Barry Bonds Debut -May 30th, 1986

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Barry Bonds went 0 for 5 with 3 strike outs in his MLB Debut back on May 30th, 1986. The Pirates centerfielder went on to hit .223 with 16 homers, 48 r.b.i, while stealing 36 bases during the 113 games of his rookie year. It was also the only season he wore the #7 jersey before switching to # 24 to honor his Godfather Willie Mays.

Jose Throws a Few

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May 29th, 1993 - After allowing a ball to bounce off his head for a Homerun a few days before, Jose Canseco escalated the wackiness of his week by taking the mound for the Rangers during the 8th inning of a blowout loss to the Boston Red Sox. Jose gave up two hits, walked three, while allowing two runs in the eventual 15-1 loss to Boston. Worse yet, is that Jose had to undergo Tommy John Surgery a few months later and never threw another pitch in his career.

By the way, that side note about a non-pitcher referred to Rangers Shortstop Jeff Kunkel who moved to the mound for 1.2 innings deep in a 19-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Jeff gave up 4 runs on 4 hits, & walked three.

Last Place MVP

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Did you guys know that Andre Dawson became the first player in MLB History to be named a League MVP while playing on a last place team? Hawk batted .287, belted 49 homers and had 137 RBI’s on the 1987 season in which the Chicago Cubs finished in the bottom of the NL East standings at 76-85.