Minor Leagues – Page 8 – Society for American Baseball Research

Roger Clemens (TRADING CARD DB)

September 10, 1983: Lynn Pirates depart, Roger Clemens arrives in Eastern League championship

Steve Lyons (TRADING CARD DB)

July 8, 1984: Pawtucket Red Sox take opener of doubleheader against Rochester

Paul Gnacinski (Trading Card DB)

July 8, 1984: Pawtucket Red Sox sweep of Red Wings lands club in first-place tie

John Hoover (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

September 3, 1984: Olympian John Hoover has a golden day in season finale for Rochester

September 13, 1984: Maine Guides’ Cinderella story ends one game short of International League title

Brutus Beefcake (Trading Card DB)

August 1, 1985: Pro wrestling promotion muscles in on minor-league game in Newark

Larry Walker (TRADING CARD DB)

August 12, 1985: Larry Walker launches Hall of Fame career with a productive night in Utica

Troy Evers (TRADING CARD DB)

September 3, 1985: Yankees farmhand Troy Evers pitches playoff no-hitter in New York-Penn League

April 17, 1986: Not yet a LOOGY, Tony Fossas serves up a shutout for Edmonton

FrancoJulio

April 28, 1986: At Triple-A exhibition, Indians’ win is the Maine event

Stan Wasiak (TRADING CARD DB)

August 28, 1986: Stan Wasiak, King of the Minors, reaches end of the road

Ken Griffey Jr. with the Bellingham Mariners (Trading Card Database)

June 17, 1987: Mariners prospect Ken Griffey Jr. hits his first professional home run in Everett

Chuck Malone (TRADING CARD DB)

September 1, 1988: Maine town’s minor-league fling ends

John Ramos (TRADING CARD DB)

June 26, 1989: Eastern League’s Yankees beat the best of the rest of the league

Brien Taylor (Courtesy of Kurt Blumenau)

August 30, 1993: Brien Taylor’s last hurrah: eight shutout innings in Double A

August 13, 1995: Ken Griffey Jr. makes Triple-A debut after six seasons in the majors

September 13, 1995: Ottawa Lynx win International League championship

July 7, 1996: Clutch from the start: Young David Ortiz gets game-winning hit in Class A

1997 Louisville Redbirds game program (Courtesy of Harry Rothgerber)

June 22, 1997: Louisville Redbirds manage only two hits against Iowa Cubs

August 31, 1997: Loss ends Expos’ affiliation with West Palm Beach after almost 30 years

September 10, 1997: Buffalo Bisons win final American Association championship

Juan Dilone (TRADING CARD DB)

June 28, 1998: San Jose Giants blank Lake Elsinore Storm, 5-0

September 18, 1998: Buffalo Bisons clinch win in decisive Game 5 of International League Governor’s Cup Series

Ryan Harber (TRADING CARD DB)

June 21, 2000: Brevard County Manatees hold off Jupiter Hammerheads for a road win