Today in Jewish baseball history
1938 — Hank Greenberg, facing White Sox pitcher Frank Gabler, becomes the first batter to homer into the center-field bleachers at Comiskey Park as the Tigers beat Chicago 5-2. Only seven batters ever accomplished the feat. Game summary
1939 — Murray Franklin is presented the Louisville Slugger Trophy for having the top batting average in organized baseball the previous year. Franklin batted .439 for the Beckley (W.Va.) Bengals of the Mountain State League.
1939 — Fred Sington hits a solo homer and Goody Rosen adds a tie-breaking RBI triple as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the Boston Bees 4-2. Game summary
1940 — Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers hits an eighth-inning solo homer off former teammate Harry Eisenstat in a 6-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Game summary
1941 — Mickey Rutner goes 2-for-4 to spark a pair of two-run rallies as St. John’s defeats Fordham 5-1 for its third straight Metropolitan Intercollegiate championship. Rutner led all New York City college players with a .483 batting average.
1944 — Mike Schemer steals home in the ninth inning as the Jersey City Giants rally from a 7-1 deficit to beat the Syracuse Chiefs 9-8 in the International League.
1945 — Harry Chozen of the Mobile Bears (Southern League) begins a 49-game hitting streak — the sixth-longest in baseball history.
1948 — Recently retired slugger Hank Greenberg purchases an interest in the Cleveland club, becoming the Indians’ second-largest stockholder.
1951 — Mickey Rutner goes 5-for-6 as the San Antonio Missions rout the Shreveport Scouts 19-2 in the Texas League.
1952 — Saul Rogovin allows six hits as the Chicago White Sox blank the St. Louis Browns 3-0. Game summary
1955 — Lou Limmer’s two-run homer with two out in the ninth inning gives the Columbus Jets a 5-4 victory over the Havana Sugar Kings in the International League.
1969 — The California Angels name Harold “Lefty” Phillips manager, replacing Bill Rigney. Phillips, who never managed in the minor leagues, most recently had been the Angels’ director of player personnel.
1982 — Steve Ratzer, called up six hours before the game by the New York Mets, is the winning pitcher in a 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees in the annual Mayor’s Trophy exhibition game. Ratzer’s name is sewn on his uniform so hurriedly that the “A” falls off in the eighth inning.
1988 — Brian Bark of North Carolina State gets six hits to tie a College World Series record and drives in four runs in a 13-3 win over Florida.
1989 — Brian Kowitz of Clemson begins a 37-game hitting streak over two seasons during which he bats .430 and drives in 43 runs.
2007 — Josh Satin begins a Cal-Berkeley school-record 27-game hitting streak that will end on March 29 — 22 games into the 2008 season.
2015 — Southern Cal catcher Garrett Stubbs is named Pac-10 Conference defensive player of the year after throwing out 53.8% of baserunners attempting to steal.
2017 — Zach Borenstein hits an opposite-field, two-run walk-off homer as the Sugar Land Skeeters defeat the Somerset Patriots 7-6 in the independent Atlantic League.
Birthday
Ross Baumgarten, 1955 — The left-hander went 22-36 over five seasons — four with the White Sox before ending his career in 1982 with the Pirates. He finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting in 1979.
Recent transactions (2025)
Texas Rangers placed 1B Joc Pederson on the 10-day injured list with a right hand fracture.
Texas Rangers designated CF Kevin Pillar for assignment.
Boston Red Sox placed 3B Alex Bregman on the 10-day injured list with a right quad strain.
Cleveland Guardians assigned RHP Aaron Davenport to the Triple-A Columbus Clippers from the Double-A Akron RubberDucks
The Athletics placed 2B Zack Gelof on the 60-day injured list.
Houston Astros recalled LHP Colton Gordon from the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys.
Double-A Reading Fightin Phils sent C Jordan Dissin on a rehab assignment to the High-A Jersey Shore BlueClaws.
Philadelphia Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from the Triple-A Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs.