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On July 20 in Baseball History...
  • 1906 - Mal Eason of Brooklyn pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cardinals at St. Louis.

  • 1925 - Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance struck out seventeen as the Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in 10 innings.

  • 1933 - Babe Herman hit three home runs, including a grand slam, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 10-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field.

  • 1941 - New York's Joe DiMaggio had three doubles and a homer in a 12-6, 17-inning Yankees victory over the Tigers at Detroit.

  • 1958 - Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers threw a no-hitter, beating the Boston Red Sox 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader.

  • 1970 - Bill Singer of the Dodgers pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in a 5-0 victory at Los Angeles.
 
Did you know that Joe DiMaggio received only 44.3% of the votes and finished 8th during his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot? It wasn’t until his third year of eligibility that he got elected into the Hall of Fame.
 

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