May 10, 1967

In the eighth inning of a game against Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning, Hank Aaron hits the only inside-the-park home run of his career.

May 10, 1970

The Braves’ Hoyt Wilhelm becomes the first player to appear in 1,000 games in a loss to St. Louis.

May 10, 1981

The Expos’ Charlie Lea no-hits the Giants 4-0. It was the first no-hitter in Olympic Stadium, which opened in 1977.

May 9, 1984

The longest game in Major League history was played between the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers. The game, longest in time and innings, ends in the 25th inning when Harold Baines homers giving the White Sox a 7-6 victory. The game lasted eight hours and six minutes.

The game is halted on May 8th and continued before the regular scheduled game on May 9th. Tom Seaver wins the game with an inning of relief, then starts the regularly scheduled game and tosses 8.1 innings of  ball to win both games in the day.

May 9, 1987

Eddie Murray hits a home run from both sides of the plate for the second consecutive day. This was the first time this happened in Major League history.

Born on this day:

1960 Tony Gwynn

May 8, 1906

Connie Mack of the Athletics inserts pitcher Alvin “Chief” Bender into left field in the sixth inning due to injuries. Bender responds by hitting a pair of inside-the-park home runs in a game against the Boston Pilgrims.

May 8, 1907

Big Jeff Pfeffer, of the Boston Braves, tosses a no-hitter against the Reds giving the Braves a 6-0 win.

May 8, 1929

The New York Giants Carl Hubbell tosses a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the first no-hitter by a lefty in 13 years.

May 8, 1946

The Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores six runs in a game against the White Sox becoming the first player in the American League to do so.

May 8, 1966

Baltimore right fielder Frank Robinson hits the first ball completely out of Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. The homer run ends Luis Tiant‘s scoreless-innings streak at 27.

May 8, 1968

Catfish Hunter tosses a perfect game for the Oakland A’s against the Minnesota Twins winning 4-0.

May 8, 1998

The St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire hits his 400th home run at Shea Stadium. He is the 26th player to make it to 400 home runs. He would finish with 583 home runs placing him 10th on the all-time list.

May 7, 1922

The New York Giants Jesse Barnes throws the only no-hitter of the year beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0.

May 7, 1957

Cleveland pitcher Herb Score was hit in the eye by a line drive in the first inning. The ball, off of Gil McDougald‘s bat, broke Score’s nose and damaged his right eye. He would miss the rest of the season.

Score won 20 games in 1956, but after the injury never won more than nine in a year. He hurt his arm in 1958, then changed his motion in 1959 to try to avoid a similar injury again.

May 7, 1959

On “Roy Campanella Night” at the Los Angeles Coliseum, 93,103 fans came out to show their affection for the paralyzed Dodger catcher. The Yankees then defeated the Dodgers in an exhibition game after the ceremonies.

Born on this day:

1929 Dick Williams

Died on this day:

1995 Gus Bell

May 6, 1915

Pitching for the Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth picks up three hits in a game against the Yankees at the Polo Grounds including his first home run off of Jack Warhop.

May 6, 1917

Bob Groom no-hits the Chicago White Sox as the Browns win 3-0. The no-hitter came in the second game of a double header, but the day before Groom’s teammate Ernie Koob also no-hit the White Sox.

May 6, 1953

St. Louis Browns pitcher Bobo Holloman tosses a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics winning 6-0. It was his first big league start and the only complete game of his career.

May 6, 1982

Gaylord Perry, pitching for the Seattle Mariners, beast the New York Yankees 7-3 at the Kingdome. The win was Perry’s 300th making him the 15th man to reach 300 wins. He would go on to finish his Hall of Fame career with 314 wins currently putting him 17th on the all-time list.

Born on this day:

1931 Willie Mays

Archival footage to include thousands of hours of videos, in-season highlights and classic games; Two daily live games also accessible in select countries

Press Release Major League Baseball

MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, and YouTube today announced they’re teaming up to offer fans an expanded array of licensed Major League Baseball video content on the official MLB.com YouTube channel.

MLBAM, which has been streaming live and on-demand video on MLB.com for more than a decade, originally joined YouTube in 2005 as one of the earliest YouTube Sports partners. In 2010, MLBAM began offering full-game archives and highlight reels on a YouTube channel accessible exclusively in Australia, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand and Russia. The updatedMLB.com Channel on YouTube expands much of that content to a global audience.

