TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 30

2006  Mets Carlos Beltran hits his 3^rd grand slam this month to tie MLB record – Mets have a total of 6 this month to also tie MLB record

2004  Mike Tyson KO’d in the 4^th by British fighter Danny Williams

2002  Lisa Leslie becomes the first woman to slam dunk in a professional basketball game

2000  Tom Glavine gets his 200^th win – ends with 305

1998  Alex Rodriguez steals his 30^th base – becomes the 6^th 30 base 30 HR player in AL history

1995  Mike Schmidt inducted into the Hall of Fame – 3 time MVP

1994  Detroit catcher Chad Kreuter ties MLB record with 3 sacrifice flies in a game – 9^th in MLB history

1990  Jack Clark hits his 300^th HR – ends with 340

1988  Reds pitcher John Franco gets his 13^th save for the month – MLB record

1978  Montreal beats Atlanta 19-10 on 28 hits and NL record 8 HRs

1969  Hank Aaron hits his 537^th HR to move pass Mickey Mantle

1969  Jimmy Wynn and Denis Menke of Houston both hit grand slams in the 9^th inning of a game vs. the Mets – 1^st time this century in the NL that 2 grand slams were hit in the same inning

1960  Phillies pitcher Art Mahaffey picks off the first batter to get a hit off of him – does it again on the next hitter to reach base – also picked off the 1^st runner to reach in the next game

1959  Willie McCovey makes his MLB debut – goes 4 for 4

1948  Red Sox get their 25^th win of the month

1917  Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach, and Ossie Vitt follow each other in the batting order – all three go 5 for 5

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2006  Tony Perez ties MLB record with 4 doubles in the game and is 5 for 5 as Tampa Bay beats the NYY 19-6

2003  Red Sox player Bill Mueller hits 2 grand slams in a 14-7 win – only player in MLB history to hit 2 in a game from each side of the plate – also hit another HR

1998  Tampa Bay pitcher Tony Saunders gets his 1^st win after 16 straight without getting one

1996  Tommy Lasorda announces his retirement from the LA Dodgers as manager

1995  KC beats Detroit 5-4 on Jon Nunnall’s 16^th inning HR – prior to the HR Kansas City had 21 hits – all of them singles

1991  Seattle gets 4 consecutive doubles in an inning and beats the Orioles 11-4

1990  Red Sox set AL record with 12 doubles in a game vs. Tigers (11 by Detroit in 1934)

1989  Oakland’s Rickey Henderson has 4 walks and 5 stolen bases in a loss to the Mariners – had no official at bats recorded

1988  Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe steals home – 1^st pitcher since 1984 and 1^st Cub since 1919

1973  Wilbur Wood of Chicago wins his 20^th game of the season

1969  Oakland’s Vida Blue gets his 1^st MLB win – ends with 209

1965  Pirates and Philadelphia combine for a record 26 strikeouts in a game

1961  Giants beat Philadelphia 4-3 – Phillies will lose 23 straight before getting a win

1951  Willie Mays steals his 1^st base – then gets picked off 2^nd

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 28

2009  In his first start since the perfect game, Mark Buehrle sets down the first 17 batters he faced

2002  Ozzie Smith is inducted into the Hall of Fame

2001  Pittsburgh scores 7 runs with 2 outs in the 9^th and nobody on to beat the Astros 9-8

1998  Sammy Sosa hits his second grand slam in 4 at bats – hit one yesterday

1996  Darryl Strawberry hits his 300^th HR – ends with 335

1994  Texas Rangers’ Kenny Rogers pitches a perfect game – 1^st lefthander in AL to do so

1993  NY Mets Anthony Young wins in relief – his first win after losing 27 in a row

1993  Phillies Darren Daulton hits a grand slam and a two run triple in a 14 -6 win

1991  Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game vs. Dodgers – Alfredo Griffin goes hitless vs. Martinez and it is his 3^rd time as an opponent in a perfect game (1988 and 1981)

