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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 26.

Events

• 1880 - Abner Dalrymple, George Gore and Larry Corcoran, all normally left-handed batters, cross over and bat right-handed against southpaw Lee Richmond and get one hit each as Chicago beats Worcester, 4 - 0.
• 1901:
  • At Brooklyn, the Pirates lose, 16 - 3. Tom Daly has five hits including four long hits for Brooklyn - three doubles and a triple. He adds a stolen base, one of seven in the game. In September he'll have another five-hit game.
  • Boston arrives in Philadelphia for an expected game against the A's, unaware that the schedule had been changed and they are supposed to be in Baltimore. The Orioles squad and 4,500 fans wait for an hour and a half in 90-degree heat for Boston to arrive. The American League umpire assigned to the game shows up in Philly as well.
• 1903:
  • Before the start of the Giants-Pirates showdown, Giants catcher Frank Bowerman starts a fight with Pirates player-manager Fred Clarke in the Giants office. While the cause of the brawl is unclear, Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss reports it to the National League offices and Bowerman is fined $100. Clarke gets no fine, but does take home a black eye. Christy Mathewson then pitches his fifth victory over Pittsburgh, defeating them, 8 - 2, and beating Sam Leever. Sam Mertes, who will lead the National League in doubles and RBIs, doubles home three runs in the 5th.
  • Veteran SS George Davis, 1900-1901 Giants manager who played for the White Stockings in 1902 and was awarded to them as part of the peace treaty, gets the approval of National League president Harry Pulliam to play for the Giants. After Davis plays in four games, including today, for the Giants, Chicago's owner Charles Comiskey gets an injunction preventing Davis from playing. On July 20th the NL directors vote that Davis cannot play for any team except the White Stockings. Davis sits out the rest of the season but will rejoin Chicago in 1904 and finish a twenty-year career with them in 1909.
• 1906 - In an Iowa State League game at Waterloo, IA, Herbert Whitney, catcher for the Burlington Pathfinders, is beaned by a pitch from Fred Evans and his skull is fractured. He will die from the injury.
• 1911 - In Philadelphia, Grover Alexander shuts out the Boston Rustlers, 5 - 0. Phillies catcher/manager Red Dooin suffers a broken leg in a collision at home. Dooin will play in only 74 games this season. The speedy catcher had broken his knee the year before.
• 1912:
  • The Highlanders send future star Hippo Vaughn (2-8), winner of last year's opener, to the Senators for the waiver price. In late August, Washington will compound the mistake by selling him to the Kansas City Blues (American Association).
  • Boston's Smoky Joe Wood outguns the Nationals' ace Walter Johnson to win, 3 - 0. Wood allows three hits to the "Big Train"'s four. Johnson fans ten batters in the loss.
• 1913:
  • After failing in Cincinnati and moving across the Ohio River to Covington, Kentucky, the Federal League team decides to relocate again. The franchise shift to Kansas City, which is American Association territory, will cause Organized Baseball to "declare war" on the upstart league.
  • In the A's doubleheader pasting of the Senators, 11 - 2 and 10 - 3, Nats catcher Eddie Ainsmith swipes second base, third base, and home in the opener.
  • Brooklyn sees Grover Alexander for a second day in a row, this time beating the Phillies righty, 4 - 2, in a doubleheader sweep by the Superbas. The Phils now lead the Giants by a half-game.
• 1914 - In Boston, the Giants hammer the Braves for 27 hits, winning 8 - 4 and 10 - 4, and put Boston back in the cellar. Boston had moved into seventh place with yesterday's win over New York. Christy Mathewson wins the opener over Lefty Tyler, and Art Fromme wraps up the nitecap.
• 1915 - Phillie ace Grover Alexander continues his masterful pitching, topping Brooklyn's Jack Coombs, 4 - 0. Zack Wheat's 8th-inning single is the only Robin safety.
• 1916:
  • The Robins split with the Giants, losing, 11 - 8 before winning the nitecap, 2 - 1. New York takes a 6 - 0 lead in the opener, but the Robins score five in the 5th off starter Pol Perritt, then put two on against reliever Rube Schauer. Christy Mathewson then takes over and George Cutshaw cranks a three-run homer to give the Robins an 8 - 6 lead. Matty allows just one other hit and New York comes back against Duster Mails to win. It is Mathewson's last major league victory. During the game, police at the Polo Grounds arrest three fans for petty looting for not throwing back baseballs hit into the stands.
  • Cleveland players, in a game with the White Sox, wear numbers pinned to their sleeves, marking the first time players are identified by numbers corresponding to those on the scorecard. Jack Graney, leading off for the Tribe, is the first batter to wear a number in the 20th Century.
