Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
Fourteen years ago, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista belted his 48th home run of the 2010 campaign to break George Bell's single-season franchise record.
Fifty years ago today, Detroit Tigers left-hander John Hiller broke the American League record for most wins in a season by a relief pitcher.
On this date 59 years ago, Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) made his major league debut with the Philadelphia Phillies.
On this date 25 years ago, Ryan Dempster (Gibsons, B.C.) faced off against Eric Gagne (Mascouche, Que.) in a rare battle of Canadian MLB starting pitchers.
Twenty-nine years ago, Paul Molitor had five hits in the first game of a doubleheader to propel the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-1 win over the Kansas City Royals.
Twenty years ago today, Tom Cheek had his name added to the Toronto Blue Jays' Level of Excellence in an emotional pre-game ceremony at SkyDome.
Fifty-five years ago today, Claude Raymond became the first Canadian to register a win for a Canadian major league team in a regular season game when accomplished the feat with the Montreal Expos.
Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.) made his major league debut with the Montreal Expos at Olympic Stadium 35 years ago today.
Several significant events in Canadian baseball history have taken place on May 15 over the years.
It seems fitting that, Fergie Jenkins, the greatest Canadian pitcher, was the first to toss a shutout against the Toronto Blue Jays. He did it 47 years ago today.
