2002
» The Padres defeat the Cubs, 4–3, with Trevor Hoffman saving the game for Bobby Jones. It is Hoffman's 321st save for SD, a major-league record for most with one team. Oakland's Dennis Eckersley held the old mark.

2001
» The Giants beat the Pirates, 11-6, as Jeff Kent drives home seven runs. His 3-run home run in the 1st chases Ramon Martinez, and he adds a 3-run double in the 4th. Emil Brown homers for the Bucs.

Mike Mussina 3-hits the Twins to win, 4–0, for the Yankees. David Justice has a solo home run in the 6th off Eric Milton, the losing pitcher, and Jorge Posada adds ribbie singles in the 7th and 9th.

2000
» The Rockies defeat the Expos, 15-8, as OF Todd Helton slams three home runs for Colorado. The two teams combined for a Coors Field record 10 homers in the game.

The Giants defeat the Mets, 10-3, as Barry Bonds hits the first splashdown homer in Pacific Bell Park history. His 11th home run of the year drops into McCovey Cove just past the right field wall.

1999
» Detroit hurler Brian Moehler is ejected in the 7th inning for having a piece of sandpaper on his thumb against the Devil Rays. Two batters later, Randy Winn's sacrifice fly gives Tampa Bay the 4–3 win for Bobby Witt. Moehler will receive a 10-game suspension for his actions. Roberto Hernandez gets the save for the Devil Rays. It is the 200th of his career, making him the 1st Latin pitcher to reach the mark.

The Cardinals defeat the Expos, 16-5, as rookie OF J.D. Drew scores five runs for St. Louis, and 3B Fernando Tatis hits his 8th home run and drives home 3.

The Brewers signed P Hideo Nomo. Nomo will make one start for the Brewers Double-A team, which will be on Sunday, and then he'll join the team.

The AL suspend Indians P Jaret Wright (5 games) and 1B Jim Thome (3 days), and Red Sox OF Darren Lewis (3 days) and P Rheal Cormier (3 games) for participating in two brawls during an April 23 game. All appeal.

Tom Schieffer resigned as the President of the Rangers in order to spend more time developing real estate around the Ballpark in Arlington. Schieffer also says he may help Texas Gov. George W. Bush run for the White House.

1996
» The Yanks and Orioles continue their marathon play, this one going five hours and 43 minutes before ending at one a.m. Tino Martinez, whose homer snapped yesterday's tie, slugs a grand slam in the 15th to give reliever Andy Pettitte the win. Bernie Williams has five hits while Gerald Williams collects 6—just the 2nd Yankee to get six in a game; Myril Hoag in 1934, is the other. The O's and Yankees strand 15 runners in extra innings, as both teams squander scoring opportunities, and New York survives four errors by two second basemen. Jim Mecir strikes out Brady Anderson with the bases loaded in the 10th after going to a 3–0 count. Cal Ripken is lifted for a pinch runner in the 8th—who is promptly picked off—and sits for the last seven innings, the longest stretch he's rested in 2,180 games.

Roger Clemens strikes out 13 Tigers, including Cecil Fielder three times, for his first win of the year. The 5–1 victory for the Sox sends Detroit to its 12th loss in 13 games.

The Mets and Expos swap shutouts, with Pedro Martinez topping New York in the opener, 4–0, and Jason Isringhausen allowing four hits in winning the nightcap, 6–0. Martinez, 8–0 against the Mets, allows just two singles, both in the 7th inning. Henry Rodriguez, who hits a 3-run homer after apparently peeking at Mets C Todd Hundley glove, says, "I've got 10 homers, I don't need to look back."

1995
» The owners and umpires reach agreement on a 5-year contract, ending the lockout. Regular umpires will return to work on May 3.

1992
» Oakland OF Rickey Henderson steals the 1,000th base of his career in the 1st inning of the A's 7–6 win over Detroit. Mark McGwire adds a homer and Jeff Parrett (4–0) picks up the win when the A's score a run in the 8th.

Seattle's Randy Johnson hands out 10 walks in just four 1/3 innings in a 15–1 swamping by the Orioles. The Big Unit allows eight earned runs. Mike Devereaux has a pair of homers and drives in six runs. 6'7" Ben McDonald (3–0) pitches the complete-game win.

