July 31st

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2002
» The Angels obtain OF Alex Ochoa and C Sal Fasano from the Brewers in exchange for C Jorge Fabregas and two players to be named.

The Red Sox get P Bobby Howry from the White Sox in return for pitchers Frankie Francisco and Byeong Hak An.

The Cubs and Pirates swap outfielders with Chad Hermanson going to Chicago and Darren Lewis to Pittsburgh.

The Rockies send OF Todd Hollandsworth and P Dennys Reyes to the Rangers for OF Gabe Kapler and IF Jason Romano.

The Rockies trade P John Thomson and OF Mark Little to the Mets in exchange for OFs Jay Payton and Robert Stratton, and P Mark Corey.

The Mets get pitchers Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook from the Padres for pitchers Bobby Jones and Josh Reynolds, and OF Jason Bay.

2001
» Oakland scores eight runs in the 3rd inning against Cleveland and go on to defeat the Indians, 11–2.

Brewers manager Davey Lopes is suspended for two games and fined by the commissioner's office for threatening to have his pitchers hit Rickey Henderson. Lopes became upset when Henderson took off for 2nd base in the 7th inning of the Padres 12–5 win on Sunday.

The July 31st trading deadline produces a frenzy of deal-making as 31 players change teams in a total of 12 deals on the last two days. A total of 68 players were involved in 24 deals in all of July.

The Indians get OF Milton Bradley from the Expos for P Zach Day.

The Pirates trade P Terry Mulholland to the Dodgers for pitchers Mike Fetters and Adrian Burnside.

The Orioles send P Mike Trombley to the Dodgers for Ps Kris Foster and Geronimo Gil.

The Red Sox obtain P Ugueth Urbina from the Expos for pitchers Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles. Urbina's name was one of the most widely mentioned in the trade rumors.

The Royals send SS Rey Sanchez to the Braves for P Brad Voyles and 2B Alejandro Machado.

The Pirates trade P Mike Williams to the Astros for P Tony McKnight.

The Astros send P Scott Elarton and a player to be named to the Rockies for P Pedro Astacio.

2000
» The Giants edge the Brewers, 4-3 in 11 innings, as Robb Nen sets a new major league record with his 14th save of July, one shy of the mark for any month.

The Braves obtain OF B.J. Surhoff and P Gabe Molina from the Orioles in exchange for OF Trenidad Hubbard and two minor leaguers.

The Cubs pick up oft-injured OF Rondell White from the Expos for P Scott Downs. making Henry Rodriguez expendable. They then make their 5th trade in 11 days sending Rodriguez to the Marlins for 1B/OF Russ Gload and P Dave Noyce.

To fill in for the injured McGwire, the Cardinals pick up vet 1B Will Clark from the Orioles for 3B Jose Leon. The Cardinals also obtain C Carlos Hernandez from the Padres in exchange for P Heathcliff Slocumb. Two minor leaguers are also involved in the deal.

The Blue Jays obtain pitchers Steve Trachsel and Mark Guthrie from the Devil Rays for two minor leaguers.

The Dodgers ship former Rookie of the Year Todd Hollandsworth, along with OF Kevin Gibbs, and P Randey Dorame, to the Rockies for OF Tom Goodwin and cash.

The Mariners obtain OF Al Martin from the Padres in exchange for OF John Mabry and P Tom Davey.

The Padres obtain P Jay Witasick from the Royals for P Brian Meadows.

1999
» The Athletics nab sought-after ace Kevin Appier from the Royals for pitchers Brad Rigby, Blake Stein and Jeff D'Amico.

The Mets obtain closer Billy Taylor from the Brewers for pitchers Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael.

The Reds obtain P Juan Guzman and cash from the Orioles in exchange for pitchers B.J. Ryan and Jacobo Sequea.

The Yankees bring back C Jim Leyritz from the Padres for P Geraldo Padua. Padua was 25–4 in three seasons in Class A, including a run of 20 straight wins. Mysteriously, Padua will lose 14 straight in the minors in 2000 and earn a release from Altoona (AA) in May, 2001, after serving up three straight homers.

