1980s – Page 8 – Society for American Baseball Research

October 7, 1983: White Sox routed in first playoff game on South Side in 24 years

Tito Landrum (TRADING CARD DB)

October 8, 1983: Orioles clinch AL pennant in final postseason game at Comiskey Park

October 11, 1983: Phillies take World Series opener from Orioles in pitchers’ duel

Mike Boddicker

October 12, 1983: Orioles knot World Series on Mike Boddicker’s gem

Mike Flanagan (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 14, 1983: Cy Young winners Flanagan, Carlton face off in World Series

October 16, 1983: Orioles win World Series behind McGregor’s shutout

April 2, 1984: Angels’ Forsch slows down Red Sox in a hurry on Opening Day

April 7, 1984: Jack Morris throws a no-hitter against the White Sox

April 8, 1984: Dickie Thon beaned in head in Astros’ loss to Mets

Alvin Davis (TRADING CARD DB)

April 11, 1984: Mariners’ Alvin Davis homers off Dennis Eckersley in major-league debut

April 13, 1984: Pete Rose records his 4,000th major-league hit

April 16, 1984: Dave Kingman hits three home runs for A’s

April 21, 1984: David Palmer throws five perfect innings in Expos’ rain-shortened win

April 27, 1984: Indians outlast sizzling Tigers in 19 innings

April 27, 1984: Rick Honeycutt’s near-perfect outing cut short by rain

April 29, 1984: Petry takes no-hitter into 8th to cap Tigers’ historic April

Keith Hernandez (Trading Card DB)

April 29, 1984: Phillies make six errors, lose game and series to Mets

May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken Jr. breaks out of slump with cycle

May 8-9, 1984: White Sox, Brewers play for 25 innings, longest game in major-league history

May 16, 1984: Carlton Fisk hits for the cycle with only triple of the season

MintonGreg

May 19, 1984: Maligned Giants reliever Greg Minton makes first start in seven seasons

May 27, 1984: Cey it ain’t so! Reds and Cubs brawl over disputed home run call

June 4, 1984: The Dave Bergman Game

Ryne Sandberg in the mid-1980s (SABR-Rucker Archive)

June 23, 1984: The Sandberg Game