April 21st in 1990s Baseball
Ken Caminiti was born OTD in 1963.
He made his big-league debut in 1987 and spent 15 years in the bigs, winning an MVP in 1996.
He passed away in 2004.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jesse Orosco, who made his debut with the Mets in 1979 and pitched in four decades.
He retired as the all-time leader in games pitched with 1,252 after pitching for 24 years with nine teams, including winning a ring with the 1986 Mets.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Les Lancaster, who was drafted in the 39th round and pitched in the bigs for seven years, wining 41 games for three teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Chris Donnels, won the Florida State League MVP in 1989 and made his big-league debut with the Mets in 1991. He spent eight years in the bigs and has a son who played in the minor leagues and in Europe.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Keith Williams, who appeared in nine games for the 1996 Padres and went 5-for-20.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Kevin Brown, who was a 2nd round draft pick in 1994 and spent seven years in the bigs, batting .254. He played in a career-high 52 games for the 1998 Blue Jays.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Carlos Castillo, won went 10-7 for the White Sox and Red Sox between 1997 and 2001 before pitching in Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Kip Wells, who was the 16th overall pick in the 1998 draft and won 69 games over 12 seasons in the bigs. He later became a pitching coach in the minor leagues.
4/21/95
The Orioles sign Andy Van Slyke as a free agent.
He plays 17 games with Baltimore and finishes the season, and his career, with the Phillies.
4/21/95
The Blue Jays sign Frank Viola to a minor league deal. He begins the year in extended spring training but is released in July after going 0-1 for Dunedin.
He signs with the Reds and returns briefly to the bigs.
4/21/97
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sign Cuban defector Rolando Arrojo as a free agent.
He becomes their first All-Star.
4/21/91
Chris Jones makes his big-league debut as a pinch-runner in a 3-2 loss to the Braves.
He hits .292 in 52 games as a rookie and signs with the Rockies for 1992.
4/21/92
Hipolito Pichardo allows three runs to the Orioles in relief in his big-league debut.
He wins nine games as a rookie and pitches for 10 years.
4/21/93
Tim Bogar goes 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter against the Giants in his big-league debut.
He spends nine years in the bigs and moved into coaching, eventually managing the Rangers for 22 games in 2014.
4/21/99
Joe Nathan throws seven scoreless and gets the win in his big-league debut.
He spends 16 years in the bigs and racks up 377 saves.
4/21/91
Andre Dawson’s 11th inning grand slam gives the Cubs a 12-7 lead but the Pirates score six in the bottom of the 11th to beat the Cubs 13-12.
It is the greatest extra-inning comeback in major league history.
4/21/93
Randy Johnson throws a four-hitter and Junior homers twice for the second time in three games as the Mariners beat Boston 5-0.
4/21/94
Eddie Murray homers from both sides of the plate in a game for the 11th time in his career to break the career record set by Mickey Mantle.
4/21/96
Dean Palmer homers twice and drives in 6 as the Rangers beat Baltimore 9-6.
Texas sweeps the O’s in a three-game series and outscores them 43-16.
4/21/96
Bad day for Erik Hanson, who allows 11 hits, including four homers, and eight runs in four innings in a 9-5 loss to Cleveland.
4/21/96
Brady Anderson homers to lead off the Orioles game against Texas. It is the 4th straight game in which he has hit a leadoff homer.
4/21/96
Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez hit back-to-back homers twice to beat the Blue Jays 9-5 behind Randy Johnson.
4/21/99
Tough day for Mike Mussina, who gives up 10 runs (all earned) on 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings of work against the Rays.
4/21/99
Jeff Bagwell homers thrice and drives in six as the Astros beat the Cubs 10-3. The dingers make Bags the Astros All-Time HR leader.
4/21/99
Roger Clemens beats the Rangers 2-0 at Yankee Stadium. It is his 17th-straight victory, which ties a record set by Johnny Allen (1936-37) and Dave McNally (1968-69).
4/21/94
The White Sox release Steve Sax, who was plagued with foot problems.
He signs with Oakland and finishes his career with the A’s.
4/21/95
1984 N.L. Cy Young winner Rick Sutcliffe announces his retirement after failing to receive offers from any teams to pitch in 1995.
He finishes his career with 171 wins.
4/21/92
Jose DeJesus undergoes surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.
He misses all of 1992 and 1994 but returns to the bigs in 1994 with the Royals.
4/21/92
Ozzie Guillen is lost for the year when he tears two ligaments in his knee after colliding with teammate Tim Raines while trying to catch a pop fly.
4/21/93
Rob Dibble breaks his left forearm in a collision at the plate.
He misses a month.
4/21/94
Delino Deshields suffers a concussion after colliding with teammate Raul Mondesi.
He spends the night in the hospital and misses a week.
4/21/96
The White Sox place Jason Bere on the DL with elbow tendonitis.
He throws just three more innings in 1996 and is limited to 26 innings in 1997.
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