IN THE NEWS: Veteran Bob Feller pitches the third no-hitter of his career, tying the record of Cy Young and Larry Corcoran, as he beats Detroit’s Bob Cain 2–1. Feller loses his shutout in the fourth when Johnny Lipon reaches on an error, swipes 2B, goes to 3B on a errant pickoff, and scores on a fly. Rookie Bob Chakales shuts out the Tigers in the nightcap, 2–0, for Cleveland’s 10th straight win over Detroit. Detroit has scored eight runs in the ten losses.Philadelphia’s Russ Meyer and Jim Konstanty hold Brooklyn to one hit but lose anyway 2–0. Pee Wee Reese's 2-run triple follows two walks in the third and accounts for all the hits and runs.
In the second game of a doubleheader, the Browns’ Ned Garver, en route to a 20-game season, limits the White Sox to two hits, winning, 3–1. The loss drops the Sox out of the AL lead. Chicago wins the opener, 2–1 in 11 innings on Minoso's 400-foot homer to left center. Minnie's blow breaks up a pitching duel between loser Duane Pillette and Ken Holcombe.
Before 58,815 at Yankee Stadium, the Yanks top the Red Sox, 5–2, behind Eddie Lopat's 6-hitter. The win moves the Yankees ahead of the White Sox by four percentage points. Jerry Coleman homers off Mel Parnell, while Johnny Pesky connects for the Sox. Bobby Doerr singles for his 2,000th career hit.
Elmer Valo belts three homers to help the A's sweep the Senators, 10–7 and 3–2. Two of his homers come in the first game, when teammate Gus Zernial hits his 18th homer. Irv Noren has a pair of doubles and a homer for the Nats.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 1, 1951 |
| New York Giants
4, Boston Braves
1 at Braves Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
2, Philadelphia Phillies
0 at Ebbets Field |
|
| Chicago Cubs
7, Cincinnati Reds
0 at Crosley Field |
|
| Chicago Cubs
7, Cincinnati Reds
5 at Crosley Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
5, Pittsburgh Pirates
4 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Chicago White Sox
2, St. Louis Browns
1 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| St. Louis Browns
3, Chicago White Sox
1 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
2, Detroit Tigers
1 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Cleveland Indians
2, Detroit Tigers
0 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| New York Yankees
5, Boston Red Sox
2 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
10, Washington Senators
7 at Shibe Park |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
3, Washington Senators
2 at Shibe Park |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: Bill Veeck gets the necessary 75 percent of outstanding stock on the last day of his option to buy the St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 2, 1951 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers
6, Boston Braves
1 at Braves Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
8, Cincinnati Reds
2 at Crosley Field |
|
| New York Giants
4, Philadelphia Phillies
3 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
7, Chicago Cubs
2 at Forbes Field |
|
| Cleveland Indians
3, Chicago White Sox
2 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| New York Yankees
14, Philadelphia Athletics
5 at Shibe Park |
|
| Boston Red Sox
5, Washington Senators
2 at Griffith Stadium |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: Former Dodger pitcher Hugh Casey, 37, kills himself with a shotgun blast to the neck.Bill DiBenedetto of the Class D Hornell Dodgers walks 21 in a 5–1 loss to Corning. This record number of walks breaks the 36-year-old record of Harry Harper of the Minneapolis Millers.
