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On April 28 in Baseball History...​
  • 1906 - It's the only time two player-managers steal home on the same day, though not in the same game. Cubs pilot Frank Chance steals in the ninth to give Chicago a 1-0 win over the Reds, and Fred Clarke matches him in the Pirates' 10-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

  • 1949 - A New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after the Giants lose 15-2 to Brooklyn. Commissioner Chandler suspends Durocher, who is absolved on May 3. Chandler criticizes teams for lax security that allows fans on the field.

  • 1952 - The St. Louis Browns lend two black minor league players, third baseman John Britton and pitcher Jim Newberry, to the Hankyu Braves of the Japanese Pacific League. The Browns are the first team to send players outside of the U.S. Abe Saperstein, owner and coach of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters, negotiates this special example in lend-lease for both sides.

  • 1956 - Redlegs rookie left fielder Frank Robinson hits the first of his 586 lifetime home runs. The home run is off Cubs hurler Paul Minner in Crosley Field. Cincinnati's Wally Post hits four home runs in a doubleheader sweep for the Redlegs.

  • 1961 - Five days past his 40th birthday, Warren Spahn becomes the second-oldest major league pitcher (after Cy Young) to hurl a no-hitter, blanking San Francisco 1-0. Hank Aarondrives in the only run off loser Sam Jones. It is Spahn's 290th win and 52nd shutout.

  • 1965 - Mets announcer Lindsey Nelson broadcasts the Mets-Astros game at the Astrodome from a gondola hanging 208 feet above second base.

  • 1966 - Cleveland ties the Brooklyn Dodgers' modern major league record with its 10th straight win since Opening Day. Sonny Siebert defeats the Angels 2-1. Cleveland will lose tomorrow to Gary Peters and the White Sox 4-1.

  • 1988 - The Orioles set an A.L. record with their twenty-first consecutive loss, falling 4-2 to the Twins and breaking the record shared by the 1906 Red Sox and the 1916 and 1943 A's.

  • 1998 - Texas Rangers right fielder Juan Gonzalez smashes a two-run home run in the club's 7-2 win at Minnesota. The round-tripper gives Gonzalez 35 RBI in April, which sets an all-time major-league record.


Baseball Birthdays on April 28... ​




Baseball Deaths on April 28... ​


 
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