Baseball Guru
07-17-2001, 08:48 AM
This Day in Baseball History - July 17
"I guess I was never much in awe of anybody. I think you have to have that attitude. if you're going to go far in this game." -BOB GIBSON, Hall of Fame Pitcher (1959-75)
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(1924) Cardinal Jesse Haines no-hits the Boston Braves, 5-0.
(1936) Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak (spanning 2 seasons) begins with a 6-0 victory over the Pirates.
(1941) Thanks to the outstanding defefensive work of Indian third baseman Ken Keltner, Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland in front of 67,000 fans.
(1969) Gold Glove pitcher Jim Kaat commits three errors but still beat the Twins, 8-5.
(1974) Cardinal Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher in major league history to record 3000 career strikeouts when he fans the Reds' Cesar Geronimo.
(1976) Walter Alston wins his 2,000th game as Dodger manager.
(1987) Yankee Don Mattingly becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in seven consecutive games.
(2000) On the first pitch he ever sees in the major leagues, Chris Richard homers helping the Cardinals defeat the Twins, 8-3.
"I guess I was never much in awe of anybody. I think you have to have that attitude. if you're going to go far in this game." -BOB GIBSON, Hall of Fame Pitcher (1959-75)
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(1924) Cardinal Jesse Haines no-hits the Boston Braves, 5-0.
(1936) Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak (spanning 2 seasons) begins with a 6-0 victory over the Pirates.
(1941) Thanks to the outstanding defefensive work of Indian third baseman Ken Keltner, Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland in front of 67,000 fans.
(1969) Gold Glove pitcher Jim Kaat commits three errors but still beat the Twins, 8-5.
(1974) Cardinal Bob Gibson becomes the second pitcher in major league history to record 3000 career strikeouts when he fans the Reds' Cesar Geronimo.
(1976) Walter Alston wins his 2,000th game as Dodger manager.
(1987) Yankee Don Mattingly becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in seven consecutive games.
(2000) On the first pitch he ever sees in the major leagues, Chris Richard homers helping the Cardinals defeat the Twins, 8-3.