• 1920 - Lou Gehrig gets his first national mention when, as a high school junior for New York City's School of Commerce, he steals the show in a high school championship game against Lane Tech in Chicago. His grand slam home run in the 8th gives the New York team a 12 - 8 victory. Scouts sit with open mouths as the ball sails out of the National League park (later known as Wrigley Field).
• 1926 - The Cardinals move into second place with a win over the Cubs. The next day, Grover Alexander will earn a split with a four-hitter over his former teammates.
• 1927 - In Washington, the Senators make it three straight over Boston, winning, 8 - 7, scoring all of their runs in the 4th inning. Former Senator Buddy Myer belts a homer off Walter Johnson, who lasts five innings and gets credit for the win. Johnson will serve up six gopher balls to the Red Sox in his career, all in Washington. Goose Goslin homers, off Tony Welzer.
• 1934 - Paul Dean wins his tenth game against one loss, defeating the Giants, 13 - 7. Paul allows 15 hits, including homers by Travis Jackson and Mel Ott, in winning. Brother Dizzy's record is 10-3.
• 1935 - Lloyd Waner has a still-standing major-league record 18 putouts in CF in a doubleheader as the Pirates take a pair from the Braves at Boston. The Buccaneers win, 2 - 1 and 5 - 1, behind Joe Bush and Bill Swift.
• 1938:
  • Carl Hubbell wins his 200th game, as the Giants beat the visiting Cubs, 5 - 1, and stretch their lead over the second-place Reds to two games. Larry French takes the loss. Newly-acquired Bob Seeds, up from Newark, leads the way with a 470-foot inside-the-park homer to the Eddie Grant memorial in dead center.
  • In the Phils-Reds split, Reds leadoff hitter Lonny Frey bangs out eight hits, just the third Red player to collect eight hits in a twinbill (after Dusty Miller, on October 9, 1898 and Kiki Cuyler, on July 30, 1936). Frey is 5 for 5 in the second game as the Reds win 8 - 5 behind Paul Derringer. Claude Passeau wins the opener, 10 - 3 for the Phils. Buck Jordan has four hits and Phil Weintraub and Chuck Klein hit homers.
• 1939 - In Philadelphia, the Yankees play the first night game in franchise history losing to Connie Mack's A's, 3 - 2.
• 1940 - Sam Chapman is 5 for 5, including a grand slam, to lead the Browns to a win over the A's.
• 1944 - At the Polo Grounds, with over 50,000 fans looking on, the three New York major league teams play against each other in a six-inning three-team game (each team plays consecutive innings against the other two teams then sits out an inning). The contest, which is played to raise money for war bonds ends with the final score of Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, Giants 0.
• 1946 - After batting only .048 (2 for 48), Mel Ott decides to stop playing and only manage the Giants.
• 1949 - Pat Mullin hits three home runs for the Detroit Tigers in a 12 - 4 win over the Yankees in the second game of a doubleheader.
• 1951 - Fresh from a doubleheader loss on the 24th at Forbes Field, the Dodgers get further bad news at the Polo Grounds. Sal Maglie shuts out Brooklyn on three hits, and Preacher Roe takes his first loss after ten wins. Eddie Stanky and Whitey Lockman hit homers.
• 1956 - Robin Roberts and the Phillies hand the Braves a 4 - 2 loss. It is the first loss for the Braves after 11 wins under new manager Fred Haney.
• 1958:
  • The Braves fall to the Dodgers, 4 - 1, and cut their lead over St. Louis to 1 1/2 games.
  • Joe Gordon replaces Bobby Bragan as manager of the Cleveland Indians, signing a contract through 1959.
  • Hector Lopez of the Kansas City Athletics hits three home runs in a 8 - 6, 12-inning home win against Washington. His third homer is a two-run shot to win the game. Roy Sievers almost matches Lopez with two homers.
• 1960:
  • At Forbes Field, Cubs rookie Ron Santo, making his major league debut, leads Chicago to a sweep of the first-place Pirates. Santo is 3 for 7 and drives in five runs as the Cubs win, 7 - 5 and 7 - 6.
  • Hoping to speed up the election process, the Hall of Fame changes its voting procedures. The new rules allow the Special Veterans Committee to vote annually, rather than every other year, and to induct up to two players a year. The BBWAA is authorized to hold a runoff election of the top 30 vote getters if no one is elected in the first ballot.
• 1961:
  • Don DiChiara sets a New York-Penn League record with four consecutive home runs in Batavia's 14 - 9 loss to Jamestown.
