Happy birthday to Carl Edwards, Jr.*, and other former Cubs. Billy takes a seat, and other stories.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths.
“Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly.
Today in baseball history:
- 1905 – Pittsburgh’s Deacon Phillippe and Chicago’s Bob Wicker hook up in a ten-inning scoreless duel, each allowing just three hits, before Chicago pushes across a run to win. In the nightcap, Lefty Leifield makes his major league debut and fires a 1-0 win over Chicago in a game stopped after six innings. (2)
- 1925 – After a recent incident on a train, when Cubs manager Rabbit Maranville anointed various passengers from a spittoon, Chicago relieves the Rabbit of the burdens of managership. Chicago hastily appoints George Gibson, former skipper of the Pirates, as manager for the remainder of the season. The Cubs were 23-30 under Maranville, and Chicago will cut the last tie when they waive the veteran in November. (2)
- 1928 – The A’s are set back as the Senators stop them twice, 6-1 and 5-4. Bump Hadley wins the opener, scattering six hits and striking out eight. Ty Cobb makes the last of his 4,191 hits, the 724th double of his career, as an A’s pinch hitter in the 9th inning against Hadley. In the nitecap, Garland Braxton is the winner over George Earnshaw. (1,2)
- 1932 – Winning 3-0, Dizzy Dean stops the Cubs’ winning streak in the second game of a doubleheader after Chicago wins its 14th straight in the opener, 5-4, in 11 innings .Dean fans seven to further increase his league-leading total. (1,2)
- 1947 – Rookie Bill McCahan of the Philadelphia Athletics no-hits the Washington Senators, 3-0. McCahan, the former Duke University star, was the losing pitcher when Don Black threw his no-hitter on July 10th. The Senators had not suffered a no-hitter since Ernie Shore pitched his 26-out “perfect game” in 1917. (2)
- 1957 – Warren Spahn of the Braves hurls his 41st shutout, the most by a National League lefthander, as he beats Chicago, 8-0. Spahn’s shutout set a Major League record for left-handed pitchers. (1,2)
- 1963 – Cubs 3B Ron Santo ties the modern National League record for errors in an inning at 3B with three to help the Giants beat Chicago, 16-3. (2)
- 1970 – Cubs outfielder Billy Williams asks to sit out, thus ending his National League record for consecutive games played at 1,117. Steve Garvey will better the mark in 1983. (1,2)
- 1971 – Owner Phil Wrigley takes out newspaper ads criticizing the Cubs players who want to dump manager Leo Durocher. A postscript adds, “If we could only find more team players like Ernie Banks.” Banks will play his last game on September 26th. (2)
- 1975 – In the final game of his Hall of Fame career, Cardinals great Bob Gibson gives up a grand slam to Pete LaCock. It will be LaCock’s only bases-loaded homer of his career. (2)
- 1986 – Billy Hatcher’s homer in the top of the 18th inning gave the Houston Astros an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the completion of a suspended game. The two teams played 14 innings the day before and used a Major League record 53 players in the game.
Cubs Birthdays: Mike Kahoe, Dusty Miller, Eddie Stanky, Frank Jelincich, Morrie Martin, Steve Boros,
Dave Clark, Ced Landrum, Luis Gonzalez, Chad Fox, Josh Osich, Carl Edwards Jr.*.
Today in History:
- 301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world’s oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
- 1697 – King William’s War in America ends with the Treaty of Ryswick, the peace treaty ending the Nine Years’ War between France and the Grand Alliance, reverting to conditions that existed before the war.
- 1752 – Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar, losing 11 days; people riot, thinking the government has stolen 11 days of their lives.
- 1783 – The Treaty of Paris is signed in Paris, ending the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America.
- 1833 – New York Sun, the first daily newspaper, begins publishing.
- 1977 – Japanese baseball superstar Sadaharu Oh hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron as the all-time career leader in professional baseball.
Common sources:
- (1) — Today in Baseball History.
- (2) — Baseball Reference.
- (3) — Society for American Baseball Research.
- (4) — Baseball Hall of Fame.
- (5) — This Day in Chicago Cubs history.
- (6) — Wikipedia.
- (7) — The British Museum.
- For world history.
*pictured.
Things are as near to the truth as we can get them. Some of these items spread from site to site without being fact-checked, and that is why we ask for verifiable sources, so that we can help to correct the record, if need be.
