This Date in Baseball - Alex Rodriguez ties Willie Mays for 4th place on the all-time home run list

1884 — Toledo's Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first black player in the pre-modern era of the major leagues. 1891 — In front of almost 10,000 fans, Cy Young of the Cleveland Spiders defeats the Cincinnati Reds, 12 - 3, in the first game ever played in Cleveland's League Park. 1901 — Chicago's Herm McFarland hit the first grand slam in American League history and Dummy Hoy also homered in the Chicago White Sox' 19-9 rout of the Detroit Tigers.