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April 27
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on April 27.
[edit] Events
- 1909 - The Chicago White Sox win their third straight 1 - 0 game over the St. Louis Browns in three days.
- 1918 - The New York Giants' 9-0 start and the Brooklyn Robins' 0-9 losing streak are both stopped, as the Robins win, 5 - 3, in the opening game of a doubleheader behind Larry Cheney's strong pitching.
- 1926 - 17-year-old Mel Ott makes his first major league appearance with the New York Giants pinch-hitting for Jimmy Ring. Ott strikes out as the Giants win, 9 - 8, over the Phillies. He won't play regularly until 1927.
- 1929 - Brooklyn Robins relief pitcher Clise Dudley hits a home run on the first major league pitch he sees at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl.
- 1930 - Chicago White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy has no chances in a nine-inning game against the St. Louis Browns.
- 1944 - Jim Tobin of the Boston Braves pitches a 2 - 0 no-hitter against the visiting Brooklyn Dodgers and also hits a home run.
- 1947 - Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium draws a crowd of more than 58,000 to honor the ailing star. In the game, Sid Hudson of the Washington Senators beats Spud Chandler and the Yankees, 1 - 0.
- 1967 - Reliever Bill Short and right fielder Roberto Clemente preserve Pittsburgh's come-from-behind, ulcer-inducing 5 - 4 victory over their cross-state rivals. Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press reports: "The Phils tried to get going after Pete Mikkelsen retired the first two batters in the 9th and what remained of the crowd of 4,979 stood in the aisles. Mikkelsen dared Richie Allen with a fastball and fanned him for the second out but Tony Gonzalez rammed a line drive into the right-center hole. Usually this is good for a double, maybe a triple if the ball gets through. But Clemente dived at the ball and came up throwing to second base as Gonzalez wisely stopped at first. Cookie Rojas followed with a single to left. Had Gonzalez's ball gone through for a double, Rojas' single would have scored him with the tying run. Bill Short came in to pitch to Johnny Callison and walked him on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases but then he got Jackie Brandt on a slow roller for the final out." Pittsburgh pulls even in the game during Clemente's two-out 7th-inning at-bat, but he is a mere spectator: a wild pitch from Larry Jackson and an errant throw from Bob Uecker account for the two equalizing runs.
- 1968 - Tom Phoebus of the Baltimore Orioles pitches a 6 - 0 no hitter against the visiting Boston Red Sox. Third baseman Brooks Robinson drives in three runs and makes a great catch to rob Rico Petrocelli of a hit in the 8th inning.
- 1971:
- Curt Flood jumps the Washington Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark, ending his playing career. Flood batted .293 and won seven Gold Glove Awards during his 15-year major league tenure. He will continue his antitrust suit, which will eventually reach the Supreme Court.
- Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves joins Babe Ruth and Willie Mays as the only major league players to hit 600 home runs. His historic homer, a 350-foot drive over the left field wall, comes off Gaylord Perry in the third inning of a 6 - 5 ten-inning loss to the San Francisco Giants at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
- 1973 - Steve Busby of the Kansas City Royals pitches his first of two career no-hitters with a 3 - 0 victory over Detroit. It is the first Royals no-hitter and the first at Tiger Stadium since Virgil Trucks did it in 1952. Busby also becomes the first no-hit game pitcher not to bat after the American League's introduction of the designated hitter rule.
- 1983 - Walter Johnson's 56-year record of 3,508 career strikeouts is eclipsed by Nolan Ryan. Ryan strikes out Montreal Expos pinch-hitter Brad Mills in the 8th inning as the Houston Astros beat the Expos, 4 - 2.
- 1990 - Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Orel Hershiser will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his pitching shoulder. He had not missed a start since joining the club's rotation in 1984.
- 1994 - Scott Erickson of the Minnesota Twins, who allowed the most hits in the majors last season, pitches the first no-hitter in his team's 27-year history as Minnesota beats the Milwaukee Brewers, 6 - 0.