  • At Los Angeles's Wrigley Field, Angel reliever Art Fowler, who has allowed just one hit in his last 12 innings, serves up a 9th-inning home run to Bill Skowron as New York wins, 8 - 6. Mickey Mantle adds an earlier homer, off Ken McBride, and Whitey Ford wins his 13th. Yogi Berra collects his 2,000th career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber. To celebrate the achievement a huge cake is rolled out.
• 1962 - Earl Wilson pitches a no-hitter, his first major league shutout, as Boston beats the Los Angeles Angels, 2 - 0. The righthander also hits a home run off loser Bo Belinsky, who pitched his no-hitter six weeks earlier.
• 1964 - Twins P Gerry Arrigo just misses a no-hitter when Chicago's Mike Hershberger laces a 9th-inning single, as the Twins beat the Sox, 2 - 0. Arrigo will toss another one-hitter while pitching for the Cincinnati Reds.
• 1966:
  • Chicago's Ron Santo singles in the 1st and his next time up is struck in the face by a Jack Fisher pitch that fractures his cheek. Before Santo's at bat, the Mets' Ron Hunt and the Cubs' Adolfo Phillips had both been hit by pitches. Santo will be operated on the following day but will return to action in a week. The injury ends his consecutive game streak at 390, but his hitting streak continues.
  • Sandy Koufax (13-2) matches his National League record of seven consecutive strikeouts in consecutive nine-inning appearances on his way to a 2 - 1 win in Atlanta.
  • The Major League Executive Council decides that both the American League and National League will play 162-game schedules in 1969 and operate two six-team divisions each.
• 1968 - Cardinal Bob Gibson pitches his fifth straight shutout in the first game of a doubleheader with Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh wins the second game, 3 - 1, although the Cardinals stop Maury Wills' 24-game hitting streak.
• 1970 - Frank Robinson belts two successive grand slams during a 12 - 2 Oriole romp over the Senators, just the seventh major leaguer to ever accomplish the feat. Dave McNally, the winning pitcher, Don Buford and Paul Blair trot home ahead of him on each blow. They will be Robby's only grand slams for the O's.
• 1971:
  • Last year's American League batting king, Alex Johnson, is suspended by the Angels following a series of incidents (including five benchings and 29 fines) resulting from his failure to hustle.
  • The Brewers' Marty Pattin gives up 11 hits to Minnesota, but still shuts them out, 5 - 0.
• 1972:
  • Detroit's Bill Slayback makes his major league debut a good one, allowing no hits for seven innings against the Yankees. Johnny Callison's single in the 8th is the first hit, but Detroit hangs on to a 4 - 3 win.
  • Brewer Billy Conigliaro jumps his club for the comfort of a Massachusetts island retreat.
• 1976 - Marty Pattin and Steve Mingori combine on a one-hit shutout as the Royals beat the Angels, 3 - 0.
• 1977:
  • In a sweep of Texas, both by 4 - 3 scores, Angels 2B Jerry Remy has 26 chances, an American League record (4 putouts, 12 assists in 11-inning game 1; 5 putouts, 5 asists in the second game). This comes two days after 2B Don Money tied the AL mark with 12 assists.
  • On Jersey Day in Minnesota, every fan receives a jersey with #29 on it, Rod Carew's number. Carew responds by going 4 for 5, scoring four runs, and raising his average to .403. One of the hits is a grand slam and he will hit another slam on July 4th. Teammate Glenn Adams drives in eight as the Twins beat the White Sox, 19 - 12.
  • In front of 55,039 fans, the Yankees complete a three-game sweep of the Red Sox, avenging the three losses last week to the Sox at Fenway Park. New York takes a 4 - 1 lead into the 9th, but the Sox tie the game. In the bottom of the 9th, Paul Blair bounces a bases-loaded ball over the head of Butch Hobson at third base to pin the loss on reliever Bill Campbell.
  • Pete Vuckovich pitches the first shutout in Blue Jay history, blanking the Orioles, 2 - 0.
• 1978 - Toronto's Dave McKay and Otto Velez each hit two doubles in one inning during a 24 - 10 rout of Baltimore. With the score 19 - 6 following a homer by Lee May, Earl Weaver brings in OF Larry Harlow to pitch to the Blue Jays. Harlow gets two batters out in the 5th, then walks three in a row and hurls a wild pitch. He then allows a single, a walk, and a grand slam by John Mayberry makes the score 24 - 6. Bullpen catcher Ellie Hendricks then relieves Harlow and gives up just a walk and no runs in 2 1/3 innings. Closer Don Stanhouse takes over in the 8th.
