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2000 A Dodger fan, in addition to other court-ordered restrictions, has been banned from attending home games in Los Angeles for 18 months. The angry patron threw coffee in the face of a Mets fan who was cheering a grand slam hit by New York's catcher Todd Pratt.

2001 In the Cardinals' 8-2 victory over Milwaukee at Busch Stadium, Albert Pujols drives in three runs in his first two at-bats with a first-inning groundout and a two-run double in the fourth, breaking the National League rookie record with his 120th run batted in this season. The 21-year-old first baseman, who will finish the year with 130 RBIs, surpasses the mark established in 1930 by Wally Berger, who played for the Boston Braves.

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2001 Roger Clemens becomes the first major league pitcher to start a season 20-1 when he goes 6.1 innings in the Yankees' 6-3 victory over the White Sox at Comiskey Park. The eventual Cy Young Award winner, who has previously copped the award five times, has won his last 16 decisions for the Bronx Bombers but will drop the next two decisions, finishing the season with a 20-3 (.870) record.

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2001 Major League Baseball and the Players Association announces the creation of the MLB-MLBPA Disaster Relief Fund. The organizations will each donate $10 million to aid the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

2002 In his major league debut, Twins' rookie Mike Ryan strokes two singles, scores two runs, and drives in two runs in the nine-run first inning against the Tigers. Unfortunately, the game is rained out in the second inning, meaning none of the statistics will be official.

2006 In a game against Florida, Julio Franco starts at third base for the Mets, who clinched the NL East flag yesterday. The 48-year-old infielder has not played the hot corner since his rookie year in 1982, marking 24 years between starts at the position.

2006 Heritage Toronto commemorates the spot where Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run with a plaque at Canada's Hanlan's Point. The historic home run, the only one the Bambino would hit as a minor leaguer, came on September 5, 1914, when the visiting Providence Grays' hurler went deep against the Maple Leafs in the International League contest.

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2007 For the tenth consecutive season, the Devil Rays lose their 90th game. Tampa Bay is the only team in big-league history to lose as many as 90 games each year over a decade.

2007 Driving in Jose Reyes with a third-inning single, David Wright becomes the first Mets player in franchise history to collect 100 RBIs in three consecutive seasons. The 24-year-old third baseman will finish the season with 107 ribbies.

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2008 In only his second appearance in the Marlins' starting lineup, Cameron Maybin equals a franchise record by getting on base in 10 consecutive plate appearances, matching the accomplishments of Derrek Lee and Juan Encarnacion. The 21-year-old outfielder's streak includes hits in eight straight at-bats, which also ties a team record shared by Preston Wilson and Gary Sheffield.

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2008 The first reversal determined by baseball's new instant replay system occurs when Carlos Pena's two-run double is changed to a three-run homer during the fourth inning in the Rays' 11-1 rout of the Twins at Tropicana Field. Umpire Mike DiMuro initially signaled fan interference but changes the call after reviewing the video of the Tampa Bay first baseman's line drive.

2009 In the Brewers' 7-2 victory over Houston, Prince Fielder sets the team's RBI mark with his eighth-inning sacrifice fly. The Milwaukee first baseman's league-leading 127 RBI total surpasses the 1983 club record established by Cecil Cooper, the Astros' manager who watches his record eclipsed from the opposing bench.

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2010 Nationals Park hosts a simulcast of the Washington National Opera's production of Verdi's dramatic musical play, The Masked Ball, being performed at the Kennedy Center. The annual free program, called Opera in the Outfield, features special events, kids' activities, and prizes to introduce the genre to a broader audience, especially children.

2010 A piece of wood from Wellington Castillo's shattered maple bat punctures the chest of Tyler Colvin, who is the runner on third base. The Cubs' rookie outfielder, who will not play another game this season, scores on his teammate's double but leaves the game in the bottom half of the inning to be taken to a hospital.

2011 In front of the smallest crowd in the three-year history of the new Yankee Stadium, New York closer Mariano Rivera retires Trevor Plouffe, Michael Cuddyer, and Chris Parmelee to finish the team's 6-4 win over Minnesota. The 41-year-old Panamanian's save, the 602nd in his career, surpasses Trevor Hoffman's major league mark.

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2014 LA's Clayton Kershaw becomes the season's first 20-game winner when the team routs Chicago at a windy Wrigley Field, 14-5. The 26-year-old southpaw, who has compiled a 20-3 (.870) record along with an ERA of 1.80, is the first Dodger hurler to reach the 20-win plateau twice since Claude Osteen accomplished the feat in 1969 and 1972.

