2002
» Jason Giambi outhomers Sammy Sosa, 7–1, in the final round to take the 2002 All–Star Home Run Derby.

The Class A Charleston Riverdogs defeat the Columbus RedStixx, 4–2, on "Nobody Night" in Charleston. Fans were barred from Joe Riley Stadium in the team's attempt to set an all–time record low attendance for a single game. The previous mark is believed to have been 12 set in 1881. Fans are let into the park after the 5th inning, at which time the attendance is officially recorded as 0.

2001
» In Toronto's 9–3 win over Montreal, Jays' rookie Cesar Izturis hits his 1st ML homer inside the park, thanks to Expos LF Mark Smith losing the ball in the lights. He gets a glove on it, but Izturis beats the relay throw from Orlando Cabrera, who also hit his 1st homer inside-the-park. The win goes to 30-year-old rookie Chris Michalak (6-6), who will be waived next month and picked up by Texas.

Lance Berkman has three hits to extend his streak to 21 games. It'll end here, but Moises Alou reaches 16 straight game today on his way to a 23-game streak. Jeff Bagwell and Mendy Lopez collect three RBIs for Houston as they outslug the Royals, 10–8. Scott Elarton is tossed in the first after plunking leadoff hitter Rey Sanchez in retaliation for Craig Biggio being hit.

A librarian finds an 1823 reference to "base ball" marking the earliest known reference to the game.

2000
» The Yankees whip the Mets by identical 4-2 scores in both ends of an unusual day-night doubleheader. With the 1st game played at Shea Stadium and the nightcap at Yankee Stadium, it is the 1st time since 1903 that two teams played two games in different stadiums on the same day. Dwight Gooden wins the first game with a six inning effort in his first start since returning to the Yankees. Roger Clemens wins the night cap and precipitate a near brawl when he drills Mike Piazza in the helmet with an inside fastball. Piazza suffers a concussion.

The Reds defeat the Indians, 14-5, as Ken Griffey Jr. hits two home runs and drives in eight runs for Cincinnati. Chris Stynes strokes five hits for the Reds.

The Tigers defeat the Brewers, 4-2 in 15 innings. Twenty Milwaukee batters strike out in the contest to set a new franchise mark.

1997
» The American League defeats the National by a score of 3-1 in the annual All-Star Game, played in Cleveland. Indians' C Sandy Alomar hits a 2-run home run and is named the game's Most Valuable Player. Alomar is the 1st hometown player to homer since Hank Aaron in Atlanta in 1972.

Baseball's realignment committee discusses a variety of plans including one that would have as many as 14 teams changing divisions and leagues next year. Kansas City would switch to the National League, and baseball's eight Pacific and Mountain time zone teams could be grouped together if the sport switches back from six divisions to four in 1997. With the addition of Arizona to the National League next season and Tampa Bay to the American League, baseball's current plan calls for two 15-team leagues in 1998 with three divisions in each. The Major Leagues have till August 1st to present next year's schedule to the players' association.

1995
» After each team scores a run in the 1st inning, the Astros and Padres play scoreless ball for the next 14 frames. Each team scores its 2nd run in the 16th stanza, and the Astros pull it out with a run in the last half of the 17th inning for a 3-2 win.

1994
» In Seattle's 7-4 win over Boston, Red Sox SS John Valentin turns the 10th unassisted triple play in major league history. In the 2nd inning. he catches a line drive off the bat of Marc Newfield, steps on 2nd base to retire Mike Blowers, then tags runner Keith Mitchell who is heading for 2nd. Valentin then homers in the bottom of the 2nd. Blue chipper Alex Rodriguez, 18, is 0-for-3 in his ML debut, but makes a long throw to start a DP.

1990
» Losing 7–0 to California in the 3rd, the Brewers score 20 unanswered runs, including 13 in the 5th, to win. This is the biggest swing of runs since 1980 and will not be topped in the 90s. Looking for his 279th win, Bert Blyleven starts for the Angels but never makes it out of the 4th. He'll win only once more the rest of the year.

1988
» In game with the Angels, Cleveland's Bud Black hits Jack Howell, Devon White, and Johnny Ray with pitches in the 4th inning of a 10–6 loss, tying the ML record. Bert Blyleven will match him in September.

1987
» Floyd Youmans pitches a one-hitter to beat the Astros and Nolan Ryan 1–0. Houston's lone hit is an 8th-inning single by Kevin Bass.

1985
» Joaquin Andujar scatters 12 singles to register his 15th win as the Cards down the Giants, 6–1.

Marge Schott becomes president and CEO of the Cincinnati Reds.

1982
» Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager as the A's beat the Yankees 6–3.

