Happy ’80s Birthday to Todd Worrell, who won Rookie of the Year in 1986 and saved 256 games for the Cardinals and Dodgers
Happy ’80s Birthday to Dave “The Blade” Rajsich, who was listed at 6’5”, 175 lbs. His brother, Gary, was a big-league outfielder.
Grant Jackson was born OTD in 1942. He pitched in the big leagues for 18 seasons and was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1979 World Series. Grand passed away in 2021.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mario Guerrero, who spent eight years in the big leagues and wrapped up his career with Oakland in 1980.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Terry Bogener, who played for Team U.S.A. in 1977 and appeared in 24 games for the 1982 Rangers.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ronn Reynolds, who spent parts of six years in the bigs with the Mets, Phillies, Padres, and Astros and had the distinction of being Sidd Finch’s personal catcher.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Pete Filson, who won 15 games over seven seasons with the Twins and three other teams. He later served as a minor league pitching coach.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ed Vosberg, who played in the Little League World Series in 1973, played for Team U.S.A., and won a World Series with the Marlins in 1997. He made his debut with the Padres in 1986 and pitched until 2002.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Rob Woodward, who won four games for the Red Sox between 1985 and 1988.
Todd Frohwirth was born OTD in 1962. He pitched for four teams from 1987 through 1996 and later became a high school basketball coach. He passed away in 2017 of cancer.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Charlie Kerfeld, who won 11 games and saved seven more for the 1986 Astros. He was one of the funniest dudes in the game in the mid-80s but injuries cut his career short.
9/28/80
Just because he could, George Brett hits a pinch-hit Grand Slam off the Twins Pete Redfern but the Royals lose 8-7.
9/28/80
Claudell Washington and Jerry Royster each steal three bases and the Braves beat the Giants 8-3. Rough evening for Milt May, thought he did throw out two guys.
9/28/82
Jim Clancy throws a one-hit shutout against the Twins. He walks one and strikes out two. He took a perfect game into the 9th before it was broken up by Randy Bush.
9/28/82
Lance Parrish hits his 31st homer of the year to set an A.L. record for catchers. He finishes the season with 32 and follows that up with 33 in 1984.
9/28/83
Willie Aikens homers twice and drives in six in an 11-8 Royals win over the Mariners.
9/28/83
Mike Schmidt hit his 40th HR of the year to help the Phillies beat Cubs, 13-6, and clinch the NL East.
9/28/84
Joaquin Andujar beats the Cubs for his 20th win of the season. He would win 20 again in 1985.
9/28/85
Tom Browning wins his 20th game of the season. He goes 20-9 in his rookie season and finishes 2nd in the Rookie of the Year balloting to Vince Coleman.
9/28/85
Vince Coleman swipes four bags in the second game of a doubleheader against the Expos. St. Louis steals six in the game and nine on the day. They finish the season with 314 stolen bases.
9/28/86
Mark Langston strikes out 14 in seven innings of work against Cleveland and Seattle pitchers record 21 strikeouts total but Cleveland wins the game 5-4.
9/28/86
The Giants leave 22 men on base and still beat the Dodgers 6-5 in 16 innings. Bob Brenly’s RBI single wins it in the bottom of the 16th.
9/28/86
Behind Oil Can Boyd’s CG, the Red Sox win the A.L. East for the first time since 1975.
9/28/87
Steve Lombardozzi drives in four and the Twins become the first team to clinch their division.
9/28/88
Behind Jim Abbott, the U.S. beats Japan and wins the Gold Medal in the Seoul Olympics. Other prominent members of the team included Robin Ventura, Bret Barberie, Andy Benes,Jeff Branson, Tom Goodwin, Tino Martinez, Ben McDonald, Mickey Morandini, Charles Nagy, and Ed Sprague.
9/28/88
Orel Hershiser extends his streak to a record 59 consecutive innings without allowing a run.
9/28/82
Toronto infielder Danny Ainge announces he will retire from baseball and pursue a career in the NBA.
We lost Carlos Diaz OTD in 2015.
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