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Events

• 1901 - Jimmy Sheckard becomes the first 20th-century player to hit grand slams in two consecutive games, as Brooklyn pounds Cincinnati, 16 - 2. Frank Kitson homers and takes the victory. The 41 runs in two games is a franchise record.
• 1903 - Bill Bradley of Cleveland hits for the cycle and adds an extra double for 12 total bases.
• 1904:
  • For the second time this season, Chicago's Patsy Dougherty spoils a no-hit bid with a safety. This time it is off New York's Joe Lake. Patsy did it earlier in the year while with Boston.
  • Cubs P Bob Wicker, who pitched a 12-inning one-hitter in June, allows just one hit in regulation in beating Brooklyn, 4 - 0. Chicago also takes the nitecap, 7 - 4, in seven innings.
  • At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins his 32nd, defeating the Pirates, 3 - 1. Matty allows just four hits - two each to Ginger Beaumont and Tommy Leach - in beating Joe Robitaille.
• 1906:
  • In the second game of a doubleheader, Cardinals hurler Stoney McGlynn tosses a seven-inning no-hitter against Brooklyn. The game ends in a 1 - 1 tie.
  • The Cubs pound the Giants twice to complete a three-game sweep in New York. Chicago wins the opener, 6 - 2, then jumps on Christy Mathewson for 16 hits and ten runs to win, 10 - 5, in eight innings. Jimmy Sheckard has four hits off Matty.
• 1907 - Christy Mathewson shuts out the Pirates, 2 - 0, while Bill Klem continues his battle with the Giants by tossing four more, including John McGraw.
• 1908:
  • Washington's Walter Johnson three-hits Cleveland to win, 2 - 1. The loss stops Cleveland's win streak at ten.
  • National League President Harry Pulliam upholds umpire Hank O'Day's delayed decision and declares the previous day's controversial game between the Giants and Cubs a tie, a decision nobody likes. The Cubs demand the game be forfeited to them as the crowd prevented play from continuing, although darkness would have soon ended it. Both teams appeal. Pulliam sees no inconsistency with the September 4th incident that was similar to Merkle's Boner and claims he has merely upheld his umpire on a question of fact in each case. Meanwhile, in the game that is played today, the Giants beat the Cubs, 5 - 4, after almost blowing a 5 - 0 lead. Hooks Wiltse is relieved by Christy Mathewson, and the official scorer awards the win to Matty. The loss goes to Three Finger Brown, his first loss to Mathewson since June 13, 1905.
• 1910 - In another matchup of aces, the Giants score four runs in the 1st inning off Three Finger Brown, who is lifted after six innings, trailing, 5 - 1. The Cubs rally against Christy Mathewson, and score two runs in both the 8th and 9th innings to tie. Larry Doyle, whose sloppy play helped the Cubs score, singles home the winning run for New York in the bottom of the 9th. Despite the Cubs tying the game after his departure, Brown is handed the loss.
• 1911 - After 41 straight shutout innings, Grover Alexander is scored on by the Cards in the 6th inning.
• 1913 - Christy Mathewson scatters 11 Brooklyn safeties, walks none, to beat Ed Reulbach, 2 - 1. It is Matty's 25th win. He will finish the year with 25 victories and 21 walks.
• 1914 - At New York, the Cardinals win their third game in a row over the stumbling Giants, 4 - 3. Cozy Dolan's 9th-inning double off reliever Christy Mathewson drives home the winning score.
• 1916:
  • At Cleveland's League Park, Marty Kavanagh hits the first-ever pinch-hit grand slam in American League history. The infielder's historic homer proves to be the difference as the Indians beat the Red Sox, 5 - 3. The ball rolls through a hole in the fence and cannot be retrieved in time for a play at the plate. Kavanagh's blast comes off Boston's Dutch Leonard and ends Boston's seven-game win streak.
  • In the first game of a doubleheader, Browns 1B George Sisler pitches his second game in eight days, tossing a complete game, and losing 2 - 0 to the A's Harry Seibold.
• 1917:
  • At the Polo Grounds, Slim Sallee tops the Cards, 2 - 1, and clinches the National League pennant for the Giants, their sixth under John McGraw. The New Yorkers manage just four hits (and six walks) off Bill Doak, but they come when needed.
  • Babe Ruth shuts out the champion White Sox, 3 - 0, scattering nine hits. The Babe is 0 for 3 at the plate.
  • The third-place Indians finish their season with a 5 - 4 win over the A's, the tenth win in a row for the Tribe. Ray Chapman doubles, then steals third base and home to lead the Indians.
• 1919:
  • The White Sox's 6 - 5 win over St. Louis clinches the pennant; the final margin will be three and a half games over the Indians.
  • The Brooklyn Robins defeat the Phillies twice on Fred Luderus Day in Philadelphia. The second game is the 525th in a row played by the Philadelphia first baseman, who is presented with a diamond stickpin and gold watch between games to commemorate his endurance effort. He will end the season with a consecutive games streak of 553.
  • Boston's Waite Hoyt pitches nine consecutive perfect innings against the Yankees, but they come between the 4th and the 13th in which he gives up hits. He loses, 2 - 1, in the 13th.
• 1920:
  • In the first game of a twinbill, Babe Ruth hits his 50th home run in the 1st inning, off the Senators' Jose Acosta. He then adds number 51 in a 4-for-4 second game, a 2 - 1 win, to give the Yankees a sweep. The other three hits off loser Jim Shaw are by Del Pratt.
  • At League Park, Duster Mails pitches Cleveland to a Friday afternoon 2 - 0 victory over the White Sox, dropping them to one and a half games back. In the 5th, Mails walks three straight batters on 12 pitches, but stays in and strikes out the side. No Sox reach base after that.
• 1921 - Harry Heilmann is 3 for 4 against Walter Johnson, but Washington wins the game over Detroit, 5 - 1. Ty Cobb is so incensed by the umpiring of Billy Evans that he challenges him to a fight. The two future Hall of Famers go at it with Cobb getting the best of Evans. George Hildebrand, the second umpire assigned to the game, reports the incident to American League president Ban Johnson. When Johnson fails to act, Commissioner Landis steps in and suspends Cobb, but allows him to continue as a non-playing manager.
• 1922:
  • Browns pitcher Dixie Davis pitches both ends of the doubleheader against the Red Sox, scattering nine hits and losing the opener 2 - 1, then coasting to an 11 - 0 win in the nitecap.
