30 July in Sports History

Some very interesting MLB events occurred on July 30 as well as a star from a FIFA Cup final is remembered in today's look back 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.

41 - 47 - 33 - 44 - 10 - 4 - 11 - 24 - 22 - 31 -18 -

July 30, 1937 - Philadelphia Phillies Dolph Camilli, played 1st base and did not register any put outs for the entire game, Dolph would wear the Number 41 in just a few short years from then.

July 30, 1947 - Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Ewell Blackwell, Number 47 had his record-breaking 16 game winning streak ends, losing to NY Giants 5-4

July 30, 1954 - Bob Kennedy, Number 33 hit the first grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles franchise, The New version of the Orioles started operations in 1954 when the St Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and assumed the name vacated in the early twentieth century when the original Orioles folded and were moved to New York to become the Highlanders.

July 30, 1959 - In his MLB debut, SF Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman wearing Number 44, Willie McCovey went 4-for-4 in a 7-2 win over Philadelphia Phillies at Seal Stadium

July 30, 19​​​​​​​66 - In FIFA World Cup Final action at Wembley Stadium, London, England. British Striker Geoff Hurst, wearing the celebrated Number 10 jersey scored a hat trick as England beats West Germany, 4-2 after extra time was added to the contest.

July 30, 19​​​​​​​68 - Washington Senator shortstop Ron Hansen, Number 4 made the 8th unassisted triple-play in MLB history and first in 41 years as Senators lose, 10-1 to Cleveland Indians

July 30, 19​​​​​​​69 - Houston Astros Denis Menke, Number 11 and Jim Wynn, wearing Number 24 each hit grandslam homeruns in 9th inning vs the New York Mets

July 30, 19​​​​​​​73 - Texas Rangers Jim Bibby, Number 22 no-hit the first-place Oakland A's, and supported a Rangers 6-0 victory

July 30, 19​​​​​​​88 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher John Franco, Number 31 set a record of 13 saves in just a 1 month period

July 30, 19​​​​​​​91 - Boston Red Sox Carlos Quintana, Number 18 was 11th MLB player in history to reach 6 RBIs in a single inning. It was his 3rd inning performance against the Texas Rangers in a Sox 11-6 victory. Most of the damage was done with a grandslam off of baseball legend Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd.

31 Jul 1991, Wed Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Newspapers.com

July 30, 19​​​​​​​95 - Richie Ashburn, Number 1 and long time Number 20, Mike Schmidt were enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame

A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com.

Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of 1934 Goudey baseball card of Dolph Camilli of the Philadelphia Phillies #91. PD-not-renewed