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The following are the events that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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Sources

1800s[]

  • 1874 - At the fourth meeting of the Professional Association in Boston, the batter's box is officially adopted. It is also decided that expulsion will be the penalty for any player betting on his own team and any player betting on any other team will forfeit his pay.

1900s[]

  • 1908 - The AG Mills Commission determines that Abner Doubleday originated the game of baseball. In its final report, the seven-man commission states that, The first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.

1910s[]

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1930s[]

  • 1931 - At Engel Stadium, Miss Jackie Mitchell strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game held in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 17-year-old girl, a member of the Chattanooga Lookouts roster, also walks Tony Lazzeri in Chattanooga’s 14-4 loss to the New York Yankees. In 1933 Mitchell will pitch for the House of David team.

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1970s[]

  • 1972 - Former Dodgers star and Mets manager Gil Hodges collapses just minutes after completing a round of golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, and dies of a heart attack. The popular Hodges dies just two days before his 48th birthday. Hodges had guided the Mets to their “miraculous” 1969 World Series championship.

1980s[]

1990s[]

  • 1995 - The longest strike in major league history comes to an end. Having the first 23 days of this major league season canceled and 252 games of the last season lost, the owners accept the players' March 31 unconditional offer to return to work. The players' decision to return to work is made after a US District Judge issues an injunction restoring terms and conditions of the expired agreement. Teams will play 144-game schedules. The strike had begun on August 12, 1994.

2000s[]

Births[]

  • 1869 - Hughie Jennings, Hall of Fame player and manager (d. 1928)
  • 1945 - Mike Kekich, pitcher
  • 1945 - Reggie Smith, All-Star outfielder
  • 1953 - Héctor Cruz, outfielder
  • 1955 - Bill Sample, outfielder
  • 1959 - Al Nipper, pitcher
  • 1960 - Tom Barrett, infielder
  • 1964 - Pete Incaviglia, outfielder
  • 1968 - Curtis Leskanic, pitcher
  • 1970 - Dennis Hocking, infielder/outfielder
  • 1970 - Jon Lieber, All-Star pitcher
  • 1973 - Marc Kroon, pitcher
  • 1977 - Mike Gallo, pitcher

Deaths[]

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