9-01-1920 – SS FRANK KEATING of the BUFFALO BISONS made an unassisted triple play in a game against the AKRON BUCKEYES in INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE action.
9-01-1963 – TOM TRESH belted a home run from both sides of the plate in one game for his NEW YORK YANKEES.
9-01-1989 – ANGELO BARTLETT GIAMATTI died at the age of 51 at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He was MLB Commissioner from 4-1-1989 to the date of his death.
9-02-1880 – The first night baseball is attempted in Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, between Boston department stores Jordan Marsh and R.H. White. The BOSTON POST newspaper reports the next day that "A clear, pure bright light was produced, very strong and yet very pleasant to the sight" by the 12 carbon-arc electric lamps, which sees this contest end in a 16-16 tie.
9-02-1957 – FRANK TORRE scored 6 runs in one game for the MILWAUKEE BRAVES.
9-02-1965 – BOB ALLISON struck out five times in a game for his MINNESOTA TWINS against the DETROIT TIGERS, tying a MLB record for futility.
9-02-1972 – MILT PAPPAS, working on a perfect game in the ninth inning, with two away and a 1-2 count on SAN DIEGO PADRES pinch-hitter LARRY STAHL, sees him take the next three pitches which umpire BRUCE FROEMMING calls each a "ball", going on to retire the final batter, for a no-hitter, an 8-0 win for his CHICAGO CUBS.
9-02-1986 – The latest home run in CHICAGO CUBS franchise history came off the bat of IF KEITH MORELAND in the 17TH inning against the HOUSTON ASTROS.
9-02-1990 – TORONTO BLUE JAYS RHP DAVE STIEB pitched a no-hitter against the CLEVELAND INDIANS in a 3-0 win at CLEVELAND STADIUM.
9-02-1992 – JERRY McMORRIS, OREN BENTON, and CHARLES MONFORT acquire all of the interests previously owned by non-Coloradoans, assuming control of the COLORADO ROCKIES.
9-02-1993 – The expansion COLORADO ROCKIES drew 47699 fans for their 6-1 loss to the MONTREAL EXPOS, setting a single-season NATIONAL LEAGUE attendance record with a 62-game total of 3,617,863. Previously the LOS ANGELES DODGERS set the attendance mark at 3,608,881 in 1982...The TORONTO BLUE JAYS set the ultimate MLB record in 1992 with 4,028,318.
9-02-1999 – IF CAL RIPKEN hit his 400TH career home run, joining an exclusive circle of sluggers, connecting off RHP ROLANDO ARROJO in the third inning of this win for the BALTIMORE ORIOLES over the TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS.
9-03-1912 – FRED APPLEGATE, of the PARIS BOURBONITES in the BLUE GRASS LEAGUE, tied a minor league record by fanning 20 batters on the MOUNT STERLING ORPHANS.
9-03-1928 - TY COBB struck the last of his 4191 hits, the 724TH double of his Hall of Fame career, as a pinch-hitter, in the ninth inning of the first game versus the WASHINGTON SENATORS, off BUMP HADLEY.
9-03-1932 – JIMMIE FOXX, of the PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS, poled his 50TH and 51ST home runs, to become only the third player to reach the 50 mark in a season, joining BABE RUTH and HACK WILSON.
9-03-1956 – On the final day of the season, OF/1B DICK STUART of the LINCOLN CHIEFS in the WESTERN LEAGUE, smashed his 66TH home run in a game with the TOPEKA HAWKS.
9-03-1965 – JIM HICKMAN became the first member of the NEW YORK METS to hit three home runs in a game.
9-03-1976 – DARRELL JOHNSON was appointed as first Manager of the SEATTLE MARINERS.
9-03-1976 – C MIKE HEGAN became first member of MILWAUKEE BREWERS to ever hit for the cycle when he smashed a double, homer and triple off MARK "THE BIRD" FIDRYCH and a single off BILL LAXTON, to complete one of the most difficult tasks, finishing the day with four hits in five at-bats with two runs scored, a walk, single, double, triple and homer with six runs batted in.
9-03-1977 – SADAHARU OH hit the 756TH home run of his long career to surpass HANK AARON who amassed a total of 755, making him the most prolific home run hitter in the history of professional baseball.
9-03-1978 – OF LEE MAZZILLI became first NEW YORK METS hitter to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game against the LOS ANGELES DODGERS at DODGER STADIUM.
9-04-1933 – In a Labor Day twin-bill, JOE HAUSER of the MINNEAPOLIS MILLERS in the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, slugged three home runs, raising his season total to 65, setting a new record in organized baseball.
9-04-1941 – The BOSTON RED SOX are downed 6-3 by the NEW YORK YANKEES clinching the AMERICAN LEAGUE title, the earliest ever pennant in a full season.
9-05-1947 – PETE HUGHES closed the season with Phoenix of the ARIZONA-TEXAS LEAGUE with 193 bases on balls, believed to be an all-time organized baseball record, scoring 180 runs on only 164 hits, 36 doubles, 8 triples, 38 homers, while driving in 167 tallies, batting .371.
9-05-1954 – JOE BAUMAN smashed three home runs in a doubleheader, for a season total of 72, setting a new professional baseball mark.
