Friday, April 4, 2025

World Series - 1920: Cleveland Indians v Brooklyn Dodgers

1985-Oct-12 Cleveland Oh

65th Anniversary 1920 World Series
1920-Oct-10 : Game 5, Cleveland second basemen Bill Wambsganss turned an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive off the bat of Clarence Mitchell, stepped on second base to put out Pete Kilduff, and tagged Otto Miller coming from first base. Mitchell made history again in the eighth inning by hitting into a double play, accounting for five outs in two straight at-bats.

The game also saw the first grand slam in World Series history, hit by Cleveland's Elmer Smith and the first Series home run by a pitcher, Cleveland's Jim Bagby, Sr

 

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Miguel Cabrera

2015-May-16 Busch Stadium -  St Louis Mo
Detroit Tigers 4 - 3 St Louis Cardinals
DET RBI: Miguel Cabrera (HR); Ian Kinsler; Jose Iglesias; Yoenis Céspedes
RBI: Peter Bourjos (HR); Matt Carpenter (HR); Jhonny Peralta (HR)

Miguel Cabrera 400th HR off Tyler Lyons, 1st inn, 0 on, 2 outs to CF

2021-Aug-22 Rogers Centre - Toronto Canada
Detroit Tigers 5 - 3 Toronto Blue Jays
DET RBI: Willi Castro; Daz Cameron; Miguel Cabrera (HR); Jonathan Schoop
TOR RBI: Lourdes Gurriel Jr; Alejandro Kirk
Pitching: DET Gregory Soto (W 2-innings) TOR Kirby Snead (L 0.2-innings)

Cabrera hit his 500th HR off Steven Matz, 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Roberto Clemente

1997-Oct-02 Pittsburgh Pa
25th Anniversary - Roberto Clemente's 3000 hit

1972-Sept-30 : Roberto Clemente's 3000th hit came when he doubled to left field on the first pitch he saw from Mets' starter Jon Matlack in the bottom of the fourth inning of the game