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On September 12 in Baseball History...

• • 1914 - Yankees shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, twenty-three, replaces Frank Chance and becomes the all-time youngest manager, and the seventh in the club's twelve-year existence. He will go ten-ten and will manage next at Cleveland in 1928.
  • 1930 - Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez drives one over the head of Cincinnati left fielder Bob Meusel, and the ball bounces into the bleachers at Ebbets Field. It will be the Major Leagues' last recorded bounce home run. The National League declares after the season that such a hit will henceforth be a double. The American League had made the change after the 1929 season.
  • 1932 - Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his Major League record sixth pinch-homer of the season in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
  • 1947 - Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit two home runs - his seventh and eighth in four games - for a Major League record.
  • 1962 - Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators set a record by fanning twenty-one Baltimore Orioles in a 16-inning, 2-1 victory.
  • 1976 - Minnie Minoso singled in three at-bats as the designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox. At age 53 he became the oldest player to get a hit in a regulation game.
  • 1979 - Carl Yastrzemski got his 3,000th hit - a ground single off Jim Beattie - as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 9-2.
  • 1984 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets broke the rookie strikeout record, fanning sixteen Pittsburgh Pirates to give him 251, six more than Herb Score had in 1955. Gooden broke the record by striking out Marvell Wynne in the sixth inning.
  • 1991 - Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over the Twins is his 312th career win. It also makes the Rangers' pitcher just the second pitcher with twenty 10-win seasons.
  • 1993 - Paul Molitor's home run against California puts him over the 100-RBI mark for the first time in his career. At thirty-seven, Molitor is the oldest to reach this plateau for the first time.
  • 1996 - Seattle's Alex Rodriguez set a Major League record for a shortstop with his 88th extra-base hit in an 8-5 win over Kansas City.
  • 1996 - Bernie Williams drove in eight runs with two home runs and a single to lead the New York Yankees to a 12-3 victory over Detroit.

Baseball Birthdays on September 12...

• • 1867 - Dolan, John
  • 1875 - Gochnauer, John
  • 1878 - Cristall, Bill
  • 1880 - Schmidt, Boss
  • 1884 - Groom, Bob
  • 1885 - Quinn, John
  • 1885 - Luderus, Fred
  • 1888 - McGaffigan, Patsy
  • 1891 - Peploski, Pepper
  • 1894 - Olsen, Ole
  • 1903 - Dondero, Len
  • 1907 - Bejma, Ollie
  • 1907 - Chandler, Spud
  • 1908 - McLeod, Jim
  • 1916 - Hamner, Ralph
  • 1916 - Keller, Charlie
  • 1917 - Christopher, Russ
  • 1918 - Libke, Al
  • 1920 - Seminick, Andy
  • 1924 - Church, Bubba
  • 1924 - Bradshaw, George
  • 1925 - Lopata, Stan
  • 1926 - Freese, George
  • 1928 - Matarazzo, Len
  • 1929 - Herrin, Tom
  • 1933 - Stenhouse, Dave
  • 1934 - Pearson, Albie
  • 1940 - Lolich, Mickey
  • 1940 - Barry, Rich
  • 1943 - Wicker, Floyd
  • 1947 - Montague, John
  • 1953 - Keatley, Greg
  • 1956 - Thurmond, Mark
  • 1957 - Ramirez, Mario
  • 1959 - Madison, Scotti
  • 1960 - Davis, Trench
  • 1963 - Hughes, Keith
  • 1963 - Roesler, Mike
  • 1967 - Listach, Pat
  • 1968 - Kida, Masao
  • 1969 - Hathaway, Hilly
  • 1970 - Navarro, Tito
  • 1975 - Castillo, Luis
  • 1975 - Johnson, Mark

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1945 Rick Wise, American MLB pitcher, 1964-82, 2X All-Star (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and 3 other teams), born in Jackson, Michigan

1968 Bernie Williams outfielder (NY Yankees), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico

1968 Denny Neagle pitcher (MLB All Star 1995, 97; NL wins leader 1997; Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves), born in Gambrills, Maryland

1980 Daisuke Matsuzaka player, born in Aomori, Japan

1982 Rickie Weeks player, born in Altamonte Springs, Florida

 

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1883 Cleveland's one-arm pitcher Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia, 1-0. The fireballing Irish right-hander lost his left hand due to a gun accident earlier in his life.