  • Cardinals outfielder Rogers Hornsby hits home runs off Giant hurlers Jesse and Virgil Barnes. The homers served up by the brothers enables the Rajah to set the National League record for round trippers in a season with 42. Rosy Ryan, in relief of Hugh McQuillan, picks up the 10 - 6 Cards win.
• 1923:
  • Bill Terry takes his first swings in a Giants uniform as a pinch hitter. On September 30th he will play his first game at 1B and get his first hit in a 4 - 3 win over Boston.
  • Detroit pitcher Ray Francis, with a 3 - 0 lead over the Yankees, issues a bases-loaded walk to Babe Ruth, but hangs on for the victory.
• 1924:
  • Brooklyn's Burleigh Grimes dusts six batters in the first two innings and bests the Cubs, 6 - 5. Reliever Rip Wheeler takes the loss. 30,000 Brooklyn fans celebrate the team's showing at the 160th Street Regiment Armory where each player receives a gold watch. Manager Wilbert Robinson predicts that the Robins will overtake the Giants in the next few days.
  • Carl Mays wins his 20th for the Reds, 9 - 6, over the hosts Phils, becoming the first pitcher to win 20 for three different teams in his career. Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander's 21 wins for the Cards in 1927 will make him the second; Gaylord Perry will be third in 1978.
• 1925 - Washington takes two from Cleveland, 4 - 3 and 6 - 2, while the A's lose to St. Louis, 6 - 4, and the Senators clinch their second pennant.
• 1926 - At the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals clinch the pennant by beating the Giants, 6 - 4, behind Flint Rhem and Bill Sherdel. Billy Southworth homers to help beat his old teammates, negating Bill Terry's three-run home run off Rhem. The Cards are now ahead of Cincinnati by three games with two to play. The Reds lose to the Phillies today, 9 - 2.
• 1927 - The Yankees win their 106th, 6 - 0 over Detroit, for a new American League high. They will win 110, a record until the 1954 Indians win 111.
• 1928 - The Tigers draw 404 fans for their last meeting with the Red Sox, winning 8 - 0 behind Sam Gibson's five-hitter. Pat Simmons is knocked out in the 7th when he gives up consecutive triples to Al Wingo, batting ninth, John Stone, and Charlie Gehringer. Harry Heilmann has a home run and double for Detroit. Jack Rothrock is busy for Boston playing LF, SS, and pitching a scoreless last inning.
• 1929:
  • The Yankees' Tom Zachary wins his 12th without a loss, 5 - 3 over Boston. His 12-0 season record will not be equaled.
  • Brooklyn OF Johnny Frederick connects for his 52nd double in the Robins' 8 - 6 loss to the Phils. The total remains the all-time rookie record and will stand as the Dodgers' single-season record until beaten by Freddie Freeman in 2023.
  • The Giants sweep the Braves, 5 - 4 and 6 - 5, as Mel Ott hits a homer in each game, his 41st and 42nd of the year. This ties Rogers Hornsby's National League mark set on this day in 1922.
• 1931:
  • Lefty Grove wins his 31st, beating the Red Sox, 9 - 4, his 11th straight win over the Red Sox stretching back to May 26, 1930. Since July 25th of that year, Grove's record is 46-4, the best 50-decision streak in the century.
  • The round-robin playoff among New York City's three major league teams, to raise money for the unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both the Giants and the Yankees at the Polo Grounds. Again, a near capacity crowd turns out and adds $48,000 to bring the fund to $108,000. In field events held between games, Babe Ruth, normally a left-handed hitter, bats right and wins the fungo hitting contest. He breaks the old distance record held by Big Ed Walsh. Ruth's drive lands in deep center field, 421 feet away. The old record, set 20 years earlier, was 419 1/2 feet.
• 1932:
  • Jimmie Foxx hits his second grand slam in three days, giving him 57 homers for the season, but the A's lose in the 10th to Washington, 8 - 7.
  • In a battle of Boston collegians, Harvard beats Boston College. Charlie Devens, former Harvard hurler, makes his major league debut for the Yankees and beats Boston, 8 - 2. The loss goes to Ed Gallagher, former Boston College pitcher who exits in the 5th. Babe Ruth swats his 41st homer of the year in the 9th and Lou Gehrig belts his 34th in the 5th.
• 1933:
  • Lefty Grove wins his 24th game, replacing starter Tim McKeithan after four innings and the A's leading, 8 - 3. The final score is 11 - 4, with General Crowder taking the loss. But Grove's win is tainted. The Athletics "contrived" to give Grove the sure win, so that he could finish the season with more wins than National League star Carl Hubbell, who will finish with 23. American League President Will Harridge will reverse the official scorer's decision next week and give the win to McKeithan, but the league eventually returns the win to Grove.
  • Detroit's Tommy Bridges reaches the 9th inning with a no-hitter for the third time this season and the fourth time in two years. He yields a pair of hits, as Detroit beats the Browns, 7 - 0. Despite the win, Bucky Harris resigns as manager of the Tigers.
• 1934:
  • The Cardinals beat the Cubs, 3 - 1, and move two games behind the Giants.
  • Idle Detroit wins the pennant, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 5 - 0, in the season's finale at Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth walks in the 1st inning, limps to first base, and leaves for a pinch runner in his last home game.
• 1935:
  • The Cards rebound to whip the Pirates, 11 - 2, behind Bill Hallahan to set up the critical five-game series with the leading Cubs.
  • The Indians whip the White Sox, 14 - 7, as Hal Trosky belts his 25th home run and Joe Vosmik (.349) is 2 for 5.
• 1936:
  • The American League batting crown is decided when Luke Appling of the White Sox goes 4 for 4 in the second game of a doubleheader with Cleveland. Runner-up Earl Averill is held hitless. Appling will coast to a ten-point margin at .388.
  • The Giants clinch the pennant, winning, 2 - 1, in the 10th inning of the opening game of a doubleheader with the Boston Bees. P Hal Schumacher singles in the winning run.
• 1939 - OF Johnny Cooney of the Boston Bees, playing at the Polo Grounds, hits his first homer after 15 years as a P/OF in the major leagues. Tomorrow he will repeat the feat, hitting his last home run in what will be a 20-year career.
• 1940 - George Caster of the Philadelphia Athletics allows six home runs in one game against the Boston Red Sox. Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Joe Cronin and Jim Tabor connect in the 6th inning. Foxx's homer is his 500th.
• 1943 - A crowd of 314, the smallest in Wrigley Field history, see Andy Pafko make his Cubs debut. Pafko drives in four runs with a double and a single in three at bats, as the Cubs top the Phillies, 7 - 4, in a five-inning downpour.
