1980s – Page 19 – Society for American Baseball Research

April 4, 1989: Astros, Mike Scott win season opener over Braves at the Dome

April 4, 1989: Wrigley Field welcomes the ‘Wild Thing’

Charlie Hough (Trading Card Database)

April 4, 1989: Rangers’ Charlie Hough blanks Detroit to become oldest AL pitcher to fire Opening Day shutout

Junior Félix (Trading Card Database)

May 4, 1989: Freshman Junior Félix’s first swing is fantastic, but Angels rally for extra-inning win over Blue Jays

Terry Francona (Trading Card DB)

May 15, 1989: Brewers’ Terry Francona pitches perfect inning of relief in blowout loss to A’s

Mike Schmidt (Trading Card DB)

May 28, 1989: Mike Schmidt plays final game in Phillies’ loss to Giants

George Bell (Trading Card DB)

May 28, 1989: George Bell walks off White Sox as Blue Jays bid farewell to Exhibition Stadium

Eric Davis (Trading Card DB)

June 2, 1989: Cincinnati’s Eric Davis knocks in 6 runs as he hits for the cycle

June 3, 1989: ‘The game that would never end’: Astros win marathon game in 22nd inning

June 4, 1989: ‘Don’t you ever play nine-inning games?’: Astros win again in extras

June 4, 1989: Down 10-0, Ernie Whitt and Blue Jays slam Red Sox

June 5, 1989: Blue Jays play first game in SkyDome

June 8, 1989: Two-run blast by Glenn Davis propels Astros to fourth walk-off win in six games

John Ramos (TRADING CARD DB)

June 26, 1989: Eastern League’s Yankees beat the best of the rest of the league

Bo Jackson (TRADING CARD DB)

July 11, 1989: Bo knows All-Star heroics: Royals’ Jackson homers in debut to win MVP honors

July 15, 1989: Albert Belle’s major-league debut

July 17, 1989: David Wells earns his second win of the day for Blue Jays

July 17, 1989: Carlton Fisk records 2,000th career hit

July 22, 1989: High-flying Expos score five in ninth to stun Reds 6-5

Kevin McReynolds (TRADING CARD DB)

August 1, 1989: Kevin McReynolds hits for the cycle in Mets win

Dave Dravecky (TRADING CARD DB)

August 10, 1989: Giants’ Dave Dravecky returns to mound after cancer in pitching arm

August 18, 1989: Cubs manager Don Zimmer’s odd intentional walk decision helps Astros to walk-off victory

August 22, 1989: Braves’ Paul Assenmacher strikes out four in one inning

August 23, 1989: Expos, Dodgers total 22 innings, 33 hits, and a mascot ejection — but just one run