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01-04-1977
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The White Sox hire Mary Shane who becomes the first woman on television to do play-by-play for a major league baseball game. |
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04-06-1977
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Seattle Mariners play their first game and lose to the Angels 7-0. |
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04-07-1977
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Toronto Blue Jays play their first game and beat the White Sox 9-5. |
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09-17-1977
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Dave Kingman became the first player ever to play for four different divisions in the same season. He played for the New York Mets, San Diego Padres, California Angels, and New York Yankees in that order during the season.
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10-02-1977
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Dodgers are the first team with four thirty home run hitters in the same season. |
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06-03-1978
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Davey Johnson is the first to hit two game winning pinch hit grand slams in one year. |
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10-02-1978
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First division playoff game occurs - Yankees 5 Red Sox 4. |
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10-25-1978
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Gaylord Perry is the first pitcher to win a Cy Young Award from each league. |
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04-07-1979
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Ken Forsch pitches a no-hitter and is the first player with a brother (Bob) that has also pitched a no-hitter. |
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06-24-1979
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Rickey Henderson, the future all time stolen base king, steals his first base ever. |
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09-12-1979
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Carl Yastrzemski is the first American League player with four-hundred home runs and three thousand hits. |
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09-15-1979
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Bob Watson hit for the cycle and bcame the first player to do this feat once in each league. |
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09-28-1979
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Garry Templeton is the first player with one-hundred hits from each side of plate in one season. |
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11-13-1979
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Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez are the first co-Most Valuable Players. |
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10-21-1980
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Phillies win their first World Championship in their ninety-eight year history. |
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1981
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Frank Robinson is the first black manager in the National League with the San Francisco Giants. |
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The Angels' Brian Downing became the first player in Major League history to hit a grand slam (it was off Mariners' pitcher Glenn Abbott) in the first inning of his team's first game of the season. |
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09-26-1981
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Nolan Ryan is the first and only pitcher with more than four no-hitters. |
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10-03-1981
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Brewers and Expos both appear in their first post season games. |
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11-25-1981
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Rollie Fingers is the first relief pitcher to win an American League Most Valuable Player Award. |
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11-11-1981
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Fernando Valenzuela is the first pitcher to win both the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season. |
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05-30-1982
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Cal Ripken, Jr. plays his first game in a streak of consecutive games that will last until 09-19-1998. |
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08-04-1982
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Joel Youngblood is first with two hits on two teams in two different cities on the same day. |
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08-21-1982
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Rollie Fingers is the first pitcher to record three-hundred career saves. |
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08-23-1982
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Gaylord Perry, a career spitball thrower, is ejected for the first time ever in twenty years for a spitball. |
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08-27-1982
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Rickey Henderson sets a record and is the first player with more than one-hundred and nineteen steals in a single season. |
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10-12-1982
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Paul Molitor is the first player to ever get five hits in a single World Series game. |
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10-17-1982
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Robin Yount is the first player with two four hit games during one World Series. |
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07-06-1983
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Fred Lynn hits the first grand slam in an All-Star game. |
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07-24-1983
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Lee MacPhail overrules umpires for first time in the George Brett pine tar incident. |
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08-28-1983
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Greg Luzinski is first to hit three career home runs onto the roof at Comiskey Park |
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11-15-1983
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Cal Ripken, Jr. is first to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player award consecutively. |
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1983
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Cal Ripken, Jr. is first to play every inning of every game through the World Series. |
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06-24-1984
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Joe Morgan sets the mark and is first second baseman with two-hundred sixty-five home runs. |
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1984
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Jim Rice is the first player to ground into thirty-six double plays in one season. |
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1985
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Don Sutton is the first pitcher to fan more than one-hundred hitters in twenty consecutive seasons. |
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1985
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First year that the League Championship became a 4 of 7 format. |
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09-11-1985
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Pete Rose sets the record and is first player with 4,192 hits. |
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10-27-1985
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Royals are the first team to rally from a 3-1 deficit in a LCS. |
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08-04-1985
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First time two players: Rod Carew three-thousand hits and Tom Seaver three-hundred wins, achieve clubs on same day. |
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04-07-1986
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Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox is the first to hit the first pitch in the first game of the season (all teams included) for a home run. |
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04-29-1986
