May 1st in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Armando Reynoso, who spent 12 years in the bigs and led the 1993 Rockies in wins with 12.
He also gave up Albert Pujols’ first homer.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Ray Searage, who spent seven years in the bigs, winning 11 games and recording 11 saves, and then became one of the top pitching coaches in the major leagues.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Charlie O’Brien, who spent 15 years behind the plate in the big leagues, including winning a ring with the 1995 Braves. He is also credited with inventing the hockey style mask that most catchers wear today.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jose Lind, who made his debut with the Pirates in 1987 and won a Gold Glove in 1992.
Jose spent nine years in the bigs with the Bucs, Royals, and Angels.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Dan Gakeler, who pitched in 31 games (7 starts) for the 1991 Tigers and later became a minor league pitching coach.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Phil Hiatt, who played in 170 games over parts of four seasons for the Royals, Tigers, and Dodgers.
He was also the International League MVP in 1996 and the Pacific Coast League MVP in 2001.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Rich Butler, who made his debut with the Blue Jays in 1997 and was an original member of the Devil Rays.
His brother, Rob, spent four years in the bigs with Toronto and Philadelphia, though they were never teammates.
5/1/90
The A’s sign Dennis Eckersley to a two-year contract extension worth $6 million.
5/1/90
Derek Lilliquist throws three-hit ball over seven inning and homers twice in a 5-2 win over the Mets.
It is the first two-homer game for a pitcher since Jim Gott did it for the Giants in May of 1985.
5/1/91
Nolan Ryan throws his 7th no-hitter.
5/1/91
Rickey
5/1/92
Willie Randolph’s walkoff single in the bottom of the 19th inning gives the Brewers a 10-9 win over the White Sox.
The game lasts more than six hours and is the longest in the A.L. since Milwaukee and Chicago played 25 innings in 1984.
5/1/92
The Dodgers postpone their three-game series against Montreal Expos due to rioting in Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict.
5/1/92
Mike Devereaux homers twice and drives in six as the Orioles pound Seattle 15-1.
Randy Johnson got the start for Seattle and walked 10 in 4 and 1/3 innings.
5/1/92
A year to the day after breaking Lou Brock’s record for lifetime steals, Ricky Henderson steals base number 1,000.
He finishes his career with 1,406.
5/1/93
David Hulse steals four bases in a 4-3 extra-inning loss to the Brewers.
He finishes the year with 29 bags and finishes in the top-10 in Rookie of the Year balloting.
5/1/96
Gerald Williams goes 6-for-8 for the Yankees in an 11-6 15-inning Yankees win over the Orioles.
New York pounds out 20 hits on the day, including five from Bernie Williams.
Tino Martinez drives in five and the Yankees scored 5 in the top of the 15th.
5/1/96
Roger Clemens beats the Tigers 5-1 and strikes out 13, including getting Cecil Fielder twice, who dropped to 1-for-38 against Clemens with 19 strikeouts.
5/1/96
Pedro Martinez takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning before surrenduring a hit to Kevin Roberson. He settles for a 2-hit shutout against the Mets.
5/1/98
Bobby Higginson (4-for-6, 2HR, 3 RBI) and Andy Tomberlin (4-for-4, 3 RBI) lead a 20-hit attack as the Tigers beat Seattle 17-3. Bill Swift gives up 10 runs (all earned) on 10 hits in 4 innings of work.
5/1/99
Pedro Martinez strikes out 13 in seven innings of work and the Red Sox beat Oakland 7-2.
5/1/99
Fernando Tatis homers and drives in three to pace a 19-hit Cardinals attack against Montreal.
St. Louis wins the game 16-5 and Tatis is on a heater. It’s part of a 15-game run in which he hits .346 with 8 homers and 23 RBI, including his two-slam game against the Dodgers.
5/1/98
The Orioles release Ozzie Guillen.
He signs with the Braves and spends the rest of 1998 and all of 1999 with htem before finifhing his career with Tampa Bay in 2000.
5/1/90
The Braves place Nick Esasky on the DL with vertigo.
The condition ends his career.
5/1/98
The Cubs place Lance Johnson on the DL with a hand injury.
He does not return to the lineup until July 14th.
Powered by BlueHost
Monetize your website with Monumetric!