⚾ On This Day in MLB History ⚾

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★  On this day, July 19, 2022. ★   All Star Game Recap and News  ★

     ●  AL 3 NL 2,   AL wins 9th in a row.  Now 24-5-1 in last 30 games. 

     ●  Emanuel Clase struck out the side (w/one other AL pitcher)  earned the SAVE  !  Valdez W, Blackburn  L

     ● Jose Ramirez leads all hitters going 2 for 2,  scored 1 run,  game's only error

.    ●  Andres Giminez starting AL 2B 

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★  July 19, 2022 All Star Game Box Scores.  ★

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This day in baseball  July 22.  Oh the cost of players 100 years ago ! And today $$$.  Plus Ted Turner TBS !

1909: - For the first of four times in his career, Ty Cobb steals second base, third, and home in an inning,  it in the 7th.

1911 - The Reds set a major-league record for nine innings by going to bat just 24 times (it will be topped in the American League and tied twice in the National League this century) and the two teams combine for just 48 at bats, to tie a major-league record set April 22, 1910.  

1911 - The Pirates pay St. Paul of the American Association $22,500 for right-hander Marty O'Toole, the most expensive purchase of a player to date.  

• 1925 - The Yankees buy SS Leo Durocher from Hartford (Eastern League).
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• 1939 - A Boston Bees fan, outraged when Al Lopez drops a pop foul, his second and the team's seventh error of the game, jumps from the stands to punch the Boston catcher.
• 1941 - Dick Wakefield becomes baseball's first "bonus baby" when he signs with the Tigers for $52,000 and a new car    The University of Michigan standout will hit .143 in seven at-bat this season but will eventually turn into a solid outfielder.
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• 1948: - The Yankees take the rubber game of the series with the ★ Indians as Vic Raschi earns the decision over ★ Bob Feller, 6 - 5. Joe DiMaggio's grand slam is the big blow for the Bombers: he has hit four homers and a triple in Feller's four starts against New York. His eight RBIs in the three games with Cleveland gives him a league-leading 82. 

1956 - The Hall of Fame  HOF announces special rules governing elections. Writers should vote every two years, alternating with the Veterans Committee; because of criticism, this will. revert back in  1962. To be eligible, players must have been    retired for five years.  

1967 - The White Sox acquire infielders ★ Sandy Alomar and  ★ Ken Boyer from the Mets in exchange for infielder Bill Southworth and catcher J.C. Martin.

• 1969 - For the first time, the All-Star Game is postponed  due to rain.  
• 1969 - Umpires Al Salerno and Bill Valentine file a grievance against the American League and its president, Joe Cronin, over their dismissal last year. The grievance is filed by the new umpires union with the National Labor Relations Board.
• 1976 - Ted Turner, ★ owner of UHF television station WTCG which already broadcasts Atlanta Braves games, buys the team for $12 million (what a deal ! )   largely with borrowed funds. He will soon turn his television station into a national. superstation     on which Braves games are a staple product.
• 1977 - California Angels reserve shortstop Mike Miley is killed  in an auto crash in Baton Rouge, LA, at age 23. Miley had been a star football  for the LSU Tigers and was chosen ★ twice in the first round of the June free agent draft.

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2000: - Major League Baseball officials order Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker is to undergo psychological  testing  following derogatory remarks he made in an interview with Sports Illustrated magazine. Commissioner Bud Selig says he will listen to what the doctors say before deciding what punishment - if any - will be handed down to the pitcher.   

• 2008 - Roger Clemens files a defamation lawsuit  against trainer Brian McNamee for statements McNamee made in the Mitchell Report. McNamee had said he injected  Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs.
• 2009: - The Baltimore Orioles sign former Yomiuri Giants right-hander Koji Uehara to a two year $10 million   deal with incentives reaching $16 million. The deal, pending a physical, brings the two-time Olympic hurler to the USA. Uehara struggled in 2008 and had the highest ERA of his 10-year career.
  • 2009 - The  $$$$  New York Yankees finalize their deal with Mark Teixeira for $180 million  over 8 years     , joining Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter and A.J. Burnett on the payroll-heavy Yanks.  
  • 2010: - Andre Dawson, "The Hawk", is elected to the Hall of Fame HOF getting 77.9% of the votes cast by the BBWAA. P Bert Blyleven and 2B ★ Roberto Alomar fall agonizingly short of election, missing the honor by 5 and 8 votes respectively.    
  • 2016: - Ken Griffey, Jr. is elected to the Hall of Fame HOF by the BBWAA with the highest percentage of votes ever -  99.3%.    

 

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July 23.   Iron Man McGinnity.   Tough guys/ head case ?   And 2021 demise of the Indians. 

1912 - Iron Man McGinnity is still pitching doubleheaders, winning a pair of games for Newark against Rochester at age 41.  

1922: - When umpires Brick Owens and Tom Connolly miss a train, the Detroit and St. Louis trainers, Bits Bierhalter and Dan Howley, are pressed into service. 

• 1932 - ★ Cleveland P Wes Ferrell makes 10 assists in a 12-inning game, but loses to the White Sox, 6 - 5. The record in both leagues is 12.  
• 1948 - After missing 15 games with a torn rib cartilage , ★ Ted Williams is 2 for 4 to help the Red Sox down the White Sox, 13 - 1.   
• 1956 - Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg are officially inducted into the Hall of Fame  HOF at Cooperstown, NY.  
• 1958 - (a good one)  Baseball's pre-eminent hitter (and spitter),★ Boston's Ted Williams, is at it again although today, as noted by Bob Holbrook of the Boston Globe, Teddy Baseball branches out, irrigating an unsuspecting gathering of Kansas City supporters. After hitting a 4th-inning grounder to first, writes Holbrook, "Williams jogged part way to first, saw the play was routine and then made an abrupt turn and started back to the dugout. For his lack of fire on this play the Kansas City fans set up a crescendo of boos  of boos. Ted bristled and made his dying swan leap, spitting at the fans  as he pirouetted through the air. That's all the fans needed. They set up a th2underous round of boos, the spontaneity of which amazed the observers in this sector."   (greatest hitter /head case)

1960 - another head case In an effort to distract Ted Williams during his at-bats in the 6th and 8th innings, Indians CF Jimmy Piersall  goes into a war dance  ★Piersall gets tossed for his efforts and manager Joe Gordon is also ejected for arguing Jimmy's case. It is Piersall's sixth ejection  of the season. Gordon had previously announced that any more ejections would cost Piersall $500 each, but he thinks today's thumbing is unwarranted and waives the fine. American League president Joe Cronin is less forgiving and fines Piersall $100. The Indians win, 4 - 2, behind ★ Jim Perry's pitching and the first major league home run of Mike de la Hoz.

• 1974 - All-Star games winding down.   The National League triumphs in the All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, winning, 7 - 2. Steve Garvey, elected as a starter as a write-in choice, is the
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★  And July 23, 2021  ★ - The ★ Cleveland baseball team announces it will be called the Cleveland Guardians beginning in 2022. The name replaces the name ★ "Indians" which had been used for over 100 years but has grown increasingly controversial over the past two decades.   Long live the Cleveland Indians !

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July 24.    Classics,  Addie Joss,  Ted Williams again,  George Brett. 

1901: - In a baseball rarity, the Pittsburgh Pirates score in every inning, a major-league record defeating the Reds, 11 - 2

• 1911 - An American League All-Star team plays the Naps in ★ Cleveland, raising $12,914 for the late ★ Addie Joss's family. The All-Stars win, 5 - 3. Joe Wood and Walter Johnson pitch for the All-Stars, while Cy Young twirls for the Naps.  

1926 - Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth demonstrate that power hitting is not the only thing they can do when Lou scores on a double steal with the Babe in a victory over the White Sox.   

1938 - 44-year-old Babe Ruth, roughly three years into his retirement and currently first base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers, launches one 430 feet out of Sportsman's Park to win the $50 grand prize in a pre-game distance-hitting contest featuring an otherwise active pool of contestants including Cardinals Joe Medwick (the runner-up at 425 feet), Johnny Mize and Don Padgett, as well as Brooklyn's Dolph Camilli and Ernie Koy.  

