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| 1957 | Mickey Mantle becomes the first player to clear the center field hedge at Memorial Stadium with his 460-foot homer in the Yankees' 6-3 victory over the Orioles. Baltimore's Boog Powell (1962) and Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew (1964) will also accomplish the feat. |
| 1961 | With his twenty-first pinch hit of the season, Dave Philley breaks an American League record established by Ed Coleman of the Browns in 1936. The 41-year-old Texan, coming off the bench to hit for Dick Williams in the eighth inning, sets the new pinch-hitting mark when he doubles to right field in the Orioles' 8-0 win over Kansas City at Memorial Stadium. |
| 1963 | Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole to hit three home runs in the same game. The Baltimore first baseman's offensive output accounts for half of the runs in the Birds' 6-5 victory over Washington at D.C. Stadium. |
| 1969 | Cesar Tovar breaks up a no-hit bid by an Oriole pitcher for the second time this season when his ninth-inning single stops Mike Cuellar's streak of 35 consecutive retired batters, spoiling the southpaw's attempt for the no-no. In May, the Twins' utility player broke up Dave McNally's hitless game with a one-out single in the final frame. |
| 1971 | At Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, Harmon Killebrew becomes the tenth player to join the 500 home run club when he hits the historic homer in the first inning off Mike Cuellar. Later in the game, the 36-year-old first baseman connects for #501, but Killer's two round-trippers are to no avail when the Twins lose to the Orioles in 10 innings, 4-3. |
| 1998 | Joining Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth, Albert Belle becomes only the fourth player to drive in 100 runs and hit 30 homers for seven consecutive seasons. The White Sox left fielder, who played in every game for the White Sox this season, will continue the streak next year with the Orioles. |
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