Happy ’80s Birthday to Garry Templeton, who hit .319 for the Cardinals in 1980 before eventually being traded to the Padres for Ozzie Smith.
Tempy spent 16 years in the biogs and amassed more than 2,000 hits.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Wilson Alvarez, who made his debut in 1989, faced five batters, and didn’t record an out. He spent all of 1990 and most of 1991 in the minor leagues, but made his 2nd career start on August 11th, 1991 and threw a no-hitter.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bruce Hurst, who made his big-league debut against the Brewers in April of 1980 and ended up posting 10 consecutive double-digit win seasons.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mike Brown, who began his career with the Red Sox and was sent to Seattle in exchange for Spike Owen. Brown won 12 games over six years in the bigs.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ron Robinson, who came within one pitch of throwing a perfect game in 1988.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Dwight Taylor, who was a college teammate of Terry Francona at Arizona, stole 95 bases in 1983 in the minors, and played in four games for the 1986 Royals.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Al Chambers, who was the first overall pick in the 1979 Draft. Unfortunately for Al and the Mariners, he had limited success at the major league level. He appeared in just 57 games.
3/24/82
The Angels trade Butch Hobson to the Yankees for Bill Castro. Hobson plays in just 30 games and is done. It’s a shame he couldn’t stay healthy.
3/24/82
The Royals trade minor leaguer Scot Beahan to the Yankees for Dennis Werth. Werth appears in 42 games for the Yankees and spends the final two years of his career in the minor leagues.
3/24/82
The White Sox trade Greg Pryor to the Royals for Jeff Schattinger. Pryor plays the final five years of his career with the Royals and wins a World Series in 1985.
3/24/83
The Tigers trade Dave Tobik to the Rangers for Johnny Grubb. Grubb plays the final five years of his career in Detroit and wins a World Series in 1984.
3/24/84
The Tigers trade Glenn Wilson and John Wockenfuss to the Phillies for Dave Bergman and Willie Hernandez. This works out well for Detroit as Hernandez wins the MVP and the Cy Young Award.
3/24/85
The Giants trade two minor leaguers to the A’s for Dusty Baker. Dusty spends the final two years of his career in Oakland and retires.
3/24/87
The Tigers trade minor leaguer Dario Guzman to the Rangers for Orlando Mercado. Mercado splits the year between the Tigers and Dodgers and plays in the big leagues through the 1990 season.
3/24/88
The Tigers trade Balbino Galvez to the Twins for Billy Beane. Beane spends a year in the Detroit organization and wraps up his major league career in Oakland before moving into the front office.
3/24/86
The Orioles sign Tom Magrann as a free agent. He makes his big league debut with Cleveland in 1989.
3/24/88
The Blue Jays sign Sal Butera as a free agent. Butera wraps up his major league career in Toronto and works in baseball in some capacity for many years.
3/24/81
The Padres sell Bill Fahey to the Tigers. Fahey spends the final three years of his career in Detroit and retires after the 1983 season.
3/24/84
The Tigers release Rick Leach. He signs with Toronto and plays seven more years in the big leagues.
3/24/85
The Cardinals release Glenn Brummer. He signs with the Rangers and hits .278 in his final big league season.
3/24/88
The Indians release Greg Harris. He signs with the Phillies and wins 47 games over the next eight years, primarily out of the bullpen.
3/24/88
The Expos purchase Graig Nettles from the Braves. He plays 80 games in Montreal and is done but he had a helluva career.
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3/24/86
Rangers pitcher Charlie Hough breaks pinky shaking hands with a friend.
The injury requires surgery to insert a pin into the pinky of his pitching hand and forces him to miss his scheduled Opening Day start.
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