1958 - ★ Another Ted Williams classic.  After yesterday's Kansas City spitting episode, Boston's Ted Williams, for the.  second time  in less than two years, is fined for his transgression, though in this instance by the league rather than his own GM, and for the relatively painless sum of $250 rather than the somewhat draconian $5000   extracted from the "Splinter" on August 7, 1956. Upon being informed of the league's decision, Teddy delivers this heartfelt apology: "I'm sorry I did it. I was so mad at the park that I lost my temper and afterward I was sorry about it. I'm principally sorry   about losing the $250".    

1968: - Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th game breaks Cy Young's record for major league pitching appearances,   

1978: - Pete Rose singles twice, the first time off Pat Zachry, during the Reds' 5 - 3 win over the Mets, extending his hitting streak to 37 games to tie the modern National League record.

1980 - Hours after signing a new five-year contract that will boost his salary to $1 million per year, Kansas City's George Brett goes 2 for 4 in a 12 - 4.  

• 1983 - In the memorable ★ "Pine Tar Game" at Yankee Stadium, ★ George Brett hits an apparent two-run home run off Rich Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 5 - 4 lead with two outs in the 9th inning, only to have the homer taken away when Yankees manager Billy Martin, at the urging of coach Don Zimmer, points out that the pine tar on Brett's bat handle exceeds the 17 inches allowed in the rules. As a result, Brett is called out for illegally batting the ball, giving New York a 4 - 3 victory. Brett goes ballistic  and the Royals immediately protest. American League President Lee MacPhail overrules his umpires for the first time, saying that the umpire's call went against the spirit of the rule, which should be rewritten and clarified, and that the home run will stand. The game will be resumed from that point on August 18th.
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• 1988 - The New York Mets retire number 41 for pitcher ★ Tom Seaver in pre-game ceremonies at Shea Stadium. The Mets then lose to the Braves, 4 - 2.  

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1991: - Recently-recalled 1B Brian Hunter of the Braves hits a home run in Atlanta's 7 - 4 loss to Pittsburgh while his former minor league team, the Richmond Braves, is finishing a suspended game against Pawtucket. Hunter had homered in that game before it was called, giving him round-trippers in the major and minor leagues on the same day.      

• 1992:- Minnesota P Scott Erickson hurls a one-hit, 5 - 0 victory over the Red Sox in the first game of a doubleheader. Tom Brunansky's single is the only hit. Roger Clemens takes the loss. Boston wins the nitecap, 5 - 4, scoring a run with one out in the 9th.
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  • 1992 - Commissioner Fay Vincent announces that George Steinbrenner can resume active control of the Yankees on March 1, 1993.
• 1993 - The Mets are defeated by the Dodgers, 5 - 4, as Anthony Young loses his major league record 27th straight decision by walking in the winning run in the 10th inning. Following the game, Mets OF Vince Coleman. tosses a firecracker from his car 🚗   injuring two youngsters and a woman. Coleman will be charged with a felony.

 

 

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July 26.   Oh those oldies.   Some crazy things going on. 

• 1900 - Gus Weyhing is released by the Cardinals but does not get the 10 days' pay he is entitled to. He gets a deputy sheriff to seize the St. Louis share of the gate at Brooklyn, but it comes to less than the $100 he's claiming. Weyhing will pitch briefly in 1901 before calling it quits, the last gloveless pitcher in the majors.  
• 1911 - The league-leading Phils are dealt a blow when catcher-manager Red Dooin suffers a broken leg  in a collision at home plate with Cards. runner   Rebel Oakes.  
• 1916 - Tigers favorite Harry Heilmann gets an appreciative hand from the crowd for having dived into the Detroit River last night to save a woman from drowning.   
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• 1936: - Umpire Bill Summers is forced out the game after he is hit. in the groin  by a pop bottle thrown from an unruly crowd of 50,000 at Comiskey Park. The crowd is upset with an out call at first base on Rip Radcliff in the 8th inning of the nitecap. Judge Landis, on hand to watch the game, offers a $5,000 reward   over the public address system for the culprit, but only draws more boos. The deluge of pop bottles finally abates when Jimmy Dykes pleads through the field amplifier.

1984: - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that free agent pitcher Vida Blue will be suspended for the remainder of the season as a result of his conviction on ● cocaine possession charges last November.   

1991: - Cincinnati 3B Chris Sabo pushes an autograph seeker into a window in Busch Stadium following a 5 - 1 loss to the Cardinals..   

1998: - Don Sutton and ★ Larry Doby are inducted into the Hall of Fame along with Lee MacPhail, George Davis and Joe Rogan.    

• 2000: - The Blue Jays defeat the ★Indians, 8 - 1, as David Wells wins his major league-leading 16th game. Bartolo Colon takes the loss for Cleveland, despite striking out the first six batters to face him to tie ★ Bob Feller's team record.  
• 2008 - Remember this ?   The Dodgers, dissatisfied with young third basemen Blake DeWitt and Andy LaRoche, pick up ● Casey Blake from the ★ Indians for ● Carlos Santana and Jonathan Meloan. ★ Cleveland then acquires former World Series star Anthony Reyes from the Cardinals for Luis Perdomo.

2009: - Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice and Joe Gordon are inducted into the HOF Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. Gordon is the first player to be voted in by the Veterans Committee since its rules were reformulated following the controversial election of Bill Mazeroski in 2001.   

• 2020 - And finally  It's only the end of the opening week-end of this year's delayed major league season, but already there is no unbeaten - or winless - team left. For the first time since 1954, when there were only half as many teams, no team has started the year 3-0.

 

 

 

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July 27.    AL/NL Peace treaty ?    A lot of Indians today.

• 1904 - John McGraw and John Brush say they have no. intention of playing a post-season series with the American League champions. "The Giants will not play a post season series with the American League champions. Ban Johnson has not been on the level with me personally, and the American League management has been crooked more than once." says McGraw. "When we clinch the National League pennant, we'll be champions of the only real major league "   Ban Johnson fires back: No  thoughtful patron of baseball can weigh seriously the wild vaporings of this discredited player who was canned from the American League." As the New York Highlanders battle for the AL pennant, local pressure mounts, but Brush, still angry over the inter-league  peace treaty.,  and McGraw, who despises Ban Johnson, are adamant.   

1909: - Star minor league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is hit in the forehead with a ball while running the bases and is knocked unconscious.   Alexander will recover but his vision will be affected for months and he will not pitch again for Galesburg. The Indianapolis ★ Indians purchase his contract.  

• 1927 - Mel Ott, 18 years old, hits his first major league   home run, an inside-the-park round-tripper. It is the only inside-the-park homer he will hit of his 511 career.    
• 1928 - At Chicago's Comiskey Park, A's outfielder Ty Cobb starts for the last time in a regular-season game.  The 41 year old. "Georgia Peach" singles and doubles before he is hit in the chest with a pitch and leaves the game hitting. 332.  
• 1945 - The Cubs purchase P Hank Borowy from the New York Yankees in an unexpected waiver deal. Borowy, 10-5 with the Yankees, was put on waivers, apparently to solve a roster problem, and was passed over by 15 teams. The Cubs snatch him for $97,500  and he will help the Cubs win the pennant with an 11-2 record,    
• 1950 - ★ Stan Musial goes hitless to end his 30 game    hitting streak. But everyone else in the Cards lineup has a safety.  

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1963 - The Mets hand Jim Piersall his release and the veteran outfielder will sign with the Angels.

1968 - In Baltimore, Denny McLain shuts out the Orioles, 9 - 0, for his 20th win of the season, against three losses, for the first-place Tigers.  

1978 - The Yankees win the first game of a doubleheader, 11 - 0, but the ★ Indians rebound to win the second, 17 - 5. ★ Duane Kuiper ties the MLB record  with two bases-loaded triples in the nightcap, only the third player (after Bill Bruton and Elmer Valo) to do so in the 20th Century.     

1995 - The ★ Indians obtain pitcher ★ Ken Hill from the Cardinals in exchange for minor leaguers David Bell, Rick Heiserman and Pepe McNeal.  

2007 - The ★ Cleveland Indians bring back ★ Kenny Lofton for a third go-around, trading prospect Max Ramirez to the Texas Rangers for him. It is the second time Ramirez is traded straight up for a major league veteran.   

