1941 - Red Sox pitcher Lefty Grove picks up career victory #300. 1946 - Nine players from the Spokane baseball team in the Western League die in a bus crash. 1965 - Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the New York Mets. 1968 - Pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, then with the White...
1921 - At the annual Harvard-Yale vs. Cambridge-Oxford track meet, Harvard’s Edward Gourdin becomes the first person to surpass 25 feet in the long jump. 1925 - Lou Gehrig hits his first of a record 23 career grand slams. 1930 - Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates...
1923 - Future Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson records career strikeout #3,000. He’s the first pitcher in MLB history to reach that milestone and would finish his career with 3,508 Ks. 1926 - At Mitchell Field in New York, Babe Ruth catches a ball that had...
1876 - Princeton takes first place at the first ever IC4A (Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes Association) track and field meet. 1952 - American Parry O’Brien wins the gold medal in the shot-put at the Helsinki Olympics. O’Brien is the first thrower to...
1858 - For the first time, fans had to pay to see a baseball game. Spectators paid 50 cents to watch New York beat Brooklyn 22-18. 1916 - The New York Giants trade legendary pitcher Christy Mathewson to the Cincinnati Reds. Mathewson was immediately named...
1903 – French cyclist Maurice Garin wins the first ever Tour de France. 1909 – Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first unassisted triple play in modern MLB history. 1910 – Cy Young picks up career victory #500. He’s the only pitcher in MLB history to reach...
1921 – Babe Ruth hits career home run #139, becoming the all-time leader in MLB history, passing Roger Connor for the career lead. 1927 – Ty Cobb picks up career hit #4,000. 1951 – Jersey Joe Waclott, at age 37, becomes the oldest fighter to win the world heavyweight...
1914 - After catching a flyball, ending a 3-1 win in 21 innings, Giants outfielder Red Murray is struck by lightning and knocked unconscious. 1941 - Joe DiMaggio goes hitless in a game against Cleveland, ending his 56 game hitting streak. 1974 - Bob Gibson becomes the...