This MLB.com YouTube channel will include highlight clips from every MLB game in 2013 as well as thousands of hours from MLBAM’s archives. In-season highlights will be available approximately two days after the respective games have been completed. Videos from MLB.com’s Baseball’s Best Moments library also will be included.

MLBAM also will live stream two live games daily during the regular season, available for free and accessible exclusively outside of its core live video distribution territories: North America, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

“Fans around the world are getting more Major League Baseball video than ever before on YouTube, continuing to make YouTube a daily sports destination,” said Frank Golding, Director of North America Sports Content Partnerships.

“Expanding our partnership with YouTube provides another platform for extending the reach of the thousands of hours of archived baseball content in our library and for delivering live baseball games via the Internet to fans in new markets around the world,” said Kenny Gersh, Senior Vice President, Business Development, MLBAM.

May 5, 1904

The Boston Americans pitcher Cy Young tosses his second no-hitter when he tosses a perfect game against Rube Waddell and the Philadelphia Athletics.

Young would wind up tossing 24 straight hitless innings and 45 shutout innings in a row.

May 5, 1922

In an effort to end the Browns’ Bill Bayne‘s bid at a no-hitter. Tigers’ manager Ty Cobb sends up five straight pinch-hitters in the ninth inning. The first pinch-hitter breaks up the no-no.

One of the hitters Cobb sends to the plate is Bob Fothergill. He hits for Cobb and becomes the only man to ever pinch-hit for him.

May 5, 1962

Los Angeles Angels rookie Bo Belinsky tosses a no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles.

The Angles drafted Belinsky from the Orioles in the 1961 Rule 5 draft. He would finish his rookie season 10-11, his best year in the big leagues.

May 5, 1975

Herb Washington is released by the Oakland A’s. He played in 105 games as a pinch runner. Over those games he never got an at-bat nor played in the field. He stole 31 bases in 48 tries.

May 5, 1978

Pete Rose collects hit number 3,000 when he singles off of Montreal’s Steve Rogers.

Died on this day:

1969 Eddie Cicotte

May 4, 1966

Willie Mays sets the N.L. home run record when he blasts his 512th homer. The homer put him past a former Giant, Mel Ott.

May 4, 1975

In the first game of a doubleheader at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the Houston Astros Bob Watson scores the Major League’s millionth run in the second inning.

May 4, 1981

New York Yankees reliever Ron Davis strikes out the final eight Angels in a 4-2 win. This ties Nolan Ryan‘s A.L. record for consecutive strikeouts and setting a new record for a reliever.

May 4, 1982

Minnesota Twins rookie Jim Eisenreich is forced to remove himself from a game when he is taunted about his condition, he suffers from the nervous disorder Tourette’s Syndrome, when he can’t control his violent twitching. He will be hospitalized a few days later and retires in 1984.

Thankfully he finds an effective treatment for the disorder and makes a comeback in 1987 with the Kansas City Royals. He would go on to play 12 years in the big leagues after his return.

Born on this day:

1945 Rene Lachemann

1956 Ken Oberkfell

1968 Eddie Perez

1971 Joe Borowski

1974 Miguel Cairo

May 3, 1938

Lefty Grove wins his 20th consecutive game at home, Fenway Park. He would not lose here for another three years.

May 3, 1979

Bobby Bonds becomes the second player to hit 300 home runs and steal 300 bases when he hits #300 off of Moose Haas. The only other player to be a 300/300 man at the time was Willie Mays. The list now includes a total of eight players.

May 3, 1980

Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final home run of his career. The homer comes off Montreal’s Scott Sanderson tying him with Ted Williams on the all-time list. He would retire a month later.

May 3, 1980

Fergie Jenkins becomes the first player to win 100 games in both leagues when he defeats the Orioles 3-2 with the Texas Rangers. He would finish his Hall of Fame career with 284 wins.

May 3, 1982

The Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson becomes the youngest player to save 100 games. He is just 25 years old. He would finish the year with 36 saves and his career with 217.

May 3, 1995

David Bell makes his Major League debut for the Cleveland Indians. His appearance marks the second time a three-generation family has played in the big leagues. His grandfather Gus, who died four days later, and father Buddy also played in the big leagues. The only other family to do that is the Boone family.

Born on this day:

1904 Red Ruffing

1945 Davey Lopes

1977 Ryan Dempster

Died on this day:

1999 Joe Adcock

May 2, 1909

In the first inning in a game with the Chicago Cubs, Honus Wagner steals his way around the bases. It was the fourth time he had done it which is a N.L. record.

