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30 May in Sports History

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Daily Digits May 30

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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May 30, 1890 - The first ever recorded home run of the Dodgers organization too place when first baseman Dave Foutz of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms', the early name of the Dodgers, hit a ball that cleard the fence during doubleheader to help the Grooms overcome the Chicago Colts at Washington Park, Brooklyn.

May 30, 1994 - Boston Beaneaters baseball second baseman Bobby Lowe became the very first player to hit 4 home runs in an MLB game. Lowe's production aided in a 20-11 win against Cincinnati.

May 30, 1927 - Walter Johnson posted the 110th and final shutout of his Baseball career, the most in MLB history. Johnson and the Washington Senators earned a 3-0 win over Boston Red Sox with the perfromance.

May 30, 1930 - Walking is great excecise right? Well Philadelphia Athletics player Max Bishop, Number 4 got plenty of aerobic health then as he was walked in 8 different at-bats in a doubleheader to set an MLB record.

May 30, 1931 - Philadelphia Phillies hitter Chuck Klein, Number 3 hit homer runs off  of pitcher Ben Cantwell  of the Boston Braves in both games of a single day's double header.


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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 David Luther Foutz, Pitcher, Brooklyn, from the series Old Judge Cigarettes Creator:Issued by Goodwin & Company circa 1888.


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