Today In Sports History 5/2

By chris stratton
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Updated: May 2, 2019

Our past has shaped present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history.

Baseball

1876 - In Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago's Ross Barnes hits the first home run in the history of baseball's National League.
1909 - Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in first inning against Chicago Cubs.
1917 - Cincinnati Reds' Fred Tooney and Chicago White Sox' Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up two hits and a run in the 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0.
1920 - First game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1923 - Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats New York Yankees 3-0.
1930 - Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 in baseball to open first ballpark with permanently installed lights.
1939 - Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, New York Yankees beat Detroit Tigers 22-2.
1949 - Don Newcombe, first start, shuts out Cincinnati Reds on five hits to win 3-0.
1954 - Stan Musial hits five home runs in a doubleheader.
1958 - New York Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if National League goes ahead with plans to broadcast games into New York City.
1984 - Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid.
1984 - Cleveland Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 innings).
1988 - Baltimore Orioles sign a 15-year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park.
1988 - Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an umpire.
1995 - Montreal Expos bat out of order against New York Mets in 6th inning.
2005 - Trailing 9-3 after eight innings, the Saint Louis Cardinals mount their greatest ninth-inning comeback in franchise history defeating the Cincinnati Reds 10-9 at the Great American Ballpark.