For the 2nd day in a row, the Reds enter the 9th trailing the Pirates. Today, they turn a 4–2 deficit into an 8–4 lead, scoring six in the top of the 9th. The Pirates answer with a 2-run homer by Willie Stargell and a 3-run double by Jason Thompson off Joe Price, and win, 9–8.

1980
» At Dodger Stadium, the 51st All-Star Game features J.R. Richard (10–4) and Steve Stone (12–3) are starters, with Richard going just two innings because of various back and shoulder problems he's been having. The National League battles back to wins its 9th consecutive All-Star Game 4–2, pinning the loss on Dodger defector Tommie John. Reds outfielder Ken Griffey goes 2-for-3 with a solo home run to win the game's MVP Award.

1979
» Ben Oglivie has three home runs in three at bats as the Brewers beat the Tigers 5–4 in the first game of a doubleheader. Oglivie drives in the winning run in the 2nd game as the Brewers take it 3–1.

1978
» Omar Moreno's first-inning single is the Pirates' only hit as the Cardinals Silvio Martinez hurls a 4–0 shutout.

1977
» The Yankees, led by home runs off the bats of Thurman Munson and Graig Nettles, beat the Orioles, 7–5. Don Gullett wins his 7th of the year.

1976
» At Wrigley Field, Randy Jones wins his 16th game of the year for the Padres, an National League record for wins at the All-Star break. He beats the Cubs 6–3. In the 2nd half of the season, the Padres lefty will lose seven games by one run, two of them by 1–0 scores.

At Fenway, the Red Sox beat the Twins, 8–4, as their attendance reaches 1,007,491. It's the earliest date in club history they've topped the million mark.

1975
» The Royals jump on Milwaukee starter Bill Travers for five runs in a third of an inning and flatten the Brewers, 9–1. The Brewers lone run is George Scott's 16th homer of the year. Mike Hegan pinch hits for Hank Aaron, the 6th time in his career that's occurred. All the pinch hitters have been lefties.

1974
» Yankee SS Jim Mason ties the major-league record with four doubles in a 12–5 win over the Rangers. Off the field, the Yankees purchase infielder Sandy Alomar from the Angels.

Cleveland's Gaylord Perry loses to Oakland in 10 innings, 4–3. Vida Blue is the winner.

1972
» The Tigers lose to the White Sox 5–2 as Detroit's John Hiller returns to the mound 18 months after suffering a heart attack.

1970
» Jim Ray Hart ties a modern major-league record with six RBIs in one inning (5th) with a 3-run homer and 3-run triple. The Giants score 11 in the frame. Hart also hits for the cycle as the Giants rout the Braves 13–0. Gaylord Perry is the easy winner, posting SF's first shutout of the year. Perry will throw four more to lead the National League.

The Orioles again wait until the late innings to beat New York, this time striking in the 9th inning on a Frank Robinson home run and a two-out single by Don Buford. The O's overcome an 8–6 deficit to win, 9–8.

1969
» With three runs in the 9th inning, the Mets beat the Cubs 4–3, cutting Chicago's lead in the National League East to four games. Ron Santo rips into CF Don Young for two misplays in the OF. Santo will apologize tomorrow for criticizing Young, who had left early and didn't take the team bus. Santo will get booed in his first game back at Wrigley.

1967
» At Shea, Tom Seaver pitches the Mets to a 3–2 win over the Braves. An odd play occurs when Bud Harrelson's looper over 3B is touched by a fan before Rico Carty can field it, and Harrelson is awarded a ground-rule single.

1966
» In New York, the Senators win the opener, 7–6, then blow a 4-run lead in the nitecap to lose, 7–5. Mickey Mantle is 5-for-8 in DH, including a homer in each game. The 2nd homer, off Jim Hannan, is a 461 foot sky shot over the monuments into the CF bleachers. Mick follows with a sure double in the 5th but tears a hamstring muscle rounding first and will be sidelined for two weeks.

1965
» Joe Morgan is the first Houston player with six hits in a game, but the Braves beat the Astros 9–8 in 12 innings, thanks to Mike De La Hoz. De La Hoz hits a pinch homer in the 8th inning, ties the game in the 9th with a single when the Braves score three runs, and singles and scores the winning run to end the game.

1963
» Reports of Charlie Finley's intention to move the Kansas City A's to Oakland surface during the All-Star break at Cleveland.

1962
» The Yankees complete a 3-game sweep in Minnesota, winning 9–8 to regain first place. They will remain there the rest of the way.

The Dodgers take first place as Don Drysdale saves Sandy Koufax's 13th win 2–0 against San Francisco. Los Angeles will remain in first until the final day of the season.

With home runs in his first three at bats, 41-year-old Stan Musial of the Cardinals not only becomes the oldest player to hit three in a game but also ties the major-league record of four straight home runs, as the Cards whip the Mets 15–1. His home run in the 2nd game the day before won the game 3–2.

