September 22
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on September 22.
Events[edit]
- 1911 - Cy Young, at age 44, beats the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1 - 0, for his 511th and final major league victory.
- 1912 - At Sportsman's Park against the Browns, Eddie Collins becomes the only player in major league history to steal six bases in one game for a second time. The Philadelphia Athletics' second baseman's feat of thievery has yet to be surpassed. It will be 79 years until another major leaguer, Otis Nixon, even ties Collins' mark.
- 1925 - Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances. The Dodgers pitcher hits into two double plays, then into a triple play.
- 1936 - The Detroit Tigers sweep the St. Louis Browns, 12 - 0 and 14 - 0, to record the biggest double shutout in major league history.
- 1954 - Karl Spooner of the Brooklyn Dodgers becomes the first pitcher to strike out 15 in his major league debut as the Dodgers beat the New York Giants, 3 - 0.
- 1966 - The Baltimore Orioles clinch their first American League pennant in 22 years with a 6 - 1 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. Their last pennant came in 1944, when they were the St. Louis Browns.
- 1968 - Cesar Tovar plays one inning at each position for the Minnesota Twins, becoming only the second major leaguer in history to do it. Bert Campaneris of the Oakland Athletics was the first, earlier this season.
- 1969 - Willie Mays hits the 600th home run of his career. The historic homer off Mike Corkins of the Padres proves to be the game-winner in a 4 - 2 Giants victory at San Diego Stadium.
- 1977 - Bert Blyleven tosses a 6 - 0 no-hitter for the Texas Rangers against the Angels at Anaheim Stadium.
- 1986:
- Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the first Mexican pitcher to win 20 games in the majors, beating the Houston Astros, 9 - 2, while allowing just two hits. Teddy Higuera will be the second only three days later.
- The New York Mets defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 - 2, at Shea Stadium. The Mets' Wally Backman, on his 27th birthday, hits his only home run of the season.
- 1987 - Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox reaches the 200 hit mark for the fifth straight season in an 8 - 5 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
- 1990 - Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs steals his 300th base in an 11 - 5 loss to the New York Mets, becoming only the second player in major league history with 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits. Willie Mays was the other.
- 1993:
- Pitcher Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers faces just three Seattle batters before hurting his right elbow in what turns out to be the last appearance of his career. Ryan finishes with 324 wins, 5,714 strikeouts and seven no-hitters.
- The Colorado Rockies play their final home game of their inaugural season and finish with a major league home attendance record. The Rockies played before 4,483,350 fans at Mile High Stadium this year.
- 2000 - Jose Lima of the Houston Astros sets a National League single-season record by allowing his 47th home run in the Astros' 12 - 5 loss to Cincinnati. The major league record for home runs allowed in a season is 50, set by Minnesota's Bert Blyleven in 1986.
- 2003:
- Detroit sets an American League record with its 118th loss, falling 12 - 6 to Kansas City. The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics (36-117) had held the record.
- Second baseman Alfonso Soriano breaks a major league season record by hitting his 13th leadoff home run of the year in the New York Yankees' 10-inning loss to the Chicago White Sox.
- 2004 - Raúl Ibañez of the Seattle Mariners ties an American League record with six hits in Seattle's 16 - 6 victory over the Anaheim Angels.
- 2008 - The Mets fall to one game up in the wild card race, losing 9 - 5 to the Cubs. Chicago clinches home field advantage for the playoffs. Pitcher Jason Marquis hits a grand slam and drives in 5 in the win. It is the second grand slam by a pitcher off New York hurlers this year, the first team since the 1977 Cubs to allow two such slams. Jon Niese takes his first major league loss.
- 2009:
- The Yankees are the first team to clinch a playoff spot this year after a 6 - 5 win over the Angels. Alex Rodriguez drives in Brett Gardner on a sacrifice fly in the 9th; he has a homer and 3 RBI in the game. Mariano Rivera pitches a scoreless 9th inning for the save.
- Mark Reynolds of the Diamondbacks strikes out 3 times against the Giants to reach 206 for the year, breaking his own record of 204 set last season. Arizona still wins, 10 - 8, thanks to 9 runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings.
