Will Brewers fans see history and Albert Pujols’ 700th home run? These other MLB milestones also happened on Milwaukee soil

The Brewers’ upcoming two-game sequence with the St. Louis Cardinals at American Household Subject will maybe be the final that Milwaukee sees one in all its all-time nemeses, Albert Pujols. He is in search of his 700th profession residence run, becoming a member of the three luminaries forward of him on the all-time record (Barry Bonds, Henry Aaron, Babe Ruth) within the rarest of air.

Pujols entered Sept. 23 with 698 on his ledger and three extra video games earlier than attending to Milwaukee.

Brewers followers naturally would favor he merely transfer on and save the achievement for another person. In any case, he already has 45 of them towards the Brewers — which, maybe surprisingly, is the fewest of the opposite 4 groups within the Nationwide League Central (and properly shy of former NL Central colleague Houston, towards whom Pujols has a career-best 62 blasts).

However hey, a little bit historical past is likely to be cool too, proper? Proper?

Maybe you continue to have ticket stubs (bear in mind these?) to a few of these milestone moments to happen on Milwaukee soil, some for the great guys and a few for … the opposite guys.

A listing of all of the MLB no-hitters in Milwaukee 

• Jim Wilson, Milwaukee Braves. A 2-0 win over Philadelphia on June 12, 1954
• Lew Burdette, Milwaukee Braves. A 1-0 win over Philadelphia on Aug. 18, 1960
• Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves. A 4-0 win over Philadelphia on Sept. 16, 1960
• Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves. A 1-0 win over San Francisco on April 28, 1961
• Steve Busby, Kansas Metropolis Royals. A 2-0 win over Milwaukee on June 19, 1974
• Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs. A 5-0 win over Houston on Sept. 14, 2008* 
• Alec Mills, Chicago Cubs. A 12-0 win over Milwaukee on Sept. 13, 2020

*Milwaukee served as impartial website for a recreation relocated due to a hurricane in Houston.

The four-homer video games in Milwaukee by Willie Mays and Shawn Inexperienced

• Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants. A 14-4 win over Milwaukee on April 30, 1961. On the time, he was the ninth participant in Main League historical past to hit 4 residence runs in a recreation, and he drove in eight.
• Shawn Inexperienced, Los Angeles Dodgers. A 16-3 win over Milwaukee on Could 23, 2002. Inexperienced went 6 for six with a record-tying six runs scored, record-tying 5 additional base hits and and record-setting 19 complete bases. He broke the latter document of 18 set by Joe Adcock of the Braves at Brooklyn, and talking of him…

Could 26, 1959: The Harvey Haddix Recreation is taken into account one in all MLB’s biggest pitching performances

For 12 dazzling innings, Harvey Haddix spun what many think about the best recreation ever pitched, and he nonetheless misplaced. He retired the primary 36 males he confronted, however although Milwaukee Braves starter Lew Burdette wasn’t excellent, he matched the Pittsburgh Pirates star with zeroes via the thirteenth.

Within the backside half, Braves leadoff hitter Felix Mantilla reached on a foul throw by third baseman Don Hoak. Three batters later after an intentional stroll to Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock hit the ball into the stands (although he was dominated out for passing Aaron between second and third base within the aftermath, and it was re-classified as a double and only one RBI as an alternative of two).

Both approach, the sport was over, formally a 1-0 win and heartbreak for Haddix.

Could 1, 1975: Henry Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s RBI document

It isn’t as celebrated because the home-run document, after all, however when Henry Aaron singled in Sixto Lezcano within the third, it gave him 2,210 RBIs, eclipsing Babe Ruth’s all-time mark of two,209 (although Baseball-Reference has a mark of two,214 for Ruth).

There wasn’t a lot of a celebration that adopted, not like his home-run document set April 8, 1974. Aaron, who spent the ultimate two years of his profession in 1975 and 1976 with the Brewers, added an RBI double later within the recreation towards the Tigers. Aaron’s remaining recreation got here at County Stadium on Oct. 3, 1976, and he singled in his final at-bat.

Aug. 27, 1982: Rickey Henderson units single-season stolen-base mark

Oakland star Rickey Henderson stole his 119th base of the 12 months, bypassing Lou Brock’s 118 set in 1974, with a swipe of second base within the third inning regardless of a pitch-out. He obtained a cursory standing ovation from Milwaukee followers at County Stadium, with Brock additionally in attendance, and he stole three extra bases within the recreation earlier than Milwaukee prevailed, 5-4.

He completed the 12 months with a document 130 steals, and the one participant that is come near that’s Vince Coleman with 110 in 1985 and 109 in 1987. Probably the most steals for anybody participant because the daybreak of the Nineteen Nineties: Marquis Grissom with 78 in 1992.

July 31, 1990: Nolan Ryan’s three hundredth win

At 43 years previous and already one of many biggest pitchers of all time, Ryan threw 146 pitches over 7 ⅔ innings and secured his three hundredth profession victory, thought-about one of the crucial hallowed accomplishments within the sport. He allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits with eight strikeouts because the Texas Rangers prevailed simply, 11-3, although six of their runs got here within the high of the ninth. 

Sept. 9, 1992:  Robin Yount’s 3,000th hit

This one is unforgettable. The lifetime Milwaukee Brewers infielder and outfielder, Yount recorded one other of the game’s nice achievements when he delivered his 3,000th hit towards Jose Mesa and Cleveland.

The sport was marred by a rain delay and a ninth-inning collapse that led to a 5-4 loss, however it was nonetheless a magical evening during which Yount’s seventh-inning single made historical past. He grew to become the third-youngest participant to succeed in 3,000, behind Aaron and Ty Cobb.

September 1998: The House Run Chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa

They will not be remembered as the final word residence runs from the storied 1998 season as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa jockeyed for the single-season residence run document, however there was a wild stretch in Milwaukee from Sept. 18-23 during which the Brewers confronted the Cardinals and McGwire for 3 video games adopted by Sosa and the Cubs for 2.

McGwire hit his sixty fourth and sixty fifth homers of the 12 months, technically each setting new single-season data two days after his 62nd homer in St. Louis formally bypassed Roger Maris, with blasts towards Rafael Roque and Scott Karl. To not be outdone, Sosa drilled two homers on Sept. 23 towards Roque and Rod Henderson to tie McGwire at No. 65.

The one recreation Milwaukee gained in that stretch was the second towards the Cubs, fondly remembered because the “Brant Brown Recreation.”

McGwire completed the 12 months with 70, and Sosa, who pulled forward of McGwire together with his 66th homer two days after leaving Milwaukee, by no means received previous 66.

Sept. 7, 2010: Trevor Hoffman’s 600th save

Trevor Hoffman, who had scuffled within the second of two years with the Brewers and hadn’t been known as upon usually because the nearer, was given an opportunity to lock down his 600th profession save, turning into the primary reliever to succeed in that milestone. The 42-year-old secured the 4-2 win over the Cardinals and set off an enthusiastic celebration; he’d end his profession with 601, a mark solely surpassed by Mariano Rivera (652).

JR Radcliffe will be reached at (262) 361-9141 or jradcliffe@gannett.com. Observe him on Twitter at @JRRadcliffe.