2002
» In a controversial finish, the All–Star Game ends in a 7–7 tie after 11 innings as both the National and American leagues run out of pitchers. Both managers discuss it with commissioner Bud Selig, who calls the game. Alfonso Soriano and Barry Bonds hit home runs in the contest.

2001
» Arizona OF Luis Gonzalez beats Chicago OF Sammy Sosa in the Home Run Derby during the All–Star festivities.

2000
» Houston's Jose Lima ends his 13-game losing streak and the Astros beat the Royals, 9-6.

In the Padres 4–3 win over the Rangers, closer Trevor Hoffman becomes the 17th pitcher to record 250 career saves.

The Angels win over the Rockies, 10-4, as OF Darin Erstad gets four hits. Erstad now has 144 safeties, the most by any player at the All-Star break since Ralph Garr had 149 in 1974.

Led by 1B Tyler Houston, who strokes three home runs and drives home six runs, the Brewers beat the Tigers, 10-3.

The Yankees lose to Mike Hampton and the Mets, 2–0. Benitez closes for the Mets, while Andy Pettitte is the loser. The Yanks also lose Shane Spencer, who blows out his knee and ends his season. The game at Shea Stadium draws 54,283, the largest regular season crowd for the Mets since 1970.

1999
» The Royals lose to the Astros, 6-5, despite five hits, including a double, by 3B Joe Randa.

The Diamondbacks acquire P Matt Mantei from the Marlins in exchange for pitchers Vladimir Nunez and Brad Penny, and a player to be named.

The uniform Lou Gehrig wore when he made his famous "luckiest man on earth" speech on July 4, 1939 is sold for $451,541 at auction. Leland's spokesman Marty Appel says the flannel pinstripe uniform worn by the Hall of Fame first baseman was purchased by a south Florida man who did not want his name made public. The winning bid was made over the phone. Yesterday Carlton Fisk's home run ball that won Game Six of the 1975 World Series for the Boston Red Sox sold for $113,273.

1998
» Bud Selig is elected as the 9th Commissioner of Baseball by a vote of club owners.

Ila Borders becomes the first female pitcher in history to start a minor league baseball game, as she hurls the first five innings, surrendering five hits and three runs, while registering two walks and two strikeouts, for the Duluth–Superior Dukes in their 8–3 loss to the Sioux Falls Canaries in the Northern League. Borders was tagged with the loss.

Benny Agbayani, Norfolk Tides outfielder about to be called up to the Mets, is married at home plate to his fiancee Neila before Triple–A All–Star game between the International and Pacific Coast Leagues. Agbayani, from Hawaii, and his bride wear Hawaiian shirts and have a receiving line of bat–toting ballplayers. The IL whips the PCL, 8-4. Tomorrow, Agbayani will make his ML debut, pinch–running in the 9th of an 8–8 game. He will slip trying to steal and get run down. Another Met runner is doubled off 2B in the 10th and the Expos win, 9–8.

1997
» Bob Boone is fired as Royals' manager and replaced by Tony Muser.

1996
» The National League defeats the American League, 6-0, in the All-Star Game. Ken Caminiti and Mike Piazza homer for the winners. The game is the first All-Star contest in which no walks are issued by either team. Cal Ripken Jr. starts the game, despite suffering a broken nose when he accidentally catches a forearm from Chicago P Roberto Hernandez. Hernandez slipped on the tarp during the AL team photo shoot.

The Giants trade 1B Mark Carreon to the Indians for P Jim Poole.

At the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Cuba's top pitcher Rolando Arrojo defects to the U.S.

1995
» A worker installing lights for a computer trade show falls 25 feet to his death in the Toronto SkyDome.

1994
» Alex Rodriguez, the first draft pick in 1993, has his first two ML hits in Seattle's 7–4 win over Boston. Rodriguez is the youngest player to start in the majors since C Brian Milner for Toronto, June 23, 1978.

1993
» By homering twice in Montreal's 6-1 win over San Diego, Expo OF Moises Alou sets a record for most hits that are all homers in consecutive games, with 6. He had a homer yesterday, one on the 7th, and two on the 6th.

1992
» Baltimore's Brady Anderson and Mike Devereaux lead off the game against the Twins Scott Erickson with back-to-back homers. The Orioles go on to a 4–2 victory.

The Red Sox trade P Tom Bolton to the Reds in exchange for OF Billy Hatcher.

Bobby Valentine is fired as manager of the Texas Rangers. At the time, he had managed the team for 1,186 games, the most in major league history with one club without winning a division or league title. Toby Harrah replaces Valentine on an interim basis.

1991
» Cal Ripken Jr.'s 3-run home run lifts the American League to a 4-2 win over the National League in the annual All-Star Game. Andre Dawson homers for the NLers who lose for the 4th straight year. Ripken, who also won the pre-All-Star Game Home Run Derby, is named the game's MVP.

