Panzram
07-16-2004, 02:04 PM
JULY 16 IN BASEBALL HISTORY
» 2000: Dodgers manager Davey Johnson is hospitalized after experiencing dizziness as a result of an irregular heartbeat.
» 1985: The NL beats the AL 6-1 at Minnesota's Metrodome for its 13th win in the last 14 All-Star Games. San Diego's LaMarr Hoyt allows one unearned run in three innings and is named MVP.
» 1975: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term.
» 1964: Steve Barber regains first place for the Orioles with a successful 6-1 outing against the Yankees and Jim Bouton.
» 1953: The Browns tie a record with three successive HRs -- by Clint Courtney, Dick Kryhoski, and Jim Dyck -- in the first inning. Their five bases-empty HRs in three innings establishes a new mark. It's enough to beat the Yankees 8-6.
» 1939: Bees All-Star SS Eddie Miller collides with teammate OF Al Simmons and fractures a bone in his ankle. He will be out for the season.
» 1924: Giants 1B George Kelly hits his seventh HR and becomes the first to hit HRs in six consecutive games. He will finish with 21.
» 1909: Detroit and Washington play the longest scoreless game in AL history -- 18 innings. Ed Summers pitches the complete game, holding the Nationals to seven hits. The Nationals' 30-year-old rookie, Bill "Dolly" Gray, allows only one hit before leaving with an injury in the ninth.
» 1897: A game is played under electric lights at the Clyde Park in San Antonio, TX. Dallas wins the exhibition 10-5.
» 2000: Dodgers manager Davey Johnson is hospitalized after experiencing dizziness as a result of an irregular heartbeat.
» 1985: The NL beats the AL 6-1 at Minnesota's Metrodome for its 13th win in the last 14 All-Star Games. San Diego's LaMarr Hoyt allows one unearned run in three innings and is named MVP.
» 1975: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term.
» 1964: Steve Barber regains first place for the Orioles with a successful 6-1 outing against the Yankees and Jim Bouton.
» 1953: The Browns tie a record with three successive HRs -- by Clint Courtney, Dick Kryhoski, and Jim Dyck -- in the first inning. Their five bases-empty HRs in three innings establishes a new mark. It's enough to beat the Yankees 8-6.
» 1939: Bees All-Star SS Eddie Miller collides with teammate OF Al Simmons and fractures a bone in his ankle. He will be out for the season.
» 1924: Giants 1B George Kelly hits his seventh HR and becomes the first to hit HRs in six consecutive games. He will finish with 21.
» 1909: Detroit and Washington play the longest scoreless game in AL history -- 18 innings. Ed Summers pitches the complete game, holding the Nationals to seven hits. The Nationals' 30-year-old rookie, Bill "Dolly" Gray, allows only one hit before leaving with an injury in the ninth.
» 1897: A game is played under electric lights at the Clyde Park in San Antonio, TX. Dallas wins the exhibition 10-5.