This Day in Baseball History
1995 - Albert Belle is 1st player to hit 50 homers, 50 doubles in same season
Cleveland Indians outfielder Albert Belle becomes the first player in major-league history to hit 50 homers and 50 doubles in the same year with a sixth-inning solo blast off Boston Red Sox right-hander Melvin Bunch.
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Belle's homer ties the game at 2-2 en route to a 3-2 win and the Indians' 99th win of the season. They would go on to finish the shortened-season in first place at 100-44, before losing the World Series in six games to the Atlanta Braves.
The Indians slugger ends the year with 50 home runs and 52 doubles, batting .317/.401/.690 and finishing runner-up in the American League MVP vote.
1927 - Babe Ruth sets single-season record with 60 homers
New York Yankees outfielder Babe Ruth establishes a new major-league record with his 60th homer of the year in the eighth inning of a 4-2 win over the Washington Senators.
Ruth's two-run shot off left-hander Tom Zachary broke his own record of 59, which he set in 1921. His 60 homers would remain the single-season mark until Yankees slugger Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961.
Birthdays
1926 - Robin Roberts
1932 - Johnny Podres