June 20th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Dickie Thon, who had a promising career ahead of him until he was hit in the eye with a pitch.
He still played in the bigs for 15 years and had more than 1,000 hits.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Gary Varsho, who won back to back stolen base titles in the Eastern League and spent eight years in the bigs with four teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Grace, who was enjoying a potential breakout year in 1996 when he started 6-0 with a 2.34 E.R.A. before getting hurt in June and missing the rest of the season.
He returned in August of 1997 but was never the same.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Paul Bako, who played in the bigs for 11 teams over 12 seasons.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Juan Castro, who spent 17 years in the bigs with five teams, primarily with the Reds and Dodgers.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Rickey Cradle, who appeared in five games for the Mariners in 1998. He collected one hit, a 2-RBI single off Darryl Kile.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Carlos Lee, who made his debut with the White Sox in 1999 and hit 358 homers over 14 seasons.
Carlos was a three-time All-Star and won two Silver Sluggers.
6/20/91
Ivan Rodriguez goes 1-for-4 with a two-RBI double off of Melido Perez in his big-league debut.
He spends 21 years in the major leagues and ends up in Cooperstown.
Pudge was supposed to get married in between games of a minor-league doubleheader in Tulsa but the wedding was put on hold.
6/20/97
Aaron Boone goes 1-for-3 with an RBI single off Matt Morris in his big-league debut.
6/20/94
Umpires Dana DeMuth, Tom Hallion, Paul Runge, and Angel Hernandez work the Braves/Mets game wearing shorts and Braves T-shirts and caps after their regular equipment does not arrive at the ballpark. Atlanta wins the game 7 – 3.
6/20/90
Terry Steinbach homers and drives in 6 in a 12-7 win over Detroit.
6/20/92
Kelly Saunders fills in for Baltimore’s Rex Barney becoming only the second woman to be a public address announcer at a major league game.
6/20/95
Marlins reliever Terry Mathews picks up a win and also goes 3-for-3 with 2 RBI in a 7-2 win over the Rockies.
6/20/95
Lee Smith saves the Angels’ 3-2 win over the Royals and sets a major league record with his 18th save in 18 opportunities.
The streak streak will end on June 28th.
6/20/96
The Indians beat the Red Sox 5-4 for their 13th straight win. Jim Thome’s game-tying home run off Roger Clemens gives the Tribe at least one homer in 17 straight games.
6/20/98
The Indians retire Bob Lemon’s uniform number 21 prior to the team’s 5 – 3 loss to the Yankees.
6/20/99
Carl Everett homers twice and drives in six in an 11-3 Astros win over the Marlins.
6/20/91
The Angels and Tigers exchange beanballs in Detroit and empty the benches.
6/20/91
Joe Rijo breaks his ankle trying to steal a base against the Expos.
He misses a month but still wins 15 games.
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