Happy ’80s Birthday to outfielder Juan Beniquez, who played in exactly 1500 games over 17 seasons and amassed 1274 hits.
Happy ’80s Birthday to former pitcher Jose Rijo, who began his career with the Yankees in 1984 and went 2-0 with a 0.59 ERA in the 1990 World Series, earning him MVP honors and a ring.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Lenny Faedo, who made his debut in 1980 and spent five seasons in the bigs with the Minnesota Twins.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bobby Valentine, Master of Disguise
5/13/86
The Padres sign Ricky Bones as an amateur free agent.
He spends eleven years in the big leagues and wins 63 games.
5/13/88
The Royals sign Bill Buckner as a free agent after the Angels released him a few days earlier.
5/13/80
Ray Knight leads off the 5th inning with a homer off Mark Bomback and caps an 8-run inning with a grand slam off Ed Glynn as Cincinnati beats the Mets 15-4 at Riverfront Stadium.
5/13/80
Fred Lynn becomes the 13th player in Red Sox history to hit for the cycle.
Lynn goes 4 for 5 with two runs scored in the game.
5/13/83
Reggie goes 0 for 5 with three strikeouts and becomes the only player in history to strike out 2,000 times.
He finishes his career with 2,597. But he also won 5 rings.
5/13/85
At age 42, Tony Perez becomes the oldest player to hit a grand slam when he goes deep off Dave Rucker in the sixth inning of the Reds’ 7-3 victory at Riverfront Stadium.
5/13/85
Speedster Carlton Fisk becomes just the 5th catcher in history to steal 100 bases.
5/13/87
Willie Wilson goes 5 for 6 in an 8-7 extra-inning win over the Orioles.
5/13/89
Kirby Puckett ties a major league record with four doubles against the Toronto Blue Jays. Puck goes 4 for 5 in the game and drives in three.
He becomes the 35th player to hit four doubles in a game, the first since Toronto’s Damaso Garcia in 1986.
5/13/82
Ken Dayley goes 1.1 innings in his big league debut and, though it doesn’t go well, he wins 5 games for the Braves in his rookie season.
5/13/84
Daryl Boston goes 3 for 5 with a triple and two RBI in his big league debut for the White Sox.
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