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⚾Jimmy Piersall celebrates his 100th career home run by running the bases backward
June 23, 1969: Jimmy Piersall celebrates his 100th career home run by running the bases backward
June 23, 1963, New York Mets’ outfielder Jimmy Piersall celebrates his 100th career home run by running in the correct order, but bases backward. Piersall’s homerun came in the bottom of the 5th when he lead off the inning, it was his first National League homerun. The stunt angers Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Dallas Green and Commissioner Ford Frick. The Mets will hand Jimmy his walking papers two days later by Casey Stengel. The Mets' outfielder, who thought of the stunt after being disappointed by the lack of attention Duke Snider's 400th round-tripper received.
Broadcast of the Day
June 23, 1963 Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets (Listen to Jimmy Run)
Did you know?
June 23, 1911, In a 3 - 2 New York win against the Senators, Highlander 1B Hal Chase makes a major-league record 21 putouts. Chase also collects 2 hits and scores a run. Jack Quinn picks up the win (5-2), the losing pitcher was Walter Johnson (6-7).
TRIVIA:
Who was the first catcher to have five hundred plate appearances in a season?
Hint: #1 He invested his entire savings in his new team, but lost it all when the league folded after the season.
Hint: #2 As a manager, he presided over more major league games than anyone else.
June 23, 1917, the Washington Senators in the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park. Babe Ruth started the game, walking the first batter, Ray Morgan. As newspaper accounts of the time relate, the short-fused Ruth then engaged in a heated argument with apparently equally short-fused home plate umpire Brick Owens. Owens tossed Ruth out of the game, and the even more enraged Ruth then slugged the umpire a glancing blow before being taken off the field; the catcher Pinch Thomas was also ejected. Ernie Shore was recruited to pitch, and came in with very few warm-up pitches. With a new pitcher and catcher, runner Morgan tried to steal but was thrown out. Shore then proceeded to retire the remaining 26 Senators without allowing a baserunner, earning a 4–0 Red Sox win. For many years the game was listed in record books as a "perfect game," but officially it is scored as a no-hitter, shared (albeit unequally) by two pitchers. Following the game, Ruth paid a $100 fine, was suspended for ten games, and issued a public apology for his behavior. He entered with the Babe and he left with the Babe. Shore, along with Babe Ruth and many other stars was sold to the New York Yankees by Red Sox owner Harry Frazee, where he closed out his career.
Click on Ernie Shore to listen to his interview about the game
June 23 1930 -- Hack Wilson hits for the cycle with two singles, a double, triple, and homer, and drives in six as the Cubs whip the Phils, 21 - 8, at Wrigley Field.
June 23 1934 -- The Cards beat the Dodgers, 5 - 4, with the win credited to Bill Hallahan, who relieves in the 6th inning and gives up a run. In the bottom half, the Cards score five runs, and Dizzy Dean comes in and shuts out Brooklyn in the last three innings. The official scorer refers the decision on the winning pitcher to National League president John Heydler, who gives it to Dean, eventually making his 30-win season possible. Heydler's telegram reads in part: "Dean pitched great ball during three innings to protect one-run lead and is winner. Hallahan pitched one inning rather poorly and did not stand to lose the game even had he continued."
June 23 1940 -- In Cleveland, 56,659 watch the Indians split with Boston. Cleveland wins the opener, 4 - 1, for their 8th win in a row, then Boston wins the nitecap, 2 - 0, on two Jim Tabor home runs. In the first game, Ted Williams and Doc Cramer collide chasing a fly ball. Williams is knocked unconscious and the ball goes for an inside-the-park home run.
June 23, 1946, Eddie Waitkus and Marv Rickert of the Chicago Cubs hit consecutive inside-the-park home runs in the fourth inning against the New York Giants. The dual inside-the-parkers, which occur at the spacious Polo Grounds, don’t prevent the Cubs from losing the game, 15-10.
June 23 1950 -- Eleven home runs - a major league record - drive in all the runs scored in a 10 - 9 Tiger win over the Yankees before 51,000 Detroit fans. Detroit has four home runs in the 4th inning as Dizzy Trout, Jerry Priddy, Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers connect. Pitcher Trout's home run, off Tommy Byrne, is his second-lifetime grand slam. Evers hits another home run, an inside-the-park two-run game-winner in the 9th off Joe Page to win it. For New York, Hank Bauer connects for two homers, including one in the 4th inning. Joe DiMaggio, Jerry Coleman, Yogi Berra and pinch hitter Tommy Henrich also belt round trippers. It is the first time that nine different players connect for homers in a game.
June 23 1963 -- A major league fielding record is set by Boston's 1B Dick Stuart as "Dr. Strange Glove" handles three 1st-inning grounders and tosses to P Bob Heffner for putouts each time. Stuart's teammates and Fenway Park fans give him a standing ovation. The Yankees beat the Sox, 8 - 0. Heffner is just the second pitcher to have three putouts in an inning: Boston's Jim Bagby (1940) is the other.
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June 23, 1971, At Riverfront Stadium Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Rick Wise puts on an awesome one-man display in pitching a 4-0 victory. Wise no-hits a powerful Cincinnati Reds’ lineup, he faces only 28 batters on 95 pitches. Pete Rose is retired as the final out of the no hitter. Wise also becomes the first man to hit two home runs while pitching a no-hitter, he goes deep against Ross Grimsley and Clay Carroll. The Phillies' hurler will again hit two home runs in the same game this season on August 28th.
Click on Wise to see his performance!
June 23, 1973, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Ken Brett hits a home run in the fourth consecutive game he pitches, setting a major league record. Brett’s longball helps the Phillies to a 7-2 win over the Montreal Expos. He hit home runs on June 9th, 13th, and 18th: he will total 10 for his career
June 23 1984 -- At Wrigley Field, in game that will be known as "the Sandberg game", the Cubs' Ryne Sandberg goes 5 for 6 with game-tying home runs off Cardinals relief ace Bruce Sutter in both the 9th and 10th innings. He drives in seven runs to lead Chicago to a 12 - 11 win in 11 innings. It is the first time Sutter has given up two home runs to the same batter in the same game. Dave Owen's bases-loaded single wins it. Willie McGee hits for the cycle and drives in six runs in a losing cause.
June 23, 1981, the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings complete the longest game in professional baseball history. Dave Koza’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 33rd inning gives Pawtucket a 3-2 win. The game features several future major league stars, including Cal Ripken Jr.
More Games over at Classic Baseball Brodcasts:
1975 St Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
1978 California Angels vs Texas Rangers
1979 Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
1984 Los Angels Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves
Quote of the day:
“He touched every base, didn’t he?” Casey Stengel said after Jimmy Piersall ran the bases backwards. “He just wanted to let everyone know he hit a homer. That’s a backward dance step he got in a dance hall.”
Milestones
Birthdays:Highlights: Dave Bristol | Debuts:Notable: Harmon Killebrew |
Final Games:Highlights: Bob Robertson | Passings:Notable: Bob Tillman |
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