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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 7.

Events

• 1894:
  • Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jack Taylor throws a two-hit shutout to defeat the Cleveland Spiders, 6 - 0, and to push Pittsburgh ahead of Cleveland into third place.
  • On a rainy day, St. Louis Browns pitcher Ted Breitenstein walks 13 men as the Boston Beaneaters avenge a humiliating loss the previous day with a 19 - 8 rout.
• 1900 - New York Giants pitcher Cy Seymour scatters ten hits and issues 11 walks, but manages to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 10 - 3. Despite the win, the Giants farm out Seymour to the Worcester Farmers of the Eastern League after the game. Seymour will later return to the majors as an outfielder.
• 1905 - At Exposition Park, New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson beats Patsy Flaherty and the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 - 3. Mathewson drives in an insurance run in the 9th inning with his second hit of the game.
• 1906 - The Chicago Cubs, now in first place again, score 11 runs in the 1st inning off Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity en route to a 19 - 0 humiliating defeat of the New York Giants. Mathewson gives up six walks and McGinnity leaves after the 2nd inning. Jack Pfiester allows just three hits as he coasts to the win, the worst beating in Giants franchise history.
• 1907 - The Boston Red Sox send former player-manager Jimmy Collins to the Philadelphia Athletics for infielder John Knight. Collins guided Boston to two American League pennants and the 1903 World Series title. Boston then buys 43-year-old Deacon McGuire from the New York Highlanders and makes him manager. He will have a 98-123 record this year and in 1908.
• 1908 - The Detroit Tigers turn a triple play against the Boston Red Sox for the second day in a row, but Boston wins, 9 - 5. The two tri-killings in two games is a unique major league record.
• 1910 - In his major league debut, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Eddie Stack stops the Chicago Cubs, 1 - 0, on three hits. The Cubs sold Stack to the Phillies on May 26th. He will pitch three complete-game victories between the 14th and 22nd, but will end the year with a 6-7 record.
• 1911:
  • After two years on the vaudeville circuit with his wife Mabel Hite, and occasional sojourns to jail for drunkenness and assault, Turkey Mike Donlin is reinstated by the National Commission as he rejoins the Giants. Donlin doesn't play today, but Pirates pitchers have the Giants hitting the ball on the ground all day. The Pirates have 55 total chances on a record 28 assists and 27 putouts, but seven errors help the Giants to a 9 - 4 win. Meanwhile, John McGraw's willingness to put up with Donlin will cease after 12 games, and the .333 lifetime hitter will be traded to the last-place Boston Rustlers.
  • In the 7th inning against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Heinie Zimmerman and Al Kaiser of the Chicago Cubs both steal home - the only time in major league history the Cubs have pulled off the feat. Chicago will swipe home a National League-record 17 times this year.
• 1912 - New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson allows 11 hits and six runs, but still defeats the Cincinnati Reds, 7 - 6. George Suggs takes the loss for Cincinnati, which now trails New York by 9 1/2 games.
• 1913:
  • At the Polo Grounds, the New York Yankees finally win a game, 3 - 2, over the Chicago White Sox. The Yanks are now 10-34.
  • The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants combine for 26 hits with New York emerging with a 9 - 8 win. Christy Mathewson, the last of five Giants hurlers, picks up the win against reliever Sandy Burk.
• 1921 - The only baseball game canceled because of a murder occurs at Kingsport, Tennessee (Appalachian League), when the body of a slain girl is found at the ballpark. To prevent the trail from becoming confused for bloodhounds, police close the park and cancel the game against Knoxville.
• 1923 - New York Giants owner John McGraw ships pitcher Jesse Barnes and catcher Earl Smith to the Boston Braves for P Mule Watson and C Hank Gowdy.
• 1925 - The Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves turn five double plays each in a 12-inning game for a major league record.
• 1927:
  • The Chicago Cubs send shortstop Jimmy Cooney and pitcher Tony Kaufmann to the Phillies for P Hal Carlson, who will go 12-8 for the Cubs for the rest of the season.
  • At Yankee Stadium, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit back-to-back home runs in the 4th inning, off Tommy Thomas, to beat the Chicago White Sox, 4 - 1, and increase the Yankees' lead over Chicago to two games. Pat Collins also homers for the Yankees, while Bud Clancy matches for Chicago.