May 2, 1917

With a feat that may never be repeated, the Cubs Hippo Vaughn and Reds Fred Toney both have no-hitters after nine full innings. Then with an out in the top of the tenth, and runners at second and third, a swinging bunt is hit toward the mound. Vaughn picks it up and fires home, but the catcher, Art Wilson, stalls and the ball hits him in the chest letting in the only run of the game.

Toney sets down the Cubs in the tenth and has the fourth ten-inning no-hitter to date.

May 2, 1939

Lou Gehrig voluntarily benches himself for the good of the team. This ends Gehrig’s streak of 2,130 consecutive games played.

Born on this day:

1887 Eddie Collins

1954 Keith Moreland

We have finished looking at the international players on the bottom half of the Baseball America Top 100 Prospect List. Today we start in on the Top 50.

In case you missed one of the other posts, there are here:

#51-60 International Players

#61-70 International Players

#71-80 International Players

#81-90 International Players

#91-100 International Players

Yasiel Puig, of, LAD – #47

Yasiel Puig hails from Cienfuegos, Cuba having defected in 2012. He is still young, 22, and has a lot of upside yet a lot to prove.

He missed the entire 2011-2012 season in Cuba (it runs during the winter months) after being suspended for trying to defect after playing at the World Port Tournament in the Netherlands. He didn’t sign until late June of last year so he has only a little time in the minors here.

However, this year he started out at Double-A Chattanooga where he has done quite well in just 14 games. So far this year he has hit four home runs and posted a line of .333/379/.648 so far.

He has good speed and shows good instincts but needs to work on his route running a bit. He is still young and learning while becoming acclimated to the US. He has a strong arm and has even drawn comparisons to the likes of Matt Kemp on his athletic ability.

Julio Teheran, p, ATL – #44

Julio Teheran, from Cartagena, Colombia, is no stranger to the Baseball America Top 100. This is his fourth year on the list dropping considerably after a poor 2012 season. After both the 2010 and 2011 seasons, he was ranked as the #5 prospect in all of baseball.

Teheran had a break out year in 2011 posting a 15-3 mark with an ERA of just 2.55 at Triple-A. He got his first taste of the big leagues that year but struggled a bit. His ERA ballooned to over five in 2012 in Triple-A, but has shown flashes of brilliance.

In 2013, Teheran has started the year as the Braves 5th starter and has had an up and down season already. He has the stuff to be a top of the line starter, but hasn’t shown the consistency at the MLB level so far.

Hyun-jin Ryu, p, LAD – #42

Ryu comes from Incheon, South Korea and has been pitching in the Korean Baseball Organization for the past few years where he has been a star. In 2010, he posted a 16-4 record with a 1.82 ERA for one of the worst teams in the KBO, the Hanwha Eagles.

The Dodgers won the bidding for Ryu this past offseason and have already put him into the starting rotation where he hasn’t disappointed. So far in 2013, he is 2-1 with a 3.45 ERA in five starts.

Ryu won’t overpower you with a 95+ mph fastball, but he knows how to pitch and has a good assortment of pitches that he can control. Look for him to be a solid #3 or #4 for years to come with the possibility that he could even become a #2 starter down the line with some more experience.

He is just 26-years old and signed a six-year contract, so the Dodger will control him during his most formidable years.

Oswaldo Arcia, of, MIN – #41

Oswaldo Arcia signed with Minnesota as a free agent in 2007 out of Anaco, Venezuela. He has since worked his way up to a call up from the big league club earlier this season.

He started 2013 in Triple-A and simply dominated in the short time he was there hitting .394 with three home runs in ten games. Since being called up, Arcia has hit a pair of home runs in ten games.

Scouts love his bat and see him evolving into a 30-doubles and 20-homer guy down the line.

It’s unclear how long he will remain in the big leagues, but it appears clear that while he is there, he will play.

May 1, 1906

The Philadelphia Phillies Johnny Lush no-hits the Brooklyn Dodgers. He would finish the season 18-15 with a 2.37 ERA.

May 1, 1920

Babe Ruth hits his first home run as a New York Yankee helping beat Boston 6-0. He would finish the season with 54 home runs.

May 1, 1920

Boston’s Joe Oeschger and Brooklyn’s Leon Cadore both pitch an amazing 26 innings dueling to a 1-1 tie in what is still the longest game in MLB history. The game is called due to darkness.

May 1, 1926

A 19-year old Satchel Paige makes his debut in the Negro Southern League leading Chattanooga to a 6-5 win over Birmingham. It would be another 22 years before Paige would make his long overdue MLB debut.

