2024 — Hall of FamerWillie Mays, in the conversation for the greatest player ever and one of the last survivors from the ...

1938 — Four days after pitching a no-hitter against the Boston Braves, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched his second straight no-hit game, defeating the Dodgers 6-0 in the first night ...

2014 — Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, winner of eight National League batting titles, passes away from cancer of the salivary gland at 54. 2015 — Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the ...

The next three weeks should give Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti a fairly accurate gauge on ...

The Dodgers said Sunday that Shohei Ohtani will make his Dodgers pitching debut Monday against the San Diego Padres.

1905 — Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his second no-hit game, beating the Chicago Cubs and Mordecai Brown 1-0. Mathewson and Brown matched no-hitters for eight innings. The Giants ...

Finally, No. 34 is retired by the A's for Rollie Fingers and Dave Stewart. Retiring No. 51 for both players is certainly a fair decision given how productive both players were in Seattle and the ...

Relief pitchers Jamie Easterly (left) and Rollie Fingers took part in a clubhouse celebration after the Brewers beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Oct. 3, 1981, at County Stadium.

They evolved naturally from the multi-inning bullpen aces (Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Bruce Sutter) to the true ninth-inning closers (Smith, Tom Henke, John Franco, Dennis Eckersley), so that ...

2. December 12, 1980: Rollie Fingers, Ted Simmons, and Pete Vuckovich Full trade: Milwaukee sends David Green, Dave LaPoint, Sixto Lezcano, and Lary Sorensen to St. Louis for Rollie Fingers ...