2010 - With the spotlight on the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, sitting on 599 homers on his birthday, the ★ Indians'  ★ Josh Tomlin grabs the headlines, giving up only 3 hits in 7 innings in winning his.      major league debut  4-1 !    A-Rod finishes the night. 0 for 4.   ★  Way to go Josh ,      

2013 - For the first time since September 4, 1965, three American League games end on 1 - 0 scores. Chris Archer of the Rays throws a two-hitter at the Yankees while ★ Justin Masterson of the ★ Indians and Wade Davis of the Royals need bullpen help for their victories, over Texas and Chicago, respectively.

2014: - A huge crowd estimated at 48,000 is on hand for the annual.  HOF. Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. This year's class is unusually large and prestigious, featuring three players elected on the first ballot: 300-game winners Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and slugger Frank Thomas, a member of the 500 home run club. Joining them are three managers who stand at #3, 4 and 5 on the all-time win list in Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre. Maddux, Glavine and Cox all found their greatest success in the great Atlanta Braves teams of the late 1990s.

 

 

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July 28.   Old names.   Odd names.   And injuries.  Plus it's trading time !

1908: - Walter Johnson's recuperation from his operation from an infection behind the right ear seems complete as he pitches 15 innings.  

1922: - Rogers Hornsby ties the National League single-season home run record with his 27th, matching the 38-year-old mark.   

1936 - Earl Averill raps his 18th and 19th homers of the year, off Earl Whitehill, as ★ Cleveland beats the Senators, 6 - 4. Lloyd Brown is the winner, allowing 11 hits.★ Hal Trosky extends his hitting streak to 22 games, while Cleveland's Roy Weatherly sets an American League rookie record by hitting in his 20th consecutive game.

• 1940 - King Kong Keller clouts three home runs for the New York Yankees in a 10 - 9 win over Chicago  Who ?  
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• 1950 - The ★ Indians' Larry Doby, Al Rosen and Luke Easter connect for consecutive homeruns       runs in the 3rd in a 13 - 1 whipping of the Red Sox.   

1952 - Rogers Hornsby, after being fired by the St. Louis Browns, replaces another former Brownie manager.

• 1965 - Often injured.  RF Tony Conigliaro suffers a broken left wrist when hit by a Wes Stock pitch in a 6 - 0 Boston win. He will miss 24 games.
• 1966 - Rick Reichardt, California's a hitting star, is sidelined with a kidney ailment. kidney removed in 2 weeks.   
• 1970: - It's a tough day for Angels C Tom Egan as he is charged with five passed balls, five pitchers.

2000 - Trading time.   The ★ Indians obtain Ps ★ Bob Wickman, Steve Woodard, and Jason Bere from the Brewers. in exchange for  slugging 1B ★ Richie Sexson, Ps Paul Rigdon and Kane Davis, and a player to be named later. The Indians keep trading    bringing back OF Wil Cordero from the Pirates for prospects IF Enrique Wilson and OF Alex Ramirez, both of whom will wind up as busts for Pittsburgh. The Tribe had declined to re-sign Cordero after last season and he upped with the Bucs for three years. The ★ Indians then pick up slick-fielding 1B David Segui from the Rangers for OF Ricky Ledee.

2002: ź The Indians send P ★ Paul Shuey to the Dodgers. In return, the Tribe gets P Terry Mulholland and minor league pitchers Ricardo Rodriguez and Francisco Cruceta.

2011 - The ★ Indians acquire Japanese OF Kosuke Fukudome from the Cubs for two minor leaguers, P Carlton Smith and OF Abner Abreu.  Not all trades are great or even good.

• 2012 - The Twins send ★ P Francisco Liriano to their division rivals the White Sox in return for IF Eduardo Escobar and P Pedro Hernandez. It is the first trade between the two teams since 1986.  

2015: - And finally.    In the small hours of the morning, the Blue Jays acquire SS ★ Troy Tulowitzki from the Rockies in return for their own starting SS, Jose Reyes and pitching prospects Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman and Jesus Tinoco. Veteran reliever LaTroy Hawkins accompanies Tulowitzki to Canada. The deal is considered a suprise  as the hard-hitting Jays were thought to be looking for pitching in their a 22 season postseason drought.

• 2015 -  In other moves today , the Nationals acquire reliever ★ Jonathan Papelbon from the Phillies for P Nick Pivetta. Papelbon had stated clearly that he wanted out of Philadelphia, and he will now displace Drew Storen as the Nats' closer. The Angels stock up on outfielders because of concerns over the.health of  CF ★ Mike Trout; one day after acquiring Shane Victorino, they get David DeJesus from the Rays and David Murphy.  from the Cleveland  ★ Indians to shore up the position. Finally, the Athletics trade ★● Ben Zobrist to the Royals in return for two prospects, Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea.

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July 29.   Old time  baseball.    ■  Height 5' 4½", Weight 140 LB  ??     A lot of Cleveland. 

• 1900 - With all the National League teams in the East, and no Sunday games allowed, 100 players gather in New York City. Their demands are: release of players who are not going to be used rather than farming them out, and players to share in the purchase price when they are sold. Says veteran Hughie Jennings: "We are not out to fight the owners, but to resolve injustices in the contracts."     
• 1903 -  Cy Young goes all the way as Boston loses to the Highlanders,  15-14. The New Yorkers had been shut out in their two previous matches in the series. Patsy Dougherty leads the Boston offense by hitting for the cycle, but Cy gets little defense as Boston makes eight  errors behind him. New York starter Jack Chesbro is lifted in the 6th for Harry Howell, while Wee Willie Keeler  ■ Height 5' 4½", Weight 140 lb ■ as four hits to lead the Highlander offense. The game lasts 2 hours,  10 minutes....that's all  ?    

■  1911 -  In his last appearance. for ★ Cleveland, Cy Young pitches just three innings, gives up five runs in a 7 - 1 loss to Washington. After this game, Cleveland waive the veteran to Boston Rustlers.

• As part of ★ Cleveland's. 125th anniversary  Cy Young, 54, makes a two-inning appearance on the mound in an old-timers' game. Chief Zimmer, 60, is his catcher.   
• 1928 - The ★ Indians score eight in the 1st and nine in the 2nd in a 24 - 6 win over the Yankees at home. Johnny Hodapp of the Indians becomes the first American League player to get two hits in an inning twice in a game. He strokes two singles in both the 2nd and 6th innings of the game. The Yankees' lead shrinks from 11 1/2 games to 6 in one week.
• 1931 - ★ Cleveland's Wes Ferrell shuts out Washington, 6 - 0, scattering 10 hits, as the Senators leave 15 runners on base.  

1938: -  In a postgame radio interview with Bob Elson, Jake Powell of the ♠︎ Yankees will make headlines with remarks about "beating up niggers   and then throwing them in jail" as part of his off-season duties as a policeman. For the statements, Judge Landis suspends Powell for  ten days. 

• 1956 - ★ Herb Score and Hank Aguirre of the Indians sweep Baltimore, 3 - 0 and 4 - 0.
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• 1958 - Ted Williams hits his 17th career grand slam, tying him for second place with Babe Ruth, and behind Lou Gehrig, who had 23. 

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1967: - The ★ Indians trade ★ Rocky Colavito again, this time to the White Sox for OF Jim King and a player to be named later.   

• 1978 - The Yankee Stadium crowd is pleasantly surprised as recently-resigned skipper Billy Martin returns to join in on the Old Timers' Day festivities. Much to their delight, the fans are informed that "Billy the Kid" will return as skipper in 1980.   
• 2000: - The Brewers hold ★ Bob Wickman All-Star Poster Night a day after the team trades their All-Star reliever to the beloved  ★  Indians.   
• 2002 -  The White Sox trade C Sandy Alomar Jr. to the Rockies.  Chicago gets P Enemencio Pacheco.    
• 2007 -  ★★  Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. are inducted into the Hall of Fame.  

●~~~~~ And finally  ~~~~~●

• 2021 ‐ The ♠︎ Yankees made the two biggest moves ahead of the trade deadline tomorrow, acquiring OF Joey Gallo and P Joely Rodriguez in return for four prospects in a deal with the Rangers, and 1B Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs in return for two other young players. Meanwhile, the Red Sox are also active, obtaining slugging OF Kyle Schwarber, who is currently on the injured list, from the Nationals.