May 1, 1951

In a game between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox, two historic events happened. First was Minnie Minoso becoming the first black player for the White Sox. In his Sox debut, Minoso hits a home run in his first at bat. Minoso would go on to win the 1951 A.L. Rookie of the Year Award.

The other first in the game was the first home run by a young Yankee named Mickey Mantle. Mantle would go on to hit 535 more over his storied career.

May 1, 1969

Houston pitcher Don Wilson tosses a no-hitter against Cincinnati as the Astros win 4-0 and Wilson strikes out 13. The Astros had been no-hit the day prior.

May 1, 1991

Forty-four-year-old Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 Blue Jays as he tosses his seventh no-hitter at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers would win 3-0.

On the same day on the west coast, Rickey Henderson surpasses Lou Brock after stealing third base in a game against the Yankees. It was Henderson’s 939th stolen base. He would go on to shatter the record with 1,406.

May 1, 2002

The San Diego Padres Trevor Hoffman sets the record for saves with one club with 321 breaking Dennis Eckersley‘s record. He would finish his career with 601 saves (552 with the Padres). Both are now 2nd all-time behind Mariano Rivera.

I know we are a month into the season, but that doesn’t change the fact that these guys are still prospects. So we continue our look at the international players on the Baseball America Top 100 Prospect List.

We have looked at the following already:

#61-70 International Players

#71-80 International Players

#81-90 International Players

#91-100 International Players

Now we take a look at #51-60

Gary Sanchez, c, NYY – #57

Gary Sanchez hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and is high on the prospect list for the New York Yankees ranking #3 after the 2012 season. The 20-year old catcher has drawn a lot of praise for his defensive abilities behind the plate.

Sanchez has shown some power hitting 18 home runs a year ago splitting time between Low and High-A ball. He has had a good start to the year so far in Single-A Tampa in the Florida State League getting on base at a .356 clip and smashing four home runs in the first 17 games.

Over his career he has thrown out 30% of would be base stealers. Look for him to make the move to Double-A at some point this season, and he could make his MLB debut in 2014 or 2015 if he continues to develop.

Gregory Polanco, of, PIT – #51

Polanco is also out of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The  21-year old outfielder had a breakout year in 2012 posting a line of .325/.380/.455 while hitting 16 home runs and stealing 40 bases.

He finished the 2012 season in Low-A ball and was moved up to High-A this season where he is still hitting. So far through 23 games, Polanco is hitting at a .318 clip and has stolen nine bases.

If he continues this pace, he might earn a promotion to Double-A Altoona later in the year. After the 2012 season, Baseball America rated him as the best athlete, best defensive outfielder, and the best hitter for average in the Pittsburgh system.

Coming up tomorrow, players #41-50

April 30, 1922

Chicago White Sox pitcher Charlie Robertson pitches a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers. Robertson would finish the year 14-15 with an ERA of 3.64.

April 30, 1946

Bob Feller tosses his second no-hitter beating the New York Yankees 1-0. The no-hitter was his first after serving four years in the Navy. He would end his Hall of Fame career with three no-nos.

April 30, 1967

Baltimore Orioles pitchers Steve Barber and Stu Miller combine to no-hit the Detroit Tigers winning 2-1. Barber pitched 8.2 innings and Miller finished it off with the final out.

April 30, 1969

The Cincinnati Reds Jim Maloney no-hits the Houston Astros. He struck out 13 on his way to the victory and his second no-hitter.

April 30, 1985

Dale Murphy drives in his 28th and 29th run for the month of April tying Ron Cey‘s 1977 record for RBI in April (since broken).

April 30, 1994

The Toronto Blue Jays Joe Carter sets the Major League record for RBI in April with his 31st of the month. The Rockies Andres Galarraga set the N.L. mark with 30.

April 30, 1997

Tino Martinez breaks Carter’s three year old record knocking in 34 runs in the month of April with the New York Yankees.

Born on this day:

1949 Phil Garner

Donald Lutz will become the first German to make it to the Big Leagues out of the MLB Europe academy when he makes his Major League Debut sometime in the next day or two. He got the call yesterday, but is still waiting to be assigned to the big league club.

Lutz, welcomed by the Cincinnati Reds on Twitter today, will soon make his Major League debut.

Welcome to The Show, @braunerhulk. twitter.com/Reds/status/32…

— Reds (@Reds) April 29, 2013

Lutz was born in the United States, but at the age of one left for Germany where he grew up. Lutz played for Germany in last year’s WBC Qualifier that took place in Regensburg, Geramny. During the Qualifier, Lutz played first base and hit .308 during the four games.

