Tony Fernandez was born OTD in 1962 and spent 17 years in the big leagues with the Blue Jays, Indians, Reds, Padres, Mets, Yankees, and Brewers.
He collected more than 2,200 hits and won a ring in 1993.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bud Black who pitched in the big leagues for 15 years and won a ring with the 1985 Royals.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Al Newman, who made his debut in 1985 and won two rings with the Twins.
He finished his career with the Rangers in 1992.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Doug Dascenzo, who was Rob Dibble’s favorite player.
6/30/82
The Braves trade Larry McWilliams to the Pirates for a PTBNL and Pascual Perez.
Perez pitches well for Atlanta and helps them win the N.L. West. He also gets lost on the way to the ballpark on the day he was supposed to pitch and showed up just before the game was about to start.
6/30/83
The Reds trade Wayne Krenchicki to the Tigers for Pat Underwood.
Cincinnati buys Krenchicki back from the Tigers at the end of the season and eventually trades him to Montreal for Norm Charlton.
6/30/84
The Yankees trade Shane Rawley to the Phillies for Marty Bystrom and Keith Hughes.
Rawley wins 59 games over the next four-plus seasons in Philadelphia.
6/30/86
The Braves trade Claudell Washington and Paul Zuvella to the Yankees for Ken Griffey and Andre Robertson.
6/30/86
The Astros sign Matt Keough as a free agent.
He finishes the season in Houston then pitches in Japan until 1990.
6/30/83
Bob Meacham plays one inning on defense against the Orioles in his big league debut.
He’d spend six seasons with the Yankees and often incur the wrath of George Steinbrenner.
6/30/84
Mickey Tettleton makes his big league debut as a defensive replacement.
He’d spend 14 years in the majors and hit 245 homers.
6/30/86
Bo Jackson makes his professional baseball debut. He goes 1-4 with an RBI single. An umpire stopped the game to give Bo the baseball from his first hit and he turned it down saying, “The one I will save will be my first hit after I get to the Royals.”
6/30/87
A somewhat eccentric lefty makes his big league debut for the Blue Jays. He gets knocked around a bit, but finishes his career with 239 wins, a perfect game, and two rings.
6/30/80
Keith Moreland’s Grand Slam is part of a 7-run 4th inning as the Phillies beat the Expos in Montreal.
The win cuts the Expos lead in the NL East to 1.5 games over Philadelphia.
6/30/80
Joe Rudi and Bobby Grich record back-to-back pinch hit singles in the 9th inning off Ed Farmer as the Angels beat the White Sox 10-6.
The Sox committing 5 errors didn’t help their cause either.
6/30/80
Nine different Minnesota Twins players record at least one hit as the Twins beat up on the Royals 12-3.
1979 Rookie of the Year John Castino goes 4-5 with a solo homer and 5 RBI.
6/30/83
Lance Junker of the Redwood Pioneers (Angels) hits two grand slams in the 9th inning of a 16-5 win over the Reno Padres.
Unfortunately for Lance, 1983 was his final season in the minor leagues and he never made it to the show.
6/30/85
Pedro Guerrero hits his 15th homer of June to tie a major league record.
The shot comes off Bruce Sutter in his final at-bat of the month.
6/30/83
The Orioles purchase Todd Cruz from the Mariners.
Cruz comes to Baltimore and wins a ring so it worked out quite well for him.
6/30/86
The Angels release Jim Slaton.
He finishes the year in Detroit and his 16-year career is over.
6/30/86
The Expos release Jason Thompson and his career is over.
He finishes with three All-Star appearances and 208 career homers. Dude hit bombs.
We lost Bobby Castillo OTD in 2014.
Castillo pitched in the big leagues for nine years and is credited with teaching Fernando Valenzuela how to throw a screwball.
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