A peer into the portal of Sports History for June 13 has us looking at some famous pitchers and hitters and the amazing things that they did on this day.
13 June in Sports History
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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 13, 1905 - Future Hall of Fame inducteed and New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson threw a second career no-hitter, beating the Chicago Cubs, 1-0 at West Side Grounds, Chicago
June 13, 1921 - The New York Yankees had a pretty talented guy on the mound when they faced the Detroit Tigers. The pitcher was none other than Babe Ruth who hit 2 Home Runs to help his own cause in the victory over the Tigers 11-8. Ruth took the hill in relief with revenge in his heart. Oh and did we mention that Ruth also struck out rival hitter Ty Cobb in the contest after Cobb in an earlier game in the series humilated the Yankee's star with discouraging remarks about the Bambino's nose and waist-line?
14 Jun 1921, Tue The Muscatine Journal (Muscatine, Iowa) Newspapers.com
June 13, 1937 - Joe DiMaggio, Number 5 of the New York Yankees hit 3 consecutive Home Runs against the St Louis Browns. 16-9 was the final score as the Yanks flexxed their offensive muscles a bit behind their star player.
14 Jun 1937, Mon The Herald-Press (Saint Joseph, Michigan) Newspapers.com
June 13, 1957 - Ted Williams, Number 9 became the first player in the American League to have hit two, games in a season where he launched 3 Home Runs. Williams helped power the Bostpn Red Sox bats to a win over Cleveland's Indians, 9-3.
14 Jun 1957, Fri The Paducah Sun (Paducah, Kentucky) Newspapers.com
Credits
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 cropped version of Christy Mathewson and Joe Wood photograph probably 1917, taken by an unknown.