1st

Eight days after banning Pete Rose from baseball for life, Commissioner Bart Giamatti dies suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 51.

4th

Fred Lynn hits his 300th career home run to help the Tigers to a 5-1 win over Kansas City.

8th

Kansas City's George Brett singles for his 2,500th career hit in a 6-0 win over the Twins.

10th

Five days after hitting a home run for the Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown in his NFL debut with the Atlanta Falcons. Sanders hit .234 in 14 games for New York this year in his first attempt at playing 2 sports professionally.

12th

The Indians fire manager Doc Edwards and replace him for the remainder of the season with scout John Hart.

13th

Fay Vincent is elected baseball's 8th commissioner, succeeding the late Bart Giamatti, whom he served as deputy commissioner.

14th

The ML owners approve the sale of the Mariners to Jeff Smulyan and Michael Browning for $77 million, the highest price ever paid for an AL club.

Jeff Reardon saves Minnesota's 2-0 win over Toronto to become the first pitcher ever to record at least 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons.

Houston's Mike Scott (20-8) becomes a 20-game winner for the first time by beating the Dodgers 11-3. He is the first ML pitcher to reach that plateau this season.

19th

San Diego's Mark Davis becomes the 7th pitcher ever to save 40 games in a season by nailing down the Padres' 5-1 win over the Reds. He will finish the season with 44 saves, one shy of Bruce Sutter's NL record.

22nd

Dave Stewart becomes the first pitcher since Jim Palmer (1975-78) to win 20 games in 3 straight seasons by beating the Twins 5-2. It is also Stewart's 100th ML win.

25th

Wade Boggs goes 4-for-5 in a 7-4 win over the Yankees to become the first player in ML history to achieve both 200 hits and 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons. It is Boggs's 7th straight 200-hit season overall, extending his own modern ML record.

The Red Sox say that they will not exercise their option on Jim Rice's contract next season, while Bob Stanley, the team's all-time save leader with 132, announces his retirement.

26th

The Cubs become the first team to clinch a division title this season, wrapping up the NL East with a 3-2 win over the Expos.

27th

The 2 San Francisco Bay teams clinch their divisions. Oakland wins the AL West by beating Texas 5-0, while San Francisco loses 1-0 to the Dodgers but is assured of the NL West crown when the 2nd-place Padres lose to the Reds 2-1 in 13 innings.

30th

The Blue Jays earn the final spot in the playoffs by scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th to beat Baltimore 4-3 and clinch the AL East. The surprising Orioles led the division most of the season and will finish 2nd just one season after losing 107 games.

Nolan Ryan strikes out 13 Angels in a 2-0 three-hitter to raise his season total to 301. It is his 6th 300-strikeout season, but first since 1977.