Honus Wagner's 3,000th Hit
Honus Wagner singles at Cincinnati at the age of 40, reaching 3,000 hits in his eighteenth major league season.
Cincinnati, OH · 1912–1970 · also known as Redland Field
Crosley Field was a ballpark in Cincinnati, OH. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 11, 1912 and the last on June 24, 1970. The register files it under the National League. It was also known as Redland Field.
4,559 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1912 and 1970. The game logs list the Cincinnati Reds and the Cincinnati Redlegs as home clubs here. Its recorded capacity is 20,696. 22 games played here have a page of their own in this archive, among them Honus Wagner's 3,000th Hit in 1914, Hank Aaron's 3,000th Hit in 1970, and Hod Eller's No-Hitter in 1919.
The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 11, 1912, when the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 10–6. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on June 24, 1970, when the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 5–4. Juan Marichal started for the San Francisco Giants and Jim McGlothlin for the Cincinnati Reds. Satch Davidson was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 37,758, for a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds on April 12, 1927.
The major leagues also played in Cincinnati, OH at Lincoln Park Grounds (1871–1871), Avenue Grounds (1876–1879), Bank Street Grounds (1880–1884), League Park I (1884–1893), and East End Park (1891–1891), and 4 other grounds.
Honus Wagner singles at Cincinnati at the age of 40, reaching 3,000 hits in his eighteenth major league season.
Hank Aaron reaches 3,000 hits at Cincinnati in a three-hit game that also included a home run, four years before he passed Babe Ruth.
Hod Eller threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 11, 1919, winning 6–0.
Johnny Vander Meer threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds against the Boston Bees on June 11, 1938, winning 3–0.
Tex Carleton threw a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Cincinnati Reds on April 30, 1940, winning 3–0.
Lon Warneke threw a no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Cincinnati Reds on August 30, 1941, winning 2–0.
Clyde Shoun threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds against the Boston Braves on May 15, 1944, winning 1–0.
Ewell Blackwell threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds against the Boston Braves on June 18, 1947, winning 6–0.
Jim Maloney threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds against the Houston Astros on April 30, 1969, winning 10–0.
Don Wilson threw a no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Cincinnati Reds on May 1, 1969, winning 4–0.
Joe Medwick hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Cincinnati Reds on June 29, 1935.
Harry Craft hit for the cycle for the Cincinnati Reds against the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 8, 1940.
Frank Robinson hit for the cycle for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 2, 1959.
Johnny Mize hit three home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Cincinnati Reds on May 13, 1940.
Walker Cooper hit three home runs for the Cincinnati Reds against the Chicago Cubs on July 6, 1949.
Roy Campanella hit three home runs for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Cincinnati Reds on August 26, 1950.
Smoky Burgess hit three home runs for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 29, 1955.
Bob Thurman hit three home runs for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the Milwaukee Braves on August 18, 1956.
Frank Thomas hit three home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Cincinnati Redlegs on August 16, 1958.
Frank Robinson hit three home runs for the Cincinnati Redlegs against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 22, 1959.
Art Shamsky hit three home runs for the Cincinnati Reds against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 12, 1966.
Roberto Clemente hit three home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Cincinnati Reds on May 15, 1967.
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