2002
» The Diamondbacks beat the Marlins, 9–2, as Randy Johnson fans 14 Florida batters to move past Tom Seaver into 5th place on the all–time list.

The Giants beat the Pirates, 8–3, as Barry Bonds draws three intentional walks to give him an ML–record 46 for the season. The three intentional passes also tie a record for a 9–inning game. Bonds will receive 68 intentional walks this year, 23 more than the old record, set by the Giants' Willie McCovey in 1969.

The Cubs wallop the Rockies, 15–1, as Sammy Sosa clouts three home runs and drives home nine runs.

2001
» Colorado slams Cincinnati, 16–7, as newly–acquired rookie 2B Jose Ortiz strokes five hits—including a double and home run—and drives in four runs.

The Royals defeat the Tigers, 7–3, in a game marked by a 6th inning brawl set off when KC 1B Mike Sweeney charges Detroit P Jeff Weaver after Weaver calls him a profane name. Numerous punches are thrown as both benches and bullpens clear. After a 12–minute delay, the game resumes with Sweeney, KC coach Al Nipper, and Detroit coach Doug Mansolino ejected from the contest. Sweeney will be suspended 10 games for his actions, and Detroit catcher Robert Fick eight games. Five other players and four coaches will also be disciplined.

The Cubs claim Miguel Cairo and Gary Matthews Jr. off waivers by St. Louis and Pittsburgh, respectively.

1999
» The Orioles defeat the Devil Rays, 17-1. All nine Baltimore starters score at least one run and reach base at least twice. SS Mike Bordick leads the attack with four hits, including two doubles, and five RBI.

The Red Sox defeat the Royals, 9-6, as Boston P Tim Wakefield ties a major league record by striking out four batters in the 9th inning. KC C Chad Kreuter gets two hits in the game, his first breaking a streak of 38 consecutive at bats without a hit. It is the longest hitless streak in the majors since Dann Howitt of Oakland and Seattle went 0-for-43 in 1992.

Major league umpires drop the federal lawsuit which they filed July 26.

1998
» White Sox OF Albert Belle drives in his 100th run of the season in a 5–3 win over Oakland. He joins Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth as the only players to record at least 30 homers and 100 RBIs in seven consecutive seasons.

The Orioles trade OF Jeffrey Hammonds to the Reds in exchange for IF–OF Willie Greene.

The Athletics trade P Mike Fetters to the Angels in exchange for a player to be named and cash.

1997
» Angels' IF-OF Tony Phillips is arrested after allegedly buying a small quantity of freebase cocaine at a motel in Anaheim.

Pitcher Greg Maddux signs a $57.5 million, 5-year contract with the Braves to become baseball's highest-paid player.

1996
» Eddie Murray blasts his 18th career grand slam, highliting an 8-run 9th inning, as Baltimore beats the White Sox, 13–4. Murray's slam ties him for 2nd place with Willie McCovey.

The Rockies jump to a 7–0 lead over the Braves, then need back to back homers in the 10th to win, 9–7. Andres Galarraga, with his 2nd homer, and Vinny Castilla homer off Mark Wohlers for the victory. Galarraga now leads the National League in RBIs with 107.

The Royals roll to an 18–3 win over California as Johnny Damon hits a grand slam and drives in seven runs. Jim Abbott loses his 11th straight decision.

1995
» The Cardinals are awarded a 2-1 victory by forfeit over the Dodgers at "Ball Day" at Dodger Stadium. In the bottom of the 9th, Raul Mondesi strikes out and is then ejected for arguing the call. Tommy Lasorda gets thumbed as well when he joins the discussion. With that, the fans bombard the field with more than 200 balls they had received as souvenirs and the umps order the Cardinals into the dugout. It is the 1st forfeit in the major leagues since July 12, 1979.

Yankees' C Mike Stanley hits three home runs and drives home seven runs, but it's not enough to prevent NY from losing to Cleveland by a score of 10-9.

The Tigers trade P Mike Henneman to the Astros in exchange for a player to be named.

1994
» Minnesota OF Kirby Puckett drives in seven runs as the Twins defeat the Red Sox by a score of 17-7.

1993
» Mets P Bret Saberhagen admits to having sprayed bleach at three reporters on July 27. He agrees to donate one day's pay -- $15,384.61 -- to the Eye Research Foundation.

The Phillies obtain P Bobby Thigpen from the White Sox in exchange for P Jose DeLeon.

