On this day in 1907, legendary pitcher Walter Johnson would begin his MLB career at 19 years old. His career would span twenty-one years and would lead to a future Hall of Fame induction. Walter would finish his career with the second most wins in baseball history among starting pitchers behind only Denton "Cy" Young. Walter would be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936 alongside Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and others as members of the first Hall of Fame Class in Cooperstown.
Moving forward a little bit it was on this day in 1921 when eight White Sox players were acquitted after being accused of throwing the 1919 World Series on purpose. This scandal would do massive damage to reputation of baseball and would become known as the Black Sox scandal. The following day all of these players would be served a lifetime ban from baseball including legendary player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.
Some other interesting notes from this day in sports history. In 1959, PGA Championship Men's Golf, Minneapolis GC: Bob Rosburg wins by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders. Not sure how often it is but I feel like it's rare to see a 1 stroke win in the PGA tour at least nowadays. That same year future Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey would hit his first of 521 career home runs. Moving into the 1980's specifically 1982 the legend Ricky Henderson would steal his 100th base of the season. Thus becoming the first player to steal 100 bases in the modern era.
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