1908 –Rube Waddell struck out 16 former teammates as the St. Louis Browns beat the Philadelphia A’s 5-4.
1911 –Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns with a 5-0 no-hitter, striking out 12.
1915 –Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, now 41, hit a bases-loaded homer off Jeff Pfeffer of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the eighth inning.
1928 –The Cleveland Indians scored eight runs in the first inning and nine more in the second and went on to destroy the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field.
1955 –Smoky Burgess of the Cincinnati Reds hit three home runs and drove in nine runs in a 16-5 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field.
1968 –George Culver of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a 6-1 no-hitter against the Phillies at Philadelphia.
1983 –Steve Garvey of the San Diego Padres ended his National League record of 1,207 consecutive games. The streak ended when he dislocated his thumb in a collision with Atlanta pitcher Pasqual Perez while attempting to score.
Birthday: Steve Frey 32.
