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Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 24.

Events

• 1901 - Irate Boston fans jump on umpire Joe Cantillon after a call goes against the Americans. Chick Stahl and Ted Lewis rescue the umpire.
• 1903 - The Cubs split with the Giants at the Polo Grounds, beating Joe McGinnity, 7 - 3, in the opener. Iron Joe is not helped by eight Giant errors, including five by SS Charlie Babb. The nitecap is called after Chicago's at-bats in the 7th with the score 8 - 1. Christy Mathewson picks up the victory for New York over Jock Menefee.
• 1904:
  • The Highlanders' Willie Keeler collects two home runs against the St. Louis Browns in a 9 - 1 win at New York. Both drives are inside-the-park.
  • In Chicago, Christy Mathewson blanks the Cubs on three hits and the Giants defeat Buttons Briggs, 3 - 0. The second game is called after ten innings with the score 2 - 2. Chicago fans show their feelings towards the Giants by tossing bottles onto the field. RF George Browne is hit on the leg and is almost hit in the head while chasing a fly ball. John McGraw tells ump Bob Emslie that he will not allow his team to continue play until all the broken glass is cleared, and by the time that occurs it is too dark to continue play.
• 1905:
  • The Giants win their 12th straight over the Reds, as Christy Mathewson wins easily, 8 - 0. Matty allows two scratch hits. The second game is called on account of darkness, 6 - 6, after nine innings.
  • In Philadelphia, the Cubs defeat the Phillies in 20 innings, 2 - 1, with Ed Reulbach going the distance for Chicago.
• 1906 - The Reds' Jake Weimer pitches a seven-inning no-hitter against Brooklyn, winning 1 - 0, when a run scores with two outs in the 7th. Brooklyn takes the first game, 6 - 4, behind Jim Pastorius.
• 1907 - Christy Mathewson pitches for the third day in a row, beating the Pirates, 7 - 4. Matty allows just one hit over the last six innings.
• 1908 - The Giants gain the National League lead by winning two at Pittsburgh, after first refusing to play a doubleheader. John McGraw protests that only one game was scheduled and he was not given 24 hours notice about the second match. But after polling the players, he relents. Hooks Wiltse then tops Vic Willis, 4 - 1 and Christy Mathewson beats Lefty Leifield, 5 - 1. Willis tires in the 8th, giving up a two-run triple to Roger Bresnahan, followed by a Mike Donlin homer. In the nitecap, Donlin and Larry Doyle each drive home a pair. The doubleheader is watched in New York on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at Madison Square Garden and the Gotham Theatre. Bulletins will display all remaining games.
• 1909:
  • The Giants split with the Pirates, taking the first game, 4 - 3, behind Hooks Wiltse, then losing the second. Bugs Raymond toils the whole nine innings for the Giants and gets clobbered, 11 - 3. John McGraw leaves the high-living pitcher in the runaway to teach him a lesson.
  • At Detroit, A's catcher Paddy Livingston throws out Ty Cobb trying to steal third base during an intentional walk to Sam Crawford. Cobb intentionally spikes 3B Frank Baker on his bare hand during the play, prompting howls of protest from the Athletics. The Tigers win, 7 - 6, and A's manager Connie Mack will complain to Ban Johnson about Cobb's dirty play. Cobb gets a warning from the American League president.
• 1910 - Atop the Washington Monument, White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh throws 23 balls before C Billy Sullivan snares one, then catches two more, 555 feet below. It duplicates Gabby Street's catch of August 21, 1908. The estimated speed of the ball is 161 feet per second. On the field Walsh will be 18-20 despite a league-leading 1.27 ERA, the only time a pitcher with a losing record loses 20 and leads either league in ERA.
• 1911:
  • The Cubs lose to Brooklyn, 6 - 5, in ten innings to lose sole possession of first place. Doc Scanlan bests Mordecai Brown.
  • The Giants split with Pittsburgh, but move into a tie for first place. Christy Mathewson loses the opener, 3 - 1, giving up six hits and two earned runs in eight innings. Rube Marquard salvages the nitecap with a two-hitter, striking out 11.
• 1912 - Fred Merkle's three-run homer off Babe Adams in the 7th gives the Giants a 3 - 2 lead over Pittsburgh, and Christy Mathewson pitches the last three innings to preserve Hooks Wiltse's win over the Bucs.
• 1913 - In Chicago, Walter Johnson wins his 14th straight, a 2 - 1 decision over the White Sox. Johnson fans the side in the 8th inning, then with two on and two out in the 9th, strikes out Eddie Collins.
• 1914:
  • In the second game of a twinbill at Washington, Detroit's Hooks Dauss and four Nats pitchers combine to plunk a record seven batters, a major-league record that will remain unmatched until 1971. Hooks hits three while Jim Shaw, Jack Bentley, Harry Harper, and Jim Stevens hit four. The Tigers win, 11 - 0, and take the opener as well, 3 - 1.
  • At Chicago, the Cubs trounce the Braves, 9 - 5, putting Boston back in second place.
