2004 Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama and Florida killing nearly 30
2004 Hurricane Frances hits Florida, causing $40 billion in damage.
1998 US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year
1998 U.S. movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days)
1997 St. Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A's)
1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 56th HR of 1997
1997 New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR
1997 New York Met John Olerud hits for the cycle
1997 Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR
1997 Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits San Francisco Giants 9-0
1997 St. Louis Cardinals Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits
1997 Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April05270801
1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 250th HR
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits home runs in a post season game
1996 Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits
1996 New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
1996 Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs
1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0
1996 Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game
1996 Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore
1996 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
1995 Emillio and Gloria Estefan's boat hits and kills a jet skiier
1995 Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits home runs in 3rd of 4 games
1995 New York Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle
1995 Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs vs. Glamorgan
1995 Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits
1995 Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)
1995 Rondell White has six hits and hits for the cycle in 13-innings
1995 Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer
1995 John Valentin hits 3 HRs
1995 Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people
1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)
1995 6.5 earthquake hits Greece
1995 Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98
1995 Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record)
1995 British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record)
1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15
1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64
1995 British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital
1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74
1995 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
1994 Don Mattingly becomes 6th New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits
1994 1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd)
1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day
1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record)
1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening
1994 Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36
1994 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage
1994 Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93
1993 Dow Jones hits record 3764.43
1993 Dow Jones hits record 3740.67
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53
1993 Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
1993 Dow Jones hits record 3697.64
1993 Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million
1993 Daryll Cullinan hits 337* for Transvaal, SAf 1st-class cricket record
1993 Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits
1993 Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 home runs and 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader
1993 Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13
1993 Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits, 4th time in 1993 a Padre gets 5 or more hits
1993 Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees
1993 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR
1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed
1993 Dave Winfield hits 442nd HR to move into 19th place
1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
1993 "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17
1993 "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm
1993 Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
1993 Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colorado Rockie HR (Shea Stadium New York)
1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
1993 Blizzard of '93 hits north-east U.S.
1992 Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing 1 billion dollars worth of damage
1992 6.6 earthquake hits Colombia with no fatalities
1992 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits
1992 Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die and 8,000 injured
1992 Robin Yount, is 17th to get 3,000 hits
1992 Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die
1992 Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career HR
1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern California
1992 Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a HR
1992 "Smells Like Nirvana," by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
1992 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
1992 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands
1991 Hurricane Bob hits U.S.
1991 Hurricane Bob hits North Carolina with 115 MPH wind
1991 Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league HR
1991 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th
1991 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
1991 6.0 earthquake hits southern California
1991 "People Are Still Having Sex," by LaTour hits #35
1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City
1990 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits
1990 Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs
1990 Dodger Jose Offerman hits HR in his 1st at bat
1990 Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR
1990 Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats
1990 Kansas City Royal George Brett hits for the cycle
1990 Ms. Magazine hits newstands again after an 8 month hiatus
1990 New York Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
1990 Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
1990 "Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13
1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45
1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53
1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
1990 Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
1989 Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977
1989 Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits and 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
1989 Cin Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning
1989 Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 home runs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
1989 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out
1989 Cincinnati Red Eric Davis hits for cycle
1988 Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast
1988 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
1988 Widespread earthquake hits NE U.S., Canada; no damage reported
1988 900 die as earthquake hits China
1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series
1988 Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run
1988 Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons
1988 U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board
1988 U.N. estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion
1988 Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in New York City
1988 Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant HR
1988 Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run
1988 "Da'Butt" by EU hits #35
1988 "Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99
1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place
1987 Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record HR in his 4th cons game
1987 "Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1
1987 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year
1987 Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons
1987 At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker
1987 Kevin Seitzer (Kansas City Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game
1987 Eddie Murray hits his 300th HR
1987 Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs
1987 Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games
1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games
1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
1987 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
1986 Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
1986 A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league HR
1986 Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season
1986 Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
1986 Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
1986 Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th and 301st HR
1986 U.S. national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
1986 AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1
1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast
1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
1985 New York Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive home runs in a game
1985 Dave Kingman hits his 400th HR
1985 Rod Carew, is 16th to get 3,000 hits
1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
1985 "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12
1985 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno
1984 Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)
1984 Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch HR
1984 A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime
1984 Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) vs. England, ODI cricket record
1984 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
1984 Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
1984 White Horse by Laid Back hits #26
1984 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken, Jr. hits for cycle
1984 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam
1984 Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
1983 Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)
1983 "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR
1983 "Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63
1983 "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5
1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1982 Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
1982 Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits
1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
1982 Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" hits #1
1982 California Doug DeCinces hits 3 home runs again in game
1982 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2
1982 Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week
1982 "Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39
1982 "I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses hits #62
1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
1981 Yank Graig Nettles is 1st to get 2 hits in same inning of an ALSC game
1981 Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
1981 George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront
1981 Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off New York Met Mike Scott
1981 England set for innings loss vs. Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls
1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
1981 Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial and Aaron)
1981 Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
1981 Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1
1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
1981 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1
1980 New York Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day
1980 Yanks Reggie Jackson hits his 400th HR off Chicago's Britt Burns
1980 Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas
1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record
1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2
1980 Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
1980 Theme From New York, New York by Frank Sinatra hits #32
1980 Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" hits #1
1980 "Cars," by Gary Numan hits #9
1980 Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
1980 "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 home runs in 5th inning vs New York Mets
1980 Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final HR
1980 Gold hits record $850 an ounce
1980 Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1
1980 Gold hits record $634 an ounce
1979 Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce
1979 Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa
1979 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
1979 Los Angeles Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit
1979 Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time
1979 KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park HR (most since 1925)
1979 Carl Yastrzemski, is 15th to get 3,000 hits
1979 Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage
1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
1979 "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
1979 Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
1979 Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR
1979 Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
1979 Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
1979 Dancin' Fool by Frank Zappa hits #45
1979 "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3
1979 Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
1979 Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
1979 Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases)
1978 Neil Diamond and Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1978 British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published
1978 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
1978 Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London
1978 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits and NL-record-tying 8 HRs
1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
1978 Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR
1978 Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1978 Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm))
1977 Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
1977 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band," by Meco hits #1
1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
1977 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
1977 Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total
1977 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer
1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing $350 mil damage
1977 Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR
1977 "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12
1977 Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
1976 Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest
1976 Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
1976 "Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57
1976 "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29
1976 St. Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
1976 Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91
1976 Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85
1976 NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
1976 "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide
1976 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
1975 Roy Fredericks hits 169 vs. Aust at WACA, hundred in 71 balls
1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5
1975 New York Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays
1975 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1
1975 "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79
1974 Dow Jones index hits 570.01
1974 Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits
1974 Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th HR, 1st American to win a Japanese HR title
1974 Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die
1974 New York Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat
1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof
1974 "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12
1974 "Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
1974 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against New York Yankees
1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1974 Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
1974 Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris
1974 Silver hits record $5.96 an ounce in London
1974 Gold hits record $161.31/silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
1974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
1974 Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London
1973 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
1973 Willie Mays hits 660th and last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)
1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR
1973 Funky Worm by Ohio Players hits #15
1973 Super Fly Meets Shaft by John and Ernest hits #31
1973 "Daisy" A Day by Jud Strunk hits #14
1973 Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
1973 Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London
1973 Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92
1973 For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 home runs in a game
1973 In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs)
1972 Roberto Clemente, is 11th to get 3,000 hits
1972 Hank Aaron hits 660th and 661st home runs for Braves, record for 1 team
1972 Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London
1972 Nate Colbert of San Diego Padres hits record tying 5 home runs in a double header
1972 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London
1972 "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9
1972 "Jimmy Castor Bunch's Troglodyte" (Cave Man) hits #6
1972 Greg Luzinski's 500' HR hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet
1971 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR
1971 New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
1971 Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer
1971 Harmon Killebrew hits home runs #500 and 501
1971 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 home runs and no-hits Reds
1971 Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning HR
1971 Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
1971 Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61
1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
1971 Golfing VP Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
1970 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die
1970 New York Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle
1970 Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game
1970 Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive home runs of Phillies Steve Carlton
1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0
1970 Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2
