Turkey Stearnes Career Bio from SABR
This Day In Baseball June 9
1914 - Honus Wagner becomes the first player in baseball’s modern era to reach 3,000 hits.
1934 - Boston hurler Lefty Grove becomes the first pitcher in major league history to yield six doubles in one inning.
1946 - Ted Williams hits the longest homerun at Fenway Park.
1963 - Ernie Banks drills three HRs including two off Sandy Koufax.
Clubs will be restricted to four distinct uniforms for the 2023 season
The MLB and Nike have restricted the number of uniform choices that each MLB club can wear during the season. Prior to 2023, each team could have an uncapped supply of different uniforms and combinations they could dress in for games. Nike, who now produces all MLB uniforms, has requested teams have a selection of only four to choose from starting with the 2023 season.
About David Krell
David Krell as described on his website is an Author, Speaker, and a Historian. He is a former TV news producer, and speaks often at the Baseball Hall of Fame and other engagements. David has authored some great reads such as books include 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK, Do You Believe in Magic? Baseball and America in the Groundbreaking Year of 1966, and Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory and Popular Culture. David edited the anthologies The New York Yankees in Popular Culture and The New York Mets in Popular Culture.
Baseball History Unpacked - June 16
1887 - A huge brawl breaks out in the ninth inning of a game between the Browns and Orioles in Baltimore, MD when Curt Welch bowls over Orioles 2B Bill Greenwood in the 9th.
1909 - Jim Thorpe makes his baseball pitching debut for the Rocky Mount Railroaders (Eastern Carolina League).
June 14 Cubs birthdays: Pete O’Brien, Jack Rowan, Fritz Mollwitz, Ken Johnson, Joe Decker, Calvin Schiraldi, Jose Nieves, Kerry Wood.
This Day in Baseball June 3
1888 - The first publication of Ernest L. Thayer’s poem Casey at the Bat appears in the San Francisco Examiner.
1907 - Stoney McGlynn of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches both games in a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds
1918 - Dutch Leonard, facing only 28 batters, tosses his second career no-hitter.
1925 - Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox collects his 3,000th hit.
1937 - Josh Gibson is credited with a drive that hits just two feet below the rim of Yankee Stadium.
1967 - Harmon Killebrew 503 foot homerun the longest home run ever hit in Metropolitan Stadiu
This Day In Baseball June 13
1949- Three-Finger Brown, Charlie Gehringer, and Kid Nichols inducted into the Hall of Fame.
1957 - Ted Williams hits three home runs in the Boston Red Sox’ 9-3 win over the Cleveland Indians.
1966 - The Red Sox played the Indians in Cleveland and three home runs were lost to the rain out. (Boston- George Scott,Indians -Jose Azcue and Leon Wagner)
This Day in Baseball June 11
1875 – George Hall of the Athletics hits 2 consecutive homers as Philadelphia trounces.
1891 – Herman Long goes 6 for 6 with 4 runs scored for the Boston Beaneaters.
1926 - Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle.
1967 - The Twins’ Dean Chance tosses a one-hitter.
1968 - Roberto Clemente hits one of longest ever hit in Candlestick.
This Day in Baseball June 1
1887- The Louisville Colonels were playing in Philadelphia against the Athletics when Lave Cross batted out of order and made outs in the second and fifth innings.
1906 - Women appear at the Polo Grounds ticket windows for the first time.
1920 - Babe Ruth bats cleanup in the Yankees’ lineup
1921 - Dave Bancroft Hits for the cycle and passes out on the bench.
1955 - Duke Snider hits three home runs at Ebbets Field.
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Best baseball players born on May 27
Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for May 27:
1) Frank Thomas (1968)
What a machine. What a nickname. What a player. The Big Hurt was — www.mlb.com
The MLB.com website shares the best baseball players born on May 27. Their list includes names like: Frank Thomas, Jeff Bagwell, Gary Nolan, Todd Hundley, and Yan Moncada