This Date in Baseball -- Cincinnati Reds Style
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| 1869 |
It has always been that way in Brooklyn. Cincinnati Reds, unbeaten in 1869, lost their first game in Brooklyn the following year when, in the eleventh inning, a spectator rushed from the stands and tackled Cal McVey, Reds outfielder, as he was about to catch the ball. There was no interference rule in baseball at that time. |
| 1892 |
A baseball game between Cincinnati and Boston was called due to sunlight in 1892. After 14 innings the sun was at an angle that made it impossible for either batters or fielders to see, so the umpires called the game. |
| 1938 |
The Reds reduce the dimensions of the park moving home plate 20 feet closer to the outfield fences. The new distances became 328 feet down the left-field line, 375 to center and 366 down the right-field line. |
| 1943 |
Johnny Vander Meer strikes out 6 batters during this year's All-Star Game. He becomes one of four pitchers ever to strike out 6 batters in an All-Star Game. |
| 1966 |
In the sunner of 1966, Crosley Field plays host to its most famous non-baseball act as the Beatles storm into Cincinnati for a concert. Despite bad weather, more than 15,000 fans showed up for the show. |
January
| January 27, 1937 |
Crosley Field's playing surface is under 21 feet of water due to local creek flooding. Remarkably, the ballpark is made game-ready in time for Opening Day in April. |
April
| April 1972 |
The demolition of Crosley Field begins. By the fall of that same year, the hallowed ballpark has disappeared. |
| April 2-8, 1984 |
Eddie Milner was the National League's Player of the Week. |
| April 15, 1924 |
The largest ever Opening Day Crowd at the Crosley Field location totaled 35,747 in a 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| April 16, 1934 |
Following the sale of the Reds by the General Trust Company to Cincinnati businessman Powel Crosley Jr., Redland Field is rechristened "Crosley Field." |
| April 19, 1902 |
Bob Ewing walks 7 batters in the 4th inning of the day's game. |
| April 23, 1940 |
Crosley Field was the site of the first postponement in Major League history due to a flood. Flood water from the Millcreek backed up into the ballpark through drains, and although the river levels were far from the historic 1937 flood, once the flood stage reached 57 feet, the water began to pool on the field and two games with the Cardinals had to be rescheduled. |
| April 23-29, 1984 |
Duane Walker was the National League's Player of the Week. |
| April 24, 1957 |
The Reds had a lucky streak in the 5th inning of the day's game by collecting 9 base on balls. |
| April 24, 1963 |
Jim Owens was having a little trouble on the mound when he balked three times in the 2nd inning of the day's game. |
| April 26, 1959 |
Will Schmidt made the ultimate sacrifice by being the first player to be hit by a pitched ball twice in the same inning. |
May
| May 2 ,1959 |
Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds hits for the cycle in today's game. |
| May 5, 1978 |
Pete Rose became the 14th player with 3,000 hits when he singled against Montreal's Steve Rogers at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. |
| May 6, 1926 |
The Reds prove they are not selfish players by hitting into a record tying 8 sacrifice hits in their nine inning game. |
| May 8, 1935 |
Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds hit four doubles in consecutive innings (sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth) off four different Phillies pitchers. Lombardi also singled as the Reds beat Philadelphia, 15-4. |
| May 9, 1937 |
Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds get a hit in 6 consecutive at-bats (5 Singles & 1 Double). Also, in the same game, Alex Kampouris connects for 3 home runs. |
| May 9 ,1973 |
Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds clubs three homers in today's game. |
| May 12, 1984 |
Mario Soto fires a one-hit game against the St. Louis Cardinals. |
| May 15, 1919 |
After 12 scoreless innings, Cincinnati scored 10 runs off Al Mamaux in the 13th to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-0. |
| May 15, 1960 |
Raul Sanchez successfully plunks 3 batters in the 8th inning during the first game of a double header. |
| May 18, 1953 |
Bud Podbleian was feeling very generous today when he walked 13 batters in the span of 11 innings. |
