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Mike Tiernan, nicknamed “Silent Mike” was, first and foremost, an outstanding ballplayer. During the final decade of the 19th century, the RF post on the NY Giants was manned by Tiernan. Tiernan was well liked by teammates, fans, and the baseball press. On a team where sporting a prominent moustache was virtually de rigueur, Tiernan remained resolutely clean-shaven. In an era when verbal abuse of opponents and noisy disagreement with umpires were ballpark norms, Tiernan was a gentleman, a player who spoke so infrequently on the field that he was dubbed Silent Mike. And at a time when discontent with management ran so deep that the players formed their own league, Tiernan was one of the few to spurn the movement and remain with his old team. Indeed, Mike Tiernan was one of only a handful of 19th century players to spend his entire ML career in a single city. It was on this date in 1887 the Giants and Philadelphia Phillies hook up for a game in New York. The result, Giants winning 29-1, is a game setting records for runs scored in a single game by the Giants and allowed by the Phillies that still stand for each club. Tiernan, a rookie that season, scores 6 runs‚ still untopped in the Majors. Incidentally, talking about the Giants…here’s an oddity. Willie Mays holds the team record for most HRs in a single game with 4, Bill Joyce holds the record for most triples in a single game with 4, however no Giant has hit 4 doubles in a game…the record is 3, by several players.
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While right-handed throwers can be found at any of the nine positions on a baseball field, left-handers are, in practice, restricted to five of them. You won’t find a lefty at catcher, second base, shortstop or third base. That is usually the case but, of course, there are exceptions to every rule. I can’t tell you about them all but I will mention a few. It was on this date in 1890 Bill Greenwood plays SS for the Rochester Broncos and becomes the only left-handed throwing SS in the Majors to participate in a triple play. In 1986 current Dodger Manager, lefty Don Mattingly, who won the Gold Glove at 1B that season which was 1 of 9 in a row he won played 3 games as a left-handed fielding 3B totalling 18 innings and one of those games was the full 9 innings. Mattingly is also the last left-handed thrower to play second base in a ML game who was on the field when the Yankees and Royals resumed the famed “pine-tar” game in 1983. Playing behind him in CF was none other than Gold Glover ( P ) that year and 21 game Winner, Ron Guidry. Bert Campaneris had been the Yankees’ 2B during the original game on July 24, but he was on the disabled list when the game resumed on August 18. Guidry was the Yankees’ CF’er when the game resumed; Jerry Mumphrey, who was the CF’er when the original game concluded, had been traded in the interim.
Here’s an even stranger left-hander playing 2B. Sam McDowell played there in a game in 1970. Yes, the same Sam McDowell who struck out 300 batters that season. The Indians were hosting the Washington Senators in a “battle” between the two teams at the bottom of the AL East standings. McDowell took an 11-4 record to the mound in that game. The Senators scored two runs in the first inning and two more in the third to jump on top 4-0, but Cleveland rallied and took a 6-4 lead when Duke Sims hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth. That’s the way the score stood going into the visitors’ half of the 8th inning. The Senators got singles from Ed Stroud and Eddie Brinkman, and a wild pitch by McDowell moved the runners to second and third with one out. McDowell struck out Tom Grieve for the second out, but that brought the dangerous Frank Howard to the plate as the potential go-ahead run. Hondo had hit 44 home runs in 1968, 48 in 1969, and had already hit 21 in his first 79 games of the 1970 season (he would finish the year with 44).
McDowell had already faced 38 batters and had allowed 11 hits and walked five. He’d also struck out 12, and while pitch counts weren’t in box scores in those days and were rarely reported in the press, he must have thrown a lot of pitches by then. With Howard and the next four hitters after him all right-handed hitters, it would seem to be a good time for Cleveland manager Al Dark to bring in a fresh right-handed pitcher. Which he did, summoning Dean Chance to the mound. But Dark didn’t take McDowell out of the game. He put Chance in the lineup in place of third baseman Graig Nettles, who had made the Indians’ last out in the seventh; he moved Eddie Leon from second base to third; and he left McDowell in the game–as the second baseman, giving him the option of returning McDowell to the mound. Chance intentionally walked Howard to load the bases and set up a force at any base. That brought Rick Reichardt to the plate. “Nobody had to tell me, but you can be sure I was keeping the ball inside to Rick,” Chance told Schneider after the game. “If he’s going to hit it, he’s going to pull it. There’s no way he’s going to hit it to Sam’s side of the infield.” Chance’s mission was accomplished when the right-handed-hitting Reichardt pulled a ground ball to Leon at third base. Leon tossed to McDowell at 2B for the 3rd out of the inning. Of course, McDowell went back to the mound for the 9th inning, struck out the side and Won the game, 6-4, and Saved the Win for himself although he didn’t officially earn a Save. A pretty good performance, 15 strikeouts.
