On April 7, 1969, Bill Singer of the Los Angeles Dodgers earns the first official save in history. Making his only relief appearance of the season, The ‘Singer Throwing Machine’ does not allow a hit, hurling three scoreless innings en route to saving Don Drysdale’s 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field. Thanks to the efforts of sportswriter Jerome Holtzman, the save had become an official statistic during the off-season…

Bill Russell makes his major league debut, he will be game the all time leader in games played at shortstop and be part of the Dodgers infield that set the record for games played together.