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