1988
» Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits the 10,000th home run in Giants history to lead San Francisco to a 21–2 rout of the Cardinals. The 21 runs are a San Francisco record. Speier also cycled as an Expo in 1978, just the 4th major leaguer to do so for two teams. He joins Joe Cronin (Washington, 1929; Red Sox, 1940), Babe Herman (Dodgers, 1931; Cubs, 1933), and Bob Watson (Astros, 1977; Boston, 1979).

Nolan Ryan wins his 100th game as an Astro 6–3 over the Mets, and becomes the 7th pitcher in ML history to win 100 for two different clubs. Ryan won 138 games for the Angels in the 1970s.

1987
» Mike Schmidt hits his 513th career home run off Atlanta's Zane Smith to move past Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks into 10th place on the all-time list, but the Phillies lose to the Braves 11–6.

1986
» Atlanta's Dale Murphy does not play in the Braves 7–3 win over the Phillies, ending his consecutive-game streak at 740. Murphy hadn't missed a game since September 1981.

The Padres trade P Tim Stoddard to the Yankees for P Ed Whitson, who had become the target of such fan abuse in New York that manager Lou Piniella would no longer pitch him in Yankee Stadium.

1985
» In the bottom of the third inning of a game between the Blue Jays and the Mariners, Phil Bradley is on second with one out when Gorman Thomas singles to right. Jesse Barfield's throw to Buck Martinez nails Bradley, though Martinez breaks his ankle in the collision. When Thomas tries to take 3B on the play, Martinez' throw sails into LF. Thomas tries to score but George Bell's throw to Martinez beats him. Buck makes the catch and tag while sitting on the ground. Whitt takes over catching and the Jays win in 13 innings, 9–4. The big blow is a grand slam homer by George Bell in the 13th —the first extra inning slam in club history—to break a 4–4 tie.

New York's Ron Guidry works eight 2/3 innings to win his 10th straight, beating the Royals, 6–4. Guidry allows nine hits and strikes out 1.

The Blue Jays trade 1B-OF Len Matuszek to the Dodgers for veteran Al Oliver, who joins his 5th club in the last three seasons.

1979
» The fans elect three Red Sox to start in the American League outfield for the All-Star Game: Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice and FredLynn.

1977
» Rafael Garcia of Juarez (Mexican League) hurls his 2nd no-hitter of the season in beating Durango, 3–1. He throttled Nuevo Laredo without a hit on April 16th.

1976
» In Montreal, the Astros Larry Dierker no-hits the Expos 6–0 and evens his record at 8-8. Dierker had previously thrown two one-hitters. Dierker strikes out 8, including the 1st two in the 9th. Houston is 4th in the West while Montreal is last in the East.

Before 53,328 in Cincinnati, the Pirates score two runs in the 10th on a Richie Zisk homer and take an 11–9 lead, only to lose to the Reds, 12-11. George Foster's single scores the tying and winning runs.

Boston Red Sox owner and president Tom Yawkey dies.

1973
» In a record-setting walkathon between the Reds and Expos, 25 base on balls are handed out as Montreal strolls to an 11–6 win. Well off the American League's two-team mark of 30, this tops the National League record of 23, last reached on July 7, 1911. Six Montreal pitchers walk 16, one short of the record for an NL team, while Reds pitchers Clay Carroll and Tom Hall walk 9. Hal King pinch hits a grand slam for the Reds in the 6th inning, his 2nd pinch dinger in nine days.

1972
» The Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 batters, including an American League-record eight in a row and three on nine pitches in the 2nd inning, as he stops the Red Sox on one hit. Carl Yastrzemski's one-out single in the 1st is only hit: Ryan then racks up his eight K's and retires the last 26 consecutive batters. Sonny Siebert loses the 3–0 battle. For Ryan, he is the 3rd pitcher to twice fan the side on nine pitches.

The Twins lose to the Yankees, 9–6, despite Rich Reese's pinch grand slam. For Reese, it is his 3rd pinch grand slam, tying Ron Northey's ML record.

1971
» The A's beat the Angels 1–0 in the longest shutout in American League history—20 innings. Vida Blue strikes out 17 batters in 11 innings for the A's, while the Angels Billy Cowan ties a major-league record by fanning six times. Both teams combine for 43 strikeouts, a new major-league record for incompetence.

Braves SS Leo Foster makes a memorable debut. Against the Pirates, he errs on his first chance, hits into a double play in the 5th, and a triple play in the 7th. Pittsburgh rolls by Atlanta, 11-2.

In the Royals, 6–3 win over the Twins, Freddie Patek hits for the cycle.

1970
» Dalton Jones of the Tigers loses a grand slam against the Red Sox when he passes teammate Don Wert on the base paths. Jones pinch hits for Jim Price and belts a 2-2 pitch from Vincente Romo into the RF upper deck for a grand slam. However, he passes Wert between first and second and is called out, ending up with a 3-RBI single.

