Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on June 12: Gehrig has a career day, a an early baseball pitcher set a record.
12 June in Sports History
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Daily Digits June 12
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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June 12, 18 - Worcester Ruby Legs pitcher Lee Richmond threw the first perfect game in MLB history in 1-0 win over Cleveland Blues at the Agricultural County Fair Grounds, Worcester
June 12, 1922 - St Louis Browns pitcher Hub Pruett struck out future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth, who wore Number 3 a total of 3 consecutive times as St. Louis beats New York Yankees, 7 - 1 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
June 12, 1928 - Number 4 of the New York Yankees future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig collected 14 total bases with 2 triples and 2 home runs in a 15-7 win over Chicago White Sox
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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 the 1905 Basketball Team Hehe, taken by an unknown.
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