1992
» The Mets Vince Coleman will end the season with just 27 walks, but he picks up five today against the Pirates to tie the 20th century mark. Pittsburgh breaks a 1-1 tie against the host Mets, scoring three runs in the 16th inning to win, 4-2. Reliever Dennis Cook wins as the Bucs Andy Van Slyke and the Mets Bill Pecota homer. Franco pitches his second of four straight games, a season-high effort that puts him back on the disabled list.

1991
» The game between the Astros and Braves was delayed for five minutes when a moth became lodged in the ear of Houston OF Mike Simms. Astros trainer Dave Labossiere removed the insect with a pair of tweezers. The Braves record a 4-0 victory when the game is finally completed.

1989
» Nolan Ryan falls short in yet another no-hit bid, giving up a one-out single to Dave Bergman in the 9th inning and eventually needing relief in a 4–1 win over the Tigers.

Dave Dravecky pitches seven shut out innings and beats the Reds, 4–3, for his first win of the year. The Giants pitcher, recovering from arm surgery, has been in extensive rehab.

1988
» The Dodgers release Don Sutton, the 12th-winningest pitcher in ML history and the club's all-time victory leader.

1987
» Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross becomes the 2nd pitcher in eight days to be ejected for scuffing the baseball when umpires discover sandpaper in his glove during the 5th inning of a 4–2 win over the Cubs. Like Joe Niekro, Gross will be suspended for 10 games, and won't get his glove returned until August, 1991.

Cardinals 1B Jack Clark sets an National League record by drawing a walk in his 16th consecutive game, a 6–0 win over Pittsburgh.

Paul Molitor singles in the 3rd inning against the Rangers to run his hit streak to 25 games. The Brewers win in the 12th 4–3.

At Seattle, Oakland's super rookie Mark McGwire belts his 38th homer, a solo shot off Mike Moore, to tie the ML rookie record for homers in a season.

1986
» Pitcher Bob Forsch hits a grand slam to lead the Cardinals to a 5–4 win over the Pirates, and reliever Todd Worrell records his 24th save to break the ML rookie record set by Doug Corbett in 1980.

1985
» Oakland's Dave Kingman becomes the 21st player to hit 400 career home runs, belting a 2-run shot off Matt Young in the first inning of the A's 11–5 win at Seattle.

Willie McGee goes 7-for-10 in the Cardinals' doubleheader sweep of the Phillies, 5–4 and 13–4, to raise his batting average to .351. McGee will lead the National League with a .353 mark this season.

1983
» Al Oliver collects his 2,500th career hit, a 7th-inning single off Carlos Diaz, as the Expos beat the Mets 5–3.

1982
» Bob Lillis replaces Bill Virdon as manager of the Houston Astros. Virdon was the senior manager in the National League, having managed the Astros since 1975.

1981
» After a 2-month wait, Pete Rose finally breaks Stan Musial's National League hit record, singling off Mark Littell in Philadelphia's 7–3 loss to St. Louis. Rose now has 3,631 career hits. A crowd of 60,561 cheers his 8th inning hit.

Seattle's Julio Cruz is caught stealing by California's Ed Ott on a pitchout, ending his consecutive stolen base streak at 32. Cruz tied the American League record set by Willie Wilson.

The Dodgers re-open the season with a 4–0 victory over the Reds.

1980
» Steve McCatty becomes the 4th A's starter to pitch a 14-inning complete game this season, losing 2–1 to Seattle despite pitching a 6-hitter. Teammates Matt Keough (on May 17th), Mike Norris (June 11th), and Rick Langford (July 20th) have also pitched 14-inning complete games for manager Billy Martin, who will later be widely criticized for ruining their arms through overwork.

1979
» Dan Ford hits for the cycle but his Angels lose 8–6 to the Mariners.

1978
» A's 2B Mike Edwards ties the major-league record with two unassisted DPs during a 16–5 loss to the Angels.

In just his 2nd start, Dodger P Bob Welch beats the Giants and Vida Blue, 12–2, to put the Los Angeles into a tie for first place.

The Red Sox trip the Indians, 6–5, in 13 innings as Butch Hobson scores the tying run on a bizarre play: He lofts a pop fly behind second base and races around to 2B as 2B Duane Kuiper loses the ball in the sun. Kuiper picks up the ball but bumps into 1B Andre Thornton and the ball rolls towards first base and C Bo Diaz. With Hobson motoring towards 3B, Diaz overthrows the base. Hobson, having slid into the third, picks himself up and races home. The throw from the outfield is in time to Diaz, but he can't get the ball out of his glove and a sliding Hobson is home free. A George Scott double and Rick Burleson single then wins the game. Bob Stanley (8–1) picks up the victory.

