January 22nd in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jeff Treadway, who spent nine years in the bigs with five teams and later became a minor league manager.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Javier Ortiz, who appeared in 160 games for the Astros in 1990 and 1991.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Wayne Kirby, who finished 4th in the Rookie of the Year race in 1993 and spent 8 years in the bigs with Cleveland, the Mets, and the Dodgers. He later coached in the Orioles, Padres, and Mets organizations.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Kevin Higgins, who once played all nine positions in a Triple-A game and appeared in 71 games for the Padres in 1993.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Keith Gordon, who played in 3 games for the 1993 Reds.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jimmy Anderson, who debuted with the Pirates in 1999 and pitched for six years, winning 25 games.
1/22/92
The Tigers trade minor leaguer Randy Marshall and Paul Gibson to the Mets for Mark Carreon and Tony Castillo.
1/22/96
The Mets trade minor leaguer Yudith Ozorio, Erik Hiljus and Eric Ludwick to the Cardinals for Bernard Gilkey.
Gilkey hits .317 with 30 homers in his first season in New York.
1/22/96
The White Sox trade minor leaguer Charles Poe and Andrew Lorraine to Oakland for Danny Tartabull. In his lone season on the South Side, Tartabull hits .254 with 27 homers and drives in 101.
1/22/90
The Giants sign Will Clark to a four-year $15 million contract, making him the highest-paid player in the game.
“He plays like a Hall of Famer and he should be paid like one,” says Giants general manager Al Rosen.
1/22/91
The Braves sign Mike Heath to a two-year, $2 million free agent deal. Heath was declared a free agent after the owners were found guilty of collusion.
1/22/92
The Reds sign Scott Bankhead to a $400,000 free agent deal.
After making just 21 appearances combined in 1990 and 1991, Bankhead pitches in 54 games in 1992, collects 10 wins, and signs with Boston for 1993.
1/22/93
Cleveland signs Tim Crews as a free agent.
Unfortunately, he is killed in a boat accident in spring training.
1/22/93
The Braves sign Jay Howell as a free agent.
He goes 3-3 with a 2.31 E.R.A. in 54 games and finifhes his career with the Rangers in 1994.
1/22/98
Rickey Henderson signs on for a fourth tour of duty with the Oakland A’s.
1/22/91
Gary Carter accepts an invitation to go to Dodgers camp as a non-roster invitee. He makes the team and plays in 101 game before returning to Montreal to finish his career.
1/22/97
Don Mattingly officially announces his retirement at a news conference at Yankee Stadium. He finishes with 2,153 hits, an MVP, nine Gold Gloves, and three Silver Sluggers.
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