Category: Baseball Library

The Giants’ Wilie McCovey hit his 521st and final home run on this date in 1980.

On this date in 1939, the Yankees’ Lou Gehrig took himself out of the lineup after 2,130 consecutive games played.

The Astros began the 1969 season 4-20, with the low point April 30 when the Reds’ Jim Maloney pitched a 10-0 no-hitter against them. An angry, embarrassed Don Wilson answered Maloney’s no-hitter with one of his own against the Reds the following night.

Tex Carleton was plucked from the scrap heap in 1940, and he pitched a no-hitter for Brooklyn on this date.

Andre Dawson’s first season with the Cubs started slowly — but he broke out of his slump with a bang on this date in 1987, going 5-for-5 and hitting for the cycle. The game jump-started a season in which Dawson was voted NL MVP despite the Cubs’ last-place finish.

The Cardinals’ Doug Clarey had only one hit in the big leagues: a game-winning home run against the Giants on this date in 1976.

Rookie pitcher Steve Busby pitched the first Royals no-hitter, blanking the Tigers 3-0 on this date in 1973.

Steve Carlton of the Phillies knew how to beat his former team, the Cardinals — doing so more than 25 times! On this date in 1980, he pitched a one-hitter against St. Louis.

The Cubs’ Rick Monday foiled an attempt to burn an American flag in the Dodger Stadium outfield on this date in 1976.

Buzz Arlett put up excellent numbers as a pitcher and a hitter in the minors, but he only played a single season (1932) in the big leagues.