June 23rd in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Marty Barrett, who debuted with the Red Sox in 1982 and wrapped up his career with the Padres in 1991. He also scored the winning run in the 1981 31-inning minor league game between Pawtucket and Rochester. He later coached and managed in the minor leagues.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jim Deshaies, who pitched in the bigs from 1984 through 1995. winning 84 games. He holds the record for the most career at-bats (373) without an extra-base hit.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Chris Beasley, who pitched in 22 games for the Angels in 1991.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Walker, who pitched in 5 games for the 1992 Mariners.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Hensley Meulens, who was a big power-hitting prospect in the minor leagues, but had trouble translating that to the bigs. Still, he spent parts of seven seasons in the bigs and later became a hitting coach.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Juan Castillo, who pitched in 2 games for the Mets in 1994.
6/23/93
The Expos trade Archi Cianfrocco to the Padres for Tim Scott.
Cianfrocco finishes his career with the Pads. His final year in the bigs is 1998.
6/23/98
Detroit trades Bip Roberts to the A’s for a PTBNL.
Bip hits .280 in 61 games for Oakland and his career is over.
6/23/98
The Diamondbacks trade Russ Springer to the Braves for Alan Embree.
6/23/96
The Braves sign Mark Whiten, who had been released by the Phillies earlier in the month.
He hits .256 in 36 games before being traded to Seattle in August.
6/23/99
The Rays sign Jim Morris as a free agent.
Great story. Someone should make a movie about it.
6/23/93
Aaron Sele allows just one unearned run in 7 innings against the Twins and gets the win in his big-league debut. He goes 7-2 as a rookie and wins 148 games over 15 seasons.
6/23/95
Tim Crabtree throws a scoreless 1/3 of an inning against the Yankees in his big-league debut. He spends seven years in the major leagues and wins 21 games with 9 saves.
6/23/95
Ryan Karp allows one runs in two innings of work against the Cardinals in his big-league debut. It is the only major league game he pitches in 1995. He appears in 15 games for the Phillies in 1997.
6/23/95
Ricardo Jordan allows two runs in 1 1/3 IP against the Yankees in his big-league debut. He pitches in the bigs in four seasons and wins four games while recording one save.
6/23/95
Dan Masteller goes 0-for-3 against the Royals in his big-league debut. He hits .237 in 71 games for Minnesota in his only major league season.
6/23/95
Chris Widger goes 0-for-2 against the Angels in his big-league debut. He spends 10 years in the majors and wins a ring with the White Sox in 2005.
6/23/96
Dale Polley throws 2/3 scoreless against Cleveland in his big-league debut. He goes 1-3 in 1996, his only season at the major league level.
6/23/99
Chad Harville throws 1 1/3 scoress innings of relief against the Rangers in his big-league debut. He appears in 15 games for Oakland in 1999 and returns to the bigs in 2001.
6/23/94
In the Giants’ 7-5 loss to the Reds, San Francisco reliever Pat Gomez throws three consecutive wild pitches in the 8th inning and nearly throws a fourth, but C Kirt Manwaring is able to block it.
6/23/95
Denny Neagle throws a 2-hit shutout against Montreal to run his record to 8-3. The Pirates are 9-3 in games Neagle starts, and 10-28 in games he doesn’t.
6/33/90
Henry Cotto goes 3-for-6 with 2 RBI and four stolen bases in an 8-6 extra-inning win over the Rangers.
6/23/91
Roberto Kelly goes 5-for-5 and drives in 3 in an 11-2 Yankees win over the Twins.
6/23/92
Cal Ripken Jr homers twice and drives in four as the Orioles beat the Brewers 7-1. Cal is on a bit of a heater. He extends his hitting streak to a modest 11 games and is hitting .489 during the streak.
6/23/92
Harold Baines doubles and homers as part of a 10-run 3rd inning for the A’s en route to a 12 – 2 win over Seattle.
6/23/93
Vinny Castilla and Danny Sheaffer drive in 5 runs each as the Rockies beat the Reds 15-5.
The Reds won 16-13 the day before because Coors Field.
6/23/93
Vince Coleman goes 0-for-4 with a walk and 4 stolen bases in a 4-3 loss to the Expos. Three days later, he goes 0-for-1 with 4 SBs against the Cardinals.
6/23/94
Bobby Witt throws a one-hit shutout and strikes out 14 in a 4-0 win over the Royals. He narrowly misses a perfect game. Umpire Gary Cederstrom calls Greg Gagne safe on a close play at first in the 6th, but replays show that Gagne was out.
6/23/94
Jay Buhner hits for the cycle in the Mariners’ 8-7, 14-inning win over Oakland. He is the first Mariner to hit for the cycle.
6/23/95
Charles Johnson homers and drives in 6 as the Marlins beat the Reds 16-4.
Florida bangs out 17 hits in the game.
6/23/95
Gary Disarcina goes 4-for-5 to pace a 14-hit, 13-run Angels attack in a 14-4 win over Seattle.
6/23/96
Dwight Gooden wins his 4th straight start and the Yankees complete a four-game sweep of the Indians in Cleveland for the first time since 1964.
6/23/97
Curt Schilling strikes out a career-high 13 in seven innings of work in a 9-3 Phillies win over the Marlins.
6/23/97
David Cone strikes out 16 over eight innings as the Yankees beat Detroit 5-2.
6/23/97
Steve Finley homers thrice and Wally Joyner adds two more as the Padres beat the Giants, 11 – 6.
6/23/98
Texas takes a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the 5th and explodes for 11 runs to beat Arizona 16-5.
They send 14 men to the plate with Rusty Greer’s slam capping the scoring.
6/23/92
The Angels release Lance Parrish.
He signs with Seattle five days later and hits .234 with 8 homers in 69 games.
6/23/93
The Phillies, owners of the best record in baseball, extend the contracts of GM Lee Thomas and Manager Jim Fregosi.
The team reaches the World Series, falling to Toronto in six games.
6/23/96
The White Sox DFA Joe Magrane and his career is over.
Magrane finished 2nd in the 1987 ROY race for the Cardinals and won 18 games in 1989, but elbow problems scuttled his career.
6/23/94
West Palm Beach Expo Steve Gill’s hard slide into Charlotte Rangers catcher Daryl Kennedy at home plate triggers a bench-clearing brawl during a Class A Florida State League game. The fight results in a record $4,425 in fines and 44 suspensions. With both benches and bullpens emptying, the only players who escape without fines or suspensions are either in the clubhouse or not at the game. Suspensions were staggered so no more than two players and a pitcher on each time are suspended at any time. Charlotte wins the game 3-1.
6/23/94
The Phillies place Lenny Dykstra on the DL after he undergoes an emergency appendectomy. He misses 5 weeks.
6/23/95
Cleveland places Orel Hershiser on the DL with a lower back sprain.
He returns to the rotation on July 9th.
6/23/95
Cal Eldred undergoes a three-hour elbow surgery to repair ligament damage.
He returns to the mound in July of 1996.
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