Tuesday, May 13, 2008

On This Date in Baseball: May 13

  • 1955 - Mickey Mantle hit three home runs — two left-handed and one right-handed.
  • 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.
  • 1967 - Mickey Mantle's hit his 500th home run.
  • 1993 - George Brett hit his 300th career home run. He 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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