Baseball Guru
07-22-2001, 04:01 PM
This Day in Baseball History - July 23
"Spring training is like a cat with nine lives. A baseball player has x number of lives and each spring is the birth of a new life." -STEVE GARVEY, major league first baseman (1969-87)
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(1925) Lou Gehrig hits the first of his record 23 career grand slams as Yankees beat the Senators, 11-7.
(1930) Pirate Pie Traynor hits game-winning homers in both ends of a doubleheader. His ninth inning HR wins the opener and he ends the nightcap when he connects in 13th.
(1944) Cub Bill Nicholson hits four HRs in a doubleheader including three consecutive shots in the second game. Cubs win the first game, 7-4, but the Giants prevail in the nightcap,12-10.
(1962) Pitcher Bob Feller, manager Bill McKechnie, infielder Jackie Robinson and outfielder Edd Roush are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
(1964) Kansas City's Bert Campaneris homers off Twins' Jim Kaat on the first major league pitch he ever sees; the A's rookie homers again in the seventh.
(1965) In a 5-1 win over the Mets, Phillies' first baseman Dick Stuart homers at Shea Stadium becoming the first player to have gone deep in 23 major league ballparks
(1974) At Three River Stadium, Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey, a write-in All-Star starter, singles and doubles to help the NL beat the AL, 7-2.
(2000) Joining his grandfather Gus and father Buddy, Reds' third baseman Mike Bell becomes part of the first three-generation family to play for the same team.
(2000) The Astros hit four homers off Cardinal hurler Andy Benes to tie the major league record for homers allowed by one pitcher in an inning. The second inning uprising help Houston set a team record for homers in one inning and tie a team record with six home runs for the game.
(2000) After rejecting a trade to the Mets, Reds' All-Star shortstop Barry Larkin agrees three-year, $27 million contract extension that will keep him Cincinnati until 2003.
(2000) The Big Red Machine rolls into Cooperstown delivering first baseman Tony Perez, manager Sparky Anderson and Reds announcer Marty Brennaman into the Baseball Hall of Fame along with 1975 Red Sox World Series rival Carlton Fisk; also enshrined were 19th century Cincinnati second basemanBid McPhee and Negro League star 'Turkey' Stearnes.
"Spring training is like a cat with nine lives. A baseball player has x number of lives and each spring is the birth of a new life." -STEVE GARVEY, major league first baseman (1969-87)
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(1925) Lou Gehrig hits the first of his record 23 career grand slams as Yankees beat the Senators, 11-7.
(1930) Pirate Pie Traynor hits game-winning homers in both ends of a doubleheader. His ninth inning HR wins the opener and he ends the nightcap when he connects in 13th.
(1944) Cub Bill Nicholson hits four HRs in a doubleheader including three consecutive shots in the second game. Cubs win the first game, 7-4, but the Giants prevail in the nightcap,12-10.
(1962) Pitcher Bob Feller, manager Bill McKechnie, infielder Jackie Robinson and outfielder Edd Roush are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
(1964) Kansas City's Bert Campaneris homers off Twins' Jim Kaat on the first major league pitch he ever sees; the A's rookie homers again in the seventh.
(1965) In a 5-1 win over the Mets, Phillies' first baseman Dick Stuart homers at Shea Stadium becoming the first player to have gone deep in 23 major league ballparks
(1974) At Three River Stadium, Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey, a write-in All-Star starter, singles and doubles to help the NL beat the AL, 7-2.
(2000) Joining his grandfather Gus and father Buddy, Reds' third baseman Mike Bell becomes part of the first three-generation family to play for the same team.
(2000) The Astros hit four homers off Cardinal hurler Andy Benes to tie the major league record for homers allowed by one pitcher in an inning. The second inning uprising help Houston set a team record for homers in one inning and tie a team record with six home runs for the game.
(2000) After rejecting a trade to the Mets, Reds' All-Star shortstop Barry Larkin agrees three-year, $27 million contract extension that will keep him Cincinnati until 2003.
(2000) The Big Red Machine rolls into Cooperstown delivering first baseman Tony Perez, manager Sparky Anderson and Reds announcer Marty Brennaman into the Baseball Hall of Fame along with 1975 Red Sox World Series rival Carlton Fisk; also enshrined were 19th century Cincinnati second basemanBid McPhee and Negro League star 'Turkey' Stearnes.