The 22-year-old Warren was concluding a mediocre rookie season with the A's in 1983
when, in his last start of the year, he pitched a no-hitter, baffling the White Sox
3-0 on September 29. His success ended there, however, as he won only four more ML
games. In 1982, he had led the California League with 19 wins.
(SCL)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»September 29, 1983: In his 9th ML start, Oakland's Mike Warren pitches a no-hitter against the White Sox 3–0. It is the first no-hitter by a rookie since Jim Bibby's on July 30, 1973.
»November 13, 1998: Babe Ruth hits new heights today: $126,500. That is the price paid for the ball he hit in 1923 for the first home run in Yankee Stadium. Mark Scala found the Ruth ball two years ago in the attic of his grandmother's house. The bid was $110,000 and the total price includes the auction house's 15 percent commission. Two year ago, the ball Eddie Murray hit for his 500th home run was sold for what one day could be $500,000. Michael Lasky, the founder of the Psychic Friends Network, paid $280,000 that was put in an annuity to be paid over 20 years. With interest, the annuity will be worth about $500,000, according to a spokesman for Lasky, who also operates as syndicated handicapper Mike Warren. The previous record for an auctioned baseball was $93,500 for the ball that went through Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series. That ball was bought by actor Charlie Sheen in 1992. Other auctioned items include: the bat Pete Rose used for his 4,191st hit, which tied Ty Cobb's career record, was sold by an unidentified Rose associate for $21,096; an autographed ball from President Franklin Roosevelt that he used to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the 1941 season opener at Griffith Stadium sold for $17,255, and a personal check signed Henry Louis Lou Gehrig sold for $15,306.
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