• 1979 - The Yankees reacquire the popular Bobby Murcer from the Cubs in exchange for P Paul Semall and cash. Murcer will once again thrive in Yankee Stadium, hitting .273 with eight home runs.
• 1980 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voids the Yankees' drafting of highly-touted high school shortstop Billy Cannon, Jr. Four teams had complained that Billy Cannon, Sr., college football's Heisman Trophy winner in 1959, misled them with telegrams saying that his son would go to college, in the hopes that he would then be drafted by the Yankees. In a special draft, the Indians will pick Cannon but he chooses to attend Texas A & M instead. The young Cannon will be drafted in the first round by the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys in 1984.
• 1982 - Despite managing just one hit in each game, the Appleton Foxes (Midwest League) sweep a doubleheader from the Wisconsin Rapids Twins, 2 - 1 and 1 - 0.
• 1983:
  • Met Rusty Staub delivers his eighth consecutive pinch hit in the 9th inning of an 8 - 4 loss to the Phillies, tying Dave Philley for the all-time major league record. Staub's streak will be snapped by the Cards' Bruce Sutter three days from now.
  • Baltimore's Storm Davis holds the Tigers hitless for eight innings, then needs help from reliever Tippy Martinez to complete a 3 - 1 victory. Pinch hitter Rick Leach, who had been in a 3 for 35 slump, breaks up the no-hit bid with his first home run of the year, leading off the 9th.
• 1984 - Pirate Jason Thompson hits a pair of home runs in each game of a doubleheader split with the Cubs. The Pirates take the opener, 9 - 0, behind Rick Rhoden's four-hitter, and lose the nitecap, 9 - 8.
• 1985:
  • In Clearwater (Florida State League), after a disputed call at first base, Phillies organist Wilbur Snapp is ejected by first base umpire Kevin O'Connor for playing "Three Blind Mice".
  • Minnesota's Ken Schrom one-hits Kansas City, but needs a two-run single from Roy Smalley in the bottom of the 9th to secure the 2 - 1 victory. Willie Wilson's 3rd-inning single is the only Royals hit.
  • The Cubs beat the Mets, 7 - 3, ending a club-record-tying losing streak at 13 games, their longest loss streak since 1944.
• 1986 - The A's fire manager Jackie Moore and name Jeff Newman his interim replacement. They will eventually hire recently-ousted White Sox manager Tony LaRussa.
• 1987:
  • Wade Boggs has his hitting streak snapped at 25 games and the Rocket sputters as Roger Clemens fails to hold a 9 - 0, 2nd-inning lead. Boston loses to New York, 12 - 11, in ten innings. The nine-run comeback ties a Yankee team record: Boston, alas, has blown bigger leads.
  • You gotta give him credit for trying. Paul Noce of the Cubs ties a major-league record (tied 11 days ago) in the 3rd inning by twice being thrown out trying to steal. A dropped ball leaves him safe at second base after he is caught, then he is thrown out trying to steal third. Pittsburgh beats Greg Maddux and the Cubs, 5 - 2. Maddux will finish 6-14, his last losing season until 2005.
• 1991:
  • The California Angels set an American League mark by playing their 13th consecutive errorless game, a 10 - 5 win over Kansas City. The previous mark of 12 had been set by Detroit in 1963.
  • Mickey Tettleton repeats his feat of four days ago by again hitting a home run out of Tiger Stadium, in an 8 - 7 win over the Brewers. The Tigers break a 7 - 7 tie with two outs in the 9th.
• 1992 - The Padres top the Giants, 6 - 2, scoring four runs in the 4th. The Pads might have scored more but Tony Fernandez is thrown out twice in the inning, matching the major league record. Fernandez will attempt to steal 40 times this season, and be successful on just half; this is the worst percentage for anyone with 20 steals since Jack Fournier in 1923 (for seasons in which times caught stealing was counted).
• 1996 - Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda undergoes an angioplasty after suffering a mild heart attack. Bill Russell is named Los Angeles' interim manager.
• 1997 - In Detroit's 10 - 6 walloping of the Red Sox, Tiger Brian Hunter swipes four bases. Detroit also gets a home run from Shane Mack to offset two Boston homers.
• 1999:
  • Kansas City scores ten runs in the 8th inning to defeat the Indians, 11 - 7. The Royals total eight hits in the game and their only home run is a two-out solo shot by Johnny Damon in the big frame.
