April 13th, 1980 began like just another day. But by the end of the evening, some 17,000 plus baseball fans could rightly tell their kids they witnessed a major league baseball first.

The Kansas City Royals led the Detroit Tigers 1-0 in the 7th inning when KC starter Paul Splittorff began to struggle and was replaced by submariner Dan Quisenberry. And just like that, it happened…

Catching for the Royals that day was 25-year-old Jamie Quirk. The Quisenberry/Quirk combination was the first-ever All-Q battery in the history of the game.

J. Daniel

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