Tuesday, April 30, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - APRIL 30TH

1887 - First game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) 
in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10.
1910 - Cleveland Indians' Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox.
1916 - Chicago Cubs play first game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds.
1922 - Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0.
1940 - Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0.
1946 - Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats NY Yankees, 1-0.
1953 - Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League.
1958 - Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits.
1961 - Isiah Thomas, NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP) is born.
1967 - NY Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game.
1967 - Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers.
1970 - Cubs Billy Williams is first NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1975 - Elliott Sadler, American race car driver is born.
1990 - As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score.
1997 - Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April.

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