| May 24, 1935 |
Larry McPhail and the Reds introduce night-time baseball to the Major Leagues, as the Reds defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 before 20,422 fans. |
| May 24, 2001 |
The Reds NL Record shut-out games streak ended today (208 Games). The streak began way back on October 4, 1999, when Al Leiter and the New York Mets shut them out 5 to 0 in the 1999 NL Playoff Tie Breaking game. The Major league record is held by the 1931 to 1933 New York Yankees (308 Games). |
| May 29, 1956 |
Gus Bell of the Cincinnati Reds connects for 3 consecutive home runs in a single game. |
| May 29 ,1980 |
Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds clubs three homers in today's game. |
June
| June 3, 1897 |
Cy Seymour pitches two consecutive complete game wins in a single day. |
| June 5, 1966 |
Leo Cardenas of the Reds hit four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs. Cardenas hit two home runs in each game as Cincinnati won the opener, 8-3, but dropped the second game, 9-5. |
| June 7, 1981 |
Bruce Berenyi fires a one-hit game against the Montreal Expos. |
| June 11, 1938 |
Johnny Vander Meer pitched the first of his consecutive no-hitters vs Boston. |
| June 14, 1965 |
Jim Merritt strikes out 18 N.Y. Giants batters over the span of 11 innings. |
| June 21, 1901 |
Harley Parker, on the worst day of his life, give up 21 runs. |
| June 21, 1973 |
Lee May of the Cincinnati Reds clubs three homers in today's game. |
| June 24, 1956 |
Ed Bailey of the Cincinnati Reds connects for 3 home runs in a single game. |
| June 24, 1970 |
The final of 4,453 regular-season National League games is played at Crosley Field. The Reds beat the San Francisco Giants, 5-4. |
| June 26, 1938 |
Lonny Frey of the Cincinnati Reds has eight hits in a doubleheader split with the Philadelphia Phillies. Frey had three hits in a 10-3 opening-game loss and collected five hits in the second game, won by the Reds 8-5. |
| June 30, 1970 |
Riverfront Stadium opens its doors to Major League Baseball. |
July
| July 1, 1917 |
Fred Toney pitches two consecutive complete game wins in a single day. |
| July 1, 1956 |
Ted Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Reds connects for 3 home runs in the first game of a double header. |
| July 6, 1918 |
Pete Schneider was feeling very generous today when he walked 13 batters in the span of only 9 innings. |
| July 6, 1938 |
Crosley Field plays host to the sixth annual All-Star game. Ernie Lombardi, Paul Derringer, Ival Goodman, Frank McCormick and Johnny Vander Meer represented the Reds on the National League squad. Vander Meer tossed three scoreless innings as the NL's win 4-1. |
| July 6, 1949 |
Walker Cooper of the Cincinnati Reds gets a hit in 6 consecutive at-bats vs the Chicago Cubs (3 of which were home runs). This gave hime the club record of 10 RBI in a game. |
| July 13, 1999 |
Reds shortstop Barry Larkin singles in the third inning off the Yankees' Dave Cone to drive in the Brewers' Jeromy Burnitz with the lone National League run. The American League won the contest 4-1. |
| July 14, 1953 |
The second and final Major League All-Star Games is held a Crosly Field. A crowd of 30,846 watched as the National League defeated the American League 5-1. Gus Bell and Ted Kluszewski were the only Reds represented. |
| July 14, 1970 |
At Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Rose's hometown, fans saw the All-Star Game reach 12 innings. Then, Rose scored the winning run. Although the unwritten rule of these games is have a good time while making sure no one gets hurt, Rose bulldozed through Indians catcher Ray Fosse in what still is the most famous collision at home. Said Fosse, "Well, that's football." |
| July 14, 1977 |
George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds clubs three homers in today's game. |
| July 21, 1955 |
Gus Bell of the Cincinnati Reds connects for 3 consecutive home runs in a single game. |
| July 21, 1956 |
Brooks Lawrence of the Cincinnati Reds had his 13-game winning streak broken as Roberto Clemente's three-run homer led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory. |
| July 25, 1978 |
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds singled to left off New York's Craig Swan in the third inning to set a NL record of hitting safely in 38 consecutive games. The Mets won the game 9-2. |
| July 26, 1970 |
Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hit three straight homers off Steve Carlton of the St. Louis Cardinals. On the same day, Orlando Cepeda of the Atlanta Braves connected for three consecutive homers against the Chicago Cubs. |
| July 26, 1984 |
Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos tied Ty Cobb on the all-time career singles list, No. 3,052, with a base hit in the eighth inning of a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| July 29, 1955 |
Smokey Burgess of the Cincinnati Reds connects for 3 home runs in a single game. |
| July 30, 1947 |
The New York Giants beat Ewell Blackwell and the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 in 10 innings, ending Blackwell's 16-game winning streak. |
| July 31, 1934 |
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings at Cincinnati as Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos both went the distance. |
| July 31, 1935 |
A wild crowd of at least 35,000 fans, many standing alng the foul lines of Crosley Field, disrupt a Reds-Cardinal night game. |
August
| August 1, 1978 |
Pete Rose went 0-for-4 against Atlanta pitchers Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber to end his 44-game hitting streak as the Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 16-4. |
| August 7, 2001 |
Danny Graves, pitching on his 28th birthday, did something that no pitcher had done since the hey day of the Seattle Pilots. He gave up three home runs in an extra inning (the 11th) -- to the Giants (Barry Bonds, Andres Galarraga and Marvin Benard). The last pitcher to give up three homers in an extra inning was Vincent Romo of the late, great Pilots, on May 16, 1969, against the Red Sox. "I know one thing," Graves said afterward. "Hopefully, I'll never ever pitch on my birthday again." |
| August 9, 2001 |
Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player to reach 450 career homers when he hit a two-run shot in the first inning off San Francisco's Russ Ortiz. Griffey, who also was the youngest player to reach 350 and 400 homers, was 31 years, 261 days old when he got number 450 -- 15 days younger than Jimmie Foxx. Hank Aaron was 33 years, 98 days old when he hit his 450th. It was Junior's 12th of the season. |
| August 11, 1986 |
Cincinnati player-manager Pete Rose, 45, singled four times and doubled to set a NL record with the 10th five hit game of his career. Rose drove in three runs in a 13-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, to move one ahead of Max Carey for the record. |
| August 12, 1966 |
Art Shamsky of the Cincinnati Reds connects for 3 consecutive home runs and the Reds add two more to combine with Pittsburgh's six home runs to total out a record tying 11 home runs between the two teams. |
| August 13, 1931 |
Tony Cuccinello of the Cincinnati Reds, in the first game of a double header, gets a hit in 6 consecutive at-bats (4 Singles, Double & Triple). |
| August 14, 1966 |
Art Shamsky connects for an additional home run giving him 4 in his last four at bats (over two games). |
| August 14, 1982 |
Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies, in his first at-bat of a 15-11 victory over the Montreal Expos, passed Hank Aaron and moved into first place on the career list with 12,365. |
| August 18, 1956 |
The Cincinnati Reds hit eight home runs and the Milwakee Braves added two to set a National League record for home runs by two clubs in a nine inning night game. Three of those home runs came from the bat of Bob Thurman (in consecutive at-bats). |
| August 19, 1965 |
Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds no-hit the Chicago Cubs, 1-0, in 10 innings in the first of a double header at Chicago. Leo Cardenas homered in the 10th for the Reds. Earlier in the year, Maloney lost 1-0 in 11 innings after holding the Mets hitless for 10 before Johnny Lewis homered leading off the 11th. |
| August 19, 1992 |
Brett Boone made history when he became part of the first three-generation family to play in major league baseball. Boone is the grandson of Ray Boone, who played from 1948-60, and son of Bob Boone, who played from 1972-90. Bret, 23, started at second base for the Seattle Mariners against Baltimore. |
| August 22, 1886 |
