This Day In Baseball History

Photo: espn.com On June 21, 1986 Bo Jackson signs to play baseball with the Kansas Royals. By 86 Jackson had already passed up two chances to play baseball and one chance to play professional football.

On June 20, 2009 Jeff and Jered Weaver became the eighth set of brothers to start at pitcher against one another.

sportsblink.com On June 19, 1995 Darryl Strawberry agreed to play for the New York Yankees. Click the link to find out where Strawberry was at in his career at the time of the signing.

Click the link to hear the June 18th show to hear information on a variety of events from the day in baseball.

tigers.mlbblogs.com On June 17, 1958 Ozzie Virgil became the first black player to take the field for the Detroit Tigers. Virgil had previously been in the league with the New York Giants in 1956-57.

Earlier in the week This Day in Baseball History featured Johnny Vander Meer pitching a no-hitter. If you listened to that episode you know he is the only pitcher in the history of the game to pitch back-to-back no-hitters in consecutive starts. Click the link for some information on the second no-hitter.

sportspressnw.com On June 14, 2005 Ichiro Suzuki became the third fastest player to reach 1,000 hits based on fewest amount of games. Click the link to hear what Ichiro went through as a kid to become a Major League Baseball player.

On June 10, 1944 Joe Nuxhall became the youngest player to ever play in the majors. Click the link to find out just how young Nuxhall was when he made his debut.

grandstandsports.com On May 26, 2004 Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Daryle Ward joined his father Gary on the list of Major League players to hit for the cycle. Gary and Daryle became the first father-son duo to accomplish such a feat.

wikipedia.org On May 22, 1914 Ben Tincup made his Major League Baseball debut. Click the link to hear his unique story of success.

Wikipedia.org On May 21, 1919 Jim Thorpe was traded from the Giants to the Braves. Thorpe is considered one of the most versatile athletes having played professional baseball and football. He also competed in the Olympics. Click the link to hear just a bit of his history.

Click the link to hear about some of the records set for shortest and longest contests in the history of Major League Baseball.

thedailycub.com Catchers A.J. Pierzynski and Michael Barrett start a bench clearing brawl in the Windy City. Click the link to hear some of the other tense moments in the history of the Cubs and Sox rivalry.

nytimes.com On May 18, 2004 Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game. 27 batters up and 27 down. Johnson was 40 at the time of his perfect game, the oldest pitcher to record one of only 23 perfect games.

wikipedia.org On May 17, 1925 the Cleveland Indians Tris Speaker recorded his 3,000th hit. Hank Aaron also recorded his 3,000th big league hit on May 17, 1970.