August 5, 1901- Burt Hart punches John Haskell and will be banned for life as a result of his assault on the umpire. The Orioles' first baseman will play only a total of 58 games in his major league career.
August 5, 1921- Pittsburgh's radio station KDKA provides its listeners with the first-ever broadcast of a major league game. Harold Arlin, detailing the action in the Pirates 8-5 victory over the Phillies at Forbes Field, becomes baseball's first play-by-play announcer.
August 5, 1940-In a rain-shortened 4-0 victory over the Tigers, Silent John Whitehead of the St. Louis Browns pitches a six inning no-hitter. It will the quiet Texan's only victory this season.
August 5, 1953- St. Louis Browns' pitcher Don Larsen goes 3-for-3 and establishes a record for consecutive hits by a pitcher with 7. The rookie hurler will hit .284 in 81 at bats this season.
August 5, 1954- In a 13-4 rout of the Dodgers in Brooklyn, Stan Musial paces the Cardinals attack hitting two homers and driving in seven runs. It is Preacher Roe's first loss to St. Louis at Ebbets Field in four years.
August 5, 1955- White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox's consecutive game streak ends at 274 games. The next day he will begin a new streak which will last for 798 games.
August 5, 1969- Willie Stargell becomes the first player to hit a home run completely out of Dodger Stadium. The 512-foot blast helps the Pirates defeat Los Angeles, 11-3.
August 5, 1972- Tiger shortstop Ed Brinkman commits an error ending his major league record of 72 games and 331 total chances without making a misplay.
August 5, 1973- Phil Niekro goes the distance holding the Padres hitless in a 9-0 rout at home. It's first no-hitter thrown by a Braves hurler since the team shifted to Atlanta in 1966.
August 5, 1975- At Vetrans Stadium, Cubs starter Bill Bonham gives up a major league record of 7 hits to the first seven Phillies he faces. Without retiring a batter, the former UCLA hurler is replaced by Ken Crosby, who promptly gives up a single to Johnny Oates.
August 5, 1979- In an 8-1 win over the Giants, Dodger right-hander Don Sutton becomes the team's all-time strikeout leader with his 2,487th career strikeout.
August 5, 1979- Willie Mays, Warren Giles and Hack Wilson are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
August 5, 1984- Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits his 19th career pinch-hit home run breaking a major league record shared with Jerry Lynch. His round-tripper gives Toronto 4-3 victory over the Orioles.
August 5, 1985- Darryl Strawberry belts three home runs helping the Mets beat the Cubs, 7-2. The victory propels New York into first place in the National League East.
August 5, 1986- At Candlestick Park, Reds' center fielder Eric Davis becomes the 4000th strike out victim of Giants' southpaw Steve Carlton. The historic whiff occurs in the third inning with two runners on base and no outs in the eventual Reds' 11-6 victory.
August 5, 1992- Oakland A's flychaser Jose Canseco is walked for the seventh consecutive time in the span of two games to tie a major league record.
August 5, 1993- In the Padres 11-10 victory over the Giants, Tony Gwynn goes 6-for-7 in the 12-inning contest played at Qualcomm Stadium. It is the fourth time this season, the San Diego right fielder has collected five hits or more hits which ties the major league record shared by Hall of Famers Ty Cobb and Stan Musial.
August 5, 1994- At the Astrodome, Jeff Bagwell establishes a new club record for home runs. The Houston first baseman hits number 38, a fifth inning two-out, two-run homer, off reliever Pat Gomez as the Astros blast the Giants, 12-4.
August 5, 1999- Mark McGwire hits his 500th career home run off Padres' hurler Andy Ashby becoming the 16th major leaguer and the fastest to reach this milestone. The St. Louis slugger is first to accomplish the feat a year after reaching the 400 home run plateau.
August 5, 2001- Former Twin teammates Kirby Puckett and Dave Winfield along with 1960 World Series hero Bill Mazeroski and the late Negro Leagues pitcher Hilton Smith are enshrined in Hall of Fame.
August 5, 2005- Albert Pujols becomes the first player to connect for 30 home runs in each of his first five big league seasons. The Cardinals first baseman has hit 190 homers during this five-year span from the start of career in 2001, equaling Eddie Mathews' total (1952-56) and with 25 fewer than Ralph Kiner (1946-1950).
August 5, 2007- At Wrigley Field, Tom Glavine, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, becomes the 23rd player in major league history to win 300 games. The crafty southpaw, the fifth lefty to reach milestone, limits the Cubs to six hits and a walk in 6.1 innings as the Mets bang out 16 hits and beat Chicago in a nationally televised ESPN Sunday night game, 8-3.
August 5, 2009- With his 246th career victory, an 8-5 win over Kansas City, Yankees right-hander Mike Mussina becomes the winningest pitcher in baseball history without a 20-win season. ‘Moose’ will reach the elusive milestone with a 20-9 record next season, his last in the majors.
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