1991
» 44-year-old Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan hurls the record 7th no-hitter of his amazing career, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays on Arlington Appreciation Night by a score of 3-0. Ryan strikes out 16 batters in the process, marking the 209th time he has fanned 10 or more in a game, and the 26th time putting 15 or more down on strikes.

The Brewers defeat the White Sox in a 6-hour, 5-minute, 19-inning contest, the longest in the American League since the same two clubs played 25 innings on May 8, 1984. Oddly enough, Willie Randolph, who drove home the winning run in the 19th, had been the last out in Nolan Ryan's 6th no-hitter.

Oakland's Rickey Henderson garners his 939th career stolen base in the 4th inning of a game against the Yankees to break Lou Brock's all-time mark. With Brock standing next to him, Henderson modestly proclaims, "Lou Brock was certainly a great basestealer, but today I'm the greatest of all time." In another curious tie-in with Nolan Ryan, Henderson had been the victim of Ryan's 5,000th career strikeout.

Dodger OF Darryl Strawberry ties an National League record by striking out five times in a game against the Expos. "I really can't figure it out," he says, "because I feel so good up there." Strawberry also drops a fly ball for a 3-base error in the 9-3 loss.

1990
» The Braves Derek Lilliquist homers twice in a 5–2 win over the Mets, becoming the first pitcher to do so since Jim Gott in 1985.

1989
» In SF, Cubs catcher Damon Berryhill hits a leadoff homer in the 12th, off Mike LaCoss, and Chicago wins, 4–3 over the Giants. Jeff Pico is the winner.

1987
» Free-agents Ron Guidry (Yankees), Rich Gedman (Red Sox), Bob Boone (Angels), and Tim Raines (Expos) all re-sign with their former clubs on the first day that they are allowed to do so. Doyle Alexander will re-sign with the Braves on May 5th.

1986
» Zane Smith strikes out 12 batters as the Braves beat the Mets 7–2, ending New York's club-record-tying 11-game winning streak.

For the second day in a row, the Dodgers beat the Cubs, 4–0. Yesterday' winner was Bob Welch with a CG win; today the W goes to Rick Honeycutt.

1985
» Toronto's Jimmy Key beats the Royals 6–3 to become the first lefthanded starter to win for the Blue Jays since Paul Mirabella on October 4, 1980, a span of 614 games.

1981
» Frank White's 4th-inning sacrifice fly off Steve Comer ends the Rangers' consecutive-scoreless-inning streak at 39, and Kansas City goes on to a 4–0 win. Texas pitchers had tossed four consecutive shutouts, one shy of the American League record.

1980
» Pittsburgh's Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock is fined $5,000 and suspended 15 games by National League president Chub Feeney for poking umpire Jerry Crawford in the face with his glove after being called out on strikes with the bases loaded. Madlock appeals and remains in uniform, but finally withdraws the appeal and begins serving the suspension on June 6th, after disgruntled NL umpires threaten to eject him from every game he tries to play in.

Pete Falcone ties the modern major-league record by striking out the first six batters of the game, but his Mets lose to the Phillies 2–1. Falcone finishes with eight strikeouts in seven innings.

1979
» Phil Niekro earns his 200th career win as the Braves beat the Pirates 5–2. The event is saddened by the collapse of Atlanta's popular GM, Bill Lucas, who will pass away tomorrow.

1975
» Hank Aaron goes 4-for-4, driving in two runs in the Brewers 17–3 win over Detroit. This brings his career RBI total to 2,211, breaking Babe Ruth's published record of 2,209. His third inning single off Vern Ruhle drives in Sixto Lezcano with his 2,210th RBI. On February 3, 1976, the Records Committee will revise Ruth's total to 2,204; so, in actuality, Aaron set the record on April 18, 1975.

1974
» Tom Seaver allows only three hits and two walks, striking out 16 Dodgers in 12 innings, but the Mets lose in the 14th 2–1.

Dock Ellis of the Pirates hits three consecutive batters with pitches in the first inning, setting a ML record, and walks another in the frame before being lifted. Dock later reveals that he was high on pep pills at the time. The Bucs lose 5–3 to the Reds.

1973
» With two outs in the 9th inning and Chris Speier on 1B, the Giants, trailing 8–1, score an NL-record tying seven times to beat the Pirates 8–7. Chris Arnold's pinch grand slam is the big blow, along with Bobby Bonds' bases-loaded double.

