Happy ’80s Birthday to Warren Cromartie, who made his debut in 1974 and spent 9 seasons with the Expos before heading to Japan to play for the Yomiuri Giants under manager Sadaharu Oh and winning a championship. He returned to the U.S. in 1991 and spent a season with the Royals before retiring.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Craig Lefferts, who has more saves than any other player born in Germany. You know the Germans make great stuff.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Rob Deer, who had 49% of his career plate appearances result in either a homer, walk or strikeout.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Gene Richards, who apparently used a 73-inch bat.
He is also 2nd on the Padres all-time stolen base leaderboard behind Tony Gwynn.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ken Macha, who spent six years in the bigs as a player and later managed the Brewers and the A’s.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Steve Busby, who threw two no-hitters before tearing his rotator cuff.
He won 56 games between 1973 and 1975.
Happy ’80s Birthday to one of the coolest dudes in baseball. I mean, who wouldn’t want to hang out with Tim Flannery?
Happy ’80s Birthday to Mark Calvert, who won three games for the Giants in 1983 and 1984.
9/29/86
Jay Bell homers off Bert Blyleven on the first pitch he sees in his big-league career, making him the 12th player to do so. The homer was also the 47th of the year surrendered by Blyleven, which broke the single-season record of 46 set by Robin Roberts in 1956.
9/29/80
Steve Stone beats the Red Sox in the 2nd game of a doubleheader. The win is Stone’s 25th of the season, en route to the Cy Young award.
9/29/80
John Tamargo’s clutch 3-run pinch-hit homer helps the Expos stay ahead of the Phillies in the NL East.
9/29/80
Alan Trammell goes 5-for-6 with two doubles and an RBI in an 8-2 win over the Blue Jays. The win is the 1,000th of Sparky Anderson’s managerial career.
9/29/82
Ken Griffey goes 4-for-4 with 5 RBI in a 13-6 Yankees win over Cleveland.
9/29/83
Oakland A’s rookie pitcher Mike Warren no-hits the A.L. West champion White Sox in just his 9th career start.
9/29/83
Johnny Bench goes 1-for-1 with a 2-RBI single off Birthday Boy Mark Calvert in his final game at the Baseball Cathedral known as Riverfront Stadium.
9/29/86
Jody Davis goes 4-for-5 with a dinger and 5 RBI in an 8-3 win over the Phillies. Greg Maddux gets the win for the Cubs while his brother, Mike, gets the loss for Philadelphia. It’s the first time the two have pitched against each other in the big leagues.
9/29/87
Don Carman throws a one-hit shutout against the Mets. The lone hit is a Mookie Wilson single in the 4th inning.
9/29/87
Don Mattingly sets a record by hitting his sixth grand slam of the season in a 6-0 win over Boston.
We lost Auggie Busch OTD in 1989.
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