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Events

• 1902:
  • Bid McPhee resigns as Reds manager and is replaced by interim manager Frank Bancroft.
  • In a 6 - 3 win against the Giants, the Pirates' Lefty Davis, 26, in stealing second "broke his leg in the same manner George Van Haltren did two months ago on the same spot," according to Sporting Life. Davis, a .287 hitter with 45 steals in 171 big league games so far, is out for the season. He'll return, but bat only .234 with 20 thefts in 177 more games.
• 1903:
  • At Boston, Jimmy Collins collects five hits, including a triple and homer, to pace the Americans to a 8 - 5 win over Chicago. It is Boston's 45th win of the year.
  • Clyde Bateman of the Waco Steers throws a no-hitter against the Fort Worth Panthers. What makes this much more notable is that he just had a four-homer game in May, giving him highly unusual offensive and pitching feats in the same year.
• 1904 - The Highlanders salvage the last game of the series with the Americans, 10 - 1, but Boston leaves New York with a 2 1/2 game lead in the American League. Patsy Dougherty has four of New York's 17 hits.
• 1908:
  • The White Sox play their second 16-inning game in two days, beating Philadelphia, 5 - 4.
  • Vic Willis gives the Pirates their second win in a row over the Giants, winning, 6 - 2. Mike Donlin's triple is the only New York hit.
• 1911 - The Federal Express of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, carrying the St. Louis Cardinals to Boston, plunges down an 18-foot embankment outside Bridgeport, CT, killing 14 passengers. The team's Pullmans were originally just behind the baggage coaches near the front. When noise prevented the players from sleeping, manager Roger Bresnahan requested the car be changed. The day coach that replaced the players' car is crushed and splintered. The players help remove bodies and rescue the injured, then board a special train to Boston, where the day's game is postponed. The railroad pays each player $25 for his rescue work and for lost belongings.
• 1914:
  • Babe Ruth breaks in with Boston, striking out in his first at bat, but pitching a 4 - 3 win over Cleveland. With the score 3 - 3 in the 7th, Duffy Lewis pinch hits for Ruth, singles, and later scores the winning run. Dutch Leonard strikes out four of the six batters he faces in relief.
  • Only 26 people are on hand to see Newark (IL) fade, 2 - 0, at Baltimore.
  • The Giants outhit the Cardinals, 18-16, and win, 13 - 9, in St. Louis. Christy Mathewson goes all the way, walking none but allowing three home runs. Bill Steele takes the Redbird defeat.
• 1916 - The Red Sox sweep the White Sox, winning 5 - 3 and 3 - 1. Babe Ruth starts both games, lasting a third of an inning in the opener, but pitching a 3 - 1 complete game win in the nitecap. Ruth starts the opener to give Rube Foster more time to warm up, and leaves after retiring the first batter.
• 1917 - In Detroit, Boston's Babe Ruth tops the Tigers, 1 - 0, allowing just Donie Bush's scratch single in the 8th. Ruth deflects the ball but the throw by the shortstop is too late. Ruth has a single and triple, but a pinch triple by Chick Shorten in the 9th drives home the only run. Ruth strikes out Bobby Veach, Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb in the 9th; for the last, he shakes off catcher and player/manager Bill Carrigan. In early 1942, in a speech in Los Angeles, Ruth will call this game his greatest thrill. The Babe also relates to writer John Carmichael that his greatest game was the "called shot" in the 1932 World Series.
• 1923 - Harry Frazee, owner of the Boston Red Sox since 1916, sells out for over $1 million to a group of Ohio businessmen, who bring in veteran front office man Bob Quinn from St. Louis to run the club. Frazee's departure is welcomed by Boston fans who are fed up with the sale of Frazee's best players over the years, many of them to the rival New York Yankees.
• 1924 - Cubs 1B Lee Cotter equals a major-league record for total chances when he makes 21 putouts and one assist in a game against Brooklyn.
• 1925 - George Sisler drives in seven runs in two innings, tripling with the bases full in the 3rd and hitting a grand slam in the 4th, in a Browns 10 - 5 win over Washington.
• 1927 - The White Sox tie a major-league record with eight sacrifice bunts in a 7 - 6 win over Boston.
• 1935 - Pete Fox's hitting streak is stopped after 29 games.
• 1936 - The Giants lose, 5 - 4, in Pittsburgh as Carl Hubbell, in relief, walks in the winning run. The loss leaves New York eleven games behind the front-running Cubs. New York wins the second game, 14 - 4, as Bill Terry, hobbled with a knee injury, bangs out a single, double and triple. The win sparks a Giants surge that will see them win 39 of their next 47 games.
