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| 1911 |
At the start of the seventh inning at Boston's Huntington Avenue Grounds, Stuffy McInnis hits Ed Karger's warm-up pitch into short center field, leading to an inside-the-park home run against the out-of-position Red Sox outfielders. American League president Ban Johnson upholds the play on appeal, but the event causes a change in the no-warm-up rule implemented due to his concern that some games took over two hours to play.
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| 1930 | At Philadelphia's Shibe Park, Jack Quinn becomes the oldest player to hit a home run in major league history. The A's relief pitcher is nine days shy of his 47th birthday when he connects off Chad Kimsey for a solo shot, leading off the sixth inning in the team's 8-3 victory over the Browns. |
| 1963 | Tigers' first baseman Norm Cash plays an entire game without recording a put out in the team's 10-6 loss to the Twins at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium. Six strikeouts, sixteen balls caught in the air, and two fielder choices account for the 24 outs made by the home team. |
| 1987 | Freshman first baseman Mark McGwire hits three homers and drives in five runs, helping the A's defeat the Indians, 13-3. 'Big Mac' will finish the season with 49 round-trippers, far surpassing the rookie record of 38, once shared by Frank Robinson and Wally Berger. |
4 Fact(s) Found