May 14th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Pat Borders, who spent 17 years in the bigs and won two rings with Toronto, including brining home 1992 World Series MVP honors.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Shawn Barton, who won four games over three seasons in the bigs with the Giants and Mariners and then becamse a minor league coach and a scout.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Isidro Marquez, who appeared in seven games for the 1995 White Sox and went 0-1.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Joey Cora, who spent 11 years in the major leagues and earned an All-Star nod in 1997 with Seattle.
He later became a minor-league coach and manager.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mark Dalesandro, who spent parts of five seasons in the bigs with the Angels, Blue Jays, and White Sox.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Larry Sutton, who spent parts of seven seasons in the bigs before playing in Korea, where he led the league in home runs.
He later became a minor league hitting coach.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Takashi Kashiwada, who went 3-1 for the 1997 Mets out of the bullpen before returning to pitch in Japan.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Anthony Shumaker, who who went 0-3 for the 1999 Phillies.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Brad Rigby, who won five games and earned two saves for Oakland, Kansas City, and Montreal between 1997 and 2000.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jim Crowell, who pitched in 10 games for the Reds, Phillies, and Marlins between 1997 and 2005.
Roy Halladay was born OTD in 1977.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Hall of Famer and former Reds and Marlins manager Tony Perez!
Happy 1990s Birthday to Denis Martinez, who pitched in the bigs for 23 years and threw a perfect game for the Expos in 1991.
5/14/93
Woody Williams allows two runs in two-thirds of an inning agaist the Yankees in his big-league debut.
He spends 15 seasons in the bigs and wins 132 games, including a career-high 18 in 2003 with St. Louis.
5/14/99
Ted Lilly allows one run in an inning of work against the Pirates in his big-league debut.
He spends 15 years in the bigs, winning 130 games and earning two All-Star bids.
5/14/90
Fernando and Kevin Gross homer off each other as the Dodgers beat the Expos 3-2.
5/14/90
Kirby Puckett goes 5-for-5 in a 6-2 Twins win over Oakland. He collects 5-hits again two weeks later against Toronto.
5/14/94
The Royals retire jersey #5 in tribute to George Brett.
He is the first Royal to receive the honor.
5/14/94
In just his second big-league appearance, Paul Shuey strikes out four batters in the 9th inning of Cleveland’s 9-3 win over Detroit.
He becomes the 10th pitcher in A.L. history, and the first rookie, to accomplish the feat.
5/14/94
Andre Dawson hits two two-run homers in an 11-2 Boston win over Toronto.
It is the 37th multi-homer game of his career.
5/14/96
Dwight Gooden becomes the eighth pitcher in New York Yankees history to throw a no-hitter. He beats the Mariners 2-0 at Yankee Stadium.
5/14/97
Kevin Young’s two-run pinch double gives the Pittsburgh Pirates the lead and Al Martin finishes a nine-run 8th inning with a grand slam as the Pirates beat the Rockies, 15-10. Colorado pitchers walk 13 in the game.
5/14/97
Jose Canseco and Matt Stairs each homer twice and Mark McGwire also homers in a 7-4 Oakland win over the Brewers.
Milwaukee starter Cal Eldred allows four homers in six innings of work.
5/14/98
The Braves beat the Cardinals 7-3 but they do not hit a home run. It is the first time they have not homered since April 16th, a streak of 25 straight games.
Keith Lockhart goes 3-for-5 for Atlanta.
5/14/98
Vinny Castilla goes 5-for-6 with a homer and three RBI but the Rockies lose to the Marlins 10-3.
Mark Grace homers twice for the Cubs and Henry Rodriguez hits a slam.
5/14/98
Johnny Damon and Shane Halter combine to go 5-for-10 with 7 RBI in a 10-2 Royals win over Tampa Bay.
5/14/98
Rusty Greer homers twice and drives in six in a 7-5 extra-inning Rangers win over the Yankees.
5/14/99
Roger Cedeno goes 2-for-5 with four stolen bases and three runs scored in a 7-3 Mets win pver the Phillies.
5/14/99
Mo Vaughn homers and drives in six as the Angels beat the Devil Rays 8-3.
5/14/90
The Astros release Jerry Reuss.
He hooks on with the Pirates and makes the final appearance of his career when he starts the last game of the season at Three Rivers Stadium on October 3rd.
5/14/94
Ryan Thompson hits a slam off John Smoltz, who then hits John Cangelosi in the back with his next pitch and the benches empty.
5/14/90
Mike LaCoss undergoes arthroscopic surgery on his knee and is lost to the Giants until mid-August.
5/14/98
A Sandy Alomar Jr. line drive comes back through the box and hits Mike Mussina in the face, causing a broken nose and facial cuts. Moose returns to the rotation two weeks later.
5/14/90
Texas minor leaguer Ronaldo Romero collapses in the dugout in the 2nd inning after starting the game for the Gastonia Rangers and eventually passes away.
It is later determined that he had an enlarged heart.
We lost Steve Palermo OTD in 2017
We lost David West OTD in 2022
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