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Baseball History · On This Day

On This Day: September 9

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1970

MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn hands the Detroit Tigers’ Denny McLain his third suspension of the year, this one is for carrying a gun, plus other unspecified charges, and ends McLain’s season with a 3-5 record.

Baseball History · On This Day

On This Day: September 14

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1968
Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland A’s 5-4 to become the first pitcher since Dizzy Dean in 1934 to win thirty games. He will win one more before the World Series, finishing with a 31-6 record.