On July 16, 1853 - The New York Clipper publishes what isbelieved to be the first tabulated boxscore of a baseball game. TheKnickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York defeated the Gotham Club 21-12 on July5.Shoeless Joe Jackson, the best major league player not inthe Hall of Fame was born on this day in 1887. Babe Ruth once said of Jackson "I copied Jackson's style because I thought hewas the greatest hitter I had ever seen.. He's the guy who made me ahitter." Jackson was implicated in the 1919 Black Soxscandal as one of the 8 men who threw the World Series. During that seriesJackson led both teams in hits and batting average, did not commit a singleerror and even threw a runner out at the plate. Jackson has the third highest career batting average in MLB history at.356.On July 6 1897 - At the age of 45, Chicago's Cap Ansonbecomes the first major leaguer to amass 3,000 hits when he singled offBaltimore's George Blackburn. As a matter of fact, it took years for the figurefilberts of baseball to come to Anson’s “official” stats. Anson played from1876-97 and his hit total changed over time, soaring as high as 3,509 and aslow as 2,995 as researchers dissected box scores and refigured statistics.Finally, Total Baseball, the official encyclopedia of the game, listed his totalhits at 3,081.On July 16, 1941, “The Streak” reaches its zenith as JoeDiMaggio goes 3-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to a major league record 56games, which stands to this day. During the streak DiMaggio went 91 for 223,batting 409 while leading the Yankees to a World Series ring and collecting anMVP for himself.On July 16, 1970, the Pittsburgh Pirates played their firstgame in Three Rivers Stadium, the successor to Forbes Field. Dock Ellis threwthe first pitch in the new stadium and future Hall of Famer Willie Stargellripped a home run for the Bucs, who lost the game to the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2.Another Hall of Famer, Tony Perez, hit the first home run in the stadium’shistory.Mentioned in this episode:Classic Baseball Broadcasts

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