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Wally Pipp's Career-Ending 'Headache' : snopes.com  Rumor: Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak begin when Wally Pipp sat out a game with a headache. ... When he returned, the Yankees had a new first baseman. ... Gehrig, who'd played sparingly thus far, including a pinch-hit performance the ... Miller Huggins sent him up to bat for Peewee Wanninger on June 1, 1925.
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Baseball: Gehrig's streak of consecutive games played ended 56 ...  Sep 5, 1995 ... Ripken poised to tie it with 2,130th game in a row. ... Gehrig began the streak in 1925, when on June 1 he pinch-hit for Pee Wee Wanninger.
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Pee-Wee Wanninger - Wikipedia  On June 1, 1925 Lou Gehrig started his famous 2,130 game consecutive streak when he pinch hit for Wanninger. For the season, Wanninger had a .247...
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Major League Baseball consecutive games played streaks - Wikipedia  Listed below are the longest consecutive games played in Major League Baseball history. To compile such a streak, a player must appear in every game played by his .... Thus it is possible for a pinch-runner to enter a game and record a ... Ripken says that the closest he ever came to not playing during his streak was the...
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 through 1939. Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, a trait .... On June 1, 1925, Gehrig entered the game as a pinch hitter, substituting for...
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Arrieta can join short list of pitchers to throw two no-hitters in one ...  Apr 24, 2016 ... He's the only lefty on this list, and the only pitcher to have a career ... at the time were the most powerful lighting system at any sporting venue. ... In his start prior to his first no-hitter in 1938, on June 5, Vander Meer ... Reynolds was 34 years old when he had his double no-hit season, the oldest man to do it.
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56 Game Hitting Streak by Joe DiMaggio - Baseball Almanac  On that day, Joltin' Joe DiMaggio went one-for-four with a run batted in against ... From that fateful day until July 16, fifty-six games later, DiMaggio hit safely in every ... of an always impressive Yankee team, 1941 was even more special than usual. ... DiMaggio kept his streak alive through the All-Star break (and in fact the...
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Walter Johnson | Society for American Baseball Research  After years of poverty in Kansas, a move to the Golden State seemed very ... Pitching until July for Weiser, Johnson racked up a 7-1 record, then returned to his ... Manager Joe Cantillon of the Washington Senators began receiving .... who had just singled in two runs to tie the score at 3-3, called the Big Train in to pitch.
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On Baseball; Amid Crumbling Records, A Streak That Will Endure ...  Mar 9, 1999 ... Suddenly, Henrich heard a voice behind him. ... DiMaggio took it in his hands but said, ''I don't want to use your bat. ... 56, Joe DiMaggio, NY May 15-July 16, 1941. ... When Pete Rose hit in 44 consecutive games in 1978, DiMaggio's name ... No one on the Yankees paid much attention to DiMaggio's streak...
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Babe Ruth's Summer of Records - The Daily Beast  Sep 29, 2013 ... An excerpt from his new book, One Summer: America, 1927 ... Gehrig hit just two more home runs the rest of the season. ... Ruth went two games, on September 24 and 25, without a homer, which left .... For his third pitch, Zachary threw a curveas good as I had, he recalledthat was low and outside.
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The Peculiar Professional Baseball Career of Eddie Gaedel - SABR  Gaedel was born on June 8, 1925, to parents of normal physical stature. ... The only hint Veeck gave to the 18,000 fans in attendance for the August 19 ... an entry for a new player, Gaedel, who had the rather curious number of 1?8 printed ... his research on Central Texas blackball history, pre-MLB Texas baseball history,...
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1915 World Series - Wikipedia  In the 1915 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies four games to one. ... President Woodrow Wilson throws out the ceremonial first pitch ... The Red Sox pitching was so strong in the 1915 series that the young Babe Ruth was ... In Game 2, Woodrow Wilson became the first U.S. President to attend a...
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Pee Wee Reese - Wikipedia  Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese (July 23, 1918  August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. ... Reese is also famous for his support of his teammate Jackie Robinson, the first...
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A streak for baseball eternity | Deseret News  Mar 8, 1999 ... Like every batting streak, the one Joe DiMaggio rode into the record books in 1941 started innocently, almost unnoticed. He was 26 ... The hit hardly stood out, since the Yankees lost the game, 13-1. It was .... Then he sent a shot to shortstop, where Lou Boudreau turned it into an inning-ending double play.
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The Strangest At-Bat in History - Neatorama  Aug 19, 2011 ... Edward Carl Gaedel was born on June 8, 1925. ... Tens of thousands of games have been played in the history of Major League Baseball. ... as a bartender at "The Midget Club," a bar in Chicago that employed only little people. ... Gaedel wore a borrowed batboy's uniform which sported the number 1/8.
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Bob Feller - Wikipedia  Robert William Andrew Feller (November 3, 1918  December 15, 2010), nicknamed "The Heater from Van Meter", "Bullet Bob", and "Rapid Robert", was an American baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians. ... In 1946, he recorded 348 strikeouts, a total not exceeded for 19 years.
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On This Day In Cardinal Nation : October 2, 1968: Bob Gibson ...  Oct 2, 2013 ... October 2, 1968: Bob Gibson Strikes Out 17 in Game One of The ... On October 2, 1968, Bob Gibson set a World Series record by striking out 17 Detroit Tigers batters in in a ... had instant classic written on it before either pitcher took the bump. ... There it was flashing NEW WORLD SERIES RECORD 16 Ks!!
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Joe DiMaggio's 56-Game Hitting Streak Ends in 1941 :: All Funked Up  Jul 17, 2015 ... In 1933, DiMaggio got a hit in 61 consecutive games when he played for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League. ... Three days later, the "Yankee Clipper" extended his hitting streak to 16 games when he had a hit in ... as the New York Times reported that his streak reached 19 straight games.
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Pitcher Perfect1963-1966 | The Pop History Dig  Jul 10, 2010 ... For there was a time in his career, at one season's end in 1960, when he threw ... But to his and baseball's good fortune, he did not quit, but rather persevered, ... Koufax was in and out of the Dodger starting rotation due to injuries. ..... In his third Triple Crown season of 1966, Sandy Koufax won 27 games,...
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May 2, 1939: Lou Gehrig's streak ends in Detroit | Society for ...  After the games played on May 1, the Yankees were tied for first place with Boston (5-3) ... desire to bench himself, ending his consecutive game streak at 2,130, by far the major league standard.3 ... informed the crowd that Gehrig was pulling himself from the lineup, ending his streak. ... Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time.
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The Baseball Guru - Baseball Names and How They Got That Way ...  Jul 1, 1984 ... Reese was anything but "Pee Wee" in his influence on the Dodgers in over 16 seasons. ... He played 15 years in Brooklyn and followed the team to Los Angeles ... Larsen struck out Junior Gilliam on a breaking ball to start the game. ... The Yankee infield of first baseman Joe Collins, second baseman Billy...