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August 19
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
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August 19, 1957, the board of directors of the New York Giants votes nine to one to move the franchise to San Francisco. the only dissenting vote cast by M. Donald Grant, who will become the chairman of the Mets, an expansion team located in New York to fill the National League void created by the departure of the Giants and Dodgers to California. The Giants will join the rival Brooklyn Dodgers on the West Coast, beginning with the 1958 season. The Giants will initially play games at Seals Stadium before moving into Candlestick Park.
Giants’ president Horace Stoneham, ignoring baseball’s edict of banning announcements about the relocation of franchises until after the World Series, informs the press the club has signed a lease to play its home games in San Francisco next season. The club’s Board of Directors voted 8-1 approving the shift to the West Coast, with the only dissenting vote cast by M. Donald Grant, who will become the chairman of the Mets, an expansion team located in New York to fill the National League void created by the departure of the Giants and Dodgers to California.
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Todays Trivia . . .
Who was the team leader in pitching wins and WAR for Cleveland in its first year as an American League franchise?
Answer in a bit!
Quote of the day:
“O’Malley (Walter O’Malley president of the Dodgers) posed the question that ‘if the Dodgers wanted to relocate in Los Angeles what would the league do?’
“Then Stoneham (President Horace Stoneham of the Giants) said: ‘What about me, if I want to move to San Francisco?’
Game of The Day:
Game of the Day — August 19, 1965 Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds pitches a 10-inning no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs. Maloney wins the game, 1-0, on a home run by shortstop Leo “Chico” Cardenas. Earlier in the season, Maloney pitched no-hit ball for 10 innings before losing to the New York Mets, 1-0, in the 11th inning.
🎧 Other Classic Broadcasts — August 19
August 19,1967 California Angels vs Boston Red Sox
Starting pitchers: Rickey Clark vs Jose Santiago Todays broadcasters: Curt Gowdy
August 19, 1980 St Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
Todays starting pitchers: Doug Bair vs Silvio Martainez
Todays broadcasters: Tom Manning and Joe Nuxhall
August 19, 1989 Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
Todays starting pitchers: Bob Ojeda vs John Wetteland
Todays broadcasters: NBC Game of the Week
Todays Podcast
August 19 highlights and Historic Days!
August 19, 1917 — Coaching at third base in a 1 – 1 game against Washington, Ty Cobb gives baserunner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit; Burns keeps going and scores the winning run. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him, as the rules now ban coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins, 2 – 0.
August 19, 1919 — The longest hitting streak in professional baseball ends at 69 games when Joe Wilhoit is held hitless by the Tulsa Oilers in Western League action. The 33 year-old minor leaguer’s phenomenal stretch, which started on June 14th and included fifty games with two or more hits, ends with the Wichita Jobbers’ outfielder compiling a .512 batting average (153-for-297).
August 19, 1921, in the second game of a doubleheader, Tiger player/manager Ty Cobb bangs out a single for his 3,000th career base hit. The milestone hit comes off Boston’s Elmer Myers at Navin Field in Detroit. At 34 years old, Cobb is the youngest man to reach the 3,000-hit mark. The ‘Georgia Peach’ will end his career with 4,191 hits, the most ever in the major leagues until Pete Rose surpasses the mark in 1985.
August 19, 1941 — Pittsburgh Pirates manager Frankie Frisch is ejected by umpire Jocko Conlan from the second game of a doubleheader when he appears on the field with an umbrella to protest the playing conditions at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field. The rainy argument is later portrayed in a famous oil painting by artist Norman Rockwell.
August 19, 1969 — At Wrigley Field, Ken Holtzman no-hits the Braves, 3-0, with Ron Santo’s first inning homer off Phil Niekro providing all of the Cubs’ runs. The no-hitter is the fifth of the season, and the first since 1923 in which no strikeouts are recorded, when Sad Sam Jones accomplished the feat with the Yankees.
Bob Elson Interviews Ken Holtzman on June 30, 1979
August 19th, 1982 – Scheduled to pitch against the Expos at home, Braves rookie Pascual Perez misses his scheduled start when he can’t find his way to the ballpark. Perez circled the stadium on the interstate several times but was lost. He will be given a Braves jacket with the new number I-85 on it. Phil Niekro steps in and wins, 5-4, running his record to 11and 3
August 19th, 1987, Paul Molitor leads the Brewers, collecting four hits in a 13–4 drubbing of Cleveland. Molitor extends his hitting streak to 34 games tying Dom DiMaggio for 11th on the all-time list.
August 19, 1992 — 23 year-old SeattleMariners 2B Bret Boone makes his major league debut against the Orioles. By doing so, he becomes the first third-generation player in the major leagues, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Ray, and his father Bob. Boone picks up a single in four at-bats. Boone’s father, Bob, played from 1972 to 1990, and his grandfather, Ray, played from 1948 to 1960.
August 19th, 1998 Starting Pitcher Dustin Hermanson of the Montreal Expos allows three hits in seven innings in an 8–2 victory. This was Felipe Alou’s 521st career win as manager of the Montreal Expos, most in franchise history. Hermanson was clearly Alou’s good luck charm as he was also the starting and winning pitcher in Alou’s 400th, 450th, and 500th win.
August 19th, 2000 Jeff Bagwell hits two home runs and drives home five runs in the Astros 10-8 victory over the Brewers. Bagwell is the first Astro to reach 300 homers in his career.
News Reels August 19
Bob Elson Interviews Sparky Anderson on August 19, 1978
Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers (8-19-1987) “Kirby Puckett With Great Catch”
Milestones August 19
🎙️ Did you know? Bill Freehan was one of the top catchers of his era. He played his whole major league career with the Detroit Tigers, excelling in both hitting and fielding. He won five Gold Gloves and was an All-Star eleven times. He was once second in the MVP voting and once third and won a World Series in 1968 with the Tigers. Passed away on this day in 2021. He has 49 Games in our archives . . . Listen here
Birthdays:
Notable: Bobby Richardson
Debuts:
Notable: Bret Boone
Final Games:
Highlights: Von Hayes
Passings:
Notable: Bill Freehan
New From Around the League!
ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA
TRIVIA ANSWER: EARL MOORE
Moore’s pitching record was 16-14 in 1901. His team-leading WAR for Cleveland in 1901 was 4.4. It was also the first year of the American League as a major league.
#1 Moore’s 1903 ERA of 1.74 outpaced those of, among others, Young (2.08), teammate Joss (2.19) & Mathewson (2.26).
#2 Moore played in:
1.) The AL for CLE 1901-1907 & NYY 1907;
2.) The NL for PHI 1908-1913 & CHC 1913; & finally
3.) The Federal League for the Buffalo Buffeds in 1914.
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