Happy ’80s Birthday to Floyd Bannister, who won 134 games for the Astros, White Sox, Mariners, Royals, Rangers, Angels.
He’s also the all-time career wins leader among South Dakota natives, so he’s got that going for him.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ken Singleton. A three-time All-Star who collected 2,000+ hits in an outstanding 15-year career.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Elias Sosa, who recorded 59 wins and 83 saves over 12 seasons and had a fantastic mustache
Happy ’80s Birthday to Rick Camp, who won 56 games and hit a big homer in his nine-year career.
Francisco Barrios was born OTD in 1953.
He pitched for the White Sox for seven years and passed away in 1982 at age 28.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Randy Johnson, who spent three years with the Braves in the early ’80s.
Unfortunately, he never faced Randy Johnson.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bob Randall, who spent five years with the Twins and was later the head coach at the University of Kansas.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Brad Gulden, who was traded to the Mariners along with Ruppert Jones for a PTBNL in 1980.
The Mariners sent Brad Gulden to the Yankees to complete the deal. He was traded for himself.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Scott Ullger, who played in 35 games for the 1983 Twins.
6/10/87
The Yankees trade Keith Hughes and Shane Turner to the Phillies for Mike Easler.
The Hit Man goes .281/4/21 the rest of the way for the Yankees and his career is over.
6/10/80
The Mets sign Doug Sisk as an amateur free agent.
He spends nine years in the big leagues with the Mets, Braves, and Orioles.
6/10/84
The Dodgers sign Mike Vail as a free agent.
He plays in 16 games at the big league level and his career is over.
6/10/83
Curt Brown throws 2.2 scoreless in relief and picks up the win in his big league debut for the Angels.
He’d spend parts of four seasons in the majors.
6/10/88
Mike Schooler throws a scoreless 9th in his big league debut for the Mariners. He picks up a save the following day and spends six years in the major leagues.
6/10/84
The Cubs pull off a 9th-inning triple steal and beat the Cardinals 2 – 0.
Leon Durham steals home‚ while Jody Davis steals third and Larry Bowa goes to second.
It was a magical year on the northside.
6/10/86
Tim Teufel hits an 11th-innning pinch-hit walkoff slam to beat the Phillies.
6/10/86
A. Bartlett Giamatti is named President of the National League.
6/10/88
Ellis Burks and Marty Barrett both hit grand slams as the Red Sox beat the Orioles 15-4
6/10/80
The Angels purchase Andy Hassler from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He spends the next four seasons back in California before finishing his career with the Cardinals.
6/10/84
The Tigers purchase Sid Monge from the San Diego Padres.
He pitches in 19 games and his major league career is over.
6/10/80
George Brett tears ligaments in his ankle on an attempted steal and misses a month.
When he returns to the lineup after the All-Star break he hits .421 for the rest of the season.
Former Pirates broadcaster Bob Prince passed away OTD in 1985.
We lost Lindsey Nelson OTD in 1995.
Eliot Asinof, who wrote Eight Men Out, passed away OTD in 2008.
Warner Fusselle, known for his work on “This Week in Baseball” passed away OTD in 2012.
We lost Claudell Washington OTD in 2020.
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