1948 - With the crowd of 49,641 singing '' Auld Lang Syne '' to Babe Ruth , the New York Yankees celebrate the silver anniversary of Yankee Stadium by holding ‘‘Babe Ruth Day’’. With members of the 1923 team (the first to play in the stadium) looking on, the dying superstar's uniform number 3 is retired and sent to Cooperstown .
1957 - In a game which features the ejection of Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale as a result for fighting, Clem Labine loses for the first time in ten months and 38 appearances in Relief as the Milwaukee Brraves beats the Brooklyn Dodgers , 8–5. Logan charged the mound after getting drilled in the ribs by the Brooklyn right-hander resulting in banishment for both players.
---For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back Home Run s in consecutive innings as Javy López and Andruw Jones accomplish the feat for the Atlanta Braves .