9-05-1959 – JIM LEMON belted two home runs in one inning for his WASHINGTON SENATORS.
9-05-1961 – LEE THOMAS collected 9 hits in doubleheader losses to the KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS, 7-3 AND 13-12, for his LOS ANGELES ANGELS, knocking out four singles and a double in the first game, then three home runs with a single in the second, totaling eight runs batted in.
9-05-1966 – PITTSBURGH PIRATES 2B BILL MAZEROSKI hit the first grand slam against the ATLANTA BRAVES in their franchise history, off PHIL NIEKRO, in the sixth inning at THREE RIVERS STADIUM.
9-05-1969 – BILLY WILLIAMS collected all 4 hits for his CHICAGO CUBS in a game.
9-06-1877 – BOBBY MITCHELL, of the CINCINNATI RED STOCKINGS, the first southpaw to pitch in the NATIONAL LEAGUE, wins a 1-0 victory over JIM DEVLIN of LOUISVILLE, while teammate LIPMAN PIKE, described as the first Jewish player in the NL, homers.
9-06-1901 – Representatives from seven different minor baseball leagues met and formed a new organization, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUES, a start that would govern baseball in the 20TH Century.
9-06-1906 – 1B SIMEON MIRCH of Manchester, in the NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE, executed the fifth unassisted triple in organized baseball play against New Bedford.
9-06-1947 – HANK SAUER put on a dramatic finish to the celebration of a night in his honor, by clouting his 50TH home run with two aboard and two away in the ninth inning to give his SYRACUSE CHIEFS a 3-0 victory over the NEWARK BEARS.
9-06-1954 – BOB LENNON of Nashville in the SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION, hit three home runs in a Labor Day doubleheader, winding up the season with 64 round-trippers.
9-06-1956 – On the final day of the season, 1B FOREST "FROSTY" KENNEDY, playing with Plainview in the SOUTHWESTERN LEAGUE, became the tenth player in the history of professional baseball to slam as many as 60 home runs in one campaign, connecting against San Angelo, batting in 184 runs in the 144-game schedule.
9-06-1957 – STEVE BILKO, of the LOS ANGELES ANGELS, hit his 56TH homer of the season, but in failing to connect over his last eleven games fell four short of the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE record held by TONY LAZZERI, giving him a two-year total of 111 after clouting 55 in 1956.
9-06-1959 – LOS ANGELES DODGERS LHP SANDY KOUFAX struck out 41 batters over three consecutive games on 8-24, 8-31 and 9-6-1959.
9-06-1960 – WILLIE DAVID slapped out his 26TH triple of the season for the SPOKANE INDIANS in the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
9-06-1975 – IF RENNIE STENNETT of the PITTSBURGH PIRATES set a modern MLB record at WRIGLEY FIELD with seven hits in as many at-bats, with four singles, two doubles and a triple.
9-06-1978 – LEE MAZZILLI belted home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game for his NEW YORK METS.
9-06-1995 – The long-time MLB record of 2130 consecutive games played by LOU GEHRIG is surpassed by CAL RIPKEN of the BALTIMORE ORIOLES as he plays in game 2131 at ORIOLE PARK at CAMDEN YARDS. (see 5-30-1982)
9-06-2000 – OF SCOTT SHELDON became only the third player in MLB history to play all 9 positions in one game at COMISKEY PARK against the CHICAGO WHITE SOX.
9-07-1911 – CY YOUNG pitches a gem but his BOSTON BRAVES lose 1-0 to the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES. It's the final game of his career, as the 45-year-old retires with 511 career victories, still a record.
9-07-1962 – MAURY WILLS of the LOS ANGELES DODGERS stole four bases and set a NATIONAL LEAGUE record with 82 for the season. BOB BESCHER set the previous mark with 81 in 1911.
9-07-1982 – Former MLB 3B KEN BOYER died from cancer complications at the age of 51 in St. Louis, Missouri.
9-07-1984 – Hall of Fame shortstop JOSEPH EDWARD "JOE" CRONIN died at the age of 77 in Osterville, Massachusetts. He later served as President of the AMERICAN LEAGUE from 1959-1973.
9-07-1993 – OF MARK WHITEN of the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS clubbed four home runs and drove in 12 runs, tying the single-game RBI mark set by JIM BOTTOMLEY.
9-08-1930 – More than 14000 watched with rapt attention at RED WING STADIUM as BABE RUTH hit a two-run homer to lead his NEW YORK YANKEES to a 7-6 exhibition victory against the ROCHESTER RED WINGS.
9-08-1939 – 20-year-old BOB FELLER becomes the youngest pitcher in the modern era to win 20 games, as his CLEVELAND INDIANS defeat the ST. LOUIS BROWNS,12-1.
9-08-1946 – MONTY STRATTON, the former CHICAGO CUBS hurler, made a strong pitching comeback, posting an 18-8 mark for Sherman in the EAST TEXAS LEAGUE, despite the handicap of an artificial leg, the result of a hunting accident in 1938.
9-08-1966 – The BOSTON RED SOX fire Manager BILLY HERMAN replacing him with interim skipper PETE RUNNELS.
9-08-1958 - ROBERTO CLEMENTE drilled 3 triples in one game for his PITTSBURGH PIRATES.
