Happy ’80s Birthday to Onix Concepcion, who was a rookie in 1980 and singled off Andy Hassler for his first big league hit. He spent parts of seven years in the big leagues and won a ring in 1985.
Happy ‘80s Birthday to Randy Bush, who made his debut with the 1982 Twins and spent 12 seasons in the bigs, all with Minnesota. He is one of seven players who were on both eh 1987 World Series champs and the 1991 World Series champs.
Happy ‘80s Birthday to Brent Gaff, who pitched for the Mets from 1982 through 1984, going 4-5 in 58 games while also recording a save. He is the only person from Churubusco High School in Churubusco, IN to appear in the big leagues.
Happy ‘80s Birthday to Rod Allen, who spent parts of three seasons in the bigs with the Mariners, Tigers, and Cleveland. After his playing career he served as a minor league coach and also a broadcaster for the Tigers. Unfortunately, that portion of his career came to an end when he was involved in a fight with his broadcast partner Mario Impemba.
Happy ‘80s Birthday to Randy Bockus, who made his debut with ther 1986 Giants and pitched in the bigs until 1989.
Happy ‘80s Birthday to Tracy Woodson, who spent five years in the bigs with the Dodgers and Cardinals, including winning a World Series with L.A. in 1988.
10/5/80
Dave Collins is thrown out stealing twice by Bruce Benedict and is picked off by Phil Niekro, but he’s still the hero when his 8th-inning single drives in Junior Kennedy with the only run in a 1-0 Reds win.
10/5/80
George Brett finishes the season with a .390 batting average, more than enough to win the A.L. batting title.
10/5/80
Bill Buckner finishes the season at .324 to win the N.L. batting title.
10/5/80
Ron Cey’s homer gives the Dodgers a 3-game sweep of the Astros and forces a playoff to decide the winner of the N.L. West.
10/5/82
Don Baylor drives in 5 as the Angels take a 1-0 lead over the Brewers in the 1982 ALCS
10/5/83
LaMarr Hoyt allows just one run and 5 hits as the White Sox beat the Orioles in Game 1 of the 1983 ALCS.
10/5/83
Pedro Guerrero drives in 2 and Fernando allows just a single run as the Dodgers even the 1983 NLCS at one game a piece with the Phillies.
10/5/84
Milt Wilcox and Willie Hernandez shut out the Royals 1-0 and the Tigers complete a three-game sweep of Kansas City to win the American League pennant.
10/5/85
The Cardinals clinch the N.L. East as part of Clinch-o-Rama ’85. Three teams clinch their respective divisions on this day.
10/5/85
The Blue Jays clinch the A.L. East as part of Clinch-o-Rama ’85. Three teams clinch their respective divisions on this day.
10/5/85
Willie Wilson’s extra-inning walkoff single gives the Royals the 1985 A.L. West title as part of Clinch-o-Rama ’85. They would face Toronto in the ALCS.
10/5/86
Candy Maldonado homers twice, including a slam, and drives in six to help the Giants beat the Dodgers 11-2 and get Mike Krukow his 20th win.
10/5/86
Pete Incaviglia hits his 30th home run of the season, becoming the 16th rookie in major league history to reach that mark. The homer comes off Don Sutton as the Rangers beat the Angels, 7 – 4.
10/5/86
Tim Raines hits .334 to win the N.L. batting title, edging out Steve Sax (.332 and Tony Gwynn (.329).
10/5/86
Wade Boggs wins the A.L. batting title with a .357 average. Boggs misses the final four games of the season against the Yankees with a hamstring injury. Don Mattingly goes 2-for-4 to finish at .352.
10/5/88
Jose Canseco homers to pace the A’s to a 1-0 series lead over the Red Sox in the 1988 ALCS.
10/5/88
David Cone rips the Dodgers in his ghostwritten column in the New York Daily News, saying, among other things, that L.A. reliever Jay Howell has a “high school curveball” then gets ripped by the Dodgers for 5 runs in two innings.
The Dodgers even the 1988 NLCS at one game each.
10/5/89
Mark Grace goes 3-for-4 with 4 RBI as the Cubs even the 1989 NLCS with the Giants at one game each.
10/5/81
The Tigers release Mark Fidrych. I talked to two experts about his impact and why we’re still talking about a guy who won 29 MLB games.
10/5/87
The Orioles fire General Manager Hank Peters and farm director Tom Giordano. Roland Hemond takes over as GM.
We lost Tommy Boggs OTD in 2022.
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