April 25th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jacque Jones, who played for Team U.S.A. and spent 10 years in the bigs with four teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Darren Holmes, who was the closer for the 1993 Rockies and spent 13 years in the bigs.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Brad Clontz, who made his debut with the Braves in 1995, won a ring, then led the N.L. in appearances in 1996.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Blaine Beatty, who was drafted four times and appeared in 7 games for the Mets between 1989 and 1991. He later became a pitching coach in the minor leagues.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Erik Pappas, who played in 104 games for the Cubs and Cardinals between 1991 and 1994. He later coached in the minor leagues and represented Greece in the 2004 Athens Olympics at age 57.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Sean Mulligan, who played in two games for the 1996 Padres. He went 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Micah Franklin, who played in 37 games for the 1997 Cardinals and later became a scout and a minor league coach.
Tony Phillips was born OTD in 1959. He made his debut in 1982 and spent 18 years in the bigs, amassing more than 2,000 hits. He passed away in 2016.
4/25/91
With George Brett on the DL for an extended period of time, the Royals sign Terry Puhl as a free agent. He plays 15 games for KC, the final big-league action of his career.
4/25/95
The Rangers sign Billy Hatcher as a free agent.
He plays six games before being released and signing with the Royals.
He spends the rest of the year in Triple-A and his career is over.
4/25/95
Cleveland signs Bud Black as a free agent.
He goes 4-2 in his final year in the bigs.
4/25/95
The White Sox sign Barry Lyons as a free agent.
He hits .266 in 27 games at the big league level and his career is over.
4/25/95
The Reds sign Nigel Wilson as a free agent.
He plays in five games at the big-league level and spends 1996 in the Cleveland organization before heading to Japan for six years.
4/25/96
The Marlins sign Donn Pall as a free agent.
He spends the final three years of his big-league career with Florida.
4/25/97
The Rangers release Eric Anthony.
He signs with the Dodgers and hits .243 in 47 games in his final big-league season.
4/25/95
Quilvio Veras goes 1-for-3 with a stolen base in his big-league debut for the Marlins.
He would lead the N.L. in steals (56) as a rookie and finish 3rd in the Rookie of the Year Balloting.
4/25/95
Antonio Osuna makes his big-league debut against the Marlins and has a bit of a rough go, allowing 5 runs in 2 2/3 IP.
He finishes his rookie year with a 2-3 record and pitches until 2005.
4/25/95
Mike Myers throws a scoreless 9th in his big-league debut for the Marlins.
He goes 1-0 as a rookie and pitches until 2007 as a LOOGY.
4/25/90
The National League places umpire Bob Engel on leave of abscence after he was charged with stealing seven boxes of baseball cards from a Target in California.
He eventually pleads no contest and retires.
4/25/90
Red Sox speedstar Bill Buckner hits an inside-the-park homer against the Angels. It is his last dinger.
4/25/94
Kramer promises a sick kid that Paul O’Neill will get five hits and he does, going 5-for-5 in an 11-1 Yankees win over the Angels.
4/25/94
Cito Gaston draws a three-game suspension from the American League for bumping umpire Rick Reed during an April 15th game against the Angels.
4/25/95
Opening Day finally arrives after the players strike.
4/25/97
Matt Williams homers thrice and David Justice adds two as Cleveland beats Milwaukee 11-4.
Cleveland hits 8 homers in the game.
4/25/97
Ken Griffey, Jr. homers thrice in a 13-8 win over the Blue Jays.
The three dingers give Junior a major league-leading 13 and set an April record.
4/25/97
Barry Bonds goes 0-for-3 and does not draw a walk in a 5-4 loss to the Astros.
It is the first and only time he does not reach base in April.
4/25/98
Cal Ripken Jr. drives in three to lead the Orioles over Oakland 8-2. It is Ripken’s 2,500th straight game.
4/25/99
The Yankees unveil a Joe DiMaggio monument ay Yankee Stadium. The Yankee Clipper passed away on March 8th.
4/25/90
The Rangers release Craig McMurtry after he posts an 11.57 E.R.A. in his first two outings. He re-signs with Texas in May.
4/25/90
The Expos release Joe Hesketh. He splits the rest of the year between Atlanta and Boston.
4/25/94
The Yankees release Bob Ojeda and his career is over.
He finishes his career with 115 wins and a ring.
4/25/93
The Mets and Padres get into it after Todd Hundley accuses Gary Sheffield of peeking at signs.
4/25/94
An MRI reveals ligament and cartlidge damage to Dwight Gooden’s right big toe. He is limited to just four more starts for the rest of the season.
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