Charlton's Baseball Chronology
May 25
2005
The Astros break a 7-game losing streak beating Greg Maddux and the Chicago Cubs‚ 5-1. Maddux gets 17 of his 23 outs on the ground in the loss. LaTroy Hawkins of the Cubs retire the Houston Astros in the 9th inning on three pitched balls.
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2004
Illinois high school pitcher Joe Labek strikes out 40 batters‚ a new high school record‚ but loses 2-1 in 24 innings. Labek‚ pitching for Ridgewood‚ came on in relief in the 4th inning of a game against Evergreen Park on May 17. The scoreless game was suspended after 12 innings and resumed today. Both teams score in the 18th and Evergreen Park scores in the 24th on a double‚ walk and bloop single. Labek strikes out 3 in the 24th to break the old record of 37‚ set in 1971 by Asher‚ Oklahoma pitcher Billy Brimm in a 17-inning game.
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2003
The Orioles beat the Rangers in a slugfest‚ 13-10. Melvin Mora leads Baltimore's 18-hit attack with 5 safeties‚ including a pair of doubles.
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2002
The Rockies beat the Giants‚ 6-3‚ as Barry Bonds takes over sole possession of 5th place on the all-time HR list with the 584th round-tripper of his career.
The Dodgers top Arizona‚ 10-5‚ as Shawn Green hits 2 more HRs and drives home 6 runs. The 7 HRs in 3 games is a new ML record.
The Royals defeat the Rangers‚ 6-3. Closer Roberto Hernandez gets the save‚ becoming the 15th pitcher in history to tally 300 saves.
Expos second baseman Jose Vidro hits a no-out walk off grand slam in the 10th off Hector Mercado as Montreal outslugs the Philadelphia Phillies, 13-9. The Phils get a homer from Pat Burrell and two from Jeremy Giambi.
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2001
More one-hitters. At Wrigley‚ the Cubs edge the Brewers‚ 1-0‚ on Kerry Wood's one-hitter. Mark Loretta's single in the 7th is the only Milwaukee hit. Woods strikes out 14. The Cubs staff has now thrown back-to-back one hitters: it was last done by the Rangers‚ in 1996‚ when Ken Hill and Roger Pavlik did it.
At Fenway‚ the Red Sox defeat the Blue Jays‚ 4-0‚ on Hideo Nomo's one-hitter. The only Toronto hit is Shannon Stewart's double in the 4th‚ extending his hitting streak to 15 games. Mike Lansing's 3-run double in the 8th gives Nomo some breathing room.
Greg Maddux becomes the first Brave pitcher since Dick Rudolph and Lefty Tyler in August 1916 to throw two 1-0 shutouts in the same month as he whips the Pirates‚ 1-0. Maddux beat the Brewers‚ 1-0 on May 2. Rafael Furcal's RBI single off Todd Ritchie (0-6) is the winner. The Bucs waste a chance in the 8th when they have 3 singles‚ but 2 runners are caught stealing.
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2000
Medical alert! Devil Rays P Wilson Alvarez and Angels SS Gary DiSarcina both undergoes arthroscopic shoulder surgery and will miss the rest the entire 2000 season. Phillies P Mike Jackson will undergo his shoulder surgery tomorrow.
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1999
The Mariners score 8 runs in the 4th inning and go on to defeat the Twins by a score of 15-5.
In Arizona's 5-4 win over San Diego‚ the D'backs Damian Miller becomes only the 8th ML catcher to participate in three double plays in a 9-inning game‚ tying the NL record for DPs and tying the ML record for DPs started by a catcher. The last N.L. catcher to participate in 3 DPs was Ebba St. Claire of the Boston Braves in 1950. Chris Hoiles was part of 4 double plays for the Orioles on April 9‚ 1998.
The Braves hit 3 solo homers in the 9th to beat the Braves‚ 5-2. Two of the homers are back to back pinch homers by Keith Lockhart and Javy Lopez‚ off Bob Wickman‚ and two outs later Walt Weiss homers. The win goes to Rudy Seanez‚ in relief of starter Greg Maddux‚ who throws 7 shutout innings.