Giants rookie Willie Mays blasts a 13th inning solo homer off the Phillies Jocko Thompson to give New York a win. It is Willie's 2nd extra inning homer in two weeks: he'll hit another on July 7th, against the Braves George Estock.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 3, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
4, Brooklyn Dodgers
3 at Braves Field |
|
| Cincinnati Reds
10, St. Louis Cardinals
4 at Crosley Field |
|
| New York Giants
9, Philadelphia Phillies
8 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
2, Chicago Cubs
0 at Forbes Field |
|
| Chicago White Sox
4, Cleveland Indians
1 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Washington Senators
4, Boston Red Sox
1 at Griffith Stadium |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: In a wild doubleheader featuring a double ejection of manager Charlie Dressen, the first-place Dodgers sweep the Giants, winning 6–5 in 11 innings, and 4–2. The Dodgers drive out Sal Maglie in the opener after the Giants built a lead on homers by Mueller and Mays. Brooklyn counters in the eighth with a pinch homer by Campanella, a homer by Reese, and a tying single from Hodges. Bobby Thomson's homer in the 11th puts the Giants ahead by one, but Preacher Roe wins it with a squeeze bunt. Ralph Branca wins the nitecap with homer help from Hodges and Snider. Dressen is tossed in the second inning of game two for protesting pitch calls; after he takes a seat behind the dugout umpire Robb tosses him a second time. The victories put Brooklyn six 1/2 games up.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 4, 1951 |
| Philadelphia Phillies
4, Boston Braves
1 at Braves Field |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
3, Boston Braves
1 at Braves Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
6, New York Giants
5 at Ebbets Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
4, New York Giants
2 at Ebbets Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
10, Chicago Cubs
5 at Wrigley Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
4, Cincinnati Reds
1 at Forbes Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
16, Cincinnati Reds
4 at Forbes Field |
|
| Detroit Tigers
6, Chicago White Sox
3 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Chicago White Sox
5, Detroit Tigers
1 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Washington Senators
9, New York Yankees
6 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| Washington Senators
6, New York Yankees
5 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| Boston Red Sox
9, Philadelphia Athletics
0 at Shibe Park |
|
| Boston Red Sox
9, Philadelphia Athletics
5 at Shibe Park |
|
| Cleveland Indians
6, St. Louis Browns
5 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Cleveland Indians
4, St. Louis Browns
3 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
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IN THE NEWS: At Ebbets Field, Gil Hodges hits his 27th HR of the year to lead the Dodgers to a 8–4 win over the Giants. Andy Pafko also homers, off Larry Jansen. Don Newcombe notches his 12th win, giving up seven hits. After sweeping the Giants in the 3-game series, Dodger manager Chuck Dressen declares, "We knocked 'em out. They won't bother us anymore." The Dodgers now lead the Giants by seven 1/2 games.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 5, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
7, Philadelphia Phillies
6 at Braves Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
8, New York Giants
4 at Ebbets Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
10, Chicago Cubs
2 at Wrigley Field |
|
| Cincinnati Reds
4, Pittsburgh Pirates
0 at Forbes Field |
|
| Detroit Tigers
8, Chicago White Sox
0 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| New York Yankees
8, Washington Senators
2 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| Boston Red Sox
8, Philadelphia Athletics
3 at Shibe Park |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, the Braves smack two HRs (Willard Marshall and Walker Cooper) in the top of the third, only to have the Giants answer with three HRs—by Westrum, Thomson, and Mueller—in the bottom of the inning. The Giants outslug the Braves for the game 12–10.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 6, 1951 |
| Cincinnati Reds
4, Chicago Cubs
2 at Wrigley Field |
|
| New York Giants
12, Boston Braves
10 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
6, Philadelphia Phillies
2 at Shibe Park |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
3, Pittsburgh Pirates
2 at Forbes Field |
|
| Boston Red Sox
6, New York Yankees
2 at Fenway Park |
|
| Cleveland Indians
7, Detroit Tigers
4 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Chicago White Sox
4, St. Louis Browns
3 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| St. Louis Browns
4, Chicago White Sox
1 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Washington Senators
6, Philadelphia Athletics
3 at Griffith Stadium |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: OF Hoot Evers of the Tigers goes 5-for-5 and scores five runs against the Indians as the motormen roll, 13–3. Bob Cain is the victor with batterymate Myron Ginsberg driving in five runs on four hits. At Fenway, the Yankees lose to the Red Sox, 10–4 with the Sox being led by Clyde Vollmer's grand slam in the first inning. Vollmer had a 2-run triple in yesterday's 6–2 win over the Yankees. Mantle, a late inning defensive replacement, hits a ninth inning HR off Ellis Kinder, the complete game winner.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 7, 1951 |
| Cincinnati Reds
8, Chicago Cubs
6 at Wrigley Field |
|
