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8/14
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BIRTHDAYS
1863 Ernest Thayer, American poet who wrote the famous baseball poem "Casey", born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1940)
1867 Cupid Childs player, born in Calvert County, Maryland (d. 1912)

1913 Paul Dean (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Lucas, Arkansas (d. 1981)

1930 Earl Weaver hall of fame MLB manager (Baltimore Orioles 1968-82, 1985-86), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2013)

1954 Mark Fidrych (Detroit Tigers) nicknamed "The Bird", born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 2009)

1962 Mark Gubicza pitcher (KC Royals), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1971 Mark Loretta infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Santa Monica, California

1977 Juan Pierre player, born in Mobile, Alabama

1983 Leo Núñez player, born in Bonao, Dominican Republic
1984 Clay Buchholz player, born in Nederland, Texas

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1888 Tim Keefe's nineteen-game winning streak ends when Gus Krock and the White Stockings defeat the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 4-2. The future Hall of Fame right-hander, who will amass 342 career victories, finishes the season with a 35-12 record.

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1919 In a total of two hours and seventeen minutes, the Robins and Cubs split a doubleheader. In the opener, the Cubs blank Brooklyn 2-0, in one hour and ten minutes, and their opponents take one hour and seven minutes to shut out them out in the nightcap, 1-0.
1932 Brooklyn's 10-inning, 2-1 victory over the Giants at the Polo Grounds makes reliever John Quinn, at the age of 49, the oldest player to win a major league game. Johnny Frederick, who will have a total of only six home runs during the entire season, hits a ninth-inning game-tying homer off Carl Hubbell, his fourth round-tripper as a pinch-hitter, establishing a new major-league record.

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1933 Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle with his two-run single off Belve Bean in the sixth inning of the A's 11-5 victory over the Indians at Cleveland Stadium. The Philadelphia first baseman's offensive output drives in nine runs to establish a new American League record, breaking the previous mark of 8 set in 1911 by Highlander outfielder Topsy Hartsel.

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1937 At Navin Field, the Tigers sweep a doubleheader against the visiting Browns, 16-1 and 20-7. The thirty-six Detroit runs, including eight scored by Pete Fox, establish a new American League record for tallies in a twin bill, a mark not be broken until the Rangers score 39 times in two games on August 23rd, 2007.
1939 In an evening event that attracts over 30,000 Windy City patrons to Comiskey Park, the White Sox beat the Browns, 5-2, in the first major league night game ever played in Chicago. Their crosstown rivals will take another 49 years before play under lights when the Cubs finally install illumination in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field under the threat of not being able to play postseason contests in their home ballpark.

 

1958 Vic Power, who will have only three stolen bases this season, becomes the first player in seventy years to steal home twice in one game. The third baseman's tenth-inning theft of the dish ends the game, giving the Indians a 10-9 'slide-off' victory over the Tigers.

1960 The fans at Yankee Stadium boo Mickey Mantle, benched by Casey Stengel, for not running out a routine ground ball that results in an 'ugly' inning-ending double play in a 6-3 nightcap loss in a doubleheader sweep by the Senators. The team loses Roger Maris when he bruises his ribs, sliding hard into second baseman Billy Gardner's knee to break up the twin killing.
1961 The Phillies drop their seventeenth consecutive game, a 9-2 defeat to the Cubs' Dick Ellsworth, and, for the eleventh straight time, the opposing pitcher throws a complete game against the team. The last-place club, extending their losing skein to 23 contests, finishing with a 47-107 record, 46 games behind the league-leading Reds.
1962 For the third time this season, the Aaron brothers hit home runs in the same game. Tommie and Hank's solo round-trippers in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively, prove to be the difference in the Braves' 5-4 victory over Cincinnati at Crosley Field.

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1962 Al Jackson goes the distance in the Mets' 15-inning loss to Philadelphia. The hard-luck lefty, throwing an astounding 215 pitches, gives up only six hits, including a two-run single third baseman Mel Roach in the fifteenth frame, which proves to be the difference in his 3-1 defeat at the Polo Grounds.

