Category: Baseball Library

Tigers pitcher Fred Hutchinson tripled and stole home on this date in 1947.

Kirby Puckett of the Twins was 6-for-6 on this date in 1987 — part of a two-game stretch where he went 10-for-11 with four home runs and had a game-saving catch against the Brewers.

Tigers rookie catcher Rudy York wasn’t much on defense, but he was 5-for-6 on this date in 1937, including his record-setting 18th home run in the month of August.

The Astros’ Cliff Johnson homered for the fifth consecutive game on this date in 1975. He homered in the next game, too, — off the Cardinals’ Bob Gibson — but the game was rained out before five innings could be played.

The Cubs jumped ahead of Philadelphia 25-9, then hung on as the Phillies came back in the last two innings. They left the bases loaded before losing 26-23 on this date in 1922.

Paul Molitor of the Brewers had a 39-game hitting streak stopped on this date in 1987. He was on deck when Rick Manning drove in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning — and Manning was booed for winning the game instead of giving the 0-4 Molitor another at-bat.

For only the second time in big-league history, there were back-to-back inside-the-park home runs. Toby Harrah and Bump Wills of the Rangers accomplished this feat on consecutive pitches August 27, 1978 at Yankee Stadium.

The team from Kirkland, Washington defeated heavily-favored Taiwan to win the 1982 Little League World Series.

The Orioles’ Jim Palmer pitched the only no-hitter of his career on this date in 1969, defeating the A’s 8-0.

The Tigers’ Charlie Gehringer hit a home run and stole home as part of a 17-13 win over the Yankees on Charlie Gehringer Day in 1929.