1992 – Pittsburgh’s Barry Bonds hits his 30th home run of the season off Philadelphia’s Terry Mulholland in the Pirates’ 5 – 2 win over the Phillies. Bonds thus becomes the 5th player in history to have a pair of 30-HR, 30-stolen bases seasons. The others include his father, Willie Mays, Howard Johnson, and Ron Gant.
San Diego’s Tony Gwynn undergoes arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage damage in his left knee. Gwynn has missed 11 of the Padres’ last 17 games. He has just four hits in his last 27 at bats and has fallen behind Hal Morris in the batting race.
In Toronto’s 5 – 3 win over Seattle, Toronto’s Rob Ducey is knocked unconscious in a collision at the plate with Seattle C Scott Bradley. Unlike most catchers, Bradley keeps his mask on for throws from the OF, and Ducey hits his head on the mask.
Despite Cal Ripken’s 30th homer of the year, Baltimore loses to Boston, 7 – 5. With 42 doubles already, Cal is the first SS in major league history to top 30 home runs and 40 doubles in the same year.
1990 – In Toronto, the Red Sox beat the Jays, 6 – 3, to cut Toronto’s lead to two games over Baltimore. Boston has now won four out of five in the SkyDome, but has a 15-game losing streak to the Blue Jays at Fenway Park.
1988 – Baltimore’s Bob Milacki allows one hit over eight innings in his big league debut and Tom Niedenfuer pitches the 9th to complete a 2 – 0 one-hitter against the Tigers.
Darryl Strawberry, in a slugfest which the Mets will lose 10-9 to Pittsburgh, gets the team off to a good start when he slams a three-run home run off Brian Fischer in the top of the first inning at Three Rivers Stadium. The New York right fielder’s round-tripper, his 37th of the season, establishes a new franchise record for homers, previously set by Dave Kingman on this date in 1975.
1987 – In Detroit’s 7 – 6 win over the Brewers, Darrell Evans belts his 30th homer of the year. He is the first 40-year-old to hit 30 homers.
1986 – For the second time in his career, Reggie Jackson belts three homers in a game in an 18 – 3 laugher over Kansas City. At the age of 40 years, four months, Reggie joins Stan Musial and Babe Ruth as the only players to accomplish the feat after turning 40. Reggie scores four times and has seven RBIs
On September 18, 1985, slow-footed catcher Rich Gedman of the Boston Red Sox hits for the cycle in a 17-1 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays. Gedman drives in seven runs to pace the Red Sox’ attack.
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