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Events

• 1889 - In the most controversial game in American Association history, the Browns walk off the field in Brooklyn while leading, 4 - 2, in the 9th inning. They claim it is too dark to play, but the lighted candles in front of their bench by owner Chris Von der Ahe make umpire Fred Goldsmith determined to finish the game no matter what. Several St. Louis players are hit with bottles as they leave the grounds.
• 1901:
  • Thankful to be back in New York after losing three straight doubleheaders in Pittsburgh, the Giants play a solo 5 - 2 win over the Cardinals. Luther Taylor is the winner.
  • The first-place White Sox dispose of slumping Boston by beating them, 4 - 1, in a Saturday game at South Side Park. Nixey Callahan, enjoying his switch from the North side to the South side, is the victor over Ted Lewis.
• 1903 - A year before the first subway is completed, the Brooklyn Superbas, later to be known as the Dodgers, play their cross-town rivals in a two-stadium, same day doubleheader. The first game played in Washington Park begins at 10:30 am with 9,300 fans watching the visiting Giants win, 6 - 4, and later that afternoon in front of 23,623 fans at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn wins the second game, 3 - 0.
• 1904 - Rookie George "Hooks" Wiltse records his tenth straight win without a loss, and the Giants' 12th in a row, as he beats the Phillies, 6 - 3. Wiltse allows eight hits.
• 1905 - The Beaneaters and Giants trade shutouts, with Boston beating Joe McGinnity in the opener, 1 - 0, and Christy Mathewson returning the favor, 3 - 0, in the nitecap. The game is scoreless until New York scores a run in the 7th off Vic Willis.
• 1907 - In Boston, Walter Johnson tops the Red Sox, 1 - 0, for the first of his 38 career 1 - 0 wins. On the 12th, he will shut out the Highlanders 2 - 0.
• 1908:
  • On Labor Day, Manager Joe Cantillon starts the Big Train in place of one pitcher who is sick, and another who returned to Washington to be with his sick wife. Only three Senators pitchers made the trip to New York. Walter Johnson shuts out the New York Highlanders for the third time in four days, 4 - 0, topping Jack Chesbro and allowing just two hits and no walks. In the three games, Walter allows 12 hits, walks one, and strikes out 12. Johnson will pitch 130 shutouts during his career, 23 more than runner-up Grover Alexander. This is one of a record (topped in 1972) seven shutouts tossed today, out of 16 games.
  • The Pirates sweep an A.M.-P.M. doubleheader against the Cardinals. Honus Wagner is 5 for 5 in the morning game, and 1 for 2 in the afternoon.
• 1910 - At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson allows seven hits in beating the Boston Doves, 2 - 0. Sam Frock is hung with the loss.
• 1911:
  • 24-year-old Grover Alexander, winning a rookie-record 28 games, pitches the Phils to a 1 - 0 win over Boston's 44-year-old Cy Young. Alex gives up just one hit. Alexander's 31 complete games, 367 innings pitched, and 7 shutouts lead the National League. The American League has its own rookie sensation, lefty Vean Gregg, who breaks in for Cleveland with a 23-7 record and miserly 1.81 ERA. Gregg will win 20 his first three years, then win just 28 in the next 12 years.
  • The Cubs' Frank Schulte hits his 21st home run and brings in RBI No. 121 as the Cubs sweep the Reds, 3 - 0 and 4 - 2. He will lead the National League in both home runs and ribbies. He is the first player to have more than 20 doubles, triples, and home runs in one season. In the American League, Frank Baker's nine home runs will be tops. Ty Cobb hits eight home runs but leads in batting average, RBI, hits, doubles, triples, total bases, and stolen bases.
  • The Giants lose a heartbreaker to Brooklyn in the 9th inning when, with Bert Tooley on first base, Jake Daubert lofts a high fly for the apparent third out. But Fred Snodgrass drops the ball and Tooley scores the final run in the Superbas' 4 - 3 win. The Giants are virtually tied with the Cubs, winners of two today.
• 1912 - Arthur "Bugs" Raymond, 30, is found dead at the Hotel Valey in Chicago of a brain hemorrhage, two days after his skull was fractured in a barroom fight. Raymond last pitched for the New York Giants in 1911, compiling a 6-4 record before his drinking forced John McGraw to let him go.
• 1914:
  • The Braves and Giants play an A.M.-P.M. twin bill in Boston on Labor Day. To accommodate the crowds, the Braves have moved their home games to Fenway Park, courtesy of owner Joe Lannin: Fenway has triple the seating capacity of the South End Grounds. The two contests draw 74,163 on the day. The Braves, down 4 - 3 to Christy Mathewson in the 9th, storm back for two runs to win the opener. Josh Devore scratches a single, Herb Moran doubles into the crowd ringing the outfield, and Johnny Evers slaps a single that eludes George Burns to drive home the tying and winning runs. Jeff Tesreau wins the nitecap, 10 - 1, and the Giants pile on Lefty Tyler. In the Giants' four-run 6th, Fred Snodgrass takes a pitch on the sleeve to reach first base, thumbing his nose at Tyler along the way. Lefty retaliates by acting out Fred's 1912 World Series muff. When Snodgrass returns to CF, the crowd is merciless to the point that Boston Mayor James Michael Curley rushes on the field and demands the umpires eject the Giant player. McGraw, worried that Snodgrass might incur an injury, replaces him.
  • Floods severely damage the Kansas City Packers' (Federal League) ballpark, washing away fences and demolishing the clubhouse.
• 1915 - The St. Louis Terriers' Dave Davenport, strikeout leader of the Federal League, pitches a 3 - 0 no-hitter over the Whales, one of his ten shutouts and 22 wins. St. Louis will play two more games than Chicago and split them, thus trailing the Whales at season's end by one percentage point. Chicago will be 86-66; St. Louis, 87-67, and the Pittsburgh Rebels, 86-67. A percentage difference of .004, it is the closest bunching of the top three teams in any major league race.
