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2005 After being asked to investigate in the seventh inning, the umpires examine Brendan Donnelly's glove for a foreign substance and discover illegal pine tar. The Angel pitcher, who claims he uses the material to control sweating, is tossed, resulting in his skipper Mike Scioscia and Nationals manager Frank Robinson exchanging angry words, which incites a brawl, clearing both benches and bullpens.

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2006 Russ Ortiz (0-5, 7.54) becomes the highest-paid player ever to be cut by a major league team. Although the team still owes $22 million of the $33 million of the four-year deal signed in December 2004, the Diamondbacks designate the 32-year-old righty for assignment, meaning the club has ten days to trade, waive, or release the pitcher, who has a 1-14 record in his last 19 starts.
2010 After just seven days in the major leagues, Stephen Strasburg is named National League Player of the Week. The Nationals' right-handed flamethrower starts his career 2-0 with 22 strikeouts, second to only Karl Spooner, who fanned five more batters in his first two major league starts with the Dodgers in 1954

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2014 Jimmy Rollins becomes the Phillies' all-time hits leader when he singles in the fifth against Chicago's Edwin Jackson for his 2,235th hit for the 132-year-old franchise. At the end of the frame, Mike Schmidt, the Hall of Famer who set the previous mark, greets the 35-year-old switch-hitting shortstop with a high-five and a hug at first base with the entire team then coming out from the Philadelphia dugout to offer their congratulations on the milestone hit.

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2015 The Blue Jays, with their 13-5 rout of the Red Sox at Fenway Park, win their 11th straight game, tying a franchise record, a mark accomplished three times previously. A 4-3 extra-inning loss to the Mets at Citi Field tomorrow snaps the team's consecutive victory streak.
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• • 1933 - Lou Gehrig's consecutive-game streak survives, even though he and manager Joe McCarthy are thrown out of a game. McCarthy is suspended for 3 games but Gehrig's streak, now at 1,249, continues.
  • 1952 - Warren Spahn of the Braves ties the N.L. record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in a 15-inning, 3-1 loss. Hal Jeffcoat's two-run triple wins it, while Spahn's home run is the only Boston score. Meanwhile, Braves scout Dewey Griggs signs Hank Aaron to a contract.
  • 1965 - No-hit pitching and 18 strikeouts, tying the N.L. extra-inning record, net Cincinnati's Jim Maloney a 0-0 tie with the last-place Mets through ten innings. Johnny Lewis's 11th-inning home run gives New York and reliever Larry Bearnarth a 1-0 win.
  • 1966 - Miami ekes out a 4-3 triumph over St. Petersburg (Florida State League) in 29 innings. It is the longest game not interrupted by a suspension of play in the history of organized ball. Sparky Anderson is the manager for St. Petersburg.
  • 1979 - The Giants lose to the Cubs 8-6, but Willie McCovey hits his 513rd career home run off Dennis Lamp. McCovey becomes the most prolific lefthanded home run hitter in N.L. history.
  • 1985 - One day after his successor Joe Altobelli was fired as manager of the Orioles, Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage the club. Weaver led Baltimore to six A.L. titles from 1968-82.
  • 1990 - The N.L. announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for the 1993 season. The price of admission for each expansion franchise is $95 million.
  • 1992 - Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's N.L. mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play.
  • 1995 - Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in a 13-inning 4-3 win over the Cubs. It caps a three-day binge in which Benjamin, a career .186 hitter in his first six seasons, sets a major league record with 14 hits in three games. Benjamin was 14-for-18 in that stretch.

Baseball Birthdays on June 14...

• • 1861 - Buffinton, Charlie
  • 1872 - Parker, Doc
  • 1882 - Cunningham, Mike
  • 1887 - Tragesser, Walt
  • 1889 - Harper, Bill
  • 1889 - Morgan, Ray
  • 1890 - Reis, Jack
  • 1891 - Withrow, Frank
  • 1895 - Davis, Ike
  • 1898 - Doran, Bill
  • 1899 - Pierson, William
  • 1914 - Myatt, George
  • 1917 - Manders, Hal
  • 1917 - Hoffman, Ray
  • 1922 - Hardin, Bud
  • 1925 - Mole, Fenton
  • 1926 - Newcombe, Don
  • 1928 - Plews, Herb
  • 1933 - Constable, Jim
  • 1935 - Wilson, Neil
  • 1937 - Weekly, Johnny
  • 1942 - Rios, Juan
  • 1950 - Fahey, Bill
  • 1953 - Aponte, Luis
  • 1953 - Lee, Mark
  • 1956 - Grace, Mike
  • 1957 - Brock, Greg
  • 1957 - Castillo, Tony
  • 1960 - Larkin, Pat
  • 1960 - Laga, Mike
  • 1966 - Tomlin, Randy
  • 1967 - Spradlin, Jerry
  • 1967 - Turang, Brian
  • 1967 - Tsamis, George
  • 1975 - Munro, Peter

