August 13 - Mickey Mantle passes away

08/13/24 • 4 min

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During the second game of a doubleheader in Boston on August 13th 1900, Pirate Honus Wagner steals second base, third base, and home in the 7th inning. Wagner also accomplished the feat in 1899.

August 13th, 1910, in the most evenly played game ever, the Pirates and Brooklyn Superbas each have eight runs, 13 hits, 38 at bats, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batter, one passed ball, 13 assists, 27 putouts, two errors, and use two pitchers. The game would finally be called on account of darkness.

On August 13th 1921, Boston Braves Pitcher John "Mule" Watson tosses two complete-game victories over the Phillies, winning 4-3 and 8-0. It is the third time he has pitched both games of a doubleheader to completion, his first two being with the A's in 1918.

51,013 pack Comiskey Park to see Satchel Paige pitch his first Major League shutout as Cleveland wins 5-0 on August 13th 1951. Giving up only five hits, Paige would add one more win to his 4-1 record. In his 12 starts, 201,829 fans would come to the park to witness “Old Satch”.

August 13th, 1962 while playing for the minor league Daytona Beach Dodgers, Bert Campaneris pitches ambidextrously in a relief appearance. Facing the Ft. Lauderdale Yankees, Campy threw lefty to lefthanders and switched when right-handers come up to the plate.

August 13th, 1995 Flags at Yankee Stadium fly at half mast to honor the passing of Yankee legend Mickey Mantle. Mantle died of liver cancer at the age of 63 in Dallas, Texas.

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During the second game of a doubleheader in Boston on August 13th 1900, Pirate Honus Wagner steals second base, third base, and home in the 7th inning. Wagner also accomplished the feat in 1899.

August 13th, 1995 Flags at Yankee Stadium fly at half mast to honor the passing of Yankee legend Mickey Mantle. Mantle died of liver cancer at the age of 63 in Dallas, Texas.

Historical Recap performed by:

Robyn Newton from - Robyn Says

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August 12, 1912 three men attack Ty Cobb on his way to the Detroit rail station. Cobb sustains a cut on his shoulder but catches one of his attackers and pistol-whips him. To no one’s surprise, Cobb then travels to Syracuse and gets two hits in an exhibition game.

There was no joy in Mudville on August 12th, 1940 as Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of "Casey at the Bat", dies in Santa Barbara, CA at age 77.

Cleveland and Detroit square off to decide ownership of the division lead. In a duel between the two aces‚ Bob Feller tops Hal Newhouser 8-5 and becomes the majors' first 20-game winner on August 12th, 1940.

1964 - Mickey Mantle sets a major league record hitting home runs from both sides of the plate for the 10th time in his career. Mantle hits a left-handed homer off Ray Herbert clear over the 461 ft. marker in centerfield that lands 15 rows into the bleachers, 502 ft. from the plate.

On August 12th, 1995 the Dodgers defeat the Pirates‚ 11-10 in 11 innings on the oddest play of the year. With the potential winning run at third‚ Mitch Webster of the Dodgers swings at a pitch in the dirt. Pittsburgh’s rookie catcher Angelo Encarnacion casually picked up the ball with his mask‚ leading Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda to appeal‚ citing the rule which awards a runner two bases if a fielder uses his mask to touch a thrown ball. The umpires agree and allow the winning run to score. Encarnacion is given an error.

In 1996, Geronimo Berroa hits 3 home runs in the Athletics' 11-1 win over Minnesota. He becomes the 10th player in history to have a pair of 3-homer games in the same season. Berroa accounts for 5 of Oakland's runs and Mark McGwire accounts for 4 with a pair of homers himself. McGwire‚ who missed 30 games‚ now has 41 homers on the season.

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For two straight years, August 14th belonged to Pitcher Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe. In 1934 the largest weekday crowd in history watched the Tigers' win their 14th straight at Yankee stadium as Schoolboy Rowe notched his 13th consecutive “W”. One year later to the day, in 1935, the “Schoolboy” tossed an 18-2 victory over the Senators while going 5 for 5 at the dish.

“Holy Cow!!!!” On August 14th 1942, led by the double play combo of Phil “The Scooter” Rizzuto and Joe Gordon, the Yankees turn a record seven double plays in an 11-2 win over the A’s. The Yankees would finish the season with 190 twin killings... just 4 shy of the record they had set the previous season.

On August 14th, 1902 – The Pittsburgh Pirates “Little” Tommy Leach hits two inside the park home runs at Boston. He would end the year as the National League home run king, closing out the season with 6, every single one, inside-the-park homers.

August14th, 1977 Carl Yastrzemski leads the Red Sox to an 11-1 thrashing of Seattle by collecting his 506th career double. This moves Yaz past Babe Ruth on the all-time doubles list.

August 14th, 1999 Texas backstop Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez becomes the first catcher in major league history with 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in the same season.

Happy Birthday Juan Pierre, born August 14th, 1977 and Boston All Star Pitcher Clay Buchholz born August 14th 1984.

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