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Events, births and deaths that occurred on July 16.

Events

• 1853 - The New York Clipper publishes what is believed to be the first tabulated boxscore of a baseball game. The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York defeated the Gotham Club, 21 - 12, on July 5th.
• 1897 - At the age of 45, Chicago's Cap Anson becomes the first major leaguer to amass 3,000 hits when he singles off Baltimore's George Blackburn.
• 1901 - In Cleveland, Boston's Cy Young notches his 12th straight win, staggering to a 10 - 8 victory over the Blues. Buck Freeman has three hits including a triple off losing pitcher Earl Moore.
• 1902 - Giants owner Andrew Freedman announces he has purchased controlling interest in the Baltimore club and releases Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity, and Jack Cronin to sign with New York. Mike Donlin, Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to the Reds, where Kelley will take over as manager. At Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans, John McGraw begins his 30-year tenure as manager of the Giants in another fallout from the takeover of the Orioles. "Little Napoleon", the team's third skipper of the season, loses his debut to the Reds, 7 - 2.
• 1903:
  • The Americans score seven runs in the 1st inning, four coming after a third out is disallowed because the umpire had turned to the bench to ask for new baseballs. Boston rolls to an 11 - 4 win over Cleveland.
  • Roger Bresnahan, playing center field for the Giants, starts a triple play against the Pirates with the bases loaded. The future Hall of Fame catcher snags a line drive and his throw to home holds the runner at third base. Catcher John Warner throws to second base to get the runner advancing and the return home nabs the runner from third. Pittsburgh gets two inside-the-park homers from Ginger Beaumont but New York wins.
• 1904 - At New York, Highlanders pitcher Jack Chesbro swipes home in the bottom of the 10th to win his own game, 9 - 8.
• 1905 - The Pirates edge the Giants, 2 - 1, overcoming the pitching of Christy Mathewson, who is knocked over by Fred Clarke in a play at first base. Six Giants are tossed out of the coaching box during the game. Pittsburgh now trails New York by six games.
• 1907 - Ed Walsh sets another major league record for fielding chances for pitchers, handling 12 assists and three putouts in a 13-inning game.
• 1908 - At Chicago, manager Frank Chance figures to rattle Giants rookie Otis "Doc" Crandall and elects to bat the Cubs first (this option for the home team will only be stricken from the rules in 1951). But Crandall is a rock and nurses a 4 - 1 lead into the last of the 9th. After one out, Christy Mathewson, warming in the bullpen, decides the game is well in hand and goes into the clubhouse to shower. Crandall promptly walks three straight, wherein John McGraw looks in vain for Matty. The Giants' ace quickly dries off, throws on a uniform, and puts his street shoes on. By the time he arrives on the mound, reliever Joe McGinnity has walked in a run. Matty gets a ground out, then a strikeout, and the Giants win, 4 - 3. Ed Reulbach takes the loss for Chicago.
• 1909:
  • The Phillies send righthanded pitchers Buster Brown and Lew Richie and 2B Dave Shean to the Boston Nationals for OF Johnny Bates and IF Charlie Starr.
  • The Giants sweep the Reds, winning the last game, 2 - 1, behind Christy Mathewson. Jack Rowan takes the loss for Cincy.
  • At Bennett Park, the Tigers and Senators play the longest scoreless game in American League history. Ed Summers pitches the complete game, holding the Nationals to seven hits, two walks (one intentional), while fanning 10. The Nationals' 30-year-old rookie, Bill "Dolly" Gray, allows only one hit before leaving with an injury after eight innings. He is replaced by Bob Groom. Gray will put another entry in the record books next month when he walks seven straight batters. The 0 - 0 contest is called after the 18th inning.
• 1913 - In a game against the Cubs, Superbas second baseman George Cutshaw handles 14 chances without an error.
• 1914:
  • The Red Sox acquire 1B Dick Hoblitzel from Cincinnati.
  • The Tigers, minus Ty Cobb who is nursing a sore thumb, knock out rookie Babe Ruth in the 4th inning and trip the Red Sox, 5 - 2. It is Ruth's first loss.
• 1916 - At Chicago, the Cubs and Brooklyn play a 16-inning, 7 - 7 tie, called on account of darkness. In the 10th inning, the Cubs' George Cutshaw swipes home to knot the score.
• 1920:
  • The Pirates' Earl Hamilton runs out of steam after pitching 16 scoreless innings against the Giants, and loses, 7 - 0, in 17.
