This Day In Baseball May 29

ThisDayinBaseball.com takes a wide sweep of May 29 baseball history an among the items in their net are pieces of history such as:
1880 - Boston with George Wright in its lineup‚ upsets a tough Chicago squad.
1905 - Possibly the 1st spitball is thrown by a player named Elmer Stricklett
1916 - Christy Mathewson pitches the New York Giants to their 17th consecutive road victory.


1928 - Bill Terry hits for the cycle to lead the Giants to a 12 – 5 win over Brooklyn.

1941 - Ted Williams is 3 for 5 and scores a pair in the Red Sox’s 6 – 4 win over the A’s. Ted will score 2 or more runs for the next 7 games, giving him 8 in a row.

1942 - New York’s Lefty Gomez‚ self-described as the worst-hitting pitcher in baseball‚ bangs out 4 hits in pitching a four-hit‚ 16 – 1 victory over Washington. They are his last major league hits. Buddy Hassett adds 4 hits as well.

1951 -Indians hurler Bob Lemon one-hits the Tigers, 2 – 1.

1955 - Larry Doby of the Indians hits the first major league homer.

On This Day in Baseball May 29, 1989

  Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt announces his retirement. Despite his announcement fans will still vote him in as the NL starting third basemen. He was selected to 12 All-St… — thestartingnine.wordpress.com
The Starting Nine Blogs provides a moment from baseball history on May 29, 1989 -Mike Schmidt announcing retirement.

May 29th - 1980s Baseball

Happy Birthday to a former Commissioner, a big day for Johnny Bench, and a sad day in Phillies history highlight May 29th in 1980s Baseball. — 80sbaseball.com
J. Daniel on his 80sBaseball.com web pages carries some great moments from May 29 including:
1986 - Debut of Chuck Finley.

1980 - A Complete game by Bob Welch.
1980 - 3 HRs by Johnny Bench
and so much more.