July 28, 1890- Giant hurler Mickey Welch beats the Pirates, 4-2, to become baseball's third 300-game winner . The 31-year old Brooklyn native will win only seven more games before ending his 13-year career next season.
July 28, 1943- In a Red Cross charity game played at Yankee Stadium,‚ retired outfielder Babe Ruth leads a Yank-Lands club, a combination of former Yankee and Indian ballplayers, against the Cloudbusters, a U.S. Navy team from the Chapel Hill Naval Pre-Flight School based at the University of North Carolina. ‘The Bambino', appearing as pinch-hitter in his only plate appearance in the 8-5 loss to the servicemen, is walked by 25-year old Navy pilot trainee and Boston Braves right-hander Johnny Sain.
July 28, 1964- During a 3-1 victory over the Yankees in New York, Jim Fregosi of the expansion Angels becomes the first player to hit for the cycle during the 3+ year of existence of the franchise. The Los Angeles third baseman will accomplish the feat again in 1968 making it the second occurrence in club history.
July 28, 1976- White Sox pitchers John Odom (5 innings) and Francisco Barrios (4 innings) combined to no-hit the A's, 2-1.
July 28, 1979- Cubs' slugger Dave Kingman becomes the sixth player in major league history to hit three home runs in one game twice in one season. The Mets win the game, 6-4.
July 28, 1983- American League president Lee MacPhail decides George Brett's 'Pine Tar' home run should count. The remainder of the game will played on August 18 with the Royals beating the Yankees, 5-4.
July 28, 1985- The Hall of Fame welcomes Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, Arky Vaughan and Hoyt Wilhelm as members. Wilhelm is the first pitcher to be inducted because of his role as a relief pitcher.
July 28, 1991- Expos' Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game defeating Los Angeles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium. Ron Hassey becomes the first backstop to ever catch two perfect games as he also was behind the plate on May, 15, 1981 when pitcher Indian hurler Len Barker faced 27 batters beating the Blue Jays, 3-0.
July 28, 1993- Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. homers in his eighth straight game to tie a major league record held by Dale Long (1956) and Don Mattingly (1987). In tomorrow’s game Junior will barely miss breaking the record as he hits a long double of right-center field wall at the Kingdome.
July 28, 1994- Beating the Angels, 4-0, Rangers' southpaw Kenny Rogers becomes the first American League lefty to pitch a perfect game.94 Rangers' southpaw Kenny Rogers becomes the first American League lefty to pitch a perfect game beating the Angels, 4-0.
July 28, 1998- After setting the record yesterday for hitting the most home runs before getting a grand slam, Sammy Sosa hits another today becoming the 18th major leaguer to hit a grand slam on consecutive days.
July 28, 2002- During his induction speech at the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cooperstown, with the song Somewhere Over the Rainbow playing in the background and a copy of 'The Wizard of Oz' in his hands, Ozzie Smith compares his baseball career to Dorothy's away trip from Kansas. Citing the recipe for his success during his 19-year career with Cardinals and Padres, the 47-year-old tells the crowd he had the mind to dream, which the Scarecrow cherished, a heart to believe, which the Tin Man wanted, and courage, which the Lion lacked, in order to persevere.
July 28, 2002- In a 7-1 loss to the Phillies at Turner Field, Gary Sheffield's team record of reaching base ends at 52 straight games. The Braves' right fielder surpasses Dale Murphy's previous mark of 48 consecutive contests.
July 28, 2004- Nailing down a 2-0 Angels victory over the Rangers, Troy Percival becomes the 18th major league reliever to record 300 saves. The 34-year old right-hander is the fifth fastest to reach the career milestone.
July 28, 2007
With the help two day-night doubleheaders, MLB establishes a new daily attendance record as 717,478 go through the turnstiles for the 17 games played on Saturday. The former mark of 640,412, set on July 3, 1999, was accomplished with the same number of games played .
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