June 16th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Kerry Wood, who was absolutely dominant as a rookie in 1998.
He struck out 233 hitters in 166 2/3 IP and won Rookie of the Year.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Chris Gomez, who made his debut with the Tigers in 1993 and spent 16 years in the bigs.
Gomez hit .364 for the Padres in the 1998 World Series.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Wally Joyner, who was the runner-up for the 1984 A.L. Rookie of the Year (Alvin Davis) and spent 16 years in the bigs with the Angels, Royals, Braves, and Padres.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Calvin Schiraldi, who pitched in the bigs from 1984 through 1991, winning 31 games and saving 21.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Kevin Young, who spent 12 years in the bigs and enjoyed his best season in 1997 when he hit .300 with 18 homers and 74 RBI for the Pirates.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Fernando Hernandez, who appeared in two games for the Diamondbacks in 1997.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jose Nieves, who made his debut with the Cubs in 1998 and played through the 2002 season with the Angels.
6/16/94
The Red Sox trade Dave Valle to the Brewers for Tom Brunansky.
Bruno hits .237 in 48 games with the Red Sox and his career is over.
6/15/95
The Cubs trade Francisco Morales, Paul Torres, and Mike Morgan to the Cardinals for Todd Zeile and cash.
Zeile finishes the year with the Cubs and signs with the Phillies for 1996.
6/16/92
The Cardinals sign Brian Jordan to a three-year deal worth $2.3 million on the condition that he stop playing in the N.F.L.
6/16/90
Chris Sabo, Barry Larkin and Eric Davis hit back-to-back-to-back homers in a 6-2 win over the Astros.
6/16/90
Joe Morgan receives his bachelor of science degree from California State University, fulfulling a prmoise he made to his mother before signing his first professionsl baseball contract.
“I promised her I would get my degree,” he said. “Luckily I didn’t say when.”
6/16/91
Andy Ashby throws an immaculate inning.
It’s just the 12th time in NL history that it has been accomplished and the first by a Phillies pitcher.
6/16/91
Otis Nixon goes 3-for-5 and steals six bases in a 7-6 loss to Montreal.
Atlanta steals 8 bases in the game.
“I promised her I would get my degree,” he said. “Luckily I didn’t say when.”
6/16/91
Greg Vaughn homers and drives in six in a 11-7 Brewers win over Oakland.
6/16/91
The Twins beat Cleveland 4-2 for their 16th straight win.
Kirby Puckett homers and scores twice. The streak is snapped the following night.
6/16/93
Junior hits his 100th homer. He’s the 4th youngest to reach the 100 homer mark.
6/16/95
Todd Stottlemyre allows just one run over ten innings and strikes out 15 but gets a no decision against the Royals.
Oakland loses the game 3-1 in 13.
6/16/97
Interleague “natural rivalries” are born when, for the first time in the regular season, the Mets play the Yankees, the Cubs play the White Sox, and the Reds play the Indians.
6/17/97
Todd Hundley steals home against the Yankees.
6/16/98
Brad Woodall goes 6 2/3 against the Cubs while also going 3-for-3 at the plate in an 11-2 win.
6/16/98
Manny Ramirez homers and drives in six in a 9-1 Cleveland win over the Royals.
6/16/99
A day after losing to the Rockies 15-6, the Giants beat Colorado 15-2 at Coors Field.
Jeff Kent homers twice and drives in six while Rich Aurelia drives in five.
6/16/97
The Blue Jays release Ruben Sierra. He sits out the rest of the season and signs with the White Sox in January.
6/16/99
The A’s release Tom Candiotti.
He returns to Cleveland and appears in 7 games before being released again.
6/16/91
The Angels place Lance Parrish on the DL with a strained forearm. He returns to the lineup on June 26th.
6/16/91
The Mets place Vince Coleman on the DL with a strained left hamstring. The injury forces him out of the lineup for five weeks.
6/16/95
The Cardinals fire Joe Torrre and replace him with Mike Jorgensen.
Torre lands on his feet with the Yankees.
We lost Mel Allen OTD in 1996
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