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2016 At Camden Yards, 40-year-old David Ortiz becomes the oldest player to hit 35 home runs in a season when he takes Dylan Bundy deep in the fifth inning of the Red Sox’s 5-2 victory over Orioles. The Boston DH ties Dave Kingman for the most round-trippers hit in a player’s final year, a mark he’ll surpass when he finishes the campaign with 37.

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2017 At Rogers Centre, Royals outfielder Alex Gordon's 409-foot home run off Blue Jays' right-hander Ryan Tepera is baseball's 5,694th of the year, breaking the previous MLB single-season mark for most home runs established in steroid-fueled 2000 campaign. The dramatic increase in round-trippers, finishing at 6,105 for an average record of 1.26 homers per game, fuels the speculation the ball is juiced, a claim major league baseball denies.
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On September 19 in Baseball History...

• • 1910 - A Southern Association game between Mobile and Atlanta takes just thirty-two minutes to complete. The game is conducted as an experiment with batters swinging at every good pitch and little time taken between pitches. There are no strikeouts and one walk as Mobile wins 2-1.
  • 1925 - Ted Lyons lost his bid for a no-hitter when Bobby Veach singled with two outs in the ninth inning. The Chicago White Sox routed the Washington Senators 17-0.
  • 1926 - The St. Louis Cardinals pounded the Philadelphia Phillies 23-3 in the first game of a doubleheader and beat them 10-2 in the second game.
  • 1931 - Lefty Grove wins his 30th game over the White Sox 2-1. He is the first to win 30 since Jim Bagby of Cleveland in 1920 and will be the last American League hurler to do so until Denny McLain in 1968.
  • 1949 - Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates became the first National League player to hit fifty home runs in two different seasons.
  • 1955 - Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs set a Major League record with his fifth grand slam of the season in a 12-inning, 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • 1968 - Denny McLain won his 31st game, the most in the American League since Lefty Grove's thirty-one in 1931. The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 6-2 while Mickey Mantle hit his 535th and next-to-last career homer.
  • 1973 - Frank Robinson hit his first home run in Arlington Stadium, as a member of the California Angels. It was the 32nd Major League ballpark in which he had homered.
  • 1984 - Pete Rose reached the 100-hit plateau for the 22nd consecutive year, an all-time record. He also tied the National League record for doubles with 725 as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2.
  • 1993 - Tom Glavine of the Braves becomes the first National League pitcher in twenty years to win twenty games in three consecutive years. Fergie Jenkins of the Cubs was the last to do the trick.
  • 1995 - San Diego's Ken Caminiti became the first Major Leaguer to homer from both sides of the plate three times in a season as he went 4-for-4 with a career-high eight RBIs in a 15-4 win over Colorado.
  • 1997 - Mark McGwire hit his 54th homer and became the first in the majors to hit 20 or more homers for two teams in the same season.
  • 1998 - Seattle's Alex Rodriguez hit his 40th homer to become the third player in baseball history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season.

Baseball Birthdays on September 19...

• • 1856 - Baker, Phil
  • 1859 - Robinson, Yank
  • 1860 - Glenn, Ed
  • 1862 - Marr, Lefty
  • 1867 - McMahon, Sadie
  • 1871 - McDougal, Dewey
  • 1872 - Lampe, Henry
  • 1884 - Ryan, Jack
  • 1886 - Harter, Frank
  • 1889 - Young, Ralph
  • 1890 - McInnis, Stuffy
  • 1890 - Hartranft, Ray
  • 1899 - Douglass, Astyanax
  • 1900 - Wright, Jim
  • 1902 - Connatser, Bruce
  • 1902 - Begley, Jim
  • 1903 - Lind, Carl
  • 1906 - Clark, Cap
  • 1909 - Martin, Hersh
  • 1909 - Reiber, Frank
  • 1913 - Barkley, Red
  • 1913 - Etten, Nick
  • 1915 - Kardow, Paul
  • 1916 - Fischer, Rube
  • 1916 - McNamara, Bob
  • 1924 - Benson, Vern
  • 1926 - Snider, Duke
  • 1926 - Wall, Murray
  • 1927 - Sarni, Bill
  • 1929 - Shearer, Ray
  • 1930 - Turley, Bob
  • 1931 - Shoop, Ron
  • 1937 - Short, Chris
  • 1943 - Derrick, Mike
  • 1943 - Morgan, Joe
  • 1944 - Nagelson, Russ
  • 1946 - Lolich, Ron
  • 1946 - Ferguson, Joe
  • 1950 - Schultz, Buddy
  • 1951 - Contreras, Nardi
  • 1960 - Stephenson, Phil
  • 1962 - Myers, Randy
  • 1967 - Abbott, Jim
  • 1968 - Munoz, Pedro
  • 1969 - Ronan, Marc
  • 1975 - Valentin, Javier
  • 1978 - Johnson, Nick

