July 27, 1975: Red Sox double whitewash Yankees at Shea (Game 1)

Rookie superstar Fred Lynn stole second base in the ninth inning…

July 27, 1975: Red Sox double whitewash Yankees in Guidry’s debut (Game 2)

With a six-hitter in which he walked just one, Roger Moret pitched…
Rick Wise (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 2, 1975: Rick Wise, Red Sox stifle Tigers in record heat at Fenway Park

On Saturday, August 2, 1975, in the midst of a ferocious regional…
Nate Colbert (TRADING CARD DB)

August 2, 1975: Expos stun Phillies on Nate Colbert’s pinch-hit, walk-off homer

Hard-hitting first baseman Nate Colbert was the San Diego Padres’…
Paul Splittorff

August 3, 1975: Royals’ Paul Splittorff gets 26 straight A’s in one-hitter

“I’ll never pitch a no-hitter,” Paul Splittorff told reporters…

August 13, 1975: Orioles’ Jim Palmer outlasts rain, Royals for 18th victory

As rain peppered down on Memorial Stadium and forced two long…
Dale Berra (Trading Card DB)

August 16, 1975: Yogi Berra drops in to watch son Dale play for Niagara Falls Pirates

Baseball fans in the small-town New York-Penn League discovered…
Rick and Paul Reuschel (TRADING CARD DB)

August 21, 1975: Reuschel brothers make history combining for shutout of Dodgers

Rick Reuschel had followed in his older brother Paul’s footsteps…

August 25, 1975: The missing 11th inning, as Cardinals-Astros ends in a tie

Bill Virdon became a man of leisure on August 1, 1975, when he…
Luis Tiant (Trading Card Database)

September 16, 1975: Luis Tiant’s gem gives Red Sox hope for postseason

As the sun came up on September 16, the Red Sox enjoyed a 4½-game…

September 16, 1975: Rennie Stennett leads Pirates rout with a record seven hits

While pulling on his gray Pittsburgh road uniform in the visitors’…
Harmon Killebrew (TRADING CARD DB)

September 18, 1975: Harmon Killebrew hits his 573rd career home run

Harmon Killebrew was the face of the Minnesota Twins during the…
Luis Tiant with the Boston Red Sox (SABR-Rucker Archive)

October 11, 1975: Boston’s Luis Tiant roughs up Reds with hitting, running, twirling, smoking in World Series opener

Fenway Park was back in the October sunshine. Winning the 1975…
Ken Griffey (Trading Card DB)

October 12, 1975: Reds’ rally knots World Series after two games in Boston

If the Boston Red Sox taking the 1975 World Series opener from…
Gary Carter (Trading Card DB)

April 1, 1976: Gary Carter cut for 16 stitches after slamming into cement outfield wall

Gary Carter had been The Sporting News’ National League Rookie…

April 8, 1976: Hammerin’ Hank knocks in three in his final Opening Day

Movie theaters were showing Family Plot, the final movie directed…
Sparky Lyle: Trading Card Database

April 15, 1976: After two years, the Yankees return to the Bronx

After the 1973 season, Yankee Stadium underwent a $100 million…
Tommy John (TRADING CARD DB)

April 16, 1976: Dodgers’ Tommy John returns to pitch after revolutionary surgery

Many surgical procedures or even surgical incisions are named…

April 17, 1976: Bees swarm Riverfront as Reds swamp Giants, 11-0

What is it about Cincinnati baseball and bee swarms? The insects…