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

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  • 1921 - Hal Newhouser is born in Detroit, Michigan. In 1939, Newhouser will make his major league debut for his hometown team the Detroit Tigers. A left handed pitcher, he will win 207 games over a 17-year career and will gain Hall of Fame honors in 1992.

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  • 1953 - The Milwaukee Braves played their 13th home game and surpassed the attendance total for the previous season, when the franchise played in Boston. The crowd at County Stadium raised Milwaukee’s attendance to 281,278 for the current season.

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  • 1971 - Martín Dihigo died in Cienfuegos, Cuba, at the age of 65. Over the course of his career, Dihigo made seamless transitions between all nine positions and played in several countries. As a hitter he led the Negro Leagues in home runs in 1926 and 1935; as a pitcher he won more than 300 games and once defeated Satchel Paige while touring Cuba. Elected to the American Hall of Fame in 1977, Dihigo became the only player in baseball history to be inducted to the American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican and Venezuelan Halls of Fame.

1980s[]

  • 1985 - A game between the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers scheduled for Municipal Stadium was postponed due to rain, representing the first rainout of the 1985 season. The cancellation marked the latest point that the first rainout of a season has taken place. A record 458 games had been played prior to the initial rainout.

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  • 2006 - A uniform worn by Joe DiMaggio in his final World Series was sold for $195,500 during the second day of an auction of his memorabilia. Yesterday, DiMaggio's 1947 American League MVP Award plaque was sold for $281,750, which included a 15 percent buyer's premium. It was his third MVP award, but it was the only plaque. The two-day auction featured more than 1,000 items of DiMaggio memorabilia also included a leather-bound album featuring autographs from DiMaggio's New York Yankees teammates and members of the Boston Red Sox, a typed note signed by Frank Sinatra, an a signed photo of DiMaggio's one-time wife, Marilyn Monroe. The aution was held by Hunt's Auctions Inc. in New York City. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.
  • 2006:
    • Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit a home run in an interleague play game against the Oakland Athletics, tying his home run count with that of Babe Ruth at 714. The ball was hit at the A's McAfee Coliseum against pitcher Brad Halsey, a left-handed pitcher. Because of the interleague play, Bonds was playing as the designated hitter rather than in the outfield, his normal field of play.
    • In interleague play, Josh Beckett hit a solo home run, an RBI single, and pitched seven solid innings to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Philadelphia Phillies, 8–4, at Citizens Bank Park. Because the designated hitter isn't used in National League parks during interleague play, regular Red Sox DH David Ortiz started at first base. Beckett (6-1) posted his third straight win and give AL East-leading Boston its 10th victory in 13 games. He also became the first Red Sox pitcher to hit a home run since Marty Pattin on September 26, 1972.
    • Russell Branyan's two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning boosted the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a 4–3 victory over the Florida Marlins in an interleague play. It marked Tampa Bay's second straight victory in its last at-bat. Aubrey Huff was the hero yesterday, clubbing a game-winning solo home run off Yusmeiro Petit to lead off the bottom of the 10th in a 5–4 final. This is the eighth time this season the Marlins have lost in their opponents' final at-bat. Florida has lost four straight games when entering the ninth inning with a lead, tying the major league record set by Tampa Bay in May 2002.
  • 2007:
    • Kevin Youkilis hits the shortest home run in Red Sox history, a 321-foot shot that wrapped around the Pesky pole.

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