2021 With White Sox runners on first and second and no outs in the top of the ninth inning, Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman induces Andrew...
2012 Caleb Lloyd catches both home run balls hit in consecutive at-bats, just three pitches apart, by starter Mike Leake and shortstop Zack...
2009 The Twins enjoy a six-run and a seven-run inning when they trounce the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, 20-1. Joe Mauer leads the...
2000 Major League Baseball has its first six grand-slam day in less than a year after establishing the mark with five, with Garret Anderson...
1992 Manager Buck Rodgers and eleven others are injured when the Angels' team bus goes out of control on the New Jersey Turnpike and crashes...
1981 In the first round of the NE Regional in the NCAA Tournament at New Haven's Yale Field, future major leaguers Ron Darling and St. John's...
1962 On the day New York releases him, right-hander Robin Roberts will pitch two scoreless innings for the Orioles at Cleveland Stadium after...
1952 Joe Nuxhall, best known for signing with Cincinnati in 1944 after obtaining his parents and high school principal's permission, returns to...
1930 Babe Ruth hits three home runs, connecting in the first, third, and eighth inning of the Yankees' 15-7 loss to the A's at Shibe Park. The...
This Day in Baseball History May 21st 1907 After the Giants' 3-0 loss to the Cubs that drops New York out of first place, the players need to...
MAY 21 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS ************************************** 1902 Earl Averill HOF outfielder (6 × MLB All-Star 1933–1938; Cleveland...
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2012 Babe Ruth's circa 1920 jersey sells to an undisclosed buyer for $4,415,658, the most significant amount ever paid for a piece of sports...
2004 Cardinals' catcher Mike Matheny handles his 1,295th chance without an error to establish a major league record for backstops. Charles...
1991 Jeff Reardon becomes the fourth major leaguer to compile 300 career saves. The 35-year-old right-handed reliever, who finishes with 367...
1983 Phillies southpaw Steve Carlton becomes the second of three major league hurlers this season to surpass Walter Johnson's career strikeout...
1970 With an eighth-inning run-scoring triple, Rod Carew completes the cycle, becoming the sixth player in franchise history and the first...
1962 Ken Hubbs collects eight singles in eight trips to the plate during the Cubs' doubleheader sweep of the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium....
