Charlton's Baseball Chronology
September 20
2006
The Yankees lose to the Blue Jays, 3-2, but still clinch the AL East title as the Red Sox lose to the Twins.
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2002
The Cardinals clinch the NL Central title with a 9-3 win over the Astros.
Baltimore's Mike Bordick sets a ML record with his 102nd consecutive errorless game at SS as the Orioles drop a 4-2 decision to the Red Sox. He also extends his ML mark of errorless chances at SS to 504.
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2001
Joe Mays of the Twins shuts out the Tigers‚ 3-0‚ on 6 hits. Mays is the first pitcher since the Angels George Brunet in 1966 to beat the Tigers 5 times in a season.
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2000
The Cardinals shoot down the Astros‚ 11-6‚ to clinch the NL Central and become the 1st team to earn a playoff spot. Jim Edmonds hits a grand slam for St. Louis and is followed by Ray Lankford's HR. It is the 15th time this year that the Cards have homered in consecutive at bats‚ tying the NL mark set by Cincinnati in 1956.
The Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks‚ 1-0‚ when Eric Karros hits a game-ending homer in the 9th off Byung-Hyun Kim. Karros is the only batter Kim faces.
San Diego Adam Eaton is staked to a 15-4 lead‚ and the Padres hang on for a 15-11 win over the Rockies Dave Magadan and Mike Darr each have 4 RBIs‚ while the Rock's Pen Petrick knocks in 4 runs without a hit‚ likely a ML record. Petrick has a sac fly‚ bases loaded walk‚ and 2 ground outs.
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1999
The Angels defeat the Devil Rays‚ 10-5‚ in a game marked by a confrontation between umpire John Shulock and TB C Mike DiFelice in the 3rd inning. Shulock was on his way out to the mound after being hit with a pitch from Devil Rays P Wilson Alvarez when he was intercepted by DiFelice. AL president Gene Budig will suspend Shulock for 3 games and fine him an undisclosed amount for his "overly aggressive behavior‚ display of temper‚ inappropriate remarks and physical contact."
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1998
Baltimore's Cal Ripken Jr. takes himself out of the Orioles lineup prior to the game with the Yankees to end his major league record consecutive game streak at 2‚632. The Orioles lose the historic game by a score of 5-4. Ryan Minor‚ Ripken's replacement at 3B‚ gets 1 hit in 4 at bats.
Mark McGwire wastes no time as he hits HR #65 in the 1st inning of the Cardinals' 11-6 win over Milwaukee.
The Rockies Darryl Kile pitches 10 shutout innings before he is lifted for PH Larry Walker, who doubles off Randy Myers and comes around to score the lone run in a 1-0 win over the Padres. Dave Veres earns the save.
Trent Hubbard hits a first inning solo homerun for the Dodgers’ only score in a 1-0 win over Shawn Estes and the Giants. Carlos Perez pitches the GC shutout. The Giants waste a leadoff triple in the 8th by catcher Brian Johnson; his counterpart Charles Johnson is hitless.
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1996
Frank Thomas hits his 39th HR of the year‚ a grand slam‚ to power the White Sox to a 7-3 win over the Twins. Dave Martinez hits a solo shot in his only at bat. Kevin Tapani gives up a 2-run HR to Rich Becker but emerges the winner. Paul Molitor has a double to extend his consecutive game hitting streak against the White Sox to 32 games (as noted by Retrosheet) over three years.
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1995
Maybe it shoulda rained. The Padres play their 1‚000th straight home game without a rainout‚ a streak going back to 1983‚ but the Rockies win‚ 10-2. Bill Swift (8-2) is the winner. Vinnie Castilla hits his 32nd HR and Walt Weiss his 1st of the year and scores 5 runs.
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1993
Giants P Jim Deshaies goes 0-for-2 in a 7-2 win over the Astros. In doing so‚ he sets a major league record by going 372 career at bats without having an extra-base hit. The old mark had been set by Virgil Barnes.
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1992
Phillies 2B Mickey Morandini becomes the 9th player in history to turn an unassisted triple play in Philadelphia's 13 inning 3-2 loss to the Pirates. With runners on 1st and 2nd in the 6th inning‚ Morandini catches Jeff King's line drive‚ steps on 2nd to double up Andy Van Slyke‚ and tags out Barry Bonds‚ who is running from 1st.
The Cubs Shawn Boskie gives up 6 hits and 6 runs in the 1st and departs with no outs. He also loses as the Cards coast to a 16-4 win. St. Louis 3B Stan Royer has 4 hits‚ 4 runs‚ and 4 RBIs.
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1989
At Wrigley‚ the Phils edge the Cubs‚ 9-8‚ with 18 hits‚ including 15 singles. The Cubs use 20 players‚ including 6 pitchers.
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1988
Wade Boggs goes 3-for-3 with 2 walks in Boston's 13-2 rout of Toronto to become the first player this century to collect 200 hits in 6 consecutive seasons. Willie Keeler had 8 straight 200-hit seasons from 1894-1901. Boggs also joins Lou Gehrig as the only players to collect 200 hits and 100 walks in 3 consecutive seasons.
The A's knock Frank Viola (22-7) out of the box in the 4th inning enroute to a 12-3 win over Minnesota. In the 5-run 8th inning Mike Gallego makes all 3 outs‚ grounding out and grounding into a DP. Davis (16-5) is the winner.
Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run off John Farrell in the 5th inning‚ and Chet Lemon hits his 200th career home run off Scott Bailes in the bottom of the 9th to lead Detroit to a 3-1 win over Cleveland.
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1986
San Diego's Tony Gwynn steals 5 bases in a 10-6 loss to the Astros‚ tying the modern NL record for steals in one game.
Texas rookie Kevin Brown‚ the Rangers top pick in the June draft‚ registers his first professional win‚ beating the Oakland A's‚ 9-5. Earlier in the year‚ teammate Bobby Witt also won his first pro game in the majors. The first Ranger to do it was David Clyde in 1973.
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1985
A federal jury in Pittsburgh convicts Curtis Strong of 11 counts of cocaine distribution after a trial whose prosecution witnesses revealed how widely the drug problem afflicts major league baseball. Prominent players who were granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for testimony include Dave Parker‚ Lonnie Smith‚ Keith Hernandez‚ Jeffrey Leonard‚ and Tim Raines.
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1984
The Padres clinch their first NL West title since entering the league in 1969 with a 5-4 win over the Giants. The key blow is winning pitcher Tim Lollar's 3-run home run‚ his 3rd home run of the season.
The first-place Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for the first time as 33‚651 watch them lose to Pittsburgh 7-6.
The Orioles roll over the visiting Red Sox‚ 15-1. Ken Singleton paces the Birds with a grand slam‚ off Al Nipper‚ for his 246th and last career HR. His previous two homers were also grand slams‚ the last coming on September 1st.
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1983
The Tigers rap 10 consecutive hits on the way to an 11-run first inning against Baltimore‚ tying the AL record set by Boston in 1901. Detroit wins 14-1 in a rain-shortened 5-inning game.
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1981
Twins rookie Gary Gaetti homers in his first ML at bat‚ off Charlie Hough (2-1) but Texas beats the Twins‚ 4-3.
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1980
George Brett goes 0-for-4 in a 9-0 loss to the A's dropping his average below .400 for good. He is now hitting .396 and will finish the season at .390.
California's Tony Armas does it all hitting 2 doubles‚ 2 HRs to drive in 5 RBIs in a 6-4 win over Texas. Armas also has an intentional walk‚ and steals 3rd.
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1978
The Red Sox collect 6 hits-4 by Jerry Remy-off Dave Rozema but the Tigers clobber Boston‚ 12-2. Lou Whitaker and Rusty Staub both have 3-run homers to lead Detroit's 15-hit attack. The Sox loss‚ combined with the Yankees split with Toronto‚ leaves New York two games in front with 10 games to go.
The Yanks split a pair with Toronto‚ with Ron Guidry losing his 3rd game of the year. Lefty Mike Willis wins the duel with Guidry‚ 8-1.
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1977
The Dodgers clinch the NL Western Division title with a 3-1 win over the Giants.
In San Diego‚ Tom Seaver pitches a 2 hitter as the Reds win‚ 4-0.
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1976
The Angels Nolan Ryan outduels Rangers Bert Blyleven‚ 1-0.
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1975
The A's and Royals set an AL record by using 42 players in a 9-inning game. Oakland wins 16-4‚ with a AL record-tying 13 different players scoring. The Yankees were the last to do it‚ in 1949. Rookie Jamie Quirk belts his first ML homer‚ a pinch homer off Rollie Fingers. Quirk's next pinch HR will come in 1990‚ an interim of 5‚486: this breaks a mark set by Hank Sauer‚ who hit pinch homers in 1942 and again in 1956‚ a spread of 5‚193 days.
The Reds coast to a 9-2 win over the Braves as Darell Evans helps with 4 errors. The third sacker has now made 35 errors. Dave Brain‚ who made 5 errors at 3B in a June 1906 game for the club record‚ made 48 errors that year.
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1974
The Cards beat the Cubs‚ 5-2‚ to stay ahead of the rampaging Pirates‚ winners over the Mets. Rick Monday hits a leadoff HR for the Cubs‚ off Bob Forsch‚ but it is all downhill after that. Ted Simmons has a double and 3-run HR off Bill Bonham to give him his 20th loss of the year.
Nolan Ryan allows just 3 hits but absorbs his 20th loss of the season as the Twins beat the Angles‚ 3-2. Ryan walks 7. Joe Decker (16-12) is the winner.
The Yankees move into a tie with Baltimore in the AL East with a sweep of the Indians. The Yanks take the opener‚ 5-4‚ when Bobby Murcer's 3rd hit‚ a triple‚ scores the winning run in the bottom of the 9th. Gaylord Perry takes his 20th loss. Larry Gura (5-0) wins the nitecap‚ 3-0‚ on 6 hits.
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1973
The Pirates lose 4-3 in 13 innings in New York and their lead over the Mets is cut to one-half game. A Wayne Garrett relay from Cleon Jones nails Richie Zisk at the plate in the top of the last inning.
A's speedster Bill North trips over 1B in a 5-4 loss to the Twins‚ severely spraining his right ankle and costing him both the AL SB crown and a chance to play in the WS. The Twins are 14-4 against Oakland this year‚ tying the AL record of the 1909 A's for most wins against a pennant winner.