The Braves obtain well-traveled P Terry Mulholland and IF Jose Hernandez from the Cubs in exchange for pitchers Micah Bowie and Ruben Quevedo and a player to be named. Hernandez, a free agent to be, turned down a 3-year $9 million offer from the Cubs. Bowie will post a 9.96 ERA for the Cubs and an overall 10.24 ERA in 11 games, a major-league record worst for 10+ appearances.

The Rockies obtain outfielders Brian McRae and Thomas Johnson and P Rigo Beltran from the Mets for OF Darryl Hamilton and P Chuck McElroy. McRae will last less than a week before moving on to Milwaukee.

The Cardinals trade vet IF-OF Shawon Dunston to the Mets for IF Craig Paquette.

1998
» Chicago's Albert Belle hits his 16th home run of the month to set a new major league mark for July. His home run helped the White Sox to a 10–2 win over the Rangers. Frank Thomas hits a grand slam and drives in five runs for Chicago.

Oakland defeats Cleveland, 12–2. Down by nine runs in the 8th inning, the Indians bring OF Mark Whiten in to pitch. The strong-armed Whiten allows one run on a double, HBP (Scott Spiezio), and two walks, but also strikes out three batters (Mike Blowers, Miguel Tejada, and Mike Neill). He becomes the only player in major league history, with at least one inning pitched, to get every out with a strikeout.

Kevin Brown wins his 10th straight for the Padres, beating the Expos, 5–4. He strikes out 10 for the 2nd straight game. Greg Vaughn adds his 39th homer and Trevor Hoffman saves his 35th.

In a flurry of transactions at the trading deadline, many involving free agents-to-be, the Mets trade OF Bernard Gilkey, P Nelson Figueroa and cash to the Diamondbacks in exchange for P Willie Blair, C Jorge Fabregas and a player to be named. New York then obtains IF–OF Tony Phillips from the Blue Jays for P Leoncio Estrella, and sends the Brewers P Bill Pulsipher for IF Mike Kinkade.

The Rangers trade P Darren Oliver and 3B Fernando Tatis to the Cardinals in exchange for P Todd Stottlemyre and SS Royce Clayton. The Rangers get 3B Todd Zeile from the Marlins in exchange for 3B Jose Santo and P Daniel De Young. Tatis will hit .287 with 11 homers this year in St. Louis, but Zeile will help by reaching base 11 straight times during a critical three game stretch in September.

The Blue Jays trade P Juan Guzman to the Orioles for P Nerio Rodriguez and OF Shannon Carter.

The Expos trade P Carlos Perez, SS Mark Grudzielanek, OF Hiram Bocachica to the Dodgers in exchange for 2B Wilton Guerrero, P Ted Lilly, OF Peter Bergeron and 1B Jonathan Tucker.

The Rockies trade OF Ellis Burks to the Giants for OF Darryl Hamilton, P James Sloops and a player to be named.

After the talks indicate the Yankees or Cleveland, the Mariners trade flame thrower Randy Johnson to the Astros in exchange for IF Carlos Guillen, P Freddy Garcia and a player to be named.

The Cubs trade 3B Kevin Orie, P Todd Noel and P Justin Speier to the Marlins for pitchers Felix Heredia and Steve Hoff.

The Blue Jays trade vet 3B Ed Sprague to the A's for P Scott Rivette.

The Twins trade P Greg Swindell and 1B-OF Orlando Merced to the Red Sox in exchange for P Matt Kinney, Joe Thomas and John Barnes.

1997
» The White Sox jump out to a 9-0 lead over the Angels in the second inning, then hold on to record a 14-12 victory. Rookie Mike Cameron leads Chicago with five RBIs, while Todd Greene gets four hits and drives home six runs for Anaheim in a losing cause.

Baseball's premier power hitter, Mark McGwire, leaves the A's for the St. Louis Cardinals, who send three pitchers to Oakland. McGwire's five-year $28 million contract runs out at the end of this year and Anaheim fears they will not be able to sign him. The A's receive minor leaguers Eric Ludwick and Blake Stein, along with T.J. Mathews (4–4).