• 1946 - Disappointing on the field, the Yankees nevertheless finish their home season with a 2,309,029 attendance. The best previous draw was the 1929 Cubs at 1,485,166. Total major league attendance was 18.5 million, 80 percent more than 1945.
• 1949:
  • Bob Elliott hits three successive home runs for Boston, as the Braves down the Giants, 6 - 4.
  • Ellis Kinder (15-1 at Fenway Park) pitches a six-hitter, and Ted Williams lines his 42nd homer to beat the Yankees, 2 - 0, and pull the Red Sox one game behind the Yankees.
• 1950:
  • Mental lapses crush Tiger hopes. Due to heavy smoke from a Canadian forest fire, Detroit puts on the lights in a Sunday afternoon contest with the Indians. Cleveland's only score in nine innings is pitcher Bob Lemon's home run in the 4th, as the match is tied 1 - 1 on Johnny Lipon's homer. Lemon opens the 10th with a triple, and two intentional walks follow. With the bases loaded and one out, C Aaron Robinson thinks he has a shot at a double play by just stepping on home. Because of the haze, he does not see 1B Don Kolloway remove the force after fielding the ball hit by slugger Luke Easter, and the Indians win, 2 - 1.
  • 66,924 fans are on hand for Johnny Mize Day at Yankee Stadium, as the Yankees top the fading Red Sox, 9 - 5, to go four games up on Boston and two and a half ahead of Detroit. Phil Rizzuto contributes a single, double, and home run, while Yogi Berra adds four hits, including a triple. Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak reaches 15 games. New York will win five of their next seven, while the Tigers will manage to go 4-3.
  • P Erv Palica of the Dodgers is the star today, pitching a two-hitter in an 11 - 0 win over Philadelphia, and hitting a 5th-inning grand slam off Bubba Church of the Phils. The win cuts the Phillies' lead to five games. The Phils will win two out of three in Boston to put the Braves out of the race.
• 1951 - The Giants score with two outs in the 9th inning to edge the Braves' Chet Nichols, 4 - 3. Eddie Stanky drives home the winner with a single off 3B Sibby Sisti's glove. Dave Koslo wins in relief.
• 1954 - Phillie Murry Dickson loses his 20th game of the season, 1 - 0 to New York's Don Liddle. It marks the third consecutive season he leads the National League in losses.
• 1955:
  • The Giants fail to renew manager Leo Durocher's contract. He resigns and is replaced by Bill Rigney.
  • The Washington Senators lose their 99th and 100th games of the season, the first time the franchise has ever reached the century mark. The Orioles do the damage, 1 - 0 and 8 - 5.
• 1956 - National League President Warren Giles waives the 12:50 a.m. curfew for games that may affect the outcome of the pennant race. Brooklyn wins the suspended game, but loses the regular game to Pittsburgh, 6 - 5.
• 1957:
  • Grounding out, Pirates left-handed first baseman Dee Fondy becomes last player ever to bat in Ebbets Field as the Dodgers blank the Bucs, 2 - 0, in the last major league game ever played in Brooklyn. Danny McDevitt is the winner and Gil Hodges has the last RBI.
  • Hal Griggs of the Senators gets Ted Williams to ground out, breaking the Red Sox slugger's streak of reaching first base 16 consecutive times. Williams later homers to win the game, 2 - 1. Williams holds the 20th Century record. For 50 years, it is believed to be the all-time record but research in 2007 will show a 17-appearance streak by Piggy Ward in 1893.
  • The Yankees clinch their 23rd pennant and eighth under Casey Stengel, as Kansas City tips the White Sox, 6 - 5.
• 1958 - The Red Sox close out their home schedule with a 7 - 5 loss to the Yankees. Mickey Mantle cracks his 42nd homer of the year to put him three ahead of Rocky Colavito, who will finish at 42 home runs.
• 1959 - The Phillies P Humberto Robinson says that gambler Harold Friedman offered him $1,500 to throw a game with the Redlegs. The pitcher ignores him and hurls a 7 - 2 win. Friedman is held on bail. Commissioner Ford Frick later commends Robinson for promptly reporting to him.
• 1960 - Mickey Mantle's 11th-inning homer off Ted Wilks gives New York a 6 - 5 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mantle had driven in the game's first run with a drag bunt in the 1st.
• 1961:
  • A dropped fly ball by Ken Hunt in the 10th gives the Tigers two runs and a 7 - 5 win over the Angels. Hunt had tied the game in the 8th with a home run. Rookie Howie Koplitz wins his first major league game, after going 23-3 with a no-hitter for Birmingham (Southern Association). Koplitz will win his first seven decisions in the Bigs over four years but an arm injury will limit him to a 9-7 record.
  • At Cincinnati, the Giants stage a nine-run 4th to rip the Reds, 12 - 5. Orlando Cepeda hits his 45th homer of the year, a grand slam, to climax the frame. Cepeda will hit one more home run this year and finish with 39 walks, the first National League player with more than 40 homers and fewer than 40 walks. Hal Trosky has done it in the American League.
  • Minnesota's Joe Altobelli hits a one-out 7th inning homer, the only hit off Washington's Dick Donovan, who wins, 4 - 1. Jim Kaat loses his 16th.
• 1963:
  • At Milwaukee, Jim Maloney strikes out 14 in winning his 23rd game of the year. The Reds beat the Braves, 4 - 2.
  • The White Sox make it easy for pitcher Ray Herbert, bashing the Orioles, 15 - 0.
  • The idle Dodgers clinch their second Los Angeles pennant when Chicago's Lindy McDaniel beats Bob Gibson and the Cards, 6 - 3.
• 1965 - At Candlestick Park, Tony Cloninger throws a four-hitter to give the Braves an 8 - 2 win over the Giants. In southern California, the Dodgers win, 4 - 3, over the Cards to reduce the Giants' lead to one game.
• 1966 - Roberto Clemente's two-run, tie-breaking, tape measure home run caps a five-run 7th inning that hands the second-place Bucs an 8 - 6 decision over Atlanta and pulls them to within two games of Los Angeles.
• 1967 - The Twins crunch the Yankees, 9 - 2, as Dean Chance scatters nine hits for his 20th victory. The White Sox hold off the Indians, 5 - 1, while Boston racks up 18 hits in an 11 - 7 win over the Orioles. The Tigers lose a tough one. Going into the bottom of the 9th in Washington, Detroit nurses a 4 - 2 lead, only to lose it, 5 - 4. The loss drops Detroit to fourth, one and a half games behind Minnesota, Chicago one game back, and Boston a half game.