• 1916 - At the Polo Grounds, the Giants' Ferdie Schupp beats Brooklyn's Nap Rucker, 4 - 1, to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak.
• 1918 - On one day's rest, Hippo Vaughn gives up only seven hits, but Carl Mays wins a 2 - 1 duel. Wally Schang has two hits for Boston. Game 3 of the World Series ends with the Cubs' Charlie Pick caught in a rundown between third base and home while trying to score on a passed ball.
• 1923 - The A's are hit with a no-hitter for the second time in four days as Boston's Howard Ehmke strikes out one while winning 4 - 0. "Ehmke's zippy crossfire came out of the shortstop's chest like bad news from a gatling gun" (Philadelphia Public Ledger). Preserving the no-hitter is rival pitcher Slim Harriss, who hits the ball to the wall in the 7th and winds up on second base, but he is called out for failing to touch first base. An 8th-inning liner by Frank Welch is fumbled in left field and he reaches first. The liner is initially ruled a single but changed before the inning is over. Ehmke has now won six straight over the A's this season. For Ehmke's batterymate, Val Picinich, it is his third no-hitter, each with a different team.
• 1924:
  • The Giants bring a half-game lead into Ebbets Field. With the park already packed, some 7,000 fans batter down the left field exit gate with a telephone pole and break into the field. The Giants win the thriller, 8 - 7, despite three Robin runs in the 9th.
  • Behind Carl Mays and Dolf Luque, the Reds sweep a pair from the visiting Pirates, 4 - 1 and 4 - 3. The two teams combine for a major-league record as only one walk is issued in the twinbill.
• 1925:
  • In an A.M.-P.M. doubleheader, the Senators win the morning contest with the A's, as Walter Johnson tops Lefty Grove, 2 - 1, and goes 3 for 4, the second consecutive game he's collected three hits. A record crowd of 36,000 watch the A's drop the afternoon game, 7 - 6, for their 12th straight defeat; they are now nine games in back of Washington.
  • After apologizing to his teammates yesterday, Babe Ruth makes his first appearance in a week, collecting one hit in a 5 - 1 loss to the Red Sox.
• 1926 - The Red Sox lose their 17th game in a row, 4 - 2, to the Yankees.
• 1927 - After blasting three home runs in a doubleheader split with the Red Sox the day before, Babe Ruth hits two more in a 12 - 10 win, giving him a record-tying five in three games. He leads teammate Lou Gehrig, 49 homers to 45.
• 1928:
  • The stumbling Yanks drop a pair to the Senators, losing 11 - 0 and 6 - 1. Bump Hadley tosses the shutout and adds three singles. Fred Marberry wins the nitecap over Waite Hoyt, for his second win over New York in five days. New York, which led by 13 1/2 games on July 1st, is now tied with the A's, who take two from Boston, winning 1 - 0 and 7 - 3. Lefty Grove is magnificent in the opener, allowing four hits and striking out 11 to win his 14th straight. Red Ruffing takes the tough loss, allowing an unearned run. Ed Rommel outguns Danny MacFayden in the nitecap.
  • In Philly, the Braves tally 11 hits and three walks but still get shut out by the Phils' Ray Benge, 4 - 0. In the nitecap, the Braves are hitless until two are out in the 7th, then take the lead, but the Phils tie it in the 9th on Cy Williams' homer. Boston wins in 11, 4 - 3.
• 1931:
  • In the morning game of a doubleheader in Philadelphia, the Yankees begin with eight walks and score eight times in the 1st inning on only two hits. Ed Rommel, the fourth pitcher in the frame, retires Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Ben Chapman on strikes. The Yanks win, 15 - 3. In the second game, Ruth and Gehrig bang 6th-inning homers off Waite Hoyt, and Ruth adds another blow off Hoyt in the 9th, his 40th. The Yanks roll, 9 - 4, over the first-place A's.
  • The Pirates sweep a holiday pair from the Reds, 6 - 1 and 4 - 3, scoring three in the 8th of the p.m. game. The Bucs lose SS Tommy Thevenow when he fractures his ankle in two places sliding in the 6th inning of the opener.
  • Van Lingle Mungo, Uncle Robby's last find as a pitcher, reports to Brooklyn from Hartford and shuts out Boston, 2 - 0, in his first start. He fans seven and hits a triple and a single to drive in both runs. Ancient Tom Zachary takes the loss. Brooklyn also take the opener, 5 - 4, in ten innings on Fresco Thompson's RBI single.
• 1932 - Babe Ruth is hospitalized with pains in his side. The slugger will be out of action for five days.
• 1933 - Rookie Johnny Marcum of the Philadelphia A's wins his first major league start with a shutout, 6 - 0 over Cleveland.
• 1934 - Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx, heirs to Babe Ruth's home run championship role, are in battle for the title. Gehrig hits his 44th in Chicago, and Foxx, his 41st in Detroit.
• 1935:
  • Bill Lee shuts out the Phils, 4 - 0, for his 16th win of the season, as the Cubs move into second place ahead of the Giants. Augie Galan continues his hitting for the Cubs, driving in two runs.
  • Cleveland beats Boston thanks to an unusual triple play. With no outs and the bases loaded in the opener, and the Indians leading, 5 - 3, in the 9th, the Indians bring in Oral Hildebrand to pitch to Joe Cronin. Cronin lines his first pitch off the side of the head of Cleveland 3B Odell Hale. The ball caroms to SS Bill Knickerbocker, who throws to 2B Roy Hughes, who throws to 1B Hal Trosky to finish the triple play ending the game.
