1913 In his major league debut at Sportsman Park in St. Louis, southpaw Hal Schwenk pitches 11 innings giving up 12 hits, but earns a complete-game victory beating the White Sox, 5-4. The Browns rookie will never again appear in a big league game.
1916 Reds' player-manager Christy Mathewson, pitching his only game not in a Giant uniform, beats his long-time nemesis Mordecai 'Three Finger' Brown and the Cubs, 10-8. In the 25 contests the two legends have faced one another, Matty, by winning the last decision, takes a 13-12 advantage in their final meeting.
1923 Sam Jones no-hits the A’s, 2–0 at Shibe Park. The Yankee hurler does not strikeout any Philadelphia batters, a feat which will not be repeated again until 1969 when Ken Holtzman becomes another pitcher to record a no-hitter without fanning a hitter.
1924 The Brooklyn Robins take a twin bill from the Braves sweeping their fourth doubleheader in four consecutive days. Between September 1-3, the Brooks beat the Phillies six times.
1928 The Boston Braves start a streak of playing nine consecutive doubleheaders establishing a major league record.
1941 The Yankees clinch their third straight pennant when they beat the Red Sox, 6-3. It is the earliest date in baseball history a team has captured a flag.
1966 When 18,670 patrons show up in Cincinnati to watch the Reds lose to Los Angeles, 8-6, the Dodgers become the first team in major league history to attract more than 2 million fans at home and 2 million on the road.
1969 After thirty-one games, the third longest consecutive game hitting streak in National League history ends as Dodger Willie Davis is stopped by Dick Kelley and Gary Ross in a 3-0 loss to the Padres.
1974 After pitching eight no-hit innings against the Reds, Don Wilson is pulled from the game by Astros' manager Preston Gomez in favor of a pinch hitter. Mike Cosgrove gives up a hit to Tony Perez in the ninth and Houston loses, 2-1.
1978 In his first major league at-bat, Dorian Boyland strikes out sitting on the bench. The Pirate rookie is removed with a 1-2 count when the Mets make a pitching change and pinch hitter Rennie Stennett takes the third strike.
1985 Following a three-homer game last night, Gary Carter ties a major league record by hitting two solo homers to become the 11th player in major league history to hit five home runs in two games.
1991 Removing an asterisk which really never existed, the Statistical Accuracy Committee decides to put Roger Maris '61 home run season ahead of Ruth's 60 mark instead of listing it separately as it was from 1962 until 1991. The eight man panel also re-defines a no-hit game as one which ends after 9 or more innings with one team failing to get a hit thereby removing 50 games from the list that had previously been considered hitless, including the 1959 performance of Harvey Haddix's 12 perfect innings against the Braves and Jim Maloney's 1965 1-0 loss to the Mets in 11-innings.
1993 Pinstripe pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Indians at Yankee Stadium, 4-0. The Flint, Michigan native who was born without a right hand, becomes the first Yankee in a decade to throw a no-hitter.
1995 Robin Ventura becomes the eighth player to hit two grand slams in one game helping White Sox to beat the Rangers, 14-3.
1996 Babe Dahlgren, the man who replaced Lou Gehrig at first base to end the streak, dies in Arcadia, California. In the game, he goes 2-for-4, including a home run, in a 22-2 victory over the Tigers at Briggs Stadium.
1998 Defeating the White Sox, 11-6, the Yankees win their 100th game on the earliest date in major league history besting the 1906 Chicago Cubs and 1954 Cleveland Indians by five days. The 1906 Cubs set the major league record for fewest contests to reach 100 victories accomplishing the milestone 132 games.
1999 The Reds set a National League record with nine homers with as they rout the Phillies, 22-3. Eddie Taubensee (2), Greg Vaughn, Jeffrey Hammonds, Aaron Boone, Dimitri Young, Pokey Reese, Brian Johnson and Mark Lewis all go yard for Cincinnati.
2000 The Red Sox honor Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk. The New Hampshire resident, who played his first nine seasons with Boston, joins Bobby Doerr (1), Joe Cronin (4), Carl Yastrzemski (8) and Ted Williams (9) in having his number (27) be retired at Fenway.
2002 In front of 55,528 fans at Coliseum, the A's set an American League record by extending winning streak to 20 consecutive games. After blowing an 11-run lead to the Royals, Scott Hatteberg's bottom of the ninth inning walk off home run gives Oakland the historic victory, 12-11.
2003 In his first at-bat after his arrest Pittsburgh for felony counts of sexual assault and related charges, Ramon Castro receives a supportive ovation from the Florida fans as he approaches the batter box as a pinch-hitter. The Marlin catcher connects for a home run in the 5-1 victory against the Pirates.
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