9-08-1965 - In a baseball first for his KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS, BERT CAMPANERIS appears at all nine positions in one game, a 5-3 loss over 13 innings to the LOS ANGELES ANGELS.
9-08-1973 - BILLY MARTIN replaces WHITEY HERZOG as Manager of the TEXAS RANGERS.
9-08-1977 - BRUCE SUTTER recorded 3 strikeouts on 9 pitches in one inning.
9-08-1985 - PETE ROSE singled off REGGIE PATTERSON at WRIGLEY FIELD for his 4191st career hit, tying him with TY COBB for most hits in MLB recorded history.
9-08-1989 - GEORGE BRETT singled for his 2500TH career hit in a 6-0 win over the MINNESOTA TWINS.
9-08-1995 – The CLEVELAND INDIANS clinch their first title since 1954, against the BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
9-09-1876 – WILLIAM ARTHUR "CANDY" CUMMINGS is the first to pitch and win two complete games in one day, defeating the CINCINNATI REDS, 14-4 in the morning, then 8-1 later in the day. This also marked the first time two games were played on the same day.
9-09-1948 – REX BARNEY, of the BROOKLYN DODGERS, pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the NEW YORK GIANTS, at the POLO GROUNDS.
9-09-1961 – LUIS ARROYO earned his 12TH consecutive relief win for the NEW YORK YANKEES.
9-09-1965 – Before a crowd of 29139, SANDY KOUFAX authored the only perfect game in franchise history for his LOS ANGELES DODGERS, defeating the CHICAGO CUBS, 1-0, striking out 14 and improving his record to 22-7.
9-09-1984 – The longest measured home run in the HUBERT H. HUMPHREY METRODOME by a MINNESOTA TWINS hitter, came off the bat of KENT HRBEK, when he smashed a 480-foot shot to right field off CHARLIE HOUGH of the TEXAS RANGERS.
9-09-1992 – JOSE MESA gave up the 3000TH hit to ROBIN YOUNT, 36, in his 10473RD at-bat in game number 2708. Yount became only the 17TH player to attain the 3000 hit plateau as he singled to right-center field in the seventh inning.
9-09-1996 – In Cincinnati, RIVERFRONT STADIUM is renamed CINERGY FIELD.
9-09-1997 – The CLEVELAND INDIANS broke the record of the COLORADO ROCKIES, having played to their 203RD sellout at COORS FIELD, as The Tribe later went on to push this streak to 455 sellout games.
9-09-1999 – Hall of Fame pitcher JIM "CATFISH" HUNTER died at the age of 53 in Hertford, North Carolina.
9-10-1881 – With two out in the bottom of the ninth inning, ROGER CONNOR of Troy, hits the first-ever grand slam in NATIONAL LEAGUE history off LEE RICHMOND of Worcester to win the game 8-7.
9-10-1930 – Rookie SS LUKE APPLING makes his MLB debut with the only team he will appear for in 21 seasons, the CHICAGO WHITE SOX.
9-10-1955 – Former MLB outfielder SHANO COLLINS died at the age of 70 in Newton, Massachusetts.
9-10-1976 – NOLAN RYAN recorded 18 strikeouts in a nine inning game for the CALIFORNIA ANGELS.
9-11-1912 – EDDIE COLLINS of the PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS achieved six stolen bases in a single game.
9-11-1918 – Boston wins an early September World Series in 6 games. The season ends a month early due to manpower needs of World War I. Some of baseball's best leave to fight overseas:- TY COBB, HERB PENNOCK, TRIS SPEAKER, GEORGE SISLER, EDDIE COLLINS, CHRISTY MATHEWSON. The BOSTON RED SOX haven't won a World Series since.
9-11-1940 – GEORGE JEFFCOAT, of Nashville, set an all-time SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION strikeout record whiffing 18 in a playoff contest against Chattanooga.
9-11-1985 – PETE ROSE became baseball's all-time hits leader, collecting the 4192ND hit of his MLB career off ERIC SHOW of the SAN DIEGO PADRES.
9-11-1988 – KENT MERCKER, MARK WOHLERS, and ALEJANDRO PENA combine on a 1-0 no-hitter for their ATLANTA BRAVES over the SAN DIEGO PADRES at ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY STADIUM.
9-12-1900 – The CHICAGO WHITE SOX clinch the 1900 AMERICAN LEAGUE pennant by defeating the CLEVELAND BLUES, 12-4.
9-12-1912 – EDDIE COLLINS of the PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS achieved six stolen bases in a single game, for the second time in eleven days.
9-12-1937 – At the age of 46, HANK SEVEREID, of the GALVESTON BUCCANEERS in the TEXAS LEAGUE, caught both games of a doubleheader on the last day of the season, retiring after having caught 2603 games over 28 seasons.
9-12-1953 – From 8-26 through 9-12, the ROCHESTER RED WINGS won a franchise record 19 straight games, outscoring their opposition 152-65 through the streak, with four shutouts. The Rochester winning streak was snapped on 9-12 in the second game of a doubleheader when the BALTIMORE ORIOLES edged them 5-4 on a JOE LONNETT home run in the tenth inning. The RED WINGS had won an amazing 30 of 32 games, and their 19-game streak was 5 more than the club mark to that point.