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1902 Johnny Evers, acquired to replace second baseman Bobby Lowe, who broke his ankle, joins shortstop Joe Tinker and first baseman Frank Chance on the Chicago infield, marking the first time the three Cubs' infielders have played together. Franklin Pierce Adams' poem, "Baseball's Sad Lexicon," better known as "Tinker to Evers to Chance," immortalizes the legendary double-play trio.

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1909 Tigers' outfielder Ty Cobb hits his ninth round-tripper, all inside-the-park, to win the home run crown. The Georgia Peach will hit 117 round-trippers during his 24-year career but leads the league only this season.

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1925 In the first game of a twin bill, Robins' starter Dazzy Vance no-hits the Phillies at Ebbets Field, 10-1. The Brooklyn hurler had one-hit the team from the City of Brotherly Love five days earlier.

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1932 The Yankees, with their 100th victory of the year, clinch the AL pennant when George Pipqras beats the Tribe at Cleveland Stadium, 9-3. Yankee skipper Joe McCarthy, who captured a flag with the 1929 Cubs, becomes the first to win pennants in both the American and National League.

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1933 White Sox veteran hurlers Sad Sam Jones (41) and Red Faber (44) are the starting pitchers in a doubleheader split with the A's at Philadelphia's Shibe Park. It will be another 53 seasons before another pair of 40+ year-old teammates (Yankees Tommy John and Joe Niekro) start both ends of a twin bill.

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1936 Indians' teenage pitching phenom Bob Feller sets a new American League record by striking out 17 batters when he two-hits the A's at Shibe Park, 5-2. After the season, the 17-year-old will return to his Van Meter, Iowa home to graduate from high school.

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1945 Only 281 patrons are in attendance at Crosley Field to watch the hometown Reds beat New York, 3-2. The Thursday crowd will be the smallest gathering of fans during the 58-year history of the Cincinnati ballpark.

1946 Taking advantage of the left fielder's shallow positioning due to the Boudreau shift, Ted Williams hits his lone career inside-the-park home run, which proves to be the difference in the Red Sox' 1-0 victory over the Indians. The win clinches Boston's first American League pennant since 1918.

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1948 Indian right-hander Don Black, while batting in the second inning of the Cleveland Stadium contest against St. Louis, suffers a cerebral hemorrhage and is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The 32-year-old hurler will survive, but his major league career is over.

1949 Ralph Kiner, for the second time in his career, hits four consecutive homers. After homering in his last two at-bats in the previous game played two days ago, the 26-year-old Pirates slugger goes deep in his first two plate appearances in today's 11-6 victory over Philadelphia at Forbes Field.

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1950 Giants' right-hander Sal Maglie's consecutive scoreless inning streak ends at 45 when Pirates' outfielder Gus Bell hits a 257-foot pop fly that barely clears the Polo Grounds wall for a home run. The Barber's accomplishment falls four outs shy of the National League record established in 1933 by Carl Hubbell.

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1951 At Sportsman's Park, the Cardinals split a three-team twin bill, beating the Giants 6-4 in a re-scheduled afternoon game due to rain the day before, and then the Redbirds are blanked by the Braves in the regularly scheduled night game, 2-0. The games mark the first time since 1883 that a three-team twin bill takes place.

1953 Bob Trice becomes the first black player to appear for the A's. The former Homestead Grays hurler will pitch in only three games for Philadelphia this season, compiling a 2-1 record, finishing his brief three-year stint in the major leagues with a 9-9 mark.

1956 Pirates' reliever Elroy Face appears in his ninth consecutive game, setting a major league record surpassed by Mike Marshall (1974) and Dale Mohoric (1986), who both had 13. The record-setting outing will prove less than memorable when the 28-year-old right-hander is tagged with a blown save and the loss after giving up three ninth-inning hits to the only three batters he faces in the team's 5-4 defeat to the Reds at Forbes Field.

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1960 The Dodgers end their historic affiliation with the Montreal Royals, citing low attendance as a factor for leaving the city where Jackie Robinson famously broke the color barrier in 1946. Next season, after an effort to keep the team in the City of a Hundred Steeples, the Canadian franchise relocates to New York, playing as the Syracuse Chiefs, a farm team for the Minnesota Twins.