 

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July 30.     Oh those rowdy old-timers.    And shady characters.  ■  And BIG TRADING  NEWS !

• 1904 - Cardinals pitcher Jack Taylor walks seven and tosses three wild pitches to help the host Pirates beat St. Louis, 5 - 2. The outcome will be viewed suspiciously because several local gamblers bet heavily  on Pittsburgh before the game,.....but ah-ha.......real reason.  is Taylor and Jake Beckley's late-night public drinking.  
• 1910 - The "surprise of the year," according to Ed Bang in Sporting Life, "came on July 30th when it was announced that the Naps had secured ★ Joe Jackson from the New Orleans Pelicans  for $5,000.. It is believed that Connie Mack made the Naps the concession [as part of the Bris Lord-Morrie Rath trade] to allow them to purchase Jackson from New Orleans." Jackson had been up with the A's briefly in 1908 and 1909.
• 1933: –  Cardinal pitcher Dizzy Dean sets a modern major league record striking out 17 Cubs.

1948 - At ★ Cleveland, the Red Sox are victorious, 8 - 7, for their 25th of the month, a club record  however the. Indians win 1948.

1951 -  That lovable   Ty Cobb testifies in front of Congress, denying the reserve clause makes "peons" out of baseball players.    

1952 -  Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick sets a waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs bid with the club lowest in the league to get the first pick. He sets the price  at $10,000. He also bars all other deals after July 31st.  

1959: - In his major league debut, Willie McCovey goes 4 for 4 with two triples off Robin Roberts to lead the Giants to a 7 - 2 win.  

 ■---------->  to be continued. ---------->  

1959 -  The Pacific Coast League's Portland Beavers sue Major League Baseball for $1.8 million, citing unfair practices through televison.  that could bring the downfall of the minor leagues. They  warn MLB not to start a third league or expand. 

1959 -  The Southern Association suspends Chattanooga 1B Jesse Levan.  for life.  because of his involvement as a go-between for gamblers seeking to fix games. His teammate Waldo Gonzalez receives a one-year suspension.  

1962: - After mysteriously disappearing off the team bus to use the rest room three days ago and trying to fly to Israel, pitcher Gene Conley returns to the Red Sox and is fined  $2,000.   Yesterday, he sent a telegram to manager Mike Higgins explaining he was tired and had other plans.   

1971: -  The ★  Indians, with a 42-61 record, fire manager Alvin Dark. Johnny Lipon takes over, but the team will go. 18-41   the rest of the season.

• 1980 - Attempting to throw for the first time since being hospitalized for tests last week, J.R. Richard suffers a stroke and is rushed to Houston's Methodist Hospital for emergency surgery to remove a life-threatening blood clot in his neck. He will never pitch in the majors.  again.
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• 1984 - At San Diego, Dave Dravecky. from YSU in Ohio allows one hit - a double - to Bill Russell in the 7th as the Padres rout the Dodgers, 12 - 0.    
• 1990 -  In a surprisingly harsh ruling, Commissioner Fay Vincent orders Yankees owner ★ George Steinbrenner to resign as the club's general partner by August 20th and bans him from day-to-day operation of the team for life. The ruling is a result of Steinbrenner's  $40,000 payment   to confessed gambler Howie Spira for damaging info.  
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• 1991 -  (see 1980 above JR)  -  Boston relief pitcher Jeff Gray collapses in the clubhouse prior to the Red Sox game with Texas. He becomes lightheaded, his speech slurs, and he suffers weakness in the right side of his body. Diagnosed as suffering from a stroke, Gray will undergo two years of rehab and, in 1994, become a minor league pitching coach. Gray's stroke comes on the 11th anniversary of J.R. Richard's stroke. In the game which follows, the Red Sox's Carlos Quintana ties a major league record by driving in six runs in one inning in Boston's 11 - 6 victory. 

1998 -  Remember this  ?   The Indians score three runs in the top of the ★ 17th inning against Seattle, then hold on as the Mariners fight back with two of their own in the bottom of the stanza. Cleveland gets 16 hits in the contest while Seattle accounts for 19 in a losing cause.  Classic games vs Seattle.    

Now here are some trades and stories  ! !   

• ★   2004:  - ■   In a blockbuster trade, the Marlins deal Brad Penny, the winner of two World Series games last season, 1B Hee Seop Choi and southpaw prospect Bill Murphy (who will be traded to the Diamondbacks tomorrow) to the Dodgers for backstop Paul Lo Duca, relief pitcher Guillermo Mota and much-traveled outfielder Juan Encarnacion.
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  • In separate deals with the Pirates and Devil Rays, the Mets gamble with their future, giving up top prospects to acquire major league pitchers who can immediately step into the rotation. Free agent-eligible Kris Benson and infielder Jeff Keppinger are obtained from the Pirates for infielder Ty Wigginton, pitcher Matt Peterson and infielder José Bautista, who came in a trade today with the Royals for minor league catcher Justin Huber, and Victor Zambrano and Bartolome Fortunato become Mets when Tampa Bay agrees to take New York's top pitching prospect, Scott Kazmir, and minor league pitcher Jose Diaz. It is Bautista's fourth organization of the season, returning to the system he belonged to last year.
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• ★  2008: -   ■  The Yankees, seeking catching help after losing Jorge Posada for the remainder of the season, acquire Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers for Kyle Farnsworth.
  • The ★ Indians lose, 14 - 12, to the Tigers in Detroit's first game without Rodriguez, an 11-inning affair. The star catcher is Cleveland's ●  Kelly Shoppach, who ties the major league record with 5 extra-base hits in the game. Shoppach doubles three times, homers twice, walks once and is retired once; he scores four and drives in three.
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• ★  2009: - ■   A story in the New York Times states that sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are among the 104 major leaguers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. The test results were supposed to be kept secret, but Alex Rodriguez's presence on the list of those who tested positive had already been leaked earlier this year. Ortiz states that he was not aware he had tested positive six years earlier and denies using steroids.  

2011 - ■  There is a frenzy of trades as the trading deadline approaches. ★. The Indians make two big deals, first acquiring P Ubaldo Jimenez from Colorado, then sending 2B Orlando Cabrera to San Francisco.  

2019: -  Remember this ?. -★  On the penultimate day before the trading deadline, a major three-team deal moves P ★ Trevor Bauer from a contending team, the ★ Indians, to a non-contending one, the Reds, with Cleveland taking in a haul of players, including OFs Yasiel Puig and ★Franmil Reyes and P Logan Allen, while San Diego receives top OF prospect Taylor Trammell from the Reds.

● Bauer had worn out his welcome with a series of incidents, the latest being his heaving a baseball over. the centerfield  fence  in frustration after having been removed from a game, an incident that also cost him a fine from Major League Baseball.  Bauer    is the second top starting pitcher in three days to move to a non-contender, following the surprising trade of Marcus Stroman from the Blue Jays to the Mets on July 28th.   

WHEW !   I  LOVED READING THROUGH THIS AND A WHOLE LOT MORE  IN.......THIS DAY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HISTORY...... Good night. 

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August 1.   "TB".     HOF.   Classic CF catches and fights.

1903 - The Giants, losers of 11 of 13 games, get a big boost today as Iron Joe McGinnity asks to pitch both ends of a doubleheader. He lives up to his name, winning both from Boston, 4 - 1 and 5 - 2,   

1905: - Cubs manager Frank Selee resigns and is replaced by Frank Chance, who is elected manager in a narrow vote among the players. Selee, suffering from tuberculosis  had not been making road trips,    

1905 -  ★  Cleveland "loans" catcher Nig Clarke to Detroit. He'll be returned to Cleveland on August 11th. He's the third catcher this year to be sold, then returned to his original team.   

• 1918 - Pittsburgh and Boston play a record 20 scoreless innings; the Pirates win, 2 - 0, in 21. Art Nehf goes all the way for Boston.   
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• 1923 - Stepping in against the ★  Indians' Sherry Smith in the 9th inning,★ Babe Ruth starts off batting righthanded. After taking a strike, he switches to the left side and hits his 25th homer of the season. ★ The Indians still win, 5 - 3. The Babe will again bat righty four days later.   
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• 1953: - ★ Warren Spahn of the Braves allows just an infield hit to Richie Ashburn in the 4th in beating Philadelphia, 5 - 0. It is Spahn's 31st career shutout.   1969 - Dick Williams pulls Carl Yastrzemski from the Boston lineup after one at-bat and fines him $500 for "dogging it." 
• 1975 - ● Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager, replacing Bill Virdon.

