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September 28
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 28.
[edit] Events
- 1919 - In the shortest nine-inning game in major league history, lasting only 51 minutes, the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 6 - 1.
- 1920 - A grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox Scandal."
- 1938 - Gabby Hartnett hits his famous "Homer in the Gloamin'" in the ninth inning against the Pirates' Mace Brown to give the Chicago Cubs a 6 - 5 victory, their ninth straight, at Wrigley Field. It is a key triumph en route to the Cubs' National League pennant.
- 1941 - Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox goes 6 for 8 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics to finish the season with a .406 batting average. No player has batted .400 since.
- 1951 - Allie Reynolds pitches his second no-hitter of the season as the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox, 8 - 0, in the opener of a doubleheader. The Yankees clinch the American League pennant with an 11 - 3 victory in the nightcap.
- 1974 - Nolan Ryan pitches his third of seven career no-hitters, striking out 15 batters and beating the Minnesota Twins, 4 - 0, at Anaheim Stadium. He also walks eight to run his season total to 202 bases on balls, joining Bob Feller in 1938 as the only pitcher to walk more than 200 in a season. Ryan will again top 200 in 1977.
- 1975 - For the first time in MLB, four pitchers share a no-hitter when Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers of the Oakland Athletics combine to no-hit the California Angels, 5 - 0, on the final day of the season.
- 1983 - The Philadelphia Phillies become NL East champions with a 13 - 6 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The title clincher is also the 7000th victory for the Phillies in their history.
- 1988 - Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws ten shutout innings against the San Diego Padres and extends his streak of scoreless innings to 59, breaking the record set by Don Drysdale in 1968.
- 1995 - Greg Harris of the Montreal Expos becomes the first pitcher to pitch with both hands in the 20th century. Harris faces four batters, two from his usual right side and two from the left, in the ninth inning of a 9 - 7 loss to Cincinnati.
- 1997 - Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres ties Honus Wagner's record by winning his eighth National League batting title. Gwynn finishes at .372, becoming the first player to win four consecutive NL batting titles since Rogers Hornsby won six straight between 1920 and 1925.
- 2001 - Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers hits his 50th home run in an 11 - 2 victory over Anaheim and becomes the 20th player in major league history to hit 50 homers in a season.
- 2005:
- The San Diego Padres clinch the fourth division title in their 37-year history, beating the San Francisco Giants 9 - 1. The Padres (79-79) need to win three of their last four games to finish above .500. Since 1969, and excluding strike years, the 1973 Mets own the lowest winning percentage of a division champion by going 82-79 (.509) to win the NL East that year.
- Alex Rodriguez hits his 47th home run in the Yankees' 2 - 1 victory over Baltimore. The shot breaks Joe DiMaggio's single-season club record for home runs by a right-handed batter, set in 1937.
- 2007:
- The Boston Red Sox clinch the AL East title, bringing to an end a streak of 9 consecutive division titles by the New York Yankees, dating back to 1998. The Yankees will not miss the Postseason however, having clinched the American League Wild Card.
- The Chicago Cubs clinch the NL Central division title with a 6 - 0 shutout of the Cincinnati Reds, combined with a loss by the Milwaukee Brewers. It is the third different franchise that Cubs' manager Lou Piniella has led to a division title. For Chicago, Alfonso Soriano hits his 32nd home run of the season, taking Bronson Arroyo deep in the first inning. It is Soriano's 6th home run leading off a game this month, a new MLB record. It is also his 13th homer in September, tying Ernie Banks' franchise record.
- Jimmy Rollins flies out against Tim Redding in the third inning of the Phillies' 6 - 0 win over Washington. It is his 706th at-bat of the season, breaking the 27-year-old record held by Willie Wilson.
- The Houston Astros announce that they will keep interim manager Cecil Cooper on in a full-time role in 2008.
- 2008 :
- In the last game played at Shea Stadium, the Mets complete their second dramatic late-season collapse in as many years, losing 4 - 2 to the Marlins. Relievers Scott Schoeneweis and Luis Ayala give up back-to-back homers to Wes Helms and Dan Uggla in the 8th inning to seal the Mets' fate. Meanwhile, the Brewers defeat Chicago behind CC Sabathia's four-hit complete game, in his 3rd straight start on 3 days' rest, and Ryan Braun's home run, to clinch the National League Wild Card. New York led the NL East by 3½ games with 17 games to play, but were passed by both the Phillies and Brewers to fall out of the playoff picture. For the Brewers, it will be a first postseason appearance since 1982.
- The White Sox beat Cleveland, 5 - 1, behind Mark Buehrle's pitching to break a 5-game losing streak and stay alive in the AL Central. The Sox's win necessitates a make-up game against Detroit tomorrow to force a one-game playoff with the Minnesota Twins, who beat the Royals, 6 - 0, behind Scott Baker to remain one-half game in front of Chicago.
- The Angels set a franchise record with 100 wins with a 7 - 0 romp of the Rangers. They finish with the best MLB record of 2008.
- Mike Mussina, who has won 18 or 19 games five times, finally becomes a 20-game winner at age 39. The Yankee hurler tops the Red Sox, 6 - 2, as Daisuke Matsuzaka falls to 18-3 on the year. Mussina will announce his retirement after the season.
- 2009
- The Angels crush Texas, 11 - 0, to clinch the AL West title for the third straight year. Kendry Morales, who has emerged as a top hitter this year, leads the charge with a homer and 3 RBI. The Angels have dedicated the season to pitcher Nick Adenhart, who died in a car crash in April, and honor his memory during the post-game celebrations.
