BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

1943 At Shibe Park, Carl Scheib became the youngest player to appear in an American League game when he tosses two-thirds of an inning in the A's 11-4 loss to New York, giving up two hits and an earned run in the ninth inning. The 16-year-old good-hitting right-hander will post a 45-65 win-loss record and a .250 batting average during his 11 seasons in the major leagues.

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1948 After 2,592 plate appearances, Emil Verban hits his first and only major league home run, establishing the mark for the longest homerless streak to start a career. The Cubs' second baseman hits the historic home run off Johnny Vander Meer in the seventh inning of the team's 3-1 loss to Chicago at Crosley Field.

 

1952 The National League's longest game of the season ends when Del Ennis hits a walk-off home run in the 17th inning, giving the Phillies a 7-6 victory over the Braves in the first game of the Shibe Park twin bill. Philadelphia starter Robin Roberts goes the distance, giving up 18 hits in the three-hour and fifty-minute contest.

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1953 With Giants manager Leo Durocher yelling, "stick it in his ear," Ruben Gomez hits Carl Furillo, the National League's leading hitter, on the wrist by a pitch. After taking first base, the Dodgers right fielder bolts into the opposing dugout to choke 'Leo the Lip,' but in the melee, he factures the knuckle on his little finger, ending his season.

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1954 Cuban-born Carlos Paula integrates the Senators when he collects a single and a double, playing left field in the team's 8-1 victory over Philadelphia at Griffith Stadium. Next year, the 27-year-old Havana native, in his only full season in the majors, leads all freshmen when he compiles a .299 batting average, playing 115 games for Washington.

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1967 In Detroit, Tiger right-hander Earl Wilson throws a complete game to earn his 20th victory of the season, beating the A's in the nightcap of a twin bill, 6-3. The 32-year-old Louisianian will compile a 22-11 record, along with an ERA of 3.27, helping to keep the second-place club in the pennant race until the season's finale.

1972 Paying respect to the eleven Israeli Olympic athletes killed yesterday by terrorists in Munich, A's southpaw Ken Holtzman and first baseman Mike Epstein don black armbands on their uniforms' sleeves. The action taken by the Jewish players, affirming the importance of their faith, is well received by the club, with Reggie Jackson wearing an armband in solidarity, along with skipper Dick Williams fully supporting the symbolic gesture made by the Oakland teammates.

1973 The formerly first-place Pirates make a rash decision to replace their skipper Bill Virdon after the team drops three of four to St. Louis to fall three games back in the standings. The bespectacled manager, who led the club to a division title last year, will be replaced with Danny Murtaugh, the man he had replaced before the 1972 season.

1973 The Yankees release two Alou brothers when Felipe is selected off waivers by the Expos, and the Cardinals purchase Matty. Felipe and Matty will finish the season with their new teams, retiring the following season after brief stints with the Brewers and the Padres.​

1974 Behind the complete-game pitching performances by Dave McNally and Mike Cuellar, the Orioles sweep a twin bill, blanking Cleveland twice, 2-0 and 1-0. The victories are the fourth and fifth consecutive shutouts the Birds threw, establishing an American League mark by hurling 54 straight scoreless frames.​

 

1981 Fernando Valenzuela ties the National League's rookie record for shutouts, blanking St. Louis, 5-0, for his seventh whitewash of the season. The Dodger lefty shares the mark with Irv Young (1905 Beaneaters), Grover Alexander (1911 Phillies), and Jerry Koosman (1968 Mets).

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1981 "I told him to quit threatening me. If he wants me to go, make the move - don't wait. I can't take it any longer" - GENE MICHAEL, speaking to the press about his relationship with George Steinbrenner.
Calling the decision the most the ''most agonizing'' he has made running the club, Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner fires Gene Michael and replaces him with Bob Lemon. The dismissal results from the former skipper's comments to the press concerning his inability to tolerate the constant threats of dismissal and his refusal to apologize for the August 28 remarks.

1982 The Pirates retire the number 8 worn by Willie Stargell, the team's all-time leader in home runs, RBIs, and extra-base hits, after spending his entire 21-year career with the Bucs. In 1988, the Hall of Fame will induct "Pops," a seven-time NL All-Star who won NLCS and World Series MVP honors in 1979, in his first year of eligibility.

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1985 In a matchup of aces that lives up to its advanced billing, Dwight Gooden and Fernando Valenzuela hook up in one of the best pitchers' duels in recent memory. New York beats Los Angeles at Chavez Ravine, 2-0, thanks to Darryl Strawberry's two-run double on a day that the 20-year-old Mets right-hander strikes out ten batters, throwing nine shutout innings, while the Dodger southpaw pitches 11 innings without allowing a run.