• 1968:
  • The Giants beat the Astros, 5 - 4, with Willie Mays driving in three runs. Mays hits a solo homer in the 1st and drives in the tying and winning runs in the 8th with a perfect bunt. With runners on second and third base, Mays bunts and Doug Rader attempts a barehanded pickup but misses the ball.
  • Manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack during New York's game with the Braves. He is hospitalized, and Rube Walker takes the helm for the rest of the season. The Aaron brothers, Tommie and Hank, pull off a double steal for the Braves, with Hank scoring. The pair combine for five hits in a 7 - 3 win over the Mets.
  • Steve Blass records his third shutout in a row, defeating the Reds, 2 - 0, and beating Gary Nolan. For Nolan, it is his first defeat after seven straight wins, while Blass wins his ninth straight for the Pirates.
• 1969 - Gary Gentry four-hits the Cardinals, 6 - 0, helping the Mets become the first team to clinch a National League East title. Donn Clendenon and Ed Charles hit home runs. As the game ends, a large number of the 54,928 fans pour onto the field ripping up huge chunks of sod. Seven fans suffer fractures in the celebration.
• 1970 - The Cubs stop the Cards, 7 - 1, behind Ken Holtzman's seven-hitter, and stay two and a half games in back of the Pirates. Chicago will lose its next two games and Pittsburgh will clinch the division title on the 27th.
• 1971:
  • Al Downing becomes a 20-game winner for the first time of his career, as the Dodgers whip the Braves, 2 - 0. Willie Davis has three hits, one a homer, and scores both runs. Los Angeles trails the Giants by two games.
  • The Orioles clinch their division as Mike Cuellar wins his 20th game, 9 - 2 over the Indians. In the second game of the doubleheader, Pat Dobson cards his 20th win, a 7 - 0 shutout.
  • Honored in pregame ceremonies at Shea Stadium by New York Congressman Herman Badillo and Puerto Rican Senate President Rafael Hernandez Colon, Roberto Clemente responds by driving in the first and last runs in the Pirates' 3 - 2 win over New York. Willie Stargell provides the second run with his 47th homer, tying him with Atlanta's Hank Aaron for the league lead. Centerfielder Mike Jorgensen is the Mets' offense, answering Clemente's 1st-inning RBI single with one of his own and Stargell's 6th-inning solo shot with his own bases-empty blast in the bottom of the 7th. Immediately thereafter, however, Clemente doubles in the go-ahead run. This time, the Bucs wise up; when they walk Jorgensen in the 9th, the Mets cannot capitalize.
  • Wasting a heroic pitching effort by starter Clay Kirby, the Padres lose to the Astros, 2 - 1, in 21 innings. Kirby hurls 15 innings and strikes out 15 men.
  • The Phils' Barry Lersch snaps an 11-game losing streak, beating the Cubs, 6 - 1.
• 1972 - In the nitecap of a twinbill sweep over the Indians, Sparky Lyle sets an American League record and ties the major league mark by saving his 35th game. The Yankees win, 8 - 3, after gaining a 5 - 4 win in the opener when they score two unearned runs on five Indian errors in the 11th. Thurman Munson steals second base by kicking the ball out of Frank Duffy's glove and going to third on the error. Duffy then boots a grounder and throws wildly for two more E's. Catcher Gerry Moses then picks up a squibber and fires over 1B and RF Del Unser's throw to the plate is over Moses' head for error number five.
• 1973:
  • Montreal sweeps a doubleheader from the first-place Pirates, winning 5 - 4 and 3 - 0. Pittsburgh is now a half game ahead of the Mets in the National League East.
  • The Reds clinch another NL West crown, beating the Padres, 2 - 1, in Cincinnati. Dick Baney, making his second major league start, is the winner.
• 1974:
  • Clarence Jones of the Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th home run to become the first American to win a Japanese home run title, topping the Pacific League in roundtrippers. Sadaharu Oh will lead the Central League with 49 homers. Jones will lead the league again with 36 homers in 1976.
  • At Memorial Stadium, Tiger outfielder Al Kaline gets his 3000th hit. The milestone hit is a double off Oriole hurler Dave McNally in a 5 - 4 loss to the Birds.
• 1975 - Tom Seaver's bid for a no-hitter is again spoiled in the 9th by a little-known Cub batter. This time it is Joe Wallis who lines a two-out single for Chicago's first hit. Seaver retires the next hitter, but there is no score through nine innings. The Cubs tally two more hits in the 10th, but fail to score. When Skip Lockwood relieves Seaver in the 11th, Chicago finally scores to win, 1 - 0.
• 1976 - Chicago Cub Bill Madlock suffers bruises and a slight concussion when he is mugged in New York City. Chicago then gets mugged by the Mets, 4 - 3.
• 1977 - Jack Brohamer becomes the first White Sox player since Ray Schalk in 1922 to hit for the cycle as Chicago whips the Mariners, 8 - 3. Brohamer also adds a double.
• 1978 - Ron Guidry (23-3) gains his third two-hit shutout of the month, 4 - 0 over the Indians. The two Indian hits are by Duane Kuiper, the second time this year that he has recorded the only hits in a game. The Yankees ace also two-hitted the Red Sox on September 9th (7 - 0) and 15th (4 - 0). It is Guidry's ninth shutout of the year, a Yankee record, and just one short of the American League record for southpaws set by Boston's Babe Ruth in 1916. The Red Sox stay one game back of New York by topping Toronto, 7 - 6.
• 1979:
  • With a week to go, Herman Franks resigns as Cubs manager, and is replaced by Preston Gomez, most recently a coach with the Dodgers. After resigning, Franks criticizes a number of Cubs players, including Barry Foote, Mike Vail, Bill Buckner and Ted Sizemore.
  • Pete Rose singles in the Phillies' 7 - 2 loss to the Cardinals, giving him 200 hits in a season for the tenth time. He breaks the major league record of nine formerly held by Ty Cobb. Rose hits safely in his 18th straight game, and will extend it to 23 by the end of the season.
• 1980 - The Braves, with 24,897 watching, beat the Astros, 4 - 2, at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, pushing the Braves over the one million attendance mark for the season. The 11 other National League teams have already reached that milestone, making this the first season ever in which all the teams in one league have done so.
• 1982 - In the completion of a game suspended on July 9th, the Tigers beat Cleveland, 4 - 3, when reliever Ed Glynn uncorks a wild pitch with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 18th inning.
