Today in Baseball History (Part 5)
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Historical Events
Results 401 - 500 of 577
1976-02-09 - Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame
1976-07-13 - 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1977-01-31 - Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, & Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1977-04-15 - 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
1977-07-19 - 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, NY
1977-10-08 - Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
1978-01-30 - Addie Joss & Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1978-07-11 - 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
1978-08-25 - Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike
1978-12-05 - Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
1979-01-23 - Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1979-03-07 - Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro & amateur umpires
1979-03-07 - Warren Giles & Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
1979-03-09 - Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters
1979-07-17 - 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
1979-11-17 - Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball
1980-04-01 - Baseball Players' Assn votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
1980-06-15 - Jorge Orta of Cleveland gets 6 hits in a baseball game
1980-07-08 - 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
1980-11-04 - Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires
1981-01-15 - Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1981-02-25 - Exec Board of Baseball Players' Assn votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved
1981-03-11 - Johnny Mize & Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1981-04-18 - Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
1981-06-12 - 3rd baseball strike starts
1981-06-12 - Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
1981-07-31 - 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
1981-08-09 - 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1981-08-29 - Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
1981-09-03 - Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
1982-01-29 - Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
1982-04-06 - Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minn 52,279
1982-07-13 - 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
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
1983-01-18 - IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
1983-02-08 - Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino
1983-07-06 - 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
1983-08-25 - Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark
1984-03-03 - Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)
1984-03-04 - Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1984-03-24 - IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
1984-05-09 - White Sox & Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
1984-07-11 - 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, SF
1984-08-07 - Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball
1984-09-30 - California Angels Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game
1984-09-30 - Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
1984-10-01 - Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
1985-01-07 - Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1985-03-06 - Enos Slaughter & Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1985-07-16 - 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn
1985-08-05 - Baseball players go on strike for 2 days
1985-08-06 - Major League Baseball Players Assn go on strike
1985-08-06 - Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)
1985-08-07 - Baseball players end a 2 day strike
1985-08-08 - Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
1985-09-20 - Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
1986-02-28 - Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
1986-06-10 - A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL
1986-07-15 - 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
1986-10-13 - IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
1986-12-11 - A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League
1987-01-14 - Catfish Hunter & Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1987-02-25 - LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse
1987-04-06 - Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
1987-05-01 - 46 HRs hit in 13 baseball games
1987-05-29 - Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games
1987-06-24 - Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak
1987-07-14 - 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
1987-07-26 - Catfish Hunter Billy Williams & Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF
1987-08-02 - Kevin Seitzer (KC Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game
1987-08-15 - US beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball
1988-01-12 - Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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
1988-07-12 - 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
1988-07-31 - Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame
1988-09-08 - NL pres Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish
1988-09-13 - 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
1988-09-23 - Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs
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
1989-01-09 - Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989-02-17 - Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
1989-02-28 - Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1989-03-20 - Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
1989-04-01 - A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
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
1989-07-11 - 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (KC Royals)
1989-08-24 - Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
1989-09-13 - Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
1990-01-09 - Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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
1990-06-09 - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games
1990-06-21 - At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap & proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
