Craig Minetto (Trading Card DB)

April 25, 1979: Oakland’s Craig Minetto picks up only major league win

Making his seventh major-league appearance and only his second…
Ellis Valentine

April 6, 1979: Expos edge Pirates in 10-inning season opener

On a blustery afternoon at Three Rivers Stadium, the Pittsburgh…

April 17, 1979: Rod Carew returns to Minnesota as a visiting Angel

Signed as an 18-year-old amateur free agent by the Twins in 1964,…

April 29, 1979: Bobby Murcer’s 9th-inning home run shocks Braves

On a day when a sparse crowd was hoping to see its home team…
Steve Carlton (Trading Card DB)

June 30, 1979: Steve Carlton throws tantrum as Phillies defeat Cardinals, 6-4

It was a battle for fourth place in the NL East – not the most…
Doug Decinces (COURTESY OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES)

June 22, 1979: Orioles Magic is born

The Orioles entered the bottom of the ninth down 5-3 to the Detroit…

May 31, 1979: Pat Underwood outduels his brother Tom in major-league debut

Mothers are often their sons’ biggest rooters when they begin…

July 11, 1979: Mariners drub Yankees 16-1, set new franchise runs record 

In 1979 the Seattle Mariners were in their third season and,…

June 27, 1979: Cardinals’ Silvio Martinez twirls his third one-hit gem

Already the author of both a pair of one-hitters and two-hitters…
John Fulgham (TRADING CARD DB)

June 19, 1979: John Fulgham pitches complete game in Cardinals debut

Born and raised in the northern St. Louis suburb of Maryland…

May 28, 1979: George Brett hits for the cycle with walk-off home run in 16th

In a tight contest that lasted almost five hours on May 28, 1979,…

June 18, 1979: Earl Weaver rips up the MLB rulebook, gets ejected

“The show gets better every nightAs Weaver’s cork blew out…

April 7, 1979: Astros’ Ken Forsch hurls earliest no-hitter in MLB history

To relate each of the historical events that converged in the…

May 25, 1979: Flushing fog-out as Pirates, Mets finish in tie

The long history between the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates…

July 8, 1979: Ben Oglivie’s 3-homer outburst sparks Brewers sweep

Ben Oglivie was the first, but not the last, hitter in Milwaukee…

June 17, 1979: Expos go back-to-back-to-back for first time

We all remember our first time. We felt anxious, excited, nervous,…

May 17, 1979: Schmidt’s Phillies outslug Kingman’s Cubs, 23-22

In what could be billed as one of the wildest games in major-league…