Happy ’80s Birthday to closer Bryan Harvey, who finished 2nd to Walt Weiss in the 1988 ROY balloting and led the majors in saves in 1991.
Happy ’80s Birthday to the well traveled Darnell Coles, who spent 14 years in the bigs with 8 different teams, including two different stints with the Mariners and the Tigers.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mike Stanton, who made his debut in 1989 and spent 19 years in the bigs.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Kelvin Chapman, who spent three years in the big leagues with the Mets.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Lemmie Miller, who appeared in eight games for the 1984 Dodgers.
Miller was selected two slots ahead of John Elway in the 1981 draft.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jeff Schulz, who spent three years in the bigs with the Royals and Pirates.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jack O’Connor, who pitched in the bigs for six seasons with the Twins and Orioles.
6/2/89
The Phillies trade Chris James to the Padres for John Kruk and Randy Ready.
Krukker becomes a Philly legend.
6/2/80
Bob Pate draws a bases-loaded walk in his big league debut. He collects his first hit two days later and spends two seasons in the big leagues.
6/2/83
Kevin McReynolds goes 1 for 4 with a dinger off Ron Reed in his big league debut for the Padres.
He spends twelve seasons in the major leagues with the Mets, Padres, and Royals.
6/2/84
Jeff Cornell throws a scoreless inning out of the bullpen in his big league debut.
He appears in 23 games for the Giants in his lone major league season.
6/2/85
Charlie O’Brien makes his major league debut as a late-inning defensive replacement.
He doesn’t get an at-bat until August and collects his first hit on August 22.
6/2/86
Ed Olwine allows one run in two innings in his big league debut.
He pitches in three seasons for the Braves.
6/2/87
Tom Edens allows three runs in five innings in his big league debut.
He makes two starts in 1987 and then pitches from 1990 through 1997.
6/2/88
John Costello throws 1.2 scoreless innings against the Phillies and gets the win in extra innings in his debut.
He spends four years in the major leagues.
6/2/88
Don August throws two scoreless innings against the Angels and gets the win in his major league debut.
He wins 34 games over four seasons.
6/2/89
Three years to the day after being the top pick in the draft, Jeff King goes 1 for 1 with a double in his major league debut.
6/2/82
Pete Rose’s foul ball hits brother Larry Shannon in the nose and breaks it.
But Pete signed the ball so it’s all good.
6/2/84
Dale Murphy and Gary Redus square off in the NBC Super Slam contest.
6/2/86
Rod Carew announces his retirement.
He finishes his career with a .328 lifetime batting average and 3,053 hits.
6/2/86
The Pirates select Jeff King with the top pick in the MLB Draft.
6/2/86
The Royals pick a college football player in the 4th round of the draft for some reason.
6/2/87
The Mariners select Ken Griffey Junior with the top pick in the MLB Draft.
It works out.
6/2/87
Joey Meyer gets all of this one in Denver.
6/2/87
Eric Davis Robs Jack Clark of a home run.
Then he did it again.
6/2/89
Eric Davis hits for the cycle and drives in six because he could.
6/2/80
The Royals release Steve Braun. He ends up in St. Louis, wins a ring, then finishes his career after the 1985 season by losing to the Royals in the World Series. Circle of (baseball) Life.
6/2/85
The Dodgers release Mike Ramsey and his major league career is over, though he does play in the minors in 1985 and 1986.
6/2/86
The Houston Astros signed Dan Driessen as a free agent. He plays the rest of the year with the Astros, then finishes his career in St. Louis.
6/2/82
The Brewers fire manager Buck Rodgers and replace him with Harvey Kuenn.
Milwaukee goes 72-43 the rest of the way and makes it to the World Series.
We lost Herm Starrette OTD in 2017
We lost Bruce Kison OTD in 2018.
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