- 1996 - Barry Bonds becomes only the fourth player in major league history to amass 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases when he homers in the 3rd inning in the San Francisco Giants' 6 - 3 victory over the Florida Marlins. His father, Bobby Bonds, along with godfather Willie Mays and Andre Dawson are the only other players to reach 300-300.
- 2000 - Chicago White Sox shortstop Jose Valentin hits for the cycle and drives in five runs in a 13 - 4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
- 2002 - Derek Lowe of the Boston Red Sox, who struggled to keep his job as a closer the previous season, pitches a no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Brent Abernathy is the only baserunner Lowe allows in Boston's 10 - 0 victory.
- 2003 - Kevin Millwood pitches a no-hitter to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Francisco Giants, 1 - 0. Millwood strikes out 10 and walks three.
- 2005:
- Mark Grudzielanek hits for the cycle in his first four at-bats in the St. Louis Cardinals' 6 - 3 victory over Milwaukee. Grudzielanek is only the third Cardinals player to hit for the cycle at 40-year-old Busch Stadium, which is being demolished after this season. The others were Ray Lankford on September 15, 1991 against the Mets and Lou Brock on May 27, 1975 against the Padres.
- Jose Mesa of the Pittsburgh Pirates earns his 300th career save in Pittsburgh's 2 - 0 victory over Houston. Mesa becomes the 19th pitcher in major league history with 300 saves.
- 2006:
- Ben Broussard of the Cleveland Indians goes 4 for 5 with two home runs, including a grand slam and eight RBI, in Cleveland's 15 - 3 win over the Boston Red Sox.
- Top Tampa Bay prospect Delmon Young is suspended indefinitely by the International League, a day after throwing a bat that hits a replacement umpire in the chest. The 20-year-old Young, brother of Detroit star Dmitri Young and honored as the 2005 Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America, was ejected in the 1st inning following a called third strike in the Durham Bulls' Triple-A game at Pawtucket. The suspension will be for 50 games.
- 2008 - The Reds top the Giants, 10 - 1. Barry Zito falls to 0-6 with a 7.53 ERA. One of the highest-paid players in baseball, Zito is the third pitcher since 1956 to have gone 0-6 before May; Dave Stewart in 1984 and Mike Maroth in 2003 were the others.
- 2009:
- Raul Ibanez hits a grand slam off Joel Hanrahan in the 8th inning to lead Philadelphia to a 13 - 11 win over Washington. Ibanez's blast follows another grand slam by Ryan Howard off Shairon Martis in the 5th. The Nationals are up 6 - 2 and 11 - 7, but cough up the lead twice, negating a five home run performance by their hitters.
- Rookie Dexter Fowler steals five bases against San Diego to lead the Rockies to a 12 - 7 victory. The Rocks steal eight bases overall against the battery of Chris Young and Nick Hundley. As part of the madness on the base paths, Brad Hawpe is hit in the head by catcher Hundley's pick-off attempt at second base and is knocked out of the game. Fowler ties the post-1900 rookie record for steals in a game.
- 2010:
- Francisco Liriano continues to display the form that made him a rookie sensation before arm surgery in 2006. The Twins' starter pitches a third consecutive game in which he does not allow a run, going 8 innings in a 2 - 0 win over Detroit. He has an 0.93 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 29 innings this year.
- With a 3-16 record coming into the game, the Orioles win at home for the first time this year, beating the Yankees, 5 - 4. It's hard slogging, though, as the Yankees score two unearned runs in the 9th and Alfredo Simon records the first save of his career in his first appearance since reconstructive elbow surgery last May. Alberto Castillo is the winner in relief. The Orioles now have a two-game winning streak, but their record is still four games worse than any other team in the majors.
- The Mets sweep the Dodgers in a doubleheader, 4 - 0 and 10 - 5, to extend their winning streak to 6 games and to record their 8th win in their last 9 games. Jason Bay hits his first home run as a Met in support of Johan Santana's pitching in the opener, while David Wright drives in four runs in the nitecap.