  • At Shibe Park, the St. Louis Browns outhit the Philadelphia Athletics, 18 to 14, but lose, 11 - 9. Both starters, Rube Walberg and Milt Gaston, are knocked out in the 3rd inning, but when Gaston is lifted he bypasses the dugout and leaps into the stands to punch a spectator who has been riding him. The police escort Gaston from the field. Ty Cobb has three runs and a stolen base for the Athletics, while George Sisler has three steals and is 4 for 4 for the Browns.
• 1931 - With Sunday baseball still prohibited in Philadelphia, the Athletics make a one-day trip to visit the Detroit Tigers. The Athletics win, 12 - 2, and leave 18 men on base.
• 1932 - Pitcher Jack Quinn, at age 47, becomes the oldest player in major league history to have an extra-base hit (a double) as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs, 9 - 2. Julio Franco will break the record over 70 years later.
• 1933:
  • Cleveland Indians general manager Billy Evans fires manager Roger Peckinpaugh and hires Walter Johnson to take over. Bibb Falk manages for one game until Johnson arrives.
  • In a slugfest at Shibe Park, the Washington Senators break a 13 - 13 tie by scoring a run in the 10th inning off Philadelphia Athletics reliever Bobby Coombs, nephew of Jack Coombs. The rookie is spared a loss when rain washes out the game in the bottom of the 10th, and the score reverts. Coombs will not pitch again until July 8th when he makes his "official" debut.
• 1934:
  • Big Jim Weaver pitches a 1 - 0 shutout victory for the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals, topping Bill Hallahan. Weaver, a 25-game winner at Newark in 1933, was sold to the Browns by the Yankees, but the cash-poor Browns returned him to Newark. The Cubs picked him up in mid-May for $12,500.
  • At the Polo Grounds, the New York Giants score six runs in the 8th inning to whip the Boston Braves, 14 - 5. Johnny Vergez collects a home run and a double in the inning, while Mel Ott clouts two home runs and four RBI in the game.
• 1935 - Behind pitcher Roy Parmelee, the Giants squeeze by the visiting Braves, 3 - 2, in ten innings. Mel Ott hits a home run in the 9th inning to tie the score, and Bill Terry drives in the winning run in the 10th off Ben Cantwell. Giants left fielder Jo-Jo Moore hits in his 11th straight game.
• 1936 - A home run by George Selkirk in the 16th inning gives Red Ruffing and the New York Yankees a 5 - 4 win over Oral Hildebrand and the Cleveland Indians. Ruffing has three hits, including a homer. Incredibly, there are no strikeouts in the long game.
• 1938 - At Fenway Park, umpire Bill McGowan, who had tossed Johnny Allen on Opening Day, orders the Cleveland Indians pitcher to cut off part of a shirt sleeve which is dangling as he pitches, distracting the batter. Allen refuses and walks off the mound. He is fined $250 by Cleveland manager Oscar Vitt, who makes a pitching change to avoid a forfeit. Cleveland wins the game, 7 - 5, as team owner Alva Bradley hurries to the Boston Red Sox and buys the shirt for $250. The shirt is then displayed at Higbee's Department Store - owned by Bradley's brother, and later makes its way to the Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown.
• 1939 - In his first at bat since April 29th, Joe DiMaggio hits a triple to pace the New York Yankees to a 5 - 2 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park.
• 1964 - Deron Johnson leads the Cincinnati Reds to an 11 - 6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals as he collects a home run, double and three singles.
• 1966:
  • The New York Mets, picking first in the June amateur draft, pass up Arizona State outfielder Reggie Jackson to select catcher Steve Chilcott. Chilcott will retire after six years in the minors and will be the first number-one pick to never play in the major leagues. The Kansas City Athletics take Jackson with the second pick.
  • Having tied a major league record with four strikeouts in one inning (the 4th), Cardinals ace Bob Gibson runs out of gas in the 8th as the Pirates nick him for 11 hits and five runs in 7+ innings, en route to a 9 - 1 rout. Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente caps the decisive eight-run rally with a homer. Clemente is also the instigator of the uprising, leading off the 8th with a single, then scoring the tie-breaking run, at a point when the game is still a pitcher's duel. By the time the inning ends, however, his three-run blast to right field will have furnished the game's less artistic final score.
