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Reliever
1995 Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save

1994 Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253

1993 St. Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves

1990 White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57

1990 New York Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves

1989 Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award

1989 Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances

1986 Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year

1984 Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award

1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award

1980 Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires

1979 Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award

1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to

1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves

1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0

1968 Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964)

1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6

1950 Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP

1939 White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance



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