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April 14
⚾ Nearly perfect debut Billy Rohr
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April 14, 1967 – On opening day Boston Red Sox rookie pitcher Billy Rohr makes a memorable debut by no-hitting the New York Yankees for eight and two-thirds innings. Elston Howard spoils Rohr’s masterpiece with full count two-out single in the 9th, but the Red Sox still win, 3 – 0. Despite his impressive debut, Rohr will win only two more games in his major league career.
This is a short video of the complete ninth inning of Red Sox rookie lefthander Billy Rohr's no-hit bid. Rohr got the first out in the ninth on Carl Yastrzemski's incredible diving grab off the bat of Tom Tresh. After Rohr retired Joe Pepitone for the second out, he lost the no-no when Elston Howard singled to right field (some Yankees fans threw their programs and booed him!) The rookie got Charley Smith for the final out of a 3-0 one-hit win, an early-season game that gave one of the first hints of what would be the Red Sox' exciting Impossible Dream American League pennant season. (Watch it here)
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April 14, 1955 — Elston Howard, who will be named the American League’s MVP in 1963, becomes the first black to play for the New York Yankees. The 26-year-old catcher/outfielder makes his debut against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park as he hits a single with one RBI in the Yankees’ 8 – 4 loss. The former Monarchs’ catcher will appear in nine All-Star Games and 54 World Series games, compiling a .274 batting average during his 14-year playing career.
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Trivia:
In Billy Rohr’s master piece another rookie second baseman got him all the runs he needed with a homerun in just his 10th career game, who was he?
Hint: The answer is below
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
April 14, 1925 — In the first regular-season Chicago Cubs game to be broadcast on the radio, Quin Ryan announces the contest from the grandstand roof for WGN. Grover Alexander wins for the Cubs, 8 – 2, over the Pirates and helps himself with a single, double, and home run.
April 14, 1960, Eddie Sawyer resigns as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies just one day into the new season. The Phillies replace Sawyer, the manager of the National League champion “Whiz Kids” of 1950, with Gene Mauch, who begins a 26-year managing career in the major leagues
April 14, 1968, Jim Bunning wins his first game for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a 3 – 0 shutout over the Dodgers. For Bunning, it is his 40th career shutout and includes his 1,000th National League strikeout, becoming the first pitcher since Cy Young to reach the 1,000 mark in both the National and American Leagues.
April 14, 1969, the expansion Montreal Expos host their first game north of the border, marking the first time a regular season major league game is played outside of the United States. 29,417 fans came to see the Expos win their debut at Jarry Park, edging the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-7. Montreal moundsman Larry Jaster throws baseball’s first international pitch to Cardinal left fielder Lou Brock.
April 14, 1976 — In the 6th inning of today’s 6 – 5 loss to Chicago, the Mets’ Dave Kingman hits what will become widely regarded as the longest home run ever hit in Wrigley Field, estimated at 600 feet in many of the next day’s press accounts, with the putative “paper of record” going as high as 630.
April 14, 1991 –At Arlington Stadium, Nolan Ryan becomes the 12th pitcher in major league history to surpass 5,000 innings pitched and gets plenty of hitting help as Texas whips Baltimore, 15 – 3. Ryan had not beat the Orioles since 1976, He had been 1-11 in 15 starts since he no-hit the Orioles. Ryan’s only blemish was a 3 run homer to Sam Horn in the first inning, overall he gave up just 2 hits and punched out 9.
Quote of the day:
“It’s a big place and I was nervous,” said Boston’s 21-year-old left-hander Billy Rohr about seeing Yankee Stadium for the first time. “After I got the first batter out I forgot all about it”
MILESTONES
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Highlights: Pete Rose, Greg Maddux, Joe Lahoud
Debuts
Notable, Billy Rohr
Final Games
Eddie Sawyer
Passings
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Trivia Answer:
Reggie Smith homered off Whitey Ford.