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Roger Clemens set the mark and is the first pitcher to fan twenty hitters in one game. |
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06-18-1986
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Don Sutton is the first pitcher to need more than twenty seasons to win three-hundred games. |
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08-05-1986
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Steve Carlton is first southpaw with 4,000+ strikeouts. |
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09-25-1986
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First no-hitter pennant decision is thrown by Astro Mike Scott. |
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09-29-1986 |
Two pitchers who knew each other well, Greg Maddux & Mike Maddux, become the first two brothers to pitch against each other as rookie starting pitchers in Major League history. |
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1986
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Bert Blyleven is the first pitcher to surrender fifty plus home runs in a single season. |
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04-13-1987
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The San Diego Padres are the first team in Major League history to hit three consecutive home runs (Marvell Wynne, Tony Gwynn and John Kruk) from the start of a game. |
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09-14-1987
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Blue Jays set a record by being first team to hit ten home runs in one game. |
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09-21-1987
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Darryl Strawberry and Howard Johnson are first 30 / 30 club teammates. |
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10-17-1987
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First indoor World Series game is played: Twins 10 vs Cardinals 1. |
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11-18-1987
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Andre Dawson is first to win MVP Award on a last place team. |
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1987
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Cal Ripken, Sr. is the first father to manage his two sons - Billy & Cal Jr. |
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1987
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Benito Santiago is the first rookie to hit safely in thirty-four straight games. |
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04-04-1988
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Toronto Blue Jays slugger George Bell, the 1987 American League Most Valuable Player Award winner, became the first player in Major League history to hit three home runs on Opening Day, all off Kansas City Royals hurler Brett Saberhagen.
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06-11-1988
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Rick Rhoden is first pitcher to start as a designated hitter. |
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08-08-1988
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Wrigley Field plays its first night game which is rained out in the fourth. |
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09-23-1988
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Jose Canseco is the first player to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs in the same season. |
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1988
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Jerry Reuss is the first left-hander to win two-hundred games without a twenty win season. |
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04-06-1989
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Orel Hershiser gives up first run in a record fifty-nine scoreless innings. |
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10-17-1989
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First earthquake to disrupt a game occurs before game 3 of the WS. |
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1989
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Nolan Ryan is first forty year old to strikeout three-hundred in a season. |
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05-22-1990
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Andre Dawson is the first player intentionally walked five times in one game. |
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07-17-1990
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The Twins are the first team to turn two triple plays in the same game. |
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08-28-1990
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Ryne Sandberg is the first second baseman with thirty home runs in two consecutive seasons. |
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08-31-1990
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Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr. are first father / son to play on same club. |
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09-02-1990
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Dave Stieb pitches first no hitter in Blue Jays' history. |
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09-14-1990
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Ken Griffey Jr. & Ken Griffey are first father / son combo to hit back-to-back home runs. |
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09-29-1990
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Reds are first National League team to lead from opening day through one-hundred and sixty-two games. |
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10-03-1990
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George Brett is the first player to win a batting title in three different decades. |
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04-18-1991
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First game ever at New Comiskey Park: Detroit 16 - White Sox 0. |
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05-01-1991
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Rickey Henderson passes Lou Brock and is first to steal nine-hundred and thirty-nine bases. |
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08-25-1991
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Doug Dascenzo commits his first career error after two-hundred forty-two games setting a National League record for most errorless games from start of a career. |
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09-11-1991
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Kent Mercker
(6 IP), Mark Wohlers (1 IP), and Alejandro Pena (1 IP) are the first national League pitchers to toss a combined no-hit game.
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10-19-1991
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The Braves and Twins are the first teams to ever move from last place to a World Series. |
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08-19-1992
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Bret Boone is first third generation player (grandpa Ray & dad Bob). |
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08-23-1992
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Dennis Eckersley is first pitcher with forty saves in four different seasons. |
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10-14-1992
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Cito Gaston is the first black manager to win a league pennant. |
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10-20-1992
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First World Series game is played on foreign (Canadian) soil. |
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10-24-1992
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Cito Gaston is the first black manager to win the World Series. |
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10-24-1992
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Blue Jays are first team from Canada to win the World Series. |
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04-05-1993
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Marlins and Rockies both play their first game. |
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04-08-1993
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Carlos Baerga of the Cleveland Indians becomes the first player in Major League history to hit a home run batting lefty, then during the same inning (the 7th), hits another home run batting righty [click here for a complete list of Home Runs From Both Sides of Plate in Same Game].
