April 7th in 1990s Baseball

1990s Baseball Birthdays

Happy 1990s Birthday to Brett Tomko, who made his debut with the Reds in 1997 and spent 14 years in the bigs, winning 100 games.

Adrian Beltre 1999 Fleer Baseball Card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Adrian Beltre, who made his debut with the Dodgers at age 19 and just mashed baseballs for the next 21 years.  

Ricky Bones 1995 SkyBox baseball Card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Ricky Bones, who won four games for San Diego in 1994 and went to Milwaukee in the Gary Sheffield trade.
He spent 11 years in the bigs and won a ring with the Yankees in 1996.

Happy 1990s Birthday to Freddie Benavides, who spent parts of four years in the bigs with the Reds, Rockies, and Expos.

Mark Thompson 1997 Pinnacle Baseball Card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Mark Thompson, who won 18 games for the Rockies and Cardinals between 1994 and 2000.

Happy 1990s Birthday to Ronnie Belliard, who spent 13 years in the bigs with multiple teams. He emjoyed his best seasons with Cleveland in 2005 when he hit .284 with 17 homers and 78 RBI.

Ben Petrick 1999 Fleer Baseball Card

Happy Birthday to Ben Petrick, who spent parts of five seasons in the bigs with the Rockies and Tigers.
He was forced to retire due to Parkinson’s disease.

1990s Baseball Trades
Mitch Williams 1991 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/91
The Cubs trade Mitch Williams to the Phillies for Chuck McElroy and Bob Scanlan.
Williams records 102 saves for Philadelphia over the next three seasons.

1990s Baseball Player Signings
Don Carman 1991 Kahns Baseball Card

4/7/91
The Reds sign Don Carman as a free agent.
He goes 0-2 in 28 games and wraps up his career with Texas in 1992.

Pete Incaviglia 1991 Leaf Baseball Card

4/7/91
The Tigers sign Pete Incaviglia as a free agent.
Inky hits .214 with 11 homers in his lone season for Detroit.

Dave LaPoint 1991 Upper Deck Baseball Card

4/7/91
The Phillies sign Dave LaPoint as a free agent.
He appears in two games and is released in April. He signs with Milwaukee in May and splits the season between the Brewers and Cubs organizations.

Denny Walling 1991 Mothers Cookies Baseball Card

4/7/91
The Rangers sign Denny Walling as a free agent.
He takes BP in the clubhouse, appears in 24 games for the Rangers, and plays for the Astros in 1992.

Ernie Whitt 1991 Leaf Baseball Card

4/7/91
The Orioles sign Ernie Whitt as a free agent.
He plays in 35 games for Baltimore and his career is over.

Mike Aldrete 1992 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/92
Cleveland signs Mike Aldrete as a free agent.
He spends the year in Triple-A and signs with Oakland in 1993.

4/7/93
Cleveland signs Jason Grimsley as a free agent.
He goes 8-6 over the next three seasons in Cleveland and moves on to the Angels in 1996.

4/7/94
The Reds select Pete Schourek off waivers from the Mets.
He wins seven games in 1994 and goes 18-7 in 1995 for the Reds.

Jose DeLeon 1995 Pacific Baseball Card

4/7/95
The White Sox sign Jose DeLeon as a free agent.
He goes 5-3 in 38 games and is traded to Montreal for Jeff Shaw.

Jim Gott 1995 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/95
The Pirates sign Jim Gott as a free agent.
He goes 2-4 with three saves in the final year of his career.

Terry Pendleton 1995 Collectors Choice Baseball Card

4/7/95
The Marlins sign Terry Pendleton as a free agent.
He hits .290 with 14 homers in 133 games.

4/7/95
The Mets sign Pete Harnisch as a free agent.
He goes 10-12 over parts of three seasons in New York before heading to Milwaukee.

4/7/95
The Phillies sign Lenny Webster as a free agent.
He hits .267 in 49 games for the Phils and returns to Montreal in 1996.

1990s Baseball Debuts
Mike Lansing 1993 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/93
Mike Lansing goes 1-for-5 with a double against the Reds in his big-league debut.
He hits .287 in 141 games as a rookie for Montreal.

