Baseball Guru
08-15-2001, 12:56 PM
This Day in Baseball History - August 4
"Baseball is still the greatest game." -MICKEY MANTLE, Yankee Hall of Fame outfielder (1951-68)
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(1908) Playing the entire game with one ball, the St. Louis Cardinals blank the Brooklyn Superbas, 3-0.
(1910) A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh duel one another in a 16-inning 0-0 tie.
(1941) At Ebbets Field, Dodger backstop Mickey Owens becomes the first catcher to handle three foul popups in one inning.
(1942) In a military relief game at the Polo Grounds, Pee Wee Reese's grand slam in the top of ninth, which puts the Dodgers up 5-1, doesn't count because of the 9:10 pm government curfew. The game ends up as a 1-1 tie with the Giants and, the contest will be the last war-time twilight game played.
(1963) In his first at-bat in two months after breaking his left foot, Mickey Mantle slams a pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning to beat the Orioles, 11-10 .
(1982) After driving in the winning run in a Met 7-4 victory over the Cubs, Joel Youngblood is traded and later in the day flies to Philadelphia and singles for the Expos becoming the first player to have a hit for two different teams in the same day in different cities.
(1985) White Sox Tom Seaver becomes the 17th player in major league history to win his 300th game as he six-hits the Yankees 6-2 at Yankee Stadium.
(1985) Angel Rod Carew singles off of Twin Frank Viola in the third inning to become the 16th major leaguer to amass 3000 hits.
( 1989) Blue Jay Dave Stieb comes retires the first 26 batters he faces before giving up two-hits in a 2-1 win over the Yankees.
(1990) The Braves trade Dale Murphy to the Phillies for Jeff Parrett, Jim Vatcher and Victor Rosario; the move enables the youngster David Justice to return to right field and win the Rookie-of-the-Year Award.
(1996) Baltimore managers Earl Weaver and Ned Hanlon, Kentucky congressman Jim Bunning and Negro League star Bill Foster are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
(1998) Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits a game-tying pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth inning of New York's 10-5 win becoming the second major leaguer to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in one season.
(2000) Joining Dave Kingman Frank Huelsman, Willis Hudlin, Paul Lehner, Wes Covington, Ted Gray and Mike Kilkenny, Dave Martinez ties a major league record as he appears for his fourth team in a season. In the past four months the veteran outfielder/first baseman has played for the Devil Rays, Cubs, Rangers and now the Blue Jays.
(2000) With 32 home games remaining, the Astros, who moved from the pitcher-friendly Astrodome to homer-haven Enron Field this season, set a franchise-record already hitting 83 homers at home this season
"Baseball is still the greatest game." -MICKEY MANTLE, Yankee Hall of Fame outfielder (1951-68)
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(1908) Playing the entire game with one ball, the St. Louis Cardinals blank the Brooklyn Superbas, 3-0.
(1910) A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh duel one another in a 16-inning 0-0 tie.
(1941) At Ebbets Field, Dodger backstop Mickey Owens becomes the first catcher to handle three foul popups in one inning.
(1942) In a military relief game at the Polo Grounds, Pee Wee Reese's grand slam in the top of ninth, which puts the Dodgers up 5-1, doesn't count because of the 9:10 pm government curfew. The game ends up as a 1-1 tie with the Giants and, the contest will be the last war-time twilight game played.
(1963) In his first at-bat in two months after breaking his left foot, Mickey Mantle slams a pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning to beat the Orioles, 11-10 .
(1982) After driving in the winning run in a Met 7-4 victory over the Cubs, Joel Youngblood is traded and later in the day flies to Philadelphia and singles for the Expos becoming the first player to have a hit for two different teams in the same day in different cities.
(1985) White Sox Tom Seaver becomes the 17th player in major league history to win his 300th game as he six-hits the Yankees 6-2 at Yankee Stadium.
(1985) Angel Rod Carew singles off of Twin Frank Viola in the third inning to become the 16th major leaguer to amass 3000 hits.
( 1989) Blue Jay Dave Stieb comes retires the first 26 batters he faces before giving up two-hits in a 2-1 win over the Yankees.
(1990) The Braves trade Dale Murphy to the Phillies for Jeff Parrett, Jim Vatcher and Victor Rosario; the move enables the youngster David Justice to return to right field and win the Rookie-of-the-Year Award.
(1996) Baltimore managers Earl Weaver and Ned Hanlon, Kentucky congressman Jim Bunning and Negro League star Bill Foster are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
(1998) Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits a game-tying pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth inning of New York's 10-5 win becoming the second major leaguer to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in one season.
(2000) Joining Dave Kingman Frank Huelsman, Willis Hudlin, Paul Lehner, Wes Covington, Ted Gray and Mike Kilkenny, Dave Martinez ties a major league record as he appears for his fourth team in a season. In the past four months the veteran outfielder/first baseman has played for the Devil Rays, Cubs, Rangers and now the Blue Jays.
(2000) With 32 home games remaining, the Astros, who moved from the pitcher-friendly Astrodome to homer-haven Enron Field this season, set a franchise-record already hitting 83 homers at home this season