Today In Baseball History
October 11

Baseball

• 1906 - White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game


• 1911 - Ty Cobb (AL) & Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto


• 1913 - Philadelphia A's beat New York Giants, 4 games to 1 in 10th World Series


• 1923 - Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a World Series game


• 1927 - Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible)


• 1943 - New York Yankees beat Cardinals 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series


• 1948 - Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series


• 1956 - AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners


• 1960 - Radio-TV exec John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers


• 1967 - World Series record 3 consecutive HRs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, & Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox


• 1968 - Billy Martin named manager of Twins


• 1971 - Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times


• 1972 - Reds beat Pirates in NLCS


• 1973 - Oakland beats Baltimore 3 games to 2 to win AL pennant


• 1974 - A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract


• 1978 - Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th


• 1981 - Expos beat Phillies, 3 games to 2, in NLCS


• 1981 - Yankees beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series


• 1992 - Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & Braves (Baseball)


• 1992 - Toronto down 6-1 in 7th beats A's 7-6 in 11th in AL playoff

That's all for today.

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