On This Day in Baseball History

#OTD in #Reds history, 1939: Bucky Walters is named NL MVP after winning the Pitching Triple Crown with 27 wins, 2.29 ERA and 137 K. pic.twitter.com/FHm3cylHeI

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) October 17, 2017

137 K!!!

pitched to contact (that's why the games were shorter)

happy 30th to pete kozma, a career .215/.282/.285 hitter in 666 at bats

Tony Gwynn was a hit in Padres debut — 36 years ago today https://t.co/5uq5rQC6NZ pic.twitter.com/grFnlxWQJD

— San Diego Union-Tribune (@sdut) July 19, 2018

August 7th is a big day in MLB history!

8/7/1999: Frank Thomas' 300th HR & Wade Boggs' 3000th hit

8/7/2004: Greg Maddux's 300th win

8/7/2007: Barry Bonds breaks HR record hitting his 756th

8/7/2016: Ichiro Suzuki's 3000th hit

8/7/2017: Mike Trout's 1000th hit

— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) August 7, 2018

and yet only one of those events caused Bud Selig to fold his arms

two important institutions were created 47 years ago today: the society for american baseball research and sal fasano

No true outcomes here: On this day in 1989 Orioles pitcher Jeff Ballard pitched a complete game against the Brewers without allowing a walk, strikeout or home run. It's only been done four times since. https://t.co/7ua4O9Cmih

— Kyle Lobner (@BrewFrostyMug) August 21, 2018

On This Date, 1979, a protest from the Astros opened the book on what had seemed an easy Met victory. Ahead five runs, the Mets settled under a fly ball for the final out -- until an umpire informed the clubs there was no play; he had called time. Jeff Leonard, the Houston batter, made use of the opportunity by slapping a single. But this too was called back -- Mets first baseman Ed Kranepool had thought the game was over and was not on the field. Houston protested that this was nobody's fault but Kranepool's and the single should stand. But the umpire instead forced a third go-round that resulted in an apparently game-ending out -- until Major League Baseball upheld the protest. So play resumed the following day with 5-0 on the scoreboard and a runner on first with two out. Mets pitcher Kevin Kobel induced the final out immediately before losing his regularly scheduled start 3-1.

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/8/21/3254503/this-date-in-mets-history-august-21-red-white-and-seaver-bolt-v-reyes

Today in 1989, after an irate Tom Lasorda complains about his antics, the Expos' Youppi! is the first MLB mascot ever ejected from a game. pic.twitter.com/CASYlJJ8tn

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) August 23, 2018

9 years ago i saw Jeff Francoeur hit into an unassisted TP

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxI3kRFUwAAbB-4.jpg:small

Yesterday, actually: in a 1967 exhibition game, Eddie Feigner struck out Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Maury Wills, and Harmon Killebrew consecutively. Does that name mean anything to anyone? My dad took me to see him when I was really young.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Feigner

i saw eddie feigner and his entire team of offspring at some point in the 80s!

I probably saw him a little earlier than that, sometime in the '70s. I think it may have even been in my hometown, which was was small (15,000 people) but had a few softball leagues.

Striking out those six guys is pretty amazing, even if two of them weren't big bats.

mickey mantle announced his retirement 50 years ago today

1973 - New York Yankees pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson make a stunning declaration. The left-handers announce that they have traded wives, children, and family dogs. The announcement sends shock waves through the baseball world and beyond.

things that sound like clickhole oral histories of the yankees but aren't

iirc one of the (new) couples is still together

i remember that event

https://i.imgur.com/LQm83Yy.jpg

30 years ago today

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26593754/greatest-catch-ever-recreating-kevin-mitchell-epic-barehanded-grab

...Vlad Guerrero Jr. debuted.

4-30-1996, Pirates Jeff King joined Andre Dawson and Willie McCovey as the only players in baseball history to homer twice in the same inning twice. pic.twitter.com/AJAFDTT7dK

— Scott F (@TheFrizz87) April 30, 2019

On this day in 1991, Rickey Henderson set the record for career stolen bases. Then, after that, he played in more games than Vince Coleman did in his entire career

— Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) May 1, 2019

Three years ago today, the impossible happened. #BigSexy pic.twitter.com/YaonHUSrOq

— New York Mets (@Mets) May 7, 2019

Announcer: "As soon as he hit it, he dropped the bat; and he never watched it leave the park"
cut to: Bart jogging up first base line, holding bat & looking into stands

It's Lee Elia Day (Observed) in Chicago

audio NSFW, obviously

Today our friends at @NiseiLounge celebrate a great day in baseball, a few days late of the anniversary. Proceeds will benefit gene research in honor of Rich Hill’s late son. Elia himself recently signed balls for charity in a sanitized way. https://t.co/b4HG6oaK3Z