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1972
The Braves score all their runs in the 2nd inning in routing the Astros 13-6. Dusty Baker has 3 at bats in the inning, doubling to lead off, hitting a 3-run HR, then grounding out to end the inning with the bases full
At Anaheim, Royals pitcher Steve Busby loses a grand slam when 1B ump John Rice signals that he had called time before the gopher pitch. John Mayberry had already hit a grand slam in the inning. Busby (2-0) wins, 9-2, pitching his second complete game following his debut win on September 8.
Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants hits a HR to set a new Japanese record of 7 HRs in 7 consecutive games. Dale Long in 1956 hit in 8 straight‚ and several players have hit in 6.
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1971
The Senators beat the Indians 8-6 in 20 innings‚ thus completing a suspended game begun 6 days earlier in Cleveland. The two teams finish the 20 frames with 30 walks issued‚ an AL record for an extra-inning game. Washington pitchers hand out 19 walks. The two teams combine on another AL record as they strand 25 base runners‚ and the teams combine for record 4 runs in the 20th inning. In the nitecap‚ the Indians win‚ 3-1‚ handing Denny McLain his 21st defeat. Meanwhile‚ Senators owner Bob Short is given permission to move his team to Texas‚ where they will become the Rangers‚ a nickname adopted on November 23rd.
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1970
Jim Palmer wins his 20th game‚ defeating the Indians‚ 7-0. The Orioles are the first club since 1956 to have three 20-game winners.
Bill Melton sets a White Sox club record with his 30th HR (Eddie Robinson had the mark with 29) leading Chicago to an 8-4 win over the Royals in game 1. Kansas City's Jim York makes his ML debut in the nitecap‚ pitching 4 2/3 innings of relief in winning his first game‚ 8-2. Paid attendance at Comiskey is 672.
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1969
Bob Moose stops the pennant-bound Mets 4-0 with the NL's record 5th no-hitter of the season. Moose is now 12-3. But the Mets will win their next 9 games.
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1968
At Yankee Stadium‚ Boston's Jim Lonborg tosses just his 3rd complete game of the year to beat New York‚ 4-3. Yastrzemski has three hits‚ including a homer‚ to raise his average to .306. Mantle hits homer number 536‚ the last of his career‚ for New York.
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1967
Steve Carlton of the Cardinals strikes out 16 batters‚ including 7 in a row‚ in 8 innings but still loses 3-1 to Chris Short and the Phillies.
The Red Sox‚ down 2-0 in Cleveland‚ rally on Yaz's 41st HR and a 3-run HR by Rico Petrocelli to win 5-4. Yaz‚ with 4 hits in the game‚ is now leading the AL with a .316 average‚ and is 1st in RBIs and HRs. The Twins‚ Tigers and White Sox all keep pace. The Twins win 6-2 as Dean Chance K's 13 for his 18th victory. Detroit routs the Yankees 10-1‚ while Chicago tops the Angels 6-4.
In the Reds 9-4‚ win over the Braves‚ Johnny Bench hits his first ML homer‚ a 3-run shot off Jim Britton in Atlanta.
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1966
Orioles P Tom Phoebus hurls his 2nd straight shutout in his 2nd ML game‚ blanking the A's 4-0 in Kansas City. Karl Spooner was the last rookie to start with 2 shutouts.
Vern Law shuts out the Giants 6-0 to keep the Pirates 1 1/2 games behind the Dodgers. Pittsburgh turns 4 double plays in the game and will end the year with an NL-record 215.
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1965
Just 812 see the soon-to-be Atlanta Braves lose to the Phils‚ 4-1‚ in Milwaukee.
Fewer fans (537) see the A's Jim "Catfish" Hunter beat Jim "Mudcat" Grant‚ 8-2‚ in Minnesota. Both contests are makeup games.
In Cleveland's 5-4 win‚ Pedro Gonzalez of the Indians swings a bat at P Larry Sherry of the Tigers following a Sherry brushback pitch. Gonzalez is fined $500 by AL President Joe Cronin the following day.
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1964
Jim Bunning‚ in relief‚ strikes out Johnny Roseboro in the 9th to preserve the Phils 3-2 win in Los Angeles. The win comes after 2 straight losses and leaves the 1st place Phils in front of the NL by 6 1/2 games with 12 to play. When they return to Philley in the early morning‚ 2‚000 fans including Mayor James Tate are on hand to greet the team.
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1963
The Yankees edge the Athletics‚ 5-4 in 13 innings. Rookie 2B Pedro Gonzalez helps the win by pulling the hidden ball trick in the 11th frame and tagging out A's OF Ken Harrelson‚ who had advanced to 2B after a single and a sac bunt. As noted by Bill Deane‚ Gonzalez plays only 7 games in the field this year.
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1961
The Yankees' 154th game of 1961 (including a tie) is Roger Maris' last chance to beat the Babe‚ in compliance with Commissioner Ford Frick's statement that‚ for the record to be broken‚ Maris must do it in the same number of games as Ruth. Maris' 59th HR of the year‚ off Milt Pappas‚ is short of the record‚ but helps New York beat Baltimore 4-2‚ clinching its 26th AL pennant. In 1998‚ Pappas will state that he told Maris the night before that‚ if the game's outcome is not on the line‚ he would throw him nothing but fastballs.
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1960
Boston OF Carroll Hardy pinch-hits for Ted Williams‚ who is forced to leave the game after fouling a ball off his ankle and grounds into a DP. It is the only time Williams has been pinch hit for; Hardy also pinch hit for Maris when both were at Cleveland. The Orioles win 5-4 when Brooks Robinson pulls away from a pitch and accidentally bloops an RBI single in the 8th.
