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Historical Hitter August 31 1906: Frank Delahanty
August 31 is a good day for home runs in New York City. Gil Hodges hit 4 in 1950 as…
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Historical Hitter August 30 1921: Dave Robertson
For this year, NC State had two players drafted in the first round, Carlos Rondo and Trea Turner. With such…
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Historical Hitter August 29 1910: Mike Mitchell
On this day in 1910 Mike Mitchell one of the premier outfielders of the Deadball Era had one of his…
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Historical Hitter August 28 1924: Goose Goslin
On this day in 1924 in Yankee stadium Goose Goslin hit for the cycle and lead his Senators to victory.…
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Historical Hitter August 27 1939: Josh Gibson
On this day in 1939 in Yankee Stadium, Josh Gibson had one of his finest moments in the annual East…
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Historical Hitter August 26 1912: Owen Wilson
Before we get to the batter of the day, August 26 is the day baseball changed. The first TV broadcast…
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Historical Hitters August 25: Hack Miller and Hack Wilson
A Pair of Hacks. A Quartet of Home Runs. Yesterday Hack Wilson was mentioned as being one of two players…
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Historical Hitter August 24 1935: Hank Leiber
On Saturday, August 24, 1935 in the second inning Hank Leiber hit two home runs in the Polo Grounds. Batting…
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Historical Hitter August 23: Chick Hafey
On this day in 1931 the eventual world champion Cardinals had a double header against their old foes the Braves.…
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Historical Hitter August 22: Wes Ferrell
On this day in 1934, Boston’s pitcher rescues the team from defeat with his arm and bat. He goes the…
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Historical Hitter August 21: Babe Ruth
This one needs no introduction; on this hot summer day of 1931 The Sultan of Swat connected on his 600th…
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Historical Hitters August 20: Lou Gehrig & Togie Pittinger
On this day in 1938 the Iron Horse hits his 23rd grand slam home run. This record stood until A-Rod…
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Historical Hitter August 19 1917: Hal Chase
We take baseball games on Sunday as a rite of the game. Yet that was not the case until the…
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Historical Hitter August 17 1894: Sam Thompson
With Michael Cuddyer hitting for the cycle yesterday was one of baseball’s exceptional performances and it became the theme of…
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Historical Hitter August 16 1890: Malachi Kittridge and Tom Burns
It has been famously said that there’s no crying in Baseball. One of the few exceptions to that baseball bylaw…
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Historical Hitter August 15 1914: Jake Daubert
During a double header with the Brooklyn Superbas vs. the Phillies, Brooklyn’s first baseman came to the plate ten times…
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Historical Hitter August 14 1935: “Schoolboy” Rowe
Who says pitchers can’t hit? On this day Detroit’s All-Star pitcher, Lynwood Thomas “Schoolboy” Rowe, almost single-handedly beat the hapless…
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Historical Hitter August 13 1947: Willard Brown
On this day the first player to integrate the woeful St. Louis Browns, Willard Brown hit an inside the park…
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Historical Hitter August 12 1936: Bill Shaw
Batter up at the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936. The batter is unknown in this image. On this day in front…
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Historical Hitter August 11 1935: Mule Suttles
The 1935 East West All Star game played at Comiski Park in Chicago was the scene for historical hitting heroics.…
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Historical Hitter August 10 1905: Pat Moran
August 10 was a quiet day in the majors. As the baseball tradition goes, “he runs well for a catcher,”…
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Historical Hitter August 9 1914: George Cutshaw
George Cutshaw was an under rated second baseman for the Brooklyn Robins of 1915, a team that finished 3rd in…
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Historical Hitter August 8 1919: Frank Home Run Baker
While more famous for being part of the Philadelphia A’s $100,000 infield and baseball’s original dynasty lead by Connie Mack,…
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Historical Hitter August 7 1922: Ken Williams
Today’s Historical Hitter is the only person to win the outright Home Run title from 1918 to 1931 not named Babe…
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Historical Hitter August 6 1914: Rabbit Maranville
August 6 1914, 100 years ago today: Braves 5 Pirates 4 While still in 4th place and 6.5 games out…
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