1896 Cleveland's Jesse Burkett gets three hits to finish the season at .410. The 'Crab' becomes the first player to hit .400 in consecutive seasons.
1906 After setting a major league record of being shutout for 48 consecutive innings, the A's finally score a run thanks to Harry Davis' two-run double. The Mackmen, however, still lose to the Cleveland Naps, 5-3.
1908 Ed Reulbach pitches two shutouts in the same day whitewashing Brooklyn 5-0 on a five-hitter and 3-0 on a three-hitter. The entire doubleheader is played in less than three hours.
1926 In his final day in a Tiger uniform, Ty Cobb watches his replacement in centerfield gets six hits in a twin bill with the Red Sox to become the new batting champs as Heinie Manush edges Babe Ruth 378 to .372 for the title.
1954 With three hits in the season finale, Willie Mays wins the batting title finishing with a .345 average. The ‘Say Hey’ goes third to first in batting average with his performance passing teammate Don Mueller (.342) and Dodger centerfielder Duke Snider (341).
1961 Yankee outfielder Roger Maris Yankees ties Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single season home run record with his 60th when he homers off Oriole Jack Fisher.
1964 At RFK Stadium, Mel Stottlemyre limits the Senators to just two hits throwing a complete game 7-0 shutout. In addition to his outstanding pitching performance, the 22-year old rookie helps the Yankees win their 11th consecutive game with four singles and double in five plate appearances.
1965 Twin hurler Jim Kaat stops the Senators in a 2-1 decision and Minnesota (formerly the original Senators) clinch their first pennant since 1933.
1975 By beating J.R. Richards and the Astros, 3-2, Burt Horton sets a Dodger record for starting pitchers by winning his twelfth consecutive game.
1976 The Phillies beat Expos in the first game of a doubleheader to clinch National League East title. After the second game, Dick Allen bolts from the team to protest Tony Taylor not being placed on the post-season roster.
1981 At the Astrodome, Astro Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher to throw five no-hitters defeating the Dodgers, 5-0.
1983 Cardinal Bob Forsch pitches his second career no-hitter beating the Expos, 3-0.
1993 By striking out 13 A's in 10 innings of a 3-2, extra inning loss, Mariner Randy Johnson becomes the 12th pitcher this century to strike out 300 batters in a season.
1998 David Cone sets a new major league record for the most years between 20-win seasons as the Yankees beat Devil Rays, 3-1. Cone, who was 20-3 in 1988 as a Met, passed the mark set by Jim Katt who won twenty in 1966 and 1974.
1998 In a 5-2 loss to the Orioles at Fenway, Red Sox reliever Dennis Eckersley pitches in his 1,071st game breaking Hoyt Wilhelm's major league mark for the most career pitching appearance.
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