Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Musial, Mantle & Brett All Reach Milestones


May 13, 1958 - Stan Musial got his 3,000th hit with a pinch-double off Chicago's Moe Drabowsky at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals won 5-3.


May 13, 1967 - Mickey Mantle's 500th home run, off Stu Miller, lifted the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.


May 13, 1982 - The Chicago Cubs won game No. 8,000 in their history with a 5-0 victory over Houston at the Astrodome.


May 13, 1993 - George Brett hit his 300th career home run in the sixth inning of Kansas City's 7-3 victory over Cleveland. Brett joined Hank Aaron, Stan Musial, Carl Yastrzemski, Willie Mays and Al Kaline as the only players with at least 3,000 hits and 300 homers.

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