Cincinnati uses nine pitchers to win the 13-inning 2nd game against the Houston Colt 45s 12–11. This sets an National League record and ties the ML mark. Houston scores once in the 13th and Cincy scores twice to win. The Reds also win the first game 12–8, battling back from an 8–3 deficit.

1961
» At Yankee Stadium, Whitey Ford tops the Red Sox 8–5. Mickey Mantle hits a home run in the 4th, off Tracy Stallard, for his 10th roundtripper this year in support of Ford.

1960
» The Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro brings an end to Havana's International League team. The Sugar Kings relocate in Jersey City, marking that city's return to the IL after a 10-year absence. Poor attendance at Roosevelt Stadium prompts the parent Reds to cease the minor-league operation there following the 1960 season.

1958
» The AL edges the NL 4-3 in the All-Star Game played at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Yankees Gil McDougald singles to score Boston's Frank Malzone with the deciding run. Billy O'Dell of San Francisco pitches perfect ball for three innings and gets the save. This is the first All-Star Game played without an extra-base hit.

Senator Carl Mundt offers legislation to curb franchise shifts.

1957
» The owners decide to re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick to another 7-year term when his present contract is up in 1958.

1956
» The Giants connect for a team-record seven HRs in a 11-1 home win over the Pirates. Willie Mays, Daryl Spencer, and Wes Westrum each connect for 2. Hank Thompson, Westrum, and Spencer hit consecutive HRs in the fourth inning.

Boston's Ted Williams becomes the 12th player to drive in 1,500 runs when he hits a single in the 2nd game of a doubleheader against the Orioles. The Red Sox sweep, winning 9-0 and 8­4.

1954
» The Giants complete a 3-game sweep of the Dodgers in Ebbets Field to up their lead in the NL to 6¹Ž2 games.

1953
» Cardinals 3B Ray Jablonski goes 5-for-5 against the Reds in a 7-2 win.

1952
» The NL defeats the AL 3-2 behind the pitching of Phils Curt Simmons and Cubs Bob Rush in Philadelphia. The game is ended after five innings because of rain. Cub Hank Sauer's homer with Stan Musial aboard in the fourth proves to be the deciding run.

1951
» 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.

1950
» Red Schoendienst of the Cards goes 5-for-5 against Pittsburgh, but the Cards lose 7–6, to drop the Birds into 2nd place, a game behind the Phillies. The Bucs win in the 8th when they load the bases and Jack Phillips' long fly ball is seemingly snagged by Stan Musial, but then drops into Greenberg Gardens for a grand slam. Kiner and Rojek also homer for the Corsairs.

1949
» Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson, brought up from Jersey City three days earlier, are the first blacks to play for the Giants. Thompson, who was also the first black to play for the St. Louis Browns in 1947, starts at 2B, and Irvin pinch-hits in the eighth for Hartung.

1948
» The Reds Ewell Blackwell strikes out 13 Cubs at Wrigley Field, as Cincinnati wins, 4–0.

1947
» Clutch pinch hits by Luke Appling and Stan Spence lead the AL to a 2-1 win over the NL in the All-Star Game at Wrigley Field. Schoolboy Rowe pinch-hits for Johnny Sain, becoming the first player to appear for each side. Rowe pitched three innings for the AL in 1936.

1946
» A special meeting of clubs deals with Mexican League defections and attempts by players to gain new rights. Some results: $5,000 minimum salary, $25-per- week training-camp expenses, a fixed period for spring training, 25 days for post-season barnstorming, maximum pay cut of 25 percent. A pension fund aimed at providing $100 a month for retired 10-year players will be funded by WS broadcast rights and net proceeds from All-Star Games. Each league will have a player rep to baseball councils. The first player reps named are Yankees P Johnny Murphy and Dodgers OF Dixie Walker.

1945
» Filling wartime rosters requires going deeper into the bag. The Dodgers bring back Babe Herman from California. He pinch-hits twice against the Cardinals, tripping over 1B on a hit. Guy Bush, Clay Touchstone, and Hod Lisenbee, contemporaries of Babe Herman in the 1920s, will get their chances on the mound. The Babe will go 9-for-34, mostly as a pinch-hitter, sock one HR, and be a popular gate attraction in Brooklyn.

The Cubs take the NL lead by winning two from the Phillies, 12-6 and 9­2. They never relinquish first place, despite losing 16 of 22 games to the Cards.

1941
» At the All-Star Game at Briggs Stadium, Ted Williams, hitting .405 at the break, homers off Chicago Cubs P Claude Passeau with two out and two on in the ninth inning to give the AL a dramatic 7-5 victory. Williams's 4 RBI are matched by NL SS Arky Vaughan, who hits HRs in the seventh and eighth.

