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

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1800s[]

  • 1876 - Ross Barnes of the Chicago White Stockings hit the first home run in major league history off the Cincinnati Red Stockings' Cherokee Fisher. According to the Chicago Tribune, "Barnes, coming to bat with two men out, made the finest hit of the game straight down the left field to the carriages, for a clean home run." [1]

1900s[]

  • 1909 - Honus Wagner stole his way around the bases in the first inning of a game against the Cubs. It was the fourth time he stole second base, third and home in a same inning, an National League record. Previously, Wagner performed this feat in 1899, 1902 and 1907. The record holder in the American League is Ty Cobb, in 1909, 1911, 1912 and 1924. Through the 2005 season, not one player in major league history has ever accomplished this feat once in each league and only two more have accomplished the feat twice during their careers: Max Carey (NL) and Jackie Tavener (AL). [2]

1910s[]

  • 1917 - At Wrigley Field, Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs pitched a double no-hitter for nine innings, but the Reds won 1–0 on two hits in the top of the 10th. Jim Thorpe drove in the winning run, scored by Larry Kopf, and Toney retired down three Cubs in the bottom, completing the fourth ten-inning no-hitter to date.

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1930s[]

  • 1939 - Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees did not play against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, ending at 2,130 his streak of consecutive games played. An ailing Gehrig removed himself from the lineup, telling his manager Joe McCarthy that he could not play because of continuing weakness. Doctors will later diagnose Gehrig with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal disease that affects the muscles. Gehrig will never play again.

1940s[]

  • 1943 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Schoolboy Rowe pinch hits with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and cracks a grand slam off Boston Braves' Al Javery to break a tie. The Phillies win, 6–5, but it takes them 12 innings. For Rowe, it is his second career grand slam. He hit one in 1939 while with Detroit, as he is the only pitcher in major league history to hit a grand slam in each league. Rowe will finish the 1943 season with a .306 batting average as a pinch hitter.
  • 1944 - Charley Schanz of the Philadelphia Phillies takes a 1–0 no-hitter into the seventh inning before giving up a two-run home run to Joe Medwick of the New York Giants, the only Giants' hit of the day. Schanz wins his own game by clearing the bases with a triple in the ninth.
  • 1947 - At Cleveland Stadium, Bob Feller fires his second one-hitter in 10 days, stopping the Boston Red Sox, 2–0, while striking out 10. Johnny Pesky has the only hit for Boston. Joe Gordon's home run off Dave Ferriss is the only run Feller needs.
  • 1949 - In his first major league start, Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers shuts out the Cincinnati Reds, 3–0.

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Births[]

  • 1886 - Larry Cheney, pitcher (d. 1969)
  • 1887 - Eddie Collins, Hall of Fame player and manager (d. 1951)
  • 1896 - Bill Piercy, pitcher (d. 1951)
  • 1932 - Eddie Bressoud, All-Star infielder
  • 1939 - Gates Brown, outfielder
  • 1941 - Clay Carroll, All-Star pitcher
  • 1954 - Keith Moreland, outfielder
  • 1965 - Félix José, All-Star outfielder
  • 1977 - Luke Hudson, pitcher

Deaths[]

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