In Milwaukee‚ Jay Hook gives up just 2 hits as the Reds win‚ 8-0‚ and chill the Braves pennant hopes.
First place Pittsburgh sweeps a pair from the Phillies‚ winning 7-1 and 3-2. The Bucs lead by 6 games. Bob Friend wins the opener and sets a new club record for strikeouts‚ beating Hendrix' mark of 176 set in 1912.
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1959
The Giants play their last game in Seals Stadium before moving to Candlestick Park‚ losing to Los Angeles 8-2. The Dodgers sweep the series and drop the Giants from first to 3rd. The Braves are in 2nd‚ a half game back.
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1958
Orioles P Hoyt Wilhelm‚ in a rare start (he is 0-6 this year when starting)‚ pitches a 1-0 no-hitter‚ the first in O's history‚ against Don Larsen of the Yankees‚ fanning 8. Larsen allows one hit through 6 innings. The Orioles acquired Wilhelm in August for the $20‚000 waiver price. The win‚ Wilhelm's first ML complete game‚ and his only this year for the O's‚ improves his record to 3-10. The winning margin is Gus Triandos' 30th HR‚ off reliever Bobby Shantz.
The Giants Ruben Gomez gives up 3 hits‚ all to Bobby Gene Smith‚ as the Giants beat St. Louis 5-1. Willie Mays's 3 hits raises his average to .340‚ and he steals his 30th base‚ the first to steal 30 three times since Kiki Cuyler in 1930.
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1957
The Yankees top the Red Sox‚ 7-4‚ despite a pinch homer by Ted Williams in the 9th inning‚ off Bob Grim. In his last at bat‚ Williams hit an 8th inning solo shot on the 17th‚ both times pinch hitting for Murray Wall.
At Chicago‚ Warren Spahn and the Braves defeat the Cubs‚ 9-3. Spahn wins his 20th‚ and will lead the NL in winning percentage with .667.
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1956
Second year Orioles catcher Tommy Gastall‚ 24‚ is killed when the small plane he is flying crashes into the Chesapeake Bay. The $40‚000 bonus baby had been a quarterback at Boston College and his premature death is eerily similar to that of Harry Agganis‚ a quarterback at Boston University‚ who died in his 2nd year with the Red Sox‚ in 1955.
Bob Friend holds the Braves to 4 hits and the Pirates edge the Braves‚ 2-1‚ in 10 innings.
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1955
Brooklyn sweeps a pair from the Phils‚ winning 6-3 and 6-1 over Murry Dickson and Robin Roberts. In game 2‚ reserve 1B Frank Kellert's HR in the 4th is the Dodgers 200th of the season‚ making them the first team to hit 200 or more in a season more than once. They did it with 208 in 1953. Robin Roberts surrenders a 2nd homer‚ to George Shuba‚ making it 40 for the season‚ a ML record. The previous mark set in 1938‚ by game 1 loser Dickson.
Giants slugger Willie Mays poles 2 HRs against the Pirates‚ giving him 50 for the year‚ making him only the 7th player in history to accomplish this. The Giants sweep the doubleheader‚ winning 11-1 and 14-8. Mays's HR in the 2nd game is his 7th in 6 consecutive games.
In his first ML start‚ Red Sox rookie Frank Malzone is 6-for-10 in a doubleheader loss against Baltimore. His 6 hits are consecutive. The O's win 3-2 in 10 innings‚ and 7-4‚ to stretch their win streak to 6 games.
The Scooter returns to action and bats 9th behind Don Larsen as the Yankees sweep a pair from the Senators‚ 6-3 and 9-7. The Bombers now lead the Indians by 2 1/2 games with 5 to play.
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1954
The Giants clinch the pennant as Sal Maglie beats the Dodgers 7-1 in the opener of a series with the Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Mays has three hits to take over the NL lead with a .344 average. The Giants now get ready for the Indians‚ a team they beat 13 out of 21 times in spring training.
At Milwaukee‚ Warren Spahn of the Braves beats the Reds‚ 6-2‚ to notch his 20th win. Spahn has now won 20 games 6 times.
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1953
Ernie Banks of the Cubs hits his first ML HR‚ against Gerry Staley‚ but the Cards win 11-6.
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1952
The Senators top the Red Sox‚ 10-6‚ and pin the loss on Mel Parnell‚ his first defeat to the Nats since May 28‚ 1948. Parnell had won 17 straight against Washington but the portsider does not survive the 4th inning. Shea has 2 hits and 2 RBI to help his win.
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1951
Following a day off in Cincinnati‚ Ken Raffensberger beats the Giants‚ 3-1‚ with reliever Blackwell striking out Westrum and Hank Thompson in the 9th with 2 runners on base. Jim Hearn is the loser.
Carl Erskine pitches the Dodgers to a 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Brooklyn's magic number is reduced to 5.
The owners elect NL President Ford Frick as the 3rd commissioner of baseball for a 7-year term at $65‚000 per annum. Warren Giles withdraws on a vote deadlock to open the way for Frick‚ who has been NL prexy since 1934.