August 31, 1986 New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
July 6, 1970 Washington Senators at Cleveland Indians Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
It was on this date in 1916 the New York Yankees lose 3-2 to the Stan Coveleski and the Cleveland Indians. There’s no shame in that as the future HOF’er Coveleski won 23 games that season. The interesting thing is that the day before the Yankees lost 6-2 to Stan Coveleski’s brother, Harry who won 21 games that season for the Tigers.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=stan...%2Fcontent%2Fharry-and-stan-coveleski;300;268
Jack Ryan pitched in the Majors briefly over three seasons, 1908, 1909 and 1911 where he had a record of 4-5 over the 24 games he pitched in. He acquired some colorful nicknames in baseball, however: “Gulfport” was one, but he was also known as “Coffee Grounds” and “Mud Artist.” The Red Sox once traded Cy Young to get him. Later in his career, he was the pitching coach of the Red Sox, from 1923 through 1927. As a pitcher, he blossomed after his career in the Majors ended. The 5 years, 1913-1917 saw him pitching in the Pacific Coast League for the Los Angeles where he averaged 22 Wins a season including a 29-10 season in 1916. It was on this date in 1917 he hits two grand slams to help himself in a 12-4 victory over the Portland Beavers.
Jack Ryan Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
It was on this date in 1938 that the Reds Johnny Vander Meer throws his second No-Hitter in a row, a 6-0 victory over the Dodgers in the first night game played in New York.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=john...ategory%2Ftags%2Fjohnny-vander-meer;1250;1000
June 15, 1938 Cincinnati Reds at Brooklyn Dodgers Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
On this date in 1963 Juan Marichal the first No-Hitter by a Giants pitcher since their move to San Francisco, the first Giant to hurl a No-Hitter since Carl Hubbell in 1929‚ and the first Latin American to toss one in the Majors. 8th-inning doubles by Jim Davenport and Chuck Hiller provide the only score in the Giants 1-0 win at Candlestick. The game was played in 1 hr, 41 minutes.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=juan...no_hitter_ticket_stub_-lot157643.aspx;800;743
June 15, 1963 Houston Colt .45's at San Francisco Giants Box Score and Play by Play - Baseball-Reference.com
It was on this date in 1964 the Cardinals trade pitcher Ernie Broglio to the Cubs for some guy by the name of Lou Brock ( other lesser players involved ). Broglio goes 7-19 over the next 3 seasons for the Cubs while Brock goes to the HOF.
Lou Brock - BR Bullpen
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While right-handed throwers can be found at any of the nine positions on a baseball field, left-handers are, in practice, restricted to five of them. You won’t find a lefty at catcher, second base, shortstop or third base. That is usually the case but, of course, there are exceptions to every rule. I can’t tell you about them all but I will mention a few. It was on this date in 1890 Bill Greenwood plays SS for the Rochester Broncos and becomes the only left-handed throwing SS in the Majors to participate in a triple play. In 1986 current Dodger Manager, lefty Don Mattingly, who won the Gold Glove at 1B that season which was 1 of 9 in a row he won played 3 games as a left-handed fielding 3B totalling 18 innings and one of those games was the full 9 innings. Mattingly is also the last left-handed thrower to play second base in a ML game who was on the field when the Yankees and Royals resumed the famed “pine-tar” game in 1983. Playing behind him in CF was none other than Gold Glover ( P ) that year and 21 game Winner, Ron Guidry. Bert Campaneris had been the Yankees’ 2B during the original game on July 24, but he was on the disabled list when the game resumed on August 18. Guidry was the Yankees’ CF’er when the game resumed; Jerry Mumphrey, who was the CF’er when the original game concluded, had been traded in the interim.
