June 5th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Ray Lankford, who finished 3rd in the 1991 Rookie of the Year race and spent 14 years in the bigs with the Cardinals and Padres.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Russ Ortiz, who made his debut in 1998 with the Giants and won 21 games for Atlanta in 2001.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Bill Spiers, who went to Clemson and spent 13 years in the bigs and comes from a baseball family.
His father and brother also played at Clemson and his nephew, Carson, got to the big leagues in 2023.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Gene Schall, who appeared in 52 games for the Phillies in 1995 and 1996 and later became a scout.
6/5/97
The Indians trade Ryan Thompson to the Blue Jays for Jeff Manto.
6/5/98
The Reds sign Corky Miller as an amateur free agent.
He spends 11 years in the bigs and never plays more than 39 games in a single season.
I’d take that.
6/5/93
Barry Bonds hangs out with Konishiki, a 576-pound sumo wrestler, in the Giants clubhouse.
6/5/92
Steve Howe agrees to plead guilty to a misdemeanor cocaine charge in return fir the dismissal of a second charge.
He is suspended indefinitely on Juen 8th, his seventh drug-related suspension, but is reinstated in November.
6/5/94
Both Chuck Knoblauch and Tony Phillips hit leadoff homers and add a second dinger.
It is the first time in major league history this has happened. Detroit wins the game, 5 – 3.
6/5/95
Orel Hershiser strikes out nine and throws his first shutout since 1989 as Cleveland beats Detroit 8-0.
6/5/96
The Giants hammer the Reds 15-4 on the strength of 17 hits.
Marvin Benard, Matt Williams, and Shawon Dunston collect three hits each and the Giants do not homer in the game.
6/5/96
Mo Vaughn goes 5-for-6 against the White Sox but Boston wins the game 8-6.
The five knocks raise Vaughn’s batting averge to .365.
6/5/96
Sammy Sosa homers thrice to lead the Cubs to a 9-6 win over the Phillies.
6/5/97
A-Rod hits for the cycle in a 14-6 win over the Tigers.
6/5/99
Rafael Palmeiro homers twice and drives in six in a 9-8 Rangers win over Arizona.
6/5/99
Vinny Castilla homers thrice and drives in 5 in a 12-11 Rockies win over Milwaukee.
Terry Shumpert and Larry Walker also homer for Colorado.
6/5/99
Javy Lopez’s two-strike, two-out double gives the Braves a 6-5 win over the Red Sox and snaps Tom Gordon’s streak of 54 straight saves.
It was his first blown save since April 18, 1998.
6/5/90
The Red Sox release Bill Buckner and his career is over.
He finishes with 2,715 hits. The man was a really solid player.
6/5/96
The Blue Jays release Frank Viola and his career is over.
He finishes with 176 wins, a Cy Young, and a ring.
6/5/99
Chan Ho Park exchanges words with Tim Belcher on a sac bunt, then shoves and kicks Belcher, causing the benches to empty.
6/5/98
The Red Sox place Dennis Eckersley on the DL with a shoulder problem.
He returns in July and retires after the season.
6/5/90
Red Sox manager Joe Morgan is suspended for three games for signing off on a brushback pitch that resulted in a brawl between his team and Cleveland on June 3rd.
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