Here is what happened in Sports Jersey History on June 3: Some legendary baseball stars garner the headlines! Listen in to learn more about these stories of sports history and more from the uniforms and jerseys the players wore.
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Daily Digits June 3
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 3, 1851 - The first baseball uniforms recorded were worn when the New York Knickerbockers members wore a uniform of straw hats, white shirts and blue long trousers.
June 3, 1918 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Dutch Leonard tossed his 2nd career no-hitter. The Sox used his strong performance on the hill in disposing of the Detroit Tigers, 5-0 at Navin Field.
June 3, 1932 - Future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman New York Yankees, Number 4, Lou Gehrig became the first MLB player to hit 4 consecutive Home Runs in a MLB game. With this bit of offense, the NY Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, by the tune of a 20-13 score at Philly's Shibe Park.
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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 1916 photo taken of Hubert "Dutch" Leonard (left) & Bill Carrigan (right), Boston Red Sox players, taken by an unknown.
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