  • The Cards' Paul Dean tops the Braves, 8 - 5, as Joe Medwick and Frankie Frisch have three hits apiece.
• 1936 - Sonny Dunlap, an All-American girls A.A.U. basketball player for the Tulsa Stenos, is in RF for the Fayetteville Bears in a 5 - 1 win over Cassville (Class D Arkansas-Missouri League). She goes hitless in three trips but hits the ball hard. She is the first woman to play an entire game, and represents the second and last time a woman plays in the minors.
• 1942 - One of three vehicles carrying members of the Cincinnati Buckeyes of the Negro American League crashes at 3:00 AM on Route 20 near Geneva, OH. Catcher Joe Brown and pitcher Raymond "Smokey" Owens are killed instantly; four others are injured - general manager Wilbur Hayes, and pitchers Gene Bremmer, Alonzo Boone and Herman Watts.
• 1945 - Joe Kuhel hits an inside-the-park home run, the only home run hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium.
• 1950 - Tiger OF Hoot Evers hits for the cycle, adds another triple, and knocks in six runs in a 13 - 13, ten-inning tie with Cleveland. The game, ended because of darkness, leaves Detroit in first place by a few percentage points ahead of New York. Al Rosen and Bob Feller both hit early two-run homers as the Indians blow three leads in the game.
• 1951:
  • Preacher Roe walks six Phils, but pushes his record to 19-2, as the Dodgers win, 11 - 6, over Robin Roberts. Carl Furillo hits two homers, Andy Pafko adds #22, and Billy Cox drives in four runs with a bases-loaded triple and two doubles.
  • The A's split a pair with the Red Sox, losing 8 - 5 to Bill Wight, before winning, 11 - 4. Billy Hitchcock has two triples and a double in the second game, good for five RBIs. Bosox reliever Ellis Kinder makes his 54th appearance in the opener, breaking Wilcy Moore's club record set in 1931. Boston slips in the American League race to four games back.
  • Bobby Thomson goes 5 for 5 against the host Braves, as the Giants win, 7 - 3. Larry Jansen is the winner, scattering ten hits, over Max Surkont. Monte Irvin drives in the first three runs, hitting a homer estimated at 500 feet. He now has 101 RBIs.
  • In an 18-inning game with the Cubs, the Reds' Lloyd Merriman records 12 putouts in CF, tying the National League mark. The Reds prevail, 7 - 6. The game is tied at 3 - 3 after regulation, but both teams score three runs in the 15th inning. Dixie Howell's sac fly with the sacks full drives in the winner.
  • Warren Hacker, of the Los Angeles (Pacific Coast League), pitches a no-hitter against Seattle, winning, 4 - 0.
• 1952:
  • In Washington, Johnny Mize pinch-hits a grand slam giving the Yankees a 5 - 1 victory over the Senators, Mize has now homered in all fifteen major league ballparks presently in use (Sportsman's Park is used by both the Cards and Browns).
  • OF Don Grate of Chattanooga sets a record for a long toss of a baseball with a throw of just one inch better than 434 feet at Engel Stadium, breaking a 42-year-old mark set by Larry LeJeune on October 3, 1908. Grate will improve his own record to 443 feet 31 1/2 inches on August 23, 1953.
• 1954 - The Senators and Athletics draw just 460 fans to a game, the smallest crowd in Griffith Stadium history. The Senators win, 5 - 4.
• 1955 - Whitey Ford continues his mastery with his second consecutive one-hitter, beating the A's, 2 - 1. Jim Finigan hits a two-out single in the 7th for the A's only hit. Ford is the fifth major league pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters.
• 1960 - At Crosley Field, Frank Robinson homers in the 15th inning as the Reds edge the Dodgers, 4 - 3. Marshall Bridges is the winner in relief, pitching six innings of shutout ball, and allowing two hits while striking out 7.
• 1961 - Roger Maris lays down a bunt and also belts his 55th homer of the year in the 3rd inning as New York beats the Senators, 7 - 3. All of Washington's scores come in the 6th on an inside-the-park homer by Tito Francona, off Bill Terry. When asked by writers after the game why he bunted, a testy Maris replies, "Trying to win the game, you stupid cocksucker. Why do you think."
• 1962:
  • Four steals bring Maury Wills' season total to 82, one better than Bob Bescher's 1911 mark and a modern National League record. But Pittsburgh beats Los Angeles, 10 - 1, cutting the Dodger lead to half a game. In a streak of six games, from September 6th to the 11th, Maury will swipe 13 bases.
  • With a three-game lead, the Yankees purchase some insurance in the form of righty Hal Brown, acquired from the Orioles.
• 1963 - In the Reds' 4 - 2 win, Frank Robinson suffers a spike wound requiring 30 stitches when Mets 2B Ron Hunt lands on his left arm.
• 1964:
  • Completing a 12-3 home stand, the Cards sweep a Labor Day doubleheader from the Reds 3 - 2 and 3 - 2, and move into a second-place tie with Cincinnati.
  • The Pirates roll out 11 pitchers but still lose two to the Giants, 6 - 4 and 9 - 6.
• 1967 - The Giants tie their own National League record by using 25 players in a 15-inning 3 - 2 win over the Astros.
• 1970:
  • Brant Alyea drives in all seven Twins runs on two homers in the first game, then drives in two more in the nitecap as the Twins sweep the Brewers, 7 - 6, and 8 - 3. Stan Williams (9-0) wins his ninth straight to set a Twins record. In the second game, Hal Haydel makes his first major league appearance a good one, pitching five innings of relief to win, and also hitting his first big league home run.
  • Houston sweeps a doubleheader from San Diego, 10 - 5 and 9 - 4. In the first game Astro Bob Watson and Padre Ramon Webster each hit grand slams.