  • Babe Ruth becomes the first major leaguer to hit 30 home runs in a season. He will end the year with 54, as the live ball era is under way.
• 1921 - At age 63, Arthur Irwin, pioneer player, manager, and executive who began in the National League in 1880, jumps to his death from a ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1922 - George Sisler drives in the first run with a sacrifice fly against Walter Johnson and the Browns top the Senators, 2 - 0.
• 1924 - Giants 1B George Kelly hits his seventh homer and becomes the first to hit home runs in six consecutive games. He will finish with 21.
• 1933 - Red Lucas of the Reds pitches a 15-inning, 1 - 0, win over Roy Parmelee and the Giants in the opener of a doubleheader.
• 1936:
  • The Reds call off their game with the Dodgers because of intense heat.
  • Bees C Al Lopez reaches first three times on errors, the third player to do so. It is little help though as the Cubs edge the Braves, 1 - 0, in 10 innings. Lon Warneke is the winner over hard-luck Ben Cantwell.
• 1939 - Bees All-Star SS Eddie Miller collides with teammate OF Al Simmons and fractures a bone in his ankle. He will be out for the season.
• 1941 - Joe DiMaggio singles off Al Milnar in the 1st inning to extend his hitting streak to 56 games. He has three hits in the game as the Yankees beat the Indians, 10 - 3 in Cleveland. DiMaggio's streak will be snapped tomorrow night.
• 1944:
  • The Dodgers score eight unearned runs against the Braves to win, 8 - 5, and break their 16-game losing streak. They will lose another five in a row.
  • Pitcher Porter Moss of the Memphis Red Sox is hit by a stray bullet when a fight breaks out on a train in which he is traveling. He is taken to a doctor who refuses to treat him because he is black, and dies a short time later.
• 1948:
  • There are three managerial changes today. Ben Chapman is fired by the Phillies (though owner Bob Carpenter insists he was "not fired" saying "I'd like to make it clear that there is a difference between firing a man and concluding business with him.") and Dusty Cooke takes over on an interim basis. Eddie Sawyer, with no major league experience as a player or manager, will get the job after Cooke goes 6-6. But the big news is from New York. The Giants remove Mel Ott and replace him with Leo Durocher, who obtains his release from Brooklyn. The Dodgers bring back mild-mannered Burt Shotton, who replaced Durocher once before. In a newspaper poll over the winter, an overwhelming majority voted for the gentlemanly Shotton to replace The Lip. The changes today portend those at the end of the season: Bucky Harris of the Yankees, Ted Lyons of the White Sox, and Steve O'Neill of the Tigers will be released.
  • The Browns frustrate the third-place Yanks, whipping Allie Reynolds, 10 - 4. Bob Dillinger leads the way with a bases-loaded triple, three singles, two stolen bases and five RBI. Cliff Fannin holds the Yanks scoreless until Phil Rizzuto's homer in the 8th.
  • Ordered by Bill Veeck to pass up the All-Star Game, a well-rested Bob Feller is shelled from the mound with only one out in the 1st inning by the A's. The A's score first when Feller absent-mindedly goes into a wind-up with two on, and Ray Coleman and Barney McCosky pull a double steal. The Mackmen then jump on Bob Muncrief and roll to a 10 - 5 win over the American League-leading Indians. Lou Brissie wins his fourth straight. Joe Coleman will shut out the Tribe, 5 - 0, tomorrow to split the series.
  • Rookie Granny Hamner drives in seven runs to lead the Phils to an 11 - 10 squeaker over the Cardinals. Hamner has a pair of doubles and a single to go along with spectacular fielding, starting double plays in the 8th and 9th. Ken Heintzelman, who relieves Blix Donnelly after Stan Musial's grand slam in the 2nd, is the winner.
• 1950:
  • The Cubs knock the Phillies out of a tie for first place, sweeping a doubleheder, 8 - 0 and 10 - 3. The Cubs lose Phil Cavarretta when he is hit by a Ken Johnson pitch in the first game, fracturing his forearm. Hank Sauer takes over at 1B. Walt Dubiel fires the shutout and Doyle Lade is the complete game winner in the second game. The loss in the second contest goes to Bob Miller, the first defeat for the rookie after eight straight wins. Ex-Bruin Russ Meyer loses the first game after defeating the Cubs five straight times. The Mad Monk, the greatest ever Cubs killer, will win his next 17 decisions against Chicago before losing on May 11, 1955.
