This date in baseball
1919 In the shortest nine-inning game in major league history, 51 minutes, the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1.
1920 A grand jury indicted eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series in the “Black Sox Scandal.”
1938 Gabby Hartnett hit his famous “Homer in the Gloamin”’ in the ninth inning against Mace Brown to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory, their ninth consecutive, at Wrigley Field. It was a key triumph en route to the Cubs’ NL pennant.
1941 Ted Williams went 6 for 8 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics to finish the season with a .406 average. No player has batted .400 since.
1951 Allie Reynolds pitched his second no-hitter of the season as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in the opener of a doubleheader. The Yankees clinched the AL pennant with an 11-3 victory in the nightcap.
1974 Nolan Ryan pitched his third of seven career no-hitters, striking out 15 batters and beating the Minnesota Twins, 4-0, at Anaheim Stadium.
1975 Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers of the Oakland A’s combined to no-hit the California Angels, 5-0, on the final day of the season.
1995 Greg Harris of the Montreal Expos became the first pitcher in major league history to pitch with both hands. Harris faced four batters, two from his usual right side and two from the left, in the ninth inning of a 9-7 loss to Cincinnati.
1997 San Diego’s Tony Gwynn tied Honus Wagner’s record by winning his eighth NL batting title. Gwynn finished at .372, becoming the first player to win four consecutive NL batting titles since Rogers Hornsby won six consecutive in 19201925.
2001 Alex Rodriguez of Texas hit his 50th home run in an 11-2 victory over Anaheim and became the 20th player to hit 50 home runs in a season.
2006 James Loney tied a franchise record with nine RBI, including a grand slam and a two-run home run, to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 19-11 victory at Colorado.
2007 Alfonso Soriano hit his sixth leadoff home run in September during Chicago’s 6-0 victory over Cincinnati, the most by any major leaguer in any month.