This date in baseball

1897 Chicago’s Cap Anson became the first major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits when he singled off Baltimore’s George Blackburn.

1902 John McGraw was named manager of the New York Giants, a post he would hold for 30 years.

1909 Ed Summers of the Detroit Tigers allowed only seven hits and pitched all 18 innings of a 0-0 tie with the Washington Senators, the longest scoreless game in AL history.

1920 Babe Ruth broke his own season record of 29 homers with his 30th in the New York Yankees’ 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Browns. Ruth would finish the season with 54.

1933 Red Lucas of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a 15-inning 1-0 win over Roy Parmelee and the New York Giants in the opener of a doubleheader.

1941 Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 56 games, going 3-for-4 day and helping the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 10-3.

1948 After 8½ years as Brooklyn manager, Leo Durocher stunned baseball by becoming manager of the archrival Giants in midseason.

1958 In the nightcap of a doubleheader, Baltimore pitcher Jack Harshman hit two home runs in a 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

1970 The Cincinnati Reds beat the Pirates 3-2 before 48,846 in the first game at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium.

1985 Sparky Anderson became the first manager to lose an AllStar Game in both leagues. The National League won 6-1 for the 21st win in the last 23 games.

1996 Colorado’s streak of scoring seven runs in a game ended at 11. The Rockies beat the Giants 5-3 and tied the 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1938 New York Yankees and 1976 Cincinnati Reds with 11 7-run games.

2006 Mariano Rivera earned his 400th save, escaping two jams and getting six outs to preserve the New York Yankees’ 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Rivera joined Lee Smith, Trevor Hoffman and John Franco in the 400-save club.

2009 Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard became the fastest player in major league history to reach 200 home runs, breaking the record held by Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner.

2013 Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect eighth inning in his final All-Star appearance, and the American League beat the National League 3-0 at Citi Field in New York.

2015 Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the cycle since 1996 and the Red Sox slugged their way out to a 9-4 victory over Atlanta.

2018 Washington’s Bryce Harper won the Home Run Derby in his home ballpark.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY Ildemaro Vargas, 28.