  • Major League players connect for 37 home runs today for a new record. Leading the offense is Cincinnati with two wins over the Giants, 16 - 4 and 11 - 10. In the American League, the Red Sox and Indians hit seven home runs in their doubleheader split: Moose Dropo collects three homers.
  • Arguably the most memorable of today's record-breaking home run total comes off the bat of career bench player Ted Beard, helping his cellar-bound Bucs salvage a split with the still contending Braves. At 5 foot, 8 inches, en route to a career .285 slugging percentage (albeit in the midst of his career year, with 4 HR, 12 RBI, and an OPS of nearly .700), Beard launches one over Forbes Field's 86-foot high right field grandstand roof, just the second time in the grandstand's 25-year existence this feat has been accomplished, its sole predecessor being Babe Ruth's final major league home run on May 25, 1935.
• 1951 - While in Detroit, the Yanks option rookie Mickey Mantle to Kansas City (AA). Mantle, plagued with strikeouts - 3 on the 13th - and in a slump, will go 0-for-22 in his start with the Blues, before ending with a tear at .361. The Yankees will recall him on August 20th. Art Schallock takes Mickey's place on the Yankee roster and gives up 7 hits in 2 1/3 innings in today's 8 - 6 win.
• 1952 - Walt Dropo gets two more hits, giving him 15 in four games, which ties the American League record.
• 1953 - The Browns tie a record with three successive home runs - by Clint Courtney, Dick Kryhoski and Jim Dyck - in the 1st inning. Their five bases-empty home runs in three innings establish a new mark. It's enough to beat the Yankees, 8 - 6.
• 1956 - A group headed by Fred Knorr and John Fetzer buys the Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium for a record $5.5 million.
• 1958 - P Jack Harshman of the Orioles hits two homers in a 6 - 5 win against the White Sox in the nitecap of a doubleheader.
• 1959 - After beating the Indians, yesterday, the Yanks sweep a doubleheader today to knock the Tribe out of first place. New York wins the opener when Yogi Berra ties the game in the 9th with a homer, and Mickey Mantle wins it, 7 - 5, in the 10th with a two-run shot off Gary Bell. Bobby Shantz wins the nitecap, 4 - 0. New York is 5 1/2 games out of first.
• 1961:
  • Detroit regains first place with two complete game victories from Phil Regan and Don Mossi.
  • Hiromu Fujii hits the first come-from-behind sayonara home run in Hiroshima Carp history, taking Masaichi Kaneda deep.
• 1964:
  • Steve Barber regains first place for the Orioles with a successful 6 - 1 outing against the Yankees and Jim Bouton.
  • Masaichi Kaneda whiffs Mike Krsnich for his 4,000th career strikeout, the first player in NPB history to that level.
• 1967 - At Yankee Stadium, Baltimore outlasts the Yankees to win, 2 - 1, in 14 innings. New York manages just four hits, including a solo homer by Mickey Mantle, off Bill Dillman.
• 1968 - Cleveland CF Jose Cardenal becomes the 4th outfielder in major league history with two unassisted double plays in one season as he helps the Tribe to a 2 - 1 win over the Angels. He also pulled one off on June 8th versus the Tigers.
• 1969:
  • Despite four homers by Montreal, the Pirates beat the Expos, 8 - 7, scoring three in the 8th and three in the 9th. The Pirates' only homer comes in the 8th inning with Matty Alou on second base and Dan McGinn pitching, when Willie Stargell splashes a pitch over the RF fence into the municipal swimming pool at Jarry Park.
  • After White Sox lefty Jerry Nyman walks in a run with the bases loaded, Rod Carew steals home for the seventh time, as the American League West-leading Twins sweep a twin bill, winning 9 - 8 and 6 - 3 from the White Sox. Carew ties Pete Reiser's major league record for steals of home in a season, a record since given back to Ty Cobb (8 steals in 1912) in 1991 after further research.
• 1970:
  • In precisely the same spot as Exposition Park, the home of the Pirates from 1891 to 1909, Three Rivers Stadium makes its debut. Cincinnati first baseman Tony Perez hits the park's first home run as the Pirates lose to the Reds, 3 - 2. The Pirates parade their new uniforms of stretchable cotton and nylon. Willie Stargell homers for the Bucs.
