April 17, 2012: Jamie Moyer sets record as oldest winning pitcher as Rockies beat Padres, 5-3
All the fans knew that Jamie Moyer was trying for the record…
September 2, 1996: Mike Greenwell drives in all 9 Red Sox runs to beat Seattle in 10 innings
A two-time All-Star, Silver Slugger Award winner, and the 1988…
August 10, 2003: Rafael Furcal turns unassisted triple play, but Cardinals rally to beat Braves
Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal’s defense had been maligned…
May 29, 2000: Randy Velarde’s unassisted triple play and homer not enough as A’s lose to Yankees
“Ho-hum” was Randy Velarde’s description of an unassisted…
June 16, 1991: Braves’ Otis Nixon ties single-game stolen base record
The Atlanta Braves had been spiraling downward. From a division…
April 30, 2002: Al Leiter becomes first pitcher to beat all 30 major-league franchises
The New York Mets lost Mike Piazza to a strained left hamstring…
September 8, 1998: Cardinals’ Mark McGwire wins the race to 62 against Sammy Sosa’s Cubs
The 1994 season was one of the darkest in baseball history. A…
September 20, 1998: Cal Ripken decides to end consecutive game streak at 2,632
A standing-room crowd of 48,013 showed up at Camden Yards for…
September 6, 1995: Cal Ripken surpasses Lou Gehrig’s ‘unbreakable’ record with 2,131st consecutive game
Cal Ripken Jr. homers on September 6, 1995, during his record-breaking…
October 1, 2004: Ichiro Suzuki breaks George Sisler’s single-season record with 258th hit
The major-league record for hits in a season has a long, and…
October 5, 2001: Barry Bonds hits 71st home run to set new single-season record
There were plenty of storylines entering this intrastate battle…
August 20, 1995: Greg Maddux needs only 88 pitches for two-hit shutout over Cardinals
On a warm Sunday August evening,1 the hot first-place Atlanta…
October 4, 2001: Rickey Henderson slides into record book with 2,245th career run scored to pass Ty Cobb
As future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson approached Ty Cobb’s…
June 6, 2007: Padres’ Trevor Hoffman closes out Dodgers for 500th career save
It took just 10 pitches. The ninth-inning play-by-play line for…
October 3, 2000: Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel ties record with five wild pitches in his playoff debut
Heading into the game that came to define his career, 21-year-old…
July 28, 1993: Anthony Young’s 27-game losing streak ends with Mets’ walk-off win
Futility is defined as a “lack of effectiveness or success.”…
May 23, 2002: Shawn Green hits four home runs, sets record with 19 total bases
On May 23, 2002, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shawn Green had a…
May 1, 1991: Rickey Henderson becomes baseball’s new stolen base king
The waiting can be interminable, but most milestones that are…
October 6, 1991: Mets’ David Cone strikes out 19 in season finale
It was a rough September 1991 for David Cone. The Mets right-hander…
May 5, 2004: Mike Piazza hits 352nd home run, setting career mark by a catcher
Mike Piazza had come a long way since 1988 when the Dodgers drafted…
April 15, 2009: Ian Kinsler hits for the cycle in 6-for-6 performance
They say everything’s bigger in Texas. On April 15, 2009,…
April 23, 1999: Fernando Tatis hits two grand slams in one inning
The 1999 season was barely three weeks old. The visiting St.…
May 6, 1998: Kerry Wood ties major league record with 20 strikeouts
One of the great things about baseball is that fans never know…
April 8, 1993: Baerga hits two homers in one inning
After a tragic spring training that saw the deaths of Steve…