This Day Archive
August
31 entries from 1884 to 2024.
Nate Colbert Blasts Five Home Runs and Drives in 13 in a Single Doubleheader
August 1, 1972
A Jury Acquits the Black Sox, but Landis Has the Final Word
August 2, 1921
Kenesaw Mountain Landis Bans the Black Sox for Life
August 3, 1921
Joel Youngblood Gets Hits for Two Teams in Two Cities on the Same Day
August 4, 1982
The First Radio Broadcast of a Major League Baseball Game
August 5, 1921
Hank Aaron Breaks Babe Ruth's Record for Most Home Runs with One Club
August 6, 1972
Barry Bonds Hits Number 756 to Become Baseball's All-Time Home Run King
August 7, 2007
The Lights Come On at Wrigley Field After 74 Years of Day Baseball
August 8, 1988
Every Major League Game Played Under the Lights for the First Time
August 9, 1946
Red Barrett Shuts Out the Reds on Just 58 Pitches
August 10, 1944
Baseball Enters the Color Television Age at Ebbets Field
August 11, 1951
The 1994 Players Strike Begins and Baseball Goes Dark
August 12, 1994
Jack Taylor's Iron Man Streak of 187 Consecutive Complete Games Ends
August 13, 1906
Jimmie Foxx Hits for the Cycle and Drives in Nine Runs
August 14, 1933
Young Babe Ruth Outlasts Walter Johnson in a 13-Inning Pitching Duel
August 15, 1916
The Pitch That Killed Ray Chapman
August 16, 1920
Lou Gehrig Breaks the Consecutive Games Record
August 17, 1933
The Longest Game in Wrigley Field History
August 18, 1982
The Giants Vote to Leave New York for San Francisco
August 19, 1957
Mark McGwire Becomes the First Player to Hit 50 Home Runs in Three Straight Seasons
August 20, 1998
Babe Ruth Hits His 600th Home Run
August 21, 1931
Nolan Ryan Strikes Out His 5,000th Batter
August 22, 1989
Shohei Ohtani Joins the 40-40 Club With a Walk-Off Grand Slam
August 23, 2024
Ray Caldwell Gets Struck by Lightning and Finishes the Game
August 24, 1919
The Cubs Beat the Phillies 26-23 in the Highest-Scoring Game in History
August 25, 1922
The First Televised Major League Baseball Game
August 26, 1939
Christy Mathewson Resigns as Reds Manager to Join the Army
August 27, 1918
Mickey Welch Strikes Out the First Nine Batters He Faces
August 28, 1884
Lou Brock Breaks Ty Cobb's All-Time Stolen Base Record
August 29, 1977
Ty Cobb Doubles in His First Major League At-Bat
August 30, 1905
Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr. Become the First Father-Son Teammates
August 31, 1990