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1964 In a battle of teenagers at Shea Stadium, 19-year-old first baseman Ed Kranepool homers twice off 18-year-old Phillies' starter Rick Wise. The young Philadelphia right-hander prevails, earning the victory in the team's 6-4 decision over the Mets.

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1971 Bob Gibson doesn't allow a hit when the Cardinals beat the Pirates, 11-0, the largest margin of victory ever in franchise history for a no-hitter. The first no-hitter in Pittsburgh in 64 years, and the first in the year-old Three Rivers Stadium, is made possible thanks to outstanding defensive plays made by outfielder Jose Cruz and third baseman Joe Torre.

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1981 Dave Kingman's home run, a monstrous blast estimated to have traveled 515-feet will remain the longest round-tripper ever hit in the 44-year history of Shea Stadium. Kong's tape-measure home run, a solo shot over the left-center wall, comes in the fourth inning off Larry Christenson in the Mets' 8-4 loss to Philadelphia.

1981 In the Mariners' 13-3 defeat over Minnesota in the nightcap, Jeff Burroughs hits three home runs off three different pitchers. The M's right fielder drives in six runs with his two-run, three-run, and a solo round-tripper in the Metropolitan Stadium contest to help salvage a split of the twin bill.
1982 Phillies first baseman Pete Rose, with his 12,365th trip to the plate, passes Hank Aaron to become the all-time leader of career at-bats. The all-time hit king will end his 24-year tenure in the major leagues with an amazing total of 15,890 ABs.

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1987 Mark McGwire's 39th round-tripper breaks the major league mark for home runs by a rookie shared by Wally Berger (1930, Red Sox) and Frank Robinson (1956, Reds). The A's freshman first baseman, who will finish the season with an American League-leading 49 homers, hits his record-breaking round-tripper off Don Sutton, giving up the freshman's two-run sixth-inning blast in the Angels' 7-6 loss to Oakland at Anaheim Stadium.
1993
The Yankees retire Reggie Jackson's uniform number 44. 'Mr. October', recently inducted into the Hall of Fame, played as an embattled right fielder for the Bronx Bombers from 1977-81, helping the club reach the postseason four times, including winning two world championships.

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1995 The Twins retire Kent Hrbek's uniform number 14 as a tribute to their former first baseman, who spent his entire career with Minnesota. The Minneapolis (MN) native, growing up less than a mile from Metropolitan Stadium, hit .282 during the 14-year tenure with the team, which included world championships in 1987 and 1991.

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1998 The A's Rickey Henderson's stolen base in the first inning against the Tigers makes the thirty-nine-year-old the oldest player to steal 50 bases in a season. The veteran outfielder will end the season with a major league-leading 66 stolen bases.

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1998 In a 15-3 rout of the Indians at Jacobs Field, Chris Hoiles becomes the ninth player in major league history and the only catcher to hit two grand slams in the same game. The Orioles backstop goes yard with the bases full in the third inning off Charles Nagy and does it again in the eighth off Ron Villone.

1999 Ivan Rodriguez becomes the first catcher in major league history to compile 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in the same season. The Texas backstop reaches the milestone when he swipes second base off Brook Fordyce in the team's 8-7 loss to the White Sox at Comiskey Park.

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2001 In the top of the ninth, Boston closer Derek Lowe allows the tying run to score when he gives up three consecutive singles to the only three batters he faces in Seattle's eventual 6-3 victory in 11 innings at Fenway Park. The Red Sox fans show their displeasure about the blown save by tearing and then throwing onto the field pieces of the giveaway they received as a promotion for attending tonight's game, a Derek Lowe poster.
2003 Despite a massive blackout in the Northeast, the game between the Mets and the Giants at Shea Stadium is the only postponement on the major league schedule. Although Detroit, Toronto, and Cleveland were without electricity, the Tigers, Blue Jays, and Indians either had the day off or played on the road.
2004 The Florida State League's Daytona Cubs shift their home games into away contests when Hurricane Charley causes extensive damage to their historic ballpark. The facility, built in 1914 and renamed for Jackie Robinson to commemorate the site where the future Hall of Famer and civil rights advocate played his first exhibition game with the Montreal Royals, was also damaged by Hurricane Donna (1966) and Hurricane Floyd (1999).
2006 Matt Diaz ties a National League record and establishes a club mark by collecting a hit in ten consecutive at-bats. The Braves’ 28-year-old left-fielder, who goes 4-for-5 in Atlanta's 10-4 victory over the Nationals at RFK, surpasses teammate Marcus Giles, who held the previous franchise mark with nine straight safeties in 2003.
2007 Atlanta skipper Bobby Cox is ejected from a major league game for the 132nd time in his career, breaking John McGraw's all-time ejections record. The Braves manager takes only 28 seasons to set the new mark, compared to the 42 years in which Mugsy compiled his tosses, including 14 as a player.

