What Happened in Sports: July 31, 2020

2019: The Arizona Diamondbacks traded SP Zack Greinke to the Astros for 4 prospects including SP Corbin Martin and OF Seth Beer

2018: Tampa Bay Rays traded SP Chris Archer to the Pirates for OF Austin Meadows and SP Tyler Glasnow

2017: Texas Rangers sent SP Yu Darvish to the Dodgers for 3 prospects including OF Willie Calhoun

2016: Cleveland Indians acquired RP Andrew Miller from the Yankees for 4 prospects that included OF Clint Frazier and SP Justus Sheffield

2015: New York Mets landed OF Yoenis Cespedes from Detroit in exchange for SP Michael Fulmer

2014: As part of a 3-team trade, the Detroit Tigers acquired SP David Price from the Tampa Bay Rays for SS Willy Adames and SP Drew Smyly

2010: The Padres, Indians, and Cardinals completed a 4-player trade that sent SP Corey Kluber to the Indians

2008: The Dodgers, Red Sox, and Pirates completed a 6-player trade that involved OFs Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay

2008: The Cincinnati Reds traded OF Ken Griffey Jr. to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for 2 players

2007: The Boston Celtics acquired former MVP PF Kevin Garnett from the Minnesota Timberwolves for what was the largest trade package ever for a single player (5 players and 2 1st-round picks)

2004: The Red Sox, Cubs, Twins, and Expos completed an 8-player trade that sent SS Nomar Garciaparra to Chicago

1998: The Houston Astros acquired SP Randy Johnson from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for 3 prospects

1997: The Athletics traded 1B Mark McGwire to the Cardinals for 3 relievers, making his 34 HRs the most all-time by a player involved in a midseason trade

1990: Texas Rangers SP Nolan Ryan recorded the 300th win of his Hall of Fame career

1988: Athletics OF Jose Canseco hit 2 HRs in a victory over the Mariners, becoming the very 1st player to record 30 HRs in each of his 1st 3 seasons

1981: The 2nd work stoppage in MLB history ended after 42 days

1978: Reds 3B Pete Rose extended his hitting streak to 44 games in a victory over the Braves, tying Willie Keeler’s 81-year-old NL record

1954: Milwaukee Braves 1B Joe Adcock became just the 3rd player this century to hit 4 HRs (Lou Gehrig, Gil Hodges) and added a double en route to an MLB-record 18 total bases in a 15-7 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers

1909: For the 2nd time in as many years, White Sox SP Bill Burns had a no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in the 9th inning in a 1-0 victory over the Senators; he was the only pitcher until 1988 to suffer this fate twice (Dave Stieb)