August 19

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Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 1921
- 1.2 1930
- 1.3 1931
- 1.4 1934
- 1.5 1939
- 1.6 1945
- 1.7 1969
- 1.8 1974
- 1.9 1975
- 1.10 1980
- 1.11 1987
- 1.12 1992
- 1.13 2000
2 Debuts
3 Births
- 3.1 1931
- 3.2 1935
- 3.3 1955
- 3.4 1958
- 3.5 1960
- 3.6 1966
- 3.7 1978
- 3.8 1982
4 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] 1921

MLB Hall-of-Famer Ty Cobb collects his 3,000th career base hit. At 34 years of age, he becomes the youngest player ever to do so.

[edit] 1930

Goose Goslin hits three straight home runs in a St. Louis Browns victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.
Chicago Cubs outfielder Hack Wilson hits his 43rd home run of the season, tying Chuck Klein's National League record. Ironically, Klein is in right field for the Cubs opponents, the Philadelphia Phillies.

[edit] 1931

Philadelphia Athletics hurler Lefty Grove wins his 16th consecutive game, tying Walter Johnson's American League record, as the A's beta the Chicago White Sox.

[edit] 1934

The fist ever Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.

[edit] 1939

Boston Red Sox Hall-of-Famer Ted Williams smashes his first Major League grand slam. The Sox win the game 8-6 over the Washington Senators.

[edit] 1945

MLB Hall-of-Famer Jimmie Foxx makes his first Major League start as a pitcher. He goes 7 innings against the Cincinnati Reds and earns the victoy, 6-2.

[edit] 1969

Chicago Cubs pitcher Ken Holtzman tosses a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves. Ron Santo's 3-run homer provides Holtzman all the support he'll need in the Cubs' 3-0 victory.

[edit] 1974

Cincinnati Reds second-baseman Joe Morgan leaves after three innings in a 15-2 blow-out of the Phildalphia Phillies. In his abbreviated day, Morgan had 7 RBI (a grand slam and a three-run shot).

[edit] 1975

The cricket test match between England and Australia is called off after the pitch is vandalised by supporters of George Davis.

[edit] 1980

Kansas City Royals third-baseman George Brett is held hitless by Texas hurler Jon Matlack. The O-fer ends Brett's 30-game hit streak.

[edit] 1987

MLB slugger Rob Deer hits a grand slam against the Cleveland Indians. He'll hit another one the following day to become just the 11th player in MLB history to hit grand slams in consecutive games. In the same game, Paul Molitor's 4-hit effort extends his hit streak to 34 games.

[edit] 1992

Romesh Kaluwitharana of Sri Lanka scores 132 on Test Cricket debut against Australia.

[edit] 2000

Astros first-baseman Jeff Bagwell hits his 300th career home run. In doing so, he becomes the first player to hit 300 in an Astros uniform.

[edit] Debuts

[edit] 1974

Jim Rice makes his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox against the Chicago White Sox.

[edit] 1981

Terry Francona makes his Major League debut for the Montreal Expos.

[edit] 1992

Bret Boone makes his Major League debut for the Seattle Mariners against the Baltimore Orioles.

[edit] Births

[edit] 1931

American jockey Willie Shoemaker born in Fabens, Texas.

[edit] 1935

MLB player Bobby Richardson born in Sumter, South Carolina.

[edit] 1955

MLB manager Ned Yost born in Eureka, California.

[edit] 1958

MLB first baseman and 1987 World Series champion Gary Gaetti born in Centralia, Illinois.
NFL Hall-of-Famer Anthony Munoz born in Ontario, California.

[edit] 1960

MLB pitcher and 1986 World Series champion Ron Darling born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
NFL placekicker Morten Andersen born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

[edit] 1966

MLB pitcher Woody Williams born in Houston, Texas.

[edit] 1978

MLB pitcher Chris Capuano born in Springfield, Massachusetts.

[edit] 1982

MLB infielder J.J. Hardy born in Tucson, Arizona.

[edit] Deaths

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