Happy ’80s Birthday to Ross Baumgarten, who won a career-high 13 games in 1979 and prevented a homicide in 1980.
Happy ’80s Birthday to former pitcher Mark Clear, who has a great redemption story.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ron Tingley, who played for 20 teams in a 19-season professional career that lasted from 1977 to 1995.
Persistence.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Edwin Nunez, who spent 13 years coming out of the bullpen for Seattle and five other teams.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bud Anderson, who won four games for the Indians in 1982 and 1983.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Scott Jordan, who went 1 for 9 for the 1988 Indians, the only big league action of his career.
He singled off Tom Bolton in his last at bat.
5/27/80
The Angels trade Al Cowens to the Tigers for Jason Thompson, which sets the stage for one of the biggest brawls of the 1980 season.
5/27/80
Leon Durham goes 1 for 5 with an RBI single off Mark Bomback in his big league debut.
He’d spend ten seasons in the major leagues and make two All-Star teams.
5/27/80
Rickey Keeton goes seven and gets the win in his big league debut for the Brewers.
He pitched for two seasons in the major leagues and later served as a pitching coach in the minor leagues.
5/27/82
Roger LaFrancois makes his major league debut as a late-inning defensive replacement.
He goes 4 for 10 in 1982 for the Red Sox, his only big league action.
5/27/83
Luis Quinones makes his big league debut as a pinch-runner and gets thrown out trying to steal.
He’d play in the major leagues for eight seasons and win a ring with the Reds in 1990.
5/27/84
Jim Pankovits goes 1 for 1 with a pinch-hit single off Rod Scurry in his debut.
He’d play in the major leagues for six seasons.
5/27/86
Mark Wasinger goes 0 for 2 in his major league debut.
He’d collect 22 hits in 44 games in 1987.
5/27/89
Randy Nosek goes 4.2 innings in his debut for the Tigers.
He’d pitch in five major league games and earn one win.
5/27/89
Mike Schwabe throws 2.2 scoreless innings in his debut for the Tigers.
He gets his first start, and first win a few weeks later.
5/27/81
Lenny Randle
5/27/86
The Red Sox are credited with a 2-0 victory when their game with the Indians cannot continue due to fog off of Lake Erie.
“What do you expect when they build a ballpark on the ocean?” – Oil Can Boyd,
5/27/86
Tom Brunansky goes 4-6 with a homer, and 3 RBI including driving in the game winner in the 11th inning as the Twins beat the Blue Jays 7-6.
5/27/87
Phil Niekro becomes the 3rd player in history to make 700 career starts.
He joins Cy Young and Don Sutton on the list. At age 48, he goes the distance and allows just four hits but loses 1-0 to Roger Clemens and the Red Sox.
5/27/87
Davey Johnson becomes the winningest manager in Mets history when the Mets beat the Giants 4-3 at Candlestick Park.
It’s Johnson’s 340th win with New York.
5/27/88
Dwight Evans records his 2,000th career hit in a 3 – 2 loss to Oakland.
He finishes his career with 2,446 hits. Dewey could play.
5/27/80
The Cardinals release Pedro Borbon and his career is over.
He finishes with 69 wins, 80 saves, and two rings.
5/27/83
Mike Norris comes up and in on Dave Winfield, who is not happy.
Winny takes a few steps toward the mound and the benches empty. Winny is ejected but Norris isn’t, so, naturally, Billy Martin protests the game.
5/27/84
Mario Soto is ejected from the game when he shoves Steve Rippley, the third base umpire who called Ron Cey’s foul ball down the left-field line a home run. Just another day at Wrigley.
5/27/86
George Foster hits a slam, Ray Knight gets drilled, and it’s on.
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