May 5th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Juan Acevedo, who made his debut with the Rockies in 1995 and spent eight years in the bigs, including a 2002 campaign in which he saved 28 games for the Tigers.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Ron Oester, a Cincinnati native who had the tough job of taking over fro Joe Morgan at 2nd base for the Reds in 1980.
Ron spent 13 years in the bigs (all with the Reds), with his last season coming in 1990.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Reggie Williams, who spent parts of four seasons in the bigs with the Angels and Dodgers.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Charles Nagy, who was a three-time All-Star and won 129 games over 14 seasons with Cleveland and the Padres.
Nagy posted three 17-win seasons, one in 1992, one in 1996, and another in 1999. He also went more than six years without missing a start.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Redmond, who made his debut with the 1998 Marlins, spent 13 years in the bigs as a player and later became the Marlins manager.
Hideki Irabu was born OTD in 1969.
He made a big splash when he came to the U.S. in 1997, but things didn’t work out as he, or the Yankees would have hoped.
He went 34-35 over six seasons with the Yankees, Expos, and Rangers. He passed away in 2011.
5/5/99
The Phillies trade Paul Spoljaric to the Blue Jays for Robert Person.
5/5/90
The Cardinals sign Terry Francona as a free agent.
He hits .262 in Triple-A and his playing career is over.
5/5/93
Brent Gates goes 2-for-4 with two singes off John Dopson in his big-league debut for the A’s.
He hits .290 as a rookie in 139 games and spends seven years in the bigs.
5/5/93
Pat Meares makes his big-league debut as a defensive replacement against the Orioles.
He gets his first start a few days later and spends nine years in the bigs with the Twins and Pirates.
5/5/98
John Rocker throws a scoreless innning against the Dodgers in his big league debut. He records 87 saves between 1998 and 2001.
5/5/99
Billy Koch throws 2 2/3 scoreless against Oakland in his big league debut. He records 155 saves between 1999 and 2003.
5/5/90
Mike Scott gives up four dingers in six innings of work but still gets the win as the Astros beat the Mets 9-5.
5/5/91
A day after Kirk Dressendorfer allows 10 runs to Cleveland, Bob Welch surrenders 11 (9 earned) in 4 2/3 innings.
Welch had given up 11 runs total in his first five starts of the season.
5/5/93
Mike Mussina shuts out the Twins for the second consecutive start, this time on just two hits.
5/5/94
Joe Carter homers twice and drives in five to up his MLB-leading total to 39 but the Jays fall to the Royals 11-9.
5/5/96
Tough day for Tim Wakefield, who gives up 10 runs (just 1 earned) on 10 hits and 5 walks in 5 2/3 innings of work against Toronto.
Boston made two errors in the 4th, leading to eight unearned runs and, adding insult to injury, two more unearned runs were charged to Wakefield after he was pulled when Milt Cuyler misplayed a fly ball.
5/5/96
Eric Davis talks his way into the lineup after originally being scheduled to have the day off and hits a slam for the second day in a row in a 12-6 win over the Giants.
5/5/98
Tough day for Paul Wagner, who gives up 11 runs (6 earned) on 9 hits in 7 innings of work against the Padres.
It’s the second day in a row that a Milwaukee starter coughs up 11 runs against the Padres.
5/5/98
The Yankees beat Texas 7-3 to run their record to 21-6, their best start in 40 years.
Paul O’Neill drives in four and David Cone picks up his 4th win of the season.
5/5/99
The Rockies become the first team in 35 years and only the third in the 20th century to score in every inning in a 13-6 win over the Cubs.
Dante Bichette goes 4-for-5 for Colorado.
The last time a team scored in all nine innings was also at Chicago, when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cubs on September 13, 1964.
5/5/99
Ryan Rupe gives up four homers in 4 2/3 innings of work and escapes with a no-decision as the Rays beat the Royals 10-7.
5/5/99
John Smoltz beats the Cardinals to run his record to 17-1 since the 1998 All-Star break. He also lowered in 1999 E.R.A. to an N.L. leading 1.69.
5/5/97
The Reds believe Dodgers third base coach Reggie Smith is tipping Kent Mercker’s pitches and signaling L.A. batters.
Mercker and Ray Knight confront Smith but no punches are thrown. A Ray Knight/Reggie Smith fight would have been epic.
5/5/91
The Mets place Gregg Jefferies on the DL with a pulled muscle in his rib cage. The move is retoractive to April 27th and keeps him out of action until May 13th.
After starting the season batting .192, he hits .281 the rest of the way.
5/5/92
The Expos place Ivan Calderon on the DL with a strained muscle in his rib cage.
He returns to the lineup on May 19th, but plays in only six games between then and September 5th.
5/5/93
The Red Sox place Andre Dawson on the D.L. with another knee injury. The problem causes him to have his eight knee operation, this one arthroscopic.
He misses three weeks, returning to the lineup on May 25th.
5/5/94
The Red Sox place Frank Viola on the 60-day DL with an elbow problem that necessitates his second elbow surgery in eigth months.
He misses the remainder of the season and throws just 44 innings over the next two years before retiring.
5/5/96
The Yankees place Mariano Duncan, who is leading the A.L. with a .361 batting average, on the DL with a strained groin muscle.
He misses three weeks.
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