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

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1800s[]

  • 1861 - Wearing ice skates, the champion Atlantics defeat the Charter Oak Club, 36-27 on a game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in South Brooklyn.
  • 1882 - National League players are now responsible for carrying their own bats and uniforms on road trips. They are also required to purchase and keep clean two complete uniforms, including the white linen ties to be worn on the field at all times.
  • 1893 - The first recorded version of Casey at the Bat, as sung by Russell Hunting, hits the music charts. DeWolf Hopper's more famous version will not be released until October 1906.

1900s-1920s[]

  • 1909 - Pitcher John Clarkson dies in Belmont, Massachusetts, at the age of 47. Clarkson won 328 games during a 12-year career in the 19th century. He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1963.
  • 1915 - The New York Yankees purchase Wally Pipp and Hugh High from the Detroit Tigers for a reported $5,000 each. Baseball historian Lyle Spatz (Yankees Coming, Yankees Going) writes that this was the first of some promised funneling of ball players to the recently-sold Yankees franchise.
  • 1922 - Joe Harris, formerly with the Cleveland Indians, is reinstated by Judge Landis because of his good World War I record. Harris had been on the ineligible list for having played with and against ineligible players in independent games. "His service in France, where he was gassed after bitter fighting, caused him to do things he might not have done," says Judge Landis in reinstating him. Last December, Harris was traded by Cleveland along with George Burns and Elmer Smith to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Stuffy McInnis.

1930-1950s[]

  • 1934 - The National Recovery Administration says athletes advertising athletic goods must actually use them or advertisers will lose the NRA Blue Eagle and be fined.
  • 1958 - The Hall of Fame fails to enshrine any new members for the first time since 1950.

1960s-1970s[]

  • 1971 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces former Negro League players will have a separate wing in the Hall of Fame. Due to the controversy the announcement causes, it is decided inclusion in regular Hall of Fame is more fitting and more of an honor for the former black players.
  • 1976 - Federal Judge John W. Oliver upholds a recent decision by arbitrator Peter Seitz, who had granted free agency to pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally. Both players had challenged baseball’s reserve clause. Messersmith will sign a free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves, while McNally will decide to retire.

1980s-1990s[]

  • 1990 - The St. Petersburg Pelicans get home runs from Lamar Johnson and Steve Kemp and rout the West Palm Beach Tropics, 12-4, to win the first-ever championship of the Senior Professional Baseball Association.

2000s[]

  • 2002 - The Minnesota Supreme Court refuses to consider an appeal of an injunction that forces the Twins to fulfill their Metrodome lease in 2002. The decision puts an end for this season any possibility of contraction in major league baseball.
  • 2005:
    • A dentist, who became partially blind after being struck attempting to catch a foul ball, is appealing his case against the Philadelphia Phillies which alleges more needs done to protect fans. The case, demised by a Philadelphia Common Pleas judge citing multiple warnings were made by the club including PA announcements, text on the back of the ticket, and posted signs in the ball park, will now be heard in the state’s Commonwealth Court.
    • Needing to fill the void created by the departure of Sammy Sosa and Moisés Alou, the Chicago Cubs avoid arbitration and sign Aramis Ramírez to a $8.95 million, one-year contract. Ramírez, who hit .318 with 36 home runs and 103 RBI in 2004, established a club record for a third baseman.

Births[]

  • 1890 - Possum Whitted, outfielder (d. 1962)
  • 1892 - Eddie Ainsmith, catcher (d. 1981)
  • 1942 - Joe Sparma, pitcher (d. 1986)
  • 1951 - Stan Papi, pitcher
  • 1953 - Rob Picciolo, infielder
  • 1955 - Gary Allenson, catcher
  • 1962 - Dan Plesac, All-Star pitcher
  • 1980 - Steve Schmoll, pitcher
  • 1981 - Ben Hendrickson, pitcher
  • 1983 - William Bergolla, infielder

Deaths[]

  • 1909 - John Clarkson, Hall of Fame pitcher (b. 1861)
  • 1920 - Ed Siever, pitcher (b. 1877)
  • 1923 - George Tebeau, outfielder (b. 1861)
  • 1937 - Harry Wolverton, outfielder (b. 1873)
  • 1944 - Dixie Davis, pitcher (b. 1890)
  • 1977 - Nemo Leibold, outfielder (b. 1892)
  • 2005 - Luis Sánchez, pitcher (b. 1953)
  • 2006 - Joe McGuff, sportswriter (b. 1926)
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