1906 - Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game.
1908 - Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader.
1908 - Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader.
1947 - Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series.
1948 - Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914.
1948 - Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914.
1954 - Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd & Mickey Mantle plays shortstop.
1959 - Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty.
1959 - SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0.
1961 - Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record.
1959 - SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0.
1961 - Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record.
1973 - Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors.
1978 - NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules
that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms.
1981 - Serena Williams, Saginaw, Michigan, tennis player (13 grand slams) is born.
1992 - Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3.
1993 - Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4.
1996 - SF Giant Bobby Bonds is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases.
1997 - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997.
1997 - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997.
2006 - Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912) dies.
2007 - Bill Wirtz, sports team owner (Chicago Blackhawks) (b. 1929) dies.
2007 - Bill Wirtz, sports team owner (Chicago Blackhawks) (b. 1929) dies.
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