July 5 – Ted Williams passes away

This Day in Baseball - The Daily Rewind

In 1929, at the Polo Grounds, the New York Giants become the first team to use a public address system.

1947 - Larry Doby becomes the first black to appear in the American League. Striking out as a pinch hitter in an Indian 6 - 5 loss to the White Sox, the 22-year old and The former Newark Eagles standout will play in the major leagues for 13 years, amassing 1,515 hits, just three less than Jackie Robinson.

1951 - At Ebbets Field, After sweeping the Giants in the 3-game series, Dodger manager Chuck Dressen declares, "We knocked 'em out. They won't bother us anymore." The Dodgers now lead the Giants by 7 1/2 games but will be surpassed by season's end when Bobby Thompson hits his historic homerun. Also on this day in 1951 future Hall of Famer, Rich "Goose" Gossage is born in Colorado Springs, CO.

2002: Baseball legend Ted Williams, considered by many the greatest hitter in the history of the game, dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 83. The first-ballot Hall of Famer, who was a lifetime .344 hitter, won the Most Valuable Player Award and the Triple Crown twice, led the American League in batting six times, and hit .406 in 1941 during his 19-year career with the Boston Red Sox. Williams was also a vetrain of two wars servering as a pilot for the United States Marines.

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