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Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 22.

Events

• 1886 - Louisville's Chicken Wolf hits a game-winning home run thanks to a stray dog tearing at Red Stockings' Abner Powell's pant leg, causing the center fielder to miss the ball.
• 1905 - Umpire John Sheridan forfeits a game to Washington in the 11th when the Tigers refuse to resume play after a lengthy dispute. Washington is ahead 2 - 1 at the time of the forfeiture.
• 1906 - The Pirates edge the Giants and Christy Mathewson, 2 - 1, plating both runs on walks.
• 1907 - The Pirates cut up a trio of Giants pitchers to win 20 - 5 in a game mercifully called after eight innings. The Bucs notch 20 hits, gather eight walks, and the Giants add four errors. George Ferguson, the second pitcher, gets the loss having allowed 11 of the runs.
• 1908 - At the Palace of the Fans, veteran Joe McGinnity of the Giants, in relief of Red Ames who walks the first two batters, stops the Reds, 5 - 1, beating Bob Ewing. Earlier in the day, the Reds turned down John McGraw's offer for McGinnity, who is in his final major league season.
• 1909 - Deacon McGuire is named as Cleveland's manager, replacing Nap Lajoie. The Deacon has previously managed Boston and Washington.
• 1910 - At Forbes Field, the Pirates beat up on the new cork-center ball. Three home runs are hit, by Howie Camnitz, Vin Campbell, and Honus Wagner, against the Phillies in the 1st inning of the second game. Camnitz's pop is the only one of his career. Old pro Wagner is 7 for 7, with two homers, during the doubleheader sweep, including three doubles to go with his homer in the nitecap.
• 1912 - Before a sellout crowd of 27,000 at Forbes Field, the Pirates sweep two from the Giants, winning 3 - 2 and 8 - 6. Howie Camnitz outpitches Christy Mathewson in the opener, and Rube Marquard takes the loss in the nitecap. The Bucs are led by Honus Wagner who goes 3 for 4 in the first game, and hits for the cycle in the nitecap. Honus' seven hits total 14 bases, he scores five runs, drives in four and swipes two bases. Wagner will hit seven homers this season, with three coming off Rube.
• 1915:
  • In the 2nd inning of the first game of a doubleheader versus Detroit, the crowd sees the Senators score a run with no times at bat, the only time it has ever happened. Chick Gandil and Merito Acosta walk; Rip Williams sacrifices, and George McBride hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Gandil, and the Tigers catch Acosta off second base when OF Bobby Veach throws to Ossie Vitt. Washington's Walter Johnson goes on to win, 8 - 1, and snap the Tigers' nine-game win streak.
  • In the Federal League, Newark takes two from Pittsburgh, winning the opener on Edd Roush's 10th-inning inside-the-park homer. Newark leads by one percentage point over Kansas City, with Pittsburgh third and Chicago fourth, only 1 1/2 games separating the teams. The race is so close by season's end Newark will be fifth, six games out. Chicago will win it by one game with a record of 86-66 to St. Louis's 87-67 and Pittsburgh's 86-67. There will be nine 20-game winners, led by George McConnell's 25-10 for the Whales, the only year McConnell wins more than eight games.
• 1917 - Brooklyn and the Pirates play their third straight extra-inning game in Ebbets Field. The Robins win it 6 - 5 in 22 innings. Pittsburgh's Carson Bigbee goes to bat 11 times, tying a record.
• 1922:
  • At Boston, the Browns beat the Red Sox behind reliever Elam Vangilder, who takes over for Rasty Wright in the 4th inning with two on and a 4 - 1 lead. Ken Williams and George Sisler each have two stolen bases.
  • At the Polo Grounds, Indians P George Uhle singles in the 6th inning and the Yankees allow a courtesy runner, Les Nunamaker, while Uhle gets his shoe repaired. Uhle returns to the mound to finish the game, winning, 6 - 2. The loss drops New York to second place behind St. Louis.
• 1925 - After a disastrous western trip, the Giants trail the Pirates by three as the leaders come to the Polo Grounds for a five-game series. Before crowds of more than 50,000 at two weekend doubleheaders, the Pirates take three out of four. On Monday they beat Wayland Dean, 9 - 2, and the National League race is over. When the Giants go west again, John McGraw will stay home. The Pirates boast a team batting average of .307 and a deep pitching staff of five pitchers winning 15 to 19 games.
• 1926 - After three games with the Tigers are rained out at home, Connie Mack and Tom Shibe decide that Sunday baseball is entitled to be played. Armed with a court injunction preventing police from interfering, they play the first Sunday game ever seen in Philadelphia. A light rain holds the crowd to 10,000, but Lefty Grove sets down the White Sox, 3 - 2, without incident. A court later rules Sunday baseball still illegal; it will be 1934 before that law changes in Philadelphia.
