This Day in History: 1965-07-04

Baltimore Oriole rookie Curt Blefary had one of the best days of his career against the Cleveland Indians. He was four for four, scored twice, and drove in four runs. Earlier in the week he had hit two homers against the Yankees, one drove starter Jim Bouton to the showers, the other was against Whitey Ford. At week’s end he had 35 RBIs, had scored 27 runs and was hitting .279 with 13 homers. Some were suggesting that he would be the rookie of the year. He had been an outstanding athlete at Mahwah High School before signing with the Oriole management. (Bristow)