• 1967:
  • The last-place New York Yankees have the first pick in the free-agent draft and use it to take Ron Blomberg. Blomberg will be the first designated hitter in major league history. In the secondary phase, the Orioles select pitcher Mike Adamson, who will leap directly to the big leagues, debuting on July 1st, becoming the first player in draft history to bypass the minors.
• 1968 - A bid for a no-hitter by the Oakland Athletics' Blue Moon Odom is spoiled by Davey Johnson, who singles with two outs in the 9th inning. Odom tops Baltimore, 6 - 1.
• 1969:
  • The Bucs, behind Steve Blass, beat the Braves, 10 - 2, knocking out Atlanta starter Pat Jarvis in the 3rd inning. Pittsburgh's offensive load is shared by veteran outfielder Roberto Clemente and rookie catcher Manny Sanguillen, each with a home run and three RBIs. "Sangy" also hits a double and his round-tripper is the first of his major league career. Clemente leads up to his homer with two singles and a triple, scoring three and driving in the final three runs of the game with his 9th-inning, 410-foot blast to dead center. As it passes over the 402-foot mark, centerfielder Mike Lum comes up just short in an attempted circus catch.
  • The Washington Senators name Jeff Burroughs the number one pick in the amateur draft. Houston chooses J.R. Richard as the second pick and Cincinnati picks Ken Griffey in the 29th round, while the Kansas City Royals, with a record 90 picks, take Al Cowens with their 84th choice.
• 1970 - Vic Davalillo of the St. Louis Cardinals, pinch-hitting for Bob Gibson, gets a record-tying two hits in the 7th inning of a 10 - 7 win over the San Diego Padres. St. Louis scores seven runs after San Diego had built a 7 - 1 lead against Gibson. Davalillo assumes he receives credit for two pinch hits, and that his 23rd pinch hit on August 31st ties the record of Dave Philley. Davalillo will finish the year with 24 pinch safeties, but a rule difference between the American League and National League will cost him a pinch hit today.
• 1973 - The Texas Rangers select high school pitching phenom David Clyde with the first overall pick in the 1973 amateur draft and will bring him straight to the major leagues, a move that will have a detrimental impact on his future. Dave Winfield, picked fourth overall by the San Diego Padres, will also go straight to the major leagues, but with much better results; Winfield was also taken in the NBA and NFL drafts. John Stearns is taken second by the Philadelphia Phillies (and is also picked in the NFL draft), and the Milwaukee Brewers, picking third, take high schooler Robin Yount, who will be their starting shortstop by Opening Day in 1974.
• 1976 - In a 5 - 4 Pittsburgh Pirates win over the Cincinnati Reds, the two teams combine for seven solo home runs. Joe Morgan (twice) and Pete Rose homer for Cincy, while Al Oliver, Willie Stargell, Richie Zisk and Bill Robinson go deep for the host Pirates.
• 1977 - The Chicago White Sox select Harold Baines with the number-one pick in the June draft. Chicago's owner Bill Veeck had first seen Baines play Little League ball and had followed his career ever since. Pitcher Bill Gullickson is taken with the second pick by the Montreal Expos, and the Milwaukee Brewers take University of Minnesota infielder Paul Molitor with the third pick.
• 1979:
  • Texas Rangers back-up C/1B John Ellis hits two home runs with a double and six RBI to back Ferguson Jenkins and propel the Rangers to a 7 - 1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. John Grubb singles in the 9th inning to extend his hitting streak to 20 games.
  • Charlotte Knights pitcher Mike Boddicker sets a Southern League record with 18 strikeouts in an 8 - 2 win over Knoxville.
• 1982:
  • Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game. His streak is the fifth longest in major league history.
  • In the annual June draft, the Chicago Cubs select Shawon Dunston with the first pick; Dwight Gooden is the fifth overall, taken by the New York Mets; the Boston Red Sox, with three first round picks, use their first on Sam Horn. The Angels go for a two-sport star, taking Kirk McCaskill, the first college player taken in NHL draft.
• 1983 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton overtakes Nolan Ryan as the major leagues' all-time strikeout leader, fanning six batters in a 2 - 1 loss to St. Louis to bring his career total to 3,526. Ryan strikes out three San Francisco Giants while getting no decision in the Houston Astros' 4 - 2 win, leaving him with 3,525.
