On this date

MAY 1

1884: Toledo’s Moses Walker became the first black player in the major leagues, appearing in the Blue Stockings’ 5-1 loss to Louisville.

1901: Herm McFarland hit the first grand slam in American League history, powering the Chicago White Sox to a 19-9 rout of Detroit. The Tigers committed an AL-record 12 errors, 10 by the infield. 1906: John Lush of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a no-hitter at Brooklyn, beating the Dodgers 6-0.

1920: Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitched 26 innings each in a 1-1 tie, the longest game by innings in major league history.

1920: Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a Yankee, and 50th of his career, sending New York past Boston 6-0 at the Polo Grounds.

1924: Chicago’s Bill Barrett stole home twice, in the first and ninth innings, against the Cleveland Indians.

1944: George Myatt of Washington went 6-for-6, and the Senators beat the Boston Braves 11-4.

1951: New York’s Mickey Mantle hit his first major league home run in an 8-3 loss at Chicago. The first of Mantle’s 536 homers came in the sixth inning off Randy Gumpert.

1968: Philadelphia Phillies pitcher John Boozer was ejected by umpire Ed Vargo at Shea Stadium for throwing spitballs during his warmup pitches. Boozer was the second major league pitcher to be ejected from a game for this.

1969: Houston’s Don Wilson beat the Cincinnati Reds with a 4-0 no-hitter at Crosley Field, one day after the Reds’ Jim Maloney no-hit the Astros and nine days after Wilson absorbed a 14-0 pounding by Cincinnati.

1973: The San Francisco Giants scored seven runs with two outs in the ninth inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7.

1980: Bill Madlock of the Pittsburgh Pirates received a 15-game suspension and a $5,000 fine for hitting umpire Jerry Crawford in the face with his glove during a recent game.

1991: Rickey Henderson of Oakland surpassed Lou Brock as baseball’s career stolen base leader with his 939th steal in the Athletics’ 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees.

1991: Nolan Ryan pitched his seventh no-hitter, struck out 16 and shut down the best-hitting team in the majors, leading the Texas Rangers past the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0.

1992: The Dodgers postponed a three-game series against Montreal because of rioting in Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict.

1996: Bernie Williams became the first New York Yankee since 1934 to get six hits in a game. Williams went 6-for-8 in an 11-6 extra-inning win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Myril Hoag was the first Yankee to accomplish the feat, in 1934 at Boston’s Fenway Park.

2012: Guggenheim Partners, fronted by Magic Johnson and incoming club president Stan Kasten, made the largest purchase of a sports franchise — buying the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.15 billion.

Today’s birthdays: Marcus Stroman, 27, Scooter Gennett, 28.