Born July 23, 1936, in Los Angeles, California, was Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher, Don Drysdale. This legend of the mound was a World Series Champions with the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers in 1959, 63, 65. Drysdale was a nine-time MLB All Star, and won the coveted Cy Young Award in 1962. One of the most dominant pitchers of the late 1950s to mid 1960s, Drysdale stood 6 ft 5 in tall and was not afraid to throw pitches near batters to keep them off balance.
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This Day In Baseball June 8
1909 - Cack Henley completes the longest complete-game shutout in baseball history.
1933- Jimmie Foxx homers in 4 straight at bats over 2 games.
1968 - Don Drysdale’s major league record streak of consecutive scoreless innings comes to an end.
1977 - Nolan Ryan notches his fourth career 19-strikeout game.
May 19 Numbers
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. 8 - 6 - 30 May 19, 1942 - Boston Braves outfielder Paul Waner, Number 8 became the third player in NL history at the tim...
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May 18 Numbers
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. 3 - 7 - 16 May 18, 1897 - Early MLB star of the New York Giants, Bill Joyce established a record of 4 triples in 1 ...
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May 17 Numbers
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. 44 - 36 May 17, 1925 - Cleveland Indians centerfielder Tris Speaker reached his 3,000th hit in his MLB career. In 1...
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May 16 Numbers
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. 5 - 9 - 22 May 16, 1927 - New York Yankee outfielder, Bob Meusel, wearing Number 5 stole 2nd base, 3rd base and&nbs...
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May 15 Numbers
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. May 15, 1912 - Detroit Tigers star slugger Ty Cobb, let's an obnoxious fan get to him and the player leaped the rail...
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May 14 Numbers
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. 3 - 37 - 7 May 14, 1913 - Washington Senator pitcher Walter Johnson, had his amazing MLB record of scoreless innings str...
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