Brewers starter Bill Parsons walks the first three A's batters and is lifted for Jim Colborn, who pitches a complete game, 4–3, win. Johnny Briggs drives in all the Milwaukee runs, including a home run in the 9th inning off Blue Moon Odom (0–5), to win it.

1972
» Jim Wynn hits a grand slam and Johnny Edwards hits a 3-run homer to help the Astros edge the Pirates, 9–8. Both homers come off Steve Blass. Jim "Sting" Ray, who pitches the last two innings, wins his 4th straight.

1971
» Against the Red Sox, starter Minnesota Jim Perry serves up home run balls to the first two batters, Luis Aparicio and Reggie Smith. This hasn't happened in the AL since 1962, when Perry was on the mound for Cleveland against the Twins. Perry shakes off his start to win, 7–3, collecting three hits and scoring three runs himself.

1970
» At Cincinnati, the Reds lead the Pirates, 6–4, with two outs in the 9th and Willie Stargell comes to the plate. Sparky Anderson then moves pitcher Wayne Granger to LF, not wanting to remove him if Stargell reaches base, and brings in Don Gullett to face the Bucs slugger. Stargell, who accounted for all the Bucs runs with a grand slam, strikes out, and the Reds win, 6–4.

1969
» Houston, no-hit the day before by Cincinnati, answers back, as Don Wilson pitches a 4–0 no-hitter, with 13 strikeouts over the Reds. Houston ties an National League record with just one assist. In Wilson's previous start against Cincinnati, on April 22, he gave up six runs in five innings in a 14–0 loss.

1968
» Sudden Sam McDowell of Cleveland strikes out 16 batters and defeats Oakland 3–1.

Phillies P John Boozer is ejected by umpire Ed Vargo at Shea Stadium for throwing spitballs during his warm-up pitches. He is only the 2nd ML pitcher to be ejected from a game for throwing spitballs.

1967
» Dennis Bennett gives the Red Sox a 4–0 win over California and Jorge Rubio. Bennett homers in his own cause and George Scott homers as well.

1966
» In his 2nd start, Sam McDowell has to settle for a one-hitter. Don Buford's 3rd-inning double is Chicago's only hit in Cleveland's 1–0 win. McDowell becomes the first pitcher since Whitey Ford (September 1955) to pitch back-to-back one-hitters.

In the 1st of two games today, the Angels and Red Sox combine for nine DPs, setting a ML record. Boston and the Twins will match it for a regulation game in 1990. California wins, 6–1, then loses the nitecap, 9–1.

1965
» Dodgers LF Tommy Davis suffers a fractured ankle sliding into 2nd base in a 4–2 win over the visiting Giants. Davis will not reappear until October 3rd.

In a 9–8 loss at Detroit, Boston's Chuck Schilling ties a major-league record with his 2nd straight pinch-hit home run in back-to-back games. But Boston loses both.

1964
» The visiting Cubs make it look easy, scoring 10 runs in the first inning to shoot down the Colt 45s 11–3. Billy Williams has a grand slam and a single for five RBIs (a club record) in the big inning, and adds a run-scoring double in the 8th to lead Chicago.

1962
» At LA, Doug Camilli singles in a run in the bottom of the 16th to give the Dodgers a 6–5 win over the Cubs. Both teams score two in the 15th with Jim Gilliam making the 3rd out on an attempted steal of home.

At Washington, the Senators snap a 13-game losing streak by edging the Red Sox, 2–1. Pete Burnside twirls a 4-hitter.

1960
» The Pirates, behind Vern Law's pitching, win their 9th game in a row, 13–2, against the Reds at Cincinnati.

Orioles vet Skinny Brown hurls Baltimore to a 4–1, win over the Yankees. Brown allows just one hit, a first inning homer by Mickey Mantle. Rookie Ron Hansen matches Mantle to up his RBI total to an American League high 32.

1959
» White Sox P Early Wynn, 39, pitches a one-hitter for a 1–0 victory over Boston. He fans 14 and belts a home run in the 8th, off Tom Brewer, for the only run.

Harmon Killebrew's 10th inning home run, the 2nd of the game for the third sacker, gives Washington a 4–3 win over the woeful Tigers (2-14). Jim Bunning and Camilo Pascual each go the rout. Bunning is done in by errors by Eddie Yost and Rocky Bridges in the 8th, though Yost hits a double and home run against his old team.