• 1938 - The Dodgers buy former major-league hurler Whitlow Wyatt from Milwaukee (American Association).
• 1939 - With another Yankee-dominated lineup, the American League defeats the National League, 3 - 1, in the seventh All-Star Game, at Yankee Stadium. Cincinnati OF Ival Goodman fractures his shoulder diving for a ball.
• 1944 - At Forbes Field, Phil Cavarretta sets an All-Star Game record by reaching base five consecutive times. The Cub first baseman's triple, single and three walks helps the National League beat the junior circuit, 7 - 4.
• 1945 - Aaron Robinson, Yankees C, returns from the military. Red Ruffing is back too, and so are Hugh Mulcahy and Buddy Lewis. Charlie Keller will follow, and a couple of dozen former major-league players will be in uniform before the season is over.
• 1948 - The Reds' Ken Raffensberger allows just one hit - a single by Marty Marion in the 4th - in shutting out the Cardinals, 1 - 0, in St. Louis. It's his second one-hitter against St. Louis this year.
• 1950 - Making a leaping, off-the-wall catch of a Ralph Kiner drive in the 1st inning, Ted Williams fractures his left elbow in the All-Star Game at Chicago. Remaining in the game, he puts the American League ahead, 3 - 2, with an RBI single. Kiner's 9th-inning home run ties the game, and Red Schoendienst's blast in the 14th wins it. Williams later states he was never the same after this injury. It's a game of firsts - the first extra-inning All-Star Game, the first time the NL wins at an AL park, and the first All-Star Game ever shown on national television.
• 1953 - In his second major-league start, Al Worthington shuts out Brooklyn, 6 - 0, for his second shutout. This ties a major league record, last accomplished by Boo Ferriss of the Red Sox in 1945. Worthington stops the Dodgers' consecutive game homer streak. During the streak Brooklyn smacked 39 home runs, another major-league record.
• 1954:
  • The Red Sox whip the lowly Athletics, 18 - 0, for one of the worst shutouts in American League history. A's slugger Gus Zernial breaks his collarbone diving for a ball and is out of the lineup until late August.
  • Giants OF Don Mueller hits for the cycle, getting his hits off four different pitchers in a 13 - 7 rout of the Pirates. Five other homers are hit, three in the 3rd as Monte Irvin, Whitey Lockman and Alvin Dark connect.
• 1956 - The White Sox purchase Cardinal relief pitcher Ellis Kinder.
• 1957 - In Pittsburgh, Braves IF Felix Mantilla and OF Billy Bruton collide while chasing a pop fly. Mantilla will miss 19 games while Bruton will suffer knee damage and be out almost a year.
• 1959:
  • New Orleans seeks a franchise in the new proposed Continental League.
  • Boston SS Don Buddin cracks a 10th-inning grand slam, off reliever Bob Turley, to give the Red Sox an 8 - 4 win over New York. Turley replaced Jim Bronstad, who took over when Ryne Duren and Yogi Berra are tossed by ump Bill Summers.
• 1960 - In the first of this year's two All-Star Games, Pittsburgh's Bob Friend notches his second win in the National League's last three with three innings of one-hit, shutout ball. Friend's performance plus home runs by Ernie Banks and Del Crandall – not to mention perennial All-Star luminary, Willie Mays, falling just a few feet shy of the cycle – pace the Senior Circuit to a 5 - 3 decision over its junior counterpart at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium. Roberto Clemente makes his All-Star debut, but his sole at-bat results in a spectacular catch by Jim Lemon in the 9th inning.
• 1961 - Candlestick Park's notoriously vicious winds dominate the first of this year's two All-Star Games. A capacity crowd witnesses a record seven errors, not to mention hometown hero Stu Miller's wind-induced balk, enabling the American League to forge a 3 - 3 tie before losing, 5 - 4, in ten innings. Roberto Clemente has a huge game, tripling and scoring the game's first run, driving in the second with a sacrifice fly, driving Mickey Mantle to the centerfield fence, and delivering the walk-off single off knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm. The game-winning rally is comprised solely of contributions by the National League's four premier outfielders, in order of appearance: Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson and Clemente.
• 1962:
  • For the first time since 1938, when the Waner brothers pulled the trick, brothers Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaron homer in the same inning. Both homers are hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank's grand slam provides the winning margin in an 8 - 6 Braves win over the Cards.
  • The Senators send 1B Dale Long to the Yankees for OF Don Lock. Long will hit .298 in pinstripes this year.