Darren Dreifort 1994 Dodgers Baseball Card

4/7/94
Darren Dreifort throws a scoreless inning in relief against the Marlins in his big-league debut.
He appears in 27 games before being sent down. He develops shoulder problems and misses the rest of 1994 and all of 1995.

4/7/96
Tough big-league debut for Mike Busby, who gives up 13 runs (8 earned) on 9 hits in 4 innings of work against the Braves. Perhaps he was a bit nervous.
In the top of the 2nd, he walked the leadoff man, got a ground ball, hit the next man, made an error on a sac bunt attempt, then gave up a slam.
It was his only big-league appearance of the season.

Freddy Garcia 1999 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/99
Freddy Garcia picks up a win in his big league debut. He goes 5 2/3 innings against the White Sox and allows two runs.
He goes 17-8 for Seattle as a rookie and finishes 2nd in the Rookie of the Year race.

4/7/99
Scott Schoeneweis has a rough go of it in his big-league debut, allowing five runs in 1/3 of an inning.
He goes 1-1 as a rookie and spends 12 years in the bigs.

4/7/99
Joe Mays throws a scoreless inning against the Blue Jays in his big-league debut for the Twins.
He goes 6-11 as a rookie and spends seven years in the bigs, winning a career-high 17 games in 2001.

1990s Baseball Big Days

4/7/93
The Sandlot debuts in theaters.

Danny Tartabull 1994 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/94
The Yankees score in each of the first eight innings en route to an 18-6 win over the Rangers.
Danny Tartabull goes 4-for-5 and drives in four for New York while Mike Gallego homers twice.

4/7/94
Michael Jordan goes 2-for-4 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field in the Windy City Classic.

Craig Shipley 1996 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/96
Craig Shipley goes 5-for-5 with a dinger and an RBI in a 17-2 Padres win over Houston.
It’s the first of 33 five-hit games in 1996 and the biggest margin of victory in Padres history.

Mark Carreon 1996 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/96
Mark Carreon homers twice and drives in 6 as the Giants beat the Marlins 14-7.

Brian Johnson 1996 Fleer Baseball Card

4/7/96
Brian Johnson goes 3-for-6 with a homer and 5 RBI to lead the Padres to a 17-2 win over the Astros.

4/7/97
Tough day for Dave Burba, who gives up 10 runs (all earned) on 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings of work against the Rockies at Mile High.

Jim Bullinger 1998 Topps Baseball Card

4/7/98
Tough day for Jim Bullinger, who gives up 10 runs (all earned) on 12 hits in 3 1/3 innings of work against the Yankees.
It’s the first of 23 times in 1998 that a pitcher gives up at least 10 runs in a single game.
It’s also Bullinger’s last game in the big leagues.

Rickey Henderson 1999 Fleer Mystique baseball card

4/7/99
Rickey goes 4-for-4 with two homers and four runs scored in a 6-0 Mets win over the Marlins.

1990s Baseball Injuries

4/7/92
Lenny Dykstra breaks a bone in his left wrist when he is hit by a pitch in the first inning. He remains in the game and goes 1-for-3 before heading to the DL.
He returns to the lineup on April 24th.

Pat Listach 1992 Donruss Baseball Card

4/7/92
The Brewers place Bill Spires on the DL and recall Pat Listach from Triple-A Denver.
Listach makes his big-league debut the following day and wins Rookie of the Year.

Nolan Ryan 1992 Leaf Baseball Card

4/7/92
The Rangers place Nolan Ryan on the DL with calf and achilles problems. He returns to the rotation at the end of the month and goes 5-9 in 27 starts.

Andres Galarraga 1992 Leaf Baseball Card

4/7/92
In just his second game with the Cardinals, Andres Galarraga breaks a bone in his right wrist when he is hit by a Wally Whitehurst pitch.
The injury keeps him out of the lineup until the end of May.

4/7/93
Todd Worrell is forced to leave the Dodgers game against the Marlins with forearm tightness.
One of L.A.’s key free agent signings, Worrell is out until the end of May and goes 1-1 with five saves in 35 games.

4/7/96
The Phillies place Darren Daulton on the DL with a lingering knee issue.
It was thought that he may be forced to retire and the injury limits him to just five games in 1996 but he returns in 1997 and wins a ring with the Marlins.

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