May 11th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Francisco Cordero, who made his debut with the Tigers in 1999 before being dealt to Texas in the Juan Gonzalez deal.
He pitched in the bigs for 14 years and saved 329 games.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Kerry Lightenberg, who saved 30 games for the Braves in 1998 but blew out his elbow in spring training of 1999.
He returned in 2000 and pitched until 2005.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mark Huismann, who made his debut with the Royals in 1983 and pitched in the big leagues until 1991.
He won 13 games and recorded 11 saves.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Walt Terrell, who pitched in the bigs for 11 years and won a career-high 17 games in 1987 with the Tigers.
He finished up his career in 1992 and retired with 111 wins.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Trent Hubbard, who made his debut with the 1994 Rockies and spent parts of 10 years in the bigs with nine teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Bobby Witt, who made his debut with the Rangers in 1986 and pitched until 2001.
Bobby struck out a ton of dudes and walked a lot of dudes but he threw gas. He won 142 games over 16 seasons.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Billy Bean, who made his debut with the Tigers in 1987, going 4-for-6 in his big-league debut.
He spent parts of six years in the bigs and now works for Major League Baseball.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Garcia, who won one game for the Pirates over two seasons.
5/11/92
The Padres trade minor leaguer Will Taylor to the Mariners for Gene Harris. Harris said earlier in the week that he was planning on quitting baseball and pursuing a career in the NFL as a cornerback. He splits the year between the bigs and Triple-A, going 0-2 with a 2.95 E.R.A. in 14 games.
5/11/94
The Tigers trade Scott Livingstone and Jorge Velandia to Padres for Gene Harris.
Harris splits the year between Triple-A and the bigs, making 11 appearances for the Tigers.
5/11/97
The Blue Jays sign Ruben Sierra, who had been recently released by the Reds.
He splits the rest of the season beetween Toronto and Triple-A Syracuse.
5/11/94
Jeff Cirillo makes his big-league debut as a defensive replacement.
He gets his first start the following day and spends 14 years in the major leagues and makes the All-Star team twice.
5/11/98
Randy Winn makes his big-league debut as a pinch-hitter for the Rays.
He bats .278 as a rookie in 109 games and spends five years with the Rays before being dealt to Seattle in a deal that brought Lou Piniella to Tampa Bay.
5/11/91
Albert Belle throws a baseball at a heckler and hits him in the chest.
The man was not seriously injured and Belle was not contrite.
5/11/93
Jerry Burkott, the Public relations director for the Greensboro Hornets, is ejected from a minor league game and escorted from the ballpark in handcuffs after playing the theme from the Twilight Zone after a called third strike against the home team. Burkott was operating the sound effects during the game and had been warned by the home plate umpire before the game not to play the clip.
5/11/90
Dwight Gooden strikes out 15 over seven innings in a 9-4 win over the Dodgers
5/11/90
Dave Winfield rejects a trade that would have sent him to the Angels in exchange for Mike Witt.
Five days later, he will reach an agreement with the Yankees and allow the deal to go through.
5/11/90
Robin Ventura goes 2-for-4 to snap an 0-for-39 skid.
5/11/91
Paul O’Neill homers twice and drives in six in a 12-2 Reds win over the Cubs.
Eric Davis also homers twice.
5/11/92
Major League Baseball owners approve the sale of the Seattle Mariners to a Japanese led group by a vote of 25-1, with only Cleveland objecting.
5/11/93
Roger Clemens strikes out 13 and shuts out the Orioles 4-0.
5/11/94
A tough day for Rick Helling, who gives up ten runs, nine earned, in one inning in a 13-1 loss to the Angels, including four homers.
Ouch.
5/11/96
Jay Buhner goes 4-for-4 with two homers and six RBI in an 11-1 Mariners win over Kansas City.
5/11/96
Al Leiter pitches the first no-hitter in Marlins history.
He strikes out six and walks two in beating the Rockies, 11-0.
5/11/96
Jeff Blauser homers twice and drives in seven in an 11-3 Braves win over the Phillies.
Raise your hand if you knew that Jeff Blauser had the biggest RBI game for the Braves in the ’90s.
5/11/97
B.J. Surhoff triples, homers, and drives in six in a 9-5 Baltimore win over Seattle.
5/11/98
Five days after striking out 20 Astros, Kerry Wood punches out 13 in seven innings against the Diamondbacks.
That’s 33 strikeouts and six hits allowed in 16 innings.
5/11/98
Todd Stottlemyre throws eight shutout innings and allows just two hits while striking out 13 in a win over Milwaukee.
5/11/99
For the first time in the 20th century, two starting pitchers share the same name as the Rockies’ Bobby M. Jones faces the Mets’ Bobby J. Jones.
The Rockies win the game 8-5.
5/11/99
The Astros beat Pittsburgh 19-8 and hit zero home runs.
Jeff Bagwell and Ken Camaniti each drive in four runs and Carl Everett drives in five.
Houston hits ten doubles in the game.
5/11/91
The Angels release Ed Vosberg.
He signs with the Mariners, pitches in Triple-A, then spends a year pitching in Italy before returning to the U.S. in 1993 and playing until 2002.
5/11/96
Cubs reliever Terry Adams throws behind Mets starter Pete Harnisch, who throws a punch at Scott Servais, and the benches empty at Shea Stadium.
Hernisch draws an eight-game suspension.
5/11/97
Bret Boone and Deion Sanders nearly come to blows in the Reds clubhouse after a 9-6 loss to the Padres in San Diego.
No punches are thrown but teammates had the separate the two. Rads manager Ray Knight closes the clubhouse to address his team after the incident.
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