1936: 17-year-old Bob Feller tossed a 2-hitter to beat the Philadelphia A’s 5-2 on Sept. 13. The Cleveland youngster fanned 17 batters to set an American League record.
1965: Willie Mays hit his 500th career home run off Houston’s Don Nottebart in a 5-1 San Francisco victory.
1995: Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker, the middle infield of the Detroit Tigers, set an American League record when they played in their 1,915th game together.
2004: Eric Chavez singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, leading Oakland to a wild 7-6 win over Texas in a game that was delayed in the ninth after Texas reliever Frank Francisco hurled a chair and hit two fans. The chair hit a man in the head and broke a woman’s nose.
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EDITED BY MIKE PANKOW AND DANIEL ELLMAN
