Zip Zabel, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs goes 18.1 IP for the 4-3 win in a 19 inning game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the longest relief appearance in major league history.
1943
Joe Cronin, the player/manager for the Boston Red Sox becomes the first player to hit a pinch-hit home run in both games of a double header.
1958
Eleven days after making his major league debut, Ossie Virgil, the first black player to play for the Detroit Tigers, goes 5-5 in his first home game at Briggs Stadium. He helps the Tigers beat the Washington Senators, 9-2.
Willie Mays and Ernie Banks become the first pair of players with 500 career homers to hit a home run in the same game. Mays hit his 615th and Banks hit his 504th
1971
Don Kessinger goes 6-6 with 5 singles and a double to help the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-6 in 10 innings.
Baseball owners vote in favor of expanding the playoffs and the divisions by a vote of 26-2. The new allignment, set to start in 1994 would feature 3 divisions in each league and allow 8 teams to make it to the playoffs in the format that we now know today.