MLB History of May 29
The great events in baseball history of May 29 are covered in this collection of expert posts and websites.
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.
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.
The Starting Nine Blogs provides some awesome moments from baseball history on May 29 including:
1989 -Mike Schmidt announced retirement.