In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by his cousin Chief Round-the-Horn, but the duo fails to inspire the Braves, 7–6 losers to the Giants. Bernie Carbo's 8th inning home run breaks a 6-6 tie.

1969
» With one out in the 9th, Chicago's Jimmy Qualls bloops a single to left-CF, the only blemish on Tom Seaver's 4–0 near-perfect win before a record crowd (59,083) at Shea Stadium.

With the Twins hosting Kansas City, the Royals Bob Oliver attempts to steal 2B with Ellie Rodriguez at bat. Catcher John Roseboro pushes Rodriguez's bat out of the way and his throw to 2B nails Oliver. After huddling eight minutes with his umpire crew, home plate ump John Rice declares Rodriguez out for interference and orders Oliver back to 1B, though (as author Rich Marazzi points out) the rule states that an out nullifies an interference call. The Royals win, 4–3. Killebrew accounts for all the Twins scoring with a homer.

President Nixon watches the Senators for the 4th time this season, and they finally win one for him, beating the Indians, 3–0, behind Joe Coleman's 4-hitter.

1968
» Appropriately, pitching dominates the All-Star Game. Willie Mays, playing in place of injured Pete Rose, tallies an unearned run in the first inning against American League starter Luis Tiant to complete the scoring for the day—the first All-Star effort to end 1–0. Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver, Ron Reed, and Jerry Koosman hold the AL to three hits.

1967
» In the bottom of the 9th inning, Willie Stargell breaks a 1–1 tie by slamming a Jim Maloney pitch over the RF roof at Forbes Field. The Bucs top the Reds, 2–1.

1966
» Felipe Alou hits two home runs off Sandy Koufax, the 3rd and last time that Sandy gives up two homers to one batter in a game. Atlanta beat the Dodgers, 5–2.

1965
» Senators LF Frank Howard ties a major-league record with seven strikeouts in Washington's twin-bill split with the Red Sox.

1963
» Willie Mays is held to a single, but dominates a 5–3 National League win in the All-Star Game. He also walks, steals twice, scores twice, bats in a pair, and makes a great catch. It is Stan Musial's 24th All-Star appearance, a record. Musial's teammates comprise the starting infield for the NL: 1B Bill White, 2B Julian Javier, SS Dick Groat, and 3B Ken Boyer. Javier was chosen as the replacement for Pittsburgh's injured 2B, Bill Mazeroski.

1962
» At a meeting held in conjunction with the All-Star Game, the ML players request a reduced schedule for the 1963 season. They also vote unanimously to continue playing two All-Star Games each year.

1961
» Sherm Lollar's 9th-inning pinch-hit grand slam, off Frank Funk, for the White Sox crushes Cleveland 7–5. It is the 5th pinch slam in the American League this season—two by the Sox—and ties the ML record. The Sox also win a 2nd game 9–8. Over the afternoon eight home runs are hit.

The Tigers take over 1st place with a doubleheader sweep of the Angels. Frank Lary's 13th victory in the opener, a 1–0 three-hitter, is followed by Jim Bunning's 6–3 win in the nitecap.

At Los Angeles, Frank Robinson has a pair of homers, a double and single to drive in seven runs and the Reds coast over LA, 14–3.

1960
» Jim Coates suffers his first loss after nine straight wins, and 14 straight over two seasons, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 6–5. The Sox are lead by Vic Wertz, who slugs a home run, double and single to drive in four runs. Coates' major-league record is 17–2.

1959
» ML baseball announces that the 1960 season will open one week later than this year in hopes of getting better weather.

Ray Herbert and Johnny Kucks of Kansas City sweep the Tigers 5–0 and 4–0 in a doubleheader.

Two 20-year-old Baby Birds—Milt Pappas and Jerry Walker—shut out the Senators 8–0 and 5–0. The Orioles recall young Brooks Robinson from the minors.

In the first game of a doubleheader, Gene Freese blasts his 3rd grand slam of the year as the Phils top the Cards 11–0 at home.

Roger Craig relieves in the 3rd and pitches 11 scoreless innings, throwing just 88 pitches, to give the Dodgers a 4–3 victory over the Braves. The loss drops the Braves from 1st place to 3rd, as Brooklyn takes over 2nd place.

The Red Sox club the Yankees, 14–6 before 30,253, the largest crowd at Fenway so far this year. Frank Sullivan is the winner. Wertz, Williams, and Avila club homers. Williams and Avila drive in seven runs.

1957
» At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the AL nips the NL 6-5 in the 24th All-Star Game. Both teams score 3 in the 9th inning, but Minnie Minoso's running catch with the bases loaded chokes off the NL's last-half rally.

