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Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 11.

Events

• 1864 - The Atlantics of Brooklyn finish a four-game series in Philadelphia‚ beating the Athletics‚ 43 - 16. The visitors whipped Camden‚ 64 - 10, on the 8th‚ beat the Keystone Club‚ 65 - 10, on the 9th‚ and won, 58 - 11, over the 30-year-old Olympic Club yesterday.
• 1868 - In Rockford, IL‚ the Unions of Morrisania play before 5‚000‚ their biggest crowd on their tour. They win their 11th straight‚ beating the Forest City Club‚ 23 - 17. George Wright hits a homer off Al Spalding.
• 1879 - Providence posts its third consecutive extra-inning victory and eighth straight overall‚ beating Syracuse, 3 - 2, in 12.
• 1881 - In the most one-sided game of the National League season‚ Chicago trounces Detroit‚ 17 - 0. Fred Goldsmith pitches for Chicago against Frank Mountain‚ and Silver Flint is 5 for 5. He also catches his ninth straight game without a passed ball.
• 1883:
  • Boston P Jim Whitney muffs a pop-up‚ but catcher Mike Hines catches it before it hits the ground and starts a triple play. All the runners had taken off with the apparent error. Providence still wins‚ 6 - 2.
  • The Mets please 9‚000 fans by defeating the first-place Athletics in the bottom of the 9th‚ 3 - 2.
  • Frederick Thayer‚ the inventor of the catcher's mask‚ and George Wright sue the Spalding Brothers Company for copyright infringement. The two will eventually win their case in 1886, obtaining royalties from the sporting goods business.
• 1889 - Eighteen St. Louis hits and ten Brooklyn errors add up to a 14 - 4 victory for the Browns (American Association)‚ to the delight of 14‚000 St. Louis fans.
• 1891 - The Boston Reds beat Kelly's Killers, 9 - 3, for their seventh straight victory.
• 1894:
  • James "Bug" Holliday hits a two-run home run with two out in the bottom of the 9th to carry the Reds to a 7 - 6 win over St. Louis.
  • Emulating Holiday‚ Brooklyn's Candy LaChance slugs a bottom-of-the-9th homer to overcome Boston‚ 11 - 10.
  • John Tanner‚ a pitcher at Hebron‚ Kentucky‚ is struck by lightning and killed while trying to catch a fly ball.
• 1896 - Cincinnati suffers its first shutout of the season in a 6 - 0 setback to Chicago.
• 1898 - Lefty Frank Killen‚ released by Pittsburgh‚ hurls Washington to a 4 - 1 win over New York.
• 1899 - Brickyard Kennedy triumphs over Bert Cunningham and Brooklyn beats Louisville, 1 - 0, on a hit batsman and a steal of home by Bill Dahlen in the 2nd inning.
• 1900 - The Giants tally four singles‚ a double‚ and triple in the first two innings against the Reds‚ but get only a run out of it. It's enough as they win‚ 1 - 0.
• 1903 - A crowd of 10‚600 cheer as the Boston Americans' Tom Hughes defeats the A's ace Rube Waddell‚ 5 - 1.
• 1904 - Cardinals' player/manager Kid Nichols strikes out 17 Superbas in a 15-inning, 4 - 3 win.
• 1906 - Before 15‚000‚ the White Sox whip the Highlanders‚ 8 - 1. New York 3B George Moriarty gets into a fight with a fan in the 8th inning before police break it up.
• 1907:
  • Ed Karger of the Cardinals throws a perfect game against the Boston Doves in the second game of a doubleheader, shortened to seven innings by prior agreement.
  • Just enough to win. The first-place Cubs beat the visiting Phillies twice by scores of 1 - 0. Orval Overall and Jack Pfiester apply the calcimine.
• 1908 - The Cards fall to Boston‚ 2 - 0‚ as Boston pitcher Tom Tuckey gets his only shutout in his first major league game.
• 1909 - John McGraw puts 49-year-old coach Arlie Latham at 2B in a 19 - 3 romp over St. Louis. Latham goes hitless but handles two assists. Cy Seymour scores five runs.
• 1910:
  • The White Sox trade P Frank Smith‚ whose best days are behind him‚ and 3B Billy Purtell to the Red Sox in exchange for 2B Amby McConnell and 3B Harry Lord. On July 10th‚ a Walter Johnson fastball broke Lord's finger‚ and the stellar play of his substitute Clyde Engle has made Lord expendable. Lord becomes the one threat in the weak White Sox lineup‚ hitting .297 through the end of the year‚ but the Sox will still finish last in hitting‚ slugging‚ and homers.
  • At New York‚ the Giants take two from Cincinnati‚ 5 - 4 and 3 - 2. Christy Mathewson wins the opener‚ despite allowing 11 hits and four walks. Matty is tough in the pinch‚ however‚ as the Reds load the bases in the 9th with no outs but fail to score.
• 1911 - The Phillies reach Christy Mathewson for 11 hits‚ but fail to score as New York triumphs‚ 6 - 0. The Giants toast Bill Burns for four runs in the first two innings.
• 1912 - In an 8 - 3 win over the Highlanders‚ Cleveland's Joe Jackson becomes the second American League player to steal home twice in a game. He steals home in the 1st inning‚ and then in the 7th‚ he steals second base‚ third‚ and home.
• 1914:
  • Boston Braves P Lefty Tyler begins a string of 23 shutout innings‚ but Red Ames of the Reds matches him today in a 13-inning, 0 - 0, tie.
  • After missing six weeks‚ first with broken ribs‚ then a broken thumb‚ Ty Cobb signs a new three-year contract and returns to the lineup. He and Sam Crawford had been offered double their salaries to jump to the Feds. Cobb will get into just 97 games‚ but he will win another batting crown at .368. Under existing rules his 345 at bats are enough to qualify.
  • At Brooklyn‚ the Cubs lose‚ 3 - 2. Chicago teammates Roger Bresnahan and Heinie Zimmerman are ejected for fighting with each other.
