair of homers‚ each time following a walk to Mickey Mantle‚ and Moose Skowron and Bob Hale also homer.
  • The Dodgers come from behind to defeat the Giants for the 4th straight time‚ winning 8 - 5‚ and moving within a game of first place.
• 1962:
  • Commissioner Ford Frick announces that any transfer of Bo Belinsky to the Athletics as part of the Dan Osinski deal will be voided due to a technicality in the rules.
  • The Giants score 4 in the 9th to beat the Dodgers, 9 - 6, and put San Francisco just 1 1/2 games out of first.
• 1963 - According to baseball historian Lee Allen, the Cleveland Indians-Washington Senators game is the 100,000th in major league history. Pitcher Bennie Daniels celebrates by beating the Indians, 7 - 2.
• 1964:
  • For the second time in 4 days and the third time in his career‚ Zoilo Versalles has the only hit for the Twins. His 2-run homer in the 6th is the lone hit off Boston's Bill Monbouquette but it is good enough for a Twins win‚ 2 - 1.
  • At Philadelphia‚ Giants ace Juan Marichal strikes out 13 Phillies‚ including 7 in a row‚ to win, 4 - 3.
  • The Red Sox sell pitcher Wilbur Wood to the Pirates. The knuckleballer was 0-5 last year and had no decision in 4 appearances this year. The Bucs will pass Wood along to the White Sox in 1967 where he'll blossom.
• 1965 - The Pirates sweep Cincinnati, 3 - 1 and 4 - 2, knocking Cincy out of second place while pulling themselves to within four games of first-place Los Angeles in the bunched-up National League race. 7th-inning doubles decide both halves of the twin bill: Gene Alley's in the opener, and Willie Stargell's in the nitecap. Crucial to both contests are Roberto Clemente's contributions: a 1st-inning solo homer in the opener puts Pittsburgh up, 1 - 0, then, after Bob Veale's 4th-inning wildness gives back that run, Clemente keeps the game tied by gunning down Charlie James at the plate with two out in the 6th. Game two remains scoreless until the 6th, when Tommy Helms' two-out RBI single is accompanied by Tony Perez's ill-advised attempt to challenge Clemente's arm by going first to third. He is thrown out.
• 1966 - The Giants pepper Don Drysdale for 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings and beat the Dodgers‚ 6 - 0. Ray Sadecki fires the shutout.
• 1967 - After the Tigers sweep the A's, 8 - 5 and 6 - 3‚ and the White Sox down the Angels, 3 - 2‚ the top 4 American League teams are separated by a single percentage point. Chicago and Minnesota are 78-61 for .561; Boston and Detroit are 79-62 for .560.
• 1968 - Denny McLain notches win number 28‚ beating the Twins‚ 8 - 3. The Tigers score 4 runs off Jim Kaat before the first out is recorded. Minnesota rookie Graig Nettles hits his first homer‚ off Denny.
• 1970 - Blue Moon Odom yields 2 hits and smashes a home run as the Athletics beat the Royals‚ 7 - 1. Reggie Jackson and Gene Tenace also homer for the A's.
• 1971:
  • Boston uses two entirely different 9-man lineups in a doubleheader with New York‚ but neither succeeds. The Yankees prevail, 5 - 3 and 3 - 0.
  • The Cards tip the Phillies‚ 2 - 1‚ as Lou Brock steals 4 bases. It is the second time that Brock has swiped 4 in one game; he'll do it once more.
• 1972 - Behind Mickey Lolich's 20th win‚ Detroit beats the Orioles in Baltimore, 4 - 3, in the tight pennant race. Lolich had failed in 5 previous outings to win his 20th.
• 1973:
  • Two Alou brothers are released by the Yankees on the same day. Felipe is sold to the Expos and Matty goes to the Cardinals.
  • The Pirates fire manager Bill Virdon. Danny Murtaugh takes over the club for the fourth and final time.
• 1974 - Baltimore sweeps a doubleheader from Cleveland, 2 - 0 and 1 - 0. Dave McNally and Mike Cuellar notch the 4th and 5th consecutive shutouts for the Orioles‚ who set an American League record with 54 straight scoreless innings pitched.
