Mike Cuellar Stats & Facts
Mike Cuellar Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Height: 72 Weight: 165 Born: Saturday, May 08, 1937 in Las Villas, Cuba Died: 4 2 2010 in Orlando, FL USA Debut: 4/18/1959 Last Game: 5/3/1977 Full Name: Miguel Angel...
Read MoreMike Cuellar Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Height: 72 Weight: 165 Born: Saturday, May 08, 1937 in Las Villas, Cuba Died: 4 2 2010 in Orlando, FL USA Debut: 4/18/1959 Last Game: 5/3/1977 Full Name: Miguel Angel...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 1, 2002 | Death | 0 |
On December 1, 2002, former major league pitching star Dave McNally dies from lung cancer at the...
Read MorePosted by Tom | May 31, 1975 | Batting Feat | 0 |
May 31, 1975 For the fifth time in his career, Cesar Tovar gets his team’s lone hit in a...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 17, 1971 | World Series, World Series Clinchers | 0 |
On October 17, 1971, Roberto Clemente hits a fourth-inning homer off Baltimore’s Mike...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 12, 1971 | Podcast, World Series | 0 |
On October 12, 1971 The Baltimore Orioles took the first games of the World Series outscoring the...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 26, 1971 | Pitching Feats | 0 |
On September 26, 1971, Jim Palmer becomes the fourth member of the Baltimore Orioles to register...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 10, 1971 | 500 Homerun, Milestones | 0 |
Harmon Killebrew joins the 500-home run club
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 3, 1970 | Pitchers Hitting Feats | 0 |
On October 3, 1970 Baltimore’s Mike Cuellar becomes the first pitcher to homer in a league...
Read MorePosted by Baseball | Aug 2, 1970 | This Day In Baseball | 0 |
At Memorial Stadium, the Orioles score five times in the first inning and hold on to beat the Royals, 10-8. The win marks Baltimore’s 23rd consecutive victory against Kansas City over two years, setting a major league mark.
Read MoreMajor League Season Recap 1969 World Series – New York Mets NL over Baltimore...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Nov 6, 1969 | Cy Young Award American League | 0 |
Tiger Denny McLain (24-9, 2.80) and Oriole Mike Cuellar (23-11, 2.38) each receive ten votes from the BBWAA for being the best pitcher in the American League. It is the first time the results for the Cy Young Award have ended in a tie.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 11, 1969 | World Series | 0 |
On October 11, 1969 At Memorial Stadium featured game 1 of the 1969 World Series. Baltimore Oriole...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 10, 1969 | Pitching Feats | 0 |
Mike Cuellar of the Baltimore Orioles extends his streak of consecutive batters retired to 35
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Dec 4, 1968 | Transactions | 0 |
Baltimore Orioles make a quietly brilliant trade
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Sep 9, 1967 | Houston Astros, Team Feats | 0 |
1967 – Jim Wynn smashes two home runs, his 34th and 35th of the year, to drop the Dodgers, 5-3. Wynn becomes the first in franchise history to reach 100 RBIs. Mike Cuellar wins his 14th of the year.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jul 24, 1967 | Houston Astros, This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1967 – Mike Cuellar tosses a two-hitter and notches a dozen strikeouts during a 2-1 victory over Philadelphia in eleven innings. Cuellar also scores the game-winner on a single by Jim Wynn. A sacrifice fly by Eddie Mathews plates the other Houston run.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Jul 11, 1967 | All Star Game, Houston Astros | 0 |
1967 – Jim Wynn becomes the first Houston player to get a hit in the All-Star Game . He singles in the ninth against Al Downing but does not score. Rusty Staub singles off Catfish Hunter in the 11th but also doesn’t score. Mike Cuellar, the third Astro All-Star, pitches two shutout innings . Finally, Tony Perez of Cincinnati homers in the 15th to give the Nationals a 2-1 win.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 15, 1967 | 3 Home Run Games, Houston Astros | 0 |
1967 – Jim Wynn drills three solo homers at the Dome to trip the Giants, 6-2. He is the only player to belt three homers at an Astrodome game until 1994. Bob Bolin and Bill Henry are his victims. Mike Cuellar strikes out ten to win his eighth of the year.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jun 15, 1967 | 3 Home Run Games, 3 homerun game | 0 |
Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to hit three homers in one game, becoming the first of only two Houston players to have accomplished the feat in the 34-year history of the Astrodome. In 1994, ‘Toy Cannon’s’ performance will be matched by future Hall of Fame first baseman Jeff Bagwell.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Apr 11, 1967 | Houston Astros, This Day In Baseball | 0 |
1967 – Eddie Mathews beats his old Atlanta teammates in a 6-1 Opening Day victory. The Braves had traded their aging star to Houston that winter and he responds with two hits including a triple off Dick Kelley to key a six-run sixth inning. Mike Cuellar picks up the win.
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