• 1927:
  • The Yankees lose their fourth straight for the first time, 9 - 4 to the Indians, despite Babe Ruth's 40th home run. Detroit wins its 13th straight, moving up to second, 12 1/2 games back.
  • Braves OF Eddie Brown passes Fred Luderus's modern National League mark of 533 consecutive games played (1916-1919). Steve Brodie had 574 in 1893-1897.
• 1930 - Dazzy Vance is given little support against the Reds. Pitcher Red Lucas' fly ball in the 8th is misjudged and two runs score, and Brooklyn loses, 4 - 1.
• 1933:
  • William Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs, urges a midsummer series of inter-league games. He also proposes a split season.
  • The front-running Senators are stopped after 13 straight wins when Detroit rookie Hank Greenberg homers in the 9th.
• 1934 - P Wes Ferrell hits two home runs in a ten-inning, 3 - 2 win for the Red Sox over the White Sox. It is the second time this season he has a pair of homers, and the third in his career. He will hit two home runs in a game six times before he finishes.
• 1936 - Washington ties an American League record when Red Kress, Joe Kuhel, and Carl Reynolds hit home runs in the 4th inning.
• 1938 - Carl Hubbell has an arm operation for bone chips in his elbow and is finished for the season.
• 1940 - Les Mueller, pitching for Beaumont (Texas League) pitches a no-hitter over Dallas.
• 1942 - Cubs catcher Clyde McCullough, SS Lennie Merullo, and 1B Phil Cavarretta combine on a triple play in the top of the 11th, and Bill Nicholson homers in the bottom half of the inning, as the Chicago Cubs stun the Cincinnati Reds, 5 - 4.
• 1946 - Clubs approve a change to a 168-game schedule, but they will rescind the decision at another meeting on September 16th. Television is first recognized, with clubs given rights to their own games. Players jumping to outlaw leagues will not be allowed to apply for reinstatement for five years.
• 1948:
  • The Dodgers steal eight bases, including a 5th-inning triple steal with Jackie Robinson on the front end. But the Braves win, 4 - 3, to move two games ahead of second-place Brooklyn. In the last 19 steal attempts against the Braves, no Dodger has been thrown out.
  • In the first 1948 East-West Game, the West wins its fourth straight and seventh of the past eight, 3 - 0. Bill Powell, Jim LaMarque and Gentry Jessup combine on a three-hit whitewash. Willard Brown becomes the first former big leaguer to appear in an East-West Game.
• 1949 - The Giants sell veteran Johnny Mize to the Yankees for $40,000.
• 1951:
  • Tommy Byrne keeps walking them and the Red Sox keep stranding them as St. Louis and Boston battle for 13 innings before the Sox win, 3 - 1. Brownie Byrne walks 16 Sox batters, tying the American League walk record set by Bruno Haas in 1915 (Haas walked 16 in a loss to the Yanks, his only major league decision), and Boston strands 22 runners: the American League record for stranded runners is 24, set by the Indians in 18 innings on July 10, 1932. Byrne breaks his personal record of 13 walks in a game he set in 1949. The Brownies don't help him much, stranding 14.
  • At the Polo Grounds, the Giants win their 11th straight, again coming from behind to top the Reds, 4 - 3. Monte Irvin homers in the 2nd off Ewell Blackwell, but it is Whitey Lockman's double in the 8th that wins it for reliever Sheldon Jones.
  • The Dodgers sweep a pair of ten-inning games from St. Louis, with Clyde King picking up both come-from-behind victories. King goes three innings in the first game and one inning in the second. Jackie Robinson is 5 for 6 in the nitecap including a two-out single in the 10th off Al Brazle. Andy Pafko has a homer in the nitecap, while Stan Musial hits his 29th in the first game. Carl Furillo has three hits on the afternoon and a pair of assists in the opener, bringing his season total to 21. The Dodgers have now won 14 straight from the Cards.
• 1954 - Rookie Spook Jacobs of the A's steals four bases in a 3 - 2 triumph over the Senators.
• 1958:
  • Monterrey, Mexico repeats as Little League World Series champions, beating the Kankakee, IL, Yankees, 10 - 1. Hector Torres pitches a three-hitter for the victory.
  • Cleveland Indians Chairman William Daley rejects a $4 million bid for his team
• 1959 - The Redlegs' Frank Robinson hits three home runs in a row against St. Louis, as the Redlegs win 11 - 4. Robby has six RBIs.
• 1960 - For Billy Martin's fight on August 5th, Jim Brewer and the Cubs hit back with a $1,040,000 lawsuit. The claim will be settled in court and Martin will be liable for $25,000 in damages.