1990  Cal Ripken gets an error – his 1^st in 95 consecutive games – MLB record for shortstops

1990  Cubs Shawon Dunston gets 3 triples in the game – ties MLB record

1989  Cardinals Vince Coleman is caught stealing – had succeeded the previous 50 consecutive times – MLB record

1987  Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the 4^th jockey to win 6,000 races

1985  Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1982  Phil Niekro gets his 250^th win – ends with 318

1979  Red Sox execute their 3^rd triple play of the season (5/10 and 7/23) – it is the 3^rd triple play that Texas has hit into this season – a MLB record

1972  Steve Carlton gets his 10^th straight win for last place Philadelphia

1970  Angels catcher Tom Eagan is charged with 5 passed balls (MLB record) all from different pitchers – also had an error

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 27

2009  Washington’s Josh Willingham hits 2 grand slams in the game – 13^th time in MLB history

2005  Ryan Freel of the Reds steals 5 bases in the game

2004  Twins Corey Koskie is hit 3 times by White Sox pitchers – ties MLB record

2003  Braves Marcus Giles ties MLB record with 4 consecutive doubles

2003  Gary Carter and Eddie Murray are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1998  Sammy Sosa hits a grand slam – it is his first and 248^th HR

1996  A bomb explodes at Atlanta’s Olympic Park killing one person

1992  Houston begins a 26 game road trip – Republican National Convention being held in Astrodome

1988  Tommy John commits 3 errors on one play vs. Brewers – MLB record

1985  Mets score 16 unearned runs in a 16-4 win over the Astros

1984  Pete Rose gets his 3,053^rd single passing Ty Cobb’s MLB record

1983  Gaylord Perry gets his 3,500^th strikeout – Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton do the same this year     
                                                        

1982  Rickey Henderson is caught stealing 3 times in the game – 1^st player since 1916 to get caught 3 times – but he did manage to steal his 95^th

1968  Denny McLain gets his 20^th win of the season – record now 20-3 – ends season 31-6 with 1.96 ERA

1953  Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1950  Stan Musial’s 30 game hitting streak comes to an end, but everybody else on the team got a hit

1946  Rudy York of the Red Sox hits two grand slams in the same game – had 10 RBI on the day

       

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 26

2009  Ricky Henderson and Jim Rice are inducted into the Hall of Fame

2005  Greg Maddux gets his 3,000^th strikeout – 13^th in MLB history – ends with 3,371

2000  Philadelphia trades Curt Schilling to Arizona

1998  Trevor Hoffman tries to get MLB record 42^nd straight save, but gives up a run in the 9^th – he did win it in the 10^th

1992  Nolan Ryan gets his 319^th career win and strikes out his 100^th batter for MLB record 23^rd straight season

1991  Expos Mark Gardner pitches 9 no hit innings vs. Dodgers, but loses it in the 10^th – Expos had only 2 hits themselves

1987  Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1987  Paul Molitor ties MLB record by stealing 2^nd,3^rd, and home in the 1^st inning

1980  Baltimore’s Steve Stone wins his 14^th straight game

1978  Johnny Bench hits his 300^th HR – ends with 389

1970  Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs and has 7 RBI vs. Cardinals, Orlando Cepeda does the same in a game vs. the Cubs

1964  In a double header, the Mets and Braves use a total of 22 pitchers – a two team MLB record

1962  Warren Spahn sets a HR record by a pitcher with his 31^st

1961  NYY John Blanchard ties MLB record by hitting his 3^rd and 4^th HRs in 4 at bats over 3 games

1957  Mickey Mantle gets his 200^th HR – ends with 536

1948  Babe Ruth attends the NYC premier of “The Babe Ruth Story”

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2006  Phillies pitcher Ryan Madson ties MLB record with 4 wild pitches in the 3^rd inning – also hit 2 batters in the game