• 1986 - In the annual June draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates make Jeff King, the Sporting News College Player of the Year, the first choice. Greg Swindell is the next pick, by the Cleveland Indians. Neither will sign for six weeks but Swindell will be in the major leagues after just three starts in the minors. Then, the San Francisco Giants select Matt Williams with the third pick. After being skipped over because scouts are convinced the Heisman Trophy winner is headed to the NFL, Bo Jackson is taken in the fourth round by the Kansas City Royals.
• 1989 - In front of 45,372 fans at the Skydome, Ernie Whitt has three hits and three RBI as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4 - 2, in the first game ever played indoors and outdoors in the same day. With dark clouds threatening, the roof begins closing in the 5th inning. The closing operation begins at 8:48 p.m. and ends at 9:22 p.m., too late to prevent a brief stoppage of play due to rain. The winning pitcher is John Cerutti and Chris Bosio takes the loss.
• 1990 - At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox pitchers Greg Harris and Jeff Reardon combine on a one-hitter, beating the New York Yankees 3 - 0.
• 1992:
  • Texas Rangers outfielder Juan Gonzalez hits three home runs, including a two-run shot in the 8th inning, against the Minnesota Twins. Texas needs them all winning, 5 - 4. Bobby Witt is the winning pitcher.
  • San Francisco Giants pitcher Trevor Wilson allows just two hits and finishes with a flourish, striking out the side in the 9th inning on nine pitches as the Giants win, 3 - 0 over the Houston Astros.
  • Pepperdine defeats Cal State-Fullerton, 3 - 2, to win the College World Series.
• 1993 - Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Cal Eldred defeats the Seattle Mariners, 5 - 3, for his seventh win of the year. This gives him 20 victories in his first 30 career appearances in the majors, tying him for the "quickest" 20 wins in major league history alongside Nick Maddox (1908), Russ Ford (1910) and Boo Ferriss (1945).
• 1994:
  • The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Chicago White Sox, 9 - 5, stopping Wilson Alvarez's winning streak at 15 games. Bo Jackson drives home all five of the White Sox runs. Alvarez falls two short of the American League record held jointly by Johnny Allen and Dave McNally.
  • Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics collects his 1,100th career stolen base.
• 1996:
  • Colorado rips Atlanta ace Greg Maddux for 11 hits and seven runs in 3 1/3 innings on their way to a 21-hit, 19 - 8 victory.
  • In the major leagues' only scheduled doubleheader this season, the Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics split. In the opener, Pat Meares' two-run home run in the 5th inning gives Minnesota a 4 - 2 win as Oakland outslugs the Twins, 13 - 7, in the nitecap. John Wasdin is helped by a George Williams grand slam in the six-run 5th while Brent Gates, Gerónimo Berroa and Torey Lovullo also homer. All other twin bills this season are the result of make-up games.
• 1997:
  • On Dog Day (canine attendance 425) at Comiskey Park, it takes the Chicago White Sox 4 hours 19 minutes to finally edge the Baltimore Orioles, 1 - 0, in 11 innings on Harold Baines' one-out single off Randy Myers.
  • In the College World Series, the second-seeded LSU Tigers jump on top-ranked Alabama, scoring six runs in the 1st inning, and coasting to a 13 - 6 win. It is LSU's fourth win in seven years. Tigers shortstop Brandon Larson is named the Most Outstanding Player of the Series after hitting .368 with three homers.
  • In the International League, Syracuse and Pawtucket combine for ten hits, eight of which are home runs. The other two are a single and double, as Syracuse wins, 7 - 3. Meanwhile, Toledo outfielder Kimera Bartee collects six stolen bases against Columbus. With the Detroit Tigers last season, Bartee stole 20.
• 1998:
  • Hall of Famer Eddie Murray has his uniform number 33 retired by the Baltimore Orioles during a ceremony at Camden Yards.
  • Tied with the Rangers at 6 - 6 after seven innings, the Padres erupt for six runs in the 8th inning and five more in the 9th to take a 17 - 8 decision. Steve Finley leads the way for the Padres with five RBI and four hits, including three doubles.
  • David Cone strikes out 14 batters as he hurls a two-hitter to lead the New York Yankees to a 4 - 1 decision over the Florida Marlins.
