2002
» Clemson SS Khalil Greene is named winner of the 2002 Golden Spikes Award as the nation's top amateur baseball player.

2001
» The AL defeats the NL, 4–1, in the All–Star Game. Baltimore's Cal Ripken Jr. thrills the crowd by hitting a home run and winning the MVP award at the affair. Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez also homer for the Junior Circuit.

2000
» Sammy Sosa wins the All-Star Game Home Run Derby by defeating defending champ, Ken Griffey Jr., in the finals.

1999
» The Tigers defeat the Brewers, 9-3, before 25,374 fans in Detroit. This enables the club to top the one million mark in attendance for the 35th consecutive season for the longest streak in American League history. The Dodgers hold the record of 55 consecutive years.

Matt Franco's 2-out pinch-hitter single in the bottom of the 9th drives home two runs and gives the Mets a 9-8 win over the Yankees in a thrilling interleague battle. By doing so, the Mets end the Yankees streak of 125 consecutive victories when leading after eight innings.

Was it something I said, fellas? For his 4th loss in a row, the Diamondbacks fail to score for Randy Johnson, this time falling 2–0 to Tim Hudson and the Oakland A's.

1998
» The Mets trade P Brian Bohanon to the Dodgers in exchange for P Greg McMichael.

1997
» Hideki Irabu strikes out nine batters and gets the win in his major league debut as the Yankees defeat the Tigers, 10-3.

1992
» The Pirates trade 3B Steve Buechele to the Cubs in exchange for P Danny Jackson. The swap opens up the Bucs 3B spot for Jeff King.

1990
» Six American League pitchers combine for a 2-hitter and a 2–0 victory over the National League in a rain-delayed All Star game at Wrigley Field. Rangers 2B Julio Franco drives in both runs in the 7th inning and is named MVP.

At the half-way mark in the season, the Reds are leading the NL West by eight games, while Pittsburgh is 1/2 game ahead in the East. In the AL, Boston leads by 1/2 game and Oakland by one game.

1986
» Oil Can Boyd (11-6) flies into a rage after learning that he has been left off the American League All-Star team and storms out of Fenway Park prior to Boston's game against the Angels. He will be suspended indefinitely by the Red Sox and eventually scuffle with local police before checking into a hospital for psychiatric testing. The weirdness continues as the Angels score three in the 12th to take a 7–4 lead. Boston then scores three to tie and when Fischer replaces Cook, he balks in Dwight Evans with the winning run.

1984
» On the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell's legendary five consecutive strikeouts in the 1934 All-Star Game, National League pitchers Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to fan six batters in a row for a new All-Star Game record in the NL's 3–1 triumph. After Valenzuela whiffs Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson, and George Brett in the 4th inning, Gooden, the youngest All-Star ever at age 19, fans Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, and Alvin Davis in the 5th.

1983
» It takes Milwaukee four hours and 11 minutes to beat Chicago 12–9, the slowest 9-inning game in American League history.

The Giants sweep a pair from the Cubs, winning 10–8 and 4–2. In the nitecap, Giants RF Jack Clark throws out Junior Kennedy 9–3. It is the 3rd time in two years Clark has done it: he did on July 30th to Reds P Charlie Puleo and on September 20, 1981 to Nolan Ryan.

1982
» The Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week in a 6–5 win over the Tigers, tying the major-league record set by Detroit's Jim Northrup in 1968. Parrish also hit grand slams July 4th against Oakland and July 7th against Boston.

1979
» Philadelphia's Del Unser homers in his 3rd consecutive pinch-hit appearance (June 30th, July 5th) to tie the major-league record set by Lee Lacy in 1978. The Phillies beat the Padres 6–5.

Scoring four runs in the 13th after two are out, the Giants beat the Expos, 11–7. Losing pitcher Woodie Fryman balks in the last run. In the 4th inning, Expo RF Ellis Valentine picks up a line drive and his throw beats Darrell Evans at 1B for a 9–3 putout.

1977
» The Orioles stop the Yankees, 5–0, to drop New York into 2nd place behind the Red Sox.

In the first of a twinbill with the Brewers, the Red Sox strand a ML-record tying 20 runners, but still win, 8–5.

1972
» Phillies GM Paul Owens takes over as field manager after firing Frank Lucchesi.

1971
» The Pirates again top the Braves, 5–4, behind Willie Stargell's 30th home run of the season and his 10th off Braves' pitching.

1970
» The Padres launch four home runs in the 9th inning against LA but the power display comes too late and the Dodgers win, 9–7. Wes Parker has two doubles and a triple for LA. For the Padres, Ivan Murrell, Ed Spiezio and Dave Campbell hit solo homers off Bill Singer, and Cito Gaston connects for a 2-run homer off Jose Pena. The barrage is one short of the record.

Reds SS Woody Woodward goes deep for his first and only ML homer, off Ron Reed in Atlanta. It comes in his 684 ML game. It is too little as the Braves top the Reds, 11–9. The Reds take the nitecap, 3–1, scoring two runs when Pat Corrales hits a long drive that glances off the glove of Hank Aaron and over the fence for a home run. Pete Rose is 5-for-5, all singles.

1969
» The Cubs score five runs in the 5th inning to beat the Mets, 6–2, behind Bill Hands. The win halts the Mets' seven-game win streak and leaves the New Yorkers in 2nd place by four games.

1968
» Hank Bauer is fired as manager of the Orioles.

The National League breaks down its two divisions for 1969 thus: Eastern: New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Chicago, St. Louis; Western: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego, Atlanta.

1966
» George Smith clouts a 10th inning grand slam to give the Red Sox a 10–6 victory over the White Sox.

1965
» SAn Francisco's Juan Marichal's 14th win of the year is his 7th shutout, as he 2-hits the Phils 7–0.

1964
» Jesus Alou becomes the first Giant with six hits in a game in almost 40 years, as San Francisco beats the Cubs 10–3. All six hits are against different pitchers.

1962
» Roberto Clemente has three hits as the National League wins 3–1 in the first All-Star Game of 1962, at D.C. Stadium.

1958
» P Lew Burdette of Milwaukee hits two HRs and beats the Dodgers 8-4.

1956
» In the All-Star Game, Ken Boyer of the Cardinals makes 3 sparkling plays at 3B and gets 3 hits as the NL defeats the AL 7-3. Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, and Stan Musial all homer. Mays's pinch-hit 2-run HR off of Whitey Ford is his 7th straight hit against the Yankee lefty.

1954
» Bob Rush of the Cubs stops Cardinal 2B Red Schoendienst's hitting streak at 28 games, the longest batting streak in 1954.

1951
» 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.

1950
» The Giants pick up P Jim Hearn on waivers from St. Louis.

1948
» For the 6th time this year, Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr of the Red Sox hit back-to-back homers as Boston beats the 2nd-place A's, 4–0. Jack Kramer scatters nine hits in the shutout to win his 7th straight. Ted Williams sits out the game with a damaged ligament, the result of being hit in the ribs while playfully sparring with Sam Mele on the train down from Boston yesterday.

1947
» In a rain-interrupted game before 47,871, Don Black of the Cleveland Indians pitches a no-hitter, beating the Philadelphia Athletics 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. It is the first no-hitter at Municipal Stadium.

James "Stormy" Davis, 20-year-old OF of Ballinger (Longhorn League), dies as a result of being hit in the head by a pitched ball. He was hitting .333 with 19 HR in 48 games.

1945
» The All-Star Game at Fenway Park is canceled because of travel restrictions. During the schedule break, 7 inter-league games are played for war charity. Plans for a USO-sponsored all-star game in Europe do not materialize, although the war in Germany is over and fighting in the Pacific will be over in 6 weeks.

1943
» Brooklyn scores 10 runs in the first and fourth innings as they whip the visiting Pirates 23-6. This follows a pregame attempted strike by the players following Leo Durocher's 3-game suspension of P Bobo Newsom for insubordination. Minutes before the game SS Arky Vaughan handed his uniform to Durocher and refused to play. Durocher called for volunteers to play, but by game time he had just a battery of Curt Davis and Bobby Bragan. Branch Rickey intervened, and Vaughan and the others agreed to play. Newsom, 9-4, will be traded to the Browns on July 15th.

Homestead Grays owner Rufus "Sonnyman" Jackson is jailed after a confrontation with Mexicans trying to sign his players. Jackson will retain his players and win the Negro League World Championship.

1940
» Boston Bees OF Max West, a late replacement for Mel Ott, hits a 3-run HR in the first inning to lead the NL to a 4-0 victory over the AL in the All-Star Game at Sportsman's Park. It is the first shutout in All-Star history. Joe Cronin directs the AL when Joe McCarthy steps aside, stating he has "had the honor often enough."

1936
» Philadelphia's Chuck Klein hits four home runs in five at bats in a 10-inning game at Forbes Field. His final home run, on the first pitch in the 10th, helps beat the Pirates 9–6, and makes a winner out of Bucky Walters. Except for his three-run homer off Jim Weaver in the 1st, all of homers are solo flights. At 36, Klein is the oldest player ever to hit four homers in a game, and the first National Leaguer in the 20th century to do so.

The Yankees roll to an easy victory over the Indians, as Red Ruffing takes the shutout, 18–0. Lloyd Brown, the first of three pitchers, is the loser. Lou Gehrig has a pair of homers to take over the American League lead with 23.