- 2011:
- Matt Moore strikes out 11 in 5 innings in his first major league start as the Rays beat the Yankees, 15 - 8. The wins prevents a four-game sweep and moves the Rays back within two games of Boston in the wild card race. Having clinched the AL East title the previous day, the Yankees use a line-up full of youngsters and trail 13 - 0 after 5 innings as Moore earns his first major league win.
- The Cardinals blow a 6 - 2 9th-inning lead in losing to the Mets, 8 - 6. SS Rafael Furcal misplays a potential double play grounder to start New York's six-run outburst. Jason Motte walks three batters - who all score - and Marc Rzepczynski is charged with the loss. The loss is only St. Louis's third over their last 16 games and they are 2 games back of Atlanta in the National League wild card race.
- T&A San Marino wins the 2011 European Cup, less than two weeks after taking the 2011 Italian Series. In the European Cup finale, they rout Parma, 7 - 1, behind a complete game from Brazilian Tiago Da Silva, two homers from veteran Jairo Ramos Gizzi and a grand slam by catcher and MVP Mattia Reginato. In the game to determine third place, Unipol Bologna rallies from a 9 - 4 deficit to beat the Amsterdam Pirates, 10 - 9. Juan Carlos Infante drives in the winner in the bottom of the 9th.
- 2012:
- With their sixth straight win, 8 - 4 over the Padres, the Giants clinch the NL West title. They have won 18 of their last 24 games to turn what was a close race with the Dodgers into a blowout. Madison Bumgarner picks up his 16th win.
- The Yankees and Orioles both win in extra innings as they remain separated by one game in their epic race for the AL East crown. New York trails Oakland, 9 - 5, going into the bottom of the 13th after three A's homers, but the Yankees manage to tie the game and win, 10 - 9, on a 14th-inning run. For its part, Baltimore scores three times in the 13th to beat Boston, 9 - 6, for the team's 16th consecutive extra-innings win.
- Canada uses its bats to pound home team Germany, 16 - 7, and reach the finals of its pool in the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in Regensburg. Germany will now play Great Britain, after the Brits' 12 - 5 win over the Czech Republic eliminates the Bohemians. In the other pool in Jupiter, FL, South Africa scores three runs in the 11th inning to eliminate France, 5 - 2, in the completion of a game suspended by rain after 9 innings yesterday. The South Africans then face Spain, but lose, 13 - 3, also bowing out of the tournament.
- 2013:
- Two teams clinch division titles today. The Athletics secure their second straight AL West crown with an 11 - 7 win over the Twins as Coco Crisp hits a three-run homer and Jed Lowrie and Daric Barton add solo shots, negating a homer and 6 RBIs by Twins rookie Oswaldo Arcia. In the NL East, Atlanta wins its first title since 2005 as its closest pursuers, the Nationals, lose, 4 - 2, to the Marlins. The Braves then defeat the Cubs, 5 - 2, as they now set their eyes on finishing the year with the best record in the National League.
- With most of the interest now focused on the wild card races, the Indians compete a four-game sweep of the Astros with a 9 - 2 win to hold on to one of the two spots available in the American League. The Indians become the first team since the 1961 Yankees to record six four-game sweeps in one season.
- T&A San Marino becomes the third team to win three straight Italian Baseball League titles. Down 2 games to 0 on the road, they sweep Rimini in the final three to win it. Today, Jim Magrane allows two hits and no runs in 7 innings to lead San Marino to a 4 - 1 win over Rimini in the finale of the 2013 Italian Series. Simone Albanese scores one and drives in two for San Marino, while Joe Mazzuca scores two and drives in one. Magrane (2 R in 21 IP for the Series), working on just one day off, is named Series MVP, becoming the first player to be MVP of both the Taiwan Series and Italian Series.
- 2014:
- One day after being mathematically eliminated at the end of a disappointing season, the Braves fire General Manager Frank Wren, who had been in place since 2007. John Hart takes over on an interim basis.
- The Royals split a sort-of doubleheader with the Indians to move within one game of the Tigers in the AL Central. The evening starts with Kansas City taking a 4 - 3 loss in the completion of a game suspended on August 31st with Cleveland having just taken a 4 - 2 lead in the 10th; the Royals score a run in the bottom of the inning but fail to extend the contest. In the regularly scheduled game, Danny Duffy pitches 6 scoreless innings for a 2 - 0 win. Cleveland is now 3 1/2 games behind K.C. and is virtually eliminated from contention.