  • White Sox pitchers Mellie Wolfgang and Ed Cicotte both toss 2 - 0 shutouts against Cleveland.
• 1917 - Hugh McQuillan of the Worcester Busters no-hits the New Haven Murlins in Eastern League action. McQuillan hits an RBI triple in the 1 - 0 win.
• 1919 - Cleveland's Tris Speaker ties an American League record‚ scoring five runs in a 15 - 9 win at New York.
• 1921 - The Yankees move one percentage point ahead of the Indians with a 7 - 3 win over the A's.
• 1923 - The Tigers beat the Yanks‚ 10 - 4‚ in a series that features the top two hitters in the American League. Babe Ruth goes 3-for-8 against the Tigers‚ while Harry Heilmann is 5-for-10 against the Yanks. The two are neck and neck at .390 for the year. After the game‚ AL President Ban Johnson rules that Babe Ruth must give up his Sam Crawford bat‚ made for him by the future Hall of Famer. The bat is "four pieces of seasoned wood‚ carefully glued together." On August 21st‚ Johnson rules that only one-piece bats will be allowed‚ a rule that also affects Ken Williams‚ who is using a plugged bat.
• 1926:
  • Robins rookie Babe Herman collects his eighth and ninth hits in a row‚ but flies out to Kiki Cuyler in the 6th to fall short of the record of ten straight‚ held by Cuyler and Ed Konetchy. Brooklyn tops the Pirates‚ 4 - 2.
  • At Philadelphia‚ the Reds kick the Phils‚ 21 - 3‚ as Wally Pipp contributes a grand slam in the 3rd off Clarence Mitchell.
• 1927 - At St. Louis‚ Pete Alexander allows just four hits‚ including Lloyd Waner's first big league homer‚ to beat the Pirates‚ 2 - 1. Jim Bottomley's two-run homer in the 7th wins it.
• 1928:
  • Carl Hubbell's first major league victory is a 4 - 0 shutout of the Phils. He'll be 10 - 6 down the stretch and will pitch 16 years with the Giants.
  • The A's win the 22nd of their last 26 games‚ edging the Senators‚ 3 - 2. Mickey Cochrane's hit in the 9th gives the win to George Earnshaw.
  • In Chicago‚ the Browns beat the White Sox‚ 4 - 2‚ behind Sammy Gray's 18th victory. Gray leaves after seven innings with the score tied‚ 2 - 2‚ but the Browns score in the 8th and 9th and Gray is awarded the win.
• 1929:
  • Babe Ruth hits his 500th career home run, this one off the Indians' Willis Hudlin. Second place all-time is currently held by Cy Williams with 237 homers.
  • A three-run homer by Bubbles Hargrave and another run on a throwing error by Joe Cronin allows the Tigers to tie the A's‚ 8 - 8, in the 9th. Bengal OF Roy Johnson wins it in the 11th by stroking a two-out inside-the-park homer‚ off Ossie Orwoll.
• 1930 - The Cubs displace Brooklyn for the league lead‚ completing a four-game sweep with the Braves. Cubs P Bud Teachout wins the final game‚ 4 - 3‚ in ten innings.
• 1931 - Lefty Grove reaches 14 straight wins‚ beating the Browns‚ 8 - 1.
• 1932 - Rookie SS Arky Vaughan makes a crucial error in the 10th inning‚ and the Cubs top the Pirates, 3 - 2, to retake first place.
• 1933 - The Senators score six times in the final inning to top the Red Sox as both teams use a record-tying 11 pitchers in the game. Washington wins‚ 8 - 4.
• 1934:
  • At Boston‚ Babe Ruth hits a homer and then departs in the 9th with the Yankees leading‚ 2 - 1. The Sox tie it up‚ and in the 13th Tony Lazzeri lands a homer to put New York ahead again. Wes Ferrell‚ batting for Fritz Ostermueller‚ wins the game for Boston‚ 3 - 2.
  • In a battle of the Smiths‚ New York defeats the Braves‚ 7 - 4. New York's Al Smith allows just one hit in the five innings he pitches to defeat reliever Bob Smith. The latter gives up a three-run homer to Travis Jackson in the 7th.
• 1935
  • The East-West Game is held at Comiskey Park. Mule Suttles' three-run homer off Martin Dihigo in the bottom of the 11th wins it, 11 - 8, for the West. Josh Gibson goes 4 for 5 with three runs.
  • Eddie Rose of the New Orleans Pelicans hits a high fly ball against the Birmingham Barons which strikes a pigeon, killing it instantly. Rose is credited with a hit.
  • Wally Berger hits a home run‚ two doubles‚ and a triple‚ to tie the modern major league record for extra-base hits in a game‚ but his Braves lose to the Dodgers‚ 7 - 5. Berger drives in all of Boston's runs and his homer‚ his 25th of the year‚ puts him one ahead of Mel Ott in the home run race.
• 1940:
  • Pitcher Stan Musial of the Daytona Beach Islanders lands on his left shoulder while making a shoestring catch in the outfield, ending his pitching career. Musial will become a full-time outfielder in 1941.
  • Hanshin defeats Hankyu, 1 - 0 in just 56 minutes, a record for a nine-inning game that will stand until 1946.
• 1941:
  • At Sportsman's Park‚ a first in Cubs history occurs in the 5th inning when Phil Cavarretta‚ Stan Hack‚ and Bill Nicholson hit consecutive homers. It's not enough as the Cards win, 7 - 5‚ but it's a costly victory as they lose Enos Slaughter for the season. Chasing a line drive‚ Enos tries to avoid colliding with teammate Terry Moore and he hits the RF wall, breaking his collarbone.
  • Pitcher Kirby Higbe leads the Dodger charge against the Giants‚ as he collects three singles and a double‚ good for four RBIs. Brooklyn wins‚ 15 - 7.
• 1942 - At Cleveland‚ in the first game of a twi-nighter‚ Indian P Al Milnar has a no-hitter until Doc Cramer singles with two out in the 9th. But the duel with Detroit's Tommy Bridges ends in a 14-inning scoreless tie because the rules state the game cannot be continued under the lights. Milnar allows just two hits and his catcher, Gene Desautels, catches the entire game without a putout or assist.
