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Today in Baseball History - September 2nd
“You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.” – Ernie Banks
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for a more comprehensive “Today in Baseball History” see http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/September_2
1880 The first night baseball is played in Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, between teams from two Boston department stores. The Boston Post reports the next day that "A clear, pure, white light was produced, very strong and yet very pleasant to the sight" by the twelve carbon-arc electric lamps.
1919 The National Commission recommends a best-of-nine World Series. The lengthier World Series is seen as a sign of greed and is abandoned after three years.
1939 When Babe Dahlgren strikes out while being given an intentional walk and George Selkirk and Joe Gordon try to steal home on successive pitches by trotting to the plate, Red Sox fans throw a barrage of garbage onto playing field at Fenway Park to protest the Yankees making deliberate outs to take advantage of the 6:30 Sunday curfew. Umpire Cal Hubbard rules the Boston crowd's action makes it impossible to continue the game and awards the game as a forefit to the Yankees with a 9-0 'official' score.
1952 In his major league debut, Washington's Miguel Fornieles tosses a one-hitter beating the visiting A's at Griffith Stadium, 5-0. The Senators rookie right-hander, who will traded to the White Sox in the offseason, posts an 8-8 record during his 12-year big league career.
1955 In a 12-2 rout of the Cardinals, Ernie Banks sets the record for home runs hit by a shortstop by going deep for his 40th dinger. 'Mr. Cub' will finish this season with 44 homers and will hit 48 to extend the record in 1958.
1957 At Wrigley Field, the Braves sweep the Cubs, 23-10 and 4-0. In the opener, Frank Torre crosses the plate in the first, second, third, fourth, sixth and ninth innings tying a major league by scoring six times in one game.
1960 Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams homers off Senator right-hander Don Lee. At beginning of his career Williams hit several home runs off of Lee's dad, Thornton.
1965 At Wrigley Field, Cubs first baseman Ernie Banks hits his 400th career home run off Cardinal hurler Curt Simmons helping Chicago to defeat St. Louis, 5-3.
1969 Ralph Houk signs a new three-year contract with the Yankees at $65,000 a season, the highest managerial salary in either league.
1969 Willie Davis breaks a 53-year old franchise record by hitting safely in 30 consecutive games. The Dodger outfielder's sixth-inning double in a 5-4 loss to New York surpasses Zack Wheat's streak of 1916.
1970 Future Hall of Famer Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs sets a National League record by playing in his 1,117th straight game. The next day, Williams will ask manager Leo Durocher to sit him down, ending the streak.
1971 Cesar Cedeno bloops an inside-the-park grand slam as a result of second baseman Jim Lefebvre and right fielder Bill Buckner colliding trying to make the fifth inning catch. The dropped 200-foot fly ball enables the Astros to beat the Dodgers at the Astrodome, 9-3.
1972 After retiring twenty-six consecutive Padres batters, Cubs hurler Milt Pappas walks Larry Stahl on a 3-2 pitch. 'Gimpy' retires the next batter, Gary Jestadt, to preserve his 8-0 no-hitter.
1972 Coming to bat in the top of the 8th inning trailing 8-0, the Mets score seven runs and add another four tallies in the ninth to stun Astros, 11-8. It's the Amazins' biggest come-from-behind victory in franchise history.
1972 With his 2,971st hit in a Pirates uniform, Roberto Clemente breaks Honus Wagner's record for the most hits in the history of the franchise. The historic blow is a three-run homer off Giant hurler Sam McDowell in bottom of the 4th inning in an eventual 6-3 victory for the Bucs at Three Rivers Stadium.
1975 Johnny LeMaster becomes the first player to hit an inside-the-park home run in his first major league at bat. The Giants shortstop's dash around the bases comes off Don Sutton in 7-3 win over the Dodgers at Candlestick Park.
1979 With his 145th career pinch-hit, Dodger Manny Mota sets a major league record.
1985 A's Jose Canseco strikes out in his first major league at-bat.
1986 The Astros and Cubs play 14 innings and use a major league record 53 players in the game.
1987 In a game in which the Astros beat the Cubs 10-1, Kevin Bass becomes the first National Leaguer to homer from both sides of the plate twice in one season.
1987 The Philadelphia Phillies release minor league catcher Dave Bresnahan, who one day earlier had substituted a potato for a baseball on a pickoff attempt. Bresnahan had thrown the potato wildly, in an attempt to deceive a runner. The umpire fined Bresnahan $50.
1990 Blue Jay Dave Stieb pitches the ninth no-hitter of the season beating the Indians 3-0, a major league record. Previously Stieb had lost three no-hit bids after two outs were recorded in the ninth.
1992 Terry Mulholland of the Phillies becomes the new pickoff king. His 14 pickoffs are the most by any pitcher since the stat became official in 1989.
1993 Drawing a crowd 47,699 for their 62nd home game, the Rockies surpass the 1982 Dodgers by drawing of 3,617,863 fans to Mile High Stadium in Denver setting a new National League single-season attendance record. The expansion club will also break the 1992 Blue Jays major league mark of 4,028,318 before the season is over.
1995 Tim Raines is out stealing in a 10-4 win over the Blue Jays to snap the White Sox outfielder's American League record streak of 40 consecutive stolen bases.
1996 David Cone makes a dramatic return to the mound after his May operation to remove an aneurysm in his pitching arm by pitching seven no-hit innings. The Yankees beat the A's 4-0 as Mariano Riveria gives up one hit to Jose Herrera in the eighth.
1996 Mike Greenwell beats the Mariners single-handedly driving in all nine runs in the Red Sox 9-8 victory over Seattle at the Kingdome. Boston's right fielder knocks in the decisive run with a 10th-ininng single.