2004  Dennis Eckersley and Paul Molitor are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1999  George Brett, Robin Yount, Nolan Ryan, and Orlando Cepeda are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1998  Padres Trevor Hoffman gets his 41^st consecutive save – 33^rd this year – ties MLB record

1992  Braves beat Pirates 1-0 – Braves had only one hit – a HR by David Justice

1982  Steve Carlton gets his 50^th career shutout – ends with 55

1978  Pete Rose sets NL record by hitting in his 38^th consecutive game

1966  Ted Williams is inducted into Hall of Fame

1962  Stan Musial becomes NL all time RBI leader with his 1,862^nd

1961  Roger Maris hits 4 HRs in a double header – ties AL record – now has 40 for the season, Mantle has 38

1941  Lefty Grove gets his 300^th and final win of his career

1941  NBA Hall of Famer Nate Thurmond is born – 1^st player in NBA history to record a quadruple double

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2006  Detroit scores 5 runs in 1^st inning for the 3^rd consecutive game – 1^st time in 115 years a team has scored 5 or more in 1^st that many times

2005  Lance Armstrong wins his 7^th consecutive Tour de France

2000  Leftfielder Darin Erstadt of the Angels has 12 putouts in a 12 inning game – an AL record

1993  NY Mets pitcher Anthony Young loses his 27^th straight game

1983  George Brett is thrown out of the infamous “Pine Tar Game”

1979  Catcher Bob Stinson of the Mariners ties MLB record by allowing 2 batters to reach base on catcher’s interference calls

1979  Carl Yastrzemski gets his 400^th HR – ends with 452

1978  NYY manager Billy Martin resigns a day after calling Reggie Jackson a “born liar” and George Steinbrenner a “convicted felon”

1973  Willie Mays plays in his final All-Star game

1970  Chicago’s Bill Melton ties MLB record by striking out 7 times in a double header – will also strikeout the first 3 times in the next game

1968  Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in MLB record 907^th game – a loss – passed Cy Young

1963  Karl Malone is born

1931  Babe Herman hits for the cycle for the 2^nd time this season – one of only 3 in MLB history to do so 3 times in their career

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2009  Mark Buehrle pitches the 18^th perfect game in MLB history

2006  Jered Weaver gets his 7^th straight win to start the season – 1^st rookie in 25 years to do so

2002  Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 22-4 – Garciaparra hits 3 HRs and has 8 RBI – today is his birthday

2000  Andy Benes of St. Louis gives up 4 HRs in an inning – 17^th in MLB to do so

2000  Tiger Woods wins the British Open

2000  Carlton Fisk, Tony Perez, and Sparky Anderson are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1996  U.S. women win their first ever Olympic gold medal in gymnastics

1991  Nolan Ryan gets his 308^th win and Rich Gossage his 308^th save in a Texas win over Boston – Ryan sets MLB record by pitching in his 545^th consecutive game

1979  Pittsburgh gets a triple play VS. Atlanta – it is the 500^th in MLB history

1978  Steve Carlton wins his 200^th game – ends with 329

1970  Cubs beat Reds 1-0 – only shutout of the year for Cincinnati

1964  Bert Campaneris of A’s hits 2 HRs in his MLB debut – only 2^nd player since 1900 to do so

1962  Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are inducted into Hall of Fame

1955  NYY Bob Cerv and Elston Howard hit consecutive pinch hit HRs – 1^st time ever                                                                                                  

1925  Lou Gehrig hits his 1^st grand slam – ends with MLB record 23

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2001  Mets Bobby Abreu hits a HR off of John Franco – Franco’s first HR to a lefthander since 1993

2001  Greg Maddux wins his 9^th straight – his 51^st inning without giving up a walk – John Smoltz pitches as a reliever for the 1^st time and gets a save