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1950
Thrashing the Cubs 9-6 at Philadelphia‚ the Phils open a 7 1?2 game lead‚ their biggest so far. Jim Konstanty‚ appearing for the 68th time‚ wins his 16th‚ thanks to 2 homers by Mike Goliat‚ Boston and Brooklyn are tied for 2nd place with 79-61 records: The Phils are at 87-54.
The Red Sox pennant hopes are jolted by the Indians who take a doubleheader sweep‚ 6-3 and 7-1. The losses drop the Yawkeymen out of a 2nd place tie with Detroit. Bob Lemon wins his 21st in the opener‚ and Early Wynn cops his 17th in game 2. Easter and Gordon homer to give the Tribe a club-record 156. Billy Goodman‚ hitting .357‚ is 2-for-8 to go over 400 at bats and qualify for the hitting title. He is leading George Kell by 14 points.
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1949
Jackie Robinson steals home in a 5-0 Dodger win against the Cubs. It is his 5th steal of home this year-the 2nd against the Cubs-and the 13th in his 3 years in the NL. That is the most career home swipes in the ML since Ben Chapman stole his 15th and last in 1940‚ his 11th season.
The Yankees edge the White Sox‚ 3-1‚ with Joe Page preserving the win for Allie Reynolds (17-5).
The Red Sox rally to beat the Indians‚ 6-5‚ after Boston manager Joe McCarthy complains that Indian pitcher Bob Lemon‚ who allows no hits in the first 5 innings‚ was fingering the peak of his cap between pitches. Ordered to replace the sweat-stained hat‚ Lemon then loses his no-hitter when pitcher Mel Parnell slaps a 6th inning single to ignite a 5-run Sox rally. Parnell wins his 24th.
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1946
George Kell is 6-for-7 to pace the Tigers 22-hit attack against Cleveland. The Tigers roar‚ 15-1 with Fred Hutchinson getting the easy win over Allie Reynolds‚ allowing just a run on Eddie Robinson's HR.
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1945
The Tigers lose to the Indians 6-1 while the Yankees beat the Senators by the same score. Cleveland scores 6 runs in the 8th with the help of 4 errors to rout Benton.
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1941
Leading 3-1 going into the 9th‚ the Cards give up 6 runs to the Cubs in the 9th to lose 7-3. In the 9th‚ reliever Howie Crist's first pitch to rookie Bob Scheffing is hit for a grand slam.
The Dodgers sweep two from the Phils‚ winning 3-1 and 6-1. Whit Wyatt‚ with Hugh Casey in relief‚ and Kirby Higbe are the winning pitchers‚ each recording their 21st wins of the year.
Washington's Dutch Leonard wins a tight game‚ 1-0‚ over 30-year-old Roger Wolff‚ making his ML debut for the A's. Dutch allows 4 hits while Wolff allows 3.
Thornton Lee wins his 20th for the White Sox‚ beating the Tigers‚ 4-3. Bobo Newsom loses his 19th.
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1940
At Detroit‚ the Tigers‚ down 4-1‚ jump on Bob Feller‚ in relief of Mel Harder‚ and Joe Dobson for 5 runs‚ and win 6-5. For the first time in 18 games the Tigers fail to hit a home run. The Tigers now lead the AL by a game over the Tribe. The Plain Dealer's Gordon Cobbledick laments‚ "if the Indians fail to win the pennant‚ it will be because Feller has been worn to a frazzle by working in and out of turn."
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1937
Carl Hubbell‚ in relief‚ wins his 20th game‚ beating the Cards‚ 10-3. The Giants maintain a 2 1/2 game lead over Chicago. The first 6 batters for each team hit safely against the 2 starters‚ Melton and Weiland.
The Cubs edge the Dodgers‚ 5-4‚ to keep the pressure on the Giants. Brooklyn's Bert Haas hits a pinch double for the 3rd successive game.
Lefty Gomez pitches his 2nd successive shutout‚ beating Detroit‚ 5-0‚ for his 20th win. Gehrig's 2-run single and DiMaggio's 2-run homer‚ his 44th‚ are the big blows.
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1935
The Pittsburgh Crawfords beat the New York Cubans to win the Negro NL Championship 3-0 behind the pitching of Leroy Matlock and the extra-base hits of Josh Gibson‚ Cool Papa Bell and Oscar Charleston.
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1934
Pitching for Pittsburgh‚ Burleigh Grimes‚ the last of the 17 legal spitballers‚ makes his final ML appearance‚ tossing one hitless inning and striking out his last batter‚ Joe Stripp. Grimes relieves Waite Hoyt‚ who loses 2-1 to Brooklyn's Leslie Munns.
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1933
Lefty Grove scores his 23rd victory as the A's down Detroit‚ 2-1. The Mackmen garner just five hits off Carl Fischer.
The Senators clinch a tie for the pennant‚ routing the Browns with 7 runs in the 3rd‚ and winning 13-5. Alvin Crowder wins his 24th. The Yankees win‚ 5-3 over Chicago.
At Grand Central Station‚ a crowd of 5‚000 to 10‚000 fans are on hand to greet the Giants on their return from the west.
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1932
The Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant when Kiki Cuyler hits a triple with the bases loaded for a 5-2 win over Pittsburgh. Guy Bush wins his 19th game and rookie Billy Herman tops the 200 mark in hits for the season. Tomorrow the Cubs will snub ex-manager Rogers Hornsby on the split of WS shares.
