1918 – Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspends player Hal Chase on suspicion of fixing games. 1925 – Babe Ruth is subbed out of a game for a pinch hitter for the first, and only time in his career. Bobby Veach, who hit for Ruth, flew out. 1936 – Jesse Owens is part of...
1976 – The White Sox debut uniforms which feature the players wearing shorts. They don’t last long. 1984 – Carl Lewis wins his third gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, winning the 200-meter dash. 1985 – Major League Baseball announces that two new franchises will...
1907 – Walter Johnson gets his first of what would be 416 career pitching wins. 1960 – Arnold Palmer gets his 20th PGA Tour victory at the Insurance City Open. 1972 – Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, Early Wynn, Josh Gibson, and others are inducted into the Baseball Hall of...
1890 – Legendary pitcher Cy Young makes his MLB debut, holding the Cubs to three hits in an 8-1 victory for the Cleveland Spiders. 1937 – MLB overturns a Yankees’ 7-6 win because of an umpire’s mistake. 1949 – Future Hall of Famer Luke Appling appears in an MLB...
1921 – A baseball game was broadcast on the radio for the first time as KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh calls a game between the Pirates and Philadelphia. 1936 – Jesse Owens continues to dominate the Berlin Olympics, winning his third gold medal, this time in the 200-meter...
1934 – New York Giants outfielder Mel Ott becomes the first player in MLB history to score six runs in one game. 1936 – Jesse Owens wins his second gold medal at the Berlin Olympics, winning the long jump. 1982 – Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in...
1852 – The first American intercollegiate athletic competition takes place as Harvard defeats Yale in a crew event on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. 1921 – Despite being acquitted by a jury, eight Chicago White Sox players are handed lifetime bans from baseball...
1907 – “The Big Train” Walter Johnson makes his MLB debut on the mound, losing to Detroit. Johnson would go on to pitch for 21 years in the majors. 1921 – After three hours of deliberation, a Chicago jury acquits eight White Sox players in the Black Sox scandal. 1959...