  • Boston scores 11 runs in the 1st inning on the way to a 17 - 1 victory over the White Sox. Pedro Martinez (14-2) goes five innings with John Wasdin pitching the last four. Brian Daubach and Nomar Garciaparra homer in the 1st with Nomar adding another in the 3rd. Mike Stanley and Jason Varitek also homer in the game for Boston.
  • Shortstop Pat Meares of the Pittsburgh Pirates, on the disabled list recovering from surgery on his left hand, participates in a sausage race at Milwaukee's County Stadium. Meares, dressed as a ten-foot bratwurst, wins the race defeating a giant hot dog and a polish sausage. Two days ago, Meares was caught on videotape sunbathing in the upper deck of Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium for the first six innings of a game.
• 2000:
  • The Padres defeat the Dodgers, 9 - 5, scoring eight runs in the 2nd inning.
  • The Diamondbacks defeat the Astros, 6 - 1. Arizona rookie 1B Alex Cabrera hits a pinch-hit two-run home run in his first major league at bat.
• 2001 - The Marlins' Brad Penny (8 innings) and Antonio Alfonseca (1 inning) combine to one-hit the Expos, 3 - 0. 3B Geoff Blum's single is the only Montreal hit.
• 2003:
  • Edgar Martinez, who already holds the Mariners' all-time records for games played, at-bats, hits, doubles, total bases, extra-base hits, walks and runs scored, passes Ken Griffey Jr.'s mark for team career RBIs. His two-run homer in the Mariners' 10 - 6 victory over the Angels gives the All-Star designated hitter 1,153 RBIs - one more than Junior.
  • Giving his team a short-lived 3 - 0 lead (ultimately coughed up in a 5 - 3 come-from-behind win by the visiting Brewers), Chicago's Sammy Sosa comes to the plate with one out and one on in the 5th and launches a GPS-measured 536-foot homer onto Kenmore Avenue, believed to be the longest home run in Wrigley Field history.
• 2009:
  • Brett Gardner collects five hits, including a triple and a homer, as the Yankees beat the Mets, 9 - 1, before a record-breaking crowd at Citi Field. Alex Rodriguez hits home run number 564 of his career, passing Reggie Jackson on the all-time list; Jackson was sixth at the time of his retirement in 1987 but falls to twelfth now. Three errors by the Mets' infield in the 2nd lead to four runs.
  • Andre Ethier hits three home runs and drives in six runs, both career highs, as the Dodgers dispose of Seattle, 8 - 2.
• 2010:
  • The Red Sox get bad news before today's game, learning that 2B Dustin Pedroia, their hottest hitter this year, has a fractured left foot, the result of fouling off a ball in last night's game. He joins four other Sox regulars on the disabled list - Josh Beckett, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Lowell and Jeremy Hermida. Then, in the game against the Giants, pitcher Clay Buchholz comes up lame in the top of the 2nd inning after reaching base with his first major league hit and must be removed from the game. But the bullpen comes up big, as seven relievers give up only two runs in eight innings and the Sox win, 4 - 2. Darnell McDonald and Mike Cameron homer for Boston. Before the game, the Giants retire number 20 in honor of Hall of Fame OF Monte Irvin. In tomorrow's game, C Victor Martinez will suffer a broken left thumb, adding to Boston's injury woes.
  • Paul Konerko hits an 8th-inning homer off Andrew Cashner to snap a 2 - 2 tie and the White Sox extend their winning streak to 11 games, beating their crosstown rivals the Cubs, 3 - 2.
  • Five new members are inducted into the Salón de la Fama. Honored are Gerardo Sánchez (the holder of the most consecutive games played streak in the Mexican League), Derek Bryant (the first Mexican Leaguer with a four-homer game), Alonso Téllez (a record 17 straight seasons of 100+ hits in Mexico), Armando Reynoso (former major league pitcher) and umpire Efraín Ibarra (posthumously).
• 2011:
  • The Nationals confirm the hiring of Davey Johnson as their new manager, three days after the sudden resignation of Jim Riggleman. Johnson, who last managed in 2000 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, will take over tomorrow against the Angels. Meanwhile, interim manager John McLaren goes out a winner, as the Nats beat the White Sox, 2 - 1, to give him a 2-1 record during his stint as skipper; he is offered a job as a scout within the organization. Rookie 2B Danny Espinosa hits the key homer in the 7th inning while Livan Hernandez is the winner.
  • The Rays beat the Astros, 14 - 10, in an old-fashioned slugfest. Evan Longoria is given a game-tying two-run home run in the 6th, after initially being ruled out at second for attempting to stretch a single off the wall into a double; the instant replay shows the ball in fact bounced in the stands before falling back on the field. Longoria finishes the day 4 fo 6, adding a second homer in the 9th, a towering three-run shot that leaves no doubt as to its status.