- 2011:
- Chipper Jones drives in three runs in Atlanta's 7 - 0 win over San Diego, moving past Mickey Mantle on the all-time RBI list with 1,512. Among switch-hitters, only Eddie Murray has more RBI than Jones with 1,917. Tommy Hanson is the winner over Mat Latos, who falls to 0-4.
- Justin Smoak, back from the bereavement list following the death of his father, homers and drives in five runs as Seattle routs Detroit, 10 - 1, to earn Erik Bedard his first win since June 7, 2009.
- 2012
- Stuck in last place in the AL West in spite of spending lavishly in the off-season free agent market, the Angels make a couple of moves, releasing veteran OF Bobby Abreu and replacing closer Jordan Walden with Scott Downs. They call up top propspect Mike Trout to take Abreu's place.
- The Tigers' Delmon Young is arrested in Manhattan after a confrontation outside the Hilton Hotel in the early morning. He is charged with aggravated harassment but also with a hate crime for hurling ant-semitic insults and attacking a group of passers-by while visibly intoxicated.
- The Rockies reverse a 6 - 2 deficit with an 11-run 5th-inning outburst against the Mets, then pull out with an 18 - 9 win at Coors Field. Eric Young starts the ball rolling by beating P Chris Schwinden's throw on a comebacker to the mound; 3 walks, 7 hits, 4 errors and a hit batsman later, the Rockies are cruising to an easy win; Carlos Gonzalez drives in 5 runs during the frame, then Ramon Hernandez adds a grand slam in the 7th. For the Mets, Scott Hairston hits for the cycle in a losing cause, while the two teams combine for 36 hits in the slugfest.
[edit] Births
- 1857 - Joe Kappel, infielder (d. 1929)
- 1864 - Frank Gilmore, pitcher (d. 1929)
- 1865 - Bill Vinton, pitcher (d. 1893)
- 1878 - Charlie Chech, pitcher (d. 1938)
- 1878 - George Winter, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1880 - Orth Collins, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1884 - Bob Williams, catcher (d. 1962)
- 1888 - Lore Bader, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1889 - John Dodge, infielder (d. 1916)
- 1889 - Dutch Hinrichs, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1889 - Hy Myers, outfielder (d. 1965)
- 1893 - Charlie Boardman, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1893 - Allen Sothoron, pitcher, manager (d. 1939)
- 1896 - Rogers Hornsby, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1963)
- 1901 - Johnny Stuart, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1903 - Horace Stoneham, owner (d. 1990)
- 1909 - John Whitehead, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1910 - Johnny Hayes, Negro League catcher (d. 1988)
- 1910 - Frenchy Uhalt, outfielder (d. 2004)
- 1914 - George Archie, infielder (d. 2001)
- 1914 - Larry Crawford, pitcher (d. 1994)
- 1914 - Jug Thesenga, pitcher (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Buddy Armour, Negro League outfielder (d. 1974)
- 1916 - Enos Slaughter, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2002)
- 1918 - John Rice, umpire (d. 2011)
- 1919 - Les Keiter, broadcaster (d. 2009)
- 1921 - Mary Reynolds, AAGPBL infielder and pitcher
- 1923 - Kite Thomas, outfielder (d. 1995)
- 1924 - Bill Higdon, outfielder (d. 1986)
- 1924 - Frank Wurm, pitcher (d. 1993)
- 1931 - Fred Koenig, coach (d. 1993)
- 1938 - Earl Anthony, signed pitcher (d. 2001)
- 1942 - Keith Weber, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1949 - Greg Kosc, umpire
- 1950 - Norihiro Mizutani, NPB pitcher (d. 2001)
- 1954 - Dick Monfort, owner
- 1957 - Willie Upshaw, infielder
- 1960 - Jim Eppard, outfielder
- 1960 - Brian Giles, infielder
