1897 - Chicago’s Cap Anson becomes the first MLB player to collect 3,000 career hits. 1902 - John McGraw is hired as manager of the New York Giants, a position he would hold for 30 years. 1920 - Babe Ruth breaks his own single season home run record, hitting his 30th...

1912 - New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard wins his 19th consecutive decision, setting an MLB record that still stands.1931 - German boxer Max Schmeling beats American Young Stribling by TKO in the 15th round in the first boxing match broadcast live on national...

1902 - John McGraw is hired as manager of the New York Giants, a position he would hold until 1932.1903 - MLB batting champion Ed Delahanty disappears after being removed from a train by force. He is found dead at the bottom of Niagara Falls two weeks later.1930 -...

1859 - Amherst defeats Williams 66-32 in the first ever intercollegiate baseball game. 1904 - The Olympic Games open in St. Louis. They are the first Olympics held in the United States. 1910 - Comiskey Park opens on the South Side of Chicago, with the St. Louis Browns...

1909 - Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball debut for Rocky Mount of the ECL. This will eventually cause him to have to forfeit his Olympic gold medals. 1938 - Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox sets an MLB record by being walked six times in one game. 1970 - Bears...