July 10

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1901:
- The Boston Nationals rap out 15 hits in 12 innings against Pittsburgh, but fail to score. The Pirates finally push over a run to win 1-0. Boston sets a record for most hits, no runs.
- At a secret meeting, the NL Board of directors votes to abrogate the National Agreement that has governed organized baseball, effective September 30.
1908:
- The Red Sox purchase 1B Jake Stahl from the Highlanders.
- At Pittsburgh, the Giants (43-30) take a 4-0 lead, but the Pirates claw back on back-to-back triples by Wagner and Clarke. Tommy Leach wins it for the Bucs with a 9th inning home run to deep center.
1911 - Sherry Magee, star OF for the Phillies, knocks out umpire Bill Finneran with one punch after being ejected for disputing a called 3rd strike. He is suspended for the season, but upon appeal he will be reinstated after five weeks and 36 games. The Phils win, 4 - 2, behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, who strikes out 9.
1913 - Led by Ward Miller's 2-run triple, the Cubs stop the Giants, 3 - 2. The victory ends the New Yorkers' win streak at 14 games and stops Christy Mathewson's win streak at nine victories. Matty's skein of consecutive innings without a pass continues however, and is at 52.
1914 - Detroit's Billy Purtell and Marty Kavanagh combine to nab Eddie Collins with th hidden ball trick. It comes in the 9th inning and helps preserve an 8 - 8 tie with Philadelphia.
1916 - For the 2nd time this season, White Sox pitchers toss shutouts in a doubleheader, this time against the Red Sox. Lefty Williams wins 4 - 0, then Reb Russell follows with a 3 - 0 victory. With the temperature at Fenway in the 90s, this is the first of three consecutive doubleheaders for the two Sox.
1917 - Thanks to Ray Caldwell's nine and two-thirds innings of no-hit relief, the Yankees beat the Browns in St. Louis, 7-5 in a 17-inning game.
1919 - After PH Joe Harris triples with three on base to give Cleveland a 7-3 lead in the last of the eighth, reliever Elmer Myers gives up a run, then loads the bases on walks. In comes little-used lefty Fritz Coumbe. Up steps Babe Ruth who hit his second HR of the day for an 8-7 Red Sox win. Out goes Indians manager Lee Fohl, fired for the move. In comes CF Tris Speaker to manage the Tribe. He will bring them home in second place and stay as skipper for seven years.
1920 - After banging out 11 straight hits, Tris Speaker is stopped by Tom Zachary of Washington. It's the record until Pinky Higgins of the Red Sox racks up 12 in a row in 1938. Speaker will hit .388 for the season.
1923 - Cardinals rookie P Johnny Stuart hurls two complete-game victories over Boston, winning by scores of 11-1 and 6-3.
1925 - Giants OF Hack Wilson is the seventh player to hit two HRs in one inning; he does it against the Pirates.
1928 - Washington P Milt Gaston surrenders 14 hits in a 9-0 shutout over Cleveland, setting an AL mark and tying the major-league standard.
1929 - The Pirates outslug the Phillies 15-9 at the Baker Bowl. Pittsburgh hits five HRs; the Phils, four, with one HR coming in each inning, a virtually insurmountable record.
1930 - Freddie Lindstrom of the Giants has five hits in a game against the Phillies. This is the third time he has accomplished this feat.
1932 - Indians flychaser Johnny Burnett in 11 at-bats collects a record nine hits in an 18-inning game which the A's outscore the Tribe, 18-17. Jimmie Foxx had 3 home runs, 16 total bases and 8 RBI for the A's. After Philadelphia starter Lew Krausse Sr. is knocked out in the first inning, Eddie Rommel, who gives up a record 33 hits, is forced to hurl 17 innings in relief as manager/owner Connie Mack, trying to save train fare, brings only two pitchers.
1934 - The second annual All-Star Game produces Carl Hubbell's amazing feat of striking out five future Hall of Famers in a row. Off to a shaky start with two on base in the first inning, Hubbell uses his screwball to fan Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx. He adds Al Simmons and Joe Cronin to start the second. After three scoreless innings he leaves with the NL ahead 4-0. The AL rallies, scoring nine runs off Warneke, Mungo and Dean, while Mel Harder pitches five shutout innings in relief of Red Ruffing to hold the lead. Frisch and Medwick hit HRs. Earl Averill's three RBI are decisive for the AL 9-7 victory.