  • The White Sox use a major-league record 41 players in a doubleheader with Oakland, but lose both games, 7 - 4 and 7 - 5.
• 1971:
  • Jim Northrup goes 5 for 5 with two home runs in a 3 - 2, 11-inning Tiger win over Washington.
  • In the resumption of the August 1 protested game, the Cards and Phils resume play with the Cards leading in the 12th, 6 - 3, with two runners on base. Stranding the runners, the Phils then rally for three runs to tie, but St. Louis scores another three in the 13th to win, 9 - 6. Stan Williams wins his first National League game since 1962. The Cards then take the regularly-scheduled game, 7 - 5, in ten innings.
  • Kansas City's Amos Otis collects four hits and five stolen bases in a 4 - 3 win over Milwaukee. Darrell Porter's wild throw on a steal allows Otis to score the winning run.
• 1972 - Tommy Harper and Rico Petrocelli club three-run homers to pace the Red Sox to a 10 - 4 win over the Yankees and move into first place in the American League East, ahead of the Tigers. Sonny Siebert adds a homer as he wins his 12th game.
• 1973 - The Rangers fire manager Whitey Herzog. Recently-fired Billy Martin takes over the following day.
• 1974:
  • Playing on a badly-sprained ankle, Joe Morgan belts a two-run homer off Mike Marshall to give the Reds a 7 - 5 win over the Dodgers. Before his homer, Morgan had missed a pitch and fallen down, prompting Sparky Anderson to try and remove him. The Reds win today after trailing, 5 - 0.
  • In a game with the Tigers, Graig Nettles loses a single when it is discovered he is using a corked bat. The Yankees win 1 - 0 on Nettles's earlier home run.
  • During a 3 - 1 win over the Chicago White Sox, California's Nolan Ryan has a fastball clocked at 100.8 miles per hour - the fastest pitch ever recorded.
• 1975 - The Reds, leading by 20 1/2 games, clinch the National League West flag with an 8 - 4 win over the Giants. It is the earliest clinching date in league history.
• 1978 - The Yankees, four games behind the Red Sox in the American League East, arrive in Boston for a crucial four-game series. The Yanks begin the "Boston Massacre" with a 15 - 3 route as Willie Randolph drives in five of the runs. The Yanks collect 21 hits off four Sox pitchers, including three hits apiece by Randolph, Thurman Munson and Roy White. Mike Torrez, with one inning of work, takes the loss. Ken Clay, in relief of Catfish Hunter, is the winner.
• 1979 - The Red Sox's Carl Yastrzemski collects three hits to pass Ted Williams on the all-time total bases list.
• 1980 - The Oakland A's pitch their major league-record 78th complete game of the season as Steve McCatty beats the Orioles, 5 - 2.
• 1981 - Dave Magadan is named MVP as West Tampa, FL, defeats Richmond, VA, 6 - 4, to win the American Legion World Series. Magadan was 11 for 24 at the plate and also pitched a complete-game win over Omaha, NE.
• 1982 - The Pirates' Jason Thompson hits his 30th home run of the season in a 9 - 5 win over the Mets, becoming just the eighth player in history to hit 30 home runs in a season in each league. Thompson hit 31 home runs for the Tigers in 1977.
• 1984:
  • On his way to hurling a one-hitter, Doc Gooden fans Cub Ron Cey for his 228th strikeout, setting a National League rookie record. The Met phenom passes Grover Cleveland Alexander, who established the mark in 1911 with 227. The only hit is Keith Moreland's slow roller in the 5th inning, which 3B Ray Knight fields but can't get out of his glove. For Gooden, he will win another nine straight over the Chicago Cubs, lose, then win 12 straight.
  • Down 4 - 0 in the 8th, the Tigers score four runs - three on a homer by Kirk Gibson - to tie the Blue Jays in Toronto. In the 10th, Dave Bergman cracks a three-run homer and the Tigers win, 7 - 4. Willie Hernandez (9-2) wins with three innings of shutout relief.
• 1985 - Dave Winfield steals home with the winning run in the Yankees' 3 - 2 win over the A's. Following a pitchout in the 7th, Winfield gets hung up in a rundown but escapes to score.
• 1986 - Montreal's Floyd Youmans and Tim Burke combine to one-hit the Giants but lose, 1 - 0, as Mike Krukow tosses a two-hit shutout. Mike Aldrete's 1st-inning double drives in the game's only run.
• 1987 - That spells relief. In for Brian Fisher, Pirate closer Jeff Robinson strikes out three Cubs on nine pitches in the 8th inning. The Pirates win, 3 - 2. Both Cubs runs come on homers, by Leon Durham and Keith Moreland.
• 1988 - The 1988 Baseball World Cup finals are played. It is one of the most dramatic Cup endings ever. The US leads Cuba, 3 - 1, thanks to two solo homers by Tino Martinez and excellent pitching from Jim Abbott. A controversial call puts one Cuban runner aboard in the 9th. Lourdes Gourriel Sr. then homers off Abbott to tie the game. Andy Benes comes out of the bullpen and allows two singles and a sacrifice bunt. After an intentional walk to Victor Mesa, Lazaro Vargas singles to end it. Euclides Rojas gets the win. Martinez will be named MVP of the tournament despite being on the losing team.
• 1992 - Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent resigns three days after failing to receive a vote of confidence by the owners at a meeting in Rosemont, Illinois.
• 1993:
  • Detroit C Chad Kreuter homers from both sides of the plate in the Tigers' 10 - 6 win over California. He is the second Tiger this year to perform the feat, joining Mickey Tettleton, who did so on May 7th.
