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Blake Hawksworth | He made his major league debut on June 6, 2009, pitching 2 IP, giving up 4 runs, 3 hits including a home run, walking 1, and striking out 1. |
Kris Medlen | gameId 320919128 On Sept. 30, 2012, Medlen led the Braves to their 23rd consecutive victory in games that he started, as they beat the Mets, 6-2. |
Rich Hill (pitcher) | Hill pitched against the Milwaukee Brewers for his first start of the 2007 season, throwing a perfect game through the first five innings, and finishing with allowing just one hit, and one run over 7 innings pitched. |
Stephen Drew | He was the fourth to hit for the cycle in 2008, and on the same day Adrián Beltré of the Seattle Mariners became the fifth. |
Daniel Cabrera | Cabrera was ejected in the fourth inning for throwing a beanball at the head of the Boston Red Sox's second baseman, Dustin Pedroia on September 7, 2007, after a third base balk. |
Roger Maris | He made a game-saving play in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1962 World Series against the San Francisco Giants. |
Nelson Cruz | During the 2011 ALCS, Cruz hit 6 home runs and had 13 RBIs, both postseason series records. |
Alex Fernandez (baseball) | On April 10 of that 1997 season, against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Fernandez had a no-hitter broken up with one out in the ninth on a Dave Hansen single (the ball going under Fernandez' glove and under his right leg), the only hit Fernandez would allow in defeating the Cubs 1-0. |
Will Venable | He posted his first Major League home run in his sixth game on September 4, 2008, during a 5 -- 2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. |
Paul Byrd | On October 8, 2007, Byrd was the winning pitcher in a 6 -- 4 win against the New York Yankees, giving the Cleveland Indians a 3 -- 1 series win in the 2007 American League Division Series. |
Erv Dusak | On July 7, 1946, he hit a game-winning, three-run home run to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers and to move his club within a half game of the National League lead. |
Glenn Abbott | On September 28, 1975, Abbott pitched one inning of a no-hitter over the California Angels on the last day of the regular season, relieving Vida Blue, who threw the first five innings. |
Clayton Richard | Richard made his first start for the Padres on August 1, 2009, recording no decision in 5 innings at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. |
Wil Nieves | Nieves scored a two-run homer on his debut August 9, 2012 at the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 6 to 3 win. |
Reggie Jackson | He is perhaps best remembered for hitting three consecutive home runs in the clinching game of the 1977 World Series. |
Rob Dibble | On June 4, 1989, Dibble struck out three batters on nine pitches in the eighth inning of a 5 -- 3 win over the San Diego Padres. |
Wilson Valdez | On April 29, 2007, he scored the game-winning run in a game against the San Diego Padres that lasted 17 innings. |
Dee Fondy | He hit his 5th home run of 1956 in the 10th inning of a July 19 game with Philadelphia. |
Scott Hairston | During his first game as a San Diego Padres starter (August 3, 2007), Hairston hit two consecutive home runs. |
Alexi Amarista | On June 28, 2012, Amarista hit his first career home-run, a grand slam off of Brett Myers, to cap off a six-run ninth inning in a victory against the Houston Astros. |
Madison Bumgarner | Despite a ten-day layoff, Bumgarner became the youngest pitcher in Giants franchise history to pitch in and win a postseason game, which he did against the Braves in the NLDS clinching-game on October 11, 2010. |
Yadier Molina | 2007 game, the first time they faced each other in the Major Leagues Bengie Molina | Bengie in a 2007 game, the first time they faced each other in the Major Leagues In a game against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 15, 2007, Molina picked Prince Fielder off first base as he leaned far off the bag, tipping off Molina and first baseman Albert Pujols to a hit and run the Brewers were planning. |
Mark Reynolds (baseball) | On October 3, 2007, when Arizona faced the Chicago Cubs in the first game of the 2007 NLDS, Reynolds' seventh-inning home run off of Cubs reliever Carlos Mármol led the Diamondbacks to a 3 -- 1 victory and winning the division series in just 3 games. |