2000  Indians Omar Vizquel commits an error – 1^st in 95 games (AL record)

1998  NYY run their record to 71-25

1997  Greg Maddux gets a complete game win – threw 78 pitches

1993  Royals Greg Gagne hits the 10,000^th HR at Tiger Stadium – in the same game Travis Fryman gets a walk and scores on 3 wild pitches

1990  Greg LeMond of the U.S. wins the Tour de France

1989  Bench and Yaz are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1980  Braves Bob Horner hits his 15^th HR in the last 23 games

1979  Johnny Bench ties NL record by getting 5 walks

1973  Atlanta commits 7 errors and lose to Philadelphia 5-1

1969  1^st time All-Star game is postponed due to rain

1963  Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in the 1^st round for heavyweight title

1962  Floyd Robinson of White Sox goes 6 for 6 – all singles

1925  The NYY acquire Leo Durocher

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 21

2008  Tigers beat Royals 19-4, 3^rd time this season they score 19 or more – 1^st to do so since 1950 Red Sox

2006  Alex Rodriguez hits his 450^th HR – youngest to do so

2001  Dodgers beat Colorado 22-7 – most runs by LA since 1943

1998  Braves Greg Maddux loses to the Cubs  - 1^st loss to his former team after beating them 7 times

1997  Curt Schilling of Philadelphia strikes out 15 in 8 innings, but loses to Pirates 3-2

1995  Red Sox beat Twins 13-5 – Mo Vaughn hits his 2^nd grand slam of the season – Twins Pedro Munoz played first base for the first time and made 3 errors

1990  Orioles Ben McDonald makes his MLB debut and shuts out the White Sox 2-0 – 1^st shutout in AL debut in 15 years

1989  Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 of the 1^st round

1975  NY Mets Felix Millan hits 4 singles – Joe Torre follows him and hits into 4 double plays

1973  Hank Aaron hits his 700^th HR – ends with 755

1972  Hoyt Wilhelm is released by the Dodgers – his 1,070 appearances is the most by any pitcher to that point

1969  At an All-Star banquet, Babe Ruth is selected the All Time Greatest Player and Joe DiMaggio the Greatest Living Player

1967  Jimmie Foxx died at age 59 – hit 534 HRs in his career

1961  Angels and Senators tie MLB record by stranding 30 runners (15 apiece) in a 9 inning game

1956  Junior Gilliam makes 12 assists at 2^nd base to tie MLB record set in 1891

1946  In a double header, Ted Williams gets 7 straight hits including the cycle in the 2^nd game

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 20

2004  Albert Pujols goes 5 for 5 with 3 HRs

2004  Indians Travis Hafner hits 3 HRs – his total of 5 in 2 games ties MLB record

2003  Houston’s Jeff Bagwell hits his 400^th HR – 35^th in MLB history to do so

2000  Isiah Thomas is named head coach of the Indiana Pacers replacing Larry Bird

1990  Mets Sis Fernandez strikes out 7 consecutive Braves batters in a 6-1 win

1987  NYY Don Mattingly ties MLB record – made 22 putouts in a 7-1 Yankee win (Hal Chase 1906)

1985  NYY Ron Guidry wins his 12^th straight game

1985  Darryl Strawberry of Mets hits a grand slam in the 1^st and a 3 run HR in the 3^rd as Mets beat Braves 16-4

1984  Entering the 9^th and down 3-1, Toronto scores 11 runs, Seattle gets 4, but Toronto wins 12-7

1979  Manny Mota gets his 139^th pinch hit of his career

1976  Hank Aaron hits his 755^th and last HR         
                  

1973  Chicago White Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a double header vs. NYY

1970  Dodgers Bill Singer no hits Philadelphia

1969  Giants Gaylord Perry hits his 1^st MLB HR

1969  Gaylord’s brother Jim of Minnesota wins 2 games today – suspended game from yesterday and today’s game – pitched 11 shutout innings