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1925 Gene Baker, American baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1955; World Series 1960; Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1999)

1931 Bernice Gera, first woman umpire in US pro baseball, born in Ernest, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)

1938 Billy Williams, (Cubs)

1942 Bruce DalCanton born in California, Pennsylvania
1948 Champ Summers player
1949 Dusty Baker outfielder and manager (MLB All Star 1981-82; LA Dodgers; NL Manager of the Year 1993, 97, 2000), born in Riverside, California

1956 Lance Parrish 'Big Wheel', player, born in Clairton, Pennsylvania
1957 Brett Butler center fielder and coach, born in Los Angeles, California

1958 Wade Boggs Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman (AL bat champ 1985-88), born in Omaha, Nebraska

1971 Stuart Howell, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics 1996)
1972 Andrew Pettitte, Baton Rouge LA, pitcher (NY Yankees)

1972 Ramiro Mendoza, Los Santos Panama, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1972 Tony Clark infielder (Detroit Tigers), born in Newton, Kansas
1974 Scott Tunkin, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics 1996)
1978 Zach Day baseball player
1981 Jeremy Reed baseball player
1984 Tim Lincecum baseball player

 

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1925 Entering the bottom of the eighth inning trailing the Indians, 15-4, the A's cross the plate 13 times in the frame. Philadelphia will hold on to the lead in the top of the ninth to defeat Cleveland in an incredible 17-15 come-from-behind victory at Shibe Park.
1938 In the first night game played in New York City, Johnny Vander Meer pitches his second consecutive no-hitter, beating the Dodgers at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, 6-0. Four days ago, the Reds' southpaw held the Braves hitless in a 3-0 victory at Crosley Field.

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1940 In the Giants' 12-1 rout of the Pirates at the Polo Grounds, Harry Danning hits for the cycle, becoming the last player to have an inside-the-park as part of this rare feat. The Giant catcher circles the bases when the 460-foot fly ball gets stuck behind the Eddie Grant Memorial, and Pittsburgh center fielder Vince DiMaggio cannot free it in time.
1948 The Tigers play their first home game under the lights, defeating the Philadelphia A's, 4-1. Detroit played a night game at Bennett Park on September 24, 1896, but the results of George Vanderbeck’s Western League's team exhibition against the Reds never made it into the books as an official game.
1949 Shortly after 1 a.m., Ruth Ann Steinhagen shoots Eddie Waitkus in the chest with a rifle at Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel, after luring him to her room with an urgent note delivered by the bellhop. The obsessed fan, who had become infatuated with the first baseman when he played in Chicago, apparently is upset and agitated because the Cubs traded the All-Star infielder to the Phillies.

 

1951 The Cubs trade Andy Pfako along with Johnny Schmitz, Wayne Terwilliger, and Rube Walker to the Dodgers for Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis, and Gene Hermanski. The deal, which prevents the coveted 'Handy Andy' from going to the rival Giants, is the first of many to be made by Buzzy Bavasi, Brooklyn's new general manager.

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1952 The Cardinals, trailing 11-0 after three innings against Sal Maglie, overcome the double-digit deficit to defeat the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 14-12. The Redbirds score seven runs in the top of the fifth and another seven in the last three frames of the game to accomplish the biggest rally in National League history.
1955 After striking out against the Amarillo Gold Sox, 22-year-old Albuquerque Dukes outfielder Larry Segovia kicks a water fountain in the dugout, breaking a pipe that creates a 50-foot high cascade of water which soaks his teammates and nearby fans. The West Texas-New, Mexico League contest, will be delayed as the grounds crew shuts off the water, repairs the damages, and removes the puddles from the playing field.
1957 Red Schoendienst, who was unexpectedly traded to the Giants last season by Cardinals GM Frank Lane, is dealt a year and a day later by New York to Milwaukee for Ray Crone, Danny O'Connell, and Bobby Thomson. The nine-time All-Star, who hit .301 during his two partial seasons in the Big Apple, will play a vital role in the Braves' World Championship, leading the league with 200 hits and finishing third in the NL MVP balloting.