Michael Young (baseball) | On August 7, 2011, Young hit an infield single against Josh Tomlin of the Cleveland Indians for his 2,000 th career hit. |
Gary Sutherland | He scored the first run in franchise history, on a Bob Bailey double in the first inning of the Expos' inaugural game, an 11 -- 10 victory over the New York Mets at Shea Stadium on April 8, 1969. |
Vern Ruhle | His last appearance was in Game 4 of the 1986 American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox, entering with the Angels trailing 1 -- 0 with two out in the seventh inning ; he surrendered two more runs in the eighth inning, but the Angels won in 11 innings after tying the game with three runs in the ninth. |
Henry Blanco | In the 2006 Caribbean Series, Blanco had a walk off double off the top of the opposing shortstop's head in the championship game to give the Leones del Caracas the series championship win over the Tigres del Licey. |
Lonnie Smith | Smith committed a baserunning blunder very late in the seventh game of the 1991 World Series, playing against the Minnesota Twins. |
Tony Mullane | Mullane set a dubious record on June 18, 1894, by allowing 16 runs in the first inning of a game with the Boston Beaneaters. |
Jorge Velandia | His first major league home run, which was a grand slam came on September 25, 2007. |
Mart?n Prado | He hit his first career home run on September 14, 2006, against Jamie Moyer of the Philadelphia Phillies. |
Pl?cido Polanco | On May 14, 2012, Polanco reached the 2,000 hit mark with an eighth-inning home run off David Carpenter of the Houston Astros. |
Suds Sutherland | htm In 1921, he got his shot at the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers. |
Steve Avery | He made 19 relief appearances, including the final appearance of his career on July 20, 2003, at U. S. Cellular Field against the Chicago White Sox. |
Hunter Pence | On September 14, 2013, Hunter Pence lifted his first Giants career grand slam over the center-field wall at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles off of Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Stephen Fife and drove in a career-high 7 RBIs, helping propel the Giants to a historic 19 -- 3 rout of their longtime rival the Dodgers. |
Seth Smith | Smith was the final out in the 2007 World Series, striking out against Boston Red Sox's closer Jonathan Papelbon. |
Bruce Chen | He threw seven perfect innings before allowing a hit on July 20, 2010 against the Los Angeles Angels. |
P. J. Walters | On May 22, 2012, Walters threw his first complete game, and the Twins first of the season, against the White Sox in a 9-2 win. |
Don Hood | His final major league appearance came on October 2, 1983, coincidentally also at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, in an 8 - 4 Royals' loss. |
Jason Kubel | thumb | right | Kubel's clutch June 13, 2006 grand slam (baseball) | grand slam. |
Chris Young (outfielder) | On August 11, 2011, he belted a 3-run homer in the bottom of the tenth against the Houston Astros to give the Diamondbacks an 8 -- 5 win and move them a full game in front of the San Francisco Giants in the NL West. |
Tom Veryzer | On May 15, 1981, Veryzer made a brilliant play on an Alfredo Griffin ground ball up the middle to record the first out of the day's match-up with the Toronto Blue Jays. |
George Mullin (baseball) | And on July 4, 1912 (Mullin's 32nd birthday), he pitched the first no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history, as Mullin helped himself with 3 hits and 2 RBIs in the game. |
Kenshin Kawakami | On June 26, 2010, Kawakami got his first win of the 2010 season against the Detroit Tigers at Turner Field He pitched seven innings with six strikeout s in a 4-3 win for the Braves. |
Brent Lillibridge | On July 12, 2008 in a game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park, Lillibridge hit his first major league home run against relief pitcher Joe Thatcher. |
Jason Schmidt | Schmidt recorded his first ML victory in his first start, pitching eight scoreless innings against the Chicago Cubs on September 3, 1995. |
Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher) | He helped to lead the Padres to the 1998 World Series, but not before blowing a save in Game 5 of the NLCS during a rare relief appearance. |