1960 In the top of the fifth inning at Crosley Field, Danny Murphy hits a two-out, three-run home run in an 8-6 loss to the Reds. The 18-year-old right-fielder becomes the youngest Cubs player ever to homer.

1963 On Friday the 13th, hard-luck hurler Roger Craig, en route to his 21st loss of the season, allows the lone run of the game to score after getting the first two outs in the ninth inning of the Mets' 1-0 loss to Houston at the Polo Grounds. The defeat marks the fifth time the New York right-hander has dropped a 1-0 decision this season.

1964 The Cardinals become only the second team in major league history this century to score at least one run in every inning as they rout Chicago, 15-2. A dropped pop-up in the top of the ninth secures St. Louis' place in history.

1965 At the Astrodome facing Don Nottebart, Giant outfielder Willie Mays becomes the fifth player in major league history to collect 500 career home runs. The 'Say Hey Kid' will hit a league-leading and career-high 52 home runs en route to his second MVP season.

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1968 Jerry Koosman ties the National League rookie record when he hurls his seventh shutout, blanking Pittsburgh on three singles. The left-hander's 2-0 victory, the Mets' 67th win of the season - a franchise high, equals the mark shared by Irving Young (Braves, 1905) and Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies, 1911).

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1969 Bobby Bonds, with his first-inning two-run homer in the Giants' 6-4 defeat to the Reds at Candlestick Park, becomes the fourth player in major league history to steal at least 30 bases and hit at least thirty home runs in the same season. The other members of the 30/30 club are Ken Williams (1922-Browns), Willie Mays (1956 & 1957-Giants), and Hank Aaron (1963-Braves).

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1971 In the nightcap of a twin bill, Frank Robinson joins the 500 home run club with a ninth-inning three-run homer off Fred Scherman in the Orioles' 10-5 loss to the Tigers at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore right fielder connected off Mike Kilkenny for #499 in Game 1 of the doubleheader, a 9-1 Birds' victory.

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1978 At Tiger Stadium, the visiting Yankees defeat Detroit, 7-3, to take sole possession of first place for the first time this season. On July 19, the Bronx Bombers trailed the Red Sox by 14 games in the American East Division.

1982 In addition to throwing a complete-game shutout to beat St. Louis, 2-0, for his 20th victory of the season, Phillies' southpaw Steve Carlton also goes deep in the fifth inning of the Veterans Stadium contest. The contest marks the fourth time 'Lefty' has blanked his opponents and homered in the same game, becoming the first pitcher to have accomplished the feat in three different decades.

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1983 Mike Fitzgerald becomes the 48th major leaguer to hit a home run in his first big-league at-bat. The Mets rookie backstop's second-inning homer of Tony Ghelfi contributes to a 5-1 victory over Philadelphia at Veterans Stadium.

1983 Recording his 39th save, Royals' closer Dan Quisenberry breaks John Hiller's single-season record. The submariner gets the last two outs in a 4-3 victory over the Angels.

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1986 In a 14-1 rout of Minnesota at the Metrodome, the Rangers set a team record with seven home runs, including blasts from Darrell Porter (2), Ruben Sierra (2), Steve Buechele, Pete O'Brien, and Pete Incaviglia. Minnesota's starter Bert Blyleven, a future Hall of Famer, is tagged for five of the round-trippers, which raises his gopher ball total to 44 this season, establishing a new American League record.

1986 Ruben Sierra becomes the first Ranger player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game when he goes deep off Bill Latham as a right-handed batter in the team's 14-1 rout of the Twins. In the Metrodome contest, featuring a club-record seven home runs, the 20-year-old rookie switch-hitter also hit a round-tripper, facing future Hall of Fame right-hander Bert Blyleven in the third inning.

1989 Jack Morris, earning his 162nd win since the beginning of the 1980 season, beats the Tribe at Cleveland Stadium, 3-1. During the eighties, the Tiger right-hander compiles the most victories (162-119) during the decade but will never finish higher than third place in the Cy Young Award balloting during the ten years.

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1989 Fay Vincent becomes baseball's eighth commissioner, succeeding the late Bart Giamatti, who died of a heart attack 12 days ago. During the first year of his brief three-year tenure in office, the Waterbury, Connecticut native will oversee the postponement of this season's World Series due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, the expulsion of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, and the owners' lockout during spring training in 1990.

