» August 20, 1948: The Indians draw record 78,382 for the largest crowd to attend a night game. The Indians go on to beat the Chicago White Sox, 10, at Memorial Stadium as Satchel Paige blanks the opposition on three hits for the 4th consecutive shutout by Cleveland hurlers. Bill Wight is the hard-luck loser. Besides Paige, Gene Bearden, Sam Zoldak, and Bob Lemon fired shutouts. » April 15, 1954: The Orioles Clint Courtney hits the first home run in Memorial Stadium. Following a 90-minute parade, they draw an Opening Day record crowd of 46,354 in a 31 afternoon win against the White Sox. Bob Turley strikes out nine in besting Virgil Trucks. Vern Stephens and Clint Courtney homer for the O's.
» April 21, 1954:
In the first night game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, Bob Turley has a no-hitter against Cleveland when, with one out in the 9th, Al Rosen singles and Larry Doby homers. Turley strikes out 14, but loses, 21.
» May 16, 1954:
The Orioles draw a record Memorial Stadium crowd of 46,796 for a doubleheader with the Yankees. Allie Reynolds wins the opener for New York, 20, on three hits, before Don Larsen stops the Yankees, 62 in the nitecap.
» July 8, 1958:
The AL edges the NL 4-3 in the All-Star Game played at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Yankees Gil McDougald singles to score Boston's Frank Malzone with the deciding run. Billy O'Dell of San Francisco pitches perfect ball for three innings and gets the save. This is the first All-Star Game played without an extra-base hit.
» June 10, 1959: Rocky Colavito hits four consecutive home runs in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium to lead the Indians to an 118 win. Colavito joins Lou Gehrig and Bobby Lowe as the only ML players to hit four consecutive four-baggers.
» August 14, 1961:
At Memorial Stadium, the Cards Ernie Broglio allows just five Dodger hits in shutting out Los Angeles, 50. Don Drysdale takes the loss. For the Dodgers, this will be the start of a ten-game losing streak.
» May 15, 1965:
At Memorial Stadium, Mickey Mantle slices an opposite field homer in the 8th inning off Dick Hall to give New York a 32 win over the Orioles.
» May 8, 1966: Orioles RF Frank Robinson hits the first ball ever hit completely out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, a 451-foot shot, ending Luis Tiant's scoreless-innings streak at 27. Baltimore wins 83 and ties Cleveland for first place.
» August 9, 1968: California pitchers plunk Baltimore batters three times in the 7th inning at Memorial Stadium, tying the American League record for hit batsmen in one inning. Baltimore wins 30.
» August 27, 1968: Sweeping a doubleheader from Oakland 53 and 72 at Memorial Stadium, the Orioles stay four games in back of first-place Detroit.
» July 19, 1969:
At War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, a knife-wielding gang takes over the club house during batting practice. The International League game is postponed due to "threatening weather."
» May 3, 1981: The Blue Jays end a 19-game losing streak at Memorial Stadium, beating the Orioles 42. It is their first win in Baltimore since July 1978.
» October 1, 1982: Trailing the first-place Brewers in the American League East, the Orioles sweep a doubleheader with them 83 and 71 to cut their deficit to one game. 51,583 fans at Memorial Stadium cheer the O's on.
» April 14, 1988: The AAA Buffalo Bisons open their new 19,500 seat Pilot Field, named after Pilot Air Freight which paid $1.02 million for the naming rights. The Stadium replaces War Memorial Stadium, nicknamed, the Rockpile, which has been given to Canisius College. In this opener, Buffalo tops the Denver Zephyrs, 10, before 19,500. Buffalo's attendance will jump from 495,000 to 1.147,651 this year, a new minor-league record.
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