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One of the darkest days in Colorado Rockie history took place on this date in 1998 when the Rockies announce the hiring of Jim Leyland as their new Manager.
He spent his best years in small markets with poor teams and unlike several other prominent players, he did not win championships in the Major Leagues or play in big markets like New York, Boston, and Chicago, so his achievements were not as well remembered as those of his peers but on this date in 1888 he became Baseball’s first 300 game Winner and tossed the first Perfect Game…even before the term Perfect Game came into being. He completed 646 of his 688 ML starts and his 365 Wins is 5th all-time. Almost as soon as he stopped playing he became a forgotten man and died in poverty within a few years long before the Hall of Fame came into existence. In 1965, 63 years after his death he finally made his way into the HOF. Good thing he did because if his name came up for consideration today he might not make it as he’s now given the title of Baseball’s first user of performance-enhancing drugs. You see, Galvin was one of the subjects at a test of the Brown-Séquard elixir at a medical college in Pittsburgh. The Brown-Séquard elixir was invented in 1889 by Charles Brown-Séquard, a French-American doctor. The elixir, which was injected, was based around extracts from guinea-pig and dog testicles and was apparently the first known modern treatment that contained testosterone.
James “Pud” Galvin was one of the most important pitchers in the history of early Baseball, performing significant single-game feats and recording major career milestones. His longevity in an era of two-man pitching staffs is remarkable, and his 1878, 1883, and 1884 seasons are among the most dominant seasons in 19th-century pitching. His career is also defined by his status as a fan favorite in Buffalo and Pittsburg. His posthumous reputation has taken several turns: He was initially forgotten, then recognized with induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965, and most recently associated with performance-enhancing drugs in 2007. Galvin led an eventful and historic career, and he continues to be significant figure more than a century years after his death. The continuing expansion of the baseball research community and increasing access to unmined 19th-century newspapers should continue to sharpen the perception of Galvin and will bring to light untold dimensions and chapters of his baseball legacy that will eventually fill a dictionary-length biography of one of the 19th century’s greatest pitchers.
It was on this date in 1912 that the last ML ballgame was played at Hilltop Park which was the nickname of a baseball park that stood in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. It was the home of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball club from 1903-1912, when they were known as the "Highlanders". The structure consisted of a covered grandstand stretching from first base to third base and uncovered bleacher sections down the right and left field lines. The bleachers were covered in 1911, and additional bleachers were built in 1912 in center field. Originally built in just six weeks, the park sat 16,000, with standing room for an additional 10,000 or so. The field was initially huge by modern standards — 365 ft to left field, 542 ft to center field and 400 ft to right field. An inner fence was soon constructed to create more realistic action. After the Highlanders left to take up residence in the larger Polo Grounds the ballpark was demolished in 1914. The site remained vacant until Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, a major hospital, opened up on that location in 1928 and is where former President Clinton underwent heart surgery in 2004 and 2005. There's a picture that follows...not the best shot of the field but I used it to show how prior to 1908 ( I think ) fans were allowed to stand in foul territory to watch the game )
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hill...%3Fbook%3Damerican_league%26page%3D12;435;361
During that last game at Hilltop Park Homer Thompson appears in his first and last game in the Majors. Although the New York backstop doesn’t come to bat, his debut is memorable as he catches his younger brother Tommy, making the siblings the first brothers to form a battery in American League history.
