Seattle Pilots only 1 year team in MLB History

On April 1, 1970 — Federal Bankruptcy Referee Sidney Volinn, after ruling the team is insolvent, orders the Seattle Pilots be sold to a group headed by mid-western businessman Bud Selig for $10.8 Million. The Pilots had lost $1 million during their lone season in Seattle. The American League expansion team’s tenure is over hastily in the Northwest is over after just one season when the club is hastily moved to Milwaukee to start the new season as the Brewers.

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2001 – Richard Hidalgo bangs a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth to top the Dodgers, 10-9, at Enron Field. It’s Hidalgo’s fourth hit of the night and third RBI. Vinny Castilla adds three hits and also goes deep.

June 1, 2001

2007 – Craig Biggio legs out the 658th double of his career, most of any righthanded batter in major league history. More importantly, it plates Morgan Ensberg in the 10th for the winning run in a wild 12-9 slugfest against the Texas Rangers. Arlington’s own Hunter Pence goes 4-for-6 with a homer and a double. Lance Berkman also goes deep and drives in four. The offense is necessary after Dan Wheeler blows a four-run lead in the eighth and a two-run lead in the ninth before getting credit for the win.

June 24, 2007

1974 – Astros get an assist from part of the Astrodome crowd as they drop the Cardinals, 4-1. Two female fans run nude through the outfield during the seventh-inning stretch. The distracted Cards give up three runs in the bottom half of the frame. A two-run single by Doug Rader is the key hit. Claude Osteen goes the distance.

May 3, 1974

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2001 – Richard Hidalgo bangs a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth to top the Dodgers, 10-9, at Enron Field. It’s Hidalgo’s fourth hit of the night and third RBI. Vinny Castilla adds three hits and also goes deep.

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