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1998
Cleveland 2B David Bell becomes the 3rd player in major league history to play against a team managed by his father. Bell's 2-run double brings home the go-ahead run in the Indians 7-4 win over Buddy Bell's Detroit Tigers. Bump Wills and Moises Alou are the only other players to appear in games against their fathers.
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1997
The Twins retire Kirby Puckett's #34 in a 90-minute pregame ceremony. The Twins then hold on to trip the A's‚ 7-6‚ in 11 innings.
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1996
Oakland's Pedro Munoz belts the longest home run in the 5-year history of Camden Yards to lead the A's to a 6-3 win over the Orioles. The 463-foot shot to dead center comes in the 6th inning with 2 on‚ and breaks a 2-2 tie. Mark McGwire also homers for Oakland. The O's get two more homers from Brady Anderson‚ and a dinger from Mike Bordick‚ but that's all the scoring.
Mark Gardner (6-1)‚ released by the Marlins in spring training‚ tosses a 3-2 win over the Phils to keep the Giants in first place in the NL West.
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1995
Minnesota relief P Mark Guthrie hurls 6 innings against Detroit‚ fanning 12‚ to get the win in the Twins' 4-3 victory over the Tigers. It is the most batters struck out by a relief in 15 years.
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1994
Royals' P Kevin Appier strikes out 13 Rangers in only 5 2/3 innings in KC's 8-3 victory over Texas. According to records traced back to 1986‚ no other pitcher in that time had pitched less than 6 innings in a game and had that many strikeouts. Appier is removed from the contest since he had thrown 108 pitches‚ and had had to sit through a 49-minute rain delay.
The Dodgers release OF Darryl Strawberry.
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1992
El Paso Diablos public address announcer Derrick Grubbs is ejected from the team's game against Jackson because of music he played during the contest.
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1989
After shopping him for several months‚ the Mariners finally trade star pitcher Mark Langston to Montreal for pitchers Randy Johnson‚ Brian Holman‚ and Gene Harris.
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1986
George Brett collects his 2‚000th hit‚ off Bryan Clark in the 4th inning of Kansas City's 2-1‚ 17-inning victory over the White Sox. Brett finishes the day 1-for-7‚ while Scott Bankhead picks up his first ML win.
Roger Clemens no-hits the Rangers for 7 2?3 innings before Oddibe McDowell singles and Clemens settles for a 2-hit 7-1 victory that improves his record to 8-0.
At Cleveland‚ Pat Tabler is at bat for Toronto when pitcher John Cerutti picks Joe Carter off 1B unassisted. Cerutti beats Carter back to the bag. This same play occurred last month in an A's-Twins game.
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1985
Rick Rhoden wins his 100th and Bill Alman hits his 1st grand slam as the Pirates thump the Braves‚ 8-2.
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1984
The Texas Rangers coast to an 11-0 win over the White Sox on the strength of Charlie Hough's 3-hitter. Tom Seaver takes the loss. The Rangers score 7 times in the 3rd inning as Gary Ward makes all 3 outs with a ground out and a DP.
The Red Sox trade P Dennis Eckersley and minor leaguer Mike Brumley to the Cubs for veteran Bill Buckner‚ who had been benched in Chicago in favor of Leon Durham. Buckner will immediately become Boston's starting 1B.
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1983
In a 6-0 loss to the Braves‚ Pirates Jim Bibby and Jim Winn combine to walk 7 consecutive batters in the 3rd inning‚ tying the ML record set by the Senators Dolly Gray in 1909.
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1982
Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs fans Garry Templeton in the 3rd inning of a 2-1 loss to the Padres to become the 7th pitcher in ML history to record 3‚000 career strikeouts.
Jim Palmer (2-2) wins his 250th career game for Baltimore‚ 10-3 over the Rangers. Gary Roenicke has a pair of HRs and John Lowenstein adds one.
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1981
Texas utility man Bill Stein drives in the winning run with a pinch single in the bottom of the 9th inning of a 4-3 win over Minnesota. It is Stein's 7th consecutive pinch hit‚ a new AL record.
