Category: Batting Feat

Homerun History - 3 Homerun Games, 4 Homerun Games, Walkoffs, Milestones and more

Willie Mays 4 Home Run Game

Apr 30, 1961 | 4 Home Run Games, Homerun History

On April 30, 1961, Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hits four home runs against the...

Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees blasts one of the longest home runs in history

May 30, 1956 | Homerun History
Babe Ruth hits the final three home runs – numbers 712, 713 and 714

May 25, 1935 | 3 Home Run Games, Lasts
The Twins are first American League Team to hit two grand slams in one inning

Jul 18, 1962 | Grand Slam, Homerun History
Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first second baseman in history to notch consecutive 30-home run seasons

Aug 28, 1990 | Homerun History
Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox sets a record for most home runs by a catcher

Jun 21, 1989 | Homerun History, Record Setters
Claudell Washington hits the 10,000th home run in New York Yankees

Apr 20, 1988 | Homerun History
Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando and Ted Kubiak hit 3 straight homeruns for A’s

Jun 22, 1970 | Homerun History
George Brett and The Pine Tar Game

Jul 24, 1983 | Homerun History, rules
Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants establishes a new National League record for most career home runs

May 4, 1966 | Homerun History, Record Setters

Hitting Feats - 3000 Hits, Walk offs, Streaks, and more

Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia A’s collects his 4,000th hit

Jul 18, 1927 | Batting Feat, Milestones

On July 18, 1927, Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia A’s collects his 4,000th hit. Cobb’s double caroms...

Paulo Orlando hits 5 Triples in First Seven Games

Apr 20, 2015 | Batting Feat
Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first player of the modern era to reach 200 hits in six consecutive seasons

Sep 20, 1988 | Batting Feat
Ichiro Suzuki makes history, breaking the major league record for hits in a single season

Oct 1, 2004 | Batting Feat, Record Setters
Reggie Jackson drives in 10 runs, helping the Oakland A’s to a 21-7 romp over the Boston Red Sox

Jun 14, 1969 | Batting Feat
Carl Yastrzemski collects his 3,000th hit against Jim Beattie and Yankees

Sep 12, 1979 | 3000 Hit Club, Milestones
Dave Kingman of the Oakland A’s hits a ball through the roof of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

May 4, 1984 | Ball Park, Batting Feat
Joel Youngblood becomes the first player to collect hits for two different teams in two cities on the same day

Aug 4, 1982 | Batting Feat, Transactions
Ken Williams hits 6 homers in four days on way to becoming first 30-30 man

Apr 25, 1922 | Batting Feat
Ted Williams goes 6-for-8 in a season-ending doubleheader to raise his final average to .406.

Sep 28, 1941 | Batting Feat

All Star Games

1937 All Star Game Lou Gehrig drives in 4

Jul 7, 1937 | All Star Game

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first President to attend an All-Star game as he is invited...

Stu Miller is literally blown off the mound during all star game

Jul 11, 1961 | All Star Game
July 9, 1955, the originator of the All-Star Game dies at the age of 58. Arch Ward

Jul 9, 1955 | All Star Game, Deaths
Ford Frick replaces 3 Reds in ballet stuffing scheme

Jun 28, 1957 | All Star Game
network television broadcasts an All-Star Game for the first time in history

Jul 11, 1950 | All Star Game, This Day In Baseball
Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers ties Carl Hubbell’s All-Star Game record by fanning five consecutive American League batters

Jul 15, 1986 | All Star Game
Tony Perez hits a 15th inning home run against Jim “Catfish” Hunter in All Star Game

Jul 11, 1967 | All Star Game
Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers collects a single and double to lead the National League to a 7-2 victory in the All-Star Game

Jul 23, 1974 | All Star Game
The first East/West Negro League All Star Game is played

Sep 10, 1933 | All Star Game, Negro Leagues
American and National leagues play the first night All-Star Game

Jul 13, 1943 | All Star Game

Thefts, Walks, Cycles, HBP, and other batting feats

Roger Maris receives four intentional walks

May 22, 1962 | Intentional Walks

On May 22, 1962, New York Yankees slugger Roger Maris receives four intentional walks during a 2-1...

Joe Keough of the Oakland A’s hits a pinch-hit home run in his first major league at-bat

Nov 7, 1968 | Pinch Hits
Maury Wills breaks Ty Cobb record for steals in a season

Sep 23, 1962 | Famous Thefts, Record Setters
Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson breaks Roger Maris’ intentional walk record when he receives five intentional free passes from the Cincinnati Reds

May 22, 1990 | Extra Innings, Intentional Walks
Carl Yastrzemski hits for the cycle against the Detroit Tigers

May 14, 1963 | Cycle
Robby Thompson of the San Francisco Giants sets a major league record when he is caught stealing four times

Jun 27, 1986 | Famous Thefts
Art Shamsky hits 3 homeruns in game after entering in 8th

Aug 12, 1966 | 3 Home Run Games, Pinch Hits
Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman hits for the cycle

Sep 18, 1985 | Cycle
Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A’s breaks Lou Brock’s single-season stolen base record

Aug 27, 1982 | Famous Thefts, Record Setters
John Valentin hits for Cycle in same Game Chicago White Sox turn Triple Play

Jun 6, 1996 | Cycle, Triple Play

Podcast and Quiz

Seattle Pilots Play First Home Game in Sicks Stadium

Apr 11, 1969 | Ball Park, Debut, expansion, Podcast

PODCAST On Friday afternoon April 11, 1969, Major League Baseball came to Seattle with the...

Cleveland Indians inaugurate Jacobs Field with a 4-3 victory

Apr 4, 1994 | Ball Park, Podcast
All Star Game Quiz

Apr 16, 2019 | All Star Game, Quiz
Rube Waddell dies from tuberculosis

Apr 1, 1914 | Deaths, Podcast
A’s trade REGGIE JACKSON

Apr 2, 1976 | Podcast, Transactions
Chicago Cubs trade seemingly over-the-hill pitcher Dennis Eckersley to the Oakland A’s

Apr 3, 1987 | Podcast, Transactions
Ron Blomberg becomes first DH

Apr 6, 1973 | Podcast, rules
Bill Singer gets first official save

Apr 7, 1969 | Pitching Feats, Podcast, rules
Hank Aaron makes history passing Babe Ruth for the most Homeruns all time

Apr 8, 1974 | Homerun History, Podcast, Record Setters
Ebbets Field Opens

Apr 5, 1913 | Ball Park, Debut, Podcast

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