This Day In Baseball History, June 14.

  • Sunday, June 14, 2015

1933  Joe McCarthy and Lou Gehrig are both thrown out of the game, with the Yankee manager being suspended for three games. Fortunately, his first baseman isn't and the 'Iron Horse's' consecutive game streak stays intact at 1,249 games.

1952  In a 3-1 loss, Boston Braves southpaw Warren Spahn whiffs 18 Cubs in 15 innings, tying Jim Whitney's National League record of 18 strikeouts. On the same day, Braves scout Dewey Griggs signs a Mobile, Alabama youth named Henry Aaron.

1952  After purchasing Hank Aaron from the Indianapolis Clowns for $10,000, the Braves signs the 18 year-old Negro League player and assigns him to the Eau Claire Bears, the team's Class-C farm team. The future home run king will play second base, being named the Northern League's Rookie of the Year when he hits .336 and nine homers in 87 games for the Wisconsin minor league team.

1953  Before 74,708 fans, the Yankees sweep the Indians, 6-2 and 3-0, to extend the team's winning streak to eighteen consecutive games. The Bronx Bombers' run of victories will end with a 3-1 loss to St. Louis, one win shy of the franchise mark of 19 set in 1947.

1974  Nolan Ryan, throwing an unbelievable 235 pitches, whiffs 19 batters in 13 innings, including Cecil Cooper six consecutive times, in the Angels' 15-inning, 4-3 victory over Boston in Anaheim. The right-hander's performance will be the first of three 19-strikeout outings the Texan throws this season.

1990  The National League announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams. The two new franchises, that will begin playing in 1993, are the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies.

1996  At Kauffman Stadium, Cal Ripken sets a new consecutive games world record by playing in his 2,216th consecutive game. The previous mark of 2,215 was held by Hiroshima Carp third baseman Sachio Kinugasa, playing in the Japanese Central League.

2002  Due to 14 interleague contests all played in National League parks, a designated hitter is not used in a full slate of major league games for the first time since 1972. Visiting hurlers will get plenty of opportunities to swing the bat as there isn't a home game scheduled in an American League park for ten consecutive days.

2006  Former Brave RHP Russ Ortiz (0-5, 7.54) becomes the highest paid player ever to be cut by a major league team. Although the team still owes $22 million of the $33 million of the four-year deal signed in December 2004, the Diamondbacks designate the 32 year-old righty for assignment, meaning the club has 10 days to trade, waive or release the pitcher, who has a 1-14 record in his last 19 starts.

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