Cincinnati outfielder Abner Powell was literally brought down by the dog days of summer. Chicken Wolf of the Louisville Colonels hit a deep drive and Powell took off after it, joined by a dog that had been sleeping by the fence. The dog bit Powell's leg before the outfielder could get to the ball and wouldn't let go as Wolf scored on a game-winning inside-the-park homer. |
| August 22, 1959 |
Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds connects for 3 home runs in a single game. |
| August 30, 2001 |
Adam Dunn hit his National League rookie record 12th home run of the month today. That's a record for an NL rookie in any month. Along with Ken Griffey Jr., who added 11, they set the club mark for home runs in a month by two players. |
September
| September 1, 1967 |
Reds partake in the longest game in club history, losing to the San Francisco Giants 1-0 in 21 innings. |
| September 5-6, 1943 |
Woody Williams, over the span of two games, fires off ten consecutive base hits in ten at-bats. |
| September 9, 1996 |
Riverfront Stadium is officially renamed "Cinergy Field." |
| September 11, 1946 |
Brooklyn and Reds played out 19 innings deadlocked in a scoreless tie (longest scorless streak in baseball history) |
| September 11, 1956 |
Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds tied a rookie record for home runs in a season with his 38th homer of the year. The blow came off Steve Ridzik of the New York Giants and the Reds went on to an 11-5 victory. |
| September 11, 1985 |
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds became the all-time hit leader with his 4,192nd hit to break Ty Cobb's record. Rose lined a 2-1 pitch of San Diego pitcher Eric Show to left-center field for a single in the first inning. It was the 57th anniversary of Ty Cobb's last game in the majors. |
| September 14, 1971 |
Frank Robinson hit his 500th career home run of Detriot's Fred Scheman to give the Baltimore Orioles a ninth-inning victory (Great accomplishment for Frank, but it would have been better if he hit it while he was with the Reds). |
| September 20, 1888 |
Tony Mullane pitches two consecutive complete game wins in a single day. |
| September 23, 1992 |
Bip Roberts tied the National League record with his 10th consecutive hit, then grounded out against Pedro Astacio to end his streak in the Cincinnati Reds' game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
| September 26, 1961 |
Under Manager Fred Hutchinson, the Reds clinch their final pennant at Crosley Field. |
| September 28, 1939 |
Paul Derringer pitches a thrilling 5-3 victory over the second place St. Louis Cardinals thus helping the Reds clinch the pennant. |
| September 28, 1995 |
Greg Harris of the Montreal Expos became the first pitcher in major league history to pitch with both hands. Harris faced four batters, two from his usual right site and two from the left, in the ninth inning of a 9-7 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. |
| September 29, 1963 |
Stan Musial ended his career by going 2-for-3 as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Cincinnati 3-2 at Busch Stadium. |
October
| October 2, 1920 |
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati played true marathon baseball by completing 3 baseball games in a single day. Cincinnati won the first two, 13-4 and 7-3, but lost the last game 0-6. |
| October 4, 1981 |
Mario Soto fires a one-hit game against the Atlanta Braves. |
| October 8, 1939 |
Temporarily dazed by a home-plate collision, Reds' catcher Ernie Lombardi watches helplessly, unable to retrieve the baseball, as the Yankees' Joe Dimaggio circle the bases for a 10th-inning, World Series run. The Reds lose the Series to the Yankees, 4-0. |
| October 4, 1999 |
Al Leiter and the New York Mets shut-out the Reds 5 to 0 in the 1999 NL Playoff Tie Breaking game. This is the last time the Reds are shut-out until May 24, 2001, setting the NL Record with 208 consecutive games without being shut-out. |
| October 8, 1940 |
The Reds win the 7th game of the 1940 World Series, coming from behind to beat Detroit 2-1. |
| October 9, 1919 |
Cincinnati claims it very first Worlds Series Championship, winning five games to three over the Chicago White Sox. On Sept 24, 1920, the title is tarnished as several mamber of the White Sox are suspended for allegedly "throwing" the Series. Cincinnati insists the club would have won no matter what. Chicago's team is derisively nicknamed the "Black Sox." |
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