• 1983 - In the 9th inning of Atlanta's 3 - 2 win over Los Angeles, Braves OF Dale Murphy walks, steals second, and scores the winning run on Rafael Ramirez's single. The stolen base makes him only the sixth player in major league history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season.
• 1984 - Rick Sutcliffe pitches a two-hitter in a 4 - 1 win over Pittsburgh to clinch the National League East title for the Cubs, who will be making their first post-season appearance since 1945. The win is Sutcliffe's 14th in a row. Sutcliffe strikes out nine Bucs, including Joe Orsulak for the final out.
• 1985 - Expos OF Andre Dawson slugs three home runs, including a pair of three-run shots in a 12-run 5th inning, to lead Montreal to a wild 17 - 15 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Dawson joins Willie McCovey as the only players to hit two home runs in one inning on two different occasions, and his six RBIs in one inning ties the major-league record last accomplished by Jim Ray Hart in 1970. The Expo outfielder also went yard twice in the same frame on July 30, 1978.
• 1988:
  • Dave Stewart wins his 20th game of the season and the A's win their 100th, 5 - 2, over Milwaukee.
  • Toronto's Dave Stieb is one out away from a no-hitter when Julio Franco's apparent game-ending grounder takes a bad hop over 2B Manny Lee's head and Stieb is forced to settle for a 1 - 0 one-hitter. It is the seventh no-hitter broken up in the 9th inning this season.
• 1991 - Howard Johnson of the Mets strokes his 37th home run of the season to set a new National League record for switch-hitters, in New York's 10 - 8 loss to Pittsburgh. Johnson himself had set the previous mark in 1987. He will finish the year with 38 homers and 117 RBIs, becoming the first switch-hitter to lead the NL in driving home runs.
• 1992:
  • Rookie center fielder Kenny Lofton establishes an Indian record stealing his 62nd base of the season.
  • At the age of 40, Dave Winfield drives in four runs with a homer and a two-run double becoming the oldest player to drive in 100 runs. The future Hall of Famer's offensive outburst helps the Blue Jays beat the Orioles, 8 - 2.
  • Baseball's executive council rescinds the National League realignment announced by Commissioner Fay Vincent earlier this year. Vincent has since resigned from his post.
• 1993 - Defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 9 - 2, the Rockies set a National League record for wins by an expansion team. Colorado's 65th win of the season surpasses the mark established by the Houston Colt .45s in 1962.
• 1995 - Montreal P Carlos Perez is arrested in Atlanta and charged with the rape of a 20-year-old woman. The charges will be dropped after the season.
• 1996:
  • Cincinnati 3B Willie Greene leads the Reds to a 6 - 3 victory over the Cubs by hitting three home runs and bringing in five.
  • Boston 1B Mo Vaughn slugs three home runs and drives home five, in the Red Sox' 13 - 8 win over Baltimore.
• 1997:
  • Doug Million, the Colorado Rockies' #1 pick in the 1994 amateur draft, dies of an asthma attack at age 21.
  • With the Blue Jays in last place, Toronto fires manager Cito Gaston before today's game with the Orioles. Gaston took the team to the World Series in 1992 and 1993. Coach Mel Queen is named as interim manager for the last five games. The O's then beat the Jays, 9 - 3, to clinch the American League East title. Baltimore was never out of first place, just the sixth major league team to hold first place every day of the season.
• 1998:
  • Red Sox reliever Tom Gordon records his 42nd consecutive save, establishing a major league record. Boston clinches the American League wild card spot behind a pair of homers and four runs scored by Nomar Garciaparra.
  • Shortstop Gary DiSarcina leads Anaheim to a 10 - 6 win over Oakland with five hits, including two doubles, and a pair of RBIs.
• 1999:
  • The Indians swamp the Blue Jays, 18 - 4. OF Manny Ramirez drives home eight runs, on a single and two homers, for Cleveland.
  • The Rangers beat the Athletics, 12 - 4, as Texas OF Juan Gonzalez strokes three home runs. Gonzalez adds a single and drives home five runs for the Rangers.
  • The Astros defeat the Brewers, 9 - 4. Astros OF Bill Spiers is attacked by a fan in the 6th inning of the contest. His teammates leave the bench and bullpen to aid Spiers, who suffers a welt under his left eye and a bloody nose. He remains in the game, however. His assailant is charged with two counts of assault after being taken into custody.
• 2000 - The White Sox lose to the Twins, 6 - 5, in ten innings, but still clinch the AL Central as Kansas City defeats Cleveland, 9 - 0.
• 2001:
  • Jamie Moyer (19-5) wins his tenth straight as the Mariners beat the Rangers, 9 - 3. The win snaps the M's four-game losing streak. Moyer's win is the 150th of his career.
  • Former Major Leaguer Tuffy Rhodes, playing for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, hits his 55th homer to tie Sadaharu Oh's Japanese League single-season home run record. His homer, off hard-throwing Daisuke Matsuzaka, comes at home and gives the Buffaloes a 7 - 6 win over the Seibu Lions. Tuffy will hit no more as he'll see few good pitches from here on out.
  • In Los Angeles, Barry Bonds walks in his first two at bats and then slugs his 67th homer in the 7th inning to give the Giants a 2 - 1 win over the Dodgers. Bonds hit a pair in his last two at bats the previous day. Bonds now has 35 homers on the road, a major league record.
  • Larry Walker is 4 for 4 with two homers to pace the Rockies to a 15 - 11 win over the Padres. Todd Helton hits his 44th and drives in four, and Juan Uribe has four hits, as the Rockies score in all eight innings they go to bat. The Pads' Rickey Henderson is 4 for 5 with three runs scored, leaving him three shy of Ty Cobb's runs record.
  • The Marlins score a 2nd-inning run on Javy Lopez's throwing error, and Brad Penny and two relievers hold on to beat the Braves, 1 - 0. The Braves drop into a tie for first place in the NL East with the idle Phillies.
  • Pittsburgh rookie Craig Wilson ties the major league record for pinch-hit home runs in a season by hitting his seventh in the Pirates' 7 - 6 win over the Cubs. Dave Hansen of the Dodgers set the mark the previous season.
• 2002:
  • The Astros have their first rain delay at home since July 15, 1976. To save time, officials decide to cover the Minute Maid field with a tarp during the 19-minute delay rather than use the retractable roof.
