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September 6
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 6.
[edit] Events
- 1883 - Tom Burns and Ned Williamson of the National League's Chicago White Stockings both score three runs in the seventh 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 22), 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 a 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.
- 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.
- 1935 - St. Louis Cardinals Terry Moore has a perfect day, going 6 for 6 against the Boston Braves.
- 1943 - At sixteen years, eight months, five days, Philadelphia Athletics pitcher]Carl Scheib becomes the youngest player to appear in an American League game.
- 1950 - Don Newcombe misses pitching complete games in a doubleheader for the Brooklyn Dodgers by leaving in the seventh inning of the second game, trailing the Philadelphia Phillies, 2 - 0. Newcombe won the first game, 2 - 0.
- 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.
- 1960 - The National League-leading Pirates defeat Milwaukee, 5 - 3, increasing their margin to seven games over second-place St. Louis while shaving their magic number to 16. Unfortunately, they also lose their shortstop in the process. NL batting leader and leading MVP candidate Dick Groat takes a Lew Burdette first-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 steps in and hits .381 in the interim.
- 1963 - According to baseball historian Lee Allen, the Cleveland Indians - Washington Senators game is the 100,000th in ML history. Pitcher Bennie Daniels celebrates by beating the Indians, 7 - 2.
- 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.
- 1976 - Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager is seriously injured when the jagged end of a broken bat strikes him in the throat while he is waiting in the on-deck circle.
- 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 twenty-six home runs to set the mark for the most by a player with more than two teams.
- 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 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.
- 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 fifth 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 thirty-nine 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 ML history to hit 500 home runs. Murray homers off Felipe Lira in the seventh 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.
- 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 http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com.
- Scott Sheldon of the Texas Rangers becomes just the third player in ML 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 ML 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.
- 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.
- 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 first 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
[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)
- 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)
- 1931 - Stan Pawloski, infielder
- 1934 - Tom Flanigan, pitcher
- 1946 - Fran Healy, catcher
- 1949 - Mike Thompson, pitcher
- 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
- 1960 - Al Lachowicz, pitcher
- 1960 - Greg Olson, catcher; All-Star
- 1961 - Roy Smith, pitcher
- 1963 - John Pawlowski, pitcher
- 1964 - Mike York, pitcher
- 1968 - Pat Meares, 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 - Mark Teahen, infielder
- 1982 - Pierrick Lemestre, Division Elite catcher-pitcher-outfielder
- 1982 - Adalberto Paulino, minor league outfielder
- 1983 - Jerry Blevins, pitcher
- 1983 - Paul Bennett, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Arnold Leon, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Jose Camargo, minor league catcher
- 1990 - James Linger, minor league infielder
[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)
- 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)
- 2007 - Al Kozar, infielder (b. 1921)
- 2008 - Ralph Albers, minor league pitcher (b. 1929)
