26 April in Sports History

Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.

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April 26, 1905 - Chicago Cubs left fielder, Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 Pittsburgh Pirates runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play. The Cubs win the game 2-1.

27 Apr 1905, Thu Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) Newspapers.com

April 26, 1912 - It was the first homerun ever hit out of Fenway Park! Hugh Bradley of the Red Sox knocked the game winner over the fence against Philadelphia's Athletics.

27 Apr 1912, Sat The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

April 26, 1931 - Yankees star, Lou Gehrig hit a Home Run but wass called out for passing a runner. This mistake ends up costing him the AL home run crown at the end of the season as Gehrig and teammate Babe Ruth tied for season in HRs.

The website of NBA.com offers these nuggets of history for the day.

April 26, 1972 - New York Knicks future Hall of Fame Forward, Number 24, Bill Bradley sank 11 of 12 field goal attempts as New York defeated Los Angeles 114-92 in the opening game of the NBA Finals. It was the Knicks’ only win of the series, however, as the Lakers went on to take the title in five games.

April 26, 1985 - Mark Eaton, wearing Number 53 of Utah blocked a playoff-record 10 shots in a 96-94 loss to Houston, a record that would be matched by Houston’s Number 34, Hakeem Olajuwon against the Los Angeles Lakers on April 29, 1990.

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Here are some more great pieces of MLB history that occurred on April 26 from a couple of our favorite sites:

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April 26th in 1980s Baseball

J. Daniel shares some top items of the MLB that occurred on April 26, including the birthdays of Mike Scott, Amos Otis, Lou Thorton, Steve Lombardozzi, and baseball moments of importance from Bill Lyons, Curt Wilkerson, John Elway, Orel Hershiser, Mike Heath, Steve Carlton, Wade Boggs, Eric Show, Dave Parker, Joe Carter, Keith Hernandez. MLB April 26

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This Day in Baseball April 26

The website ThisDayInBaseball.com chronicles some fantastic items that took place on April 26 featuring stars like: Addie Joss, Ty Cobb, Jack McCarthy, Lou Gehrig, Pete Gray, Hary Feldman, Art Houtteman, Bob Turley, Cal Neeman, Willard Schmidt, Don Bessent, Bob Bruce, Lenny Randle, Steve Carlton, Metrodome, Kevin Mitchell, Keith Hernandez, Rico Borgna, Vince Coleman, Eric Karros, Rich Ankiel, Jim Edmonds, Fernando Tatis, Ryne Sandberg, Vladimir Guerrero, Kevin Malone, Tori Hunter, and more. MLB April 26

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A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, This Day in Baseball, NBA.com,the Vintage Hockey Jerseys website, 80sbaseball.com, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com.

Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of the 1904 Chicago Cubs baseball team. Standing, left to right: Johnny Kling, J. McCarthy, Bob Wicker, Frank Chance, Davy Jones, Jake Weimer, Carl Lundgren, Troy
Sitting, left to right: Johnny Evers, Buttons Briggs, Doc Casey, Jimmy Slagle, Joe Tinker, Mordecai Brown, Otto Williams, taken by an unknown.