He is rated at the best power hitter in the Reds organization by Baseball America, and is a Top 20 prospect. He was signed in 2007 as a free agent, and progressed through the Reds organization ever since.

In 2012, Lutz split most of his time between High-A and Double-A ball where he combined to hit 22 home runs while posting a .269/.336/.517 line. He has struggled a bit so far this year hitting just .211, but he has hit five home runs in 21 games.

I had the chance to see Lutz play with the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos earlier this season. During that game Lutz went 1-for-3 with one of the hardest hit home runs I’ve ever seen. He hit a low line drive over the right-field fence that might have knocked it down had it been a little lower.

Lutz has not been activated as of the time of this post, but it looks like it could happen tonight corresponding with Chris Heisey’s injured hamstring that will probably land him on the 15-day DL.

We wish him luck whenever he gets his chance. I know he has the support of an entire country behind him.

April 29, 1931

Cleveland Indians pitcher Wes Ferrell throws a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns. Ferrell also hit a home run and a double knocking in four runs in the Indians 7-0 win.

April 29, 1981

Steve Carlton became the first left-hander, and sixth major leaguer, to strike out 3,000 batters when he struck out Tim Wallach in the first inning of the Phillies win over the Expos.

Carlton would end his career with 4,136 strike outs.

April 29, 1986

Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens sets the Major League record for strikeouts in a game when he fans 20 Seattle Mariners.

Born on this day:

1934 Luis Aparicio

1947 Tom House

1952 Ron Washington

April 28, 1952

The St. Louis Browns send two minor league players, John Britton and Jim Newberry, to the Hankyu Braves of the Pacific League in Japan. The Browns become the first team to send players outside of the U.S.

April 28, 1956

Cincinnati Redlegs rookie Frank Robinson hits his first Major League home run off of Cubs pitcher Paul Minner. This would be the first of Robinson’s 586 home runs.

Robinson went on to hit 38 in his rookie season helping him win the N.L. Rookie of the Year Award.

April 28, 1961

Just five days after his 40th birthday, Warren Spahn became the second oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter behind Cy Young. Spahn and the Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0.

Hank Aaron drives in the only run helping Spahn win his 290th game. He would go on to win 363 over his Hall of Fame career.

April 28, 1988

The Baltimore Orioles lose 4-2 to the Minnesota Twins setting the A.L. record with their twenty-first consecutive loss.

April 28, 1998

Juan Gonzalez, the Texas Rangers right fielder, drives in his 35th run in April setting a new Major League record.

Born on this day:

1960 Tom Browning

1964 Barry Larkin

Bud Selig said he would like to institute an worldwide amateur draft for 2014.

Under the labor contract, MLB has until June 1 to notify the player’s union of its intent to hold an international draft next year. The union would then have until June 15 to veto it.

The MLB Draft is held each year in June and consists of 40 rounds plus compensatory picks. Starting in 2007, the MLB Draft has been televised.

Currently to be eligible for the draft one must be a resident of the U.S., Canada, or a U.S. Territory (such as Puerto Rico).

An international draft would make players in other countries, such as the Dominican Republic, eligible for the draft. Currently each team has an international bonus pool with which to sign players outside of the MLB Draft.

Many people think that since the inclusion of Puerto Rico into the MLB Draft, the sport has been seriously hurt there. Puerto Rico was added to the draft in 1990 and ever since the sport has been in a downward spiral.

Will including other places like Venezuela and Dominican Republic hurt the sport in those areas? Only time will tell as officials from both MLB and the Player’s Association work together on a possible international draft in 2014.

Baseball was an Olympic sport from 1992-2008 before it was dropped from the London Games.

The sport has been on a campaign to get it back into the Olympics for the 2020 Games. However, that effort might have taken a blow as MLB has said it will not change its schedule to accommodate the Olympics.

IOC President Jacques Rogge has said the sport needs to make its best players available just like they are in hockey and basketball.

The IOC board will meet next week to select one or more sports to put up for consideration by the IOC General Assembly for possible admission into the 2020 Games.

The international baseball and softball federations are merging in an effort to better their chances of being chosen by the IOC for inclusion in future Olympic games.

The sport has started its own international event in 2006 called the World Baseball Classic. Earlier this year the WBC was played for the third time with the Dominican Republic winning its first title (Japan won the first two).

So if baseball is to win its bid to be re-included in the Olympics, it will be without major help from MLB.