| New York Giants
7, Boston Braves
6 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
6, Philadelphia Phillies
2 at Shibe Park |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
5, St. Louis Cardinals
1 at Forbes Field |
|
| Boston Red Sox
10, New York Yankees
4 at Fenway Park |
|
| Detroit Tigers
13, Cleveland Indians
3 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Chicago White Sox
5, St. Louis Browns
3 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
4, Washington Senators
3 at Griffith Stadium |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: The feud between Joe DiMaggio and Casey Stengel reaches a head in second inning against the Red Sox. Because of a misplay in the first, Stengel sends reserve Jackie Jensen out to CF to relieve the Yankee Clipper after he had already taken his position. The Red Sox clip the Yankees, 6–3, as the red-hot Clyde Vollmer belts a 2-run homer.Red Schoendienst hits a HR from each side of the plate in game two, as the Cards beat Pittsburgh 9–8 after losing 6–2.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 8, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
6, New York Giants
5 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
6, Philadelphia Phillies
4 at Shibe Park |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
6, St. Louis Cardinals
2 at Forbes Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
9, Pittsburgh Pirates
8 at Forbes Field |
|
| Boston Red Sox
6, New York Yankees
3 at Fenway Park |
|
| Cleveland Indians
8, Detroit Tigers
3 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Cleveland Indians
10, Detroit Tigers
2 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Chicago White Sox
5, St. Louis Browns
4 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Washington Senators
3, Philadelphia Athletics
1 at Griffith Stadium |
|
| Washington Senators
8, Philadelphia Athletics
2 at Griffith Stadium |
|
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IN THE NEWS: At a joint meeting between players and owners, agreement is reached on night curfews and the retention of the reserve clause.
IN THE NEWS: Exploding for a record four HRs, the NL trounces the AL 8–3 at the annual All-Star Game, at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Pittsburgh slugger Ralph Kiner hits a HR for the third year in a row. The Giants bring up 2B Davey Williams, hitting .280 at Minneapolis, and pitcher Al Corwin up. Williams is expected to shore up 2B with Eddie Stanky.
IN THE NEWS: At Cleveland, Allie Reynolds of the NY Yankees no-hits Cleveland 1–0 for the first of his two no-hitters this season. Gene Woodling’s seventh inning HR off loser Bob Feller is the difference in the 1–0 game. The Chief's no-hitter is the first by a Yankee since Monte Pearson in 1928. New York takes the nitecap behind Vic Raschi as Joe DiMaggio cinches it with a three-run homer off Chuck Stobbs.The Red Sox and White Sox draw a record crowd of 52,592 for a twi-night doubleheader at Comiskey. Boston wins the opener, 3–2. In the second game, Saul Rogovin of the White Sox goes the route in a 17-inning contest, only to lose 5–4, on Clyde Vollmer's sac fly. Ellis Kinder of Boston pitches 10 scoreless innings in relief for the win.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 12, 1951 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers
9, Chicago Cubs
3 at Ebbets Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
2, New York Giants
0 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
11, Pittsburgh Pirates
6 at Shibe Park |
|
| Boston Red Sox
3, Chicago White Sox
2 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Boston Red Sox
5, Chicago White Sox
4 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| New York Yankees
1, Cleveland Indians
0 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Detroit Tigers
5, Washington Senators
4 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
9, St. Louis Browns
7 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
13, St. Louis Browns
0 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
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IN THE NEWS: The Red Sox and White Sox play 19 innings under the lights, tying a major-league record. Mickey McDermott pitches the first 17 innings for Boston, as Chicago wins this marathon, 5–4. Clyde Vollmer has a homer and two singles for the Bosox and 3B Vern Stephens plays the entire game (18 1/3 innings) without a put out. Boston scores twice in the top of the 19th, but the Sox strike back with three runs. For the second night in a row, the two teams set a record for the longest night game. Tomorrow the Sox will set a major-league mark when they pull off their 14th DP in four games.Both Wes Westrum and Davey Williams of the Giants hit grand slams, as the Giants beat St. Louis 14–4 at the Polo Grounds. The win moves New York into second place.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 13, 1951 |
| Cincinnati Reds
2, Boston Braves
0 at Braves Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
8, Chicago Cubs
6 at Ebbets Field |
|
| New York Giants
14, St. Louis Cardinals
4 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
3, Pittsburgh Pirates
2 at Shibe Park |
|
| Chicago White Sox
5, Boston Red Sox
4 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
11, New York Yankees
8 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Washington Senators
3, Detroit Tigers
1 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| St. Louis Browns
5, Philadelphia Athletics
0 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
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IN THE NEWS: Clyde Vollmer singles in two runs in the ninth inning and the Red Sox tip the White Sox, 3–2.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 14, 1951 |