• 1961:
  • The hot Giants sweep a pair from the National League-leading Reds, winning 12 - 2 and 5 - 3. Visiting SF features 20 hits in the opener to back Mike McCormick. Orlando Cepeda's 35th home run, NL high, starts the scoring in the nitecap, as Sam Jones and Stu Miller combine. Willie Mays has his 32nd and 33rd homers in the twinbill.
  • Roger Maris, in his record-setting season, becomes the first player to hit his 50th home run in the month of August. The 26-year-old all-star outfielder connects off Ken McBride as the Yankees lose to the Angels, 4 - 3.
  • Frank Lane's short tenure as general manager of the A's ends when Charlie Finley replaces him with Pat Friday.
• 1962 - At Wrigley Field, the Reds trail the Cubs, 5 - 1, after six innings, but score four in the 7th to tie. They win it in the 10th, 9 - 5, when Eddie Kasko hits a grand slam.
• 1963 - After two straight losses to the Dodgers, the Cardinals break through and beat Don Drysdale, 3 - 2. Ernie Broglio is the winner.
• 1964 - The Yankees lose the first game to Boston, 5 - 3, extending their losing streak to six games. Boston scores three runs in the 8th inning to win it. In the nitecap, New York wins, 8 - 0, as Mickey Mantle and Johnny Blanchard both homer, and Roger Maris drives in three runs. Mel Stottlemyre wins his third game in a row since being recalled from Richmond. The Yanks end the day 5 1/2 games behind the Orioles, with the White Sox in second place, 1 1/2 games back.
• 1965 - Juan Marichal thinks Johnny Roseboro throws too close to his head returning the ball to Sandy Koufax and attacks the Dodger catcher with his bat. The Los Angeles backstop suffers cuts on the head during the 14-minute brawl.
• 1966 - At a private party for the Orioles, Frank Robinson falls into a swimming pool and is saved from drowning by Andy Etchebarren, who dives in to rescue his teammate.
• 1967:
  • Indian pitcher Luis Tiant has 16 strikeouts in a 3 - 2 win over California.
  • Charlie Finley lifts his suspension of Lew Krausse decreed a few days earlier.
• 1968 - Jim Merritt loses his shutout in the 9th inning when Mickey Mantle parks a pinch homer at Metropolitan Stadium. The Twins win, 3 - 1. Mick's homer ties him with Jimmie Foxx for third place on the all-time list.
• 1970:
  • Defensive replacement Chuck Hinton drives in the Indians' winning run in the 10th as the Tribe tops the A's, 6 - 5. The Indians hit four homers - one by Vada Pinson in the 1st and three consecutive homers by Duke Sims, Graig Nettles, and Eddie Leon in the 6th.
  • Johnny Bench has a two-out, two-run double in the 9th to give the Reds a 3 - 2 win over the Mets at Shea Stadium.
  • Hal Lanier's 8th-inning single is the only hit Ken Holtzman allows in the Cubs' 15 - 0 mauling of the Giants. Gaylord Perry gives up eight runs in 1 1/3 inning to seal the outcome for the Giants. Joe Pepitone and Billy Williams each have a double, homer, and score three runs.
  • In a 16-inning game, the Pirates edge the Dodgers, 2 - 1. Roberto Clemente goes 5 for 7 with an RBI and run scored.
• 1971 - Oakland book-ends solo homers to defeat the Red Sox, 2 - 1. Bert Campaneris leads off the game with a shot and, with two out in the 9th inning, Reggie Jackson ends the game with a homer.
• 1972:
  • Pirate pitcher Nelson Briles one-hits the Giants, and outduels Juan Marichal, 1 - 0. Ken Henderson is the Giants' only baserunner, singling in the 7th.
  • Jim Beauchamp hits a home run and drives in all the Mets' runs in a 4 - 2 win over the Astros. Yesterday, Beauchamp celebrated his birthday with a pair of home runs as the Mets beat the Astros by the same score.
• 1974:
  • Before a crowd of 35,866, the largest in 18 years at Fenway Park, the Red Sox turn back the A's, 3 - 0. Luis Tiant wins his 20th for Boston this year. Boston (70-54) now leads the American League East by seven games.
  • Salem (Carolina League) OF Alfredo Edmead is killed in a collision with a teammate during a game with Rocky Mount. The cause of death is given as a massive skull fracture.
• 1975 - The Twins' Dave McKay homers in his first major league at bat during an 8 - 4 win over the Tigers.
• 1976 - Bert Campaneris collects five hits in leading the A's to a 7 - 6, 11-inning win over the Red Sox.
• 1977 - Both the Red Sox and Yankees lose today. The White Sox top the Yankees, 5 - 3, and snap the pinstripers' eight-game win skein, while Minnesota tops the Sox, 5 - 4.
• 1978 - Ron LeFlore swipes his 27th consecutive base as Detroit beats the Twins, 7 - 3. He began the streak on July 16th.
