Template:Today in Baseball/May 16

July 11: Today's featured birthday is that of Efrain Valdez, who turns 60.

• 1897 - Attempts to play the first Sunday major league game in Cleveland, OH run afoul of the Blue Laws as the police put a stop to action in the first inning. Frank Robison pays the bail for players and umpire Tim Hurst.
• 1902 - In the first major league match-up of two deaf-mute players, Billy Hoy faces off against Luther Taylor. Hoy goes 2 for 4 in the contest as his Reds beat the Giants, 5-3.
• 1948 - Tetsuharu Kawakami of the Yomiuri Giants becomes the first player in Nippon Pro Baseball history to hit two home runs in one inning.
• 1972 - Greg Luzinski hits the "Liberty Bell" in Veterans Stadium with a shot off of Burt Hooton that travels 500 feet. The Phillies still lose, 8-1, as Rick Monday hits three homers for the Cubs.
• 1991 - Dave Cochrane, Chuck Jackson and Alonzo Powell (pictured) all hit grand slams for the Calgary Cannons in a 22-7 rout over the Tacoma Tigers. It is believed to the first such happening in Organized Baseball history.

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