| Cincinnati Reds
5, Boston Braves
0 at Braves Field |
|
| Chicago Cubs
5, Brooklyn Dodgers
4 at Ebbets Field |
|
| Chicago Cubs
11, Brooklyn Dodgers
7 at Ebbets Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
4, New York Giants
3 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
2, Pittsburgh Pirates
0 at Shibe Park |
|
| Boston Red Sox
3, Chicago White Sox
2 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
8, New York Yankees
0 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Washington Senators
8, Detroit Tigers
0 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
10, St. Louis Browns
6 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: Athletics lefty Sam Zoldak pitches a one-hitter against the White Sox, winning 5–0 in the second game of a doubleheader. Carrasquel has the lone safety, a dribbler between SS and 3B. Zoldak also drives in 2 runs. Bob Hooper is the winner for the A's in game 1, helping the cause with a 3-run HR. The A's lose Ferris Fain when he grounds out in game 1 and, in disgust, kicks 1B breaking his foot. Fain is leading the AL with a .337 average. He'll return on August 21. Happy Chandler completes his contract as baseball commissioner, but fails to win the owners' support for a contract renewal.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 15, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
7, Chicago Cubs
0 at Braves Field |
|
| Chicago Cubs
10, Boston Braves
4 at Braves Field |
|
| Cincinnati Reds
5, Brooklyn Dodgers
2 at Ebbets Field |
|
| Cincinnati Reds
6, Brooklyn Dodgers
5 at Ebbets Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
7, New York Giants
6 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| New York Giants
8, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
7, Philadelphia Phillies
4 at Shibe Park |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
6, St. Louis Cardinals
4 at Shibe Park |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
3, Chicago White Sox
1 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
5, Chicago White Sox
0 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Washington Senators
7, Cleveland Indians
4 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Cleveland Indians
7, Washington Senators
2 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Detroit Tigers
5, New York Yankees
3 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| New York Yankees
8, Detroit Tigers
7 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| St. Louis Browns
3, Boston Red Sox
1 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Boston Red Sox
9, St. Louis Browns
5 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: While in Detroit, the Yanks option rookie Mickey Mantle to Kansas City (AA). Mantle, plagued with strikeouts—3 on the 13th—and in a slump, will go 0-for-22 in his start with the Blues, before ending with a tear at .361. The Yankees will recall him August 20th. Art Schallock takes Mickey's place on the Yankee roster and gives up 7 hits in 2.3 innings in today's 8–6 win.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 16, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
9, Chicago Cubs
4 at Braves Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
11, Cincinnati Reds
2 at Ebbets Field |
|
| New York Giants
7, Pittsburgh Pirates
6 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
5, St. Louis Cardinals
2 at Shibe Park |
|
| Chicago White Sox
9, Philadelphia Athletics
5 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
8, Washington Senators
2 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| New York Yankees
8, Detroit Tigers
6 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| St. Louis Browns
9, Boston Red Sox
5 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: LF Joe Adcock is 4-for-4 and throws out a runner at home in the ninth to lead the Reds to a 9–8 win over the host Phillies. After pitching for Bill Veeck in Cleveland in 1948, Satchel Paige rejoins him with the St. Louis Browns.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 17, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
5, St. Louis Cardinals
0 at Braves Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
4, Brooklyn Dodgers
3 at Ebbets Field |
|
| Chicago Cubs
7, New York Giants
4 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Cincinnati Reds
9, Philadelphia Phillies
8 at Shibe Park |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
10, Cincinnati Reds
0 at Shibe Park |
|
| Chicago White Sox
4, New York Yankees
3 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
8, Boston Red Sox
6 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Detroit Tigers
8, Philadelphia Athletics
5 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Washington Senators
7, St. Louis Browns
2 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| St. Louis Browns
2, Washington Senators
0 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates Ralph Kiner drives in seven runs hitting three HRs, including his 10th grand slam, in a 13–12 slugfest win over the Dodgers. His final homer, a solo shot of Erv Palica in the eighth, breaks a 12–12 tie. Manager Chuck Dressen berates Palica, publicly questioning the pitcher's courage by clutching his throat in a choke signal. In Kiner's final at bat, in the ninth, Carl Furillo pulls down the sluggers long drive near the CF gate. Garagiola and Bell also homer for the Bucs, while Campanella and Robinson homer for Brooklyn. Congressman Emanuel Celler says that President Harry Truman backs his probe of the reserve clause and sports status under the antitrust legislation.
