Individual Record – Page 6 – Society for American Baseball Research

October 12, 1982: Paul Molitor records World Series record 5 hits as Brewers cruise in opener

August 24, 1983: Tippy Martinez picks off three Blue Jays in one inning

September 12, 1984: Mets’ Dwight Gooden becomes new rookie strikeout rajah

September 28, 1984: Cardinals’ Joaquín Andújar wins 20th game and Bruce Sutter ties single-season saves record

August 25, 1985: Mets’ Dwight Gooden becomes youngest 20-game winner

September 8, 1985: Reds’ Pete Rose unknowingly breaks Ty Cobb’s hit record

April 29, 1986: Roger Clemens becomes first pitcher to strike out 20 in nine innings

July 15, 1986: Roger Clemens wins All-Star MVP in hometown Houston; Valenzuela ties Hubbell’s strikeout mark

September 23, 1986: Eight straight strikeouts for Jim Deshaies

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September 29, 1987: Don Mattingly’s record sixth grand slam sinks Red Sox

September 23, 1988: Swift slugger José Canseco becomes baseball’s first 40-40 man

Orel Hershiser, Trading Card Database

September 28, 1988: Orel Hershiser pitches his 59th consecutive scoreless inning, breaking Don Drysdale’s record

May 22, 1990: Andre Dawson sets record with five intentional walks in Cubs’ 16-inning win

Rickey Henderson (Trading Card Database)

May 29, 1990: Rickey Henderson breaks Ty Cobb’s AL stolen-base record as A’s fall to Blue Jays

Rickey Henderson holds up a base after he broke Lou Brock's all-time career record for stolen bases on May 1, 1991 (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 1, 1991: Rickey Henderson becomes baseball’s new stolen base king

Otis Nixon

June 16, 1991: Braves’ Otis Nixon ties single-game stolen base record

October 6, 1991: Mets’ David Cone strikes out 19 in season finale

April 8, 1993: Baerga hits two homers in one inning

July 28, 1993: Anthony Young’s 27-game losing streak ends with Mets’ walk-off win

Greg Maddux (ATLANTA BRAVES)

August 20, 1995: Greg Maddux needs only 88 pitches for two-hit shutout over Cardinals

Cal Ripken Jr. homers on September 6, 1995, during his 2,131st consecutive game (COURTESY OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES)

September 6, 1995: Cal Ripken surpasses Lou Gehrig’s ‘unbreakable’ record with 2,131st consecutive game

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September 2, 1996: Mike Greenwell drives in all 9 Red Sox runs to beat Seattle in 10 innings

May 6, 1998: Kerry Wood ties major league record with 20 strikeouts

Mark McGwire (ST. LOUIS CARDINALS)

September 8, 1998: Cardinals’ Mark McGwire wins the race to 62 against Sammy Sosa’s Cubs