April 12th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Paul Lo Duca, made his debut with the Dodgers in 1998 and spent 11 years in the bigs.
A four-time All-Star, he hit .320 with 24 dingers in 2001.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Antonio Osuna, who made his debut with the Dodgers in 1995 and spent 11 years in the bigs.
Osuna recorded a career-high 11 saves with the White Sox in 2002.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike MacFarlane, who made his debut in 1987 and held the record for most games caught for the Royals until it was broken by Sal Perez.
Mike spent 13 years in the bigs.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jerry Goff, who played in 90 games for the Expos, Pirates, and Astros between 1990 and 1996.
His son, Jared was the overall #1 pick in the 2016 NFL draft.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Cliff Brantley, who won four games for the Phillies in 1991 and 1992.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Dave Staton, who played in 46 games for the Padres in 1993 and 1994.
He had a ton of power but struck out a lot and hit just .213.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jeff Wallace, who made his debut in 1997, missed all of 1998 with an injury and won three games for the Pirates and Rays from 1999 through 2001.
4/12/92
The Angels trade a PTBNL and Dick Schofield to the Mets for Julio Valera.
Schofield hits .205 in his lone season for New York and signs with Toronto for 1993.
Valera goes 8-11 for the Angels.
4/12/94
The Cubs trade Shawn Boskie to the Phillies for Kevin Foster.
Boskie goes 4-6 in Philadelphia before being traded to Seattle in July.
4/12/94
The White Sox sign Atlee Hammaker as a free agent.
Hammaker had not pitched since 1991 and splits the season between Triple-A and the bigs.
4/12/95
The Rangers sign Mickey Tettleton as a free agent.
He hits 32 bombs and drives in 78 in his first year in Texas.
4/12/95
The Blue Jays sign Candy Maldonado as a free agent.
He hits .269 in 61 games before finishing his career with the Rangers.
4/12/95
The Brewers sign Derrick May as a free agent.
He hits .248 in 32 games before being dealt to Houston.
4/12/90
Dave Hollins goes 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter in his big-league debut.
The Rule-Five draft pick hits just .184 as a rookie, but becomes a key part of the 1993 Phillies Macho Row.
4/12/92
Jeff Kent goes 1-for-2 with a double in his big-league debut.
He hits .240 in 65 games for Toronto before being dealt to the Mets in August for David Cone.
4/12/92
Pat Mahomes allows three runs in six innings against Texas in his big-league debut.
He picks up his first win nine days later and pitches until 2003.
4/12/92
John Flaherty goes 1-for-3 with a double off of Charles Nagy in his big-league debut.
Flash spends 14 years in the bigs before going into broadcasting.
4/12/98
Kerry Wood allows four runs in 4 2/3 innings against Montreal in his big-league debut.
He wins 13 games as a rookie but blows out in spring training the following year.
4/12/90
Ryne Sandberg passes Joe Morgan to set the major-league record for consecutive errorless games by a second baseman with 92.
The streak ends on May 18 after 123 games and 584 chances.
4/12/90
Dave Winfield returns to the Yankees lineup after missing all of 1989 with a back injury and goes 1-for-4 in a 6-4 win over Cleveland.
4/12/92
Matt Young throws eight no-hit innings against Cleveland but loses 2-1.
Cleveland scores in the 1st and 3rd innings on a error and a fielder’s choice.
4/12/93
Barry Bonds homers off Chris Hammond in his first at-bat in Candlestick Park as a member of the Giants.
He would hit a few more.
4/12/93
Sherry Davis becomes the first female P.A. announcer in major-league history.
(SFGiants photo)
4/12/94
Tough day for Scott Erickson, who gives up 10 runs (7 earned) on 11 hits in 4 innings of work against the Mariners.
Three starts later, he no-hits the Brewers.
4/12/94
Scott Cooper goes 5-for-6, hits for the cycle, and drives in five in a wild one.
Boston beats Kansas City 22-11 at Kaufman Stadium.
4/12/96
Junior
4/12/98
Tough day for Pedro Astacio, who gives up 10 runs (9 earned) on 9 hits in 5 innings of work against the Reds.
In the first three games of the series in Colorado, the Reds outscore the Rockies 40-16.
4/12/99
Travis Fryman’s 3-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th gives Cleveland a 5-2 win over Kansas City.
It is the second straight year in which Cleveland has hit a 10th-inning three-run walk-off homer in their home opener.
Jim Thome pulled the trick in 1998.
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