Born August 3, 1894, in San Francisco, California, was Baseball Hall of Fame Outfielder, Harry Heilmann. This legend was the American League batting champion four different seasons as a member of the Detroit Tigers. Slug, as he was known,played professional baseball for 19 years between 1913 and 1932, including 17 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1914, 1916–1929) and Cincinnati Reds (1930, 1932). He was a play-by-play announcer for the Tigers for 17 years from 1934 to 1950. Heilmann held a .380 batting average, .452 on-base percentage, .583 slugging percentage, and averaged 116 RBI, 41 doubles, 11 triples, and 104 runs scored per season. From 1919 through 1930, Harry also hit over .300 for 12 consecutive seasons.
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Baseball History on June 15 from the Baseball Almanac
The Baseball Almanac website carries a plethora of June 15 events like:
1928 - Ty Cobb, 41 years old, steals home for the 54th and final time.
1931 - Cut-down day for major league rosters brings the retirement of Eddie Collins and Harry Heilmann.
May 6 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 - 5 - 22 - 7 - 8 May 6, 1915 - The Sultan of Swing, Future Baseball Hall of Fame hitter, Babe Ruth smacked his first M...
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May 5 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 5, 1904 - Did you ever wonder how you get your name on an iconic award? This next story is a great step towards doing just that...
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May 4 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. 4 - 26 - 22 - 34 - 13 - 27 - 87 - 8 May 4, 1871 - The first official league game of baseball was played in the National Assoc...
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May 3 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. 9 - 5 - 12 - 21 - 44 - 6 - 8 - 16 - 23 May 3, 1936 - A big event in New York Yankee history occurred. Number 9, Joe DiMaggio ...
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May 2 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. 4 May 2, 1876 - Second baseman for the Chicago White Stockings, Ross Barnes hit the first home run in National League history...
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May 1 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 - 23 - 1 - 4 May 1, 1884 - The Toledo Blue Stockings made history by signing catcher Moses Fleetwood Walker. It doesn't...
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