Happy ’80s Birthday to former A.L. Rookie of the Year Sandy Alomar Jr., who made his debut with the Padres in 1988 and was dealt to the Indians, along with Carlos Baerga, for Joe Carter.
Happy ’80s Birthday to The Big Cat, Andres Galarraga, who made his debut with the Expos in 1985 and drove in 290 runs over two seasons for the Rockies
Happy ’80s Birthday to Tom McCarthy, who was born in Germany and spent parts of three seasons in the big leagues.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Tommy Hinzo, who played two seasons with the Indians in the late 1980s.
6/18/89
The Phillies trade a PTBNL and Steve Bedrosian to the Giants for Dennis Cook, Charlie Hayes, and Terry Mulholland.
The Philadelphia Phillies sent Rick Parker to San Francisco to complete the trade.
6/18/89
The Phillies trade Juan Samuel to the Mets for Lenny Dykstra, Roger McDowell, and a PTBNL. New York sent Tom Edens to Philadelphia to complete the trade.
6/18/88
The Dodgers sign a really skinny 16-year-old pitcher as a free agent out of the Dominican Republic.
6/18/80
Joe Niekro throws a 6-hit shutout against the Cardinals to run his record to 7-5 as the Astros pitching staff continues to dominate NL hitters.
Houston pitchers post a 2.85 ERA in June with four shutouts.
6/18/83
Dave Dravecky throws an 11 inning CG and gets the win thanks to Terry Kennedy’s walk off single.
6/18/85
Reggie hits his 512th tater, which moves him into 10th place on the all-time list.
5/18/86
Don Sutton throws a three-hitter against the Rangers to becomes the 19th pitcher to reach 300 wins.
He finishes his career with 324 victories over 23 years.
6/18/86
Tim Wallach homers twice and drives in 5 in a 7-4 Expos win over the Mets.
6/18/88
The Rangers get eight hits and draw 10 walks but lose 2-1 in 13 thanks to leaving 15 men on base. Charlie Hough is the tough-luck loser.
6/18/89
Jerome Walton goes 2-3 with 4 stolen bases in a 5-4 win over the Expos.
Walton would win Rookie of the Year honors, outpacing his teammate Dwight Smith.
6/18/87
The Phillies phire John Felske and replace him with Lee Elia.
We lost Jack Buck OTD in 2002.
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