1935:
- The Tigers' win streak ends, despite a record-tying 10 doubles in a 12-11 loss in Washington.
- Beating the Tulsa Oilers, 1-0, Galveston Buccaneers hurler Ed Cole throws the first perfect game in Texas League history. The decisive hit is an inside-the-park home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
- Hal Schumacher wins his 11th consecutive game as the Giants beat the Pirates, 10-3.
1936:
- At Forbes Field, Chuck Klein hits 4 home runs in one game, including the tie-breaker in the tenth, helping the Phillies defeat the Pirates, 9-6. The Indianapolis, Indiana native barely misses hitting an additional homer in the second when right fielder Paul Waner catches his drive against the wall. At 36, Klein is the oldest player ever to hit four homers in a game, and the first National Leaguer in the 20th century to do so.
- Bobo Newsom pitches one-hit ball in blanking the Tigers, 5 - 0. The lone hit off the Washington pitcher is Jack Burns' 3rd-inning grounder that both the first baseman and 2nd baseman go after. 1B Kuhel stops the ball but no one covers the bag.
- The Yankees roll to an easy victory over the Indians, as Red Ruffing takes the shutout, 18 - 0. Lloyd Brown, the first of three pitchers, is the loser. Lou Gehrig has a pair of homers to take over the American League lead with 23.
1943:
- Brooklyn scores 10 runs in the first and fourth innings as they whip the visiting Pirates 23-6. This follows a pre-game attempted strike by the players following Leo Durocher's 3-game suspension of P Bobo Newsom for insubordination. Minutes before the game, SS Arky Vaughan handed his uniform to Durocher and refused to play. Durocher called for volunteers to play, but by game time he had just a battery of Curt Davis and Bobby Bragan. Branch Rickey intervened, and Vaughan and the others agreed to play. Newsom, 9-4, will be traded to the Browns on July 15th.
- Homestead Grays owner Rufus "Sonnyman" Jackson is jailed after a confrontation with Mexicans trying to sign his players. Jackson will retain his players and win the Negro League World Championship.
1945 - The All-Star Game at Fenway Park is canceled because of travel restrictions. During the schedule break, 7 inter-league games are played for war charity. Plans for a USO-sponsored all-star game in Europe do not materialize, although the war in Germany is over and fighting in the Pacific will be over in 6 weeks.
1947:
- In a rain-interrupted game before 47,871, Don Black of the Cleveland Indians pitches a no-hitter, beating the Philadelphia Athletics 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. It is the first no-hitter at Municipal Stadium.
- James Davis, 20-year-old OF of Ballinger (Longhorn League), dies as a result of being hit in the head by a pitched ball. He was hitting .333 with 19 HR in 48 games.
1948:
- After yielding a two-run homer to the A's Hank Majeski tying the score, reliever Satchel Paige gets his first major league win as Larry Doby hits a two-run homer and the Indians tack on another in the ninth to beat Philadelphia, 8-5.
- For the 6th time this year, Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr of the Red Sox hit back-to-back homers as Boston beats the 2nd-place A's, 4 - 0. Jack Kramer scatters nine hits in the shutout to win his 7th straight. Ted Williams sits out the game with a damaged ligament, the result of being hit in the ribs while playfully sparring with Sam Mele on the train down from Boston yesterday.
1950 - The Giants pick up P Jim Hearn on waivers from St. Louis.
1951:
- The Giants bring up 2B Davey Williams], hitting .280 at Minneapolis, as well as pitcher Al Corwin. Williams is expected to shore up 2B with Eddie Stanky.
- Using four home runs (Musial, Elliott, Kiner and Hodges), the National League All-Stars defeat the AL at Detroit's Briggs Stadium in the 1951 All-Star Game. It's th. Kiner hits a HR for the third year in a row.
1954 - Bob Rush of the Cubs stops Cardinal 2B Red Schoendienst's hitting streak at 28 games, the longest batting streak in 1954.
1956 - In the 1956 All-Star Game, Ken Boyer of the Cardinals makes 3 sparkling plays at 3B and gets 3 hits as the NL defeats the AL 7-3. Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Stan Musial all homer. Mays's pinch-hit 2-run HR off of Whitey Ford is his 7th straight hit against the Yankee lefty.
