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| 1946 | Frank Hayes establishes a major league record for catchers when he plays behind the plate in the last of his 312 consecutive games. The 31-year-old Indian backstop's streak began on October 2, 1943, when he started for the Browns on the final day of the season at Yankee Stadium. |
| 1967 | After ending the Red Sox's rookie no-hit bid last week, Elston Howard again spoils Billy Rohr's effort to get into the record book when his eighth-inning two-run single breaks up the southpaw's shutout. The 21-year-old goes the distance, earning his second complete-game victory over the Yankees in seven days, but fails to become the eighth freshman to start his career with back-to-back scoreless games. |
| 1994 | At the Metrodome, switch-hitting DH Eddie Murray knocks a home run from both sides of the plate in the Indians' 10-6 win over the Twins. 'Steady Eddie' has gone deep batting left-handed and right-handed in the same game eleven times, breaking the previous record that Yankee legend Mickey Mantle established in 1964. |
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