• 1979 - In a 7 - 2 win over the visiting Expos, Johnny Bench belts his 325th homer, the most ever by a player in a Reds uniform. The previous club record of 324 was held by Frank Robinson.
• 1980 - Admitting that he can no longer compete financially in today's inflated economy, colorful owner Bill Veeck agrees to sell the Chicago White Sox to Youngstown, OH shopping-mall magnate Eddie DeBartolo, Sr. for a reported $20 million. The sale will fall through, however, when American League owners twice fail to give Veeck the ten votes needed for approval, seemingly because they are wary of DeBartolo's extensive links to thoroughbred racing and legalized gambling.
• 1982:
  • Ernie Banks becomes the first Cub to have his uniform number (14) retired.
  • Third-string catcher Glenn Brummer steals home with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Cardinals a 5 - 4 win over the Giants. Brummer, who was running on his own, will steal just four bases in his major league career.
• 1983 - The Cubs replace Lee Elia with Charlie Fox, a special assistant to general manager Dallas Green who managed the Giants to the National League West title in 1971. Chicago is in fifth place in the NL East with a 54-69 record.
• 1984
  • By striking out nine Padres, Met phenom 19-year-old Dwight Gooden becomes the 11th rookie to strike out 200 batters in a season.
  • Oakland A's Carney Lansford goes 0 for 5 against the Detroit Tigers, snapping his 24-game hitting streak. The streak is an Oakland record and the longest American League skein of the year. Lansford will collect hits in his next 11 games.
• 1989:
  • Cleveland's Felix Fermin ties the major-league record with four sacrifice bunts in a 3 - 2, ten-inning win over Seattle. He is the first player to accomplish the feat since Ray Chapman in 1919.
  • On a 96 mph fastball, A's Rickey Henderson swings and misses to become Nolan Ryan's career 5,000th strikeout victim. The "Ryan Express" strikes out 13 and gives up only five hits, but loses the game to Oakland, 2 - 0.
• 1991 - In the Phils' ten-inning victory, John Kruk gets hit by a pitch for the first time in 2,682 at bats when the Pirates' Randy Tomlin plunks him. "It didn't feel good," grouses Kruk. Herm Winningham had held the record for active players (1,799 appearances).
• 1996 - The Yankees claim Luis Sojo off waivers.
• 1997:
  • The Tigers pound the Brewers, 16 - 1, with the aid of 23 hits and an 11-run 7th inning. Bobby Higginson gets five hits for Detroit, while Travis Fryman and Tony Clark drive in four runs apiece.
  • In another slugfest, the Rangers score a 17 - 8 victory over the White Sox. Both starting left fielders (Rusty Greer and Albert Belle) hit two homers and drive in six runs for their team.
• 1998:
  • With his 52nd home run, Mark McGwire breaks Babe Ruth's record for round-trippers in three consecutive seasons. "Big Red" has 162 homers in three seasons (1996 - 52, 1997 - 58) compared to the Bambino's 161 dingers hit in 1926-1928.
  • In the Orioles' 6 - 3 win over the Indians, Cal Ripken scores his 1,500th career run.
• 1999:
  • At Shea Stadium, the Mets and Cardinals split a doubleheader, with New York winning the opener, 8 - 7, and St. Louis taking the nightcap, 7 - 5. Mark McGwire hits two home runs in the first game, his 49th and 50th of the season. Number 49 breaks a light bulb in the scoreboard, 502 feet away. This gives him a major league record 50 or more home runs for four straight seasons.
  • The Diamondbacks defeat the Pirates, 7 - 5. Luis Gonzalez, Matt Williams, and Erubiel Durazo hit consecutive home runs for Arizona in the 1st inning.
  • The Giants defeat the Brewers, 7 - 3. LF Barry Bonds, 2B Jeff Kent, and RF Ellis Burks hit consecutive home runs for San Francisco in the 1st inning. It is the second time the Giants have performed the feat in three days.
• 2000:
  • The Dodgers defeat the Expos, 14 - 6, as Eric Karros becomes the first Dodger player to hit two home runs in one inning. He homers twice in Los Angeles's nine-run 6th as the Dodgers connect for six homers in the contest.
  • The Phillies defeat the Reds, 5 - 4, despite a grand slam by Cincinnati OF Alex Ochoa. Ochoa's blast is the 142nd slam of the season, setting a new major league record. The Oakland A's have hit 11, one shy of the record shared by the Braves (1997) and Indians (1999).
  • Working a scoreless 12th in a 7 - 6 victory over the Braves, Rockies catcher Brent Mayne becomes the first position player to be a winning pitcher since 1968 when outfielder Rocky Colavito, as a Yankee, homered and threw 2 2/3 shutout innings against his former teammates helping the Bronx Bombers to beat the Tigers. Mayne is the record-tying ninth pitcher to take the mound for the Rockies in the game.