• 1975:
  • The Red Sox pound out 24 hits to beat Milwaukee‚ 20 - 6, to make Roger Moret the winner. The hits and runs are American League highs this season.
  • At Baltimore‚ the Orioles top the Yankees, 7 - 6 in 13 innings, though neither manager or Yankee catcher Thurman Munson are around at the end. All are tossed in the 9th inning.
• 1976:
  • Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager is seriously injured when the jagged end of a broken bat strikes him in the throat. Yeager is waiting in the on-deck circle when the end of teammate Bill Russell's bat comes off when he is hitting. The Dodgers beat the Padres‚ 4 - 1.
  • California's Frank Tanana strikes out 15 batters in 10 innings but is not involved in a decision. Oakland wins in the 11th‚ 2 - 1.
  • The Reds take a comfortable 8 - 0 lead over the Astros‚ and then hang on to win‚ 9 - 8.
• 1977 - The Angels acquire slugger Dave Kingman from San Diego for cash consideration. Nine days later, the Yankees will buy Kingman, making him the first player to wear four uniforms in four divisions in the same year. Kingman, who started the season with the Mets, will hit 26 home runs to set the mark for the most by a player with more than two teams.
• 1979 - The Giants fire manager Joe Altobelli‚ promoting coach Dave Bristol in his place.
• 1980 - Houston sweeps two from the Cardinals‚ winning 9 - 5 and 6 - 4‚ to move 2 games behind Los Angeles‚ the NL West leaders. Jose Cruz wins the second game with a grand slam.
• 1981:
  • Despite having won the first-half American League pennant, New York Yankees manager Gene Michael is replaced by Bob Lemon, who managed the club in 1978 and 1979. The Yankees are under .500 in the second half of the season.
  • Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela beats the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 - 0, to tie a National League record of seven shutouts by a rookie pitcher.
• 1982 - Veteran first baseman Willie Stargell, whose uniform number 8 is retired, is saluted by 38,000 fans on his day at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium. The 41-year-old slugger delivers a pinch-hit single in the Pirates' 6 - 1 win over the Mets.
• 1983 - Welcome to the Bigs. Cincinnati native Skeeter Barnes is twice hit by pitches in his major league debut‚ but his Reds beat the Giants‚ 11 - 1.
• 1985:
  • The Royals sweep a doubleheader from Milwaukee, 4 - 3 and 7 - 1, to move past California into first place in the AL West.
  • At Texas‚ Carlton Fisk blasts two three-run homers and drives in 7 runs to lead the White Sox to a 12 - 1 rout of the Rangers. Tomorrow, Fisk will record his 300th double and 900th RBI.
• 1986:
  • After hitting a record 210 homers without a grand slam‚ Atlanta's Bob Horner finally connects with the sacks full to give the Braves a 4 - 2 win over Pittsburgh. It will be his only career grand slam. Horner's record will be broken by Sammy Sosa.
  • At County Stadium‚ the Cleveland Indians swamp the Brewers‚ 17 - 9, on 23 hits. Joe Carter has 5 hits‚ including 2 homers‚ and scores 5 times.
• 1987:
  • The Dodgers beat the Mets, 3 - 2, in 16 innings, to end their losing streak at 9 games‚ the club's worst since 1973.
  • Milwaukee's Teddy Higuera hurls his 3rd straight shutout‚ beating the Twins‚ 6 - 0‚ on 2 hits. Glenn Braggs‚ Rob Deer‚ and Bill Schroeder homer to back Teddy.
• 1988 - Kal Daniels has a pair of homers and scores 5 runs to lead the Reds to a 10 - 3 win over the host Astros.
• 1989 - The last-place Phils top the first-place Cubs, 9 - 1 behind Bruce Ruffin's complete game. With the Cards beating the Mets‚ Chicago leads St. Louis by half a game in the NL East.
• 1991 - The [White Sox score 10 runs in the 4th inning of a game against the Royals‚ all with 2 outs. Chicago wins by a score of 11 - 2. Bo Jackson drives in 3 runs with his first two hits since returning from a serious hip injury. Slugger Frank Thomas receives a mauling‚ bruising his wrist in a 2nd-inning collision with Terry Shumpert‚ then chipping two front teeth when he is hit in the mouth with a ball thrown by pitcher Charlie Hough. Hough gets a throwing error on the toss.
