June 1

[edit] Events

[edit] 1910

• Chief Bender, pitching for the Philadelphia Athletics, no-hits the Cleveland Indians and gets the win by a score of 4-0.

[edit] 1923

• For the first time in the 20th century a team scores at least once in every inning as the New York Giants accomplished it by beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 22-8

[edit] 1925

• Lou Gehrig begins his streak of 2,130 games with a pinch hit appearance for Pee Wee Wanninger

[edit] 1937

• Pitching for the Chicago White Sox, Bill Dietrich no-hits the St. Louis Browns and gets the win in an 8-0 victory

[edit] 1941

• Mel Ott hits his 400th career home run and scores his 1500th run to help the New York Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2.

[edit] 1975

• California Angels pitcher, Nolan Ryan tosses his 4th career no-hitter and earns his 100th career win when he beats the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0

[edit] 1977

• Cleveland Indians hurler, Dennis Eckersley allows a home run to Ruppert Jones of the Seattle Mariners. The hit breaks up Eckersly's streak of 22.1 consecutive no-hit innings, falling just 2/3 of an inning short of the major league record held by Cy Young

[edit] 1987

• Phil Niekro, pitching for the Cleveland Indians, gets a win over the Detroit Tigers giving the Neikro brothers (Phil and Joe Nekro) 530 combined victories, enough to pass Gaylord Perry and Jim Perry for the most by a pair of brothers.

[edit] 1995

• Joe Garagiola Jr. is named the first general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks

[edit] 2006

• Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman, Jose Castillo, has his homerun streak snapped at 5 consecutive games. He misses a home run by less than 6 inches when he knocked a double off the top of the wall in the bottom of the 9th inning.

[edit] Births

• See the All-Time Team for June 1st birthdays