  • The Mets have less success using OF Derek Bell to mop up in a 16 - 1 loss to the Padres. Bell, who keeps his sunglasses on, lobs in 36 pitches to ten batters and allows three hits, three walks, and five runs (four earned) in his inning.
• 2001:
  • Cubs OF Sammy Sosa hits three home runs in a game for the second time in two weeks as he leads Chicago to a 16 - 3 win over the Brewers. Sosa is removed from the game following his home run in the 6th inning, missing a chance to tie the major league single-game mark of four.
  • The Mariners score six runs in the 1st inning and seven in the 3rd on their way to a 16 - 1 victory over the Tigers. 3B David Bell gets five hits for Seattle, including a double and home run.
  • Kansas City scores seven runs in the 1st inning, but the White Sox bounce back with an eight-run 6th frame on their way to a 13 - 12 win over the Royals.
• 2003 - For the fourth consecutive season, Garret Anderson reaches the 100 RBI mark to become the first player in Angels history to do so. The Angels outfielder was also the first to have three straight 100-RBI seasons.
• 2007:
  • The Rangers rout the Orioles, 30 - 3, to set an American League record for runs. They score nine more in the nightcap to set the AL record for runs in a doubleheader, breaking the previous mark of 36 held by the 1937 Tigers. The 1950 Red Sox and 1955 White Sox had previously held the single-game AL record of 29. No team had scored 30 in the major leagues since the Chicago Colts in 1897. Travis Metcalf, just back from the minors, drives in eight in the twin bill. In the first game, Metcalf and Marlon Byrd both homer. David Murphy goes 5 for 7 with five runs. Number eight hitter Jarrod Saltalamacchia and number nine hitter Ramon Vazquez both homer twice and drive in seven. Every Ranger scores at least once with Murphy and Saltalamacchia both crossing home five times. Vazquez scores the 30th run with a three-run 9th-inning homer off Paul Shuey.
  • Grossetto wins the Serie A1 title. Linc Mikkelsen picks up the 5 - 4 victory while Davide Dallospedale is 3 for 5 with two runs.
• 2008:
  • Cuba pounds Team USA, 10 - 2, to advance to its fifth Gold Medal game in five tries in the Olympics. Norge Vera and Pedro Luis Lazo do a good job on the hill, while four Cuban hitters go deep: Alfredo Despaigne, Ariel Pestano, Alexei Bell and Frederich Cepeda.
  • South Korea improves to 8-0 in the 2008 Olympics with a 6 - 2 semifinal win over rival Japan. 20-year-old Kwang-hyun Kim allows just two runs in eight innings. With the game tied at two in the 8th, Korean 1B Seung-yeop Lee hits a two-run homer off Hitoki Iwase to spark a four-run rally. Lee is 3 for 25 in Beijing and had only been playing in the Japanese minors prior to the Games. Iwase falls to 0-3 in the Games. South Korea becomes the fifth different team to advance against Cuba in the Gold Medal game of the Olympics in the five times it has been a Medal event.
• 2009:
  • One day after being battered 20 - 11 by the Yankees, the Red Sox get a measure of revenge with a 14 - 1 pasting of their rivals. Kevin Youkilis homers twice and drives in six, while Junichi Tazawa pitches six scoreless innings for the win. For his part, New York starter A.J. Burnett gives up a career-high nine runs in the loss.
  • Knuckleballer Charlie Haeger gives up only three hits in seven innings to lead the Dodgers to a 2 - 0 blanking of the Cubs. Helped by homers by Matt Kemp and Casey Blake against Ted Lilly, Haeger picks up his first win in a Dodger uniform, while George Sherrill has his first save for the Blue.
• 2010:
  • Japan cruises to its second straight Women's Baseball World Cup title. In the Gold Medal game of the tournament, they score nine runs in the 1st, knocking out Australian starter Laura Neads. Yukari Isozaki and Ayami Sato provide good pitching in a 13 - 3 win. Third basewoman Ayako Rokkaku is named tournament MVP after hitting .611 with ten RBI in nine games. The USA takes the Bronze for the second straight time, beating host Venezuela. Australia's silver marks its best finish to date.
  • Lou Piniella retires after 23 seasons as a manager. In his last game at the helm, his Cubs lose, 16 - 5, at home to the Atlanta Braves. Piniella missed some time earlier this year to be with his ailing mother, and had announced that this season would be his last. Coach Mike Quade will take over as interim manager for the remainder of the season. Piniella retires with a lifetime record of 1,835-1,712.
