June 18th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Andres Galarraga, who made his debut with Montreal in 1985 and hit 399 homers over 19 seasons in the bigs.
The man could hit.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Dave Leiper, who won 12 games with 7 saves over eight seasons in the bigs.
His brother, Tim, managed in the minor leagues.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Russ McGinnis, who played college ball at Oklahoma and spent parts on two seasons in the bigs with the Rangers and Royals.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Sandy Alomar, who won Rookie of the Year in 1990, was a six-time All-Star, and won a Gold Glove.
Happy 1990 Birthday to Felix Heredia, who won a ring with the Marlins in 1997 and pitched in the bigs for 10 years with six teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jeremy Powell, who won 5 games for the Expos from 1998 through 2000 and also pitched for 8 years in Japan. He later became a minor league coach.
6/18/90
Detroit trades Tracy Jones to Seattle for Darnell Coles.
6/18/95
The Orioles trade Andy Van Slyke to the Phillies for Gene Harris.
Slick hits .243 in 63 games for Philoadelphia and retires at the end of the season.
6/18/96
Detroit trades John Flaherty and Chris Gomez to the Padres for Russ Spear, Brad Ausmus and Andujar Cedeno.
6/18/91
Scott Kamieniecki picks up the win against the Blue Jays in his big-league debut.
He goes six and allows just two runs.
He spends 10 years in the bigs and wins 53 games.
6/18/90
Trevor Wilson and Jeff Brantley combine to allow just one run to beat the Padres 2-1. It is the Giants’ 16th win in 17 June games.
They would drop 6 of their next 7.
6/18/92
Gary Sheffield homers twice and drives in six as the Padres beat the Giants 9-4.
It is one of seven times that Sheffield drives in 6 or more in a game.
6/18/93
Dennis Martinez beats the Braves in Montreal to record his 200th career win. He would finish with 245.
6/18/94
The Reds take a 3-0 lead into the 7th inning and score 13 runs in the final three frames to beat Atlanta 16-0.
Barry Larkin collects four hits and Reggie Sanders, Bret Boone, and Brian Dorsett each drive in three.
6/18/94
Danny Jackson allows three runs over six innings and also drives in 5 as the Phillies beat the Expos 8-4.
6/18/96
Brad Radke has a perfect game going with two outs in the 7th and he has thrown just 56 pitches before he allows a double to Paul O’Neill and a homer to Tino Martinez.
He goes from a perfect game to the losing pitcher as Kenny Rogers and John Wetteland shut out the Twins 2-0.
6/16/96
Mike Lansing homers twice and drives in 7 in a 12-8 Expos win over the Rockies.
6/18/96
Omar Vizquel homers and drives in 6 in a 9-7 win over the Red Sox.
6/18/96
Brant Brown goes 4-for-6 with three homers in a doubleheader split with the Dodgers at Wrigley Field.
6/18/98
Brant Brown homers thrice and drives in 5 as the Cubs beat the Phillies 12-5.
6/18/99
Mike Morgan beats the Red Sox 4-1 at Fenway. It was the first time he had pitched at Fenway Park since 1979.
6/18/90
The Expos select Rolando Roomes off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.
He plays in 16 games for Montreal and his big-league career is over.
6/18/96
The Reds release Vince Coleman.
He signs with the Angels and spends the rest of the year in the minor leagues before finishing up with Detroit in 1997.
6/18/97
Dennis Martinez announces his retirement.
6/18/90
Tests reveal that Paul Molitor has a fractured knuckle on his left index finger. The injury sidelines him until July 30th.
6/18/91
Dave Dravecky has his cancerous left arm amputated in a four hour procedure.
We lost Jack Buck OTD in 2002
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