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1995 Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive game record, playing in his 2,131st straight game. When the game becomes official in the middle of the fifth inning, the new 'Iron Man' takes a victory lap around Camden Yards during the 22-minute standing ovation from the sellout crowd, including President Bill Clinton.

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1996 Paul Molitor reaches the 200-hit plateau for the fourth time in his career when he singles off Chuck Finley in the Twins' 6-2 victory over California at the Metrodome. The Minnesota DH becomes the second major leaguer to reach the milestone as a 40-year-old, joining Sam Rice, who accomplished the feat while playing with the Senators in 1930.

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1996 Thirty-nine-year-old center fielder Brett Butler returns to the Dodger lineup after having surgery in May to remove a tumor and receiving intensive treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsils. The premiere leadoff hitter, who will retire at the end of next season, steals a base and scores the decisive in the eighth inning of the team's 2-1 victory over the Pirates at Chavez Ravine.

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1996 Eddie Murray of the Orioles becomes the 15th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs when his seventh-inning solo shot goes deep, knotting the score at 3-3 off Tiger pitcher Felipe Lira at Camden Yards. The Los Angeles native joins Hank Aaron and Willie Mays as the only players to reach this milestone and have three thousand hits.

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1996 After reaching a sponsorship deal with a local energy company, the Reds officially rename Riverfront Stadium to Cinergy Field. The ballpark, a multi-purpose, circular cookie-cutter stadium that opened in 1970, will be imploded in 2002 after serving the team for 32 seasons to help make room for Cincinnati's new home, the Great American Ball Park

 

2000 After agreeing with Mogan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Major League Baseball can now use the URL www.mlb.com. The law firm registered mlb.com in 1994 and refused to release the domain name, making it necessary for the sport to use www.majorleaguebaseball.com.

2000 Scott Sheldon joins Bert Campaneris (A's, 1965) and Cesar Tovar (Twins, 1968) to become the third player in baseball history to play all nine positions in a single game. With the White Sox ahead 10-0, the Ranger infielder comes into the game defensively in the bottom of the fourth inning, replacing backstop Bill Haselman, and will proceed to play in every spot on the field, including a third of an inning on the mound, where he strikes out the only batter he faces.

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2001 Joining Babe Ruth (1927 Yankees), Roger Maris (1961 Yankees), Mark McGwire (1998 Cardinals), and Sammy Sosa (1998 Cubs), Barry Bonds becomes the fifth major leaguer to hit 60 home runs in a season. The 37-year-old Giant left fielder, the oldest to join this elite group, reaches the historic plateau the quickest, needing only 141 games to reach the milestone.


2002 For the first time in 11 years, the Homer Hanky returns to the Metrodome hoping to end Oakland's record-setting 20-game winning streak. The Twins, 8-0 in World Series home games (1987 and 1991) with the fans waving their trademark towels, see the magic continue when they blank their opponents, 6-0.


2002 The Twins and Brad Radke, who throws a six-hitter, stop Oakland's 20-game winning streak, blanking the visitors at the Metrodome, 6-0. Oakland falls one game short of equalling the second-longest modern winning streak in baseball history, established by the Cubs, who won 21 straight contests in 1935.

 

2005 At an afternoon press conference at PNC Park, Pirates General Manager Dave Littlefield announces the dismissal of manager Lloyd McClendon. The former skipper, who compiled a 336-446 record during his 3+ year tenure in the Bucs dugout, will be replaced by bench coach Pete Mackanin on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.

2005 As part of the National Roberto Clemente Day celebration, teams will collect donations from fans to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Also, in remembrance of those affected by the disaster, major league players will don helmets bearing the Red Cross logo on the right side, and the number to call to help those in need will appear on the sides of the bases.

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2005 Mark Teixeira, with his 36th round-tripper this year, becomes the fifth player in major league history to collect 100 homers during his first three seasons, hitting a ninth-inning two-out three-run to give the Rangers a come-from-behind 10-7 victory over Minnesota at the Metrodome. The 25-year-old slugger, who will finish with 43 dingers, went yard 26 and 38 times, respectively, in his first two seasons with Texas.

2006 With the help of three defensive gems at Miami's Dolphin Stadium, Anibal Sanchez no-hits the Diamondbacks, 2-0, when Eric Byrnes makes the last out of the game on a questionable, bang-bang play at first base. The 22-year-old Venezuelan hurler is the 18th rookie to throw a no-hitter, and he joins Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, and A.J. Burnett as the fourth Marlin to throw a no-hitter.

