On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue will be taking you on a fun, Cubs-centric journey through baseball’s colorful history, with a wealth of legends and stories revealed over time. Here is our Cubs timeline.
“Maybe I said it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly
Today in Baseball History:
1890 – Silver King pitches the only no-hitter in Players League history in a losing effort. King’s Chicago Pirates lose 0-1 at home to the Brooklyn Wonders on an error. King does not pitch the ninth inning as the team chooses to bat first. (2) 1907 – Cubs beat Cardinals 2-0 with catcher Johnny Kling getting out all four St. Louis base-stealers. Three Finger Brown wins 10 straight games. (2) 1916 – Red Sox’s Rube Foster throws a no-hitter against the Yankees 2-0, beating Bob Shawkey to pitch the first no-hitter at Fenway Park. Harry Hooper leads the offense with three hits. Red Sox president Joseph Lannin gives Rube a $100 bonus and presents each teammate with a gold-handled pocket knife engraved with the date. (2) 1936 – Van Mungo ends Cubs’ 15-game winning streak, putting the Cardinals 0.5 games behind, as they lose to the Giants. (2) 1939 – The New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig’s retirement after reports that he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The 36-year-old star remains with the team as captain. (1,2) 1964 – On Father’s Day at Shea Stadium, Jim Bunning strikes out 10 batters and drives in two, pitching the first perfect game since Charlie Robertson did it on April 30, 1922 (not including Don Larsen’s 1956 World Series performance and Harvey Haddix’s 1959 extra-innings loss). Philadelphia beats the Mets, 6-0. Bunning became the first pitcher in either league to throw a no-hitter, and Gus Triandos became the first catcher in either league to throw a no-hitter. Bunning threw just 90 pitches to complete his second no-hitter. The next time Bunning faced the Mets, he would pitch a shutout. (2) 1968 – The Cubs had a bad week, but Joe Niekro helped them beat the Reds, 3-2, to end their scoreless streak at 48 innings, tying a major league record set in 1906. George Culver was the losing pitcher, walking with the bases loaded in the third inning to allow the Cubs their first run. They also tied a league record with five consecutive shutout losses. The streak began in the final eight innings of a June 15 game against Atlanta and continued. He lost 0-1 in 11 innings to Phil Niekro, lost 0-1 to the Cardinals’ Nellie Briles, pitched a 4-0, one-hitter to Steve Carlton, and lost 0-1 to Bob Gibson. During this slump, Fergie Jenkins allowed only one run in 18 innings but only received a loss and a no-decision. (2)
Cubs birthdays: Matt Kilroy, Donovan Osborne, Rick Sutcliffe, Jeff Baker.
Today in History:
524 – Burgundian King Godmar defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vezerus. 1307 – Kyurüg Khan defeats rival forces and succeeds his uncle Temür Khan as Emperor of China, the 7th Great Khan. 1582 – Honno-ji Incident: Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by his own general, Akechi Mitsuhide, in Kyoto. 1788 – The United States Constitution comes into effect when New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify. 1834 – American inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick patents the reaper. 1879 Frank Winfield Woolworth opens the first “Woolworth Great Five Cent Store” on North Queen Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is a success.
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