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.
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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)
This day in baseball: Frank Robinson is Rookie of the Year
Posted: December 1, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Cincinnati Reds, Frank Robinson, Major League Baseball, MLB, National League, Rookie of the Year, sports Leave a commentFrank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds was unanimously voted the National League Rookie of the Year on December 1, 1956. After making his major league debut that year, Robinson had tied the then-record of 38 home runs by a rookie.
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This day in baseball: Kenesaw Mountain Landis is hired
Posted: November 12, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Black Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Commissioner of Baseball, history, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports, World Series Leave a commentU.S. District Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis accepted the offer to become baseball’s first commissioner on November 12, 1920. The decision to hire a commissioner came in the wake of the 1919 World Series scandal, which involved eight White Sox players who were paid off by gamblers to throw the Series against Cincinnati. Landis would officially begin his new role in January 1921.
This day in baseball: Digging up a ploy
Posted: September 17, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, sports, Tommy Corcoran Leave a commentOn September 17, 1900, Reds shortstop Tommy Corcoran left his position and began digging around the third base coaching box with his spikes at Philadelphia Park. The Reds captain ended up digging out a metal box containing an electrical device inside with attached wires. It was suspected that the device was being used by the Phillies in a sophisticated scheme to steal signs, though I’m curious as to what tipped off Corcoran to start digging.
Tommy Corcoran (Wikipedia)
This day in baseball: The last doubleheader complete-gamer
Posted: June 19, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Cincinnati Reds, history, Jack Scott, Major League Baseball, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, sports Leave a commentThe last pitcher to pitch a complete game in both games of a doubleheader was Jack Scott of the Philadelphia Phillies. Scott accomplished this feat on June 19, 1927 against Cincinnati at Redlands Field. Scott won the opener of the twin bill, 3-1, however, he lost the second game, 3-0.
Jack Scott in 1922 (Wikipedia)
This day in baseball: Consecutive no-nos
Posted: June 15, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Crosley Field, Ebbets Field, history, Johnny Vander Meer, Major League Baseball, MLB, sports Leave a commentOn June 15, 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds became the only pitcher in major league history to pitch two consecutive no-hitters. Four days earlier, the left-handed Vander Meer held the Braves hitless at Crosley Field, leading the Reds to a 3-0 victory. Then, on June 15th, he defeated the Dodgers at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, 6-0.
Vander Meer in 1948 (Baseball Digest)
