On October 8 in Baseball History...
1908 - Later admitting he had nothing on the ball, Christy Mathewson loses to the Cubs 4-2 in the playoff replay of the disputed game on September 23. Three Finger Brown, relieving Jack Pfiester in the first, gets the win.

1915 - The Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3-1. Red Sox rookie Babe Ruth grounds out as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of the opener and will sit out the rest of the Series.

1919 - Ed Cicotte pitches Game Seven, and the White Sox play like they mean it. Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch drive in two runs each for a 4-1 win to cut the Reds' lead to four games to three in the best-of-nine Series.

1924 - Giants rookie third baseman Fred Lindstrom is 4-for-5 with two RBI against Walter Johnson, and New York hurler Jack Bentley (16-5) clouts a two-run homer and earns the 6-2 win. The Giants hold a 3-2 World Series edge heading back to Washington.

1927 - Facing elimination at Yankee Stadium, the Pirates are tied with the Yankees 3-3 in the last of the ninth. Reliever Johnny Miljus strikes out Lou Gehrig and Bob Meusel with the bases loaded, but a two-strike wild pitch to Tony Lazzeri allows Earle Combs to score the winning run and capture the World Series.

1929 - Howard Ehmke, a surprise starter for the Philadelphia Athletics, struck out 13 Chicago Cubs to win the opening game of the World Series 3-1.

1930 - George Earnshaw finishes off the Cardinals 7-1 to win the World Series for the Athletics. He is clearly the pitching star of the World Series with two wins and a 0.72 ERA.

1940 - With only one day's rest, Bobo Newsom comes back for the Tigers and nearly has enough to win Game Seven. Cincinnati's Paul Derringer gives up seven hits in the first six innings but sets the Tigers down in order in the final three frames for the 2-1 win, giving the Reds the Series.

1945 - Stan Hack's double takes a tricky bounce over left fielder Hank Greenberg's shoulder with two outs in the 12th inning to score runner Bill Schuster and give the Chicago Cubs an 8-7 win in Game Six to even the World Series with Detroit.

1956 - Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the only perfect game in World Series history for a 2-0 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sal Maglie, the opposing pitcher, gave up five hits.

1958 - The Yankees win the World Series on Moose Skowron's three-run home run off Lew Burdette in the eighth inning of Game Seven that puts the game on ice, 6-2. Eddie Mathews strikes out for the 11th time, a record that will stand until l980 when it is broken by Willie Wilson of Kansas City. This is Casey Stengel's seventh championship, tying him with Joe McCarthy.

1959 - The Los Angeles Dodgers win 9-3 to take the World Series over the White Sox. Larry Sherry wins in relief of Johnny Podres in Game Six.

1961 - The Yankees' Whitey Ford set a World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings by extending his streak to 32 innings in a 7-0 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 4.

1973 - Rusty Staub's two home runs powered the New York Mets to a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and a 2-1 lead in the NLCS. Pete Rose of the Reds and Bud Harrelson of the Mets scuffled at second base in the fifth inning after Rose slid hard into the base.

1986 - Mike Scott equaled a playoff record with 14 strikeouts and threw a five-hitter as the Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 1-0 in the first game of the NLCS. Glenn Davis opened the second inning with a home run off Dwight Gooden.

1988 - Dodgers ace reliever Jay Howell is ejected in the eighth inning of Game Three of the NLCS for having pine tar on his glove and the Mets go on to score five times in the inning on the way to an 8-4 win. Howell will be suspended for three days by the NL.

1989 - Oakland beats Toronto 4-3 in Game Five to advance to the World Series for the second straight year. Rickey Henderson, who hit .400 with eight stolen bases, is named Series MVP.

1995 - Edgar Martinez drives home the tying and winning runs with a double to left field to rally the Mariners to a 6-5 win in the bottom of the 11th inning to win the Division Series. Martinez bats .571 with 10 RBI against the Yankees in the five-game series. Ken Griffey, Jr., who beats the relay throw home to score the winning run, hits five home runs in the series.
Baseball Birthdays on October 8...

1849 - Donnelly, Pete
1857 - Bergh, John
1858 - Conway, Jim
1862 - Manlove, Charlie
1863 - Peoples, Jimmy
1870 - Colcolough, Tom
1884 - Lewis, Phil
1885 - Lush, Johnny
1886 - Pratt, Larry
1887 - Bush, Donie
1887 - Berran, Dennis
1887 - Crandall, Doc
1887 - Bodie, Ping
1889 - Esmond, Jimmy
1890 - Tappan, Walter
1891 - Peffer, Monte
1891 - Neff, Doug
1892 - Baumgartner, Harry
1895 - Wingo, Ed
1896 - Murchison, Tim
1902 - Schreiber, Paul
1910 - Moses, Wally
1913 - Rogers, Lee
1916 - Cecil, Rex
1916 - Callahan, Joe
1917 - Murtaugh, Danny
1917 - Toenes, Hal
1918 - Gillespie, Bob
1920 - Metkovich, Catfish
1929 - Mabe, Bob
1934 - Harrington, Mickey
1942 - Landis, Bill
1943 - Pepper, Don
1944 - Kirkpatrick, Ed
1946 - Gagliano, Ralph
1946 - Splittorff, Paul
1946 - Wegener, Mike
1948 - Williams, Bernie
1948 - Stelmaszek, Rick
1949 - Cabell, Enos
1955 - Reed, Jerry
1956 - Lahti, Jeff
1957 - Skube, Bob
1957 - Chris, Mike
1959 - Morgan, Mike
1959 - Little, Bryan
1959 - Hardy, Jack
1965 - Kremers, Jimmy
1966 - Gainer, Jay
1967 - Bruett, J.T.
1970 - Doster, David
1970 - Saenz, Olmedo
1971 - Ayrault, Joe
1972 - Adams, Willie
1975 - Thompson, Andy
Baseball Deaths on October 8...

1905 - Sullivan, Bill
1912 - Heitmuller, Heinie
1913 - Cleveland, Elmer
1934 - Snyder, Bill
1936 - Ames, Red
1948 - Orth, Al
1952 - Adams, Joe
1957 - Russell, Paul
1962 - Head, Ralph
1969 - Ramsdell, Willie
1971 - Wall, Murray
1973 - Haley, Ray
1976 - Bottarini, John
1978 - Gilliam, Jim
1980 - Johnson, Lloyd
1981 - Nagel, Bill
1982 - Meehan, Bill
1986 - Surkont, Max
1988 - Fowler, Boob
1991 - Hanyzewski, Ed
2002 - Beeler, Jodie
2004 - Sturm, Johnny
2004 - Giuliani, Tony
2005 - Larsen, Swede
2006 - Murrell, Ivan