2020s – Society for American Baseball Research

Dr. Anthony Fauci (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

July 23, 2020: Baseball returns to Washington without fans on Opening Day

Jose Peraza (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

July 24, 2020: Long delayed but lopsided Opening Day win for Red Sox

Eric Hosmer (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

July 24, 2020: Eric Hosmer’s 6 RBIs lead Padres to Opening Day win in front of no fans

Jack Flaherty (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

July 24, 2020: Cardinals top Pirates on Opening Day delayed by COVID-19

Minnesota Twins players LaMonte Wade and Tyler Duffey, center, kneel during the national anthem in a protest for racial justice on July 28, 2020, at Target Field in Minneapolis. (COURTESY OF THE MINNESOTA TWINS)

July 28, 2020: Twins highlight George Floyd and racial justice in home opener

Nate Pearson (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

July 29, 2020: Toronto Blue Jays play ‘home’ opener in Washington, lose to Nationals

Tyler Alexander (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 2, 2020: Tigers’ Tyler Alexander sets record for consecutive strikeouts by a reliever

Bo Bichette (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

August 11, 2020: Big-league baseball returns to Buffalo more than 100 years later in Blue Jays win

August 13, 2020: Boston’s Kevin Plawecki becomes only pitcher with a hit in 2020

August 19, 2020: Dane Dunning, Casey Mize make their debuts, both strike out seven

Lucas Giolito (TRADING CARD DB)

August 25, 2020: White Sox’s Lucas Giolito no-hits the Pirates in Chicago

August 25, 2020: Red Sox play their first game in Buffalo after a 103-year absence

The Atlanta Braves scored a modern NL record 29 runs on September 9, 2020 (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

September 9, 2020: Atlanta Braves set modern-era NL record by scoring 29 runs

Nate Lowe (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

September 11, 2020: Historic all-lefty lineup is right for the Rays

Alec Mills (TRADING CARD DB)

September 13, 2020: Cubs’ Alec Mills stymies Brewers’ bats in no-hitter

Gerrit Cole (TRADING CARD DB)

September 16, 2020: Yankees’ Gerrit Cole notches 100th career win while pitching to his high school catcher

Luis García (TRADING CARD DB)

September 16, 2020: Luis García, baseball’s youngest player, wins one for the Nationals

Tanner Houck: Trading Card Database

September 20, 2020: Uninvited guest attends Yankees game at Fenway

September 22, 2020: Yadiel Hernández’s first homer for Nationals is a walk-off winner

Tzu-Wei Lin

September 24, 2020: Boston’s Tzu-Wei Lin appears in only big-league game as a pitcher

September 30, 2020: Alex Kirilloff becomes the first player to make his major-league debut as a postseason starter

October 16, 2020: Will Smith homers off Will Smith, sparking Dodgers’ turnaround in Game 5

Brett Phillips (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 24, 2020: Brett Phillips’s walk-off hit lifts Rays over Dodgers in Game 4

Juan Soto (Trading Card Database)

April 6, 2021: Juan Soto’s first career walk-off hit gives Nationals an Opening Day win over Braves