• 1992 - Seattle P Mike Schooler gives up a 12th-inning‚ 2-out grand slam to Cleveland's Carlos Martinez to give the Indians a 12 - 9 win. It is the 4th grand slam hit off Schooler this year to tie the major league record. Indians OF Albert Belle hits 3 homers in the contest.
• 1993:
  • P Denis Boucher makes his Expos debut in a 4 - 3 win over Colorado. Boucher and C Joe Siddall form only the second all-Canadian battery in modern big league history.
  • Rafael Palmeiro has his second game this season with 4 extra-base hits as he paces the Rangers to an 8 - 5 victory over the Yankees. Palmeiro has 2 homers and 2 doubles; the two such games this season ties a major league record.
  • In the Cubs' 7 - 6 win over the Phils‚ Ryne Sandberg is held hitless‚ ending his 17-game hitting streak. He'll hit safely in 24 of his last 25 games as his season ends September 13th when he breaks a finger sliding.
• 1995 - Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive Major League game to surpass Lou Gehrig's 56-year record. When the game becomes official in the middle of the 5th inning, Ripken takes a victory lap around Camden Yards during the 22-minute standing ovation from the sell-out crowd, including President Bill Clinton. In the game, Ripken goes 2 for 4, including a home run, in Baltimore's 4 - 2 win over California.
• 1996:
  • Brett Butler returns to the Dodgers' line-up four months after having surgery for throat cancer. The 39-year-old center fielder scores the decisive run in a 3 - 2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the 15th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs. Murray homers off Felipe Lira in the 7th inning of the Orioles' 5 - 4, 12-inning loss to Detroit at Camden Yards. Murray also joins Hank Aaron and Willie Mays as the only big leaguers to reach this milestone and also have at least 3,000 hits.
• 1997 - The Rockies split a day-night doubleheader with the Cardinals‚ losing the first game‚ 10 - 7‚ before winning the nitecap‚ 7 - 6. In the first contest‚ OF Larry Walker's home run makes him the most prolific Canadian home run hitter of all time with 195 career dingers. In the second game‚ Colorado's streak of sellouts ends at 203‚ as an announced crowd of 44‚288 views the contest.
• 1998 - Atlanta OF Andruw Jones hits his 50th career homer in a 4 - 0 win over the Mets. He becomes the 3rd-youngest player in history to reach that level. Only Mel Ott and Tony Conigliaro did so at a younger age. Atlanta P John Smoltz limits the Mets to just 3 hits‚ while fanning an even dozen batters en route to his 14th win.
• 1999 - Sammy Sosa hits his 58th homer but his Cubs lose to the Reds‚ 6 - 3.
• 2000:
  • After reaching an agreement with the law firm Morgan, Lewis and Bockis LLP, Major League Baseball can now use the URL www.mlb.com. The law firm registered the mlb.com in 1994 and refused to release the domain name, making it necessary for the sport to use www.majorleaguebaseball.com.
  • Scott Sheldon of the Texas Rangers becomes just the third player in major league history to play all nine positions in one game when he does it in a 13 - 1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Sheldon joins Bert Campaneris (September 8, 1965) and Cesar Tovar (September 22, 1968) as true utility players.
• 2001 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants becomes the fifth player in major league history to hit 60 home runs in a season during a game against Arizona. He joins Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Bonds, who is the oldest to join this elite group, reaches the historic plateau the quickest, needing only 141 games to reach the milestone.
• 2002:
  • The Oakland Athletics' 20-game winning streak is snapped as Brad Radke pitches the Minnesota Twins to a 6 - 0 victory at home. The Athletics fall short of matching the second-longest winning streak in history. The Chicago National League teams of 1880 and 1935 both won 21 straight.
  • The Cardinals defeat the Cubs‚ 11 - 2‚ as brothers Andy and Alan Benes oppose each other in the 7th matchup of brothers in major league history. Andy gets the win while Alan takes the loss. The Cards score all 11 of their runs in the 3rd inning.
