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The following are the events that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.

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Sources

1800s[]

  • 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander is born in Elba, Nebraska. Suffering from epilepsy, haunted by his experiences in combat during World War I, and shadowed by alcoholism, Alexander was able to win 373 games during a 20-year career, the third highest total in major league baseball history. He led the National League in ERA on four occasions, wins in six different seasons, complete games six times, and shutouts during seven seasons. He also won 30 or more games in three consecutive seasons, and is the only pitcher in MLB history to win the Triple Crown three years in a row. Alexander will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1938.

1900s[]

  • 1901 - National League officials meet with Charles "Chief" Zimmer, Pittsburgh Pirates catcher and the president of the Players Protective Association, and agree to contract concessions granted by the American League for NL players who will agree not to sign with AL clubs. Zimmer promises suspensions for PPA jumpers to the AL.
  • 1909 - Alfred Reach and John Rogers sell the Philadelphia Phillies to a group headed by Israel Durham. Durham will become president.

1910-1930s[]

  • 1935 - The New York Yankees release longtime star outfielder Babe Ruth, freeing him to sign a $20,000 contract with the Boston Braves of the National League. Ruth’s new contract with the Braves also gives him a share of the team’s profits. In 1934, Ruth had endured one of his worst seasons with the Yankees-at least by his lofty standards-with a .288 batting average, 22 home runs and 84 RBI. In 1935, he will play just only 28 games for the Braves before announcing his retirement on June 2 at the age of 40. Ruth will hit the final three home runs of his major league career on May 25 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, giving him a total of 714. His last home run will clear the right field grandstand at Forbes Field and will travel an estimated 600 feet.

1940s-1960s[]

1970s-1980s[]

1990s[]

  • 1992 - Boston Red Sox owner Jean R. Yawkey dies at the age of 83. For the first time in 59 years, someone other than a Yawkey will own the team. Mrs. Yawkey's husband, Tom, became president of the Red Sox in 1933, and was the sole owner of the team for 44 seasons, longer than anyone in major league baseball history.

2000s[]

  • 2004 - With hundreds of on-lookers, including a man covered in ivy, singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game, the foul ball made famous by Steve Bartman in the 2003 NLCS playoffs is blown up at Harry Caray's restaurant in Chicago. The infamous ball's demise is executed by Michael Lantieri, a Cubs die-hard fan and Oscar Award winner who has worked on similar special effects in the films Jurassic Park and Back to the Future.
  • 2005 - Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Hampton and his wife offer a $25,000 reward for the safe return of Jessica Marie Lunsford. The nine-year old, who disappeared from her Florida bedroom four days ago, is in the same grade with one of the Hamptons' two sons at Homosassa Elementary School.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 1984 - Joe Kuhel, player and manager (b. 1906)
  • 1985 - George Uhle, pitcher (b. 1898)
  • 1988 - Tom Oliver, outfielder (b. 1903)
  • 1992 - Jean R. Yawkey, executive (b. 1909)
  • 2006 - Ace Adams, All-Star pitcher (b. 1912)
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