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August 4, 1960: Billy Martin ends Jim Brewer’s season in on-field brawl
The Cincinnati Reds were little more than a year from winning the 1961 National League pennant, but that was a faraway possibility when they concluded a four-game series in Wrigley Field with the hapless Chicago Cubs in early August of 1960. With a 43-56 record, the Reds trailed all of their NL rivals except the […]
June 16, 1957: Billy Martin switches uniforms and homers in Kansas City Athletics debut
New York Yankees infielder Billy Martin celebrated his 29th birthday on May 15, 1957,1 at Manhattan’s Copacabana club. Celebrating with him were teammates Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Hank Bauer, and Johnny Kucks. What happened that night has become a part of baseball lore. Exact details of the alcohol-fueled fight involving the Yankees players […]
Biographies
Bill Martin
On October 6, 1914, in the second game of a doubleheader, 20-year-old Bill Martin made his major-league debut against the Robins in Brooklyn. His performance was utterly unremarkable: He went hitless in three at-bats and committed an error at shortstop. No one at the time would have expected that this single game would constitute the […]