• 1999:
  • The Atlanta Braves defeat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 9 - 5, as pitcher John Smoltz records his 2,000th strikeout. Smoltz becomes the 53rd major league pitcher - and third Brave - to reach that level.
  • In a Chicago interleague match, the hot Cubs pound the White Sox, 13 - 7, as Sammy Sosa and Jose Hernandez each hit three-run home runs and collect five RBI. The Cubs sweep their South Side rivals completing their third consecutive three-game sweep, something the Cubs have not done since 1918.
• 2000:
  • In interleague play, the Oakland Athletics defeat the San Diego Padres, 10 - 4, as Jason Giambi collects seven runs batted in with a single, double, and two home runs.
  • At Atlanta, Blue Jays rookie pitcher Clayton Andrews hits an apparent single to right field for his first major league hit, but Brian Jordan, playing very shallow, throws him out at first base. Jordan will throw out three runners at first base this year.
• 2001:
  • The Boston Red Sox lose catcher Jason Varitek for the rest of the season when he breaks his right elbow diving for a pop bunt in a game against the Detroit Tigers.
  • The San Diego Padres pound pitcher Russ Ortiz and beat the San Francisco Giants, 10 - 7, to snap their eight-game losing streak. Cesar Crespo hits his first major league home run for San Diego, while his brother Felipe, playing first base for the Giants in J.T. Snow's absence, hits a pair of homers. It is the ninth time that brothers on opposing teams have homered in the same game. The last time was when Bret and Aaron Boone did it last year. Meanwhile, San Francisco outfielder Barry Bonds hits his 32nd homer of the season, his 13th in 18 games, and Mike Darr has four hits and four RBI for the Padres.
  • The Chicago Cubs complete a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, winning 4 - 3 and posting their 15th victory in 16 games. Cubs fans haven't seen that since 1945. Matt Morris pitches a no-hitter into the 7th inning before Matt Stairs' two-out double opens the door for Chicago. Rondell White's single in the 10th drives home Sammy Sosa with the winning run. After the victory, the Cubs take a five-game lead over St. Louis in the NL Central Division.
• 2002:
  • Cincinnati obtains 3B/OF Russell Branyan from Cleveland in exchange for minor league 1B Ben Broussard.
  • Tampa Bay Devil Rays minor league pitcher Nick Bierbrodt is shot three times while sitting in a taxi at a fast food drive-in in Charleston, SC. He is listed in serious but stable condition.
  • In a Northern League game with the visiting Gary SouthShore RailCats at Midway Stadium, St. Paul Saints owner Mike Veeck gives away seat cushions that feature the likeness of Commissioner Bud Selig on one side and that of Players Association Executive Director Donald Fehr on the other. During the seventh-inning stretch, an informal poll shows that about 90 percent of the fans on the cushions "were sitting on Bud".
• 2006:
  • Yorvit Torrealba of the Colorado Rockies hits a grand slam and has five RBI to help Colorado in the 16 - 9 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. With five sacrifice flies in the game, the Rockies also tie a major league record which was set by the Seattle Mariners against the Oakland Athletics on August 7, 1988.
  • Pitcher Jason Grimsley is released by the Arizona Diamondbacks, a day after his home was searched by federal agents following his admission he used human growth hormone, steroids and amphetamines.
• 2007:
  • In the first amateur draft to be televised nationally, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays take David Price of Vanderbilt University first overall. He is followed by high school star Mike Moustakas by the Kansas City Royals.
  • Curt Schilling pitches a no-hitter for 8 2/3 innings against the A's before Shannon Stewart snaps his bid at the last minute.
• 2010:
  • As had been expected for months, the Washington Nationals select catcher Bryce Harper with the first overall pick in the 2010 amateur draft. While only 17, Harper has been playing in junior college for the past two years and has outrageously dominated older competition. The Nationals announce that they plan to move him to the outfield, but expect arduous negotiations with agent Scott Boras. Selecting second, the Pirates take Texas high school pitcher Jameson Taillon. 18-year-old shortstop Manny Machado is the third pick, by the Orioles, in a draft that is skewed towards very young talent.
  • Carlos Silva allows one run to the Pirates over seven innings to improve his record to 8-0. It is the best start to a season by a Cubs pitcher since Ken Holtzman went 9-0 in 1967. Ryan Theriot scores four times for Chicago.
