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This Day In Baseball History: December 30th
By Administrator | December 30, 2009
In 1926, the Chicago Tribune reported that the 1917 Tigers had thrown a four-game series to the White Sox to help Chicago win the pennant… within a week, Commissioner Landis began a hearing to investigate the charges.
In 1935, Dodgers left-hander Sanford Braun was born in Brooklyn. In his 12-year career, the southpaw would compile a winning percentage of 165-87, he whiffed 300+ batters in three different seasons and fanned eighteen hitters in a game to set the major league record. Eventually, the world came to know the pitcher as Sandy Koufax.
In 1943, the Phillies traded first baseman Babe Dahlgren (the player who replaced Lou Gehrig) to the Pirates for catcher Babe Phelps and cash.
In 2002, 40-year old Roger Clemens (13-6, 4.35) agreed to a one-year, $10.1 million deal with the Yankees… the 19-year veteran, who has won the Cy Young Award six times, was seven victories shy of 300 at the time and declared that 2003 would likely be his last year in the major leagues.
In 2004, aid that was originally intended to be sent to Nicaragua in remembrance of the anniversary of Roberto Clemente’s tragic flight thirty-two years earlier was instead sent to the earthquake / tsunami victims in Southeastern Asia. Roberto Clemente, Jr, who collected two tons of supplies and raised nearly $20,000 dollars in effort to reenact his father’s unfinished mission, decided to postpone the ceremonial flight to Managua so that he could help those then in desperate need.
Born Today: Sandy Koufax (1935), AJ Pierzynski (1976), Grant Balfour (1977)
Topics: MLB History |
