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Happy birthday to Scott Sanderson, and a mighty host of others.
Today in baseball history, in 1991, Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck, Jr are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, and other stories as well.
Today in baseball history:
- 1909 – For the first of four times in his career, Ty Cobb steals second base, third, and home in an inning, doing it in the seventh against Red Sox pitcher Harry Wolter. It is also Ty’s first swipe of home in his career. The Tigers beat Boston, 6-0.
- 1923 – Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson becomes 1st to reach 3,000 career strikeout milestone (en route to 3,508) with 5 K’s in 3-1 win over Cleveland Indians.
- 1934 – Dazzy Vance‘s last hurrah ? He wins the last complete game he will ever pitch and notches his 2,000th strikeout to beat the Braves, 4-2, for the Cardinals.
- 1948 – The Yankees take the rubber game of the series with the Indians as Vic Raschi earns the decision over Bob Feller, 6-5. Joe DiMaggio‘s grand slam is the big blow for the Bombers: he has hit four homers and a triple in Feller’s four starts against New York. His eight RBIs in the three games with Cleveland gives him a league-leading 82.
- 1960 – At Fenway Park, the Red Sox down the Indians, 6-4. Ted Williams homers and, in the seventh inning, steals second base. Williams sets a major-league record as the only player to steal bases in four consecutive decades: he’ll be matched by Rickey Henderson in 2000 and Tim Raines the following year.
- 1964 – Led by Willie Stargell, who hits for the cycle, the Pirates roll over the Cardinals, 13-2.
- 1966 – Clay Dalrymple breaks up a no-hitter bid by Giants hurler Gaylord Perry with an eighth-inning single. Perry sets a San Francisco record with 15 strikeouts in the 4-1 win.
- 1973 – Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett‘s fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta.
- 1979 – The Royals’ George Brett has three home runs and five RBI in a 7-6 win over the Rangers.
- 1994 – Cleveland defeats Chicago, 9-8, as Indians 3B Jim Thome clouts three solo home runs.
- 2007 – Tulsa Drillers first base coach Mike Coolbaugh is killed when hit in the head by a line drive from Tino Sanchez. The long-time minor league star and former major league player had only been hired earlier that month after Orlando Merced resigned. The tragedy will lead to baseball mandating that all base coaches wear batting helmets while performing their duties.
Today in Cubs history:
- 1965 – Ed Bailey hits a grand slam and drives in eight runs, as the Cubs beat the Phillies, 10-6, at Wrigley Field.
- 1977 – Rick Reuschel allows just four hits as the Cubs beat the Braves, 1-0.
- 1997 – Greg Maddux parcels out just 78 pitches as the Atlanta Braves defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4-1, in the opener of a doubleheader. Chicago takes the second game, 5-4.
- 2012 – SS Barry Larkin and 3B Ron Santo are inducted into the Hall of Fame at the annual ceremony held in Cooperstown, NY.
Cubs Birthdays: Scott Sanderson*, Cliff Johnson. Also notable: Jesse Haines HOF.
Today in history:
- 1933 – Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world, taking 7 days and 19 hours.
- 1934 – Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, “Public Enemy No. 1” John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
- 1963 – In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title.
- 1991 – Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 men in 1978.
- 1992 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes prison.
- 2023 – Taylor Swift concert in Seattle shakes the ground so hard it registers as equivalent to a magnitude 2.3 earthquake and does the same the following night
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