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5 days ago
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Hank Aaron game-worn jersey sold for $168,000 at auction
A jersey worn by baseball legend Hank Aaron during his Milwaukee Braves days sold at a recent auction. Grey Flannel Actions in Arizona auctioned the 1963 jersey for $168,000. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The jersey is from the 1963 season when Aaron finished with 44 home runs and 31 stolen bases. Advertisement He was the first player to record at least 40 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season, according to MLB records. The 1963 season was also one of the final seasons in Milwaukee before the Braves' move to Atlanta in 1966. Hammerin' Hank memorabilia is a hot commodity for baseball collectors. A 1954 Hank Aaron game-worn rookie jersey sold at an auction last year for $2.1 million. RELATED STORIES: [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Associated Press
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
This Date in Baseball - Craig Kimbrel becomes the eighth pitcher to record 400 career saves
May 26 1916 — Benny Kauff of the Giants was picked off first base three times by Boston's Lefty Tyler. The miscues didn't hurt as New York won its 14th consecutive road victory beating the Braves, 12-1. 1925 — In Detroit's 8-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, Ty Cobb became the first to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits. He finished his career 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 American League pinch hitters hit home runs in the same game. The Indians beat the Athletics, 8-6. 1956 — Cincinnati Reds pitchers John Klippstein, Hershell Freeman and Joe Black combined for 9 2-3 hitless innings, but lost 2-1 in 11 innings to the Philadelphia Phillies. 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. 1969 — Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 500th career double, becoming only the third major leaguer to reach 500 doubles and 500 home runs. 1995 — Southern California and Fresno State combined for an NCAA postseason baseball record of 39 runs in the Trojans' 22-17 win in the West Regional. USC scored three runs in the top of the ninth to break the record of 37 set by the Trojans and Houston in 1990. 1996 — The Chicago White Sox became the 16th team in AL history to hit four homers in one inning in their 12-1 win over 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. 2004 — Daryle Ward hit for the cycle and tied his career best with six RBIs in Pittsburgh's 11-8 win over St. Louis. 2006 — Derek Jeter gets his 2,000th career hit, becoming the eighth player in Yankees history to reach the milestone. 2008 — Chase Utley tied the National League lead with his 16th homer and drove in six runs as Philadelphia routed Colorado 20-5. The Phillies batted around three times and had season-highs in hits (19) and runs. 2011 — The hot-hitting Boston Red Sox routed the Detroit Tigers 14-1 in an eight-inning, rain-shortened game. The Red Sox, who beat Cleveland 14-2 the previous day, scored at least 14 runs in back-to-back games for the first time since 1998. 2016 — Major League Baseball hands out a suspension of 82 games to Braves OF Hector Olivera, following a domestic violence incident in April. It is by far the most severe penalty yet handed out under baseball's new domestic violence policy. 2018 — Mike Trout has the first five-hit game of his career and drives in 4 runs to lead the Angels to an 11-4 win over the Yankees. 2021 — Commissioner Rob Manfred issues his ruling following the completion of the investigation of allegations of improper behavior towards a number of women against former manager and coach Mickey Callaway. Callaway is found guilty of violating Major League Baseball policies and is declared ineligible for the remainder of this season and all of 2022, after which he may apply for reinstatement. For their part, the Angels fire him from his position of pitching coach, from which he has been suspended since the allegations surfaced in February, and the Indians, who were Callaway's employer when some of the offensive incidents took place, state that they will take steps to ensure a more respectful environment in which employees feel empowered to denounce workplace harassement in the future. 2023 — Craig Kimbrel becomes the eighth pitcher to record 400 career saves in Philadelphia's 6 - 4 win over the Braves, barely two weeks after Kenley Jansen became the seventh. _____
Associated Press
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
This Date in Baseball - Gary Carter joins Bob Boone and Carlton Fisk in the 2,000 games caught club