  • Thanks to Jason's two home runs in the Yankees' 6 - 0 whitewash of the Devil Rays, the Giambi brothers (Jason 40, and Jeremy 20) pass the DiMaggio siblings for the highest single-season total for homers with 60. The DiMaggios (Joe 46, and Vince, 13) went yard 59 times in 1937.
• 2005 - Averaging more than 50,000 fans per game, the Yankees become the third franchise in major league history, and the first since the 1994 strike, to pass the four-million attendance mark. The 1993 Colorado Rockies and the 1991-1993 Toronto Blue Jays are the other teams which have reached the milestone.
• 2008 - The Pirates come to terms with Pedro Alvarez, whom they picked in the first round of this year's amateur draft. Alvarez had previously given his verbal agreement to a deal but agent Scott Boras claimed it was after the signing deadline. Major League Baseball had placed Alvarez on the restricted list and the MLBPA filed a grievance, resulting in the case being sent to an arbitrator. Before a decision could be made, Pittsburgh and Alvarez again reached an agreement. The MLBPA therefore drops its appeal.
• 2009 - Justin Verlander strikes out 11 in seven innings as Detroit bests Cleveland, 6 - 5. It is the Indians' 11th straight loss, one short of the franchise record set in 1931.
• 2011:
  • The 200,000th game in major league history (since 1876) is played today, although the total excludes certain leagues usually considered of major league caliber such as the Federal League, and the Negro Leagues, whose major league status will only be officially recognized in 2020. Thus, today's game between the Rockies and Astros at Minute Maid Park sets the historic milestone when it becomes official at 8:45 ET. The Rockies win, 4 - 2, in 13 innings.
  • In Germany, the Regensburg Legionäre win their third Bundesliga pennant in four years. They win their third straight game to take the best-of-five finals from the Paderborn Untouchables. Mike Bolsenbroek and Boris Bokaj combine to hold Paderborn to one run.
  • In Sweden, Stockholm BSK also wins its third title in four years, sweeping Göteborg in three games in the Elitserien finals. 17-year-old Albin Sivard, who only pitched three innings in the regular season, fans 12 and allows one hit in seven shutout innings to cruise to the win over Curtis Dionne. Magnus Pilegård is named the Series MVP, having gone 5 for 12 with four runs, five RBI and one homer.
• 2012:
  • Canada completes a flawless performance in the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in Regensburg, Germany, by defeating Germany, 11 - 1 in a game shortened to eight innings by the mercy rule. The Canadians jump on starter Andre Hughes for four runs in the 1st inning, the highlight being a two-run homer by C Chris Robinson, and never look back. Adam Loewen and Jimmy Van Ostrand, with his fourth long ball in three games, also homer for the Canucks, as Andrew Albers limits the Germans to one run on two hits in six innings. A solo homer by Aaron Altherr accounts for Germany's lone run. The win returns Canada to the World Baseball Classic.
  • The Orioles lose a half-game to the Yankees when they split a doubleheader with the Blue Jays. Steve Johnson pitches five shutout innings to win the opener as Adam Jones goes 4 for 4 with a homer in a 4 - 1, win, but in the nitecap, J.P. Arencibia's 7th-inning grand slam is the difference in the Jays' 9 - 5 win. Ricky Romero is the winner, snapping a personal 13-game losing streak. Meanwhile, the Yankees defeat the Twins, 6 - 3, behind Andy Pettitte to move to one and a half games in front of the Birds. Curtis Granderson hits his 40th homer, becoming the fifth Yankee to hit forty dingers in back-to-back seasons.
  • The Cardinals defeat the Astros, 6 - 1, as Lance Lynn picks up his 17th win. Pete Kozma hits a two-run homer as the Cards now have a commanding three-and-a-half-game lead over their nearest rivals for a wild card spot.
• 2013:
  • Cardinals rookie P Michael Wacha comes within one out of throwing a no-hitter in his ninth big league start as Ryan Zimmerman hits a chopper over the mound for the Nationals' only hit with two outs in the 9th. Trevor Rosenthal then replaces Wacha and records the final out in a 2 - 0 win.
  • The Indians continue their late push for a postseason slot, defeating the White Sox, 5 - 4, on pinch-hitter Jason Giambi's dramatic two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 9th. Chris Perez had blown a 3 - 2 lead in the top of the inning by surrendering homers to Dayan Viciedo and Alejandro De Aza.
• 2014:
  • Mongolia is no-hit for the second straight day at the 2014 Asian Games. After being stopped by China yesterday, Pakistan's Adil Sardar fans eight and walks two in a five-inning no-hitter in a game shortened by invocation of the mercy rule as Pakistan scores 25 runs in its four turns at bat, with Muhammad Sumair Zawar crossing home five times.
  • Twins pitcher Phil Hughes sets a record for the best K/W ratio in history in his final start of the year. He walks none and strikes out five over eight innings in a 2 - 1 win over the Diamondbacks to finish with 186 Ks and only 16 free passes. His ratio of 11.63 tops the previous record of 11.00 set by Bret Saberhagen in 1994. However, a 66-minute rain delay in the top of the 9th proves literally costly as he ends the season with 209 2/3 innings pitched; he would have earned an additional $500,000 bonus for reaching 210 innings.
• 2015 - The Royals claim their first division title since 1985 as they clinch first place in the AL Central with a 10 - 4 win over the Mariners. The title confirms that their appearance in last year's World Series was no fluke.
• 2016:
  • In the AL East, the Red Sox have pulled away from the field, winning their tenth straight game, 6 - 4, over the Rays, to clinch a postseason slot. Rick Porcello wins his 22nd while Craig Kimbrel reaches 30 saves as the Sox now have a five-and-a-half-game lead over the second-place Blue Jays.
  • At the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in Brooklyn, NY, Great Britain pulls off a major upset, defeating Brazil, 4 - 3, to reach the Pool D finals where they will meet Israel. British C Chris Berset throws out Juan Carlos Muniz on an attempted steal of third base to end the game. Great Britain takes a 3 - 2 lead with two outs in the 3rd when P Andre Rienzo plunks Todd Isaacs with the bases loaded, then an error by SS Leonardo Reginatto leads to two more runs. Chris Reed pitches 4 2/3 innings in relief for the win, pitching out of several jams.
