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Willie Mays (Trading Card DB)

May 4, 1966: Willie Mays passes Mel Ott for NL career lead with 512th homer

July 3, 1966: Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger clouts two grand slams

June 8, 1968: Don Drysdale surpasses the Big Train for consecutive scoreless innings mark

September 14, 1968: Denny McLain’s 30th victory

Cesár Tovar (Trading Card DB)

September 22, 1968: César Tovar plays all nine positions, leads Twins to victory

October 2, 1968: Bob Gibson strikes out 17 to set World Series record

Billy Williams (Trading Card Database)

June 29, 1969: Fergie Jenkins outduels Bob Gibson on Billy Williams Day as Cubs star ties NL consecutive-games mark

September 15, 1969: Cardinals’ Steve Carlton sets record with 19 strikeouts, but Mets, Swoboda prove to be Achilles’ heel

April 22, 1970: Mets’ Tom Seaver strikes out 19 Padres batters

June 21, 1970: Detroit’s César Gutiérrez becomes first AL/NL batter to go 7-for-7 in 20th century

September 18, 1970: Billy Williams, Ferguson Jenkins reach milestones in win over Expos

August 1, 1972: Nate Colbert’s record-setting day leads Padres to sweep over Braves

Hank Aaron

April 4, 1974: Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth’s home run record as Braves lose to Reds

April 8, 1974: Hank Aaron hammers historic 715th home run to break Babe Ruth’s record

RyanNolan

August 12, 1974: Nolan Ryan fans 19 Red Sox to set American League strikeout record

September 10, 1974: Cardinals’ Lou Brock sets single-season record with 105th stolen base

May 1, 1975: Hank Aaron breaks the Babe’s RBI record

July 21, 1975: Joe Torre hits into an NL-record four double plays

July 21, 1975: Félix Millan hits four singles, and Joe Torre grounds into four double plays

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

August 29, 1977: Lou Brock passes Ty Cobb as MLB’s stolen-base king

September 10, 1980: Expos’ Bill Gullickson whiffs rookie-record 18 batters

Nolan Ryan (Trading Card Database)

June 5, 1981: Astros’ Nolan Ryan sets career record for walks, shuts out Mets anyway

September 26, 1981: Nolan Ryan breaks Koufax’s mark with fifth no-hitter

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