 

1995 Tiger second baseman Lou Whitaker and shortstop Alan Trammell, appearing in the same game for the 1,915th time, set an American League record for joint appearances. The Detroit middle infielders surpass the mark established in 1990 by Royals' teammates George Brett and Frank White.

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1996 Alex Rodriguez became the first player in Mariners history to collect 200 hits in a season. The 20-year-old Seattle shortstop, who gets an RBI single off Minnesota's Travis Miller in the first inning to reach the milestone, will finish the season with 215 hits and a Major League-leading .358 batting average.

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1996 Dante Bichette joins his teammate Ellis Burks as a member of the 30/30 club when he homers in the sixth inning of Colorado's 6-3 victory over Houston at Coors Field. The Rockies join the 1987 New York Mets as the only teams to have two 30-30 players (Howard Johnson and Darryl Strawberry) during the same season.

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1997 Trailing 6-0 and down to their last strike, the Mets rally to tie the Expos, sending the game into extra innings when Carl Everett knots the score with a grand slam. In the 11th frame, Bernard Gilkey ends the contest with a three-run home run, wasting Montreal starter Dustin Hermanson's one-hit, eight-inning performance at Shea Stadium.

1998 Sammy Sosa eclipses a National League record for the most home runs hit at one park by one player set by Ted Kluszewski when he hits his 35th at Wrigley Field, surpassing the former Reds first baseman's 1954 total at Crosley Field. The Cubs' right fielder's 62nd ties Mark McGwire for the league's lead in their historic home run race.

 

2001 Due to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Major League Baseball postpones all games through September 17. The ninety-one games are re-scheduled for the week after the regular season ends, meaning the World Series will likely extend into November for the first time in history.

2002 Oriole infielder Mike Bordick establishes a new American League record, playing his 96th consecutive errorless game at shortstop. Former teammate Cal Ripken previously held the mark.

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2002 The U.S. Senate passes S. Res. 327, a resolution honoring Tiger broadcaster Ernie Harwell, planning to retire at the end of the season. The 84-year-old has been a major league baseball announcer for 55 years.

2003 After signing a one-day contract, Ken Daneyko grounds out to short in his professional baseball debut with the Newark Bears. The former New Jersey Devils defenseman, honored by the team before the game, plays DH against the Pennsylvania Road Warriors in a game started in a driving rainstorm and called immediately after his at-bat.

2004 At Oakland's Network Associates Coliseum, a female fan suffers a broken nose, facial lacerations, and a possible concussion from being struck by a plastic chair thrown by Ranger reliever Frank Francisco. The altercation between fans and the several Rangers players, which occurs in the field box seats between the Texas dugout and bullpen, occurs with two outs in the ninth inning after Texas' Alfonso Soriano's second homer of the game ties the game 5-5.

2005 During the six-run second inning uprising by San Diego, each Dodger outfielder commits an error. The fielding of Ricky Ledee (lf), Jose Cruz Jr. (rf), and Jayson Werth (cf) contribute to the 6-4 loss to the first-place Padres.

2006 In the Padres' 10-0 rout of Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park, Mike Piazza hits his last home run as a catcher to extend his record to 396, the most ever hit by a major league backstop. The 37-year-old receiver surpassed Carlton Fisk in 2004 to establish the big-league mark with his 352nd round-tripper while playing behind the plate for the Mets.

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2006 With a single in the first inning, a double in the second, and triple in the fourth, Gary Matthews blasts a homer in the sixth to complete the cycle in order in his first four at-bats. The Texas center fielder, son of a former major leaguer, is only the third Ranger player to hit for the cycle, with Oddibe McDowell (1985) and Mark Teixeira (2004) being the others.

2007 After 13 years on the job, Terry Ryan announces his resignation as Twins' general manager will be effective at the end of the month. The 53-year-old, who will serve as the team's senior advisor to the GM, saw his team win the AL Central last season for the fourth time since 2001.

2008 The Marlins become only the second major league team to have three infielders hit 30 home runs in the same season when Hanley Ramirez goes deep in Florida's 4-2 victory over the Nationals at Dolphin Stadium. The Florida shortstop joins teammates first baseman Mike Jacobs and second baseman Dan Uggla to match the feat accomplished in 2001 by A's infielders Jason Giambi, Eric Chavez, and Miguel Tejada.