• 1963:
  • "My first major league game was at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, and Roberto Clemente almost killed me!" The "Toy Cannon" meets a real cannon with near disastrous results. Speaking with Baseball Digest some 40 years after the fact, Jimmy Wynn dredges up this traumatic close encounter: "Not many people know this, but I came up as a shortstop. Clemente hit a screaming line drive, and I got my glove up just as the ball hit the left field wall. I was one heck of a high school shortstop, but the majors were another story. After that, I told the coaches and manager to get me out of the infield." In fact, this hair-raising encounter took place during Wynn's second game in the majors. Wynn will have to soldier on in the infield for another ten tension-filled days, but will be firmly ensconced in centerfield after that.
  • Jim Maloney strikes out 13 in pitching the Reds to a 7 - 3 win over the visiting Cubs.
• 1964 - Vic Power of the Angels is fined $250 and suspended ten days for spitting on umpire Jim Honochick after a close play during a doubleheader loss to the White Sox, 7 - 4 and 6 - 1, the previous day.
• 1967 - At Anaheim Stadium, Tony Perez's homer off Catfish Hunter in the 15th inning gives the Senior Circuit a 2 - 1 All-Star victory over the American League. It is the longest Mid-Summer Classic contest ever played.
• 1968:
  • Groundbreaking takes place for Kansas City's $43 million Jackson County Sports Complex - of which the future Royals Stadium is part.
  • Chicago Cubs P Bill Hands strikes out for the 14th straight at bat in the Cubs' 2 - 0 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader at New York. The 14 strikeouts in consecutive at-bats (as opposed to plate appearances) are a major league record.
  • Minnesota rookie Rick Renick is the 16th American League player to hit a home run in his first major league at bat. The Twins beat the Tigers, 5 - 4.
  • Earl Weaver, who never played in the majors, manages his first game with the Baltimore Orioles. The Birds defeat the Washington Senators, 2 - 0, on Dave McNally's two-hitter. Baltimore will win 11 of its first 15 games under Weaver.
• 1969:
  • The Red Sox swat the Orioles twice, winning 7 - 4 and 12 - 3. Reggie Smith is 7 for 9 and stretches his hitting streak to 19 games. Carl Yastrzemski has a homer in each game as the Red Sox total 22 hits in the nitecap, including five by Mike Andrews.
  • Harmon Killebrew hits a pair of homers and a double to boost his RBI total to an American League-high 90. The Twins beat the Pilots, 9 - 2.
• 1971:
  • The Reds win game one against the Mets, 5 - 2, then complete the sweep as Tony Perez drives in all five runs to defeat the Mets, 5 - 3, in the nitecap. Perez puts the Reds ahead with a three-run homer off Tom Seaver in the 8th. Jim McGlothlin strikes out 12 in winning the second game.
  • Deron Johnson hits three home runs, giving him four straight over two games, helping the Phils beat the Expos, 11 - 5.
  • Tony Conigliaro, who had gone 0 for 8 with five strikeouts for the Angels during their 20-inning loss two days earlier, calls a five A.M. press conference to announce his retirement. Later tests will show that the sight in his left eye, injured in a 1967 beaning, has deteriorated.
• 1972:
  • Cub Billy Williams goes 8 for 8 in a doubleheader split with the Astros. The Astros win the opener, 6 - 5, and the Cubs take the nightcap, 9 - 5. Williams is 5 for 5 in the second game to raise his average to .328. He'll go 3 for 5 and 4 for 5 in his next two games as part of a 22 for 38 tear.
  • At Oakland, Boston's Marty Pattin has his no-hit bid foiled when Reggie Jackson hits a one-out single in the 9th. Boston wins, 4 - 0.
• 1973:
  • Jim Northrup knocks in eight runs and scores three times as the Tigers rout the Rangers, 14 - 2. The 3-for-4 performance by the Tigers' leadoff hitter helps him record the 500th run and RBI of his career.
  • In San Diego, the Pirates drub the Pads, 10 - 2. Willie Stargell contributes the 302nd home run of his career to pass Ralph Kiner as the all-time Pirate home run leader.
• 1974 - The Padres release OF Matty Alou. Matty's brother, Felipe Alou, was released by the Brewers on April 29th. Younger brother Jesus Alou keeps the Alou name alive in major league baseball, playing for the A's.
• 1976:
  • In Boston's 6 - 4 win over the Twins at Fenway Park, Minnesota CF Lyman Bostock drops Carl Yastrzemski's long fly ball to deep center after a bucket of popcorn falls in his eyes.
  • In a pre-game promotion at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 34 couples are married at home plate. The nuptials are then followed by Championship Wrestling in an evening billed as "Headlocks and Wedlocks." The Braves then pin a 9 - 8 loss on the Mets.