- The Pirates play their third consecutive 1 - 0 game as they defeat the Braves by that score, reducing their magic number to clinch a postseason slot to 2. Francisco Liriano is the winner, thanks to a 6th-inning solo homer by Andrew McCutchen. The Bucs won two of the three contests, whereas the last team to play three such games before them, the 1960 Phillies, had lost all three.
- 2015:
- Jake Arrieta of the Cubs becomes the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this year when he defeats the Brewers, 4 - 0, becoming the first Cubs pitcher tor each the mark since Jon Lieber in 2001. 3B Kris Bryant sets a club record for a rookie by belting his 26th homer.
- Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra, winner of three MVP Awards who also holds the all-time record by playing in 14 World Series, passes away at age 90. He is just as famous for his aphorisms, and one of them is appropriate for the occasion: "You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours."
- The Fresno Grizzlies beat the Columbus Clippers, 7 - 0, in the Triple-A National Championship Game. Chris Devenski throws a perfect game for five innings before Audy Ciriaco singles; Devenski fans 9 in 7 innings of one-hit ball. Alex Presley has 3 hits, two runs and a RBI.
- 2016 - The Pakistani national team makes its debut in a global event, having previously finished as high as 5th in the Asian Games and Asian Championship. As anticipated, they lose to Brazil in the opener of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers Pool D, but they are not overmatched, losing 10 - 0 and getting four hits while making one error. Faqir Hussain goes 2 for 2 as their top performer. Brazil's Jean Tomé, Eric Pardinho and Edilson Batista combine on the shutout, while Juan Carlos Muniz hits an inside-the-park two-run homer.
- 2017 - The Dodgers clinch a fifth consecutive NL West title with a 4 - 2 win over the Giants. In the game, Cody Bellinger hits his 39th homer of the year, setting a new National League record for rookies, erasing the mark of 38 that was shared by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson.
- 2018:
- The young Atlanta Braves clinch the NL East title with a 5 - 3 win over the Phillies. This caps a remarkable season in which the Braves inserted themselves among the league's best teams ahead of schedule after completing a thorough rebuilding.
- The Leksand Lumberjacks win their record 22nd Elitserien title, topping the defending champion Sölvesborg Firehawks 3 games to 1 in the finals.
- 2019:
- The Israeli national team wins the 2019 Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier to become the second country to get a spot in the 2020 Olympics. Needing a win today, they rout South Africa, 11 - 1, behind the pitching of Joey Wagman and 3 RBI apiece from Danny Valencia and Blake Gailen. Kalian Sams drives in 3 in the Netherlands' 8 - 3 romp of host Italy to move on to the 2020 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament. Czechia finishes a surprising third with a 7 - 3 win over Spain, Martin Schneider driving in four runs.
- George Springer hits three home runs and Justin Verlander records his 20th win of the season as Houston defeats the Angels, 13 - 5, to clinch the AL West title.
Births[edit]
- 1856 - Jake Evans, outfielder/pitcher (d. 1907)
- 1856 - Joe Quinn, catcher (d. ????)
- 1862 - Bob Keating, pitcher (d. 1922)
- 1867 - Charlie Dewald, pitcher (d. 1904)
- 1867 - Bill Joyce, infielder, manager (d. 1941)
- 1869 - Harry Stein, catcher (d. 1927)
- 1869 - Reuben Stephenson, outfielder (d. 1924)
- 1870 - Doc Powers, catcher (d. 1909)
- 1875 - Doc Marshall, catcher (d. 1959)
- 1878 - Jack Himes, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1879 - Bert Conn, pitcher/infielder (d. 1944)
- 1880 - Jack Flater, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1880 - Ed Pinnance, pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1881 - Carl Sitton, pitcher (d. 1931)
- 1884 - Jack Cameron, outfielder (d. 1963)
- 1884 - Grover Land, catcher (d. 1958)
- 1885 - Walter Lonergan, infielder (d. 1958)
- 1885 - Fred Stem, infielder (d. 1964)
- 1888 - Pelayo Chacón, infielder; manager (d. 1971)
- 1889 - Hooks Dauss, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1890 - Denney Wilie, outfielder (d. 1966)
- 1893 - Ira Flagstead, outfielder (d. 1940)
- 1893 - Pat French, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1894 - Frank Walker, outfielder (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Austin McHenry, outfielder (d. 1922)
- 1900 - Bud Heine, infielder (d. 1976)
- 1902 - Ollie Marquardt, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1903 - Chuck Hostetler, outfielder (d. 1971)
- 1903 - Charles Moore, minor league catcher (d. 1953)
- 1905 - Larry Bettencourt, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1907 - Pie Vann, college coach (d. 1982)
- 1908 - Jim Holloway, pitcher (d. 1997)
- 1910 - Frank Blake, pitcher (d. ????)