Bobo Newsom pitches one-hit ball in blanking the Tigers, 5–0. The lone hit off the Washington pitcher is Jack Burns' 3rd-inning grounder that both the first baseman and 2nd baseman go after. 2B Kuhel stops the ball but no one covers the bag.

1935
» Hal Schumacher wins his 11th consecutive game as the Giants beat the Pirates 10-3.

The Tigers' win streak ends, despite a record-tying 10 doubles in a 12-11 loss in Washington.

1934
» The second annual All-Star Game produces Carl Hubbell's amazing feat of striking out five future Hall of Famers in a row. Off to a shaky start with two on base in the first inning, Hubbell uses his screwball to fan Ruth, Gehrig, and Foxx. He adds Al Simmons and Joe Cronin to start the second. After three scoreless innings he leaves with the NL ahead 4-0. The AL rallies, scoring nine runs off Warneke, Mungo, and Dean, while Mel Harder pitches five shutout innings in relief of Red Ruffing to hold the lead. Frisch and Medwick hit HRs. Earl Averill's three RBI are decisive for the AL 9-7 victory.

1932
» An extraordinary 18-inning game is won by the Athletics at Cleveland, 18-17. A's winning P Ed Rommel pitches 17 innings in relief, giving up a record 33 hits. To save train fare for a single-date appearance, Connie Mack brought only two pitchers. The starting pitcher is knocked out after one inning and only Rommel is left. Johnny Burnett of Cleveland has nine hits in 11 at bats.

1930
» Fred Lindstrom of the Giants has five hits in a game against the Phillies. This is the third time he has accomplished this feat.

1929
» The Pirates outslug the Phillies 15-9 at the Baker Bowl. Pittsburgh hits five HRs; the Phils, four, with one HR coming in each inning, a virtually insurmountable record.

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.

1925
» Giants OF Hack Wilson is the seventh player to hit two HRs in one inning; he does it against the Pirates.

1923
» Cardinals rookie P Johnny Stuart hurls two complete-game victories over Boston, winning by scores of 11-1 and 6-3.

1920
» After banging out 11 straight hits, Tris Speaker is stopped by Tom Zachary of Washington. It's the record until Pinky Higgins of the Red Sox racks up 12 in a row in 1938. Speaker will hit .388 for the season.

1919
» After PH Joe Harris triples with three on base to give Cleveland a 7-3 lead in the last of the eighth,
reliever Elmer Myers gives up a run, then loads the bases on walks. In comes little-used lefty Fritz Coumbe. Up steps Babe Ruth who hit his second HR of the day for an 8-7 Red Sox win. Out goes Indians' manager Lee Fohl, fired for the move. In comes CF Tris Speaker to manage the Tribe. He will bring them home in second place and stay as skipper for seven years.

1917
» The Yankees righthander Ray Caldwell pitches nine 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, picking up a 7–5 win over the Browns in 17 innings.

1916
» For the 2nd time this season, White Sox pitchers toss shutouts in a doubleheader, this time against the Red Sox. Lefty Williams wins 4–0, then Reb Russell follows with a 3–0 victory. With the temperature at Fenway in the 90s, this is the first of three consecutive doubleheaders for the two Sox.

1914
» Detroit's Billy Purtell and Marty Kavanagh combine to nab Eddie Collins with th hidden ball trick. It comes in the 9th inning and helps preserve an 8–8 tie with Philadelphia.

1913
» Led by Ward Miller's 2-run triple, the Cubs stop the Giants, 3–2. The victory ends the New Yorkers' win streak at 14 games and stops Christy Mathewson's win streak at nine victories. Matty's skein of consecutive innings without a pass continues however, and is at 52.

1911
» Sherry Magee, star OF for the Phillies, knocks out umpire Bill Finneran with one punch after being ejected for disputing a called 3rd strike. He is suspended for the season, but upon appeal he will be reinstated after five weeks and 36 games. The Phils win, 4–2, behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, who strikes out 9.

At the Polo Grounds, Chicago scores unearned runs in three innings to beat Christy Mathewson, 3–2, in 10 innings.

1908
» At Pittsburgh, the Giants (43-30) take a 4-0 lead, but the Pirates claw back on back-to-back triples by Wagner and Clarke. Tommy Leach wins it for the Bucs with a 9th inning home run to deep center.

The Red Sox purchase 1B Jake Stahl from the Highlanders.

1906
» The Reds reach Christy Mathewson for five runs before Red Ames relieves in the 5th. Bob Wicker, the ex-Cub, holds New York in check for a 5-3 Cincy win.

1901
» The Boston Nationals rap out 15 hits in 12 innings against Pittsburgh, but fail to score. The Pirates finally push over a run to win 1-0. Boston sets a record for most hits, no runs.

At a secret meeting, the NL Board of directors votes to abrogate the National Agreement that has governed organized baseball, effective September 30.