Exhibitions – Page 4 – Society for American Baseball Research

Willie Mays (Trading Card DB)

June 15, 1959: Minneapolis Millers win exhibition against Giants despite Willie Mays’ home run

Tommy John (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 26, 1961: International League All-Stars buzzsaw big-league Indians with two-hitter

May 6, 1963: Army Cadets make it close in exhibition against Mets

October 12, 1963: Latin American charity game is Polo Grounds’ ‘grand finale’

Hank Bauer (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 8, 1964: Orioles go down on the farm in Aberdeen

April 9, 1965: Astros beat Yankees in first game inside the Houston Astrodome

Whitey Ford, Trading Card Database.

July 25, 1968: Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle reunite for Yankees’ exhibition in Syracuse

Tom McGraw (Trading Card DB)

May 19, 1969: White Sox hold off Class A Appleton in spirited exhibition

Mike Epstein and Ted Williams (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 9, 1969: Williams’s inspiration, Epstein’s power help Senators win exhibition in Buffalo

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Trading Card DB)

March 28, 1970: East-West Major League Baseball Classic honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jon Warden (Trading Card DB)

June 2, 1971: Sore-armed Jon Warden’s last gasp helps Elmira Royals beat major-league parent

Harmon Killebrew (Trading Card DB)

August 9, 1971: Willie Mays and Harmon Killebrew delight Twins fans in exhibition

Joe Horlen (Courtesy of the Oakland Athletics)

April 17, 1972: Campus strike moves exhibition between A’s and Cal Bears to Oakland Coliseum

March 29, 1973: MLB experiments with Charlie Finley’s orange baseballs

Mel Behney (1974 Boston Red Sox Yearbook)

May 6, 1974: Career-ending injury, chilly weather mar Boston-Pawtucket exhibition

Jim Palmer (TRADING CARD DB)

August 8, 1974: Orioles ‘resign’ 5-run lead, lose exhibition in Rochester

Gary Carter (Trading Card DB)

April 1, 1976: Gary Carter cut for 16 stitches after slamming into cement outfield wall

June 30, 1976: Indians’ friendly exhibition in Toledo turns into a display of fisticuffs

Bill Atkinson (Trading Card DB)

June 29, 1978: Expos defeat Blue Jays in inaugural Pearson Cup on 10th-inning suicide squeeze

Dick Berardino (Trading Card DB)

August 3, 1981: Yankees, Red Sox minor-league affiliates meet in unique Hall of Fame Game

April 3, 1982: Twins shut out Phillies in exhibition to open the Metrodome

May 5, 1983: Red Wings shine in the dark, beat parent Orioles in exhibition

July 8, 1984: SABR stages 1884 World Series re-enactment during Providence convention

Cal Ripken Jr. (Trading Card DB)

April 11, 1985: Injured Cal Ripken Jr. sits as Orioles lose in exhibition at US Naval Academy