The ML executive council approves the Players Association proposal for two All-Star Games each year.

The White Sox send OF Lou Skizas and LHP Don Rudolph to the Reds for OF Del Ennis. Tomorrow the Sox will send Ray Boone to the A's for Harry Simpson.

The Washington Senators start a baseball lecture series for women.

1957
» Wally Post laces a 2-run single in the 16th to give the Reds an 8–6 win over the host Phillies.

The Cubs send 1B Dee Fondy and 2B Gene Baker to Pittsburgh for 1B Dale Long and OF Lee Walls. Fondy hits .300 but will be traded, while Walls and Long will knock out 45 home runs for the Cubs this season.

1956
» Mickey Mantle takes Steve Gromek deep in the first inning at the Stadium, and New York rolls to a 9–2 win over Detroit. Hank Bauer also homers as Whitey Ford hurls his 3rd CG win.

1955
» In a masterful performance, Bob Feller one-hits the Red Sox 2–0, with Sammy White's single in the 7th spoiling his bid for a no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader. It is his ML-record 12th one-hitter. In the nightcap, Cleveland's Herb Score fans 16 Boston hitters in a 2–1 win, missing Feller's strikeout record by 2. Score fans nine of the first 12 batters and 12 through the first five frames.

In the Giants 2–1 win over the Reds, the two teams toil 16 innings with combining for a record-tying 10 double plays. The only other time ten were turned was 30 years ago, when the Reds and Braves made 10 DPs in 12 innings. An alert Don Mueller start the rally in the 16th when the Reds are trying to intentionally walk him. He hits an outside 4th-ball pitch for a pop single, sending Whitey Lockman to 3B. Johnny Antonelli pitches all 16 innings for the win.

1954
» Red Sox IF Billy Goodman's single in the 6th spoils Virgil Trucks's bid for another no-hitter. Trucks, now with the White Sox, wins 3–0.

1953
» The Pirates defeat the Reds, 8–3, for their 3rd win in a row, their longest win streak since August 24-26, 1951. Bonus baby Paul Pettit is the winner in his first ML start, with relief help. Pete Castiglione has two home runs and a single.

The U.S. Court of Appeals denies the $450,000 suit of former pitcher Boyd Tepler made in 1951 against organized baseball, the Cubs, and William Wrigley for an arm injury suffered in 1944. He had contended that negligent coaching, in effect, ended his career prematurely.

1952
» With one out in the 8th inning, A's Skeeter Kell beats out an infield hit to break up Joe Dobson's no hitter. The A's Dave Philley adds a solid single in the 9th as Dobson and the White Sox win, 3–0.

1951
» The Yankees' new phenom, Mickey Mantle, connects for his first ML home run, off Randy Gumpert of the White Sox. Minnie Minoso becomes the first black to play for the White Sox. He plays 3B and, facing Vic Raschi in his first ML at bat, rips a home run to CF. The Yankees win 8–3, with Mantle collecting three RBIs.

The A's (2-12) score a record eight runs in the 11th inning to beat Detroit, 9–1, and end their 10-game losing streak. Dave Philley, in his 1st day as an Athletic, hits a bunts single and triple in the big frame.

University of New Mexico pitchers walk 21 Arizona batters in college baseball.

1950
» The Red Sox bring up slugger Walt Dropo from their Louisville farm club to replace the injured Billy Goodman at 1B.

1949
» Elmer Valo is the first American League player to hit two bases-loaded triples in a game when he leads the A's to a 15–9 win in the first of two against the Senators. Valo will have a 3rd bases-loaded triple during the season, to tie the AL mark of Shano Collins in 1918. The A's take game 2, 7–3, called after seven innings.

1947
» For the first time Cleveland will play all its games at Municipal Stadium, abandoning League Park, where most weekday games have been played. New owner Bill Veeck installs an inner fence to cut power alleys from 435 to 365 feet. A more celebrated attempt to fuel home runs is at Pittsburgh where the 30-foot reduction of the LF wall is dubbed Greenberg Gardens, for the Pirates' famous acquisition. Hank will hit only 25 home runs for the season, however, but sophomore Ralph Kiner will find the shortened distance more advantageous.

1946
» Boo Ferriss benefits from 13 runs and the Red Sox tame the Tigers, 13–1.

