May 20th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Todd Stottlemyre, who made his debut with the Blue Jays in 1988 and pitched until 2001, winning 138 games for five teams.
He won rings with Toronto in 1992 and 1993.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jeff Schwarz, who went 2-2 for the 1993 White Sox and also pitched for the Angels.
He later became a minor league pitching coach and the minor league pitching coordinator for the Marlins.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Wayne Housie, who appeared in 29 games for the Yankees and Red Sox between 1991 and 1993.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Brian McNichol, who pitched in four games for the 1999 Cubs.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Ramon Hernandez, who made his debut with the A’s in 1999 and spent 15 years in the bigs, earning an All-Star nod in 2003.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Luis Garcia, who appeared in eight games for the 1999 Tigers and has a son who plays for the Nationals.
5/20/93
The Rockies trade Braulio Castillo to the Astros for Mark Grant.
5/20/91
The Angels sign Fernando as a free agent.
He spends most of the season in the minor leagues but does pitch 6 2/3 innings in the bigs.
5/20/90
Shawn Boskie goes the distance and allows just one run to beat the Astros in his big-league debut.
He wins 5 games as a rookie and pitches in the bigs for nine years.
5/20/90
Dwight Gooden suffers a broken toe when Mackey Sasser accidentally puts a chair on his foot and sits on it.
He doesn’t miss a start.
5/20/94
Marge Schott apologizes for saying that “only fruits wear earrings” in a speech earlier in the week.
Several Dodgers, in town to play the Reds, don earrings before the game.
5/20/90
Ron Gant and Murph each homer twice to lead the Braves to a 13-11 win over the Pirates.
5/20/91
Jeff Reardon earns his 300th career save as Boston beats Milwaukee 3-0.
5/20/94
The Mariners score nine runs in the first two innings and add ten more the rest of the way to beat Texas 19-2.
Edgar homers and drives in five.
5/20/94
Kirby homers and drives in seven as the Twins beat Boston 21-2.
Minnesota takes a 10-1 lead into the 5th and scores 11 in the bottom of the inning.
5/20/96
Chipper Jones and Tyler Houston drive in five each as the Braves beat the Cubs 18-1.
5/20/96
Jose Canseco homers twice as drives in four as Boston beats Oakland 16-4.
5/20/97
Frank Thomas flies out in the 5th inning against Boston to snap a string of 15 straight plate appearances in which he has reached base.
He goes 1-for-2 with two walks in the game and bumps his batting average up to .372.
Ted Williams reached base 16 times in a row in 1957.
5/20/98
Damion Easley homers twice and drives in six as the Tigers beat the Twins 12-11.
5/20/99
The Braves rip Greg Maddux for five runs and nine hits in seven innings. It is the second consecutive start for Maddux against his former team and he allows 23 hits and 10 runs over the two starts to raise his E.R.A. to 5.02. Over his remaining 25 starts, he goes 17-8 and finishes the year at 19-9.
5/20/99
Robin Ventura becomes the first player in major league history to hit a slam in both ends of a doubleheader.
The Mets sweep a twinbill from the Brewers and Ventura goes 3-for-7 with 8 RBI.
He was my pick to click that day.
5/20/97
Cleveland teammates Chad Curtis and Kevin Mitchell get into a scuffle in the clubhouse, resulting in Curtis injuring his thumb and heading to the DL.
The two were arguing over the music in the clubhouse.
5/20/95
The Yankees place Jimmy Key on the DL with rotator cuff inflammation.
He misses the rest of the season but comes back in 1996 and wins 12 games.
5/20/94
The Blue Jays give Cito Gaston a contract extension that runs through 1996.
Winning back-to-back World Series titles has its advantages.
5/20/96
After a 5-3 loss to the Marlins, Reds manager Ray Knight approaches general manager Jim Bowden and offers to resign.
Bowden declines, saying Knight isn’t the problem.
The Reds finish 81-81.
We lost Roger Angel OTD in 2022.
We lost Rick Hummel OTD in 2023
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