• 1915 - The Browns bring George Sisler in to pitch five innings of relief. Sisler gives up one run and earns the win, a 10 - 7 victory over the A's Rube Bressler.
• 1916 - Babe Ruth fires his seventh shutout of the year, stopping Detroit on three hits as Boston wins, 3 - 0.
• 1918 - Secretary of War Newton Baker grants an extended exemption to players in the World Series; three days later the National Commission gets an official approval to play from General Enoch Crowder, providing that ten percent of the revenues go to war charities.
• 1919 - Cleveland P Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning in his debut with the team. He recovers to get the final out of the game, and defeats Philadelphia, 2 - 1.
• 1921 - The Pirates, in front by 7 1/2 games, drop a doubleheader to the Giants in New York before 35,000. Art Nehf wins the opener, 10 - 2, handing Babe Adams his first loss in ten games. Phil Douglas takes the nightcap, 7 - 0.
• 1922 - The Browns collect 20 hits and score nine runs in the first two innings to stun the Red Sox, 13 - 2. Ken Williams extends his hitting streak to 28 games, but will be stopped here.
• 1930 - New York's Fred Lindstrom has his 24-game hitting streak stopped as the Giants lose to the Cubs, 3 - 2. The game is tied 2-all in the bottom of the 9th, when the Cubs load the bases with two out. With the count 0 and 2, Danny Taylor the runner on third, races safely home as surprised Giant reliever Joe Heving watches and then completes his deliberate windup with a wide pitch.
• 1935 - Giants OF Hank Leiber ties the major-league record with two home runs during an eight-run, 2nd-inning assault on the Cubs.
• 1938 - Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter - the highest season total in organized ball this century - for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game.
• 1940:
  • In the Tigers' 12 - 1 victory at Fenway Park, Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams pitches the last two innings against Detroit, allowing one run on three hits, in what will be the only pitching appearance of his career.
  • The Dodgers split a pair in Pittsburgh, losing the opener, 4 - 3, before winning, 8 - 1. In the nitecap, Joe Gallagher hits a double and homer in the same inning.
• 1941 - A rag tag group of five musicians, dubbed the Dodger SymPhony by announcer Red Barber, make their Ebbets Field debut. This band, none of which can read music, will from now on perform their zany antics at all evening and weekend games.
• 1942 - The Dodgers open a four-game series in St. Louis with Larry French (13-1) on the mound for the front-runners. Terry Moore scores four runs for the Birds as they coast to a 7 - 1 victory behind Max Lanier's 14th victory.
• 1943 - The Philadelphia Athletics drop their 20th game in a row, losing to Chicago, 6 - 5. This ties the American League record. They dodge the bullet in the second game by scoring eight runs in the 2nd inning to win, 8 - 1.
• 1945 - Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from the Navy and attracts a home crowd of 46,477, who watch him strike out 12 and yield only four hits in a 4 - 2 win over Detroit's Hal Newhouser. He will get nine starts during the remainder of the year, and his five wins will include a one-hitter and two four-hitters. With the war now over, fans are clamoring for entertainment and it is clear Feller is still baseball's number one ticket seller.
• 1947:
  • In the first game of the doubleheader in Philadelphia, the Reds score nine runs in the 10th inning to win, 12 - 3. Ten batters go the plate before an out is made. Schoolboy Rowe wins the nitecap for Philly, 8 - 6, and helps the cause with a homer.
  • The Giants break the National League record for homers in a season, held by the Cubs, with their 172nd in a 4 - 0 shutout by Larry Jansen. Chicago's Hank Borowy takes the loss. The Cubs take the nitecap, 8 - 3, led by Eddie Waitkus' inside-the-park grand slam. This is the third such slam this season and that won't be matched till 1990.
• 1948:
  • The second 1948 East-West Game is held at Yankee Stadium. The East wins, 6 - 1, behind five-hit pitching by Max Manning, Dave Barnhill and Joe Black. 13 players in this contest will later spend time in the integrated major leagues, a record for an East-West Game.
  • At Fenway Park, with the Red Sox trailing Cleveland, 8 - 7, Vern Stephens crashes a two-run homer to give the Sox a 9 - 8 win and move them into first place. This is Stephen's 15th game-winning hit of the year.
• 1950 - Boston SS Vern Stephens' 9th-inning grand slam against the Browns gives the Red Sox a 6 - 2. win. The Sox have now won nine straight and have whipped the Browns 18 times in 19 games this year.
• 1951:
  • In another of Bill Veeck's legendary public relations stunts, "Fans Managers' Night," the Browns defeat the Athletics, 5 - 3. The Browns' coaches hold up placards for 1115 fans, who vote "yes" or "no" on the options given them. Manager Zack Taylor sits in a box behind the dugout with two fans who monitor the voting. Adding to the festivities is Max Patkin, the clown prince of baseball, who coaches at first base for several innings. Sherm Lollar voted in to start behind the plate instead of Matt Batts, has three hits including a homer, and Hank Arft, also voted in, knocks home two. Gus Zernial's 28th home run accounts for all the A's runs. When the stunt was announced on August 15, A's GM Art Ehlers bitterly denounced it as "farcical."