1965  NYY pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside the park HR – 1^st pitcher since 1910 to do so

1957  Duke Snyder hits his 300^th HR

1956  Whitey Ford strikes out 6 consecutive batters – ties AL record

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 19

2003  John Smoltz gets his 100^th save – 15^th pitcher in MLB to have 100 wins and 100 saves

2003  Victor Zambrano ties MLB record by hitting four batters

1999  White Sox rookie Chris Singleton has his 2^nd 5 hit game in two weeks

1999  Tigers pitcher Jeff Weaver hits a double – 1^st by Detroit pitcher in 27 years

1997  Colorado loses its 15^th game in 16 outings

1991  Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,500^th consecutive game – his 20^th HR of the season makes him only the 8^th MLB player to hit 20 in each of his first 10 seasons

1987  Rangers beat NYY 20-3 – catcher Rick Cerone pitches the 9^th – did not allow a run

1984  Orel Hershiser pitched his 3^rd straight shutout

1982  Tom Brunansky hits an inside the park grand slam

1980  22^nd Olympics open in Moscow – U.S. boycotts

1974  Indians Dick Bosman no hits the A’s 4-0 – his throwing error was the only thing that kept it from being a perfect game

1964  Luis Tiant of Cleveland makes his MLB debut and gets a 4 hit win over NYY – Whitey Ford was the loser

1960  Juan Marichal pitches his 1^st game – one hits Philadelphia

1955  Detroit’s Babe Birrer pitches 4 innings of shutout relief and hits two 3 run HRs – his only HR and RBI of his career

1950  First black players for NYY – Elston Howard and Frank Barnes

1933 Rick Ferrell (Boston) hits a HR off his brother Wes (Cleveland) – Wes also hit a HR in the game

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 18

2006  Carlos Beltran hits a grand slam in consecutive games – 23^rd player in MLB history to do so

2006  Braves beat St. Louis 14-5 – 1^st team since 1930 NYY to score 10 or more in 5 straight games

2002  Orioles Melvin Mora ties MLB record by getting hit by a pitch 3 times in the game

2001  Florida manager Tony Perez is ejected – his first time in 31 years as a player and manager

1999  Don Larsen, who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series, throws out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium – David Cone then throws a perfect game as NYY beat Expos

1990  Red Sox (6) and Twins (4) combine for MLB record 10 double plays in a game – yesterday the Twins set a record by having 2 triple plays vs. Boston

1988  Seattle’s Gene Walter balks 4 times in 2 1/3^rd innings – ties MLB record

1987  NYY Don Mattingly hits a HR in his 8^th consecutive game

1986  Greg Norman (280) wins the 115^th British open

1970  39 year old Willie Mays gets his 3,000^th hit – Hank Aaron did it a month ago

1964  Pete Rose hits his only grand slam of his career – Dallas Green was the pitcher

1961  Braves get a triple steal – Hank Aaron’s only steal of home in his career

1947  Ted Williams goes 5 for 5 for the 1^st time in his career

1947  Tigers beat NYY ending their 19 game win streak

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2003  KC shortstop Angel Berroa hits his 10^th HR – only 16^th rookie shortstop in MLB history to have double figure HRs

2001  Expos coach Ozzie Guillan is thrown out before the 1^st pitch is thrown – continued the argument from yesterday’s game

1998  Rafael Palmeiro and Albert Belle both hit their 300^th HR – Palmeiro ends with 569, Belle 381

1991  In a 15 inning loss, Orioles Sam Horn is the 1^st MLB player (non pitcher) to strikeout 6 consecutive times in a game

1990  Minnesota gets 2 triples in the game – 1^st time ever – lose to the Red Sox on an unearned run

1990  Bo Jackson hits 3 straight HRs and his 100^th in a game vs. NYY, and Deion Sanders gets an inside-the-park HR as Jackson separates his shoulder going for the ball – he will miss 6 weeks

