Major League Baseball Timeline

1904 May 5 Cy Young Pitches a Perfect Game
The first perfect game in American League history was thrown by Cy Young who had his last no-hit game in the National League in 1897. His appearances in games prior to this one included t...
1908 Oct 2 Addie Joss Pitches a Perfect Game
Addie Joss was born in the unincorporated community of Woodland in Dodge County, Wisconsin, where his father was a cheese maker. Several of his nicknames in baseball reflected this. As a ...
1922 Apr 30 Charlie Robertson Pitches a Perfect Game
Charles Culbertson Robertson (January 31, 1896 – August 23, 1984) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Born in Dexter, Texas, and grew up in Nocona, Texas graduating from ...
1933 Jul 6 First Major League All-Star Game
The first All-Star Game was held as part of the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois, and was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for The Chicago Tribune. Initially intended...
1939 Aug 26 The Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers Play the First Televised Major League Baseball Game
It was on W2XBS, later known as WNBC, where Red Barber called the Brooklyn Dodgers-Cincinnati Reds doubleheader on Saturday, August 26, 1939 from Ebbets Field -- the first major-league ba...
1953 Jun 3 Alexander Cartwright is Officially Credited by the United States Congress with Inventing the Modern Game of Baseball
In the early twentieth century, the invention of baseball was attributed to Abner Doubleday, widely considered a myth by later sports historians. Cartwright was a bookseller in Manhattan,...
1956 Oct 8 Don Larsen Pitches a Perfect Game
Donald James Larsen (born August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for 14 seasons. Larsen is best known for pitching a perfect game i...
1964 Jun 21 Jim Bunning Pitches a Perfect Game
James Paul David "Jim" Bunning (born October 23, 1931) is an American politician and former pitcher in Major League Baseball. Bunning pitched in the Major Leagues for 17 seasons, most ...
1965 Sep 9 Sandy Koufax Pitches a Perfect Game
Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in Major League Baseball against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium on September 9, 1965. Koufax, by retiring 27 consecutive...
1968 May 8 Catfish Hunter Pitches a Perfect Game
James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter (April 8, 1946 - September 9, 1999), was a Major League right-handed starting pitcher between 1965 and 1979. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hal...
1972 Oct 15 Jackie Robinson Throws Out The First pitch At The Second Game Of The World Series
On October 15, 1972, Jackie Robinson threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the second game of the World Series commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of his becoming the first Afric...
1981 May 15 Len Barker Pitches a Perfect Game
Leonard Harold Barker III (born July 7, 1955 in Fort Knox, Kentucky), better known as Lenny Barker or Len Barker, is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He playe...
1984 Sep 30 Mike Witt Pitches a Perfect Game
Michael Atwater "Mike" Witt (born July 20, 1960 in Fullerton, California) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. At just twenty years of age, Witt made his major league debut wi...
1988 Sep 16 Tom Browning Pitches a Perfect Game
Thomas Leo Browning (born April 28, 1960 in Casper, Wyoming) was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (1984-1994) and the Kansas City Royals (1995). He is a...
1991 Jul 28 Dennis Martinez Pitches a Perfect Game
The winningest Hispanic pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball topped off his hall of fame career with this perfect game against the first place Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mike M...
1994 Jul 28 Kenny Rogers Pitches a Perfect Game
Kenny Rogers was a four year veteran of the mound who focused on relief pitching. The Rangers converted him to a starter the previous season and he took the mound with a 10-6 record befor...
1998 May 17 David Wells Pitches a Perfect Game
On May 17 Wells dragged his 5.23 ERA out to the Yankee Stadium mound to face the Minnesota Twins. He certainly started off stronger than on that depressing day against the Rangers, lockin...
1998 Sep 27 Mark McGwire Hits Record-Breaking 70th Season Home Run
The 1998 Major League Baseball home run chase in Major League Baseball was the race between first baseman Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and right fielder Sammy Sosa of the Chica...
1999 Jul 18 David Cone Pitches a Perfect Game
David Cone was simply perfect on a day when perfection was in attendance. The original battery of the 1956 World Series perfect game were on hand as it was Yogi Berra Day in Yankee Stadiu...
2004 May 18 Randy Johnson Pitches a Perfect Game
Randy Johnson had pretty much done it all -- Cy Young Awards, a no-hitter, strikeout records, a World Series championship. Only one thing was missing in his brilliant career, that rare...
2004 Nov 16 Barry Bonds Awarded Seventh NL MVP
Capping a season filled with suspicion and success, the San Francisco Giants left fielder became the oldest player to become the MVP of a major North American professional league. The 40-...
2009 Jul 23 Mark Buehrle Pitches a Perfect Game
White Sox left-hander Mark Buehrle, who pitched a no-hitter in 2007, retired all 27 Tampa Bay Rays batters he faced today for his first career perfect game in a 5-0 victory at U.S. Cellul...
2009 Aug 23 Eric Bruntlett Turns a Game-Ending Unassisted Triple Play Leading the Phillies to a 9-7 Win Over the Mets
On August 23, 2009, Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies turned the first ever game-ending unassisted triple play in the National League. Playing against the New York Mets, in the ...
2010 Jul 13 George Steinbrenner Dies
George Steinbrenner, who bought a declining Yankees team in 1973, promised to stay out of its daily affairs and then, in an often tumultuous reign, placed his formidable stamp on 7 World ...
2010 Nov 1 The San Fransisco Giants Defeat the Texas Rangers to Win Their First-Ever World Series
The Giants were more than an hour into their world-championship party, and it wasn't slowing down. A baseball field in Texas had become their San Francisco. Hundreds of fans gathered behi...
2010 Dec 2 Ron Santo Dies
Ron Santo played his last of 15 Major League seasons for the crosstown Chicago White Sox, but he was always a Cub. A star third baseman and part of the Cubs teams of the 1960s with Hall o...