How do you spell relief? In a fine move for Boston, the Red Sox send reliever Heathcliff Slocumb to the Mariners for minor leaguers Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe. Slocumb will not last a season in Seattle, while Varitek and Lowe will become key members of the 1999 Sox. The Mariners also ship budding star Jose Cruz, Jr. to Toronto for relievers Mike Timlin and Paul Spoljaric.

The San Francisco Giants receive starting pitchers Wilson Alvarez and Danny Darwin, along with top reliever Roberto Hernandez from the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox, just three 1/2 games behind Cleveland in the American League Central, receive minor league SS Mike Caruso, OF Brian Manning, and Ps Lorenzo Barcelo, Keith Foulke, Bob Howry, and Ken Vining. In the house cleaning, the Sox have moved eight players with a combined 92 years of ML experience. Sox 3B Robin Ventura observes, "We didn't realize August first was the end of the season."

In a swap of the infirmed, the Indians send pitchers Scott Winchester, Danny Graves, Jim Crowell and INF Damien Jackson to the Reds for veteran P John Smiley (9–10 in 1997) and infielder Jeff Branson. The three new Reds pitchers all have had rotator cuff surgery; Smiley is out the year with a broken arm; and Jackson has had knee surgery.

Minutes before the midnight trading deadline, the Tribe adds P Jeff Juden, sending P Steve Kline to the Expos.

In a South Atlantic League game at Hickory, pitcher Jason Lakman has 16 strikeouts in seven innings, including seven in a row and five in the fifth inning. Augusta beats Hickory, 4–0.

1996
» The Mariners club the Brewers, 9–3, hitting seven homers in the game. Jay Buhner, Ken Griffey, and Alex Rodriguez each have a pair, with Brian Hunter adding one. Sterling Hitchcock (11–4) is the winner.

At the trading deadline, Detroit trades 1B-DH Cecil Fielder, 32, to the Yankees for OF-DH Ruben Sierra and minor league P Matt Drews. The Yankees also obtain P David Weathers from the Marlins for P Mark Hutton, but will send him to the minors in three weeks.

The Padres acquire OF Greg Vaughn, with 31 homers at Milwaukee, and a player to be named in exchange for P Bryce Florie, P Ron Villone, and OF Marc Newfield.

The Angels trade IF Damion Easley to the Tigers in exchange for P Greg Gohr.

The Phillies trade P Terry Mulholland, 33, to the Mariners in exchange for struggling blue chipper Desi Relaford.

The Dodgers obtain OF Chad Curtis from the Tigers in exchange for pitchers Joey Eischen and John Cummings. Curtis will lead off in place of the cancer-stricken Brett Butler.

The Reds Sox send vet Mike Stanton to the Rangers for two young relievers, Mark Brandenburg and Kerry Lacy. The deal is made at 11:55 p.m.

1994
» The Giants beat the Rockies, 9-4, as 3B Matt Williams hits his 39th and 40th home runs of the year. This gives him a new National League mark for homers through July. The previous standard was 36. The all-time record of 41 was set by Babe Ruth in 1928, and tied by Jimmie Foxx four years later.

Jeff Bagwell's 36th homer is the only Astro score in their 7–1 loss, but he ties a club record with 29 RBIs for the month. His 105 ribbies through July is the 4th best in NL history.

Steve Carlton, Leo Durocher, and Phil Rizzuto are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.

The Phillies trade OF Milt Thompson to the Astros in exchange for P Tom Edens.

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1993
» The Expos retire Gary Carter's uniform prior to their game with Florida.

Toronto obtains OF Rickey Henderson from the Athletics in exchange for minor leaguers Steve Karsay and Jose Herrera.

The Reds trade P Tim Belcher to the White Sox in exchange for pitchers Johnny Ruffin and Jeff Pierce.

The Pirates trade P Stan Belinda to the Royals in exchange for pitchers Jon Lieber and Dan Miceli.

1991
» The Astros trade P Jim Clancy to the Braves for P Matt Turner and a player to be named later.

The Expos trade recently acquired P Ron Darling to the A's for two minor league pitchers.

The Phillies trade P Roger McDowell to the Dodgers for P Mike Hartley and OF Braulio Castillo.

