2001 Fred McGriff invokes his no-trade clause, blocking a deal that would have sent him to the first-place Cubs from the last-place Devil Rays....
1990 Steve Lyons slides headfirst into first base to beat out a bunt. The play becomes memorable when the White Sox first baseman drops his...
1985 The All-Star Game telecast at Minnesota's Metrodome becomes the first-ever program transmitted in stereo. NBC, which broadcast the first...
1970 Three Rivers Stadium debuts precisely on the same spot as Exposition Park, the Pirates' home from 1891-1909. Cincinnati's first baseman...
1966 Horace Clarke hits his second career home run, a tenth-inning grand slam, giving the Yankees an eventual 9-5 win over the A's at Kansas...
1932 Tommy Thomas collects his third victory in three days, all against the same team, when the Senators rout St. Louis at Griffith Stadium,...
This Day in Baseball History July 16th 1897 Colts' first baseman Cap Anson becomes the first major leaguer to collect 3000 hits when he...
JULY 16 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1893 Doc Prothro Pitcher, Infielder Senators, Red Sox, Reds, Phils [ATTACH]...
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By the end of his age 24 season Ty Cobb was a 5x AL Batting champ, 5x AL leader in OPS, 4x AL leader in RBI, 4x AL leader in Hits, 3x AL leader in...
"Babe Ruth once suffered the humiliation of having the great Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators throw three straight fastballs past him. He...
2006 Vladimir Guerrero knocks in his 1000th career RBI, plating Orlando Cabrera with a two-out single in the first inning as Los Angeles beats...
2000 The American Tobacco Company's near-mint condition 1909 Honus Wagner card goes for $1.1 million in an eBay online auction. The high bidder...
1997 En route to a 16-2 rout of the Padres, the Giants set the NL record for the most runs in a seventh inning. Thirteen Giants cross the plate...
1988 For the second time this season, Red Sox fireballer Roger Clemens strikes out sixteen Royals, going the distance in the team's 3-1 victory...
1980 Establishing a new mark for home runs by a catcher, Johnny Bench of the Reds breaks Yogi Berra's record by hitting his 314th round-tripper...
1969 Richard Nixon becomes the first president to witness a triple play. In a 7-3 Senator victory at RFK Stadium, the Tigers pull off the...
