THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

Sept. 12

1932: Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his sixth pinch home run of the season, a major league record, in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.

1947: Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit two home runs: his seventh and eighth in four games: for a major league record.

1953: The Brooklyn Dodgers (105-49) clinched the National League pennant earlier than any other team, defeating Milwaukee 5-2.

1962: Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators set a record by fanning 21 Baltimore Orioles in a 16-inning game, which he won 2-1.

1976: Minnie Minoso singled in three at bats as the designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox. At 53, he became the oldest player to get a hit in a regulation game.

1979: Carl Yastrzemski got his 3,000th hit: a ground single off Jim Beattie: as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2.

1984: Dwight Gooden broke the rookie strikeout record, fanning 16 Pittsburgh Pirates to give him 251, six more than Herb Score had in 1955. Gooden broke the record by striking out Marvell Wynne in the sixth inning.

1996: Bernie Williams drove in eight runs with two home runs and a single to lead the New York Yankees to a 12-3 victory over Detroit.

2006: Bobby Abreu hit a three-run homer and three-run double during a nine-run first inning and finished with a career-high seven RBIs in the New York Yankees' 12-4 rout of Tampa Bay.