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Theme: tenure and longevity
Date: Jan 04, 2004
This native of Guayubin, Dominican Republic, was the oldest player to be a rookie in the National League. Name him. (Satchel Paige is the oldest rookie in the American League.)
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Dimmedes Olivo was born 01-22-1919 and debuted 09-05-1960 putting him at 41 year-old.
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On the best thing about baseball: "There's no homework."
by Dan Quisenberry
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'17 - Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexander went the distance in both games of the Phillies' 5-0 and 9-3 sweep of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
'57 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves recorded his 41st career shutout with an 8-0 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Spahn's shoutout set a major league record for lefthanded pitchers.
'70 - Billy Williams of the Cubs asked to be kept out of the lineup, snapping his National League record of 1,117 consecutive games played. His record was broken in 1983 by Steve Garvey.
'81 - The Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners played the longest game in Fenway Park's history, 19 innings, before the game was suspended with the score tied 7-7. The Mariners won 8-7 in 20 innings when the game resumed the next day.
'86 - Billy Hatcher's homer in the top of the 18th inning gave the Houston Astros an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The two teams played 14 innings the day before and used a major league record 53 players in the game.
'90 - Bobby Thigpen set a major league record with his 47th save in a 4-2 Chicago White Sox victory over Kansas City. Thigpen broke the record set by Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees in 1986.
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| Lou Gerhig had his number 4 retired in 1939, becoming the first player to receive such an honor. |
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