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1902 The White Sox's first no-hitter in franchise history is tossed by Jim Callahan when he defeats the Tigers, 2-0. The right-handed utility player, called Nixey by his teammates, will accumulate 99 victories on the mound but will pitch in only eight of his 13 seasons in the major leagues.

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1907 At Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Nick Maddox no-hits the Dodgers, 2-1. At the age of 20 years and ten months, the Pirates hurler becomes the youngest pitcher and the second rookie to throw a no-hitter.

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1908 In the bottom of the ninth inning at South Side Park, Freddy Parent, while being walked intentionally by Eddie Plank, reaches out and pokes a shallow sac fly to right field. The unexpected sacrifice scores the winning run in the White Sox' 1-0 walk-off victory over the A's and gives Frank Smith, who held the A's hitless, his second career no-hitter.

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1911 Bill Bergen ends his major league career with the lowest lifetime batting average for a position player in major league history by hitting an anemic .170 during his 11-year tenure with the Reds and Dodgers. The 33-year-old backstop, who had only one year of batting above .200, also holds the records for lowest season batting average for a regular season, hitting .139 in 1909 for Brooklyn that included the longest streak of at-bats without a hit (46 in 1909), a mark since surpassed by Chris Davis, who goes 0-for-54 over 2018-2019 with Orioles.

1912 Smoky Joe Wood, losing to Detroit, 6-4, fails to break Walter Johnson's record of 16 consecutive victories, established earlier in the season. Joe Lake gets the win, pitching the last five innings after replacing starter Bill Covington, who allowed only one hit through four innings when he was tossed out of the game by the umpire in the fifth.

1919 On Babe Ruth Day in Boston, the Bambino scores the winning run in both ends of the doubleheader when the Red Sox sweeps Chicago, 4-3 and 5-4. Ironically, the contests mark the last time the future Hall of Famer player dons a Red Sox uniform in Fenway Park before being dealt to the Yankees in the off-season.

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1924 The 37-year-old righty Grover Cleveland Alexander goes the distance to earn his 300th victory when the Cubs beat the Giants in 12 innings, 7-3. 'Old Pete' will collect 373 wins during his 20-year career with National League teams, including stops in Philadelphia and St. Louis.

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1931 For the first time in 19 years, Gabby Street appears in a major league game. The 48-year-old Cardinal skipper is 0-for-1, but the backstop displays his old catching skills when he nails Brooklyn runner Babe Herman trying to steal a base.

1932 The Cubs clinch the National League pennant when they beat Pittsburgh, 5-2, thanks to Kiki Cuyler's seventh-inning bases-loaded triple. The Wrigley Field contest features rookie second baseman Billy Herman's 200th hit of the season.

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1951 Ford Frick, replacing "Happy" Chandler, is selected by the owners to be the sport's third commissioner. The former National League president, best remembered for suggesting the single-season home run records of Babe Ruth and Roger Maris be listed separately based on the season's length, will hold the position for fourteen years.

1953 Twenty-eight-year-old Gene Baker, the other half of the Kansas City Monarchs double-play duo along with Ernie Banks, joins his former Negro League teammate, making his major league debut with the Cubs as a pinch-hitter against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. In 1961, Pittsburgh names the former Chicago second baseman as the manager of their Class D Batavia Pirates (NY) minor league team, making him the first black manager in organized baseball.

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1954 The Giants clinch the pennant when they beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 7-1. The National League champs, finishing the season five games ahead of second-place Brooklyn, will sweep Cleveland in the Fall Classic.

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1954 At Cleveland Stadium, fans show support for their once embattled GM Hank Greenberg by wearing "We're Witcha Hank" buttons. Anyone donning the silver plastic ball charm, distributed by a local laundry earlier in the season, received two tickets for tonight's game, the Tribe's 11th consecutive victory and the 109th win overall for the eventual American League champs.