9-12-1962 – TOM CHENEY, of the WASHINGTON SENATORS, set a record by striking out 21 BALTIMORE ORIOLES in a 16-inning game where he was the eventual winner by a 2-1 score.
9-12-1966 – RON PERRANOSKI recorded 6 consecutive strikeouts in a relief appearance.
9-12-1976 – MINNIE MINOSO singled in three at-bats as the designated hitter for the CHICAGO WHITE SOX, at the age of 53, he became the oldest player to get a hit in a regular season game, as SID MONGE of the CALIFORNIA ANGELS surrendered the hit.
9-12-1979 – JIM BEATTIE gave up the 3000TH hit to CARL YASTRZEMSKI, 40, in his 10936TH at-bat in game number 2848.
9-12-1986 – TOM KELLY was named as Manager of the MINNESOTA TWINS, becoming the fifth person to have been a Twins player, coach then manager.
9-12-1986 – C TERRY STEINBACH is the second of only two OAKLAND ATHLETICS in club history to have hit a home run in their first at-bats in the majors.
9-13-1936 – 17-year-old BOB FELLER notched 17 strikeouts in a game for his CLEVELAND INDIANS against the PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS, breaking the AMERICAN LEAGUE record and tying the MLB mark for strikeouts in a game.
9-13-1973 – TITO FUENTES was hit by pitches 3 times in one game for his SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS.
9-13-1983 – DAN QUISENBERRY broke JOHN HILLER's all-time single season save mark, recording the final two outs of this 4-2 victory for his KANSAS CITY ROYALS, against the CALIFORNIA ANGELS, for his 39th save of the season.
9-13-1983 – RICKEY HENDERSON, of the OAKLAND ATHLETICS, stole three bases in a 6-5 victory against the TEXAS RANGERS, to give him 101 for the season and a MLB record three consecutive seasons with 100 or more.
9-14-1912 – 1B WILLIAM RAPP, of Portland in the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE, made an unassisted triple play in Oakland.
9-14-1923 – 1B GEORGE BURNS of the BOSTON RED SOX pulled off an unassisted triple play against the CLEVELAND INDIANS, catching a liner off the bat of FRANK BROWER, tagged RUBE LUTZKE off first and ran to second to tag RIGGS STEPHENSON before he could return to the base.
9-14-1967 – WALT BOND of the MINNESOTA TWINS died at the age of 29 from complications of leukemia.
9-14-1980 – EDDIE MURRAY hit three home runs in one game for the BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
9-14-1990 – KEN GRIFFEY SR and JR hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning of their SEATTLE MARINERS 7-5 loss to the CALIFORNIA ANGELS, with Canadian-born RHP KIRK McCASKILL serving up both.
9-14-1991 – DETROIT TIGERS 1B CECIL FIELDER belts a mammoth 502 foot home run that clears the left field bleachers to become the longest blast in MILWAUKEE BREWERS franchise history at COUNTY STADIUM.
9-14-1994 – Hall of Fame first baseman HENRY BENJAMIN "HANK" GREENBERG died at the age of 83 at Beverly Hills, California.
9-15-1856 – The London squad defeated the Delaware club 34-33 in the first reported game of Canadian baseball, played in London, Ontario.
9-15-1924 – Hall of Fame first baseman FRANK CHANCE, known as "The Peerless Leader," died at the age of 47 in Los Angeles, California.
9-15-1939 – One-armed OF PETE GRAY of the BARY PARKWAYS of the semi-pro METROPOLITAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION of New York, signed with the HAZLETON MOUNTAINEERS of the INTER-STATE LEAGUE.
9-15-1948 – Former DURHAM BULLS OF TOM WRIGHT became the first player from the CAROLINA LEAGUE to make it to the major leagues when he made his debut with the BOSTON RED SOX.
9-15-1969 – In the MLB record to that date, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS LHP STEVE CARLTON recorded 19 strikeouts in a 9-inning game, losing 4-3 as RON SWOBODA hit a pair of two-run homers for the NEW YORK METS. "Lefty" struck out at least one in every inning and fanned the side in four different innings.
9-15-1978 – PHIL GARNER belted a grand slam in his second consecutive game for the PITTSBURGH PIRATES.
9-15-1979 – BOB WATSON became the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues.
9-15-1985 – The AMERICAN LEAGUE attendance record for a four date series is 214510 at YANKEE STADIUM in games from 9-12 through 9-15 between the NEW YORK YANKEES and TORONTO BLUE JAYS.
9-16-1928 – WALTER "The Big Train" JOHNSON made his farewell appearance as an active player, batting for pitcher CARL FISHER in the ninth inning, grounding out to 3B DONNY CLARK, as the BALTIMORE ORIOLES defeated his NEWARK INDIANS squad, 7-1, in INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE play.
9-16-1960 – WARREN SPAHN pitched a no-hitter for his MILWAUKEE BRAVES and DEL CRANDALL caught the third no-hitter of his distinguished MLB career.
9-16-1975 – RENNIE STENNETT collected 7 hits in a 9-inning game, going 7-for-7, for his PITTSBURGH PIRATES, which ties an 83-year-old record, in the 22-0 drubbing of the CHICAGO CUBS.
