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 “Mr. Perfect” Tom Browning was born OTD in 1960. He passed away in 2022.

John Cerutti 1988 baseball card

Former Blue Jays pitcher John Cerutti was born on this day in 1960.

He passed away in 2004 while working for the Jays. Really good dude.

Mark Ryal baseball card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Mark Ryal, who won two minor league batting titles and led the American League in pinch hits in 1987.

His son, Rusty, played for he Diamondbacks

Happy ’80s Birthday to Barry Larkin, 1995 NL MVP, the first shortstop to go 30/30, 1990 World Series Champ and a Hall of Famer.

Russ Morman 1987 baseball card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Russ Morman, who spent parts of nine season in the big leagues and won a ring with the Marlins in 1997.

Happy ’80s Birthday to Luis Quinones, who played professional baseball from 1983 through 1999 and won a ring with the Reds in 1990.

Happy ’80s Birthday to Eric Nolte, who threw seven shutout innings in his big league debut and got the win against the Astros.

Mitch Williams 1989 baseball card

4/28/89
Mitch Williams records a save without throwing a pitch. He entered the game against Padres with two outs in 9th inning and picked off Carmelo Martínez at 2nd base to end the game.

 

Ellis Burks 1989 baseball card

4/28/89

The Red Sox draw 13 walks in a game against the Rangers and lose 7-6.

Ellis Burks walks four times and Mike Greenwell and Jim Rice go 1-11 behind him in the order.

In consecutive games, Boston draws 25 walks and goes 0-2.

Big Days

Pete Rose 1982 baseball card

4/28/82

Peter Edward Rose goes 5-5 in a 9-3 win over the Dodgers.

The day ties Pete with Max Carey for most 5-hit games in N.L. history.

Mike Boddicker 1997 baseball card

4/28/87

Mike Boddicker tosses his second career one-hitter and the Orioles beat Kansas City 3-0.

 

4/28/88

Not good.

4/28/89

Rickey sets the record for leadoff homers because Rickey.

Transactions

Steve Carlton 1988 baseball card.jpg

4/28/88

The Twins release Steve Carlton after he goes 0-1 with a 16.76 ERA in 9.2 innings.

His career is over but it was a damn good career.

Managerial Changes

Yogi Berra 1985 baseball card

4/28/85

 The Yankees fire Yogi Berra after the team gets off to a 6-10 start, replacing him with Billy Martin, for the 4th time. 

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