• 2003:
  • Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay pitches the first extra inning complete game shutout in the majors since Jack Morris did so in the classic Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. The last time it was done in the regular season was by Dave Stewart‚ on August 1‚ 1990. Halladay takes a no-hitter into the 8th against Detroit‚ and finishes with a 3-hit‚ 1 - 0 victory. Tiger starter Nate Cornejo pitches 9 shutout innings before giving way to Fernando Rodney. Bobby Kielty's single drives home the winner.
  • At Yankee Stadium, Tim Wakefield allows 4 hits in 7 innings as the Red Sox wallop Roger Clemens to move 1 1/2 games behind the Yankees in the AL East. Nomar Garciaparra hits a 2-run homer to ignite a 6-run 4th inning. Luis Sojo‚ who appeared in the Yankees' old-timers game earlier in the year‚ pinch hits for Jason Giambi in the 9th and fouls out.
  • At Milwaukee‚ the Cubs' Mark Prior (15-5) strikes out 7 in 7 innings to win his 7th straight‚ beating the Brewers‚ 4 - 2. Randall Simon hits a 2-run homer for Chicago and gets a big cheer when it is announced that all 330 fans sitting in section 112‚ behind the Cubs dugout‚ would receive free Polish sausages‚ courtesy of Simon. Simon's last appearance at Miller Park was in a Pirates uniform on July 9 when he whacked a woman dressed as a sausage during a race.
  • In a 9 - 2 win over the Pirates‚ Greg Maddux pitches 7+ innings for the victory. Gary Sheffield has 3 hits including his 35th homer.
• 2004 - Keith Ramsey of the Kinston Indians throws a perfect game against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in the last game of the Carolina League regular season. It is the 4th 9-inning perfect game in league history and the first in 26 years.
• 2006:
  • The Marlins shut out the Diamondbacks, 2 - 0, as rookie Anibal Sanchez hurls a no-hitter. It is the first no-hitter in the majors since Randy Johnson's perfect game on May 18, 2004. The stretch of 6,364 games between no-hitters was the longest in major league history.
  • The Tigers release Dmitri Young. Young spent a month in a rehab center this summer for alcohol and drug abuse, and later this month will be sentenced to a year's probation for assaulting a former girlfriend.
• 2007 - The Angels beat the Indians, 10 - 3. Garret Anderson drives in three runs to give him 11 straight games with at least one RBI. This marks a new record in the history of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise. Fred Lynn (1984) and Wally Joyner (1986) had shared the old record of 10.
• 2008 - T&A San Marino wins the Italian Series in 7 games for their first Serie A1 title. Horacio Estrada gets the decision in the 7 - 5 finale over Nelson Cruz in a duel of ex-big leaguers.
• 2009:
  • Ichiro Suzuki gets his 2,000th Major League hit, a double off Gio Gonzalez in the 1st inning. He is the second fastest to the milestone, taking 1,402 games, 12 more than Hall of Famer Al Simmons. Ichiro's Mariners lose to Oakland, however, as Scott Hairston hits a decisive grand slam in the 5 - 2 game.
  • Milwaukee pulls off its first triple play since 1999 in the 6th inning, but needs a 12th-inning walk-off home run from Prince Fielder, against Merkin Valdez, to beat San Francisco, 2 - 1.
  • After striking out in his first three at-bats, Brandon Inge hits a grand slam off Russ Springer in the 9th inning to give Detroit a 5 - 3 win over Tampa Bay.
• 2010:
  • The Padres end their 10-game losing streak by beating the Dodgers, 4 - 2. Nick Hundley homers and drives in two runs in support of emergency starter Tim Stauffer, who steps up for flu-ridden Mat Latos. The Pads' once-comfortable lead over the Giants in the NL West is now down to a single game.
  • Ubaldo Jimenez finally wins his franchise record 18th game of the season, as the Rockies defeat the Reds, 10 - 5; Jimenez had started the year red hot, but had not won a game since August 4, when he tied the mark of 17 wins held jointly by Kevin Ritz and Jeff Francis.
  • Omar Vizquel plays his 2,832nd game, breaking Rafael Palmeiro's record for a player born outside the USA.
