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June 4

1986 Pitching at Fulton County Stadium, the Atlanta Braves' pitcher Craig McMurtry serves up the first home run in Barry Bonds' career.

Born
George Watkins (June 4, 1900 - June 1, 1970) was a Major League Baseball player, born in Freestone County, Texas who owns the record for the highest batting average in their rookie season, batting .373 in his rookie year of 1930, with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Douglas Lee Griffin (born June 4, 1947 in South Gate, California) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played in the American League for the California Angels (1970) and Boston Red Sox (1971-77). He played his high school ball at El Monte High School (California), graduating in 1965, where he achieved All-Pacific League, All-Valley, and All-California Interscholastic Federation honors. He also lettered in basketball, football and track.

Died
Robert Edwin Reeves (June 24, 1904 - June 4, 1993) was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1926 through 1931 for the Washington Senators (1926-28) and Boston Red Sox (1929-31). Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Reeves batted and threw right-handed. A native of Spring Hill City, Tennessee, he was signed by Washington out of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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