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1955 Willie Mays becomes the seventh player to hit fifty home runs in a season when he connects off Pittsburgh's Vern Law for the second time in the Giants' 14-8 victory at the Polo Grounds. The round-tripper is the 24-year-old center fielder's seventh in six consecutive games.

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1958 Thanks to Gus Triandos' eighth-inning home run, recently acquired Oriole knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits the Yankees at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, 1-0. The contest will mark the Yankees' last time will fail to get a hit in a game in this century.

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1959 The San Francisco Giants, bowing to the Dodgers, 8-2, play their last game at Seals Stadium. The transplanted New York team, who compiled a 163-145 record in their two-year stay in the former PCL park, will move to the newly constructed Candlestick Park next season.

 

1961 In a 13-inning contest, Sandy Koufax goes the distance, beating the Cubs, 3-2, in the last regular-season game played at the LA Memorial Coliseum, a venue originally built for the 1932 Olympics. The Dodgers are leaving the only home they have known since moving from Brooklyn four seasons ago to play in a brand new stadium in Chavez Ravine, located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles.

1966 The Mets' 3-0 victory over Houston, their 63rd win, assures the team will lose less than a hundred games in a season for the first time in the franchise's five-year history. The Amazins', who will finish in ninth place with a 66-95 record, averaged 113 losses a season during their first four years in the National League.

1966 In his second major league game, Tom Phoebus hurls his second straight shutout in the Orioles' 4-0 victory over the A's. In his major league debut five days ago, the 24-year-old right-handed rookie also blanked the Angels, earning a 2-0 complete-game victory at Memorial Stadium.

1966 Sandy Koufax becomes the first National League hurler in 31 years to record 25 or more victories in two straight seasons when he goes the distance in LA's 11-1 rout over the Phillies at Dodger Stadium. In 1935, Cardinals' right-hander Dizzy Dean posted a 28-12 record after winning 30 of 37 decisions in the previous campaign.

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1968 Mickey Mantle hits his final home run, finishing an 18-year major league career third on the all-time home run list with 536 round-trippers behind only Babe Ruth and Willie Mays when he retires at the end of the season. Jim Lonborg gives up the homer in a 4-3 loss to the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.

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1969 Giving the Pirates their third win in two days against the eventual world champs, Bob Moose no-hits the first-place Mets at Shea Stadium, 4-0. The 21-year-old right-hander will compile a 14-3 record with a 2.91 ERA for the third-place Bucs this season.

 

1971 In completing a suspended game started in Cleveland six days ago, the 'visiting' Senators beat the Indians in Washington DC, 8-6. The 20-inning victory at RFK Stadium will prove to be the team's final 'road' win before the franchise shifts to Texas next season.

1972 After scoring all of their runs in the second inning, the Braves put it on cruise control, beating the Astros, 13-6. Only 2,062 fans are on hand at Atlanta Stadium to enjoy the big inning, which features the team collecting a dozen hits off five Houston hurlers.

1972 Milt Pappas, with a 6-2 complete-game victory over Montreal at Wrigley Field, wins his 200th major league game. The Cubs' right-hander becomes the first hurler to reach the milestone without the benefit of a single 20-win season.

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1973 The Pirates miss scoring in the top of the 13th inning when Dave Augustine's 'home run' bounces off the top of the fence into the glove of left fielder Cleon Jones, who relays the ball to Wayne Garrett in time for the third baseman to nail Richie Zisk at the plate. Mets rookie catcher Ron Hodges ends the Shea Stadium contest in the bottom of the frame, which will become known as the 'Ball on the Wall Game,' with a one-out single off Bucs' reliever Dave Giusti, plating John Milner for the 4-3 victory.

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1973 After sharing the news on the Today Show, Willie Mays officially announces his retirement at a press conference held at Shea Stadium's Diamond Club. In five days, the Mets will honor the aging superstar with pre-game ceremony at the ballpark.

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1973 Billy Jean King's brother, Randy, is not in attendance to watch her win the 100,000 winner-take-all tennis match against Bobby Riggs at the Astrodome. Moffit is at another ballpark, getting a key out in relief when the Giants beat the first-place Reds at Candlestick Park.​

 

1980 The Yankees dedicate a bronze plaque in memory of Thurman Munson in the ballpark's Memorial Park. The 32-year-old team captain Munson died last season, attempting to land his Cessna Citation at Akron-Canton Airport.