- Atlanta keeps on winning. Today, Jair Jurrjens pitches seven shutout innings in a 4 - 0 win over Florida, the Braves' 15th in 17 games.
[edit] Births
- 1848 - George Snyder, pitcher (d. 1905)
- 1858 - Nate Kellogg, infielder (d. 1923)
- 1859 - Joe Knight, outfielder (d. 1938)
- 1863 - Bill Nelson, pitcher (d. 1941)
- 1865 - Lou Bierbauer, infielder (d. 1926)
- 1867 - Ben Stephens, pitcher (d. 1896)
- 1876 - Red Long, pitcher (d. 1929)
- 1882 - Denny Sullivan, outfielder (d. 1956)
- 1883 - Harley Young, pitcher (d. 1975)
- 1885 - Wilbur Good, outfielder (d. 1963)
- 1889 - Pete Compton, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1889 - Jack Fournier, infielder (d. 1973)
- 1889 - Rip Jordan, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1891 - Everett Booe, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1893 - Mike Massey, infielder (d. 1971)
- 1893 - Cy Rheam, infielder (d. 1947)
- 1895 - Hal Bubser, pinch hitter (d. 1959)
- 1895 - Whitey Witt, outfielder (d. 1988)
- 1902 - Leon Chagnon, pitcher (d. 1953)
- 1903 - Jim Brillheart, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1903 - Hank Grampp, pitcher (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Paul Easterling, outfielder (d. 1993)
- 1905 - Sol Mishkin, minor league infielder/outfielder
- 1906 - Dick Barrett, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1908 - Carl Sumner, outfielder (d. 1999)
- 1914 - Dick Midkiff, pitcher (d. 1956)
- 1916 - Al Evans, catcher (d. 1979)
- 1917 - Roy Lee, pitcher (d. 1985)
- 1917 - Glen Moulder, pitcher (d. 1994)
- 1917 - Mike Ulisney, catcher (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Vince Gonzales, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1925 - Bill Jennings, infielder
- 1926 - Ozzie Van Brabant, pitcher
- 1928 - Dick Gernert, infielder
- 1935 - Bob Dustal, pitcher
- 1942 - Grant Jackson, pitcher; All-Star
- 1945 - Gene Ratliff, pinch hitter
- 1946 - J.B. Brett, minor league infielder/owner
- 1949 - Mario Guerrero, infielder
- 1951 - Dave Rajsich, pitcher
- 1955 - Terry Bogener, outfielder
- 1958 - Pete Filson, pitcher
- 1958 - Jerry Layne, umpire
- 1958 - Ronn Reynolds, catcher
- 1959 - Todd Worrell, pitcher; All-Star
- 1961 - Ed Vosberg, pitcher
- 1961 - Kevin Ward, outfielder
- 1962 - Todd Frohwirth, pitcher
- 1962 - Rob Woodward, pitcher
- 1963 - Charlie Kerfeld, pitcher
- 1964 - Carlo Colombino, minor league player and coach
- 1965 - Darryl Landrum, minor league outfielder
- 1966 - Cesar Hernandez, outfielder
- 1967 - Matt Vasgersian, announcer
- 1968 - Keiichi Yabu, pitcher
- 1970 - Brian Banks, infielder
- 1970 - Mike DeJean, pitcher
- 1971 - Jamie Brewington, pitcher
- 1977 - Ikuro Katsuragi, NPB outfielder
- 1978 - Brian Cole, minor league outfielder (d. 2001)
- 1978 - Joey Nation, pitcher
- 1979 - Jason Young, pitcher
- 1980 - Javier Hernandez, minor league player
- 1980 - Chris Demaria, pitcher
- 1981 - Asdrubal Infante, minor league pitcher (d. 1999)
- 1982 - Micah Owings, pitcher
- 1984 - Ryan Zimmerman, infielder; All-Star
- 1986 - Jorian van Acker, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1987 - Derrick Robinson, minor league outfielder
[edit] Deaths
- 1908 - Tom Pratt, infielder (b. 1844)
- 1918 - John Frill, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1920 - Phil Reardon, outfielder (b. 1881)
- 1938 - Bill Rollinson, catcher (b. 1856)
- 1947 - Jim Cockman, infielder (b. 1873)
- 1947 - Duke Kelleher, catcher (b. 1893)
- 1950 - Ned Crompton, outfielder (b. 1889)
- 1950 - George Paynter, outfielder (b. 1871)
- 1952 - Zeke Wrigley, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1959 - Art Brouthers, infielder (b. 1882)
- 1959 - Red Corriden, infielder, manager (b. 1887)
- 1960 - Danny Mahoney, pinch runner (b. 1888)
- 1960 - Joe Martin, infielder (b. 1911)
- 1960 - Jess Orndorff, catcher (b. 1881)
- 1967 - Bill Powell, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1969 - Norm McMillan, infielder (b. 1895)
- 1974 - Willie Hogan, outfielder (b. 1884)
- 1975 - Moose Solters, outfielder (b. 1906)
- 1976 - Linc Blakely, outfielder (b. 1912)
- 1982 - Ed White, outfielder (b. 1926)
- 1994 - Owen Scheetz, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1997 - Connie Grob, pitcher (b. 1932)
- 1997 - Alex Konikowski, pitcher (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Jack Maguire, outfielder (b. 1925)
- 2009 - John Salamon, minor league pitcher (b. 1972)
- 2009 - Don Thompson, outfielder (b. 1923)
