The great Tom Cheek was born on this day in 1939.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ernie Whitt, who spent 15 years in the big leagues, primarily with the Blue Jays.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bobby Clark, who spent seven seasons in the big leagues and spent his off seasons working as an embalmer.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Scott Coolbaugh, who spent four years in the big leagues with the Rangers, Padres, and Cardinals.
6/13/80
The White Sox trade Alan Bannister to the Indians for Ron Pruitt.
6/13/84
The Cubs trade Joe Carter, Mel Hall, Don Schulze, and a minor leaguer to the Indians for Rick Sutcliffe, George Frazier, and Ron Hassey.
Sutt goes 16-1 the rest of the way and wins the N.L. Cy Young Award.
6/13/80
The Reds sign Joe Nolan as a free agent. He hits .312 for Cincinnati in 54 games and .309 in 1981.
6/13/86
Cory Snyder goes 1 for 4 with a triple off Bert Blyleven in his big league debut.
He hits .272 with 24 homers in his rookie year and finishes 4th in the A.L. Rookie of the Year balloting.
6/13/80
Pete Rose goes 4 for 5 in a win over the Padres to pass Honus Wagner and move into 5th place on the all-time hits list.
6/13/80
Wilver Dornell Stargell goes 4 for 4 with two dingers and drives in all five Pirates runs in a 5-3 win over the Astros.
6/13/80
In a 3-1 win over the New York Mets, Milt May hits the 9,000th home run in the history of the Giants franchise.
6/13/82
Rickey Henderson goes 1 for 4 with 4 stolen bases in a 7-5 win over the Blue Jays.
The four bags give Rickey 62 for the season.
In June.
6/13/86
Dwight Gooden strikes out 13 in 8 innings in a 6-5 win over the Pirates.
He’d finish the year with an even 200.
6/13/87
Terry Steinbach homers twice and drives in five in a 10-8 Oakland win over Texas.
6/13/88
Jim Rice joins Yaz and Teddy Ballgame as the only players to hit 200 homers at Fenway.
6/13/89
Terry Puhl plays in his 1,403rd major league game to break Jack Graney’s record for Canadian-born players.
Hall of Famer Larry Walked is the current record holder with 1,988.
6/13/88
The Orioles release Mark Leiter, who has not pitched since 1985 due to a shoulder injury. He signs with the Yankees and eventually spends 11 years in the big leagues.
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