  • Chicago's Ken Holtzman gives up two hits and two Astro runs - both unearned - and drops a 2 - 1 decision at Houston. Billy Williams makes a bid for a game-tying homer in the 9th but his long fly hits an Astrodome speaker and drops foul.
• 1971:
  • Until today, only three balls have been hit into the 70-foot high RF upper deck at Three Rivers Stadium, and Willie Stargell hit all of them (he'll hit another on May 31, 1973). Today, Bob Robertson joins Stargell when he connects with a cannon shot off Padres P Steve Arlin in a Bucs victory.
  • Vida Blue boosts his record to 18-3 with a one-hit, 4 - 0, victory over Detroit. Tony Taylor's single in the 4th is the only hit.
• 1975 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a seven-year term.
• 1978:
  • After the Mariners tie the game at three apiece in the top of the 8th, Fred Lynn hits a two-out double to drive in two runs and the Red Sox hold on for a 6 - 3 win, their eighth in a row at Fenway Park, giving them a record of 27-4 in their last 31 games. The M's lose their ninth in a row with the loss going to former Hubman Dick Pole.
  • Tulsa's Dave Righetti strikes out 21 Midland batters in nine innings to set a Texas League record. A Tulsa reliever loses the game, 4 - 2, in extra innings.
• 1980:
  • The California Supreme Court rules that Ted Giannoulas, better known as the man inside the San Diego Chicken suit, can appear publicly in chicken suits similar to the one that brought him fame, but not bearing the call letters of San Diego's KGB radio station. The station had fired Giannoulas when he began appearing publicly in the suit without permission, and claimed it had all rights to the costume, which was first used as a promotional device in 1975.
  • Despite much speculation that he is simply malingering, the Astros place star pitcher J.R. Richard on the 21-day disabled list with a mysterious arm problem. The 6' 8" right-hander is 10-4 with a 1.89 ERA and 119 strikeouts in 114 innings, but has removed himself from 10 games this year complaining of fatigue and a "dead arm." On July 23rd, Richard will check into a hospital for a series of physical and psychological tests to determine the cause of his "erratic" behavior.
• 1985 - In the 1985 All-Star Game, the National League beats the American League, 6 - 1, at Minnesota's Metrodome for its 13th win in the last 14 All-Star Games. San Diego's LaMarr Hoyt allows one unearned run in three innings and is named MVP.
• 1988 - In the longest game ever played in Texas League history, the San Antonio Missions beat the visiting Jackson Mets in 26 innings, 1 - 0. The Keefe Stadium contest, which started on July 14th, was suspended at 2:25 a.m. the following day and continued today, taking a total of 7 hours and 23 minutes to complete.
• 1990 - Steve Lyons slides head first into first base to beat out a bunt. The play becomes memorable when the White Sox first baseman drops his pants to brush away the dirt inside his uniform in front of 14,770 fans at Tiger Stadium.
• 1992 - At a press conference in Pittsburgh, Greg Maddux announces that he has broken off negotiations with Cubs management and will become a free agent after the season. Maddux is playing on a one-year contract. "I've given them two opportunities to sign me. I really think it should have been taken care of." Tomorrow, Maddux will beat the first-place Pirates and he will move to the Atlanta Braves after the season.
• 1993 - Giants OF Darren Lewis sets a major league record by playing his 267th consecutive game without an error. He snaps Don Demeter's record. The Giants defeat the Mets, 4 - 2.
• 1994:
  • Detroit defeats Kansas City, 13 - 7, despite five hits, all singles, by Royals 1B Wally Joyner. Travis Fryman's grand slam powers the Tigers.
  • At New Comiskey Park, the Indians win their second straight game, 2 - 0, behind Dennis Martinez.
• 1995 - Cleveland defeats Oakland, 5 - 4, in 12 innings, as Indians 2B Carlos Baerga lashes out five hits, including a double. The win opens up Cleveland's lead in the American League Central to 14 1/2 games.
• 1996 - After failing to score in the first two innings, the Brewers proceed to score in each of their remaining turns at the plate to punch out Detroit by a score of 20 - 7. Greg Vaughn drives home five runs for Milwaukee, and now leads the American League with 88 RBI, while Jose Valentin knocks out four hits.
• 1997:
  • In Oakland, Mark McGwire hits his 33rd and 34th homers to lead the A's to an 11 - 3 win over the hapless Royals. Jose Canseco strikes out in all five at-bats for the Athletics, tying an Oakland record. Combined with his three strikeouts on Monday, he ties a major league record with eight whiffs in two consecutive games.
  • Kevin Brown tosses his first career one-hitter, leading Florida over Los Angeles, 5 - 1. Brown, who no-hit San Francisco on June 10th, faces just two batters over the minimum, allowing a lead-off single to left by Raul Mondesi in the 5th. He strikes out eight and retires his final 15 batters to hand the loss to Hideo Nomo.
  • At Shea Stadium, RF Sammy Sosa's running catch with the bases loaded in the 7th, and catcher Scott Servais's pickoff in the 8th, key Chicago to a 6 - 5 win over the Mets. Before the game, New York reassigns general manager Joe McIlvaine and replaces him with his assistant, Steve Phillips.
• 1998:
  • Randy Johnson tosses a one-hitter as he leads Seattle to a 3 - 0 win over Minnesota. Johnson fans 11 and gives up only a single to 3B Brent Gates.
  • Red Sox SS Nomar Garciaparra goes 4 for 4, with two doubles and a home run, driving in five runs and scoring three as he leads Boston to a 15 - 5 win over the Indians. The Sox ice the game with seven runs in the 8th inning.
• 2000:
  • The Rockies obtain OF Butch Huskey and 2B Todd Walker from the Twins for IF Todd Sears and cash.
  • Dodgers manager Davey Johnson is hospitalized after experiencing dizziness as a result of an irregular heartbeat.
  • The Twins are looking into the possibility of playing a home series outdoors in a temporary stadium next season. The move away from the Metrodome, which would require approval of Major League Baseball, the Players' Association, the opponents, broadcast affiliates and the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, will not materialize.
• 2001:
  • Fred McGriff invokes his no-trade clause blocking a deal that would have sent him to the first-place Cubs from the last-place Devil Rays. Later in the day, the "Crime Dog" homers, helping Tampa Bay to beat the Braves, 6 - 5.
  • Ichiro Suzuki and Kazuhiro Sasaki call off their boycott of the Japanese press.
• 2002 - The Red Sox defeat the Tigers, 9 - 4, as OF Manny Ramirez gets a career-high five hits, including a double and home run. Detroit 2B Damion Easley ties a major league record by being hit by pitches three times.
• 2003:
  • The Yankees send pitching prospects Jason Anderson, Anderson Garcia and Ryan Bicondoa to the Mets for hard-throwing embattled closer, Armando Benitez. The 30-year-old All-Star reliever, who is slated to be the set-up man for closer Mariano Rivera, has blown 7 of 28 save opportunities this year and has been object of much booing at Shea Stadium.
  • At the age of 77, Minnie Minoso becomes the first player to play professional baseball in seven decades. The Cuban native, who had a 16-year big league career which ended in 1964 (with brief resumptions in 1976 and 1980), walks as the designated hitter for the St. Paul Saints against the Gary SouthShore RailCats in independent Northern League action.
• 2005:
  • In an effort to bolster their injured pitching rotation, the Yankees acquire recently released Al Leiter, formerly of the Marlins. The 39-year-old, $8-million, southpaw, who posted a disappointing 3-7 record and a 6.64 ERA with the Fish, will quickly pay dividends limiting the Red Sox to one run and three hits in his first start back as a Bronx Bomber.
  • The Northern League initially approves the idea of having fans watch the 16-by-24-foot video stadium monitor, alongside the Kansas City T-Bones and Schaumburg Flyers players looking on from their respective dugouts, as two kids using an X-Box and the MVP Baseball 2005 software determine the outcome of the first two innings of tonight's scheduled game. The individual player statistics generated by the video game would not have counted, but league officials later decide against the promotion, and instead replay the final two innings of the game on the game system.
• 2006 - Chipper Jones collects an extra-base hit for the 14th consecutive game, tying the major league record held by Paul Waner for 79 years.
• 2009 - The Phillies do it with the long ball in beating Florida, 4 - 0. Raul Ibanez homers twice and Ryan Howard once. For Howard, it is the 200th home run of his career, in his 658th game; he is fastest to reach that mark, beating Ralph Kiner who took 706 games to hit 200 dingers. Jamie Moyer allows one hit over seven innings for the win.