1979: - Following the ● Yankees' 9 - 1 win over the White Sox, members of the New York club create a minor scandal by. " autographing the bare behind"  of a young woman who boards the team bus outside Comiskey Park.       

• 1982 - ★ Hank Aaron, the holder of the career home run (755) and RBI record (2,297); Frank Robinson, the first player to win the MVP Award in both leagues and the first black manager in the majors; Travis Jackson, an outstanding offensive and defensive shortstop for the Giants during the 1920s; and former commissioner Happy Chandler, who provided leadership in breaking baseball's color line, are inducted in the HOF  Hall of Fame.      

1985 - The★ Indians trade veteran P ★ Bert Blyleven to the Twins for OF Jim Weaver, P Curt Wardle and SS Jay Bell.   

• 1993 -  HOF -  Reggie Jackson is inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.   
• 1994: - Hostilities between the owners and players heat up. The owners withhold  $7.8 million        they are obligated to pay the  players pension and benefit plans.  

■~~--->  to be continued   ~~~~~>    

• 2011: - ★  CC Sabathia wins his major league-leading 16th game in the Yankees' 3 - 2 defeat of the White Sox. The big lefthander is 9-1 over his last 10 starts. ★ Asdrubal Cabrera hits a pair of two-run homers in Cleveland's 9 - 6 win over Boston. His second long ball, in the 8th inning, is originally ruled a single until the decision is overturned by instant replay. ★ Travis Hafner for the Indians and Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Carl Crawford for the the Red Sox also homer.  
• 2016 - Remember this ? For Cleveland, P ★ Danny Salazar has the shortest outing of his career and will need to undergo an MRI on his elbow......  
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• And 2017 remember this Classic Web Gem CF catch in Fenway  ?
• 2017: -★ It's a wild and crazy game between two teams fighting for the lead in their respective divisions at Fenway Park. ★ Cleveland jumps to an early 5 - 0 lead against Chris Sale, but Boston comes right back, chasing Carlos Carrasco in the 2nd. In the 5th, Indians CF ★★★ Austin Jackson robs Hanley Ramirez of a homer by jumping over the center field fence,  catching the ball, and tumbling into the bullpen while holding on to the ball all the way; the catch is so spectacular that the Fenway faithful can't help but give him a huge ovation. In the 6th, Eduardo Nunez clears the bases with a double off Andrew Miller against the Green Monster, putting Boston ahead, 9 - 7, but Cleveland claws back. Carlos Santana greets newly-acquired reliever Addison Reed with a lead-off homer in the 8th, and in the 9th, ★ Francisco Lindor homers off closer Craig Kimbrel to tie the game. A rattled Kimbrel then loads the bases with two outs before throwing a wild pitch that puts the Indians ahead, 10 - 9 ★. But Cody Allen blows a lead in turn, as rookie Rafael Devers beats out a bouncer to third, Mitch Moreland reaches on a dropped third strike with two outs, and Christian Vazquez ends the game by blasting a pitch into the stands for. a 12-10 Boston win.      Wild game.   

~And finally~    in 2019 a Classic Fight, what else  ?

2019 - MLB hands out a bevy of suspensions following one of the most violent on-field brawl in recent years which occurred on July 30th in a game between the Reds and Pirates. The longest suspensions go to Pirates pitcher Keone Kela who gets ten games for starting the whole fracas by throwing at the head of Derek Dietrich, and to Reds P Amir Garrett, who distinguished himself by taking wild swings at opponents, who gets eight. ★Cincinnati manager David Bell will be out for six games after returning to the field following a prior ejection to take part in the fisticuffs, and OF ★ Yasiel Puig who else ?    who gets three games after joining in the fight in spite of having been traded shortly beforehand. Others being punished include ★Pirates manager Clint Hurdle and players José Osuna, Kyle Crick and Jared Hughes. A number of other players escape with only fines. There had already been a total of nine ejections during the game.  itself.

• -♥︎. An amazing day in MLB history. ♥︎
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August 3.

■~~~~~~~ to be continued  ~~~~~~~>    

I got hung up at my doctor's office when he sent me for blood work and I got hung up there.  I missed just the   SECOND    game of the 2022 season.   

In my ride home caught the eighth  and ninth highlights of the game.    Guardians 7-2  and won it.

Oh well.

◆~~~~~~~  to be continued again   ~~~~~~~>   why not ?

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August 4.    Oh those rowdy old-timers. 

 

• 1897 - In the 2nd inning of the second game of a doubleheader between the Pirates and Reds in Cincinnati, OH, fans throw an empty beer bottle  in the direction of umpire Tim Hurst. Hurst picks it up and throws it right back in the crowd. He is arrested and fined  $100  dollars on a charge of assault and battery when the bottle hits a spectator, causing a gash over his right eye.    

[Browns149]

1 game out. And 58 games to go

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2 hours ago, Browns149 said:

1 game out. And 58 games to go

Hey, another rowdy old-timers out there  !  

For the master list go to.  baseball-reference.com   -or-  from your browser  type in thisweekinbaseball   and it should take you right there.  

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• August 4, continued.   Oh those rowdy old-timers.   WWII baseball. 
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• ■~~~~~~~~~   continued tonight  !  ~~~~~~~~~~>
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• 1925 - Every player in each team's lineup has at least one putout in the ★  Indians-Yankees game.
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• 1926 - Stanford star fullback Ernie Nevers pitches his first complete game for the Browns, beating the A's, 3 - 1. Nevers will be 6-12 in his brief baseball career, but he will win a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame playing with the Duluth Eskimos and Chicago Cardinals (1926-1931).

• 1935 - Walter Johnson resigns as ★ Cleveland manager and is replaced by Steve O'Neill.  

■~~~~~~~ to be continued again  ~~~~~~~>  

1942: - The Giants-Dodgers game ends in a 1 - 1 tie as Pee Wee Reese's grand slam in the top of the 9th is wiped out. As was the case the day before, the game is called because of the government's.    9:14 curfew on lights during  WWII    It is the last twilight game played at the Polo Grounds.  

• 1955 - Ernie Banks hits three homers at Wrigley Field vs three Pirate pitchers, as the Cubs win, 11 - 10.
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• 1960 - Well.... Believing that Chicago's Jim Brewer is throwing at him, Reds 2B  ★ Billy Martin throws his bat toward the mound. Then, he advances to retrieve it from Brewer, who has picked it up. The two exchange words and Martin launches a hard overhand right that fractures orbital bone  of Brewer's right eye. Both benches empty and Martin continues swinging, decking Frank Thomas. Brewer requires surgery and will be out of action for a month. The Cubs win, 5 - 3, on Ernie Banks' homer. Martin will be fined $500   for the punch and Brewer and the Cubs will sue the combative infielder on August 22nd. for $1,000,000  Years later when the courts award Brewer  $100,000.      Martin's comment will be, "How can they ever collect it? I haven't got that kind of money ".

1980: - The Seattle Mariners fire manager Darrell Johnson and replace him with ★¿Maury Wills, who becomes the third black MLB manager .   

• 1983 - While warming up before the 5th inning of the Yankees' 3 - 1 win over the Blue Jays at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, New York OF Dave Winfield. accidentally kills a seagull with a thrown ball. After the game, Winfield is brought to the Ontario Provincial Police station on charges of cruelty to animals and is forced to post a $500 bond before being released. The charges will be dropped the following day..      
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• 1992 - At an auction, actor Charlie Sheen. pays $93,500  for the "Mookie Ball" which went through Bill Buckner's legs, capping the miraculous Met comeback in the sixth game of the Fall Classic in 1986. Arthur Richman, the team's traveling secretary, who was given the ball that night by right field umpire.     

