» April 25, 1976: The Braves top the Phils, 3–2, as Darrell Evans draws a walk in his 13th consecutive game to set a new NL record, He'll draw passes in two more games, till April 27, before being shut out. Evans has 19 walks in the 15 games.

» June 13, 1976: The Braves trade infielders Darrell Evans and Marty Perez to the Giants for 1B Willie Montanez, SS Craig Robinson, and two minor league infielders.

» June 22, 1976: Randy Jones pitches the Padres to a 4–2 win over the Giants, and ties Christy Mathewson's 63-year-old National League record by going 68 innings without a base on balls. He receives a standing ovation from the home crowd after striking out Darrell Evans to end the 7th. His streak ends when he walks C Marc Hill leading off the 8th. It is Jones's 13th win of the year.

» September 15, 1978: Tom Seaver pitches a 2-hitter to give the Reds a 6–1 win over the Giants at Candlestick. A single and a Darrell Evans homer are the only safeties.

» November 4, 1978: The 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft is held at the Plaza Hotel, New York City. Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans are the biggest names among the eligible players.

» July 10, 1979: Scoring four runs in the 13th after two are out, the Giants beat the Expos, 11–7. Losing pitcher Woodie Fryman balks in the last run. In the 4th inning, Expo RF Ellis Valentine picks up a line drive and his throw beats Darrell Evans at 1B for a 9–3 putout.

» April 11, 1980: Giants 3B Darrell Evans makes three errors in the 7th inning of a 5–3 loss to the Padres. This ties the National League record for errors by a 3B in one inning.

» June 12, 1983: The Giants do all their scoring in the 4th inning to beat the Reds, 8–5. Darrell Evans has a double and homer in the frame.

» June 15, 1983: Darrell Evans hits three home runs in a Giants 7–1 win over the Astros to give him a ML-leading 18 for the season. Evans will finish the season with 30 home runs.

» December 19, 1983: The Tigers sign free-agent slugger Darrell Evans, who hit .277 with 30 home runs for the Giants in 1983.

» September 11, 1984: At Baltimore, the Tigers cut their magic number to seven with a 9–2 clipping of the Orioles. Darrell Evans has four hits including a homer. Larry Herndon follows Evans' homer with one of his own, while Kirk Gibson has three hits and his 27th steal. Dan Petry wins his 17th. The Tigers pass the two million mark in road attendance tonight and become the fifth team in American League history to go over that mark at home and on the road.

» July 28, 1985: Darrell Evans hits his 300th career home run, off Ken Schrom, to lead Detroit to a 3–2 win over the Twins.

» October 2, 1985: Tigers 1B Darrell Evans hits his ML-leading 40th home run of the season and becomes the first player to have a 40 home run season in each league. Evans hit 41 homers for the Braves in 1973. Jack Morris tops Dave Stieb in Detroit's 4–2 win over Toronto. Whitt and Gibson also homer.

» June 27, 1987: Darrell Evans slugs a 2-run home run in the first inning off Mike Boddicker for his 2,000th career hit, but his Tigers lose to Baltimore 4–2.

» September 18, 1987: In Detroit's 7–6 win over the Brewers, Darrell Evans belts his 40th homer of the year. He is the first 40-year-old to hit 40 homers.

» September 20, 1988: Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run off John Farrell in the 5th inning, and Chet Lemon hits his 200th career home run off Scott Bailes in the bottom of the 9th to lead Detroit to a 3–1 win over Cleveland.

» April 25, 1999: The A's Tony Phillips celebrates his 40th birthday by hitting a game-winning home run to beat the Baltimore Orioles, 11–10. Phillips becomes just the fifth major-leaguer to crank one out on his 40th or later birthday: the last two were Darrell Evans and Wade Boggs, in 1988. The big-leaguer who hit the most birthday blasts over his career was Al Simmons with five.