At the Polo Grounds‚ Fred Fitzsimmons coasts to a 15-3 win over the Braves. Boston catcher Johnny Schulte bangs a 9th inning solo shot for the final score‚ the homer coming in his last ML at bat. The veteran caught on with the Braves when Pinky Hargrave broke a leg in a game that Schulte was watching at Sportsman's Park. Earlier in the year‚ he was watching at game at the same park when the Browns C Rick Ferrell broke a hand‚ and Schulte was signed for the recovery period.
Babe Ruth returns to the Yankees lineup.
Hoping to boast attendance‚ the Sacramento Senators and Oakland Acorns open their final Coast League series here by starting two Asian American pitchers. For the Senators is Kenso Nushida‚ a Japanese-American‚ and Lee Hun Hong‚ a Chinese-American goes for Oakland.
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1931
The Yanks run their win streak to 10 in a row‚ beating the Indians 7-1 and 10-4 in 7 innings. Lou Gehrig hits his 45th homer in game 1 and drives in 4 runs for the afternoon to break his old RBI mark of 175‚ set in 1927. By the season's end he will have a total of 184. Ruth also drives home 4 runs and hits his 44th in game 2.
Before a game with Brooklyn‚ Sparky Adams‚ Cards 3B‚ injures his ankle. He can see only limited action in the WS‚ leaving a chance for Andy High to shine as his substitute. Gabby Street‚ 48-year-old Cardinal manager‚ catches the last 3 innings of the 6-1 win against the Robins. Street‚ who last played in 1912‚ throws out Babe Herman‚ the only Brooklyn runner who tries to steal. Street is 0-for-1 at the plate.
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1930
The Cubs pennant hopes get dimmer as the Braves drop the Bruins‚ 3-2. Bob Smith scatters 6 hits to win for Boston. Just acquired reliever Jesse Petty‚ who is replaced by Blake in the 3rd frame after giving up three runs‚ is the Cubs loser.
A sober Flint Rhem pitches the Cardinals to a 9-3 win over the Phillies in the first of two at Philadelphia. The Cards break a 2-2 tie with a 7-run outburst in the 7th. Gus Mancuso paces the winners with a pair of homers‚ while Chuck Klein homers for the Quakers. The Phils take the nitecap‚ 4-3‚ scoring the winning run on Friberg's rap with no outs in the 9th. Chuck Klein hits his 57th double in the nitecap.
Joe Hauser of the Baltimore Orioles (International League) sets a new minor league record by hitting his 63rd HR.
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1929
Cleveland's Joe Sewell finally strikes out as Boston's Danny MacFaydan K's him in the 6th of a 6-4 Indian victory. Sewell had not struck out since the Browns George Blaeholder whiffed him in the 3rd inning on May 20-a stretch of 115 games and 442 at bats. The Sox leave 12 on base and are stopped by reliever Wes Ferrell in the 8th.
Yanks manager Miller Huggins goes in the hospital with a high fever and coach Artie Fletcher will take over in the interim.
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1928
The White Sox beat New York 4-3‚ and the Yankee lead is cut to one game.
A crowd of 50‚000 at the Polo Grounds sees the Giants and Cardinals split a doubleheader. The Cards take the first game 8-5 behind pitcher Willie Sherdel plus three homers by former Giant George Harper. The Giants salvage the nightcap 7-4 when they score 5 runs in the 8th inning to give rookie Carl Hubbell the win over Grover Cleveland Alexander. Shanty Hogan's grand slam off Alexander is the big blow. New York remains 2 games behind the NL-leading Cardinals.
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1926
With the Cardinals idle‚ the Reds' nosedive continues as the Braves sweep a pair from Cincinnati‚ 4-3 and 3-0. In game 1‚ Edd Roush misses a shoestring catch of a Andy High fly ball‚ which goes for an inside-the-park HR. Roush also misses an easy fly ball in the 6th. Bob Smith applies the calcimine in game 2‚ with Dolf Luque on the losing end.
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1925
In Cleveland‚ the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland old-timers play a 6-6‚ 8-inning tie. The lineups include Three Finger Brown‚ Jimmy Archer Artie Hofman‚ Mort Scanlan and Dutch Meier for Chicago; For Cleveland‚ Larry Lajoie‚ Dode Paskert‚ Chief Zimmer‚ Cy Berger‚ Cy Young‚ and Joe Delahanty. The game benefits the Amateur and Old-timer's Baseball Association of Cleveland: "This association employs a doctor to look after the injuries of any boy hurt in baseball in that district." Before boarding the train for Cleveland‚ Brown throws batting practice for the Cubs at Chicago.
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1924
Pete Alexander slows the pennant-bound Giants and earns his 300th career victory in the process. The Cubs top the Giants in 12 innings at the Polo Grounds‚ 7-3. Hartnett has 4 hits while Pete is 1-for-6 at the plate.
The Pirates nip Brooklyn‚ 5-4‚ in 11 innings‚ and stopping Dazzy Vance's 15-game winning streak. Pie Traynor hits a 2-out single in the 11th‚ and Maranville follows with a liner to center. Eddie Brown's try for a shoestring catch misses and Traynor scores.
Pitching on 2 days rest in St. Louis‚ Walter Johnson is pounded out of the box by the Browns and pinch hit for in the 2nd. Each team collects 18 hits as the Browns prevail 15-14. Goslin gives the Nats a 14-13 lead in the 10th with his 2nd HR of the game‚ but a wild throw to 2nd by reliever Firpo Marberry gives the win to the Browns.