  • Cardinals OF Mark Whiten ties the major-league record for RBIs in a game with 12 in St. Louis' 15 - 2 win over the Reds in the second game of a doubleheader. Whiten hits a record-tying four home runs, including a 1st-inning grand slam, in the contest. His only out is a pop out in the 4th. Todd Zeile, who scores three in the opener, scores ahead of Mark three times, while Gerald Perry is on base for each of the homers. With one RBI in the opener, a 14 - 13 loss, he also ties Nate Colbert's mark of 13 RBIs in a doubleheader. Prior to today, Whiten had not homered in four weeks. Bob Tewksbury (16-8) is the winner in the Whiten blowout.
• 1996:
  • The Athletics collect 19 hits and pound the Royals, 13 - 6, as Mark McGwire hits his 48th home run. He also reaches the 100 RBI level.
  • In the Phils' 4 - 2 win over the Cubs, Phils 3B Scott Rolen suffers a broken wrist when he is hit by a Steve Trachsel pitch in his second at bat. Rolen has exactly 130 at bats, which means he will still technically be a rookie next year.
  • Complaining of abdominal pains the day of his scheduled start at Yankee Stadium, Juan Guzman is rushed to New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital where he undergoes an emergency appendectomy. He won't pitch any more this season and his 2.93 ERA will lead the American League.
  • In Atlanta, John Smoltz strikes out 13 and wins his 21st as the Braves stop the Mets, 6 - 1. Jermaine Dye hits a three-run home run off Bobby Jones for the big blow.
  • In the Expos' 2 - 1 win over the Marlins, Marlin LF Joe Orsulak throws out three runners in a span of five batters. He throws out two Expos at the plate on consecutive plays to end the 3rd, and throws out another in the 4th. Mark Leiter, 4-0, since being traded from San Francisco on July 30th, picks up the win.
  • The Cards win their eighth in a row as pitcher Donovan Osborne belts his first major league home run - a grand slam - to beat the Padres, 8 - 3.
  • Mike Mussina shuts out the Tigers, 6 - 0, for his 19th win, giving the Orioles their first shutout of the year. It takes them 141 games to do it.
• 1997:
  • The major league mark for the most combined strikeouts in a game is tied when 33 players whiff during a 15-inning, 5 - 4, Angel victory over the Tigers.
  • Expo Mark Grudzielanek breaks the National League mark for doubles for a shortstop hitting his 49th in 2 - 1 loss to the Phillies. The record was set by Dick Bartell of the 1932 Phillies.
  • For only the 22nd time in major league history a player reaches the 50-home run plateau when Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 50th in a 9 - 6 loss to the Twins.
  • Atlanta's Denny Neagle wins his 20th game, shutting out the Padres, 4 - 0. He's the first to win 20 in the National League this year.
• 1998:
  • In the 1st inning at Busch Stadium, Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire ties Roger Maris' single-season home run mark hitting his 61st in a nationally-televised Labor Day game against the Cubs. Big Mac hits his historic homer on his dad's 61st birthday.
  • Mariners' OF Ken Griffey, Jr. has four hits, including two homers, and reaches the 50-home run level. He's the third player to do so in successive seasons. Seattle defeats the Orioles, 11 - 1, as Griffey knocks in six runs.
  • Houston's Randy Johnson strikes out 14 Reds in a 1 - 0 win. It is the 17th time this season he's struck out ten or more and the 100th time in his career. He lowers his ERA to 1.00 since being acquired in a trade with the Mariners.
• 1999:
  • Mike Lieberthal's streak of 100 games without an error ends when he makes two against the Astros. Houston beats the Phils, 8 - 6.
  • After losing the first game of a doubleheader to the Cubs, 2 - 1, the Reds come back to take the nightcap by a score of 10 - 3. Cincinnati slugs six home runs in the contest, including three by OF Greg Vaughn.
  • The Diamondbacks defeat the Brewers, 11 - 9, in a game which sees the two teams tie a major league record by using a total of 15 pitchers. Arizona uses eight hurlers, while seven take the hill for Milwaukee.
  • Colorado manager Jim Leyland confirms rumors that he will retire at the end of the season.
  • Two native Canadian pitchers oppose each other as starters for the first time in 26 years. Florida Marlin pitcher Ryan Dempster from British Columbia faces off against Dodger Eric Gagné who hails from Quebec. The two roomed together while competing on Canada's national baseball team. The battle is a draw with neither pitcher getting the decision, but the Marlins win, 2 - 1.
  • The Cubs and Reds split a pair with Chicago taking the first game, 2 - 1 and the Reds coming back, 10 - 3, in the nitecap. When the Cubs Brian McNichol pitches in that game, he becomes the 25th pitcher the Cubs have used this season.
• 2000 - The Giants defrock the Padres, 13 - 1, scoring eight runs in the 6th inning.
• 2001:
  • With his 44th home run, Dodger right fielder Shawn Green breaks a club record for homers in a season established by Duke Snider (1956) and Gary Sheffield (2000).
  • Texas defeats Kansas City, 8 - 2. Alex Rodriguez breaks his own American League record for home runs by a shortstop with his 43rd of the year.
• 2002:
  • The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 2 - 1. Detroit 1B Eric Munson hits a home run in his first major league at bat.
  • Texas pounds Tampa Bay, 11 - 2, with Herbert Perry's three-run home run being the big blow. The round-tripper enables the Rangers to tie a major-league record by hitting homers in 25 consecutive games.
• 2006 - For the first time in 70 years of Nippon Pro Baseball, a game ends on a walk-off catcher's interference. With a 5 - 5 tie and the bases loaded, Takahiro Saeki's bat makes contact with Yoshiyuki Ishihara's glove to give the Yokohama BayStars the contest.
• 2007 - Dave Littlefield is dismissed as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Littlefield's tenure is noted for the team's continued run of losing records. Poor moves this year included the first-round selection of Danny Moskos and a trade for Matt Morris, saddling the team with a large salary and an unproductive pitcher. These actions led to a public call for Littlefield's firing.