  • In a battle of pitchers who threw no-hitters earlier this year, Tampa Bay's Matt Garza outpitches Dallas Braden of Oakland in a 4 - 3 win. The Rays need the win to keep within one game of the Yankees, who sink the Mariners, 10 - 0. Robinson Cano hits a grand slam and drives in six runs in support of CC Sabathia's league-leading 17th win, his 15th straight win at New Yankee Stadium.
• 2011:
  • Detroit's Justin Verlander continues his dominance on the mound, earning his major league-leading 19th win in the Tigers' 5 - 2 victory over the Rays. It is his seventh consecutive winning start. Alex Avila, hitting .424 in August, hits a two-run homer off Jeff Niemann in the 2nd to send the Bengals on their way.
  • Cliff Lee is also dazzling, throwing seven scoreless innings as the Phillies down the Mets, 10 - 0. Lee is is 4-0 with an 0.58 ERA this month. John Mayberry and Hunter Pence both hit two-run homers off losing pitcher Dillon Gee.
• 2012:
  • Oakland A's P Bartolo Colon is suspended for 50 games for testing positive for testosterone, eight days after Giants OF Melky Cabrera was also suspended for using the same performance-enhancing substance.
  • The Giants complete a three-game sweep of the Dodgers with an 8 - 4 win at Dodger Stadium, putting them 2 1/2 games in front of Los Angeles in the see-saw battle for the NL West title. Joaquin Arias homers and drives in 5 runs in support of Matt Cain's pitching.
  • Adrian Beltre hits three homers, including a pair of two-run blasts in the 4th inning, as the Rangers defeat the Orioles, 12 - 3. Mitch Moreland also has five RBI in the win.
• 2014 - The Red Sox sign Cuban defector Rusney Castillo to a seven-year deal worth $72.5 million, a record amount for an international signing, topping the $68 million the White Sox paid for 1B Jose Abreu last year. The contract will be official after Castillo passes a physical exam, and he is expected to make his big league debut before the end of the season.
• 2015 - Josh Donaldson has a homer and six RBIs in leading the Blue Jays to a 15 - 3 demolition of the Angels. Combined with three RBIs in a 9 - 2 win the night before, Donaldson becomes the first major league player to reach the 100 RBI mark this year. Jose Bautista has three hits, including a two-run triple in a seven-run 4th inning, Edwin Encarnacion extends his hitting streak to 18 games and Chris Colabello also homers as Toronto beats up on rookie Andrew Heaney who gives up eight runs in 3 1/3 innings.
• 2018 - On the first day of the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup in Davie, FL, Canada's Anne-Sophie Lavallée throws a five-inning no-hitter in a 4 - 0 win over Hong Kong shortened by inclement weather. In other games, Japan spoils the Dominican Republic's debut on the world stage with an 8 - 0 win; Chinese Taipei defeats Venezuela, 9 - 1; the United States romp over Puerto Rico, 14 - 0, in a game shortened by the mercy rule; and in the tightest contest of the day, South Korea prevails over the Netherlands, 9 - 8, in spite of committing seven errors. The final game, between Australia and Cuba, is suspended in the 4th inning because of rain with Australia leading, 5 - 4.
• 2019 - The Royals make a special trip to Fenway Park on what was a scheduled off-day in order to play the final innings of their game of August 7th against the Red Sox that was suspended by rain with the teams in a 4 - 4 tie in the top of the 10th. To ensure there will be fans present to cheer them on, the Sox put on a special admission price of $5 for adults and free for children 18 and under, with all profits going to the Jimmy Fund, the team's charity of choice. It works as over 16,000 people turn up to see 12 minutes of action before Brock Holt ends it by driving in Chris Owings, pinch-running for Christian Vazquez, from second base on a base hit to left with one out in the bottom of the 10th. Both teams then need to rush out to catch a plane, with K.C. headed to Cleveland, OH and Boston to San Diego, CA. Meanwhile children in the stands are allowed to run the bases and can go home happy.
• 2021:
  • Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers becomes the 28th member of the 500 Home Run Club with a solo homer off Steven Matz of the Blue Jays.
  • After a one-year pause caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Little League Classic is played once again on the margins of the 2021 Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA. The Indians blank the Angels, 3 - 0, behind the pitching of Cal Quantrill and two relievers, while Amed Rosario hits a two-run homer off José Suarez before a single out is recorded.
• 2022 - In his fourth start since being acquired in a trade, Jordan Montgomery earns his fourth win, bettering his total in 21 starts with the Yankees before the deal. Today's win is a gem as he shuts out the Cubs on a one-hitter, 1- 0, with Christopher Morel the only batter to reach base, on a 3rd-inning double.
• 2023:
  • The Yankees lose their ninth straight game, 2 - 1, against the Nationals as C.J. Abrams hits a go-ahead homer in the 8th; it is their longest losing streak since 1982.
