April 29th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Sterling Hitchcock, who won 55 games between 1995 and 1999 and 74 overall in his 13 year career.
Happy 1990s Birthday to John Vander Wal, who played for Team U.S.A. in college, made his debut with the Expos in 1991 and spent 14 years in the bigs.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Tony Saunders, who was the Rays’ first pick in the expansion draft but had his career cut short when he broke his arm while throwing a pitch in a game in 1999.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Josh Booty, who played in 13 games for the Marlins over three seasons and was also a backup QB for the Cleveland Browns, though he never played in a game.
Happy 1990s Birthday to J.R. Phillips, who spent seven years in the bigs, primarily with the Giants, and hit 28 dingers in 1995.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Steve Crawford, who was undrafted, made his debut with the Red Sox in 1980 and pitched until 1991.
He won 30 games and saved 19, including a career-high 12 in 1985.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Louie Meadows, who was a 2nd-round draft pick out of North Carolina and spent four years in the bigs with the Astros and Phillies.
He also pulled off a rare feat in 1989 when he had more RBI (10) than hits (9).
Happy 1990s Birthday to Wes Gardner, who showed much promise as a closer in the minor leagues but suffered a shoulder injury on Opening Day in 1986 and missed the rest of the season. He returned in 1987, recorded 10 saves, and pitched until 1991.
4/29/90
The Angels trade Rich Monteleone and Claudell Washington to the Yankees for Luis Polonia.
Washington finishes his 17-year career with the Yankees and retires after 1990.
4/29/99
The Brewers sign Hideo Nomo as a free agent after he was released by the Cubs on April 23rd.
He goes 12-8 for the Brewers and signs with the Tigers in 2000.
4/29/95
Andy Pettitte allows two earned runs in 2/3 of an inning against the Royals in his big-league debut.
He throws a scoreless inning the following day and goes 12-9 as a rookie.
4/29/95
Brad Radke allows 3 runs in three inning of relief against Baltimore in his big-league debut.
He goes 11-14 as a rookie and wins 148 games over 12 seasons in the bigs.
4/29/95
Esteban Loaiza gets a win in his big league debut, a 3-2 victory over the Phillies.
Loaiza starts the game and goes five, allowing one un-earned run.
He leads the N.L. in games started with 31 as a rookie.
4/29/95
LaTroy Hawkins has a rough big-league debut, allowing 7 rins in 1 2/3 innings against Baltimore.
He goes on to pitch for 21 years
4/29/99
Kyle Farnsworth allows one run over six innings and gets the win against the Marlins in his big-league debut.
He wins 5 games as a rookie and pitches until 2014.
4/29/93
John Olerud goes 5-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI in an 8-0 Toronto win over the Royals.
4/29/94
Kirk Rueter becomes the first pitcher since Fernando Valenzuela in 1981 to start his career with a 10-0 record as Montreal beats the Pirates, 3 – 1.
He earns no-decisions in his next three starts and is handed his first loss on May 21.
4/29/94
Andres Galarraga’s double in the 5th inning scores Howard Johnson and gives him 30 RBI in April, which sets an N.L. record.
Dale Murphy and Ron Cey shared the previous record of 29.
4/29/95
Jon Nunnally hits a home run in his first major league at-bat, a solo shot off Melido Perez.
He is the 73rd player to accomplish the feat.
4/29/96
John Franco becomes the first lefty to record 300 saves.
He retires after the 2005 season with 424 saves.
4/29/97
Brooks Kieschnick homers twice and drives in six as the Cubs beat the Expos 14-8.
Steve Tachsel gives up 7 runs on four homers in 5 innings and gets the win.
4/29/97
Chili Davis becomes the 75th major leaguer to hit 300 home runs.
He finishes with an even 350.
4/29/98
Ben Grieve goes 5-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI as the A’s beat Cleveland 11-4.
He would hit .288 with 18 homers and win Rookie of the Year.
4/29/98
Albert Belle homers twice and drives in four as the White Sox hammer the Orioles 16-7.
The Sox score 4 in the 3rd, 4 in the 5th, and 6 in the 7th.
4/29/98
Delino DeShields goes 3-for-6 in a 13-7 Cardinals win over the Expos to raise his batting average to .395.
He collects at least one hit in 20 of the Cardinals’ 22 APril games and end the month at .389.
4/29/99
Andy Sheets hits a slam to cap a 7-run first inning off Roy Halladay and the Angels beat the Blue Jays 17-1.
Halladay gives up 11 runs (all earned) on 9 hits in 2 1/3 innings of work.
4/29/99
Ken Griffey Jr. homers twice and drives in six as the Mariners beat Detroit 22-6.
It is the 10th time in April that a MLB player drives in six or more runs in a game and the pace doesn’t slow down.
By the end of the year, it happens 48 times.
4/29/99
The Royals lead Baltimore 8-5 heading into the 9th and tack on seven more with Carlos Febles’ solo homer capping the scoring.
Heath Slocumb takes on for the team and pitches the entire inning, allowing 7 earned runs on 6 hits.
4/29/90
Faced with the prospect of heading to the disabled list, Dan Quisenberry opts to retire.
He finishes his career as the all-time American League saves leader with 238.
4/29/94
The Mets purchase Roger Mason from the Phillies.
Mason goes 2-4 for the Mets and his big-league career is over.
He finishes with 22 wins and 13 saves over nine seasons.
4/29/94
The Mariners release Bobby Thigpen.
He spends the rest of 1994 and all of 1995 in Japan before returning to the minor leagues in 1996 with the White Sox but he never pitches in the bigs again.
4/29/90
In just his second start of the season, Danny Jackson is struck just bwloe the elbow by a line drive off the bat of Junior Noboa and misses a month.
4/29/98
A Frank Thomas line drive deflects off Norm Charlton’s glove and breaks the reliever’s nose.
Charlton returns to the mound three days later.
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