May 8th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Orestes Destrade, who made his debut with the Yankees in 1987 and spent two years in the bigs before heading to Japan and becoming a star.
In four seasons in Japan, Destrade hit 154 homers before returning to the U.S. in 1993 with the Marlins.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Todd Greene, who left college as the 3rd most prolific home run hitter of all time (88), and spent 11 years in the bigs.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Dave Rohde, who appeared in 93 games for the Astros and Indians between 1990 and 1992.
5/8/90
The Rangers sign John Russell as a free agent.
He spends the final four seasons of his big-league career in Texas and retires after 1993.
5/8/94
Paul Shuey throws a scoreless inning in relief against the Orioles in his big-league debut.
He spends 11 years in the bigs coming out of the bullpen and saves 23 games while winning 45.
5/8/95
Jason Giambi goes 1-for-4 with a single and a walk against Texas in his big-league debut.
He spends 20 years in the bigs and hits 440 homers.
5/8/95
Dustin Hermanson throws a scoreless inning in relief and gets the win against the Dodgers in his big-league debut.
He spends 12 years in the bigs and saves a career-high 34 games for the White Sox in 2005.
5/8/97
Cory Lidle throws two scoreless innings in relief against Houston in his big-league debut.
He wins seven games a a rookie and 82 over his career. He was killed in a place crash in 2006.
6/8/90
Cuyahoga County voters approve a “sin tax” to finance a new ballpark for the Indians.
5/8/90
Andre Dawson homers in the 9th to tie the Cubs game against the Braves, then hits a two-run shot in the 11th to win it.
5/8/91
Mark McGwire goes 2-for-6 with two three-run dingers and 6 RBI in a 9-3 win over Baltimore.
5/8/91
Every Braves starter but one collects at least one hit as Atlanta hammers St. Louis 17-1.
Otis Nixon and Ron Gant combine to go 6-for-11 with 5 RBI at the top of the order.
5/8/92
Astros P Butch Henry gets his first major league hit, which happens to be a three-run inside-the-park homer, but Houston still loses, 6-3, to Pittsburgh.
It will be Henry’s only major league homer.
5/8/93
The Rockies blow a 6-0 lead in the 8th inning and lose the game 8-7 to the Braves thanks to Sid Bream’s pinch-hit, oppo grand slam.
5/8/94
Danny Tartabull, Mike Stanley and Gerald Williams hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for the Yankees in an 8 – 4 win over Boston.
It was because they were wearing cotton uniforms.
5/8/94
The Colorado Silver Bullets make their debut and it does not go well as they lose to a Northern League All-Star team 19-0.
The team is managed by Phil Niekro.
5/8/94
Andy Van Slyke goes 8-for-9 in a Pirates doubleheader sweep of the Cubs.
He homers, doubles, drives in four and scores five.
5/8/96
Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game, beating Tigers 10-3.
He had won 157 games in the National League.
5/8/97
Chris Hoiles goes 3-for-6 with two dingers and 6 RBI in a 13-3 win over Seattle.
The loss snaps a 16-game winning streak for Randy Johnson, who drew the start for Seattle.
5/8/97
Jason Kendall’s three-run double leads Pittsburgh to an eight-run 4th inning as the Pirates outslug the Rockies, 10 – 8. Al Martin and Kevin Elster homer for the Bucs, who have scored 24 runs on 31 hits in their two games at Coors Field.
5/8/98
Mark Grudzielanek goes 5-for-5 in a 7-5 Expos loss to the Rockies in Montreal.
There were 58 games in the ’90s in which a player collected 5 or more hits in a loss and Grudzielanek did it twice.
5/8/98
Andres Galarraga hits his 300th home run in Atlanta’s 3-2 loss to the Padres.
5/8/98
Mark McGwire hits his 400th career home run in a 9-2 loss to the Mets.
He becomes the 27th player to reach 400, and does so in fewer at bats (4,726) than anyone in history.
5/8/98
Charlie Hayes, playing 1B, snags Jeff Blauser’s liner and starts the Giants’ first triple play since 1980. Hayes also has four hits in the 14-inning, 5 – 4, loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
5/8/99
John Mabry goes 5-for-6 in a 14-5 Mariners win over the Yankees.
It is the second 5-hit game for Mabry in his career. He also pulled it off on July 6, 1996.
5/8/90
The Blue Jays release Mike Flanagan.
He sits out the rest of 1990 and returns to Baltimore for 1991.
5/8/93
Bobby Bonilla and Mike Cubbage nearly get into it on the field after exchanging words.
5/8/90
The Orioles place Sam Horn on the DL and recall David Segui from Triple-A.
Horn misses three weeks, returns for a few games and than misses another month.
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