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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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1940s[]

  • 1949 - Rookie Mickey Mantle signed his first contract –a $1,000 deal with the New York Yankees. Yankee scout Tom Greenwade reeled in the 17-year-old high school star, who will make his major league debut two years later.

1950s[]

1960s[]

  • 1964 - Collegiate star Rick Reichardt became the biggest bonus baby in major league history when he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Angels. Reichardt, whose bonus totaled $200,000, will make his major league debut later in the season, batting .162 in 37 at-bats.

1970s[]

  • 1972 - Culminating a long battle to reach baseball, Bernice Gera became the first woman to umpire in a professional game. Gera worked the first game of a New York-Pennsylvania League doubleheader between the Auburn Phillies and Geneva Rangers. Gera encountered a series of disputes in the game as she ejected the Auburn manager. She resigned before the second game, leaving in tears, and will never umpire again.

1980s[]

  • 1989 - Vince Coleman of the St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record by stealing his 39th and 40th consecutive bases without being caught. Coleman, who has not been caught since September 15 of 1988, broke the record set by Davey Lopes in 1975.

1990s[]

  • 1992 - Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently banned Steve Howe from baseball after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charge of attempting to buy cocaine. The ban was subsequently overturned and Vincent resigned on September 7 after a vote of no confidence from owners. Howe will pitch for four more years.

2000s[]

Births[]

  • 1929 - Wally Yonamine, outfielder, first American to ever play professional ball in Japan.
  • 1867 - Jake Stenzel, outfielder (d. 1919)
  • 1892 - George Harper, outfielder (d. 1978)
  • 1907 - Rollie Hemsley, All-Star catcher (d. 1972)
  • 1915 - Buster Adams, outfielder (d. 1990)
  • 1929 - Wally Yonamine, outfielder, first American to ever play professional ball in Japan.
  • 1938 - Don Mincher, All-Star outfielder
  • 1951 - Ken Reitz, All-Star outfielder
  • 1956 - George Vukovich, outfielder
  • 1957 - Doug Jones, All-Star pitcher

Deaths[]

  • 1940 - Bert Adams, catcher (b. 1891)
  • 1963 - Jud Wilson, Hall of Fame Negro League player and manager (b. 1894)
  • 1965 - Johnny Humphries, pitcher (b. 1915)
  • 1967 - Roy Castleton, pitcher (b. 1885)
  • 2003 - Jack Bruner, pitcher (b. 1924)
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