Baseball History (Part 8)

Events 701 - 800 of 937

• 1982-04-06 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279

• 1982-08-18 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th)
• 1982-09-13 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
• 1982-10-20 Baseball World Series: St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers, 6-3 at Busch Stadium for 4 games to 3 series triumph; MVP: St. Louis catcher Darrell Porter

• 1983-07-31 Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell and Walter Alston are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
• 1983-08-25 Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark
• 1983-10-16 Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0 for 4 games to 1 series victory; MVP: Baltimore catcher Rick Dempsey

• 1984-03-24 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
• 1984-08-07 Japan beats US, 6-3 in the final of the Los Angeles Olympic baseball demonstration event
• 1984-08-12 Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, & Luis Aparicio are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY

• 1984-09-30 California Angels Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game
• 1984-10-01 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of Major League Baseball; he has a 4 year tenure
• 1984-10-14 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, 8-4 at Tiger Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 1; MVP: Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell

• 1985-07-28 Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, A Vaughan, & Hoyt Wilhelm are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

• 1985-08-06 MLB Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)
• 1985-08-08 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
• 1985-10-02 A Mayor Richard Caliguiri led coalition of public and private groups committed to keeping the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates in town for at least 5 years reach agreement to buy the baseball team for $22 million
• 1985-10-26 On a poor call in Game 6, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events probably costing St. Louis Cardinals the Baseball World Series; lose 2-1 to KC when leading series, 3-2
• 1985-10-27 Baseball World Series: KC Royals rout St Louis Cardinals, 11-0 at Royals Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: KC pitcher Bret Saberhagen

• 1986-06-10 A. Bartlett Giamatti succeeds Chub Feeney as President of baseball's National League

• 1986-10-13 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
• 1986-10-27 MLB World Series: NY Mets win their second title; beat Boston Red Sox, 8-5 at Shea Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Mets infielder Ray Knight
• 1987-01-14 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1987-02-23 Baseball World Series winning manager (1985) Dick Howser retires from Kansas City Royals role due to brain tumor
• 1987-04-06 Los Angeles Dodger's GM Al Campanis appears on TV program ABC News: Nightline saying Blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
• 1987-05-29 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games

• 1987-06-24 Minor League Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak
• 1987-07-26 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
• 1987-08-31 The Great Potato Incident: Minor league Williamsport Bills catcher Dave Bresnahan attempts to lure an opposing baserunner off third base using a potato carved to look like a baseball. Umpire calls runner safe, and the catcher is fined $50 and released by the team [1] [2]
• 1987-10-12 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers, 9-5 in ALCS Game 5 at Tiger Stadium for 4-1 series win; go on to win club's first Baseball World Series
• 1987-10-25 Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola

• 1988-05-14 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he & St Louis Cards lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn

• 1988-07-31 Pittsburgh Pirates 1st baseman/left fielder and 7-time All Star Willie Stargell becomes 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame
• 1988-09-08 NL president A. Bartlett Giamatti is unanimously elected Major League Baseball's 7th Commissioner
• 1988-09-13 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams

• 1988-12-14 CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
• 1989-01-05 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990

• 1989-02-03 Baseball's National League announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will its 1st African American President
• 1989-02-28 10-time All Star second baseman and manager Red Schoendienst and umpire Al Barlick are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

• 1989-04-01 A. Bartlett Giamatti replaces Peter Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of Major League Baseball; dies suddenly of a heart attack 5 months later
• 1989-06-07 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2

• 1989-08-06 Boston Red Sox retire Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder, 1st baseman Carl Yastrezemski's #8
• 1989-08-24 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
• 1989-09-13 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
• 1989-10-28 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's beat San Francisco, 9-6 at Candlestick Park to sweep Giants in earthquake affected "Bay Bridge Series"; MVP: A's pitcher Dave Stewart
• 1989-11-28 Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 contract per year with baseball's Oakland Athletics

• 1990-02-04 St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
• 1990-02-15 Baseball owners lock out players
• 1990-03-18 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
• 1990-04-21 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards

• 1990-06-21 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
• 1990-07-26 US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games

• 1990-08-06 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
• 1990-08-14 Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise

• 1990-10-20 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati beats A's, 2-1 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to sweep Oakland and win Reds' 5th title; MVP: Reds' pitcher José Rijo
• 1990-12-26 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds

• 1991-01-09 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame for betting on baseball
• 1991-02-04 Baseball's Hall of Fame board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose, due to his betting on games while a player and manager

• 1991-03-30 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)
• 1991-04-08 Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
• 1991-07-21 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck, Jr are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

• 1991-09-18 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians

• 1992-01-07 Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

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Birthdays 701 - 800 of 1,019

• 1965-01-02 Greg Swindell, American baseball pitcher (World Series 2001; MLB All Star 1989; Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in Fort Worth, Texas
• 1965-01-04 Kevin Wickander, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Fort Dodge, Iowa
• 1965-01-06 José DeJesús, American baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1965-01-20 Brad Brink, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Roseville, California
• 1965-02-12 Rubén Amaro Jr., American baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1965-02-17 Jim Bowie, Japanese-American baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics)

• 1965-03-12 Steve Finley, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1997, 2000; World Series 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks; 5 × Gold Glove Award), born in Union City Tennessee
• 1965-04-09 Hal Morris, American baseball infielder (Cincinnati Reds), born in Fort Rucker, Alabama
• 1965-06-17 Mike Magnante, American baseball pitcher (KC Royals), born in Glendale, California
• 1965-07-03 Greg Vaughn, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1993, 96, 98, 2001); Silver Slugger Award 1998; Milwaukee Brewers), born in Sacramento, California
• 1965-07-25 Torey Lovullo, American baseball infielder (Oakland A's), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1965-08-09 Ezra Polley, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Georgetown, Kentucky
• 1965-08-12 Barry Manuel, American baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Mamou, Louisiana
• 1965-09-09 Todd Zeile, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, LA Dodgers, Texas Rangers, NY Mets) and broadcaster (SportsNet New York), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1965-10-25 Steve Decker, American baseball catcher (SF Giants), born in Rock Island, Illinois
• 1965-11-28 Matt Williams, American baseball infielder (5 x MLB All Star; NL home run leader 1994; NL RBI leader 1990; SF Giants) and manager (Washington Nationals), born in Bishop, California
• 1965-12-11 Jay Bell, American baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1993, 99; World Series 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks; Gold Glove Award 1993 Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Eglin AFB, Florida
• 1965-12-13 Stacy Sunny, female pro baseball infielder (Colorado Silver Bullets), born in San Bernardino, California
• 1965-12-14 Craig Biggio, American Baseball HOF infielder (7 × MLB All-Star; 4 × Gold Glove Award; 5 × Silver Slugger Award; Houston Astros), born in Smithtown, New York
• 1966-01-19 Anthony Young, American baseball pitcher (NY Met, Chicago Cubs), born in Houston, Texas
• 1966-01-21 Chris Hammond, American baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
• 1966-02-15 Melido Perez, Dominican-American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), born in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
• 1966-02-21 Chris Donnels, American baseball infielder (Houston Astros), born in Angeles, California
• 1966-02-24 Rene Arocha, Cubans-American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
• 1966-02-27 Chris Howard, American baseball catcher (Seattle Mariners), born in Kenner, Louisiana

• 1966-04-14 Greg Myers, American MLB baseball catcher (Minnesota Twins), born in Riverside, California
• 1966-04-25 Darren Holmes, American baseball pitcher (Colorado Rockies), born in Asheville, North Carolina
• 1966-05-01 Armando Reynoso, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
• 1966-05-22 José Mesa, Dominican MLB baseball pitcher, 1987-2007, 2X All-Star (Cleveland Indians; Philadelphia Phillies, and 6 other teams), born in Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic
• 1966-06-18 Sandy Alomar Jr., Puerto Rican baseball catcher (6 × MLB All-Star; AL Rookie of the Year 1990 Cleveland Indians), born in Salinas, Puerto Rico

