May 24th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Greg Briley, who spent six years in the bigs with the Mariners and Marlins and posed as a catcher for this card, even though he never caught.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Carlos Hernandez, who spent ten years in the bigs, primarily with the Dodgers, and later became a coach with the Padres.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jerry Dipoto, who pitched in the bigs for eight years, winning a career-high 7 games for the Mets in 1996. He also recorded 49 saves during his career.
After his career was over, he moved into the front office and served as general manager for the Diamondbacks, Angels, and Mariners.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Todd Rizzo, who went 0-2 for the White Sox in 1998 and 1999.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Danny Bautista, who spent 12 years in the bigs and won a ring with the Diamondbacks in 2001.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Gabe Gonzalez, who pitched in three games for the 1998 Marlins.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Bartolo Colon, who pitched in the bigs for 21 years and won at least 20 games twice, including 21 in 2005 and winning a Cy Young.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Carlos Febles, who hit .400 as a big league call-up for the Royals in 1998. He spent all eight of his seasons in Kansas City and later became a coach.
5/24/92
The Tigers sign Jamie Moyer, who had been released a month earlier by the Cubs.
He spends the year in Triple-A, winning 10 games.
5/24/94
The Royals sign Jeff Parrett as a free agent.
He spends the year in the minor leagues, going 0-4 over three levels, and returns to the bigs in 1995 with the Cardinals.
5/24/94
Joey Hamilton allows three runs over six innings against the Giants in his big-league debut and gets the win.
He wins nine games as a rookie and spends 10 years in the bigs.
5/24/90
Mike Scioscia goes 4-for-5 with 4 RBI and the Dodgers beat the Cubs 15-6.
5/24/92
John Smoltz beats the Expos 2-1 and strikes out a franchise record 15.
5/24/92
The Twins take a 2-0 lead over the Tigers into the 4th inning and then score 11 in the next three win win 15-0.
Shane Mack hits a slam and Brian Harper also drives in four.
5/24/92
David Cone throws a four-hitter and strikes out 10 to beat the Giants 6-0 for his second-straight shutout and his third of the month.
5/24/93
Cleveland rookie Tom Kramer throws a one-hitter in his second big-league start‚ beating Texas‚ 4-1. Julio Franco’s 4th-inning homer is the only hit he allows.
5/24/93
Angels OF Luis Polonia ties an A.L. record by being caught stealing three times‚ twice on pitchouts, in a 4-3 loss to the Mariners.
5/24/94
The Cardinals lose to the Phillies and set a major league record by stranding 16 runners without scoring. Pete Incaviglia’s three-run homer is the big blow for the Phillies.
5/24/94
Cal Ripken homers and drives in six in a 13-5 win over the Brewers.
5/24/95
In a 5-2 win over the Orioles, Dennis Eckersley becomes the sixth pitcher in major league history to record 300 saves.
He finishes his Hall of Fame career with 390.
5/24/95
The White Sox and Rangers play the longest doubleheader by time (7 hours and 39 minutes) in major league history as the teams split the twinbill. By the end of the second game, only a few hundred spectators remain at Comiskey Park. Chicago wins the opener‚ 10 – 8‚ while the Rangers take the nightcap‚ 13 – 6. Lance Johnson goes 5-for-10 for the day for the White Sox.
5/24/95
Mike Blowers collects four extra-base hits, two doubles‚ a triple‚ and a homer, and drives in eight in the Mariners’ 15-6 victory over the Red Sox.
5/24/95
Jack McDowell takes a no-hitter into the 8th inning against the Angels before Chili Davis breaks it up with a leadoff single. The Angels score three in the inning and McDowell is saddled with the loss in a 3-1 game.
5/24/96
Ken Griffey‚ Jr homers thrice and scores five runs as the Mariners beat the Yankees 10-4.
It is the first of two career three-homer games for Junior.
5/24/96
Albert Belle homers twice, his 8th in the last 15 games, to lead Cleveland over Detroit 6-3.
The homers give him 19 on the year to go with his .365 batting average.
5/24/96
John Smoltz beats the Pirates 5-3 to record his 100th career win.
5/24/98
Randy Johnson allows just one run on seven hits and strikes out 15 in a 3-1 win over Tampa Bay.
5/24/98
The Giants score three in the 17th inning to beat the Cardinals 9-6. Willie McGee collects four hits for St. Louis and Mark McGwire hits his 24th homer.
5/24/98
Tyler Green takes a perfect game into the 7th and wins up losing the game 5-4 to the Expos.
Green allows three runs (one earned) in 7 innings.
5/24/94
The Padres release Mark Davis to make room on the roster for Joey Hamilton.
Davis signs with the Marlins and spends the year in the minor leagues.
5/24/95
The White Sox call up John Kruk and DFA Chris Sabo.
Sabo signs with the Cardinals and wraps up his career in 1996 back with the Reds.
5/24/97
The Mariners release Dennis Martinez.
He sits out the rest of the year and finishes his career in 1998 with the Braves.
5/24/97
Cleveland DFAs Kevin Mitchell.
He is released in June and sits out the rest of the season before finishing his career with Oakland in 1998.
5/24/98
Pirates relief pitcher Jeff Tabaka suffers a broken jaw in a bar fight with teammate Marc Wilkins.
The two had words at the bar of their hotel, which was called “The Pfister.”
Tabaka misses all of June and Wilkins spends the rest of the year in the minor leagues.
5/24/94
The Tigers place Eric Davis with a pinched nerve in his neck.
He plays just two more games the rest of the season.
5/24/90
The Red Sox sign manager Joe Morgan to a one-year contract extension.
5/24/93
The Reds fire Tony Perez and replace him with Davey Johnson. The move is not popular in Cincinnati.
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