  • The 2016 Holland Series opener is a dramatic affair, going a record 4 hours and 18 minutes in a 12-inning contest. Curaçao Neptunus blows a 5 - 2 lead as the Amsterdam Pirates' Danny Rombley hits a two-run single off closer Loek van Mil. In the 9th, Nick Urbanus raps a two-out single off van Mil to score Remco Draijer with the tying run. Rombley throws out Urving Kemp from right field in the bottom of the 9th to keep Amsterdam alive, then Tom de Blok escapes a bases-loaded jam in the same frame. In the 12th, Kenny Berkenbosch scores on a Dashenko Ricardo passed ball to give Amsterdam the lead for the first time, 6 - 5. In the bottom of the 12th, Shaldimar Daantji hits a two-out triple off Dennis Burgersdijk but is stranded when batting champ Christian Diaz grounds out to end the high-drama contest.
• 2017 - The Cubs' principal mid-season acquisition, P José Quintana, proves to be worth it as he shuts out the Brewers on three hits in a 5 - 0 win in the final game of a four-game series at Miller Park. By winning three of four against their closest rivals, the Cubs have increased their lead in the NL Central to five and a half games and lowered their magic number to two.
• 2019:
  • José Ramírez of the Indians marks his return to action after missing a month due to a wrist injury with a grand slam off Carson Fulmer of the White Sox on the 1st inning, then follows it with a three-run homer off Hector Santiago in the 3rd. Cleveland defeats Chicago, 11 - 0.
  • In a game with postseason implications, the Cardinals and Diamondbacks battle it out for 19 innings, lasting 6 hours and 53 minutes - the longest game in Chase Field history - before Arizona pulls off a 3 - 2 win. 37-year-old Yadier Molina catches the entire marathon for the Cards. Ildemaro Vargas is the hero for the D-Backs, hitting a game-tying pinch homer in the 9th, and then driving in the winning run ten innings later with a bases-loaded single. 53 players and 24 pitchers are used in the game, and there is a total of 48 strikeouts.
• 2021 - The Padres complete a sweep of a doubleheader from the Braves, then lose a game, all on the same day. The win comes in a game that had started on July 21st, when the second game of the twinbill was suspended by rain in the middle of the 5th inning at Truist Park. When it is resumed at Petco Park today, a number of absurdities show up in the boxscore, as is often the case with games completed many weeks after their first innings were played: for example, Adam Duvall, who was not yet a Brave when the first innings were played, homers off Daniel Hudson, who was not yet a Padre at the time. The Padres win that one, 6 - 5, thanks to a 7th-inning homer by Fernando Tatis Jr., his 41st of the season - or would that retroactively be his 30th? However, they lose the nitecap, which goes the full nine innings since it is not technically part of a doubleheader, for those keeping score at home. Max Fried pitches a complete game three-hit shutout for a 4 - 0 Braves win. Ironically, the first game only resumes after a rain delay of an hour and five minutes, a very rare occurrence in San Diego, CA, but maybe something that the Braves brought along with them from Atlanta.
• 2022 - The Braves' Kyle Wright, who had only won two regular season games in four seasons, becomes the first 20-game winner in the majors this year with a 6 - 3 win over Philadelphia. The win moves Atlanta within one and a half games of the Mets, holders of first place in the NL East.
• 2023:
  • For the first time since the 1995 European Championship, two countries make their European Championship debut the same year (helped by the absence of Russia from this year's tourney due to their invasion of Ukraine). In the opening day of the 2023 European Championship, newcomer Hungary drops a 15 - 2 decision to Italy (the second-most successful team in event history), Graeham Luttor driving in Cesar Chacin with both of their runs while Mattia Aldegheri gets the win over Sean Fekete. The other newcomer also faces a big challenge as Switzerland falls, 11 - 1, to defending Silver Medalist Israel. Itai Spinoza and David Feins hold the Swiss to three hits to beat Jonah Schaller. Hayden Jung-Goldberg drives in Josha Crouse with the first Swiss run while Robb Paller goes deep for Israel. Other opening day winners are the host Czech Republic, defending champion the Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Great Britain and Spain.
  • The Rangers complete a three-game sweep of the Mariners with a 9 - 8 win at Globe Life Fieldin which they belt a season-high six homers. One of two homers by Marcus Semien benefits from an assist by Seattle CF Julio Rodríguez, who tips the ball over the fence while attempting a catch. Texas now holds first place in the AL West, 2 1/2 games ahead of Houston and three in front of Seattle.

Births

• 1846 - Charlie Pabor, outfielder, manager (d. 1913)
• 1851 - John Wilson, umpire (d. 1923)
• 1853 - Martin Flaherty, outfielder (d. 1920)
• 1859 - Cyclone Miller, pitcher (d. 1916)
• 1881 - Bob Vail, pitcher (d. 1942)
• 1882 - John Kane, outfielder (d. 1934)
• 1883 - Herbert Jackson, pitcher (d. 1922)
• 1890 - Mike Gonzalez, catcher, manager (d. 1977)
• 1891 - Paddy Siglin, infielder (d. 1956)
• 1893 - Yutaka Ikeda, NPB manager and umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1952)
• 1893 - Joe Sargent, infielder (d. 1950)
• 1894 - Otto Neu, infielder (d. 1932)
• 1894 - Lefty Williams, pitcher (d. 1952)
• 1896 - Kewpie Pennington, pitcher (d. 1953)
• 1901 - Charlie Smith, infielder/outfielder (d. 1932)
• 1906 - Tommie Dukes, catcher; All-Star (d. 1991)
• 1909 - Johnny Reder, infielder (d. 1990)
• 1910 - Tom Seats, pitcher (d. 1992)
• 1910 - Dixie Walker, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1982)
• 1911 - Bill Herring, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 1996)
• 1918 - Julio Bracho, Venezuelan national team pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1920 - Otis Davis, pinch runner (d. 2007)