The Reds purchase OF Hank Edwards from the Dodgers.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 18, 1951 |
| St. Louis Cardinals
9, Boston Braves
6 at Braves Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
13, Brooklyn Dodgers
12 at Ebbets Field |
|
| Chicago Cubs
6, New York Giants
3 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Cincinnati Reds
2, Philadelphia Phillies
0 at Shibe Park |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
1, Cincinnati Reds
0 at Shibe Park |
|
| New York Yankees
5, Chicago White Sox
1 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Boston Red Sox
4, Cleveland Indians
3 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
16, Detroit Tigers
9 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Washington Senators
7, St. Louis Browns
1 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: Despite a pair of homers by Clyde Vollmer, the Indians edge the Red Sox, 5–4 in 11 innings.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 19, 1951 |
| Chicago White Sox
2, New York Yankees
1 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
5, Boston Red Sox
4 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
5, Detroit Tigers
0 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| Detroit Tigers
4, Philadelphia Athletics
3 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| St. Louis Browns
9, Washington Senators
7 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: In a move that will aid their pennant drive, the Giants put OF Bobby Thomson at 3B to replace the slumping Hank Thompson, out with a spike injury. Thomson, who's been riding the bench since losing his starting job to the rookie Mays, will hit .357 for the rest of the season.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 20, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
11, Pittsburgh Pirates
6 at Braves Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
5, St. Louis Cardinals
2 at Ebbets Field |
|
| New York Giants
11, Cincinnati Reds
5 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
4, Chicago Cubs
3 at Shibe Park |
|
| Washington Senators
2, Chicago White Sox
1 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
1, Philadelphia Athletics
0 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Detroit Tigers
6, Boston Red Sox
1 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| New York Yankees
1, St. Louis Browns
0 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 21, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
11, Pittsburgh Pirates
6 at Braves Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
3, St. Louis Cardinals
2 at Ebbets Field |
|
| New York Giants
3, Cincinnati Reds
2 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
5, Chicago Cubs
0 at Shibe Park |
|
| Washington Senators
10, Chicago White Sox
5 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
5, Philadelphia Athletics
3 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Boston Red Sox
6, Detroit Tigers
3 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| New York Yankees
5, St. Louis Browns
3 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: With the Cubs 10 games under .500 at 35-45, Phil Cavarretta replaces Frankie Frisch (141-196) as manager. They will go 27-47 the rest of the way to finish in last place.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 22, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
5, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Braves Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
5, Boston Braves
2 at Braves Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
9, St. Louis Cardinals
2 at Ebbets Field |
|
| Cincinnati Reds
7, New York Giants
3 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| New York Giants
9, Cincinnati Reds
8 at Polo Grounds V |
|
| Chicago Cubs
8, Philadelphia Phillies
7 at Shibe Park |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
3, Chicago Cubs
2 at Shibe Park |
|
| Washington Senators
7, Chicago White Sox
6 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Washington Senators
11, Chicago White Sox
5 at Comiskey Park I |
|
| Cleveland Indians
6, Philadelphia Athletics
4 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Cleveland Indians
3, Philadelphia Athletics
1 at Cleveland Stadium |
|
| Boston Red Sox
10, Detroit Tigers
9 at Tiger Stadium |
|
| New York Yankees
9, St. Louis Browns
0 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| New York Yankees
7, St. Louis Browns
3 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: At Cooperstown, the Dodgers rally to beat the A's, 9–5, in the 10th annual Hall of Fame game.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 23, 1951 |
| Boston Braves
15, Pittsburgh Pirates
14 at Forbes Field |
|
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| SCOREBOARD: JULY 24, 1951 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers
6, Chicago Cubs
3 at Wrigley Field |
|
| Boston Braves
6, Cincinnati Reds
1 at Crosley Field |
|
| New York Giants
4, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Forbes Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
9, Philadelphia Phillies
5 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Boston Red Sox
8, Chicago White Sox
3 at Fenway Park |
|
| New York Yankees
3, Cleveland Indians
2 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| Detroit Tigers
2, Washington Senators
1 at Griffith Stadium |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 25, 1951 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers
6, Chicago Cubs
2 at Wrigley Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
5, New York Giants
4 at Forbes Field |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
2, St. Louis Cardinals
0 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Chicago White Sox
6, Boston Red Sox
2 at Fenway Park |
|
| New York Yankees
2, Cleveland Indians
1 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| St. Louis Browns
5, Philadelphia Athletics
4 at Shibe Park |
|
| Washington Senators
7, Detroit Tigers
4 at Griffith Stadium |
|
| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
IN THE NEWS: At Fenway, Clyde Vollmer knocks in six runs on three homers to lead the Red Sox to a 13–10 win over the White Sox.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 26, 1951 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers
9, Chicago Cubs
1 at Wrigley Field |
|
| Boston Braves
6, Cincinnati Reds
2 at Crosley Field |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
7, St. Louis Cardinals
0 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Boston Red Sox
13, Chicago White Sox
10 at Fenway Park |
|
| Cleveland Indians
9, New York Yankees
4 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| St. Louis Browns
6, Philadelphia Athletics
4 at Shibe Park |
|
| Detroit Tigers
6, Washington Senators
3 at Griffith Stadium |
|
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IN THE NEWS: The White Sox, just three 1/2 games behind New York and Boston, open a 4-game series in New York. Trailing 3–1 in the ninth, the Sox make it 3–2 before rain and the Yankees delay the game. Gil McDougald is thrown out for stalling, and Casey Stengel uses five pitchers in the inning. Finally the Yanks win as the game is called after 30 minutes.After two shutouts over the Cards, Bubba Church gives the Phils staff their third in a row, stopping Chicago, 2–0. It is Church's eighth straight over the Cubs and Chicago's ninth straight loss at Wrigley.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 27, 1951 |
| Philadelphia Phillies
2, Chicago Cubs
0 at Wrigley Field |
|
| New York Giants
5, Cincinnati Reds
3 at Crosley Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
8, Boston Braves
4 at Forbes Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
12, St. Louis Cardinals
9 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Cleveland Indians
3, Boston Red Sox
2 at Fenway Park |
|
| New York Yankees
3, Chicago White Sox
1 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
10, Detroit Tigers
6 at Shibe Park |
|
| Washington Senators
7, St. Louis Browns
0 at Griffith Stadium |
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IN THE NEWS: Charlie Gehringer succeeds Billy Evans as GM of the Detroit Tigers.Clyde Vollmer, who started the month on the bench, continues his explosive fireworks against the Indians. He singles in the tying run in the 15th and then in the 16th hits a grand slam off reliever Bob Feller for an 8–4 Red Sox win. The grand slam is the latest hit in a game in major-league history. Mickey McDermott pitches all 16 innings for the Sox, striking out 15 and walking one.
Pitcher Russ Meyer hurls a 1–0 shut out over the Cubs, the fourth shutout in a row for the Phillies staff. Robin Roberts, Ken Johnson and Bubba Church pitched the earlier shutouts.
The Giants go 7–0 at Crosley Field this year by defeating the Reds, 3–1. Willie Mays has his third homer in six days and Larry Jansen wins to go 15–2 against the Rhinelanders.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 28, 1951 |
| Philadelphia Phillies
1, Chicago Cubs
0 at Wrigley Field |
|
| New York Giants
3, Cincinnati Reds
1 at Crosley Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
8, Boston Braves
4 at Forbes Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
3, St. Louis Cardinals
2 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Boston Red Sox
8, Cleveland Indians
4 at Fenway Park |
|
| Detroit Tigers
6, Philadelphia Athletics
5 at Shibe Park |
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IN THE NEWS: Before a Stadium crowd of 70,972, the Yankees sweep the White Sox, 8–3 and 2–0. DiMaggio powers two homers off Lew Kretlow in the opener, and ex-Sox Bob Kuzava outduels Saul Rogovin to win the nitecap. With yesterday's game rained out, the Sox are now six 1/2 out of first place.In game one at Cincinnati, Willie Mays steals the first of 338 bases. Then P Willie Ramsdell picks him off 2B. But the Giants win, 3–1, behind Sal Maglie. New York takes the nitecap as well, 6–4, as Irvin (2) and Mays both swipe bases.
