VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Fred McGriff Position: First Baseman Bats: Left • Throws: Left 6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg) Born: October 31, 1963 in Tampa, FL us High School: Jefferson HS (Tampa, FL) Debut: May 17, 1986 (15,169th in major league history) vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Last Game: July 15, 2004 vs. BAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI,…
2001 – Free agent Moises Alou (.331, 27, 108) signs a $27 million, three-year deal with the Cubs. The former Astro All-Star’s presence in the Chicago line-up, along with Fred McGriff and Sammy Sosa, will give the team a fearsome 3-4-5 threesome. The Cubs sign also trade OF Michael Tucker to the Royals in exchange for a player to be named.
1996 – The Atlanta Braves have the biggest blowout in postseason history, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 15 – 0, in Game 7 of the NLCS to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit. The Cardinals become the only club to blow a 3-1 edge three times in the postseason.
1995 – Atlanta beats Cleveland, 3 – 2, in Game 1 of the World Series behind star pitcher Greg Maddux. Fred McGriff homers for Atlanta, while Kenny Lofton of Cleveland becomes the first player since 1921 to steal two bases in one inning of a Series game. The two teams combine for only five hits, tying a World Series record for fewest hits by both clubs.
With a 10-4 victory over Colorado, the Braves win their Division Series behind the solid pitching of Greg Maddux and the power provided by Fred McGriff’s two home runs. The eventual World champs will sweep Cincinnati in the NLCS before beating Cleveland in the Fall Classic
Major League Season Recap 1994 World Series – over games to World Series MVP – Babe Ruth Award – over games to ALCS MVP – over games to NLCS MVP – Awards – Cy Young Award National League Greg Maddux Cy Young Award American League Dave Cone MVP Awards – NL Jeff Bagwell AL Frank…
At the Pirates’ Three Rivers Stadium, the National League ends its record six-game Mid Summer Classic slump when Tony Gwynn scores on Moises Alou’s double in the tenth inning, giving the Senior Circuit an 8-7 victory. Fred McGriff is named MVP, earning the honor with his dramatic two-run home run off Lee Smith that tied the game in the bottom of the ninth.
Padres Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff become the first teammates to swat back-to-back home runs twice in the same game since Ernie Banks and Dee Fondy of the Cubs in 1955. The Padres win the game over the Astros, 7 – 5.
San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays collaborate on an old-fashioned blockbuster trade
On June 29, 1990 Oakland’s Dave Stewart and the Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela both throw no-hitters today, the first time this has happened since Hippo Vaughn and Fred Toney’s double no-hitter in 1917. Stewart blanks the Blue Jays, 5 – 0, and a few hours later Valenzuela beats the Cardinals, 6 – 0. The only threat…