Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/April 22

Events

• 1876 - In the first National League game ever played, Joe Borden of the Boston Red Caps beat the hometown Philadelphia Athletics team 6 - 5.
• 1898 - Ted Breitenstein of the Cincinnati Reds and Jay Hughes of the Baltimore Orioles each pitched no-hitters.
• 1910 - The Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies combine for a Major League record fewest at bats by two teams in a nine-inning game: 48 (25 for Braves, 23 Phils).
• 1915 - Pinstripes first appeared on New York Yankees uniforms.
• 1923 - The first Sunday game at Yankee Stadium draws an estimated 60,000.
• 1934 - Chicago Cubs pitcher Lon Warneke hurls his second consecutive one-hitter.
• 1946 - Boston Red Sox rookie Eddie Pellagrini hits a home run in his first Major League at-bat.
• 1957 - John Kennedy becomes the first African American to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, making them the last National League team to integrate.
• 1962 - The Pittsburgh Pirates win their 10th straight game, matching the Major League record to start a season.
• 1970 - New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver strikes out 19 batters, including the last ten in a row.
• 1993 - Seattle Mariners pitcher Chris Bosio pitched a no-hitter.
• 1996 - New York Mets closer John Franco becomes the first left-handed pitcher to reach the 300-save plateau.
• 1997 - After four months of on-and-off negotiations, the New York Yankees acquire the rights to Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu from the San Diego Padres for $3 million.
• 1998 - Chicago White Sox second baseman Ray Durham ties a Major League record by reaching base on an error three times in Chicago's 14 - 7 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
• 2007 - The Boston Red Sox complete their first sweep of the New York Yankees in Fenway Park in 17 years.

Births

• 1881 - Neal Ball, infielder (d. 1957)
• 1883 - Carl Vandagrift, infielder (d. 1920)
• 1884 - Bill Schwartz, infielder (d. 1961)
• 1887 - Sandy Burk, pitcher (d. 1934)
• 1892 - Ferd Eunick, infielder (d. 1959)
• 1894 - Jake Pitler, infielder (d. 1968)
• 1898 - Tom Long, pitcher (d. 1973)
• 1900 - Paul Florence, catcher (d. 1986)
• 1901 - Taylor Douthit, outfielder (d. 1986)
• 1902 - Ray Benge, pitcher (d. 1997)
• 1908 - Fabian Kowalik, pitcher (d. 1954)
• 1910 - Lew Riggs, infielder; All-Star (d. 1975)
• 1911 - Jake Daniel, infielder (d. 1996)
• 1912 - Pete Center, pitcher (d. 2004)
• 1918 - Mickey Vernon, infielder, manager; All-Star (d. 2008)
• 1932 - Nick Mileti, owner
• 1933 - Bob Schmidt, catcher; All-Star
• 1936 - Takeshi Koba, NPB infielder; manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1938 - John Orsino, catcher
• 1941 - Steve Jones, pitcher
• 1954 - Bill Paschall, pitcher
• 1955 - David Clyde, pitcher
• 1956 - Moose Haas, pitcher
• 1957 - Dave Schmidt, pitcher
• 1958 - Stefan Wever, pitcher
• 1959 - Terry Francona, infielder, manager
• 1961 - Jimmy Key, pitcher; All-Star
• 1964 - Jack Savage, pitcher
• 1966 - Mickey Morandini, infielder; All-Star
• 1968 - Mike Bell, infielder
• 1969 - George Williams, catcher
• 1980 - Carlos Hernández, pitcher
• 1982 - David Purcey, pitcher

Deaths

• 1935 - George Ross, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1951 - Ox Eckhardt, outfielder (b. 1901)
• 1957 - Joe Benz, pitcher (b. 1886)
• 1966 - Lou Finney, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1910)
• 1967 - Fritz Maisel, infielder (b. 1889)
• 1967 - Bill Salkeld, catcher (b. 1917)
• 1972 - Frank Drews, infielder (b. 1916)
• 1974 - Steve Swetonic, pitcher (b. 1903)
• 1976 - Ernie Krueger, catcher (b. 1890)
• 1977 - Rube Yarrison, pitcher (b. 1896)
• 1983 - Mike Schemer, infielder (b. 1917)
• 1993 - Mark Koenig, infielder (b. 1904)