1958 - P Lew Burdette of Milwaukee hits two HRs and beats the Dodgers 8-4.
1962 - At newly opened D.C. Stadium, John F. Kennedy becomes the only president ever to throw the ceremonial first pitch at an All-Star Game. Thanks to the game's MVP Maury Wills scoring two of the team's three runs and Willie Mays's amazing game-ending catch, the National League beats the Junior circuit, 3-1 in the first of two Mid-Summer Classics to be held this summer. Roberto Clemente has three hits.
1964 - Jesus Alou becomes the first Giant with six hits in a game in almost 40 years, as San Francisco beats the Cubs 10 - 3. All six hits are against different pitchers.
1965 - San Francisco's Juan Marichal's 14th win of the year is his 7th shutout, as he 2-hits the Phils, 7 - 0.
1966 - George Smith clouts a 10th-inning grand slam to give the Red Sox a 10 - 6 victory over the White Sox.
1968:
- Hank Bauer is fired as manager of the Orioles. He is replaced by Earl Weaver.
- The American League and National League reach an agreement on next year's expansion format. The twelve teams in each league will be divided into two divisions playing a best-of-five game league championship series to determine the pennant winner.
1969 - The Cubs score five runs in the 5th inning to beat the Mets, 6 - 2, behind Bill Hands. The win halts the Mets' seven-game win streak and leaves the New Yorkers in 2nd place by four games.
1970:
- The Padres launch four home runs in the 9th inning against LA but the power display comes too late and the Dodgers win, 9 - 7. Wes Parker has two doubles and a triple for LA. For the Padres, Ivan Murrell, Ed Spiezio and Dave Campbell hit solo homers off Bill Singer and Cito Gaston connects for a 2-run homer off Jose Pena. The barrage is one short of the record.
- Reds SS Woody Woodward goes deep for his first and only ML homer, off Ron Reed in Atlanta. It comes in his 684 ML game. It is too little as the Braves top the Reds, 11 - 9. The Reds take the nitecap, 3 - 1, scoring two runs when Pat Corrales hits a long drive that glances off the glove of Hank Aaron and over the fence for a home run. Pete Rose is 5-for-5, all singles.
1971 - The Pirates again top the Braves, 5 - 4, behind Willie Stargell's 30th home run of the season and his 10th off Braves' pitching.
1972 - Phillies GM Paul Owens takes over as field manager after firing Frank Lucchesi.
1977 - In the first of a twinbill with the Brewers, the Red Sox strand a ML-record tying 20 runners, but still win, 8 - 5.
1979:
- Scoring four runs in the 13th after two are out, the Giants beat the Expos, 11 - 7. Losing pitcher Woodie Fryman balks in the last run. In the 4th inning, Expo RF Ellis Valentine picks up a line drive and his throw beats Darrell Evans at 1B for a 9 - 3 putout.
- Philadelphia's Del Unser homers in his 3rd consecutive pinch-hit appearance (June 30th, July 5th) to tie the major-league record set by Lee Lacy in 1978. The Phillies beat the Padres 6 - 5.
1982 - The Rangers' Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week in a 6 - 5 win over the Tigers, tying the major-league record set by Detroit's Jim Northrup in 1968. Parrish also hit grand slams July 4th against Oakland and July 7th against Boston.
1983:
- The Giants sweep a pair from the Cubs, winning 10 - 8 and 4 - 2. In the nitecap, Giants RF Jack Clark throws out Junior Kennedy at first base. It is the 3rd time in two years Clark has done it: he did on July 30th to Reds P Charlie Puleo and on September 20, 1981 to Nolan Ryan.
- It takes Milwaukee four hours and 11 minutes to beat Chicago 12 - 9, the slowest 9-inning game in American League history.
1984 - On the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell's legendary five consecutive strikeouts in the 1934 All-Star Game, National League pitchers Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to fan six batters in a row for a new All-Star Game record in the NL's 3 - 1 triumph. After Valenzuela whiffs Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson and George Brett in the 4th inning, Gooden, the youngest All-Star ever at age 19, fans Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon and Alvin Davis in the 5th.