• 2010: 35-year-old catcher Bengie Molina hits one of the unlikeliest cycles in history in the Rangers' 8 - 4 win over the Red Sox. Having already hit a grand slam in the 5th, he comes up in the 8th needing a triple to complete the rare feat and somehow delivers by hitting a ball over CF Eric Patterson's head and seeing it roll to the notch in deep center at Fenway Park, giving him time to lumber into third for only the 6th - and final - time of his career.
• 2011:
  • Chris Hatcher makes his debut as a major league pitcher, pitching a perfect inning for the Marlins as they defeat the Cubs, 13 - 3, at Wrigley Field. Hatcher's first outing on the mound comes the year after he played his first major league game as a catcher; Art Doll, with the Boston Bees in 1936 was the last person to debut as a pitcher the year after breaking into the big leagues as a catcher.
  • The Minnesota Twins retire Bert Blyleven's uniform number 28, a week before the pitcher is to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, NY.
• 2012 - The Twins set a Target Field record for runs in defeating Baltimore, 19 - 7. They stake starter Scott Diamond to an early lead with a seven-run outburst against Chris Tillman in the 1st inning, capitalizing on a costly error by 1B Mark Reynolds who lets a ground ball skip by him with the bases loaded and two outs. Justin Morneau goes 4 for 5 with 3 runs and a pair of doubles for the Twins.
• 2013:
  • The American League wins the All-Star Game, 3 - 0, over the National League, as batters from the senior circuit only manage three hits. Mariano Rivera, who has announced his retirement at the end of the season, is named the MVP.
  • The New York Yankees sign lefthander Artur Strzalka. He becomes the first player born and raised in Poland to sign with a major league team.
• 2014 - The Royals acquire veteran reliever Jason Frasor from the Rangers, in return for minor league P Spencer Patton.
• 2016:
  • The Astros sign IF Yulieski Gurriel, one of the top Cuban players of the past decade, to a five-year deal, six months after his defection following the 2016 Caribbean Series. He will suit up for the team before the end of the season.
  • 2016 NPB All-Star Game 2 ends in a 5 - 5 tie, giving the Central League a 1-0-1 win in this year's series. Game 1 MVP Yoshitomo Tsutsugo again goes 2 for 3 with a homer for the CL, but the MVP goes to the Pacific League's Shohei Otani, who is 3 for 4 with a home run, 2 runs and 2 RBI. PL second baseman Hideto Asamura hits the 400th NPB All-Star Game home run.
• 2017 - The Nationals move to address the team's main area of concern - the bullpen - by sending P Blake Treinen and prospects Sheldon Neuse and Jesus Luzardo to the Athletics in return for two relievers with proven track records, Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle.
• 2018 - Hitting off his father in front of hometown fans, Bryce Harper wins the Home Run Derby by defeating Kyle Schwarber in the final round. He puts on a tremendous show to connect on 9 straight pitches in a span of 47 seconds to tie Schwarber, then hits the winning 19th shot in the bonus round.
• 2019 - Four Indians pitchers combine on a one-hitter in an 8 - 0 win over the Tigers. Reliever Tyler Clippard allows the sole hit, a single by Nicholas Castellanos in the 5th. Rookie Zach Plesac starts the game and allows just one walk in three innings, but has to give way to the bullpen after a rain delay of 2 hours and 7 minutes. Nick Goody and Tyler Olson, with two innings of work each, are the other two pitchers in the feat.
• 2020 - In the first trade of players since the opening of "summer camp" after the long layoff caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Padres send OF Franchy Cordero and P Ronald Bolanos to the Royals in exchange for P Tim Hill.
• 2021:
  • After a year and a half of wanderings, the Blue Jays receive permission to reintegrate their normal digs at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON starting on July 30th. This is thanks to soaring vaccination rates in Canada, and the easing of restrictions on public gatherings. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jays had been forced to play their home games either on the road, or in temporary homes in Buffalo, NY and Dunedin, FL. The Jays then celebrate the good news by defeating the Rangers, 10 - 2, hitting five homers in the process, two of them by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
  • The Padres set a team record for most runs in a game as they demolish the Nationals, 24 - 8. Jake Cronenworth hits the third cycle in team history, Wil Myers hits a grand slam and Tommy Pham goes 4 for 6 with 5 runs scored, one of them on a steal of home, to lead the offense. It's also the most runs ever surrendered by the Nats.
  • In 2021 NPB All-Star Game 1, Ryosuke Kikuchi goes 4 for 4 with a two-run homer to win MVP honors as the Central League tops the Pacific League, 5 - 4. Robert Suárez saves it for Thyago Vieira. The winning run comes in the top of the 9th when Takumu Nakano draws a bases-loaded walk from Naoya Masuda to score Zelous Wheeler.