2008 Francisco Rodriguez, striking out Raul Ibanez on a 3-2 changeup in the Angels' 5-2 victory over the Mariners, earns his 58th save to break the single-season record. K-Rod surpasses the mark established in 1990 by White Sox closer Bobby Thigpen.

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2009 At the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Ichiro Suzuki becomes the first player in major league history to collect 200 hits in nine consecutive seasons when he beats out an infield single in the Mariners' 5-0 nightcap victory over Texas. The right-fielder shared the mark with Wee Willie Keeler, who had eight straight years with 200 or more hits for the National League franchises in Baltimore and Brooklyn from 1894-1901.

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2011 After getting the first two outs on strikeouts, Mariano Rivera records his 600th career save when catcher Russell Martin throws out Ichiro Suzuki, trying to steal second base for the final out of the game. The 41-year-old Yankee closer is one save shy of tying Trevor Hoffman's major league career record.

2013 In a much-anticipated start, David Hale sets a franchise record with nine strikeouts in his major league debut, not collecting the victory when San Diego stages a late rally to overcome a three-run deficit to beat the Braves at Turner Field, 4-3. The 25-year-old right-hander from Marietta (GA) surpasses the previous mark of eight shared by Bob Dresser (1902) and Kenshin Kawakami (2009).

2014 On the AT&T Park's pitching mound, Giants skipper Bruce Bouchy hands the ball to his son, Brett, marking the first time an offspring has hurled for a major league team his father managed. The 27-year-old right-hander enters the game with the bases loaded and two out, walking in a run before recording the final out in the sixth inning.

2015 The Braves extend their franchise-record home-game losing streak, dropping a dreadful 10-7 ten-inning decision to the Mets for their 12th consecutive loss at Turner Field. Atlanta was leading 7-4 before Daniel Murphy's three-run tied the game after the first two batters were retired in the top of the ninth inning.

2020 In only his 15th career big-league start, Cubs' right-hander Alec Mills throws the 16th no-hitter in franchise history, beating the Brewers at Miller Park, 12-0. The no-no marks the first time both Chicago teams have tossed a hitless game in the same season after White Sox hurler Lucas Giolito accomplished the feat against the Pirates on August 25.

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2021 In a 15-1 rout of the Rangers at Globe Life Field, Astros outfielder Jose Siri enjoys a 4-for-5 night in his first major league start. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 26-year-old rookie becomes the first major leaguer to collect at least five RBIs, an official stat beginning in 1920, and hit two homers in his first appearance in the starting lineup.
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On September 13 in Baseball History...