1989  Carlton Fisk gets his 2,000^th hit – ends with 2,356

1989  Pitching in relief, David Wells wins both games of a double header vs. Toronto                                                                                     

1977  Mets Lenny Randle comes to bat vs. the Cubs, a power blackout will cause the game to be postponed – Randle will ground out on September 16

1974  Bob Gibson strikes out Cesar Geronimo for his 3,000^th strikeout – six years later Geronimo will become Nolan Ryan’s 3,000^th strikeout

1974  Milwaukee third baseman Don Money commits an error – 1^st in 257 chances – Money holds the record in both leagues for most chances without an error

1974  Tommy John blows his elbow out – has first “Tommy John Surgery” – will win 164 more games before he retires

1961  Ty Cobb dies at age 74

1960  Willie McCovey (1959 Rookie of the Year) is sent down to the minors as he was batting .244 with no power – he will return

1950  NYY Whitey Ford wins his 1^st game – ends with 236

1941  Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak came to an end

1935  Bill Werber of Red Sox ties MLB record with 4 straight doubles – will do it again in 1940 with Cincinnati – only to ever do it in both leagues

1934  Babe Ruth gets his 2,000^th walk – ends with 2,062

1922  Ty Cobb gets 5 hits for the 4^th time this season – AL record

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 16

2006  Mariano Rivera gets his 400^th save

2006  Chipper Jones ties MLB record by getting an extra base hit in 14 straight games (Paul Waner 1927)

2004  Bobby Abreu becomes only the 4^th player in MLB history to have 20 HRs and 20 steals in six consecutive seasons (Mays, Bobby and Barry Bonds)

2002  Tigers 2^nd baseman Damion Easley ties MLB record by getting hit 3 times in a game vs. Red Sox

1993  Giants outfielder Darren Lewis sets MLB record by  playing in his 267^th consecutive game without an error

1987  NYY Don Mattingly hits his 4^th grand slam of the year – has 7 HRs in his last 6 games – with knuckleball pitcher Charlie Hough on the mound Texas catchers set AL record with 5 passed balls in the game

1985  NL beats AL in All-Star game – 13^th win in last 14 games

1971  Vida Blue improves his record to 18-3

1969  Rod Carew steals home for the 7^th time this season

1968  Indians outfielder Jose Cardenal pulls off his 2^nd unassisted double play of the season – only 4^th outfielder in MLB history to have 2 in one season

1951  NY Yankees send struggling rookie Mickey Mantle to AA Kansas City – he will return

1944  The Dodgers score 8 unearned runs to break a 16 game losing streak

1941  Joe DiMaggio hits in his 56^th straight game

1914  Babe Ruth suffers his 1^st pitching loss

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 15

2009  Pedro Martinez signs a one year deal with Philadelphia

2008  AL beats NL 4-3 in 15 innings, longest All-Star game (4 hours, 50 minutes) – most combine steals 7 (AL had 6)

2007  Philadelphia loses a franchise record 10,000^th game – they have won 8,810

2005  Orioles Rafael Palmeiro gets his 3,000^th hit – only 3 others have 3,000 hits and 500 HRs (Aaron, Mays, and Eddie Murray)

1999  Barry Bonds is walked intentionally for a MLB record 294^th time – passes Hank Aaron

1993  Cal Ripken Jr. hits his 278^th HR – MLB record for shortstops – passes Ernie Banks

1989  Jeff Reardon gets his 250^th save – ends with 367

1988  Red Sox manager Joe Morgan makes his debut – Red Sox sweep a double header – Clemens strikes out 14 KC batters

1978  Larry Milbourne of Seattle lifts them to a 7-6 win over Cleveland – he hit a HR from both sides of the plate and these were his only HRs of the season on 234 at bats

