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July 8
1912 — Rube Marquard’s 19-game winning streak was stopped as the New York Giants lost 7-2 to the Chicago Cubs.
1918 — Boston’s Babe Ruth lost a home run at Fenway Park when prevailing rules reduce his shot over the fence to a triple. Amos Strunk scored on Ruth’s hit for a 1-0 win over Cleveland. Ruth, who played 95 games in the season, finished tied for the American League title with 11 homers.
1935 — The AL extended its All-Star winning streak to three with a 4-1 victory at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. New York Yankee Lefty Gomez went six innings, which prompted the NL to have the rules changed so that no pitcher could throw more than three innings, unless extra innings.
1941 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit a three-run, two-out homer in the ninth to give the AL a dramatic 7-5 victory in the All-Star game at Detroit’s Briggs Stadium. Up to that point Arky Vaughn of the Pittsburgh Pirates was the NL hero with two home runs, the first player to do so in All-Star play. Joe and Dom DiMaggio both played for the AL, marking the first time that brothers appeared in the same All-Star game.
1947 — Frank Shea became the first winning rookie pitcher in the first 14 years of All-Star play as the AL nipped the NL 2-1 at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
MLB All-Stars back in Arlington, where 11 future Hall of Famers started outside in Texas heat in ’95
Harrison pitches five strong innings, Wisely has three hits in Giants’ 7-1 win over Twins
Geraldo Perdomo drives in run with sac fly in 9th to lift the Diamondbacks past the Blue Jays, 5-4
1952 — The NL edged the AL 3-2 in the first rain-shortened All-Star game. The five-inning contest, at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park, featured home runs by Jackie Robinson and Hank Sauer of the Nationals.
1957 — Baseball owners re-elected commissioner Ford Frick to another seven-year term when his contract is up in 1958.
1958 — The 25th anniversary All-Star game, at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, went to the AL, 4-3 in a game that only produced 13 singles. This was the first All-Star game in which neither team got an extra-base hit.
1970 — Jim Ray Hart of San Francisco hit for the cycle and became the first NL player in 59 years to drive in six runs in one inning as the Giants beat Atlanta, 13-0.
1974 — New York shortstop Jim Mason tied a major-league record when he doubled four times in the Yankees’ 12-5 win over Texas.
1994 — Shortstop John Valentin made the 10th unassisted triple play in baseball history in the sixth inning and then led off the bottom of the inning with a homer to lead Boston to a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
1997 — Cleveland Indians catcher Sandy Alomar hit a two-run homer to give the American League a 3-1 victory over the National League in the All-Star game. Alomar, the first player to win the All-Star MVP in his own ballpark, broke the tie in the seventh inning off San Francisco’s Shawn Estes.
1982 — Billy Martin records his 1,000 career win as a manger as the A’s beat the Yankees 6-3.
2000 — Dwight Gooden and Roger Clemens teamed up to shut down the Mets, giving the Yankees identical 4-2 victories in the first double-ballpark doubleheader in the majors since 1903. After the opener, many in the sellout crowd of 54,165 at Shea Stadium immediately headed for Game 2, which drew 55,821 at Yankee Stadium.
2008 — Ryan Braun of Milwaukee hit his 56th career home run in his 200th major league game, a 7-3 win over Colorado. Only Mark McGwire and Rudy York (both 59) had hit more in their first 200 games in the majors.
2014 — The Mets record the 4,000th win in franchise history by defeating the Braves 8-3.
2015 — Tampa Bay hits two inside-the park home runs in a 9-7 loss to the Royals. It is the first time the feat has been done since 1997.
2021 — San Diego Padres relief pitcher Daniel Camarena records his first MLB hit, a Grand Slam, in his second at bat against the Washington Nationals’ Max Sherzer.
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FAQs
Over the 154 years of Major League Baseball history, and over 238,500 games played, there have been 24 official perfect games by the current definition. No pitcher has thrown more than one.
What baseball records does Pete Rose hold? ›
MLB records
Rose was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215) and outs (10,328). He won three World Series, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves and the Rookie of the Year Award.
Is Pete Rose in the Baseball Hall of Fame? ›
This Is Crazy: Pete Rose Isn't In The Baseball Hall of Fame, But He Really Is. Contributor.
What are the eras of baseball history? ›
The eras we looked at are the Dead Ball era (1901-1920), the Live ball era (1921-1942), the Integration era (1943-1961), The Expansion era (1962-1977), the Free Agent era (1978-1994), the Steroid era (1995-2004), and the Contemporary era (2005-2014).
Has anyone struck all 27 batters? ›
Gallatin, Pennsylvania, U.S. Necciai is best remembered for the unique feat of striking out 27 batters in a nine-inning game, which he accomplished while playing with the Class-D Appalachian League team, the Bristol Twins, on May 13, 1952. He is the only pitcher ever to do so in a nine-inning, professional-league game.
Who was the last pitcher to throw a perfect game in the MLB? ›
When was the last MLB perfect game? The last MLB perfect game was June 28, 2023, by Domingo Germán (New York Yankees) against the Oakland Athletics.
Who is the best hitter in MLB history? ›
Outfielder Ty Cobb, whose career ended in 1928, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He batted . 366 over 24 seasons, mostly with the Detroit Tigers. In addition, he won a record 11 batting titles for leading the American League in BA over the course of an entire season.
Who hit the most home runs ever in baseball? ›
In Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds leads the pack of all-time home run scorers. He hit a record 762 home runs in his career between 1986 and 2007, during which time he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants.
Who is the fastest player to reach 2000 hits? ›
Houston Astros' José Altuve Becomes Fastest Player in MLB History to Achieve Major Feat. By recording his 2,000th hit on Saturday, Houston Astros second baseman José Altuve made history in a way that put him above Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez.
What is Pete Rose's net worth? ›
Pete Rose's net worth is estimated to be around $5 million, reflecting both his baseball achievements and financial setbacks due to his gambling ban.
Pete Rose had 1,143 strikeouts in his career.
Who is Pete Rose's partner? ›
What is the old name of baseball? ›
Baseball, as it was before the rise to dominance of its altered New York variant in the 1850s and 60s, was known variously as base ball, town ball, round ball, round town, goal ball, field-base, three-corner cat, the New England game, or Massachusetts baseball.
What is the oldest baseball team? ›
The Cincinnati Red Stockings made their mark as the first openly professional baseball club in 1869. Members of the team would go on to form a club that still plays ball today, the Atlanta Braves.
Who has the lowest era in baseball history? ›
1. Ed Walsh (1.82 from 1904-17)
What is the rarest thing in MLB? ›
In the modern history of MLB, there has been only 15 Unassisted Triple Play. This is even more rare than a Perfect Game (a pitcher faces 27 players, 27 outs, no errors, no runs, no walks.), which there have been 23 Perfect Games.
What is the rarest event in baseball? ›
Unassisted triple plays
Bill Wambsganss executed an unassisted triple play in the 1920 World Series. The rarest type of triple play, and one of the rarest events of any kind in baseball, is for a single fielder to complete all three outs in one play.
What are the odds of throwing a perfect game? ›
Dividing 24 into 238,277, we get the result of 9,928, meaning that a Perfect Game occurs once in every 9,928 games. Turning this into a percentage, we find that a given game has about a . 01% chance of becoming a Perfect Game (24/238,277=. 0001).
How rare is a complete game in baseball? ›
In modern baseball, the feat is much more rare and no pitcher has reached 30 complete games in a season since 1975; in the 21st century, a pitcher has thrown 10 or more complete games in a season only twice.