Against the Phillies, Cubs player-manager Phil Cavarretta earns his money by driving home three runs in a first game win, 5–4, snapping the Cubs 10-game home losing streak. His triple in the sixth off Robin Roberts ends the Cubs' scoreless inning skein of 31 innings, and the consecutive scoreless innings by Phils pitchers at 41. Cavarretta takes the bench in game two but inserts himself as a pinch hitter in the seventh when Roberts relieves, and hits a grand slam home run as the Cubs sweep, winning the nitecap, 8–6. The nitecap loss goes to Bubba Church, who put two runners on before giving way to Roberts. It is Church's first and only career loss to Chicago after nine straight wins.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 29, 1951 |
| Chicago Cubs
5, Philadelphia Phillies
4 at Wrigley Field |
|
| Chicago Cubs
8, Philadelphia Phillies
6 at Wrigley Field |
|
| New York Giants
3, Cincinnati Reds
1 at Crosley Field |
|
| New York Giants
6, Cincinnati Reds
4 at Crosley Field |
|
| Pittsburgh Pirates
6, Boston Braves
2 at Forbes Field |
|
| Boston Braves
5, Pittsburgh Pirates
4 at Forbes Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
9, St. Louis Cardinals
3 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| Cleveland Indians
5, Boston Red Sox
4 at Fenway Park |
|
| New York Yankees
8, Chicago White Sox
3 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| New York Yankees
2, Chicago White Sox
0 at Yankee Stadium |
|
| Detroit Tigers
8, Philadelphia Athletics
4 at Shibe Park |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
3, Detroit Tigers
0 at Shibe Park |
|
| Washington Senators
7, St. Louis Browns
2 at Griffith Stadium |
|
| St. Louis Browns
8, Washington Senators
6 at Griffith Stadium |
|
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IN THE NEWS: Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes "peons" of baseball players. National Association President George Trautman testifies, denying that minors hampered independent teams.Joe DiMaggio makes a rare mental error against Detroit, catching a Steve Souchock fly ball in deep CF and, thinking it's the third out, begins trotting in. It's only the second out, and George Kell scores from 2B to make the score 4–2 in the eighth. Despite the lapse, the Yanks win, 5–4, with DiMag knocking in the winning run in the ninth.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 30, 1951 |
| Chicago Cubs
7, New York Giants
6 at Wrigley Field |
|
| Cincinnati Reds
6, Philadelphia Phillies
5 at Crosley Field |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals
4, Boston Braves
3 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| New York Yankees
5, Detroit Tigers
4 at Yankee Stadium |
|
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IN THE NEWS: In an 8–6 Red Sox loss to the Browns, Clyde Vollmer doubles to finish the month with 13 homers, four doubles and a triple among his 31 hits. "Big Un" knocks in 40 runs with his outburst.The Dodgers win their 10th in a row, defeating the host Pirates, 8–3. Don Newcombe earns his 15th win and ninth in a row. Newk also collects three of the Flatbushers 16 hits.
The Browns acquire Cliff Mapes from the Yankees, sending Bobbie Hogue, Kermit Wahl, Tom Upton and Lou Sleater to New York. The trade frees up an outfield spot for Mantle's return as well as Mapes #7 uniform.
| SCOREBOARD: JULY 31, 1951 |
| New York Giants
4, Chicago Cubs
3 at Wrigley Field |
|
| Philadelphia Phillies
7, Cincinnati Reds
5 at Crosley Field |
|
| Brooklyn Dodgers
8, Pittsburgh Pirates
3 at Forbes Field |
|
| Boston Braves
6, St. Louis Cardinals
0 at Sportsman's Park III |
|
| St. Louis Browns
8, Boston Red Sox
6 at Fenway Park |
|
| Philadelphia Athletics
4, Chicago White Sox
2 at Shibe Park |
|
| Cleveland Indians
5, Washington Senators
3 at Griffith Stadium |
|
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