Happy ’80s Birthday to Kent Hrbek, who finished 2nd in the 1982 Rookie of the Year balloting to Cal Ripken Jr, and 2nd to Willie Hernandez in the 1984 AL MVP race.
He spent 14 years in the bigs with the Twins and hit 293 career dingers. Dude could hit and Braves fans love him
Happy ’80s Birthday to Hall of Famer Bobby Cox!
Cox managed in the big leagues for 29 seasons and won 2,504 games, five pennants and a World Series.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bob Molinaro who had a Hall of Fame mustache.
Former Reds outfielder Eddie Milner was born on this day in 1955.
He passed away in 2015.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Greg Tabor, who played nine games for the Rangers in 1987.
His lone hit was an RBI double off Dan Schatzeder.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Paul Runge, who played parts of eight seasons with the Braves.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jose Roman, who pitched in 14 games for the Indians over three seasons and won one game.
5/21/85
The Phillies sign Randy Lerch as a free agent.
He spends 1985 in the minor leagues and appears in four games for the Phillies in 1986 before retiring.
5/21/82
Paul Boris throws two-thirds of an inning in relief against the Yankees in his big league debut.
He appears in 23 games for the Twins and wins one game.
5/21/85
Frank Eufemia throws 3.1 scoreless innings in relief against the Red Sox in his big league debut.
He spends one year in The Show and wins four games with two saves.
5/21/87
Gene Larkin goes 2 for 4 in his big league debut for the Twins.
He finishes his rookie season with a .266 batting average and a ring.
5/21/80
Larry Gura goes the distance in an extra-inning game for the second start in a row.
This time, he goes 13 in a 4-2 loss to the A’s in Kansas City. He went 10 in his previous start.
5/21/80
George Brett goes 0-6 to drop his batting average to .247.
Over his next 68 games, he hits .459.
5/21/81
Frank Viola and Ron Darling hook up in an epic pitching duel in college. Viola throws 11 scoreless innings, while Darling goes 12 and strikes out 16. Viola and St. John’s eventually win it 1-0 in 12 innings.
5/21/85
Vince Coleman records the first home run of his major league career, which just happens to be an inside-the-parker, in a 6-3 win over the Braves.
5/21/86
Rafael Ramirez hits four doubles in a 9-8 win over the Cubs in 13 innings.
Can’t pass up an opportunity to mention Raffy as I’m sure I watched this game on either WGN or TBS back in the day.
5/21/86
Ken Oberkfell goes 5 for 7 in a 9-8 Braves win over the Cubs and raises his batting average 25 points.
5/21/87
Eric Davis drives in five in a loss against the Cubs.
Dude was a beast that year.
5/21/87
Cory Snyder goes 3 for 4 with three dingers in a 6-4 win over the Twins.
5/21/89
Rough day at the office for Bill Wegman, who throws 69 pitches and allows 9 runs in two and a third innings against the Angels.
5/21/85
The Orioles release John Lowenstein and his career is over.
He finishes with 881 hits over 16 years and a ring.
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