Baseball events that happened on July 17th...........
 

The passing of Ty Cobb in 1961, and Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean in '74. Other tidbits....... 1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)

1979 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
1979 All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates)

1978 New York Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
1978 Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes manager Billy Martin to suspend him
1974 Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo)

1966 Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit.


1961 Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th

1961 Ford Frick rules that if anyone breaks Babe Ruth 60 HR record, it must be done in 1st 154 games

1941 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland

1925 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits
1922 Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year
1918 Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings
1914 Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1 (WOW!)

1900 New York Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Brooklyn Superbas

19th Century
 

How come you stopped so soon? Some good stuff in the 19th century, too! :D

1897 - Baltimore's Wee Willie Keeler gets 5 hits and‚ for the third time‚ scores 5 runs in a 20-2 rout of Chicago.

1896 - Pittsburgh defeats Philadelphia 8-7 in a bizarre finish. The Phillies score 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning to take a 7-5 lead only to see Pittsburgh score 3 in the bottom of the inning for the win. Bones Ely scores the tying run from 3B as the Phillies argue with the umpire following a disputed call. Philadelphia had neglected to request time out. Kid Carsey then comes in to relieve Jack Taylor and balks in the winning run.

1888 - Tommy McCarthy's 6 stolen bases pace the St. Louis Browns to 15 steals and a 10-3 victory over Kansas City. McCarthy also goes 5-for-5 at the plate.

1883 - Buffalo pummels last place Philadelphia‚ 21-6‚ led by 5 hits by both Jim O'Rourke and Hardy Richardson.

1880 - Rookie Harry Stovey hits his first Major League homerun‚ connecting off Jim McCormick as Worcester beats Cleveland 7-1. Stovey will be the first Major League player to reach 100 career homeruns.