9-16-1988 – TOM BROWNING became the first pitcher in the history of the CONCINNATI REDS to throw a perfect game, retiring all 27 LOS ANGELES DODGERS he faced in a 1-0 victory at RIVERFRONT STADIUM.
9-17-1900 – CINCINNATI REDS SS TOMMY CORCORAN, coaching at third in a game versus the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, uncovered a wire in the coaching box that led across the outfield to the locker room of the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, where reserve C MORGAN MURPHY read the opposing catcher's signs then relayed them to their coach by using a buzzer hidden in the dirt.
9-17-1912 – CASEY STENGEL holds the franchise record with 4 hits in his MLB debut with the BROOKLYN DODGERS at the PITTSBURGH PIRATES.
9-17-1930 – CF EARL AVERILL, known as the "Earl of Snohomish", became the first CLEVELAND INDIANS batter to ever hit three consecutive home runs in a game against the WASHINGTON SENATORS at LEAGUE PARK.
9-17-1953 – Later to be known as "Mr. Cub", ERNIE BANKS made his MLB debut with the CHICAGO CUBS at WRIGLEY FIELD.
9-17-1976 – 40383 MILWAUKEE BREWERS fans turn out to honor HENRY AARON at COUNTY STADIUM.
9-17-1977 – DAVE KINGMAN became the first player ever to appear in four different divisions in the same season, having been with the NEW YORK METS, SAN DIEGO PADRES, CALIFORNIA ANGELS, and NEW YORK YANKEES during this season.
9-17-1984 – In becoming only the 13TH player ever to reach this level, REGGIE JACKSON hits his 500TH home run in the seventh inning off BUD BLACK, however, the KANSAS CITY ROYALS defeat the CALIFORNIA ANGELS 10-1.
9-17-1993 – In their 71ST home date, the COLORADO ROCKIES surpass the 4 million mark in total attendance, breaking the MLB single-season attendance record.
9-17-1998 – CHESTER CORNELIUS "CHET" HOFF dies at the age of 107, becoming the longest-living former MLB to-date, and is interred in the Dale Historical Cemetery, Ossining, New York.
9-18-1869 – The PHILADELPHIA PYTHIANS, an all-black baseball club, played the first recorded exhibition game against an all-white team, the CITY ITEMS, winning 27-17.
9-18-1903 – PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES RHP CHICK FRASER threw their first no-hitter of the 20TH Century, a 10-0 win at the CHICAGO CUBS, with the RHP GEORGE "PEACHES" GRAHAM the loser in what became his only major league appearance.
9-18-1924 – BROOKLYN DODGERS RHP DAZZY VANCE won 15 consecutive games from 7-11 through 9-18-1924.
9-18-1971 – PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES RHP RICK WISE retired 32 consecutive CHICAGO CUBS batters, just four shy of the NATIONAL LEAGUE record.
9-18-1971 – CLAY KIRBY retired the first 21 hitters in a row before WILLIE McCOVEY homered for his SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, the only hit in the SAN DIEGO PADRES 2-1 victory.
9-18-1991 – DAVE DOMBROWSKI, General Manager of the MONTREAL EXPOS, is named Executive Vice President and General Manager by the FLORIDA MARLINS.
9-18-1996 – The second time that BOSTON RED SOX RHP ROGER CLEMENS struck out 20 batters was in a five-hit, no walk victory against the DETROIT TIGERS at TIGER STADIUM.
9-19-1946 – LARRY JANSEN won his 30TH game of the campaign for the SAN FRANCISCO SEALS, finishing with a 30-6 mark, leading the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE in victories, winning percentage of .833 and ERA with 1.57.
9-19-1962 – JIM FREGOSI hits the first inside-the-park home run in LOS ANGELES DODGERS and DODGER STADIUM history.
9-19-1972 – CESAR TOVAR was the first batter in MINNESOTA TWINS franchise history to hit for the cycle at METROPOLITAN STADIUM, in a 5-3 victory over the TEXAS RANGERS.
9-20-1930 – DAVE DANFORTH, of the BUFFALO BISONS, struck out 20 batters in a game with the ROCHESTER RED WINGS, to set an INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE record.
9-20-1958 – Veteran knuckleball-ace HOYT WILHELM pitched the BALTIMORE ORIOLES first no-hit, no-run game, defeating the NEW YORK YANKEES, 1-0, on a GUS TRIANDOS home run.
9-20-1959 – The last game was played at SEALS STADIUM, with the LOS ANGELES DODGERS downing the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, 8-2.
9-20-1967 – STEVE CARLTON, pitching for the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, struck out 16 batters, including seven in succession, over eight innings, but still comes up the loser, 3-1, to CHRIS SHORT of the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES.
9-20-1971 – ROBERT E. SHORT receives approval from AMERICAN LEAGUE owners to move his WASHINGTON SENATORS franchise to Arlington, Texas for the 1972 season.
9-21-1946 – The final contest is played at LEAGUE PARK as the CLEVELAND INDIANS go down to defeat, 5-3, to the DETROIT TIGERS and PAUL "DIZZY" TROUT, before a small crowd of only 2742.
9-21-1956 – At FENWAY PARK, NEW YORK YANKEES OF MICKEY MANTLE hit the longest known home run to straight away centerfield, with the ball just failing to clear the old brick wall by a foot, traveling approximately 480 feet.