  • Hank Aaron's 10th-inning homer, his ninth of the season, in the second game gives the Brewers a doubleheader sweep over the Texas Rangers and a sweep of the four-game series. Milwaukee wins, 6 - 3 and 5 - 4, with the wins going to Jim Slaton and Bill Castro.
• 1977 - The Angels fire manager Norm Sherry. Dave Garcia takes over.
• 1978 - At San Diego Stadium, Steve Garvey becomes the first two-time MVP in All-Star history. The Dodgers first baseman's game-tying, two-run single and a triple help the National League beat the American League, 7 - 3. Vida Blue starts for the NL, the first pitcher to start for both leagues. Blue also started in 1971 and 1975 for the American League.
• 1980 - The Dodgers sell knuckleballer Charlie Hough to the Rangers.
• 1982 - The Cincinnati Enquirer features a contest in which readers are asked to pick the date and time when the last-place Reds will be eliminated from the NL West race. The winner gets two tickets to the last game of the year, while the runner-up gets four tickets to the same game.
• 1983 - With his club in the National League West cellar, 15 1/2 games behind the Braves, Reds president Dick Wagner is fired by the club's general partners.
• 1985 - Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher to record 4,000 strikeouts, fanning Danny Heep in the 6th inning of Houston's 4 - 3 win over the Mets. Ryan finishes with 11 strikeouts in seven innings but gets a no-decision. Bill Doran's fifth hit drives home Dickie Thon in the 12th with the winning run.
• 1987 - Billy Ripken, 22, joins his brother Cal Ripken Jr. in the Orioles' starting lineup in Baltimore's 2 - 1 loss to the Twins. Orioles manager Cal Ripken, Sr. is the first to manage two sons in the majors.
• 1989 - Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs lead off the bottom of the 1st inning with back-to-back home runs off Rick Reuschel to spark the American League to a 5 - 3 win in the All-Star Game at Anaheim Stadium. Jackson earns MVP honors.
• 1990:
  • At Comiskey Park, the White Sox honor their 1917 World Championship team by donning old-fashioned uniforms and scaling concessions back to World War I prices. This will spawn many more Turn Back the Clock-style promotions across Major League Baseball in the coming years. Chicago loses to Milwaukee, 12 - 9, in 13 innings.
  • Jack McKeon resigns as manager of the Padres but keeps his position as San Diego's vice president of baseball operations. He is replaced in the dugout by Greg Riddoch. Later in the season, McKeon will lose his front-office job as well.
• 1991:
  • The Reds trade 1B Todd Benzinger to the Royals in exchange for OF-1B Carmelo Martinez.
  • Recently released by the Angels, Fernando Valenzuela signs a minor league contract with them and will report to the Class-A Midland Angels.
• 1994:
  • Handling four chances in the 8 - 1 defeat to the Rockies, Cardinal infielder Ozzie Smith passes Luis Aparicio and moves into the top spot on the all-time list for assists by a shortstop. "The Wizard of Oz" will end his 19-year career in 1996 with 8,375 assists.
  • The Pirates unveil a statue of Roberto Clemente outside Three Rivers Stadium.
• 1995:
  • Mickey Mantle's final public appearance increases awareness of organ donation programs.
  • The National League defeats the American League in the All-Star Game, 3 - 2, on an 8th-inning pinch-hit home run by Jeff Conine. Conine becomes the tenth player to homer in his first All-Star at bat, and is named the game's MVP. Frank Thomas, Craig Biggio and Mike Piazza also connect for home runs. Thomas becomes the first White Sox player ever to homer in the Mid-summer Classic as the NL out-homers the American League, three to two.
• 1996:
  • In the Twins' 11 - 7 loss to the Indians, Chuck Knoblauch completes his tenth multi-hit game in a row - the longest such streak in the majors since 1978. Manny Ramirez and Albert Belle drive in nine runs between them for the Tribe, and Jack McDowell picks up the win.
• 1998 - Padre reliever Trevor Hoffman, brother of opposing manager Glenn Hoffman, saves the Padres' 4 - 1 victory over the Dodgers. It's the first time in major league history a player has faced his brother as a manager.
• 1999:
  • The Cardinals score all their runs in the 1st inning and go on to defeat the Giants, 5 - 4, in a game in San Francisco. Prior to the contest, the Giants retire Orlando Cepeda's uniform No. 30, making him the ninth Giant player so honored.
  • After 14 straight road losses - a club record - the Phils finally win, beating the Expos, 3 - 2, behind Curt Schilling.
