Happy ’80s Birthday to John Shelby, who spent 11 years in the show and won a World Series with the Orioles in 1983 and the Dodgers in 1988.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bobby Bonilla. Not sure what he’s doing these days, but my guess is he’s just chillin.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Hedi Vargas who put up big power numbers in the minor leagues and appeared in 26 games with the Pirates in 1982 and ’84.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Juan Agosto, who recorded seven saves for the 1983 Winning Ugly White Sox and spent 13 years coming out of the bullpen for five teams.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jim Anderson, who turned in his best season in 1980 when he posted career-highs in games played (116), starts (84), plate appearances (345), hits (72), home runs (8), RBI (30), and runs (46).won
Fred Kuhaulua was born OTD in 1953.
Fred played professionally for 11 years, including parts of two seasons at the major league level with the Angels and Padres.
He passed away in 2021.
2/23/81
The Pirates sign Luis Tiant and he enjoys a glorious 9-game run in the Steel City.
2/23/81
The Twins sign Jay Pettibone as a free agent.
He sees his only major league action in 1984. His son, Jonathan, pitched for the Phillies in 2013 and 2014.
2/23/83
The Padres sign Bruce Bochy as a free agent.
He plays five seasons in San Diego and became a damn good manager.
2/23/83
The Blue Jays sign Mickey Klutts as a free agent.
He hits .256 in 23 games at the big league level and retires.
2/23/83
The Minnesota Twins signed Yorkis Perez as an amateur free agent.
He’s only 16 years old and spends eight years in the minor leagues before making his big league debut with the Cubs in 1991.
2/23/89
The A’s sign Dwayne Hosey as a free agent.
He spends six more years in the minor leagues before making his big league debut with Boston in 1995.
2/23/86
Wade Boggs loses his arbitration case and still gets the largest contract ever ($1.35 million) awarded in the arbitration process.
2/23/88
A committee of Chicago aldermen vote 7-2 to allow the Cubs to install lights at Wrigley Field.
2/22/87
Royals Manager Dick Howser resigns. Howser was trying to come back after battling a brain tumor. Billy Gardner takes over the team.
Howser passed away six months later.
Former White Sox owner Eddie Einhorn passed away OTD in 2016.
Powered by BlueHost
From Jack Morris to Len Barker, here are the wins leaders for every major league…
From Robin Yount to Chili Davis, here are the hits leaders for every major league…
From Mike Schmidt to Carmelo Martinez, here is the home run leader for every major…
An excerpt from Patrick Montgomery's new book, Baseball's Great Expectations: Candid Stories of Ballplayers Who…
An excerpt from Eric Vickrey's new book about the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals