1905 In Philadelphia, the Cubs defeat the Phillies in 20 innings, 2-1, with Ed Reulbach going the distance for Chicago.
1940 In the Tigers 12-1 victory at Fenway Park, Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams pitches the last two innings against Detroit allowing one run on three hits.
1941 During a double-header against the Cardinals, a rag tag group of five musicians, dubbed the Dodger SymPhony, by announcer Red Barber, make their Ebbets Field's debut. This band, in which none of the 'musicians' could read music, perform their zany antics at all evening and weekend games.
1951 A thousand fans behind the Browns dugout are given yes and no signs to vote on decisions to be made by the coaching staff. Owner Bill Veeck's idea appears to work as his team beats the Phillies, 5-3.
1957 The Dodgers use eight pitchers in one game tying a major league record. Johnny Podres gives up three home runs in the third including Hank Aaron's first grand slam.
1963 The Little League World Series is televised for the first time . With ABC's Wide World of Sports providing coverage of the championship game, Grenada Hills (CA) beats Stratford (CT), 2-1.
1971 Ernie Banks hits his final home run of his career as the Cubs beat the Reds, 5-4. Mr. Cub's 512th home run comes in the first inning off Jim McGlothin.
1975 In the second game of a doubleheader sweep, Ed Halicki no-hits the Mets, 6-0. The Candlestick Park masterpiece includes 10 strikeouts by the Giants right-hander who will never have a winning season in San Francisco and will post a 55-66 record during his seven year career.
1975 Dodger second baseman Dave Lopes steals his major league record 38th consecutive base but the streak is snapped by Gary Carter in the 12th inning. Expos win the game in 14 innings, 5-3.
1976 Mariners is selected as Seattle's nickname from 15,000 contest entries.
1976 At Tiger Stadium, Bill Freehan hits 200th and final home run in a 12-7 loss to the White Sox. The Detroit catcher will finish his career with 100 homers hit at home with the other dingers 100 hit on the road.
1981 In his first major league game, first baseman Kent Hrbek hits a twelfth-inning homer giving the Twins a 3-2 victory over the Yankees .
1982 Royals' catcher John Wathan steals his 31st base breaking Ray Schalk's 1916 record for stolen bases by a catcher. The backstop will wind up with 36 for the season.
1983 Orioles' southpaw Tippy Martinez picks off three runners in the 10th inning as the Blue Jays take long leads trying to take advantage of his new battery mate, Len Sakata, an infielder pressed into service behind the plate. The converted catcher gets revenge as his three-run homer in the bottom of the frame wins the game, 7-4.
1985 Yankee Don Baylor ties a major league record when he hit by a pitch for the 189th time in his career.
1989 Pete Rose is banned from baseball for life by Commissioner Giamatti for gambling. The Reds' manager signs a five-page agreement with Giamatti in which he agrees to a lifetime penalty but does not admit to gambling on the national pastime.
1999 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth, Ralph Kiner, Duke Snider, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew and Mark McGwire as the only players to hit 40 homers in four consecutive seasons.
2000 In his fifth rehabilitation start in the minors, Devil Rays' 26-year old pitcher Tony Saunders left arm breaks again throwing a wild pitch. The Devil Ray southpaw first broke his left humerus on May 26, 1999 throwing a 3-2 pitch in a game against Rangers at Tropicana Field.
2004 Bud Selig, citing how disruptive a delay in the major league schedule would be on pennant races, says it unlikely major league players will ever be able to take part in the Olympics. The baseball commissioner hopes a World Cup, which begins in 2006, will serve as a substitute for the Summer Games.
2005 After fouling off three Jose Valverde full-count fastballs, Mike Jacobs goes deep at BOB to become the only player to hit four home runs during the first four games of a major league career. The Mets rookie, who hits two round-trippers in the 18-4 rout of the Diamondbacks, has homered four times, including his first big league at-bat, in his first 13 plate appearances.
2006 Sean Casey probably becomes the first player in baseball history to ground out to left field. The unique 5-7-3 play is the result of the Reds' first baseman started heading back to the dugout thinking he was robbed of a hit when the ball actually glance off Joe Crede's glove and then is thrown to first by left fielder Pablo Ozuna's just beating the runner to the bag.
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