• 2008:
  • The Pirates lose their 82nd game, ensuring the franchise of its 16th consecutive losing season. To add injury to insult, four Bucs are hit by pitches: All-Star CF Nate McLouth has his finger smacked by a Jonathan Sanchez heater, then has to leave the game when a hit by Pablo Sandoval bounces in front of him and deflects into his sunglasses, causing a gash that requires six stitches. Jeff Karstens and T.J. Beam combine to blow a five-run lead in the 11 - 6 loss to the Giants.
  • While his former franchise is setting a record for poor play, Chris Young (who the team traded for a pitcher they released shortly thereafter) turns in a gem. He retires the first 23 Brewers he faces before Gabe Kapler homers to rob him of a perfect game. The Padres still win, 10 - 1.
• 2009:
  • Chris Carpenter continues his dominating run of pitching for the Cardinals. He throws a one-hitter and strikes out ten to dispose of Milwaukee, 3 - 0. Jody Gerut strokes a double for the only hit. Carpenter is now 16-3 with a 2.16 ERA and is a leading candidate for the Cy Young Award after injuries limited him to only five outings over the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
  • By losing 4 - 2 to the Cubs, Pittsburgh is assured of finishing below .500 for a record 17th straight year. The Pirates have lost ten of their last 11 games to drop to 54-82 and have not had a winning record since 1992. They were previously tied with the Philadelphia Phillies, who were below .500 every year from 1933 to 1948.
  • Two stars are out for the season today. Carlos Pena of the Rays breaks two fingers on his left hand when hit by a pitch from CC Sabathia in the opener of a doubleheader swept by the Yankees, 4 - 1 and 11 - 1. For their part, the Indians announce that Grady Sizemore will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow in two days and also needs abdominal surgery after playing in pain all year.
  • The Houston Astros shock the defending World Series champions Philadelphia Phillies with a four-game sweep in their third consecutive one-run game, winning, 4 - 3.
• 2010 - Trevor Hoffman becomes the first pitcher to reach the 600 save plateau, preserving Milwaukee's 4 - 2 win over St. Louis.
• 2011:
  • The Tampa Bay Rays, née Devil Rays, win the 1,000th game in franchise history when rookie Desmond Jennings connects for a walk-off home run off Mark Lowe in the 10th inning of today's game against the Texas Rangers for a 5 - 4 win.
  • The Cardinals' Chris Carpenter pitches his first shutout in exactly two years as he whitewashes the Brewers, 2 - 0, beating Zack Greinke. The Cards still trail the Brew Crew by eight and a half games, however.
  • Justin Verlander allows a pair of homers to the Indians' Shelley Duncan, but his teammates pick him up as they rally for an 8 - 6 win, his 22nd of the season. A grand slam by Victor Martinez highlights a five-run 7th inning push by the Tigers. Jose Valverde records his 42nd save of the year.
• 2012:
  • The Braves record their third straight shutout in beating the Mets, 3 - 0. Paul Maholm is the winner, with the help of five relievers. Jason Heyward provides his team with the only run they need with a solo homer off Jon Niese in the 4th.
  • Defending champion Italy no-hits Croatia in day one of the 2012 European Championship during a 16 - 0 rout. Tiago Da Silva and Carlos Richetti combine on the five-inning mercy rule no-no, with only one walk preventing a perfect game. Mario Chiarini gets three runs and three RBI for Italy. That's not the biggest rout of the day at the Euros, though, as Kalian Sams hits for the cycle and drives in eight runs in a 17 - 0 romp by the Dutch national team over neighboring Belgium. Tom Stuifbergen tosses a four-hitter.
• 2013 - The Cardinals move back into first place in their see-saw battle with the Pirates for the lead in the NL Central, winning 5 - 0 at home over the Bucs behind the pitching of Adam Wainwright. Wainwright comes back from being clubbed in his last two outings, when he gave up a total of 15 runs, to pitch seven scoreless innings, while another player who has been struggling, 3B David Freese, contributes a home run.
• 2014:
  • The Yankees put on a special day to honor their captain, Derek Jeter, who is retiring at the end of the year after a brilliant 20-season career. A 45-minute ceremony prior to today's game features surprise appearances by Hall of Famer Cal Ripken and NBA great Michael Jordan. However, the Royals go on to shut out the Yanks, 2 - 0, to dim their already slim postseason chances even further. This may not the last tribute to Jeter, as the Yankees are expected to retire his number 2 and put up a plaque in his name in Monument Park before the season ends.
  • Japan beats the USA, 3 - 0, in the Gold Medal game of the 2014 Women's Baseball World Cup. It is Japan's fourth consecutive Women's Baseball World Cup Gold and second straight over the two-time champion US. Ayami Sato scatters seven hits to beat Sarah Hudek, who gives up four hits but walks four to Sato's zero and is hampered by two US errors that lead to two unearned runs. Hudek tries to help her own cause with two singles. Sato is named the MVP of the Cup.
  • In the Bronze Medal game at the Women's Baseball World Cup, Australia beats Canada, 3 - 2. Canada scores twice in the 1st off Melinda Latimer but Stephanie Gaynor tosses 5 1/3 shutout innings of one-hit ball for the win. In the bottom of the 7th, reliever Vanessa Riopel walks Christina Kreppold to force in the decisive run. Leigh Godfrey becomes the first player to win a Medal at both a Women's World Cup and World Softball Championship.
• 2016 - The Mets sign former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow to a minor league contract. At 29, he is set to begin his baseball career in the Florida Instructional League.
