Wade Boggs makes his pitching debut, throwing 16 knuckleballs and one fastball in a 12-4 loss to the Angels at Anaheim Stadium. The Yankee third baseman, a future Hall of Famer, hurls a scoreless eighth inning, giving up no hits, walking one batter, and striking out Todd Greene swinging to end the frame.
OF Ken Griffey Jr. leads the Mariners to a 12 – 3 win over the Angels by stroking his 31st home run of the season. In doing so, Griffey breaks Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs before the end of June. Although the Yankee slugger needed only 63 games to reach 30 homers in 1928 and 68 games in 1930, Junior accomplishes the feat in the Mariners’ 70th game of the season.
1989 – California’s Devon White steals four bases including second base, third base, and home in the same inning in the Angels’ 8 – 5 win over Boston. The Angels score three in the 8th to break a tie.
Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs lead off the bottom of the 1st inning with back-to-back home runs off Rick Reuschel to spark the American League to a 5 – 3 win in the All-Star Game at Anaheim Stadium. Jackson earns MVP honors.
On October 12, 1986, the Boston Red Sox stave off elimination with a dramatic win against the California Angels in Game Five of the American League playoffs. The Angels are one strike away from playing in the World Series, when Dave Henderson, who had earlier watched Bobby Grich’s fly ball bounce over the center field…
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…
August 26, 1985 At Anaheim Stadium Eddie Murray goes 4-5 with 3 dingers and 9 RBI in a 17-3 Orioles win over the Angels. Murray homered in 1st, 4th and 5th. It’s the highest single-game RBI total of the decade. Dennis Martinez picks up the win to improve to @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join the Community” subscribe_text=”We…
Reggie Jackson hits his 522nd career home run off Oakland’s Bill Krueger to move past Ted Williams and Willie McCovey into 8th place on the all-time list.
At Anaheim Stadium in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 41,630, Angel first baseman Rod Carew singles off of Minnesota southpaw Frank Viola in the third inning to become the 16th major leaguer to amass 3000 hits. After the historic hit, Halos’ manager Gene Mauch brings the first-base sack into the dugout, replacing it with another a new bag.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia On May 24, 1984, at Anaheim Stadium the Detroit Tigers win their major league record 17th consecutive game on the road, defeating the Angels, 5-1 behind Jack Morris four-hit complete game, who improves to 9-1. The victory runs Detroit’s record to 35-5, the best 40-game start in baseball…