April 6th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Bret Boone, who was Seattle’s No. 1 pick in the 1990 draft and made his debut in 1992 before spending 14 years in the bigs.
He was a three-time All-Star, a four-time Gold Glove winner, and finished 3rd in the 2001 AL MVP race.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Lou Merloni, who made his debut with Boston in 1998 and spent nine years in the bigs with four teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven, who made his debut with the Twins in 1970 and pitched until 1992.
He was teammates with Harmon Killebrew and Tim Salmon.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Ken Williams, who made his debut with the White Sox in 1986 and spent six years in the bigs with four teams before becoming the GM of the White Sox and winning a World Series in 2003.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Tommy Greene, who made his debut with the Braves in 1989 and went to Philadelphia in the Dale Murphy trade. He threw a no-no against the Expos in 1991 and won 38 games over eight seasons.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Tim Belk, who played in seven games for the 1996 Reds.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Marty Malloy, who played in 35 games for the Braves and Marlins between 1998 and 2002.
Danny Clyburn was born OTD in 1974. He made his debut with the Orioles in 1997 and played in a career-high 28 games for the Rays in 1999. He was murdered in 2012.
4/6/95
The Royals trade David Cone to Toronto for minor leaguers Tony Medrano and Dave Sinnes, and Chris Stynes.
Cone goes 9-5 in Toronto before being dealt to the Yankees, where he wins four more rings.
4/6/95
Atlanta trades Roberto Kelly, Tony Tarasco and Esteban Yan to the Expos for Marquis Grissom.
Grissom wins a Gold Glove and ring. Advantage: Marquis.
4/6/90
The Mariners sign Mike Brumley as a free agent.
He hits .224 in 62 games for Seattle and moves on to Boston in 1991.
4/6/90
The Phillies sign Dickie Noles as a free agent.
He spends most of the year in Triple-A, but does return to the bigs for one game. It is his final season in baseball.
4/6/92
The Tigers sign Les Lancaster as a free agent.
He goes 3-4 in 41 games and spends his final big league season with the Cardinals in 1993.
4/6/95
The Mariners sign Joey Cora as a free agent.
He hits .297 in 120 games and helps Seattle reach the ALCS.
9/6/95
The Phillies sign Charlie Hayes as a free agent.
He hits .276 in 141 games and signs wit the Pirates for 1996.
4/6/93
Trevor Hoffman throws a third of an inning against the Dodgers in his big-league debut for the Marlins.
He is traded to San Diego in June in the Sheffield deal and ends up in Cooperstown.
4/6/90
The Giants and A’s are playing an exhibition game at Candlestick when an earthquake hits the Bay Area again.
This one is not nearly as severe as the one that hit during the 1988 World Series.
4/6/96
Teddy Bear Albert Belle hits photographer Tony Tomsic with a thrown baseball‚ then claims it was an accident. It wasn’t.
The league opens an investigation and Tomsic sues Belle. They eventually reach an out of court steelement.
Ironically, the incident comes a day after four teens are sentenced to community service for egging Belle’s house the previous October.
4/6/92
Jack Morris sets a record with his 13th consecutive Opening Day start. He throws a CG for Toronto and beats the Tigers‚ 4 – 2.
He goes 21-6 for the Jays. He draws the OpeningDay start again in 1993.
4/6/92
The Orioles play their first game in Oriole Park at Camden Yards in front of a crowd of 44,568.
Baltimore beats Cleveland 2-0, behind the five-hit pitching of Rick Sutcliffe.
4/6/92
Jeff Innis gets the win over the Cardinals in New York’s 4-2 Opening Day victory.
In 1991‚ Innis became the only pitcher in history to appear in at least 60 games with neither a win nor a save.
4/6/92
Seattle takes an 8-3 lead into the 8th inning before Texas scores nine times with two outs to win it 12-10.
Geno Petralli’s slam gives Texas the lead they would not give up.
4/6/93
Randy Johnson is in mid-season form on Opening Day.
He allows just one run over seven innings and strikes out 14 in a 1-0 win over the Blue Jays.
It’s the first of seven starts in 1993 in which he punches out 13 or more batters.
4/6/93
Jose Guzman takes a perfect game into the 8th inning against Atlanta before settling for a one-hit‚ 1 – 0 Cubs victory.
Otis Nixon’s single with 2 outs in the 9th is the only Atlanta hit and Guzman walks two.
4/6/96
Paul Sorrento homers twice, including a slam, and drives in six in an 8-5 Seattle win over the Brewers.
4/6/96
Chan Ho Park becomes the first pitcher born in South Korea to win a major league game.
Park throws six shutout innings of relief for the Dodgers to get the W in a 3 – 1 win over the Cubs.
4/6/96
Terry Pendleton’s walkoff homer gives the Marlins a 1-0 win over the Giants in 10 innings.
Mark Leiter throws 9 shutout innings for the Giants but he is matched by Kevin Brown and Rob Nen, who combine to throw 10 shutout innings.
4/6/96
Melvin Nieves goes 4-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, and a dinger in a 6-1 Detroit win over the A’s.
He would hit 24 dingers on the year.
4/6/97
Jeff Bagwell’s 8th inning double scores two to give the Astros a 3-2 win over the Cardinals and drop the Redbirds to 0-6, the worst start in their 106 year history.
They would win their next game and finish the year at 73-89.
4/6/98
Jeff Cirillo goes 4-for-5 and ties a Brewers record with three doubles in an 8-5 win over the Marlins.
4/6/98
Dante Bichette goes 5-for-5 with two RBI but gets no help as Houston beats the Rockies 13-4.
4/6/99
Greg Maddux homers and singles in the Braves 8-run 4th inning as Atlanta beats the Phillies 11-3.
If Maddux gets two hits in an inning you know you’re going to win the game.
4/6/90
The Mariners release Tom Niedenfuer.
He signs with the Cardinals, appear in 52 games, and collects two saves in his final season.
4/6/90
The Braves release John Russell.
He signs with Texas and spends his final four years with the Rangers.
4/6/92
The Rangers release Gary Pettis.
He returns to Detroit and spends his final big-league season with the Tigers.
4/6/92
Jose Oquendo separates his shoulder on Opening Day and is out of the lineup until the beginning of June.
He plays in just 14 games all season.
4/6/96
Ramon Martinez injures his hamstring on a play at first base and heads to the DL. The righty misses five weeks and returns to the rotation on May 14th.
4/6/96
Padres pitching prospect Matt LaChappa‚ 20‚ suffers a massive heart attack while warming up for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.
He will never pitch again, but the Padres will keep re-signing him year after year so that he receives proper medical coverage.
4/6/98
The Yankees place Mariano Rivera on the DL with a groin strain. He returns to the lineup on April 24th and saves 36 games.
4/6/99
Reigning NL batting champion Larry Walker heads to the DL with a rib cage muscle strain.
He returns to the lineup on April 15th and hits .379 to win the batting crown again.
4/6/99
The Padres place Randy Myers on the DL with a rotator cuff strainn. The injury costs him all of 1999. He pitches in one minor league game in 2001 and his career is over.
4/6/99
In his first game with the Angels after signing an $80 million free agent deal, Mo Vaughn injures his ankle while chasing a foul ball.
The injury keeps him out of the lineup until April 22, but he still hits 33 homers and drives in 108.
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