1955
» Chicago newspaperman Arch Ward, the originator of the All-Star Game, dies at age 58 as he is leaving to cover his 22nd midseason classic.

Mickey Mantle goes 5-for-5, and Bob Turley tosses a 2-hitter in a 4-0 win over Washington.

Giants P Jim Hearn does it all, hitting two HRs. and whipping the Dodgers 10-2 at the Polo Grounds.

1951
» At a joint meeting between players and owners, agreement is reached on night curfews and the retention of the reserve clause.

1948
» At Boston, Johnny Sain becomes the National League's 1st 11-game winner, beating Robin Roberts and the Phils, 13–2. Alvin Dark has three hits running his hit streak to 21 games. In the 4th inning Dark triples off the reliever Ken Heintzelman, then steals home.

1946
» With seven Red Sox teammates on the AL squad, Ted Williams stages a power show with two HRs, two singles, a walk, 4 runs scored, and 4 RBI to lead the AL to a 12-0 laugher over the NL at Fenway Park. The highlight of the All-Star Game is Williams's HR off a Rip Sewell blooper pitch.

1939
» The Red Sox win 4-3 and 5­3 to sweep a 5-game series in Yankee Stadium. The Yankee lead is now 6 1/2 games. Joe Cronin drives in runs in both games, giving him 12 games in a row with RBI.

1938
» Carl Hubbell is routed when Boston's Tony Cuccinello, Max West, and Elbie Fletcher hit successive fourth-inning HRs.

1936
» The temperature is 106 in Central Park, the hottest July nine on record in New York as the Indians take on the Yankees at the Stadium. The temperature at the park is 102. The Yanks score four in the 1st inning, but Cleveland comes back to score 11 runs on 15 hits, including five homers, to win 11–4. Hal Trosky, Roy Weatherly and Joe Vosmik all homer in the 2nd frame to tie the ML record. Trosky hits another homer to tie for the American League lead with 23. Lou Gehrig and Earl Averill also homer.

1932
» Yankees OF Ben Chapman has three HRs in the second game of a doubleheader with Detroit at Yankee Stadium. Two are inside the park, as the Yankees win 14-9.

1931
» Fred Lindstrom breaks his ankle sliding into 3B. He will be out of the lineup until early August, leaving the Giants with only three outfielders.

1930
» Alex Gaston of the Red Sox beats the Senators to stop a 10-game winning streak by the league-leading Senators. In 1929 he halted an 11-game string by the A's, the eventual winners.

The Phillies come from behind in the last of the ninth to defeat the Giants 5-4. Chuck Klein's double off Carl Hubbell drives in Lefty O'Doul from second.

1929
» Cardinals OF Chick Hafey, with eight straight hits in his two previous games, gets two more before the Phils' "Fidgety Phil" Collins stops him. His 10-for-10 ties the NL record. The Cards win 7-4.

1915
» In Detroit, Babe Ruth lasts a third of a inning and allows four runs as Detroit pounds the Red Sox, 15–4.

1914
» Austin of the Texas League loses its 27th straight.

Ossee Schreckengost, 39, peripatetic catcher (7 teams) best known as battery and roommate of Rube Waddell while with the Athletics, dies of uremia at Philadelphia. Skilled defensively on the field, Schreckengost was an eccentric off. He had it written into his contract that Waddell could not eat crackers in bed.

1912
» Christy Mathewson tops Three Finger Brown, 5–2, despite allowing 11 hits and not K'ing one Chicago batter.

1908
» Christy Mathewson spins another four hitter over the Reds, beating them again, 2–1. This time the losing hurler is Bob Ewing.

The Cubs win their 2nd in a row from Brooklyn, this time in 10 innings, 4–3. Three Finger Brown tops Nap Rucker.

1907
» In New York, the Giants pluck two from the Cardinals, winning 5-3 and 6-5. Christy Mathewson takes the opener and Joe McGinnity the nitecap.

1906
» At League Park, the Giants trim the Reds, 5-3.

1904
» The Giants Iron Joe McGinnity wins two today, both in relief. In the opener Joe takes over for Christy Mathewson in the 8th with the Giants ahead, 2–1. The Cards tie it in the 8th, but New York scores three in the 9th to win, 5–3. It's deja vu all over again in the nitecap, as McGinnity relieves Hooks Wiltse and the Giants score two in the 9th to win, 5–2. McGinnity's record is now 22–2.

Boston wins their 3rd in a row over New York, beating Jack Chesbro again, 2–1.

1903
» In St. Louis, the Giants score three in the 9th to beat the Cardinals, 4-2. Mathewson gets the win with relief help in the 9th from Joe McGinnity. Three Finger Brown is the loser.

1902
» The A's Rube Waddell and Boston's Bill Dinneen battle for 16 innings before the visiting Philadelphians push across two runs in the 17th to win, 4–2. Shortstop Monte Cross hits a 2-run home run in the 17th.