Carl Yastrzemski plays in his 3‚000th ML game‚ scoring the winning run in Boston's 8-7 triumph over Cleveland. Yaz joins Ty Cobb‚ Stan Musial‚ and Hank Aaron as the only major leaguers to appear in 3‚000 games.
In the last regularly scheduled Memorial Day doubleheader this century, the Seattle Mariners sweep a pair from the Kansas City Royals, winning 7–1 and 5–2. Rookie Brian Allard goes the distance to win the opener and he’s supported by Gary Gray's third two-homer game in 10 days.
Dave Kingman bunts in the first inning, then hits a grand slam in the 2nd as the Mets roll over the Phils, 13-3. Greg Harris posts his first ML win.
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1979
Seven different Dodgers‚ including P Rick Sutcliffe‚ hit HRs as Los Angeles buries the visiting Reds 17-6. Sutcliffe poles his off Tom Seaver. The last homer for LA comes when Davey Lopes hits a 3-0 pitch in the 6th with the Dodgers up‚ 14-2. In his next at bat‚ Dave Tomlin decks Lopes 4 straight times inciting a brawl.
At Candlestick Park‚ the Braves take a 4-1 lead in the 4th with 2 HRs‚ and the Giants answer back with 3 HR in same inning to tie the ML mark. Jack Clark adds one in 8th for a 6-4 win.
The Braves ship Frank LaCorte (4-24 lifetime) to the Astros for Bo McLauglin (9-15 lifetime). LaCorte will turn it around‚ going 19-20 for the rest of his career‚ while McLauglin will win just one more game.
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1977
CF Lyman Bostock has 12 putouts in the 2nd game of a doubleheader‚ tying the ML mark‚ as the Twins sweep the Red Sox‚ 13-5 and 94. Bostock is only the 3rd big leaguer to do it in 9 innings and just the 2nd CF in this century. His 17 putouts in the twinbill is also an AL record. Carlton Fisk and George Scott hit back-to-back homers for Boston‚ the 5th time this year the Red Sox have done it.
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1976
For the 2nd day in a row‚ George Foster drives in 5 runs as the Reds whip the Braves‚ 10-4. Foster also had 5 RBIs on the 22nd.
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1975
Cleveland's Dennis Eckersley‚ in his first ML start‚ hurls a 3-hit shutout in beating Oakland 6-0.
Mickey Lolich's 200th career victory is a rain-shortened‚ 4-1 win over the White Sox. His catcher is Bill Freehan‚ who also caught him in his first ML start May 21‚ 1963.
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1974
The Yankees send C Duke Sims to the Rangers for P Larry Gura. Gura will go 5-1 with New York but because of reported differences with Billy Martin‚ Gura will be peddled to KC.
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1973
The Giants activate 43-year-old coach Don McMahon as pitcher. McMahon will go 4-0 with 6 saves and a 1.50 ERA the rest of the season‚ before being released October 9th.
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1970
Three pitchers on the Nishitetsu Lions are suspended from Japanese baseball for life for participating in a game-fixing scandal in the 1969 season.
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1969
The Cardinals tie a NL record with just one assist in Bob Gibson's 4-0 win at Los Angeles.
The Pirates sweep a pair from the Giants as Jim Bunning wins his 200th game in the opener. Bunning strikes out 8 in winning‚ 2-1 over Perry. Mazeroski and Taylor hit homers in the nitecap to back Bob Moose's 6-2 win. Taylor's is his first ML HR.
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1968
Detroit OF Al Kaline is hit by the A's Lew Krausse's pitch and suffers a broken arm. He will be out until June 30th. The Tigers win‚ 2-1‚ behind Denny McLain‚ who scores the game's first run in the 8th. The A's run in the 9th is unearned.
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1966
At Yankee Stadium‚ the Yanks maul the Angels 11-6. Mantle has two homers‚ one off Dean Chance and the other coming off reliever Lew Burdette.
