This Date in Baseball

Sept. 16

1914 - Roger Peckinpaugh, at 23, was hired to finish the season as manager of the New York Yankees.

1924 - Jim Bottomley went 6-for-6 and batted in a record 12 runs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 17-3. His hits included two home runs.

1926 - The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 23-3 at the Baker Bowl. The Cardinals scored 12 runs in the third inning to set a franchise record.

1931 - The St. Louis Cardinals repeated as National League champions, clinching the pennant with a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies and doubleheader loss by the New York Giants.

1950 - Cincinnati's Ted Tappe pinched hit in the eighth and homered in his first major league at bat. The homer off Brooklyn's

1957 - The Los Angeles City Council approved a 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for a ballpark for the Dodgers. The club's obligation was to finance a public recreation area.

1960 - Warren Spahn, 39, pitched a no-hitter and set an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts. Milwaukee beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0.

1965 - Dave Morehead of the Boston Red Sox pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park. Morehead walked one batter and struck out.

1975 - The Pittsburgh Pirates routed the Chicago Cubs in Wrigley Field 22-0. It was the most one-sided shutout since 1900. Rennie Stennett had seven hits, including two two-hit innings. Pittsburgh's Rennie Stennett tied a major league mark established in 1892 going 7-for-7 in a nine-inning game. The Pirates' second baseman got two hits in one inning twice (in the first and fifth innings.

1988 - Cincinnati's Tom Browning pitched a perfect game as the Reds beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0. Browning struck out eight and allowed eight balls to be hit out of the infield.

1993 - Dave Winfield of the Minnesota Twins became the 19th player in major league history to get 3,000 hits. Winfield singled off Oakland's Dennis Eckersley in a 5-1 win at home.

1996 - Minnesota's Paul Molitor got his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 21st major leaguer to reach the mark, in a 6-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Molitor got three hits on the night and became the first player to get a triple for the milestone hit. Molitor got a first-inning single for hit No. 2,999 and the triple in the sixth off Kansas City starter Jose Rosada. He added another single in the seventh.

1997 - Philadelphia's Curt Schilling struck out nine in the Phillies win over the New York Mets to become the 13th pitcher since 1900 with 300 strikeouts in a season.

2006 - Chone Figgins hit for the cycle in the Los Angeles Angels' 12-6 loss to the Texas Rangers.

2007 - Jim Thome became the 23rd player - and third this season - to reach 500 home runs. The slugger hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning off reliever Dustin Moseley to give the Chicago White Sox a 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

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