• • 1909 - Ty Cobb clinches the American League home run title with his ninth round-tripper. It is an inside-the-park drive against the Browns. In fact, all his nine home runs this season are inside the park, including two in one game on July 15. He is the only player in this century to lead in home runs without hitting one out of the park.
  • 1925 - Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance threw a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader as the Dodgers won 10-1.
  • 1927 - Babe Ruth hits two home runs to give him 52 for the year as the Yankees win a pair from Cleveland to clinch the American League pennant. It is Miller Huggins' fifth pennant, tying him with Connie Mack. The Yankees win the nightcap 5-3, as Waite Hoyt wins his 20th.
  • 1932 - The New York Yankees clinched the American League pennant as Joe McCarthy became the first manager to win flags in both leagues.
  • 1934 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis sells the World Series broadcast rights to the Ford Motor Company for $100,000. Previously no fee had been charged.
  • 1936 - Bob Feller, just seventeen, beat the Philadelphia A's 5-2 on two hits. The Cleveland youngster fanned an American League-record seventeen batters.
  • 1938 - A special committee names Alexander Cartwright to Baseball's Hall of Fame for originating the sport's basic concepts. Henry Chadwick, inventor of the box score and the first baseball writer, is also honored.
  • 1946 - The Boston Red Sox clinch the American League pennant, edging the Cleveland Indians 1-0 on Ted Williamss inside-the-park home run, the only one of his career. Williams punches the ball over the shift when left fielder Pat Seerey pulls in behind the shortstop position.
  • 1951 - The Cards split a rare doubleheader with two different teams, defeating the Giants 6-4 in the first game [Box Score] in the afternoon and losing to the Braves in the nightcap [Box Score]. The Cards manage just one hit in losing to Warren Spahn 2-0. It is the first time a team in the National League has played two different teams in the same day since the early years of the century.
  • 1958 - Warren Spahn becomes the first lefty to win twenty or more games nine times, as the Braves beat St. Louis 8-2. Eddie Plank and Lefty Grove each won twenty games eight times.
  • 1963 - Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches the Yankees 28th pennant. It's a 2-0 shutout in Minnesota.
  • 1964 - St. Louis becomes the first National League club to score in each inning since the Giants did it on June 1, 1923. They coast 15-2 at Wrigley Field.
  • 1965 - Willie Mays hit his 500th career home run off Houston's Don Nottebart in a 5-1 San Francisco victory.
  • 1969 - Bobby Bonds becomes the fourth 30-homer, 30-steal player in Major League history, but the Reds beat the Giants 6-4.
  • 1971 - Frank Robinson hit his 500th career home run off Detroit's Fred Scherman. The ninth-inning shot gave the Baltimore Orioles a split of a doubleheader against the Tigers.
  • 1978 - The New York Yankees beat the Tigers 7-3 at Detroit to move into sole possession of first place for the first time after being 14 games out.
  • 1983 - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals three bases in a 6-5 win over Texas to give him 101 for the season. It is his third season with one-hundred or more steals.
  • 1986 - Texas hit a club record seven home runs, including two each by Darrell Porter and Ruben Sierra, as the Rangers routed the Minnesota Twins 14-1. The Rangers rocked starter Bert Blyleven for five home runs, raising his season total to forty-four and breaking an American League record.
  • 1989 - Fay Vincent is elected baseball's eighth commissioner, succeeding the late Bart Giamatti, whom he served as deputy commissioner.
  • 1991 - A 55-ton block collapses in Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The Expos, already in last place, will have to play the rest of their home games on the road.
  • 1995 - Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker, the middle infield of the Detroit Tigers, set an American League record when they played in their 1,915th game together.
  • 1998 - Sammy Sosa becomes the second player of the week to break the home run record of Roger Maris. Sosa, who had watched Mark McGwire tie and set the mark against the Cubs on September September 8, launches two home runs against the Brewers at Wrigley Field. The second one breaks the record, sets off a mad dash of fans chasing the ball on the street outside the ballpark, and sets up a game-tying rally against the Brewers in the ninth inning. Mark Grace later wins the game for the Cubs 11-10 with a home run

Baseball Birthdays on September 13...

• • 1864 - Schellhase, Al
  • 1887 - Redmond, Harry
  • 1889 - Chambers, Bill
  • 1890 - Marbet, Walt
  • 1893 - Ruether, Dutch
  • 1893 - Kelleher, John
  • 1894 - O'Brien, Dink
  • 1894 - Crane, Sam
  • 1896 - Stokes, Art
  • 1896 - Collins, Pat
  • 1896 - Wilson, Roy
  • 1897 - Rommel, Eddie
  • 1898 - Fullerton, Curt
  • 1903 - Warstler, Rabbit
  • 1906 - Levey, Jim
  • 1906 - Lee, Thornton
  • 1907 - Campbell, John
  • 1908 - Nitcholas, Otho
  • 1915 - Aderholt, Morrie
  • 1916 - Zimmerman, Roy
  • 1931 - Susce, George
  • 1934 - Hughes, Tom
  • 1938 - Heffner, Bob
  • 1939 - Parsons, Tom
  • 1945 - Wise, Rick
  • 1947 - Adamson, Mike
  • 1949 - Obradovich, Jim
  • 1949 - Dempsey, Rick
  • 1951 - McMillan, Tom
  • 1954 - Smith, Billy
  • 1954 - Harris, John
  • 1955 - Fischlin, Mike
  • 1963 - McCray, Rodney
  • 1964 - Hibbard, Greg
  • 1965 - Curry, Steve
  • 1967 - Correia, Rod
  • 1968 - Bennett, Erik
  • 1968 - Williams, Bernie
  • 1968 - Neagle, Denny
  • 1969 - Davis, Russ
  • 1971 - Brede, Brent
  • 1971 - Rios, Armando
  • 1972 - Perry, Chan
  • 1972 - Cruz, Nelson
  • 1976 - Miller, Wade
  • 1977 - Roberts, Grant

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