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1965
Nine different Twins (5) and Red Sox (4) hit HRs‚ tying a ML record. Minnesota wins the slugfest‚ 17-5. Boston's Gerry Moses‚ age 18 years and 9 months‚ goes into the record books when he pinch hits his first homer‚ off Mudcat Grant. Moses is the youngest player to ever pinch hit a round tripper.
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1964
Ground is broken for a new stadium in St. Louis.
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1963
The Indians acquire C Joe Azcue and SS Dick Howser from the A's for C Doc Edwards and $100‚000.
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1962
Ernie Banks is beaned by Moe Drabowsky and taken from the field on a stretcher‚ as Cincinnati beats Chicago 2-1.
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1960
George Crowe's ML-record 11th pinch-hit HR‚ off Don McMahon‚ gives the Cardinals a 5-3 win over the Braves. Crowe began the season tied with Smoky Burgess and Gus Zernial in career pinch HRs.
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1959
Buffalo seeks membership in the Continental League.
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1957
White Sox pitcher Dick Donovan stops Detroit‚ 4-0‚ on one hit.
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1954
Cards rookie sensation Wally Moon swipes 4 bases in the Cards‚ 9-4‚ win over the Cubs. Musial has a single‚ double‚ and triple to back Haddix's pitching.
Warren Spahn tops the Reds‚ 3-1‚ for his 10th straight win over Cincy. It is a team record that will be broken by Spahn in 10 years. He helps his own cause with a homer‚ off loser Herm Wehmeier. It is the Braves 8th win in a row.
At New York‚ the Giants explode for 11 runs in the 8th inning to overwhelm the Pirates‚ 21-4. The Buccos score 3 in the top of the 8th for a NL record for the frame. Led by Lockman's grand slam‚ the Giants score 5 in the 7th‚ then collect 8 hits in the 8th‚ including 2 homers. Johnny Antonelli has his 6th win and hits his first ML HR. Davey Williams has a single and HR in the 8th. Willie Mays scores 5 runs.
Billy Pierce and Virgil Trucks combine to give the White Sox a 4-2 win over the Indians‚ and stop Cleveland's 11-game win streak. Bob Lemon takes the loss. Cleveland's Al Smith steals a base off Sherman Lollar‚ the last base runner to swipe one this year. The Sox catcher will throw out the next 18 base runners who try.
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1953
The Yankees and Red Sox play the longest 9-inning game to date‚ lasting 3 hours and 52 minutes. Boston lefty Mickey McDermott take 2 hours‚ 45 minutes to pitch 6 of the innings‚ as Boston outlasts New York‚ 14-10. Mantle hits an opposite field homer off McDermott.
Ralph Kiner becomes just the 12th player to hit 300 HRs with a blast at Forbes Field against the Giants. He has played only 7 1?3 seasons. The Giants win anyway‚ 6-3.
Russ Meyer of the Dodgers is fined $100 and suspended 3 days for obscene gestures and abusive language picked up by TV close-ups. NL President Warren Giles and Commissioner Ford Frick oppose dugout shots by TV cameras.
The U.S. Supreme Court announces that it will review all the antitrust suits under the Sherman Act with regard to baseball‚ with the focal point being the reserve clause.
Max Surkont of the Braves fans 8 Reds in a row‚ establishing a new ML mark‚ as the Braves win 10-3 in game 2 of a doubleheader. Surkont strikes out 7 in a row before rain delays the game and then he strikes out Andy Seminick to start the 5th. Surkont fans 13 on the way to his 6th straight win. The Braves take the opener‚ 5-1‚ behind Don Liddle.
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1951
Giants rookie Willie Mays‚ who was hitting .477 with Minneapolis‚ goes 0-for-5 in his ML debut against the Phils. He strikes out in his first at bat‚ against Bubba Church. New York wins‚ 8-5.
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1950
The Red Sox outhit the Browns‚ 19-15‚ and out score to win‚ 15-12. Boston scores 10 runs in the last 3 innings. Walt Dropo drives in 6 runs‚ 4 with a grand slam in the 8th. It is his 10th HR since joining the Sox on May 3.
