1894 - Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game.
1911 - First Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH).
1922 - Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader.
1922 - Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader.
Both play for both teams that day.
1927 - Walter Johnson records 113th & last shutout of his career.
1927 - Walter Johnson records 113th & last shutout of his career.
1931 - Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH.
1935 - Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies.
1935 - Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies.
1937 - 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers
ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24.
1938 - Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium.
1938 - Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium.
1939 - Floyd Roberts, Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1904).
1943 - Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears) is born.
1946 - Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field.
1946 - Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field.
1953 - First major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2.
1956 - Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium.
1967 - Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball.
1970 - Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans.
1971 - Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored.
1981 - LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games).
1982 - Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds.
1992 - Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old.
1992 - NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams.
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