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This Day in Baseball History: June 2nd (Bye-Bye, Babe)
By Administrator | June 2, 2008
In 1891, Charles Radbourn won his 300th game… ‘Old Hoss’, who finished 484 of the 497 games he started in his career, ended his 11-year career later that year with 309 victories.
In 1935, Babe Ruth announced his retirement from baseball.
In 1941, former Yankees captain Lou Gehrig died — seventeen days prior to his 38th birthday. He died in his sleep of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — sixteen years to the day after the ‘Iron Horse’ broke into the Bronx Bombers’ starting line-up.
In 1942, Red Sox star Ted Williams enlisted in the Navy as an aviator.
In 1987, the Seattle Mariners selected Cincinnati high schooler Ken Griffey, Jr., the son of Braves outfielder Ken Griffey, with the first overall pick in the entry draft.
In 1990, Randy Johnson became the first Mariner to pitch a no-hitter… the ‘Big Unit’ shut out the Tigers, 2-0.
In 2000, for the first time, a major league team honored a hero from a different sport — the Montreal Expos wore Maurice Richard’s uniform number (9) on their jerseys to honor the late Montreal Canadians star.
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