• 2011:
  • Stephen Strasburg makes his return to the major leagues barely a year after undergoing Tommy John surgery. The Nationals' prize hurler throws 5 scoreless innings against the Dodgers, allowing only two hits, and leaves with a 3 - 0 lead. The Dodgers rally for a 7 - 3 win, however.
  • David Ortiz and Marco Scutaro both have 4 hits and Jon Lester throws seven scoreless innings to win his 15th game as the Red Sox romp over the Blue Jays, 14 - 0. Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Josh Reddick both homer as the Sox collect a season-high 20 hits.
  • The Giants edge a little closer to the Diamondbacks in the NL West with a 6 - 4 win over San Diego. Eric Surkamp wins his first major league decision while Brett Pill hits a two-run homer in his first major league at-bat for the Giants. Meanwhile, the D-Backs lose, 8 - 3, to the Rockies, to see their lead fall to 6 games. Colorado scores 7 times in the 8th inning, highlighted by Troy Tulowitzki's three-run homer. Tulowitzki becomes the second NL shortstop to have a 30-HR, 100-RBI season.
• 2012:
  • The Nationals complete a four-game sweep of the Cubs at home with a 9 - 2 win punctured by two bench-clearing incidents. With the Nats ahead 7 - 2 in the 5th, thanks to a three-run homer by Kurt Suzuki and a two-run single by P Jordan Zimmermann, Cubs bench coach Jamie Quirk becomes angry when the Nats' Jayson Werth swings at a 3-0 pitch and gets into a shouting match with Washington third-base coach Bo Porter, prompting both benches and bullpens to empty, although no punches are thrown. Quirk is ejected as a result of the incident. In the 6th, Bryce Harper is brushed back by Cubs P Lendy Castillo on the first pitch of the inning, leading to another general outing. Three players are ejected this time, including Cubs catcher Steve Clevenger. Adam LaRoche then caps the scoring with a two-run homer off Jeff Beliveau later that inning.
  • The Orioles use the long ball to defeat the Yankees, belting out 6 homers in a 10 - 6 win, including three in the 8th inning. Adam Jones leads off the frame with a slolo blast off David Robertson to break a 6 - 6 tie, Mark Reynolds then hits a two-run shot, and Chris Davis follows with a solo shot to seal the outcome of the game. The two teams are again tied for the lead in the AL East.

[edit] Births

• 1852 - Juice Latham, infielder, manager (d. 1914)
• 1860 - Charlie Berry, infielder (d. 1940)
• 1864 - Oyster Burns, outfielder (d. 1928)
• 1867 - Pete Gilbert, infielder (d. 1911)
• 1878 - George Hildebrand, outfielder (d. 1960)
• 1883 - Dick Bayless, outfielder (d. 1920)
• 1888 - Red Faber, pitcher; Hall of Famer (d. 1976)
• 1888 - Danny Mahoney, pinch runner (d. 1960)
• 1889 - George Kahler, pitcher (d. 1924)
• 1893 - Bill Murray, infielder (d. 1943)
• 1894 - Billy Gleason, infielder (d. 1957)
• 1895 - Shags Horan, outfielder (d. 1969)
• 1896 - Frank McCrea, catcher (d. 1981)
• 1896 - Paul Zahniser, pitcher (d. 1964)
• 1899 - Del Bissonette, infielder, manager (d. 1972)
• 1903 - Tommy Thevenow, infielder (d. 1957)
• 1904 - Willie Underhill, pitcher (d. 1970)
• 1910 - Johnny Lanning, pitcher (d. 1989)
• 1911 - Harry Danning, catcher; All-Star (d. 2004)
• 1911 - Vallie Eaves, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1912 - Vince DiMaggio, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1986)
• 1912 - Harrison Wickel, scout (d. 1989)
• 1917 - Mike Naymick, pitcher (d. 2005)
• 1921 - Jack Phillips, infielder