  • Cole Hamels throws six no-hit innings against the Padres, but his slumping Phillies teammates can't give him any support, being stymied by lefty Wade LeBlanc. In the 7th, Adrian Gonzalez and Scott Hairston hit back-to-back solo homers to open the scoring, and Gonzalez connects again in the 9th for a 3 - 1 win by San Diego.
  • The Brewers swallow hard and release pitcher Jeff Suppan, who has been struggling badly, eating the remaining $8.1 million on his contract, in addition to $2 million to buy out an option for next season.
• 2011:
  • The Braves only manage two hits against the Marlins, but still eke out a 1 - 0 win in favor of Tommy Hanson. Brad Hand is unlucky in his major league debut as he only allows a 4th-inning solo homer by Alex Gonzalez in six innings, but still gets charged with the loss.
  • On the day he is handed a three-game suspension for losing his cool with an umpire on June 4th, Jonathan Papelbon notches the 200th save of his career in Boston's 6 - 4 win over the Yankees. He has needed only 259 appearances to reach the milestone, beating Mariano Rivera, who had been fastest, doing it in 382 games.
• 2012:
  • Michael McKenry breaks Aroldis Chapman's club-record streak of 24 straight scoreless appearances from the start of the season when he drives in a run with a 10th-inning double against the Cincinnati Reds' fireballer. Chapman had pitched 29 innings without allowing a run before the Pirates' back-up catcher gets to him, and he is charged with the 5 - 4 loss. Chapman hadn't even allowed a hit since May 17th before Clint Barmes and McKenry hit the back-to-back doubles.
  • His teammates commit four errors behind him, but Matt Cain still wins his sixth straight start, disposing of the Padres, 8 - 3. The Giants do atone themselves with three homers, by Angel Pagan, Buster Posey and Gregor Blanco, and Ryan Theriot's four-hit performance. Cain is now 7-2 and the Giants have won nine of their last 11.
• 2013:
  • Another day, another standout performance by Yasiel Puig, the Dodgers' young Cuban outfielder, who has had a memorable first week in the Show. Puig hits his fourth homer in five games in the 5th, as Los Angeles wins against the Braves, 2 - 1, when pinch-runner Skip Schumaker scores on Anthony Varvaro's wild pitch in the 10th.
  • Indians closer Chris Perez and his wife Melanie are charged with possession after police discover marijuana in suspicious packages mailed to the couple's house. When asked by police, Perez leads them to his personal stash, stored in a couple of Mason jars in the house's basement. Perez is expected to be given a fine by judicial authorities and ordered to undergo a treatment program by Major League Baseball.
• 2014 - With the issue of a draft pick compensation out of the way, the lone remaining free agent from the last off-season, 1B Kendrys Morales, finally finds a team. He signs a one-year deal with the Twins, pending passing a physical exam, for $12 million, pro-rated to $7.6 million given a good chunk of the season has elapsed.
• 2022 - After losing 12 straight games, negating a good start, the Angels fire manager Joe Maddon and replace him with coach Phil Nevin. Maddon is the second World Series-winning manager to be fired in less than a week, following Joe Girardi who was let go by the Phillies. The Angels lose again tonight, 6 - 5, to the Red Sox to tie the franchise record for consecutive losses at 13.
• 2023 - A rash of forest fires in eastern Canada causes poor air quality throughout the Northeast, and forces the cancellation of two major league games, in New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA. In Toronto, ON, which is closest to the blazes, the Blue Jays play indoors with the Rogers Centre's roof closed to preserve air quality.