Eager Beavers. Portland‚ scoring in every inning except the 1st‚ beats visiting Salt Lake City‚ 18-8. Emmett McCann of Portland sets a PCL record collecting seven hits‚ all singles‚ as Portland has 34 hits.
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1923
The Yanks clinch their 3rd straight pennant‚ beating St. Louis 4-3 to lead by 18 games. Their final margin is 16.
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1922
Brooklyn's Burleigh Grimes stops the Cardinals on 3 scratch hits to win the opener‚ 6-1‚ of twinbill against St. Louis. Grimes also snaps Rogers Hornsby's hit streak at 33 games‚ which still stands as a Cardinal record. Hornsby recovers his stroke in the nightcap and hits 2 HRs as the Cards outslug the Robins‚ 13-7.
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1920
Carl Mays stops the Yanks 4 game loss streak with a 4-3 win over the Browns. Ruth tallies the winning run in the 11th inning for NY‚ giving the Babe an AL-record 148 runs scored. Cobb had 147 in 1911. Ruth doubled off Carl Weilman in the 11th after striking out twice on slow curves.
In Cleveland‚ Duster Mails cancels the Red Sox 8-3‚ for the Indians' 6th win in a row. The A's lose to the White Sox 13-6.
At New York‚ the Giants and Reds break even‚ with New York taking the 1st game‚ 5-2‚ with 3 unearned runs. The Reds win game 2‚ 9-3‚ as Hod Eller strikes out 8‚ including George Burns 3 times. Cincinnati 2B Maurice Rath‚ who will hit only 2 HRs in 506 ABs‚ collects both of them in game 2: both are inside-the-park HRs‚ in the 7th and 8th innings.
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1919
On "Babe Ruth Day" at Fenway‚ 31‚000 jam the park to see the Knights of Columbus of South Boston honor one of their own members between games of the DH with Chicago. Ruth starts on the mound in game 1‚ his first start since September 1‚ and Allan Russell relieves in the 6th inning. With the score tied 3-3 in the 9th‚ Babe‚ now playing LF‚ golfs a outside pitche from Lefty Williams over the LF wall to win the game‚ 4-3 With the hit‚ Ruth ties Ned Williamson's 1884 ML HR mark of 27. Boston takes the nitecap‚ 5-4‚ with Ruth scores the winning run in the 5th. He is deprived of a homer when his 5th inning drive bounces out of the bleachers and ump Billy Evans rules it a double. Evans spots the fans scrambling for the ball and rules it a ground-rule double under the day's temporary ground rules. A petition signed by witnessing fans is brought to Evans by a National Guardsman (filling in for the striking Boston police) but the ump dismisses it.
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1917
Baltimore (Federal League) files suit against the NL.
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1916
Al Demaree of the Phillies pitches both games of a doubleheader and wins both against the Pirates. Demaree tosses a shutout to win the first game‚ 7-0‚ as the Phils knock Cooper out with a 7-run 6th inning‚ plating all the runs with 2 out. Demaree wins the second game‚ 3-2‚ when Al Mamaux throws a wild pitch in the 9th with the bases loaded. Demaree's feat of winning two complete games in a day will be matched in a week by teammate Alexander.
The New York Giants win their 15th in a row as Ferdie Schupp stops the Cubs‚ 4-2.
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1915
In front of a full house at Fenway Park‚ including Vice-President Thomas Marshall‚ Babe Ruth gives Boston a 3-2 win over Detroit. Rube Foster relieves Babe with 2 outs in the 8th. Ruth is 1-for-3 at bat.
After the A's win the opener 5-4 over Cleveland‚ Bud Davis walks 12 Indians in game 2 and Cleveland wins‚ 5-3. Davis is the 2nd A's pitcher in 2 weeks to walk that many. Clarence Garrett is the loser in the opener‚ although helping himself with a wild pitch in the second inning. With Healy at bat with 2 outs and a 2-2 count‚ Garrett fires a pitch in the dirt that bounces off the mask of C O'Neill and rebounds onto the diamond. Healy swings and misses and hustles to 1B on the missed third strike. Lajoie‚ who is on third‚ attempts to score and Garrett retrieves the rebound and tags out Nap for the 3rd out.
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1914
John Lush of Portland (PCL) pitches a 9-inning no-hitter against Venice‚ losing 1-0. It is the 2nd no-hit loss in the PCL in 5 years (Frank Arellanes‚ Sacramento‚ October 17‚ 1910‚ loses 2-0).
John Lush, a seven-year veteran of the major leagues, pitches a no-hitter for Portland (PCL) against Venice, but loses, 1-0.
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1912
Joe Wood's bid for a 17th straight victory falls short as Detroit beats Boston 6-4 on 2 unearned runs. Wood gives up 7 hits and‚ in the 3rd‚ walks 4 in a row. Detroit starter Bill Covington is thrown out of the game in the 5th inning with the Tigers ahead‚ 3-1‚ receives credit for the victory. Joe Lake mops up the last 5 innings for Detroit.
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1910
The Cards beat the Giants‚ 5-1‚ then lose the nitecap 3-2. Rookie Ed Zmich‚ still looking for his first win‚ loses to Mathewson. Matty allows 10 hits‚ but K's 10.