• 1922 - Lou Ciola, pitcher (d. 1981)
• 1922 - Harry Perkowski, pitcher
• 1924 - Jim Fridley, outfielder (d. 2003)
• 1924 - Hal Jeffcoat, outfielder/pitcher (d. 2007)
• 1924 - George Schmees, outfielder (d. 1998)
• 1930 - Jack Curran, minor league pitcher (d. 2013)
• 1931 - Stan Pawloski, infielder
• 1934 - Tom Flanigan, pitcher
• 1939 - Rob Hoffmann, Hoofdklasse pitcher (d. 2010)
• 1945 - Larry Lucchino, owner
• 1946 - Fran Healy, catcher
• 1949 - Mike Thompson, pitcher
• 1950 - Lee Driggers, college coach
• 1954 - Steve Macko, infielder (d. 1981)
• 1954 - Randy Sealy, minor league pitcher
• 1954 - Gary Tuck, minor league catcher, coach
• 1957 - Elijah Bonaparte, minor league outfielder
• 1958 - Bill Plaschke, writer
• 1960 - Al Lachowicz, pitcher
• 1960 - Greg Olson, catcher; All-Star
• 1961 - Cheng-Chin Hong, CPBL infielder
• 1961 - Chris Maloney, coach
• 1961 - Roy Smith, pitcher
• 1963 - John Pawlowski, pitcher
• 1964 - Mike York, pitcher
• 1968 - Pat Meares, infielder
• 1969 - Andrew Cotner, scout
• 1974 - Osmani García, minor league infielder
• 1975 - Derrek Lee, infielder; All-Star
• 1975 - Frank Taveras Jr., minor league player
• 1976 - Mike Nakamura, pitcher
• 1978 - Frank Brooks, pitcher
• 1978 - Alex Escobar, outfielder
• 1981 - Richard Salazar, minor league pitcher
• 1981 - Mark Teahen, infielder
• 1982 - Masato Akamatsu, NPB outfielder
• 1982 - Pierrick Lemestre, Division Elite catcher-pitcher-outfielder
• 1982 - Adalberto Paulino, minor league outfielder
• 1983 - Paul Bennett, minor league infielder
• 1983 - Jerry Blevins, pitcher
• 1983 - Dionis Pascual, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Mitch Moreland, infielder
• 1986 - Luis Azócar, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Ramon Castillo, minor league infielder
• 1988 - Yeiper Castillo, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Arnold León, minor league pitcher
• 1989 - Jose Camargo, minor league catcher
• 1990 - James Linger, minor league infielder
• 1991 - Tyler Austin, minor league outfielder
• 1992 - Socrates Brito, minor league outfielder
• 1992 - Michael Kelly, minor league pitcher
• 1992 - Roberto Machado, minor league catcher
• 1993 - Alessandro Grimaudo, Italian Baseball League infielder
• 1994 - John Wright, Elitserien pitcher

[edit] Deaths

• 1913 - Al Bauer, pitcher (b. 1850)
• 1927 - Lave Cross, infielder, manager (b. 1866)
• 1932 - Frank West, pitcher (b. 1873)
• 1940 - Mordecai Davidson, manager (b. 1846)
• 1947 - Joe Gingras, pitcher (b. 1894)
• 1956 - Stubby Magner, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1958 - Tommy de la Cruz, pitcher (b. 1911)
• 1958 - Hugh Hill, outfielder (b. 1879)
• 1970 - Hal Van Pelt, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1923)
• 1971 - Artie Dede, catcher (b. 1895)
• 1971 - Andy Kyle, outfielder (b. 1889)
• 1972 - Charlie Berry, catcher (b. 1902)
• 1973 - Charlie Kavanagh, pinch hitter (b. 1893)
• 1974 - Sammy Hale, infielder (b. 1896)
• 1976 - Vern Fear, pitcher (b. 1924)
• 1977 - Ray Fitzgerald, pinch hitter (b. 1904)
• 1980 - Gus Ketchum, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1981 - Eddie Ainsmith, catcher (b. 1892)
• 1988 - Lew Krausse, pitcher (b. 1912)
• 1990 - Al Veach, pitcher (b. 1909)
• 1993 - Howard Easterling, Negro League infielder (b. 1911)
• 1996 - Barney McCosky, outfielder (b. 1917)
• 1999 - Ernie Casale, college coach (b. ~1919)
• 2007 - Al Kozar, infielder (b. 1921)
• 2008 - Ralph Albers, minor league pitcher (b. 1929)