Today in Jewish baseball history
1871 — Lipman Pike of the Troy (N.Y.) Haymakers becomes the first major-league home run champion when he hits his league-leading fourth of the season in a 15-13 loss to the Washington Olympics. Boxscore
1902 — New York Giants owner Andrew Freedman sells his interest in the team, but retains the title of team president for a few more months.
1934 — Syd Cohen of the Washington Senators gives up Babe Ruth’s final American League home run but also is the last to strike out the slugger in a New York Yankees uniform. Cohen goes 2-for-4 with an RBI and Fred Sington adds two hits and an RBI as the Senators win 8-5. Game summary
1946 — Emil Moscowitz pitches a three-hitter as the semi-pro Bushwicks of Brooklyn defeat the Minor-League All-Stars 3-2 at Dexter Park in Queens. Herb Karpel of the Newark Bears is the losing pitcher.
1963 — Sandy Koufax gives up an inside-the-park home run to a horse during batting practice in the TV episode “Leo Durocher Meets Mr. Ed.”
1965 — Sandy Koufax picks up his 25th victory of the season, stopping the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 on two hits and 13 strikeouts. Game summary
1966 — Sandy Koufax beats the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on four hits. He becomes the first major-league pitcher to strike out 300 in a season three years in a row since Amos Rusie in 1890-92. Game summary
1979 — Elliott Maddox ties a Mets single-game record with three doubles as New York beats the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7. Game summary
1980 — Steve Stone pitches six innings of the Baltimore Orioles’ 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox and finishes his Cy Young Award-winning season with a 25-7 record. Game summary
1999 — Shawn Green goes 4-for-4 with two doubles as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-2. Game summary
2007 — The Florida Marlins promote general manager Larry Beinfest to president of baseball operations.
2023 — The San Francisco Giants fire manager Gabe Kapler after four seasons. Kapler joined the Giants in November 2019 and led them to a 295-248 record, highlighted by a 107-win 2021 season that earned him the NL Manager of the Year award.
Birthdays
Sol Mishkin, 1905 — Minor-league player and manager.
Eddie Feinberg, 1917 — The middle infielder appeared in 16 games for the Phillies during the 1938 and 1939 seasons. He tied a major-league record for shortstops on May 19, 1939 when he had no fielding chances in a 12-inning game against the Reds.
MLB debut
Monte Pfeiffer, 1913 — Starting shortstop for Philadelphia Athletics, went 0-for-3 and was hit by a pitch by Walter Johnson (36-7) in the A’s 1-0 loss to the Washington Senators. Pfeiffer also committed one of Philadelphia’s five errors.
Final MLB games
Monte Pfeiffer, 1913 — See above.
Sam Mayer, 1915 — Singles in lone at-bat and stays in to play first base in Senators’ 20-5 win over A’s.
Duke Markell, 1951 — Allows to runs on two hits with one strikeout in ninth inning of Browns’ 8-3 loss to White Sox.
Steve Stone, 1981 — Relieves with two out in first and goes 4 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on three hits including two home runs, four walks and one strikeout in Orioles’ 14-0 loss to Tigers.
Mike Milchin, 1996 — Relieves in seventh and goes two-thirds of an inning, allowing one run with one walk and one strikeout in Orioles’ 4-1 loss to Blue Jays. Walks Shawn Green, who later score.
Shawn Green, 2007 — Plays first base for final two innings but doesn’t bat in Mets’ 13-0 win over Marlins.
Recent transactions (2025)
Philadelphia Phillies optioned RHP Max Lazar to the Florida Complex League Phillies.
3B Noah Mendlinger assigned to Double-A Springfield Cardinals from Triple-A Memphis Redbirds.
Athletics placed 2B Zack Gelof on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder dislocation.