The Athletics make some changes. Connie Mack's son‚ Earle‚ who had been assistant manager‚ assumes the duties of chief scout. Earle‚ who had hoped to succeed his father as manager‚ is replaced by Jimmie Dykes. Mickey Cochrane is named general manager. It doesn't help today as the Yanks extend their winning streak to 9 games by defeating the A's‚ 2-0‚ behind Ed Lopat and Joe Page.
The Oakland Oaks of the PCL buy recalcitrant OF Dick Wakefield from the Yanks. New York will not allow him to buy out his own contract.
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1947
The Yankees edge into 3rd place ahead of the Red Sox‚ whipping Boston‚ 17-2. Ted Williams 2-run homer in the 9th off Floyd Bevans deprives the Yankees of 4 straight shutouts‚ George Stirnweiss scores 5 runs and King Kong Keller 4 runs in the 17 hit attack. Joe DiMaggio has 4 hits and 3 runs.
Joe Medwick returns to the Cardinals after a 7-year absence. Signed just before the doubleheader‚ Medwick pinch-hits a double in game to account for the only run in a 2-1 loss to the Reds. Ducky has lost his power from his St. Louis heyday‚ but he will hit .307 as PH and OF against lefthanders.
In the Giants 9-3 win over the Braves‚ Giant Buddy Kerr bungles a hard grounder from Bob Elliott for his first error in 384 chances and 69 games‚ the NL record to date for SS.
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1946
The first place Dodgers whip the Phillies‚ 7-1‚ for their 14th straight win at Shibe Park. Augie Galan has single‚ double‚ and triple and is involved in an unusual "catcher's balk" play. Augie is at bat when Reiser‚ on 3B‚ breaks for home on an attempted steal. Phils C Andy Seminick tips Galan's bat on the play and umpire Al Barlick calls the balk. Reiser is awarded a steal of home and Galan gets 1B. The Dodgers will sweep a pair tomorrow at Shibe.
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1945
Red Sox CF Leon Culberson makes an unassisted DP when he catches a short looper and continues on to 2B to nab Vern Stephens before he can return. Despite the play‚ the Red Sox lose to the Browns‚ 5-0. Nels Potter records the shutout.
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1944
On Mel Harder appreciation night in Cleveland‚ the Indians and Harder drop a 4-2 decision to the Senators. Mel tries harder scoring both of the Indian runs.
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1942
A pulled muscle ends a 652-game playing streak for Cincinnati 1B Frank McCormick as the Reds' Paul Derringer stops the Pirates‚ 6-1. Hank Sauer plays 1B.
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1941
Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for the first time during the season. His run to be the first since Bill Terry in 1930 to exceed the magic number will be marked in newspapers throughout the season‚ although it will often give way to the batting streak by Joe DiMaggio. DiMag singles today‚ off Boston's Lefty Grove. Grove thus joins two of baseball's most famous streaks-Joe's current hitting streak and Ruth's 60 homers in 1927. Lefty served up a gopher on September 27‚ 1927.
Pete Reiser hits his only career grand slam to pace the Dodgers to an 8-4 win over the Phils. Reiser's HR comes off Ike Pearson‚ who had beaned him just a month earlier.
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1939
In his last three at bats against the Red Sox Emerson Dickson‚ Cleveland's Ken Keltner belts 3 homers in an 11-0 romp at Fenway. It's the 11th time that an AL batter has hit 3 successive homers. Feller makes it easy‚ pitching a one-hitter for the win. Bobby Doerr's 2nd inning single for Boston is the only hit against Rapid Robert: it'll be one of two one-hitters of Feller's in which Doerr has the only hit.
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1938
The Tigers use the long ball to defeat the Yankees‚ 7-3‚ at Detroit. Rudy York and Hank Greenberg hit back-to-back homers twice in the game.