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1980 Baltimore hurler Steve Stone ties a club record for the most wins in a season when he beats the Blue Jays for his 24th victory. The Orioles' right-hander matches the 1970 totals of both Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally.

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1983 In the first inning of a 14-1 rain-shortened five-inning victory over the Orioles, the Tigers stroke ten consecutive hits and score 11 runs. Detroit's opening offense ties the American League record for runs scored to start a game established by the Boston Americans in 1901.

1984 With a 5-4 victory over San Francisco at Jack Murphy Stadium, the Padres win their first division crown. In addition to winning the clincher, Tim Lollar hits a three-run home run in the second inning to help his cause.

1986 Padres outfielder Tony Gwynn becomes only the fifth player since 1900 to steal five bases in a game in the team's 10-6 loss to Houston at the Astrodome. During his 20-year career, the .338 lifetime hitter will average only 16 stolen bases per season.

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1988 Wade Boggs becomes the first player in this century to get 200 hits in six consecutive years. The 30-year-old Red Sox third baseman, who also joins Lou Gehrig by collecting 200 hits and 100 base-on-balls for three straight seasons, will extend the streak to seven campaigns in 1989 with 205 hits.

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1992 Phillies' second baseman Mickey Morandini catches Jeff King's line drive, steps on second, doubling up Andy Van Slyke, and tags Barry Bonds to complete an unassisted triple play in a 3-2 loss to the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium. The triple killing is the first in the National League since 1927 when Cubs' shortstop Jimmy Cooney accomplished the rare feat in a contest against the Pirates.

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1995 The Rockies, who collect 23 hits, equal a franchise record for runs scored when the team routs the Padres, 20-1. Colorado outfielder Matt Holliday also ties a club mark, accomplished three times previously, with an eight-RBI day, homering twice in the Coors Field contest.

1995 The Padres play their one-thousandth home game without having a rainout. The streak, which began on April 20, 1983, will end on May 12, 1998, with a total of 1,184 contests over 15 years.

1996 Michael Lasky buys Eddie Murray's 500th home run ball for $280,000, and it could be worth as much as $500,000 thanks to a 20-year annuity. The new owner, the Psychic Friends Network founder, plans to put the Camden Yards souvenir on public display for "the people of Baltimore."

1998 "Let's end it in the same place it started. In my home state. In front of friends and family. In front of the best fans in the world."- Cal Ripken, JR., commenting on ending his consecutive streak. After nearly 16 years of not missing a game, Cal Ripken, quietly and without fanfare, takes himself out of the lineup after playing in a major-league record 2,632 consecutive games. In a nationally televised ESPN Sunday night game, the Orioles shortstop's consecutive streak ends when Baltimore drops a 5-4 decision to the Yankees at Camden Yards.

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1998 At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Mark McGwire extends his home run record to 65 and missing his 66th when the umpires rule his fly ball a ground-rule double, which video replays clearly show fan interference as the wrong call. The Cardinals' first baseman first inning round-tripper, his 32nd hit as a visiting player, breaks George Foster's 1977 National League and ties 1927 Babe Ruth's records for home runs hit on the road.

 

2002 Oriole infielder Mike Bordick sets a major league record when he plays his 102nd successive game at shortstop without committing an error. The Mets' middle infielder Rey Ordonez had established the previous mark over the 1999-2000 seasons.

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2002 With a 9-3 victory over the Astros at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals clinch the Central Division of the National League. An emotional on-field celebration includes Albert Pujols carrying Darryl Kile's #57 jersey onto the field, paying tribute to the pitcher who died unexpectedly in June.

2003 Unlike this season, when the Expos played twenty-five percent of its home games in San Juan, the players vote to play their entire 2004 home schedule in Montreal. The MLB owners, who collectively own the franchise, have been considering moving the team permanently to Washington, D.C., Portland (Oregon), or Monterrey (Mexico) or continuing the present format by having the club split home games between different locations (Puerto Rico or Mexico and Montreal).

2003 When Marcus Giles sends Brad Penny's 3-2 pitch into the stands, the Braves tie the National League record by having six players hit at least 20 home runs in a season. The Atlanta infielder joins Javy Lopez, Gary Sheffield, Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones, and Vinny Castilla to equal the mark established by the 1965 Milwaukee team; Eddie Mathews (32), Hank Aaron (32), Joe Torre (27), Felipe Alou (23), Mack Jones (31), and Gene Oliver (21).