1970 "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1970 Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
1970 Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70
1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
1970 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
1969 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
1969 Willie Mays hits his 600 HR off Mike Corkins
1969 Archies' "Sugar Sugar" hits #1
1969 Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
1969 Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1969 "My Wife, My Dog, My Cat," by Maskman and The Agents hits #92
1969 Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
1968 Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1
1968 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off San Francisco Giant Mike McCormick
1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
1968 Jim Northrup hits 2 grand-slammers to help Tigers beat Cleveland 14-3
1968 Yummy Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express hits #4
1968 Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1
1968 Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7
1968 Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double and a single
1968 AL Kaline hits his 307th HR, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger
1968 "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3
1967 Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York
1967 Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London
1967 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38
1967 Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play
1967 Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in New York
1967 Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal
1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1
1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller
1967 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock and spills oil
1967 "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
1966 Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks
1966 Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"
1966 Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1966 "Batman and His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman hits #70
1966 "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34
1966 "Downtown" by Mrs. Miller hits #82
1966 Louie Louie by The Kingsmen reentered the chart and hits #97
1966 A Lover's Concerto by Mrs. Miller hits #95
1966 Mamas and Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
1966 Twister hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die
1966 Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
1965 Hurricane hits north east US/Canada
1965 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons)
1965 Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler)
1965 Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1
1965 New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
1965 Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
1965 "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hits #2
1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium
1965 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66
1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1965 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ vs. India in 1st Test Cricket innings
1965 Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1
1965 "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3
1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th HR
1964 St. Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader
1964 A's Bert Campaneris home runs on 1st pitch, hits a 2nd HR on 2nd at bat
1964 Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game
1964 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH
1963 Netherland population hits 12,000,000
1963 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190
1963 Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured
1963 Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a grandfather
1963 Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300
1963 Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits U.K. charts
1963 Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games
1963 New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th HR, he circles bases backwards
1963 New York Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR
1963 "El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17
1963 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed
1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
1963 "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1
1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2
1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training
1962 New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th HR in 3 games
1962 Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500
1962 Mantle hits his 3rd and 4th consecutive homer
1962 Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers
1962 Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
1962 "John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99
1962 Willie Mays hits 4 HRs
1962 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
1961 Ted Williams hits a HR on his last at bat
1961 Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record
1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers
1961 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a doubleheader
1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader
1961 Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500
1961 St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double
1961 Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 homers
1961 New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
1961 Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 HRs
1961 Maris hits his 10th and 11th of 61 HRs
1961 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1
1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42
1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
1961 Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins
1961 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game
1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die
1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die
1960 Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer
1960 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1
1960 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521
1960 Chubby Checker's "Twist," hits #1
1960 Chubby Checker's "Twist" hits #1
1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
1960 "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hits #1
1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
1960 "Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
1959 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs
1959 Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples
1959 San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 HRs
1959 Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive home runs in 1 game
1959 "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52
1959 "Judy" by David Seville hits #86
1959 "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer and Spencer hits #91
1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4
1959 Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive home runs in a doubleheader
1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR
1959 Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1958 "Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo and The Don'ts hits #46
1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
1958 Brooks Robinson, hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays
1958 Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
1958 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo and The Dont's hits #40
1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits
1958 Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)
1957 "Honeycomb," by Jimmie Rodgers hits #1
1957 Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher
1957 Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln)
1957 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 200
1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6
1956 Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season
1956 Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway
1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game
1956 Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4
1956 Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats
1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)
1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning HR, 1st HR in 8 straight games
1956 Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time
1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs
1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season
1955 Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)
1955 Robin Yount, baseballer, Mil Brewers, MVP 1982, 1989, 3,142 hits
1955 Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run
1955 Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
1955 Smokey Burgess hits 3 HRS to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5
1955 Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11
1955 "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart
1955 Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff)
1955 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100
1955 Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1
1955 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
1955 Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463'
1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern U.S.