  • At the Polo Grounds, the Giants tie the Cards in the 9th on three singles, and with the bases loaded, Bobby Thomson scores the winner on a fielder's choice play at the plate. New York wins, 6 - 5, its 12th in a row and fourth in a row in coming from behind.
  • Gene Woodling cracks his third homer of the season against Cleveland's ace, Early Wynn, as the Yanks win, 2 - 0. Woodling went deep on Wynn on June 24th, July 24th and today. Mickey Mantle makes his first appearance since his recall from the minors.
  • At Ebbets Field, the Dodgers' Ralph Branca outduels Cubs pitcher Paul Minner to win, 1 - 0. Branca strikes out ten Cubs, walks none, and gives up three hits.
• 1954 - Robin Roberts is lifted in the 7th as the Braves finally knock out the Phillies ace, winning 5 - 1. Roberts had pitched 13 straight complete games against the Braves over three years, with a 12-1 record.
• 1957 - The Dodgers use eight pitchers in one game, tying the National League record, in a 13 - 7 loss to first-place Milwaukee. Johnny Podres leaves after giving up three home runs in the 4th. Hank Aaron hits the first grand slam of his career
• 1959 - New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses allocates $150,000 for a preliminary study on building a stadium.
• 1960 - Despite Roy Sievers' two homers and a double, the Yankees beat the White Sox, 3 - 2, dropping Chicago 1 1/2 games off the pace and into a second-place tie with the Orioles. Art Ditmar is the winner over Herb Score.
• 1961:
  • The Red Sox announce that they will not pay Jackie Jensen for any games he misses due to his fear of flying.
  • Ageless Satchel Paige signs with Portland (Pacific Coast League). In 25 innings for the Beavers, he will have a 2.88 ERA.
• 1962:
  • Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds before a game. An emergency intravenous injection of adrenaline saves his life.
  • The Reds' Bob Purkey wins his 20th game, defeating Houston, 4 - 2.
• 1963 - The Little League World Series is televised for the first time . With ABC's Wide World of Sports providing coverage of the championship game, Granada Hills, CA beats Stratford, CT, 2 - 1.
• 1965:
  • In the 1st inning against Pittsburgh, the Giants' Willie Mays scoops up a double from Donn Clendenon at the base of the 406-foot sign, whirls and fires with the ball reaching catcher Tom Haller on one bounce. Haller then tags out the astonished Willie Stargell. What is described as the greatest throw ever made in ancient Forbes Field is a costly one as Mays hurt himself and leaves the game in the 6th with a pulled groin muscle.
  • In Milwaukee, Tommy Harper cracks a two-run homer with two outs in the 9th inning as the Reds beat the Braves, 3 - 2. Billy O'Dell is the pitcher serving up Harper's homer.
• 1967 - While pushing a car, Philadelphia's Richie Allen suffers a severe injury when he pushes his hand through the headlight. It will sideline him for the remainder of the season. The Phils will go 14-21 without him.
• 1968 - New York's Mel Stottlemyre tops Tigers ace Denny McLain, 2 - 1, one of only six losses on the year for the man who will be a 31-game winner.
• 1969:
  • Seattle trades P Jim Bouton to Houston for pitchers Dooley Womack and Roric Harrison.
  • At St. Louis, Hank Aaron belts a 14th-inning three-run homer to give the Braves a 4 - 1 win over the Cards. There are no stolen bases in the game, though Bob Didier and Tim McCarver throw out six would-be thieves between them.
• 1970 - Oakland tags Dave McNally for ten hits but the Orioles ace still wins his 20th, 5 - 1, the third straight year he's reached the charmed circle.
• 1971:
  • Braves OF Rico Carty announces he has suffered permanent damage to his right eye from an altercation with three policemen in Atlanta, GA.
  • Padre Ed Acosta makes his major league pitching debut and shuts out the Phillies, 2 - 0. He's the first Padre to debut with a shutout.
  • Ernie Banks hits the final home run of his career as the Cubs beat the Reds, 5 - 4. Mr. Cub's 512th home run comes in the 1st inning off Jim McGlothlin.
• 1974:
  • Davey Lopes steals five bases as the Dodgers top the Cardinals, 3 - 0. He is thrown out on his sixth attempt. Don Sutton is the shutout winner.
  • The Red Sox, leading the American League by eight games, lose today, 4 - 1 to Oakland's Catfish Hunter, to start their slide. They will finish in third place, seven games back of Baltimore.
• 1975:
  • In the second game of a doubleheader sweep, Giant hurler Ed Halicki no-hits the Mets, 6 - 0. The 6' 7" righthander strikes out ten Mets to improve his record to 8-10. Craig Swan takes the loss. Controversy arises when Rusty Staub hits a ball off Halicki's leg, which caroms to 2B Derrel Thomas, who picks it up then drops it. Official scorer Joe Sargis rules it an E-4. New York columnist Dick Young, watching the game on TV, writes that it should be a hit and accuses Sargis of subscribing to the theory that the first hit off a starter should be a "good one." The no-hitter stands but UPI's Sargis loses his job as a sometime scorer.
  • After stealing second base in the 7th to add to his major league-record of 38 consecutive steals, Davey Lopes is nabbed in the 12th by Montreal C Gary Carter. The Expos then score three in the 14th off Mike Marshall to beat the Dodgers, 5 - 2.
  • Lou Brock steals the 800th base of his career as the Cardinals beat the visiting Braves 6 - 2. Carl Morton is on the mound and Biff Pocoroba behind the plate when Lou swipes second base.
• 1976:
  • At Tiger Stadium, Bill Freehan hits his 200th and final home run in a 12 - 7 loss to the White Sox. The Detroit catcher will finish his career with 100 homers hit at home with the other 100 dingers hit on the road.
  • "Mariners" is selected from 15,000 contest entries as the new Seattle franchise's nickname.
• 1977 - Catfish Hunter notches his final win of the year, an 11 - 1 four-hit victory over the Twins. New York supports Hunter with homer outbursts by Roy White, Mickey Rivers, Chris Chambliss and Bucky Dent.
• 1980:
  • Nolan Ryan holds the Cubs to two hits in nine innings to give the Astros their tenth straight victory, 2 - 1, winning over Bill Caudill. Jose Cruz homers. During the streak, the Houston bullpen has thrown 37 2/3 shutout innings.
  • Twins manager Gene Mauch resigns following a 3 - 2 loss to the Tigers. He will be replaced by Johnny Goryl.
• 1981:
  • The Reds top the visiting Mets, 2 - 0, behind Bruce Berenyi's two-hitter.
  • In his first major league game, first baseman Kent Hrbek hits a 12th-inning homer, giving the Twins a 3 - 2 victory over the Yankees.
• 1982 - Royals catcher John Wathan steals his 31st base, breaking Ray Schalk's 1916 record for stolen bases by a catcher. The backstop will wind up with 36 for the season.
• 1983:
  • Orioles southpaw Tippy Martinez picks off three runners in the 10th inning as the Blue Jays take long leads trying to take advantage of his new battery mate, Lenn Sakata, an infielder with no professional catching experience pressed into service behind the plate. The converted catcher gets revenge as his three-run homer in the bottom of the frame wins the game, 7 - 4.
  • 1B Pete Rose does not play in the Phillies' 5 - 3 loss to the Giants, ending his consecutive games played streak at 745. Manager Paul Owens had planned to use Rose as a pinch hitter in the 10th inning, but Joel Youngblood ends the game with a two-run home run off Steve Carlton in the bottom of the 9th.
  • Cubs P Chuck Rainey is one out away from a no-hitter when the Reds' Eddie Milner singles to center on the first pitch. Rainey settles for a 3 - 0 one-hitter, his first complete game of the season. For Milner, this is the third of five instances in which he will collect his team's only hit in a game, a major league mark he'll share with Cesar Tovar.
• 1984:
  • Despite allowing just one hit - an RBI single to Dave Parker in the 7th inning - Pittsburgh's Jose DeLeon loses to the Reds, 2 - 0. DeLeon walks three and strikes out eight but is beaten by Jeff Russell, who tosses a three-hitter of his own.
  • The Giants sweep a pair from the Mets with reliever Frank Williams winning both games. He totals three innings of work.
• 1985:
  • Three outs away from a no-hitter against the White Sox, Toronto's Dave Stieb surrenders consecutive home runs to Rudy Law and Bryan Little and is driven from the game. His replacement, Gary Lavelle, gives up a third straight home run, to Harold Baines, before Tom Henke comes in to save the 6 - 3 win.
  • Yankee Don Baylor ties a major league record when he is hit by a pitch for the 189th time in his career.
• 1989 - After weeks of legal wrangling, Commissioner Bart Giamatti permanently bans Pete Rose from baseball for his alleged gambling on major league games. Although the five-page document signed by both parties includes no formal findings, Giamatti says that he considers Rose's acceptance of the ban to be a no-contest plea to the charges. Coach Tommy Helms is named Rose's interim replacement as Cincinnati manager.
• 1991 - Mariners hurler Rob Murphy sets what is believed to be a major league record by appearing in his 121st straight game without receiving credit for a win, in a 7 - 2 loss to Detroit. Tom Henke had pitched in 120 consecutive winless games from 1986 to 1988.
• 1993:
  • Milwaukee OF Kevin Reimer is 6 for 6 and scores four runs in the Brewers' 7 - 6, 12-inning win over Oakland in the nitecap of two. The Brew Crew collects 21 hits. They have 13 hits in the opener, a 9 - 2 win in which Reimer is 1 for 2. Milwaukee trails 2 - 1 until the 7th.
  • The Padres score 13 runs in the 1st inning against the Cardinals. They win, 17 - 4.