  • The Diamondbacks defeat the A's, 7 - 4, as Jay Bell hits a grand slam which wins Gylene Hoyle $1 million. She is the fan who wins the prize for picking the player who would hit a grand slam and the inning in which it would be done.
• 2000 - The American League wins its fourth consecutive All-Star Game, beating the National League, 6 - 3. Derek Jeter of the Yankees and Chipper Jones of the Braves each go 3 for 3 in the contest. Jeter takes MVP honors, while Chicago's James Baldwin gets the victory.
• 2001 - Dodgers P Darren Dreifort undergoes reconstructive arm surgery and is expected to be out until at least this time next season.
• 2002:
  • The Marlins send P Ryan Dempster to the Reds for OF Juan Encarnacion, IF Wilton Guerrero, and minor league P Ryan Snare. Florida then sends OF Cliff Floyd, Guerrero, minor league P Claudio Vargas and $1.5 million to the Expos in exchange for Ps Carl Pavano and Graeme Lloyd, IF Mike Mordecai and minor league P Justin Wayne.
  • The Indians fire their manager, Charlie Manuel, and name third base coach Joel Skinner as the interim skipper. After issuing an ultimatum to the front office about his status, the 58-year-old is released after piloting Cleveland to a 39-47 record, 9 1/2 games behind first-place Twins in the AL Central.
  • The Mets score eight runs in the 8th inning to break a 1 - 1 tie and defeat the Phillies, 9 - 1.
• 2004 - Carlos Beltran, selected to be an American League All-Star, will now have an opportunity patrol the National League outfield instead. The former Royals fly catcher, traded to the Astros last month, is invited by Senior Circuit skipper Jack McKeon to replace Ken Griffey, Jr., on the star-studded roster.
• 2006 - With two outs in the top of the 9th, Michael Young hits a two-run triple off Trevor Hoffman to give the American League a 3 - 2 win in the 2006 All-Star Game; it is the tenth straight win by the AL team.
• 2009:
  • Washington has its best offensive game since relocating from Montreal in 2005 in beating Houston, 13 - 2. The Nats collect 21 hits - the most for them since the move - and Nick Johnson, Josh Willingham and Adam Dunn homer in consecutive at bats in the 6th, also a first. Craig Stammen pitches a complete game for the win.
  • The Yankees hit a season-high five home runs in Los Angeles, including two by Alex Rodriguez, but they still lose, 14 - 8, to the Angels, who have scored 24 runs in two games since their two most potent offensive weapons, Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter, hit the disabled list simultaneously on July 9th. Rodriguez moves past another steroid-tainted player, Rafael Palmeiro, for tenth on the all-time major league home run list.
• 2010:
  • 18-year-old Mike Trout, the youngest player in the game, hits a double and single and fellow Angels prospect Hank Conger hits a three-run homer to lead the United States to a 9 - 1 victory over the World team at the 2010 Futures Game in Anaheim. Eric Hosmer collects four hits for the winners, while Desmond Jennings scores three runs, but it is Conger who receives the Larry Doby Award as MVP of the game.
  • The White Sox take advantage of five home runs - two by Carlos Quentin, including a grand slam, and one each by Alex Rios, Andruw Jones and Dayan Viciedo - to beat the Royals, 15 - 5. It's the Sox's eighth straight win and puts them in first place in the AL Central at the All-Star break, capping a remarkable turnaround that has seen the Pale Hose win 25 of their last 30 games after a slow start to the season.
  • Philadelphia wins 1 - 0 over the Reds to complete a four-game sweep. It is the first time since 1913 that the Phils have recorded consecutive 1 - 0 victories. Cole Hamels pitches scoreless ball into the 8th inning and relievers J.C. Romero and Brad Lidge record the last four outs of the game. Jimmy Rollins becomes the first National Leaguer since Roger Maris in 1968 to drive in the only run in consecutive 1 - 0 wins.
• 2011 - Robinson Cano wins the annual All-Star Game Home Run Derby with a record-breaking performance in the final round at Chase Field. After Adrian Gonzalez ties the best-ever home run total for a final round with 11, Cano, hitting off his father Jose, launches 12 balls into the stands with four outs to spare to claim the crown.
• 2012 - The Pacific Coast League ends a three-game losing streak in the AAA All-Star Game, beating the International League, 3 - 0, in the 2012 AAA All-Star Game. Wil Myers drives in one run then scores another in being named the PCL Star of Stars, while Matt Harvey takes the honor for the IL with two shutout innings. IL starter Tyler Cloyd (8-1, 2.01) allows two runs in the 1st to take the loss.