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1958 In a move that is perceived to be a prelude to a second deal with the Yankees, the A's trade Woodie Held and Vic Power to the Indians for southpaw Dick Tomanek, utility player Preston Ward, and right fielder Roger Maris. Already under pressure for allowing Kansas City to become a farm club for the Bronx Bombers, owner Arnold Johnson is warned by American League president Will Harridge not to send the outfield slugger to New York for at least 18 months.

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1958 Identical twins are split up by the Pirates when Eddie O'Brien stays with Pittsburgh, but his brother Johnny, along with third baseman Gene Freese, is traded to the Cardinals for infielder Dick Schofield. Eddie, who appeared in April for the Bucs as a defensive replacement, will finish his tenure with the team that signed him as a bonus baby in 1953 without playing another game this season.

 

1963 At Candlestick Park, Juan Marichal no-hits Houston, 1-0, to become the first Giants hurler since Carl Hubbell accomplished the feat in 1929 and the first since the franchise moved to San Francisco, to throw a no-no. The 25-year-old Dominican native outduels Colt .45's right-hander Dick Drott, who tosses a complete-game three-hitter, yielding the game's only run in the eighth inning, giving up doubles to Chuck Hiller and Jimmy Davenport.

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1964 In a six-player transaction, Chicago deals unknown outfielder Lou Brock, who will become a fixture with the Redbirds for the next fifteen years, amassing 3,023 career hits, to St. Louis for right-hander Ernie Broglio. The trade, believed to be a steal for the Cubs, will become infamous when the former 20-game winner pitches poorly for his new team, posting a 7-19 record during his brief two and half seasons with the team, and the 24-year-old they gave up enjoys a Hall of Fame career.

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1965 At Tiger Stadium, Denny McLain enters the game in the first inning in relief and strikes out the first seven batters he faces to set a major league record. The Detroit right-hander will whiff 14 batters during his 6.2 innings as a reliever in the team's 6-5 victory over Boston.

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1967 Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to hit three homers in one game, becoming the first of only two Houston players to have accomplished the feat in the 34-year history of the Astrodome. In 1994, 'Toy Cannon's' performance will be matched by future Hall of Fame first baseman Jeff Bagwell.
1968 The Phillies fire manager Gene Mauch and replace him with Bob Skinner, skipper of the team's farm club in San Diego. 'The Little General,' best remembered for being at the helm during the club's infamous collapse in 1964, compiled a 646-684 (.486) record during his 8+year tenure with Philadelphia.
1969 The Mets acquire Donn Clendenon from the Expos in exchange for right-hander Steve Renko, infielder Kevin Collins along with two minor league prospects. The 33 year-old first baseman, who will be named the MVP of this season's Fall Classic, plays a pivotal role, both on the field and in the clubhouse, in the team's world championship.

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1969 En route to setting the National League record of playing in 1,117 consecutive games, Billy Williams hobbles to the plate as a pinch-hitter at Crosley Fieldafter fouling a pitch off his foot in yesterday's contest. The appearance marks the first time "Sweet Swingin' Billy" has not been in the starting lineup during the 878 games of the streak.

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1976 In a ten-player trade between the Orioles and Yankees, both teams exchange four pitchers and a catcher. Baltimore sends moundsmen Ken Holtzman, Doyle Alexander, Jimmy Freeman, and Grant Jackson along with backstop Elrod Hendricks to New York for hurlers Tippy Martinez, Rudy May, Scott McGregor, and Dave Pagan, and catcher Rick Dempsey.
1976 Massive flooding in the Houston metropolitan area prevents the umpiring crew from reaching the Astrodome and causes the first 'rainout' in the enclosed ballpark's history. The Pirates and Astros players, who had arrived early for practice, share their clubhouse meal on the field with the few die-hard fans who braved the elements hoping to see a game.
1977 The Mets deal Tom Seaver, known as the Franchise, to the Reds for pitcher Pat Zachary, second baseman Doug Flynn, and minor leaguers Steve Henderson and Dan Norman. New York also trades Dave Kingman to the Angels for Bobby Valentine and a minor league player.

