This day in baseball: Warren Spahn elected to HoF
Posted: January 24, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, National Baseball Hall of Fame, sports, Warren Spahn 4 CommentsOn January 24, 1973, Warren Spahn was elected to the Hall of Fame, making him only the sixth player elected in his first year of eligibility. He received more than 82% of the votes cast by the BBWAA. Warren Spahn recorded thirteen 20-win seasons with the Braves, making him the winningest left-handed pitcher in big league history with 363 victories.
Warren Spahn (Wikimedia Commons)
This day in baseball: Stargell elected to HoF
Posted: January 12, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, MLB, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, Pittsburgh Pirates, sports, Willie Stargell, World Series 1 CommentOn January 12, 1988, Pirates slugger Willie Stargell was the only player elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Stargell helped bring two world championships to Pittsburgh and was the National League’s co-MVP in 1979, as well as the World Series MVP that same year. Stargell was the 17th player to be elected to the Hall in his first year of eligibility.
Wikimedia Commons
This day in baseball: Charles Stoneham dies
Posted: January 6, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Charles Stoneham, Frank McQuade, history, Horace Stoneham, John McGraw, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Giants, sports, World Series Leave a commentCharles Stoneham, the owner of the New York Giants baseball team, passed away on January 6, 1936. Stoneham was the last remaining owner of the trio (along with John McGraw and Frank McQuade) that purchased the team in 1919. He passed the team on to his son, Horace Stoneham, upon his death. During his time as owner, Stoneham saw the Giants win the World Series in 1921, 1922 and 1933.
sabr.org
R.I.P. Don Larsen
Posted: January 2, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, 21st Century | Tags: Baseball, Don Larsen, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, sports, World Series 5 CommentsDon Larsen is perhaps best known for pitching the only post-season perfect game in Major League Baseball history, accomplishing the feat in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. He won the World Series MVP Award and Babe Ruth Award in recognition of his pitching during that postseason.
Larsen was born on August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, Indiana. He passed away in Hayden, Idaho yesterday, January 1, 2020 from of esophageal cancer.
Rest in peace.
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Don Larsen, who remained a welcome & familiar face at our annual Old-Timers’ Day celebrations. The Yankees organization extends its deepest condolences to Don’s family and friends during this difficult time. He will be missed. pic.twitter.com/OgOdofzSTS
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) January 2, 2020
This day in baseball: The Yomiuri Giants are formed
Posted: December 26, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, history, Japan, Japanese Baseball League, Matsutaro Shoriki, New York Yankees, sports, Yomiuri Giants Leave a commentOn December 26, 1934, Matsutaro Shoriki, the head of Yomiuri Newspapers in Japan, announced the formation of Japan’s first professional team, the Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants. The team consisted of players signed to compete against the American all-star team (originally called the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club). However, professional league play, with six teams, would not begin until 1936 with the formation of the Japanese Baseball League.
Today, the Yomiuri Giants are considered “The New York Yankees of Japan” due to their widespread popularity, historical dominance of the league, and their polarizing effect on fans.
Yomiuri Giants insignia (Wikipedia)
This day in baseball: Carl Mays sold to Reds
Posted: December 23, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Carl Mays, Cincinnati Reds, Major League Baseball, Miller Huggins, MLB, New York Giants, New York Yankees, sports 9 CommentsYankees submarine pitcher Carl Mays was sold to the Reds for $85,000 on December 23, 1923. Mays had a personality that tended to clash with most people, and he never really got along with manager Miller Huggins in New York. Mays would go 49-34 in Cincinnati before ending his career with the New York Giants.
sabr.org
This day in baseball: Joe Tinker traded to the Reds
Posted: December 15, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Art Phelan, Baseball, Bert Humphries, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Franklin Pierce Adams, Grover Lowdermilk, Harry Chapman, Major League Baseball, Mike Mitchell, MLB, Pete Knisely, Red Corriden, sports Leave a commentOn December 15, 1912, the Chicago Cubs traded Joe Tinker, as well as Harry Chapman and Grover Lowdermilk, to the Cincinnati Reds for Red Corriden, Bert Humphries, Pete Knisely, Mike Mitchell, and Art Phelan. Tinker, who had been canonized in Franklin Pierce Adams’ baseball poem “Tinker to Evers to Chance,” went on to serve as the player-manager for Cincinnati.
1912 Joe Tinker baseball card (Wikipedia)