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2007 Former Yankees second baseman Phil Rizzuto, the oldest living Hall of Famer, dies in his sleep at a New Jersey nursing home from complications of pneumonia at the age of 89. Scooter became a popular icon in New York for his unique broadcasting style, appearances in numerous commercials, and lending his voice on Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" rock hit, which won a Grammy.

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2007 After being arrested for hitting two players with a bat, former big-leaguer Jose Offerman is suspended indefinitely by the independent Atlantic League for the assault during a Bluefish and Long Island Ducks game. The incident, triggered when a pitch drills the former All-Star, results in Bridgeport backstop John Nathans sustaining a concussion and starter Matt Beech suffering a broken finger.

 

2008 In the sixth inning of a 9-2 rout of the Royals, the White Sox become the sixth team in major league history to hit four consecutive home runs in an inning. Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, and Alexei Ramirez go deep off K.C. reliever Joel Peralta, with Juan Uribe completing the record-tying feat by taking Robinson Tejeda yard at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field.
2008 Mark Kotsay joins Albert Hall as the only Atlanta player to complete the cycle when he strokes a seventh-inning double, his 1,500th career hit. The outfielder's 5-for-5 performance isn't enough, with the Cubs beating the Braves, 11-7, to give Chicago their first season sweep of the Braves in franchise history, which dates back to 1876.


2010 Mike McClendon becomes the first rookie in Brewers' history to retire the first nine batter he faces. The 25-year-old right-hander is perfect in the sixth, seventh, and eighth frames in Milwaukee's eventual 5-4, ten-inning victory over Colorado at Coors Field.
2015 The Padres' Matt Kemp hits a ninth-inning triple to complete the cycle, making him the first player in the 35-year history of the franchise to accomplish the feat. The San Diego outfielder's home run in the first, single in the third, and double in the seventh contribute to the team's 9-5 victory over Colorado at Coors Field.

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2021 Joining Theodore Breitenstein (1891), Bumpus Jones (1892), and Bobo Holloman (1953), Arizona southpaw Tyler Gilbert becomes the fourth pitcher to hurl a no-no in his first big league start when he beats the Padres at Chase Field, 7-0. The Diamondbacks' 27-year-old freshman becomes the 24th rookie to throw a no-hitter, with his gem being the eighth no-hitter of the season, equaling the big-league record set in 1884, the first year of overhand pitching.

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On August 14 in Baseball History...

