Happy ’80s Birthday to pinch-hitter extraordinaire, Jim Dwyer, who spent 18 seasons in the bigs, primarily with the Orioles. You know you’re a good pinch-hitter when you can spend 18 seasons in the big leagues and collect a total of 719 hits.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Steve Lyons, who spent nine years in the big leagues with multiple teams and also did some broadcasting.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Barry Lyons, who spent seven years in the bigs, primarily with the Mets.
Happy ’80s Birthday to The Flushing Flash, Ed Glynn, who pitched in the big leagues for ten years.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Nelson Liriano, who spent eleven years in the big leagues as a player and then 20 as a manager or coach in the minor leagues.
6/3/88
The Indians trade Pat Tabler to the Royals for Bud Black.
6/3/84
The Phillies sign Jim Kern as a free agent.
He appears in eight games and is released, signing with Milwaukee.
6/3/85
John Cangelosi goes 0 for 2 in his big league debut.
He becomes a full-time player the following season and steals 50 bases for the White Sox.
6/3/86
Mike Maddux does not fare well in his big league debut for the Phillies, but he stuck around for 15 years and is now one of the best pitching coaches in the business.
6/3/86
Greg Mathews allows just one run over seven innings to get the win in his big league debut.
He wins 28 games over five seasons for the Cardinals and Phillies.
6/3/89
Clint Zavaras goes eight innings in his big league debut but gets the loss. He’s pick up his only major league win in August of 1989.
6/3/80
The New York Mets select Darryl Strawberry with the overall No.1 pick in the draft.
6/3/81
Dave Righetti and Ron Davis throw 11 shutout innings at the Orioles and Graig Nettles hits a 2-run homer off Tippy Martinez to give the Yankees a 2-0 win.
6/3/81
Jerry Grote’s Grand Slam highlights an 8-run 5th as the Royals beat the Mariners 12-9.
6/3/81
Rick Burleson goes 5-5 with 3 RBI as the Angels beat the Blue Jays 17-6.
6/3/85
The Brewers select B.J. Surhoff with the top pick in the MLB Draft.
Surhoff spends 19 seasons in the bigs. He played against Bill Buckner in his debut and Robinson Cano in his 2nd to last game.
6/3/87
The Cubs score 9 in the first en route to a 22-7 pounding of the Astros at Wrigley and the teams combine to hit three grand slams.
Brian Dayett in the 1st, Billy Hatcher in the 4th, and Keith Moreland in the 7th.
6/3/89
Rafael Ramirez’s single to right field scores Bill Doran to give the Astros a 5-4 win over the Dodgers in 22 innings.
The game lasts 7:14
We lost Jimmy Piersall OTD in 2017.
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