1883 Cleveland's one-arm pitcher Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia, 1-0.
1909 Tigers' outfielder Ty Cobb wins the home run crown with his ninth round-tripper (all inside-the park).
1925 Dodger hurler Dazzy Vance no-hits the Phillies after one-hitting the team from the City of Brotherly Love five days earlier.
1936 Indians' teenage pitching phenom Bob Feller sets a new major league record by striking out 17 batters as he two-hits the A's, 5-2. After the season, 'Bullet Bob' will return to his Van Meter, Iowa home to graduate from high school.
1948 While batting, 32-year old Indian pitcher Don Black suffers a cerebral hemorrhage and is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The hurler will survive, but his major league career is over.
1949 For the second time in his career, Ralph Kiner hits four consecutive homers. After homering in his last two at-bat in the previous game (September 11) he goes deep in his first two at bats in today's contest.
1950 Giants' pitcher Sal Maglie's consecutive scoreless inning streak ends at 45 when Pirates' outfielder Gus Bell hits a 257-foot pop fly which just clears the wall at the Polo Grounds.
1951 At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, the Cardinals split a three-team doubleheader beating the Giants 6-4 in a rescheduled afternoon game due to rain the day before, and then the Redbirds are blanked by the Braves in the regularly scheduled night game, 2-0. It is the first time since 1883 that three-team twin bill has been played.
1953 Bob Trice becomes the first black player to appear for the A's. The former Homestead Grays hurler will only pitch in three games for Philadelphia this season and 19 next year and few more in 1956.
1964 The Cardinals become the only the second team in major league history this century to score at least one run in every inning as they rout Chicago, 15-2. A dropped pop-up in top of the ninth secures St. Louis' place in history.
1965 At the Astrodome facing Don Nottebart, Giant outfielder Willie Mays becomes the fifth player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs. The 'Say Hey Kid' will hit a league-leading and career high 52 home runs en route to his second MVP season.
1969 In a 6-4 defeat to the Reds, Bobby Bonds becomes the fourth player in major league history steal at least 30 bases and hit at least thirty home runs in the same season. The other members of the 30/30 club include Ken Williams (1922-Browns) , Willie Mays (1956 & 1957-Giants) and Hank Aaron (1963-Braves).
1971 After connecting for #499 in Game 1 of a doubleheader, Frank Robinson of the Orioles joins the 500 home run club in the nightcap with a ninth-inning three-run homer off Fred Scherman of the Tigers.
1983 Mets rookie backstop Mike Fritzgerald becomes the 48th major leaguer to hit a home run in his first big league at bat.
1983 Recording his 39th save, Royals’ closer Dan Quisenberry breaks John Hiller’s single-season record. The submariner gets the last two outs in a 4-3 victory over the Angels.
1989 Fay Vincent becomes baseball's eighth commissioner when he succeeds the late Bart Giamatti.
1995 Tigers Lou Whitaker and Al Trammell set American League record for joint appearances (1915 games).
1996 By hitting his 30th home run Dante Bichette joins his teammate Ellis Burks as a member of the 30/30 club. The Rockies join the 1987 New York Mets as the only teams in history to have two 30-30 players (Howard Johnson and Darryl Strawberry) during the same season.
2001 Due the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball postpones all games through September 17. The 91 missed games, the most regular-season contests not played since World War I forced the cancellation of the final month of the 1918 season, have been re-scheduled for the week after the regular season ends meaning the World Series is likely to extend into November for the first time in history.
2002 Oriole infielder Mike Bordick establishes a new American League record playing his 96th consecutive errorless game at shortstop. The mark was held by former teammate Cal Ripken.
2002 The U.S. Senate passes a resolution honoring Tiger broadcaster Ernie Harwell who is retiring at end of the season. The 84-year-old has been a major league baseball announcer for 55 years.
2003 After signing a one-day contract, Ken Daneyko grounds out to short in his professional baseball debut with the Newark Bears. The former New Jersey Devils defenseman, who was honored by the team before the game, plays DH against the Pennsylvania Road Warriors in a game started in a driving rainstorm and called immediately after his at bat.
2005 During the six-run second inning uprising by the Padres, each Dodger outfielder commits an error. Ricky Ledee (lf) , Jose Cruz Jr. (rf) and Jayson Werth (cf) fielding contributes to the 6-4 loss to first place San Diego.
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