  • The interleague series between Florida and Seattle is plagued by scheduling problems, first being moved across the country because of a concert by the rock band U2 in Miami, and then seeing the start of today's game delayed until 7:05 pm - the latest ever for a Sunday night game at Safeco Field - because the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer are playing an afternoon game and municipal authorities do not have the capacity to deal with simultaneous sporting events in neighboring locations. The game itself ends on a wacky play, as the Mariners' Dustin Ackley scores the winning run on a wild pitch by Steve Cishek in the 10th inning. The game is not over, though, since the Marlins are the home team, but Brandon League pitches a scoreless bottom of the 10th to preserve the 2 - 1 win. The Marlins are now 3-22 in June.
• 2012:
  • Reds starter Bronson Arroyo keeps the Brewers hitless until the 8th inning, when he suddenly runs into trouble. Nursing a 3 - 0 lead resulting from Jay Bruce's 6th-inning homer with two on, Arroyo walks George Kottaras with one out, then Tyler Green doubles to break the no-hitter. Another double by pinch-hitter Corey Hart and a single by Norichika Aoki tie the game. Arroyo leaves with a no-decision. Sean Marshall inherits the win when Drew Stubbs homers to lead off the bottom of the 8th, and Aroldis Chapman picks up his ninth save by striking out the side, celebrating with a double forward somesault. Chapman had blown his last two save chances and was sporting an ERA of 11.37 over his last seven games.
  • Rob Cordemans, tied for the Hoofdklasse win record at 150 (even with Bart Volkerijk), tosses a gem of a game only to lose. Cordemans gives up four hits, no walks and no earned runs in eight innings while fanning 12 for the L&D Amsterdam Pirates, but loses a 1 - 0 duel to DOOR Neptunus' Tim Roodenburg and Dushan Ruzic (who fares much worse with nine hits to three strikeouts). In the 6th, an error by Björn Hato lets Lennart Koster aboard for Neptunus and he winds up scoring on a hit by Rafaël Jozefa to delay Cordemans' date with history.
• 2013:
  • Ismel Jiménez is named Serie Nacional Most Valuable Player for 2012-2013; the Sancti Spiritus hurler had gone 9-0 with a 1.06 ERA and is the first pitcher to win MVP since Maels Rodríguez 11 years earlier. Norge Luis Ruíz takes the Rookie of the Year Award. SS Yordan Manduley and OF Dayron Varona are the only players to win both Offensive All-Star and Gold Glove honors at their positions.
  • The Pirates win their sixth straight game on the road, 4 - 2 over the Mariners, thanks to a two-run single by Jordy Mercer with two outs in the 9th. With the Cardinals' 4 - 3 loss to the Astros, the Bucs are now tied for the lead in the NL Central.
• 2015 - Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg resigns in his third season with his team in last place.
• 2017 - The Marlins trade SS Adeiny Hechevarria to the Rays in return for two prospects, Braxton Lee and Ethan Clark, while the Rockies acquire P Zac Rosscup from the Cubs for Matt Carasiti.
• 2018 - Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson takes a leave of absence to fight a recurrence of cancer. He had already taken some time off to undergo chemotherapy after the 2015 season.
• 2019 - Vanderbilt University defeats the University of Michigan, 8 - 2, in the third and final game of the finals to with the 2019 College World Series. It is the second title in school history, the other having been obtained in 2014. Freshman Kumar Rocker is the winner of the College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award.
• 2021:
  • The Diamondbacks finally end their record streak of 24 consecutive road losses by beating the Padres, 10 - 1. Merrill Kelly is the beneficiary of the rare offensive outburst, including a 4-for-5 game and five RBIs by Eduardo Escobar.
  • The Dominican national team wins the sixth and last spot in the Tokyo Olympics, beating Venezuela, 8 - 5, in the finale of the Final Olympic Qualifier. Diego Rincones hits a three-run homer in the 2nd for Venezuela but Melky Cabrera hits a two-run dinger for the Dominicans, who then string together six straight hits in the 4th as part of a six-run inning to win. Darío Álvarez gets the win as the Dominicans return to the Olympics after missing the baseball portion the prior four times, having last played in Barcelona in 1992. While the last qualifiers, the Dominicans will wind up taking home the Bronze Medal.
• 2022 - The University of Mississippi wins the 2022 College World Series, sweeping both games of the finals against the University of Oklahoma. In today's game, they win, 4 - 2, for the first title in school history. Ole Miss was the last school to secure its spot in the tournament and a definite underdog before play began. Pitcher Dylan DeLucia is named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player.