• 2017:
  • The now-unbeatable Cleveland Indians set a new franchise record with their 15th straight win, 11 - 2 over the White Sox. Corey Kluber strikes out 13 in seven innings while his teammates belt five homers, kicked off by a three-run shot by Edwin Encarnacion in the 1st. Erik Gonzalez hits two of the homers. It is the longest winning streak in the majors since Oakland won 20 consecutive games in 2002.
  • The 2017 Women's Baseball Asian Cup ends; Japan had already clinched the title by going 5-0, with the top four teams all winning spots in the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup. Japanese DH Yuka Ogata wins MVP after hitting .727 with 7 RBI in four games.
• 2018 - The Orioles suffer their 100th loss of the season in a 14 - 2 beatdown at the hands of the Rays. It is just the third time in team history that they reach the mark, and they are the fastest team to do so, after 141 games, since the 2003 Tigers whose 100th loss had come in their 134th game. The team record of 107 losses, set in 1988, is well within sight and will be obliterated by the time the season ends.
• 2019:
  • Pitcher Michael Pineda of the Twins receives a 60-game suspension for testing positive for a PED, dealing a major blow to his team's postseason hopes, as he was one of their most consistent starting pitchers, going 11-5 on the year.
  • The Israeli national team makes its European Championship debut, bolstered by numerous Americans who have obtained citizenship to help their bid for the 2020 Olympics, including four MLB veterans. They are far from the first country to rely on foreign help in a European Championship as Spain and Greece have had 100% or nearly 100% foreign teams for years, and Italy has often had numerous Italian-Americans, creating an uneven field against those countries that do rely on homegrown talent. Israel tops the Czech national team, 6 - 1, as Zack Weiss picks up the win and Blake Gailen doubles and homers among his four hits.
• 2020 - Division rivals the Blue Jays and Yankees finally meet for the first time this year, with second place in the AL East at stake at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, NY. The Jays erase a 5 - 2 deficit with a ten-run 6th inning, their biggest frame since 2010, battering relievers Chad Green and Adam Ottavino, with Danny Jansen hitting his first career grand slam to top things off. Toronto goes on to win, 12 - 7, to take a full two-game lead over the Yanks, who are now only one game above .500 after a great start.

Births

• 1840 - John Brockway, umpire (d. 1899)
• 1851 - Tommy Johns, outfielder (d. 1927)
• 1853 - Jack Bennett, umpire (d. 1925)
• 1856 - Dave Foutz, infielder, manager (d. 1897)
• 1859 - Jesse Duryea, pitcher (d. 1942)
• 1862 - Ed Daily, outfielder (d. 1891)
• 1866 - Joe Murphy, pitcher (d. 1951)
• 1874 - Mike McDermott, pitcher (d. 1943)
• 1874 - Ed Poole, pitcher (d. 1920)
• 1875 - Lew Ritter, catcher (d. 1952)
• 1877 - Mike O'Neill, pitcher (d. 1959)
• 1879 - Charlie Case, pitcher (d. 1964)
• 1879 - Hooks Wiltse, pitcher (d. 1959)
• 1883 - John Flynn, infielder (d. 1935)
• 1884 - Eddie Matteson, pitcher (d. 1943)
• 1884 - Earl Moseley, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1887 - Joe McManus, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1889 - Bill Holden, outfielder (d. 1971)
• 1891 - Fred Blackwell, catcher (d. 1975)
• 1892 - Ginger Shinault, catcher (d. 1930)
• 1893 - Oscar Owens, outfielder (d. 1960)
• 1899 - Clarence Winters, pitcher (d. 1945)
• 1902 - Cleo Carlyle, outfielder (d. 1967)
• 1903 - Curt Davis, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1965)
• 1903 - Nap Kloza, outfielder (d. 1962)
• 1903 - Al Van Camp, outfielder (d. 1981)
• 1907 - Bill McAfee, pitcher (d. 1958)
• 1909 - Red Longley, utility player (d. 1977)
• 1909 - Eddie Wilson, outfielder (d. 1979)
• 1911 - August Luther, minor league outfielder
• 1913 - Carl Whitney, outfielder (d. 1986)
• 1915 - Reggie Otero, infielder (d. 1988)
• 1916 - Lefty Sullivan, pitcher (d. 1988)
• 1917 - Dave Harper, outfielder (d. 1996)
• 1917 - Roy Partee, catcher (d. 2000)
• 1923 - Bill Campbell, announcer (d. 2014)
• 1924 - Rossey Weeks, AAGPBL catcher/infielder (d. 2005)
• 1929 - Miguel Gaspar, minor league catcher and manager; Salon de la Fama (d. 2012)
• 1932 - Matt Sczesny, minor league infielder and manager
• 1934 - Bill Giles, general manager; owner
• 1936 - Chuck Lindstrom, catcher (d. 2021)
• 1939 - Tomás Soto, Cuban National League infielder (d. 2023)
• 1943 - Tom Matchick, infielder (d. 2022)
• 1944 - Barry Lersch, pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1945 - Yoshihiro Ito, Japanese national team coach (d. 2002)
• 1946 - Willie Crawford, outfielder (d. 2004)
• 1946 - Joe Rudi, outfielder; All-Star
• 1946 - Suzyn Waldman, broadcaster
• 1947 - Dave Wallace, pitcher
• 1952 - Neil Rasmussen, minor league infielder
• 1952 - Rick Sweet, catcher
• 1953 - La Rue Washington, outfielder
• 1954 - Craig Eaton, pitcher
