January 2nd in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Greg Swindell, who made his debut with Cleveland in 1986 and spent 17 years in the bigs, winning 123 games and earning an All-Star nod in 1988. He finished his career with Arizona in 2002.
Happy 1990s Birthday to David Cone, who won 194 games over 17 seasons, including 20 in 1988 and 1998. He also threw a perfect game in 1999 and won five rings. Not bad.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Edgar Martinez, who hit .312 over 18 years in the bigs, won two batting titles and five Silver Sluggers and could roll out of bed and hit three line drives somewhere.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Colby Ward, who wemt 1-3 for Cleveland in 1990, his only big-league action.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Royce Clayton, who spent 17 years in the bigs, earning a All-Star nod in 1997. He also played Miguel Tejada in Moneyball.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Rick Greene, who was the Tigers’ first-round pick in 1992 and appeared in one game in the bigs for the Reds in 1999.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Garrett Stephenson, who was an 18th round pick in 1992 and spent seven years in the bigs with the Cardinals, Phillies, and Orioles. Garrett won 16 games for the Cardinals in 2000 but blew out his elbow in the NLDS and did not return to the bigs until 2002.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Metcalfe, who appeared in 8 games for the Dodgers between 1998 and 2000. He had one hit in his career, a bunt single off Jamie Moyer.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jeff Suppan, who pitched in the bigs for 17 years, winning 140 games, including a career-high 16 in 2005. He won a ring with the Cardinals in 2006.
1/2/92
The Tigers sign Chad Kreuter as a free agent.
He spends three years in Detroit, batting .263 with 18 homers in 251 games, before signing with Seattle in 1995.
1/2/92
The Red Sox sign Frank Viola as a free agent. He goes 25-21 over three seasons in Boston.
1/2/93
The White Sox sign Barry Jones as a free agent.
He goes 0-1 in six games and his big-league career is over.
1/2/96
The Reds sign Eric Davis as a free agent.
After missing all of 1995, Davis hits .287 with 26 homers and 83 RBI in 129 games. He also steals 23 bases.
1/2/96
Coming off an MVP year in 1995, Barry Larkin passes on free agency and signs a three-year deal worth $16 million with the Reds.
1/2/96
The Twins sign Dave Hollins as a free agent.
He splits the year between Minnesota and Seattle, batting .262 with 16 homers and 78 RBI.
1/2/96
The Red Sox sign Jamie Moyer as a free agent.
He goes 7-1 in 10 starts before being traded to Seattle at the deadline.
1/2/96
The Reds sign Jeff Shaw as a free agent.
He goes 8-6 out of the pen and leads the NL in saves the following year.
1/2/90
Lenny Randle goes 4-for-5 to pace the St. Pete Pelicans to a 6-5 win over the Ft. Myers Sun Sox.
1/2/90
Willie Aikens howers twice to lead St. Lucie to a 6-3 win over Winter Haven.
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