  • Also in the midst of a difficult season, the White Sox clean house upstairs, firing Executive Vice-President Kenny Williams and his successor as General Manager, Rick Hahn.

Births

• 1837 - John Walsh, owner (d. 1911)
• 1852 - Martin Mullen, outfielder (d. 1918)
• 1857 - Ned Hanlon, outfielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1937)
• 1858 - Jim Cudworth, infielder (d. 1943)
• 1859 - Buck Becannon, pitcher (d. 1923)
• 1862 - Ed Yewell, infielder (d. 1940)
• 1873 - Ike Butler, pitcher (d. 1948)
• 1880 - Chick Hartley, outfielder (d. 1948)
• 1881 - Howie Camnitz, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1881 - Bill Gatewood, pitcher, manager (d. 1962)
• 1881 - Harry Swacina, infielder (d. 1944)
• 1882 - Al Carson, pitcher (d. 1962)
• 1883 - Red Downs, infielder (d. 1939)
• 1888 - Al Bashang, outfielder (d. 1967)
• 1889 - Wally Schang, catcher (d. 1965)
• 1890 - Urban Shocker, pitcher (d. 1928)
• 1891 - Happy Felsch, outfielder (d. 1964)
• 1893 - Lyle Bigbee, pitcher (d. 1942)
• 1893 - Oscar Fuhr, pitcher (d. 1975)
• 1897 - Bob Clark, pitcher (d. 1944)
• 1899 - Dud Lee, infielder (d. 1971)
• 1901 - Shinji Kirihara, amateur infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1945)
• 1901 - Vernon Stouffer, owner (d. 1974)
• 1909 - Bob Keely, catcher (d. 2001)
• 1911 - Herman Fink, pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1912 - Napoleon Hairston, outfielder (d. 1980)
• 1913 - Al Gizelbach, scout (d. 1990)
• 1916 - Frankie Kelleher, outfielder (d. 1979)
• 1917 - Victor Gauger, minor league infielder (d. 1985)
• 1917 - Luis Pillot, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1919 - Ed Freed, outfielder (d. 2002)
• 1919 - Frank LaManna, pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1921 - Bill Lynn, pitcher (d. 2000)
• 1922 - Francisco Contreras, Venezuelan national team outfielder (d. 1978)
• 1923 - Luke Owens, minor league infielder (d. 2010)
• 1926 - Paul Schnieders, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1927 - Tomoichi Tanimura, NPB umpire (d. 2022)
• 1930 - Frank Ernaga, outfielder (d. 2018)
• 1930 - Bob Speake, outfielder
• 1931 - Curt Barclay, pitcher (d. 1985)
• 1932 - Fran O'Brien, college coach (d. 2022)
• 1934 - Gil Bassetti, scout
• 1934 - Angelo Dagres, outfielder (d. 2017)
• 1936 - Cuauhtémoc Rodríguez, minor league executive; Salón de la Fama
• 1937 - Pat Gillick, General Manager, Hall of Famer
• 1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer
• 1942 - Joe Klein, General Manager (d. 2017)
• 1942 - Sheldon Ocker, writer
• 1943 - Jose Arcia, infielder (d. 2016)
• 1946 - Gary Boyd, pitcher
• 1947 - Bill Burbach, pitcher (d. 2022)
• 1949 - Doug Bair, pitcher
• 1950 - Ray Burris, pitcher
• 1951 - John Doherty, infielder
• 1951 - Ike Hampton, catcher
• 1952 - Gary Beare, pitcher
• 1955 - Larry Vanover, umpire
• 1956 - Mark Gilbert, outfielder
• 1956 - Paul Molitor, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer
• 1957 - Rod Boxberger, minor league pitcher
• 1959 - Bill Schmidt, General Manager
• 1962 - Darrin Jackson, outfielder
• 1964 - Mike Everitt, umpire
• 1964 - Gary Pifer, minor league pitcher (d. 2010)
• 1965 - Andrew Casano, minor league pitcher
• 1965 - Milt Hill, pitcher
• 1965 - Romelio Martínez, Cuban league outfielder (d. 2017)
• 1966 - Scott Chiamparino, pitcher
• 1966 - Hiroshi Nakamoto, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1967 - Theo Geerman, Hoofdklasse pitcher and manager
• 1967 - Ron Pezzoni, minor league outfielder
• 1967 - Dan Segui, minor league infielder
• 1967 - Bill Welke, umpire
• 1968 - R.C. Lichtenstein, minor league pitcher and manager
• 1968 - Gary Scott, infielder
• 1969 - Delfin Colon, umpire
• 1969 - Hipolito Pichardo, pitcher
• 1969 - Carlos Tovar, minor league pitcher
• 1971 - Carl Schutz, pitcher