• 2013:
  • Derek Jeter plays for the Yankees for the first time since breaking his ankle in Game 1 of the 2012 ALCS. Inserted as the DH, he singles on the first pitch he sees and comes in to score as the Yanks beat the Royals, 8 - 4. Jeter comes back after only four rehabilitation outings in the minors, after two Yankees starters, CF Brett Gardner and DH Travis Hafner, are injured the previous day. However, Jeter leaves the game after the 5th inning with a tight quad muscle and will undergo an MRI.
  • On the day he is made an All-Star by winning the NL's "Final Man Vote", Braves 1B Freddie Freeman drives in four runs to lead his team to a 6 - 5 win over the Reds. Freeman hits a two-run double in the 1st and later adds a pair of run-scoring singles.
• 2014 - Aroldis Chapman of the Reds sets a new record by notching a strikeout in his 40th straight relief appearance, dating back to August 21, 2013. The previous record had been held by Bruce Sutter since 1977. Chapman strikes out the side against the Pirates on the way to his 20th save of the year.
• 2015:
  • The Marlins set a team record with nine consecutive hits in the 7th inning of a 14 - 3 win over the Reds. One of the hits is costly, as 2B Dee Gordon dislocates his left thumb in reaching on an infield single, putting him out of the All-Star Game. Reliever Mike Dunn has his first career hit during the string as Miami scores eight runs. J.T. Realmuto hits a three-run homer as rookie Adam Conley records his first victory in a spot start. For Cincinnati, Manny Parra gives up five runs without retiring a batter.
  • The Colombian national team appears in its first Pan American Games since 1983. In the opener of the 2015 Pan American Games, they trail the Cuban national team, 4 - 3, after five before Cuba pulls away late for a 10 - 3 win. Lázaro Blanco gets the win over Javier Ortiz, with Héctor Acuña homering for Colombia. José Adolis García hits a two-run shot, Roel Santos a solo bomb and Raúl González a three-run dinger.
  • The Tenerife Marlins Puerto Cruz sweeps Beisbol Navarra on the final day of the season to finish at 24-4, one game ahead of the Astros Valencia for their third straight Division Honor title.
• 2016 - Giancarlo Stanton wins the annual Home Run Derby staged as part of the All-Star Game festivities in San Diego, CA. Stanton outhomers defending champion Todd Frazier, 20 to 13, in the final round.
• 2017 - The American League wins the 2017 All-Star Game, played at Marlins Park in Miami, FL, 2 - 1, in ten innings over the National League. Miguel Sano gives the AL the lead with a bloop single to right scoring Jonathan Schoop with two outs in the 5th, but Yadier Molina ties it with a solo homer to the opposite field off Ervin Santana in the 6th. Robinson Cano leads off the 10th by parking Wade Davis' first pitch beyond the right-field fence, then Andrew Miller records the last three outs for the save. Cano is named winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game's MVP. The two leagues are now tied with 43 wins apiece since the first mid-summer classic was played in 1933, with two ties.
• 2018:
  • The Rockies go on a scoring binge in crushing the Diamondbacks, 19 - 2. The Rox hit five homers, including two by Carlos Gonzalez and one by pitcher German Marquez, while position players Daniel Descalso and Alex Avila combine for 4 2/3 innings of relief in order to spare Arizona's bullpen. D-Backs starter Shelby Miller does not make it out of the 1st inning, allowing five runs before exiting due to tightness in his elbow, and relievers Jorge De La Rosa and Yoshihisa Hirano are shelled for seven and four runs respectively.
  • The Indians also light up the scoreboard in winning the battle of Ohio, 19 - 5, over the Reds. Jose Ramirez homers twice and drives in five, as Tyler Mahle gives up seven runs in 2 1/3 innings and his successor, Tanner Rainey, another eight runs in just two-thirds of an inning. IF Alex Blandino is called on to pitch mop-up duty in the 8th and is the only Reds pitcher not to allow a run.
• 2019 - In the only game scheduled today, Lance Lynn of the Rangers becomes the first pitcher in the majors to record 12 wins when he defeats the Astros, 5 - 0, striking out 11 in seven innings. Also today, Astros OF Jake Marisnick receives a two-game suspension for crashing into Angels C Jonathan Lucroy in the final game before the All-Star break, on July 7th, causing a concussion.
• 2021:
  • Henry Davis, a catcher from the University of Louisville is the first overall pick in the 2021 amateur draft, by the Pirates. The first round does not go as predicted, as in addition to the surprise selection of Davis, consensus top-five picks like Kumar Rocker and Kahlil Watson fall down the order, while less heralded high school players are tagged with five of the six picks between #3 and #8.
