Sept. 11 1912 — Eddie Collins set a major league record with six stolen bases for the Philadelphia Athletics in…
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This Date in Baseball – Mark McGwire became the 3rd player in history to reach 60 HRs in a season #Date #Baseball #Mark #McGwire #3rd #player #history #reach #HRs #season
Sept. 5 1908 — Brooklyn’s Nap Rucker pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against Boston. Rucker struck out 14 and walked none.…
Read MoreThis Date in Baseball – The Oakland Athletics set an AL record by winning their 20th straight game #Date #Baseball #Oakland #Athletics #set #record #winning #20th #straight #game
Sept. 4 1916 — Longtime pitching rivals Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown closed their careers, by special arrangement, in the…
Read MoreThis Date in Baseball – Kenny Lofton ties a 1939 ML record for scoring in 18 consecutive games #Date #Baseball #Kenny #Lofton #ties #record #scoring #consecutive #games
Sept. 3 1917 — Philadelphia’s Grover Cleveland Alexander went the distance in both games of the Phillies’ 5-0 and 9-3…
Read MoreThis Date in Baseball – Chicago Cubs: For the 1st time in MLB history, all 3 starting OFs hit 2 HRs #Date #Baseball #Chicago #Cubs #1st #time #MLB #history #starting #OFs #hit #HRs
Aug. 30 1905 — Ty Cobb made his major league debut, hitting a double off Jack Chesbro of the New…
Read MoreThis Date in Baseball – Joe Morgan becomes 1st player in MLB history to have 200 HRs and 500 SBs #Date #Baseball #Joe #Morgan #1st #player #MLB #history #HRs #SBs
Aug. 27 1897 — Roger Bresnahan, later a Hall of Fame catcher, made his major-league debut as a pitcher for…
Read MoreThis Date in Baseball – Babe Ruth becomes the first major leaguer to hit 600 career home runs #Date #Baseball #Babe #Ruth #major #leaguer #hit #career #home #runs
Aug. 21 1926 — Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter over the Boston Red Sox at…
Read MoreThis Date in Baseball – Jose Mesa picks up his 37th save in 37 tries to set a major league record #Date #Baseball #Jose #Mesa #picks #37th #save #set #major #league #record
Aug. 20 1912 — Walter Johnson won his American League-record 15th straight game, downing Cleveland 4-2 in the opener of…
Read MoreThis Date in Baseball – Mark McGwire set a major league rookie record with his 39th HR of the season #Date #Baseball #Mark #McGwire #set #major #league #rookie #record #39th #season
Aug. 14 1919 — Chicago’s Happy Felsch tied the major-league record with four outfield assists in a game. The White…
Read MoreThis Date in Baseball – Ronald Acuna Jr. hits leadoff home runs in both games of a doubleheader #Date #Baseball #Ronald #Acuna #hits #leadoff #home #runs #games #doubleheader
Aug. 13 1910 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates played to an 8-8 tie. Each team had 38…
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