• 1943 - St. Louis P Steve Sundra stops the Yankees on just one hit‚ a home run by King Kong Keller. The Browns win, 9 - 1.
• 1945 - Chicago's Claude Passeau limits the Braves to two hits - both coming with two out in the 8th - as the Cubs win‚ 8 - 0. The Cubs score six in the 9th after starter Bob Logan is lifted.
• 1946
  • Stan Musial has eight hits in nine at-bats in a doubleheader sweep for the Cardinals against the Reds. The Reds lose the opener despite Grady Hatton‚ Max West‚ and Ray Mueller banging consecutive homers in the 8th inning‚ a first in Reds history.
  • Floyd Hooper Triplett, younger brother of Coaker Triplett, of the Columbus Cardinals is suspended indefinitely and fined $500 for betting $20 on the Columbia Reds on August 3rd. Triplett won the South Atlantic League batting title in 1940 with a .369 average.
  • The Phillies sweep Brooklyn, 7 - 6 and 6 - 4, to end the string of 18 consecutive Brooklyn wins in Philadelphia‚ a major league mark. The last Phillie victory at home against the Bums was on May 5‚ 1945.
• 1947 - Cardinal farmhand Harvey Haddix‚ pitching for Winston-Salem (Carolina League) no-hits Danville‚ 8 - 0‚ in seven innings. The young Kitten strikes out 14.
• 1948:
  • Tony Freitas gets his 220th Pacific Coast League win in the Sacramento Solons' defeat of the Seattle Rainiers. The losing pitcher is Dick Barrett who has 211 wins in the PCL.
  • At Brooklyn‚ Chicago's Johnny Schmitz goes 11 innings to beat the Dodgers‚ 4 - 2. Schmitz scores the winning run‚ coming home on an Eddie Waitkus double.
• 1950:
  • Boston P Vern Bickford no-hits the Dodgers in Boston before 29‚008 fans. Bickford has lost only once to Brooklyn since joining Boston in 1948.
  • Hitting just .279‚ Yankee great Joe DiMaggio is benched for the first time in his career. He is currently languishing in a 4 for 38 slump. His replacement‚ Cliff Mapes‚ wallops a 7th-inning home run to give the Yankees a 7 - 6 win over the A's.
  • RF Ken Wood of the Browns nails two Tiger runners in the 8th inning of the second game of a doubleheader‚ tying a major league mark. The Browns prevail, 2 - 1‚ after winning the first game‚ 4 - 3‚ in ten innings.
• 1951:
  • In Philadelphia‚ the Giants lose to the Phils‚ as Robin Roberts shuts them out‚ 4 - 0‚ for his 16th win. Putsy Caballero hits his first major league homer‚ off George Spencer, for the Phils.
  • The Dodgers take the first of two games against the Braves‚ winning, 8 - 1, behind Ralph Branca. The Braves take the nitecap‚ 8 - 4‚ behind Max Surkont and a home run by Sid Gordon. With Red Barber and Connie Desmond making the calls‚ the doubleheader is the first major league game to be telecast in color.
  • Behind the four-hit pitching of Early Wynn‚ the Indians defeat the White Sox, 2 - 1, in front of a Ladies Night crowd of 70‚119. Wynn's homer in the 7th breaks the tie created by 2nd-inning homers by Eddie Robinson and Al Rosen. It's the Tribe's ninth straight win to stay deadlocked with the Yankees for first place. Loser Joe Dobson‚ who has beaten Wynn twice this year‚ gives up just six hits.
  • Eddie Joost homers in the 9th for the A's‚ to tie the Yanks 4 - 4‚ but the Yanks win in 11‚ 7 - 4. Sloppy fielding and a two-run single by Yogi Berra account for the scoring. The win goes to reliever Bob Kuzava‚ late of the Senators‚ while Alex Kellner takes the loss.
• 1952 - At Yankee Stadium‚ the third-place Red Sox‚ trailing first-place New York by four games‚ manage just two hits off Allie Reynolds‚ as the Chief wins, 7 - 0. For Reynolds‚ it's his fourth two-hitter of the year. Mickey Mantle's 1st-inning homer‚ off Sid Hudson‚ is all the scoring New York needs‚ but Mantle adds a double in the 4th and a two-run homer‚ again lefty‚ in the 5th‚ off Ralph Brickner.
• 1955 - Ted Williams hits a single off Bob Turley of the Yankees for his 2,000th career hit. The Red Sox lose anyway, 5 - 3.
• 1956:
  • Mickey Mantle hits his 40th homer‚ off Hal Brown‚ as the Yankees clip the Orioles‚ 10 - 5. Mantle is the first Yankee since Joe DiMaggio‚ in 1937‚ to hit 40 homers.
  • Don Newcombe's consecutive scoreless innings streak is snapped at 39 2/3‚ but the Dodger righty wins his 18th of the year and ninth in a row‚ beating the Phils‚ 5 - 2. Stan Lopata's two-run homer in the 7th is the Quaker scoring.
• 1957:
  • Don Nichols wins his 20th game of the season for the Peoria Chiefs of the Three-I League. Nichols has a 20-3 record for the year - all in relief.
  • At St. Louis‚ the Braves complete a three-game sweep of the reeling Cards with a 5 - 1 win by Gene Conley. Eddie Mathews completes the Braves' scoring with a homer to center field in the 5th‚ off reliever Willard Schmidt‚ and Ken Boyer accounts for the Cards' score with a home run in the 9th.
  • At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Phils trade shutouts. New York takes the opener, 5 - 0, behind Curt Barclay's three-hitter. Danny O'Connell hits a three-run homer off Harvey Haddix, and Willie Mays bangs two triples. Willie has 15 so far and will top the 20 mark this year in doubles, triples and homers, just the fourth player in history to accomplish that. George Brett will join the list in 1979, the last 20th century player to do so. In the second game, Mays has two of the three hits off Jack Sanford, who stops the Giants, 2 - 0.