Johnny Edwards (baseball) | In the 1961 World Series Edwards had 4 hits and 2 RBIs in a losing cause, as the New York Yankees defeated the Reds in 5 games. |
John Cerutti | On June 7, 1989, Cerutti recorded the first Blue Jays win in SkyDome, their new stadium. |
Gavin Floyd | Floyd made his Major League debut September 3, 2004, against the division rival New York Mets and earned the win pitching seven innings and allowing only one run on four hits, striking out five. |
John Smoltz | Despite a sore shoulder, Smoltz pitched seven innings in the Braves' 7 -- 1 win over the Houston Astros in Game Two of the 2005 NLDS. |
Drew Storen | Storen took on the closer role for the 2012 National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals in the Nationals' first playoff appearance since the team moved to Washington. |
Gil McDougald | His last appearance was in Game Seven of the 1960 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates ; as a pinch runner in the top of the ninth, he scored on Yogi Berra's ground ball to tie the game at 9 -- 9. |
Charlie Hayes | He appeared in three games during the 1996 American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers and was one for seven with a run batted in. |
Michiel van Kampen | In the 2002 Intercontinental Cup, Van Kampen pitched a scoreless inning against Japan but gave up two runs in 2/3 of an inning against the Venezuelan national team. |
Ichiro Suzuki | On September 1, 2010, Ichiro also collected his 2,200 th hit, a leadoff infield single against Cleveland Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin. |
Calvin Schiraldi | Schiraldi appeared in four of the seven games of the 1986 American League Championship Series against the California Angels. |
Randy Johnson | Johnson was a disappointment in Game 3 of the 2005 Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, allowing 5 runs on 2 home runs in 3 innings. |
Randor Bierd | On April 2, 2008, Bierd made his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays, and pitched two scoreless innings. |
Duke Welker | Welker made his major league debut on June 23, 2013, against the Los Angeles Angels, pitching a scoreless eighth inning in relief. |
Gabby Hartnett | But the greatest moment of Hartnett's career came with one week left in the 1938 season, when he hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to put the Cubs into first place. |
Jim Leyritz | He is best known for his 3-run home run off Atlanta Braves closer Mark Wohlers in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series. |
Ruppert Jones | The Angels won the American League West that year, earning Jones his second trip to the post-season, but lost the 1986 American League Championship Series to the Boston Red Sox in heart-breaking fashion. |
Neftal? Feliz | On October 30, 2010, Feliz went three up, three down to close a 4 -- 2 Rangers win in Game 3 of the World Series, making him the second youngest player to record a save in the World Series. |
Rafael Belliard | Belliard made his final Major League appearance on April 9, 1998, in a 4 -- 3 Braves win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
Anthony Bass | Bass made his major league debut on June 13, 2011, pitching a five-inning start and earning his first major league win. |
Matt Maloney (baseball) | He also became the first Reds pitcher to get a hit in his first Major League plate appearance since Scott Randal in 2003. |
Doug Bair | On August 13, 1977, Bair recorded his first career save in a 9-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles. |
Brian Holman | On April 9, 1990, Holman was the Mariners `` Opening Night'' starting pitcher vs. the California Angels and recorded the victory with a 7-1 win. |
Sam Jethroe | On April 18, 1950, Jethroe became the first black player on the Boston Braves roster, and collected two hits including a home run. |
Bob Milacki | On April 23, 1989, Milacki pitched a rare complete game shutout against the Minnesota Twins in which he faced the minimum 27 batters, as one would in a perfect game ; he allowed 3 hits and 2 walks. |
Orlando Cabrera | In Game 2 of the 2004 ALDS, he hit a bases-clearing double, as the Red Sox went on to sweep the 3 game series from the Los Angeles Angels. |
