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The Sports history for June 7 reveals a historic pinch hit, at least in the eyes of the batter, a record for the oldest of baseball players is set and a very patient batter prevails.

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 7, 1892 - The first pinch hitter in baseball history? John J. Doyle of Cleveland Spiders claimed he was the 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game. According to SABR.org, Doyle was called upon by his manager, Patsy Tebeau in the ninth inning of a game at Brooklyn to bat in place of pitcher George Davies. He responded by hitting a single, which Doyle would later claim won the game. However the records prove that it didn’t. Brooklyn won the contest, 2-1. Nonetheless, for many years this was indeed thought to be the first instance of a pinch-hitter being used in a major league game. Doyle surely thought so, as he often recanted all the details of his accomplishment. Years after Doyle passed away, however, researchers verified a pinch-hitting appearance for Charlie Reilly of Philadelphia (NL) on April 29, 1892, and have found others still that may have reached the accomplishment earlier.

June 7, 1932 - You are never too old.... At the ripe old age of 47 years, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Jack Quinn, Number 22 became the oldest player in MLB history to have ever recorded an extra-base hit  when he smacked  a doublein a conest where the Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs, 9-2,

June 7, 1972 - Pittsburgh Pirate's batter Gene Alley, Number 14 had plenty of patience as he earned a bases-loaded walk, allowing the Bucs to beat the Padres 1-0 in 18th inning.

June 7, 2023 - In game 3 of the NBA Finals a new milestone was reached by two members of the Denver Nuggets in their 109-94 victory over the Miami Heat in South Florida. Jamal Murray (Number 27 ) and Nikola Jokic (Number 15) made history by recording 30-point triple-doubles in one NBA ppost season game by teammates. Jokic posted a never seen before in NBA Finals numbers with 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists. Murray finished with 34 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in the all important game, that now had the Nuggets up 2 games to 1 over the Heat. 

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 Jack Quinn & Jim Vaughn wearing partial 1909 uniforms, from the Bain News Service.