2009 With a leadoff first-inning double in the Mariners' 5-2 loss in Oakland, 36-year-old Ichiro Suzuki becomes the 259th player and the second-quickest to collect 2000 major league hits. In 1933, Al Simmons, playing with the White Sox, reached the milestone in his 1,390th game, a dozen contests less than Seattle's superstar. Four-hundred and forty of Ichiro's 2,000 hits have come in the first frame, with 215 to lead off a game. -LP)

2012 Cal Ripken becomes the fifth Oriole of the six O's inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame to have a statue dedicated in Camden Yards' Legends Park. The Iron Man joins Frank Robinson, Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray, and Brooks Robinson, scheduled to be honored at the end of the month. Cal Ripken, Jr., Statue

2013 Facing his former team, Yusmeiro Petit retires the first 26 Diamondbacks he faces in the Giants' 3-0 victory at AT&T Park. Eric Chavez, who strokes a pinch-hit line-drive single to right field with two outs in the ninth inning, spoils the 28-year-old right-hander's bid for perfection.

2017 The Diamondbacks win their 13th straight game when they defeat the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine, 3-1. The victory establishes a franchise mark for consecutive wins, surpassing the team's 12-game winning streak in 2003.
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Sep 5
Pittsburgh #Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski hits a dramatic Game 7 walk-off HR at Forbes Field to win the 1960 World Series vs. the New York Yankees! Happy 88th Birthday Maz!

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legend, Ernie Banks as a car salesman during the offseason in 1959​

 

SEPTEMBER 7 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS
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1877 Mike O'Neill


1934 Bill Giles owner (Philadelphia Phillies 1981-2013; honorary National League President),


1946 Willie Crawford (Los Angeles Dodgers) outfield


1969 Darren Bragg outfielder, 1994-2004 (Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, and 7 other teams)


1972 Jason Isringhausen pitcher (NY Mets)


1980 Mark Prior pitcher MLB All Star 2003 Chicago Cubs; coach World Series 2020 LA Dodgers


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Today in Baseball History
September 7th​

1896 The first-place Orioles (NL) sweep a tripleheader against the cellar-dwelling Colonels, 4-3, 9-8, and 12-1. Baltimore will establish the record for most games won in two consecutive days with five when they take both ends of tomorrow's twin bill with Louisville.

1896 New Britain (CT) native Tom Lynch becomes the first major league umpire to work in over 1,000 games. Before becoming the circuit's president in 1910, the National League arbitrator was behind home plate in 1309 of 1325 games he worked.


1903 A year before the completion of the first NYC subway line, the Brooklyn Superbas play their crosstown rivals in a two-stadium, same-day doubleheader. The first game played in Washington Park begins at 10:30 a.m. with 9,300 fans watching the visiting Giants win the opener, 6-4, and later that afternoon, in front of 23,623 patrons at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn wins the second game, 3-0.
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1908 In four days, Senators' sensation Walter Johnson throws his third consecutive shutout against the Highlanders at Hilltop Park. The Big Train's two-hit performance in the first game of the Monday Labor Day doubleheader follows a six-hit blanking on Friday and a four-hitter with no runs on Saturday.

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1911 Cy Young loses a pitching duel to Phillies' rookie right-hander Grover Cleveland Alexander at Boston's South End Grounds, 1-0. Next month, the 44-year-old veteran Braves hurler will end his career after 22 seasons with an astonishing 511 victories, a major league record unlikely to be broken.

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1913 To beat the impending inclement weather, Galveston, playing host to San Antonio, finishes the regular season with a 49-minute game, a 4-0 victory by the hometown Pirates, who compiled 13 hits during the brief Texas League contest. The team's owners encourage the players to play rapidly to avoid giving the fans rainchecks for next year.

1914 The Braves play their first 'home' games at Fenway Park, splitting a doubleheader with the Giants at the Red Sox's ballpark. The change in venues, including all the remaining games in the regular season and World Series contests, is necessitated when Boston's South End Grounds proves too small to accommodate the growing crowds following the Miracle Braves.

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1916 The Giants defeat the Dodgers 4-1 to start their major league record 26-game winning streak. The 'Jints' start the span two games under .500, making up nine in the standings, but remain in fourth place during the entire run of victories.

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1923 Red Sox starter Howard Ehmke no-hits the A's at Shibe Park, 4-0. In the seventh inning, the 29-year-old right-hander appears to lose his bid for a no-hitter, but Philadelphia hurler Slim Harriss' would-be double becomes the third out when he fails to touch first base.

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1935 Red Sox infielder Joe Cronin hits into a 5-6-4-3 game-ending triple play when his line drive caroms off Indian third baseman Odell Hale's head to Bill Knickerbocker. The Tribe's shortstop starts the triple killing by throwing the rebound to Roy Hughes, covering second, who relays the ball to first baseman Hal Trosky, giving Cleveland a 5-3 victory in the first game of a twin bill at Fenway Park.
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1942 When a truck slams into the rear of their car, Cleveland Buckeye backstop Buster Brown and pitcher Smoky Owens die almost immediately, with three of their teammates and the team's general manager seriously injured. The fatal accident occurred at 3 a.m. in Geneva (OH) when the Negro American League team traveled to Akron after playing a twin bill against the Black Yankees in Buffalo.

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1950 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Tiger outfielder Hoot Evers hits for the cycle, collecting five hits, 13 total bases, and six RBIs. The left fielder's tenth-inning single completes the accomplishment and is part of a two-run rally that ties the game at 13-13 before darkness halts the game.


1952 At Washington's Griffith Stadium, Johnny Mize pinch-hits a grand slam, giving the Yankees a 5-1 victory over the Senators. The 'Big Cat' has now homered in all fifteen major league ballparks currently in use, with Sportsman's Park serving as the home for the Cardinals and Browns.

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1955 In the Yankees' 2-1 win over the A's, Whitey Ford becomes the fifth big league pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters. In his last start, 'Slick' held the Senators hitless, except for a seventh-inning bloop by Carlos Paula.

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1962 With four steals in a 10-1 loss to the Pirates, Dodger Maury Wills breaks the modern National League record for stolen bases in a season with his 82nd swipe. Cincinnati's Bob Bescher established the mark in 1911, playing left field with Cincinnati.

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1964 At Connie Mack Stadium, a Labor Day crowd of 26,390 fans watches the first-place Phillies split a doubleheader with the Dodgers. The attendance for the twin bill brings the season's total to 1,224,172 patrons, breaking the all-time franchise home attendance record established by the Whiz Kids in 1950.

1967 With just three weeks left in the season, the standings at the end of the day will reveal a four-way tie for first place in the American League. The Red Sox (79-62), the eventual AL champs, are battling the White Sox (78-61), Tigers (79-62), and Twins (78-61) to capture the flag in the historic pennant race.

1967 At Candlestick Park, the Giants tie a National League mark, using a record 25 players to beat the Astros in 15 innings, 3-2. Manager Herman Franks uses all his starters and five relief pitchers, sends six pinch-hitters to the plate, and three players enter the contest as pinch-runners, along with two defensive substitutions.

1968 In the bottom of the ninth, Houston's third baseman Doug Rader tags out Hank Aaron, who falls running to home plate with the winning run. The last-place Astros come back for an improbable 6-3 victory over the Braves when they score three runs in the top of the tenth frame.

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1969 Donald Dubois wins $27,000 when Fred Talbot, the Pilots' starting pitcher who throws a three-hit shutout, hits a grand slam in the sixth inning of the team's 8-0 victory over California at Sick's Stadium. The Gladstone, Oregon native's good fortune results from participating in the expansion team's "Home Run for the Money" promotion.

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1973 The umpires delay the second game of the Mets-Expos doubleheader at the Montreal ballpark for 11 minutes to prevent an injury. The setting sun over the rim of Jarry Park makes it impossible for the first baseman to see a ball thrown from certain positions on the field.

1973 Mets' southpaw Jerry Koosman's franchise record of 32⅔ consecutive scoreless innings ends when a runner crosses the plate in the bottom of the third inning in the team's 4-2 victory in Montreal. Although Dwight Gooden will pass the left-hander's effort with 36⅔ consecutive innings without giving up an earned run, Koosman's record without allowing any runs will last for 39 years before knuckleballer R. A. Dickey surpasses the mark in 2012.

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1973 "I want to cast my own vote in favor of returning major league baseball back to the nation's capital. You can be sure all of us in the Washington metropolitan area would enthusiastically welcome a National League team." - PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON, the text of a letter sent to NL president Chub Feeney supporting the return of major league baseball to the District of Columbia.
Joseph Danzansky urges President Nixon to write a letter to National League president Chub Feeney supporting the return of major league baseball to the District of Columbia. The Washington, D.C. grocery-chain magnate, who has conditionally bought the Padres, sees his efforts to move the team to the nation's capital thwarted by legal actions, allowing Ray Kroc to buy the Friars and keep the club in San Diego.

1973 The Rangers fire future Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog. The White Rat, who compiled a 47-91 record during his six-month tenure in the Texas dugout, will be replaced by Billy Martin.

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