Births

• 1856 - Ike Benners, outfielder (d. 1932)
• 1861 - Gene Begley, catcher (d. 1901)
• 1862 - Phil Reccius, infielder (d. 1903)
• 1863 - Bones Ely, infielder (d. 1952)
• 1868 - Mike Ryan, infielder (d. 1935)
• 1877 - Bill Popp, pitcher (d. 1909)
• 1878 - Bob Lindemann, outfielder (d. 1951)
• 1882 - Hub Perdue, pitcher (d. 1968)
• 1884 - George Moriarty, infielder, manager (d. 1964)
• 1885 - Bill Farnsworth, writer (d. 1945)
• 1885 - Dan McGeehan, infielder (d. 1955)
• 1888 - George Chalmers, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1890 - John Vann, pinch hitter (d. 1958)
• 1896 - Toussaint Allen, infielder (d. 1960)
• 1899 - Lafayette Henion, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1900 - Ed Wells, pitcher (d. 1986)
• 1901 - Jerry Conway, pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1904 - Dusty Boggess, umpire (d. 1968)
• 1904 - Shinjiro Iguchi, amateur player; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1985)
• 1904 - Ellis Ryan, owner (d. 1966)
• 1907 - Les Biederman, writer (d. 1981)
• 1913 - Rosey Gilhousen, scout (d. 1997)
• 1914 - Ralph Buxton, pitcher (d. 1988)
• 1914 - Maurice Gorham, minor league outfielder (d. 1983)
• 1915 - Henry Zajac, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
• 1917 - Junior Thompson, pitcher (d. 2006)
• 1921 - Bill McCahan, pitcher (d. 1986)
• 1924 - Henk Keulemans, Hoofdklasse infielder and manager (d. 2012)
• 1926 - Roy Jarvis, catcher (d. 1990)
• 1926 - Les Witherspoon, outfielder (d. 1980)
• 1928 - Marilyn Olinger, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2006)
• 1928 - Bill Guthrie, minor league pitcher (d. 2019)
• 1930 - Bob Berresford, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
• 1933 - Herb Score, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2008)
• 1939 - Louis Rennau, minor league player (d. 2014)
• 1944 - Roger Nelson, pitcher
• 1944 - Frank Reberger, pitcher
• 1945 - George Mitterwald, catcher
• 1947 - Don Money, infielder; All-Star
• 1947 - Thurman Munson, catcher; All-Star (d. 1979)
• 1950 - Richie Moloney, pitcher
• 1951 - Bobby Marcano, NPB infielder (d. 1990)
• 1951 - Barry Stace, minor league pitcher
• 1954 - Isamu Kida, NPB pitcher
• 1955 - Bill Hohn, umpire
• 1955 - Ralph Treuel, coach
• 1957 - Marty Decker, pitcher
• 1958 - Tim Laudner, catcher; All-Star
• 1960 - Jim Paciorek, infielder
• 1961 - Jack McKnight, minor league pitcher
• 1961 - Kaoru Okazaki, NPB infielder
• 1961 - Kazuyuki Shirai, NPB infielder
• 1962 - Paul Cherry, minor league pitcher (d. 2007)
• 1963 - Roberto Casey, Dominican national team pitcher
• 1964 - Tsutomi Aiba, college coach
• 1965 - Faustino Corrales, Cuban league pitcher
• 1966 - Heathcliff Slocumb, pitcher; All-Star
• 1966 - Trevor Wilson, pitcher
• 1969 - Jeff Pierce, pitcher
• 1971 - Terrell Buckley, minor league outfielder
• 1971 - Roberto Petagine, infielder
• 1971 - Lonell Roberts, minor league outfielder
• 1973 - Kenichi Sasaki, NPB pitcher
• 1974 - Chris Richard, outfielder
• 1975 - Dustin Carr, minor league infielder
• 1975 - Richard Greenslade, South African national team infielder
• 1975 - Hsin-Fu Huang, CPBL infielder
• 1975 - Kenji Kudo, Japanese national team infielder
• 1975 - Nick Theodorou, minor league infielder-outfielder
• 1976 - Darron Ingram, minor league outfielder
• 1976 - Esix Snead, outfielder
• 1976 - Hank Thoms, minor league player
• 1977 - Joe Horgan, pitcher
• 1977 - Juan LeBron, minor league outfielder
• 1977 - Myung-hwan Park, KBO pitcher
• 1978 - Ramon Borrego, minor league infielder and manager
• 1978 - Donaldo Mendez, infielder
• 1979 - Isaac Iorg, minor league infielder