Here’s an even stranger left-hander playing 2B. Sam McDowell played there in a game in 1970. Yes, the same Sam McDowell who struck out 300 batters that season. The Indians were hosting the Washington Senators in a “battle” between the two teams at the bottom of the AL East standings. McDowell took an 11-4 record to the mound in that game. The Senators scored two runs in the first inning and two more in the third to jump on top 4-0, but Cleveland rallied and took a 6-4 lead when Duke Sims hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth. That’s the way the score stood going into the visitors’ half of the 8th inning. The Senators got singles from Ed Stroud and Eddie Brinkman, and a wild pitch by McDowell moved the runners to second and third with one out. McDowell struck out Tom Grieve for the second out, but that brought the dangerous Frank Howard to the plate as the potential go-ahead run. Hondo had hit 44 home runs in 1968, 48 in 1969, and had already hit 21 in his first 79 games of the 1970 season (he would finish the year with 44).
McDowell had already faced 38 batters and had allowed 11 hits and walked five. He’d also struck out 12, and while pitch counts weren’t in box scores in those days and were rarely reported in the press, he must have thrown a lot of pitches by then. With Howard and the next four hitters after him all right-handed hitters, it would seem to be a good time for Cleveland manager Al Dark to bring in a fresh right-handed pitcher. Which he did, summoning Dean Chance to the mound. But Dark didn’t take McDowell out of the game. He put Chance in the lineup in place of third baseman Graig Nettles, who had made the Indians’ last out in the seventh; he moved Eddie Leon from second base to third; and he left McDowell in the game–as the second baseman, giving him the option of returning McDowell to the mound. Chance intentionally walked Howard to load the bases and set up a force at any base. That brought Rick Reichardt to the plate. “Nobody had to tell me, but you can be sure I was keeping the ball inside to Rick,” Chance told Schneider after the game. “If he’s going to hit it, he’s going to pull it. There’s no way he’s going to hit it to Sam’s side of the infield.” Chance’s mission was accomplished when the right-handed-hitting Reichardt pulled a ground ball to Leon at third base. Leon tossed to McDowell at 2B for the 3rd out of the inning. Of course, McDowell went back to the mound for the 9th inning, struck out the side and Won the game, 6-4, and Saved the Win for himself although he didn’t officially earn a Save. A pretty good performance, 15 strikeouts.
August 31, 1986 New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
July 6, 1970 Washington Senators at Cleveland Indians Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
It was on this date in 1916 the New York Yankees lose 3-2 to the Stan Coveleski and the Cleveland Indians. There’s no shame in that as the future HOF’er Coveleski won 23 games that season. The interesting thing is that the day before the Yankees lost 6-2 to Stan Coveleski’s brother, Harry who won 21 games that season for the Tigers.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=stan...%2Fcontent%2Fharry-and-stan-coveleski;300;268
Jack Ryan pitched in the Majors briefly over three seasons, 1908, 1909 and 1911 where he had a record of 4-5 over the 24 games he pitched in. He acquired some colorful nicknames in baseball, however: “Gulfport” was one, but he was also known as “Coffee Grounds” and “Mud Artist.” The Red Sox once traded Cy Young to get him. Later in his career, he was the pitching coach of the Red Sox, from 1923 through 1927. As a pitcher, he blossomed after his career in the Majors ended. The 5 years, 1913-1917 saw him pitching in the Pacific Coast League for the Los Angeles where he averaged 22 Wins a season including a 29-10 season in 1916. It was on this date in 1917 he hits two grand slams to help himself in a 12-4 victory over the Portland Beavers.
Jack Ryan Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
It was on this date in 1938 that the Reds Johnny Vander Meer throws his second No-Hitter in a row, a 6-0 victory over the Dodgers in the first night game played in New York.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=john...ategory%2Ftags%2Fjohnny-vander-meer;1250;1000
June 15, 1938 Cincinnati Reds at Brooklyn Dodgers Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
On this date in 1963 Juan Marichal the first No-Hitter by a Giants pitcher since their move to San Francisco, the first Giant to hurl a No-Hitter since Carl Hubbell in 1929‚ and the first Latin American to toss one in the Majors. 8th-inning doubles by Jim Davenport and Chuck Hiller provide the only score in the Giants 1-0 win at Candlestick. The game was played in 1 hr, 41 minutes.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=juan...no_hitter_ticket_stub_-lot157643.aspx;800;743
June 15, 1963 Houston Colt .45's at San Francisco Giants Box Score and Play by Play - Baseball-Reference.com
It was on this date in 1964 the Cardinals trade pitcher Ernie Broglio to the Cubs for some guy by the name of Lou Brock ( other lesser players involved ). Broglio goes 7-19 over the next 3 seasons for the Cubs while Brock goes to the HOF.
Lou Brock - BR Bullpen
