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Major League Baseball

  • 15 Jun 2019

    Babe Ruth's baseball jersey became the most expensive sports memorabilia when it sold for $5.6 million.

  • 26 May 1993

    Carlos Martinez famously hit a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run in major league baseball.

  • 5 Jan 1993

    Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.

  • 26 May 1990

    Philadelphia Phillies retired the future Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt's uniform #20.

  • 22 Aug 1989

    Baseballer Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters.

  • 21 Apr 1989

    George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose shared ownership of the Texas Rangers baseball team.

  • 6 Jun 1987

    The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.

  • 13 May 1983

    Reggie Jackson became the first major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times.

  • 15 Sep 1978

    The "Dodgers" baseball team became the first major league to bring in 3 million fans for the season.

  • 20 Mar 1973

    Baseball player Roberto Clemente was elected to the Hall of Fame.

  • 8 May 1968

    Jim 'Catfish' Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game, defeating the Minnesota Twins (4-0).

  • 30 Aug 1965

    Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.

  • 4 May 1965

    San Francisco Giants outfielder, Willie Mays, broke the record for home runs.

  • 24 Jul 1958

    Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams was fined $250 for spitting on fans.

  • 8 Oct 1956

    New York Yankees' Don Larsen pitches only World Series perfect game.

  • 27 Apr 1947

    Babe Ruth Day was commemorated for the first time to celebrate one of baseball's greatest players of all time.

  • 10 Apr 1947

    Jackie Robinson signed the first Major League Baseball contract for a Black ballplayer.

  • 3 May 1936

    New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio, made his major-league debut.

  • 11 Aug 1929

    Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth became the first member of the 500 home run club.

  • 26 May 1925

    Ty Cobb, a future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, was the first to gain 1,000 extra-base hits.

  • 28 Sep 1919

    The New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the fastest-ever MLB game in history.

  • 13 Mar 1915

    American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.

  • 11 Jul 1914

    Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth made his Major League Baseball debut for the Boston Red Sox.

  • 27 Aug 1910

    Two baseball teams played a night match at White Sox Party using three 100-foot towers lit with 12 electric lamps.

  • 5 May 1904

    Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in modern major league baseball.

  • 21 Aug 1901

    American baseball player Joe McGinnity was suspended after a brawl in which he punched and spat at umpire Tom Connolly.

  • 22 May 1883

    When Cubs' player Billy Sunday played his first game, he struck out four times.

  • 4 May 1869

    The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game, winning with 45-9 against the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.