1998 At Pro Player Stadium, Cardinal slugging first baseman Mark McGwire hits home runs # 58 and #59 surpassing Jimmie Foxx, who hit 58 in 1932 and Hank Greenberg who also hit 58 six years later.
1998 Slammin' Sammy Sosa hits his 56th homer to tie Hack Wilson's 68-year-old club record and helps the Cubs to beat the Reds, 4-2 .
1998 Nomar Garciaparra's ninth-inning grand slam gives the Red Sox a 7-3 victory over the Mariners. Boston's slugging shortstop joins Mark McGwire as one of only five players to hit 30 homers in each of his first two seasons.
1998 Kent Mercker hits his only career homer run, a grand slam, and also picks up the win in the Redbirds 14-4 rout of the Marlins at Dolphin Stadium. It will be the only career homer run hit by the Cardinals' left-hander in his 18-year tenure in the major leagues.
1999 Setting off a very enthusiastic ovation at Camden Yards, Cal Ripken, Jr. becomes the 29th major leaguer to hit 400 career home run. The Oriole third baseman connects off Devil Ray's right-hander Rolando Arrojo.
2001 With two outs and two strikes, Red Sox pinch hitter Carl Everett singles in the bottom of the ninth to break up Mike Mussina's bid for a perfect game. The Yankee right-hander beats Boston 1-0 for his fourth career one-hitter.
2003 In an effort to make the perception of the team younger and hipper, the Blue Jays unveiled their fourth logo in the franchise's 27-year history. The new look for the 2004 season adds black and silver trimming to a newly stylized bird while eliminating the red maple leaf backdrop and the word Blue.
2006 At Tropicana Field, the Devil Rays second triple play in franchise history is the first ever in the annuals of the game in which the ball never touched the bat. The 2-6-2 triple killing occurs when Raul Ibanez strikes out on a 3-2 pitch, then Adrian Beltre is thrown out attempting to steal second by catcher Dioner Navarro, with shortstop Ben Zobrist returning the ball to the plate to nail Jose Lopez trying to score from third.
2006 Joining Jeremy Hermida (Marlins , 2005) and Bill Duggleby (Phillies,1898), Kevin Kouzmanoff becomes the third player in major league history to hit a grand slam in his first career at bat. The Indians' 25-year old DH, filling in for the injured Travis Hafter - who hit six bases-juiced homers this season tying a major league record, is the first person to accomplish the feat on the first pitch he ever sees in the big leagues.
2006 The Pirates extend their franchise record consecutive losing season streak to 14 as the club drops their 82nd game of the season to Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals, 3-1. The 1933-1948 Phillies own the big league record finishing with a losing record for 16 straight seasons.
2008 New York starter Jonathon Niese, who was born on the day the Mets won their last World Championship, makes his major league debut against the Brewers in Miller Park. On his second pitch of the game, the 21-year-old southpaw gives up a home run to Rickie Weeks making the him only rookie in franchise history to yield a home run to the first batter he faces in his career.
Baseball Birthdays on September 2...
1848 - Bechtel, George
1850 - Spalding, Al – HOF MLB player 1871-1878, link to Al’s lifetime stats http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spaldal01.shtml , link to Al’s managerial record http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/spaldal01.shtml , link to Al’s HOF bio & plaque http://baseballhall.org/hof/spalding-al
1863 - Henry, John
1868 - Sauters, Al
1878 - Yohe, Bill
1879 - DeGroff, Rube
1880 - Payne, Fred
1884 - Ward, Joe
1889 - Chouneau, Chief
1896 - Shriver, Harry
1896 - Johnson, Paul
1900 - Heving, Joe
1901 - Griffin, Marty
1905 - James, Bernie
1907 - Sankey, Ben
1909 - Pearson, Monte
1918 - Rice, Len
1933 - Throneberry, Marv
1935 - Williams, Don
1935 - Massa, Gordon
1941 - Crider, Jerry
1943 - Walker, Luke
1947 - Behney, Mel
1950 - Johnson, Lamar
1951 - Criscione, Dave
1952 - Snell, Nate
1953 - Goodwin, Danny
1954 - Manning, Rick
1954 - Flinn, John
1956 - Howard, Fred
1959 - Hazewood, Drungo
1960 - Hudler, Rex
1961 - Russell, Jeff
1962 - Paredes, Johnny
1965 - Melendez, Jose
1966 - Jorgensen, Terry
1967 - McAndrew, Jamie
1969 - Thomas, Mike
1970 - Lawrence, Sean
1971 - Aurilia, Rich
1972 - Watkins, Pat
1977 - Haad, Yamid
1982 - Littleton, Wes
1982 - Lewis, Rommie
1982 - Hammel, Jason
1983 - Sanchez, Gaby
1984 - Ryan, Dusty
Baseball Deaths on September 2...
1914 - Metcalf, Al
1916 - Evans, Chick
1926 - McDonough, Ed
1929 - Blue, Bert
1940 - Welch, Johnny
1942 - Thielman, Henry
1942 - Martin, Frank
1954 - Osborn, Fred
1957 - Hanski, Don
1960 - Maloney, Billy
1965 - Hoover, Joe
1966 - McCabe, Bill
1967 - Ryan, Jack
1968 - Meyer, Leo
1970 - Hill, Herbert
1972 - Brillheart, Jim
1976 - Heine, Bud
1977 - Ramos, Chucho
1981 - Lowe, George
1986 - Wilson, Jim
1987 - Carreon, Cam
1988 - Bagby, Jim
1990 - Mauldin, Mark
1996 - Livengood, Wes
2006 - Dahlke, Jerry
2006 - Bernal, Vic
2008 - Cruz, Todd
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