• 1921 - Clyde Vollmer, outfielder (d. 2006)
• 1924 - Walter Fiala, minor league infielder (d. 1988)
• 1925 - Wally Hood, pitcher (d. 2001)
• 1926 - Carlo Tagliaboschi, Serie A1 pitcher-outfielder; Italian Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1989)
• 1929 - Jim Mangan, catcher (d. 2007)
• 1931 - Mike Krsnich, outfielder (d. 2011)
• 1934 - Tamotsu Kimura, NPB pitcher (d. 2005)
• 1936 - Ron Stead, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
• 1938 - George Banks, infielder (d. 1985)
• 1939 - Dick Nen, infielder
• 1940 - Curt Motton, outfielder (d. 2010)
• 1942 - Chuck Nieson, pitcher
• 1942 - Rico Zuccaro, umpire
• 1945 - Bob Taylor, minor league outfielder
• 1946 - Lou Camilli, infielder
• 1947 - Norm Angelini, pitcher (d. 2019)
• 1948 - Eric Soderholm, infielder
• 1949 - Don Kirkwood, pitcher
• 1952 - Rod Gilbreath, infielder
• 1955 - Gorman Heimueller, pitcher
• 1956 - Hubie Brooks, infielder; All-Star
• 1958 - Jim Acker, pitcher
• 1959 - Mercedes Esquer, minor league pitcher; Salón de la Fama
• 1959 - Lance Junker, minor league outfielder
• 1960 - Tom Nelson, Canadian national team infielder
• 1960 - Mark Owings, minor league infielder (d. 2014)
• 1961 - Elton Wilson, Hoofdklasse player
• 1962 - Mike Berger, minor league outfielder; General Manager
• 1962 - Doug Davis, catcher
• 1962 - Kerry Richardson, minor league infielder
• 1962 - Scott Buss, minor league outfielder
• 1963 - Lelis Gomez, Venezuelan womens' national team infielder
• 1964 - Jim Neidlinger, pitcher
• 1964 - Rafael Palmeiro, infielder; All-Star
• 1965 - Cisco Johnson, minor league outfielder
• 1965 - Scott Leius, infielder
• 1966 - Chris George, pitcher
• 1966 - Bernard Gilkey, outfielder
• 1966 - Masahiko Jozume, NPB catcher
• 1966 - Kevin Koslofski, outfielder
• 1967 - Larry Stanford, minor league pitcher
• 1969 - Katsuya Udo, NPB pitcher
• 1970 - Paul Spoljaric, pitcher
• 1971 - Jamie Burke, catcher
• 1971 - Kevin Millar, infielder
• 1972 - Brian Johnson, scout
• 1973 - Jesse Garcia, infielder
• 1973 - Carlton Loewer, pitcher
• 1974 - John McDonald, infielder
• 1975 - Mario Encarnacion, outfielder (d. 2005)
• 1975 - Yubin Luo, China Baseball League outfielder
• 1976 - Andrew Beinbrink, minor league infielder
• 1976 - Ben Broussard, infielder
• 1976 - John Mangieri, minor league pitcher
• 1977 - Pasqual Coco, pitcher
• 1979 - Nate Cornejo, pitcher
• 1980 - Alvin Cuevas, scout
• 1980 - Levale Speigner, pitcher
• 1982 - Jeff Karstens, pitcher
• 1982 - Ryan Knippschild, minor league player
• 1982 - Adam Ricks, minor league catcher
• 1983 - Ivan Blanco, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Travis Ishikawa, infielder
• 1983 - Luis Ulacia, Serie Nacional outfielder
• 1984 - Scott Carroll, pitcher
• 1984 - Mike Crotta, pitcher
• 1984 - Dustin Evans, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Chien-Yu Kuo, CPBL pitcher
• 1984 - Brandon McArthur, scout
• 1984 - Álvaro Rodríguez, Bolivian national team player
• 1984 - Rafael Rodriguez, pitcher
• 1985 - Marques Kyles, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Gustavo Omana, minor league catcher
• 1986 - Deibinson Romero, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Jirapod Srisaipet, Thai national team outfielder
• 1987 - Jake Goebbert, outfielder
• 1987 - Jesús Sánchez, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Ryan Wills, umpire
• 1988 - Denny Almonte, minor league outfielder
• 1988 - Josuel Chalas, Dominican national team outfielder
• 1988 - James Jones, outfielder
• 1988 - Moises Sierra, outfielder
• 1988 - Hunter Strickland, pitcher
• 1989 - Jake Buchanan, pitcher
• 1989 - Vojtěch Jelínek, Extraliga pitcher
• 1989 - Carlos Paulino, minor league catcher
• 1989 - Matt Ramsey, pitcher
• 1989 - Kazumasa Yoshida, NPB pitcher
• 1990 - Wynton Bernard, outfielder
• 1990 - Zach Von Rosenberg, minor league pitcher
• 1991 - Michael Ynoa, pitcher
• 1992 - Jaroslav Kosna, Slovakian national team pitcher
• 1992 - Dominik Talir, Austrian national team outfielder
• 1993 - Drew Smith, pitcher
• 1993 - Jose Torres, pitcher
• 1994 - Luca Di Raffaele, Serie A1 pitcher
• 1996 - Kostiantyn Chukhas, Ukrainian national team infielder-pitcher
• 1997 - Yoelkis Céspedes, minor league outfielder
• 1997 - Declan Cronin, pitcher
• 1997 - Patrick Monteverde, minor league pitcher
• 1998 - Elliot Johnstone, minor league pitcher

Deaths

• 1910 - George Boone, pitcher (b. 1871)
• 1913 - Fred Roat, infielder (b. 1867)
• 1933 - Mike Donlin, outfielder (b. 1878)
• 1941 - Lou Castro, infielder (b. 1876)
• 1946 - Jeff Tesreau, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1956 - Walt Marbet, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1958 - Bill Jackson, infielder (b. 1881)
• 1962 - Joe Cambria, scout (b. 1890)
• 1963 - Daff Gammons, outfielder (b. 1876)
• 1965 - Cliff Knox, catcher (b. 1902)
• 1967 - John Allen, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1973 - Tommy Nelson, infielder (b. 1917)
• 1973 - Bruce Sloan, outfielder (b. 1914)
• 1974 - Dick Porter, outfielder (b. 1901)
• 1977 - Sherm Lollar, catcher; All-Star (b. 1924)
• 1977 - Gus McIsaac, minor league infielder (b. 1906)
• 1978 - Lyman Bostock, outfielder (b. 1950)
• 1980 - Bill Ayers, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 1980 - Ernie Shore, pitcher (b. 1891)
• 1985 - Shinjiro Iguchi, amateur player; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1904)
• 1990 - Johnny Werts, pitcher (b. 1898)
• 1992 - Rufus Ligon, pitcher (b. 1903)
• 1993 - Izzy Goldstein, pitcher (b. 1908)
• 1996 - Red Embree, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 2005 - Mex Johnson, infielder; All-Star (b. 1911)
• 2005 - Frank Smith, pitcher (b. 1928)
• 2008 - Mickey Vernon, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1918)
• 2009 - Del Bates, catcher (b. 1940)
• 2015 - Ed Sukla, pitcher (b. 1943)
• 2020 - Paul Pettit, pitcher (b. 1931)
• 2021 - Jerome Yenson, Philippines national team outfielder (b. 1996)