1925: In Detroit's 8-1 win against the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb became the first to collect 1,000 extra-base hits. He finished with 1,139.
1929: Pinch-hitters Pat Crawford of the Giants and Les Bell of the Boston Braves hit grand slams in New York's 15-9 victory.
1930: Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians, who fanned only three times in 353 at-bats during the season, was struck out twice in the same game by Pat Caraway of the White Sox.
1937: Billy Sullivan and Bruce Campbell appeared for the Cleveland Indians as pinch hitters. Each hit a home run, making this the first time two AL pinch-hitters hit home runs in the same game.
The Indians beat the Athletics 8-6.
1959: Harvey Haddix of Pittsburgh pitched 12 perfect innings before losing to Milwaukee 1-0 in the 13th on an error, a sacrifice and Joe Adcock's double.
1962: Sandy Koufax struck out 16 Phillies to lead the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory.
1996: The Chicago White Sox became the 16th team in AL history to hit four homers in one inning in their 12-1 win against Milwaukee. Frank Thomas, Harold Baines and Robin Ventura hit consecutive homers and Chad Kreuter added another in Chicago's seven-run eighth.
1997: Chicago's Sammy Sosa and the Pirates' Tony Womack hit inside-the-park homers in the sixth inning of the Cubs' 2-1 win.
It was the first time two inside-the-park homers had been hit in the same inning in 20 years.
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