1989
» The Twins trade American League Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to the Mets for five players, including pitchers Rick Aguilera, David West and minor leaguer Kevin Tapani. Viola is the first Cy Young Award winner to be traded during the following season. Tapani will blossom into a Cy Young Award contender in 1991.

1988
» Jose Canseco belts two home runs in the A's 6–2 win over Seattle to become the first player to hit 30 or more home runs in each of his first three ML seasons.

1987
» Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Baltimore to an 8–4 win over Texas.

1986
» Brian Downing and Bob Boone each hit grand slams off Oakland's Eric Plunk to lead the Angels to an 8–5 victory.

1985
» The Indians end Ron Guidry's win streak at 12 games, beating the Yankees, 6–5. Guidry and Waddell, the winner, each go 6+ innings.

At Boston, the White Sox–Red Sox game is called at the end of seven innings (11:34 p.m.) with the score tied 4–4. Since an 11-inning, 4–4 tie with the Angels on June 8, 1961, Boston had played 3,868 regular season games without a tie, a ML record.

1983
» Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell, and Walter Alston are inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, bringing the total number of inductees to 184.

In the nitecap of a doubleheader, Pirates rookie Jose DeLeon holds the Mets hitless for 81/3 innings before Hubie Brooks singles, but Mets starter Mike Torrez pitches 11 shutout innings himself and New York goes on to win 1–0 in 12 innings. In his previous start, DeLeon had held the Padres hitless for 61/3 innings. Mets reliever Jesse Orosco wins both games with four innings of relief in the 11-inning opener, and an inning in the nitecap.

The Indians fire manager Mike Ferraro and replace him with Pat Corrales, who was fired earlier this month by the Phillies.

1982
» Phillies 2B Manny Trillo misplays Bill Buckner's grounder in the 7th inning of a 2–0 win over the Cubs, ending his errorless string at 89 games and 479 consecutive chances. He falls two games short of Joe Morgan's record 91-game streak, and his 479 straight chances set a ML record.

1980
» The Rangers beat the Orioles 7–4, snapping pitcher Steve Stone's 14-game winning streak. Stone is two shy of the American League record of 16 consecutive wins.

1978
» Pete Rose singles off Phil Niekro to extend his streak to 44 games, as the Reds edge the Braves 3–2. Rose ties Willie Keeler's 81-year-old National League record, achieved when foul balls didn't count as strikes.

After scoring just five runs in their last six games, the Red Sox break out with a 9–2 win over the visiting White Sox. It is just the 3rd win for Boston in its last 13 games. Dennis Eckersley (12-4) earns the win, scattering six hits, while Rick Burleson has three hits including a bases loaded double.

The Yankees stop Texas, 6–1, to move to seven 1/2 games behind Boston in the American League East.

1977
» Graig Nettles scores three runs to lead the Yankees to a 9–2 win over the A's, the 8th win in nine games for New York. The Yankees are a half game out of first.

1976
» Reds reserve outfielder Ed Armbrister collects four hits, including two homers, as the Reds pummel the Astros, 12–1. Armbrister's two homers are half his career total and his only two for the year.

1975
» Giants pitcher John Montefusco predicts he'll shut out the Reds and strike out Johnny Bench four times. The Count's a little off as the Reds score seven runs in one 1/3 innings off Montefusco, three of the runs coming on a Bench homer. The Reds win, 11–6.

1974
» During a 7–4 loss to the Expos, the Cubs Bill Bonham strikes out four batters in the 2nd inning, tying the ML record.

Ron Cey drives in eight runs to lead the host Dodgers to a 15–4 victory over the Padres.

At Houston, the Reds Don Gullett twirls a 2-hit, 4–0, shutout over the Astros. Roger Metzger has both Astro hits.

1973
» The Tigers win a pair from the Brewers 6–5 and 9–4 and end Dave May's American League season-best hitting streak at 24 games.

The Reds sweep a pair from the Braves, winning 9–5 in the opener, then scoring five runs in the 9th to take the nitecap, 13-11. Joe Morgan totals three homers and seven RBIs for the afternoon. The Reds set a club record with 24 wins in the month of July.