1977
» Billy Martin installs Reggie Jackson as the Yankees' regular clean-up hitter. The Yanks beat the A's 6–3, as Ron Guidry outpitches Vida Blue. Graig Nettles belts his 26th homer of the season. New York will win 40 of final 53 games, with Jackson contributing 13 home runs and 49 RBIs.

For the 2nd times in two years a doubleheader at the Vet goes past three a.m. The Phils top the Expos in game one, 6–1, in a game that starts an hour late because of the rain. A 2:27 delay in the 3rd takes its toll on the 46,664 fans in attendance. The 2nd game gets underway at 11:50 p.m. and lasts until 3:23 a.m. with the same results as game one. Lonborg and Christianson are the winners.

1976
» Jim Palmer one-hits the Twins, as the O's win, 2–0. Mike Cubbage's single in the 2nd is the only hit.

1971
» Harmon Killebrew becomes the 10th player to amass 500 home runs, and adds his 501st, but the Orioles beat the Twins 4–3. Mike Cuellar picks up the win.

The Giants Juan Marichal pitches the 50th shutout of his career, a 1–0 squeaker over Montreal. He leads all active hurlers in this category.

Sixteen baseball researchers at Cooperstown form the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), with founder Robert Davids as president.

1969
» Mike Cuellar's (15-9) string of 35 straight batters retired is ended by Cesar Tovar, who also spoils Cuellar's no-hit bid in a 2–0 win against the Twins. Tovar has the only hit in a game for the 3rd time, and the 2nd time this season.

Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to the Cubs with a 4–2 win at Los Angeles, but needs relief help to do it. Sutton tops Ken Holtzman, who handed Sutton his last four losses to Chicago. It was one short of the most consecutive losses by any pitcher to one club in ML history, and is the National League record for straight losses to a team from the start of a career. Sutton will close out his career with a record of 18-20 versus the Cubs.

1968
» On Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium, the Twins stop the Yankees, 3–2. New York's only scores are two solo shots by Mickey Mantle off Jim Merritt. It is the Mick's 46th 2-homer game.

1966
» Chuck Dressen dies of a heart attack in Detroit, age 67. He had managed the Tigers earlier in the season.

1965
» At New York, Jim Kaat benefits from sloppy Yankee fielding and Minnesota scores six unearned runs to beat the Yankees, 7–3.

In the 2nd of two at Fenway, the O's Brooks Robinson hits a ball that appears to hit the net above the Green Monster, but is ruled in play by Lou DiMuro. Robinson reaches third with a triple, and then adds a homer in the 7th. Brooks lost another homer last year. The O's win 12–4 after losing the opener, 15–5.

1963
» In the A's 6–3 win, A's pinch-hit star George Alusik suffers a broken wrist when hit by the Indians' Pedro Ramos's pitch.

Benched for poor hitting, Brooks Robinson's streak of 463 straight games at third is stopped. Brooks pinch hits in the 8th inning, however, as the Senators edge the Orioles 6–5. Boog Powell smashes three homers in a losing cause.

1962
» In the first of three games with the Dodgers at Candlestick, Bill O'Dell coasts to an 11-2 win over Johnny Podres. The loss cuts the Dodger lead to four games.

At Buffalo (IL), Columbus beats Buffalo 6–5, in 12 innings. Bob Veale of Columbus strikes out 22 Bison batters in nine innings.

1960
» Ted Williams hits a pair of homers and a double to pace the Red Sox to a 6–1 win over the Indians. Ted has 21 homers for the season. The 1st of the two today, #512, moves Ted past Mel Ott into 4th place on the all-time list. After the game, Williams announces that he will retire at the end of the season.

1959
» Ken Boyer of the Cardinals begins a 29-game hitting streak, the longest since Stan Musial's 30-games in 1950. The Giants score three in the 9th to win 3–2.

1958
» In the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Reds, Pirates CF Bill Virdon records two assists in the seventh, tying a major-league mark. The Reds win 4-3.

1956
» Cincinnati C Ed Bailey hits a grand slam as the Redlegs win 8-1 over Milwaukee to move into second place, a half game behind the Braves and a half game ahead of the Dodgers.

1953
» Bob Porterfield of the Senators has his second one-hitter of the season, as he masters the Red Sox 2-0.

1950
» In the second game of a twinbill, Washington pitcher Gene Bearden bats eighth with batterymate Len Okie in the ninth spot. Bearden picks up a hit but loses the game, 4–3, to Boston's Walt Masterson. Masterson swipes a base, the first stolen base by a Red Sox pitcher this year.

1947
» With five hits Stan Musial finally lifts his average over .300, and the Cardinals make a run at the Dodgers sweeping the Pirates, 5–0 and 7–5. Murry Dickson allows four hits in the shutout. Musial will finish at .312, and the Cards, five games back of Brooklyn.

1945
» Richard Muckerman buys out Don Barnes' interest in the St. Louis Browns and now controls 50 percent of the club.

1944
» Red Barrett of the Boston Braves throws only 58 pitches and shuts out the Cincinnati Reds 2-0. This is the major-league record for fewest pitches in a nine-inning game. The game takes one hour, 15 minutes, the shortest night game ever.

1937
» Washington 3B Buddy Lewis makes four errors in a game with the A's, tying the record set in 1901.

Cubs 1B Ripper Collins fractures his right ankle sliding into home plate in a game with Pittsburgh.

1936
» The Cards are back in first place, beating the Cubs in a game interrupted by a fight between former teammates Dizzy Dean and Tex Carleton.

Buddy Myer, last year's AL batting champ, is sent home by Washington to recover from a season/long stomach ailment.

1935
» George Selkirk drives in eight runs, one short of Jimmie Foxx's AL record, with two HRs and a single.

1934
» Babe Ruth announces 1934 is definitely his final season as a regular player. He says he will seek a managerial role and will pinch-hit.

1930
» In a Sunday doubleheader in St. Louis, 21,000 fans cheer as the Cards sweep two from the first place Dodgers. Burleigh Grimes takes the opener 8–2, despite Babe Herman starting a triple play for Brooklyn. Bill Hallahan K's 12 to win the nitecap 4–0. The 4th place Cards are now nine games behind Brooklyn.

Before 45,000 fans, the Cubs sweep two from the Boston Braves at Wrigley to move a game in back of Brooklyn. Hack Wilson drives home seven runs on three homers, the last his 39th, to back up Charlie Root's 3-hit shut out in the opener. The Cubs win 6–0 beating Bob Smith. Pat Malone completes the sweep. twirling a 5-hitter to beat Bruce Cunningham, 11–1, in the nitecap.

The last place Phillies win 18–0, as Claude "Weeping" Willoughby defeats the Reds in the first game of a twin bill, then take the 2nd game, 4–3. Chuck Klein and Lefty O'Doul each total six hits in the two games. The Phils will tie the ML mark they set last season by playing just six shutout games, winning four and losing 2.

At Fenway, Detroit's Earl Whitehill wins his 9th straight, beating the Red Sox, 4–2. The Sox score their two runs in the 9th. Detroit collects nine hits, but John Stone goes hitless ending his 23-game hitting streak.

1929
» Pitching for the visiting Cards, Grover Alexander beats the Phils 7–1 for his 373rd and last National League victory. It is noted at the time that he ties Christy Mathewson for NL wins. Relieving after eight innings, he pitches four scoreless relief innings to win 11–9 in 12 innings of the nitecap. The Phils take the opener, 7–1. Alexander will be sent back to St. Louis on the August 20th after one too many curfew violations and finish the season at 9–8.

1924
» Ty Cobb steals 2B once, 3B twice, and home once in the Tigers' 13-7 win over Boston that puts them on top in the AL, as the Indians beat the Yankees 7-1.

1922
» The Pirates continue their hot hitting, crushing the Phils 12–4 on 16 hits. Today's hitting stars is LF Carson Bigbee with five hits, and starter Hal Carlson, who lofts his first major-league homer. The remarkable team effort results in the fifth game in a row in which every Pirate in the lineup collects a hit. The Bucs have now won 11 straight and their team average is .309. The Bucs will win two more to run their streaks to 13 games—good enough for third place behind the Giants.

1920
» Failure to cover 1B in the seventh costs Bill Doak a no-hitter in the Cards' 5-1 win over the Phils. Doak, a good-fielding pitcher, invented a glove with an adjustable pocket. The Rawlings Sporting Goods company began producing a Bill Doak glove in the spring of this year.

1919
» More than 28,00 crowd Wrigley Field to watch Grover Cleveland Alexander shut the Giants out, 2-0

1917
» Babe Ruth beats the Tigers, 5–4, giving up just four hits. The Babe's drive into the CF bleachers, said to be the longest hit at Fenway, is the difference. The homer is Babe's first of the year.

