1. materials characteristic of baseball and the culture of baseball; 2. collectible baseball Americana
1979
Willie Wilson of the Royals hits his fifth inside-the-park homer of the season in a 6-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners at Kansas City. It is the most inside-the-park-homers in a season since Kiki Cuyler hit eight for the Pirates in 1925.
1986
Bob Brenly of San Francisco tied a MLB record with four errors in one inning, but atoned with two homers, including the game-winner, to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Brenly, normally a catcher, was playing third base.
1976
Minnie Minoso singled in three at-bats as the designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox against the California Angels. At age 53 he became the oldest player to get a hit in a regulation game.
1992
Robin Yount became the 17th player to reach 3,000 hits in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Yount singled to right-center off Cleveland’s Jose Mesa in the seventh inning. He will end his career with 3,142 hits.
1911
Rookie Grover Alexander of the Philadelphia Phillies beat 44-year-old Cy Young 1-0, as Young ended his career with the Boston Braves. In their careers the two pitchers won a total of 884 games.
1950
Don Newcombe missed pitching complete games in a doubleheader for the Brooklyn Dodgers by leaving in the seventh inning of the second game trailing the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0. Newcombe had won the first game 2-0.
1995
Robin Ventura became the eighth player in MLB history – and the first in 25 years – to hit two grand slams in one game as the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers, 14-3.
1972
Milt Pappas of the Chicago Cubs retired 26 San Diego Padres batters in a row before walking pinch-hitter Larry Stahl on a 3-2 pitch. Pappas then retired Garry Jestadt to finish his 8-0 no-hitter.
1937
Detroit Tigers rookie Rudy York sets a new record for home runs in a month, hitting his 17th and 18th to eclipse the Yankees Babe Ruth’s mark set in September 1927. Sammy Sosa of the Cubs will break that mark in 1998.
1965
Following his doctor’s advice, Casey Stengel announces his retirement as manager of the Mets. He will head up Mets scouting in California. The 75-year-old Stengel has been in professional baseball since 1910.
