Sept. 22
1911 — Cy Younger, 44, beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 for his 511th and remaining main league victory.
1936 — The Detroit Tigers swept the St. Louis Browns 12-0 and 14-0 to document the most important double shutout in main league historical past.
1954 — Karl Spooner of Brooklyn turned the primary pitcher within the majors to strike out 15 in his first recreation because the Dodgers beat the New York Giants 3-0.
1966 — The Baltimore Orioles clinched their first AL pennant in 22 years with a 6-1 victory over the Kansas Metropolis A’s. Their final pennant got here in 1944 once they had been the St. Louis Browns.
1968 — Cesar Tovar performed one inning at every place for the Minnesota Twins, turning into the second main leaguer in historical past to do it. Bert Campaneris of the Oakland A’s was the opposite.
1969 — Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants turned the second participant to hit 600 profession dwelling runs — becoming a member of Babe Ruth. The 2-run shot off San Diego’s Mike Corkins within the seventh inning, gave the Giants a 4-2 win.
1973 — Baltimore’s Al Bumbry tied the major-league document with three triples because the Orioles beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-1 and clinched the American League East title.
1977 — Bert Blyleven tossed a 6-0 no-hitter for Texas in opposition to the Angels at Anaheim Stadium.
1986 — Fernando Valenzuela of Los Angeles turned the primary Mexican to win 20 video games, beating the Houston Astros 9-2 whereas permitting two hits.
1990 — Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs stole his three hundredth base in an 11-5 loss to the New York Mets, to grow to be the second participant with 300 homers, 300 steals and a pair of,000 hits. Willie Mays was the opposite.
1993 — Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers confronted three Seattle batters earlier than hurting his proper elbow. Ryan completed his profession with 324 wins, 5,714 strikeouts and 7 no-hitters.
2000 — Houston’s Jose Lima set an NL single-season document by permitting his forty seventh homer within the Astros’ 12-5 loss to Cincinnati. The foremost league document for dwelling runs allowed in a season is 50, set by Minnesota’s Bert Blyleven in 1986.
2003 — Detroit set an AL document with its 118th loss, falling 12-6 to Kansas Metropolis. The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics (36-117) set the document.
2003 — Second baseman Alfonso Soriano broke a serious league document by hitting his thirteenth leadoff homer of the yr within the New York Yankees’ 10-inning loss to the Chicago White Sox.
2006 — Alfonso Soriano turned baseball’s first 40-40-40 participant in Washington’s 3-2 win over the New York Mets. Soriano hit his fortieth double and stole his forty first base. With 45 homers, he already was solely the fourth main league participant with 40 homers and 40 steals in a season.
2018 — The Atlanta Braves capped a most stunning season by clinching their first NL East crown since 2013, with Mike Foltynewicz taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. A yr after going 70-92, supervisor Brian Snitker and his Child Braves surged again into the playoffs.