1954 Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600
1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage
1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die
1954 Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles
1954 Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 home runs for record 3 home runs in his 1st 2 days
1954 Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone
1954 Stan Musial hits 5 home runs in a doubleheader
1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
1953 50th World Series sees New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as New York Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consec WS
1953 Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series
1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
1953 Johnny Mize is 93rd player to get 2,000 hits
1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Washington 12-4
1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium
1953 Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game
1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only HR
1951 Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed
1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox
1951 Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
1950 For a record 6th time, New York Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 home runs in one game
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves
1950 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run
1950 New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple
1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4
1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR and NL record 16th in September
1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die
1949 St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Brooklyn 14-1
1949 Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 home runs to beat Senators, 7-5
1949 Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
1948 Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game
1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 home runs in a game
1948 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs
1948 New York Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)
1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games
1947 "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
1946 Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles and HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
1946 Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped
1946 Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th and final HR
1945 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest)
1945 Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches
1945 Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final HR
1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
1945 RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511
1945 "Rum and Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1
1944 Hurricane hits New England: 389 die
1944 Very strong hurricane hits Netherland
1944 Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader
1944 Heavy storm hits the Channel
1943 Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs
1942 Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 hits
1942 Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson and Wagner)
1941 Earthquake hits Palestine
1941 New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th HR and his 1,500th RBI
1941 Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors
1941 Blizzard hits North Dakota and Minnesota killing 60
1940 Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
1940 German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die
1940 Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run
1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 home runs to beat White Sox 10-9
1940 "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1
1939 Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
1939 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Phillies 22-4
1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
1939 Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game
1939 Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe
1939 "3 Little Fishies," by Kay Kyser hits #1
1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR
1939 Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed
1939 Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg
1938 Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples
1938 Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam
1938 Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run
1938 Cincinnati Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader
1938 "A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1
1937 Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game and 2 in 2nd game
1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs against St. Louis Browns
1936 Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times
1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game
1936 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
1936 Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs
1936 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates
1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12
1934 Ruth hits 700th career home run
1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700, against Detroit
1934 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2,
1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game
1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st HR in Comiskey Park center field bleachers
1934 "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1
1934 Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play
1933 Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle and sets AL record with 9 RBIs
1933 Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs St. Louis Cardinals
1933 Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game
1932 World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers
1932 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season
1932 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR
1932 Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season
1932 Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th and 51st home runs to become 3rd to hit 50
1932 Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job
1932 Yanks' Ben Chapman hits 2 inside-the-park HRs, tying record
1932 A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935)
1931 A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
1931 Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th HR in consec games
1931 Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns
1931 Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs. Chicago Cubs
1931 "There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo hits #1
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season
1930 New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6
1930 Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR
1930 Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record
1930 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games
1930 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader
1930 Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7
1930 Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)
1930 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
1930 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
1929 Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17
1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
1928 New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 HR in game
1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500
1928 Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning
1928 Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
1928 Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace
1928 New York Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader
1928 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7
1927 Tornado hits Washington D.C.
1927 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)
1927 Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
1927 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
1927 Yanks clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60)
1927 Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers
1927 Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers
1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats
1927 Mel Ott, 18, hits his 1st league home run (inside the park)
1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
1927 Earthquake hits Palestine
1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox
1927 Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 HRs
1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11
1927 "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie
1927 Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke)
1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5
1926 Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250
1926 Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die
1926 White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway
1926 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1926 Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle
1926 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1
1926 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
1926 General strike hits Britain
1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season
1925 Harry Heilmann's 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ
1925 Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers
1925 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
1925 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits
1925 New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7
1925 Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits
1925 Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)
1925 Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
1924 Forest Peters of Montana State U hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals
1923 Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game
1923 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
1923 Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run
1923 Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians
1922 Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the New York Giants pay $65,000 and 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 and is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922)
1922 St. Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0
1922 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)
1922 Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year
1922 St. Louis gets record 10 hits in a row and beats Phillies 14-8
1922 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
1921 Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0
1921 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR
1921 Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7
1921 Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record
1921 Ty Cobb, is 4th to get 3,000 hits
1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8
1921 Hurricane hits Washington and Oregon
1920 Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam
1920 Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam
1920 Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) and 5th (2) innings
1920 Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary
1919 Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25
1919 Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg)
1919 Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play
1919 Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play
1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1917 Cin Fred Tooney and Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn g |
