MLB History of May 31
We are reminded of the history of baseball on May 31 with this collection of the posts from the experts:
J. Daniel leads off with 80sBaseball.com nuggets from May 31 like:
1980 - The Ken Landreaux hitless streak story.
1980 - Gary Carter pound two HRs for Expos in loss to Cards.
The BaseballAlmanac.com shares some May 31 gems of the diamond such as:
1948 - A lefthander for Schenectady (Canadian-American League) named Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in a 15-inning game against Amsterdam.
1964 - After Juan Marichal's 5-3, first-game win, San Francisco holds a 6-1 lead in the nightcap until New York rallies for five runs to tie it in the seventh.
ThisDayinBaseball.com provides the May 31 history of dozens of events including:
1869 - The first rain out involving a professional baseball team.
1925 - Ty Cobb’s 275th triple makes him the first player ever with 1,000 extra-base hits.
1927 - Jimmie Foxx hits his first career homerun.
1938 - Lou Gehrig plays in his 2,000th consecutive game.
2006 - Jose Castillo hits a home run in his fifth straight game as Pittsburgh beats Milwaukee for the third consecutive time.