  • The Phils' Danny Jackson beats the Rockies for his tenth win of the year. The Phils have five starters in double figures for the first time since 1932.
• 1996:
  • Atlanta defeats Chicago, 6 - 5, led by 1B Fred McGriff, who strokes five hits, including a double and two homers, and drives in four runs.
  • Cubs minor leaguer Kerry Wood of Daytona in the Florida State League combines on his second no-hitter, a 3 - 0 win over Vero Beach. Wood goes eight innings; he pitched seven innings of no-hit ball on July 28th against Tampa.
• 1999:
  • Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes only the seventh player to hit 40 homers in four consecutive seasons.
  • The Cards lose to the Brewers despite Mark McGwire's 508th career homer. He has hit 493 of these while playing 1B, equaling Lou Gehrig's mark for the position.
  • The Red Sox acquire P Kent Mercker from the Cards in exchange for C David Benham and P Mike Matthews.
  • The Phillies defeat the Padres, 18 - 2, as CF Rob Ducey gets five of Philadelphia's 22 hits.
• 2000 - In his fifth rehabilitation start in the minors, Devil Rays 26-year-old pitcher Tony Saunders' breaks his left arm again throwing a wild pitch. The Devil Ray southpaw first broke his left humerus on May 26, 1999 throwing a pitch in a game against Texas at Tropicana Field.
• 2001 - The Colorado Rockies defeat the Mets, 10 - 0, in P Jason Jennings' major league debut. Jennings hurls a five-hit shutout, while getting three safeties himself, including a home run. He becomes the first pitcher since 1900 to hurl a shutout and hit a home run in his first big league game.
• 2002:
  • The Angels defeat the Red Sox, 2 - 0. Manny Ramirez's streak of reaching base in 14 straight plate appearances is stopped two short of the major league mark.
  • The Orioles drop a pair to the Blue Jays, losing 4 - 1 and 8 - 3. This is the start of a miserable 4-31 year-end slide. In the first game, a makeup of a July 23 rainout, Vernon Wells has four hits, including a homer, and scores three runs. Pete Walker pitches seven innings for the win. The bright spot for Baltimore is Mike Bordick, who fields four chances flawlessly to set a major-league record with 428 straight chances without an error. It breaks the mark that Cal Ripken set in 1990. Wells and Chris Woodward hit homers in the second game.
• 2004 - Bud Selig, citing how disruptive a delay in the major league schedule would be on pennant races, says it is unlikely that major league players will ever be able to take part in the Olympics. The baseball commissioner hopes a "World Cup", which begins in 2006, will serve as a substitute for the Summer Games.
• 2005 - After fouling off three Jose Valverde full-count fastballs, Mike Jacobs goes deep at Bank One Ballpark to become the only player to hit four home runs during the first four games of a major league career. The Mets rookie, who hits two round-trippers in the 18 - 4 rout of the Diamondbacks, has homered four times, including his first big league at-bat, in his first 13 plate appearances.
• 2008:
  • 43-year-old Masahiro Yamamoto improves to 10-3 with a 9 - 1 win over the Yomiuri Giants. He breaks Kimiyasu Kudoh's NPB record as oldest hurler with double-digit wins. Earlier in the month, Yamamoto had reached 200 career wins. Through this game, he has won seven in a row.
  • The Mexico City Red Devils win the Mexican League title with a 6 - 1 win over the Monterrey Sultans. Elmer Dessens allows one run in eight innings to improve to 3-0 in the postseason, while Alfredo Simon takes the loss. DH Roberto Saucedo's two-run homer in the 5th is the winning blow. José Luis Sandoval goes 1 for 3 with two RBI; he wins the MVP award for the finals.
• 2009 - In a battle of National League wild card contenders at Coors Field, Colorado defeats San Francisco, 6 - 4, in 14 innings on a grand slam by Ryan Spilborghs. The score is tied 1 - 1 until the 14th, when the Giants score three on a two-run triple by Eugenio Velez and a groundout by Juan Uribe. But the Rocks rally off Brandon Medders and Justin Miller, who walks P Adam Eaton with the bases loaded to make it 4 - 2. Merkin Valdez then comes in to face Spilborghs and is greeted by the game-ending blast. The Rockies also announce today the signing of former MVP Jason Giambi, who was recently released by the Oakland A's.
• 2010 - The Astros win a marathon match with the Phillies, needing 16 innings and 5 hours to complete a 4 - 2 win in Philadelphia. After 1B Ryan Howard is ejected in the 14th inning, P Roy Oswalt is forced to play in left field for the Phils, who have no position players left. Howard's tossing caps a dreadful day for him, in which he goes 0 for 7 with five strikeouts. In the top of the 16th, the Astros scrap out two runs against loser David Herndon on a single, a hit by pitch, a walk, and two ground balls to the infield; in the bottom of the inning, Oswalt grounds out with two on for the game's final out.
