Template:Today in Baseball/April 6
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April 25: Today's featured birthday is that of Bill Greif, who turns 74.
- 1940 - Hankyu sets the Nippon Pro Baseball record for runs in a game, whipping Nankai 32-2. Takashi Nakajima bats in all but one inning and the team gets 45 baserunners on board.
- 1973 - Ron Blomberg becomes the first Designated Hitter in American League history. He walks against Luis Tiant in his first at-bat.
- 1977 - The Seattle Mariners play their first game ever and get shut out 7-0 by Frank Tanana of the Angels.
- 1989 - Orel Hershiser has his consecutive scoreless inning streak end at 59 in his first inning of the season.
- 2005 - Shugo Fujii, Hirotoshi Ishii and Ryota Igarashi of the Yakult Swallows combine for a Central League-record 19 strikeouts against the Chunichi Dragons. Catcher Atsuya Furuta (pictured) sets the CL record of 19 putouts for a backstop.
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