Baseball Guru
08-19-2001, 05:12 AM
This Day in Baseball History - August 19
"You never save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain." -LEO DUROCHER, major league manager (1939-46, 48-55, 66-73);
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(1909) The Phillies are rained out for an unprecedented tenth consecutive time.
(1913) Grover Alexander is reached for nine straight hits and six runs as the Cubs defeat Phillies,10-4.
(1921) At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to reach 3000 hits when he singles of off Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers.
(1951) Forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.
(1957) Giant Board of Directors vote 9-1 in favor of moving the team to San Francisco.
(1965) At Wrigley Field, Reds' hurler Jim Maloney no-hits the Cubs 1-0 with the only run scoring on a Leo Cardenas homer in the tenth inning. Earlier in the season the Fresno native had also no-hit the Mets for ten innings, but lost the game in the eleventh when Johnny Lewis homered.
(1990) White Sox Bobby Thigpen records his 40th save as the Chicago White Sox beat the Rangers, 4-2. He becomes the only eighth reliever to reach this milestone in major league history.
(1992) When Mariner second baseman Bret Boone, the grandson of Ray Boone (1948-60) and son of Bob Boone (1972-90) makes a start against the Orioles, he becomes part of the first three-generation family to play in the major leagues.
(1995) The Devil Rays name Braves assistant general manager Chuck LaMar as the franchise's first general manager.
(1969) At Wrigley Field, Ken Holtzman no-hits the Braves, 3-0 with Ron Santo's first inning homer providing all of the Cubs' runs.
"You never save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain." -LEO DUROCHER, major league manager (1939-46, 48-55, 66-73);
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(1909) The Phillies are rained out for an unprecedented tenth consecutive time.
(1913) Grover Alexander is reached for nine straight hits and six runs as the Cubs defeat Phillies,10-4.
(1921) At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to reach 3000 hits when he singles of off Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers.
(1951) Forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.
(1957) Giant Board of Directors vote 9-1 in favor of moving the team to San Francisco.
(1965) At Wrigley Field, Reds' hurler Jim Maloney no-hits the Cubs 1-0 with the only run scoring on a Leo Cardenas homer in the tenth inning. Earlier in the season the Fresno native had also no-hit the Mets for ten innings, but lost the game in the eleventh when Johnny Lewis homered.
(1990) White Sox Bobby Thigpen records his 40th save as the Chicago White Sox beat the Rangers, 4-2. He becomes the only eighth reliever to reach this milestone in major league history.
(1992) When Mariner second baseman Bret Boone, the grandson of Ray Boone (1948-60) and son of Bob Boone (1972-90) makes a start against the Orioles, he becomes part of the first three-generation family to play in the major leagues.
(1995) The Devil Rays name Braves assistant general manager Chuck LaMar as the franchise's first general manager.
(1969) At Wrigley Field, Ken Holtzman no-hits the Braves, 3-0 with Ron Santo's first inning homer providing all of the Cubs' runs.