This day in baseball

[Lefty]

August 31.

1915: Jim Lavender of the Chicago Cubs pitched a 2-0 no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader against the New York Giants.

1935: Vern Kennedy of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat Cleveland 5-0. Kennedy also had a bases-loaded triple.

1937: Rudy York of the Tigers hit his 17th and 18th home runs of the month to set a major-league record as Detroit beat Washington 12-3.

1950: Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges tied a major-league record by hitting four homers against the Boston Braves in the Dodgers’ 19-3 rout. Hodges also added a single for 17 total bases.

1959: Sandy Koufax of Los Angeles struck out 18 Giants for a National League record as the Dodgers beat San Francisco 5-2.

1974: In a Northwest League game, Portland manager Frank Peters rotated his players so each man played a different position each inning. The strategy worked for an 8-7 win over Tri-Cities.

1990: The Griffeys — 20-year-old Ken Jr. and his dad, Ken, 40 — made major-league history, leading Seattle to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. The Griffeys were the first father and son to play together in the big leagues.

2001: Pitcher Danny Almonte, who dominated the Little League World Series with his 70 mph fastball, was ruled ineligible after government records experts determined he actually was 14.

 

[Lefty]

SEPT. 1

1906: The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 in 24 innings. Jack Coombs of the Athletics and Joe Harris of the Red Sox pitched all 24 innings. Coombs fanned 18.

1930: Wes Ferrell of Cleveland beat the St. Louis Browns 9-5 for his 13th straight victory.

1931: Lou Gehrig hit his third grand slam in four days as the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1.

1958: Vinegar Bend Mizell of the St. Louis Cardinals set a National League record by walking nine batters and tossing a shutout. Mizell beat Cincinnati 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader.

1963: Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals allowed six hits, drove in two runs with a triple and stole home plate in a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Simmons’ steal of home is the last by a pitcher.

1975: Tom Seaver struck out Manny Sanguillen in the seventh inning to become the first pitcher to strike out at least 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons. Seaver recorded 10 strikeouts in the Mets’ 3-0 triumph over Pittsburgh.

1998: Mark McGwire broke Hack Wilson’s 68-year-old National League record for home runs in a season, hitting his 56th and 57th in the St. Louis Cardinals’ victory over the Florida Marlins.

1999: Twenty-two of baseball’s 68 permanent umpires found themselves jobless, the fallout from their union’s failed attempt to force an early start to negotiations for a new labor contract. Under the deal mediated by U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner, the union agreed the 22 “will provide no further services.”

2001: Rafael Palmeiro drove in three runs for Texas, including a two-run homer in a 8-7 loss to Kansas City. Palmeiro became the fourth player in major league history to record seven straight seasons of at least 35 home runs and 100 RBIs. The other three are Jimmie Foxx (1932-40), Babe Ruth (1926-32) and Sammy Sosa (1995-2001).

2002: Miguel Tejada hit a game-ending three-run homer to power Oakland to a 7-5 win, the Athletics’ 18th straight victory, over Minnesota.

 

[Lefty]

SEPTEMBER 2

1952: Mike Fornieles of the Washington Senators, in his major-league debut, pitched a one-hitter for a 5-0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the second game of a doubleheader.

1965: Ernie Banks hit his 400th home run as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 at Wrigley Field. The blow came off Curt Simmons in the third inning.

1971: Cesar Cedeno’s 200-foot fly ball in the fifth inning fell for an inside-the-park grand slam home run as second baseman Jim Lefebvre and right fielder Bill Buckner of the Dodgers collided. The hit helped the Houston Astros beat Los Angeles 9-3.

 

[Lefty]

September 3.

1894 Taking over for the fired manager Ned Hanlon, Connie Mack leads the Pirates to a 22-1 rout of his former team, the Washington Senators.


1917 Phillies hurler Grover Cleveland Alexander goes the distance in both games of doubleheader as Philadelphia sweeps the Dodgers, 5-0 and 9-3.


1936 Red Sox hurler Wes Ferrell ends Luke Appling's White Sox club-record 27-game hitting streak.


1941 The Yankees clinch the American League flag (third straight) on the earliest date in major league history as the Bronx Bombers beat the Red Sox, 6-3.


1947 At Fenway Park, Tommy Henrich and Joe DiMaggio lead the way with four hits each as the Yankees bang out a total eighteen hits, all singles, defeating the Red Sox, 11-2.


1957 The Braves' Warren Spahn's 8-0 blanking of the Cubs sets a major league record for shutout thrown by lefty. The future Hall of Famer (1965) has now held his opponents scoreless 41 times.


1965 In preparation of their move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels change their name to the California Angels.


1966 The Dodgers become the first team to draw two million fans at home and two million on the road as 18,670 Crosley Field patrons watch Los Angeles beat the their home town Reds, 8-6.


1970 Cubs' outfielder Billy Williams asks to sit out thus ending his National League record for consecutive games at 1,117. Steve Garvey will better the mark in 1983.


1973 After 11 years at the helm (944-806 .539), Ralph Houk resigns as Yankee skipper. The 'Major' will manage the Tigers next season


1975 On the final pitch of his Hall of Fame career, Cardinals' great Bob Gibson gives up a grand slam to Pete LaCock. It will be LaCock's only bases-loaded homer of his career.


1977 Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh hits his 756th career homer to surpass Hank Aaron as the All-time career home run leader in professional baseball.


1978 At Dodger Stadium, Lee Mazzilli becomes the first Met in the club's 18-year history to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game. The centerfielder's 4-for-5 day helps New York beat the Dodgers, 8-5.


1981 The Red Sox and the Mariners play nineteen innings to a 7-7 tie. The game ends with the Mariners winning 8-7 in 20 innings when the suspended game is resumed the next day making it the longest game played in Fenway Park history.


1986 After using a record 53 players in a 14-inning affair yesterday, the Astros edge the Cubs in the 18th inning, 8-7, thanks to Billy Hatcher's home run.


1990 Bobby Thigpen sets a major league record with his 47th save as Chicago defeats the Royals, 4-2. The White Sox reliever breaks Yankee Dave Righetti's mark established in 1986.


1994 With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Jackson Generals overcome a 1-0 deficit as Tom Nevers and Jeff Ball hit back-to-back homers. The dramatic decisive Game 5 victory over the Shreveport Captains at Mississippi's Smith-Wills Stadium enables the Astros AA farm club to capture the Texas League East championship series.


2000 Kenny Lofton's first inning run ties a 1939 major league record set by Yankees' Red Rolfe for scoring in eighteen consecutive games. The speedy Indian outfielder, besides hitting the game-winning homer in the 13th, also steals five bases tying Cleveland's single-game record set by Alex Cole (8/1/90 & 5/3/92).


2001 On Labor Day, in just his 11th start, Cardinals' freshman hurler Bud Smith no-hits the Padres, 4-0. The 21-year-old becomes the 18th rookie since 1900 to throw a complete game without giving up a hit.


2002 Losing their 15th straight game at Shea Stadium, the Mets pass the dubious mark set by the 1911 Braves to establish a new National league record for consecutive losses at home.

 

[BC867]

September 3.

1975 - On the final pitch of his Hall of Fame career, Cardinals' great Bob Gibson gives up a grand slam to Pete LaCock. It will be LaCock's only bases-loaded homer of his career.

I gues that was Pete's claim-to-fame. That, and his being the son of TV's game show host Peter Marshall.

Thanks for sharing these posts with us. They bring back a few memories.

 

[Lefty]

September 4.

1916 Reds' player-manager Christy Mathewson, pitching his only game not in a Giant uniform, beats his long-time nemesis Mordecai 'Three Finger' Brown and the Cubs, 10-8. In the 25 contests the two legends have faced one another, Matty, by winning the last decision, takes a 13-12 advantage in their final meeting.


1924 The Brooklyn Robins take a twin bill from the Braves sweeping their fourth doubleheader in four consecutive days. Between September 1-3, the Brooks beat the Phillies six times.


1928 The Boston Braves start a streak of playing nine consecutive doubleheaders establishing a major league record.


1941 The Yankees clinch their third straight pennant when they beat the Red Sox, 6-3. It is the earliest date in baseball history a team has captured a flag.


1966 When 18,670 patrons show up in Cincinnati to watch the Reds lose to Los Angeles, 8-6, the Dodgers become the first team in major league history to attract more than 2 million fans at home and 2 million on the road.


1969 After thirty-one games, the third longest consecutive game hitting streak in National League history ends as Dodger Willie Davis is stopped by Dick Kelley and Gary Ross in a 3-0 loss to the Padres.


1974 After pitching eight no-hit innings against the Reds, Don Wilson is pulled from the game by Astros' manager Preston Gomez in favor of a pinch hitter. Mike Cosgrove gives up a hit to Tony Perez in the ninth and Houston loses, 2-1.


1978 In his first major league at-bat, Dorian Boyland strikes out sitting on the bench. The Pirate rookie is removed with a 1-2 count when the Mets make a pitching change and pinch hitter Rennie Stennett takes the third strike.


1985 Following a three-homer game last night, Gary Carter ties a major league record by hitting two solo homers to become the 11th player in major league history to hit five home runs in two games.


1991 Removing an asterisk which really never existed, the Statistical Accuracy Committee decides to put Roger Maris '61 home run season ahead of Ruth's 60 mark instead of listing it separately as it was from 1962 until 1991. The eight man panel also re-defines a no-hit game as one which ends after 9 or more innings with one team failing to get a hit thereby removing 50 games from the list that had previously been considered hitless, including the 1959 performance of Harvey Haddix's 12 perfect innings against the Braves and Jim Maloney's 1965 1-0 loss to the Mets in 11-innings.


1993 Pinstripe pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Indians at Yankee Stadium, 4-0. The Flint, Michigan native who was born without a right hand, becomes the first Yankee in a decade to throw a no-hitter.


1995 Robin Ventura becomes the eighth player to hit two grand slams in one game helping White Sox to beat the Rangers, 14-3.