- 1961 - Ray Hayward, pitcher
- 1962 - Tim Meacham, minor league pitcher
- 1964 - Bill Kazmierczak, minor league pitcher
- 1964 - Marco Paddy, scout
- 1965 - Bob MacDonald, pitcher
- 1965 - Paul Miller, pitcher
- 1966 - Bob Ayrault, pitcher
- 1966 - Eric Hillman, pitcher
- 1967 - Tony Eusebio, catcher
- 1968 - Patrick Lennon, outfielder
- 1970 - Mike Neill, outfielder
- 1972 - Chad Zerbe, pitcher
- 1974 - Frank Catalanotto, outfielder
- 1974 - Steve Connelly, pitcher
- 1975 - Chris Carpenter, pitcher; All-Star
- 1975 - Pedro Feliz, infielder
- 1975 - Benj Sampson, pitcher
- 1976 - Long Shi, China Baseball League pitcher
- 1977 - Orber Moreno, pitcher
- 1978 - Runelvys Hernandez, pitcher
- 1978 - Takahiro Suzuki, NPB outfielder
- 1979 - Haifeng Chen, China Baseball League pitcher
- 1981 - Joey Gathright, outfielder
- 1981 - Casey Janssen, pitcher
- 1983 - Alexander Sisyuk, Russian national team pitcher
- 1983 - Serhiy Tikhonets, Ukrainian national team infielder-outfielder
- 1984 - Mike Grace, minor league catcher
- 1984 - Luis Perdomo, pitcher
- 1984 - Andrew Russell, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Lennart Koster, Hoofdklasse outfielder
- 1987 - Nicky Mertens, First Division outfielder
- 1987 - Antal Roos, Dutch women's national team outfielder
- 1988 - José Miguel Fernández, Cuban league infielder
- 1989 - Yobanis Salazar, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Anthony Hewitt, minor league player
- 1990 - Rolando Petit, minor league catcher
- 1991 - Jeong-hun Lee, KBO pitcher
- 1994 - Corey Seager, minor league infielder
[edit] Deaths
- 1904 - Bobby Cargo, infielder (b. 1868)
- 1914 - Herb Worth, outfielder (b. 1847)
- 1916 - Jul Kustus, outfielder (b. 1882)
- 1921 - Hal Mauck, pitcher (b. 1869)
- 1923 - Paul Sentell, infielder (b. 1879)
- 1925 - Fred Crane, infielder (b. 1840)
- 1926 - Charlie Abbey, outfielder (b. 1866)
- 1939 - Chauncey Fisher, pitcher (b. 1872)
- 1948 - Ad Yale, infielder (b. 1870)
- 1951 - Bill Eagle, outfielder (b. 1877)
- 1955 - Perucho Cepeda, winter league infielder (b. 1906)
- 1961 - Frank Gibson, catcher (b. 1890)
- 1963 - Johnny Hutchings, pitcher (b. 1916)
- 1963 - Lou Manske, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1967 - John McGraw, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1968 - Paul Kardow, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 1969 - Harry Taylor, infielder (b. 1907)
- 1976 - Ed Durham, pitcher (b. 1907)
- 1977 - Ernie Neitzke, outfielder (b. 1894)
- 1979 - Jim Mooney, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1980 - Rube Ehrhardt, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1981 - Emerson Dickman, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 1982 - Truck Hannah, catcher (b. 1889)
- 1986 - Marty Karow, infielder (b. 1904)
- 1987 - John Burrows, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1988 - Manuel Chávez, minor league infielder (b. 1906)
- 1988 - Tommy Thomas, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1992 - Harlond Clift, infielder; All-Star (b. 1912)
- 1995 - Kent Peterson, pitcher (b. 1925)
- 1998 - John Kennedy, infielder (b. 1926)
- 2000 - Brooks Lawrence, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1925)
- 2002 - Jerry Witte, infielder (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Yoshinori Okoso, owner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1915)
- 2007 - Ralph McLeod, outfielder (b. 1916)
- 2008 - Art Johnson, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 2009 - Danny Morejon, outfielder (b. 1930)
- 2012 - Bill Skowron, infielder; All-Star (b. 1930)
- 2013 - Brad Lesley, pitcher (b. 1958)
