2005 Mets beat Arizona 18-4 – rookie Mike Jacobs gets 2 HRs – 1st player in MLB history to get 4 HRs in 4 days since he made his debut
2003 Oakland hits 2 grand slams in the game – 1st time in the 103 year history of the organization- had not hit one all year
2002 Baltimore loses to Toronto – will finish the rest of the season with a 4-31 record
1991 Seattle’s Rob Murphy pitches in his 121st straight game without a win
1989 Pete Rose is suspended for life for gambling on baseball
1983 Baltimore infielder Lenn Sakata catches in the 10th inning vs. Toronto – his only time as a catcher – Baltimore’s pitcher Tippy Martinez comes in as a relief pitcher, but Toronto manages to get 3 runners to 1st base and Tippy picks them all off – Sakata hits a 3 run HR in the bottom of the inning for the win
1982 Royal catcher John Walthan steals his 31st base – MLB record for catchers (1916) – ends season with 36
1975 Lou Brock steals his 800th base – ends with 938
1974 Dodgers Davey Lopes steals 5 bases in the game
1972 Gordie Howe enters the NHL Hall of Fame
1971 Ernie Banks hits his 512th and final HR
1963 John Pennel becomes the 1st to pole vault 17 feet
1960 Cal Ripken born
1940 Ted Williams pitched the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit – gave up 3 hits and 1 run
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