1972  Nolan Ryan pitches his 2^nd no hitter of the season – struck out 17 Detroit batters

1969  President Nixon is in attendance as Detroit pulls off a triple play, but Washington wins 7-3

1967  Royals pinch runner Allan Lewis ties MLB record with 2 steals in one inning by a pinch runner

1961  Arnold Palmer (284) wins the 90^th British Open

1960  Orioles Brook Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle

1935  Alex Karras was born

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 14

2008  Josh Hamilton hits 28 HRs in the 1^st round of the Home Run Derby

2002  Royals Raul Ibanez has 7 RBI in the first 2 innings – grand slam and 3 run HR

2002  NYY Mariano Rivera gives up a 2 out 9^th inning grand slam to Indians Bill Selby and loses 10-7

1997  Rickey Henderson steals his 1,200^th base – ends with 1,406

1995  LA Dodgers Ramon Martinez no hits Florida – gave up one walk

1994  Ozzie Smith becomes all time shortstop assist leader – moves pass Luis Aparicio

1992  AL beats NL 13-6 in All-Star game – get record 19 hits

1988  Ken Griffey gets his 2,000^th hit

1988  Mike Schmidt moves pass Mickey Mantle with his 537^th HR

1978  Houston reliever Ken Forsch gets both wins in a double header vs. Montreal

1977  Carl Yastrzemski gets his 2,655^th hit – moves pass Ted Williams as Red Sox all time leader – ends with 3,419                                                 

1974  Rangers Billy Martin is ejected from both games of a double header

1973  Tom Weiskopf (276) wins the 102^nd British Open

1972  Catcher Tom Haller of Tigers hopes to have luck with the home plate umpire – his brother Bill – Detroit loses 1-0

1972  Red Sox shortstop Juan Beniquez sets a record for AL shortstops – commits 3 errors in each of the last 2 games

1968  Hank Aaron hits his 500^th HR – ends with 755

1967  Eddie Mathews hits his 500^th HR – ends with 512

1956  Mel Parnell no hits the White Sox – 1^st Red Sox no hitter since 1923

1951  Citation becomes the 1^st horse to win $1 million in his career

1951  CBS broadcasts the first color telecast of a sporting event – a horse race

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 13

2001  Mike Piazza hits his 300^th HR – ends with 427

1999  In the All-Star game at Fenway, Pedro Martinez strikes out the first four batters he faced, and 5 of the 6 in his two innings of work – named MVP

1997  Dennys Reyes is the first lefty in nearly 5 years to start for the Dodgers – Bob Ojeda in 1992

1997  Seattle and Texas combine for a record 31 strikeouts in the game

1996  Cleveland scores 4 runs in the 4^th, 5 in the 5^th, and 6 in the 6^th to beat Twins 19-11 – had 12 doubles to tie AL record – teams combine for AL record 18 doubles

1995  Greg Maddux issues his 1^st walk in 51 innings to pitcher Joey Hamilton, a career .041 hitter

1991  Four Orioles combine to pitch a no hitter vs. the A’s – only 2^nd time in baseball history 4 have done so (Oakland 9/28/1975)

1988  Red Sox fire manager John McNamara and replace him with Joe Morgan – they will win 19 of the next 20 games

1982  NL wins its 11^th consecutive All-Star game – 19 of last 20

1975  Reds beat Mets 5-3 – their 41^st win in their last 50 games

1973  Expos Hal Breeden pinch hits a HR in each game of a double header vs. Atlanta – ties MLB record (Joe Cronin 6/17/1943)

1971  AL wins its only All-Star game between 1962 and 1983

1963  Spud Webb is born

1963  Early Wynn wins his 300^th and final MLB game

1962  Arnold Palmer (276) wins the 91^st British Open

1934  Babe Ruth hits his 700^th HR

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2003  Tom Gordon of White Sox gets a save vs. Indians – is the 14^th pitcher in MLB history to have 100 wins and 100 saves