1996 Babe Dahlgren, the man who replaced Lou Gehrig at first base to end the streak, dies in Arcadia, California. In the game, he goes 2-for-4, including a home run, in a 22-2 victory over the Tigers at Briggs Stadium.


1998 Defeating the White Sox, 11-6, the Yankees win their 100th game on the earliest date in major league history besting the 1906 Chicago Cubs and 1954 Cleveland Indians by five days. The 1906 Cubs set the major league record for fewest contests to reach 100 victories accomplishing the milestone 132 games.


1999 The Reds set a National League record with nine homers with as they rout the Phillies, 22-3. Eddie Taubensee (2), Greg Vaughn, Jeffrey Hammonds, Aaron Boone, Dimitri Young, Pokey Reese, Brian Johnson and Mark Lewis all go yard for Cincinnati.


2000 The Red Sox honor Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk. The New Hampshire resident, who played his first nine seasons with Boston, joins Bobby Doerr (1), Joe Cronin (4), Carl Yastrzemski (8) and Ted Williams (9) in having his number (27) be retired at Fenway.


2002 In front of 55,528 fans at Coliseum, the A's set an American League record by extending winning streak to 20 consecutive games. After blowing an 11-run lead to the Royals, Scott Hatteberg's bottom of the ninth inning walk off home run gives Oakland the historic victory, 12-11.


2003 In his first at-bat after his arrest Pittsburgh for felony counts of sexual assault and related charges, Ramon Castro receives a supportive ovation from the Florida fans as he approaches the batter box as a pinch-hitter. The Marlin catcher connects for a home run in the 5-1 victory against the Pirates.

 

[Lefty]

September 5.

1908 At Brooklyn's Washington Park, George 'Nap' Rucker of the Superbas (Dodgers) strikes out 14 Doves (Braves) en route to no-hitting Boston, 6-0.


1914 En route to tossing a 9-0 shutout against the Toronto Maple Leafs, 19-year old Babe Ruth of the AAA Providence Grays hits the first home run in his professional career. The site of the ‘Sultan of Swat’s’ only minor-league homer, Hanlan's Point Stadium which was located on Lake Ontario’s Toronto Islands near the city's mainland, is being promoted as a historical landmark by Jerry Amernic, author of Gift of the Bambino.


1918 At Comiskey Park, Babe Ruth of the Red Sox six-hits the Cubs in the opening game of the World Series, 1-0. The Fall Classic game, which started earlier than usual due to World War I, is played at the White Sox home field rather than Weeghman Park (renamed Wrigley Field in 1926) due to the larger seating capacity.


1921 Senators 'legend' Walter Johnson breaks Cy Young's strike out record as he fans seven Yankees for a career total of 2,287.


1938 For the third time this season, Dodger catcher Babe Phelps breaks a bone in his throwing hand.


1955 In an 11-4 win over the Phillies, Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe hits his seventh homer establishing a National League record for home runs by a pitcher in a season. The victory is Newk's 20th of the season.


1977 The Indians break an eighteen-game losing streak by sweeping a twin bill , 4-3 and 5-4, from the Yankees.


1979 Just one defeat shy of the American League record, A's Matt Keough snaps his eighteen-game consecutive losing streak (including four losses at the end of 1978 season) as he beats the Brewers, 6-1.


1980 Brewers manager George Bamberger announces he will step down as skipper after tomorrow's game. 'Bambi' will be replaced by Buck Rodgers.


1995 When the game becomes official in the bottom of the fifth inning, Cal Ripken receives a standing ovation for over five minutes from the sellout crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards as he ties Yankee legend Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games.


1998 Giant Armando Rios hits home runs for his first two major league hits. Expos' third baseman Shane Andrews accomplished the same feat on April 27 and 28 in 1995.


1998 The 1998 Yankees (100-38) reach the century mark in victories earlier than other team in major league history beating the White Sox, 11-6. The 1906 Cubs and 1954 Indians had shared the record accomplishing the feat on September 9.


1998 Mark McGwire becomes the third and quickest player in major league history to hit 60 home runs in a season. 'Big Mac' accomplishes the feat in 141 games as compared to Babe Ruth (154) and Roger Maris (159).


1998 Giants outfielder Barry Bonds sets a new National League mark reaching base in 15 consecutive plate appearances. His five singles, two doubles, two homers and six walks during the streak breaks Dodger Pedro Guerrero's mark of 14 established in 1983.


1999 The Reds, by hitting five home runs in a 9-7 victory over the Phillies, establish a major league record homering14 times in two games.

 

[Lefty]

September 6.

1905 White Sox hurler Frank Smith no-hits the Tigers,15-0 in the biggest no-hit rout in major league history.


1912 In a game which purposely matches the superstars, Boston hurler Smokey Joe Wood bests Senators' legend Walter Johnson, 1-0 for his 30th (14h consecutive) victory in a season in which he will win 34. The Red Sox only run is a result of back-to-back doubles by Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis, the first two-bagger should have been an easy fly out, but the ball lands into an area cordoned off by a rope to section off the overflow Fenway Park crowd.


1935 Cardinal Terry Moore has a perfect day going 6-for-6 against the Braves.


1954 Carlos Paula of Cuba integrates the Washington Senators. Next year, in his only full season in the majors, the Havana-born outfielder will be given consideration for the Rookie of the Year honors as he leads all freshman by hitting .299.


1973 Two Alou brothers are released by the Yankees. Felipe is sold to the Expos and Matty goes to the Cardinals.


1981 Bob Lemon becomes the Yankee manager for the second time.


1981 With his seventh blanking, Dodger lefty Fernando Valenzuela ties the major league rookie record for shutouts beating the Cardinal, 5-0.


1995 Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive game record playing in his 2,131st straight game. When the game becomes official in the middle of the fifth inning, the new 'Iron Man' takes a victory lap around Camden Yards during the 22-minute standing ovation from the sell-out crowd, including President Bill Clinton.


1996 Brett Butler returns to the Dodger line-up four months after having surgery for throat cancer. The thirty-nine year old centerfielder scores the decisive run in a 3-2 victory over the Pirates.


1996 Eddie Murray of the Orioles becomes the 15th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs when his seventh-inning solo shot goes deep knotting the score at 3-3 off Tiger pitcher Felipe Lira at Camden Yards. The Los Angeles native joins Hank Aaron and Willie Mays as the only players to reach this milestone and also have 3000 hits.


2000 After reaching an agreement with Mogan, Lewis and Bockis LLP, Major League Baseball can now use the URL www.mlb.com. The law firm registered the mbl.com in 1994 and refused to release the domain name making it necessary for the sport to use www.majorleaguebaseball.com.


2000 Joining Bert Campaneris (A's-1965) and Cesar Tovar (Twins-1968) Ranger utility player Scott Sheldon becomes only the third player in major league history to play all nine positions in one game.


2001 Joining Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds becomes the fifth major leaguer to hit 60 home runs in a season. The 37 year-old Giant left fielder, who is the oldest to join this elite group, reaches the historic plateau the quickest needing only 141 games to reach the milestone.


2002 For the first time in 11 years, the Homer Hanky makes its return to the Metrodome in Minneapolis in hopes of halting the A' record-setting 20-game winning streak. Minnesota, who went 8-0 in World Series games (1987 and 1991) at the home as the waving towels became the trademark of Twins fans see the magic continue blanking Oakland, 6-0.

 

[Lefty]

September 7.

1903 A year before the first subway is completed, the Brooklyn Superbas, later to be known as the Dodgers play their cross-town rivals in a two stadium, same day doubleheader. The first game played in Washington Park begins at 10:30 am with 9,300 fans watching the visiting Giants win the opener, 6-4 and later that afternoon in front of 23,623 fans at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn wins the second game, 3-0.


1911 Phillie rookie Grover Cleveland Alexander wins a pitching duel with 44-year-old Cy Young and the Boston Braves, 1-0.


1916 The Giants defeat the Dodgers 4-1 to start their major league record 26-game winning streak.


1938 Red Sox Joe Cronin hits into a game-ending triple play as his line drive caroms off Indian third baseman Odell Hale's head to shortstop Bill Knickerbocker who starts the triple killing.


1950 Tiger outfielder Hoot Evers hits for the cycle and has six RBIs in a 13-13 tie with the Indians. The game is called after ten innings due to darkness.


1952 In Washington, Johnny Mize pinch-hits a grand slam giving the Yankees a 5-1 victory over the Senators, Mize has now homered in all fifteen major league ballparks presently in use (Sportsman Park is used by both the Cards and Browns).


1962 With four steals in a 10-1 loss to the Pirates, Dodger Maury Wills breaks the modern National League record for stolen bases in a season with his 82nd swipe. Bob Bescher had set the mark in 1911.


1979 Red Sox Yaz collects three hits to pass Ted Williams on the all-time total base list.


1984 On his way to hurling a one-hitter, Doc Gooden fans Cub Ron Cey for his 228th strikeout setting a National League rookie record. The Met phenom passes Grover Cleveland Alexander, who established the mark in 1911 with 227.


1993 In the second game of a doubleheader at Cincinnati, Cardinal outfielder Mark Whitten hits 4 HRs in one game helping to tie two established RBI records. With 12 RBIs in second game he ties the single game mark set by Jim Bottomley in 1924 and with his opening game ribbie, it ties him with the 21 year old record of Nate Colbert for the most RBIs (13) in a twin bill.


1997 Expo Mark Grudzielanek breaks the National League mark for doubles for a shortstop hitting his 49th in 2-1 loss to the Phillies. The record was set by Dick Bartell of the 1932 Phillies.


1997 For only the 22nd time in major league history a player reaches the 50 home run plateau when Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 50th in a 9-6 loss to the Twins.


1997 The major league mark for the most combined strikeouts in a game is tied when 33 players whiff during fifteen inning 5-4 Angel victory over the Tigers.


1998 In the first inning at Busch Stadium, Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire ties Roger Maris' single season home run mark hitting his 61st in a national televised Labor Day game against the Cubs. Big Mac hits his historic homer on his dad's 61st birthday.


