Celebrating Baseball Milestones: From Greinke's Historic Strike to Modern Legends
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May 13
1911 — Detroit’s Ty Cobb launched his first grand slam. After six innings, the Tigers topped the Red Sox 10-1. Boston rallied to claim a 13-11 victory in 10 innings.
1911 — The New York Giants set a major league record with 10 runs before the St. Louis Cardinals retired the first batter in the first inning. Fred Merkle drove in six of the Giants’ 13 runs in the first inning, leading to a 19-5 rout.
1923 — Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians struck out twice in a game, a career first. Washington Senator rookie Wally Warmoth pitched. Over his 14-year career, Sewell recorded only one other multi-strikeout game.
1942 — Boston’s Jim Tobin became the only pitcher in modern history to hit three home runs in a single game. He led the Braves to a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs. His fourth at-bat resulted in a fly ball caught against the fence in left field.
1955 — At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hit home runs from both sides of the plate for the first time in his MLB career.
1958 — Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each recorded four long hits as San Francisco defeated the Dodgers 16-9. Mays hit two homers, two triples, a single, and drove in four runs; Spencer added two homers, a triple, a double, and six RBIs for a combined 28 total bases.
1958 — Stan Musial reached his 3,000th hit with a pinch-double off Chicago’s Moe Drabowsky at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals won 5-3.
1969 — Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks hit his 1,500th career RBI with seven RBIs in a 19-0 demolition of the expansion San Diego Padres.
1976 — George Brett of the Kansas City Royals recorded at least three hits for the sixth straight game.
1980 — Ray Knight of Cincinnati hit two home runs in the fifth inning, including a grand slam, guiding the Reds to a 15-4 rout over the New York Mets.
1982 — The Chicago Cubs celebrated their 8,000th win in franchise history with a 5-0 victory over Houston at the Astrodome.
1989 — Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins tied a major league record with four doubles in a game, becoming the 35th player to achieve four doubles in a contest since Toronto’s Damaso Garcia in 1986.
1993 — George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hit his 300th career home run in the sixth inning of a 7-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. Brett joined an elite group of six players with at least 3,000 hits and 300 home runs.
1994 — Tim Salmon of the California Angels went 5-for-5 against the Seattle Mariners, collecting 13 hits over three consecutive games.
2000 — Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Todd Stottlemyre secured his seventh win of the season, defeating the San Diego Padres 6-2. He recorded his 136th career victory alongside his father Mel Stottlemyre, making them the first father-son duo to reach 300 wins.
2001 — Alex Rodriguez became the fifth-youngest player in MLB history to hit his 200th career home run at age 25 years, 289 days. Mel Ott achieved the feat earlier in 1934 at 25 years, 144 days.
2002 — Jose Canseco retired at age 37 due to injuries after accumulating 38 home runs over his career, falling short of the 500-home run club by 38.
2007 — San Francisco rookie Fred Lewis completed a cycle in a 15-2 win over Colorado, just four days after being promoted from Triple-A Fresno.
2009 — After Adam LaRoche’s home run was nullified via video review, Ross Gload’s pinch-hit drive was also called a double when umpires reversed the call. Both players had already rounded bases when the decision changed. Later, Ryan Zimmerman ended a 30-game hitting streak with two walks in a 6-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants.
2012 — Joey Votto hit a grand slam in the ninth inning, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-6 victory over the Washington Nationals in a rain-delayed game.
2014 — Greg Garcia, a pinch-hitter, was struck by a pitch with bases loaded and one out in the 12th inning, propelling the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs.
2026 — Zack Greinke became the fifth pitcher in MLB history to strike out 1,000 different batters, retiring Brice Turang and Joey Wiemer of the Brewers in the fifth inning. He joins Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, and Roger Clemens in this exclusive club.
2026 — In a groundbreaking moment, women took the lead announcer roles for both teams during a game between the Athletics and Astros. Jenny Cavnar was named the Athletics’ lead broadcaster, while Astros announcer Todd Kalas and reporter Julia Morales swapped positions, with Morales—longtime friend of Cavnar—taking over the booth.
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