• 2022 - The American League wins the 2022 Futures Game, played at Dodger Stadium, 6 - 4, over the National League. C Shea Langeliers wins the Larry Doby Award as the game's MVP with a homer in the 4th and by throwing out Corbin Carroll on a steal attempt of third base. Jasson Dominguez and Matt Wallner both hit two-run homers for the AL in the 3rd to give it the lead for good, Dominguez's blast atoning for dropping a fly ball at the warning track with to outs in the 2nd that resulted in two runs.
• 2023 - The Orioles win their eight straight with a 5 - 4 victory over Miami, bringing them to within one game of the first-place Rays in the AL East, in spite of the Rays' historically strong start. Kyle Bradish pitches 7 1/3 scoreless innings and Daniel Coulombe earns the save with the O's top two relievers unavailable.

Births

• 1838 - Dave Birdsall, outfielder (d. 1896)
• 1850 - Bill Allison, infielder (d. 1887)
• 1863 - John Foster, writer (d. 1941)
• 1864 - John Rainey, infielder (d. 1912)
• 1873 - Dad Clark, infielder (d. 1956)
• 1875 - Harry Felix, pitcher (d. 1961)
• 1886 - Genaro Casas, minor league pitcher; Salon de la Fama (d. 1974)
• 1886 - Judy Gans, outfieldr, manager (d. 1949)
• 1887 - Joe Jackson, outfielder (d. 1951)
• 1889 - Marv Peasley, pitcher (d. 1948)
• 1889 - Johnnie Williams, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1893 - Doc Prothro, infielder, manager (d. 1971)
• 1894 - Howdy Caton, infielder (d. 1948)
• 1894 - Rich Gee, catcher (d. 1968)
• 1897 - Hi Bell, pitcher (d. 1949)
• 1899 - Nellie Pott, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1904 - Neil Caldwell, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1997)
• 1905 - Lou Garland, pitcher (d. 1990)
• 1907 - Reggie Grabowski, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1908 - Granville Lyons, infielder (d. 1953)
• 1908 - Floyd Newkirk, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1910 - Bill Norman, outfielder, manager (d. 1962)
• 1912 - Larry Bleach, infielder (d. 1991)
• 1912 - Milt Bocek, outfielder (d. 2007)
• 1912 - Joe Rogalski, pitcher (d. 1951)
• 1914 - Don Ross, infielder (d. 1996)
• 1919 - Art Johnson, pitcher (d. 2008)
• 1919 - Tommy Tatum, outfielder (d. 1989)
• 1920 - Larry Jansen, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2009)
• 1921 - Jim Odom, umpire (d. 1989)
• 1923 - Len Okrie, catcher (d. 2018)
• 1925 - Frank Jobe, surgeon (d. 2014)
• 1927 - Frank Ensley, minor league outfielder (d. 2011)
• 1931 - Norm Sherry, catcher, manager (d. 2021)
• 1936 - Eddie Fisher, pitcher; All-Star
• 1937 - Lee Elia, infielder, manager
• 1938 - Bob Burda, infielder
• 1940 - Tom Metcalf, pitcher
• 1942 - John Purdin, pitcher (d. 2010)
• 1942 - Fujio Yamaguchi, NPB infielder
• 1946 - Paul Click, minor league pitcher
• 1952 - Ron Broaddus, minor league pitcher
• 1953 - Sheldon Mallory, outfielder
• 1954 - Jim Lentine, outfielder
• 1955 - Paul Semall, minor league pitcher
• 1957 - Kazunori Shinozuka, NPB infielder
• 1960 - Terry Pendleton, infielder; All-Star
• 1961 - DeMarlo Hale, manager
• 1961 - Hirohisa Takada, NPB pitcher
• 1967 - Clemente Acosta, minor league pitcher
• 1970 - Niklas Eriksson, Elitserien pitcher
• 1970 - Tommy Taylor, minor league pitcher
• 1970 - William Van Landingham, pitcher
• 1972 - Robbie Beckett, pitcher
• 1974 - Jonathan Johnson, pitcher
• 1976 - Kory DeHaan, outfielder
• 1978 - Mike Abate, minor league outfielder
• 1978 - Jorge Vasquez, pitcher
• 1979 - Michal Müller, Extraliga infielder
• 1980 - Matt McCarthy, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Barth Morreale, Italian Baseball League pitcher