2001 With his 44th home run, Dodger right fielder Shawn Green breaks a club record for homers in a season established by Gary Sheffield (2000) and Duke Snider (1956).


2001 Ranger infielder Alex Rodriguez breaks his American League record (42 in 1998 and 1999 for the Mariners) for home runs by shortstop with his 43rd long ball of the season. In 1958, Cub Hall of Famer Ernie Banks established the major league record for homers by a shortstop with 47.

 

[Lefty]

September 8.

1916 In front the smallest crowd in American League history, A's catcher/outfielder Wally Schang, with 23 fans attending the game, becomes the first switch-hitter in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game.


1925 In the nightcap of a doubleheader at Fenway Park, Babe Ruth hits his 300th career home run of southpaw Buster Ross as the Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 7-4.


1935 Trailing 5-1 in the ninth against the Indians, the Red Sox rally for two runs with no outs and have the bases loaded when Joe Cronin hits a line drive to third baseman Odell Hall. The ball deflects off Hall's head to shortstop Bill Knickerbocker who catches it in the air for the first out and throws to second, doubling up Billy Werber with second baseman Roy Hughes relaying to first base tripling up Mel Almada to complete the 5-6-4-3 triple play ending the rally and the game.


1939 With his 12-1 victory over the Browns in St. Louis, Bob Feller becomes the youngest modern-era player to win 20 games.


1940 Johnny Mize hits homers #'s 38, 39 and 40 in the first game of a doubleheader becoming the first player to hit three homers in one game four times in his career. Despite the 'Big Cat's' heroics, the Cardinals drop a pair to the Pirates, 16-14 and 9-4.


1955 With a 10-2 win over the Braves at Milwaukee’s County Stadium, the Dodgers clinch the National League pennant with a 17 game lead. It is the earliest date in history in which a team has captured a flag.


1963 For the thirteenth and final time in his career, Braves' lefthander Warren Spahn has a twenty-win season as he beats the Phillies, 3-2.


1965 Against the Angels, A's Bert Campaneris becomes the first major leaguer to play all nine positions in a single game.


1977 Cubs' relief pitcher Bruce Sutter strikes out the first six batters he faces including three men in the ninth on nine pitches.


1980 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins as a result of the pitcher's drug arrest on August 25th.


1985 At Wrigley Field off Cubs' hurler Reggie Patterson, Pete Rose gets two hits, including a historic single to tie Ty Cobb's career record of 4,191 hits. The game will be suspended due to darkness which will enable the Reds' player-manager to break the record at home.


1990 Darryl Strawberry, the Mets all-time home run leader (252), ends his eight-year tenure with New York and signs a five -year free-agent deal with his hometown Dodgers.


1995 With a 3-2 victory over the Orioles at Jacobs Field, the Indians reach the post season for the first time in 41 years by clinches the American League Central Division. The Tribe, which post a 100-44 record with Mike Cosgrove as the skipper, win the division by the largest margin as they finish 30 games ahead.


1996 Todd Hundley joins Mickey Mantle as the only other switch hitter to hit 40 homers in a season. His 40th home run also breaks Strawberry's Met club record for most homers in a single season.


1996 A Gary Sheffield fifth inning home run against the Expos' Pedro Martinez breaks the major league home run record for a season; the previous record of 4,458 was set 1987.


1998 Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire connects off of Cub hurler Steve Trachsel and sends a 341-foot line-drive over the left field fence for his historic 62nd home run breaking the single-season home run record set in 1961 by Roger Maris. Big Mac's historic homer comes in the fourth inning of a national televised game.
September 8, 1998 Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals Audio CD


2002 When Rafael Palmeiro goes yard against the Devil Rays in the sixth inning the Rangers establish a new a major league record by hitting a home run in their 26th consecutive game.

 

[Lefty]

September 9.

1914 Boston Braves' hurler George Davis no-hits the Phillies, 7-0 .


1922 Baby Doll Jacobson of the Browns triples three times Browns in a 16-0 rout of the Tigers.


1936 With a doubleheader sweep over the Indians, the Yankees clinch their eighth pennant. The Bronx Bombers will finish the season 19.5 games ahead of the Tigers.


1945 In the second game of the a doubleheader, Philadelphia A's Dick Fowler tosses a 1-0 no-hitter against the Browns.


1948 At the Polo Grounds, Dodger Rex Barney no-hits the Giants, 2-0.


1960 Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams hits career homer 511 tying him with Mel Ott for third on the all-time home run list behind Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx.


1965 Sandy Koufax's perfect game against the Cubs bests Bob Hendley's one hit effort, 1-0. It is the Dodger's southpaw record fourth no-hitter .


1968 Joe Gordon is hired to manage the Kansas City Royals.


1973 The Rangers fire manager Whitey Herzog. The White Rat will be replaced by Billy Martin.


1987 Striking out 12 of the final 13 hitters and a total of 16, Nolan Ryan beats the Giants, 4-2. The 'Ryan Express' whiffs Mike Aldrette to end the seventh inning notching his 4,500th career strikeout.


1992 At County Stadium in front of 47,589 fans, Robin Yount becomes the 17th player and third youngest to reach the 3000 career hit milestone when he singles off of Indian reliever Jose Mesa in a 5-4 defeat to Cleveland.


1992 Brewer owner Bud Selig is selected by the owners to serve as acting baseball commissioner until a permanent successor can be found. It will take nearly six years to name a permanent commissioner and it will be Selig.


1997 Hall of Famer Richie 'Whitey' Ashburn passes away of an apparent heart attack in his New York hotel room following broadcasting a Mets-Phillies game last night. The former Phillies Whiz Kid was an excellent contact hitter who once fouled off 14 pitches in one at-bat.


1997 Red Sox rookie shortstop Nomar Garciaparra breaks the major league record for RBIs by a lead-off batter with his two ribbies in a 8-6 loss to the Yankees. Tiger Harvey Kuenn established the mark in 1956 with 85.


1998 By defeating the Boston, 7-5, the Yankees move 20.5 games ahead of second-place Red Sox and clinch the American League East title. It is the earliest date in American League history in which a flag has been captured.


2002 For the fifth straight season, Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson records 300 strikeouts breaking his own record of four consecutive years. The feat also ties the 'Big Unit' with Nolan Ryan having a total of six 300 strikeout seasons.


2002 Barry Bonds' 610th career home run is the longest dinger ever hit in the three-year history of Pac Bell Park. The 491-foot sails over fans heads who are waiting in a food line in the center field bleachers.

 

[Lefty]

September 10.

1939 In the first game of a doubleheader, Indian Ray Caldwell no-hits the Yankees, 3-0.


1950 For the second consecutive year, the Red Sox sweep the home season series with the A's. The winning streak at Fenway now extends to 22 wins without a loss against Philadelphia.


1950 In an 8-1 victory over the Washington Senators, Yankee clipper Joe DiMaggio becomes the first major leaguer to hit three home runs at Griffith Stadium.


1969 The Mets sweep the Montreal Expos , 3-2 in 12 innings and 7-1 and move into first place for the first time in their history.


1967 In the first game of a doubleheader, White Sox Joe Horlen no-hits the Tigers, 6-0.


1974 Cardinal outfielder Lou Brock ties and breaks Maury Willis' single season stolen base record with his 104th and 105th swipes against the Phillies.


1977 Roy Howell leads the way with 13 total bases (two home runs, two doubles and a single) and nine RBIs as the Blue Jays rout the Yankees, 19-3.


1980 Montreal freshman Bill Gullickson strikes out 18, the most ever by a rookie, as the Expos beat the Cubs, 4-2.


1997 In a 7-6 loss to the Giants, Cardinal Mark McGwire becomes only the second player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in consecutive seasons. Babe Ruth accomplished the feat twice in 1920-21 and 1927-28 seasons.


2000 On his 37th birthday, Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson becomes the 12th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters. Marlin third baseman Mike Lowell is the 'Big Unit's' historic victim whiffing on four pitches ending the fourth inning. The lefty's first strike out of the game is his 300th of the season tying him with Nolan Ryan for accomplishing the feat three consecutive years.


2002 Alex Rodriguez breaks the home run record for shortstops he established last season. The Ranger infielder slugs his major league leading 52nd and 53rd home runs of the season helping Texas to defeat the Mariners, 3-2.


2003 Javy Lopez homers off Phillies' righty Vicente Padilla to give the Braves a franchise-record 216 home runs for the season. The 1996 Orioles hold the major league mark with 257 and the Astros established the National League record at 249 in 2000.

 

[Lefty]

September 11.

1886 At Washington's Capitol Park, backstop Connie Mack makes his major league debut as the Senators edge Philadelphia, 4-3.


1912 Eddie Collins steals six bases as Philadelphia beats the Tigers. 9-7. The A's second baseman will steal six bases again on September 22.


1915 Eddie Plank of the Federal League's St. Louis Terriers wins his 300th game as he defeat the Newark Peppers 12-5. The future Hall of Famer (1946) is the ninth player and first southpaw to reach this milestone.


1918 In the earliest conclusion of the Fall Classic, Boston's Carl Mays three-hits the Cubs' 2-1 as the Red Sox win the World Series in six games. The regular season was shorten due to World War I.


1938 Free admission, bats and peanuts highlight Lefty O'Doul Day for Kids at Seals' Stadium. Between games of the Seals and Oaks doubleheader, the kids have a chance to scramble for autographed balls thrown by the players.


1955 Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit in a 5-3 loss to the Yankees.


1956 Reds' flychaser Frank Robinson ties the National League rookie record for home runs with his 38th in an 11-5 victory over the Giants.


1959 The Dodgers end Elroy Face's consecutive win streak at 22 with a 5-4 victory over the Pirates. The reliever will end the season with a record of 18-1.


1966 Braves' pitcher Pat Jarvis becomes the first of Nolan Ryan's 5,714 career strikeouts.


1968 Mets hurler Jim McAndrews beats Cub Fergusen Jenkins 1-0. It's the fifth time this season Fergie has a lost 1-0 game tying a major league mark.