Eddie Grant was a typical Deadball Era third baseman: mediocre offensively (as attested by his lifetime .249 batting average and .295 slugging percentage) but defensively reliable, particularly against the bunt. In his playing days "Harvard Eddie" was best known for his Ivy League diplomas. In an era when most of his teammates played poker while traveling by train, the intellectual Grant generally could be found smoking his pipe and reading a book. Today, however, he is remembered as the first and most prominent Major Leaguer killed in combat during World War I. The Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire western front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice on November 11. On October 2nd Grant’s regiment launched an attack in the Argonne Forest in northeastern France, a rugged, heavily wooded area with thick underbrush, deep ravines, and marshes. By the morning of the third day, October 5, Eddie Grant was exhausted. Later that day the regiment was moving forward when his commanding officer, Major Jay, was carried past on a litter, and ordered Captain Grant, the highest-ranking officer left in his battalion, to assume command. The Major had hardly spoken when a shell came through the trees, wounding two of Grant's lieutenants. Eddie was waiving his hands and calling out for more stretcher bearers when a shell struck him. It was a direct hit, killing him instantly.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=eddi...day-2010-remembering-eddie-grant.html;230;344
It was on this date in 1963, 50 years ago today that the first World Series game is played in Dodger Stadium. Drysdale outduels Bouton and the Dodgers win 1-0 on a 1st inning run that holds up. The Dodgers and Yankees combine for all of 7 hits, all singles, in a game that lasts 2:05 or about the equivalent of tv commercial time in most World Series games today.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=dodg...LotDetail.aspx%3Finventoryid%3D125291;800;635
Although it will mean nothing to most other than just another World Series game it was on this date in 1966 in Game 1 of the World Series that Baltimore behind 1st inning back-to-back HRs from Frank and Brooks Robinson off of Don Drysdale and the magnificent relief pitching of Moe Drawbosky, who fans 11, the Orioles defeat the Dodgers 5-2 in one of the most memorable World Series games I have ever watched.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=game...0%2F05%2F1966-world-series-cards.html;688;489
It was on this date in 1873 Claude Ritchey was born. Gone and virtually forgotten today, Claude Ritchey was one of the key members of the first seven of Fred Clarke's highly successful Pittsburgh Pirate teams of the early 1900s, a time when he acquired a reputation as a sure-handed, clutch-hitting second baseman and a durable performer, rarely missing a game. He played beside Honus Wagner in the Pirate infield for 7 years and even after Bill Mazeroski had become a fixture at second base for the Pirates there were some who considered Ritchey as the greatest Pittsburgh second baseman of all time. What I found interesting about him was how he stayed in shape in the off-season… he would throw a baseball over the roof of a neighbouring barn and then run around to the other side to catch it before it hit the ground.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=clau...2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Foctober-5%2F;800;700
He spent his best years in small markets with poor teams and unlike several other prominent players, he did not win championships in the Major Leagues or play in big markets like New York, Boston, and Chicago, so his achievements were not as well remembered as those of his peers but on this date in 1888 he became Baseball’s first 300 game Winner and tossed the first Perfect Game…even before the term Perfect Game came into being. He completed 646 of his 688 ML starts and his 365 Wins is 5th all-time. Almost as soon as he stopped playing he became a forgotten man and died in poverty within a few years long before the Hall of Fame came into existence. In 1965, 63 years after his death he finally made his way into the HOF. Good thing he did because if his name came up for consideration today he might not make it as he’s now given the title of Baseball’s first user of performance-enhancing drugs. You see, Galvin was one of the subjects at a test of the Brown-Séquard elixir at a medical college in Pittsburgh. The Brown-Séquard elixir was invented in 1889 by Charles Brown-Séquard, a French-American doctor. The elixir, which was injected, was based around extracts from guinea-pig and dog testicles and was apparently the first known modern treatment that contained testosterone.
James “Pud” Galvin was one of the most important pitchers in the history of early Baseball, performing significant single-game feats and recording major career milestones. His longevity in an era of two-man pitching staffs is remarkable, and his 1878, 1883, and 1884 seasons are among the most dominant seasons in 19th-century pitching. His career is also defined by his status as a fan favorite in Buffalo and Pittsburg. His posthumous reputation has taken several turns: He was initially forgotten, then recognized with induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965, and most recently associated with performance-enhancing drugs in 2007. Galvin led an eventful and historic career, and he continues to be significant figure more than a century years after his death. The continuing expansion of the baseball research community and increasing access to unmined 19th-century newspapers should continue to sharpen the perception of Galvin and will bring to light untold dimensions and chapters of his baseball legacy that will eventually fill a dictionary-length biography of one of the 19th century’s greatest pitchers.
