1871 - Philadelphia beat Chicago for first National Association baseball pennant.
1918 - Robert Feller, Van Meter Iowa, MLB pitcher
(Cleveland Indians, led AL in strikeouts 7 times).
1919 - Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball.
1922 - Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000
1919 - Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball.
1922 - Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000
& 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 & is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922).
1945 - Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals.
1954 - First use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston).
1956 - Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group. They agree to stay
1945 - Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals.
1954 - First use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston).
1956 - Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group. They agree to stay
until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961.
1960 - Diego Maradona, Buenos Aires, soccer player (World Cup-hand of god) is born.
1967 - Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968.
1974 - California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH).
1974 - Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round
in Kinshasa Zaire ('The Rumble in the Jungle').
1975 - Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year.
1975 - John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals.
1975 - Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year.
1975 - John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals.
2005 - Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908) dies.
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