• • 1888 - Tim Keefe winning streak is stopped at nineteen games when Gus Krock and the Chicago White Stockings beat the Giants before a crowd of 10,240 in New York.
  • 1932 - John Quinn, at 49, becomes the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. Quinn earns the decision for Brooklyn in relief against the Giants.
  • 1933 - Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle and drives in nine runs to break the American League record, as the A's beat the Indians 11-5. A record eight players will hit for the cycle in 1933.
  • 1937 - The Detroit Tigers scored 36 runs against the St. Louis Browns in a doubleheader to set a major league record. Pete Fox of the Tigers scored eight of the runs.
  • 1958 - Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians stole home twice in the same game. He had only three steals all year.
  • 1961 - The Philadelphia Phillies dropped their 17th straight game, a 9-2 loss to Dick Ellsworth and the Chicago Cubs. It was also the 11th consecutive complete game pitched against the Phillies.
  • 1969 - On an off-day after a three-game sweep by the Astros in Houston, the New York Mets fell to third place, 9 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs.
  • 1971 - Before 30,678 Pittsburgh fans, Cardinals ace Bob Gibson, 35, hurls the first no-hitter of his career, an 11-0 shellacking of the Pirates. Gibson walks three and strikes out 10, and paces the offense with three RBI.
  • 1981 - Jeff Burroughs of the Seattle Mariners hit three home runs in a 13-3 rout of the Minnesota Twins.
  • 1982 - Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies, in his first at-bat of a 15-11 victory over the Montreal Expos, passed Hank Aaron and moved into first place on the all-time at-bat list with 12,365.
  • 1987 - Oakland's Mark McGwire slugs his 39th home run of the season in a 12-inning 7-6 win over California, breaking the major league record for rookies shared by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson. McGwire will finish the season with 49 homers, most in the American League.
  • 1988 - Detroit pounds the Red Sox 18-6 at Fenway Park to end Boston's American League record home winning streak at 24 games. Boston was just two wins shy of the major league record held by the 1916 Giants.
  • 1997 - Lights out! The Orioles and Mariners wait out a power outage of nearly two-and-a-half hours in varying degrees of light and darkness before the game is finally postponed. It results in the Mariners having to play back-to-back doubleheaders in different cities.

Baseball Birthdays on August 14...

• • 1846 - Schafer, Harry
  • 1856 - Skinner, Alexander
  • 1856 - McKinnon, Alex
  • 1867 - Childs, Cupid
  • 1867 - Hafner, Frank
  • 1883 - O'Hara, Bill
  • 1884 - Reynolds, Bill
  • 1887 - Phelan, Art
  • 1887 - Lamline, Fred
  • 1888 - Clancy, Al
  • 1888 - Borton, Babe
  • 1898 - Clowers, Bill
  • 1899 - Graham, Skinny
  • 1901 - Siemer, Oscar
  • 1905 - Cox, Les
  • 1910 - Myers, Billy
  • 1913 - Dean, Paul
  • 1929 - Pisoni, Jim
  • 1930 - Coogan, Dale
  • 1937 - Horlen, Joe
  • 1937 - Cueto, Bert
  • 1950 - Mason, Jim
  • 1954 - Fidrych, Mark
  • 1959 - Carman, Don
  • 1960 - Rodriguez, Edwin
  • 1962 - Gubicza, Mark
  • 1963 - Cook, Mike
  • 1964 - Shields, Tommy
  • 1964 - Leonard, Mark
  • 1966 - Allison, Dana
  • 1967 - Grahe, Joe
  • 1971 - Loretta, Mark
  • 1975 - Stewart, Scott
  • 1975 - Cammack, Eric
  • 1975 - Christensen, McKay
  • 1977 - Pierre, Juan
  • 1977 - Chiasson, Scott
  • 1979 - Santos, Angel

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8/15
OTD
BIRTHDAYS
1950 Tom Kelly manager (Minnesota Twins), born in Graceville, Minnesota

1967 Mike James pitcher (California Angels), born in Ft Walton, Florida

1974 Ramon Morel pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Villa Gonzalez, Dominican Republic'ship gold), born in Havertown, Pennsylvania

1981 Oliver Perez baseball player

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1905 Philadelphia A's Rube Waddell pitches a five-inning no-hit game, blanking the Browns, 2-0. The shortened masterpiece, which isn't officially considered a no-hitter, includes the southpaw striking out nine of the 15 St. Louis batters he faces before a torrential rain washes out the Columbia Park contest.
1914 Brooklyn's Jake Daubert sets a National League record with four sacrifices in one game. The first baseman's efforts aren't enough when the Dodgers drop an 8-7 decision to Philadelphia at Ebbets Field.
1916 At Fenway Park, Red Sox southpaw Babe Ruth defeats Walter Johnson and the Senators in 13 innings, 1-0. After holding Boston to just four hits over the first twelve frames, Washington's 'Big Train' yields three more in the 13th, allowing Jack Barry to score the game's lone run.