1997 - ★ Manny Ramirez homers and drives in four runs, and ★ Jim Thome hits his 30th homer as the Indians beat Detroit, 7 - 2. ★ Charles Nagy improves to 12-4 lifetime against the Tigers, his most wins against any club. Thome is the first Cleveland lefthanded hitter to hit 30 homers in successive seasons since ★ Hal Trosky in 1936-1937.   

~ And finally  ~

• 2004 - Continuing a tradition over a half a century old, the Cardinals announce their new ballpark scheduled to open in 2006, will also be known as Busch Stadium. In 1953, a month after Anheuser-Busch purchased the Cardinals, the brewery bought Sportsman's Park renaming it Busch Stadium and then kept the name in its new downtown stadium which opened in 1966, calling the facility Busch Memorial Stadium..

August 4.   What a day in MLB history. 

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August 5.

Taking a break, will conlinue later.  GO CLEVELAND GUARDIANS  !

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August 9..  Oh those rowdy old-timers.    And some Indians news.

• 1905: - Mistaking her husband for a burglar, the mother of minor league outfielder ★ Ty Cobb shoots and kills him, an incident that will be cited as the reason for Cobb's intense desire to succeed. The "Georgia Peach" will make his major league debut with the Tigers later this month.
  • 1905 - In Pittsburgh, Bill Klem narrowly escapes a beating at the hands of gamblers   The heavily-favored Pirates are down, 5 - 2, in the 9th inning against Boston when a number of Pirates start mocking Klem's flamboyant calls. The rookie umpire chases them down and fines each $10  thereby incurring the wrath of the gamblers, who go looking for Klem. He wisely hides in the  ladies room.   
  • 1918 - Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes.  to fix games  and suspends him "for indifferent play." Chase will be reinstated and play for the Giants in 1919. 
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• 1946 - All games are played at night for the first time in major league history, four in the American League and four in the National League.
• 1951: - With possible MLB commissioner Douglas MacArthur looking on, the Dodgers top the Giants 6 - 5, (The general...never did become... the commissioner. )
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1960: - Ted Williams blasts his 19th home run and 511th of his career, off Jim Perry, but the Red Sox  lose to the. ★ Indians, 6 - 3.  

1971: - The ★ Indians score eight runs in the 5th inning to beat the Cubs, 13 - 5, in the annual   Hall of Fame Game. Earlier, the Hall had inducted  ★ Satchel Paige ★  and the seven others selected in January.   

• 1981 -  MLB returns in a big way from its in-season strike  as  72,086 fans attend  the belated All-Star Game in ★ Cleveland. Vida Blue becomes the first pitcher to win an All-Star game for both leagues. Game MVP Gary Carter of the Expos hits a pair of solo home runs and Phillies 3B Mike Schmidt adds a 2-run shot in the 8th off Rollie Fingers to give the National League a 5 - 4 win. It is the NL's 10th      consecutive win and the 17th of the last 18th wins in a row.        

2011: -  Remember this ?  The ★ Indians win a key match-up with their AL Central rivals the Tigers, 3 - 2, thanks to a 14th-inning run. The game is further slowed by a two-hour rain delay, with the winning run scoring at 1:52 a.m. Kosuke Fukudome ends the game with a walk-off hit-by-pitch, served by David Pauley.  Seven Indian relievers combine for 12 scoreless innings, with Frank Herrmann getting the win.  

• 2017 - Shortly after losing All-Star OF  ★ Michael Brantley to an ankle injury, the ★ Indians acquire Jay Bruce from the Mets.

~ AND Finally ~

2019 - The ★ Indians defeat the Twins, 6 - 2, to pull even atop the AL Central standings after trailing them all season  their deficit even reaching 11 1/2 games on June 3rd. Emerging ace Shane Bieber pitches into the 8th inning while José Ramírez has 3 hits.

■~~~~~  to be continued ~~~~~>   done.

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August 10.

I have a 1 pm doctor appointment, he's a surgeon and wound specialist  only in on Wednesdays, not always convenient. 

1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player.

1957 — Mickey Mantle became the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium when his 460-foot homer hit the base of the scoreboard. The Yankees beat the Orioles, 6-3.

1981 — Major league baseball resumed play after a two-month strike. In the St. Louis Cards-Phillies game at Philadelphia, attended by 60,561 fans, Pete Rose broke Stan Musial’s NL hit record when he singled for his 3,631st hit. It came off Mark Littell in the eighth inning.

1995 — Ball Night at Dodger Stadium turned into the first forfeit in the majors in 16 years. Los Angeles forfeited a game to the St. Louis Cardinals after fans threw souvenir baseballs onto the field three times. The game was called with one out in the bottom of the ninth.    

■~~~~~  to be continued ~~~~~>   I have to go back to my other MLB history site.

Got rather busy this afternoon,  see you Thursday.   

 

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August  11.

On August 11, 1912 — Shoeless Joe Jackson completes the stolen base cycle when he swipes home in the seventh inning of the ★ Indians’ 8-3 victory over New York at Cleveland’s ★ League Park. The 25 year-old outfielder had made his way around the bases by stealing second and third base before his thievery of the plate to complete the deed.  Jackson becomes the second American League player to steal home twice in a game stealing home in the 1st inning‚ and then in the 7th.

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August 12.   Not as good as my old site that from April 2022 to August .....just disappeared.  Hmmm.

• 1934 - Making a farewell appearance in Boston, Babe Ruth draws a record 46,766 fans, with an estimated 20,000 turned away, at Fenway Park, the place where he began his career as a pitcher twenty years earlier. Ruth leaves the field to standing cheers in the eighth inning of the second game of the doubleheader.   

• 1948 - The★ Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Browns 26-3 with a 29-hit barrage. The Indians set a major league record as 14 different players had hits.   
• 1963 - Stan Musial announces he will retire at the end of the year
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• 1970 - Curt Flood loses his $4.1 million antitrust suit against baseball, as Federal Judge Irving Ben Cooper upholds the legality of the sport's reserve clause. Cooper does recommend changes in the reserve system, to be achieved through negotiation between players and owners. In fewer than six years, this recommendation would become a reality.
• 1994 - The players went on strike for the sport's eighth work stoppage since 1972.

  That's the last one ?  The other site was really long and detailed.  Oh well.......

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August 14.      

On August 14 In Baseball History...  still not the best history site.

• 1888 - Tim Keefe winning streak is stopped at nineteen games when Gus Krock and the Chicago White Stockings beat the Giants before a crowd of 10,240 in New York.
• 1932 - John Quinn, at 49, becomes the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. Quinn earns the decision for Brooklyn in relief against the Giants.
• 1933 - Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle and drives in nine runs to break the American League record, as the A's beat the ★ Indians 11-5. A record eight players will hit for the cycle in 1933.
• 1937 - The Detroit Tigers scored 36 runs against the St. Louis Browns in a doubleheader to set a major league record. Pete Fox of the Tigers scored eight of the runs.
• 1958 - ★ Vic Power of the ★ Cleveland Indians stole home twice in the same game. He had only three steals all year.  ( I remember Vic Power as a kid back then. )
• 1988 - Detroit pounds the Red Sox 18-6 at Fenway Park to end Boston's American League record home winning streak at 24 games. Boston was just two wins shy of the major league record held by the 1916 Giants.
• 1997 - Lights out! The Orioles and Mariners wait out a power outage of nearly two-and-a-half hours in varying degrees of light and darkness before the game is finally postponed. It results in the Mariners having to play back-to-back doubleheaders in different cities.    

That's it ?   Not a great selection to pick from on The Baseball-Almanac  Fast/Facts.

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August 15.      Again from baseball-almanac   Fast/Facts.

