June 25 in Chicago Cubs History: Augie Galan of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player in National League history to switch-hit home runs in the same game (1937)

On June 25, 1937, Augie Galan of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player in National League history to switch-hit home runs in the same game. The switch-hitter’s pair of round-trippers, a homer from the left side off Freddie Fitzsimmons in the fourth frame and from the right side in the eighth aga

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