Today in Jewish baseball history
1938 — Hank Greenberg hits his 46th home run of the season and smacks two doubles as the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 12-6. Game summary
1948 — Marv Rotblatt earns his seventh straight victory as the Waterloo White Hawks defeat the Terre Haute Phillies 14-1 in the Three-I League. He allows five hits and strikes out 13 before a league season-high attendance of 8,501 in Waterloo, Iowa.
1951 — For the second time in two weeks, Chicago White Sox pitcher Saul Rogovin tosses a 2-0 shutout against Detroit, stopping the Tigers on seven hits. Game summary
1954 — Lou Limmer collects three hits, including a triple and homer, and drives in five runs as the Philadelphia A’s sweep the Baltimore Orioles 8-6 and 6-3. Game 1 summary Game 2 summary
1959 — Sandy Koufax strikes out 18 Giants, including 15 of the last 17 batters he faces, to tie Bob Feller’s 21-year-old major-league record for a nine-inning game. Wally Moon’s three-run homer in the ninth gives the Dodgers a 5-2 victory over San Francisco. Koufax also breaks Dizzy Dean’s National League record of 17 strikeouts set in 1933 and surpasses Koufax’s major-league record of 16 strikeouts in a night game set a year earlier against the Phillies. Game summary
1966 — Art Shamsky pinch hits for Tony Perez — who was pinch-hitting for Gordy Coleman — and hits a three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 7-5. Game summary
1969 — Chicago Cubs pitcher Ken Holtzman goes 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and drives in three runs in an 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Game summary
1998 — Brad Ausmus singles in the winning run in the top of the ninth as the Houston Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3. Game summary
2015 — Cleveland Indians president Mark Shapiro takes over the same position with the Toronto Blue Jays, replacing Paul Beeston.
2020 — The Boston Red Sox trade outfielder Kevin Pillar to the Colorado Rockies for a minor-league player. Pillar will play in just 24 games for Colorado before signing with the New York Mets as a free agent in 2021.
MLB debut
Scott Feldman, 2005 — Pitches perfect ninth inning and strikes out first two batters he faces in Rangers’ 9-2 win over White Sox.
Recent transactions (2025)
Washington Nationals selected the contract of C C.J. Stubbs from the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings.
High-A Greenville Drive activated SS Henry Godbolt from the 7-day injured list.
Athletics recalled 2B Zack Gelof from the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators.
3B Noah Mendlinger assigned to the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds from the Double-A Springfield Cardinals.
St. Louis Cardinals released RHP Tanner Jacobson from the High-A Peoria Chiefs.
Philadelphia Phillies optioned RHP Max Lazar to the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
Athletics claimed LHP Jared Shuster off waivers from the Chicago White Sox and optioned him to Triple-A Las Vegas.