• 2011:
  • The Red Sox recapture the lead in the AL East as their see-saw battle with the New York Yankees continues. Today, the Sox crush the Rangers, 13 - 2, behind the pitching of Josh Beckett and two-run homers by Jacoby Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford. Crawford has five RBI in the win.
  • Meanwhile, Oakland beats the Yankees, 6 - 4, in ten innings. Coco Crisp has four hits and five RBI for the A's, including a three-run homer - his second long ball of the game - off Rafael Soriano in the 10th. Crisp's first homer, off CC Sabathia, had given Oakland a 1 - 0 lead in the 1st, and his second RBI puts the team ahead 3 - 2 in the 8th; Scott Sizemore drives in the other run as part of a 4-for-4 night. Nick Swisher has a pair of homers for the losers, his second one tying the score in the bottom of the 8th.
• 2012:
  • Matt Harrison has a no-hitter until Trevor Plouffe singles with two outs in the 7th, but it's Adrian Beltre who ends up with a feat, hitting for the cycle for the second time of his career in the Rangers' 8 - 0 demolition of the Twins.
  • Chris Davis homers three times in a 6 - 4 Orioles win over the Toronto Blue Jays. With Adrian Beltre having turned the trick on them in their last game on August 22nd, the Orioles are the first team ever to be involved in back-to-back three-homer games.
  • T&A San Marino defends its Italian Baseball League title, winning the 2012 Italian Series four games to two over Rimini. In the finale, Tiago Da Silva goes the distance despite allowing 12 hits and four runs. With the game even in the bottom of the 9th, Francesco Imperiali doubles off Sandy Patrone to score Laidel Chapellí with the winner. Imperiali had hit a three-run homer off Roberto Corradini in the 2nd; the two big hits get him the Series MVP title.
• 2014:
  • The team from Seoul, South Korea wins the 2014 Little League World Series finals, defeating the Jackie Robinson West team of Chicago, IL, 8 - 4, in the championship game. It is the third win by a Korean team, after back-to-back titles in 1984 and 1985, while the Chicago team's presence in the finals reflects the fact that Major League Baseball's efforts to promote Little League Baseball in inner cities are starting to pay dividends.
  • The Solingen Alligators beat the Heidenheim Heideköpfe, 2 - 1, on the road, to take the Bundesliga-1 title, three games to one. Harry Glynne is named finals MVP after allowing two runs in 16 innings pitched, while Chris Mezger outduels Tyler Lockwood today. Robin Drache's two-run homer provides all the Solingen offense.
  • Draci Brno wins yet another Czech Extraliga title, as Petr Minařík allows two hits and no runs in seven innings in the decisive Game 5 against Kotlarka Praha. Michal Ondráček drives in Martin Schneider with the eventual game-winner in the 3rd; Schneider later relieves Minařík and notches the save.
• 2015:
  • The Mets set team records with eight homers and 14 extra-base hits in a 15 - 7 win over the Phillies. In his first at-bat since going on the disabled list with back problems in April, David Wright hits a long homer in the 2nd inning to get the ball rolling for New York. Wilmer Flores hits two and Yoenis Cespedes, Juan Lagares, Travis d'Arnaud, Daniel Murphy and Michael Cuddyer also go deep. New York overcomes a rare poor start by Jacob deGrom, who leaves after giving up seven runs in 2 2/3 innings, including three-run homers by Ryan Howard and Domonic Brown and a solo shot by Cameron Rupp. Reliever Sean Gilmartin is the winner, while Hector Neris is tagged with the loss.
  • Down 5 - 0 to the Tigers in a make-up game resulting from a rainout earlier this year, the Reds explode for ten runs in the 6th inning to win, 12 - 5. Brandon Phillips has a triple and homer and drives in four runs in the inning, while Eugenio Suarez homers and doubles against his former team. The ten runs are the most in one inning for the Reds since 2005 and they snap a nine-game losing streak.
• 2017 - A game between the Tigers and Yankees at Comerica Park is marred by a series of brawls and eight ejections. Things start to get ugly in the 6th when New York pitcher Tommy Kahnle throws a pitch behind Miguel Cabrera's head. Kahnle gets ejected, as does manager Joe Girardi who comes out to protest, and C Austin Romine and Cabrera after they get into a heated argument that see the two exchange blows and end up wrestling on the ground as both benches empty. After both teams score three runs in the 7th, Dellin Betances hits Detroit's James McCann with a fastball in the head, and Betances and coach Rob Thomson are both tossed. In the 8th, the Tigers' Alex Wilson plunks Todd Frazier and is ejected as well, along with manager Brad Ausmus. When the dust settles, the Tigers win the game, 10 - 6. Five participants will receive suspensions as a result: seven games for Cabrera for inciting the initial brawl, four games for Wilson, one for Ausmus, four games for Yankees player Gary Sanchez for throwing punches during the brawl, and two for Romine.
