April 10th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Ken Griffey, who spent 19 years in the bigs and was a damn fine hitter.
I understand his kid played a bit of ball, too.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Marvin Freeman, who spent 10 years in the bigs and finished 4th in the N.L. Cy Young race in 1994 when he went 10-2 for the Rockies.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jeff Gray, who made his debut with the Reds in 1988 and was enjoying his best season in 1991 when he suffered a stroke and never played again.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Devereaux, who spent 12 years in the bogs and finished 7th in the 1992 MVP balloting in 1992 when he hit 24 homers and drove in 107 for Baltimore.
He also won a ring with the Braves in 1995.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Eric King, who spent seven years in the bigs between the bullpen and the rotation for the Tigers, White Sox, and Indians. He won 52 games and recorded 16 saves.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Bruce Egloff, who pitched in six games for Cleveland in 1991.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Humphreys, who appeared in 54 games for the Yankees between 1991 and 1993.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Rob Butler, who appeared in 109 games for the Phillies and Blue Jays between 1993 and 1999.
He won a ring with Toronto in 1993.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Alberto Reyes, who spent 13 years in the bigs with seven teams and won 23 games while saving 26.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Shayne Bennett, a antive Aussie who won five games for the Expos between 1997 and 1999.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Lincoln, who made his debut with the Twins in 1999 and pitched until 2012 with four teams, winning 17 games and saving 5.
He blew out his elbow twice and came back from two TJS surgeries.
4/10/90
The Cardinals sign Tom Niedenfuer as a free agent.
He appears in 52 games at the major league level and his career is over.
4/10/95
The Royals sign Pat Borders as a free agent.
He hits .231 in 52 games before being traded to Houston in August.
4/10/95
The Blue Jays sign Danny Darwin as a free agent.
He goes 1-8 in 11 starts before being released and re-signing with Texas.
The man was undrafted and pitched in the big leagues for 21 years.
4/10/95
The Marlins sign Andre Dawson as a free agent.
He spends his final two seasons in South Florida and retires after the 1996 season.
4/10/95
The Rangers sign the Second Spitter as a free agent.
4/10/95
The Rangers sign Bob Tewksbury as a free agent.
He goes 8-7 in his lone season in Texas and signs with the Padres for 1996.
4/10/93
Rob Nen allows two runs in two innings against Boston in his debut for the Rangers.
He is traded to the Marlins in July and later becomes the first player with a palindrome last name to appear in the World Series.
4/10/93
Fernando Vina makes his big-league debut as a pinch-runner.
He goes 1-for-2 the following day and finishes the year with the Mets.
4/10/98
Shane Spencer makes his big-league debut as a pinch-hitter for Darryl Strawberry but does not get a chance to hit because Bernie Williams is thrown out stealing to end the inning. He still had a pretty good rookie year, though.
4/10/99
Chris Singleton goes 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter in his big-league debut.
He hits an even .300 as a rookie and finishes 6th in the Rookie of the Year vote.
4/10/90
Wade Boggs is intentionally walked three times, tying a major league mark for a nine-inning game.
The Tigers may have kept Boggs from beating them, but Boston still wins the game 4-2.
4/10/91
Scott Sanderson takes a no-no into the 9th inning before Tony Phillips breaks it up with a leadoff double.
The Yankees win the game 4-0 with Sanderson getting the win. Greg Cadaret finishes it up.
4/10/92
Barry Bonds homers and the Pirates beat the Phillies 3-2 to give Jim Leyland his 500th managerial win.
He would finish with 1,769 wins and a ring over 22 years.
4/10/93
4/10/94
Tough day for Randy Johnson, who gives up 11 runs (10 earned) on 8 hits in 2 1/3 innings of work against the Blue Jays.
4/10/94
Geronimo Berroa goes 5-for-6 with a dinger and five RBI as the A’s hammer Minnesota 15-5.
4/10/94
Michael Jordan singles twice, his first two hits as a professional, while playing for the Birmingham Barons of the Class-AA Southern League.
4/10/96
Tough day for Darryl Kile, who gives up 10 runs (just 4 earned) on 9 hits in 3 2/3 innings of work against the Giants.
A Glenallen Hill slam was the big blow.
4/10/97
Alex Fernandez takes a no-no into the 9th before it is broken up with one out by a Dave Hansen infield single. He settles for a one-hitter and a 1-0 win.
The loss drops the Cubs to 0-8, the worst start in franchise history.
4/10/97
The National League tells Deion Sanders he can no longer alter his uniform as a tribute to Jackie Robinson on the 50th anniversary of his debut.
Sanders had shortened the sleeves on his jersey and worn shorter pants.
4/10/98
Randy Johnson allows just two runs and strikes out 15 in eight innings of work against Boston but Seattle loses the game 9-7 when the Red Sox score 7 in the bottom of the 9th. A Mo Vaughn walk-off slam wins the game for Boston.
4/10/98
Tino Martinez’s 3rd-inning slam is the big blow as the Yankees beat Oakland 17-13 in front of a renovated Yankee Stadium record crowd of 56,717.
4/10/98
Henry Rodriguez goes 5-for-5 with a homer and three RBI as the Cubs beat Montreal 13-0.
4/10/98
The Reds trail the Rockies 4-3 heading into the 7th inning before scoring 15 runs in the final three to beat Colorado 18-7.
Ed Taubensee and Eduardo Perez drive in four each, while Willie Greene and Bret Boone each drive in three in the game.
4/10/99
Tony Batista goes 5-for-5 with a homer and four RBI as the Diamondbacks beat the Braves 8-3.
It’s the first of 6 five-hit games across the bigs in April and an amazing 39 for the year.
4/10/99
Randy Johnson strikes out 15 in an 8-3 CG win over the Braves.
4/10/96
Spike Owen announces his retirement. He finishes his career with a .246 career average over 13 seasons with Seattle, Boston, Montreal, the Yankees and the Angels.
4/10/96
The Reds recall Curtis Goodwin from Triple-A and DFA Xavier Hernandez.
Hernandez evnetually re-signs with Houston and goes 5-5 with 6 saves for the Astros.
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4/10/91
Bruce Hurst brushes back Kevin Mitchell, who charges the mound.
Mitchell earns a two-game suspension.
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