Baseball Guru
08-15-2001, 12:54 PM
This Day in Baseball History - August 6
"Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than any one else." -BROOKS ROBINSON, Oriole third baseman (1955-77)
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(1941) Tiger pitcher Al Benton becomes the only major leaguer to have two sacrifice bunts in one inning as 17 batters come to bat in the third frame of a 11-2 rout of the Indians.
(1952) At the age of 47, Satchel Paige becomes the oldest pitcher ML history to hurl a complet-game shutout when he beats the Tigers in 12 innings, 1-0 .
(1967) Brooks Robinson hits into his fourth career triple play setting a major league record.
(1969) Twin manager Billy Martin punches Dave Boswell sending his pitcher to the hospital to get twenty stitches. The incident happened after a scuffle between Boswell and teammate Bob Allison.
(1973) Roberto Clemente becomes the first Latin-born player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
(1982) The Yankees trade 1978 play-off hero Bucky Dent to the Rangers for outfielder /first baseman Lee Mazzilli. In spite of hitting just .169, the popular Yankee infielder nearly was elected to the All-Star game by the fans.
(1988) Pirate relief pitcher Jim Gott balks three times in the eighth inning bringing home to the winning run in a 5-3 loss to the Mets.
(1988) Cub reliever Goose Gossage becomes the second player in major league history to record 300 career saves as he retires one batter in a 7-4 victory over the Phillies.
(1993) Raising his average to .348, Padre outfielder Tony Gwynn singles off Rockie hurler Bruce Ruffin for his 2000th career base hit . (our thanks to Tom Lane for sharing this event for the web site)
(1998) Kevin McClatchy's vision of a new baseball-only stadium starts to becomes more of a reality as PNC Bank strikes a deal with the Pirates calling the Bucs' new home PNC Park.
(1999) Padre Tony Gwynn singles off of Expo rookie right-hander Dan Smith in the first inning to get his 3000th career hit; first base ump Kerwin Danley, Gwynn's college teammate,Vendella Gwynn, his mother celebrating her 64th birthday, and 13,540 Olympic Stadium fans help to celebrate the right fielder's milestone; he finishes the night 4-for-5 passing Roberto Clemente into 21st place on the all-time career hit list.
"Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than any one else." -BROOKS ROBINSON, Oriole third baseman (1955-77)
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(1941) Tiger pitcher Al Benton becomes the only major leaguer to have two sacrifice bunts in one inning as 17 batters come to bat in the third frame of a 11-2 rout of the Indians.
(1952) At the age of 47, Satchel Paige becomes the oldest pitcher ML history to hurl a complet-game shutout when he beats the Tigers in 12 innings, 1-0 .
(1967) Brooks Robinson hits into his fourth career triple play setting a major league record.
(1969) Twin manager Billy Martin punches Dave Boswell sending his pitcher to the hospital to get twenty stitches. The incident happened after a scuffle between Boswell and teammate Bob Allison.
(1973) Roberto Clemente becomes the first Latin-born player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
(1982) The Yankees trade 1978 play-off hero Bucky Dent to the Rangers for outfielder /first baseman Lee Mazzilli. In spite of hitting just .169, the popular Yankee infielder nearly was elected to the All-Star game by the fans.
(1988) Pirate relief pitcher Jim Gott balks three times in the eighth inning bringing home to the winning run in a 5-3 loss to the Mets.
(1988) Cub reliever Goose Gossage becomes the second player in major league history to record 300 career saves as he retires one batter in a 7-4 victory over the Phillies.
(1993) Raising his average to .348, Padre outfielder Tony Gwynn singles off Rockie hurler Bruce Ruffin for his 2000th career base hit . (our thanks to Tom Lane for sharing this event for the web site)
(1998) Kevin McClatchy's vision of a new baseball-only stadium starts to becomes more of a reality as PNC Bank strikes a deal with the Pirates calling the Bucs' new home PNC Park.
(1999) Padre Tony Gwynn singles off of Expo rookie right-hander Dan Smith in the first inning to get his 3000th career hit; first base ump Kerwin Danley, Gwynn's college teammate,Vendella Gwynn, his mother celebrating her 64th birthday, and 13,540 Olympic Stadium fans help to celebrate the right fielder's milestone; he finishes the night 4-for-5 passing Roberto Clemente into 21st place on the all-time career hit list.