• 1959:
  • Gil Carter of the class-D Carlsbad Potashers hits a home run that is estimated to go over 650 feet on the fly in Sophomore League action. Carter will play three seasons of minor league ball, two in D ball and one in C ball, and hit 72 homers.
  • At Crosley Field‚ Joe Nuxhall fans four Braves in the 6th inning - Eddie Mathews‚ Joe Adcock‚ Del Crandall‚ and Johnny Logan - and ten overall as the Redlegs win, 4 - 3, to move into second place. The third strike to Crandall gets by catcher Dutch Dotterer‚ giving Nuxhall the chance for the four K's. In the 1st inning‚ Adcock wishes Vada Pinson a happy birthday by nabbing him at first base with a hidden ball trick.
• 1961
  • Warren Spahn of the Braves beats the Cubs, 2 - 1, for his 300th career win.
  • The Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast League steal nine bases in one inning against the Salt Lake City Bees. Included in the pilfering are two triple steals. The Mounties score five runs in the frame.
  • In a classic pitching duel‚ White Sox lefty Billy Pierce and Kansas City's Jim Archer walk none and neither go to a full count. Luis Aparicio's home run is the only score as the Sox win, 1 - 0, in 1 hour‚ 32 minutes.
• 1962:
  • The Dodgers protest the wetting down of the field at Candlestick Park‚ a tactic they claim is to stop Maury Wills. Billy Pierce then hands 21-game winner Don Drysdale his fifth loss‚ and the first after 11 straight wins‚ as the Giants win, 5 - 4, to take the second game in their series. Willie McCovey's pinch-homer with two on is the big blow off Drysdale. The watering ploy earns Giants manager Alvin Dark the sobriquet "The Swamp Fox."
  • At Fenway Park‚ the Red Sox sweep a day-night pair from Baltimore‚ winning, 3 - 0 and 7 - 3. Ike Delock shuts out the Orioles‚ giving the Red Sox their third shutout in a row. Gene Conley and Bill Monbouquette had previously whitewashed the Indians. Whitey Herzog's home run in the 6th inning of the second game ends the Sox string of 32 2/3 scoreless innings.
  • The White Sox score seven in the 4th and beat Kansas City‚ 11 - 2. Joe Cunningham and Jim Landis each collect a single‚ double and triple‚ with Cunningham's extra-base hits coming in the 4th.
• 1963 - Paul Alspach of the Auburn Mets strikes out 24 Batavia Pirates in a 1 - 0 victory.
• 1964 - Hank Aaron passes Joe DiMaggio with his 362nd career home run in the Braves' 9 - 6 win over the Colt .45's.
• 1966:
  • At Wrigley Field‚ the Cubs down Houston‚ 9 - 8‚ in 11 innings. The Cubs are led by C Randy Hundley who hits for the cycle and drives in three runs. Houston is ahead 8 - 5 at the end of seven innings in the nitecap when the game is suspended on account of darkness. It will be completed on August 26th‚ with Houston winning‚ 9 - 8.
  • It is déjà vu all over again‚ as Frank Robinson makes another game-saving catch against the Yankees. Robby dives into the stands to rob Clete Boyer of an 11th-inning homer‚ preserving a 6 - 5 Orioles' win. Robby did it two months earlier.
• 1967:
  • In the 2nd inning of the first game of a doubleheader‚ Al Downing of the Yankees strikes out the side on just nine pitches. The Yanks beat the Indians, 5 - 3.
  • The Braves edge the Astros‚ 6 - 5‚ in 16 innings‚ winning on a game-ending home run by Joe Torre. Both teams score once in the 14th and Mack Jones cuts down Rusty Staub trying to score a second run for Houston. Felipe Alou ties it up with a homer.
  • The Mets' Danny Frisella picks up his first major league win‚ but he's long gone when the win is posted. Frisella pitches 6 2/3 innings before being lifted‚ then races to the airport to catch a plane to take him to an Air National Guard meeting in California. Don Shaw picks up the save in the 3 - 2 win over the Pirates.
• 1968:
  • Satchel Paige‚ 62 years or so old‚ and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension‚ is signed by the Braves. He will not pitch a regular-season game for Atlanta and will become a coach on September 30th and stay for another year.
  • Gates Brown wins the opener for the Tigers by poling a pinch homer - one of two pinch homers the Tigers hit - in the 14th to beat the Red Sox‚ 5 - 4. In the nightcap‚ he singles home the winning run as the Tigers score four in the 9th to win‚ 6 - 5.
• 1969 - Don Drysdale, the last Dodger to have played in Brooklyn, announces his retirement due to shoulder problems.
• 1970 - Jim Bunning of the Phillies achieves his 100th National League win to go with his 100 victories in the American League, the first pitcher since Cy Young to accomplish the feat. Bunning beats the Astros, 6 - 5.
• 1971:
  • Skip Lockwood accounts for the only Brewer tally when he homers off Detroit's Joe Niekro. Each starter goes seven innings in Detroit's 2 - 1 victory. The next homer by a Brewer pitcher will come when Milwaukee is in the National League.
  • Dave Roberts for the Padres and Tom Seaver for the Mets lock up in a classic pitchers duel, both pitching shutout ball for ten innings, at which point Seaver is replaced by a pinch-hitter, having compiled 14 strikeouts. Roberts stays in the game, though, and wins a 12-inning, 1 - 0 shutout when Larry Stahl hits a lead-off double in the bottom of the 12th and scores after Mets C Jerry Grote throws the ball into the outfield when he attempts to steal third base.
• 1972 - The A's defeat the White Sox, 5 - 3, on Joe Rudi's two-run homer in the 19th inning off Stan Bahnsen. The game had been suspended after a 3 - 3 tie in 17 frames yesterday.
• 1973 - White Sox rookie Brian Downing cracks his first major league hit‚ a home run off Detroit's Mickey Lolich. Downing's debut dinger is a first in the majors since at least 1945 - an inside-the-park homer. It will be matched in two years by the Giants' Johnnie LeMaster‚ who will do it in his first at bat.
