1989 Orioles

The 1989 Baltimore Orioles rose from the ashes of a 107-loss season (which famously began with a record 21-consecutive losses) in 1988 and battled for the American League East pennant. The Orioles held first place for 98 days before eventually being eliminated on the next-to-last day of the season by the Toronto Blue Jays. The team's 33-win improvement ranks as one of the greatest in history. Closer Gregg Olson won the BBWAA's Rookie of the Year Award and Craig Worthington won the Sporting News rookie award, while other key contributors included Mickey Tettleton, Randy Milligan, Cal Ripken Jr., Phil Bradley, Jeff Ballard and Bob Milacki.

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• Motonobu Tanishige (pictured) becomes the third NPB catcher to 2,000 hits, joining the meikyukai.
• Norihiro Nakamura collects his 2,000th hit in NPB, the 43rd player to do so.
• Donald Lutz becomes the first major leaguer who grew up in Germany.
• The Boston Red Sox's record streak of consecutive sell-outs at Fenway Park, begun on May 15, 2003, ends after 820 games.
• Alex Ramirez becomes the first foreign player to join the meikyukai with 2,000 hits.

• 1893 - Frank Shugart, Doggie Miller and Heinie Peitz hit three consecutive home runs for the St. Louis Browns, the first time in baseball history such an act took place.
• 1909 - Fred Toney throws a 17-inning no-hitter against the Lexington Colts, striking out 19.
• 1929 - Braves center fielder Earl Clark has 12 putouts, a 20th Century record for the position. Boston loses 5-2, thanks to 3 unearned runs on Rabbit Maranville's first error of the season.
• 1953 - Eddie O'Brien (pictured) and Johnny O'Brien become the first twins to play for the same Major League team on the same day. The Pirates lose 4-0 to Sal Maglie.
• 1970 - Hoyt Wilhelm becomes the first Major Leaguer to play in 1,000 games.

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