• 2023 - Louisiana State University wins the 2023 College World Series with an 18 - 4 win over the University of Florida in the final game, one day after losing 24 - 4 to the Gators. Paul Skenes is named the recipient of the College World Series Most Outstanding Player award. It is the Tigers' seventh title overall, and first since 2009.

Births

• 1858 - Ren Deagle, pitcher (d. 1936)
• 1858 - Denny Sullivan, infielder (d. 1925)
• 1860 - Al Strueve, catcher/outfielder (d. 1929)
• 1872 - Robert Stafford, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1916)
• 1873 - Henry Schmidt, pitcher (d. 1926)
• 1874 - Topsy Hartsel, outfielder (d. 1944)
• 1881 - Harry Womack, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 1931)
• 1891 - Justin Fitzgerald, outfielder (d. 1945)
• 1891 - Al Huenke, pitcher (d. 1974)
• 1893 - Elmer Ponder, pitcher (d. 1974)
• 1895 - Cy Lingle, minor league catcher (d. 1963)
• 1895 - Charley Wilson, pitcher (d. 1965)
• 1898 - Clayton Sheedy, scout (d. 1967)
• 1900 - Elmer Yoter, infielder (d. 1966)
• 1903 - Babe Herman, outfielder (d. 1987)
• 1903 - George Milstead, pitcher (d. 1977)
• 1906 - Bill Perkins, catcher; All-Star (d. 1958)
• 1907 - Debs Garms, outfielder (d. 1984)
• 1910 - Jim Henry, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1911 - Caesar Sinibaldi, scout
• 1911 - Babe Zaharias, multi-sport star (d. 1956)
• 1913 - Ralph Coles, outfielder (d. 1984)
• 1913 - Russ Lyon, catcher (d. 1975)
• 1914 - Juan Guilbe, pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1914 - Walt Rabb, college coach (d. 2006)
• 1915 - Willard Brown, outfielder; All-Star; Hall of Fame (d. 1996)
• 1917 - Alphonso Gerard, outfielder (d. 2002)
• 1918 - Elmer Singleton, pitcher (d. 1996)
• 1920 - Jay Haney, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1982)
• 1920 - Jean-Pierre Roy, pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1921 - Howie Pollet, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1974)
• 1921 - Red Smith, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1979)
• 1923 - Kenichi Kageura, NPB infielder
• 1924 - Ernest Burke, pitcher (d. 2004)
• 1926 - Al Preston, pitcher (d. 1979)
• 1929 - Dick Tettelbach, outfielder (d. 1995)
• 1931 - Joe Osinski, minor league catcher (d. 2016)
• 1932 - Renzo Ishii, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1933 - Joe Albanese, pitcher (d. 2000)
• 1933 - Hsien-De Chou, Taiwan national team catcher
• 1933 - Gene Green, outfielder (d. 1981)
• 1935 - Oswaldo Carrillo, Venezuelan national team infielder
• 1935 - Hank Greenwald, announcer (d. 2018)
• 1941 - Gil Garrido, infielder
• 1943 - Bill Robinson, outfielder (d. 2007)
• 1946 - Reggie Thomas, minor league outfielder (d. 1980)
• 1948 - Pete Dunn, college coach
• 1950 - Dave Rosello, infielder
• 1950 - Hiroshi Suzuki, Japanese national team coach
• 1952 - Steve Bowling, outfielder
• 1955 - Manny Seoane, pitcher
• 1956 - Mitsuo Sumi, NPB pitcher
• 1957 - Jose Barrios, infielder
• 1957 - Mike Griffin, pitcher
• 1958 - Luis Arauz, Nicaraguan national team pitcher
• 1958 - David Sullivan, minor league catcher (d. 2019)
• 1959 - Mark Haley, minor league manager
• 1960 - Pete Dalena, designated hitter
• 1964 - Kevin Koentopp, minor league outfielder
• 1968 - Cecil Pettiford, minor league pitcher
• 1968 - Jorge Tissert, Cuban league pitcher
• 1969 - Mike Myers, pitcher
• 1969 - Rodney Myers, pitcher
• 1969 - Robin Roy, French national team pitcher
• 1971 - Greg Blosser, outfielder
• 1971 - Alexander Fedorov, Russian national team infielder
• 1971 - Chuan-Chia Wang, CPBL outfielder
• 1972 - In-kwon Kang, KBO catcher and manager
• 1973 - Tetsu Yofu, minor league pitcher and manager
• 1974 - Andrea Castrì, minor league infielder
• 1974 - Derek Jeter, infielder; All-Star ; Hall of Fame
• 1974 - Jason Kendall, catcher; All-Star