• 1975 - George Foster has five hits to lead the Reds to a 9 - 3 win over the visiting Cubs.
• 1976 - At Wrigley Field‚ the Cubs take a 10 - 1 lead after three innings‚ only to lose to the Reds‚ 13 - 10. Cincy scores two runs in the 6th‚ four in the 7th helped by a Johnny Bench three-run homer‚ one in the 8th and two runs in the 9th. Ken Griffey's two-run homer in the 9th ties the game. The Reds continue scoring with three in the 10th off Bill Bonham to hand the win to Pat Zachry.
• 1977 - Two losses at Fenway Park today. The Red Sox lose to the Angels‚ 7 - 3‚ snapping their 11-game win streak‚ and the Bristol Red Sox lose‚ 5 - 3‚ to the Eastern League All-Stars.
• 1979:
  • The Pirates' Ed Ott hits a grand slam off Phillie reliever Tug McGraw in the 8th inning as the Bucs win, 14 - 11. It is the fourth grand slam that McGraw has yielded this year‚ setting a new National League mark and tying him for this questionable honor with Detroit's Ray Narleski (1959).
  • Against the Brewers at Fenway Park‚ Jim Rice belts his 30th homer‚ giving him three straight seasons with 30 or more homers. But Milwaukee wins‚ 9 - 6.
• 1980 - Reggie Jackson hits his 400th career home run, off Britt Burns, in the Yankees' 3 - 1 victory over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.
• 1982:
  • Terry Felton of the Twins loses to fall to 0-11 on the season and 0-14 for his career‚ the worst individual start in major league history. Felton will never win a big league game‚ finishing his career with an 0-16 record.
  • Houston's Nolan Ryan pitches his eighth career one-hitter, 3 - 0 at San Diego. Terry Kennedy's 5th-inning single is the only Padres hit.
  • The Brewers purchase veteran P Doc Medich from the Rangers. With the addition of Medich‚ the Brewers will sell Randy Lerch to Montreal on August 14th. Doc will win five games for the Brewers.
• 1986:
  • The Cubs parade a record ten pitchers in a 17-inning, 10 - 8 loss to the Pirates. Pittsburgh uses seven hurlers. The game is the continuation of a contest that started on April 20th but was suspended because of darkness. Barry Jones‚ the winning pitcher, who strikes out the side‚ and Barry Bonds‚ who hits the game-winning RBI‚ were in the minors when the game started. Loser Frank DiPino started the season with Houston.
  • 45-year-old Pete Rose of the Reds bangs out five hits for the National League-record tenth time in his career. The Reds lose to the Giants‚ 13 - 4.
• 1988 - After going 225 at bats‚ Gary Carter finally hits his 300th career home run as the Mets beat the Cubs, 9 - 6.
• 1991 - Wilson Alvarez, pitching his first game for the White Sox and second major league game ever, no-hits the Orioles, 7 - 0.
• 1993 - Tigers OF Dan Gladden hits a grand slam in Detroit's 15 - 5 win over the Orioles. Gladden also hit a grand slam in yesterday's game against Baltimore‚ making him the 14th player in history to do so in consecutive games. Earlier this year‚ Mike Blowers became the 13th player to match the mark.
• 1994 - The Mariners beat the A's, 8 - 1, in the last game before the players go on strike.
• 1995 - Two big-time stars of the 1980s, Kirk Gibson and Steve Bedrosian, announce their retirements.
• 1996 - Clemson University P Kris Benson becomes the highest-paid draft choice ever. He logs on with the Pirates for a $2 million signing bonus.
• 1998 - The Yanks' David Wells stops the Twins on a four-hitter to win‚ 7 - 0. In his last start the Yankee lefty pitched a perfect game against the Twins.
• 2001:
  • Joe Borowski serves up home run No. 50 to Barry Bonds and the Giants roll to a 9 - 4 win over the Cubs. Winning pitcher Livan Hernandez is 4 for 4‚ including his first major league homer. He now has eight straight hits and is 12 for 13.
  • Led by the two Giambi brothers‚ Oakland beats the visiting New York Yankees‚ 8 - 6‚ for its tenth straight win. Jason and Jeremy each club two-run homers‚ the second time they've both gone deep in the same game. They did it twice last year as well.
  • In the Twins' 4 - 3 loss to Tampa Bay‚ Minnesota 1B Doug Mientkiewicz makes all three putouts in the bottom of the 2nd without touching first base. The Devil Rays have Toby Hall on third base and Randy Winn on first with no outs in the inning when Aubrey Huff hits a weak grounder to Mientkiewicz. The first sacker crosses the diamond to chase Hall back to third, then tags out Winn who had run all the way around from first. Mientkiewicz then catches Hall wandering off the base to complete an unassisted double play. The next Rays' batter‚ Jared Sandberg‚ hits a towering foul pop-up that Mientkiewicz catches for the third out.
• 2003:
  • The Royals beat the Yankees‚ 12 - 9‚ as the teams set an American League record by stroking 19 doubles. Kansas City strokes 11 of the two-baggers‚ just one shy of the AL mark.
  • The Astros down the Cubs‚ 3 - 1. Chicago's Kerry Wood becomes the youngest pitcher in history to reach the 1‚000 strikeout mark‚ doing so in 134 games. Roger Clemens achieved the feat in 143 contests.
• 2005:
  • Jason Kendall and the A's steal a win from the Angels‚ 5 - 4‚ and move into first place in the AL West. When reliever Francisco Rodriguez muffs a routine throw from the catcher‚ Kendall alertly sprints from third base to score the winning run in the 9th.
  • In Kansas City‚ Jeff Liefer hits a 7th-inning grand slam‚ off D.J. Carrasco‚ to propel the Indians to a 4 - 2 win over the Royals. For the Royals it is their 13th consecutive loss.
  • Greg Maddux stops the Cubs' eight-game losing streak with an 11 - 4 complete game victory over St. Louis. It is his 314th career win‚ tying him for 16th on the all-time list.
