Braves History and Birthdays for October 6...
Mike Lattin
again 5-4, before 7,600 at Pittsburgh. The Boston Red Sox rally for three
runs in the 9th but it is not enough. Ginger Beaumont (1907-09 Boston Dove)
and Honus Wagner have three hits, but Honus will manage just .222 for the
World Series.
1906 - Chick Stahl (1897-1900 Boston Beaneater), Boston Red Sox outfielder,
closes out the season and his career last at-bat with an 8th-inning two-run
homer off New York's Tom Hughes (1914-18 Boston Brave). But Hughes emerges
with a 5-4 win.
1910 - Boston Doves rookie OF Bill Collins hits for the cycle; the next
franchise player to match him will be Albert Hall for the Atlanta Braves in
1987.
1911 - Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown,
as he loses to Eddie Dent and the Brooklyn Dodgers 13-3 wearing a Rustlers
uniform in his 906th game.
1914 - The Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers) split with the Boston Bravesand finish
5th, their highest level since 1907. The Braves lose regular 3B Red Smith,
who breaks his right leg sliding into 1B.
1915 - The Boston Braves end the season with by shutting out the Giants in a
doubleheader in New York, winning the opener 1-0 behind Tom Hughes and
taking the nitecap by the same score. Pat Ragan is the winner. The Giants
finish in last place, but are just 21 games behind the league leader, the
closest an 8th place team will finish in major league history.
1915 - In the 2nd game of a doubleheader, Boston's 28th twinbill of the
year, Babe Ruth beats New York, 4-2 to sweep the doubleheader. Ruth is now
17-3 since June 1st. Red Sox take the opener, 2-0.
1920 - When Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits for Cleveland in the 9th inning of
game 2, his brother Jimmy (1926 Boston Brave)is playing 3B for Brooklyn.
They become the first brothers to take opposite sides in a WS. Spitballer
Burleigh Grimes (1930 Boston Brave) strands 10 Indians while the Robins chip
away at Jim Bagby for 3 single tallies and a 3-0 Series evener.
1921 - In the opener, Johnny Rawlings (1917-20 Boston Brave) and Frank
Frisch collected the only Giants hits. In game two it's the same story.
Waite Hoyt surrenders two singles in another 3-0 Yankee win. Art Nehf
(1915-19 Boston Brave) deserves better, allowing just three hits; but three
errors and two mental lapses by the Giants, plus a steal of home by Bob
Meusel, put the Giants down 2-0. The five hits are the fewest ever in a
World Series game.
1922 - The Giants Jack Scott (1917, 19-21 Boston Brave) fires a 4-hitter as
a surprise starter in game three, after Hugh McQuillan (1918-22, 27 Boston
Brave) warms up to face Waite Hoyt (19-12). Scott gets the Yanks to hit 18
grounders. Frank Frisch's two RBIs are more than enough in the 3-0 win. With
two hits in each game so far, Frisch will bat .471. Heinie Groh, hitting
safely in every game, will be at .474.
1923 - Braves rookie SS Ernie Padgett, playing in his 2nd game, pulls an
unassisted triple play against the Phils, the first in the National League
since 1878. Walter Holke (1919-22 Boston Brave) lines out, Cotton Tierney
(1924 Boston Brave) is forced, and Cliff Lee is tagged out. The Braves win
the 5-inning nitecap, 4-1, to sweep the twinbill. Joe Batchelder picks up
the win over Lefty Weinert.
1924 - Washington's surprise starter Firpo Marberry (11-12) and the Giants
starter Hugh McQuillan (see above) will be gone by the 4th. The Giants lead
3-0 after three and are never caught, for a 6-4 victory. The only home run
is hit by Giants reliever Rosy Ryan; it is the only home run he hits in six
years at New York.
1925 - Brooklyn sends OF Eddie Brown, INF Jimmy Johnston, and C Zack Taylor
to the Braves for righty Jesse Barnes, OF Gus Felix, and C Mickey O'Neil.
1926 - In game 4, the Yankees tee off on Flint Rhem (1934-35 Boston Brave)
and four other Cardinal hurlers for 10 runs and 14 hits, while Waite Hoyt
strands 10 Cardinal runners for a 10-5 win. Babe Ruth (1935 Boston Brave)
hits three home runs, to fulfill his October 1st promise to a bedridden
11-year-old, Johnny Sylvester. Ruth's 3rd clout, in the 6th, is the longest
blast ever seen in St. Louis. It clears the park and goes through the window
of an auto dealer across the street. In the 4th, Taylor Douthit and Chick
Hafey collide in the OF as the ball drops; Douthit is sidelined for the rest
of the Series.
