On June 21, 1986, Bo Jackson, the former Auburn running back who won the Heisman Trophy last season and was the No. 1 pick in the National Football League draft, signed with the Kansas City Royals today, reportedly shunning a $7 million deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a contract worth less than a…
On June 21, 1986 The season ends for Philadelphia Phillies C Darren Daulton when he tears the ACL in his left knee in a home plate collision with the St. Louis Cardinals’ Mike Heath. St. Louis wins, 8 – 6.
On June 20, 1986 – After leading the club to a 26-38 record, Tony LaRussa is fired as manager of the White Sox and replaced by Jim Fregosi. LaRussa will be hired to manage the A’s early next month.
On June 18, 1986, at Anaheim Stadium, 43-year-old California Angels right-hander Don Sutton wins his 300th career game, becoming the 19th player to win 300 games. The future Hall of Famer pitches a three-hitter in winning a 5-1 decision over the Texas Rangers. His only real blemish on the day was a Pete Incaviglia 7th…
On June 16, 1986, the Baltimore Orioles ended a 12-year relationship today when trade seemingly over-the-hill pitcher Dennis Martinez to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later, Orioles General Manager Hank Peters said Montreal General Manager Murray Cook would give him a list of names sometime in the future, and the Orioles…
On June 10, 1986 At Shea Stadium‚ Tim Teufel hits a pinch grand slam in the 11th and the Mets beat the Phillies‚ 8 – 4. Teufel had been 0 for 3 as a pinch hitter.
On June 10, 1986 The Dodgers edge the Reds, 1 – 0, when Mariano Duncan scores from second base on Bill Madlock’s grounder to third. There is a force at second base, but Madlock beats the throw to first on the attempted double play‚ and Duncan beats the throw home.
On June 10, 1986 The National League announces that Yale University president A. Bartlett Giamatti will be its next president‚ after Chub Feeney’s retirement in December.
Don Sutton (298) throws a two-hit shutout, beating Tom Seaver (306) and the White Sox 3-0. The starters have the highest combined win total (604) for opposing pitchers since 1926, when Washington’s Walter Johnson (406) faced Chicago’s right-hander Red Faber (197) in a Griffith Stadium contest.
1986 – In the longest nine-inning game by time in American League history, Baltimore beats the Yankees, 18 – 9. The game features nine pitchers, 36 hits, and 16 walks, and takes 4:16 to complete.
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