April 27, 1944

Jim Tobin tosses a no-hitter for the Braves against the Dodgers, and he hits a home run.

April 27, 1968

Tom Phoebus throws a no-hitter for the Orioles against the Red Sox as Baltimore wins 6-0. Brooks Robinson drives in three runs and makes a great stop at third base.

Phoebus would finish his career with 56 wins and 11 shutouts in only 201 games.

April 27, 1973

Kansas City Royals rookie Steve Busby tosses a no-hitter against the Tigers in Detroit. The Royals win 3-0. Busby was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter and not bat in the game.

April 27, 1983

Nolan Ryan strikes out Brad Mills in a 4-2 Astros win over the Expos. With the strikeout, Ryan moved past Walter Johnson on the all-time strikeout list with 3,509. Ryan would go on to rack up another 2,205 strikeouts.

April 27, 1994

Minnesota pitcher Scott Erickson throws the first Twins no-hitter since 1967 when he no hits the Brewers.

Born on this day:

1896 Rogers Hornsby

1916 Enos Slaughter

1975 Chris Carpenter

April 25, 1904

New York Highlanders pitcher Jack Chesbro won his first game of the season. He would go on to set the American League record with 41 victories.

He would finish the year with a record of 41-12 and an ERA of just 1.82. He threw 48 complete games and six shutouts over 454.2 innings of work.

April 24, 1976

Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday saves an American flag from two people who ran onto the field and tried to burn it. It happened in the fourth inning of a game at Dodger Stadium.

April 25, 1995

Major League Baseball returned after a 257-day labor dispute that saw the 1994 season without a World Series.

April 23, 1903

The New York Highlanders defeat the Washington Senators 7-2 earning the first win in franchise history. The franchise would stay with the Highlanders name until the 1913 season when they changed it to the Yankees.

April 23, 1903

Ted Williams goes 4-5 and hits the first home run of his career in a 12-8 loss to Philadelphia at Fenway Park.

April 23, 1954

Hank Aaron hits his first Major League home run at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis as the Braves win 7-5 in 14 innings. The home run came off of Vic Raschi.

April 23, 1964

The Houston Colt .45′s Ken Johnson becomes the first pitcher to lose a nine-inning no hitter when second baseman Nellie Fox commits an error allowing the only run. The Cincinnati Reds win the game 1-0.

April 23, 1999

The St. Louis Cardinals Fernando Tatis sets a new record when he hits two grand slams in the same inning (the third). The Dodgers pitcher Chan Ho Park became the first player in the century, and second ever, to give up two grand slams in an inning.

Born on this day:

1921 Warren Spahn

1977 Andruw Jones

April 17, 1929

Babe Ruth and actress Claire Hodgson are married. The wedding takes place at 5 am to avoid crowds. In his first at-bat in the next game, Ruth hits a home run off of Red Ruffing.

April 17, 1934

Casey Stengel manages his first game. His Brooklyn Dodgers lose to the Boston Braves 8-7. Stengel would go on to win 1905 games with four different franchises including 7 World Series titles with the New York Yankees.

April 17, 1947

Jackie Robinson gets his first of 1,518 hits in the Dodgers 12-6 win over the Boston Braves. The hit came off of Glenn Elliot.

April 17, 1963

Mickey Mantle hits a 565-feet home run off of Chuck Stobbs of the Washington Senators. It was the longest home run in Griffith Stadium history.

April 17, 1979

The Oakland A’s beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 in front of a crowd of only 653 fans.

Born on this day:

1967 Marquis Grissom

April 16, 1929

Hall of Famer Earl Averill of Cleveland becomes the first American League player to hit a home run in his first at bat off of Detroit Tigers hurler Earl Whitehill. The Indians would win 5-4 in 11 innings.

Averill would go on to hit 238 career home runs with a career high of 32 in both 1931 and 1932.

April 16, 1940

Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller throws the first Opening Day no-hitter since 1909. He beats the Chicago White Sox 1-0 at Comiskey Park.

April 16, 1972

Rookie Cubs hurler Burt Hooton no-hits the Phillies winning 4-0. It was only the fourth game Hooton pitched at the Major League level.

April 16, 1978

Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cardinals win 5-0 in the first of two no-hitters tossed by Forsch.

April 16, 1989

Kelly Gruber becomes the first Toronto Blue Jay to hit for the cycle in a 15-8 win over the Kansas City Royals.

Born on this day:

1903 Paul Waner

1955 Bruce Bochy