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1982 Red Sox reliever Jeff Reardon, pitching one scoreless inning to protect a 1-0 lead, breaks Rollie Fingers' career save mark of 341. The Dalton, Massachusetts native, who will finish his 16-year major league tenure with 367 saves, will be surpassed as the all-time leader next season by Lee Smith.

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1983 The Cardinals trade former MVP Keith Hernandez to the Mets for a pair of right-handed hurlers, Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey. The righties will compile a 21-22 record for the Redbirds, and the Gold Glove first baseman will spend seven seasons in New York, batting .297, playing an instrumental role in the club's World Championship in 1986.

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1992 The NY-Penn Minor League Erie Sailors beat the Jamestown Expos in 13 innings at College Stadium, 6-5, marking the first-ever game played by a team representing the National League's new expansion team, the Florida Marlins. The first pitch of the franchise is thrown by John Lynch, who will leave baseball to eventually become a safety for the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos.
1993 At the Kingdome, Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 100th career home run, leading off the eighth inning against Billy Brewer in the Mariners' 6-1 victory over the Royals, becoming the sixth-youngest player to reach the milestone. The 23-year-old future Hall of Fame outfielder was only older than Mel Ott, Tony Conigliaro, Eddie Matthews, Johnny Bench, and Hank Aaron when he hit the century mark.

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1996 With runners on first and second, in the first inning of their 6-2 victory over the Braves, the Dodgers turn their first triple play in forty-seven years. After making a running back-to-the-plate grab of Chipper Jones's popup to short left, Juan Castro throws to second baseman Delino Deshields to double up Marquis Grissom, with the ball then relayed to first baseman Eric Karos to get Mark Lemke.
1999 Brewers' pitcher Jim Abbott, born without a right hand, gets the first hit in his 11-year career when he connects in the fourth inning for a rbi-single off Jon Lieber in the team's 11-4 victory over the Cubs at County Stadium. The southpaw didn't bat playing for the Angels and the Yankees due to the designated hitter rule in the American League.
1999 Baltimore first baseman Will Clark gets his 2,000th career hit, a 10th-inning single in the team's 6-5 walk-off victory over the Royals at Camden Yards. The 35 year-old 'Thrill' will end his 15-year big league career next season with a .303 batting average, collecting 2,176 hits with the Giants, Rangers, Orioles, and Cardinals.

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2003 Blue Jay rookie Reed Johnson becomes the fourth major leaguer to end a game with a walk-off homer after having hit a round-tripper to start the contest for his team. The 26-year-old right-fielder drilled Shawn Estes' 3-2 pitch over the left-centerfield fence leading off in the bottom of the first frame and then ended the 4-4 stalemate with a tenth-inning solo shot off Cubs' reliever Mark Guthrie.

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2005 Joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor George Pataki, and team officials, George Steinbrenner announces plans for a new ballpark in the Bronx. The Yankee-financed $800 million facility, to be built north of the current stadium in Macombs Dam Park, will seat at least 51,800 and will mirror 'The House that Ruth Built,' including limestone walls and the familiar copper frieze.
2009 Matt Dermody, a Norwalk (IA) High School senior, strikes out every South Tama High batter who steps to the plate in a game shortened to six innings due to the state's mercy rule, invoked when a team leads by ten or more runs after five frames. The 6-foot-5 recently drafted southpaw (Pirates' 26th round) will attend the University of Iowa, playing for the Hawkeyes, before signing with the Blue Jays in 2013.

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2016 "I'm not trying to take anything away from Ichiro, he's had a Hall of Fame career, but the next thing you know, they'll be counting his high-school hits." - PETE ROSE, as quoted in USA Today.
Ichiro Suzuki's ninth-inning double in the Marlins' 6-3 loss to the Padres at Petco Park raises his professional hit total to 4,257, surpassing Pete Rose's all-time major league mark. The 42-year-old outfielder's total includes the 1,278 hits he collected for Orix in Japan's Pacific League.

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On June 15 in Baseball History...