1935
» The AL continues its All-Star Game reign, winning the third event, at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium 4-1. Jimmie Foxx is the hitting star with a homer and three RBI.

1934
» Max Bishop has eight walks in a doubleheader, tying his own major-league record.

1922
» Reds righthander Pete Donohue beats the Phils 7–1. A 3-time 20-game winner in nine years with the Reds, Donohue will beat the Phils 20 straight times.

1921
» In Detroit, RF Harry Heilmann hits a HR that measures 610 feet.

An order is issued that allows fans to keep balls hit into the stands in Pittsburgh.

1919
» Jack Coombs resigns as manager of the last-place Phils. Slugger Gavvy Cravath replaces him.

1918
» Although Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores in Amos Strunk, as the Sox win 1-0 over Cleveland, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple. He will tie for the AL title with 11 HRs, even though he plays just 95 games.

1915
» The Pirates make just two assists, both by 2B Jim Viox, in a 9-inning game to tie a record set by the Giants August 9, 1906. On July 22, 1906, the Cincinnati Reds had no assists in a 7-inning game versus the Phils.

1914
» The Cardinals come from behind to beat the Giants, 4–3, pinning the loss on Christy Mathewson.

1912
» In Chicago, the Cubs beat the Giants and ace Rube Marquard, 7–2, stopping Rube's remarkable streak. Rube's record is now 19–1.

In Pittsburgh, the Phillies top the Pirates, 5–1, ending Howie Camnitz's win streak of 7. Grover Cleveland Alexander is the victor.

1911
» New York's Rube Marquard hits his only career home run, off Chicago's Harry McIntire, to help himself to a 5–2 win at the newly refurbished Polo Grounds.

1908
» Despite five hits by Honus Wagner, the host Pirates drop a doubleheader to their cross-state rivals, the Phillies. They will split the next two games, but lose Deacon Phillippe for the year when he is hit on his pitching hand by a Red Dooin line drive.

1907
» Bombarded by pop bottles in Brooklyn, irate Cubs manager Frank Chance throws one back into the stands where it cuts a boy's leg. Chance is mobbed and leaves the park in an armored car with a police escort after the Cubs' 5-0 victory. Three Finger Brown emerges with the shutout win.

1904
» In the fight for first place in the American League, Boston continues to roll, beating New York, 12–3, Kip Selbach has a single and triple.

1903
» Chicago's Nick Altrock, pitching against the Pilgrims, loses to his former team, 6-1.

1902
» John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles and officially signs to manage the Giants at $11,000 a year, although he'd already secretly signed a contract several days earlier brought to Baltimore by Giants secretary Fred M. Knowles. McGraw says, "I wish to state that I shall not tamper with any of the Baltimore club's players." But conspiring with National League owners Brush and Andrew Freedman, McGraw swings the sale of the Orioles their way, enabling them to release Orioles Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity, and Jack Cronin for signing by the Giants. Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to Brush's Cincinnati Reds.

In the first of two, the Giants edge Chicago, 1–0, with Christy Mathewson outpitching Bob Rhodes. Chicago wins the nitecap, 2–0, in seven innings.

A rough outing as Boston righthander Doc Adkins faces 16 batters and gives up 12 hits and 12 runs in the 6th inning of a Philadelphia A's 22–9 win over the Somersets. Five players—Hartsel, Davis, Lave Cross, Seybold, and Murphy—collect two hits apiece in the frame. The A's new 2B Danny Murphy does not arrive until the 2nd inning and takes the field with no batting practice: he is 6-for-6, including a grand slam off Cy Young, while handling 12 chances flawlessly in a sensational debut. Teammate Harry Davis adds another grand slam to tie the major-league record for a game. The 45 hits —27 by the A's—by the two teams sets an American League record. Rube Waddell picks up the win, facing just three batters in relief, while singling in the big inning.

1901
» An 8th-inning decision favoring the Brooklyn Superbas infuriates St. Louis fans. When the 7-5 Brooklyn win ends, they rush umpire Hank O'Day, who suffers a split lip before players and police can rescue him.

Player-manager George Davis leads the Giants to a 9-3 win over Cincinnati with four hits, including two inside-the-park homers, and four runs RBIs. Christy Mathewson beats Dick Scott for the 2nd time this year, though Matty's control is off. He walks four batters and hits two, including Cincy 1B Jake Beckley, who is hit in the head with a Matty pitch and knocked out for five minutes.

1900
» For the 4th time in his career, St. Louis star Jesse Burkett hits two inside-the-park homers in a game. It is all the scoring St. Louis can muster as Brooklyn wins, 8–2.