May 30th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Manny Ramirez, who hit 555 homers over 19 big-league seasons.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike LaCoss, who pitched in the bigs for 14 years and won 98 games with 12 saves.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Oquist, who spent seven years in the bigs with Oakland, Baltimore, and San Diego, winning 25 games.
Happy 1990s Birthday to John Courtright, who appeared in one game for the 1995 Reds.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Scott Eyre, who made his debut with the White Sox in 1997 and pitched in the bigs for 13 years, winning a ring with the 2008 Phillies.
5/30/92
Troy Neel goes 0-for-4 against the Orioles in his big-league debut.
He spends three years in the bigs before heading to Japan and becoming a star.
5/30/99
Melvin Mora goes 0-for-3 in his debut for the Mets.
He is traded to the Orioles the following year for Mike Bordick and spends a total of 13 years in the bigs, earning two All-Star nods and a Silver Slugger.
5/30/90
Kevin Appier and Terry Shumpert get what’s coming to them.
5/30/91
Jay Buhner goes 3-for-5 with a homer and six RBI in an 11-4 win over the Rangers.
5/30/92
Scott Sanderson becomes the ninth pitcher to beat all 26 major league teams when the Yankees beat the Brewers 8-1. He joins Doyle Alexander, Rich Gossage, Tommy John, Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan, Don Sutton, Mike Torrez and Rick Wise.
5/30/93
The Phillies and Rockies are scoreless through four, but Philadelphia scores 18 runs over the next four innings to win the game 18-1.
Darren Daulton homers twice. The Phillies outscore the Rockies 39-10 in the series, a three-game sweep.
5/30/94
Randy Johnson two-hits the Twins in a 12-0 win. It is Johnson’s second straight shutout and runs his scoreless streak to 21 innings.
5/30/94
Willie Banks and Randy Myers combine to throw a one-hitter against the Phillies in a 3-0 win.
Banks takes a no-no into the 8th before allowing a hit to Kim Batiste.
5/30/97
Mike Mussina takes a no-hitter into the 9th inning when it is broken up by Sandy Alomar. He “settles” for a one-hit shutout.
5/30/97
Mo Vaughn homers thrice in a 10-4 win over the Yankees.
5/30/97
Junior hits his 24th homer of the season. He is batting .316 with 24 homers and 62 RBI through Seattle’s first 52 games.
His power tapers off in June and July but he rebounds by hitting 12 homers in August and September/October to finish the season with 56 homers and 147 RBI, good for his only MVP Award.
5/30/98
Juan Gonzalez homers twice and drives in four to run his league-leading RBI total to 66.
5/30/98
The Royals induct Dan Quisenberry into the team Hall of Fame.
Quiz had been diagnosed with brain cancer and passed away in September.
5/30/99
Led by Randy Winn, the top-5 hitters in the Rays lineup combine to go 11-for-24 in a 15-7 win over Seattle.
5/30/93
Cleveland releases Lance Parrish.
He sits out the rest of the year and signs with the Tigers in 1994.
5/30/92
Hal Morris slams into Gary Carter and the benches empty at Riverfront.
5/30/93
Pirates teammates Lloyd McClendon and Jay Bell nearly come to blows in the Pittsburgh clubhouse before Tommy Sandt breaks things up.
5/30/93
Not a fight, per se, but bad blood:
After drawing 6 walks in 16 plate appearances in a series against the Tigers, Ken Griffey Jr. hits a three-run homer. As he crosses home plate, Griffey grabs his crotch and tells Sparky Anderson to Eff off.
The game is televised on ESPN but there is more to the story. Ken Griffey Sr., who was them a base coach for Seattle, did not get along with Sparky.
Junior apologized. You can read more here.
5/30/90
Rangers closer Jeff Russell undergoes arthrocsopic surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow.
The injury keeps him out of the lineup until September.
5/30/93
The Expos place Larry Walker on the DL with a rib injury. He returns to the lineup on June 10th.
5/30/93
The Twins place Mark Guthrie on the DL with a blood clot in his pitching shoulder.
He misses the rest of the season.
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