• 1966-07-07 Hector Burba, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Dayton, Ohio
• 1966-07-07 Jeff Shaw, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Washington Court House, Ohio
• 1966-08-02 Tim Wakefield, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2009; World Series 2004, 07 Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN), born in Melbourne, Florida (d. 2023) [1]
• 1966-08-10 Gerald Williams, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1992-2005 (NY Yankees, and 5 other teams), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2022)
• 1966-08-12 Dean Hartgraves, American baseball pitcher (Houston Astros), born in Bakersfield, California
• 1966-08-25 Albert Belle, American baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians; 5-time MLB All-Star), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
• 1966-09-23 Pete Harnisch, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1991 Houston Astros; Baltimore Orioles, NY Mets, Cincinnati Reds), born in Commack, New York
• 1966-10-03 Darrin Fletcher, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1994; Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays) and broadcaster (Rogers Sportsnet), born in Elmhurst, Illinois
• 1966-10-11 Gregg Olson, American baseball pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers), born in Omaha, Nebraska
• 1966-10-24 F. P. Santangelo, American baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos), born in Livonia, Michigan
• 1966-10-31 Brian Keyser, American baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Castro Valley, California
• 1966-11-07 Andy Tomberlin, American baseball outfielder (NY Mets), born in Monroe, North Carolina
• 1966-11-16 Tim Scott, American baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Hanford, California
• 1966-11-25 Mark Whiten, American MLB baseball outfielder (4 home runs in one game 1993; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Pensacola, Florida
• 1966-12-01 Larry Walker, Canadian Baseball HOF right fielder (NL MVP 1997; NL batting champion 1998, 99, 2001; 5 x MLB All Star; 7 x Gold Glove; Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies), born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia
• 1966-12-10 Norberto Martin, baseball infielder (Chicago White Sox), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• 1967-01-05 Chris Nabholz, American baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• 1967-02-01 Tim Naehring, American baseball infielder (Boston Red Sox) and executive (Vice President of Baseball Operations NY Yankees), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1967-02-11 John Patterson, American baseball infielder (SF Giants), born in Orange, Texas
• 1967-02-13 Eddie Pye, American baseball infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Columbia, Tennessee
• 1967-02-20 Kurt Knudsen, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
• 1967-02-25 Rich Rowland, American baseball catcher (Detroit Tigers)
• 1967-02-26 David Howard, American baseball infielder (KC Royals), born in Sarasota, Florida
• 1967-02-26 Scott Service, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1967-03-27 Jaime Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
• 1967-03-29 Brian Jordan, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1999 Atlanta Braves; LA Dodgers, St Louis Cardinals) and NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons 1989-91), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1967-04-09 Graeme Lloyd, Australian baseball pitcher (World Series 1996, 98 NY Yankees; Olympic silver 2004), born in Geelong, Australia
• 1967-04-14 Mike Trombley, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1992-2002 (Minnesota Twins and 2 other teams), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
• 1967-04-17 Marquis Grissom, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1993, 94; World Series 1995; Gold Glove Award 1993–96; Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1967-04-23 Rhéal Cormier, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals; Philadelphia Phillies; Boston Red Sox), born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (d. 2021) [1]
• 1967-05-05 Charles Nagy, American baseball pitcher (Olympic gold 1988; MLB All-Star 1992, 96, 99; Cleveland Indians), born in Fairfield, Connecticut
• 1967-05-15 John Smoltz, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1995; NL Cy Young Award 1996; Atlanta Braves), born in Warren, Michigan
