Wade Boggs become the first player in major league history to achieve both 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons

Wade Boggs become the first player in major league history to achieve both 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons

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Boston’s Wade Boggs goes 4 for 5 in a 7 – 4 win over the Yankees to become the first player in major league history to achieve both 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons. It is Boggs’s 7th straight 200-hit season overall, extending his own modern major league record. Dwight Evans also puts his name in the record books by belting his 20th homer. He is the only current player with 20 or more homers in each of the last nine years. The Red Sox also announce the team will not exercise its option on Jim Rice next season while Bob Stanley, the club’s all-time save leader with 173, reports he will call it quits.

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9/23/1989 – The Blue Jays skipped a batter in the middle of this game in Milwaukee. After going through the order twice, Ernie Whitt’s third plate appearance was a ground out to end the fifth inning. Tony Fernandez should have led off the sixth but Kelly Gruber batted instead of his partner on the left side of the infield. After Gruber flew out no protest was raised. Fernandez never came to the plate in that turn through the lineup and finished the game with three plate appearances as Toronto lost, 4-1.

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9/23/1989 – The Blue Jays skipped a batter in the middle of this game in Milwaukee. After going through the order twice, Ernie Whitt’s third plate appearance was a ground out to end the fifth inning. Tony Fernandez should have led off the sixth but Kelly Gruber batted instead of his partner on the left side of the infield. After Gruber flew out no protest was raised. Fernandez never came to the plate in that turn through the lineup and finished the game with three plate appearances as Toronto lost, 4-1.

1989 – San Diego’s Mark Davis becomes the 7th pitcher ever to save 40 games in a season by nailing down the Padres’ 5 – 1 win over the Reds. He will finish the season with 44 saves, one shy of Bruce Sutter’s National League record.

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1989 – San Diego’s Mark Davis becomes the 7th pitcher ever to save 40 games in a season by nailing down the Padres’ 5 – 1 win over the Reds. He will finish the season with 44 saves, one shy of Bruce Sutter’s National League record.

1989 – Pirates ace John Smiley (12-7) scatters nine hits to top the Cubs’ Greg Maddux (17-12). The Bucs win, 8 – 6, but the Cubs still lead by 5 1/2 games over the Mets and Cardinals.

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1989 – Pirates ace John Smiley (12-7) scatters nine hits to top the Cubs’ Greg Maddux (17-12). The Bucs win, 8 – 6, but the Cubs still lead by 5 1/2 games over the Mets and Cardinals.

Jeff Reardon saves Minnesota’s 2 – 0 win over Toronto to become the first pitcher ever to record at least 30 saves in five consecutive seasons.

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Jeff Reardon saves Minnesota’s 2 – 0 win over Toronto to become the first pitcher ever to record at least 30 saves in five consecutive seasons.

Houston’s Mike Scott (20-8) becomes a 20-game winner for the first time by beating the Dodgers, 11 – 3. He is the first major league pitcher to reach that plateau this season.

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Houston’s Mike Scott (20-8) becomes a 20-game winner for the first time by beating the Dodgers, 11 – 3. He is the first major league pitcher to reach that plateau this season.

The major league owners approve the sale of the Mariners to Jeff Smulyan and Michael Browning for $77 million, the highest price ever paid for an American League club.

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The major league owners approve the sale of the Mariners to Jeff Smulyan and Michael Browning for $77 million, the highest price ever paid for an American League club.