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

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1900s-1920s[]

  • 1906 - The Chicago Cubs won their 116th game of 152 played for a winning percentage (.763) that has not been matched.
  • 1917 - After the Brooklyn Robins beats the Boston Braves, 5–1 in game one, Boston responds with a 4–2 victory in the nitecap. The 40-inning scoreless streak of Art Nehf ended, when a walk followed by a single and a sacrifice fly in the eight inning produce a run for Brooklyn. Nehf holds on for the victory over Leon Cadore and finishes the year at 17–8 for the sixth-place Braves. In game one, Sherry Smith evens his season's record, beating Jack Scott.
  • 1925 - Harry Heilmann gets six hits in Detroit's doubleheader sweep over the Browns, 10–4 and 11–6, to edge out teammate Ty Cobb for the batting crown, .393 to .389. Cobb bats over .300 for the 20th time. In the second game, fans saw the unusual spectacle of two managers, both famous hitters, pitch against each other in the season finale. George Sisler of the Browns and Ty Cobb of Detroit both pitch in relief for the two clubs. Cobb is perfect in his one inning, while Sisler holds Detroit scoreless in two.

1930s-1940s[]

  • 1942:
    • In the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals get six runs in the fourth inning, but the Yankees tie the game with five in the sixth. St. Louis scores three more runs to win 9–6 in a 22-hit game.
    • In a rematch of last year's IBA world championship, Cuba tops [[Venezuela[[, 8–0, behind Connie Marrero's three-hitter. Venezuela is led by second baseman Luis Aparicio, Sr. and losing pitcher Chino Canónico. The 31-year-old Marrero will debut with the Washington Senators in 1950.

1950s[]

1960s[]

  • 1964:
    • The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the National League pennant with an 11–5 triumph over the New York Mets, ending the closest pennant race in league history.
    • Larry Jackson's 9–2 victory over the Giants is his 24th win for the Cubs, the most ever for an eighth-place team. Jackson also sets a major league record for pitchers by fielding 109 chances during the season without committing an error. Walter Johnson fielded 103 chances without an error in 1913.
    • The Philadelphia Phillies bomb the Cincinnati Reds 10–0 as both teams finish one game behind the St. Louis Cardinals. Phillies and Reds then sit in the visitor's clubhouse and hope that New York Mets pitcher Galen Cisco can stop the Cardinals. The Mets take a 3–2 lead into the fifth inning, but St. Louis scores three runs to regain the lead. New York score once more but the Cardinals complete their scoring with three in the eighth to win 11–5. Bob Gibson wins in relief. For St. Louis, it is their first pennant since 1946.

1970s[]

1980s[]

  • 1984 - The San Diego Padres take a lead in an NLCS game for the first time, and they go on to down the Chicago Cubs, 7–1.
  • 1987 - The Detroit Tigers took advantage of one of the great collapses in baseball history to win the AL East title, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 1–0 behind the six-hit pitching of Frank Tanana. Toronto lost their last seven games of the season, including three straight in the season-ending series at Detroit.

1990s[]

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Births[]

  • 1910 - Frankie Crosetti, All-Star infielder (d. 2002)
  • 1918 - Red Munger, All-Star pitcher (d. 1996)
  • 1928 - Rip Repulski, All-Star outfielder (d. 1993)
  • 1943 - Jimy Williams, manager
  • 1944 - Tony LaRussa, manager
  • 1949 - John Wathan, catcher and manager
  • 1955 - Lary Sorensen, All-Star pitcher
  • 1956 - Charlie Leibrandt, pitcher
  • 1960 - Joe Boever, pitcher
  • 1960 - Billy Hatcher, outfielder
  • 1960 - Mike Sharperson, All-Star infielder (d. 1996)
  • 1962 - Dennis Cook, pitcher
  • 1962 - Chris James, outfielder
  • 1963 - Bruce Ruffin, pitcher
  • 1964 - Mark McLemore, infielder
  • 1965 - Steve Olin, pitcher (d. 1993)
  • 1967 - Roger Pavlik, All-Star pitcher
  • 1972 - Adam Riggs, infielder

Deaths[]

  • 1934 - Nixey Callahan, player and manager (b. 1874)
  • 1966 - Mike Tresh, All-Star catcher (b. 1914)
  • 1981 - Freddie Lindstrom, Hall of Fame infielder (b. 1905)
  • 1996 - Joe Hoerner, All-Star pitcher (b. 1936)
  • 1998 - Lee Grissom, All-Star pitcher (b. 1907)
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