• 1980 - Ivan Maldonado, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Dave Martinez, minor league player
• 1981 - Tyler Johnson, pitcher
• 1982 - Virgil Vasquez, pitcher
• 1983 - Mark Lowe, pitcher
• 1983 - Doug Mathis, pitcher
• 1984 - Justin Berg, pitcher
• 1985 - Valentino Arce, minor league infielder
• 1985 - Joey Evans, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Jacob Kahaulelio, minor league player
• 1985 - Hee-keun Lee, KBO catcher
• 1985 - Rodney Rutherford, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Wilgeny Pérez, Dominican national team pitcher
• 1986 - Damián Villanueva, Ecuadorian national team pitcher
• 1987 - Sean Halton, infielder
• 1987 - Jake Rife, minor league outfielder
• 1989 - Mattia Barbaresi, Italian Baseball League pitcher
• 1989 - Angel Castillo, minor league outfielder
• 1989 - Miguel Hanson, French national team pitcher
• 1989 - Dean Kiekhefer, pitcher
• 1989 - Seiji Kobayashi, NPB catcher
• 1990 - Jimmy Moran, scout
• 1991 - Luke Farrell, pitcher
• 1991 - Mike Foltynewicz, pitcher; All-Star
• 1992 - Olexiy Nezhiborets, Ukrainian national team pitcher
• 1992 - Vincent Velasquez, pitcher
• 1993 - James Reeves, minor league pitcher
• 1993 - Nien-Ting Wu, NPB infielder
• 1994 - Ryder Jones, infielder
• 1994 - Wildert Pujols, minor league outfielder
• 1995 - Torii Hunter Jr., minor league outfielder
• 1996 - Yuma Mune, NPB infielder
• 1997 - Danny Lankhorst, Bundesliga outfielder
• 1999 - Samuel Burgos, minor league pitcher
• 2000 - Kaito Kozono, NPB infielder
• 2006 - Yin-Sum Kwong, Hong Kong women's national team pitcher-infielder

Deaths

• 1909 - Charlie Cady, pitcher (b. 1864)
• 1909 - George Decker, infielder (b. 1866)
• 1913 - Chris Von der Ahe, manager (b. 1851)
• 1926 - Arthur Odlin, umpire (b. 1860)
• 1927 - Pat Griffin, pitcher (b. 1893)
• 1928 - George Womack, catcher (b. 1898)
• 1941 - Alabama Pitts, minor league outfielder (b. 1910)
• 1948 - Tom Glover, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1912)
• 1949 - Hi Bell, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1953 - Bill Burns, pitcher (b. 1880)
• 1962 - Harlan Holden, Olympic player (b. 1888)
• 1962 - Harry McCluskey, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1962 - George Shively, outfielder (b. 1893)
• 1964 - Elmer Stricklett, pitcher (b. 1876)
• 1967 - Ed Jeremiah, college coach (b. 1905)
• 1971 - Bruce Gardner, minor league pitcher (b. 1938)
• 1972 - Topper Rigney, infielder (b. 1897)
• 1982 - Art Johnson, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1982 - Lou DiMuro, umpire (b. 1931)
• 1984 - Rabbit Benton, infielder (b. 1901)
• 1986 - Brooks Holder, minor league outfielder (b. 1914)
• 1987 - Shosei Go, NPB outfielder (b. 1916)
• 1993 - Skippy Roberge, infielder (b. 1917)
• 1995 - Eddie Lake, infielder (b. 1916)
• 1996 - Buddy Blair, infielder (b. 1910)
• 1997 - Stan Goletz, pinch hitter (b. 1918)
• 1998 - Tom Buskey, pitcher (b. 1947)
• 1999 - Bob Garber, pitcher (b. 1928)
• 2003 - Greg Garrett, pitcher (b. 1947)
• 2004 - Matt Bolger, college coach (b. 1920)
• 2004 - Chris Kitsos, infielder (b. 1928)
• 2008 - Ray Anderson, minor league pitcher (b. 1928)
• 2009 - Chuck Carter, minor league pitcher (b. 1966)
• 2011 - Jose Pagan, infielder (b. 1935)
• 2015 - Keith Mayhew, minor league pitcher (b. 1971)
• 2016 - Ruben Quevedo, pitcher (b. 1979)
• 2017 - Lew Fauth, minor league pitcher (b. 1926)
• 2017 - Archie Skeen, minor league catcher (b. 1936)
• 2020 - Frans de Bruijn, Hoofdklasse outfielder (b. 1962)
• 2021 - Rich Ramos, minor league pitcher (b. 1934)
• 2022 - Frank Cipriani, outfielder (b. 1941)