Today in Baseball History (Part 6)
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Historical Events
Results 501 - 577 of 577
1990-12-26 - Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
1991-01-09 - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
1991-02-26 - Bill Veeck & Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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
1991-07-05 - Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins)
1991-07-09 - 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto
1991-07-28 - Dennis Martinez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history
1991-09-04 - Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
1992-01-07 - Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1992-02-01 - Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 mil)
1992-04-13 - Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
1992-04-24 - George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball
1992-06-08 - NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time
1992-06-11 - US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0
1992-06-20 - Kelly Saunders is 2nd female baseball PA announcer (Balt Orioles)
1992-06-24 - Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball
1992-07-14 - 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD
1992-09-07 - Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
1992-09-10 - Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball
1992-10-11 - Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & Braves (Baseball)
1993-02-04 - Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism
1993-07-13 - 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore
1993-08-01 - Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
1993-09-08 - Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
1994-01-12 - Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1994-02-23 - Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)
1994-02-25 - Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1994-04-03 - 1st roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced
1994-05-08 - Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
1994-07-12 - 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pitts
1994-07-16 - Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
1994-07-23 - Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC
1994-07-28 - Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
1994-07-28 - Texas Ranger Kenny Rogers pitches baseball's 14th perfect game
1994-08-12 - Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike
1994-09-14 - All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season
1994-09-18 - Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS
1994-09-28 - "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS
1994-12-23 - Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players
1995-01-08 - Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1995-02-06 - Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days
1995-02-17 - Tiger mgr Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike
1995-03-09 - Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1995-03-31 - Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike
1995-04-02 - Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
1995-04-02 - Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
1995-04-07 - Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
1995-04-26 - Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
1995-07-11 - 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx
1995-10-01 - NY Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever
1996-01-08 - For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1996-01-18 - Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997
1996-04-03 - St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1
1996-04-24 - Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11
1996-07-09 - 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1996-11-26 - Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
1997-03-19 - Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
1997-04-15 - Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
1997-04-20 - 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
1997-05-10 - Chic Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)
1997-05-13 - Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
1997-05-14 - Baseball's Exec Council suspends NY Yank owner George Steinbrenner
1997-06-09 - Detroit Tigers baseball team bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning
1997-06-12 - 1st ever baseball inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3
1997-07-08 - 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
1997-07-09 - Baseball's triple A Anerican Assn (formed in 1902) votes to disband
1998-01-06 - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1998-07-07 - 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver
1999-07-06 - U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams.
2002-10-27 - Anaheim Angels defeat San Francisco Giants 4-3 in baseball's World Series championship, MVP: Troy Glaus, Anaheim
2004-10-01 - Baseball: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.
2004-10-20 - Boston Red Sox come back from 0-3 to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 to win baseball's American League
2005-09-29 - Chicago White Sox clinch their first division title since 2000 and become just the 10th team in the history of baseball to be in first place on every day of the season
2005-10-26 - Chicago White Sox defeat Houston Astros 4-0 in baseball's World Series championship, MVP: Jermaine Dye, Chicago
2007-08-07 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
2007-12-13 - The Mitchell Report is publicly released listing the names of 89 Major League Baseball players that have presumably used anabolic steroids and human growth hormones. Notable players to be named include Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada.
