May 6th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Larry Andersen, who spent 17 years in the bigs and was part of the trade that sent Jeff Bagwell to the Astros.
He also holds the record for most innings pitched in a season without a decision, having thrown 79 2/3 in 1982 with a 0-0 record.
He finished his career with the Phillies in 1994.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Tom Bolton, who spent seven years in the minor leagues before getting his shot in the bigs.
He won 31 games over eight seasons for four teams, including a career-high 10 with Boston in 1990.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Phil Clark, who hit .407 in 23 games with the Tigers after being called up in 1992 and .276 overall in 264 games in the bigs.
He later played in Japan and finished 2nd in the 1997 batting race behing Ichiro.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mike Kinkade, who won an Olympic Gold Medal for the U.S. in the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he was teammates with, among others, Ben Sheets, Roy Oswalt, and Pat Borders. He spent parts of six years in the bigs and a year in Japan before managing and coaching in the minor leagues.
5/6/91
The Braves trade minor leaguer Kevin Castleberry to the White Sox for Danny Heep.
5/6/98
The Braves sign Ozzie Guillen as a free agent.
He spends the rest of 1998 and all of 1999 in Atlanta before finishing his career with the Rays in 2000.
5/6/98
Cleveland signs Mark Whiten as a free agent.
He hits .283 with 6 homers and also pitches an inning in July, striking out the side against Oakland.
5/6/91
Rod Beck allows two runs in two innings against Montreal in his big-league debut.
He saves 260 games between 1991 and 1999.
5/6/94
Charles Johnson goes 2-for-4 against the Phillies in his big-league debut.
He only plays four games in the bigs in 1994 but plays 97 in 1995 and wins a Gold Glove.
5/6/95
Scott Sullivan allows one run in 1 1/3 innings against the Mets in his big-league debut.
He appears in just 3 games in 1995 but spends parts of 10 years in the bigs.
5/6/98
Inspired by a Philadelphia Daily News report, Eric Jacoby and his cousin, Paul Pollock, file a class action lawsuit against Ogden Entertainment Services, claiming that the company has been underfilling beer cups at Veterans Stadium for four years.
5/6/90
Cecil Fielder homers thrice and drives in 5 in an 11-7 Tigers loss to Toronto.
There were 10 homers hit in the game.
It is one of 12 games in the 1990s in which a player hits three homers in a loss.
It’s also the first of 89 times in the ’90s when someone hits three or more.
5/6/92
The Pirates strand 21 runners and still beat the Braves 4-3 in a 16-inning game that lasts more than five hours.
Jose Lind’s walk-off single off Ben Rivera scores Don Slaught to win the game.
5/6/94
Anthony Young wins as a starter for the first time in more than two years as the Cubs beat the Pirates 10-1.
The 29-game losing-streak set an MLB record.
5/6/94
Greg Maddux takes a no-hitter into the 7th and Fred McGriff homers twice to lead the Braves over the Expos 5-0.
It is Maddux’s 2nd shutout of the season and it lowers his E.R.A. to 0.94.
5/6/95
Mike Piazza takes BP on the beach in his jersey on Baywatch because why the hell not?
5/6/95
The Reds overcome two 7-run deficits to beat the Mets 13-11 at Riverfront Stadium.
Cincinnati scores 6 in the 8th and 3 in the 9th.
Ron Gant and Hal Morris each drive in three for the Reds.
5/6/95
Coors Field Madness as the Dodgers and Rockies combine for 28 runs on 38 hits. L.A. wins the game 17-11.
Eric Karros and Mike Piazza each drive in 3.
5/6/97
Todd Hundley and John Olerud combine to go 6-for-7 with two homers and 6 RBI but the Rockies best the Mets 12-11 in Colorado.
5/6/98
A wild one at The Ballpark at Arlington. The Yankees and Rangers each have 7-run innings and the game is tied at 13 after six innings.
The Yankees score one run in the 8th and another in the 9th to win 15-13. Derek Jeter goes 4-for-5 with a homer and 5 RBI.
5/6/98
Kerry Wood makes one of the best hitting teams in in the big-leagues look like a bunch of Little Leaguers.
5/6/94
The Yankees release Jeff Reardon and his career is over.
He finishes with 77 wins, 367 saves, and a ring.
5/6/97
The Reds release Ruben Sierra.
He signs with the Blue Jays two days later and hits .208 in 14 games.
5/6/97
The Reds release Ricky Bones.
He signs with the Royals and goes 4-7 for KC after posting an E.R.A. of 10.19 in 9 games for Cincinnati.
5/6/91
Lenny Dykstra and Darren Daulton are seriously injured in a car crash following John Kruk’s bachelor party.
Daulton misses nearly three weeks and Dykstra does not return until July.
5/6/93
The Mets announce that Sid Fernandez has a cartlidge tear in his right knee.
El-Sid misses nearly two months, returning to the rotation on July 30th.
5/6/94
The A’s announce that Mark McGwire has a stress fracture in his foot and will miss at least four weeks.
He retuns to the lineup on June 18th.
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