Baseball's April 30th: No-Hitters, Homers & Milestones

0:00On April 29th, April 30th packs a punch in baseball history with no hitters flying left and right. Back in 1922, Chicago White Sox pitcher Charlie Robertson tossed the perfect game, shutting out Detroit 2-0. Then 1940 saw Brooklyn's Tex Carlton no-hit Cincinnati 3-0, and 1969 had Cincinnati's Jim Maloney striking out. 13 and a 10-0 blanking of Houston. Fast forward, and you've got explosive offense too. Willie Mays crushed four homers and drove in eight for San Francisco in 1961, pounding Milwaukee, 14-4. That same wild energy showed up in 1944 when New York Giants first baseman Phil Wyntrop knocked in 11 runs during a Statavis. 26-8 route of Brooklyn. Players hit big milestones on this date as well. The Yankees signed a 20-year-old Lou Gareg in 1923 for $2,000 salary plus a $1,500 bonus. Ted Williams reached 1,000 extra-base hits

1:02in 1958 and in 2019 C.C. Savatia joined the 3,000 strikeout club as the 17th pitcher ever. Records fell in bunches too. Toronto's Joe Carter set a monthly RBI mark with 31 in 1994, while Seattle Mariners whiffed 36 times over two games in. 1986 for a strikeout record. Controversies popped up like that 1988 Metz Reds brawl over an umpire call that got Pete Rose fine $10,000 and suspended 30 days. Lately, Clayton Kershaw passed Don Sutton for 2697 Dodger strikeouts in 2022 and Anthony Rendon. Torched the Metz with 10 RBI's and 3 homers and a 23-5 nationals win back in 2017. From no-nose to blowouts, April 30th keeps delivering Diamond Drama. That's the story for today. MLB News Today, driven by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.