It was on this date in 1912 that the last ML ballgame was played at Hilltop Park which was the nickname of a baseball park that stood in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. It was the home of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball club from 1903-1912, when they were known as the "Highlanders". The structure consisted of a covered grandstand stretching from first base to third base and uncovered bleacher sections down the right and left field lines. The bleachers were covered in 1911, and additional bleachers were built in 1912 in center field. Originally built in just six weeks, the park sat 16,000, with standing room for an additional 10,000 or so. The field was initially huge by modern standards — 365 ft to left field, 542 ft to center field and 400 ft to right field. An inner fence was soon constructed to create more realistic action. After the Highlanders left to take up residence in the larger Polo Grounds the ballpark was demolished in 1914. The site remained vacant until Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, a major hospital, opened up on that location in 1928 and is where former President Clinton underwent heart surgery in 2004 and 2005. There's a picture that follows...not the best shot of the field but I used it to show how prior to 1908 ( I think ) fans were allowed to stand in foul territory to watch the game )
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hill...%3Fbook%3Damerican_league%26page%3D12;435;361
During that last game at Hilltop Park Homer Thompson appears in his first and last game in the Majors. Although the New York backstop doesn’t come to bat, his debut is memorable as he catches his younger brother Tommy, making the siblings the first brothers to form a battery in American League history.
Eddie Grant was a typical Deadball Era third baseman: mediocre offensively (as attested by his lifetime .249 batting average and .295 slugging percentage) but defensively reliable, particularly against the bunt. In his playing days "Harvard Eddie" was best known for his Ivy League diplomas. In an era when most of his teammates played poker while traveling by train, the intellectual Grant generally could be found smoking his pipe and reading a book. Today, however, he is remembered as the first and most prominent Major Leaguer killed in combat during World War I. The Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire western front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice on November 11. On October 2nd Grant’s regiment launched an attack in the Argonne Forest in northeastern France, a rugged, heavily wooded area with thick underbrush, deep ravines, and marshes. By the morning of the third day, October 5, Eddie Grant was exhausted. Later that day the regiment was moving forward when his commanding officer, Major Jay, was carried past on a litter, and ordered Captain Grant, the highest-ranking officer left in his battalion, to assume command. The Major had hardly spoken when a shell came through the trees, wounding two of Grant's lieutenants. Eddie was waiving his hands and calling out for more stretcher bearers when a shell struck him. It was a direct hit, killing him instantly.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=eddi...day-2010-remembering-eddie-grant.html;230;344
It was on this date in 1963, 50 years ago today that the first World Series game is played in Dodger Stadium. Drysdale outduels Bouton and the Dodgers win 1-0 on a 1st inning run that holds up. The Dodgers and Yankees combine for all of 7 hits, all singles, in a game that lasts 2:05 or about the equivalent of tv commercial time in most World Series games today.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=dodg...LotDetail.aspx%3Finventoryid%3D125291;800;635
Although it will mean nothing to most other than just another World Series game it was on this date in 1966 in Game 1 of the World Series that Baltimore behind 1st inning back-to-back HRs from Frank and Brooks Robinson off of Don Drysdale and the magnificent relief pitching of Moe Drawbosky, who fans 11, the Orioles defeat the Dodgers 5-2 in one of the most memorable World Series games I have ever watched.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=game...0%2F05%2F1966-world-series-cards.html;688;489
It was on this date in 1873 Claude Ritchey was born. Gone and virtually forgotten today, Claude Ritchey was one of the key members of the first seven of Fred Clarke's highly successful Pittsburgh Pirate teams of the early 1900s, a time when he acquired a reputation as a sure-handed, clutch-hitting second baseman and a durable performer, rarely missing a game. He played beside Honus Wagner in the Pirate infield for 7 years and even after Bill Mazeroski had become a fixture at second base for the Pirates there were some who considered Ritchey as the greatest Pittsburgh second baseman of all time. What I found interesting about him was how he stayed in shape in the off-season… he would throw a baseball over the roof of a neighbouring barn and then run around to the other side to catch it before it hit the ground.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=clau...2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Foctober-5%2F;800;700