1974 At Shea Stadium, Cardinal Ken Reitz's two-strike, two-out home run ties the game in the ninth and sends it into extra innings. Five hours later St. Louis defeat the Mets, 4-3, in the 25th inning making the it the longest night game National League history.


1985 At Riverfront Stadium in front of 47,237 hometown fans, Reds' player-manager Pete Rose collects his 4,192 career hit to pass Ty Cobb becoming the all-time major league hit leader. Padre righty Eric Show gives up the historic hit, a first inning single to left field, as Cincinnati beats San Diego, 2-0.


1996 Ken Caminiti breaks his own major league record by hitting home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game for the fourth time this season. The Padre switch hitter set the record last year when he accomplish the feat three times.


1998 With a 7-2 defeat to the Braves, the Marlins lose their 100th game to become the first team that has gone from being World Series champions to a 100-game loser. The 'Fish' have the worst record in baseball, 48-100.


1998 Kevin Malone replaces Tommy Lasorda as general manager who is promoted to Senior Vice President.


2001 In the wake of terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball cancels all games for security reasons and for the deep mourning for all the lives that have been lost. Yankee Stadium is evacuated as a precautionary measure.


2002 Yankee legends Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzzuto unveil a monument dedicated to the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The team also has a ceremonial tree planting in Monument Park in honor the of heroes and victims of horrific events of a year ago.


2004 As 36,887 Bank One Ballpark fans hope to see Barry Bonds hits his 699th and perhaps 700th career homer, they watch the Giant left fielder reach a different milestone. The San Francisco slugger receives three base-on-balls from Diamondback pitchers to break his own record and becomies the first major leaguer to walk over 200 times in a single season.

 

[Lefty]

September 12.

1930 The last bounced home run is hit by Dodger catcher Al Lopez at Ebbets Field. The American League had changed the rule in 1929.


1932 With their 100th victory of the year, the Yankees clinch the American league pennant as George Pipqras beat the Indians at Cleveland Stadium, 8-3. Yankee Joe McCarthy, who capture a flag with 1929 Cubs, becomes the first manager to win pennants in both American and National League.


1932 In the bottom of the ninth, Johnny Frederick hits his major league record-setting sixth pinch-homer of the season giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over the Cubs.


1936 Kid Elberfeld, at age of 61, grounds out to third as he pinch-hits for the Fulton team in the Kitty League.


1947 Pirates' outfielder Ralph Kiner hits a record eight home runs in four games. Tony Lazzeri had hit seven round-trippers in four games in 1936.


1954 A standing-room-only crowd of 84,587 at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, which establishes the record for the largest crowd to have ever watch a major-league baseball game, witness the pennant-bound Indians sweep a doubleheader from the Yankees, 4-1 and 3-2. On this bright sunny day, over 12,000 fans are without seats and stand 10-11 rows deep behind the outfield fences as well as 3-5 rows deep in walkways.


1962 At Memorial Stadium, twenty-seven year old Senator fireballer Tom Cheney sets a major league mark for K's in a single game by striking out 21 batters in complete-game 16 inning, 2-1 victory over the Orioles.


1969 The Mets sweep Pirates in a twin bill as pitchers Jerry Koosman and Don Cardwell both pitch 1-0 victories and both drive in the winning run of each game.


1976 At age 53, Minnie Minoso becomes the oldest player to get a hit in a regular season game as he singles in three at-bats as the designated hitter for White Sox. Angels' southpaw Sid Monge gives up the historic hit.


1979 Carl Yastrzemski reaches the 3000 hits milestone when he singles off Yankee Jim Beattie.


1984 Striking out Marvell Wynne in the sixth inning, Dwight Gooden breaks the season strikeout record for a rookie. By whiffing 16 Pirates, Doc's total of 251 is six more than Herb Score's 1955 mark.


1996 In an 8-5 win over the Royals, Mariner's Alex Rodriguez sets a major league shortstop record for with his 88th extra base hit.


1996 With two home runs and a single, Yankee center fielder Bernie Williams has eight RBIs helping the Bronx Bombers defeat the Tigers, 12-3.


2000 In a 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks, Dodger Dave Hansen breaks Johnny Frederick's 1932 major league record for pinch-hit home runs in a single season by his seventh pinch-hit homer.


2002 A jury, and not a judge or umpires, will decide whether Alex Popov actually controlled Barry Bonds record setting 73rd home run in his glove. Popov, who lost possession the ball valued at approximately $1 million after being mobbed by fans, claims it should belongs to him and not Patrick Hayashi, who ended up with the historic souvenir.

 

[Lefty]

September 13.

1883 Cleveland's one-arm pitcher Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia, 1-0.


1909 Tigers' outfielder Ty Cobb wins the home run crown with his ninth round-tripper (all inside-the park).


1925 Dodger hurler Dazzy Vance no-hits the Phillies after one-hitting the team from the City of Brotherly Love five days earlier.


1936 Indians' teenage pitching phenom Bob Feller sets a new major league record by striking out 17 batters as he two-hits the A's, 5-2. After the season, 'Bullet Bob' will return to his Van Meter, Iowa home to graduate from high school.


1948 While batting, 32-year old Indian pitcher Don Black suffers a cerebral hemorrhage and is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The hurler will survive, but his major league career is over.


1949 For the second time in his career, Ralph Kiner hits four consecutive homers. After homering in his last two at-bat in the previous game (September 11) he goes deep in his first two at bats in today's contest.


1950 Giants' pitcher Sal Maglie's consecutive scoreless inning streak ends at 45 when Pirates' outfielder Gus Bell hits a 257-foot pop fly which just clears the wall at the Polo Grounds.


1951 At Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, the Cardinals split a three-team doubleheader beating the Giants 6-4 in a rescheduled afternoon game due to rain the day before, and then the Redbirds are blanked by the Braves in the regularly scheduled night game, 2-0. It is the first time since 1883 that three-team twin bill has been played.


1953 Bob Trice becomes the first black player to appear for the A's. The former Homestead Grays hurler will only pitch in three games for Philadelphia this season and 19 next year and few more in 1956.


1964 The Cardinals become the only the second team in major league history this century to score at least one run in every inning as they rout Chicago, 15-2. A dropped pop-up in top of the ninth secures St. Louis' place in history.


1965 At the Astrodome facing Don Nottebart, Giant outfielder Willie Mays becomes the fifth player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs. The 'Say Hey Kid' will hit a league-leading and career high 52 home runs en route to his second MVP season.


1969 In a 6-4 defeat to the Reds, Bobby Bonds becomes the fourth player in major league history steal at least 30 bases and hit at least thirty home runs in the same season. The other members of the 30/30 club include Ken Williams (1922-Browns) , Willie Mays (1956 & 1957-Giants) and Hank Aaron (1963-Braves).


1971 After connecting for #499 in Game 1 of a doubleheader, Frank Robinson of the Orioles joins the 500 home run club in the nightcap with a ninth-inning three-run homer off Fred Scherman of the Tigers.


1983 Mets rookie backstop Mike Fritzgerald becomes the 48th major leaguer to hit a home run in his first big league at bat.


1983 Recording his 39th save, Royal Dan Quisenberry breaks the all-time single-season record held by John Hiller. He gets the last two outs in a 4-3 victory over the Angels.


1989 Fay Vincent becomes baseball's eighth commissioner when he succeeds the late Bart Giamatti.


1995 Tigers Lou Whitaker and Al Trammell set American League record for joint appearances (1915 games).


1996 By hitting his 30th home run Dante Bichette joins his teammate Ellis Burks as a member of the 30/30 club. The Rockies join the 1987 New York Mets as the only teams in history to have two 30-30 players (Howard Johnson and Darryl Strawberry) during the same season.


2001 Due the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball postpones all games through September 17. The 91 missed games, the most regular-season contests not played since World War I forced the cancellation of the final month of the 1918 season, have been re-scheduled for the week after the regular season ends meaning the World Series is likely to extend into November for the first time in history.


2002 Oriole infielder Mike Bordick establishes a new American League record playing his 96th consecutive errorless game at shortstop. The mark was held by former teammate Cal Ripken.


2002 The U.S. Senate passes a resolution honoring Tiger broadcaster Ernie Harwell who is retiring at end of the season. The 84-year-old has been a major league baseball announcer for 55 years.


2003 After signing a one-day contract, Ken Daneyko grounds out to short in his professional baseball debut with the Newark Bears. The former New Jersey Devils defenseman, who was honored by the team before the game, plays DH against the Pennsylvania Road Warriors in a game started in a driving rainstorm and called immediately after his at bat.

 

[Lefty]

September 14.

1903 In an afternoon game called because of unusual darkness, Giants' pitcher Leon Ames, making his major league debut, tosses a five inning no-hitter against the Cardinals.


1913 Despite giving up fourteen hits, Cubs' pitcher Larry Cheney blanks the Giants, 7-0.


1914 After being ejected for swearing, Johnny Evers claims he was talking to the ball and not to umpire Mal Eason, but the Braves' shortstop is still suspended for three days.


1923 Red Sox first baseman George Burns completes an unassisted triple play against the Indians as he gathers in Frank Brower line drive, tags Rube Lutzke coming from first, and beats Riggs Stephenson back to second.


1951 In a 9-6 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park, rookie Bob Nieman hits consecutive dingers off Mickey McDermott becoming the first player to hit home runs in his first two career at bats in the majors. In his third trip to the plate, the St. Louis Browns' freshman beats out a bunt for a base hit.


1968 The Tigers rally in ninth to beat the A's 5-4 making Denny McLain the first thirty-game winner since Dizzy Dean reached the milestone in 1934.


1975 Mel Ott's forty-seven year old record is broken as Brewer shortstop Robin Yount plays his 242nd major league game as a teenager.


1987 In an 18-3 Blue Jay blowout which features Toronto hitting a major league record ten home runs, Orioles' manager Cal Ripken Sr., in the bottom of the eighth inning, puts Ron Washington at shortstop ending Cal Ripken's record consecutive-innings streak of 8,243, spanning 904 games.