1972
» Dick Allen becomes the first player since 1950 (Hank Thompson) to hit two inside-the-park homers in a game. Minnesota's Bert Blyleven is on the mound in the first and the 5th when Allen connects past Danny Darwin in CF. Chicago wins, 8–1 behind Stan Bahnsen, with Allen driving in five with his homers.

Royals OF Amos Otis scores the game's only run, swiping home in the 4th inning with a surprised John Mayberry at bat. Otis reached 3B when Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan makes two of his three errors trying to pick his former teammate off base. As Bob Davids notes, this is the only the 2nd time in the post-war years that a steal of home accounts for a games' only run.

Vida Blue retires the first 17 batters before Texas pitcher Rich Hand beats out a surprise bunt in the 6th. Blue allows one other hit to win, 2–0 for Oakland. Hand allows just two hits in seven 1/3 innings, but two errors and a mental boner by LF Ted Ford allows two runs. With a runner on 3B, Ford catches Joe Rudi's fly and trots in thinking it is the 3rd out. It was the 2nd. Rudi added another sac fly for the other run.

1971
» The Orioles Pat Dobson shuts out the Royals 4–0 for his 8th victory of the month. Since June 16th, Dobson has won 12 straight games.

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1970
» At California, Boston's Sonny Siebert beats the Angels, 2–0, on one hit, a 3rd inning single by Jay Johnstone.

The Reds lose a doubleheader to the visiting Cubs, 7–1 and 11–7, and lose rookie star Wayne Simpson, who tears the rotary cuff in his pitching arm. Simpson will come back, but will never be the same, going 22–28 in the rest of his career.

1968
» Chicago's Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, and Jim Hickman hit 4th-inning home runs as Fergie Jenkins (12-10) beats the Astros 6–1 at Wrigley Field.

1967
» Jack Hiatt belts a pinch hit grand slam off Pittsburgh's Elroy Face to give the Giants an 8–4 win. Hiatt's pinch slam is the 1200th slam in ML history.

1964
» The Giants take advantage of three errors by Bill Mazeroski and two by Bob Bailey to tip the bumbling Bucs, 8–6. Maz's last error, on a potential DP ball in the 9th, helps the Giants score three runs. Willie Mays has three singles and three runs to lead the attack. The Giants remain one 1/2 games in back of the Phils, but learn that Juan Marichal has back spasms and will not pitch again until August 25th.

At Philadelphia, 24,197 see Chris Short, with help from Jack Baldschun, stop the Dodgers, 6–1. John Callison starts the Phils scoring with a 2-run homer in the 1st, off Ron Moeller. Tommy Davis hits an 8th inning double, that caroms off 2B Tony Taylor's mouth, kayoing both Taylor and Chris Short. Maury Wills has four singles and drives in the lone run.

The Cards send down Glen Hobbie and bring up knuckleballer Barney Schultz.

1963
» The Indians become the first American League club to hit four straight home runs. Number eight hitter Woody Held begins with a 2-out blast off Paul Foytack, P Pedro Ramos follows with his 2nd of the game, Tito Francona makes it three straight, and rookie SS Larry Brown's first ML 4-bagger finishes the string. Foytack sets a dubious ML record—the only pitcher to give up four straight home runs. The Indians win 9–5 in the opener of two with the Angels.

Ralph Terry of the Yankees, uses just 75 pitches in a five-hitter, winning 3–2 over the Kansas City A's. Terry has no walks and five strikeouts.

1962
» At D.C. Stadium, Mickey Mantle is on the bench with a wrenched knee, but Skowron supplies the power with a grand slam. New York wins, 9–5.

The National League rejects Commissioner Ford Frick's proposal for inter-league play in 1963.

1961
» The 2nd All-Star Game of 1961 ends in a 1–1 tie at Fenway Park. Rocky Colavito homers for the American League run. Heavy rains end the exhibition after nine innings.

1960
» At Yankee Stadium, the A's push over three unearned runs in the 11th on two throwing errors by 3B Hector Lopez to top New York, 5–2.

A game between Memphis and Chattanooga (Southern Association) is postponed because the 94-degree weather is too much for the spectators in Memphis's roofless Tobey Field.

