1906 At American League Park in Washington, D.C., the White Sox win their 19th consecutive game beating the Senators, 4-1.
1931 A misplayed ball by A's outfielder Jim Moore leads to a 1-0 loss to the Browns. The defeat ends Lefty Grove's winning streak at 16.
1936 The Indians' seventeen-year-old rookie pitcher, Bob Feller makes his first major league start striking out the first eight batters he faces. 'Rapid Robert' will finish the game with 15 strikeouts as Cleveland beats the Browns, 4-1.
1952 Bob Elliot of the Giants is tossed from the Cardinal game for protesting a strike two call and his replacement, Bobby Hoffman, is also thrown out for arguing the third strike of the same at-bat.
1958 In a 10-1 win over Milwaukee, Gil Hodges hits his 14th career grand slam to established a new National League record.
1961 Five Giants (Cepeda, F. Alou, Davenport, Mays & Orsino) hit homers in the same inning tying a major league record in a 14-0 rout of the Reds.
1972 Joining Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson, Dick Allen becomes the fourth major leaguer to hit a ball into the center field bleachers at Comiskey Park. The gargantuan blast nearly nails White Sox announcer Harry Caray who is calling the game from the grandstands.
1980 Owner Charlie Finley sells the A’s to the Haas family of San Francisco for $12.7 million. The sale to the Levi Strauss clothing empire will keep the team in Oakland.
1982 Gaylord Perry of the Mariners is ejected from the game for applying a foreign substance to the ball. Although the right-hander has been suspected for years of loaded up the baseball, it is the first time he has been caught by the umpires.
1989 Cincinnati manger Pete Rose agrees to a lifetime suspension from baseball due to allegations of betting on baseball.
1998 Barry Bonds becomes the first player in major league history to hit 400 home runs and steal at least 400 bases (438) The Giant slugger reaches the unmatched plateau with his 26th homer of the year against Marlin Kirt Ojala in a 10-5 San Francisco victory.
1998 At County Stadium against the Padres, Bob Hamelin hits his fourth pinch-hit home run of the season. It is the most pinch-hit home runs hit by a single Brewer player in a season and is also the all-time franchise record.
1999 Joining Babe Ruth and Mark McGwire, Mariner outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the third player in major league history to hit 200 homers in a four-season span. Junior's 39th helps Seattle beat the Indians, 4-1.
2000 At Comerica Park, fans flee their seats as swarms of small insects invade the stands during the first inning. The six-legged pests do not affect the players, and the game continues uninterrupted with the Tigers edging the Mariners, 6-5.
2000 Team president Bob Graziano apologizes to a female couple who were asked to leave Dodger Stadium on August 8th because the two shared a kiss during a game. The pair felt the action of the eight security guards was discriminatory because the couple's friends, a man and a woman, also kissed but were not ejected.
2001 Jason Jennings becomes the first pitcher in major league history to hurl a shutout and hit a home run in his major league debut. The Rockies right-hander from Texas blanks the Mets at Shea Stadium, 10-0.
2000 In front of full house at Yankee Stadium, Ron Guidry’s uniform 49 is retired on the lefty’s special day. ‘Louisiana Lightning’, who played his entire career New York posting a 170-90 record for the Bronx Bombers, is surprised the club hasn't just honored him with a day but have retired his jersey and place a plaque in Monument Park in his honor.
2003 For the fourth consecutive season, Garret Anderson reaches 100 RBIs mark to become the first player in team history to do so. The Angels' outfielder was also the first to have three straight 100-RBI seasons.
2006 Carlos DelGado's 400th career home, his second of the game, run proves to be significant as his fouth inning grand slams dramatically closes the gap in the Mets eventual 8-7 comeback victory over the Cardinals at Shea Stadium. The bases-loaded home run is the Mets ninth of the season to establish a new club record.
2006 Joining the 1989 Pirates, the Royals became the second team in big league history to have a 10-run first inning and not win the game. At Kauffman Stadium, the home team takes an early 10-1 lead, but are defeated by the Indians in ten innings, 15-13.
2006 With his 16th bunt single of the season, Houston centerfielder Willy Taveras extends his hitting streak to 26 games to set an Astros record. The previous mark was set by second baseman Jeff Kent in 2004.
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