• • 1928 - Ty Cobb, 41 years old, steals home for the 54th and final time in his 24-year career to extend his major league record. It came in the eighth inning against the Indians, in a 12-5 Athletics win - a straight steal of home.
  • 1931 - Cut-down day for major league rosters brings the retirement of Eddie Collins and Harry Heilmann. Collins becomes a coach for the A's. Heilmann will return briefly to the Reds in 1932.
  • 1938 - Johnny Vander Meer stuns baseball by pitching his second successive no-hitter, defeating the Dodgers 6-0, as Brooklyn plays the first night game ever at Ebbets Field. In front of 38,748 fans, including spectator Babe Ruth, Vandy strikes out seven and walks eight, including three walks in the ninth. A force at home and a fly ball end the game.
  • 1948 - The Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Athletics 4-1 before a crowd of 54,480 in the first night game at Briggs Stadium. The Tigers are the last A.L. team to install lights.
  • 1949 - Eddie Waitkus of the Phillies is shot by 19-year-old Ruth Steinhagen at Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel. She will later be placed in a mental hospital. Waitkus battles for his life and will come back to play the following season.
  • 1953 - Duane Pillette of the St. Louis Browns ends the Yankees' win streak at 18 and the Browns' team record 14-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory in Yankee Stadium. Johnny Mize becomes the 93rd player in baseball history to get 2,000 hits when he singles in the Yankees' run in the fifth.
  • 1961 - The expansion Senators are 30-30 after winning today. It is the latest date an expansion team will be at .500. Washington will lose it next 10 games.
  • 1965 - Tigers pitcher Denny McLain makes a first-inning relief appearance and fans the first seven batters he faces, setting a major league record. He has 14 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings as Detroit rallies to beat Boston 6-5. Bill Freehan has a record-tying 19 putouts at catcher.
  • 1969 - The Mets help their power needs by adding first baseman Donn Clendenon. The 33-year-old had refused a January trade that would send him from Montreal to Houston, but he agrees to go to New York. The Expos receive Steve Renko, Kevin Collins, and two minor leaguers. The Expos also purchase pitcher Dick Radatz from the Tigers.
  • 1976 - Rain out! The scheduled game at the Astrodome is canceled when heavy rains make it difficult for the visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium.
  • 1977 - New York fans are in shock as the Mets trade ace pitcher Tom Seaver to the Reds. In return they get pitcher Pat Zachry, infielder Doug Flynn, and minor leaguers Steve Henderson and Dan Norman. The Mets also trade slugger Dave Kingman to the Padres for utility player Bobby Valentine and a minor league pitcher.
  • 1983 - In what will turn out to be a terrible trade for St. Louis, the Cardinals trade first baseman Keith Hernandez to the Mets for pitchers Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey.
  • 1992 - Jeff Reardon of the Red Sox breaks Rollie Fingers' all-time save record with No. 342 in a 1-0 win over the Yankees.
  • 1997 - In one of the more surprising developments of the first weekend of interleague baseball, the Orioles complete a sweep of the Braves at Turner Field on Lenny Webster's tenth inning home run off Mark Wohlers. One byproduct of interleague play that wasn't a surprise was the increase at the turnstiles. Attendance was up nearly 10,000 per game for the weekend, and the Mariners averaged 52,074 for their four interleague games in the Kingdome.

Baseball Birthdays on June 15...

• • 1840 - Fulmer, Washington
  • 1862 - Veach, Peek-A-Boo
  • 1863 - Hurley, Jerry
  • 1866 - Wise, Nick
  • 1869 - Hart, Tom
  • 1876 - Dexter, Charlie
  • 1878 - Wheeler, Ed
  • 1884 - Beckendorf, Heinie
  • 1890 - Schirick, Dutch
  • 1890 - Wilson, John
  • 1891 - Crossin, Frank
  • 1891 - North, Lou
  • 1894 - Glockson, Norm
  • 1896 - Richmond, Ray
  • 1897 - Twombly, Cy
  • 1904 - Winston, Hank
  • 1904 - Pipgras, Ed
  • 1904 - Purdy, Pid
  • 1906 - Weaver, Monte
  • 1912 - Dahlgren, Babe
  • 1912 - Lovett, Mem
  • 1916 - Stewart, Bud
  • 1925 - Baker, Gene
  • 1927 - Flowers, Ben
  • 1938 - Williams, Billy
  • 1939 - Cline, Ty
  • 1942 - Dalcanton, Bruce
  • 1943 - Closter, Al
  • 1946 - Summers, Champ
  • 1946 - Henderson, Ken
  • 1949 - Baker, Dusty
  • 1956 - Parrish, Lance
  • 1957 - Butler, Brett
  • 1958 - Boggs, Wade
  • 1966 - Liddell, Dave
  • 1972 - Clark, Tony
  • 1972 - Pettitte, Andy
  • 1972 - Mendoza, Ramiro
  • 1975 - Wakeland, Chris
  • 1977 - Prinz, Bret

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