Baseball Bookshelf Almanac, June 12

June 12, 2013

Born this date:

* 1868 – Sol White, Negro League infielder and manager; Hall of Fame (d. 1955)

* 1950 – Richard Ben Cramer, author (d. 2013)

* 1974 – Hideki Matsui, outfielder; All-Star

Also on this date:

* 1970 – Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis no-hits the San Diego Padres, 2 – 0. Ellis will later claim that he was suffering from the after-effects of his previous night’s LSD trip while pitching this gem.

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