Shane Youman | He got his first career win on July 3, 2007 against the Milwaukee Brewers. |
Francisco Rosario | His first MLB win came on May 10, 2006, with the Toronto, against the Oakland Athletics. |
Robert Ray (baseball) | Ray managed to secure his first win on May 16, 2009 after pitching a brilliant 8 innings giving up no earned runs. |
Ryan Hanigan | As a pinch hitter on June 5, 2003, Hanigan hit the game-tying single against Clinton LumberKings to score Luis Bolivar ; the Dragons won the game, overcoming an eight-run deficient. |
Roger Bresnahan | He was hit in the head with a pitch by Andy Coakley of the Cincinnati Reds on June 18, 1907. |
Tim Hudson | On April 30, 2013 Hudson became the 113th major league pitcher to reach 200 wins, with an 8-1 victory over the Washington Nationals at Turner Field. |
Pat Zachry | He appeared in games three and four of the 1983 National League Championship Series, both won by the Philadelphia Phillies by final scores of 7-2. |
Edwin Maysonet | It was his second career home run and the first grand slam for the Brewers in the 2012 season. |
Dan Quisenberry | At the age of 26, he made his major league debut with the Kansas City Royals on July 8, 1979 against the Chicago White Sox, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings, and surrendering just two hits and no walks. |
Jai Miller | As a Royal in 2010 he got his first major league hit, a single, against the Detroit Tigers. |
Cody Ross | In the ensuing 2010 National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, Ross started all four games in right field, hit a home run to tie the deciding fourth game, and batted in the winning runs in two of the Giants' three wins. |
Chris Young (pitcher) | He ended the season by winning his only career postseason start ; on October 7, he earned a 3 -- 1 victory in Game 3 of the 2006 National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. |
Mike Maroth | Maroth pitched two innings of an exhibition game on March 3,, the first time he had thrown in a major league game since 2007. |
Marvell Wynne (baseball) | On April 13, 1987, Wynne, Tony Gwynn, and John Kruk became the first players in major league history to open a game with three consecutive solo home runs in a 13-6 San Diego Padres win over the San Francisco Giants. |
Jim Thome | During the strike-shortened season, Thome had his first career multi-home run game, hitting two solo home runs on June 22, 1994 against Detroit Tigers' pitcher John Doherty. |
Mike Pelfrey | On August 20, 2008, Pelfrey pitched the first complete game of his career against the Atlanta Braves. |
Joe Mather | He had a career high 4 hit, 4 RBI night when the Braves faced the Angels on May 21, 2011. |
Willie Horton (baseball) | He hit three home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers on June 9, 1970. |
Troy Tulowitzki | He collected his first Major League hit, an infield single off of Óliver Pérez of the Mets, on August 31, 2006. |
Mike Pelfrey | Pelfrey made his major-league debut with the Mets on July 8, 2006, earning the win in a 17 -- 3 victory against the Florida Marlins. |
Jon Lester | On May 19, 2008, Lester threw his first career Major League no-hitter, and the 18th in Red Sox history, in a 7 -- 0 win against the Kansas City Royals. |
Jim Hardin | As a member of the Atlanta Braves on June 28, 1971, he hit a 2-out solo home run in the 4th inning off the Padres' Fred Norman in San Diego Stadium. |
Yamaico Navarro | On July 2, 2011, Navarro hit his first career home run off Houston Astros pitcher J. A. Happ. |
Jes?s Montero | On Labor Day of September 5, 2011, during a game against the Baltimore Orioles, Montero hit his first two home runs of his Major League career and the Yankees took an 11 -- 10 victory. |
George Mullin (baseball) | In the 1908 Series, Mullin pitched a complete game shutout for a win. |
Josh Tomlin | On May 7, 2012, Tomlin pitched a no-decision with a career-high 8 strikeouts in a win versus the White Sox. |
Tomohito Ito | He pitched in a minor league game in October, 2002, and struck out the first batter he faced before dislocating his shoulder against the second batter. |
Scott Feldman | His career-high 11 strikeouts were the most by a Ranger since Matt Perisho struck out 12 in 1999 (see mlb. |