2001  Jacque Jones, Tori Hunter, and Carey Koskie each hit a pair of HRs for Minnesota – tie MLB record

1997  Roger Clemens makes his first appearance at Fenway as a Blue Jay – strikes out 16 Red Sox batters in a win

1996  Kirby Puckett announces his retirement immediately due to glaucoma

1994  Houston Pitcher John Hudek appears in the All-Star game – 1^st pitcher in MLB history to be in an All-Star game without having a career win

1990  White Sox pitcher Melido Perez pitches a rain shortened 6 inning no hitter – the 7^th of the season – most since 1917

1979  Double header at Cominskey Park – Disco Demolition Night – White Sox had to forfeit the 2^nd game as fans ran all over the field

1966  All-Star game held in St. Louis where the on field temperature was 113 degrees

1949  AL beats NL 11-7 in All-Star game – NL commits 5 errors – 1^st black players to appear in the game – Robinson, Campanella, Newcombe, and Dolby

1931  MLB teams score an average of 13.6 runs in games played today – not topped until 4/24/1996

1901  Cy Young wins his 300^th game – ends with 511

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2004  Expos beat Pirates 2-1 – Scott Downs is the first left handed Montreal starter to win for Montreal in 500 games (Matt Blank 6/21/01)

2003  Pirates Randall Simon is suspended and fined for hitting one of the Milwaukee sausage mascots with a bat during the sausage race on July 9

2002  Marlins trade Ryan Dempster – they are left with 15,000 Dempster bobble heads that they had scheduled as a promotion

2000  Derek Jeter goes 3 for 3 in All-Star game and is named MVP

1996  Curt Schilling of Philadelphia beats the Expos 3-2 – ends club record 14 straight road losses

1989  Bo Jackson wins All-Star MVP

1987  Cal Ripken’s brother Billy joins the Orioles lineup – father Cal Ripken Sr. is first to manage two sons in MLB                                     

1985  Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,000^th batter – 1^st to do so – ends with 5,714

1978  Vida Blue starts the All-Star game for the NL – 1^st pitcher ever to start both NL and Al (1971 and 1975)

1972  Cubs Billy Williams goes 8 for 8 in a double header – will go 3 for 5 and 4 for 5 in his next two games

1968  Earl Weaver manages his 1^st game for the Orioles

1968  Cubs pitcher Bill Hand sets MLB record by striking out in 14 consecutive at bats

1950  Ted Williams fractures his elbow in the All-Star game

1914  Babe Ruth debuts with the Red Sox – struck out his first time at bat, but pitches the win over Cleveland 4-3

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 10

2007  Ichiro Suzuki hits the 1^st inside-the-park HR in All-Star history

1999  Randy Johnson suffers his 4^th loss in a row – Arizona did not score a run in any of the 4 games

1984  Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to strikeout 6 AL batters in a row in the All-Star game

1982  Rangers’ Lance Parrish ties MLB record with his 3^rd grand slam of the week (July 4^th and 7^th)

1977  Red Sox tie MLB record by stranding 20 runners vs. Brewers, but they win anyway 8-5

1976  Johnny Miller (279) wins the 105^th British Open

1975  Philadelphia 76ers sign George McGinnis after Commissioner Larry O’Brien voids the contract he had signed with the Knicks 6 weeks earlier

1971  Lee Trevino (278) wins the 100^th British Open

1970  Reds shortstop Woodie Woodward hits his 1^st and only HR in his 1,672^nd at bat

1965  Juan Marichal gets his 14^th win and 7^th shutout of the season

1964  Jesus Alou of SF gets 6 hits in a game vs. the Cubs – all off a different pitcher

1953  Ben Hogan (282) wins the British Open

1951  Sugar Ray Robinson loses his middleweight title in an upset to Randy Turpin – will beat him to win it back

1943  Arthur Ashe was born

1934  In the 2^nd annual All-Star game, Carl Hubbell strikes out 5 future Hall of Famers – Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx in the 1^st and Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in the 2^nd inning

1921  Jake LaMotta was born