April 18th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jim Eisenreich, who battled Tourette syndrome and the taunts of opposing fans to spend 15 seasons with five teams, winning a ring with the Marlins in 1997. The man could hit.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Dennis Rasmussen who played baseball and basketball at Creighton and won 91 games over 12 seasons between 1983 and 1995 and later became a minor league pitching coach.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Brian Dubois, who pitched for the Tigers in 1989 and 1990.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Angelo Encarnacion, who spent parts of three years in the bigs with the Pirates and Angels.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Steve Dunn, who appeared in 19 games for the Twins in 1994 and 1995. He collected a total of eight hits, five of which were doubles.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Rico Brogna, who made his debut with the Tigers in 1992 and spent parts of nine seasons in the bigs with five teams, primarily the Mets and Phillies.
4/18/98
The Reds sent former No. 1 pick Chad Mottola to the Rangers as part of a conditional deal.
Mottola was the 5th overall pick but never quite made it in the bigs.
4/18/94
The Marlins sign Alex Gonzalez as an amateur free agent.
He makes his debut in 1998 and helps the Marlins win a World Series in 2003.
4/18/95
The Orioles sign Kevin Bass as a free agent.
He hits .244 in 111 games for Baltimore in his final big-league season.
4/18/95
The Angels sign Mike Bielecki as a free agent.
He goes 4-6 in his lone season in an Angels uniform and finishes his career with the Braves.
4/18/95
The Angels sign Scott Sanderson as a free agent.
He plays his final two seasons with the Angels and retires after 1996 with 163 wins.
4/18/95
The Red Sox sign Zane Smith as a free agent.
He goes 8-8 in 21 starts and finishes his big league career back with the Pirates in 1996.
4/18/91
A sellout crowd of 42,191 watches the White Sox play their first game at New Comiskey Park. Unfortunately, the Sox are trounced by Detroit, 16 – 0.
Jack McDowell gives up the park’s first home run to Cecil Fielder.
4/18/92
The Yankees send 15 men to the plate in a 10-run fourth inning and beat Cleveland 14-0.
4/18/93
Tony Gwynn goes 5-for-5 with a dinger and two RBI as the Padres beat the Cardinals 10-6.
It was one of four 5-hit games for Tony in 1993.
4/18/93
Matt Williams’ 11th-inning walk-off homer gives the Giants a 13-12 win over the Braves at The Stick.
4/18/93
John Kruk and Wes Chamberlain each homer twice and the Phillies hit five total in an 11-10 extra-inning win over the Cubs.
4/18/94
Tim Raines homers thrice and drives in four as the White Sox beat Boston 12-1.
4/18/94
Ryan Klesko, Fred McGriff, and David Justice hit consecutive homers in the first inning and the Braves beat the Cardinals 7-1 to run their record to 13-1.
It is the second time in four games that Atlanta has hit three straight home runs.
4/18/94
It’s free baseball night at the Kingdone, which turns into a bad thing when the Brewers intentionally walk Ken Griffey Jr. and fans pelt the field with the souvenir baseballs.
“You don’t expect to see that kind of stuff in Seattle,” says Brewers skipper Phil Garner.
4/18/97
Kenny Lofton goes 5-for-6 with a homer to lead Atlanta to a 14-0 win over Colorado.
4/18/97
Roger Pavlik becomes the first pitcher in American League history to walk the first four batters of the game in a 6 – 5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
4/18/98
Kerry Wood throws five shutout innings and drives in a run during the Cubs eight-run first inning to earn his first big-league win.
4/18/99
Andruw Jones goes 5-for-6 with a homer and six RBI in Atlanta’s 20-5 win over the Rockies.
Jones misses a cycle because he doesn’t hit a double. Eddie Perez also collects five hits for Atlanta.
4/18/95
Jack Morris abandons his comeback attemp with the Reds and announces his retirement.
4/18/92
Cardinals teammates Todd Worrell and Pedro Guerrero throw hands in the home clubhouse after Guerrero brings Sammy Sosa into the Cards locker room.
Worrell objected and the two come to blows. Both apologized and St. Louis skipper Joe Torre bans opposing players from the Cards clubhouse going forward.
4/18/99
In his first big-league start, Seattle’s Brett Hinchcliffe hits Todd Greene with a pitch after surrendering a homer to Troy Glaus.
Greene charges the mound and the benches clear. Both Greene and Hinchcliffe earn three-game suspensions.
4/18/99
The Red Sox place Tom Gordon on the DL with a strained pitching elbow.
He returns in May but is limited to just 17 2/3 IP in 1999 and misses all of 2000.
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