» September 14, 1913: In front of the largest crowd of the season (22,000), Cubs hurler Larry Cheney hurls a 14-hit shutout against the visiting Giants, defeating them 7–0 while setting a major-league record for most hits allowed in a 9-inning whitewashing. Milt Gaston of Washington will duplicate the feat on July 10, 1928. Cheney wins his 20th over Rube Marquard, also seeking his 20th.
» December 17, 1924: The Yankees get 4-time 20-game winner Urban Shocker from the Browns for pitchers Milt Gaston, Joe Giard, and Joe Bush. Shocker led the Browns in wins in each of the past five seasons and will be a mainstay on two pennant-winning staffs for New York. Bush had beaten the Browns 17 straight times after losing to them on June 12, 1922.
» May 17, 1925:
The Browns roll by the Red Sox, 11–6, behind the pitching of Milt Gaston. Red Sox P Buster Ross doesn't help his cause, committing four errors for an American League record.
» May 21, 1925:
A' rookie Mickey Cochrane hits three homers to lead Philadelphia to 20–4 rout over the Browns. His first two clouts come off Milt Gaston, and the third off George Blaeholder. He will hit just another two all year to total six.
» September 25, 1926: The Yankees take two from the Browns to nail down the American League flag, winning the opener 10–2 behind Herb Pennock. Ruth's grand slam is the big blow. In the nitecap, Lou Gehrig homers in the 3rd inning, off Milt Gaston, while Ruth matches him with a 2-run home run in the 6th off Win Ballou. Ruth adds a solo shot in the 9th, his 46th, off Joe Giard to seal the Waite Hoyt 10–4 victory. Despite the score, the game is played in a new AL record 55 minutes. The National League record is 51 minutes, on September 28, 1919.
» June 7, 1927:
At Philadelphia, the Browns outhit the A's 18–14, but lose 11–9. Both starters Rube Walberg and Milt Gaston are knocked out in the 3rd, but when Gaston is lifted he bypasses to dugout and leaps into the stands to punch a spectator who has been riding him. The police escort him from the field. Ty Cobb has three runs and a stolen base for the A's, while George Sisler has three steals and is 4-for-4 for the Browns.
» September 11, 1927:
After losing 21 in a row to New York, the Browns win their last meeting 6-2, behind Milt Gaston's 5-hitter. No team has ever swept a 22-game season
series. One NL team, the 1909 Cubs, went 21-1 against the Braves.
» May 29, 1928:
At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees sweep a pair from Washington, 3–2 and 12–3. Leo Durocher's bases-loaded triple in the opener gives George Pipgras (8-1) the win. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth both slug a pair of homers in the nitecap: Lou hits his 9th in the 3rd, off Washington starter Milt Gaston, then Ruth and Gehrig hit back-to-back dingers in the 4th off Lloyd Brown. Ruth adds his 18th off Brown in the 7th. Earle Combs also homers.
» July 10, 1928:
Washington P Milt Gaston surrenders 14 hits in a 9-0 shutout over Cleveland, setting an AL mark
and tying the major-league standard.
» December 15, 1928: The Red Sox trade Buddy Myer back to Washington for P Hod Lisenbee, P Milt Gaston, IF Bobby Reeves, IF Grant Gillis, and OF Elliot Bigelow. Myer will become a top player in the 1930s.
» April 18, 1929: After two cancellations of their season start—their first ever—the Yankees open against the Red Sox before 40,000 at the Stadium, winning 7–3. Judge Landis presents diamond-studded watches to the New York players in honor of their championship season in 1928. New York Starter George Pipgras allows just three hits in five 1/3 innings, but walks 9. Reliever Fred Heimach then pitches hitless ball to preserve the win. In his first at bat against Boston's Red Ruffing, the newly wed Babe hits a home run and as he rounds 2nd base, he doffs his cap to his bride Claire in the stands. Gehrig adds a home run in the 6th, off Milt Gaston. For the first time, the Yanks have numbers on their uniforms, assigned according to the player's spot in the lineup: Combs, 1, Koenig, two Ruth, 3, Gehrig, 4, Meusel, 5, Lazzeri 6, Durocher, 7, Grabowski, 8. The win goes to Pipgras # 14, with Heimach #17 picking up the save.
» April 28, 1929: The Red Sox play the first Sunday game in Boston history, at Braves Field, losing to the A's 7–3. Protests by a few members of a nearby church are the reason for the shift from Fenway. The Braves, rained out of their scheduled Sunday game on April 21, will play their first Sunday home game on May 5. Starter Red Ruffing gives up four runs in the 6th, including consecutive homers by Miller and Dykes. When Milt Gaston takes over in the 7th he pitches to his brother Alex, the 2nd battery of brothers in AL history: Tommy and Homer Thompson, one game in 1912 for the Yankees, were the first.
» May 1, 1929: The first-place Athletics score eight runs off Milt Gaston in the first two innings enroute to a 24–6 pasting of the Red Sox. Lefty Grove is the easy winner, exiting after five innings. Jimmie Foxx has a pair of homers and Al Simmons has five hits, including a double and homer. The 24 runs matches a franchise record set in the Ty Cobb protest game in 1912, and the 29 hits sets a franchise mark.
» May 28, 1929: At Boston, the Red Sox top the first-place A's, 5–4, to snap the Athletics 11–game win streak. Milt Gaston is the winner over Bill Shores.
» September 1, 1931: Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in four days and his 6th home run in consecutive games when he connects in a 5–1 2nd game win over the Red Sox. The blast, his 40th of the year, comes in the 3rd inning of Ed Morris. Gehrig connects in the opening 11–3 win against Milt Gaston, belting his 39th homer in the 7th inning. Lou finishes the day with six RBI and has knocked in 21 runs in the past six games. With the A's losing to Washington, New York is a half-game out of 2nd place.
» May 30, 1932:
At Cleveland, the Tribe takes a pair from the White Sox, 12–6 and 12–11. Afterwards, Chicago claims the umpire George Moriarty deliberately made wrong calls and the ump fights with Sox players under the stands. Moriarty breaks his fist knocking down pitcher Milt Gaston, but he is pummeled by manager Lew Fonseca and catchers Charlie Berry and Frank Grube. The ump ends up in the hospital while Fonseca and three players will receive fines for the fight. Will Harridge will suspend Gaston for 10 days, fine him $500, and rebuke Moriarty.
» April 26, 1996:
Former American League pitcher Milt Gaston dies at age 100. Gaston played for five teams in the 1920s and 1930s and had 18 Hall of Fame teammates and managers, more than any player in history.
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