January 9th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Otis Nixon, who debuted with the Yankees in 1983 and spent 17 years in the bigs with nine teams, racking up 620 SBs along the way.
He led all of baseball in SBs for the decade with 478.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Stan Javier, who debuted with the Yankees in 1984 and spent 17 years in the bigs with eight teams, wrapping up his career in 2001 with the Mariners.
Stan won a ring with the 1989 A’s.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Tom Kramer, who pitched in 43 games for Cleveland in 1991 and 1993, winning 7 games, including a one-hitter in 1993.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Domingo Jean, who appeared in 10 games for the 1993 Yankees and was the last Yankee to wear #42 before Mariano Rivera.
He only spent one year in the bigs, but he pitched until 2003.
Happy 1990s Birthday to T.J. Mathews, who debuted with the Cardinals in 1995 and was sent to Oakland in the Mark McGwire trade in 1997.
T.J. pitched in the bigs for 8 seasons, winning 32 games and saving 16.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jay Powell, who was the 19th overall pick in the 1993 draft and pitched in the bigs for 11 seasons, winning 36 games and saving 22.
He was the winning pitcher for the Marling in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series, but broke his arm during a game in July of 2005 and his career was over.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Aaron Holbert, who appeared in 23 games for the Cardinals and Reds in 1996 and 2005.
Holbert was known for his glove but hit just .200 in limited major league action and later became a minor league manager.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Ken Cloude, who won 16 games for the Mariners between 1997 and 1999 but had his career cut short due to arm problems.
1/9/90
The Angels trade minor leaguer Colin Charland and Jeff Manto to Cleveland for Scott Bailes.
1/9/96
The Braves trade Mike Kelly to the Reds for a PTBNL and Chad Fox. The Reds send Ray King to Atlanta to complete the deal.
Kelly hits .265 in parts of two seasons with the Reds and is selected byt Tampa Bay in the expansion draft prior to the 1998 season.
1/9/96
The A’s trade Todd Stottlemyre to the Cardinals for minor leaguer Bret Wagner, Allen Battle, Carl Dale and Jay Witasick.
Stottlemyre wins 14 games for the Cards in 1996.
1/9/91
The Pirates sign Curt Wilkerson to a one-year free agent deal.
He plays in 85 games for the Bucs and sign with the Royals in the offseason.
1/9/97
The Tigers sign Vince Coleman to a minor league deal with a spring training invite.
He appears in six games and his major league career is over.
1/9/97
The Yankees sign Mark Whiten to a one-year free agent deal worth $1 million.
He hits .265 with 5 homers in 69 games and finishes his career with Cleveland.
1/9/97
The Angels sign Shigetoshi Hasegawa to a one-year deal.
Hasegawa comes over from Japan and pitches in the bigs for nine years, winning 45 games for the Angels and Seattle.
1/9/98
The Astros sign Pete Schourek to a minor league deal with a spring training invite.
He goes 7-6 with Houston before being sold to the Red Sox in September.
1/9/98
The White Sox sign Ruben Sierra as a free agent.
He hits .216 in 27 games at the major league level, plays independant ball in 1999 and returns to the bigs in 2000 with the Rangers.
1/9/90
Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are elected to the Hall of Fame
1/9/95
Mike Schmidt, who hit 548 home runs and won three MVP Awards in 18 years with the Philadelphia Phillies, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1/9/2007
Cal Ripken, Jr. and Tony Gwynn are elected to the Hall of Fame.
Powered by BlueHostÂ
Monetize your website with Monumetric!