1905 - Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base & lose to Reds 8-3.
1907 - Buck O'Neil, Old Negro League Baseball player is born.
1915 - Frank Pullen, English business person and racehorse owner (d.1992) is born.
1919 - Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY,
1919 - Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY,
breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25.
1943 - NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game.
1948 - Great Kabuki, [Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera], wrestler (NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS) is born.
1951 - Tom Gullikson, Wisc, tennis player and coach for
Pete Sampras (US mixed Doubles 1984) is born.
1954 - With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks.
1963 - Braves Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 20-win seasons.
1973 - Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709).
1983 - Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France1931, 34), dies.
1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits.
1988 - NL pres Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commissioner.
1989 - George Brett gets his 2,500th hit.
1989 - George Brett gets his 2,500th hit.
2002 - Texas Rangers set a major league record by homering in their
26th consecutive game as Texas falls to the Tampa Bay.
No comments:
Post a Comment