March 28

From BR Bullpen


January	February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
March	April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
May	June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July	August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
September	October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
November	December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Stats of players who were born this day
Stats of players who died on this day
Standings on this day
Permanent link to Today's Entry
Sources
Baseball Library Chronology
Today in Baseball History

Events, births and deaths that occurred on March 28.

[edit] Events

1884 - During an exhibition game between the NL Philadelphia Phillies and American Association Philadelphia Athletics, umpire William McLean, reacting to fans' taunts, hurls a bat into the stands hitting but not injuring a spectator. McLean is arrested after the game, but the charges are soon dropped.
1889 - In a trade of pitchers, the Indianapolis Hoosiers send John Healy to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Jim Whitney.
1901 - Philadelphia Phillies owner John Rogers files for an injunction prohibiting Nap Lajoie, Bill Bernhard, and Chick Fraser from playing for any other team - the most serious legal test of the reserve clause to date.
1907 - Popular outfielder Chick Stahl, who replaced Jimmy Collins as manager of the Boston Red Sox at the end of 1906, commits suicide while travelling with the team in West Baden Springs, Indiana. After breakfast he returned to his room and drank four ounces of carbolic acid. He leaves a note: "Boys, I just couldn't help it. You drove me to it." Cy Young reluctantly agrees to start the season as Boston's manager, but there will be three others during the year.
1913 - The St. Louis Browns make an unusual "trade," sending infielder Buzzy Wares to a minor league team in exchange for the rental of a stadium. The Montgomery Black Sox will allow the Browns to use their stadium during spring training, rent-free. Wares will return to the Browns later in the season.
1927 - In a final exhibition match between the previous World Series' opponents, the New York Yankees score four runs in the first inning off Grover Cleveland Alexander and the St. Louis Cardinals. Then, Alexander shuts down the Yankees until leaving in the 8th, and the Cardinals score two in the 9th to win 6 - 4. Both teams use their regular lineups - the only teams to make no starting changes from last year's teams. The four runs off Alexander are the first the 40-year-old veteran has allowed in 15 innings of spring training work.
1931 - Ban Johnson dies in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 67. Johnson served as the first president of the American League, guiding the "junior circuit" until 1927. He will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1937.
1934 - Rabbit Maranville breaks his left leg while sliding home on a double steal in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees. The Boston Braves veteran is out for the season and will play just 23 games next year. He had broken his right leg earlier in spring training of 1926.
1937 - Trying to see if a new "dead ball" is better than the existing one, the new sphere is tried in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators. The Sox outslug the Nats, 13 - 12, as Joe Cronin drives in six runs. Last week the ball was used in a game between the New York Giants and Boston Bees with much the same result. On April 12, the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates will test the new ball, with the Sox winning 9 - 6, though the longest hit is a double.
1940 - During a 10 - 1 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Chicago White Sox second baseman Jackie Hayes catches a piece of cinder in his eye. The eye will become infected and though he finishes the season, he loses the sight in the eye. In 1943 Hayes will lose the sight in both eyes.
1947 - Second baseman Johnny Evers dies in Albany, New York, at the age of 65. Known as "The Crab," Evers won the National League MVP Award in 1914 and stole 324 bases over an 18-year career. In 1945, Evers was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1946.
1958 - Slugger Chuck Klein dies in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the age of 53. Klein batted .320 with 300 home runs and 1201 RBI over a 17-year career. His most productive season came in 1933, when he won the National League Triple Crown. Klein will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1980.
1969 - The Chicago Cubs purchase Charley Smith from the San Francisco Giants, which had acquired the well-traveled third baseman last December 6. Smith will reinjure his knee and retire after a few at bats.
1976 - Media sources report a potential blockbuster trade between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers which involves two future Hall of Fame pitchers. According to the rumor, the deal will send Tom Seaver to the Dodgers in exchange for Don Sutton. Mets fans respond negatively to the proposed deal, perhaps influencing management to call off the trade. Seaver will remain with the Mets until 1977, when he is traded to the Cincinnati Reds.
1977:
- Texas Rangers second baseman Lenny Randle, upset for having been benched during spring training, physically confronts manager Frank Lucchesi, sending him to the hospital with a shattered cheekbone. Lucchesi helped precipitate the incident by calling the usually good-natured Randle a punk. Randle will receive a 30-day suspension. On April 26, he will be trade to the New York Mets for infielder Rick Auerbach and cash.
- The Cincinnati Reds send outfielder Joel Youngblood and pitcher Pat Darcy to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for pitchers Bill Caudill an Mike Caldwell.
1978 - The Oakland Athletics release veteran first baseman Dick Allen, ending his 15-year career. Allen finishes with 351 home runs, 1119 RBI and a lifetime batting average of .292. The highlight of Allen's career occurred in 1972, when he earned the American League MVP Award while playing for the Chicago White Sox.
1986 - The Boston Red Sox acquire DH Don Baylor from the New York Yankees for OF-DH Mike Easler. Baylor will hit 31 home runs and drive in 94 runs, helping the Red Sox to the AL East title.
1988 - The New York Yankees waive knuckleball pitcher Phil Niekro four days shy of his 47th birthday.
1989 - American League umpire Nick Bremigan dies of a heart attack at the age of 43.
1990 - A plan to allow starting pitchers to earn victories with only three innings pitched (because of the abbreviated spring training period) is scrapped, but teams will be allowed to open the regular season with 27-man rosters instead of the allowed maximum of 25.
1991 - Methodist College defeats Maryville, 43 - 0, to set an National Collegiate Athletic Association record for runs in a game. The previous record of 42 had been set by King's College in 1902. Methodist scores 15 runs in the first inning, and strokes 34 hits in the contest, including seven by Brandon Bridgers.
1996 - Kirby Puckett is taken to the Ft. Myers Hospital after he awakes with his vision affected by a career-threatening malady. He has a black dot in front of his left eye and his vision is diagnosed as 20/200. Puckett, who hit .360 in spring training, will undergo surgery on April 17.
1999 - The Baltimore Orioles make the first visit to Cuba by major leaguers since 1959, and defeat a team of Cuban amateurs by a score of 3 - 2 in 11 innings. Pitcher Jose Contreras hurls eight innings of two - hit, 10 - strikeout ball in relief for the Cubans, while catcher Charles Johnson hits a two - run home run and DH Harold Baines drives in the winning run for the Orioles. The two teams will play a rematch at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 3.
2000 - The Philadelphia Phillies obtain second baseman Mickey Morandini from the Montreal Expos in exchange for cash.
2001 - The New York Yankees send Glenallen Hill to the Anaheim Angels for Darren Blakely, and the San Diego Padres trade Matt Clement to the Florida Marlins in exchange for Mark Kotsay.
2003 - Three days prior to Opening Day, the YES Network claims Cablevision has pulled out of a proposed deal signed 17 days ago which would have provided televised New York Yankees games nearly three million cable subscribers in the New York City metropolitan area. According to a YES press release, the giant cable television company failed to sign a finalizedversion of the hand-written document that both parties exchanged on March 12, but Cablevision president, James L. Dolan, said when YES sent him a revised typewritten draft on two days later, the document contained alterations that he found unacceptable.
2006 - Infielder Tony Graffanino is claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals, returning to the team that traded him to the Boston Red Sox eight months ago.