• 2006 - For the second time in three days, Texas INF Mark DeRosa drives in six runs in a game. He has six ribbies on three hits as Texas beats Seattle, 14 – 7.
• 2008:
  • Less than two weeks after trading Ken Griffey Jr., the Reds send another slugging outfielder away. Adam Dunn, the co-leader in home runs in the National League with 32, is sent to the Diamondbacks for Dallas Buck and two players to be named later.
  • Carlos Quentin of the White Sox gets plunked by Josh Beckett; he has now been hit by pitch in five games in a row, the first player since 1920 to accomplish that painful feat. Quentin has been hit by pitches 19 times so far this season.
• 2009:
  • Boston's 7 - 5 win over Detroit at Fenway Park is marred by a brawl in the 2nd inning. When Kevin Youkilis is hit by a Rick Porcello pitch, he charges the mound and both benches empty. Youkilis and Porcello are both ejected, and Youk's replacement, Mike Lowell, hits two home runs to power the Red Sox.
  • Australian Trent Oeltjen continues his hot streak since being purchased from AAA Reno on August 6th. The Diamondbacks outfielder bangs out four hits in a 6 - 2 win over the Mets and is now 12 for 24 since joining the team, earning the nickname "The Thunder from Down Under".
• 2010:
  • The Diamondbacks tie a major league record by hitting four consecutive home runs against the Brewers in their 8 - 2 win today. With one out in the 4th, Adam LaRoche, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds and Stephen Drew all connect for long balls, to turn a 2 - 0 deficit into a 4 - 2 lead. Chris Young then flies out to deep center to nearly make it five homers in the inning. David Bush gives up all four homers, matching a dubious feat last accomplished by Chase Wright of the Yankees on April 22, 2007.
  • Mike Fontenot does not have far to go after being traded by the Cubs two hours before today's game with the Giants: he just grabs his belongings and walks across the hallway to the home clubhouse at AT&T Park. The Cubs receive Class-A OF Evan Crawford in return for the veteran infielder. The Giants go on to beat the Cubs, 5 - 4, as Pat Burrell hits a decisive homer in the 8th inning.
  • Closer Francisco Rodriguez of the Mets is arrested at Citi Field after allegedly assaulting his father-in-law following tonight's 6 - 2 loss to the Colorado Rockies in which he did not pitch. He remains in police custody all night before a court appearance on August 12th and is placed on the restricted list by the Mets.
• 2011:
  • The Diamondbacks get a 9th-inning, two-out, two-run pinch homer from rookie 1B Paul Goldschmidt to tie their game with the Astros at 5 - 5, then win it, 8 - 5, on another homer, a walk-off three-run shot by Chris Young off Sergio Escalona in the 10th. The dramatic win allows Arizona to remain in first place in the NL West.
  • Justin Verlander is the first 17-game winner in the majors after defeating Cleveland, 4 - 3. The Tigers avoid a three-game sweep and leave the shores of Lake Erie with a three-game lead over the Indians. It is the 100th win of Verlander's career; he is the only active major leaguer under 30 to have reached the total. Jose Valverde converts his 33rd consecutive save opportunity for a team record.
  • Seung-hwan Oh of the Samsung Lions notches his 200th career save. It only took him 333 games, setting a new world record; Jonathan Papelbon had taken 359 contests.
• 2012:
  • Jason Marquis pitches a two-hitter to lead the Padres to a 5 - 0 win at Pittsburgh, where the Padres have won 11 consecutive games. Marquis takes a no-hitter into the 7th until Travis Snider manages a single to lead off the inning. The Padres are the only team remaining for which no pitcher has ever thrown a no-hitter, after Johan Santana broke the New York Mets' drought earlier this year.
  • The Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 5 - 2, behind the pitching of Ivan Nova and a three-run homer by Casey McGehee. Derek Jeter collects his league-leading 150th hit of the season, joining Hank Aaron as the only two players to have 17 seasons of 150 or more hits.
• 2013 - It's an eventful afternoon at New Yankee Stadium as the Yankees defeat the Tigers, 5 - 4. First, Alex Rodriguez hits his first homer of the year off Justin Verlander in the 2nd and in the process passes Stan Musial for fifth place on the all-time RBI list with 1,951. Then, leading off the 4th, Alfonso Soriano also goes deep off Verlander, for the 2,000th hit of his career. The Yankees hand a 4 - 2 lead to Mariano Rivera in the top of the 9th, but for the third straight time, Mariano blows the opportunity by allowing solo homers to Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez. However, Brett Gardner homers in turn, off José Veras with two outs in the bottom of the inning, ending the game.
• 2014 - It looks like a passing of the torch in the AL Central. The Royals win their eighth straight in defeating the Athletics, 3 - 2, to move past the Tigers, 11 - 6 losers to the Pirates, into first place in the division. The Royals have won 16 of 19, and are adding strength to their line-up, as they obtain OF Josh Willingham in a trade with the Twins in return for P Jason Adam. The Tigers get additional bad news when they learn that ace pitcher Justin Verlander must undergo an MRI for "shoulder soreness".
• 2015:
  • Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin announces he is stepping down from his position, although he will continue to hold the fort while owner Mark Attanasio searches for a successor. The Brewers reached the postseason twice during Melvin's 13-year tenure, breaking a dry spell of 26 years, but they have struggled badly this year.
  • In a statistical quirk, all 15 home teams in the major leagues are winners today, the first time this has ever happened. The most wins by home teams without a loss until now had been an 11-0 record, accomplished six times, most recently on September 16, 1989.
• 2016 - David Dahl of the Rockies ties a major league record set by Chuck Aleno with the 1941 Cincinnati Reds by getting a hit in his 17th straight game since making his major league debut July 25th.
• 2017 - Reports emerge that a group that includes former player Derek Jeter has made a successful bid of $1.2 billion to acquire the Miami Marlins from Jeffrey Loria. The main financier behind the group is New York-based businessman Bruce Sherman.
