1997 Event New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th home run 1997 Event Mark McGwire, is 4th to home run on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder) 1996 Event Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game 1990 Event Tiger Cecil Fielder becomes 11th, to hit 50 home runs (& 51st) 1990 Event For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game 1990 Event Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent 1989 Event Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP 1977 Event Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher 1969 Birthday Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman, brilliant fielder 1964 Birthday Barry Bonds, born in Riverside, California, left fielder, Pirates, San Francisco Giants, 3X MVP 1963 Birthday Cecil Fielder, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees 1962 Birthday Darryl Strawberry, born in Los Angeles, California, right fielder for the Mets, Dodgers, Yankees 1961 Birthday Dean Jones, cricketer, dashing Australian batsman and fielder 1984-92 1960 Birthday Gus Logie, cricketer, WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder 1958 Event Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2 1949 Death Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies 1948 Birthday Eknath Solkar, cricketer, India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder 1947 Birthday James Fielder, Denton, Texas, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears 1940 Event Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run 1918 Event Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play 1912 Event Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn and hits 4 singles 1912 Event Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base)