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04-03-1994
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First night game as a season opener is played in Cincinnati. |
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04-04-1994
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Karl Rhodes, of the Chicago Cubs, became the first National League player to hit three home runs on Opening Day; all came off Dwight Gooden & Rhodes finished the year with a career high eight long balls.
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04-08-1994
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Chan Ho Park of the Dodgers entered the ninth inning, bowed to the umpire, and became the first Korean born major leaguer. |
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04-21-1994
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Eddie Murray is the first player to hit home runs from each side of plate eleven times in a career. |
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07-28-1994
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Kenny Rogers is the first lefthander in the American League to throw a perfect game. |
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05-19-1995
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Milwaukee Brewers are first to add replacement players to roster. Ron Rightnowar is first to be added and debuts one day later. |
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09-06-1995
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Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's record and is the first player to appear in 2,131 consecutive games. Streak continues to 09-19-1998! |
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09-30-1995
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Albert Belle is first to have fifty home runs and fifty doubles in same year. |
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10-01-1995
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Rockies are first expansion team to reach postseason in only three years. |
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10-06-1995
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Mark Lewis hits the first ever pinch hit grand slam in playoff history. |
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11-12-1995
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Greg Maddux is the first pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards. |
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03-31-1996
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The first opening day in March occurs. |
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05-11-1996
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Terry Pendleton became the first player ever to homer in three distict no-hitters. He homered this day during Al Leiter's no hitter; September 11, 1991 in a combined no-hitter by the Atlanta Braves, and on April 8, 1994 in Kent Mercker's no-hitter.
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07-13-1996
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Danny Graves debut is first by a Vietnamese born player / pitcher. |
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09-16-1996
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Paul Molitor joins the 3,000 Hits Club and is the first player to do so with a triple. |
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09-17-1996
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Hideo Nomo throws the first no-hitter in hitter friendly Coors Field. |
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04-15-1997
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Jackie Robinson is first player who's number is retired by MLB. |
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08-08-1997
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Randy Johnson is the first pitcher to strikeout nineteen batters twice in a single season in nine-inning games. |
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10-14-1997
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Marlins are first expansion team to make World Series in just five seasons. |
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11-05-1997
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Davey Johnson is first to resign and win Manager of the Year on same day. |
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11-10-1997
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Roger Clemens is the first American League pitcher to win the Cy Young four times. |
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03-31-1998
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Arizona Diamondbacks play first game in Bank One Ballpark. |
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03-31-1998
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Devil Rays play first game ever at Tropicana Field losing to Tigers 11-6. |
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05-06-1998
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Kerry Wood is first National League pitcher to fan twenty players in one game. |
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08-20-1998
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Mark McGwire is the first player to hit fifty or more home runs in three consecutive seasons. |
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08-23-1998
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Barry Bonds becomes the first player in history with at least four-hundred stolen bases and four-hundred home runs. |
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09-08-1998
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Mark McGwire is first player to hit more than sixty-one home runs in a single season of play. |
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09-19-1998
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Cal Ripken, Jr. ends the streak and is the first to appear in 2,632 consecutive games. |
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09-27-1998
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Mark McGwire is the first to hit seventy home runs in a single season. |
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11-16-1998
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Roger Clemens is the first pitcher to win five Cy Young awards. |
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04-23-1999
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Fernando Tatis is the first player to hit two grand slams in the same inning. |
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05-20-1999
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Robin Ventura is the first player to hit a grand slam in each game of a doubleheader. |
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05-23-1999
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Brady Anderson is first American League player hit-by-a-pitch twice in the same inning. |
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05-31-1999
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Umpire Frank Pulli is first to use TV replay to reverse a call in a game taking away a Marlins home run versus the Cardinals. |
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05-31-1999
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The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Kansas City Royals twice in the first interleague doubleheader ever. |
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08-07-1999
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Wade Boggs joins the 3,000 Hits Club and is the first player to do so with a home run. |
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08-14-1999
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Ivan Pudge Rodriguez becomes the first catcher to have twenty stolen bases and twenty home runs in the same season. |
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09-18-1999
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Sammy Sosa hits home run number sixty and is the first player with back-to-back sixty plus home run seasons. |
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09-24-1999
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Arizona Diamondbacks are the first expansion club to win a division title in less than eight years when they clinch in two. |
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