1929 - Bill McKechnie signs a 4-year contract to manage the Braves.
1929 - At Boston, the Giants close the season by beating the Braves, 9-4. In
the 9th, the Braves put in two coaches, Johnny Evers at 2B and Hank Gowdy at
catcher, Gowdy's 10th game of the year. Roy Parmelee is the winner with Red
Lucas pitching the last four innings. Lucas leads the National League in
complete games (28) and pinch hits: Lucas hits .293 in 140 at bats.
1930 - The A's take the lead in the Series, 3 games to 2, when George
Earnshaw and Lefty Grove combine to shut out the Cardinals, 2-0, on 3 hits.
Philadelphia's runs come in the top of the 9th when Burleigh Grimes (1930
Boston Brave) is tagged for a long 2-run HR by Jimmie Foxx.
1935 - Lon Warneke keeps the Cubs alive with 6 innings of shutout ball for
his 2nd win. Bill Lee (1945-46 Boston Brave) relieves in the 2-1 victory.
1943 - Robert Cooper, father of P Mort Cooper (1945-47 Boston Brave) and C
Walker Cooper (1950-53 Boston/Milwaukee Brave), dies at his home in
Independence, MO, but both players decide to play in the WS. Mort goes on to
beat the New York Yankees 4-3, resurrecting memories of 1942 when the
Yankees lost 4 straight after winning the opener. Marty Marion and Ray
Sanders (1946, 48-49 Boston Brave) homer.
1948 - In the WS opener in Boston, Phil Masi is called safe at 2B on a
disputed call by umpire Bill Stewart on a pickoff attempt in the 8th. Masi
then scores on a single by Tommy Holmes as Johnny Sain and the Boston Braves
top the Cleveland Indians and Bob Feller 1-0.
1951 - Back at the Polo Grounds, the Giants win 6-2, as Whitey Lockman
homers with two on in the 5th. The Giants score five in the inning after
Eddie Stanky (1948-49 Boston Brave) kicks the ball out of Phil Rizzuto's
glove on a tag play at 2B.
1956 - The Yanks regroup at home and defeat Brooklyn 5-3 in Game 3, with
Whitey Ford going the distance and Enos Slaughter (1959 Milwaukee Brave)
hitting a 3-run HR.
1957 - With the score tied at 5-5, Eddie Mathews of the Braves evens the WS
at 2 games with a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 10th. In the WS first famous
"shoeblack incident," pinch hitter Nippy Jones convinces umpire Augie
Donatelli that Tommy Byrne's pitch-hit him on the foot.
1958 - The Yankees finally solve Milwaukee Braves' Lew Burdette, scoring 6
runs in the bottom of the 6th and winning 7-0 behind the 5-hit pitching of
Bob Turley.
1959 - The largest crowd ever to attend a major league game, 92,706 fans,
watch a nail biter as White Sox hurler Bob Shaw (1962-63 Milwaukee Brave)
beats Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers, 1-0 in Game 5 of the Fall Classic.
1968 - In Game Four St. Louis dumps Detroit 10-1. Bob Gibson, fanning 10,
earns his 7th straight Series victory. Denny McLain (1972 Atlanta Brave)
gives up four runs, and is relieved in the 3rd after a rain delay. Lou Brock
shines with a double, triple, home run, four RBI, and a steal that gives him
seven in four games.
1969 - The Mets rally twice and win the first NL Championship Series versus
the Atlanta Braves. Tommie Agee, Ken Boswell, and Wayne Garrett hit home
runs and fans swarm the Shea Stadium field after a 7-4 win.
1980 - The Astros finally win, whipping the Dodgers 7-1 in a one-game
playoff at Dodger Stadium. Art Howe drives in four runs with a home run and
two singles and Joe Niekro (1973-74 Atlanta Brave) wins his 20th game of the
season to put Houston in the post-season for the first time since entering
the major leagues in 1962.
1985 - Phil Niekro (1964-83, 87 Milwaukee/Atlanta Brave) of the New York
Yankees became the 18th 300-game winner as he blanked the Toronto Blue Jays
8-0 on the final day of the season. At 46, he also became the oldest pitcher
to throw a shutout.