1986 Giant third baseman Bob Brenly, usually a catcher, ties a major league record by making four errors in one inning, but makes amends by hitting two home runs, including the game-winner, as San Francisco beats the Braves, 7-6.


1988 In his first start against his former club, Mike Boddicker beat the Orioles, 4-1, as Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenly hits for the cycle.


1990 Mariner Ken Griffey and his son, Junior, become the first father and son to hit homers in the same major league game. The back-to-back blasts are given up by Angel hurler Kirk McCaskill.


1994 Due to the strike, owners vote to cancel remainder of the season including the World Series.


1996 Todd Hundley passes Roy Campanella as the all-time leader for homers by a catcher. His homer helps the Mets come back from a five-run deficit and eventually beat the Braves, 6-5.


1996 Mark McGwire hits his 50th home run off Cleveland hurler Chad Ogea becoming the 13th player in major league history to reach that plateau. The Cardinal first baseman gives the milestone ball to his eight-year-old son, Matthew.


2002 Barry Bonds ties Hank Aaron for the most 100-RBI seasons by a National League player as he drives in his 100th run of the season for the 11th time in his career. The major league record is13 shared by Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth.


2002 Chin-Feng Chen becomes the first Taiwan-born player to appear in the major leagues as he walks and scores as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers against the Rockies. The 24-year-old first baseman-outfielder played for the 1990 Taiwan team which won the Little League World Series.


2003 Homering in his final at-bat, Vladimir Guerrero hits for 'Le Carrousel' at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Facing Mets' southpaw Tom Glavine , the Expo's right fielder doubled (2nd), singled (3rd) and hit a triple (5th) and completed the sixth cycle in team history going deep off Dan Wheeler (7th).


2003 At Comerica Park, Detroit set a franchise record for losses as they drop their 110th loss to the Royals, 7-2. The 1996 Tiger squad finished the season with a 53-109 record.

 

[Lefty]

September 15.

1904 Beating the Braves, 3-2, Giant hurler George Wiltse runs his career record to 12-0. 'Hooks' dozen consecutive victories establishes the record for the most wins at the start of a career for a starter.


1928 The Braves play their ninth consecutive doubleheader. The streak, which began on September 4th, sees the team lose five in a row, including four to the Giants.


1946 During the fifth inning of the second game of doubleheader, a giant swarm of gnats engulfs Ebbets Field causing the game to be postponed.


1950 At Ebbets Field, Cardinal starter, Cloyd Boyer, hurts his arm while warming up and is replaced by Red Munger. The reliever goes the distance beating the Dodgers, 6-2, getting credit for a complete game, but not for a game started.


1952 The Pirates become the first team to wear helmets in which the temples are protected. The headgear is worn both at the plate and in the field.


1960 Giants' superstar Willie Mays ties a major league mark by hitting three triples in an 8-6 victory over the Phillies.


1967 At the spacious Astrodome, Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to hit three homers in one game. The 'Toy Cannon's' performance isn't enough as the Braves beat Houston, 9-8.


1969 Cardinal hurler Steve Carlton fans nineteen batters, including three in the ninth, to establish a new a new major league mark for strikeouts in a single game but loses the game to the Mets, 4-3. Ron Swoboda hits a pair of two-run homers spoiling Lefty's performance.


1971 Making his debut against the Braves, Astros' hurler Larry Yount injures his right shoulder on his very first warm up pitch and will never get another chance to pitch in the bigs. Robin's older brother total major league experience will consist of just one-warm up pitch.


1975 Mets' outfielder Mike Vail breaks the rookie record as he hits in his twenty-third consecutive game. New York edges the Expos, 3-2.


1977 The Royals set club record of 16 straight wins as they defeat the A's in ten innings in the nightcap of a doubleheader, 5-4.


1979 In a 10-2 victory over the Orioles, Red Sox Bob Watson becomes the first modern major leaguer to hit for the cycle in both leagues.


1990 Striking out pinch-hitter Danny Heep, Bobby Thigpen saves his 50th game as the White Sox beat the Red Sox, 7-4. The Chicago closer played the outfield in college.


1996 In a 16-6 rout of the Tigers, the Orioles break the major league record for team home runs in a season passing the 1961 Yankees mark of 240.


1996 Frank Thomas breaks the White Sox mark for home runs established by Carlton Fisk in 1993. His 215th homer comes off Tim Wakefield in a 9-8 loss to the Red Sox.


1996 Thanks to Andres Galarraga's three-run homer the Rockies establish a big league record for runs scored at home. Colorado, which will amass 658 tallies at Coors Field, scores its 626th, 627th and 628th runs of the season when the 'Big Cat' goes deep to surpass the 1950 Red Sox who crossed the plate 625 times.


1998 In a 12-7 win over Twins, Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the fourth-youngest (28 years and 10 months) player to reach 1,000 RBIs. Junior got to 1000 mark younger than anyone except Mel Ott (27 years, three months), Jimmie Foxx (27 years, eight months) and Lou Gehrig (28 years, 9 1/2 months).


1998 Ending a six-game drought without a homer, Mark McGwire, pinch-hitting in the ninth inning, hits his 63rd homer; the solo shot off Jason Christiansen in the Cardinals' 8-6 loss to Pirates allows 'Big Mac' to regain the home-run lead over Sammy Sosa.


1998 Working the ninth for his 40th save in the Rangers' 6-5 win over Orioles, John Wetteland joins three other pitchers in major league history to have three or more 40-save seasons. Dennis Eckersley, Jeff Reardon and Lee Smith have also accomplished the same feat.


1998 Rolando Arrojo (14-12) sets a record for wins by an expansion pitcher as the Devil Rays defeat the Angels, 8-1.


1999 The owners unanimously approved a resolution to redraft the Major League Agreement allowing the American League and National League to merge in all aspects except on the field, where the leagues and divisions will remain the same.


2000 A's first baseman Jason Giambi sets a team record by hitting his fourth grand slam of the season as Oakland drubs the Devil Rays, 17-3. The base-loaded shot also ties a major league record for the most grand slams by a team in a single season, 12.


2000 Passing both Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, Mariner Rickey Henderson scores two runs to take over second place on the career list for runs scored. Henderson with a total of 2,175 will need to tally 71 runs to pass all time leader, Ty Cobb (2,245).


2000 In a 5-4 victory over the Giants, Padres' closer Trevor Hoffman becomes the third player in baseball history to have a four 40-save seasons.


2002 Defeating the Indians after a 67-minute rain delay, 5-0, the Twins clinch the American League Central Division flag. Minnesota, which will making its first playoff appearance since 1991, was almost eliminated during the off season due to contraction.


2003 With his 2,063rd career base on balls, Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth all-time walks list . The Giant left fielder now only trails Rickey Henderson, who has 2,190 free passes.


2003 Rafael Palmeiro joins Jimmie Foxx as the only players to hit 35 homers and drive in 100 runs in nine consecutive seasons. The Hall of Famer Foxx accomplished the feat playing for the A's and Red Sox from 1932 to 1940.


2003 Thousands of Hanshin Tigers fans jump as off the Ebisubashi Bridge into the Dotonbori River in celebration as their hometown heros clinch the Central League title for first time in 18 years. It has become a local ritual to jump into the murky river when the team wins.

 

[Lefty]

September 16.

1883 Tommy Burns and Ned Williamson of the National League's Chicago White Stockings both score three runs in the seventh inning to establish a major league record which still stands today.


1914 At the age of 23, Roger Peckinpaugh is hired as the manager of the Yankees to finish the season.


1924 Jim Bottomley goes 6-for-6, including two homers, and bats in a record twelve runs as the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 17-3. The previous mark of 11 RBIs in one game was established in 1892 by today's opposing Dodger manager, Wilbert Robinson.


1926 En route to a 23-3 rout of the Phillies at Baker Bowl, the Cardinals cross home plate 12 times during the third inning. The dozen runs establishes a franchise record.


1948 Joe DiMaggio hits his 300th career home run joining Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, Rogers Hornsby, Chuck Klein and Hank Greenberg as the only major leaguers to reach this milestone.


1952 Pacific Coast League's Sacramento manager, former major league all-star second baseman Joe Gordon, pinch hits homers in both ends of a doubleheader. The first one, a grand slam, wins the game, 4-1.


1960 At the age of thirty-nine, Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter beating the Phillies 4-0. The crafty lefty sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts.


1965 At Fenway Park, Red Sox Dave Morehead pitches a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians.


1968 Umpires Al Salerno and Bill Valentine are fired by American League President Joe Cronin. The men in blue claim the dismissals are due to their efforts organizing a union.


1972 Phillies' rookie third baseman Mike Schmidt hits his first career home run breaking Expos' Balor Moore's 25 consecutive scoreless inning streak. Michael Jack Schmidt will finish his 18-year career with 548 round-trippers.


1972 In an 18-5 victory over the Mets, Cub infielder Glen Beckert goes 0-for-6 and sets a record by leaving 12 men on base.


1975 Rennie Stennett ties a major league mark established in 1892 going 7-for-7 in a nine-inning game. The Pirates' second baseman gets two hits in one inning (1st and 5th) twice helping make the game the most one-sided shutout since 1900, as the Bucs crush the Cubs at Wrigley Field, 22-0.


1979 At Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers hold Catfish Hunter Day to honor their future Hall of Fame pitcher who will be retiring at the end of the season at the age of 33. A 20-year-old left-hander named Dave Righetti makes his major league debut for the home town team.


1987 Stealing his 30th base, a career-high, Indian Joe Carter becomes the ninth major leaguer to hit 30 home runs and to swipe 30 bases in the same season.


1988 Reds' Tom Browning pitches a perfect game against the Dodgers striking out eight and allowing only eight balls to be hit out of the infield in his 1-0 victory. Over three starts including the perfect game he retires 40 consecutive batters - one shy of a major league record.


1993 At the age of 41, Twins' Dave Winfield becomes the 19th major leaguer to collect 3000 hits as he singles to left off A's ace Dennis Eckersley in a 5-1 home victory over Oakland.


