Left-hander Stan Musial of the Daytona Beach Islanders of the Florida State League landed on his pitching shoulder while trying to make a shoestring catch in center field, ending his career as a hurler. The injury turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the future Hall of Fame outfielder as he became a full-time position player in 1941.

First baseman Chuck Connors went 5-for-5 with three homers, including two in one inning, as the Newport News Dodgers outslugged the Lynchburg Cardinals, 19-11, in Piedmont League action.

San Antonio's Bob Turley set a Texas League single-game record with 22 strikeouts in a 16-inning outing. Despite the achievment, Turley did not receive a decision.

San Diego Gulls first baseman Luke Easter blasted a 500-foot-plus homer over the center-field fence at Gilmore Stadium in Pacific Coast League action.

Gil Carter, playing for the Carlsbad Potashers of the Class D Sophomore League, hit a 733-foot homer out of Montgomery Field in Carlsbad, N.M. The Minor League Baseball Encyclopedia listed the shot at 650 feet in the air, but the town's newspaper at the time, The Current-Argus, used aerial photographs the following day to determine that the ball actually traveled 83 feet further than the original estimate. More >

The Vancouver Mounties stole nine bases in a single inning, including a pair of triple steals, against the Salt Lake City Bees. The Mounties scored five runs during the frame.

Danville's Cory Rasmus fired a seven-inning no-hitter against the Princeton Rays in the second game of a Appalachian League doubleheader, winning 13-0. More >

Rochester's Logan Darnell finished off what Red Wings starter Trevor May had begun on July 24, combining on a no-hitter as Rochester blanked Durham, 3-0, in the completion of a suspended game. By the time the game ended, May was in the Majors with the parent Twins. More >