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1908
in St. Louis‚ Rube Waddell strikes out 17 Washington Nationals in 10 innings to beat Walter Johnson 2-1.
Frank Smith pitches a no-hitter for the White Sox against the A's‚ winning 1-0 and giving up just one walk. It is Smith's 2nd no-hitter. The winning run scores in the bottom of the 9th when Freddy Parent‚ whom Eddie Plank is walking intentionally‚ reaches out and pokes a sacrifice to short RF.
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1907
Every player but one is hitless in the Pittsburgh-Brooklyn game‚ won by the Pirates‚ 2-1. Twenty-year-old rookie Nick Maddox‚ making his 3rd appearance‚ allows no Superbas hits for the first Pittsburgh 9-inning no-hitter. Pirate manager Fred Clarke gets the only two hits given up by Elmer Stricklett‚ but neither safety figures in the scoring: all three runs in the game are unearned. Earlier in the year‚ Maddox hurled two no-hitters while at Wheeling (Central League).
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1906
The 2nd-place Giants split two in Pittsburgh‚ winning the opener 10-4 behind Joe McGinnity. In the 5-inning nitecap‚ called on account of darkness‚ the Pirates reach Mathewson for 7 hits to win‚ 3-2.
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1905
Cleveland makes 7 errors in the 8th inning‚ a major-league record for an inning‚ giving the White Sox 8 runs and a 9-6 victory.
Chicago President Charles Comiskey orders a houseboat built for the express purpose of transporting and housing the team during spring training.
Boston Beaneater lefty Irv Young beats Brooklyn‚ 6-5‚ for his 20th win. He'll lose his 20th in 10 days.
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1903
In front of a packed house of 25‚000+‚ the Cubs miss taking over second place from the Giants by losing to New York‚ 6-2. Jack Taylor loses to Joe McGinnity‚ with umpire Emslie getting blamed for "frequent and inexcusable blunders" (The Chicago Inter Ocean). Pittsburgh leads by 9 games.
A bad day for the Poughkeepsie Giants (Class D Hudson River League) as they drop a quadruple header to Hudson by the scores of 2-1‚ 6-4‚ 3-1‚ and 4-2. This is the only quadrupleheader of the 20th century.
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1902
OF-P James "Nixey" Callahan of the White Stockings pitches a no-hitter against Detroit‚ winning 3-0.
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1900
In a 10-4 8-inning win over St. Louis‚ Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner steals 4 bases. Jesse Tannehill is the victor‚ scoring 2 runs, one of them coming on a steal of home.
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1899
Brooklyn buys 3B Zeke Wrigley's contract from Syracuse‚ although Wrigley has been playing for New York for the past 5 days. He will play 15 games with 1st-place Brooklyn. The NL fines Brooklyn $500 and threatens to disallow the games that Wrigley plays‚ but nothing comes of it. This is Wrigley's last season and the brouhaha will come to nothing.
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1898
Boston overwhelms Louisville 24-4‚ setting the season's record for runs by one team. The Colonels make 10 errors‚ a high in the league this year. But the game's only HR is by Louisville's Dummy Hoy.
The Kansas City Cowboys win the Western League pennant on the last day of the season‚ beating Indianapolis 6-5.
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1897
Former heavyweight champion James J. Corbett plays 1B for Milwaukee (WL) in a 7-6 win at Minneapolis. Batting cleanup‚ "Gentleman Jim" singles twice‚ scores once‚ and is middle man in a 6-3-2 double play. It is his 29th appearance in a scheduled minor league game.
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1894
Chicago rolls over Philadelphia‚ 20-4‚ as Bill Dahlen plates 5 runs for the 2nd time this season.
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1889
Kelly and Nash‚ each of whom homered earlier in the game‚ combine hits in the 8th inning to beat Washington‚ 4-3‚ and keep the Beaneaters a half game behind the Giants.
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1888
In a doubleheader pitching duel‚ Tony Mullane beats Ed Seward twice 1-0 and 2-1. The Reds total only 9 hits‚ while the Athletics get 10.
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1886
Chicago tops Detroit‚ 7-3‚ in the first game of the final series between the 2 contenders.
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1884
Louisville moves into 2nd place in the AA‚ just 2 games behind the Mets‚ with a 2-1 win over Brooklyn. However‚ the Eclipse will fall back to 3rd within the week and will remain there for the rest of the season.
Baltimore (AA) hits 6 HRs‚ including 2 each by Oyster Burns and Jimmy Macullar‚ to topple Columbus 13-6.
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1882
Chicago's Larry Corcoran pitches the 2nd no-hitter of his career by shutting out Worcester‚ 5-0. Frank Mountain takes the fall.
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1881
Ed Nolan‚ John Clapp‚ and Jim McCormick all miss the Cleveland game in Worcester because their return from a side trip to NYC is delayed by a t rain wreck. The club fines each $100. The Blue Stockings win without them‚ 6-5.
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1880
Before a home crowd of just 390‚ Paul Hines goes 5-for-5 to lead Providence to a 5-0 decision over Boston.
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1879
In a rematch against Richmond and the Worcesters‚ the Chicagos manage 4 singles and are again shutout. The White Stockings let acting captain Lew Brown go and put Silver Flint in charge for the remaining two weeks of the season. Cap Anson will be back at the helm next spring.
Boston beats Cleveland‚ 10-7‚ but still trails Providence by 4 games with just 6 left to play‚ all against the Grays.