  • The National League defeats the American League, 8 - 3, in the 2021 Futures Game played at Coors Field. The NL players bang out five homers, including two by Brennen Davis, who is named winner of the Larry Doby Award as the game's MVP. The AL is held to one hit and no runs through the first six innings before scoring three times in the final 7th inning to make the ultimate score at least respectable.
  • Pablo López of the Marlins sets a new major league record by striking out the first nine batters he faces in a start against the Braves. Before him, three pitchers had opened a game with eight strikeouts.
• 2022 - Whit Merrifield's Royals franchise-record 553 games consecutive games streak ends as he sits out today's doubleheader against the Tigers because of an injured toe. It was also the longest active streak in the majors and dated back to 2018. In spite of his absence, the Royals sweep both games, 3 - 1 and 7 - 3, as rookie Bobby Witt Jr. collects six hits, three RBIs and three stolen bases on the day.
• 2023 - Having lost the last nine editions of the All-Star Game since 2012, the National League is victorious in the 2023 All-Star Game played at Seattle's T-Mobile Park, 3 - 2, over the American League. The key blow is a two-run homer by Elias Díaz off Félix Bautista in the 8th inning which puts the senior circuit ahead after a sacrifice fly by Bo Bichette had given the AL a 2 - 1 lead in the 6th. Díaz is named the winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game's MVP.

Births

• 1865 - George Meakim, pitcher (d. 1923)
• 1865 - Pop Schriver, catcher (d. 1932)
• 1872 - Harry Maupin, pitcher (d. 1952)
• 1873 - Jimmy Slagle, outfielder (d. 1956)
• 1876 - Percy Haughton, owner (d. 1924)
• 1883 - Conrad Kjerstad, college coach (d. 1967)
• 1884 - Harry Wolter, outfielder (d. 1970)
• 1886 - Hank Griffin, pitcher (d. 1950)
• 1889 - Vaughn Blanchard, USA national team infielder (d. 1969)
• 1889 - Billy Burke, pitcher (d. 1967)
• 1893 - Clarence Blethen, pitcher (d. 1973)
• 1893 - Milt Stock, infielder (d. 1977)
• 1895 - Jim York, catcher (d. 1934)
• 1897 - Chet Nichols, pitcher (d. 1982)
• 1897 - Red Ryan, pitcher (d. 1969)
• 1898 - Joe Batchelder, pitcher (d. 1989)
• 1899 - Binky Jones, infielder (d. 1961)
• 1902 - Sensation Clark, pitcher (d. 1962)
• 1902 - Burrulote Rodríguez, Dominican national team manager (d. 1964)
• 1908 - Glenn Dixon, outfielder (d. 1992)
• 1911 - Horatio Lamar, infielder (d. 1998)
• 1911 - Vito Tamulis, pitcher (d. 1974)
• 1914 - George Binks, outfielder (d. 2010)
• 1914 - Al Jarlett, minor league pitcher (d. 1987)
• 1914 - Gentry Jessup, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1998)
• 1921 - Hal Gregg, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1991)
• 1921 - León Kellman, infielder; All-Star (d. 2003)
• 1924 - Al Federoff, infielder (d. 2011)
• 1926 - Bill Lutes, minor league outfielder (d. 2013)
• 1927 - Harry Smith, scout (d. 2003)
• 1928 - Mike Schultz, minor league pitcher
• 1931 - Hal Charnofsky, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2002)
• 1931 - Stan Charnofsky, college coach
• 1931 - Dick Gray, infielder (d. 2013)
• 1934 - Bob Allison, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1995)
• 1937 - Verle Tiefenthaler, pitcher
• 1938 - Ted Schreiber, infielder (d. 2022)
• 1942 - Gary Fischer, minor league pitcher (d. 2019)
• 1942 - Jim Sevcik, minor league outfielder
• 1942 - John Sevcik, catcher
• 1945 - Katsutoshi Miwata, NPB pitcher (d. 1998)
• 1947 - Ron Cook, pitcher
• 1949 - Jack Heidemann, infielder
• 1949 - Stan Thomas, pitcher
• 1950 - Tom Lepperd, umpire
• 1951 - Ed Ott, catcher
• 1953 - Sam Hinds, pitcher (d. 2019)
• 1953 - Michele Romano, Italian Baseball League pitcher and manager
• 1953 - Hisataka Yukizawa, NPB infielder
• 1956 - Joey McLaughlin, pitcher
