Fred Tenney missed one game for the New York Giants in 1908. At 36, the first baseman was nearing the end of his 17-year career when he was part of an eight-player deal that had him going to the Giants prior to the 1908 season. For the Giants in 1908, Tenney was at the top […]
Category: Baseball History
Two of baseball’s all-time greats joined an exclusive group just two months apart from each other during the 1970 season. Hank Aaron and Willie Mays both became members of the 3,000-hit club as the ninth and 10th players on the list. Aaron hit a single off Cincinnati Reds rookie Wayne Simpson in the second game […]
Records may be made to be broken, but there are some that may never realistically be challenged. Lefty Gomez, who pitched for the New York Yankees at the time, holds one of those marks. In 1935, Gomez tossed six innings during the all-star game at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium, which remains as the most ever for […]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the initial Major League Baseball free agent draft. The first draft in 1965 had 814 players selected, according The Sporting News Baseball Guide from a year later. Three members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame were selected. Johnny Bench was chosen in the second round by the […]
It happened last week. How did I miss it? I suppose not caring is at the top of the list. New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez passed Willie Mays on the all-time home run list with his 661st against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, May 7. I read it somewhere on the Internet. […]
There are two sides to every story. It was May 6, 1915. A veteran pitcher surrendered the first home run in a career of a rookie pitcher. Jack Warhop didn’t know it at the time, but he would end up on the wrong side of baseball history. Warhop had pitched for the New York Yankees/Highlanders […]
It is not the best way to end a Hall of Fame career. Here is the pitching line. In one inning, this legend gave up five runs on two hits with three walks. The game was tied at 6-6 when he walked to the mound and it was 11-6 when he left. The last batter […]