This Day in Baseball History: 6/14

A look at June 14th in the pages of Baseball History

1876: George Hall of the Philadelphia Athletics becomes the first major league player to hit for the cycle. A year later he would also become the first player banned from baseball when he and several others were banned when they intentionally threw a 3 1/2 game lead with 12 games to go in 1877. 

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1952: Boston Braves lefty Warren Spahn ties a National League record by fanning 18 batters in a 15 inning loss to the Cubs. On the same day, a Braves scout signs Henry Aaron to a contract.

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1963: Mets outfielder and longtime Dodger Duke Snider hits his 400th home run of his career. The future hall of famer finished his career with 407 homers. 

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1990: The National League announces plans to expand the league from 12 to 14 teams. The Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies will be the two expansion teams.

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2002: For the first time since 1972, a designated hitter is not used despite a full slate of games on the day. This happened because each interleague game was played in a National League stadium.