January 13th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Kevin Mitchell, who won a ring with the 1986 Mets, an MVP with the Giants in 1989, and hit 234 homers over 13 seasons in the bigs.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Billy Jo Robidoux, who played in the bigs for six seasons with the Brewers, White Sox, and Red Sox.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jose Nunez, who won 9 games for the Blue Jays and Cubs between 1987 and 1990.
Kevin Foster was born OTD in 1969 in Evanston, IL. He was a 29th round draft pick of the Expos and won 32 games for the Phillies, Cubs, and Rangers between 1993 and 2001. Kevin passed away in 2008. He was just 39 years old.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Orlando Miller, who played in four seasons in the bigs for the Astros and Tigers between 1994 and 1997. He played in China and in Independent ball until 2008.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Elmer Dessens, who pitched in the bigs in 14 seasons for nine teams, winning 52 games and saving 5. He also pitched in Mexico and Japan and later became a pitching coach.
1/13/92
The Giants sign Cory Snyder as a free agent.
He hits .269 with 14 homers in 124 games and signs with the Dodgers in the offseason.
1/13/93
The Giants sign Todd Benzinger to a one-year free agent deal worth $500,000 plus incentives.
He spends the final three big-league seasons of his career in San Francisco.
1/13/93
The Dodgers sign Lee Guetterman as a free agent.
He is released at the end of Spring Training and hooks on with the Cardinals, going 3-3 with a 2.93 E.R.A.
1/13/93
The Rangers sign Craig Lefferts as a free agent.
He goes 3-9 with the Rangers and wraps up his major league career with the Angels in 1994.
1/13/93
The Rangers sign Gary Redus to a two-year free agent deal worth $1 million.
Redus hits .286 with 6 homers in 95 games over two seasons and his major league career is over.
1/13/94
The Yankees sign Daryl Boston as a free agent.
He spends his final big-league season with the Yankees and his career is over.
1/13/94
The Cardinals keep Bernard Gilkey by signing him to a new deal worth $1,635,000, quite a raise from the $200,000 he made in 1993. Gilkey hits .253 in 105 games in 1994.
1/13/94
The Twins sign Jim Deshaies to a one-year free agent deal worth $575,000.
1/13/94
The Angels sign Craig Lefferts to a one-year free agent deal worth $400,000 plus incentives.
1/13/96
The Marlins sign Cuban pitcher Livan Hernandez to a four-year $4.5 million contract, which includes a record $2.5 million bonus.
1/13/98
The Mets sign Masato Yoshii as a free agent.
He goes 6-8 as a rookie after coming over from Japan and pitches in the bigs until 2002.
1/13/90
The West team beats the East team 21-13 in the Hula Bowl. The game features a high visibility football developed by Charlie Finley.
1/13/90
Arizona State University retires #44 in honor of Reggie Jackson even though Reggie wore #24 when he played at A.S.U.
He wore 44 with the Yankees and the A’s at the end of his career.
1/13/95
Baseball’s executive council approves the use of replacement players for spring training and regular season games.
No one, including the owners, thinks this is a good idea.
1/13/93
The Brewers purchase Bill Doran from the Reds.
Doran plays in just 28 games and the major league level and his career is over.
1/13/99
MLB owners approve the sale of the Florida Marlins to John Henry for $150 million.
1/13/91
Royals outfielder Bo Jackson injures his hip in an NFL playoff game and he is never the same.
We lost Mel Stottlemyre OTD in 2019.
We lost Doug Harvey OTD in 2018.
We lost Johnny Podres OTD in 2008.
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