 

• 1889 - The ★ Cleveland Spiders win 19-8 over the Boston Beaneaters, and become the first team in National League history to score in all nine innings of a single game.  
• 1916 - In a classic pitching duel, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox beat Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1-0, in 13 innings at Fenway Park. 
• 1939 - The White Sox beat the Browns 5-2 in the first night game at Comiskey Park. Johnny Rigney is the winner.
• 1945 - Commissioner Happy Chandler sells World Series radio rights for  $150,000 to Gillette. Ford had been the World Series sponsor since 1934 paying $100,000 annually.   
• 1955 - Pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves hit a home run off Mel Wright of the St. Louis Cardinals to give Spahn a home run in every National League park.
• 1964 - Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago and 26,000 fans cheer the Cubs' slugger. Banks then goes hitless as Pittsburgh wins 5-4.  
• 1975 - Baltimore manager Earl Weaver was ejected twice by umpire Ron Luciano. Weaver was thrown out in the first game and was again before the second game of a doubleheader.
• 1983 - Braves slugger Bob Horner, who was hitting .303 with 20 home runs and 68 RBI, breaks his right wrist sliding into second base during a 4-0 loss to the Padres and will be sidelined for the rest of the season. In Atlanta, the injury is widely attributed to the ♠︎ "Chief Noc-A-Homa Jinx," ♠︎.  In which seems to strike whenever the Braves remove their mascot's outfield teepee in order to sell more tickets.nd
• 1987 - At the Pan American games in Indianapolis, the U.S.A. and Cuba are tied with two outs in the ninth when Ty Griffin hits a two-run home run to win it. For Cuba it is their first loss in twenty years of Pan Am competition.
• 1989 - In his second start since returning to the major leagues after cancer treatment, Giants southpaw Dave Dravecky   who played college ball at YSU  breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines in the sixth inning of a 3-2 San Francisco win. Dravecky will not pitch again in the major leagues.  Sad story getting his arm amputated at the shoulder but still trying to play.  

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• • 1990 - Philadelphia's Terry Mulholland pitched the record eighth no-hitter of the season as the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-0. The season's eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1908 and 1917.

   

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August 16.

• 1920 - At the Polo Grounds ★ Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman, 29, is beaned by a Carl Mays pitch. A right-handed batter who crowds the plate, Chapman freezes and fails to get out of the way of the submarine delivery. He is carried from the field .and he dies the next day from a fractured skull.
• 1927 - Babe Ruth inaugurates the newly-constructed Comiskey Park grandstand roof by cranking a Tommy Thomas pitch over the addition
• 1954 - In a throwing contest between Jim Piersall and Willie Mays before a Red Sox-Giants charity game in Boston, Piersall hurts his arm. He starts the game but leaves midway. He wakes up the following morning with a sore arm that stays with him a year, and he will never throw quite as well again.
• 1964 - Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals eight straight hits in a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers won the first game 3-0 and the Cardinals took the second, 4-0.
• 1964 - Sandy Koufax (19-5) hurts his elbow sliding into second base in a 3-0 win against St. Louis. He will miss the rest of the season. In the nightcap, 

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August 17.

1920 — ★ Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman died from a beaning by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees on Aug. 16. This was the only on-field fatality in major league history.

1933 — Earl Averill of the ★ Cleveland Indians hit for the cycle in a 15-4 rout of the Philadelphia Athletics.

1933 — New York’s Lou Gehrig played in his 1,308th straight game to break Everett Scott’s record of 1,307. Gehrig’s single and triple didn’t prevent the last-place St. Louis Browns from beating the Yankees 7-6 in 10 innings at Sportsman’s Park.

1944 — Johnny Lindell of the New York Yankees hit four consecutive doubles in a 10-3 victory over the ★ Cleveland Indians.  

1980 — George Brett went 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401, in an 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Brett drove in five runs and extended his hitting streak to 29 consecutive games.

1980 — Al Oliver of Texas hit four home runs — one in the opener and three in the nightcap — as the Rangers swept a doubleheader from the Detroit Tigers, 9-3 and 12-6. Oliver also had a double and triple in the opener, giving him 21 total bases which tied the American League record for a doubleheader.  

And a bunch of players hit for the cycle.....not much more from this service. 

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August 18.     Lodged in pocket ?  What ?   NO Indians highlights today.  

• 1892 - In the course of a 13-4 win over Baltimore, Browns left fielder Cliff Carroll attempts to field a ground ball. He misjudges it, and the ball becomes lodged in his shirt pocket. Before he can extricate it, the Oriole batter makes it to third base. St. Louis owner Chris Von der Ahe is so incensed that he fines Carroll $50 and suspends him without pay for the rest of the season. The league rejects Carroll's appeal.
• 1931 - Lou Gehrig is hitless in Detroit, as he plays his 1,000th consecutive game. He is 307 short of Everett Scott's record streak.   
• 1959 - Branch Rickey resigns as chairman of the Pirates to become president of the Continental League, which never plays a game.   
• 1965 - Hank Aaron of Milwaukee hit Curt Simmons' pitch on top of the pavilion roof at Sportman's Park in St. Louis for an apparent home run. However, umpire Chris Pelekoudas called him out for being out of the batter's box when he connected. Nevertheless, the Braves won the game 6-2.  
• 1967 - A baseball tragedy occurs when Tony Conigliaro of the Red Sox is beaned by the Angels' Jack Hamilton. Hit on the left cheekbone, just below the eye socket, Conigliaro will miss the rest of 1967 and all of 1968. He was hitting .267 with 20 home runs and 67 RBI in 95 games.   I remember that, his picture was in the local paper, awful.   Kind of ruined his career.  
• 1982 - Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies made his 13,941st plate appearance in a 5-3 victory over the Houston Astros to move into first place on the career list ahead of Hank Aaron.
• 1982 - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 in a 21-inning game. It was the second longest game in Cubs' history and took two days to complete.
• 1983 - In the continuation of the ★Pine Tar Game, Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires the Yankees in order in the bottom of the ninth to preserve Kansas City's 5-4 victory. The conclusion takes just 12 minutes (and 16 pitches) and, as the only game scheduled at the Stadium, is witnessed by a crowd of 1,245.

And finally......

• 1989 - Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his number 1,208 consecutive game to move past Steve Garvey into third place on the all-time list.

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August 19.    And my old site is finally back,   woo-hoo.

1911 - Thirty-five thousand gather at the not-yet-completed Polo Grounds to watch the Reds finally get to Christy Mathewson after 22 straight losses, beating him for the first time since May 1908.   

• 1917 - Coaching at third base in a 1 - 1 game against Washington, Ty Cobb gives baserunner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit; Burns keeps going and scores the winning run. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him, as the rules now  ban  coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins, 2 - 0.
• 1918 - Walter Johnson beats St. Louis, 4 - 3, in 14 innings. The Big Train will work in 15 extra-inning games, including two of 18 innings, one of 16 innings, and another of 15 innings.
• 1920 ★ - The ★ Indians beat New York, 3 - 2. They leave town with a half-game lead over Chicago and 1 1/2 over the Yankees, in what will be the tightest race since 1908.
• 1921 - At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to collect 3000 hits when he singles off Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers.   Ty Cobb was in a lot of highlights back then.  
• 1941 - Pittsburgh Pirates manager Frankie Frisch is ejected by umpire Jocko Conlan from the second game of a doubleheader when he appears on the field with an umbrella to protest the playing conditions at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. The rainy argument is later portrayed in a famous oil painting by artist Norman Rockwell.   
• 1950:The Gillette Safety Razor Co. pays $800,000  for TV rights to the World Series. Radio rights will add another  $175,000 more.         
• 1951 - Wearing uniform number 1/8, forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches from Bob Cain in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.  
• 1957 - The New York Giants Board of Directors votes 9 - 1 in favor of moving the team to San Francisco.

1962 - ★ Cleveland Indians President Mike Wilson dies at age 74.  

1969: - John Hollison dies in Chicago at age 99. He was the last surviving major league pitcher to throw from a mound  50 feet from home plate. He pitched in one game in 1892.    

1983 - The Dodgers trade pitchers Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for star pitcher Rick Honeycutt, who is 14-8 with an American League-best 2.42 ERA for the Rangers. Honeycutt will go 2-3 down the stretch for the Dodgers, but still wins the AL ERA title because his 174 2/3 innings pitched were already enough to qualify. 

~And finally. ~

2009 - ★ Cliff Lee continues to dominate since the Phillies acquired him from Cleveland at the trading deadline. He pitches a two-hitter in an 8   - 1 win over Arizona, after taking a no-hitter into the 6th inning. It is his 4th win and 2nd complete game in four starts since the trade.  

 

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August 20.    Fighting, court stuff and a lot of unusual things in baseball  today.