• 2022 - George Kirby of the Mariners starts today's game against the Nationals by throwing 24 consecutive strikes - a record since 1988, when all pitches were tracked for the first time. In the 8th inning. Seattle's Julio Rodriguez hits his 20th homer to become only the fourth rookie to have a season of 20 homers and 20 steals. But while Mariners players grab the headlines, Washington scores twice in the top of the 9th to win the game, 3 - 1.

Births

• 1859 - George Noftsker, outfielder (d. 1931)
• 1863 - Charlie Hall, outfielder (d. 1921)
• 1864 - Lou Hardie, catcher (d. 1929)
• 1864 - Belden Hill, infielder (d. 1934)
• 1876 - John Brown, pitcher (d. 1908)
• 1876 - Frank Quinn, outfielder (d. 1920)
• 1877 - Art Williams, outfielder (d. 1941)
• 1881 - Billy Kelsey, catcher (d. 1968)
• 1883 - Bill Moriarty, infielder (d. 1916)
• 1887 - Harry Hooper, outfielder; Hall of Famer (d. 1974)
• 1887 - Jimmy Walsh, outfielder (d. 1962)
• 1889 - Jewel Ens, infielder, manager (d. 1950)
• 1889 - Hank Gowdy, catcher, manager (d. 1966)
• 1890 - Ralph Mattis, outfielder (d. 1960)
• 1892 - Walter McClure, Olympic pitcher (d. 1959)
• 1893 - Shorty Des Jardien, pitcher (d. 1956)
• 1893 - Bartolo Portuondo, infielder (d. 1981)
• 1894 - Jimmy Cooney, infielder (d. 1991)
• 1894 - Bevo LeBourveau, outfielder (d. 1947)
• 1895 - Mose Herring, infielder (d. 1931)
• 1895 - Les Howe, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1897 - Al Bool, catcher (d. 1981)
• 1897 - John Monroe, infielder (d. 1956)
• 1897 - Frank Pratt, pinch hitter (d. 1974)
• 1902 - Jack Blott, catcher (d. 1964)
• 1902 - Jimmy Hudgens, infielder (d. 1955)
• 1907 - Tomoo Hirooka, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2002)
• 1907 - John McFarlin, infielder (d. 1947)
• 1907 - Frank Sancet, college coach (d. 1985)
• 1907 - Beryl Richmond, pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1909 - Lefty Bowers, pitcher (d. 1978)
• 1910 - Horace Hendrickson, college coach (d. 2004)
• 1912 - Frank Secory, outfielder (d. 1995)
• 1914 - Art Bartelli, minor league infielder/outfielder (d. 1992)
• 1914 - George Turbeville, pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1916 - Chubby Dean, pitcher (d. 1970)
• 1916 - Emory Lindsey, minor league catcher and manager (d. 2007)
• 1916 - Luis Suarez, infielder (d. 1991)
• 1917 - Laymon Ramsey, pitcher (d. 2003)
• 1922 - Sam Stassi, minor league infielder (d. 1998)
• 1924 - Kelly Lunn, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
• 1928 - Hal Griggs, pitcher (d. 2005)
• 1930 - Bob Ottesen, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)
• 1932 - Alfredo Ríos, minor league infielder; Salón de la Fama (d. 2019)
• 1932 - Hal Woodeshick, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2009)
• 1934 - Ron Plaza, coach (d. 2012)
• 1938 - Jim Crawford, scout (d. 2021)
• 1939 - Rick Joseph, infielder (d. 1979)
• 1942 - Carlos Gálvez, Cuban league pitcher
• 1953 - Luis Sanchez, pitcher (d. 2005)
• 1954 - Chris Batton, pitcher
• 1956 - Tony Bernazard, infielder
• 1956 - Neil Fiala, pinch hitter
• 1957 - Butch Benton, catcher
• 1959 - Andrew Madden, minor league pitcher
• 1960 - Joe Henderson Jr., minor league catcher
• 1960 - Cal Ripken, infielder; All-Star; Hall of Fame
• 1961 - John Ackley, minor league catcher
• 1964 - Kip Gross, pitcher
• 1965 - Webster Garrison, infielder
• 1966 - John Albertson, minor league catcher
• 1966 - Oscar Escobar, minor league infielder
• 1966 - Miguel Herrera, Spanish national team pitcher
• 1966 - Travis Law, minor league outfielder (d. 2006)
• 1966 - Dean Wilkins, pitcher
• 1967 - Darren Kirwin, Australian national team pitcher
• 1968 - Tony Bridges, minor league infielder
• 1968 - Tim Salmon, outfielder
• 1968 - Fred White, minor league pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1970 - Jim Popoff, minor league pitcher
• 1970 - Jason Satre, minor league pitcher
• 1970 - B.J. Waszgis, catcher
• 1971 - Eric Stuckenschneider, minor league outfielder
• 1971 - Everett Stull, pitcher
• 1972 - Mike Grzanich, pitcher
• 1972 - Kurt Miller, pitcher
• 1972 - Chris Prieto, outfielder
• 1973 - Arquimedez Pozo, infielder
• 1973 - Jeff Wood, scout
• 1974 - Bartolome Fortunato, pitcher
• 1974 - Jeff Kubenka, pitcher
• 1975 - Rafael Martinez, minor league infielder and manager
• 1975 - José Velázquez, minor league infielder-outfielder