• 1972 - Steve Kline, pitcher
• 1972 - Jiří Víšek, Extraliga player; Czech Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1973 - Angel Campos, umpire
• 1973 - Bill Horton, minor league catcher and manager
• 1973 - Dusty Wathan, catcher
• 1975 - Hayato Nakamura, NPB pitcher
• 1976 - Jeff Weaver, pitcher
• 1976 - Randy Wolf, pitcher; All-Star
• 1979 - Ryo Kumagai, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Miguel Negron, minor league outfielder
• 1983 - Jhon Florentino, minor league infielder (d. 2015)
• 1984 - David Huff, pitcher
• 1984 - Jeremiah Knackstedt, minor league manager
• 1985 - Ryan Feierabend, pitcher
• 1985 - Sandy Rosario, pitcher
• 1986 - Yen-Feng Chen, CPBL infielder
• 1987 - Karexon Sanchez, minor league player
• 1987 - Walter Vargas, Bolivian national team infielder-pitcher
• 1987 - Kurt Yacko, minor league pitcher
• 1989 - Roy Geigel, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
• 1989 - Fabricio Rodriguez, Division Elite outfielder
• 1989 - Keon-chang Seo, KBO infielder
• 1989 - Kurt Wunderlich, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Alan Busenitz, pitcher
• 1990 - Ryan Carpenter, pitcher
• 1990 - K.C. Hobson, minor league infielder
• 1990 - Drew Hutchison, pitcher
• 1990 - Logan Moore, minor league catcher
• 1990 - Chris Stratton, pitcher
• 1991 - Hunter Dozier, infielder
• 1992 - Jakub Okasa, Extraliga infielder
• 1993 - Braden Bishop, outfielder
• 1994 - Felipe Remollo, Philippines national team catcher
• 1995 - Shed Long, infielder
• 1996 - Colton Eastman, drafted pitcher
• 1998 - Alfredo Granier, minor league coach
• 1998 - Tristen Lutz, minor league outfielder
• 1999 - Chris Koeiman, Hoofdklasse pitcher
• 2001 - Gabriel Hughes, minor league pitcher
• 2001 - Jonathan Zeevi, Israeli national team outfielder

Deaths

• 1897 - Tricky Nichols, pitcher (b. 1850)
• 1901 - Pete Sweeney, infielder (b. 1863)
• 1904 - Charlie Dewald, pitcher (b. 1867)
• 1909 - Harry Lochhead, infielder (b. 1876)
• 1923 - Jay Budd, outfielder (b. 1865)
• 1927 - Mike Shea, pitcher (b. 1867)
• 1937 - John Galligan, outfielder (b. 1865)
• 1942 - Jap Payne, Negro League outfielder (b. 1879)
• 1949 - Charles Zimmer, catcher, manager, umpire (b. 1860)
• 1953 - Jim Tabor, infielder (b. 1916)
• 1958 - Luther Taylor, pitcher (b. 1875)
• 1960 - Chet Carmichael, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1968 - Heinie Groh, infielder, manager (b. 1889)
• 1973 - George Cutshaw, infielder (b. 1887)
• 1980 - Columbus Vance, pitcher (b. 1905)
• 1982 - Ebba St. Claire, catcher (b. 1921)
• 1984 - Roy Tyler, outfielder (b. 1899)
• 1986 - Lamb Barbee, outfielder (b. 1916)
• 1986 - Charlie Eckert, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1987 - Kiyoshi Sugiura, NPB infielder and manager (b. 1914)
• 1988 - Bob Daughters, pinch runner (b. 1914)
• 1992 - Flit Holliday, outfielder (b. 1914)
• 1993 - Len Pigg, catcher (b. 1919)
• 1994 - Paul Bowa, minor league infielder (b. 1918)
• 1998 - Minoru Murayama, NPB pitcher, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1936)
• 2000 - Bill Bradford, pitcher (b. 1921)
• 2004 - Jim Nelson, pitcher (b. 1947)
• 2007 - Dale McReynolds, scout (b. 1922)
• 2008 - Kevin Young, minor league outfielder (b. 1972)
• 2012 - Vernon Petty, minor league infielder (b. 1924)
• 2013 - Joseph Gunn, minor league infielder (b. 1915)
• 2013 - Jack Virkstis, minor league pitcher (b. 1931)
• 2014 - Noella Alverson, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1933)
• 2014 - Jay Taylor, drafted pitcher (b. 1988)
• 2016 - Charlie Sands, catcher (b. 1947)
• 2018 - Elmer Kosub, college coach (b. 1922)
• 2019 - Benno Niemeijer, Hoofdklasse pitcher (b. 1941)
• 2020 - Remy Hermoso, infielder (b. 1946)
• 2022 - Adrian Abrahamowicz, college coach (b. 1971)
• 2022 - Tom Petroff, college coach (b. 1927)