- 1911 - John Tapley, infielder (d. 1956)
- 1915 - Reese Diggs, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1917 - Anse Moore, outfielder (d. 1993)
- 1918 - Harry Walker, outfielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1999)
- 1920 - Larry Eschen, infielder (d. 2015)
- 1920 - Bob Lemon, pitcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2000)
- 1922 - Johnnie Scroggins, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1923 - Tom Wright, outfielder (d. 2017)
- 1925 - Daniel Beck, minor league outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1925 - Elmer Schoendienst, minor league infielder (d. 2001)
- 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 2021)
- 1928 - Alex Cosmidis, scout (d. 2019)
- 1928 - Burdette Thurlby, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Harry Bright, infielder (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Bob Harrison, pitcher
- 1930 - Yukichi Maeda, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1930 - George Zuraw, scout (d. 2020)
- 1931 - Ken Aspromonte, infielder, manager
- 1934 - Lou Johnson, outfielder (d. 2020)
- 1934 - Jim Raugh, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1936 - Doug Camilli, catcher
- 1939 - Stover McIlwain, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1944 - Jim Fairey, outfielder
- 1946 - Larry Dierker, pitcher, manager; All-Star
- 1947 - Kenichi Yazawa, NPB outfielder
- 1951 - Alvin McGrew, minor league outfielder
- 1952 - Dell Alston, outfielder
- 1952 - Fortunato López, Mexican national team infielder
- 1954 - Hal Dues, pitcher (d. 2020)
- 1955 - Jeffrey Leonard, outfielder; All-Star
- 1956 - Hiromichi Ishige, NPB infielder and manager
- 1957 - Wen-Sheng Hsiao, college coach
- 1958 - Dave Sax, catcher
- 1959 - Wally Backman, infielder
- 1959 - Lee Graham, outfielder
- 1959 - John Stefero, catcher
- 1960 - Mark Hirschbeck, umpire
- 1961 - Vince Coleman, outfielder; All-Star
- 1961 - Bob Geren, catcher
- 1962 - Mark Berry, coach
- 1962 - Ray Stephens, catcher
- 1963 - Jaime Moreno, minor league catcher and manager
- 1963 - Jeff Peterek, pitcher
- 1965 - Mark Guthrie, pitcher
- 1967 - John Briscoe, pitcher
- 1967 - P.J. Forbes, infielder
- 1967 - Matt Howard, infielder
- 1967 - Doug Lindsey, catcher
- 1967 - Mike Malley, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - Wen-Chien Shu, Taiwanese national team infielder
- 1969 - Jeff Barry, outfielder
- 1969 - Cesar Devarez, catcher
- 1969 - Julian Heredia, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Jeff Clarke, minor league infielder
- 1970 - Mike Matheny, catcher and manager
- 1971 - Vince Moore, minor league outfielder
- 1971 - Darrell Richardson, minor league pitcher
- 1972 - Jeff Isom, minor league pitcher and manager
- 1972 - Joe Tuquero, Guam national team infielder
- 1973 - Myong-ju Cha, KBO pitcher
- 1973 - Kittiphon Mekmahasachan, Thai national team pitcher
- 1975 - Luis Garcia, outfielder
- 1975 - Danny Klassen, infielder
- 1979 - Charlton Jimerson, outfielder
- 1980 - Josephang Bernhardt, minor league infielder
- 1980 - Joseph Orillana, Philippines national team infielder
- 1981 - Munkhsaikhan Chultem, Mongolian national team catcher
- 1981 - Derell McCall, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Alexei Ramírez, infielder; All-Star
- 1981 - Justin Ramsey, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Tetsuto Tomabechi, NPB pitcher
- 1982 - Mario Matulich, minor league player
- 1982 - Nick Pereira, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Che-Yi Su, CPBL pitcher
- 1984 - Jim Casey, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Brian Juhl, minor league player
- 1986 - Mattia Campanini, Italian Baseball League infielder
- 1986 - Jose Jimenez, minor league player
- 1986 - Arcenio León, pitcher
- 1986 - Hyun-joon Park, KBO pitcher
- 1986 - Chris Schwinden, pitcher
- 1988 - Doug Anglin, Irish national team infielder
- 1988 - Jae-hwan Kim, KBO outfielder
- 1989 - Yuichi Adachi, Japanese national team catcher
- 1991 - Tyler Alexander, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Patricia Segovia, Venezuelan women's national team pitcher
- 1992 - Sam Coonrod, pitcher
- 1992 - Chris Ellis, pitcher
- 1993 - Mauricio Cabrera, pitcher
- 1993 - Lars Huijer, minor league pitcher
- 1993 - Hunter Owen, outfielder
- 1994 - Carlos Bustamante, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Carlos Correa, infielder; All-Star
- 1994 - Hunter Hubbard, college coach
- 1994 - Spencer Jones, minor league pitcher
- 1994 - Corey Ray, outfielder
- 1995 - Justin Dunn, pitcher
- 1995 - Calvin Faucher, pitcher
- 1995 - James Karinchak, pitcher
- 1995 - Luis Ortiz, pitcher
- 1995 - Taisuke Yamaoka, NPB pitcher
- 1997 - Juan De Paula, minor league pitcher
- 1997 - Jeremy Peña, infielder
- 2000 - Keith Arevalo, Venezuelan national team pitcher
- 2002 - Adrian Pinto, minor league infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1886 - Tom Oran, outfielder (b. 1847)
- 1906 - George Davies, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1919 - Harry Sullivan, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1925 - Dave Beatle, catcher/outfielder (b. 1864)
- 1926 - Tom Johnson, pitcher; umpire (b. 1889)
- 1929 - Elton Chamberlain, pitcher (b. 1867)
- 1932 - Hughie Hearne, catcher (b. 1873)
- 1933 - George Fields, infielder (b. 1852)
- 1934 - Tom Messitt, catcher (b. 1874)
- 1942 - Wiley Davis, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1943 - Larry Hesterfer, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1944 - Steve O'Rourke, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1887)
- 1949 - Matty Fitzgerald, catcher (b. 1880)
- 1955 - Louis Drucke, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1956 - Jesse Tannehill, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1959 - Buck Beltzer, minor league player and manager (b. 1888)
- 1960 - Joe Bernard, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1963 - Amado Maestri, minor league umpire; Salon de la Fama (b. 1889)
- 1964 - Red Torkelson, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1965 - Biz Mackey, catcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Fame (b. 1897)
- 1980 - Tommy Neill, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 1983 - John Fallings, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 1989 - Chuffy Alexander, outfielder (b. 1902)
- 1989 - Bob Calihan, college coach (b. 1918)
- 1992 - Tony Hinkle, college coach (b. 1899)
- 1992 - Aurelio Lopez, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1948)
- 1997 - Eddie Sawyer, manager (b. 1910)
- 1998 - Xiu-Xiong Chen, CPBL manager; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1943)
- 1998 - Bill Williams, umpire (b. 1930)
- 2000 - Bill Sommers, infielder (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Don Carlsen, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 2004 - Cy Block, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Monty Basgall, infielder (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Mike Ulisney, catcher (b. 1917)
- 2007 - Bill Harman, pitcher/catcher (b. 1919)
- 2008 - Ed Oliger, umpire (b. 1942)
- 2009 - Jim Sieval, Hoofdklasse infielder (b. 1952)
- 2010 - Bob Shaw, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1933)
- 2014 - V. Jerry Blue, National Baseball Congress executive (b. 1933)
- 2015 - Yogi Berra, catcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Fame (b. 1925)
- 2019 - Don Schulte, scout (b. 1936)
- 2021 - Tom Carroll, infielder (b. 1936)
- 2021 - Mike Overy, pitcher (b. 1951)
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