August 1st:

1923: Harry Frazee, the Broadway producer who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees as Red Sox owner, sells the team to J.A. Robert Quinn.

1924: In a 4-0 win over the Cubs, Dazzy Vance of the Brooklyn Robins sets a M.L. record with seven straight strikeouts.

1933: Carl Hubbell's then N.L. record streak of 45.1 straight scoreless innings streak ends.

1941: In a 9-0 win over the Browns, the Yankees Lefty Gomez issues 11 walks, the most in a shutout.

1945: In a 9-2 win over the Braves, the Giants Mel Ott hits his 500th career home run.

1957: In a 12-3 win over the Cubs, the Dodgers Gil Hodges hits the last of his N.L. record 13 career grand slams (since broken).

1962: The Red Sox Bill Monbouquette pitches a no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the White Sox.

1972: The Padres Nate Colbert joins Stan Musial as the only players to hit five home runs in a doubleheader. He sets N.L. doubleheader records with 13 RBI's and 22 total bases. Colbert was in the stands at St. Louis' Sportsman's Park when Musial had his five homers in a doubleheader in 1954.

1975: Billy Martin is named to replace Bill Virdon as Yankees manager. It would be the first of five times Martin would be Yankees manager.

1977: In a 9-2 win over the Expos, the Giants Willie McCovey hits his N.L. record 18th grand slam.

1978: Pete Rose's 44-game hitting streak comes to an end against the Braves. A strikeout against Gene Garber put it to an end.

1982: Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are among those inducted into the Hall of Fame.

1986: In a 10-1 win over the A's, the Twins becomes the tenth pitcher in M.L. history to record 3,000 strikeouts while Kirby Puckett hits for the cycle. On that day, the Twins franchise celebrated their 25th anniversary.

1994: In a 1-0 win over the Twins at the Metrodome, the Orioles Cal Ripken, Jr. becomes the second player in M.L. history to play in 2,000 straight games.

2005: After telling Congress at a hearing earlier in the year that he had never taken steroids, Rafael Palmerio is suspended for violating MLB's drug policy.