1996 A fifth inning triple off of Royals' pitcher Jose Rosado gives Twins' Paul Molitor 3000 hits, and he will become the first major leaguer to accomplish this milestone in the same season in which he also collects 200 hits. It is the first time a three-bagger is a career 3000th hit.


1997 Phillies' right-hander Curt Schilling whiffs nine Mets becoming the thirteenth player in major league history since 1900 to record 300 strikeouts in a season.


1998 Tom Gordon ties Jose Mesa's major league 1995 single-season record with his 38th consecutive save and sets a Red Sox mark with his 41st save of the season as Boston defeats the Orioles, 4-3.


1998 With homers in four straight at-bats and five in two games, Cleveland's Manny Ramirez ties a major league record. The Indian right fielder, who homered in his final three at-bats last night, goes deep off of Twin Bob Tewksbury in the first and takes 3-2 pitch to left in the fifth for his fifth homer in six at-bats.


1998 For only the 30th time in major league history and the 12th time it has been done consecutively, four batters strike out in one inning. Thanks to Randy Knorr's passed ball, Marlin rookie Kirt Ojala accomplishes the feat in the fourth inning of the Marlins' 3-2 defeat to the Expos.


1998 In front of 49,891 patrons at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium, Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire by hitting his record-setting 63rd home run. The 434-foot eighth inning two-out blast off Brian Boehringer is a tie-breaking grand slam as 'Slammin' Sammy collects all six RBIs as the Cubs beat the Padres, 6-3.


2000 Cub outfielder Sammy Sosa joins Mark McGwire (1997-99) as the only major leaguer to hit 50 home runs three consecutive seasons.


2002 Diamondback righty Curt Schilling K's his 300th victim to join Randy Johnson in becoming the first teammates to each strike out at least 300 batters in the same season.


2002 Giant left fielder Barry Bonds walks three times breaking his own record for base on balls in a season with 178. Approximately one-third of the free passes given to the San Francisco slugger have been intentional (60 out of 178) .

 

[Lefty]

September 17.

1912 Casey Stengel of the Dodgers makes an impressive major league debut against the Pirates. The likable Brooklyn outfielder from Kansas City collects four hits, drives in two runs and swipes a pair of stolen bases.


1916 George Sisler out duels the Senators' legend Walter Johnson, 1-0. It will be Gorgeous George last Major League pitching victory, but the former Browns’ hurler will become a member of the Hall of Fame as a first baseman in 1939.


1920 Going 6-for-6, left fielder Bobby Veach becomes the first Tiger to hit for the cycle as Detroit beats the Red Sox in 12-inning victory, 14-13. Giants George Burns also hits for the cycle in New York's 10 inning 4-3 win over the Pirates making it the only time it has ever happened twice in the same day.


1930 With three consecutive home runs, Earl Averill drives in eight runs in a 13-7 Indians' victory over the Senators in the doubleheader opener and then adds another homer in the second game to set an American League record with 11 RBIs in the twin bill.


1939 American League President Will Harridge overturns the umpires' decision to call the September 2 Yankee-Red Sox game a forefit and orders the contest to be replayed from the seventh inning as a 5-5 tie. After the Red Sox fans had thrown a barrage of garbage onto playing field at Fenway Park due to the Yankees making deliberate outs to take advantage of the 6:30 Sunday curfew, umpire Cal Hubbard ruled the Boston crowd's action made it impossible to continue the game and awarded the game to the Yankees, 9-0.


1941 In front of only 3,585 fans in St. Louis, twenty-year old Stan Musial makes his major league debut against the Braves going 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs.


1953 Ernie Banks becomes the first black player to appear in a Cubs' game. The former Kansas City Monarch infielder, who makes an error and is hitless in three at-bats, will go on to hit 512 home runs as well as winning the MVP award twice during his 19-year Hall of Fame career.


1968 At Candlestick, Giants' hurler Gaylord Perry (14-14) no-hits the Cardinals and Bob Gibson,1-0, with the only run of the game being tallied on Ron Hunt's solo home run. Tomorrow the Redbirds will return the favor and no-hit San Francisco.


1968 The Tigers clinch the American League pennant with a 2-1 victory over the Yankees.


1981 Dodger rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela sets the National League rookie mark with his eighth shutout of the season. The record had been shared by Irv Young (1905), Grover Alexander (1911) and Jerry Koosman (1968).


1984 On the seventeenth anniversary of his first major league round-tripper, Reggie Jackson connects off Kansas City pitcher Bud Black in the bottom of the seventh inning for his 500th career home run. The milestone hit proves to be only run the Angels would score in the Royals 10-1 victory.


1984 Dwight Gooden ties a major league record with 32 strikeouts in two consecutive games striking out 16 Phillies in a 2-1 loss at Veterans Stadium.


1988 Pitching the ninth inning for his 40th save, Jeff Reardon becomes the first pitcher to save 40 games in both leagues as the Twins defeat the White Sox, 3-1. The Dalton, Massachusetts native also saved 42 games for the Expos in 1985.


1990 The Blue Jays set a major league single-season attendance record as 49,902 watch the home team beat the Yankees, 6-4. Toronto will finish the season with 58 consecutive sell-outs at Sky Dome with a total attendance of 3,885,284.


1993 Texas Ranger superstar Nolan Ryan strikes out Angel catcher Greg Myers for his 5,714th and final career strikeout.


1996 In the thin air of Denver, Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits the Rockies, 9-0. 'Tornado Boy' walks four and strikes out eight at Coors Field.


2004 Connecting off a Jake Peavy’s third inning slider at SBC Park, Barry Bonds hits his 700th career homer run. The historic homer, touches off a fireworks display and the unfurling of a gigantic light tower banner featuring Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, the two other players to reach the milestone.

 

[Lefty]

September 18.

1908 At Cleveland's League Park, Bob Rhoads tosses a no-hitter against beating the Red Sox, 2-1. The Indian hurler out duels Frank Arellanes, who is the only Mexican-American playing in the majors.


1930 The Yankees edge the Browns ,7-6, in 10 innings as pitcher Red Ruffing hits two home runs in the winning effort.


1954 With 3-2 victory over the Tigers, the Indians clinch the American League pennant.


1960 Braves' hurler Lew Burdette faces the minimum 27 batters as he no-hits the Phillies, 1-0. Tony Gonzalez, who is hit by a pitch in the fifth inning, is erased on a double play.


1968 After being no-hit yesterday by Giants' hurler Gaylord Perry, the Cardinal hurler Ray Washburn returns the favor by no-hitting San Francisco, 2-0.


1976 In his last major league at-bat, future Hall of Fame Cleveland manager Frank Robinson strokes a pinch-hit single against the Orioles.


1977 In front of sell-out crowd of 51,798 at Memorial Stadium on 'Thanks Brooks (Robinson) Day', Red Sox designated hitter Ted Cox goes 4-for-4 in his major league debut tying the big league mark for most hits in a first game along with Casey Stengel, Willie McCovey, Mack Jones, and Forest Jacobs. The performance is also the start of a historic two-game hitting streak as the rookie designated-hitter will start tomorrow's game with two hits becoming the only player to start his career with six consecutive hits.


1993 Trailing by two runs with two outs in the bottom of ninth, Mike Stanley hits a pop fly to left for the apparent third out, but time had been called just as the pitch was delivered due to a fan running out onto the Yankee Stadium field . Given a second chance, the Yankee catcher singles which is followed by a Wade Boggs's hit, a walk to Dion James, and a Don Mattingly's single driving in two runs to beat the Red Sox, 4-3.


1999 Slammin' Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league history to hit 60 homers twice. The Cub outfielder hits his milestone round-tripper off of Brewer hurler Jason Bere.


2000 Pitching a one-hitter against the Yankees, Indian hurler Bertran Colon nearly ends the longest streak in major league history of a team being held hitless by its opponents. The Bronx Bombers have not been denied a hit in a game since Hoyt Wilhelm did it on September 9,1958 spanning total of 6,637 contests.


2002 Not too fleet-of-foot Greg Colbrunn hits an improbable triple in his last turn at bat to complete the cycle. The Diamondback infielder had five hits which included two two-run homers in the 10-3 victory over the Padres.

 

[Lefty]

September 19.

1925 White Sox Ted Lyons loses his no-hit bid when Senator Bobby Veach hits safely with two outs in the ninth. Washington's outfielder Sam Rice's streak of nine consecutive hits is stopped.


1929 Joe Sewell sets a major league record by playing in his 115th consecutive game without striking out. The Indian third baseman will be fanned only four times in 578-at-bats this season.


1931 Lefty Grove becomes the first pitcher since 1920 to win 30 games when he beats the White Sox, 2-1.


1935 The Cubs win their 16th consecutive game as they beat Carl Hubbell completing a four-game sweep of the Giants. The mark is the most since the 1924 Dodgers won 15 straight games.


1937 Tigers' first baseman Hank Greenberg's becomes the first player to hit a homer into the center field bleachers at Yankee Stadium.


1951 Indian Larry Doby walks five times in a 15-2 drubbing of the Red Sox as Early Wynn picks up his 20th victory.


1955 Cubs' infielder Ernie Banks hit his fifth grand slam of the season to establish a new major league mark, but Rip Repulski's 12th inning homer off of Jim Davis proves to be the difference as the Cardinals beat Chicago, 6-5.


1973 Braves' Davey Johnson hits his 43rd (42nd as a second baseman) homer tying Rogers Hornsby's record for the most home runs for a second baseman.


1977 With two singles in his first two at bats, Ted Cox ties and then breaks Senators' Cecil Travis 1933 record of five consecutive hits at the start of a career. The Red Sox rookie designated hitter had gone 4-for-4 in Baltimore yesterday and is 6-for-6 in his first six major league plate appearances.


1980 At Tiger Stadium, Al Kaline becomes the first player in franchise history to have his uniform number retired. The Hall of Famer, who wore the number 6, roamed the outfield for Detroit from 1953 to 1974.