1985 - Angels OF Rufino Linares (1981-82, 84 Atlanta Brave), collects two
singles and a 3-run homer off Rangers Rick Surhoff to pace California to a
6-5 win. For Linares, the home run comes in his last ML at bat. The veteran
hit a homer on July 20th, in his first at bat for California.
1991 - Greg Maddux and the Cubs beat the Cards, 7-3, with Omar Olivares the
loser. The Cards are thwarted in their attempt to become the first team
since the 1912 Washington Senators to have 10 players with 10 or more stolen
bases. In the 9th inning, Joe Torre inserts Tom Pagnozzi, with nine steals,
into the game as a pinch runner, but Hector Villanueva throws him out.
Yesterday, Pagnozzi reached base twice and both times the burly Villanueva
gunned him down.
1992 - The Braves win the opening game of the NLCS with a 5-1 victory over
the Pirates. John Smoltz gets the win and Jeff Blauser homers for Atlanta.
Ron Gant of the Braves sets a major league record by successfully stealing
his 9th consecutive post season base.
1995 - The Reds pound Hideo Nomo for 7 hits and 5 runs in 5 innings and
cruise to a 10-1 win over the Dodgers to sweep the best-of-5 series. Ron
Gant (1987-93 Atlanta Brave), Bret Boone (1999 Atlanta Brave), and Mark
Lewis all homer for Cincinnati.
1995 - The Rockies best the Braves, 7-5, in 10 innings to stay alive in
their Division Series.
1997 - The Indians complete their surprising victory over the Yankees with a
tense 4-3 win at Jacobs Field in Game Five of the Division Series. Jose Mesa
saves rookie Jaret Wright's (2003-04 Atlanta Brave) second win of the series
when he retires Bernie Williams with the tying run on second in the ninth
inning.
1998 - The Yankees jump on Cleveland starter Jaret Wright for five runs in
the 1st inning and hold on to defeat the Indians, 7-2, in the 1st game of
the ALCS. Jorge Posada homers for NY, while Manny Ramirez connects for the
Tribe.
1999 - The Braves defeat the Astros, 5-1, to even their series at one game
apiece. Kevin Millwood hurls a 1-hitter for the victory, the only Houston
safety being a 2nd-inning home run by 3B Ken Caminiti (2001 Atlanta Brave).
It is the 1st complete game 1-hitter hurled in postseason play in 32 years.
2001 - With the club's 116th win, the Mariners tie 1906 Cubs as the
winningest team in major league history. Bret Boone's (see above) 37th home
run of the season and the shut out pitching of five Seattle pitchers proves
to be the difference in the 1-0 historic win over the Rangers.
2002 - The Giants even their division series at two games apiece by
defeating the Braves, 8-3. Livan Hernandez gets the win while Tom Glavine
takes his second loss in the series. Rich Aurilia homers for SF.
Braves birthdays for October 6...
Pop Snyder - 1854 in Washington, D.C.
Gary Gentry - 1946 in Phoenix, AZ
Charlie Vaughan - 1947 in Mercedes, TX
Steve Kline - 1947 in Wenatchee, WA
Other birthdays of note for October 6...
Eddie Burke - 1866 in Northumberland, PA
Ken Chase - 1913 in Oneonta, NY
Jerry Grote - 1942 in San Antonio, TX
Jim McGlothlin - 1943 in Los Angeles, CA
Gene Clines - 1946 in San Pablo, CA
Alfredo Griffin - 1957 in Santo Domingo, D.R.
Greg Walker - 1959 in Douglas, GA
Oil Can Boyd - 1959 in Meridian, MS
Ruben Sierra - 1965 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
Archi Cianfrocco - 1966 in Rome, NY
Robert Person - 1969 in St. Louis, MO
Darren Oliver - 1970 in Kansas City, MO
Benji Gil - 1972 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Valerio de los Santos - 1972 in Las Matas de Farfan, D.R.
Braves deaths of note for October 6...
Guy Zinn (62) - 1949 in Clarksburg, WV
Josh Devore (66) - 1954 in Chillicothe, OH
Other deaths of note for October 6...
Holly Hollingshead (73) - 1926 in Washington, D.C.
Johnny Vander Meer (82) - 1997 in Tampa, FL
Mark Belanger (54) - 1998 in New York, NY
Miguel del Toro (29) - 2001 in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico