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On July 18 in Baseball History...​
  • 1882 - Ambidextrous pitcher Tony Mullane of Louisville pitched with both hands in a Major League game at Baltimore. Normally a right-hander, Mullane switched to the left hand in the fourth inning. He eventually lost 9-8.

  • 1912 - The Chicago Cubs had twenty-one hits in eleven innings but still lost to the Philadelphia Phillies when Gavvy Cravath stole home.

  • 1927 - Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics (the past 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers) doubled for his 4,000th hit at Detroit's Navin Field off former teammate Sam Gibson in the first inning.

  • 1948 - Pat Seerey of the Chicago White Sox hit four home runs in a 12-11, eleven-inning victory over the Philadelphia A's in the opener of a doubleheader.

  • 1962 - Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins each hit grand slams in the first inning of a 14-3 rout of the Cleveland Indians.

  • 1970 - Willie Mays bounced career hit number 3,000 through the left side of the infield off Mike Wegener in the second inning of San Francisco's 10-1 romp over Montreal.

  • 1987 - Don Mattingly tied Dale Long 31-year-old Major League record when he hit a home run for the eighth consecutive game in the Yankees' 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.

  • 1998 - Donnie Sadler's first Major League home run was the first of Boston's record four two-out homers in a 9-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

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VolPack22 said:
On July 18 in Baseball History...​
  • 1882 - Ambidextrous pitcher Tony Mullane of Louisville pitched with both hands in a Major League game at Baltimore. Normally a right-hander, Mullane switched to the left hand in the fourth inning. He eventually lost 9-8.

  • 1912 - The Chicago Cubs had twenty-one hits in eleven innings but still lost to the Philadelphia Phillies when Gavvy Cravath stole home.

  • 1927 - Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics (the past 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers) doubled for his 4,000th hit at Detroit's Navin Field off former teammate Sam Gibson in the first inning.

  • 1948 - Pat Seerey of the Chicago White Sox hit four home runs in a 12-11, eleven-inning victory over the Philadelphia A's in the opener of a doubleheader.

  • 1962 - Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins each hit grand slams in the first inning of a 14-3 rout of the Cleveland Indians.

  • 1970 - Willie Mays bounced career hit number 3,000 through the left side of the infield off Mike Wegener in the second inning of San Francisco's 10-1 romp over Montreal.

  • 1987 - Don Mattingly tied Dale Long 31-year-old Major League record when he hit a home run for the eighth consecutive game in the Yankees' 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.

  • 1998 - Donnie Sadler's first Major League home run was the first of Boston's record four two-out homers in a 9-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Baseball Birthdays on July 18... ​


Baseball Deaths on July 18... ​

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Joe Torre 83 years young,led Yankees to 4 World Championship in 5 years who did he manage before Yankees??
 
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knoxvol52 said:
Joe Torre 83 years young,led Yankees to 4 Works Championship in 5 years who did he manage before Yankees??
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Mets, Braves, and Cardinals. The most wins he had in a season before the Yankees was 89. He joins them and has at least 92 wins every single season except for one, and the one he didn’t he still got to 87 wins. He was a mediocre manager at best before he joined the Yankees.
 
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