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Today In Sports History

• 1896 - Ed Delahanty becomes second major league player to hit four home runs in a game.
• 1900 - Philadelphia Phillies beat Pittsburgh Pirates 23-8.
• 1934 - Babe Ruth hits home run number 700 against Detroit Tigers.
• 1943 - First All Star night game (American League beats National League 5-4 at Shribe Park, Philadelphia).
• 1948 - American League beats National League 5-2 in 15th All Star Game (Sportsman Park, Saint Louis).
• 1954 - Pitcher Dean Stone gets credit for American League win, although he didn't retire a batter; he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home. American League beats National League 11-9 in 21st All Star Game.
• 1961 - National League beats American League 5-4 (10 innings) in 30th All Star Game (San Francisco, Candlestick Park).
• 1963 - Early Wynn wins his 300th and last game at age 43.
• 1965 - National League beats American League 6-5 in 36th All Star Game (Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis).
• 1971 - American League beats National League 6-4 in 42nd All Star Game (Tiger Stadium, Detroit).
• 1972 - Los Angeles Rams (Irsay) and Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners.
• 1973 - Bobby Murcer's three homers account for all RBIs, beating Kansas City Royals 5-0.
• 1976 - National League beats American League 7-1 in 47th All Star Game (Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia).
• 1982 - In the first All-Star game played outside the United States, the National League records its 11th straight win beating American League at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, 4-1.
• 1984 - The New York Yankees retires Roger Maris (number 9) and Elston Howard (number 32) uniform numbers. The team also erects plaques in their honor to pay tribute to their achievements.
• 1984 - Sergei Bubka of USSR pole-vaults a record 5.89 metres.
• 2001 - Beijing wins the bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
• 2007 - The 15th Pan Am Games opens in Rio de Janeiro.
• 2010 - The 81st All Star game of Major League Baseball is played at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, with the National League defeating the American League 3-1 for the first time since 1996.
• 2010 - George Steinbrenner, New York Yankees owner (1973-), dies at age 80 in Tampa, Florida, after a heart attack.

1941, Ted Williams on July 12 in Detroit while scrambling back to the bag at first on a pick off attempt, Williams rolled his ankle on the rain soaked infield at Briggs Stadium. It will be the 22nd before he returns to the line up other than a few PH appearances.  He is batting .397, Red Sox are in Cleveland and fall in the 1st game 9-6, and lose the second game 2-1.  Joe DiMaggio and the Yankees play a double header at Comiskey and Joe goes 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored in 5 plate appearances, Yankees 8, White Sox 1, Spud Chandler with the win. 

Chandler was born in Commerce, Georgia to Leonard Ferdinand Chandler (1871–1942) and Olivia Catherine Hix (1872–1957),^[1] and attended the University of Georgia. He played football as a halfback, throwing a touchdown pass to help defeat Yale in a 1929 game dedicating a new stadium. He also pitched for the baseball team and competed on the trackteam. He was a brother of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and graduated with a degree in agriculture. He spent five seasons in the Yankees organization after signing with the team, his favorite since boyhood. Chandler finally made his major league debut at age 29 on May 6, 1937, and went 7-4 that season with a 2.84 ERA and six complete games (including two shutouts). The following year, he was 14-5, and in 1939 he was 3-0 in 11 relief appearances. Although the Yankees won the World Series in each of those years, Chandler did not appear in the postseason. Bothered by injuries during his early career, after records of 8-7 and 10-4 in 1940 and 1941 he improved further to 16-5 in 1942, finishing third in the AL with a 2.38 ERA and earning his first of four All-Star selections. He was the All-Star Game's winning pitcher in 1942. Chandler had one start in the World Series each year, but lost both times, as the Yankees won in 1941 and lost in 1942.

His greatest year came in 1943. In addition to his outstanding ERA, he led the league with 20 wins in 30 starts, as well as 20 complete games and five shutouts. In 253 innings pitched, he gave up 46 earned runs, allowing only five home runs. Chandler's 134 strikeouts were third in the league, and equalled his combined total of the previous two seasons. He made the AL All-Star team for the second time. Chandler finally had a successful World Series, pitching two complete game victories, including a shutout in the final Game 5, as the Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals. Winning the MVP award, he beat out Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox. Chandler remains the only Yankee pitcher to win the Most Valuable Player award.

Game 2 in Chicago, DiMaggio goes 1 for 4 to extend his hitting streak to 53 games and Red Ruffing gets the complete game shutout over the White Sox 1-0.   DiMaggio is now hitting .369.

Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing (May 3, 1905 – February 17, 1986) was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1924 through 1947. He played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox. Ruffing is most remembered for his time with the highly successful Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s.

Ruffing dropped out of school as a child to work in a coal mine in his native Illinois. He played for the mine's company baseball team as an outfielder and first baseman. After he lost four toes from his left foot in a mining accident, he became unable to run in the field, and switched to pitching. He played in minor league baseball in 1923 and 1924 before making his MLB debut with the Red Sox. After struggling with Boston, pitching to a 36–93 win–loss record, the Red Sox traded Ruffing to the Yankees, where he became successful, pitching as the Yankees' ace through 1946. After one season with the White Sox, Ruffing retired from pitching to work in coaching. He served as a bullpen coach for the White Sox, a pitching coach for the New York Mets, and a scout and minor league instructor for the Cleveland Indians.

Ruffing was a member of six World Series championship teams with the Yankees. He also appeared in six MLB All-Star Games. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. The Yankees dedicated a plaque to Ruffing in Monument Park in 2004.