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Pitchers
1997 48th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes

1995 47th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)

1991 Bob Milacki and 3 other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0

1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays

1990 46th time opposing pitchers hit home run, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)

1988 45th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, Mark Davis (Padres)/Mike Krukow

1977 "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers

1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson and Kekich announce they swapped wives

1968 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 New York Yankees in a 9 inning game

1967 Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning

1966 Cleveland pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings

1965 Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants

1961 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns

1959 Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate

1957 Chicago Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning

1949 St. Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3

1945 Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches

1934 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant

1928 NL President John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers

1920 AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it

1919 NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers

1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City

1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089


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