1986 - Oil Can Boyd (11-6) flies into a rage after learning that he has been left off the American League All-Star team and storms out of Fenway Park prior to Boston's game against the Angels. He will be suspended indefinitely by the Red Sox and eventually scuffle with local police before checking into a hospital for psychiatric testing. The weirdness continues as the Angels score three in the 12th to take a 7 - 4 lead. Boston then scores three to tie and when Fischer replaces Cook, he balks in Dwight Evans with the winning run.
1990:
- At the half-way mark in the season, the Reds are leading the NL West by eight games, while Pittsburgh is 1/2 game ahead in the East. In the AL, Boston leads by 1/2 game and Oakland by one game.
- Six American League pitchers combine for a 2-hitter and a 2 - 0 victory over the National League in a rain-delayed All-Star Game at Wrigley Field. Rangers 2B Julio Franco drives in both runs in the 7th inning and is named MVP.
1992 - The Pirates trade 3B Steve Buechele to the Cubs in exchange for P Danny Jackson. The swap opens up the Bucs 3B spot for Jeff King.
1997 - Hideki Irabu strikes out nine batters and gets the win in his major league debut as the Yankees defeat the Tigers, 10-3.
1998 - The Mets trade P Brian Bohanon to the Dodgers in exchange for P Greg McMichael.
1999:
- For his 4th loss in a row, the Diamondbacks fail to score for Randy Johnson, this time falling 2 - 0 to Tim Hudson and the Oakland A's.
- The Tigers defeat the Brewers, 9-3, before 25,374 fans in Detroit. This enables the club to top the one million mark in attendance for the 35th consecutive season for the longest streak in American League history. The Dodgers hold the record of 55 consecutive years.
- Matt Franco's 2-out pinch-hitter single off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the 9th drives home two runs and gives the Mets a 9-8 win over the Yankees in a thrilling interleague battle. By doing so, the Mets end the Yankees streak of 124 consecutive victories when leading after eight innings.
- At Leland's "Hero's Auction' of sports memorabilia held in New York, the ball batted by Carlton Fisk in the 12th inning which hit the Fenway foul pole ending one of the most dramatic games in World Series history, is sold for $113,273. George Foster, the Reds' left fielder who retrieved and kept the 1975 historic home run ball, decided the sell the souvenir after realizing its potential value after Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball sold for almost $3 million.
2000 - Sammy Sosa wins the All-Star Game Home Run Derby by defeating defending champ, Ken Griffey Jr., in the finals.
2001 - The AL defeats the NL, 4-1, in the All-Star Game. Baltimore's Cal Ripken Jr. thrills the crowd by hitting a home run and winning the MVP award at the affair. Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez also homer for the Junior Circuit.
2002:
- Clemson SS Khalil Greene is named winner of the 2002 Golden Spikes Award as the nation's top amateur baseball player.
- Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, Ted Williams' oldest daughter, in an open letter urges former Senator John Glenn and President Bush to help in preventing her half-brother, John Henry, from freezing the body of their dad at a cryonics lab in Arizona. She believes it her father's wish to be cremated and not frozen.
2007:
- In the 2007 All-Star Game, Ichiro Suzuki goes 3 for 3 with the first inside-the-park homer in All-Star Game history to win the MVP award. The AL wins for the 10th straight decision, the second-longest run in Midsummer Classic history. Josh Beckett gets the win and Chris Young the loss. The NL makes it 5-4 in the 9th and loads the bases with two away but Francisco Rodriguez retires Aaron Rowand to end the contest.
- Norichika Aoki reaches 500 career hits the fastest in Nippon Pro Baseball history, taking 373 games. It beats the old pace by 13 games and is 30 fewer than Ichiro Suzuki took.
2008:
- Wei-Lun Pan of the President Lions comes closer than anyone else in Chinese Professional Baseball League history (to date) to a perfect game. Pan throws the 6th no-hitter in league annals and walks none but a Kuo-Ching Kao error at first base costs him the perfecto. He beats the Chinatrust Whales 7-0. No one in the CPBL had ever gone a game without allowing a hit or walk.
- Justin Morneau goes 5 for 5 and ends his day with a game-winning homer in the 11th inning as the Twins beat the Tigers. Denard Span chips in a 4-for-4 day.