1982 Mariner rookie Orlando Mercado becomes third player to hit a grand slam for his first major league hit. Bill Duggelby (1898 - first at bat) and Bobby Bonds (1968 - third at bat) were the other two players to accomplish the feat.


1986 Joe Cowley's final win in the majors is a no-hitter as the White Sox beat the Angels, 7-1. The Henryville, Tennessee native will finish his career with the Phillies the following year with 0-4 record.


1998 Mariner shortstop Alex Rodriguez becomes the first infielder in major league history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases.


1998 Indian Manny Ramirez belts two homers to raise his five-game total to eight becoming only the second player in history to do so. Frank Howard accomplished the feat twice in 1968.


2000 A Dodger fan, in addition to other court ordered decisions, has been banned from attending home games for 18 months because he threw coffee in the face of a Met fan cheering a grand slam hit by catcher Todd Pratt.


2001 Defeating White Sox, 6-3, Roger Clemens becomes the first major league pitcher to have season won-loss record of 20-1. The five-time Cy Young Award winner has won his last16 decisions.


2001 Cardinal freshman Albert Pujols sets a National League rookie mark with 120 RBIs. The 21-year-old infielder broke the mark of 119 established in 1930 by Wally Berger of the Boston Braves.


2001 Major League Baseball and the Players Association announce the creation of the MLB-MLBPA Disaster Relief Fund. The organizations will each donate $10 million to aid the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.


2002 In his major league debut, Twins' rookie Mike Ryan strokes two singles, scores two runs and drives in two runs in the nine-run first inning against the Tigers. Unfortunately, the game is rained out in the second inning meaning none of the statistics will be official.

 

[Lefty]

September 20.

1902 The White Sox first no-hitter in franchise history is tossed by Jim 'Nixey' Callagan as he defeats Tigers, 2-0.


1907 Nick Maddox no-hits the Dodgers, 2-1. At the age of 20 years and ten months, the Pirate hurler becomes (and still is) the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the major leagues.


1908 Defeating the A's, 1-0, Frank Smith of the White Sox hurls his second career no-hit game.


1912 Losing to the Tigers, 6-4, Smoky Joe Wood's fails to break Walter Johnson's record of 16 consecutive victories, establishes earlier in the season. Joe Lake gets the win pitching the last five innings after replacing starter Bill Covington who is thrown out of the game during the 5th inning.

1919 On Babe Ruth Day in Boston, the Bambino scores the winning run in both ends of the doubleheader. Ironically, it will be the last game he plays for the Red Sox in Fenway.


1924 The 37-year old righty Grover Cleveland Alexander wins his 300th game as the Cubs beat the Giants in 12 innings, 7-3. 'Old Pete' will collect 373 victories during his 20-year career.


1931 For the first time in nineteen years, Gabby Street appears in a major league game, The 48-year old Cardinals skipper is 0-for-1, but the backstop displays his old catching skills when he nails Robins’ runner Babe Herman trying steal a base.


1951 Former National League President, Ford Frick, is selected by the owners as the third commissioner of the sport.


1953 Gene Baker, the other half of the Kansas City Monarchs double play duo along with Ernie Banks, joins his former Negro League teammate making his major league debut with Cubs. In 1961, second baseman will be named manager of the minor league Batavia, New York team becoming the first black manager in organized baseball.


1958 Thanks to a Gus Triandos home run, recently acquired Oriole knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits Yankees, 1-0. It will be the last time in this century the Yankees will fail to get a hit in a game.


1959 Losing to the Dodgers, 8-2, the San Francisco Giants play their last game at Seals Stadium. The transplanted New York team which compiled a 86-68 in their two-year stay in the former PCL park, will move to the newly constructed Candlestick Park next season.


1968 Mickey Mantle hit his 536th and final home run of his major league career His last homer is given up by Jim Lonborg in a 4-3 loss to the Red Sox at the Yankee Stadium.


1969 Pirate Bob Moose throws no-hitter at Shea Stadium defeating the Mets, 4-0.


1972 By scoring all of their runs in the second inning, the Braves put it on cruise control beating the Astros, 13-6. Only 2061 fans witness are on hand at Atlanta Stadium to enjoy the big inning.


1980 In memory of Thurman Munson, a bronze plaque in Memorial Park is dedicated to the deceased Yankee catcher.


1986 Tying the National League record for steals in one game, Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn swipes five bases as the Astros beats San Diego, 10–6. During his 20-year career, the .338 lifetime hitter, will only average 16 stolen bases per season.


1988 Red Sox Wade Boggs becomes first player in this century to get 200 hits in six consecutive years.


1992 Phillies' second baseman Mickey Morandini catches Jeff King's line drive, steps on second doubling up Andy Van Slyke and tags Barry Bonds to complete an unassisted triple play in a 3-2 loss to the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium.


1995 The Padres play their one-thousandth home game without having a rain out. The streak began in 1983.


1996 Eddie Murray’s 500th home run ball is sold to Michael Lasky for $280,000 and it could be worth as much as$500,000 thanks to an annuity to be paid over 20 years. The new owner, who is founder of the Psychic Friends Network, plans to put the Camden Yards souvenir on public display for “the people of Baltimore."


1997 Cardinal Mark McGwire becomes the first major leaguer to hit 20 home runs for two different teams in the same season. 'Big Mac' had hit 34 with the A's before being traded to St. Louis.


1998 Cal Ripken's streak ends at 2,632 consecutive games as he does not appear in the lineup for the first time since May 29,1982.


2002 Oriole infielder Mike Bordick sets a major league record playing his 102nd successive game at shortstop without committing an error. Rey Ordonez, playing shortstop for the Mets, had established mark in 1999-2000.


2002 With a 9-3 victory over the Astros at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals clinch the Central Division of the National League. An emotional on- field celebration includes Albert Pujols carrying Darryl Kile's No. 57 jersey onto the field in tribute of the pitcher who died unexpectedly in June.


2003 Unlike this season when the team played twenty-five percent of its home games in San Juan, the players vote to play their entire 2004 home schedule in Montreal. The MLB owners, who collectively own the franchise, have been considering moving the Expos permanently to Washington D.C., Portland (Oregon) or Monterrey, (Mexico) or continuing the present format by having the team split home games between different locations (Puerto Rico or Mexico and Montreal).


2003 When Marcus Giles sends Brad Penny's 3-2 pitch into the stands, the Braves tie the National League record by having six players to hit at least 20 home runs in season. Along with the Atlanta's second baseman , Javy Lopez, Gary Sheffield, Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones and Vinny Castilla equals the mark established by Eddie Mathews (32), Hank Aaron (32), Joe Torre (27), Felipe Alou (23) Mack Jones (31) and Gene Oliver (21) of the 1965 Milwaukee Braves.

 

[Lefty]

September 21.

1892 At Cleveland's League Park, John Clarkson of the Spiders beats the Pirates 3-2 to become the fifth pitcher in major league history to win 300 games. The 31-year old right-hander will compile a 328-178 record games during his 12 year Hall of Fame career in the big leagues.


1896 Connie Mack announces he will leave Pittsburgh to manage Milwaukee in the Western League.


1952 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella hits the last home run ever in Boston's Braves Field.


1954 Rookie pitcher Bob Grim wins his 20th game as the Yankees defeat the Senators, 3-1.


1956 At Fenway Park, the Yankees strand 20 runners on base losing to the Red Sox, 13-7. The number of players left on base sets a big league record for a nine-inning game.


1959 Braves' lefty Warren Spahn wins his 20th game of the season for the tenth time in his career.


1971 For the fourth consecutive season, Dave McNally wins his 20th game as he shuts out the Yankees, 5-0.


1975 Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice breaks his arm during a 6-5 victory over the Tigers. The rookie sensation will miss the remainder of the season including the World Series.


1987 With two stolen bases against the Cubs, Darryl Strawberry joins teammate Howard Johnson as a member of the 30-30 club. It is the first time in major league history players on the same team have hit 30 homers and have stolen 30 bases in the same year.


2000 In a 10-3 victory over the Marlins, Expo right fielder Vladimir Guerrero establishes a franchise single-season home run record by hitting his 43rd round tripper.


2001 Ranger infielder Alex Rodriguez hit his 47th home run tying the major league record for home runs in a season by a shortstop. The Cubs' legend Ernie Banks established the record in 1958.


2001 The Mets donate their day's pay, which totals approximately $500,000, from tonight's game with the Braves at Shea to a rescue fund for the families of the firefighters and policemen killed in the World trade Center terrorist attacks. The contest is the first professional baseball game played in New York since the tragedy.


2001 A crowd 41,235 at Shea Stadium witness the return of baseball to New York City for the first time since terrorist attacks of September 11. Uplifting ceremonies before and during the game, which include singers Diana Ross, Marc Anthony Lisa Minnelli as well as bagpipers, pay tribute to victims of the tragedy. Mike Piazza's eighth inning home run gives the Mets a 3-2 dramatic victory over the Braves.

 

[Lefty]

September 22.

1911 At age of 44, Cy Young gains his 511th and final career win defeating the Pirates, 1-0.


1912 At Sportsman's Park against the Browns, Eddie Collins becomes the only player to steals six bases in one game for a second time. The Philadelphia A’s second baseman’s feat of thievery has yet to be surpassed.


1925 Burleigh Grimes accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances. The Dodger pitcher hits into two double plays, then into a triple play.


1926 At Ebbets Field, the aging 18-year veteran outfielder Zach Wheat hits his last homer as a Dodger, but severely pulls a muscle nearing second. The future Hall of Famer needs to rest nearly five minutes before completing his trip to home plate making it the longest home run trot in major league history.


1936 With victories of 12-0 and 14-0 over the Browns, the Tigers record the most one-sided doubleheader shutouts in the history of the game.


1948 For the fourth time this season, Stan Musial has 5 hits in 5 at-bats setting a National League record and tying the major league record with Ty Cobb. The five hits 'Stan the Man' collect come off five different pitchers, on five consecutive pitches.