1990-07-10 - 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1990-07-26 - US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
1990-08-14 - Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise
Famous Birthdays
Results 401 - 500 of 1,623
1933-06-29 - Bob Shaw, baseball player
1933-07-01 - Frank Baumann, baseball player
1933-08-01 - Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player
1933-08-10 - Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player (Hit 4 HRs in a game)
1933-11-04 - Tito Francona, American baseball player
1933-11-17 - Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player
1934-01-08 - Gene Freese, American baseball player
1934-02-05 - Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP)
1934-02-22 - George "Sparky" Anderson, SD, baseball manager (Reds, Tigers)
1934-03-08 - Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d.2006)
1934-04-01 - Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1934-04-29 - Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player
1934-05-13 - Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. 2004)
1934-06-03 - Jim Gentile, baseball player
1934-07-30 - Bud Selig, owner (Milw Brewers)/acting baseball commissioner
1934-08-04 - Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
1934-08-18 - Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1934-09-07 - Bill Giles, Rochester NY, baseball owner (Phila Phillies)
1934-12-02 - Andre Rodgers, baseball player (d. 2004)
1934-12-09 - Al Kaline, Baltimore Md, baseball outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
1935-05-22 - Ron Piché, Quebec baseball player
1935-07-15 - Donn Clendenon, baseball player (d. 2005)
1935-07-21 - Moe Drabowsky, baseball player (d. 2006)
1935-07-25 - Larry Sherry, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1935-08-13 - Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
1935-08-27 - Ernie Broglio, American baseball player
1935-08-31 - Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager (MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL)
1935-10-30 - Jim Perry, American baseball player
1935-11-09 - Bob Gibson, American baseball player
1935-12-13 - Joe Christopher, American baseball player
1935-12-13 - Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player
1935-12-17 - Cal Ripken Sr, baseball manager (Balt Orioles)
1935-12-25 - Al Jackson, baseball player
1936-01-06 - Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player
1936-05-09 - Floyd Robinson, baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)
1936-06-03 - Jim Gentile, baseball player
1936-06-29 - Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins)
1936-07-23 - Don Drysdale, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1936-07-31 - Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player
1936-08-08 - Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)
1936-08-09 - Julián Javier, American baseball player
1936-08-28 - Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire
1936-09-14 - Stan Williams, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers)
1936-12-13 - J. C. Martin, American baseball player
1937-02-09 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1937-05-07 - Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player
1937-05-08 - Mike Cuellar, baseball player
1937-05-10 - Jim Hickman, baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
1937-06-28 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (d. 1995)
1937-07-02 - Dick Berardino, baseball player
1937-09-02 - Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner
1937-09-17 - Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
1937-10-03 - Eli Jacobs, baseball owner (Baltimore Orioles)
1937-10-20 - Juan Marichal, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher (SF Giants)
1938-01-18 - Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)
1938-02-07 - Juan Pizarro, baseball player
1938-02-18 - Manny Mota, baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers)
1938-03-02 - Donald Schwall, baseball player (1961 AL rookie of year)
1938-04-04 - A Bartlett Giamatti, Boston, pres of Yale/baseball commish (1989)
1938-04-16 - Rich Rollins, American baseballer
1938-05-03 - Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
1938-05-10 - Merritt Ranew, baseball player
1938-05-29 - Francis Thomas (Fay) Vincent, baseball commissioner
1938-06-02 - Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger (NY Yankees)
1938-06-04 - Art Mahaffey, baseball player
1938-06-15 - Billy Williams, baseball player (Cubs)
1938-07-01 - Don Pavletich, baseball player
1938-07-01 - Craig Anderson, baseball player
1938-07-12 - Ron Fairly, American baseball player
1938-09-15 - Gaylord Perry, baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner)
1938-11-06 - Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1938-11-07 - Jim Kaat, American baseball player
1938-11-27 - Jose Tartabull, baseball player
1938-12-22 - Matty Alou, Dominican baseball player
1939-02-18 - Dal Maxvill, American baseball player
1939-03-06 - Cookie Rojas, baseball player
1939-04-18 - Von McDaniel, baseball player
1939-05-09 - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player
1939-05-11 - Milt Pappas, baseball pitcher
1939-06-03 - Steve Dalkowski, baseball player
1939-06-04 - Phil Linz, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees)
1939-06-13 - Tom Cheek, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1939-06-18 - Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
1939-08-09 - Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher (Cin Reds)
1939-08-18 - Joe Azcue, baseball player
1939-11-24 - Jim Northrup, baseball player
1939-11-27 - Dave Giusti, American baseball player
1940-02-25 - Ron Santo, shortstop (Cubs, 1st baseball player to veto his trade)
1940-04-15 - Woodie Fryman, American baseball player
1940-04-18 - Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Assn)
1940-06-02 - Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
1940-06-02 - Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher
1940-07-01 - Jack Acker, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1940-07-03 - Cesar Tovar, baseball player
1940-09-15 - Frank Linzy, baseball player
1940-10-09 - Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
1940-11-23 - Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees)
1940-12-08 - Brant Alyea, American baseball player
1941-02-23 - Ron Hunt, baseball player
1941-03-20 - Pat Corrales, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
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