Baseball Guru
07-20-2001, 05:32 AM
This Day in Baseball History - July 20
"Baseball too much of a sport to be a business and too much of a business to be a sport." -PHILLIP WRIGLEY, Former owner of the Cubs
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(1859) At a racetrack on Long Island, about 1,500 people become the first ever to pay to see a baseball game. The spectators spend fifty cents to watch New York defeat Brooklyn, 22-18.
(1906) At St. Louis, Brooklyn hurler Mal Eason no-hits against the Cardinals, 2-0. The 'Kid' was the losing pitcher when Johnny Lush pitch a no-hitter against the Superbas in May.
(1944) The Browns' Nels Potter, banned for ten days, is the first pitcher ever to be suspended for throwing a spitball.
(1970) Whiffing 10 batters, Dodger Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies, 5-0.
(1973) White Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood loses both ends of a doubleheader to the Yankees.
(1987) Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly ties a major league mark as he is credited with 22 putouts in one game matching Hal Chase's feat of1906.
"Baseball too much of a sport to be a business and too much of a business to be a sport." -PHILLIP WRIGLEY, Former owner of the Cubs
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(1859) At a racetrack on Long Island, about 1,500 people become the first ever to pay to see a baseball game. The spectators spend fifty cents to watch New York defeat Brooklyn, 22-18.
(1906) At St. Louis, Brooklyn hurler Mal Eason no-hits against the Cardinals, 2-0. The 'Kid' was the losing pitcher when Johnny Lush pitch a no-hitter against the Superbas in May.
(1944) The Browns' Nels Potter, banned for ten days, is the first pitcher ever to be suspended for throwing a spitball.
(1970) Whiffing 10 batters, Dodger Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies, 5-0.
(1973) White Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood loses both ends of a doubleheader to the Yankees.
(1987) Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly ties a major league mark as he is credited with 22 putouts in one game matching Hal Chase's feat of1906.