1959
» Earl Wilson, the Red Sox' first black pitcher, makes his first start. He gives up no hits against Detroit in three 2/3 innings and leaves with a 4–0 lead after walking 9. The Sox beat Detroit, 6–5, despite issuing 15 walks. Fornieles is the winner.

Pedro Ramos holds Chicago to one hit in seven innings but leaves with a sore elbow, and the Sox score two in the 9th to beat the Senators, 2–1. It is Washington's 14th loss in a row. The Sox lead Cleveland by two games.

1957
» The Pirates lose to the Braves and Bob Buhl 4-2. Bucs manager Bobby Bragan is ejected in the bottom of the fifth for making obscene gestures. Before he departs, he strolls onto the field sipping an orange drink through a straw and offers the umpires a drink. Two days later Bragan will be fired by the Pirates.

1955
» On the anniversary of his 4-HR game, Braves 1B Joe Adcock has his arm broken by a pitch from Giant Jim Hearn. He will be out for the season.

The Giants sell P Sal Maglie (9-5) to the Cleveland Indians.

The White Sox suffer a great blow as their leading pitcher, Dick Donovan 13-4, undergoes an emergency appendectomy.

Don Larsen wins 5-2, as the Yanks and Athletics collaborate for nine DPs, with the New Yorkers turning 6. Cloyd Boyer, who had 3 of his first 8 pitches hit for HRs -- by Bauer, Mantle, and Berra -- takes the loss.

1954
» Using a borrowed bat, Dodger killer Joe Adcock hits 4 HRs and a double for 18 total bases in the Braves' 15-7 victory at Ebbets Field. The 18 total bases is a major-league mark and, combined with the seven total bases from the day before, gives him a 2-day tally of 25. The 2-game total ties him with Ty Cobb.

1951
» In an 8–6 Red Sox loss to the Browns, Clyde Vollmer doubles to finish the month with 13 homers, four doubles and a triple among his 31 hits. "Big Un" knocks in 40 runs with his outburst.

The Dodgers win their 10th in a row, defeating the host Pirates, 8–3. Don Newcombe earns his 15th win and ninth in a row. Newk also collects three of the Flatbushers 16 hits.

The Browns acquire Cliff Mapes from the Yankees, sending Bobbie Hogue, Kermit Wahl, Tom Upton and Lou Sleater to New York. The trade frees up an outfield spot for Mantle's return as well as Mapes #7 uniform.

1949
» Sid Gordon of the New York Giants blasts two HRs in the second inning of game two, as the Giants sweep the Reds 10-0 and 9-0 behind Larry Jansen and Adrian Zabala.

1948
» With a 7–6 win over the Cards, the Braves lengthen their lead over the Pirates and the Dodgers in the National League.

1947
» The Giants lose 8-7 but hit their 55th HR of the month, an NL record. Walker Cooper connects against the Reds.

1943
» Dodger Dolf Camilli, the league's MVP in 1941, is traded with Johnny Allen to the Giants for Bill Sayles, Bill Lohrman, and Joe Orengo. Camilli declines to report his new team and retires to a California ranch for the season. The next year he will manage in the PCL and in 1945 will return briefly to the Red Sox.

1939
» The Cardinals, partial to MacPhail's yellow-dyed baseballs, use them at Sportsman's Park to beat the Dodgers 5-2.

The Pirates buy baseball's tallest player, 6'9" P Johnny Gee from Syracuse (IL).

1936
» Behind Lefty Grove and Jimmy Foxx, the visiting Red Sox top the White Sox, 7–3. Grove wins his 13th on seven hits, while Double X bangs his 30th homer, a triple and double. Boston sub Moe Berg adds a triple, double, and single off Ted Lyons.

At the Polo Grounds, the Giants manage just four hits off Chicago's Larry French and lose, 3–1. The Terrymen's only tally is a homer by Hank Lieber. The loss leaves the front-running Cubs a game ahead of the Cards.

Led by Lou Gehrig, who clouts his 33rd homer, the Yankees down the Indians, 11–7, at League Park. The loss snaps the Tribe's five-game win streak, and leaves the Yankees eight 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland. Gehrig and Red Rolfe clout homers in the 5th to chase Mel Harder, but the Indians answer with three doubles by Earl Averill and a homer by Hal Trosky. Hadley, with relief from Johnny Murphy, hangs on for his 9th win.

