1937 — Hank Greenberg becomes the first player to hit a home run into the center-field stands at Yankee Stadium in the Detroit Tigers’ 8-1 victory over New York. Game summary

1953 — Al Rosen, who does not miss a game all season, keeps his streak intact when rain postpones Cleveland’s game in Detroit. Indians manager Al Lopez gave Rosen permission to remain in Cleveland for observance of Yom Kippur. Rosen arrives in Detroit in time to participate in a doubleheader the next day.

1958 — Hal Charnofsky is named player-manager at Modesto of the California League. In 1959, the Reds will win the league championship and Charnofsky will be named manager of the year.

1978 — Ron Blomberg’s eighth-inning grand slam gives the Chicago White Sox an 8-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics. The homer is the last of 52 Blomberg hit in his career. Steve Stone is the winning pitcher with ninth-inning relief help from Ross Baumgarten. Game summary  

1979 — Ross Baumgarten pitches a four-hitter as the Chicago White Sox defeat the Minnesota Twins 6-0. Game summary 

1979 — In the final game of his career, Ken Holtzman of the Chicago Cubs allows four hits and no runs in seven innings against the St. Louis Cardinals. Chicago goes on to win 3-2 in 11 innings.  Game summary

2004 — Shawn Green hits an 0-2 pitch with two out in the top of the ninth for a two-run homer over the center-field fence to give the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Game summary

2012 — Nate Freiman hits two home runs as Israel defeats South Africa 7-3 in its first-ever game in the World Baseball Classic qualifier in Jupiter, Fla.

2015 — Ian Kinsler hits a walk-off homer in the 11th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals. In the ninth inning, Kinsler appeared to score the winning run on a sacrifice fly, but the umpire’s safe call was overturned by replay.  Game summary

2019 — Nick Rickles hits a two-run homer and Mitch Glasser adds a three-run double as Israel defeats the Netherlands 8-1 in an Olympic Qualifier in Italy. Jeremy Bleich gets the win as four pitchers combine to allow five hits.

2021 — Max Fried allows three hits over seven innings as the Atlanta Braves defeat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 in a matchup of division leaders. Game summary

Danny Valencia, 1984 — Between 2010 and 2018, he played third base, first base or outfield in 864 games for the Twins, Red Sox, Orioles, Royals, A’s, Blue Jays and Mariners. He finished third in voting for the American League Rookie of the Year in 2010.

Ken Holtzman, 1979 — Pitches seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out two in Cubs’ 3-2 victory over Cardinals in 10 innings. Goes 0-for-2 at the plate