9-21-1958 – Left handed CHICAGO CUBS 1B DALE LONG catches in the ninth inning, utilizing a left-handed catchers mitt, in a 2-1 loss to the BROOKLYN DODGERS.
9-21-1979 – U.L. WASHINGTON hit a home run from both sides of the plate in a game for his KANSAS CITY ROYALS.
9-22-1870 – The NEW YORK MUTUALS win the 1870 Championship by defeating the ATLANTICS of BROOKLYN, 10-4 at the UNION GROUNDS. The game had such national interest that telegraph wires were strung and inning-by-inning results were sent nationwide.
9-22-1954 – BROOKLYN DODGERS rookie LHP KARL SPOONER in his MLB debut struck out 6 consecutive NEW YORK GIANTS hitters to tie a MLB record, finishing with 15 Ks for the game.
9-22-1958 – JACK MEYER recorded 6 consecutive strikeouts in relief for his PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES.
9-22-1959 – The CHICAGO WHITE SOX end a 40-year pennant drought by clinching the AMERICAN LEAGUE title defeating the CLEVELAND INDIANS at CLEVELAND STADIUM.
9-22-1965 – The last game for the MILWAUKEE BRAVES at COUNTY STADIUM.
9-22-1968 – In a game against the OAKLAND ATHLETICS at METROPOLITAN STADIUM, CESAR TOVAR became only the second major leaguer ever to play all nine positions in a single game, and is also the only position player to ever be the starting pitcher in the history of the MINNESOTA TWINS, facing leadoff batter BERT CAMPANERIS, the only other man to previously perform this feat, tossing a scoreless 1st inning, including striking out REGGIE JACKSON. Around the diamond he played errorless ball, with a hit, a stolen base, scoring a run in the 2-1 win for his squad.
9-22-1971 – AMERICAN LEAGUE owners voted to transfer the WASHINGTON SENATORS franchise to Arlington, Texas for the 1972 season.
9-22-1993 – In his final MLB appearance, NOLAN RYANN became the oldest player to ever appear in a game for the TEXAS RANGERS, at the age of 46 years, 7 months and 22 days.
9-23-1845 – The NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKER baseball club is organized, inspired by ALEXANDER J. CARTWRIGHT, whose written rules distinguish his brand of baseball from other forms played throughout the country.
9-23-1939 – BROOKLYN DODGERS 3B COOKIE LAVAGETTO consecutively reached base safely 7 times in a game at the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES.
9-23-1966 – RHP PHIL REGAN won 13 consecutive games between 5-17 and 9-23-1966 for his LOS ANGELES DODGERS.
9-23-1975 – RANDY JONES becomes the first 20-game winner for the SAN DIEGO PADRES with a 6-5 win over the LOS ANGELES DODGERS.
9-23-1978 – LYMAN BOSTOCK, who had starred with the MINNESOTA TWINS from 1975-1977 and then had signed a lucrative contract with the CALIFORNIA ANGELS, was shot to death while riding in an automobile driven by his uncle in Gary, Indiana.
9-23-1983 – STEVE CARLTON recorded his 300TH career victory, becoming only the 16TH pitcher in MLB history to do so, in a 6-2 win for his PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES over the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS.
9-23-1988 – In a 9-8 win over the MILWAUKEE BREWERS, OAKLAND ATHLETICS OF JOSE CANSECO stole his 39TH and 40TH bases on the season to go with his over 40 home runs to form the "40-40 Club".
9-23-1992 – The first woman umpire in professional baseball, BERNICE GERA died at the age of 61. In 1972 she had worked in the NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE.
9-23-1996 – The last game for ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY STADIUM saw the ATLANTA BRAVES down the MONTREAL EXPOS, 3-1, with the final batter being MOISES ALOU.
9-23-2000 – TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS 1B FRED McGRIFF homers off ROY HALLIDAY of the TORONTO BLUE JAYS at SKYDOME, joining FRANK ROBINSON as the only two players in MLB history to have hit 200 home runs in both the AL and NL.
9-24-1882 – The first MLB double-header was played between teams from PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND and WORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
9-24-1903 – The first CLEVELAND INDIANS batter to hit for the cycle was BILL BRADLEY at the WASHINGTON SENATORS.
9-24-1939 – ESTEL CRABTREE hits arguably the most dramatic home run in ROCHESTER RED WINGS history, with one out away from elimination in the Governor's Cup final, hitting a three-run, game tying shot in the ninth inning against the NEWARK BEARS, winning that game and the next one to capture the title.
9-24-1944 – In Baltimore, a crowd of 32913 turned out for the semi-final game between the BALTIMORE ORIOLES and BUFFALO BISONS in MEMORIAL STADIUM, a football facility that was converted for baseball after ORIOLE PARK burned on 7-4-1944.
9-24-1954 – The MILWAUKEE BRAVES hosted both the CINCINNATI REDS and the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, as the first game was the finish of a game two days earlier whose conclusion on a disputed double play was successfully protested by the Reds, who tied the game after the protested game's resumption, but the Braves won 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning, and then knocked off the Cards 4-2 in the regularly scheduled contest.
