May 22nd in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Larry Carter, who went 1-5 for the Giants in 1992 and has been a pitching coach since 1994.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jose Mesa, who led the A.L. with 46 saves in 1995 and pitched for 19 years in the bigs. He won 80 games and saves 321 more.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Al Levine, who made his debut with the White Sox in 1998 and won a ring with the Angels in 2002.
He pitched in the big leagues for 10 years.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Vaughn Eshelman, who went 15-9 for the Red Sox from 1995 through 1997.
He showed a lot of promise but had lots of injury problems.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Julian Tavarez, who pitched in the big leagues for 17 years for 11 teams.
He led the N.L. in appearances in 1997 with 89 and bounced back and forth between the bullpen and the rotation for most of his career.
Happy 1990s Birthday to John Bale, who was drafted three times and spent parts of seven seasons in the bigs with the Royals, Orioles, Reds, and Blue Jays.
5/22/98
Marlins fans are devastated when the team trades franchise icon Mike Piazza to the Mets for Geoff Goetz, Preston Wilson, and Ed Yarnall.
5/22/92
The Phillies sign Don Robinson as a free agent.
He goes 1-4 in 8 games and his big-league career is over.
5/22/93
Blue Jays mascot B.J. Birdy is ejected from Toronto’s game against the Twins by Jim McKean replays showed the umpire crew missed a call. B.J. Birdy was making the safe sign and McKeon wasn’t having it.
You’ll have that.
5/22/90
Andre Dawson goes 1-for-3 with 5 intentional walks in a 2-1, 16-inning win over the Reds.
The five intentional walks set a record for most in a game.
5/22/90
Mike Marshall goes 2-for-4 with a dinger and 6 RBI in an 8-3 win over the Dodgers.
5/22/91
Eck picks off Blue Jays pinch-runner Kenny Williams in the 9th inning of a 2 – 1 Oakland win.
It the first time Eck has picked someone off since June 29, 1987 when he picked off Kenny Williams.
5/22/94
Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 20th homer of the season in an 8-2 win over the Rangers. The dinger ties Junior with Mickey Mantle for the most homers in the frt two months of the season. More important for Junior, the homer is the 152nd of his career, which ties his father.
5/22/94
Luis Alicea goes 5-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBI in a 10-9 win over the Marlins.
It is his only 5-hit game.
5/22/94
David Cone throws a one-hit shutout against the Angels. He strikes out four, walks two, and needs just 103 pitches.
After starting the year with a loss, he rips off wins in eight straight starts with a 2.24 E.R.A. and a .180 batting average against.
He loses his next start but goes 16-5 on the year and wins the Cy Young.
5/22/96
Geronimo Berroa goes 4-for-4 with three solo homers in a 5-1 Oakland win over the Yankees.
5/22/96
The Blue Jays and White Sox are scoreless through ten before Toronto pushes one across in the top of the 11th only to see Chicago win it on a two-run walkoff triple from Lyle Mouton. Starters Alex Fernandez and Juan Guzman combine to throw 14 scoreless innings.
5/22/96
Larry Walker goes 3-for-3 with a double and two triples in a 6-3 Rockies win over the Pirates. The three hits give him extra-base hits in six consecutive at-bats. He goes 0-for-3 the following day
5/22/98
The Reds retire #20 in honor of Frank Robinson.
It was long overdue.
5/22/91
The Braves send Deion Sanders down to Triple-A after he begins the season batting .197.
He returns at the end of June but does not fare much better, batting .184 in his second stint of the season.
5/22/98
The Twins release Ricky Bones.
He signs with the Royals and goes 2-2 in 32 games.
5/22/90
Carlton Fisk confronts Deion Sanders after Deion does not run out a pop fly in his previous at-bat.
The benches empty but no punches are thrown.
5/22/95
On Strike Out Domestic Violence night at the Durham Athletic Park, the Durham Bulls and Winston-Salem Warthogs are involved in a huge brawl that results in ten ejections and Winston-Salem’s Glen Cullop being knocked unconscious and losing several teeth. The Warthogs win the beanball war 10-8 and Aaron Boone is among those plunked.
5/22/99
The Tigers and Indians clear the benches after both Manny Ramirez and Tony Clark are hit in the head by pitches.
5/22/94
Dave Hollins breaks a bone his left hand in an 8-3 win over the Mets.
He plays just one more game for the rest of the season.
5/22/99
Rod Beck undergoes surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow. He misses a month.
5/22/99
The Astros place Ken Caminiti on the DL with a strained calf muscle.
5/22/91
The Royals fire John Wathan after a 15-22 start. Bob Schaefer manages the team for a day and Hal McRae takes over.
Wathan returns to the dugout in 1992 with the Angels.
5/22/91
The Cubs name 40-year-old Jim Essian as their new manager after firing Don Zimmer the day before.
Essian becomes the youngest manager in the big leagues. He goes 59-63 and Jim Lefebvre takes over in 1992.
5/22/92
The Expos fire Tom Runnells after a 17-20 start. Runnells took over after Buck Rodgers was fired in 1991.
Felipe Alou takes over and goes 70-55 the rest of the way.
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