Famous Birthdays
Results 501 - 600 of 1,623
1941-05-02 - Clay Carroll, American baseball player
1941-05-10 - Ken Berry, baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
1941-06-05 - Duane Duke Sims, baseball player
1941-06-13 - Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player
1941-06-28 - Al Downing, American baseball player
1941-06-29 - John Boccabella, American baseball player
1941-08-06 - Ray Culp, American baseball player
1941-08-17 - Boog Powell, baseball player (AL MVP 1970)
1941-10-14 - Art Shamsky, American baseball player
1941-10-16 - Tim McCarver, baseball catcher (Phils, Mets)/sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
1941-11-26 - Jeff Torborg, baseball player
1941-12-08 - Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
1942-01-14 - Dave Campbell, American baseball player
1942-02-08 - Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1942-02-12 - Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1942-03-08 - [Dick] Richie Allen, baseball player (AL MVP 1972)
1942-03-12 - Bert Campaneris, baseball player (Oakland A's)
1942-03-12 - Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player, 1963-1977
1942-04-16 - Jim Lonborg, American baseball player
1942-04-18 - Steve Blass, American professional baseball player
1942-05-14 - Tony Perez, baseball player
1942-06-03 - Duane Josephson, baseball player
1942-06-15 - Bruce DalCanton, baseball player
1942-07-04 - Hal Lanier, baseball player
1942-07-17 - Don Kessinger, American baseball player
1942-08-04 - Cleon Jones, American baseball player
1942-08-09 - Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1942-08-20 - Fred Norman, American baseball player
1942-10-13 - Bob Bailey, American baseball player
1942-10-18 - Willie Horton, baseball slugger (Detroit Tigers)
1942-10-31 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1942-12-27 - Byron Browne, baseball player
1943-01-07 - Jim Lefebvre, Hawthorne Calif, baseball manager (Seattle Mariners)
1943-01-26 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005)
1943-01-30 - Davy Johnson, baseball manager (NY Mets)
1943-02-08 - Bob Oliver, baseball player
1943-03-23 - Lee May, former Major League Baseball player
1943-03-24 - Jesus Alou, baseball outfielder (SF Giants)
1943-06-20 - Andy Etchebarren, baseball catcher (Balt Orioles)
1943-06-27 - Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player
1943-07-05 - Curt Blefary, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1943-08-02 - Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player
1943-09-19 - Joe Morgan, baseball player
1943-10-07 - José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player
1943-12-13 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher (Red Sox)
1944-01-18 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1944-02-13 - Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland A's)
1944-03-24 - Denny McLain, baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers, 31 wins in 1968)
1944-04-01 - Rusty Staub, American baseball player
1944-04-07 - Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
1944-05-06 - Masanori Murakami, First Japanese baseball player in major leagues
1944-06-08 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1944-06-20 - Dave Nelson, baseball player
1944-06-30 - Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder/sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets)
1944-07-14 - Billy McCool, American baseball player
1944-08-30 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1944-10-11 - Mike Fiore, American baseball player
1944-10-29 - Claude Brochu, Major League Baseball executive (Montreal Expos)
1944-11-07 - Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler (NY Yankees)
1944-11-17 - Tom Seaver, baseball player
1945-01-07 - Tony Conigliaro, Mass, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
1945-03-11 - Dock Ellis, American baseball player
1945-04-02 - Don Sutton, baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1945-07-05 - Curtis Blefary, baseball player (1965 AL rookie of year)
1945-08-06 - Andy Messersmith, American baseball player
1945-08-21 - Jerry DaVanon, baseball player
1945-10-01 - Rod Carew, baseball slugger (AL Rookie of Year 1967)
1945-10-15 - Jim Palmer, American baseball player
1945-11-03 - Ken Holtzman, American baseball pitcher and manager
1945-11-12 - Al Michaels, Bkln, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football)
1946-03-15 - Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc)
1946-03-27 - Bill Sudakis, baseball player
1946-03-31 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)
1946-05-18 - Reggie Jackson, "Mr October" baseball rightfielder (Yankees, A's)
1946-05-28 - Skip Jutze, American baseball player
1946-06-02 - Roger Freed, baseball player
1946-06-15 - Ken Henderson, baseball player
1946-08-06 - Dusty Rhodes, Australian baseball coach (Olympics-1996)
1946-09-07 - Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1946-10-06 - Gary Gentry, baseball player (NY Mets)
1946-10-14 - Al Oliver, American baseball player
1946-12-15 - Art Howe, American baseball player and manager
1946-12-25 - Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
1947-02-03 - Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit)
1947-03-05 - Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
1947-04-04 - Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
1947-04-17 - Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player
1947-05-14 - Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1947-06-07 - Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees)
1947-06-10 - Ken Singleton, Mt Vernon NY, baseball player (Orioles)
1947-07-04 - Morganna Roberts, Louisville Ky, (Baseball's kissing bandit)
1947-07-06 - Lance Clemons, baseball player
1947-07-14 - Steve Stone, Cleveland Ohio, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1947-08-05 - Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
1947-11-07 - Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player
1947-11-12 - Ron Bryant, American baseball player
1947-11-13 - Gene Garber, American baseball player
1947-11-19 - Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager
1947-11-26 - Larry Gura, baseball player
1947-11-26 - Richie Hebner, baseball player
Famous Deaths
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