Baseball Guru
07-19-2001, 05:05 AM
This Day in Baseball History - July 19
"Congratulations. Don't catch me in one night." -PETE ROSE, Phillies' first baseman speaking to Padre Tony Gwynn about the rookie's first career base hit.
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(1902) Manager John McGraw, in his Giant debut, loses to the Phillies, 5-3. The Giants will finish in last place.
(1909) With two men on base, Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball catches Ambrose McConnell's line drive, gets Heinie Wagner at second, and then tags Jake Stahl completing the first modern major league unassisted triple play in a 6-1 win over the Red Sox.
(1911) Former circus acrobat Walter Carlisle completes an unassisted triple-play for Vernon (LA) of the Pacific Coast League when he catches a ball in shallow centerfield flips and touches second base and beats the runner back to first base.
(1933) Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell hits a HR off his brother, but Wes also hits a HR marking the first time brothers on opposing teams homer in the same game.
(1936) Seventeen year-old Iowa farmboy, Bob Feller, makes his major league debut pitching one inning of relief against the Senators in Washington, D.C. The hard throwing 'kid' allows no hits and no runs, striking out none and and walks two batters. (Feller claims the box score is wrong - he claims to have struck out Buddy Lewis in his autobiography)
(1982) In his major league debut, Tony Gwynn doubles of Philadelphia's Sid Monge for his first major league hit.
(1998) Blue Jay's first baseman Carlos Delgado becomes the first player to reach the SkyDome's fifth deck with his Ruthian HR to right field.
"Congratulations. Don't catch me in one night." -PETE ROSE, Phillies' first baseman speaking to Padre Tony Gwynn about the rookie's first career base hit.
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(1902) Manager John McGraw, in his Giant debut, loses to the Phillies, 5-3. The Giants will finish in last place.
(1909) With two men on base, Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball catches Ambrose McConnell's line drive, gets Heinie Wagner at second, and then tags Jake Stahl completing the first modern major league unassisted triple play in a 6-1 win over the Red Sox.
(1911) Former circus acrobat Walter Carlisle completes an unassisted triple-play for Vernon (LA) of the Pacific Coast League when he catches a ball in shallow centerfield flips and touches second base and beats the runner back to first base.
(1933) Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell hits a HR off his brother, but Wes also hits a HR marking the first time brothers on opposing teams homer in the same game.
(1936) Seventeen year-old Iowa farmboy, Bob Feller, makes his major league debut pitching one inning of relief against the Senators in Washington, D.C. The hard throwing 'kid' allows no hits and no runs, striking out none and and walks two batters. (Feller claims the box score is wrong - he claims to have struck out Buddy Lewis in his autobiography)
(1982) In his major league debut, Tony Gwynn doubles of Philadelphia's Sid Monge for his first major league hit.
(1998) Blue Jay's first baseman Carlos Delgado becomes the first player to reach the SkyDome's fifth deck with his Ruthian HR to right field.