On June 26, 1983, At Shea Stadium, Rusty Staub of the New York Mets ties a major league record by delivering his eighth consecutive pinch-hit. Staub’s pinch-hit, which comes in the ninth inning of an 8-4 loss, vs Ron Reed. The hit matches the single-season mark set by the Phillies Dave Philley on September 28,…
On June 25, 1983 After eight straight losses, Rene Lachemann is fired as manager of the Mariners and replaced by Del Crandall. Source Baseball Reference June 25
[adrotate banner=”41″] On June 24, 1983 Milwaukee’s Don Sutton strikes out Alan Bannister in the 8th inning of a 3 – 2 win over Cleveland to become the 8th pitcher in major league history with 3,000 career strikeouts. County Stadium is packed with 46,037 fans for the game, mostly to welcome back popular OF Gorman Thomas, who was traded to Cleveland earlier this month. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
On June 20, 1983 – Yankee outfielder Bobby Murcer retires as an active player.
1983 – In one of the worst trades in franchise history, the St. Louis Cardinals send first baseman Keith Hernandez to the New York Mets in exchange for pitchers Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey. The deal is motivated by Hernandez’s penchant for cocaine, which he will overcome in New York.
on June 14, 1983 Â Kirk Gibson of the Detroit Tigers broke up a no-hit bid by Boston’s Mike Brown Tuesday night with a home run that completely cleared the right field roof at Tiger Stadium and hit the top of a lumber yard across the street — an estimated 540 feet from home plate. In…
On June 12 1983, “I didn’t know what to say, so I just sort of mumbled, ‘Well, O.K.,’ ” – DALE MURPHY, responding to fan’s request to hit a home run. When Dale Murphy visits with Elizabeth Smith in the stands to give her a cap and a T-shirt, her nurse asks the Braves’ outfielder to hit…
On June 12 1983, Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg, recently-elected Hall of Famers, have their uniform numbers retired by the Tigers in a pregame ceremony. The digits #2 and #5, respectively, will join Al Kaline’s #6 (1980) as the only numbers retired in franchise history. Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg, were both recently-elected Hall of…
On June 10, 1983 Dave Kingman cracks a 2-run 2-out home run in the bottom of the 17th inning to give the Mets a 4 – 2 win over the Expos. Kingman has 3 RBI in the game.
On June 7, 1983, Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies surpasses Nolan Ryan in the all-time strikeout chase. Carlton’s third-inning punch-out of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lonnie Smith gives him a career total of 3,522, overall he fans six batters in a 2 – 1 loss to St. Louis to bring his career total to…
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