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) May 9, 2019

8th year anniversary of this amazing double play by one of the worst defensive shortstops ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Fo9MXY3XI

(yesterday)

Twenty years ago, Bobby Valentine snuck back into the dugout and woke up the Mets: https://t.co/RDpykKts8j pic.twitter.com/HHyT6cUqpR

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 10, 2019

On this day in 1914, Montreal Royals pitcher Bob Couchman threw a ball over the center field fence in anger but time hadn't been called so three runs scored. (From: The Baltimore Sun) pic.twitter.com/Sx7syDPaLt

— Minor League Stories (@MinorsTeamNames) June 11, 2019

#OTD 50 years ago, President Nixon sees Reggie Jackson, 23, hit 2 homers to lift the @Athletics over the Senators. Nixon stayed the entire game and wrote to Jax: “I have nothing but the highest admiration for your performance on the night I saw you.” @dick_nixon @dougherty_jesse pic.twitter.com/ktUt7mhSkC

— fred frommer (@ffrommer) June 11, 2019

45 years ago today, Nolan Ryan threw 235 pitches and struck out 19 batters over 13 innings. 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/vp11K0eyHI

— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 14, 2019

only 18 pitches per inning, probably <10 walks

actually exactly ten

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL197406140.shtml

18 years ago today, Lloyd McClendon stole 1st base.

Literally. pic.twitter.com/IiavVGUWX0

— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 26, 2019

1969: Seaver loses perfect game in the 9th

https://metsmerizedonline.com/2017/07/this-day-in-mets-history-tom-seaver-loses-perfect-game-in-the-ninth.html/

I missed that Bob Horner post above. Blue Jays management, please consider.

born 65 years ago today:

• andre dawson, who hit .186/.238/.237 in 15 playoff games
• neil tennant, who wrote 'my october symphony'

50 Years Ago Today: “They’re On The Moon" ~ Yankee Stadium fans are notified that Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin have landed safely on the lunar surface! (Washington Senators vs. New York #Yankees - July 20, 1969) #MLB #History #Apollo11 #Apollo50th pic.twitter.com/a2hIZeY4Cw

— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) July 20, 2019

Happy 15th anniversary to Varitek's glove and A-Rod's face. https://t.co/9ifjGgCgqS

— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) July 24, 2019

we were so young then

#OTD-07/26/2012: In his major league debut, Matt Harvey tossed 5.1 scoreless innings against the Diamondbacks on the road. He allowed three hits, three walks & struck out 11 on 106 pitches.

The 11 strikeouts are a #Mets record in a debut.@Mets @MetsMerized #LGM pic.twitter.com/3nPVlBu4Z7

— Mathew Brownstein (@MBrownstein89) July 26, 2019

No one would have faulted Tug McGraw for not believing after the Mets dropped both ends of a doubleheader to the Cardinals on August 5, 1973. Had a playoff odds calculator existed 46 years ago, it would have computed the Mets' chances of making the postseason at somewhere between nil and a stone cold impossibility. In the first game, Tom Seaver took a 3-2 loss to the Cardinals, despite giving up just two earned runs over seven innings. Jm McAndrew couldn't stop the Redbirds in the nightcap, either, falling 4-1. The two losses left the Mets 12 games under .500 and 11.5 games behind the leader of the NL East with just 54 left to play. Less than two months later, the team was in first place for the first time since the beginning of April, thanks to an incredible stretch run that saw them win just under 65% of their remaining games.

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/8/5/3219696/this-date-in-mets-history-august-5-the-1973-mets-nadir-trifectas

100 years ago today, Joe Wilhoit's 69-game hitting streak for @MiLB Wichita Jobbers came to an end on August 20, 1919. His streak remains the longest in baseball history. Read his #SABR bio: https://t.co/MpDeuDUCfD pic.twitter.com/AzgAIg6oOK

— SABR (@sabr) August 20, 2019

1969

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1074468-ron-swoboda-showed-steve-carlton-a-strikeout-is-just-another-out

yesterday, 63rd anniv of Don Larsen

today, 23rd anniv of Jeffrey Maier

NYY heroes who both rode in the victory parades

110 years ago today the pirates beat the tigers to win the 1909 world series, sending pittsburgh sunday post writers into ecstasies of eloquence

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG_wv8gWoAIi2zf.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG_wv8hX0AURwnu.jpg

Amazin' 50

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2012/10/16/3511598/this-date-in-mets-history-october-16-the-1969-mets-are-world-champions

no picaroon banner, no credibility

i had to look that up

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/sites/csnne/files/styles/article_hero_image/public/2016/03/29/716232.jpg

40th anniversary of the Pine Tar Game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEHAsZxRYo