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On August 1 in Baseball History...​
  • 1906 - Brooklyn's Harry McIntire loses his no-hitter in the eleventh inning when Pittsburgh's Claude Ritchey reaches on a single. McIntire loses the game 1-0 on an unearned run in the 13th.

  • 1933 - Carl Hubbell breaks Ed Reulbach's 1908 National League record for consecutive scoreless innings with 45 1/3, although the Giants lose to Boston 3-1.

  • 1941 - Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees pitches a 9-0 shutout over the St. Louis Browns despite walking 11 batters, the most ever issued in a shutout. Fifteen base runners are left stranded by the Browns.

  • 1945 - Mel Ott hits the 500th home run of his career, a total exceeded only by Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx at the time. He will hit 10 more this season and one on Opening Day of 1946 to finish with 511. Of Ott's total, 324 will be hit in the Polo Grounds.

  • 1957 - Gil Hodges hits his 13th career grand slam to establish a new National League record. This is the last grand slam in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  • 1962 - Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat the White Sox, 1-0, in Chicago.

  • 1970 - Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh hit three doubles and two home runs to power the Pirates to a 20-10 rout of the Braves in Atlanta.

  • 1972 - Nate Colbert ties one major league record with five home runs, and sets another with 13 RBI, as the Padres take a doubleheader from the Braves, 9-0, and 11-7. At age 8, on May 2, 1954, Colbert had been at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis to witness Stan Musial's five home runs in a doubleheader.

  • 1973 - Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk brawl at Fenway. With a 2-2 score in the top of the ninth, Munson, attempting to score from third base on a missed bunt, crashes into Fiskand they both come up swinging. Boston wins 3-2 in the bottom of the inning.

  • 1977 - Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit his 18th career grand slam - a total that still leads the National League.

  • 1978 - The Braves trounce the Reds 16-4 and stop Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games. Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber are the Atlanta pitchers.

  • 1982 - Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson, and Happy Chandler are inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1985 - Vince Coleman steals two bases in the first inning of the Cardinals' 9-8 loss to the Cubs to run his season total to 74, breaking the Major League rookie record of seventy-two set in 1984 by Juan Samuel.

  • 1986 - Minnesota's Bert Blyleven pitches a two-hitter and strikes out a club-record 15 batters to become the tenth pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts. Kirby Puckett hits for the cycle as the Twins romp 10-1 over the A's.

  • 1993 - Reggie Jackson is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1994 - Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. became only the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games as the Orioles beat Minnesota, 1-0.

  • 1998 - Detroit's Tony Clark establishes an American League mark by hitting home runs from both sides of the plate for the third time in a season. The Tigers tear up Tampa Bay 8-0.

Baseball Birthdays on August 1... ​


Baseball Deaths on August 1... ​

 
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VolPack22 said:
On August 1 in Baseball History...​

  • 1906 - Brooklyn's Harry McIntire loses his no-hitter in the eleventh inning when Pittsburgh's Claude Ritchey reaches on a single. McIntire loses the game 1-0 on an unearned run in the 13th.

  • 1933 - Carl Hubbell breaks Ed Reulbach's 1908 National League record for consecutive scoreless innings with 45 1/3, although the Giants lose to Boston 3-1.

  • 1941 - Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees pitches a 9-0 shutout over the St. Louis Browns despite walking 11 batters, the most ever issued in a shutout. Fifteen base runners are left stranded by the Browns.

  • 1945 - Mel Ott hits the 500th home run of his career, a total exceeded only by Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx at the time. He will hit 10 more this season and one on Opening Day of 1946 to finish with 511. Of Ott's total, 324 will be hit in the Polo Grounds.

  • 1957 - Gil Hodges hits his 13th career grand slam to establish a new National League record. This is the last grand slam in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  • 1962 - Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat the White Sox, 1-0, in Chicago.

  • 1970 - Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh hit three doubles and two home runs to power the Pirates to a 20-10 rout of the Braves in Atlanta.

  • 1972 - Nate Colbert ties one major league record with five home runs, and sets another with 13 RBI, as the Padres take a doubleheader from the Braves, 9-0, and 11-7. At age 8, on May 2, 1954, Colbert had been at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis to witness Stan Musial's five home runs in a doubleheader.

  • 1973 - Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk brawl at Fenway. With a 2-2 score in the top of the ninth, Munson, attempting to score from third base on a missed bunt, crashes into Fiskand they both come up swinging. Boston wins 3-2 in the bottom of the inning.

  • 1977 - Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit his 18th career grand slam - a total that still leads the National League.

  • 1978 - The Braves trounce the Reds 16-4 and stop Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games. Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber are the Atlanta pitchers.

  • 1982 - Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson, and Happy Chandler are inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1985 - Vince Coleman steals two bases in the first inning of the Cardinals' 9-8 loss to the Cubs to run his season total to 74, breaking the Major League rookie record of seventy-two set in 1984 by Juan Samuel.

  • 1986 - Minnesota's Bert Blyleven pitches a two-hitter and strikes out a club-record 15 batters to become the tenth pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts. Kirby Puckett hits for the cycle as the Twins romp 10-1 over the A's.

  • 1993 - Reggie Jackson is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

  • 1994 - Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. became only the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games as the Orioles beat Minnesota, 1-0.

  • 1998 - Detroit's Tony Clark establishes an American League mark by hitting home runs from both sides of the plate for the third time in a season. The Tigers tear up Tampa Bay 8-0.

Baseball Birthdays on August 1... ​


Baseball Deaths on August 1... ​

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Drew will make this list in 2024
 
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  • 1941 - Lefty Gomez of the New York Yankees pitches a 9-0 shutout over the St. Louis Browns despite walking 11 batters, the most ever issued in a shutout. Fifteen base runners are left stranded by the Browns.
browns live up to their nickname
 
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cobbwebb0710 said:
I have so many mixed emotions today!
Sad that Verlander is now an Astro, happy that Drew Gilbert is a Met.
Happy that the Braves are getting an extremely solid arm but sad that Vaughn Grissom will no longer be a Brave.
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emotional state will decline further if carlson goes to nyy and/if bicards get bird doo from o's
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cobbwebb0710 said:
The Mets and Cardinals are selling like a used car lot!!
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I think the Mets did what was best for the organization. Those Verlander and Scherzer contracts are horrible. No way you can tie up nearly $88M/yr in salary to two old starting pitchers that can’t stay on the field and one of them has been below average at best. Yeah they have been injured but they also have not lived up to their contracts.
 
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VolPack22 said:
I think the Mets did what was best for the organization. Those Verlander and Scherzer contracts are horrible. No way you can tie up nearly $88M/yr in salary to two old starting pitchers that can’t stay on the field and one of them has been below average at best. Yeah they have been injured but they also have not lived up to their contracts.
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Plus paying to get rid of both, as well as Canha. Makes Jim Crane look pretty shrewd, though. Let Verlander walk to get him back at a nice discount for the price of two prospects.
 
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