• 1967-06-28 Matt Karchner, American baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Berwick, Pennsylvania
• 1967-07-03 Brian Cashman, American baseball executive (World Series 1998, 99, 2000, 09 NY Yankees), born in Rockville Centre, New York
• 1967-07-04 Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball infielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Oaxaca, Mexico
• 1967-07-05 Tim Worrell, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Pasadena, California
• 1967-07-13 Pat Rapp, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1992-2001 (Florida Marlins, San Francisco Giants, and 4 other teams), born in Jennings, Louisiana
• 1967-07-21 Lance Painter, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1993-2003 (Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, and 3 other teams), born in Bedford, England
• 1967-07-25 Ed Sprague Jr., American baseball infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Castro Valley, California
• 1967-08-07 Jason Grimsley, American baseball pitcher (California Angels), born in Cleveland, Texas
• 1967-08-20 Andy Benes, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Evansville, Indiana
• 1967-09-03 Luis Gonzalez, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1999, 2001-03, 05; World Series 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks; Houston Astros), born in Tampa, Florida
• 1967-09-12 Pat Listach, American baseball infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Natchitoches, Louisiana
• 1967-09-19 Jim Abbott, American MLB baseball pitcher born with only one hand, 1989-99 (Olympic gold 1988; California Angels, NY Yankees, and 2 other teams), born in Flint, Michigan
• 1967-10-04 Roger Pavlik, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1996; Texas Rangers), born in Houston, Texas
• 1967-10-13 Trevor Hoffman, American Baseball Hall of Fame closer (first pitcher to 500 & 600 saves milestone; 7 x MLB All Star; SD Padres), born in Bellflower, California
• 1967-10-15 Carlos García, Venezuelan baseball infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Táchira State, Venezuela
• 1967-10-21 John Flaherty, American baseball catcher (Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Yankees) and broadcaster (YES Network, NY Yankees), born in New York City
• 1967-11-08 Henry Rodriguez, Dominican baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• 1967-12-01 Reggie Sanders, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1991-2007, All-Star 1995; World Series 2001 (Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, and 6 other teams), born in Florence, South Carolina
• 1967-12-06 Kevin Appier, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1989-94 (Kansas City Royals, and three others), born in Lancaster, California
• 1967-12-07 Tino Martinez, American baseball first baseman (MLB All-Star 1995, 1997; World Series 1996, 98–2000 Seattle Mariners, NY Yankees), born in Tampa, Florida
• 1967-12-15 Mo Vaughn, American baseball first baseman (MLB All-Star 1995, 96, 98; AL MVP 1995; Boston Red Sox), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
• 1968-01-08 Paul Carey, American baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1968-01-11 Ben Rivera, Dominican-American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
• 1968-01-24 Ross Powell, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2017)
• 1968-01-27 Eric Wedge, American baseball catcher (Boston Red Sox)
• 1968-01-27 Rusty Meacham, American baseball pitcher (KC Royals, Seattle Mariners), born in Stuart, Florida
• 1968-01-31 Steve Phoenix, American baseball pitcher (Oakland Athletics), born in Phoenix, Arizona
• 1968-02-02 Scott Erickson, American baseball pitcher (World Series, MLB All Star, AL wins leader 1991; Minnesota Twins), born in Long Beach, California
• 1968-02-05 Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican Baseball HOF infielder (World Series 1992, 93 Toronto Blue Jays; 12 x MLB All Star; 10 x Gold Glove Award), born in Salinas, Puerto Rico
• 1968-02-10 Ryan Bowen, American baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins), born in Fort Madison, Iowa
• 1968-02-13 Matt Mieske, American baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Midland, Michigan
• 1968-02-25 David Hulse, American baseball outfielder (Texas Rangers)
• 1968-02-26 J. T. Snow, American baseball infielder (NY Yankees, California Angels), born in Long Beach, California
• 1968-02-28 J T Snow, American baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankees, California Angels)

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