This day in the history of Braves: Dusty Baker makes ‘the greatest catch in the history of Atlanta Stadium’,

1915: the Cubs Edge De Braves, 1-0, behind Phil Douglas, where Lefty Tyler takes the heavy loss. Tomorrow the Cubs will win another 1-0 battle, but it will cost them 12 innings to do it.

1923: Paul Strand, RF for Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast League), makes his 290th hit, a Pro Baseball record. He plays games in 194, makes 325 hits, including 66 Doubles, 13 triples and 43 home runs, for a .394 BA, with 180 points and 187 RBI. He also has 612 total opportunities in the van. Strand, 30, had come to the Boston Braves in 1913 and was 6-2 for the pennant winners of 1914, usually in relief. The athletics will pay a reported $ 100,000 (of which Connie Mack later says it was really $ 40,000) for him, but he will only hit .228.

1938: Brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner van de Pirates hit consecutive homers from Cliff Melton in the fifth inning on the Polo Grounds. Pirates p Jim Tobin places Mel Ott in the record book and hits him three times with a throw. Tobin wins 7-2. The performance of De Waners marks the first time in the history of the Major League that brothers have gone deep-to-back; The next time will be on April 23, 2013, thanks to BJ and Justin Upton van de Atlanta Braves.

1959: Dodger SS Maury Wills goes 5-out-5 in a 10-aftering, 8-7 victory over the Braves.

1959: The Giants wave Warren Spahn and the Braves 13-6 behind Jack Sanford. Willie Mays has four hits and five RBI. The Giants are now two games in the front with eight to play

1961: With 10 strikeouts in a 11-2 victory against the Braves, Sandy Koufax has 243 Strikeouts, most ever for a national competition Lefty.

1967: With the spacious Astrodome, Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to get three gayers in one competition. The performance of the “Toy Cannon” is not enough because the Braves Houston defeated 9-8.

1971: making his debut against the Braves, Astros’Hurler Larry Yount injures his right shoulder on his very first warm-up field and never gets a chance to throw in the Bigs. The total major League experience of Robin’s older brother will consist of only one-off recruitment field.

1973: With a runner on board and the Braves who are already left behind, 2-0, Dusty Baker makes what the sporty news’ will call ‘the greatest catch in the history of Atlanta Stadium’, literally climb the midfield fence to prevent it, although it comes in the fourth inning, the piece will later be crucial when, thanks to Bakera, the three runs, the Walks-Bonte will be profit finally winned gives.

1978: the Dodgers Become the first Major League team that ever signs three million fans. Jay Blood is the historic three millionth spectator while the Dodgers excludes the Braves, 5-0. The victory is filled in when coach Jim Gilliam suffers a brain haemorrhage.

1985: the Yankees Trade world Jim Deshaies and two other small Leaguers who are later named after the Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro, the Niekro-brothers as teammates reunite with the Braves for the first time since 1974.

1997: The Braves defeated the Giants, 5-4 on Fred McGriff’s two-out, two-run Homer by Rod Beck in the ninth inning. The Homer dives on a four-run rally for first place Braves.

1972: In a record effort, the Reds and Padres combine 28 strikeouts for a competition of nine inning, the Padres that won 1-0, on the fourth inning-homer of Cito Gaston. The winning pitcher Fred Norman spreads 15, while Don Gullett fans 11. Pedro Borbon in the other two Innot.

1977: The Orioles forfeited to the Blue Jays When Manager Earl Weaver pulls his team off the field in the fifth inning and quotes a dangerous state, a small tarpaulin held by bricks on the bullpen hill. The Jays are paramount with 4-0 when the forfeiture is called up. The Orioles end the season tied up with the Red SOX at 97-64.

1998: Rolando Arrojo (14-12) establishes a record for victories through an extension pitcher while the Devil Rays beat the Angels, 8-1.

1998: Ken Griffey, Jr. Homer no. 52 runs in the 1,000th run of his career in the 12-7 victory of the Mariners on the twins. He becomes the fourth-Jongest player in history reaching the milestone, after Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig. Junior hit his 52nd on this date last year.

2003: With its 2,063rd career base on balls, Barry Bonds Babe Ruth passes on the list of all time. The gigantic left field player now only follows Rickey Henderson, who has 2,190 fits for free.

2007: The record-breaking extraction streak of the Indians ends after 22 victories when they are beaten, 4-3, by the royals.