2005 At Coors Field, the Rockies tie a franchise record established in 2003 for runs scored in their 20-1 rout of the Padres, who endure the most lopsided loss of their 36 years of existence. Matt Holliday leads Colorado's 23-hit attack with two home runs, driving in eight runs to equal a team record shared by three players.

2006 KC skipper Buddy Bell, after a Royals 3-0 loss to the Angels, announces he needs to take a medical leave to treat a growth in his tonsils and will be replaced in the dugout by bench coach Billy Doran. The manager's wife, Gloria, has also battled tonsil cancer.

2006 Although the team bows to the Blue Jays at the Stadium, the Yankees capture their ninth consecutive AL East title thirty minutes later when the Twins defeat second-place Red Sox. This week, the Bronx Bombers become the second team in the Big Apple to pop the champagne, joining the Mets who clinched the NL East Division two days ago.

2007 With his 4-for-4 performance and HBP with the bases loaded, 23-year-old rookie catcher J.R Towles establishes a franchise-record eight RBIs when the Astros rout the Cardinals, 18-1. The September call-up's outstanding offensive output, who started the season with the Single-A Salem Avalanche, helps Houston produce its most lopsided victory in team history.

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2008 With a 5-4 win over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field, the Cubs clinch their second straight National League Central Division championship. The victory marks the club's first appearance in consecutive postseasons since the 1906-08 teams played in the World Series.

2008 At the Ballpark in Arlington, Francisco Rodriguez, facing one batter, extends his major league record when he saves his 60th game, getting Nelson Cruz to fly out for the final out in the ninth inning. The Angels' 7-3 victory over the Rangers assures the 95-59 Angels of having home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

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2009 The Cubs suspend Milton Bradley for the rest of the year, a day after the turbulent outfielder criticizes the team in a newspaper interview, citing there wasn't a "positive environment" in the organization, and he could see why the club hasn't won a championship in the last century. According to manager Lou Piniella, Chicago's decision to bring back the 32-year-old, with two years remaining on a three-year free-agent $30-million contract he signed last offseason, will be general manager Jim Hendry's call.

 

2010 The Bronx Bombers pay tribute to George Steinbrenner, unveiling a 7-by-5-foot, 760-pound monument of bronze atop a granite base in Monument Park. Estranged former manager Joe Torre, making his first visit to the new Yankee Stadium, attends the ceremony honoring the late Yankee owner.

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2010 A teenage fan, wearing a red spandex suit with a red mask, is subdued by Matt Diaz after the intruder runs onto the field and eludes a security guard during the Braves-Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park. The Atlanta left fielder tackles the costumed 17-year-old released from juvenile detention tomorrow afternoon with the parents apologizing for their son's actions.

2011 Clayton Kershaw becomes the Dodgers' first 20-game winner since Ramon Martinez accomplished the feat in 1990. Allowing just one run in 7.1 innings, the southpaw earns the victory when the team beats the visiting Giants, 2-1.

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2012 The White House announces President Barack Obama's approval of the 'Let Teddy Win' movement. The 44th Chief Executive, a long-time fan of Theodore Roosevelt, lends his bipartisan support in response to Republican Senator John McCain's call for a congressional investigation about the mascot for Teddy Roosevelt never winning the race among the presidents at National Park.

2012 Washington secures a playoff spot when they beat the Dodgers at Nationals Park, 4-1. The last time there was postseason baseball in the nation's capital occurred 79 years ago, when player-skipper Joe Cronin and the Senators lost to the Giants in five games in the 1933 World Series.

2013 Yankee designated hitter Alex Rodriguez establishes a major league record with his 24th career grand slam, going deep off George Kontos in the team's 5-1 victory over the Giants in the Bronx. The two-out seventh-inning bases-loaded round-tripper surpasses the mark established in 1938 by fellow Bronx Bomber Lou Gehrig.

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2014 Oliver Perez records the first four-strikeout inning in Diamondback history when a dropped third strike allows the first batter to reach base in the seventh frame of the team's 5-1 loss to Colorado at Coors Field. The 33-year-old Arizona southpaw becomes the 69th different major league hurler to accomplish the feat.

