On this day, July 6, in 1932, Chicago Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges was shot twice by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli.

Jurges, 24, had tried to break up with the attractive showgirl when she showed up at his Chicago hotel. Three shots were fired. One bullet hit the shortstop’s little finger, while another struck his rib and ricocheted out of his right shoulder. Valli was hit once in her arm.