• 2018 - Barry Bonds gets a measure of redemption, 11 years after breaking Hank Aaron's all-time home run record amidst rumors of steroid use. Before today's game, his number 25 is officially retired by the Giants and he is met with thundering cheers, in contrast with the almost indifference which greeted his record-breaking feat. At 87, all-time great Willie Mays, who has known Bonds since he was a small child, steals the show by calling for a statue of him to be erected alongside his outside AT&T Park and for Bonds's election to the Hall of Fame.
• 2020 - In the first major league game played in Buffalo, NY since the demise of the Federal League, the Blue Jays defeat the Marlins, 5 - 4, to inaugurate their "home away from dome" - the newly spruced-up Sahlen Field. The Jays appear to be cruising to an easy 4 - 1 win when Francisco Cervelli hits a three-run homer off Anthony Bass with two outs in the 9th. But the Jays and A.J. Cole keep the Marlins from scoring in the top of the 10th, and a bases loaded line-drive to right field by Travis Shaw off Stephen Tarpley scores "designated runner" Anthony Alford with the winning run in the bottom of the inning.
• 2021 - For the second time this season, a pitcher strikes out ten consecutive batters, tying the all-time mark set by Hall of Famer Tom Seaver in 1970. After Aaron Nola of the Phillies had matched Seaver's feat on June 25th, Corbin Burnes of the Brewers becomes the third, by striking out the side in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings against the Cubs, and then starting off the 5th by striking out 1B Frank Schwindel, who had been his first victim in the 2nd. The next batter, Matt Duffy, hits a single, but Milwaukee cruises to an easy 10 - 0 win.
• 2022 - The Cubs win the second annual Field of Dreams Game, played in a temporary ballpark near Dyersville, IA, next to the site where the eponymous movie was shot, 4 - 2 over the Reds. Nick Madrigal leads the way, going 3 for 5 as both teams wear retro uniforms for the occasion. Before the game, Ken Griffey Sr. sets the tone by playing a friendly game of catch with his son, Junior, soon joined by a group of kids and then legendary players from both teams in a scene straight out of the iconic movie.
• 2023:
  • The Rays appear to be cruising to an easy win, leading the Guardians, 8 - 4, after seven innings until Myles Straw ends a homer drought of 298 games with a long ball off Jason Adam in the 8th. Pete Fairbanks then implodes in the 9th, loading the bases on two walks and a hit batsman; all three runners cross the plate on three successive wild pitches by Fairbanks and Robert Stephenson to tie the score. But Tampa Bay bounces back when Wander Franco leads off the bottom of the 9th with the first walk-off homer of his career, against Nick Sandlin, for a final score of 9 - 8.
  • The Leñadores de Las Tunas sweep their way to the 2022-2023 Cuban Serie Nacional. They beat the Industriales, 6-1, in Game 4 today. Yordanys Alarcón hits a two-run dinger and Alejandro Meneses throws five shutout innings. Keniel Ferráz is named finals MVP after going 2-0.

Births

• 1846 - Eb Smith, umpire (d. 1875)
• 1853 - Doc Kennedy, catcher (d. 1920)
• 1862 - Henry Zeiher, catcher (d. 1951)
• 1868 - Dan O'Connor, infielder (d. 1942)
• 1874 - Ed Walker, pitcher (d. 1947)
• 1876 - Danny Murphy, infielder (d. 1955)
• 1878 - Harry McNeal, pitcher (d. 1945)
• 1878 - Frank McQuade, owner (d. 1955)
• 1881 - Doc Tonkin, pitcher (d. 1959)
• 1884 - Pete Knisely, outfielder (d. 1948)
• 1887 - Ducky Swan, pitcher (d. 1946)
• 1891 - Karl Adams, pitcher (d. 1967)
• 1891 - Walter Barbare, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1893 - Red Causey, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1899 - Frank Brazill, infielder (d. 1976)
• 1902 - LeRoy Taylor, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1968)
• 1906 - Ted Mayer, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1959)
• 1907 - Jim Galvin, pinch hitter (d. 1969)
• 1907 - Woody Jensen, outfielder (d. 2001)
• 1907 - Bobo Newsom, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1962)
• 1907 - Gordon Rhodes, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1909 - Yuji Koseki, composer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1989)
• 1911 - Ron Roncetti, scout (d. 1992)
• 1913 - Gready McKinnis, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1991)
• 1913 - Bob Scheffing, catcher, manager (d. 1985)
• 1917 - Lefty Hoerst, pitcher (d. 2000)
• 1918 - Luis Castro, Dominican national team pitcher
• 1919 - Luis Olmo, outfielder (d. 2017)
• 1922 - John Banks, Negro league pitcher (d. 2011)
• 1922 - Cal Cooper, pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1922 - John Miles, outfielder (d. 2013)
• 1922 - Bobby Wilkins, infielder (d. 2010)
• 1923 - Robert Mazer, owner (d. 2013)
• 1924 - Gene Sylvester, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1928 - Bill Bartholomay, owner (d. 2020)
• 1928 - John Masuga, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
• 1928 - Bob Stephenson, infielder (d. 2020)
• 1929 - Dave Brown, minor league pitcher (d. 2017)
• 1932 - Paul Ebert, USA national team pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1932 - Steve Korcheck, catcher (d. 2016)
• 1934 - Rafael Luis López, Dominican national team manager
• 1936 - Bill Monbouquette, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2015)