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1926 When Babe Herman doubles with the bags full, three Dodgers wind up on third. The runner on second rounds third but decides to go back as the runner from first reaches the same base, and a few seconds later, Herman slides in to join his two teammates.
1941 Although leading Boston, 6-3, when the game ends at the start of the eighth after a 40-minute rain delay, the Senators will lose the game. Washington forfeits the contest when the American League upholds Red Sox manager Joe Cronin's protest that the home ground crew deliberately refused to cover the field when it started to rain.
1951 "I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em."- Giants outfielder Willie Mays
With one out in the eighth and a runner on third base in a 1-1 tied game, Willie Mays makes an incredible catch of Carl Furillo's drive to deep centerfield and then turns counterclockwise to throw a perfect strike to home to nail a surprised Billy Cox at home to complete the double play. Some believe the catch inspires the team's incredible comeback from an 11.5 game deficit to win the National League pennant.

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1954 The Orioles lose their 27th consecutive game as the visiting team in Cleveland with a 3-1 nightcap loss to the Indians. The record losing streak on the road against one opponent started in August two seasons ago, when the franchise played as the St. Louis Browns.
1955 At Sportsman's Park, Braves starting pitcher Warren Spahn hits a home run and a triple in his 12-1 complete-game victory over the Redbirds. The crafty left-hander, who will hit 35 homers in his 21-year career, has now homered in every National League stadium.

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1962 In the first game of a Polo Grounds doubleheader, Don Demeter hits home runs off two different pitchers named Bob Miller. The outfielder's third-inning round-tripper off Mets' right-handed starter Robert Lane Miller and his homer in the ninth off southpaw Robert Gerald Miller contribute to the Phillies' 9-3 victory over the Amazin's.

1962 Choo Choo Coleman and Jim Hickman tie a major league record by pinch-hitting home runs as teammates in the same game. The Amazin' Mets still lose to the Phillies, an 8-7 defeat in 13 innings at the Polo Grounds.
1965 "Now, ladies and gentlemen, honored by their country, decorated by their Queen, loved here in America, here are the Beatles!”- ED SULLIVAN, Variety show host introducing the Beatles.
With Beatlemania in full force, the Fab Four play Shea Stadium, the home of the Mets, marking the first time a rock band headlines a stadium venue. Screams drown out the band's very memorable performance in front of a sold-out crowd of 56,000 that features a 30-minute set of 12 songs.
1965 With pregame festivities celebrating his appearance as the first Japanese player in a major league game completed, Masanori Murakami, normally a reliever, starts the game. In a Giants' 15-9 win over the Phillies at Candlestick Park, the southpaw from Otsuki pitches 2.1 innings, allowing four hits and three earned runs while striking out four.
1965 In the nightcap of a Cleveland Stadium doubleheader, Indians pinch-hitter Max Alvis hits a two-run homer in the ninth to knot the score at 3-3, and two innings later, Leon Wagner, also pinch-hitting, blasts a two-run round-tripper to beat the Twins, 6-4. The two pinch-hit home runs in one game tie a major league record.

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1970 With the bases loaded and one gone in the bottom of the ninth with a 2-1 lead, Tom Seaver strikes out Bob Tillman for the apparent second out, but Jerry Grote's passed ball allows Tony Gonzalez to score the tying run for the Braves. In his effort to cut down the runner at home, the Mets catcher overthrows Seaver, who is covering the plate, bringing in Rico Carty home from third base with the winning tally giving Atlanta a stunning 3-2 victory, thanks to the two runs scored on a called third strike.
1970 Reds right fielder Pete Rose goes 0-for-7, including striking out five consecutive times. The defending National League batting champ's futility at the plate contributes to Cincinnati's 5-4 loss to Philadelphia.
1975 In twin bill against the Rangers at Memorial Stadium, Orioles' skipper Earl Weaver is ejected twice by umpire Ron Luciano. The fiery Baltimore manager is thrown out in the first game of a doubleheader and gets tossed again before a pitch is thrown in the nightcap when the sworn enemies begin feuding once more while the teams exchange lineup cards at home plate.

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