• 1975 - Jason Middlebrook, pitcher
• 1977 - Greg MacKoul, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Hugh Quattlebaum, coach
• 1978 - Virgilio Roxas, Philippines national team infielder
• 1979 - Audes de Leon, minor league player
• 1979 - Brent Del Chiaro, minor league catcher
• 1979 - Luis A. Gonzalez, infielder
• 1980 - Chris Shelton, infielder
• 1980 - Michael Vick, drafted outfielder
• 1981 - Shadley Sasman, South African national team pitcher
• 1981 - Takashi Toritani, NPB infielder
• 1983 - Gordon Gronkowski, minor league infielder
• 1984 - Elijah Dukes, outfielder
• 1984 - Luis Hernandez, infielder
• 1984 - Jose Jaimes, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Hirotoshi Masui, NPB pitcher
• 1985 - Christian Vitters, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Mike Bianucci, minor league outfielder
• 1986 - Michael Kohn, pitcher
• 1986 - Lou Marson, catcher
• 1986 - Dale Mollenhauer, minor league infielder
• 1987 - Matthew Lawman, minor league infielder
• 1987 - Reo Moriyasu, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1988 - Hamilton Bennett, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Jacke Healey, college coach
• 1988 - Ennio Retrosi, Italian Baseball League outfielder
• 1990 - Ray Black, pitcher
• 1990 - Drew Gagnon, pitcher
• 1991 - Björn Hato, minor league infielder
• 1991 - Elizabeth Santana, Puerto Rican women's national team pitcher
• 1992 - Ryan Thompson, pitcher
• 1992 - Austin Voth, pitcher
• 1994 - Eli White, infielder
• 1994 - Yoshiki Yamada, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1995 - Darren Boltman, South African national team infielder
• 1995 - Andrés López, Puerto Rican national team infielder
• 1996 - Riley Adams, catcher
• 1997 - Justin Bruihl, pitcher
• 1997 - Christos Gkiatas, Greek national team outfielder
• 1997 - Lyle Lin, minor league catcher
• 1997 - Jon Lund, college coach
• 1998 - Khalil Lee, outfielder
• 1999 - Trolle Brandt, Elitserien infielder
• 2000 - Yuki Nomura, NPB infielder
• 2001 - Marek Krejčiřík, Extraliga infielder
• 2001 - Sterlin Thompson, minor league infielder/outfielder
• 2003 - Jake Chaisonkram, Thai national team outfielder

Deaths

• 1906 - Herbert Whitney, minor league catcher (b. ????)
• 1925 - Sam Crane, infielder, manager (b. 1854)
• 1939 - Tom Murray, infielder (b. 1868)
• 1940 - Billy Reid, infielder (b. 1857)
• 1940 - Jimmie Savage, outfielder (b. 1883)
• 1946 - Chris Hartje, catcher (b. 1915)
• 1948 - Jimmy Esmond, infielder (b. 1889)
• 1954 - Charlie Pick, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1957 - Tom Whelan, infielder (b. 1894)
• 1959 - Joe Sugden, catcher (b. 1870)
• 1961 - Bill Collins, outfielder (b. 1882)
• 1966 - Lil Stoner, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1970 - Jorge Arrieta, Venezuelan national team pitcher (b. 1923)
• 1971 - Charles Walsh, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1903)
• 1972 - Mike Kircher, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1977 - Jack Berly, pitcher (b. 1903)
• 1983 - Don Rader, infielder (b. 1893)
• 1985 - Wes Schulmerich, outfielder (b. 1901)
• 1987 - Jay Avrea, pitcher (b. 1920)
• 1991 - Johnny Johnson, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 1992 - Jim Cullinane, minor league infielder (b. 1918)
• 1993 - Roy Campanella, catcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1921)
• 1996 - Buck Frierson, outfielder (b. 1917)
• 1997 - Don Hutson, minor league player (b. 1913)
• 1997 - Armando Roche, pitcher (b. 1926)
• 1999 - Tim Layana, pitcher (b. 1964)
• 2001 - Darius Bea, catcher (b. 1913)
• 2006 - Jack Urban, pitcher (b. 1928)
• 2012 - Paul Bargas, minor league pitcher (b. 1988)
• 2012 - Walter Plant, minor league infielder (b. 1921)
• 2013 - Justin Miller, pitcher (b. 1977)
• 2015 - Kal Segrist, infielder (b. 1931)
• 2019 - Alex Cosmidis, scout (b. 1928)