• 1938 - Vada Pinson, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1995)
• 1942 - Sal Campisi, pitcher
• 1943 - Leroy Reams, pinch hitter
• 1944 - Takeshi Shibata, NPB catcher and manager
• 1946 - Mike Hedlund, pitcher
• 1946 - Eddie Leon, infielder
• 1949 - Luis Melendez, outfielder
• 1953 - Rex Hudson, pitcher
• 1953 - Dennis Lewallyn, pitcher
• 1954 - Gary Holle, infielder
• 1955 - Bryn Smith, pitcher
• 1957 - Wilfrido Cordoba, minor league pitcher
• 1958 - Dorn Taylor, pitcher
• 1960 - Al Pedrique, infielder, manager
• 1960 - Vin Soreca, minor league pitcher
• 1962 - Mitatsuya Yoshina, Japanese national team coach
• 1963 - Mike Huff, outfielder
• 1963 - José Leiva, minor league outfielder
• 1963 - Van Snider, outfielder
• 1963 - Motoyasu Wakai, NPB infielder
• 1964 - Carlos Martinez, infielder (d. 2006)
• 1965 - George Canale, infielder
• 1965 - John Mitchell, pitcher
• 1967 - Mike Conte, college coach
• 1967 - John Salles, minor league pitcher
• 1969 - Dana LeVangie, scout
• 1970 - Pierpaolo Illuminati, Serie A1 catcher
• 1970 - Weijun Luo, Chinese national team catcher
• 1970 - Atsushi Watanabe, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1971 - Ricardo Badenas, Division Honor catcher
• 1971 - Michael Dunn, Australian national team outfielder
• 1972 - Kazuyuki Atsuzawa, NPB pitcher
• 1972 - Andrew Lorraine, pitcher
• 1974 - Marc Cerbone, minor league pitcher
• 1975 - Pepe McNeal, minor league catcher
• 1975 - Enohel Polanco, minor league player
• 1976 - Bubba Crosby, outfielder
• 1976 - José García, Cuban league manager
• 1976 - Travis Hake, minor league infielder
• 1977 - Zane Carlson, minor league pitcher
• 1977 - Hiroshi Sato, NPB pitcher
• 1978 - Eric Crozier, designated hitter
• 1978 - Saúl Soto, minor league catcher
• 1979 - Jorge Padilla, outfielder
• 1980 - Kurt Birkins, pitcher
• 1980 - Sandy Madera, minor league infielder and manager
• 1980 - J.J. Sherrill, minor league player
• 1981 - Makoto Moriyama, NPB outfielder
• 1983 - Francis Candela, Philippines national team infielder
• 1983 - Manuel Möller, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1984 - Melky Cabrera, outfielder; All-Star
• 1984 - Arshad Khan, Pakistani national team infielder
• 1984 - Sho Ueno, Japanese national team infielder
• 1985 - Matt Cavagnaro, minor league infielder
• 1985 - Bo Zhao, China Baseball League pitcher
• 1986 - Dwayne Bailey, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Seiko Hayashida, Peruvian national team outfielder
• 1986 - Colby Rasmus, outfielder
• 1986 - Pablo Sandoval, infielder; All-Star
• 1986 - Chris Swauger, minor league outfielder and manager
• 1986 - Masanobu Tanaka, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1986 - David Washington, minor league outfielder
• 1987 - Minke Blok, Dutch women's national team catcher
• 1987 - Rich Poythress, minor league infielder
• 1987 - Daisuke Sobue, NPB pitcher
• 1988 - Jake Sabol, college coach
• 1990 - Mayckol Guaipe, pitcher
• 1990 - Edinson Rincón, minor league infielder
• 1991 - Wilfredo Tovar, infielder
• 1992 - Kohei Arihara, pitcher
• 1992 - Dominique Taylor, minor league outfielder
• 1993 - Go Matsumoto, NPB outfielder
• 1994 - Max Clarijs, Hoofdklasse catcher
• 1995 - Ben Andrews, Bundesliga infielder
• 1995 - Michael Chavis, infielder
• 1996 - Brendon Little, pitcher
• 2001 - Alejandro Torres-Skerrett, Greek national team outfielder
• 2004 - Matias Asa Bartol, Argentinian national team pitcher
• 2005 - Wetphisit Raknoi, Thai national team designated hitter

Deaths

• 1919 - Frank Todd, pitcher (b. 1869)
• 1922 - Sam King, infielder (b. 1852)
• 1929 - Red Long, pitcher (b. 1876)
• 1935 - Jack Zalusky, catcher (b. 1879)
• 1938 - Cliff Hill, pitcher (b. 1893)
• 1941 - Michael Hurley, umpire (d. 1859)
• 1943 - Fred Woodcock, pitcher (b. 1868)
• 1947 - Harry Davis, infielder, manager (b. 1873)
• 1950 - Frank Smykal, infielder (b. 1889)
• 1955 - Jerry Byrne, pitcher (b. 1907)
• 1955 - Babe Ellison, infielder (b. 1896)
• 1960 - Harry McChesney, outfielder (b. 1880)
• 1962 - Jake Volz, pitcher (b. 1878)
• 1966 - Ellis Ryan, owner (b. 1904)
• 1969 - William Marriott, infielder (b. 1893)
• 1970 - Paul Gillespie, catcher (b. 1920)
• 1971 - Rusty Pence, pitcher (b. 1900)
• 1975 - Rollin Cook, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1977 - Frank Pearson, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 1980 - Frank Dascoli umpire (b. 1915)
• 1981 - Walt Huntzinger, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1986 - Tom Gorman, pitcher (b. 1916)
• 1987 - John McGillen, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 1993 - Bill Wilson, pitcher (b. 1942)
• 1995 - Al Smith, pitcher (b. 1903)
• 1996 - Conklyn Meriwether, minor league player (b. 1918)
• 2000 - Frank Mediamolle, minor league infielder (b. 1921)
• 2005 - Ted Radcliffe, pitcher/catcher, manager; All-Star (b. 1902)
• 2005 - Diego Raudez, Nicaraguan national team pitcher (b. ~1951)
• 2006 - Eduardo Acosta, minor league pitcher (b. 1948 or 1949)
• 2008 - Jimmy Wilkes, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1925)
• 2010 - Nellie King, pitcher (b. 1928)
• 2011 - Joe Trimble, pitcher (b. 1930)
• 2011 - Bob Will, outfielder (b. 1931)
• 2012 - Mitsuo Inaba, NPB pitcher (b. 1948)
• 2014 - Bob Ottesen, minor league outfielder (b. 1930)
• 2023 - Alex Cole, outfielder (b. 1965)
• 2023 - Dick Tomanek, pitcher (b. 1931)