This Date in Baseball, April 8 - Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run
1934 — The Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies played the first legal Sunday baseball game in Philadelphia. The exhibition game was made possible when the state made Sunday baseball a local option and the city approved it in a referendum ballot.1969 — Four expansion teams make their debuts. The Kansas City Royals , Seattle Pilots, Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres all win their inaugural games.
1977 — The Seattle Mariners record their first win by defeating the California Angels, 7-6, at the Kingdome. 1993 — Carlos Baerga of the Cleveland Indians became the first player in major league history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same inning. The homers came in the seventh inning of a 15-5 rout of the New York Yankees.
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