1997 Event Colorado Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP 1997 Event Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award 1997 Event San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year 1997 Event Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games 1996 Event Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP 1996 Event Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award 1996 Event Los Angeles Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year 1996 Event San Diego Padres sweep Los Angeles Dodgers in race for NL West title 1996 Event 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1995 Event Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds) 1995 Event Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central 1995 Event Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to home run twice in one inning 1995 Event 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas 1995 Event Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career home run (429) 1994 Event Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12 1993 Event Giants need to beat Dodgers to force a playoff game with Braves for NL West title, but Dodgers destroy Giants 12-1, Giants end year 103-59 1993 Event Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL and NL 1992 Event Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates in 7 games for NL pennant 1992 Event Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title 1992 Event Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title 1992 Event Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East 1992 Event Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play 1992 Death Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53 1991 Event Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP 1991 Event Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award 1991 Event Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates for NL pennant in 7 games 1991 Event New York Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies 1991 Event Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0 1991 Event Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day 1991 Event South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises 1991 Event NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration 1990 Event NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion 1990 Event NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win) 1990 Event NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants 1990 Event Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds wins NL MVP 1990 Event Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award 1990 Event Braves Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year 1990 Event Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title 1990 Event Reds are 1st NL team to clinch title, staying in 1st place all year 1990 Event Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark 1990 Event NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season 1990 Event Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with San Francisco Giants 1989 Event Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award 1989 Event Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year 1989 Event Oakland wins AL West and San Francisco wins NL West title 1989 Event Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head 1989 Event NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president 1988 Event Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award 1988 Event Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award 1988 Event Chris Sabo, wins NL Rookie of Year award 1988 Event Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313) 1988 Event Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL 1988 Event NL President Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish 1988 Event Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM 1987 Event Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award 1987 Event Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year 1987 Event 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad 1986 Event Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year 1986 Event Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP 1986 Event Houston's Astro Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young Award 1986 Event Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young 1986 Event Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 and win NL pennant 1986 Event 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's) 1986 Event Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306) 1986 Event Mets clinch NL East Championship 1986 Event A. Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL 1986 Event Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame 1985 Event Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year 1985 Event Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young 1985 Event 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden) 1985 Event Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993 1985 Event Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning, for NL rookie record 74 1985 Event 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn 1985 Event Los Angeles Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 home runs in June 1985 Event Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 1984 Event Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year 1984 Event New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year 1984 Event Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award 1984 Event Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young 1984 Event Cubs clinch NL East title 1984 Event Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236 1984 Event Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th 1984 Event 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco 1984 Event NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th 1984 Event Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career 1983 Event Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak 1983 Event Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales 1983 Event Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games 1983 Event New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment 1982 Event Dale Murphy wins NL MVP 1982 Event Cards clinching NL East title 1982 Event 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot home run off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2 1982 Event 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal 1981 Event Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year 1981 Event Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP 1981 Event Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant 1981 Event Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson) 1981 Event Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season 1981 Event Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record 1981 Event 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1981 Event NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) 1981 Event Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits 1980 Event Mike Schmidt is unanimous choice as NL MVP 1980 Event Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards 1980 Event Mike Schmidt's 2-run home run clinches NL East title for Phillies 1980 Event Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season 1980 Event 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles 1980 Event Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL and NL 1979 Event Los Angeles Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year 1979 Event Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL 1979 Event Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award 1979 Event Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313 1979 Event California Angels win their 1st NL West pennant 1979 Event Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL and NL (Astros) 1979 Event Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single 1979 Event 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle 1979 Event New York Giants Willie McCovey 513th home run is an NL lefty record 1979 Event NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M 1978 Event Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award 1978 Event Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP 1978 Event Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL) 1978 Event Phillies clinch NL East title 1978 Event Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title 1978 Event Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL) 1978 Event Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44 1978 Event Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games 1978 Event Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games 1978 Event 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium 1977 Event Reds' George Foster wins NL MVP 1977 Event Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant) 1977 Event Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title 1977 Event Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter 1977 Event San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer 1977 Event 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1976 Event Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award 1976 Event San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young 1976 Event Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title 1976 Event 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia 1976 Event Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break 1976 Event NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phillies win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive home runs 1975 Event Reds 2nd baseman Joe Morgan is named NL MVP 1975 Event Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year 1975 Event Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title 1975 Event Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak 1975 Event 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee 1975 Event Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April 1974 Event Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year 1974 Event Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP 1974 Event Hank Aaron's 733rd career home run on his last NL at bat 1974 Event Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St. Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17 1974 Event 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts 1973 Event San Diego files anti-trust against NL (stopping Padres move to DC) 1973 Event NL votes to move San Diego Padres to Washington D.C. (doesn't happen) 1973 Event Gary Matthews wins NL Rookie of Year 1973 Event Pete Rose wins NL MVP 1973 Event Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award 1973 Event NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington D.C. 1973 Event 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, KC 1973 Event Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial) 1973 Event New York Mets are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1973 Event San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off home runs 1972 Event Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL 1972 Event Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award 1972 Event 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego) 1972 Event 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad 1972 Event Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1972 Event Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 home run hitter (649) 1972 Event Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) 1971 Event Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year 1971 Event Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP 1971 Event Willie Mays hits his 638th home run, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored 1970 Event Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year 1970 Event Johnny Bench wins NL MVP 1970 Event Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award 1970 Event After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out 1970 Event 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1970 Event NL offices begins move from Cincinnati to San Francisco (completed February 23) 1969 Event Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year 1969 Event San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP 1969 Event Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award 1969 Event Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant 1969 Event New York Mets clinch NL East pennant 1969 Event 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington D.C. 1969 Event On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896) 1968 Event Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP 1968 Event In NL expansion draft, Expos and Padres choose 30 players each 1968 Event AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires 1968 Event Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL 1968 Event NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969 1968 Event 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston 1968 Event Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions 1968 Event NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise 1968 Event NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises 1968 Event Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964) 1968 Event NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams 1967 Event Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year 1967 Event NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City 1967 Event St. Louis Cardinals Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP 1967 Event SF's Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award 1967 Event Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year 1967 Event 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA 1967 Event Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader 1966 Event Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year 1966 Event Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP 1966 Event 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St. Louis 1966 Event Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game 1966 Event Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966 1965 Event Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted NL Rookie of Year 1965 Event Willie Mays named NL MVP 1965 Event Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously 1965 Event Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant 1965 Event Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August 1965 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise 1965 Event 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn 1965 Event Willie Mays 512th home run breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record 1965 Event NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster 1964 Event Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP 1964 Event NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966 1964 Event Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta 1964 Event St. Louis is 1st NL to score runs in every game since 1923, win 15-2 1964 Event St. Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL, and win World Series 1964 Event 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York 1964 Event Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH 1963 Event Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year 1963 Event Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award 1963 Event New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends 1963 Event 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland 1962 Event Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NL's MVP 1962 Event SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff 1962 Event Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games 1962 Event 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington 1962 Event Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431 1962 Event New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season 1962 Event Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record 1962 Event NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule 1961 Event Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year 1961 Event Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269 1961 Event 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF 1960 Event Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year 1960 Event NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP 1960 Event NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league 1960 Event For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant 1960 Event Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352 1960 Event Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and New York franchises 1960 Event 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York 1960 Event 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC 1959 Event Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year 1959 Event Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP 1959 Event Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, and take NL pennant 1959 Event Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty 1959 Event Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game 1959 Event AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium) 1959 Event 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1958 Birthday Willie McGee, born in San Francisco, California, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals, NL MVP-1985 1958 Event Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City 1958 Event NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles 1957 Event Henry Aaron wins NL MVP 1957 Event Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year 1957 Event Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2 1957 Event Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln) 1957 Event Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak) 1957 Event NL approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast 1957 Birthday Kirk Gibson, Michigan, outfield, Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP 1957 Event Chicago Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning 1957 Event All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies 1956 Event Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year 1956 Event Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award 1956 Event AP names Cincinnati manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year 1956 Event 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C. 1956 Birthday Dale Murphy, born in Portland, Oregon, slugger, Atlanta Braves, 2 time NL MVP 1955 Event Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers) 1955 Event Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th home run of season 1955 Event 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw 1954 Birthday Andre Dawson, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP 1953 Event Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year 1953 Event Brooklyn Dodgers, clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team 1953 Event Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation 1953 Event 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1953 Event NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903) 1952 Event Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year 1952 Event Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP 1952 Event Dodgers clinch NL pennant 1952 Event 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia 1952 Event Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss 1951 Event AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games 1951 Event Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday 1951 Event Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella wins 1st of his 3 NL MVP 1951 Event Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins NL MVP 1951 Event NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball 1951 Event NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players 1951 Event 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit 1951 Birthday Dave Parker, baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978 1951 Birthday Bill Madlock, 4X NL batting champ for the Chicago Cubs 1950 Event Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year 1950 Event Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP 1950 Event Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning home run) 1950 Event 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chicago Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game 1950 Birthday Gary Matthews, baseball player, 1973 NL rookie of year 1949 Event NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP 1949 Event Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th home run and NL record 16th in September 1948 Event Stan Musial is picked NL MVP 1948 Event Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914 1948 Event Braves clinch NL pennant 1948 Event Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23 1947 Event Dodgers clinch NL pennant 1946 Event Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 1946 Event 1st NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St. Louis wins 2 games to 0) 1946 Event 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers) 1945 Event Cubs clinch NL pennant 1945 Event Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season 1945 Event Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th home run (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx) 1945 Event Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games 1944 Event Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP 1944 Event 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh 1943 Event Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; Stan Musial wins NL MVP 1943 Event Cardinals clinch NL pennant 1943 Event NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier 1943 Event NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears 1942 Event Mort Cooper wins NL MVP 1942 Event St. Louis Cardinals win NL pennant on last day of season 1941 Event Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade 1940 Event Reds beat Tigers ending NL's 10-game World Series losing streak 1940 Birthday Joseph Torre, outfield/manager, Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP 1940 Event 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis 1940 Event 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1) 1940 Birthday Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL home run leader 1938 Event NL batting champ Ernie Lombardi is named MVP 1938 Event Cubs clinch NL pennant 1938 Event 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati 1938 Event Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning 1937 Event St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP 1936 Event Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL 1936 Event Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double 1936 Event Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times 1936 Birthday Frank Howard, baseball player, NL Rookie of the Year 1960 1936 Event New York Giants are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1936 Event 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston 1935 Birthday Bob Gibson, Cardinal pitcher, Cy Young/NL MVP 1968 1935 Event Gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP 1935 Event Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game and clinch NL pennant 1935 Event Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115 1935 Event Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant 1935 Event Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run 1934 Event NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team) 1934 Event Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president 1934 Event Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP 1934 Birthday Orlando Cepeda, Giants player, NL MVP 1967 1934 Birthday Hank Aaron, born in Mobile, Alabama, baseball player, record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP 1934 Birthday Bill White, U.S., 1st baseman, Cards, announcer, Yankees, President, NL 1934 Event Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants 1932 Event Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP 1932 Birthday Maury Wills, baseball shortstop, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL MVP 1962 1932 Event Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant 1932 Event Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games 1932 Event NL, finally approves players wearing numbers 1931 Event Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers 1931 Event Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's 1931 Event St. Louis Cardinals repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies 1930 Event Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP 1930 Birthday Dick Groat, shortstop, NL MVP 1960 1930 Event AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP and BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP 1930 Event Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 home runs give him NL record 56 home runs 1930 Event Hack Wilson hits his 44th home run, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record 1930 Event St. Louis Cardinals are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1929 Event Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs 1929 Event Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last NL win 1929 Event Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a home run 1928 Event John McGraw backs NL President John Heydler's designated hitter idea 1928 Event NL President John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers 1928 Event Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP 1928 Birthday James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers, NL rookie of year 1953 1928 Event Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston 1928 Event Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6 1927 Event Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP 1927 Event Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds 1927 Event NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants 1926 Event Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4 1925 Event No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral 1925 Event NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began 1923 Event 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies) 1923 Event Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14 1922 Event Roger Hornsby sets NL home run mark at 42 1922 Birthday Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger, NL Batting Champ 1953 1921 Event AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7 1921 Birthday Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodger catcher, NL MVP 1951/53/55 1921 Event Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL 1920 Birthday Stan Musial, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ 1920 Event NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission 1919 Event NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers 1919 Event Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant 1919 Event Cincinnati Reds are 10 games back in NL, and win World Series 1919 Birthday Hank Sauer, baseball player, NL MVP 1952 1919 Event NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers 1917 Birthday Marty Marion, baseball player, NL MVP 1944 1917 Birthday Jim Konstanty, baseball player, NL MVP 1950 1916 Birthday Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player, NL MVP 1945 1916 Event NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20) 1916 Event NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cents seats 1914 Event Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant 1914 Event Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL 1914 Event NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep 1914 Event Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series 1913 Event Bkln Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as NL MVP 1913 Birthday Mort Cooper, baseball player, NL MVP 1942 1911 Event Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto 1909 Event Chicago Cubs beat New York Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant 1906 Event Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3 1905 Event Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3 1904 Event Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089 1904 Event NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants) 1904 Birthday John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer, NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36 1903 Event AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later 1903 Event Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge 1902 Event Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets 1901 Event Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching and spitting on an ump 1901 Event NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes 1900 Birthday Gabby Harnett, NL MVP 1935 1900 Event AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace 1900 Event NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1898 Birthday Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, New York City, baseball player, NL MVP 1931 1892 Event 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1 1891 Birthday Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher, led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs 1889 Event Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL 1889 Event New York Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn (AA) in world series 6 games to 3 1889 Event 1st all New York City World Series New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn (AA) 1887 Event Detroit (NL) beats St. Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series 1884 Event 1st World Series OK by AA, Providence (NL) sweeps New York Mets (AA) in 3 1884 Event 1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats New York Mets (AA) 6-0 1883 Event Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876 1882 Event 1st World Series (game 2), Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0 1882 Event 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0 1882 Event NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty 1881 Event Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams) 1879 Event NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players 1876 Event NY Mutuals and Philadelphia A's expelled from NL for not completing sked 1876 Event 1st to hit 2 home runs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's) 1876 Event 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14) 1876 Event 1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston) 1876 Event Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout) 1876 Event 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 1876 Event Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila 1876 Event 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Philadelphia-5)
