1903 In the first World Series game ever played, Pirates' hurler Deacon Phillippe beats Cy Young and the Pilgrims, 7-3 at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston. Jimmy Sebring hit the first Fall Classic home run.
1921 White Sox backstop Ray Schalk is the first catcher to make a putout at every single base. The feat has not been accomplished again.
1949 Alex Kellner becomes the first 20 game winner for the A's since Lefty Grove accomplished the feat in 1933.
1955 In Game 4 of the World Series at Ebbets Field, the Dodgers defeat the Yanks, 8-5.
1961 Breaking the Babe's single season home run mark, Roger Maris hits his historic 61st homer off Tracy Stallard as Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 1-0. On the this date, exactly two years later, a baby named Mark McGwire will be born. Box Score
October 1, 1961 Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees Audio CD
1970 The Phillies beat the Expos in final game to be played at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia, 2-1. After the game, fans swarm onto the field and destroy it.
1973 In the first game of a scheduled make-up double-header at Wrigley Field in front of only 1,913 fans, a day after the regular season ends, the Mets beat the Cubs, 6-4,to capture National League East flag. The Miracle Mets, who were 11 and half games behind and in last place on August 5, by winning its 82nd game, (the lowest number victories ever to win a title) clinch the division making the second game of the twin bill unnecessary to play.
1973 As renovations begins at Yankee Stadium, home plate and first base from the old ballpark are presented respectively to Mrs. Babe Ruth and Mrs. Lou Gehrig. The Bronx Bombers will play their home games at Shea Stadium during the next two years.
1975 The Expos fire manager Gene Mauch and replace him with Karl Kuehl.
1980 With much media and fan pressure Red Sox fire manager Don Zimmer.
1995 The Yankees and Rockies become first wild-card teams in new major league baseball playoff system.
1995 Beating the Giants,10-9, the Rockies win first wild card in the National League thus becoming the first team to make the postseason before their seventh year in existence. Colorado's posts the best ever record for a third-year team finishing ten games over .500 (77-67, .535).
1998 In a 6-3 win over the Astros, Tony Gwynn goes 2-for-3 raising his league-leading batting average to .313. The Padres' outfielder becomes the first National League batting champion to win the title with an average below .320.
2004 With a little ground ball through the box, Ichiro Suzuki makes history in a big way as he breaks the major league record for hits in a single season. The historic hit by the Mariner outfielder from Japan surpasses George Sisler’s 84-year-old mark of 257 hits established in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns.
2005 With a 10-1 drubbing by the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, the Royals establish a team record with their 105th defeat this season. Kansas City, which owns the worst record in the majors this year after losing104 games last season, have reached the dubious century mark in three of the last four seasons.
2006 Needing only one victory to clinch at the AL Central flag, the Tigers are swept by the lowly Royals in a three game series in the final weekend of the season. After building a 6-0 lead in the season finale at Comerica Park, Detroit loses 10-8 in 12 innings and loses first place to the Twins to become the wild card team, opening on the road in the ALDS against the heavily favored Yankees.
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