• 1977 - Chris Baker, minor league pitcher
• 1977 - Tonayne Brown, minor league outfielder
• 1977 - Greg Montalbano, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1977 - Jim Wollscheid, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Mark Mangum, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Kosuke Matsui, NPB pitcher
• 1978 - Jean-Philippe Miet, Division Elite pitcher-outfielder
• 1979 - Brad Baisley, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Kevin Correia, pitcher; All-Star
• 1980 - Olmo Rosario, minor league infielder
• 1981 - Omar Beltré, pitcher
• 1981 - Tom Brice, minor league outfielder
• 1981 - Chris Mowday, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Luis Borroto, Cuban league pitcher
• 1982 - Chris Cunningham, minor league outfielder
• 1982 - Jeff Natale, minor league infielder
• 1982 - Reid Santos, minor league player
• 1982 - Sean Smith, minor league player
• 1983 - Cole Armstrong, minor league catcher and manager
• 1983 - Ray Chang, minor league infielder
• 1983 - Jon Connolly, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Brett Gardner, outfielder; All-Star
• 1983 - Alan Johnson, pitcher
• 1983 - Chris Kemp, scout
• 1984 - Daivelis Montiel, Venezuelan women's national team catcher
• 1985 - Ryan Eigsti, minor league catcher
• 1985 - Christian Garcia, pitcher
• 1985 - Anthony Ortega, pitcher
• 1985 - Bradley Roper-Hubbert, minor league outfielder
• 1985 - Tsung-Han Yu, Taiwan national team infielder
• 1986 - Nick Adenhart, pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1986 - Martin Beno, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - José Mosquera, minor league catcher and manager
• 1987 - Hsu-Ning Yuan, Taiwan women's national team catcher
• 1988 - Kevin Rivers, minor league outfielder
• 1988 - Jairo Rodriguez, minor league catcher
• 1988 - Wei Tang, China Baseball League catcher
• 1990 - Ryan Arrowood, minor league pitcher
• 1991 - Enrique Hernandez, infielder
• 1991 - Luke Jackson, pitcher
• 1992 - Justin Bianco, minor league outfielder
• 1992 - Tereza Švingrová, Czech women's national team pitcher
• 1993 - Brandon Martin, minor league infielder
• 1994 - Jamie Callahan, pitcher
• 1994 - Henry Centeno, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Jiahong Mi, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Steven Wilson, pitcher
• 1996 - Luis Iván Rodríguez, minor league pitcher
• 1997 - Ricardo Céspedes, minor league outfielder
• 1998 - Mason Miller, pitcher
• 1998 - McKinley Moore, pitcher
• 2001 - Mikey Perez, minor league infielder

Deaths

• 1900 - John Puhl, infielder (b. 1876)
• 1917 - Al McCauley, infielder (b. 1863)
• 1921 - Emil Gross, catcher (b. 1858)
• 1935 - George Keefe, pitcher (b. 1867)
• 1940 - Ed Hallinan, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1955 - John Raleigh, pitcher (b. 1887)
• 1956 - Art Fromme, pitcher (b. 1883)
• 1963 - Ren Kelly, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1963 - Arnold Waites, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 1965 - Sylvester Breen, minor league infielder (b. 1886)
• 1966 - Wheezer Dell, pitcher (b. 1886)
• 1968 - Dolly Stark, umpire (b. 1897)
• 1971 - Mitch Chetkovich, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 1974 - Jake Miller, outfielder (b. 1895)
• 1977 - Leo Cristante, pitcher (b. 1926)
• 1980 - Herman Fink, pitcher (b. 1911)
• 1984 - Roy Easterwood, catcher (b. 1915)
• 1985 - Boots McClain, infielder (b. 1899)
• 1986 - George Diehl, pitcher (b. 1918)
• 1990 - Mickey Witek, infielder (b. 1915)
• 1991 - Abel Kiviat, USA national team infielder (b. 1892)
• 1991 - Tony Martinez, infielder (b. 1940)
• 1999 - Fran Matthews, infielder (b. 1916)
• 1999 - Lonnie Summers, outfielder (b. 1915)
• 2001 - Hank Sauer, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1917)
• 2005 - Carlos Gastelum, minor league catcher (b. 1966)
• 2006 - Junior Thompson, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 2008 - Jim Campbell, minor league infielder (b. 1931)
• 2011 - Mike Flanagan, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1951)
• 2012 - Fred Cerbo, minor league pitcher (b. 1925)
• 2013 - Masayuki Dobashi, NPB pitcher and manager (b. 1935)
• 2016 - Juan Bell, infielder (b. 1968)
• 2016 - Neil Berry, infielder (b. 1922)
• 2019 - Tex Clevenger, pitcher (b. 1932)
• 2023 - Harry Blijden, Hoofdklasse outfielder (b. 1939)