» May 14, 1949: Roy Sievers has a double and home run to drive in four runs in the Browns 8–3 win over the Tigers. Slick-fielding Tiger first baseman Paul Campbell ties the major-league record by making two unassisted DPs; while with Montreal (IL) in 1941, Campbell started 26 DPs at 1B.
» February 18, 1954: The Washington Senators get Roy Sievers from the Orioles for Gil Coan.
» May 5, 1954: The Senators Roy Sievers draws a bases-loaded walk to beat the White Sox 1–0. Bob Porterfield, who tossed nine shutouts last year, beats Bob Keegan.
» September 2, 1954:
Mickey Vernon of the Senators gets his 2,000th
hit. He also hits his 19th HR (he will add one more
before the end of the season) for a team record for
left-handers. Teammate Roy Sievers also sets a team
record by hitting his 23rd HR. He will hit one more
before the end of the season.
» June 23, 1957: Prime Minister Kishi of Japan, wearing a Yankees cap, is one of 63,787 fans at Yankee Stadium to see New York split with Chicago, winning the first 9-2 and dropping the second game 4-3. Mickey Mantle goes 6-for-9 as the Yankees maintain their 1Ž2 game lead over Chicago. Mantle is leading the AL in hitting, HRs and is one behind the Senators' Roy Sievers in RBIs.
» August 4, 1957:
Washington defeats Detroit 4-3 as the Senators Roy Sievers hits his 30th HR, his sixth HR in six games, to tie an AL record held by Ken Williams and Lou Gehrig.
» June 26, 1958: Hector Lopez of the Kansas City Athletics hits three home runs in a 8–6, 12-inning home win against Washington. His 3rd homer is a 2-run shot to win the game. Roy Sievers almost matches Lopez with two homers.
» April 4, 1960: The White Sox send C Earl Battey and 1B Don Mincher plus cash to the Senators for 1B Roy Sievers.
» July 19, 1960:
Roy Sievers' 21-game hit streak, the longest for any player in 1960, ends, but White Sox teammate Luis Aparicio's inside-the-park home run and Billy Pierce's shutout beat Boston, 6–0.
» August 24, 1960: Despite Roy Sievers two homers and a double, the Yankees beat the White Sox, 3–2, dropping Chicago one 1/2 games off the pace and into a 2nd place tie with the Orioles. Art Ditmar is the winner over Herb Score.
» May 18, 1961: Ryne Duren comes in for the Angels and notches four strikeouts in the 7th inning against the White Sox. He fans Minnie Minoso, Roy Sievers, J.C. Martin, and Sammy Esposito to tie the ML record. One pitch eludes C Del Rice and results in the winning run. Chicago takes it 6–4.
» November 28, 1961: Philadelphia sends P John Buzhardt and IF Charlie Smith to the White Sox for 1B Roy Sievers. The Sievers trade is announced after the Joe Cunningham trade, by the Sox, who don't want to appear to need a first baseman.
» July 19, 1963: With one out and a man on in the 9th, Roy Sievers hits his 300th career home run to give the Phils a 2–1 win over the Mets. Roger Craig is the victim, his 13th straight loss.
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