Four days after shutting out the Browns, Walter Johnson pitches a 1-hitter against the Chicago White Sox. Tomorrow, three Nationals—Jim Shaw (6.2 innings), Doc Ayres, and George Dumont will duplicate Big Train's performance, also against Chicago (as noted by Steve Boren).

1915
» In Washington, Detroit 3B Ossie Vitt is hit by a Walter Johnson fastball and, after being knocked out for five minutes, leaves the game with a concussion. A rattled Johnson then allows four runs in the first inning, two runs on a 2-run homer by George Burns, and another four through the 6th inning to lose (he will be 17–2 at home this year). Ty Cobb, observing Johnson's fear of hitting a batter, will begin crowd the plate on the Washington ace from here on. Cobb will average .435 for the rest of his career against Walter, after topping .222 only once in the previous eight years.

Babe Ruth is 2-for-4 while pitching the Red Sox to 10–3 win over the Browns in the 2nd of two. Ruth strikes out seven in winning his 10th.

1914
» Bill James tops the Reds, 3–1, to push the Braves past the Cubs (53-48) and the Cardinals (54-49).

1912
» Led by Grover Cleveland Alexander, the Phils whip the Reds, 10–2. Pete wins the game on the mound and also adds a home run.

In a game at Boston, Chicago star Johnny Evers pushes umpire Bill Finneran after the latter challenges Evers, Heinie Zimmerman, and Frank Chance to fight him under the stands after the game. Evers will be suspended for five days, and though the Cubs win three games, there will be a howl that president Lynch is favoring the Giants. Red Downs will fill in at 2B for Chicago.

1911
» The Detroit club announces that a new grandstand, costing $300,000, will be built for the 1912 season.

1910
» At West Side Grounds, Cubs ace Ed Reulbach wins his 14th straight, beating Brooklyn 8–1. Reulbach allows just six hits in setting a 20th century team record for consecutive wins.

At Boston, Frank Isbell, White Sox first sacker, leaves an AL record 11 runners on base, but Chicago prevails, 2–1, over the Red Sox.

1909
» At West Side Grounds, the Cubs Ed Reulbach stops Brooklyn, 8-1, for his 16th straight win. The string started on July 30, 1907 and is one shy of the franchise record set by John Clarkson.

1908
» Twenty thousand fans, the largest ever to watch a Monday game, crowd the Polo Grounds to see the matchup of Christy Mathewson and the Cubs Orval Overall. Matty doesn't disappoint, winning 3-2.

1905
» Catchers are not expected to hit triples, but Boston Beaneater backstop Pat Moran legs out a trio of 3-base hits against the Pirates.

In a great pitching duel, New York ace Christy Mathewson allows three Chicago hits, while the Giants manage just four off Ed Reulbach. New York tallies an unearned run in the 6th for the games only score.

1904
» Jack Chesbro is knocked out by the White Sox after pitching 30 complete games in a row. For the year he will win 41 games, pitching 48 complete games out of 51 starts for the Highlanders. All are post-1900 records. His 455 innings pitched will be topped only by Ed Walsh's 464 in 1908.

1903
» Brooklyn's Henry Schmidt drops his 2nd game in three days to the Giants, this time losing 3-1 to Christy Mathewson. Matty wins his 20th and loses his shut out in the 9th on a passed ball by Jack Warner. Schmidt, 29, will win 21 games in this and only, season in the majors. A westerner, he will return his 1904 contract unsigned with the note, "I do not like living in the East and will not report."

At Boston's Huntington Grounds, Cy Young tosses no-hit ball for seven innings, and beats the A's, 7-2.

1902
» At Chicago, Boston tops the White Sox 5-4 in 11 innings as Cy Young records his 25th win.

1901
» In the 2nd game of a DH, Washington Nationals P Dale Gear gives up an AL record 41 total bases in losing 13-0 to the Athletics. The 23 hits include four doubles, four triples, and two HRs. Philadelphia A's P Snake Wiltse, brother of Hooks, has two doubles and two triples, just one of three hurlers in history to collect four extra-base hits in a game. His 10 total bases is a major-league record for a pitcher. Snake was acquired last month from the Pirates. In the opener, a 9-4 Washngton win, Nats' pitcher Win Mercer becomes the first AL hurler to steal home. Lajoie has a pair of homers for the A's in game 1, his second game in a row with two homers. He hit two in yesterday's game two win. He will lead the AL with 14, drive in 125 runs, and hit .422 to win the Triple Crown.