Panzram
07-15-2004, 02:09 PM
JULY 15 IN BASEBALL HISTORY
» 2000: The White Sox defeat the Cardinals, 15-7, scoring nine runs in the seventh inning. OF Eric Davis goes 5-for-5 for St. Louis.
» 1990: Bo Jackson slugs three straight HRs, the third his career 100th, then separates his shoulder in the sixth inning diving for a line drive off the bat of Yankee Deion Sanders. Sanders ends up with an inside-the-park HR but Kansas City takes home a 10-7 win. Jackson will be out for six weeks.
» 1979: The Geneva Cubs score 15 runs in the ninth inning to cap a 29-4 romp over the Utica Blue Jays in a New York-Pennsylvania League game. Scott Fletcher paces the attack with two singles, four doubles, a HR, and eight RBI.
» 1967: Cardinals P Bob Gibson suffers a fractured right fibula when hit by a Roberto Clemente line drive. Gibson will be sidelined until Labor Day. Pittsburgh wins 6-4.
» 1956: Wally Burnette of Kansas City shuts out Washington 8-0 in his first start.
» 1942: "There is no rule, formal or informal, against the hiring of Negro players," says Judge Landis in response to an editorial in the New York Daily Worker newspaper.
» 1925: The A's go back into the lead with a sweep over the White Sox 9-7 and 11*5.
» 1913: Jake Stahl, hobbled by a foot injury, resigns as Red Sox manager. C Bill Carrigan replaces him.
» 1901: Christy Mathewson (22 years old) of the Giants pitches a no-hitter, blanking St. Louis 5-0 at League Park. Matty saves his own no-hitter in the sixth when an Otto Krueger hit caroms off 1B Chick Ganzel's glove to Mathewson, who throws back to 1B for a 3-1*3 putout.
» 1890: New York (NL) owner John B. Day tells other NL owners he must have $80,000 or sell out to the PL. Spalding, Anson, Brush, and others come to the rescue to prevent New York's withdrawal from the league.
» 2000: The White Sox defeat the Cardinals, 15-7, scoring nine runs in the seventh inning. OF Eric Davis goes 5-for-5 for St. Louis.
» 1990: Bo Jackson slugs three straight HRs, the third his career 100th, then separates his shoulder in the sixth inning diving for a line drive off the bat of Yankee Deion Sanders. Sanders ends up with an inside-the-park HR but Kansas City takes home a 10-7 win. Jackson will be out for six weeks.
» 1979: The Geneva Cubs score 15 runs in the ninth inning to cap a 29-4 romp over the Utica Blue Jays in a New York-Pennsylvania League game. Scott Fletcher paces the attack with two singles, four doubles, a HR, and eight RBI.
» 1967: Cardinals P Bob Gibson suffers a fractured right fibula when hit by a Roberto Clemente line drive. Gibson will be sidelined until Labor Day. Pittsburgh wins 6-4.
» 1956: Wally Burnette of Kansas City shuts out Washington 8-0 in his first start.
» 1942: "There is no rule, formal or informal, against the hiring of Negro players," says Judge Landis in response to an editorial in the New York Daily Worker newspaper.
» 1925: The A's go back into the lead with a sweep over the White Sox 9-7 and 11*5.
» 1913: Jake Stahl, hobbled by a foot injury, resigns as Red Sox manager. C Bill Carrigan replaces him.
» 1901: Christy Mathewson (22 years old) of the Giants pitches a no-hitter, blanking St. Louis 5-0 at League Park. Matty saves his own no-hitter in the sixth when an Otto Krueger hit caroms off 1B Chick Ganzel's glove to Mathewson, who throws back to 1B for a 3-1*3 putout.
» 1890: New York (NL) owner John B. Day tells other NL owners he must have $80,000 or sell out to the PL. Spalding, Anson, Brush, and others come to the rescue to prevent New York's withdrawal from the league.