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The BBWAA selects Dusty Baker, who posted the best record in baseball this season, as the National League's Manager of the Year. The 51-year-old skipper, who guided the Giants to a 97-65 record, joins Tony La Russa (White Sox '83 and A's '88 and '92) as the award's only three-time winner, also coping the honor twice more with San Francisco in ...
At Detroit's Recreation Park, Bison hurler Pud Galvin throws the most lopsided no-hitter in baseball history when the team beats the Wolverines, 18-0. The victory is the second career no-hitter for the 27-year-old Buffalo right-hander, who also held the Worcester Worcesters hitless in 1880.
Joining Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, George Brett becomes the third player in baseball history to swipe his 200th stolen base and collect 3,000 hits and 300 home runs. The Royals third baseman's historic heist occurs during a 5-4, 12-inning victory over the Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium.
The Yankee Clipper's perfect day at the plate, which includes two singles and a home run, contributes to the Bronx Bombers' 7-2 victory over the Pale Hose at Yankee Stadium. 1942 Joe DiMaggio strikes out three times in a game for the first and only time in a career that spans 1,787 contests.
Keibert Ruiz becomes the seventh player in the 131-year history of the Dodgers to homer in his first major league at-bat and the first since Garey Ingram accomplished the feat in 1994.
The first reversal determined by baseball's new instant replay system occurs when Carlos Pena's two-run double becomes a three-run homer during the fourth inning in the Rays' 11-1 rout of the Twins at Tropicana Field.
Kenny Rogers hurls the 12th perfect game in modern major league history and becomes the first American League left-hander to accomplish the feat when he beats the Angels, 4-0. The Rangers' southpaw throws the fifth no-hitter in franchise history, being the first to do it perfectly.
Major League teams combine to hit the second-most home runs in a single day in baseball history, going yard 59 times in 14 games, second only to the 62 round-trippers blasted on July 2, 2002, in sixteen contests.
Sammy Sosa becomes the third player in baseball history to hit 50 homers in a season four times when he blasts a two-run shot off Dustin Hermanson in the first inning of the Cubs' 6-1 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field.
Cardinals reliever Jordan Hicks equals Aroldis Chapman's mark for the fastest pitch known in baseball history when he throws a pair of pitches clocked at 105 mph in the team's 5-1 victory over the Phillies at Busch Stadium.