About to be benched for poor hitting, Dick Whitman collects five hits to pace the Dodgers to a 5–1 win over the Cubs. The Cubs strand 13.

1944
» George Myatt of the Washington Senators collects six hits (5 singles and a 2B) in six at bats, as the Nats pound out 20 hits to beat Boston 11–4.

1941
» Reds P Bucky Walters stops the Dodgers, 2–1 in 11 innings. The Dodgers load the bases in the 11th, but Leo Durocher and Babe Phelps strike out to end the game. Curt Davis takes the loss.

1940
» The Reds Bill Werber has just two hits, but his homer and double come in an 8-run 4th inning. The Reds beat Hugh Casey and Brooklyn, 9–2.

1939
» The White Sox and Cubs play a benefit game for Monty Stratton at Comiskey Park and raise a purse of almost $30,000.

1937
» Joe DiMaggio makes his debut as a starter after missing six games, and strokes three hits against Rube Walberg. New York tips the Red Sox, 3–2.

1934
» Burleigh Grimes picks up a win as he relieves in the Cardinals 3–2 win over the Reds in eleven innings. The Birds will waive Grimes (2–1) to the Pirates in two weeks.

At Washington, the Yankees give Danny MacFayden a 3-run lead in the first, but he can't hold it and he leaves in the 7th with the score tied at three apiece. New York scores five runs in the 9th to win it for George Uhle, 10–5. MacFayden was making his first start against Washington since June 2, 1932, when he lost his major-league record tying 14th straight game to the Nats.

1933
» Earl Grace and Arky Vaughan slug grand slams for the Pirates and Bill Swift coasts to a 10–0 win over the Phillies.

1932
» Bill Hallahan walks 10 Cubs, but allows just three singles as the Cards top the Cubs, 7–1. Guy Bush is the loser.

The New York Yankees reacquire relief ace Wilcy Moore from the Red Sox.

1930
» At Fenway, a high fever strikes out Indians SS Joe Sewell, ending his consecutive game streak at 1,103. He has not missed a game since 1922. The Indians still prevail, 8–5.

At Pittsburgh, rookie Wally Berger blasts homers in the 7th and 8th innings to lead the Braves to a 4–3 win over Larry French. After Berger's 1st homer, Johnny Neun, in his 5th season, adds his first ML homer.

1929
» The first-place Athletics score eight runs off Milt Gaston in the first two innings enroute to a 24–6 pasting of the Red Sox. Lefty Grove is the easy winner, exiting after five innings. Jimmie Foxx has a pair of homers and Al Simmons has five hits, including a double and homer. The 24 runs matches a franchise record set in the Ty Cobb protest game in 1912, and the 29 hits sets a franchise mark.

1928
» Indians' outfielders tie the major-league record with five assists in a game against the Browns and rookie Sam Langford has four of them, also equaling the major-league record. (Cliff Blau points out that the Plain Dealer play-by-play account of this game gives Langford only three assists.) It's the 10th time (once in extra innings) it has happened in the major leagues, and the last time this century. The Tribe is outhit 12–10 by St. Louis but they win, 4–3.

1927
» One-year wonder Hod Lisenbee, 28, blanks the Red Sox 6–0 for the Senators in his first ML start. He will be 18-9 with four shutouts for the 3rd-place Senators and never have another winning season.

The Pirates rally in the 9th inning to beat the Cubs, 7–6. Cubs' starter Charley Root walks the bases loaded before Paul Waner singles in the winning run. Chicago went ahead in the 7th inning when Chuck Tolson hits the first pinch grand slam in Cubs' history.

The Yankees ride the tandem of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to a 7–3 win over the Athletics. Ruth bangs a first inning homer off Jack Quinn, and Gehrig hits one off Quinn in the 6th. Babe comes back in the 8th with another homer, off Rube Walberg as New York takes over undisputed possession of first place.

1926
» Satchel Paige, 19 years old, makes his debut in the Negro Southern League, pitching Chattanooga to a 5–4 win over Birmingham.

1925
» The A's introduce another future Hall of Famer, 17-year-old C Jimmie Foxx, who pinch-hits and singles against Washington. But the A's lose, 9–4.

1924
» Yankee rookie Earle Combs breaks his leg and will be out most of the year.

White Sox SS Bill Barrett steals home twice, in the first and the 9th, in a game against Cleveland. He ties the major-league mark.