9-24-1968 – NEW YORK METS Manager GIL HODGES suffers a mild heart attack after a game with the ATLANTA BRAVES at FULTON COUNTY STADIUM, but is given the OK to return as skipper for 1969.
9-24-1968 – DANNY CATER was first in the franchise history of the OAKLAND ATHLETICS to steal home, against the DETROIT TIGERS.
9-24-1974 – AL KALINE doubled for his 3000TH hit in a 5-4 win for his DETROIT TIGERS over the BALTIMORE ORIOLES, becoming the first AMERICAN LEAGUE hitter to do so since TRIS SPEAKER and EDDIE COLLINS reached this plateau in 1925.
9-25-1882 – The WORCESTER BROWN STOCKINGS started a baseball tradition by hosting the PROVIDENCE GRAYS for two games while charging only one admission.
9-25-1929 – MILLER HUGGINS, who guided the NEW YORK YANKEES to their first six AL pennants and three World Championships, died of blood poisoning.
9-25-1956 – ROY CAMPANELLA caught the third no-hitter of his Baseball Hall of Fame career, as RHP SAL MAGLIE threw the final no-hitter in BROOKLYN DODGERS franchise history, downing the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, 5-0.
9-25-1965 – LEROY "SATCHEL" PAIGE, at the age of 60, became the oldest player in MLB history, taking to the mound for the KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS, and proceeding to pitch three scoreless innings over the BOSTON RED SOX, giving up only one hit, to CARL YASTRZEMSKI.
9-25-1984 – RUSTY STAUB, playing with the NEW YORK METS, became only the second player to ever hit MLB homeruns as a teenager and after his 40TH birthday, joining TY COBB.
9-26-1879 – The Hidden Ball Trick was invented by LOU SAY, then a minor league shortstop, who worked the trick for Albany in a game against Worcester for the first time on this date.
9-26-1908 – ED REULBACH becomes the first and only pitcher to hurl two shutouts on the same day as his CHICAGO CUBS down the BROOKLYN DODGERS, 5-0 and 3-0.
9-26-1961 – Under Manager FRED HUTCHINSON, the CINCINNATI REDS clinch the NATIONAL LEAGUE pennant, their last at CROSLEY FIELD.
9-26-1973 – JIM COLBORN became first 20-game winner for the MILWAUKEE BREWERS, tossing a three-hitter against the NEW YORK YANKEES, winning 5-2.
9-26-1983 – BOB FORSCH pitched a no-hitter for his ST. LOUIS CARDINALS over the MONTREAL EXPOS.
9-27-1893 – The last game for the CHICAGO COLTS at SOUTH SIDE PARK, saw them defeat the NEW YORK GIANTS, 7-2 in 8 innings.
9-27-1952 – EDDIE MATHEWS became the first rookie in MLB history to slug three homers in a game.
9-27-1964 – The last game for the HOUSTON COLT .45s is played at COLT STADIUM in Houston.
9-27-1982 – ALAN ASHBY belted a home run from both sides of the plate in a game for his HOUSTON ASTROS.
9-27-1996 – 2B ROBERTO ALOMAR, of the BALTIMORE ORIOLES, was ejected after spitting in the face of umpire JOHN HIRSCHBECK in a game against the TORONTO BLUE JAYS at SKYDOME in Toronto. MLB needed a court order to keep umpires from boycotting postseason games and infielder was suspended for five games at the start of the 1997 season.
9-28-1919 – In the fastest game ever played in the major leagues, it took the NEW YORK GIANTS only 51 minutes to down the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, 6-1, at the POLO GROUNDS, in a game in which the players agreed to speed up play, often swinging at the first pitch and running the bases at will.
9-28-1923 – LOU GEHRIG hit his first career home run, off BILL PIERCEY of the BOSTON RED SOX, and on the same date 15 years later, in 1938, he hit the 493RD, and last of his career regular season homers, this time off HUBERT BENJAMIN "DUTCH" LEONARD, of the WASHINGTON SENATORS.
9-28-1938 – In one of the more famous incidents in MLB history, CHICAGO CUBS C GABBY HARTNETT hit his famous "Homer in the Gloamin'" off MACE BROWN of the PITTSBURGH PIRATES.
9-28-1939 – JOHNNY NEUN was re-engaged for his third season as Manager of the NEWARK BEARS of the INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
9-28-1953 – The ST. LOUIS BROWNS played their final game before becoming the BALTIMORE ORIOLES in 1954.
9-28-1975 – In the first of the only two games in MLB history where four pitchers have combined on a no-hitter, with both coming in the OAKLAND COLISEUM, VIDA BLUE, GLENN ABBOTT, PAUL LINDBLAD and ROLLIE FINGERS no-hit the CALIFORNIA ANGELS.
9-28-1988 – LOS ANGELES DODGERS RHP OREL HERSHISER set a consecutive shutout innings mark by pitching 59 innings of shutout ball between 8-30 and 9-28-1988, still a MLB record.
9-28-2000 – SEAN CASEY, of the CINCINNATI REDS, hit the final home run off the MILWAUKEE BREWERS in the last game at COUNTY STADIUM in Milwaukee.
