April 8th in 1990s Baseball

1990s Baseball Birthdays
Gary Carter 1992 Donruss Baseball Card

The Kid was born OTD in 1954

Rich Batchelor 1994 Cardinals baseball card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Rich Batchelor, who made his debut with the 1993 Cardinals and spent parts of three seasons in the bigs, winning five games.
He also pitches in Japan.

Happy 1990s Birthday to Pete Walker, who spent parts of eight seasons in the bigs, winning 20 games, and later became a pitching coach.

Happy 1990s Birthday to Kirk Dressendorfer, who went 3-3 for the 1991 A’s.

Francisco Matos 1995 Pacific Baseball Card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Francisco Matos, who played 14 games for the 1994 A’s.

Eddie Priest 1994 Stadium Club Baseball Card

Happy 1990s Birthday to Eddie Priest, who went 0-1 in two games for the 1998 Reds. He recorded one strikeout in his career. It was Barry Bonds.

1990s Baseball Trades
Mark Whiten 1995 Collectors Choice Baseball Card

4/8/95
Boston trades Scott Cooper, Cory Bailey, and a PTBNL to the Cardinals for Mark Whiten and Rheal Cormier.
Whiten hits .185 in 32 games for Boston and is sent to Philadelphia in July for Dave Hollins.
Cooper hits .230 with 3 homers in 118 games for the Cards.

4/8/98
The Royals trade Mike Macfarlane to Oakland for a player to be named later and Shane Mack.

1990s Baseball Player Signings
Rick Leach 1990 Mothers Cookies Baseball Card

4/8/90
The Giants sign Rick Leach as a free agent.
He spends his final year in the big leagues in San Francisco and hits .293 in 78 games.

4/8/90
The Tigers sign Mark Salas as a free agent.
He hits .232 in 74 games for Detroit and wraps up his career with the Tigers the following season.

Jim Abbott 1995 Fleer Baseball Card

4/8/95
The White Sox sign Jim Abbott as a free agent.
He goes 6-4 in 17 starts and is traded back to the Angels in July.

John Burkett 1995 Bowman Baseball Card

4/8/95
The Marlins sign John Burkett to a two-year deal with $6.8 million.
He goes 14-14 in 1995 and is traded to Texas midway through the 1996 season.

4/8/95
The Marlins sign Bobby Witt to a free agent deal worth $1.8 million.
He goes 2-7 in 19 starts and is traded back to Texas in August.

Mike Devereaux 1995 Collectors Choice Baseball Card

4/8/95
The White Sox sign Mike Devereaux as a free agent.
He hits .306 in 92 games and is traded to Atlanta in August, where he wins a ring.

4/8/95
The Royals sign Tom Browning to a free agent deal.
The former Reds lefty was limimted to seven starts in 1994 after breaking his arm.
He goes 0-2 in two starts for KC.

Kevin Brown 1995 Fleer Baseball Card

4/8/95
The Orioles sign Kevin Brown to a one-year deal worth $4,225,000.
He goes 10-9 in his lone season in Baltimore.

Orel Hershiser 1995 Collectors Choice Baseball Card

4/8/95
Cleveland signs Orel Hershiser as a free agent.
He goes 45-21 over three seasons in Clevaland and moves on to the Giants.

Mike Jackson 1995 Reds Baseball Card

4/8/95
The Reds sign Mike Jackson as a free agent.
He goes 6-1 with two saves in his lone season in Cincinnati.

Chris James 1995 Score Baseball Card

4/8/95
The Royals sign Chris James as a free agent.
He splits the year between KC and Boston and his career is over.

4/8/95
The Orioles sign Doug Jones as a free agent.
He records 22 saves in his lone season in Baltimore and signs with the Cubs in 1996.

Chad Kreuter 1995 Mothers Cookies Baseball CArd

4/8/95
The Mariners sign Chad Kreuter as a free agent.
He appears in 26 games for the M’s and signs with the White Sox for 1996.

Mike MacFarlane 1995 Fleer Baseball Card

4/8/95
The Red Sox sign Mike Macfarlane as a free agent.
He hits .225 in 115 games in Boston and returns to Kansas City in 1996

Terry Mulholland 1995 Upper Deck Baseball Card

4/8/95
The Giants sign Terry Mulholland as a free agent.
He goes 5-13 and returns to Philadelphia in 1996.

Chris Nabholz 1995 Cubs Baseball Card

4/8/95
The Cubs sign Chris Nabholz as a free agent.
He goes 0-1 in 34 games and his major league career is over.

