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⚾Rube Marquard wins 19th straight
His streak put him into Cooperstown
July 3, 1912 New York Giants’ Rube Marquard nips Nap Rucker, 2 – 1, to capture his 19th straight game this season. With two end-of-year wins in 1911, he has 21 in a row in regular season play. Both marks are records. On the 8th, the Cubs will beat him, but he will ultimately compile a league-leading 26 victories against 11 defeats. Today’s game is the Giants’ 16th consecutive win. Brooklyn will end the streak tomorrow.
Rube Marquard pitched into his late 30s, winning more than 200 games in his career. He was part of five pennant-winning teams, helping both the New York Giants and Brooklyn Robins to the World Series. He was best known for his amazing 19-game winning streak in 1912, which stretched from Opening Day to July 3rd. With the Giants he was in the shadow of Christy Mathewson, and never got along well with manager John McGraw, so in 1915 he received permission to arrange his own sale to Brooklyn. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1971.
Best Season, 1912
Rube, who received his nickname because he resembled Rube Waddell, beyond winning his first 19 decisions. He finished 26-11 with a 2.57 ERA in 294+ innings and just 80 walks. In the World Series, which was lost when outfielder Fred Snodgrass muffed a fly ball in extra-innings of the finale, Marquard was 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA in two complete game wins for the Giants.
No-Hit Fame
April 15,, 1915: For New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 at Polo Grounds 9 innings pitched
Factoid
Had Rube Marquard been playing under present baseball rules, his 19-game winning streak would have been 20. The righty was not credited with a victory over Brooklyn when he relieved in the eighth inning with the score tied and his club went on to win, 4-3.
Post-Season Notes
Marquard's teams lost every World Series, with Rube posting a 2-5 record with a 2.91 ERA in 11 games, eight of which were starts.
Todays featured Podcast: Don Drysdale
Broadcast of the Day
July 2, 1993 Montreal Expos vs LA Dodgers Don Drysdale last broadcast
Did you know?
July 3, 1950 At Griffith Stadium in Washington, With rookie Joe Collins not hitting and Tommy Henrich still injured, Casey Stengel afraid to ask Joe DiMaggio to play first base because of frosty relations has the co-owner, Dan Topping ask DiMaggio to play 1B in an experiment. In the 7 - 2 loss he handles 13 chances cleanly but is clearly not happy with the move.
TRIVIA:
Q. Who played in the most postseason series of any non-Yankee in the 1990s?
Hint: #1 He was an All-Star for three different expansion franchises.
Hint: #2 He was the first California Angels player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game.
July 3, 1925 -- Milt Stock sets a National League mark by having his fourth consecutive four-hit game, going 16-for-23 during the span to compile a .696 batting average. The 31 year-old second baseman's offensive output, which includes three singles and a triple, helps the Robins beat the Giants at Ebbets Field, 6-3.
July 3, 1947, Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck purchases the contract of outfielder Larry Doby from the Newark Eagles of the Negro American League. Doby will play in his first game two days later, becoming the first African-American player in American League history.
July 3, 1966 Mickey Mantle hits a 1st-inning homer, and for the second time this week has hit three home runs in consecutive times at bat. New York blows a 5 - 0 lead in the 8th as the Senators storm back. Bobby Richardson homers in the 11th to give New York a 6 - 5 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Paul Casanova is on first when a sacrifice bunt moves him to second base. He overruns the bag and decides to head to third where he knocks the ball away from Tom Tresh. He then continues home where he is thrown out by a mile.
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July 3, 1966 Braves Pitcher Tony Cloninger hits two grand slams and drives in nine runs, as the Braves rout the Giants at Candlestick Park, 17 - 3.
The first Slam came in the first inning, with only 2 outs Collinger was the 9th man to hit in the inning and he took Bob Priddy, Deep and gave the Braves a 7-0 Lead.
Collinger would face Ray Sadeck 3 innings later, again with the bases loaded and two men out, Collinger homered again giving the Braves a 13-0 lead.
July 3, 1968 -- Luis Tiant strikes out nineteen Twins and scatters six hits in a ten-inning 1-0 complete-game victory against Minnesota at Cleveland Stadium. 'El Tiante', who equals Sandy Koufax's record for 41 strikeouts for three consecutive games, becomes the second hurler to whiff more than 18 batters in an American League contest, behind only Tom Cheney of the Senators, who recorded more when he punched out 21 Baltimore batters in a 16-inning game in 1962. Tiant also sets two modern major league records - most strikeouts in a 10-inning game; and 32 strikeouts in consecutive games -He will top the American League in ERA with 1.60.
July 3, 1987 -- On 'Dick Howser Day' at Royals Stadium, the former manager, who died last month from brain cancer, is inducted into the team's Hall of Fame. The club honors their late former manager (1981-86), by retiring his uniform number 10, the first digits retired in the history of the franchise.
Paul Splittorff, the team’s all-time leader in victories, is inducted into the Royals’ Hall of Fame, along with infielder Cookie Rojas. The slender southpaw was the first player selected by the franchise to appear on its major league roster.
July 3, 1993, Hall of Famer Don Drysdale dies from a heart attack. The 56-year-old Drysdale had been serving as a broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers. During his 14-year playing career with the Dodgers, the hard-throwing Drysdale won 209 games and pitched 49 shutouts, earning him Hall of Fame election in 1984. (Featured Broadcast DD’s last broadcast)
Fernando faces his old team
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Quote of the day:
"I had a lot of fun playing ball and made pretty good money, too. ...The only regret I have in baseball is that never in my life did I get to see Ty Cobb play." - Rube Marquard
Milestones
Birthdays:Highlights: Cesar Tovar | Debuts:Notable: Alan Ashby |
Final Games:Highlights: Ernie Whitt | Passings:Notable: Don Drysdale |
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