Houston’s Nolan Ryan pitches his 8th career one-hitter, 3 – 0 at San Diego.
Houston’s Nolan Ryan pitches his 8th career one-hitter, 3 – 0 at San Diego. Terry Kennedy’s 5th-inning single is the only Padres hit.
Tagged with the loss in the Twins’ 6-3 defeat to California, Terry Felton’s career record drops to 0-14. The 24 year-old right hander, who will not win a game in 55 major league appearances, establishes a new mark for the worst individual start in baseball history, surpassing Guy Morton’s 1914 record of 13 consecutive losses from the beginning of a career.
Tagged with the loss in the Twins’ 6-3 defeat to California, Terry Felton’s career record drops to 0-14. The 24 year-old right hander, who will not win a game in 55 major league appearances, establishes a new mark for the worst individual start in baseball history, surpassing Guy Morton’s 1914 record of 13 consecutive losses from the beginning of a career.
Bob Lillis replaces Bill Virdon as manager of the Houston Astros. Virdon was the senior manager in the National League, having managed the Astros since 1975.
1982 – Bob Lillis replaces Bill Virdon as manager of the Houston Astros. Virdon was the senior manager in the National League, having managed the Astros since 1975.
1982 – Alan Ashby cracks two solo shots off John Montefusco to lift the Astros to a 4-3 victory in San Diego. Dickie Thon figures in both of the other tallies. Don Sutton wins his 11th of the season.
1982 – Alan Ashby cracks two solo shots off John Montefusco to lift the Astros to a 4-3 victory in San Diego. Dickie Thon figures in both of the other tallies. Don Sutton wins his 11th of the season.
1982 – Just five days after hitting three home runs in a 5 – 4 loss to the Twins, California’s Doug DeCinces hits three more home runs in a 9 – 5 win at Seattle, joining Ted Williams as the only American League players ever to hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season.
1982 – Just five days after hitting three home runs in a 5 – 4 loss to the Twins, California’s Doug DeCinces hits three more home runs in a 9 – 5 win at Seattle, joining Ted Williams as the only American League players ever to hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season.
The Yankees trade 1978 play-off hero Bucky Dent to the Rangers for OF/1B Lee Mazzilli. In spite of hitting just .169, the popular Yankee infielder nearly was elected to the All-Star Game by the fans appreciative of his late-season heroics that year.
The Yankees trade 1978 play-off hero Bucky Dent to the Rangers for OF/1B Lee Mazzilli. In spite of hitting just .169, the popular Yankee infielder nearly was elected to the All-Star Game by the fans appreciative of his late-season heroics that year.
Jim Rice climbs into the Fenway Park stands from the dugout to assist a young boy who had just been hit in the head by a savage line drive foul off the bat of Dave Stapleton
Jim Rice climbs into the Fenway Park stands from the dugout to assist a young boy who had just been hit in the head by a savage line drive foul off the bat of Dave Stapleton. The Red Sox slugger’s quick response of picking up the four year-old boy and running through the dugout to a waiting ambulance is credited with possibly saving the child’s life.
Jack Clark and Reggie Smith both homer twice in San Francisco’s 7 – 6 win over Houston. The Giants trail, 6 – 4, in the 9th inning before Clark and Smith hit back-to-back home runs to send the game into extra innings.
Jack Clark and Reggie Smith both homer twice in San Francisco’s 7 – 6 win over Houston. The Giants trail, 6 – 4, in the 9th inning before Clark and Smith hit back-to-back home runs to send the game into extra innings.
Al Bumbry leads off a game for the second straight day with a homerun
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Joel Young Blood becomes first player to get two hits for different teams in same day
After driving in the winning run in the Mets’ 7-4 victory over the Cubs, Joel Youngblood, who is traded to the Expos during the game, flies to Philadelphia and singles for Montreal to become the first player to have a hit for two different teams on the same day in different cities. The 30 year-old All-Star collects his two historic hits off two future Hall of Famers, a single off Ferguson Jenkins in Chicago, and gets his other knock off Steve Carlton in the City of Brotherly Love.
