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This Day in Baseball June 19 - Waner 3000

This Day In Baseball June 19 Paul Waner reaches the 3,000-hit circle with a single against Truett “Rip” Sewell — thisdayinbaseball.com

ThisDayinBaseballHistory.com posts that on June 19:
1942 — Paul Waner got hit number 3,000 — a single off Rip Sewell — but the Boston Braves lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6.

Baseball History Unpacked - June 19

The BleedCubbieBlue.com folks give us these items of June 19 relevance:

-1900 - In a great pitching duel, Clark Griffith of the Chicago Orphans and Rube Waddell of the Pittsburgh Pirates match shutouts during 13 innings.

-1913 - Wilbur Good hits the first pinch-hit home run in Chicago Cubs history, off Grover Alexander.

Baseball History June 19

1846: First Organized Baseball Game On this date 173 years ago, the first organized baseball game was played. The New York Knickerbockers played against the New York Nine in a public game that used Cartwright’s rules. The Nine defeated the Knickerbockers by a score of 23-1 at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey. 1941-42: Joe — thegamehaus.com

The Gamehaues.com shares the June 19 baseball history of:
1846 - The first orgnaized baseball game being played between the New York Knickerbockers and the New York Nine.

This Day in Baseball June 19 - Vander Meer shuts em down

This Day In Baseball June 19 1938 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer continues his hitless innings streak — thisdayinbaseball.com

ThisDayinBaseballHistory.com posts that on June 19:
1938 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer continues his hitless innings streak.

June 19 Baseball History

The Starting Nine column provides this June 19 tidbit:
1942- New York Yankee centerfielder Joe DiMaggio strikes out three times in one game. It was the first and only such occurrence in his 13-year career.
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