June 17th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Magnante, who spent 12 years in the bigs with four teams and later became a high school math teacher in California.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Tom Drees, who threw three no-hitters in 1989 in the minor leagues, including on against Las Vegas, a team that featured future big-leaguers Carlos Baerga, Sandy Alomar, Shane Mack, Thomas Howard and Jerald Clark. He appeared in four games for the White Sox in 1991.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Matt Kinzer, who appeared in games for the Cardinals and Tigers in 1989 and 1990.
He was also a punter for the Lions during the 1987 NFL players strike.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Manny Lee, who spent 11 years in the bigs with the Blie Jays, Rangers, and Cardinals.
He won a ring with the Jays in 1992.
Mark Brownson was born OTD in 1975. He went 2-2 for the Phillies and Rockies between 1998 and 2000 and also pitched in the Atlantic League.
He passed away in 2017.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Donnie Sadler, an 11th-round draft pick who spent parts of eight seasons in the bigs with five teams.
6/17/93
Turk Wendell picks up a loss in relief in his big-league debut for the Cubs.
He spends 11 years in the bigs and makes a name for himself as the guy who eats licorice on the bench and brushes his teeth netween innings.
6/17/95
Bill Pulsipher makes his big-league debut against the Astros.
He goes 7 innings and allows seven runs but picks up his first win ten days later.
Unfortunately, he blows out and misses all of 1996.
6/17/97
Antonio Alfonseca gets the win in relief in his big-league debut for the Marlins.
He spends 11 years in the bigs and leads the N.L. in saves in 2000 with 45.
6/17/98
Benny Agbayani goes 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter in his big-league debut.
He plays five seasons in the bigs and has a nice season in 2000 when he hits .289 with 15 homers in 119 games for the Mets.
5/17/91
Rafael Palmeiro goes 5-for-5 in a 10-9 Rangers win over the Royals.
It is one of five 5-hit games in his career.
5/17/91
Rob Dibble meets with N.L. President Bill White regarding the relieves facing two suspensions and fines for on-field incidents and one off the fiedl from the year before.
6/17/92
Jesse Barfield goes 0-for-3 against the Red Sox in the final game of his career.
He finishes with 241 homers, including a league-leading 40 in 1986, an All-Star nod, two Gold Gloves, and a Silver Slugger.
6/17/93
Darren Lewis sets a major league record by playing his 243rd consecutive game without committing an error.
It is also the most ever by any outfielder at the start of his career.
5/17/93
Ozzie Smith goes 5-for-5 with 6 RBI in an 11-10 Cardinals win over the Cubs.
It is Ozzie’s second 5-hit game.
6/17/93
Juan Gonzalez goes 4-for-4 with a homer and drives in 8 as Texas hammers the Angels 18-2.
6/17/93
Carlos Baerga homers thrice in a 9-5 loss to the Tigers.
Detroit hits five homers, including two each from Travis Fryman and Dan Gladden.
6/17/93
Bill Swift takes a perfect game into the 8th before it is broken up by Kevin Mitchell’s leadoff single.
Swift goes allows one run on one hit over eight innings and the Giants win 5-1.
6/17/95
David Cone takes a no-hitter into the 9th before Benji Gill’s one-out single breaks it up.
The Rangers score 3 in the inning but Cone and the Jays still win the game 4-3.
6/17/96
One Dog goes 3-for-5 with a homer, 3 RBI and two SBs in a 7-6 Mets win over the Pirates.
6/17/97
Ellis Burks goes 5-for-6 with a homer and three RBI but the Rockies fall to Texas 11-8.
6/17/98
Straw gets all of this one.
465 feet to straight-away CF.
6/17/90
Cleveland purchases Ken Phelps from the A’s.
He plays 24 games for Cleveland and his major-league career is over.
He spends 1991 in the minor leagues with the Giants.
6/17/95
The Angels release Mitch Williams.
He re-signs with the Phillies in 1996 and briefly returns to the big leagues in 1997 with the Royals.
6/17/96
The Phillies release Mark Whiten.
He signs with the Braves and hits .256 in 36 games before moving to the Mariners in 1997.
6/17/90
A day after hitting five homers against the Astros, the Reds hit four more, including a pair from Eric Davis, in a 7-1 win.
The game also features a bean-ball battle between the two teams. The benches clear, but no punches are thrown.
6/17/92
The Cardinals place Ozzie Smith on the DL with a case of chicken pox.
6/17/97
The Reds place Barry Larkin on the DL with a calf injury.
He returns to the lineup on August 2nd.
6/17/97
Mo Vaughn undergoes arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
He was batting .335 with 20 homers at the time and misses just over three weeks, returning to the lineup on July 10th.
6/17/97
The Yankees place Bernie Williams on the DL with a hamstring strain.
He returns to the lineup on July 2nd.
6/17/97
The Brewers announce that John Jaha will miss the rest of the season follwing surgery on his left shoulder.
Jaha had hit 65 homers since the beginning of 1995.
He returns on 1998 but is lmited to just 73 games.
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