• 1982 - Jim Brauer, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Jason Windsor, pitcher
• 1983 - Michael DeJesus, minor league infielder
• 1984 - Erold Andrus, minor league outfielder
• 1985 - Konrad Weitz, minor league catcher
• 1986 - Shawn Teufel, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Eric Surkamp, pitcher
• 1988 - Jake Loye, college coach
• 1988 - Jay Taylor, drafted pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1990 - Charles Basford, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Nick Bucci, minor league pitcher
• 1991 - Tommy Joseph, infielder
• 1991 - Jenna Marston, USA womens' national team infielder
• 1991 - Ildemaro Vargas, infielder
• 1992 - Ranfi Casimiro, minor league pitcher
• 1992 - Tetsuto Yamada, NPB infielder
• 1993 - Jakub Ižold, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Phillip Diehl, pitcher
• 1994 - Juan Kelly, minor league infielder
• 1996 - Jake Bowey, minor league catcher
• 1996 - Juan Diaz, Great Britain national team infielder
• 1996 - Lane Ramsey, pitcher
• 1996 - Chun-Pang Yuen, Hong Kong national team pitcher
• 1998 - Nick Robertson, pitcher
• 1998 - Yannick Wildenhain, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1999 - Jarred Kelenic, outfielder
• 1999 - Michael Siani, outfielder
• 2002 - Shunpeita Yamashita, NPB pitcher

Deaths

• 1888 - Amos Cross, catcher (b. 1860)
• 1917 - Dick Butler, catcher (b. 1869)
• 1921 - Arthur Irwin, infielder, manager (b. 1858)
• 1930 - Zeke Rosebraugh, pitcher (b. 1875)
• 1936 - Robert Pender, minor league infielder and manager (b. ~1867)
• 1940 - Bill Leith, pitcher (b. 1873)
• 1944 - Hal Irelan, infielder (b. 1890)
• 1944 - Porter Moss, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1910)
• 1945 - Tuck Turner, outfielder (b. 1867)
• 1946 - James Lehan, infielder (b. 1856)
• 1947 - Bill Keen, infielder (b. 1892)
• 1954 - Jack Bracken, pitcher (b. 1881)
• 1957 - L.D. Livingston, outfielder (b. 1905)
• 1959 - Bob Coleman, catcher, manager (b. 1890)
• 1959 - Jimmy Ripple, outfielder (b. 1909)
• 1961 - Mike Mitchell, outfielder (b. 1879)
• 1965 - Otis Starks, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1966 - Ernie Calbert, minor league outfielder (b. 1887)
• 1969 - Doc Waldbauer, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1970 - Frank Nelson, Olympic pitcher (b. 1887)
• 1971 - Earl McNeely, outfielder (b. 1898)
• 1971 - Harry Pattee, infielder (b. 1882)
• 1976 - Les Howe, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1977 - Milt Stock, infielder (b. 1893)
• 1980 - Ernie Vick, catcher (b. 1900)
• 1984 - Bernell Longest, infielder (b. 1918)
• 1987 - Rube Novotney, catcher (b. 1924)
• 1990 - Henry Dotterer, scout (b. 1904)
• 1997 - Rube Fischer, pitcher (b. 1916)
• 1998 - Jess Dobernic, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 1999 - Whit Wyatt, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1907)
• 2001 - John Dagenhard, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 2007 - Carl McNabb, pinch hitter (b. 1917)
• 2007 - Herbert Ogden, US national team outfielder (b. 1916)
• 2010 - James Gammon, actor (b. 1940)
• 2010 - Kenny Kuhn, infielder (b. 1937)
• 2012 - Ed Kowalski, minor league pitcher (b. 1922)
• 2013 - Sidney Langston, minor league outfielder (b. 1928)
• 2013 - Marv Rotblatt, pitcher (b. 1927)
• 2014 - Frank Ujcich, minor league pitcher (b. 1943)
• 2016 - Gordon Massa, catcher (b. 1935)
• 2017 - Bill Wilson, outfielder (b. 1928)
• 2019 - Ernie Broglio, pitcher (b. 1935)
• 2020 - Rick Reed, umpire (b. 1950)
• 2020 - Tony Taylor, infielder; All-Star (b. 1935)
• 2023 - Dave Skaugstad, pitcher (b. 1940)