9-28-1878 – WILL WHITE of Cincinnati downs Cleveland 13-1, his 74TH complete game of the season, then goes on to finish with 75 and 680 innings pitched, establishing these unbreakable MLB season records.
9-29-1879 – The first reserve system was implemented, established to prevent players from signing two or more contracts, then choosing which one they'd honor, served baseball well, giving the fans and owners consistency.
9-29-1920 – The CINCINNATI REDS 1919 title is tarnished by the eight members of the CHICAGO WHITE SOX who are suspended for allegedly "throwing" the Series. Cincinnati insisted its club would have won no matter what, while the 1919 WHITE SOX team are derisively nicknamed the "BLACK SOX" from that point onward.
9-29-1935 – ELDEN AUKER allowed the most singles in an inning, 10, a DETROIT TIGERS franchise record, at the CHICAGO WHITE SOX.
9-29-1957 – The final game played at the POLO GROUNDS saw the NEW YORK GIANTS go down in defeat to the visiting PITTSBURGH PIRATES, 9-1.
9-29-1971 – In the sixth inning of the MONTREAL EXPOS 6-5 victory against the CHICAGO CUBS, MILT PAPPAS hit RON HUNT with a pitch, the 50TH HBP for him on the season, still a MLB record.
9-29-1973 – SAN DIEGO PADRES 3B DAVE ROBERTS hit the first inside-the-park home run at SAN DIEGO STADIUM against the LOS ANGELES DODGERS.
9-29-1987 – NEW YORK YANKEES 1B DON MATTINGLY hit a grand slam off BRUCE HURST of the BOSTON RED SOX setting a MLB record with six grand slams in a season.
9-29-1988 – OREL HERSHISER, in his last start of the season, pitches 10 shutout innings against the SAN DIEGO PADRES, to extend his continuous scoreless inning streak to 59. However, as he did not finish the game, his streak stops at five straight shutouts, leaving the long-standing LOS ANGELES DODGERS record set by DON DRYSDALE intact at six consecutive shutouts.
9-29-2000 – In a 100-minute ceremony, hosted by BOB UECKER, the MILWAUKEE BREWERS pay tribute to their fans on the final day for COUNTY STADIUM with some of the great stars of the past, like HENRY AARON, WARREN SPAHN, ROLLIE FINGERS and ROBIN YOUNT.
9-29-2002 – One of the truly great radio voices, LON SIMMONS, 79, of the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS retired after over 44 years in the booth. He started with the Giants in 1958 when they arrived in San Francisco from New York, spending 19 seasons, 13 in partnership with the late RUSS HODGES, before heading across the bay in 1981 to work with the OAKLAND ATHLETICS, leaving them in 1995 to return to the Giants for 1996. In 2004 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the announcers category.
9-30-1878 – NATIONAL LEAGUE owners agree to "reserve" 5 players with whom the other clubs may not negotiate, thus the beginning of the reserve system begins.
9-30-1927 – BABE RUTH breaks his own MLB record with his 60TH home run on the season's final day.
9-30-1956 – The youngest pitcher to start a MLB game was sixteen-year-old JIM DERRINGTON, for the CHICAGO WHITE SOX.
9-30-1970 – "The Mad Russian", LOU NOVIKOFF, a former slugging outfielder in the majors and minors, died at the age of 54 in South Gate, California. For the LOS ANGELES ANGELS he had his greatest season in 1940, leading the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE in home runs with 40, 171 runs batted in, going with a .363 average.
9-30-1971 – The final game for the WASHINGTON SENATORS is forfeited to the NEW YORK YANKEES when fans stream onto the field with two outs in the ninth inning with the Senators leading, 7-5.
9-30-1972 – TED WILLIAMS retires from managing the TEXAS RANGERS and WHITEY HERXZOG is named as his replacement.
9-30-1976 – SEATTLE MARINERS purchase their first player, RHP DAVE JOHNSON, from the BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
9-30-1980 – OAKLAND ATHLETICS OF RICKEY HENDERSON set the AMERICAN LEAGUE single-season stolen base record with his 97TH in a 5-1 win over the CHICAGO WHITE SOX, breaking the long-standing mark of 96 set by TY COBB in 1915, finishing the season with a total of 100 SBs.
9-30-1984 – RHP MIKE WITT became the 13TH pitcher in MLB history to throw a perfect game for his CALIFORNIA ANGELS over the TEXAS RANGERS in the last game of the regular season.
9-30-1990 – The final game at old COMISKEY PARK sees the CHICAGO WHITE SOX edge the SEATTLE MARINERS, 2-1, with a final regular season won-loss record of 3024-2926 (.508).
9-30-1992 – GEORGE BRETT of the KANSAS CITY ROYALS got his 3000TH hit off TIM FORTUGNO of the CALIFORNIA ANGELS.
9-30-1998 – DANIEL RAYMOND QUISENBERRY died at the age of only 45 in Leawood, Kansas, having suffered from a form of brain cancer. He led the AMERICAN LEAGUE in saves four times, including a record-setting 45 in 1983, followed by 44 in 1984 and was five times awarded THE SPORTING NEWS Fireman of the Year Award.
9-30-1999 – The final game was played at 3COM PARK, formerly CANDLESTICK PARK as the LOS ANGELES DODGERS defeated the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, 9-4.
