April 15th in 1990s Baseball

1990s Baseball Birthdays
Jeromy Burnitz 1995 Fleer Baseball Card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Jeromy Burnitz, who made his debut with the Mets in 1993 and hit 163 dingers for the Brewers between 1997 and 2001.

Billy Brewer 1993 Ultra Baseball Card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Billy Brewer, who won 11 games over seven seasons for the Royals, Phillies, A’s, and Yankees between 1993 and 1999.

Ricky Otero 1995 Bowman Baseball Card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Ricky Otero, who spent parts of three seasons in the bigs with the Mets and Phillies. He also played Little League ball with Ivan Rodriguez.

1990s Baseball Player Signings
Dave Magadan 1995 Collectors Choice Baseball Card

4/15/95
The Astros sign Dave Magadan as a free agent.
He hits .313 in his lone season in Houston and signs with the Cus for 1996.

Dick Schofield 1996 Mothers Cookies Baseball Card

4/15/95
The Dodgers sign Dick Schofield as a free agent.
He plays in nine games before being released and returning to the Angels.

4/15/96
The Padres sign Rob Deer as a free agent.
He splits the year between Triple-A and the bigs, hitting his final four homers, and his career is over.

1990s Baseball Big Days

4/15/91
An interesting outing for Jason Grimsley, who throws 5 2/3 innings against the Cubs.
He walks four, allows four runs, strikes out four and throws 4 wild pitches.
Chicago wins the game 5-4 and Grimsley is tagged with the loss.

4/15/93
The Tigers beat the A’s 3-2 in Detroit to give Sparky Anderson his 2,000th managerial win.

4/15/94
With the wind blowing out at Wrigley, Fred McGriff, Terry Pendleton, and Tony Tarasco hit consecutive homers as part of a 19-5 Braves win over the Cubs.

4/15/97
Paul Sorrento goes 5-for-5 with four RBI to lead Seattle to an 8-4 win over Cleveland.

4/15/97
MLB retires #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson.

4/15/97
The Cubs lose to the Rockies 10-7 to set the modern National League record by beginning the season 0-11.
The streak would reach 14 before they finally win the second ghame of a doubleheader against the Mets on April 20th.

Tim Salmon 1999 Bowman Baseball Card

4/15/99
Tim Salmon homers twice and drives in six as the Angels beat Oakland 12-1.

4/15/99
The Rockies beat the Padres 6-4 to give Jim Leyland his 1,000th win as a manager. He finishes with 1,769.

1990s Baseball Transactions
Mike Maddux 1999 Keebler Baseball Card

4/15/99
The Expos release Mike Maddux.
He hooks on with the Dodgers and finishes his playing career with Houston in 2000 before becoming a pitching coach.

1990s Baseball Debuts

4/15/98
Randy Johnson comes inside twice in a row on Kenny Lofton and the benches empty in Cleveland.

1990s Baseball Injuries

4/15/92
Hal Morris is hit by a Charlie Liebrandt pitch and breaks his hand.
The injury forces him out of the lineup for a month.

Bryn Smith 1992 Topps Baseball Card

4/15/92
Bryn Smith undergoes elbow surgery and does not return until September.
He still manages to win four games.

4/15/92
The Mets place Kevin Elster on the DL with shoulder weakness.
“I hope his season isn’t over,” says manager Jeff Torborg.
Unfortunately for Elster, he misses the rest of 1992 after having surgery.

4/15/92
Barry Larkin collides with Glenn Braggs and suffers a knee injury.
He plays one more game and sits out until May 8th.
If you run into Glenn Braggs, you lose.

4/15/93
The Rangers place Nolan Ryan on the DL with torn knee cartilage.
He returns for one start in May, then goes back on the shelf until July.

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