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1937
After hitting a solo HR against the Yankees in his third-inning at-bat off Bump Hadley to break a 1-1 tie‚ player-manager Mickey Cochrane is hit by a 3-1 pitch from Hadley in the 5th inning and suffers a skull fracture in three places. Coach Del Baker will run the team for the hospitalized Detroit leader‚ who will never return to active play. Cochrane's homer is his last at bat. In the hospital‚ Cochrane will exonerate Hadley saying‚ "I lost the ball." The Yanks win the game‚ 4-3‚ beating Schoolboy Rowe‚ who makes his first appearance of the season following a suspension for lack of conditioning.
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1935
Babe Ruth has a last hurrah‚ hitting 3 home runs at Pittsburgh. The first shot is hit off Red Lucas‚ while the last two homers come off veteran Guy Bush. The final one‚ the last of his 714 career HRs‚ is the first to clear the RF grandstand at Forbes Field and is measured at 600 feet. With that‚ Ruth sits down in the dugout-Pittsburgh's-next to rookie Mace Brown. Ruth‚ who hit 3 homers in a game just once in the AL (May 21‚ 1930)‚ is the first player to turn this hat trick in both leagues. Ruth lifts himself in the 7th inning‚ finishing the day at 4-for-4 and 6 RBIs. But Ruth's old teammate Waite Hoyt‚ in relief of Bush‚ is the winner as Pittsburgh defeats the hapless Braves‚ 11-7.
Here is Robert Creamer's account of the Babe's last home run in his 1974 book‚ "Babe":
[Guy] Bush said‚ 'I never saw a ball hit so hard before or since. He was fat and old‚ but he still had that great swing. Even when he missed‚ you could hear the bat go swish. I can't remember anything about the first home run he hit off me that day. I guess it was just another homer. But I can't forget that last one. It's probably still going. It was unbelievably long‚ completely over the roof of the double-decked stands in right field and out of the park. Nobody had ever hit a ball over the roof in Forbes Field before.' Gus Miller‚ the head usher‚ went to investigate‚ and was told the ball landed on the roof of one house‚ bounced onto another and then into a lot‚ where a boy picked it up and ran off with it. Miller measured the distance from the first house back to home plate and said it was 600 feet. His measurement may have been imprecise‚ but it was still the longest home run ever hit in Pittsburgh.
Forbes Field expert Dan Bonk‚ said in 2002 that the head usher had the wrong address for the Babe blast‚ and that the hit was very close to the foul line. It landed in a yard of a one-story house that today is painted in the blue and yellow Pirate colors.
At Boston‚ Detroit wins‚ 3-2‚ on Hank Greenberg's 2-run homer in the 6th inning. In his previous at bat in the 4th inning‚ Greenberg's line drive hits pitcher Fritz Ostermueller breaking cheekbone and several teeth and sending him to the hospital.
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1934
The Red Sox get Wes Ferrell‚ who was suspended by the Indians‚ for $25‚000 and pitcher Bob Weiland and Bob Seeds. Dick Porter also goes to the Sox in the deal. Porter had no homers last year‚ but hit one in his first at bat this season.
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1933
Lefty Grove of the A's tops the Tigers‚ 4-3‚ for his 13th straight win over Detroit stretching back to August 20‚ 1930 (as noted by Frank Williams).
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1931
The A's win their 17th in a row‚ 2 behind the White Sox' AL record‚ beating the Yankees 4-2 and 16-4 at Philadelphia. Grove wins the opener and Mahaffey coasts to the win in the nitecap. Cochrane and Chapman match homers in the opener‚ while Foxx is the only batter to leave the park in game 2. The streak‚ the 4th (tied) longest of the century‚ ends tomorrow when Lefty Gomez stops the A's 6-2. The A's are in first place by 5 games.
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1929
At the Polo Grounds‚ the Giants belt 4 homers-2 by Jackson and one by Roush and Walsh-to whip the Braves‚ 10-3. Roush's HR is the 2‚000th in Giants history.
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1926
Six games in the AL today produce 145 hits and 80 runs. Leading the way are the Senators and A's in Philadelphia with the Senators taking game 17-12‚ and losing the second game‚ 7-6. The Nats score 11 runs in the 5th inning and hold on for the victory. Mickey Cochrane homers in game 2 with a pair on.
