Today in MLB History
Baseball Leagues Topics: American League - Minor League - National League
Events in Sport
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1880-06-12 - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0
1890-08-06 - Denton True "Cy" Young pitches and wins his 1st major league baseball game
1896-07-13 - Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game
1903-07-02 - Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs
1911-10-06 - Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game
1919-04-23 - Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season
1919-07-07 - Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game
1919-09-20 - Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 HRs
1919-09-28 - Fastest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1
1920-08-16 - Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality
1928-08-11 - Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
Baseball Great Babe Ruth
1930-04-29 - 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games
1930-09-12 - Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR
1931-09-24 - Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks
1932-08-14 - Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game
1933-04-24 - 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell)
1933-05-18 - 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair
1934-04-29 - Pitts is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
1935-05-24 - 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
1936-07-19 - Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief
1936-09-27 - 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
1938-12-14 - Major leagues agrees on standard ball
1938-12-14 - Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25
1939-08-26 - 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY)
1941-09-17 - Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4
1946-02-19 - Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League
1946-09-05 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
1947-04-10 - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)
1947-04-15 - Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut
1947-04-17 - Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
1947-12-11 - Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected
1948-08-13 - Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game
1949-09-18 - Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
1950-04-23 - 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1951-05-03 - Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
1951-05-25 - NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
1952-09-07 - NY Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks
1952-09-29 - Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance
1953-05-06 - Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0
1953-05-30 - 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
1953-08-23 - Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan
Hall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie Banks
1953-09-20 - Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
1953-11-09 - Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
1954-07-17 - 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers)
1954-09-10 - Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls
1954-10-28 - Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Phila syndicate
1956-09-30 - Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR
1958-08-20 - Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years
1959-04-16 - Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit
1959-07-30 - In his major league debut, SF Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4
1960-01-05 - Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
1961-06-29 - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season
1961-11-22 - Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues
1962-04-10 - 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2
1962-10-03 - Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184
1963-01-26 - Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone
1963-04-13 - Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit
1963-06-09 - Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game
1963-09-06 - Major league baseballs 100,000th game
1964-04-23 - Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0
1964-10-02 - Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds)
1965-07-23 - Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park
1965-07-29 - Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10)
1965-10-03 - Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season
1966-04-11 - Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1967-02-18 - Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1968-05-27 - NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises
1968-06-25 - Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
1968-08-11 - Satchel Paige, 62, & needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves
1968-09-30 - AL & NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires
1969-04-14 - 1st major league baseball game outside US played (Montreal Canada)
1969-07-24 - Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game
1972-06-04 - Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
1973-05-03 - KC Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit
1974-07-03 - Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers
1974-09-03 - Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
1977-07-04 - Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 HRs beating Toronto 9-6
1978-09-15 - Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans
1979-04-10 - J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
1981-07-31 - 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
1982-11-01 - Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract
1983-05-13 - Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
1986-08-25 - A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run
1986-09-21 - SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut
1986-09-29 - Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a HR on 1st major league pitch he sees
1987-07-16 - Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
1987-08-30 - Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls
1987-09-16 - Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game
1988-11-05 - Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
1988-11-06 - Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)
1988-11-07 - MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)
1988-11-09 - MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
1988-11-10 - MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7)
1988-11-12 - Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
1990-07-29 - Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game
1990-07-31 - Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games
1991-04-08 - Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
1991-06-19 - NY Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987
1991-07-08 - Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed
1991-08-07 - Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league HR
Birthdays in Sport
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1870-12-31 - Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
1900-02-02 - Willie Kamm, MLB third baseman (d. 1988)
1908-02-02 - Wes Ferrell, All-Star MLB pitcher (d. 1976)
1918-10-30 - Robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times)
1936-09-05 - Bill Mazeroski, MLB 2nd baseman (won 1960 World Series for Pitts)
1937-02-02 - Don Buford, All-Star MLB outfielder
1938-09-29 - Mike McCormick, MLB Pitcher (SF Giants, Cy Young 1967)
1943-01-15 - Mike Marshall, MLB pitcher (1974 Cy Young Award)
1944-03-17 - Cito Gaston, MLB manager (Toronto Blue Jays)
1944-10-29 - Claude Brochu, Major League Baseball executive (Montreal Expos)
1949-09-20 - John W. Henry, American MLB team owner
1950-11-30 - Margaret Whitton, Balt Md, actress (Good & Evil, Major League)
1957-09-29 - Craig Lefferts, MLB Pitcher
1960-09-29 - Rob Deer, MLB Outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1967-07-03 - Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive
1977-09-09 - Kyle Snyder, Major League Baseball pitcher
1978-09-09 - Kurt Ainsworth, Major League Baseball pitcher
1978-12-02 - Peter Moylan, Australian Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
1979-09-11 - Frank Francisco, Major League Baseball pitcher
1982-01-31 - Yuniesky Betancourt, Major League Baseball shortstop
1983-09-09 - Edwin Jackson, Major League Baseball pitcher
1983-10-26 - Francisco Liriano, Major League Baseball pitcher
1984-12-19 - Ian Kennedy, Major League Baseball pitcher
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 5 of 5
1954-11-26 - Bill Doak, former Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1891)
1962-03-04 - George Mogridge, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
1981-10-04 - Freddie Lindstrom, Major League Baseball Hall of famer (b. 1905)
1987-11-16 - Jim Brewer, Major League Baseball relief pitcher (b. 1937)
2009-04-09 - Nick Adenhart, MLB pitcher (b. 1986)