• 1915: - The Giants purchase the contract of George Kelly from Victoria for $1200. Kelly is the nephew of Bill Lange, 1890s star of the Chicago Nationals.
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  • The White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from ★ Cleveland in exchange for OF Braggo Roth, OF Larry Chappell, P Ed Klepfer,  and $31,500 . Roth will lead the American League in homers this year at 7.
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  • 1923 - A four-piece bat used by Babe Ruth is banned by American League president Ban Johnson because of the glue used on it. A protest is made against the Browns' Ken Williams for using a bat with a wooden plug in it. Johnson rules that all bats must be one piece with nothing added except tape extending to 18 inches up the handle.  
  • 1931: - Tony Freitas, who will win 342 minor league games, is let out of jail to pitch for Sacramento (Pacific Coast League). wins, then returns to finish a 5 day  sentence for speeding.
    • At St. Louis, Lou Gehrig hits his 33rd homer in the 4th to tie Babe Ruth for the major league lead, but the Babe answers in the 9th with his 34th, a grand slam over the RF roof, to give the Yanks a 7 - 3 win over the Browns. Lefty Gomez almost has New York's first shutout of the season, 
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    • 1938: - Remember this one.   At Union ★ Terminal Tower, Frankie Pytlak and Hank Helf, catchers for the ★ Indians, establish record for catching baseballs dropped from a high altitude. The balls fall an estimated. 708 feet  and travel an average speed of 140 mph  during their 52-floor descent from ★ Cleveland's enduring landmark, the second-tallest building in the world.
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    • 1938 - Lou Gehrig hits a 1st-inning grand slam, the 23rd and last of his career, setting a record that will last until 2013.  
    • 1948 - ★ The largest crowd (78,382) ever to attend a night game sees ★ Satchel Paige become the fourth consecutive Indian to throw a shutout. The ageless wonder joins Gene Bearden, Sam Zoldak and Bob Lemon in blanking the opposition.  
    • 1960 - ★ Ted Williams draws the 2,000th walk of his career in the Red Sox's split of a twi-night doubleheader with Baltimore. Williams joins Babe Ruth as the only batters to collect 2,000 walks. The Splendid Splinter also clouts home runs number 514 and 515 in the first game, an 8 - 6 Boston win. The O's win the nightcap, 6 - 0, but drop into 3rd place, two games behind the 1st-place Yanks.
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• 1966: - Birdie Tebbetts (66-57) resigns as manager of the ★ Indians. George Strickland is named interim boss.
  • 1966 -    Gaylord Perry is the first 20-game winner of the year, pitching the Giants into first place with a 6 - 1 win against the Braves.  
  • 1971 - Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th, beating Houston, 3 - 2. The win pulls the Cubs to 4 1/2 behind Pittsburgh. But following two losses to Houston, Leo Durocher and the players will square off in a clubhouse meeting on the 23rd. Durocher accuses Ron Santo of demanding that the team give him a day, and the third sacker has to be restrained from going after Leo. Leo will finally lip an. "I quit",   but stay on through the season in a frosty relationship with the team.
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  • 1974 -  Nolan Ryan of the California Angels whiffs 19 Tigers in a 1 - 0, 11-inning loss to the Tigers. It is the third time the "Ryan Express" has struck out 19 batters in one game this season. Ryan throws a ball clocked at 100.9 mph.  making it the fastest pitch ever thrown in major league baseball.   
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• 1978 - At Shea Stadium, Dodger Blue becomes black and blue as pitcher Don Sutton and first baseman Steve Garvey begin fighting in the clubhouse prior to their 5 - 4 victory over the Mets.
• 1980: - George Brett pushes his average to .406 with a 3 for 3 outing in a 5 - 3 win over Texas. 
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  • 1993 - The ★ Indians trade OF Glenallen Hill to the Cubs for OF Candy Maldonado.  
  • 1996 - ★  The Indians defeat the Rangers, 10 - 4, behind their powerful middle of the lineup: Manny Ramirez hits a grand slam, Albert Belle has a homer and two triples, and Jim Thome homers.  
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• 2000 -  ★ The Indians defeat the Mariners, 12 - 4, in a game delayed by a rogue squirrel. The loss is the 7th in a row in which Seattle has surrendered at least nine runs, tying a 99 year old MLB record  set by the New York Giants on September 3-6, 1901. The Giants lost seven in a row allowing 10+ runs in each.  
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August 24.   Oh those rowdy old-timers at it again. 

1901 - Irate Boston fans jump on umpire Joe Cantillon after a call goes against the Americans. Chick Stahl and Ted Lewis rescue the umpire.   

• 1904 - In Chicago, Christy Mathewson blanks the Cubs on three hits and the Giants defeat Buttons Briggs, 3 - 0. The second game is called after 10 innings with the score 2 - 2. Chicago fans show their feelings towards the Giants by tossing bottles onto  the field. RF George Browne is hit on the leg and is almost hit in the head while chasing a fly ball. John McGraw tells ump Bob Emslie that he will not allow his team to continue play until all the broken glass  is cleared, and by the time that occurs it is too dark to continue play.  

1910 - Atop the Washington Monument, White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh throws 23 balls before C Billy Sullivan snares one, then catches two more, 555 feet below. It duplicates Gabby Street's catch of August 21, 1908. The estimated speed of the ball is 161 feet per second   oh those crazy old-timers. 

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August 27.  -   Happy Birthday  Big  Jim!   

 I901 - At Boston, Cy Young goes 15 innings to defeat Detroit, 2 - 1, for his 25th win of the year. 

• 1929 - Rogers Hornsb.  y has four hits and Sheriff Blake allows six to lead the Cubs to a 4 - 1 win over the Reds. Chicago now leads by 14 1/2 games, the greatest lead a National League team has enjoyed at this stage since the 1906 Cubs.

1938 - Joe DiMaggio has three triples in the first game of a doubleheader with ★ Cleveland, an 8 - 7 win in New York. Monte Pearson has a no-hitter in the second game, winning his tenth straight game, 13

• 1939 - In the second 1939 East-West Game, Josh Gibson drives in four and Ed Stone gets three hits to lead a 10 - 2 rout by the East.   

1950: - The z★ Indians' Ray Boone and Clyde Vollmer of the Red Sox match grand slams today. Boone's comes in the seven-run 3rd to give ★ Bob Feller a 7 - 0 cushion. Vollmer's pinch slam against Al Benton in the Sox's six-run 7th helps Boston to an 11 - 9 win. It is the Red Sox's ninth slam of the season.

• 1955 - Dodger bonus baby Sandy Koufax fans 14 Redlegs in a 7 - 0 win, as the two-team total of 23 strikeouts ties a record.

1957 - Stan Musial, swinging at a 4th-inning pitch,  tears a muscle and chips a bone ending his consecutive game streak. Four days later he will pinch-run in a game suspended on July 21st, officially giving him 895  consecutive games played.

1961: - Detroit's ★ Rocky Colavito ties an American League record with four home runs - three in the second game, in a doubleheader pummeling of the Senators, 7 - 4 and 10 - 1 at Washington. 

1965: - The amazing Roberto Clemente -   When one hears of a runner being "cut down going from first to third", what immediately springs to mind is probably not the following scenario, enacted in Houston's Astrodome by Pirate right fielder Roberto Clemente and recounted by The Sporting News' Les Biederman: "Clemente made an almost unheard-of assist in this game. With runners on first and second and Pirates charging for the plate, Bob Lillis pushed a bunt into the vacated shortstop position for one run. Walter Bond tried to go from first to third but Clemente, sizing up the situation quickly, came in from right field..." Second baseman Bill Mazeroski recalls: "Roberto raced in from right field, dove for the ball, and with his face in the dirt threw out the runner going to third base!" The dumbfounded Bond becomes the 8th frame's first out while Rusty Staub scores from second, building Houston's lead to two. Two more will score before the inning ends and yet another two in the top of the 9th. The Bucs then mount a furious 9th-inning comeback.  

1997 - In honor of first baseman ★ Jim Thome's birthday, the ★ Indians begin pulling up their socks to just below the knees. The Tribe will win 17 of 27 games en route to clinching the American League Central flag while sporting this new look.   

1999 - The ★ Indians take out some insurance, picking up DH Harold Baines from the Orioles for P Juan Aracena and a player to be named.   

~ And finally. ~

Birthdays today - 1970 - Jim Thome, infielder; All-Star.