Happy ’80s Birthday to Robby Thompson, the 1986 NL Rookie of the Year runner up who spent 11 years with the Giants.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Tim Hosley, who played parts of nine seasons in the big leagues and was a member of the 1973 and ’74 A’s.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Joey Meyer, who spent two seasons with the Brewers and another in Japan.
5/10/81
The Brewers trade Buck Martinez to the Blue Jays for Gil Kubski.
Martinez plays the final six seasons of his career in Toronto.
5/10/89
The Pirates trade Ken Oberkfell to the Giants for Roger Samuels.
Obie finishes the year with the Giants, then moves on to Houston and finishes his career with the Angels.
5/10/82
Willie McGee strikes out as a pinch-hitter in his major league debut.
McGee hits .296 after being called up from AAA Louisville after David Green injured his hamstring and finishes 3rd in the Rookie of the Year balloting
5/10/81
Hubie Brooks makes three errors in the 4th inning of a loss to the Dodgers. That’s a bad day.
5/10/80
Al Oliver goes 5 for 5 for the 2nd time in his career but the Rangers lose to the White Sox because Scoop is just one man and he can’t do everything.
5/10/81
Charlie Lea no-hits the Giants, 4 – 0, becoming the first French-born pitcher to accomplish the feat.
5/10/81
Pete Rose ties Hank Aaron for 2nd on the all-time hits list with 3,600.
5/10/84
Chili Davis goes 3 for 5 and throws out two runners in one inning in a 4 – 2 loss to the Pirates.
Chili hoses Lee Lacy and Dale Berra in the bottom of the 2nd inning.
5/10/85
Damaso Garcia enters the day 11 for his last 60, but goes 4 for 5 with 6 RBI from the leadoff spot in an 8-3 win over the Seattle Mariners.
5/10/87
Greg Swindell goes the distance, allowing 11 hits, walking two and striking out 15 in a 4-2 Indians win over the Royals.
He may have eclipsed the 100-pitch mark in the game.
5/10/88
Every Yankees player who goes to the plate gets at least one hit in a 17-3 win over the White Sox.
Don Mattingly and Don Slaught lead a 20-hit Yankee attack, combining to go 6-10 with 7 RBI
5/10/88
Mark Langston strikes out 16 in a 4-2 Mariners win over the Blue Jays. From 1986 through 1989, Langston punched out 977.
5/10/84
The Royals purchase Dane Iorg from the St. Louis Cardinals.
He beats them in the World Series the following year.
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