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1924
The Red Sox' 6-5 win over the Yankees deadlocks the 2 at the AL top. They'll run neck and neck until June 14th when the Sox begin to unravel.
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1923
In Detroit‚ Ty Cobb scores his 1‚741st run‚ passing Honus Wagner's record‚ but his Tigers lose to Chicago‚ 5-3.
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1922
Babe Ruth is suspended one day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on ump George Hildebrand after being called out at 2B while trying to stretch a single in the 3rd. Babe then goes into the stands after a heckler and is restrained by GM Ed Barrow. On his way to the CF clubhouse Ruth gestures to another heckler in RF. Babe gets stripped of his title as team captain as a result. New York beats the visiting Nationals‚ 6-4.
In the 1st inning of game 1 against the Robins‚ Phillies pitcher Bill Hubbell is hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Tommy Griffith and fractures his skull. Hubbell will return to pitch in 35 games this year. Brooklyn sweeps a pair‚ winning 8-7 and 9-6 as Jimmy Johnston hits for the cycle.
The U.S. Supreme Court‚ in a resounding 9-0 decision‚ rule that baseball is not an interstate business. The suit had been brought by the Federal League's Baltimore franchise.
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1921
In St. Louis‚ the Browns overcome Babe Ruth's 13th HR of the year to win‚ 7-6. The Babe's blow travels an estimated 500 feet.
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1920
At the Polo Grounds‚ the Yanks top the Tigers 4-3 with Babe Ruth's 2 run HR providing the margin. It's the Babe's 8th HR of the year‚ breaking a tie for the AL lead with Chicago's Happy Felsch.
A's rookie Roy Moore stops the White Sox‚ 5-1‚ and drives in 3 runs. Two of the runs come in on a homer‚ while Frank Walker adds his 6th homer of the year. This is Moore's only victory of the year as he loses his next 13 to end at 1-13.
The Reds Rube Bressler makes his first start of season‚ pitching 2 innings. He singles in the Reds 5-run 2nd‚ then snaps his ankle sliding into 2B. Dolf Luque takes the mound and coasts to an 11-2 win over the visiting Braves.
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1919
White Sox CF Happy Felsch starts a triple play in the 8th inning to stop the Senators scoring threat‚ then the Sox score a pair in the bottom of the frame off Walter Johnson and derail the Big Train‚ 5-4.
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1917
Down 5-0 in the 9th‚ Tris Speaker of the Indians ignites a rally by stealing home against the Yankees. Five more runs follow and they win 6-5.
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1912
New York SS Jack Martin gets plunked twice by Walter Johnson‚ who hits three batters in the game. The second time Martin is hit the fast ball shatters his jaw. He will be out of action for five weeks. Johnson‚ who consciously avoids throwing at batters will‚ nevertheless‚ hit 205 batters in his career.
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1911
The Tigers lose to Walter Johnson and the Senators‚ 6-2‚ although Cobb nicks him for 2 hits.
In St. Louis‚ Grover Alexander beats the Cards‚ 4-3‚ to stop the Phillies 6-game loss streak. The Card score 3 in the 9th‚ but Pete hangs on for the win.
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1909
Righthander George Mullin wins his 9th in a row for Detroit 7-4 over Washington‚ on his way to a league-leading 29-8 record.
Orval Overall‚ in relief of Jack Pfiester‚ picks up the win in Chicago's 4-3 win over Brooklyn. Harry McIntire takes the loss.
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1908
Detroit scores an unearned run in the 3rd against Washington lefty Bill Burns‚ but not until 2 are out in the 9th does a Tiger collect a base hit. Germany Schaefer singles to center off "Sleepy Bill" for the only Bengal hit as Detroit wins‚ 1-0. Washington will lose 29 games this year by shutouts‚ an AL record.
At Chicago‚ the Cubs treat Mathewson rudely‚ roughing him up for 7 hits and 5 runs in 2 innings. The Giants rally but lose in 10 innings‚ 8-7‚ as Hooks Wiltse takes the loss.
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1907
The Giants bust Irv Young for 6 runs in the 8th inning to beat Boston‚ 9-1. McGinnity in relief of Mathewson‚ now 7-1‚ gets a save.
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1906
Jesse Tannehill snaps the Boston Americans' 20-game losing streak-19 at home-with a 3-0 win over the White Sox. Jesse's batterymate Bob Peterson drives in all the runs in a game that takes 1 hour and 15 minutes. Both of these loss streaks by Boston are AL records. Both Boston teams will ?nish last‚ while both Chicago teams ?nish first. It's the first time 2 cities have had 2 winners and 2 cellar-dwellers‚ and it won't happen again until 1921‚ when New York has the winners‚ and Philadelphia the last-placers.
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1899
In just his 7th big league game‚ Deacon Phillippe of Louisville tosses a 7-0 no-hitter against the Giants. He walks 3 batters but will become baseball's best control pitcher with a career average of 1.25 bases on balls per game. The Colonels collect just 4 hits off Ed Doheny in scoring their 7 runs.
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1898
Chicago scores 20 runs off rookie Frank Kitson of Baltimore‚ who pitched a shutout in his debut May 19th. The game is called after 7 innings with Chicago winning‚ 20-4.
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1897
Cleveland rallies for 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to topple the Athletics 10-9.
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1890
After a Louisville-Syracuse game played in Three Rivers‚ NY‚ part of the grandstand collapses‚ throwing 50 or more people to the ground. No deaths are reported‚ but many are injured.
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1889
Phillie 2B Ed Delahanty suffers a broken collarbone when he slides into Cleveland 2B Cub Stricker in the 5th inning. Delahanty will be out of action until July 30th.
At Columbus‚ umpire Fred Goldsmith ejects Dave Orr and then forfeits the game to the visiting Brooklyn (AA) team when Orr refuses to leave the field. The two teams‚ however‚ refuse to abide by the forfeit‚ and the game is eventually completed with a sub playing in Orr's place. Brooklyn wins‚ 6-3.
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1888
Boston opens its new Grand Pavilion‚ an elaborate double-decked structure. Though the Pavilion seats 2‚800‚ 12‚000 see the Beaneaters lose their home opener to the Phillies 4-1.
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1883
Cleveland forges into a 3-way tie for first place in the NL with Detroit and Providence by defeating New York in 14 innings‚ 4-3.
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1882
Buffalo gets revenge by humiliating Cleveland at home‚ 20-1‚ as Charles Foley hits for the cycle‚ the first in ML history. Foley will hit 2 grand slams this season‚ the first to accomplish this.
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1881
With Jim White going 5-for-5‚ Buffalo beats Worcester‚ 7-1.
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1880
At a special meeting in Niagara Falls‚ Providence tries unsuccessfully to get Troy expelled from the league for failing to stay over in Providence for a makeup game on May 17. The league awards a forfeit of the game to Providence.
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1878
With starter Fred Corey disabled in the 1st inning by arm trouble‚ Providence reliever Tricky Nichols has to stay in the box despite suffering a dislocated finger in the 3rd inning. He is hit hard and loses to Boston‚ 17-10.
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1877
Pitching sensation Edward "The Only" Nolan of Indianapolis shuts out the White Stockings‚ 3-0.
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1876
Louisville plays an exciting 2-2 tie with the Athletics‚ which is called because of darkness after 14 innings. Each side scores a run in the 11th. Devlin‚ who pitches the distance‚ knocks in both runs for Louisville.
At Hartford‚ the Dark Blues pull off a hidden ball trick-SS Tom Carey to 3B Bob Ferguson-on Cap Anson. Hartford beats the visiting White Stockings‚ 4-1.
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1871
The heavily favored Mutuals are soundly defeated by the Haymakers of Troy‚ in Brooklyn‚ 25-10. Lipman Pike‚ the Troy 2B‚ collects 6 hits.
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1870
In Baltimore‚ the Atlantics of Brooklyn edge the Maryland Club‚ 13-12.
