SEPTEMBER 18, 1908
Cleveland Naps hurler Bob Rhoads no-hits the Boston Red Sox 2-1.

SEPTEMBER 18, 1962
Kansas City Athletics owner Charlie O. Finley is denied permission to relocate his team to Dallas-Ft. Worth.

SEPTEMBER 18, 1963
1,752 fans witness the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the New York Mets in the last Major League game at New York's historic Polo Grounds.

SEPTEMBER 18, 1968
Sixteen hours after Gaylord Perry no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals, Redbirds hurler Ray Washburn evens the score, no-hitting the San Francisco Giants, 2-0. This marks the only time in Major League history that no-hitters have occurred on consecutive games in the same ballpark.

SEPTEMBER 18, 1976
In the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians player-manager Frank Robinson appears in his final Major League game as a player. Robinson pinch-hits from Indians shortstop Frank Duffy in the bottom of the 8th inning & singles to left off O's pitcher Rudy May, driving in a run. He then inserts rookie shortstop Alfredo Griffin to run for him.

Also, in 1996, the Red Sox send Roger Clemens out to face the Tigers. The Rocket holds the Tigers to 4 hits en route to a 3-0 shutout. He ties his record for most strikeouts in a 9-inning game with 20 K's on this day.

Since this year's edition of the Detroit Tigers is closing in on the all-time record for losses in a season, let's mention that on this day in 1984, the Tigers clinch the AL East championship with a 3-0 win over the Brewers as starter Randy O'Neal records his first ML win. The Tigers become the 4th team this century to be in first place every day of the season, joining the '23 Giants, the '27 Yankees and the '55 Dodgers (as of 1984).

In 1965, on Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium, a crowd of 50,180 fans see the Mick play his 2,000th game. Among the people at the game are Joe DiMaggio and Bobby Kennedy. In Mickey's first AB, Detroit's Joe Sparma comes off the mound to shake his hand. Detroit wins 4-3, as reliever Denny McLain gets the win.

In 1931, the A's hurler Lefty Grove beats the White Sox, 3-1, on five hits. He is the first to win 30 games since Jim Bagby of Cleveland in 1920 and he will be the last AL hurler to do so until Denny McLain in 1968.

SEPTEMBER 18, 1987
During the Detroit Tigers' 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, future Tyler WildCatters manager Darrell Evans hits his 40th homer of the year -- becoming the first 40-year-old in Major League history to hit 40 homers in a season.

In the 1987 season Darrell Evans had 34 homers. He turned 40 that year. In 1985 he hit 40 homers but was only 38 years old at that point.

Interesting point is that in 1985 when he had his last 40 homer season he batted .248 which was also his lifetime average after playing in 2687 games.

Ten years later, O'Neal will serve as pitcher/pitching coach with the Texas-Louisiana League champion Corpus Christi Barracudas -- posting a 6-4 record/3.10 ERA in 1994.