The following are the events that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.
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- 1926 - Babe Ruth hit three home runs to lead the New York Yankees to a 10–5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Four of the World Series.
- 1948 - In the opening game of the World Series, the Boston Braves beat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians, 1–0, with only two hits and the benefit of a disputed call on a pickoff attempt in the eighth inning by Feller.
- 1963 - Frank Howard led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2–1 win over the New York Yankees with a home run and a single, giving the Dodgers a four-game sweep in the World Series.
- 1966 - Jim Palmer, at age 20, became the youngest pitcher with a World Series shutout as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6–0. Sandy Koufax was the loser, his last appearance in the major leagues. Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis committed three errors on successive plays in the fifth inning.
- 1983 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Boddicker struck out a playoff-record 14 batters en route to a 4–0, five-hit victory over the Chicago White Sox in the second game of the ALCS.
- 1985 - New York Yankees pitcher Phil Niekro became the 18th 300-game winner as he blanked the Toronto Blue Jays, 8–0, on the last day of the season. At age 46, Niekro also became the oldest pitcher to throw a shutout in major league history.
- 2001 - Phil Nevin had his first three-homer game, including a grand slam, as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 10–4. Colorado's Todd Helton became the first player in major league history to have consecutive seasons with 400 or more total bases. His seventh-inning double gave him exactly 400 bases this year.
- 2003 - The Boston Red Sox completed a three-game playoff comeback, beating the Oakland Athletics 4–3 in Game 5 of their American League Division Series.
Births[]
- 1942 - Jerry Grote, All-Star catcher
- 1943 - Jim McGlothlin, All-Star pitcher (d. 1975)
- 1957 - Alfredo Griffin, All-Star infielder
- 1959 - Oil Can Boyd, pitcher
- 1965 - Rubén Sierra, All-Star outfielder
- 1970 - Darren Oliver, pitcher
- 1972 - Benji Gil, infielder
- 1972 - Valerio de los Santos, pitcher
Deaths[]
- 1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, All-Star pitcher (b. 1914)
- 1998 - Mark Belanger, All-Star infielder (b. 1944)