Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
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Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams was fined $250 for spitting on fans.
The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
When Cubs' player Billy Sunday played his first game, he struck out four times.
Babe Ruth Day was commemorated for the first time to celebrate one of baseball's greatest players of all time.
Jim ''Catfish" Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game, defeating the Minnesota Twins (4-0).
