Happy ’80s Birthday to Mark Davis who made his debut with the Phillies in 1980 and won a Cy Young award with the Padres in 1989 before leaving for Kansas City as a free agent.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Tim Belcher, who was the overall #1 pick in the 1983 draft (Twins) but didn’t sign. He eventually signed with the Yankees, but they lost him as a free-agent compensation pick. Once he finally reached the big leagues, he won 146 games over 14 seasons.
Happy ’80s Birthday to German Barranca, who spent parts of four seasons with the Royals and Reds. He was KC’s minor league Player of the Year in 1979 and later played in the Senior League.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Oswaldo Peraza, who won five games for the 1988 Orioles, and also served as a minor league pitching coach in the Toronto organization.
10/19/80
Manny Trillo’s 9th-inning infield single scores Del Unser and the Phillies take a 3-2 lead over the Royals in the 1980 World Series.
10/19/81
Blue Monday
10/19/82
Leading 2-0 after three innings, the Cardinals explode for 11 runs, capped by a 6-run 6th, and beat the Brewers 13-1 in Game Six of the 1982 World Series.
10/19/85
John Tudor continues his brilliance as he allows just one run over 7 innings to lead the Cardinals to a 3-1 win over the Royals in Game One of the 1985 World Series.
10/19/86
The Red Sox take a 2-0 lead in the World Series with 9 – 3 win over the Mets. Boston has 18 hits and batters Dwight Gooden for six runs in five innings.
10/19/88
The Dodgers take advantage of Oakland errors to beat Dave Stewart, 4 – 3, in Game 4 of the World Series.
Tim Belcher and Jay Howell combine for the win and save for L.A.
10/19/83
The Phillies release Pete Rose. Pete wanted to be an everyday player and the Phillies were not willing to commit to that.
He signs with Montreal and plays half a season in Canada before returning to Cincinnati.
10/19/87
The Yankees bring Billy Martin back
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