Mike Stanley from the Chronology

Sep 4, 2000 - The A's defeat the Blue Jays‚ 10-0. Mike Stanley goes 5-for-5 for Oakland‚ including a double and HR‚ and drives home 5 runs.

Oct 10, 1999 - The Red Sox set an all-time postseason play record by scoring 23 runs in defeating the Indians‚ 23-7. The win ties their league division series at 2 games apiece. Boston gets 24 hits in the contest‚ including 5 by Mike Stanley and 4 each by John Valentin and Jason Varitek. Valentin hits a pair of HRs and drives home 7 runs‚ while Jose Offerman and Trot Nixon bring home 5 runs apiece.

Jul 30, 1998 - The Red Sox bring back OF-1B Mike Stanley from the Blue Jays trading minor league pitchers Peter Munro and Jay Yennaco.

Apr 19, 1998 - The Blue Jays beat the White Sox‚ 5-4‚ despite Lou Frazier tying the Sox team record (George Davis and Jimmy Callahan‚ in 1905) for stolen bases with 4. Interestingly‚ Frazier is 0-for-3 at the plate. Albert Belle homers for the Sox and Mike Stanley and Ed Sprague go back to back for the Jays in the 4th.

Dec 8, 1997 - The Blue Jays sign free agent C Mike Stanley to a 2-year contract‚ and free agent IF Tony Fernandez to a 1-year pact.

Aug 13, 1997 - The Red Sox trade C Mike Stanley and IF Randy Brown to the Yankees in exchange for P Tony Armas and a player to be named.

May 22, 1997 - The visiting Red Sox collect 19 hits‚ but strand 16‚ in beating the Yankees‚ 8-2. Former Yankee Mike Stanley hits a three-run homer‚ and Wil Cordero adds 5 hits‚ Tim Naehring has 4 hits and Mo Vaughn belts his 10th homer of the season in the 8th.

Jul 19, 1996 - For the second time in a week‚ a Red Sox player scores 5 runs: Jeff Frye is the scorer today as the Sox down the O's‚ 13-2. Mo Vaughn and Mike Stanley provide 3-run homers to make it easy for Jamie Moyer (6-1).

May 15, 1996 - Mo Vaughn cracks two of Boston's 4 home runs‚ and the Red Sox score in each of the first 7 innings‚ to clip the Angels‚ 17-6. Mike Stanley matches Mo's 4 RBI.

Dec 14, 1995 - The Red Sox sign free agent C Mike Stanley.

Aug 10, 1995 - Yankees' C Mike Stanley hits 3 HRs and drives home 7 runs‚ but it's not enough to prevent New York from losing to Cleveland‚ 10-9.

May 8, 1994 - Jose Tartabull‚ Mike Stanley‚ and Gerald Williams hit back-to-back-to-back HRs for the Yankees in the 6th inning of NY's 8-4 win over Boston.

Sep 18, 1993 - The Yankees defeat the Red Sox‚ 4-3‚ because of a fan who runs out on the field. With NY trailing‚ 3-1‚ with 2 outs and a man on 1st in the 9th inning‚ Mike Stanley hits a fly ball to left that apparently ends the game. Umpire Tim Welke‚ however‚ had called time when the fan bolted onto the field‚ giving Stanley a second chance. He singled on the next pitch. That was followed by a hit by Wade Boggs‚ a walk to Dion James‚ and a single by Don Mattingly which drove home the tying and winning runs.

Aug 30, 1987 - With knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound‚ Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the ML record by allowing 6 passed balls in a 7-0 loss to Detroit. The 6 passed balls is an AL record for one team (the record was set by teammate Mike Stanley with 5 last month)‚ and combined with Detroit's zero passed balls‚ is a record for 2 teams. Eight days earlier Petralli had 5 passed balls in an 8-6 win over Chicago‚ also with Hough pitching. As noted by historian Tom Ruane‚ Hough's catchers will allow an incredible 65 passed ball this season.

Jul 16, 1987 - Don Mattingly bangs two homers‚ one a second inning grand slam‚ to pace the Yankees to a 12-3 win over host Texas. Mattingly now has 7 homers in 6 games. His 2nd inning grand slam‚ his 4th of the year‚ off Charlie Hough‚ followed a bases-loaded walk to Mike Pagliarulo. Hough had 8 strikeouts but his knuckleball was too much for little-used catch Mike Stanley‚ who sets an AL record with 5 passed balls. His teammate Geno Petralli will tie then break the record next month with 6 passed balls.

Aug 10, 1978 - The Red Sox trip the Indians‚ 6-5‚ in 13 innings as Butch Hobson scores the tying run on a bizarre play: He lofts a pop fly behind second base and races around to 2B as 2B Duane Kuiper loses the ball in the sun. Kuiper picks up the ball but bumps into 1B Andre Thornton and the ball rolls towards first base and C Bo Diaz. With Hobson motoring towards 3B‚ Diaz overthrows the base. Hobson‚ having slid into the third‚ picks himself up and races home. The throw from the outfield is in time to Diaz‚ but he can't get the ball out of his glove and a sliding Hobson is home free. A George Scott double and Rick Burleson single then wins the game. Mike Stanley (8-1) picks up the victory.

May 8, 1978 - After a Bernie Carbo walk and a ground out the Royals intentionally walk Jim Rice to pitch to Yaz‚ who clouts a 3-run homer. The Red Sox‚ down 5-4‚ beat the Royals‚ 8-4. Mike Stanley is the winner over Dennis Leonard.