• 1954 - Julio Esparza, minor league infielder
• 1954 - John Hirschbeck, umpire
• 1956 - Orlando Sanchez, catcher
• 1956 - Wataru Washiya, NPB umpire
• 1958 - Bill Schroeder, catcher
• 1960 - Wade Rowdon, infielder
• 1961 - Reggie Barringer, minor league infielder
• 1964 - Sergio Valdez, pitcher
• 1967 - Jesús Lisarri, Spanish national team catcher
• 1968 - Julio Peguero, outfielder
• 1969 - Darren Bragg, outfielder
• 1969 - Brent Cookson, outfielder
• 1969 - Rafael Quirico, pitcher
• 1969 - Yu-Hsiang Tsai, CPBL infielder
• 1970 - Kevin Coughlin, minor league outfielder
• 1970 - Justin Klemm, umpire
• 1971 - Aaron Fuller, minor league outfielder
• 1971 - Allen Halley, minor league pitcher (d. 1998)
• 1971 - Sid Roberson, pitcher
• 1972 - Milt Anderson, minor league player
• 1972 - Jae-gul Kim, KBO infielder
• 1972 - Jason Isringhausen, pitcher; All-Star
• 1972 - Willie Morales, catcher
• 1972 - Shungo Shigeto, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1973 - David Newhan, outfielder
• 1973 - Jarrod Patterson, infielder (d. 2020)
• 1976 - Aaron Looper, pitcher
• 1976 - Takayuki Shinohara, NPB pitcher
• 1977 - Shane Nance, pitcher
• 1978 - Casey Rowe, minor league pitcher
• 1979 - Yoshiyuki Ishihara, NPB catcher
• 1979 - Emil Kamar, minor league pitcher
• 1979 - Shaun Larkin, minor league infielder and manager
• 1979 - Brian Stokes, pitcher
• 1980 - Mark Prior, pitcher; All-Star
• 1982 - Manuel Ramírez, minor league catcher/first baseman
• 1983 - Matt Avery, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Arthit Changthed, Thai national team infielder
• 1983 - Byung-oh Noh, KBO pitcher
• 1984 - Mauro Gomez, infielder
• 1984 - Leonel Reyes, Venezuelan womens' national team player
• 1984 - Tim Schoeninger, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Wade Davis, pitcher; All-Star
• 1985 - Mitch Lively, NPB pitcher
• 1986 - Jesus Soto, minor league player
• 1987 - Xu An, China Baseball League infielder
• 1987 - Justin Echevarria, minor league catcher
• 1987 - Gorkys Hernandez, outfielder
• 1987 - Clint Stubbs, drafted outfielder
• 1988 - Grégory Cros, Division Elite pitcher
• 1988 - Philip Incaviglia, minor league outfielder
• 1988 - Kai Wang, China Baseball League infielder
• 1989 - Takero Okajima, NPB outfielder
• 1989 - Nikko Tountas, Greek national team catcher
• 1990 - Jack Daru, Thai national team catcher
• 1990 - Dusten Knight, pitcher
• 1991 - Josh Mason, Great Britain national team pitcher
• 1991 - Nikola Sertić, Croatian national team player
• 1992 - Ryosuke Abe, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1992 - Gabriel Quintana, minor league infielder
• 1995 - Sandy Alcantara, pitcher; All-Star
• 1995 - Devin Smeltzer, pitcher
• 1997 - Omar Dueñas, Austrian national team pitcher
• 1998 - Atsuki Taneichi, NPB pitcher
• 1999 - Heliot Ramos, outfielder
• 2000 - Setthawut Bucha, Thai national team pitcher
• 2001 - Diego Cartaya, minor league catcher
• 2003 - Dylan Lesko, drafted pitcher

Deaths

• 1881 - Red Woodhead, infielder (b. 1851)
• 1908 - Bill Morgan, outfielder (b. 1856)
• 1912 - Bugs Raymond, pitcher (b. 1882)
• 1924 - Bob Spade, pitcher (b. 1877)
• 1930 - Mickey Keliher, infielder (b. 1890)
• 1938 - Lee King, outfielder (b. 1894)
• 1939 - Frank Behle, umpire (b. 1863)
• 1942 - Joe Brown, catcher (b. 1916)
• 1942 - Smoky Owens, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1912)
• 1948 - Fred Wilson, outfielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1908)
• 1956 - Dick Nallin, umpire (b. 1877)
• 1958 - Wally Gilbert, infielder (b. 1900)
• 1960 - Carl Williams, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1896)
• 1969 - Bill Seinsoth, minor league infielder (b. 1947)
• 1970 - Gene Ford, pitcher (b. 1912)
• 1977 - Broadway Jones, pitcher (b. 1898)
• 1977 - Buster Maynard, outfielder (b. 1913)
• 1979 - Percy Wilson, infielder (b. 1899)
• 1982 - Ken Boyer, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1931)
• 1982 - Pie Vann, college coach (b. 1907)
• 1984 - Joe Cronin, infielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1906)
• 1995 - Al Papai, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 1996 - Willy Miranda, infielder (b. 1926)
• 1998 - Earl Harrist, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 2000 - Nick Tremark, outfielder (b. 1912)
• 2004 - Bob Boyd, infielder; All-Star (b. 1919)
• 2004 - Hal Reniff, pitcher (b. 1938)
• 2006 - Gordie Mueller, pitcher (b. 1922)
• 2007 - Al Cohen, umpire (b. 1927)
• 2008 - Don Gutteridge, infielder, manager (b. 1912)
• 2009 - Ken Plesha, minor league catcher (b. 1945)
• 2011 - Hyo-jo Jang, KBO outfielder (b. 1956)
• 2012 - Jamuel Tarrant, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 2014 - Miguel Ahumada, writer (b. ~1937)
• 2014 - Jack Cristil, announcer (b. 1925)
• 2016 - Ben Dolson, USA national team player (b. 1932)
• 2017 - Gene Michael, infielder, manager (b. 1938)
• 2019 - Charlie Silvera, catcher (b. 1924)
• 2022 - Akio Takahashi, Japanese national team coach (b. 1948)