2019 In the Mets’ 8-1 victory at Great American Ball Park, Pete Alonso goes deep in the eighth inning against Reds’ reliever Sal Romano for his major-league-leading 50th home run. The 24-year-old right-handed slugging first baseman, who is two homers shy of Yankees Aaron Judge’s 2017 rookie record, is the first player to hit 50 round-trippers during the season of his major league debut.

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On September 20 in Baseball History...

• • 1902 - Chicago's Jim Callahan tossed the White Sox's first no-hitter, beating Detroit 2-0.
  • 1905 - Chicago White Sox president Charles Comiskey orders a houseboat built for the express purpose of transporting and housing the team during spring training.
  • 1908 - Frank Smith of the Chicago White Sox threw his second career no-hitter for a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.
  • 1919 - Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson Major League mark of 27 home runs with a game-winner off Lefty Williams of the White Sox. Four days later he will hit number 28 over the roof of the Polo Grounds.
  • 1922 - Rogers Hornsby is stopped by Burleigh Grimes of Brooklyn after hitting in 33 straight games.
  • 1924 - Grover Alexander won his 300th game as the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Giants 7-3 in 12 innings.
  • 1931 - Lou Gehrig drives in four runs to break his old American League RBI mark of 175, set in 1927. By the season's end he will have a total of 184.
  • 1951 - The owners elect National League President Ford Frick as the third commissioner of baseball for a seven-year term at $65,000 per annum.
  • 1953 - Ernie Banks of the Cubs hits his first Major League home run against Gerry Staley, but the Cards win 11-6.
  • 1955 - Giants slugger Willie Mays poles two home runs against the Pirates, giving him 50 for the year, making him the seventh player in history to accomplish this.
  • 1958 - Hoyt Wilhelm of the Baltimore Orioles pitched a 1-0 no-hitter against the New York Yankees at Memorial Stadium, with the only run coming on a home run by Gus Triandos.
  • 1968 - Mickey Mantle hit his last home run in the Major Leagues, a solo shot against Boston's Jim Lonborg. Mantle had 536 homers.
  • 1969 - Bob Moose of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a 4-0 no-hitter against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
  • 1980 - George Brett goes 0-for-4 in a 9-0 loss to the A's to drop his average below .400 for good. He is now hitting .396 and will finish the season at .390.
  • 1984 - The Padres clinch their first National League West title since entering the league in 1969 with a 5-4 win over the Giants. The key blow is winning pitcher Tim Lollar's three-run home run, his third home run of the season.
  • 1988 - Wade Boggs became the first player this century to get 200 hits in six consecutive seasons as the Boston Red Sox pounded Toronto 13-2. Boggs also joined Lou Gehrig as the only players to get 200 hits and 100 walks in three consecutive years.
  • 1992 - Philadelphia second baseman Mickey Morandini made the first unassisted triple play in the National League in 65 years, just the ninth in Major League history, in the Phillies' 3-2, 13-inning loss to Pittsburgh.
  • 1998 - Cal Ripken, Jr. took himself out of the starting lineup and did not play in the Baltimore Orioles' loss to the New York Yankees, ending his consecutive-game streak at 2,632 games. After nearly 16 years, Ripken said he decided the time was right to end the streak, which began on May 30, 1982.

Baseball Birthdays on September 20...

• • 1860 - Boyle, Henry
  • 1861 - Pechiney, George
  • 1878 - Schlafly, Larry
  • 1881 - Bowser, Red
  • 1893 - Bradley, Jack
  • 1898 - Dressen, Chuck
  • 1899 - Schnell, Karl
  • 1900 - Greene, Nelson
  • 1908 - Bonura, Zeke
  • 1912 - DePhillips, Tony
  • 1912 - McLean, Al
  • 1916 - Juelich, Red
  • 1922 - Lombardi, Vic
  • 1938 - Tresh, Tom
  • 1941 - Ribant, Dennis
  • 1943 - Morales, Rich
  • 1944 - Phillips, Ed
  • 1945 - Jurewicz, Mike
  • 1946 - Harrison, Roric
  • 1947 - Hamm, Pete
  • 1952 - Wilhelm, Jim
  • 1954 - Detherage, Bob
  • 1954 - Klutts, Mickey
  • 1956 - Gates, Mike
  • 1958 - Siwy, Jim
  • 1960 - Gallagher, Dave
  • 1960 - Kramer, Randy
  • 1968 - Elliott, Donnie
  • 1970 - Snopek, Chris
  • 1975 - Lara, Yovanny
  • 1976 - Walker, Kevin

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