June 19th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Bruce Chen, who made his debut with the Braves in 1998 and spent 17 years in the bigs.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jerry Reuss, who pitched in the bigs for 22 years, wrapping up with the Pirates in 1990.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Butch Davis, who spent parts of eight seasons in the bigs with five teams and later became a coach and minor league manager with the Twins and Orioles.
6/19/91
The White Sox sign Ron Kittle as a free agent.
He finishes his career on the South Side and is still very involved with the team.
6/19/93
The Royals sign Gary Gaetti as a free agent.
He had been released by the Angels at the beginning of the month.
He hits .256 in KC with 14 homers and drives in 46.
6/19/94
The Giants sign Darryl Strawberry as a free agent.
He hits .239 with 4 homers in 29 games and signs with the Yanklees in 1995.
6/19/95
The Yankees sign Darryl Strawberry as a free agent.
6/19/91
The Braves and Phillies are engaged in a beanball war and the situation calls for Tom Glavine to throw at Dale Murphy but Glavine takes the high road.
6/19/91
The Cubs/Dodgers game is delayed when Danny Jackson loses a contact lens. After no fewer than eight people scour the pitchers’ mound, the lens is found, and the game resumes.
6/19/90
Gary Carter sets the National League record for games caught with 1,826, passing Al Lopez.
6/19/91
Kirk Gibson’s Grand Slam paces a 20-hit attack as KC hammers the Rangers 15-2.
6/19/93
Cecil Fielder hits his 6th homer of the week and drives in 2 as the Tigers beat the Brewers 10-7.
In 19 games in June, Fielder is htting .333 with 9 homers and 26 RBI.
6/19/93
Rockies pitcher Willie Blair drives in four, as does Alex Cole, to lead Colorado to a 17-3 win over the Padres.
6/19/93
Matt Williams homers and drives in six as the Giants beat Houston 10-3.
6/19/94
Mickey Tettleton’s homer gives Detroit at least one home run in their last 25 games, tying the MLB record.
The streak is snapped the following day when the Tigers lose 7-1 to Cleveland.
6/19/94
Bobby Munoz throws 8 shutout innings and goes 3-for-4 with 2 RBI in a 13-0 Phillies win over the Expos.
6/19/96
John Smoltz takes a perfect game into the 7th before allowing a hit and beat the Padres 5-1 for his 14th straight win.
After losing his first start of the season, Smoltz goes 14-0 with a 1.91 E.R.A.
He loses to the Cardinals in his next start.
6/19/99
Todd Helton hits for the cycle in a 10-2 Rockies win over the Marlins.
6/19/91
The Giants release Rick Reuschel and his career is over.
He finishes with 214 wins over 19 seasons. The man had a solid career.
6/19/92
The Dodgers DFA Kal Daniels.
He is traded to the Cubs on June 27th and finishes his career in Chicago.
6/19/93
Ted Simmons resigns as GM of the Pirates.
The move comes less than a week after he is discharged from the hospital following emergency angioplasty.
6/19/94
Bruce Hurst announces his retirement after 15 seasons.
After undergoing rotator cuff surgery, Hurst was attempting a comeback with the Rangers but posted a 2-1 record with a 7.11 E.R.A. He finishes with 145 wins.
6/19/96
Ozzie Smith announces that he will retire at the end of the 1996 season.
6/19/97
A slumping Bret Boone is sent down to Triple-A Indianapolis and the Reds call up his brother, Aaron to replace him on the roster.
6/19/96
Ken Griffey injures his hand on a swing in a game against Toronto.
The injury keeps him out of the linup until July 14th. Through 67 games, Junior was batting .299 with 23 homers and 60 RBI.
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