May 17 1925 — Cleveland's Tris Speaker got his 3,000th career hit, off Tom Zachary, in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Senators. 1939 — The first baseball game on television was broadcast by W2XBS, an experimental station run by NBC in New York. Bill Stern handled the play-by-play as Princeton beat Columbia, 2-1, in 10 innings. 1945 — For the fourth time in four days, every American League game in the country was postponed by rain. 1961 — Roger Maris hit his first home run of the season at Yankee Stadium (fourth overall) on his way to a record 61. 1963 — Don Nottebart pitched Houston's first no-hitter as the Colt .45s defeated the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 4-1. 1970 — Hank Aaron scratched out an infield single against Cincinnati's Wayne Simpson to become the ninth player with 3,000 hits. The hit came in the nightcap of the Atlanta Braves' doubleheader loss to the Reds in Cincinnati. 1977 — The Chicago Cubs hit seven home runs in beating the San Diego Padres 23-6 at Wrigley Field. Larry Biittner, Jerry Morales and Bobby Murcer hit consecutive home runs in the fifth for the Cubs. 1979 — Dave Kingman of the Cubs hit three home runs and Mike Schmidt of the Phillies hit two, and Philadelphia beat Chicago 23-22 in 10 innings at Wrigley Field. Bill Buckner had a grand slam and seven RBIs for Chicago. The game included 11 home runs and 50 hits. 1984 — Alan Wiggins of the San Diego Padres tied a National League record by stealing five bases in one game. He joined three others who have performed the feat — Dan McGann in 1904, Davey Lopes in 1974 and Lonnie Smith in 1982. 1992 — Toronto surpassed the 1 million mark in attendance earlier than any team in major league history. It took the Blue Jays 21 dates to draw 1,006,294. The previous record was shared by the 1991 Blue Jays and the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers. 1992 — Catcher Gary Carter, back with the Montreal Expos, joins Bob Boone and Carlton Fisk in the exclusive 2,000 games caught club. 1998 — David Wells pitched the 13th perfect game in modern major league history as the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0. 2002 — Arizona's Erubiel Durazo hit three home runs, a double and drove in nine runs as the Diamondbacks defeated Philadelphia 12-9. 2008 — Barry Zito became the first Giants pitcher to open a season with eight straight losses since 1890 when San Francisco lost 3-1 to the White Sox. Zito (0-8) worked five innings and gave up only two runs in matching Jesse Burkett's record. 2009 — A pregame lineup mistake cost Tampa Bay its designated hitter for the game. The Rays listed both Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria as the third baseman. Longoria was supposed to be DH, but Tampa Bay lost that position because of the mistake and was forced to put pitcher Andy Sonnanstine in the third spot of the lineup. Sonnanstine hit an RBI double and gave up five runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings in a 7-5 victory over Cleveland. 2011 — Harmon Killebrew, one of the great sluggers of the 1960s with 573 career home runs, passes away from cancer at 74 in Scottsdale, AZ. 2012 — Yan Gomes becomes the first Brazilian player in Major League history when he is inserted in the Blue Jays' starting line-up at 3B in today's game against the Yankees, taking over for Brett Lawrie who is beginning a four-game suspension. 2016 — The Braves fire manager Fredi Gonzalez and replace him on an interim basis by Brian Snitker, manager of the AAA Gwinnett Braves. With a record of 9-28, the Braves are off to the worst start in team history. Snitker will stabilize the team to earn the job on a permanent basis. 2019 — Kris Bryant hits three homers in consecutive innings - the 7th, 8th and 9th - to lead the Cubs to a 14-6 win over the Nationals. He is just the 12th player to pull off the rare feat, and the second to do so in those particular innings. He goes 4 for 6 and drives in 5 runs in the game. 2022 — The Astros tie a major league record by homering five times in the 2nd inning of their 13-4 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. All five long balls are hit off Nathan Eovaldi. _____
Associated Press
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
This Date in Baseball - Kenley Jansen became the seventh pitcher to record 400 career saves
May 10 1909 — Pitching for Winchester in the Blue Grass League, Fred Toney worked 17 no-hit innings before winning 1-0 over Lexington. 1926 — At Yankee Stadium, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth hit back-to-back homers off Tiger starter Sam Gibson, and the Yankees outscore the Tigers, 13-9. 1934 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees played five innings before removing himself from the game because of illness. By that time, he had two homers, two doubles and seven RBIs against the Chicago White Sox. 1944 — Cleveland's Mel Harder became the 50th player to win 200 games as the Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4. 1946 — The Boston Red Sox take their 15th straight game, a 5-4 win over New York in front of a Friday Ladies' Day crowd at Yankee Stadium of 64,183. Earl Johnson got the win with four innings of scoreless relief. Joe DiMaggio's grand slam accounted for the Yankees' scoring. 1962 — Minnesota's Lenny Green and Vic Power hit back-to-back home runs off Cleveland's Jim Perry to start the game. Cleveland came back to win 9-4. 1967 — Braves outfielder Hank Aaron hit an inside-the-park home run. It was the only one of his 755 homers which did not clear the fence. 1970 — Hoyt Wilhelm pitched his 1,000th major league game, but the Atlanta Braves lost 6-5 to the St. Louis Cardinals. 1981 — Charlie Lea became the first French-born pitcher to throw a no-hitter as the Montreal Expos beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 in the second game of a doubleheader. 1999 — Nomar Garciaparra hit two grand slams and a two-run homer to become the first AL player with 10 RBIs since 1975, leading the Boston Red Sox past the Seattle Mariners 12-4. 2000 — The Pirates defeat the Mets, 13-9, as Wil Cordero goes 5 for 5 with a double, home run, and four RBIs. The Mets' Rickey Henderson becomes the 21st major-leaguer to garner 10,000 at bats in his career. Henderson finishes the night with 10,002 at-bats and trails only Cal Ripken Jr., among active players. 2005 — Tony Peña, the American League Manager of the Year in 2003, resigns as manager of the Royals. 2008 — Greg Maddux of the San Diego Padres became the ninth pitcher in big league history to win 350 games, allowing an unearned over six innings in a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. 2012 — The Orioles became the first AL team to open a game with three straight home runs, and Baltimore added two more long balls against Colby Lewis en route to a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers in a doubleheader opener. Ryan Flaherty, J.J. Hardy and Nick Markakis began the bottom of the first inning with homers to give Baltimore a lead it would not relinquish. The previous team to homer in its first three at-bats was the Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 9, 2007. Hardy was also the middle man in that assault. Milwaukee was the third major league team to accomplish the feat, all from the NL. 2013 — Two one-hitters with no other baserunners were pitched. Shelby Miller and Jon Lester each accomplished the feat. St. Louis Cardinals rookie Miller and Boston Red Sox left-hander Lester allowed just one hit and faced only 28 batters — no walks, hit batsmen or errors — in complete-game shutouts. 2015 — Felix Hernandez records his 2,000th career strikeout in leading the Mariners to a 4-3 win over the Athletics; at 29, he is the fourth-youngest to the mark. 2022 — Coming into his 11th career start with an ERA of 6.33, Reid Detmers of the Angels pitches the first complete game no-hitter of the season in a 12-0 win over the Rays. He allows just one walk and strikes out 2 as Mike Trout homers twince and Chad Wallach and Anthony Rendon once each in a one-sided game. 2023 — Kenley Jansen becomes the seventh pitcher to record 400 career saves in preserving the Red Sox's 5-2 win over the Braves. _____
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Yahoo
Signed Hank Aaron jersey, $500,000 in stolen sports cards recovered by police
Police in El Segundo have been busy lately catching suspected criminals thought to be targeting high-value sports gear and memorabilia. The most recent arrest was Friday, when officers investigating a theft in the 700 block of Pacific Coast Highway pulled over a vehicle with a man and woman inside a short distance from the business where several items were stolen. After confirming the two were the suspects, police collected about $1,500 worth of stolen Dodgers jackets and other gear inside the vehicle, the department said in a Facebook post. But that haul was tiny compared to the value of stolen sports memorabilia officers pulled in a week earlier, the department said. On April 10, police investigating a grand theft report at a business in the 200 block of Center Street ended up arresting a man and woman suspected of stealing a signed Hank Aaron baseball jersey and some $500,000 in sports cards from a storage unit. When officers arrived, a man fitting the description of a person involved in the theft tried to run out of the business. Instead of getting away, the man ran into more police officers and after a struggle, was taken into custody, police said. Police said they found a loaded handgun in the suspect's pants and booked him on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, stolen property and narcotics, driving a stolen vehicle and obstructing an officer. Police also found a woman inside the business who they say matched a description of a suspect, and took her into custody. She was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of stolen property, possession of narcotics with two or more prior convictions, and possession of identity theft items with a prior conviction, police said. During the investigation, police said they learned the pair were suspects in another city's theft and connected them to the stolen jersey and valuable sports cards. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