• 1958 - Mike Fuentes, outfielder
• 1959 - Bert Peña, infielder (d. 2023)
• 1960 - Jerry Aubin, minor league outfielder
• 1962 - Brian Brady, outfielder
• 1966 - Efrain Valdez, pitcher
• 1966 - Masao Yanada, NPB outfielder
• 1967 - Andy Ashby, pitcher; All-Star
• 1967 - Donne Wall, pitcher
• 1969 - Mark Carlson, umpire
• 1970 - Billy Ashley, outfielder
• 1970 - Sal Bando Jr., minor league infielder
• 1972 - Mark Little, outfielder
• 1972 - Igor Oropeza, minor league pitcher
• 1972 - Kyung-wan Park, KBO catcher
• 1974 - Rafael Ozuna, minor league infielder and manager
• 1975 - Gerric Waller, minor league outfielder
• 1976 - Ryoji Aikawa, NPB catcher
• 1976 - Juan Garcia, Division Honor outfielder
• 1977 - Javier Lopez, pitcher
• 1979 - Josh Goldfield, minor league catcher
• 1980 - Fenglian Hou, China Baseball League infielder
• 1980 - Matt Merrifield, Elitserien catcher
• 1981 - Franklin Blanco, minor league manager
• 1981 - Blaine Boyer, pitcher
• 1982 - Matt Weagle, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Jung Ji Cho, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Zach Clark, pitcher
• 1984 - Yorman Bazardo, pitcher
• 1984 - Eric Durante, minor league infielder
• 1984 - Peter Ferak, Austrian national team infielder
• 1984 - Jakub Malik, Hoofdklasse outfielder
• 1984 - Jonathan Meloan, pitcher
• 1985 - Shuai Li, Chinese national team pitcher
• 1986 - Bryan Augenstein, pitcher
• 1986 - Cirilo Cumberbatch, minor league player
• 1986 - Shun Tono, NPB pitcher
• 1986 - Tyler Wilson, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Shun Yamaguchi, NPB pitcher
• 1988 - Greg Peavey, minor league pitcher
• 1992 - Johnny Barbato pitcher
• 1993 - Tom Roulis, minor league infielder
• 1994 - Jon Duplantier, pitcher
• 1994 - Maik Ehmke, minor league outfielder
• 1994 - Giorgi Jalabadze, Georgian national team infielder
• 1995 - Logan Grigsby, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1995 - Daniel Johnson, outfielder
• 1995 - Justin Steele, pitcher; All-Star
• 1997 - Griffin Conine, minor league outfielder
• 1997 - Ryan Rolison, minor league pitcher
• 1998 - Samad Taylor, outfielder
• 2000 - Tan Chiu, CPBL outfielder
• 2001 - Carlos Arroyo, minor league infielder
• 2003 - Ahmad Ghouleh, Palestinian national team pitcher-outfielder

Deaths

• 1881 - Steve Dignan, outfielder (b. 1859)
• 1884 - Bill Smiley, infielder (b. 1856)
• 1886 - Denny Driscoll, pitcher (b. 1855)
• 1901 - Dave McKeough, catcher (b. 1863)
• 1931 - Alex Donoghue, outfielder (b. 1863)
• 1948 - Bert Hall, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1952 - Dutch Leonard, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1953 - Lew Wendell, catcher (b. 1892)
• 1959 - Frank Gilhooley, outfielder (b. 1892)
• 1966 - Barney Lutz, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1917)
• 1972 - Johnnie Tyler, outfielder (b. 1906)
• 1973 - George Edmondson, pitcher (b. 1896)
• 1982 - Chet Nichols, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1984 - Moose Clabaugh, outfielder (b. 1901)
• 1984 - Lyle Luttrell, infielder (b. 1930)
• 1987 - Joe Bennett, infielder (b. 1900)
• 1989 - Juanelo Mirabal, pitcher (b. 1901)
• 1997 - Joe Hauser, infielder (b. 1899)
• 1999 - Henry Kimbro, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1912)
• 2005 - Vane Sutton, US national team pitcher (b. 1929)
• 2006 - Phyllis Baker, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1937)
• 2008 - Chuck Stobbs, pitcher (b. 1929)
• 2010 - Bob Sheppard, announcer (b. 1910)
• 2012 - Jim Beane, college coach (b. 1923)
• 2012 - Art Ceccarelli, pitcher (b. 1930)
• 2014 - Deni Pacini, scout (b. 1933)
• 2018 - Dan Ewald, writer (b. ~1945)
• 2020 - Frank Bolling, infielder; All-Star (b. 1931)
• 2022 - Dick Schofield, infielder (b. 1935)
• 2023 - Coco Gómez, Cuban league catcher and manager (b. 1933)