June 3

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Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 1888
- 1.2 1932
- 1.3 1933
- 1.4 1978
- 1.5 1987
- 1.6 1989
- 1.7 1995
- 1.8 2001
- 1.9 2002
- 1.10 2003
2 Debuts
- 2.1 1851
- 2.2 1980
3 Finales
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] 1888

Casey at the Bat, a poem by Ernest L. Thayer, appears in the San Francisco Examiner

[edit] 1932

Lou Gehrig becomes the first player in the 20th century to hit 4 home runs in one game. He barely misses a fifth as the New York Yankees set a record with 50 total bases in the game and beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 20-13.

John McGraw resigns as the manager of the New York Giants after 32 years, 3 World Series victories, and 9 National League pennants.

[edit] 1933

The Philadelphia A's score 11 times in the 2nd inning, but still lose the game, 17-11 to the New York Yankees who scored 10 in the fifth.

[edit] 1978

Davey Johnson of the Philadelphia Phillies hits his second pinch-hit grandslam of the season becoming the first major league player to hit two pinch-hit homers in the same season.

[edit] 1987

The Chicago Cubs hit 3 grandslams and beat the Houston Astros, 22-7.

[edit] 1989

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs play in the longest baseball game in major league history. The contest lasted 22 innings and took 7 hours and 14 minutes before the Astros came out ahead, 5-4.

Nolan Ryan pitches a complete game, one-hitter, the 11th of his career as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners, 6-1.

[edit] 1995

Pedro Martinez pitches 9 perfect innings before allowing a double in the 10th. His Montreal Expos beat the San Diego Padres, 1-0.

[edit] 2001

Manny Ramirez hits a 491 foot blast in Toronto. It is the longest home run hit in SkyDome history.

[edit] 2002

Buck Martinez is fired by the Toronto Blue Jays becoming the fifth manager of the year to get the boot.

[edit] 2003

Derek Jeter is named the captain of the New York Yankees

Sammy Sosa's bat shatters and exposes a cork center. He is suspended 8 games for using a corked bat.

[edit] Debuts

[edit] 1851

The New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball team to wear uniforms. They wore straw hats, white shirts and blue trousers.

[edit] 1980

The cable network ESPN began televising college world series games.

[edit] Finales

[edit] Births

See the All-Time Team for June 3rd birthdays

[edit] Deaths

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