1922
» Making his major league debut, Brooklyn rookie Harry "Pop" Shriver tosses a 2–0 shut out over the Phillies. Shriver is the first Brooklyn hurler to debut with a shutout, but he'll end his career at just 4–6.

1920
» Detroit loses its first 13 games, equaling Washington's lowly start of 1904.

In Boston, Brooklyn's Leon Cadore and the Braves' Joe Oeschger duel 26 innings to a 1-1 tie in the longest game ever played in the ML. Oeschger shuts out the Dodgers for the last 21 innings, topping Art Nehf's 20 scoreless frames in a row on August 1, 1918. He gives up nine hits, and Cadore allows 12, in the 3-hour, 50-minute game. The Dodgers lose to the Phils at home in 13 innings the next day, then return to Boston for a Monday game where they lose again in 19. For 58 innings work in 3 days, they are 0-2. An unusual double play occurs in the 17th inning when the bases are loaded with one out. A grounder to P Oeschger results in a throw home, forcing the runner. C Hank Gowdy's throw to 1B Walter Holke is fumbled, and when the runner tries to score from 2B, the throw back to Gowdy nips the sliding Ed Konetchy.

Babe Ruth hits his first HR as a Yankee in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox. The HR clears the roof of the Polo Grounds.

1916
» Lefty Babe Ruth loses his first game after five wins, as the Nationals beat Boston, 5–3. Ruth allows just five singles in seven 2/3 innings, but walks 9. The Babe walks the bases loaded in the 8th, and reliever Dutch Leonard serves up a 3-run double to Washington catcher John Henry.

The Phils' Pete Alexander beats Boston, 3–0, for his 2nd shutout of the year.

1915
» In their second matchup of the season, Grover Cleveland Alexander again tops Christy Mathewson, as the Phils win, 4–2.

1913
» Pete Alexander earns his first win of the year, topping the Giants Jeff Tesreau, 1–0. Alex scores the only Phils run after reaching base on an error.

Brooklyn's Casey Stengel hits two inside the park homers off Boston's Otto Hess in a 4–2 win on the road. On August 16th, teammate Bob Fisher will duplicate the feat against the Cardinals, off Rube Geyer and Harry Trekell.

1912
» Ty Cobb swipes home in the 1st inning and the Tigers go on to beat the White Sox, 6–5.

George Sisler, a freshman pitching for the University of Michigan, strikes out 20 in seven innings.

1906
» John Lush, 20, posts a 1-0 no-hitter over Brooklyn for the Phils, striking out 11. Mal Eason takers the loss. The Philadelphia Inquirer states, "The trolley dodgers were triumphantly baffled by Lush's drop curve."

The Boston Pilgrims drop an 8-0 decision to the Highlanders, the first of franchise record 19 losses in a row. OF Jesse Burkett is released by the Pilgrims to manage the Worcester team, which he owns. Burkett will be voted in to the Hall of Fame in 1946 by the Vet's committee.

1905
» Cold weather holds the crowd to 1,500 at South End Grounds, as Christy Mathewson and the Giants freeze the Beaneaters, 8-2. For Matty, it is his 100th career victory.

1902
» Christy Mathewson pitches his 2nd shutout of the year against Philadelphia, this time allowing just two Quaker hits while striking out 8. Matty also cracks his first ML homer, off Cy Vorhees.

1901
» An AL first: two HRs in one game, and both grand slams-by Herm McFarland and Dummy Hoy in the White Sox’ 19-9 win over Detroit. The Tigers’ 12 errors-10 by the infield-set another AL record, which the White Stockings will tie May 6, 1903, against the Tigers.

1899
» Cleveland wins its home opener over the Louisville Colonels 5–4 in 14 innings before only 500 fans. They lose the 2nd game of the twin bill 2–1.

1898
» The Board of Discipline of the National Baseball League adopts a set of rules to suppress rowdy ball playing. John T. Brush said the resolution, which he proposed, "has worked like a charm."

1891
» Cleveland opens new League Park at 66th and Lexington with Cy Young pitching the Spiders to a 12–3 victory over the Reds before a crowd of about 9,500.

1880
» Opening Day in the National League. In Cincinnati, the Chicagos spoil the official opening of the new park by beating the Reds 4–3 with two runs in the bottom of the 9th. This is the first pro game ended in "sudden death," as the old rules required that the full inning be played out even if the team batting last was already ahead.