May 2nd in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jim Walewander, who had the misfortune of being an infield prospect in the Tigers organization stuck behind Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell.
He spent parts of four seasons in the bigs with Detroit, the Yankees, and the Angels and also played in Italy.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Felix Jose, who made his debut with the A’s in 1988 and wrapped up his big-league career with the Diamondbacks in 2003. In between, he spent a year playing in Mexico and two in Korea.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Joe Crawford, who went 4-3 for the Mets in 1997 , primarily out of the bullpen.
It was his only MLB service time but he also pitched in Japan and Mexico.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Brent Bowers, who appeared in 21 games for the 1996 Orioles and hit .308.
He was a member of the Phillies and likely would have been called up after Danny Tartabull was injured but he tore his hamstring the same day Tartabull was hurt and never made it back to the bigs.
5/2/92
Roger Pavlik allows just one hit and throws six shutout innings against the White Sox in hig big-league debut but gets a no-decision.
He goes 4-4 as a rookie.
5/2/92
Jeff Bronkey pitches three innings in relief and earns a save in his big-league debut with Texas.
He is the first major leaguer born in Afghanistan.
5/2/95
Hideo Nomo becomes the first Japanese native to play in the majors since Masanori Murakami pitched for the Giants in 1964.
Nomo throws five shutout inning against the Giants and allows only one hit but the Dodgers blow a 3-0 lead and lose 4-3.
5/2/95
Vaughn Eshelman throws six shutout innings against the Yankees to get the win in his big-league debut.
He goes 6-3 as a rookie for Boston.
5/2/96
The Mariners game against Cleveland is suspended in the seventh inning when a 5.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Washington.
Fans chant, “Let’s play ball,” but the game is halted and finished the following day.
5/2/90
Gary Gaetti homers twice and drives in 6 in an 8-2 Twins win over the Tigers.
David West throws a three-hitter for Minnesota.
5/2/90
Frank Viola shuts out the Reds on six hits and strikes out 11 to run his record to 5-0 and lower his E.R.A. to 0.99.
It is the first time the Reds (13-5) have been shut out in 1990.
5/2/92
Scott Sanderson becomes the 12th pitcher to allow four dingers in a single inning.
Sanderson gives up home runs to Shane Mack, Kirby Puckett, Kent Hrbek, and Randy Bush in the 5th inning of 7-6 loss to the Twins.
5/2/93
Tony Gwynn goes 2-for-4 against the Mets to wrap up a weekend series in which he gets 11 hits in 14 at-bats.
5/2/94
Mark Portugal throws seven shutout innings, allows just two hits, and collects two hits at the plate as the Giants beat the Mets 10-2.
5/2/94
Gibby hits a pinch-hit three-run bomb in the bottom of the 10th to beat the Rangers 10-8.
5/2/95
The Red Sox beat the Yankees, 8-0, thanks to grand slams in back-to-back innings by John Valentin and Mo Vaughn.
It is the first time ever that two grand slams account for all the runs scored in a major league game.
5/2/95
The Mariners trail the Rangers 1-0 after six innings and score 15 in the final three to win 15-3.
Joey Cora and Jay Buhner each drive in three and Seattle puts up all 15 without the benefit of a home run, just three extra-base hits (all doubles) and zero Texas errors.
5/2/98
Roger Clemens and Paul Quantrill combine to one-hit the A’s 7-0.
Ben Grieve’s 7th-inning leadoff single is the only hit for Oakland.
5/2/98
Curt Schilling allows just two runs over seven innings and strikes out 13, but the Astros prevail 4-1.
Mike Hampton, Doug Henry, and Billy Wagner hold the Phillies to one run on 8 hits.
5/2/99
Rafael Palmeiro goes 3-for-4 in an 8-6 Rangers win over Cleveland.
The three hits give him 2,000 in his career.
5/2/90
The Orioles select Brad Komminsk off waivers from the Giants.
Komminsk hits .238 in 46 games at the major league level.
5/2/94
The Giants release Dennis Rasmussen.
He signs with the Royals and spends the rest of the year in Triple-A. He returns to the bigs briefly in 1995.
5/2/96
The Giants send J.R. Phillips to the Phillies as part of a conditional deal.
He hits .152 with 5 homers in 35 games and signs with the Astros for 1997.
5/2/97
The Marlins place Al Leiter on the DL with a severely bruised right knee.
Rick Helling takes his spot and he returns to the rotation on May 21.
5/2/98
Wally Joyner’s line drive up the middle hits Marlins pitcher Eric Ludwick and breaks his pitching arm.
Ludwick returns to the rotation in July.
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