1954 In his major league debut, Dodger Karl Spooner blanks the Giants, 3-0 while striking out 15, including six straight. The 23-year old lefty strikeout total is the most ever recorded in a rookie's first appearance.


1954 In a game which features the first triple play in Yankee Stadium history, the Bronx Bombers beat the Senators, 3-0, behind the pitching of Tommy Byrne.


1957 Duke Snider hits his 40th home run tying him with Ralph Kiner for having five consecutive 40+ homer seasons in the National League.


1961 Jim Gentile hits his fifth grand slam of the year to tie Ernie Banks' major league record established in 1955. Each of the Orioles' first baseman grand slams have come with Chuck Estrada pitching for Baltimore.


1965 Willie Mays joins Ralph Kiner as only the second National Leaguer to have more than one 50-home run season. The milestone homer helps the Giants to beat the Reds, 7-5.


1966 The Orioles clinched their first pennant. The franchise's last flag was raised as the St. Louis Browns in 1944.


1968 The Twins' Cesar Tovar is the second major leaguer to play one inning at each position. In 1965, A's Bert Campaneris became the first.


1969 During the 4-2 victory over the Padres, Giant outfielder Bobby Bonds establishes a big league record as he strikeouts for the 176th time this season. The Californian native will finish the year with a total 187 and will extend the record next season with 189 strikeouts.


1993 The Rockies complete their inaugural season with a major league home attendance record of 4,483,350 fans.


1998 The Blue Jays' Jose Canseco hits his 45th and 46th home runs setting a new career high.


1998 With his American League-leading home run #s 54 and 55, Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig as the only players to drive in 140 or more runs in three consecutive seasons.


1998 Braves' backstop Eddie Perez's solo home run in Atlanta's 4-1 win over the Marlins is the team's 208th homer this season breaking a 32-year-old franchise record.


1998 By walking in the first inning, John Olerud ties Barry Bonds' National League record of reaching base 15 consecutive times. The Met first baseman grounds out in the third to fall one short of the 1957 major league mark set by Ted Williams.


1998 Tony Clark becomes the first Detroit player since Rudy York (1937-38) to drive in 100 runs in each of his first two full seasons in the Motor City.


2000 Passing the 1997 Rockies, the Astros establish a new National League team single-season home run mark hitting their 240th in a 12-5 loss to the Reds at Cinergy Field. The slugfest features nine home runs with Cincinnati hitting six and Houston going deep three times.


2000 At Cinergy Field, Astros' Jose Lima sets an National League record by giving up his 47th home run of the season passing the 1956 mark of Robin Roberts. Bert Blyleven holds the major league mark serving up 50 gopher balls as a Twin in 1986.


2000 Mets' closer Armando Benitez blanks the Phillies in the ninth for his 39th save breaking John Franco's club record who also appeared in the Mets' 9-6 win.


2002 Fred McGriff becomes the first player to hit 30 home runs in a season for five teams (Blue Jays Braves, Cubs, Devil Rays). The 'Crime Dog's' first inning PNC poke is also sets a record for being the 42nd major league park his gone yard, one more than Indian's Ellis Burks.


2002 In last game ever played at Cinergy Field, the Phillies complete a three-game sweep defeating the Reds ,4-3, in front of many of the team's former superstars except for the banished Pete Rose. The all-time hit leader, however, is not forgotten as Tom Browning, paints Rose's uniform number 14 on the pitcher's mound after the game with red spray paint and, as home plate is dug up and to be delivered next door to Great American Ball Park, the crowd begins to chant, "Pete, Pete".


2002 Greg Maddux pitches seven innings of 4-hit ball as the Braves beat the Marlins, 4-1. The San Angelo, Texas native joins Cy Young as one of only two pitchers in baseball history to win at least 15 games in 15 consecutive seasons.


2003 Hitting his 13th leadoff home run of the season, Alfonso Soriano establishes a new major league record. The Yankees second baseman has been tied with Brady Anderson who hit 12 in 1996 for the Orioles.


2003 With Atlanta beating the Marlins, 8-0, Greg Maddux becomes the first pitcher ever to have won at least 15 games in 16 consecutive seasons. The Braves' righty had shared the record with Cy Young.


2003 For only the third time in major league history, a Korean pitcher and a Japanese pitcher oppose one another as Expos' hurler Tomo Ohka faces Jae Weong Seo as starters at Shea Stadium. Both Pacific Rim righthanders throw well but neither gets the decision as Montreal beats the Mets on misplayed fly balls in the ninth, 4-2.


2003 With Atlanta beating the Marlins, 8-0, Greg Maddux becomes the first pitcher ever to have won at least 15 games in 16 consecutive seasons. The Braves' righty had shared the accomplishment with Cy Young.


2004 By whiffing Albert Pujols in the 3-2 loss to the Cardinals, Ben Sheets breaks the Brewers' single-season strikeout record. The 26-year-old Louisiana native surpasses Teddy Higuera’s mark of 240 established in 1987.

 

[Lefty]

September 23.

1901 Against Cincinnati, the Dodgers score a total 25 runs breaking a team record.


1905 Tigers' rookie Ty Cobb hits his first career home run, an inside-the parker, but Washington beats Detroit, 8-5.


1908 Fred Merkle's failure to touch second after an apparent game-winning hit by Bridwell scoring McCormick from third costs the Giants a 2-1 win over the Cubs as the ump calls him out and rules the game a tie. Merkle's '*****' will eventually cost the Giants the flag.


1916 Allowing only just one walk during a twin bill with the Cincinnati Reds, Phillies hurler Grover Alexander wins both ends of a doubleheader (7-3 and 4-0) to establish an National League record. The future Hall of Famer will repeat the feat on September 3, 1917 against the Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets Field.

1939 In a 22-4 win over the Phillies, Cookie Lavagetto reaches base seven consecutive times.


1949 Before the game, Cleveland owner Bill Veeck and a few players holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant in center field. Yesterday, the Tribe were mathematically eliminated from the American League pennant race.


1956 With the Dodgers leading the Pirates 8-3, the largest crowd in Forbes Field's history watches the game be postponed with two outs in the ninth inning as the curfew is enforced.


1956 Ozzie Virgil becomes the Dominican to reach the majors. The 23-year old Monte Cristi native, who will also see his son catch in the big leagues, plays third base for the Giants.


1957 The Braves clinch National League pennant defeating the Cards 4-2 thanks to Hank Aaron's 11th inning home run. It is the first time since 1950 that a New York team hasn't finished first.


1969 In his last major league at-bat, John Miller homers making the Dodger the only player in history to have hit a home run in his first and last plate appearance in the major leagues. In 1966, as a Yankee, he went deep in the first of only 61 big league career at-bats in which he would collect 10 hits, included the two memorable round-trippers to start and end his 32-game career.


1979 Lou Brock steals base No. 938 to break Billy Hamilton's unofficial record in a 10-inning St. Louis victory over the Mets, 7-4. The Cardinal outfielder broke Ty Cobb's mark of 892 in 1977.


1983 With a victory over the team which traded him, Phillies' southpaw Steve Carlton records his 300th career victory beating the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 6-2.


1984 The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 4-1, making Sparky Anderson the first manager ever to win 100 games in a season in each league. As skipper of the 'Big Red Machine', his team won 108 games in 1975 and 102 in 1976.


1987 In a 5-4 victory over the Astros, Albert Hall becomes the first Braves' player to hit for the cycle since 1910.


1992 The Reds' Bip Roberts ties the National league record with his 10th consecutive hit. The streak ends when he grounds out against Dodger Pedro Astacio.


1998 In a Chicago's 8-7 loss at Milwaukee, Cubs' outfielder Sammy Sosa hits his 64th and 65th homers tying Mark McGwire's record.


1998 By stealing second base, Craig Biggio becomes the first player since Tris Speaker in 1912 to have 50 stolen bases and 50 doubles in the same season.


1998 With an 8-4 victory over the Indians, the 1998 Yankees tie the 1927 team for the most wins in franchise history. The Bombers' 110 victories pulls them within one game of the American League record of 111 victories by the 1954 Indians.


1999 By drawing 27,549 fans, the Yankees break the New York City season attendance record with a total of 3,072,009. The Mets' had previously held the record when 3,047,724 turned the turnstiles in 1988.


2000 Joining Frank Robinson, Devil Rays' Fred McGriff becomes only the second player in major league history to hit 200 homers in both the American and National League.


2000 Breaking the major league team record held by the 1997 Braves and the 1999 Indians grand slams in a season, Ben Grieve's 7th inning bases-loaded home run gives the A's a record breaking 13 grand slams.


2000 Rafael Palmeiro becomes the 32nd major leaguer to hit 400 career homers as he hits three-run shot in the fifth inning of a 15-4 defeat to the Angels at the Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.


2001 Hitting his 66th round tripper of rookie Jason Middlebrow, Barry Bonds ties Sammy Sosa for the second-most home runs in a season. The Giants' left fielder also sets a major league record with 34 road homers passing Babe Ruth (1927) and Mark McGwire (1998) , who both had 32 dingers away from home.


2001 Hitting #'s 56, 57, and 58 off Astros' rookie Tim Redding, Sammy Sosa sets a major league record with his third three-homer game of the season. Salmon' Sammy also accomplished the feat against August 9 (Rockies) and August 22 (Brewers).


2001 Alex Rodriguez 48th home run breaks Ernie Banks' major league record for most in a season by a shortstop which 'Mr. Cub' established in 1957. The homer also tied A-Rod with Frank Howard (1969 as a Senator) for the franchise record for home runs in a season.


2001 By saving New York's 5-4, 10-inning win over the Orioles at Cepeda Yards, Yankee closer Marino Rivera establishes a franchise single-season record with his 47th save. The previous record was held by Dave Righetti who has 46 saves in 1986.


2002 In the last public event in 32-year old Cinergy Field, over 40,000 fans attend a softball game featuring Reds greats of the 'Big Red Machine' against an all-star team of players made up from the same era. Because the game is not affiliated with major league baseball, Pete Rose is allowed to play and he receives a tremendous ovation from the Cincinnati fans.