1935
» The Reds oversell their night game, and 30,000 jam in for the match against the Cards. Kitty Burke, a female fan, slips under the ropes around the infield and grabs a bat. Paul Dean lobs a pitch and she grounds out. Manager Frisch demands it count as an at bat.

Judge Emil Fuchs, president of the Boston Braves since 1925, forfeits his majority stock and retires.

Two AL pitchers each hit two HRs in a game. Wes Ferrell clouts a couple against Buck Newsom of the Browns and knocks in four runs in a 6-4 win for Boston. Mel Harder hits two for Cleveland but loses 6-4 to the White Sox. No other hurlers will hit 2 HRs this season.

1934
» When the Cards and the Cubs resume playing the protested game of July 2 at Wrigley Field, Chicago still wins. The final score this time is 7-1 instead of 7-4.

1932
» Cleveland plays its first game in new Municipal Stadium before a crowd in excess of 80,000 (paid attendance of 76,979), but Mel Harder loses to the A's Lefty Grove 1-0 on Cochrane's RBI single.

1929
» Babe Ruth hits a fungo 447 feet in an unofficial test, beating all trial competition records.

1917
» The Cubs swap pitcher Al Demaree to the Giants for infielder Pete Kilduff.

1916
» The Giants take two from Pittsburgh, winning both by 7–0 scores. Slim Sallee and Jeff Tesreau are the winners.

Babe Ruth fires a two hitter, by Ty Cobb and Burns, for a 6–0 win for the first place Red Sox over the Tigers. Ruth adds two hits at the plate.

1915
» At West Side Park, the Cubs split their 2nd doubleheader in a row with the Giants. Cy Williams belts a 3-run homer in the 4th to chase Christy Mathewson, and Chicago wins, 7–3. New York takes the nitecap, 9–2, scoring five runs in the 1st inning.

Dave Davenport of St. Louis (FL) splits a pair of 1–0 games in a doubleheader with Buffalo, winning the first and losing the 2nd. He gives up just five hits all afternoon, and just one in his losing effort, and becomes the only pitcher to be involved in two 1–0 decisions in one day.

1914
» Red Sox owner Joe Lannin buy the Providence Grays (IL) and Melrose Park from the Detroit Tigers for $75,000. Detroit gets to pick one player from the Providence roster and they select P Red Oldham, overlooking Carl Mays. Detroit then purchases the Buffalo (IL) team.

1912
» A day after the Braves went 14 innings to beat St. Louis, they go 19 innings with the Pirates. Lefty Otto Hess going all the way for Boston. The Pirates score three in the 19th, and the Braves come back with 2, losing 7–6. Honus Wagner, who earlier stole home, drives in the final run for Pittsburgh. Wagner, at 38, is the oldest player in the NL.

1911
» Phils rookie Grover Cleveland Alexander, who beat the Cubs yesterday in relief, loses a matchup with Three Finger Brown, 4–2. The Phils, at 56-38, are in 4th place.

1910
» Cubs rookie King Cole pitches a seven-inning no-hitter for a 4-0 win over St. Louis. Cole will top the NL with a 20-4 record, but will have only one more winning season.

1909
» For the 2nd time in two years -- the first was on May 25, 1908 -- Bill Burns has a no-hitter broken up with two outs in the 9th, when Washington's Otis Clymer singles. But Burns and the White Sox win 1–0, besting Walter Johnson in the first of two games. Burns is the only pitcher to suffer this fate twice, until Dave Stieb of Toronto does on September 24 and 30, 1988.

1905
» Charles P. Taft, owner of the Cincinnati Times-Star and brother of a future president, finances Charles W. Murphy's purchase of the Chicago Cubs for $125,000.

1903
» A tired Christy Mathewson loses his 4th in a row as Boston clips him for six hits and four walks to win, 4-1. Pop Williams, recently acquired, allows just three Giant hits.

1901
» In Cincinnati, the Reds take 14 innings to subdue the Chicago Colts, 5-4. Reds pitcher Noodles Hahn strikes out 11 in the win, while Chicago pitcher Tom Hughes records 15 strikeouts.