Jeff Parrett 1996 Fleer Baseball Card

4/8/95
The Cardinals sign Jeff Parrett as a free agent.
He goes 4-7 in 59 games and returns to St. Louis for 1996 before finishing the year in Philadelphia.

Todd Pratt 1995 Cubs police baseball card

4/8/95
The Cubs sign Todd Pratt as a free agent.
He plays in 25 games at the major league level for Chicago.

4/8/95
The A’s sign Dave Stewart as a free agent.
He goes 3-7 in his final season and retires.

Larry Walker 1995 Bowman baseball card

4/8/95
Larry Walker leaves Montreal to sign a four-year deal with the Rockies worth $22 million.
The Expos projected payroll for 1995 stands at $10 million.

Bill Swift 1995 Rockies Police Card

4/8/95
Bill Swift signs a three-year deal with the Rockies worth $13.1 million.
He wins 14 games over the length of the deal and returns to Seattle for his final season in 1998.

1990s Baseball Debuts
Jeff Bagwell 1991 Upper Deck Baseball Card

4/8/91
Jeff Bagwell goes 0-for-3 against the Reds in his big-league debut.
He collects his first hit he following day and winds up in Cooperstown.

Darryl Kile 1991 Fleer Baseball Card

4/8/91
Darryl Kile throws a scoreless inning against the Reds in his big-league debut.
He wins seven games as a rookie.

Mike Timlin 1991 Classic II Baseball Card

4/8/91
Mike Timlin throws a scoreless inning in relief against Boston in his big-league debut.
He goes 11-6 as a rookie, mostly out of the bullpen, and pitches until 2008.

Brian Jordan 1992 Bowman Baseball Card

4/8/92
Brian Jordan goes 2-for-5 with 4 RBI against the Mets in his big-league debut.
He hits .207 in his first season with 5 dingers and 22 RBI for the Cardinals.

Pat Listach 1992 Donruss Baseball Card

4/8/92
Pat Listach makes his big-league debut for Milwaukee as a pinch-runner.
He gets his first start on April 12th and wins Rookie of the Year honors.

4/8/94
Chan Ho Park allows two runs in a inning against Atlanta in his big-league debut.
He makes just one more appearance at the major league level in 1994.

4/9/94
Michael Jordan goes hitless for Double-A Birmingham in his professional baseball debut. The Chattanooga lookouts win the game 10-3.

1990s Baseball Big Days

4/8/91
The Reds receive their 1990 World Series rings.

Nolan Ryan and Goose Gossage 1992 Pacific Baseball Card

4/8/91
Nolan Ryan and Goose Gossage both pitch for the Texas Rangers in a 5-4 loss to Milwaukee.
It is the first time in major league history that a 300-game winner and a teammate with 300 saves pitch in the same game.

Cecil Fielder 1992 Classic Baseball Card

4/8/92
Cecil Fielder homers twice and drives in 6 but the Tigers lose to Toronto 10-9.

Carlos_Baerga_1993_homers

4/8/93
Carlos Baerga becomes the first player in history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning.
The shots come in the 7th inning of a 15-5 win over the Yankees.

Larry Walker 1993 Donruss Baseball Card

4/8/93
Montreal scores 14 runs in the first three innings at Riverfront Stadium and then holds on for a 14-11 win.
Larry Walker hits the only home run for the Expos and the teams combine to use 12 pitchers.

4/8/94
Kent Mercker no-hits the Dodgers, 6 – 0, and strikes out 10.
It is Mercker’s first CG in his 185th appearance.

Kirby Puckett 1994 Collectors Choice Baseball card

4/8/94
Kirby Puckett goes 5-for-6 with a double and four RBI in a losing effort against Oakland.

4/8/96
In the aftermath of John McSherry’s death, Eric Gregg takes a leave of absence to lose weight.

Mike Piazza 1998 Circa Boss Baseball Card

4/8/98
Mike Piazza breaks off contract negotiations with the Dodgers after reportedly turning down a contract offer that would have been the richest in baseball history.
L.A. trades him and Todd Zeile to the Marlins in May and they send him to the Mets eigt days later.

1990s Baseball Injuries
Derek Bell 1992 Bowman Baseball Card

4/8/92
Derek Bell breaks a bone in his left wrist when he is hit by a Frank Tanana pitch.
The injury keeps him out of the lineup for a month.

Ray Knight 1996 Reds Baseball Card

4/8/96
Reds manager Ray Kight suffers a concussion as a result of a skiing accident.

Kerry Wood 1999 Bowman Baseball Card

4/8/99
Kerry Wood undergoes Tommy John surgery and missses all of 1999.
He returns in 2000 and goes 8-7 in 23 starts.

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