This Day in Braves History: Bobby Cox wins 1,800th game as manager

1925- The Pirates pip the Braves, 2 – 1, as Kiki Cuyler has his second straight 4-for-4 game. The two teams total 23 hits – Pittsburgh 13 – but score just three runs.

1956 – For the third time in his career, P Don Newcombe hits two home runs in one game, in a 17 – 2 laugher. The win puts the Dodgers a half game in front of the Braves.

1961 – The Giants clobber Warren Spahn for four home runs, one of them a grand slam by Willie Mays, and then rally in the 8th and 9th to top the Braves, 11 – 10. The two teams combine for eight home runs and 57 total bases, but the short ball wins it – Harvey Kuenn’s tie-breaking single in the 8th, and Ed Bailey’s sacks-full single in the 9th.

1971 – Dodgers Al Downing and Don Sutton hurl shutouts during a 12 – 0, 4 – 0, doubleheader triumph over the Braves. The Dodgers have 19 hits in the opener, including four by Willie Davis. Los Angeles now trails the Giants by one and a half games.

1973 – The Braves’ Davey Johnson hits his 43rd homer (42nd as a second baseman) tying Rogers Hornsby’s record for the most home runs at the position.

1998 – Braves lefty Tom Glavine wins his 20th, shutting out Arizona, 5 – 0. The victory gives the Braves their second straight season of 100 wins, the first team in two decades to accomplish that. The Phillies of 1976-1977 posted identical 101-61 marks.

2001 – The Cardinals beat the Brewers, 8 – 2, as Matt Morris wins his 20th game of the season. Albert Pujols drives in three runs for St. Louis to set a new National League rookie mark with 120 for the season. The old mark of 119 was set by Wally Berger of the Boston Braves in 1930.

2002 – The Braves defeat the Phillies, 6 – 0, as Bobby Cox becomes the 12th manager in major league history to reach the 1,800-win mark

2021 – Eddie Rosario hits for the cycle in support of Max Fried’s pitching to lead the Braves to a 3 – 0 win over the Giants. He accomplished the feat barely a month after teammate Freddie Freeman did so on August 18th.

1920 – In New York, Babe Ruth’s movie opens at Madison Square Garden. It has been retitled Headin Home.

1980 – At Tiger Stadium, Al Kaline becomes the first player in franchise history to have his uniform number retired. The Hall of Famer, who wore the number 6, roamed the outfield for Detroit from 1953 to 1974.

1998 – Indian Manny Ramirez belts two homers to raise his five-game total to eight, becoming only the second player in history to do so. Frank Howard accomplished the feat twice in 1968. Mariners SS Alex Rodriguez hits his 40th home run of the season, off Jack McDowell of the Angels, to become the third player in history to have 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in the same season. Jose Canseco and Barry Bonds are the others. The Mariners lose the game, however, 5 – 3.

2001 – Major League Baseball and the Players Association announce the creation of the MLB-MLBPA Disaster Relief Fund. The organizations will each donate $10 million to aid the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

2001 – Defeating the White Sox, 6 – 3, Roger Clemens becomes the first major league pitcher to have a season won-loss record of 20-1. The five-time Cy Young Award winner has won his last 16 decisions.

2017 – With over 300 games left to play in the season, Major League Baseball sets a new record for most home runs when Alex Gordon hits #5,964, eclipsing the mark set in 2000. If players maintain their pace over the remaining two weeks, the final total should be over 6,100.