BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

11/4
BIRTHDAYS
1873 Bobby Wallace HOF shortstop, pitcher (Temple Cup 1895 Cleveland Spiders) and manager (St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1960)


1906 Bob Considine, American journalist and author (Babe Ruth Story), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1975)

1930 Dick Groat shortstop (NL MVP 1960; MLB All-Star 1959–60, 62–64) and basketball guard (Fort Wayne Pistons), born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania


1933 Tito Francona (MLB All Star 1961), born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)


1967 Eric Karros infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Hackansack, New Jersey


1968 Carlos Baerga infielder (Cleveland Indians), born in Puerto Rico


1968 Domingo Cedeno infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in La Ramona, Dominican Republic

1968 Osvaldo Fernandez pitcher (SF Giants), born in Holguin, Cuba


1977 Larry Bigbie player, born in Hobart, Indiana

1978 John Grabow player, born in Arcadia, California

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1935 NFL standout Cal Hubbard becomes an American League umpire. The former Green Bay Packers offensive tackle will become the only person enshrined at the Pro Football and Baseball Hall of Fames.

1957 With a new rule, an option now includes keeping the ball in play after a balk call. If a player gets a hit, a team can accept the batted ball's outcome instead of being only limited to the advance of the baserunner(s).

1959 Ernie Banks (.304, 45, 143) becomes the first National Leaguer to win consecutive MVP awards. 'Mr. Cub,' playing for a fifth-place team, garners 10 of the writers' 21 first-place votes, with Eddie Mathews (5) and Hank Aaron (2) of the Braves and Dodger Wally Moon (4) found on top of the remaining ballots.

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1963 The Cardinals trade outfielder George Altman and pitcher Bill Wakefield to the Mets for veteran right-hander Roger Craig. Next season, the hard-luck hurler, who has lost 20 games the last two years, will win Game 4 of the Fall Classic, beating the Yankees for the World Champion Redbirds.

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1965 Al Lopez resigns as the manager of the White Sox. The future Hall of Fame skipper will briefly return to the Chicago dugout to manage 47 games in 1968 and 17 games the following season before retiring for good.

1975 Orioles hurler Jim Palmer, garnering 15 of the 24 first-place votes cast by the writers, wins the second of his three Cy Young awards, easily outpointing runners-up Yankees' right-hander Catfish Hunter and A's reliever Rollie Fingers. The 30-year-old Baltimore ace, who first copped the prestigious pitching prize in 1973, posted a 23-11 record along with a league-leading 2.40 ERA for the second-place team.

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1980 Japan's all-time home run hitter, Sadaharu Oh, retires from professional baseball. The Tokyo Yomiuri Giants' first baseman hit a record 868 home runs in his 22-year playing career.

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1997 Phillies infielder Scott Rolen, who led all freshman players in the National League in batting average (.283), home runs (21), and RBIs (92), is the unanimous choice for the circuit's Rookie of the Year Award. The third baseman, who did not qualify as a rookie last season by one at-bat after having his wrist broken when hit by a pitch, becomes the first Philadelphia player to win the award since Dick Allen copped the honor in 1964.

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2001 For the first time since 1985, two twenty-game winners start Game 7 of the World Series when Yankee right-hander Roger Clemens (20-3) faces Curt Schilling (22-6) of the Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark in Arizona. Sixteen years ago, Bret Saberhagen (20-6) of the Royals squared off against Cardinal hurler John Tudor (21-8) in the Fall Classic finale at Kauffman Stadium.

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2001 In Game 7 of a classic World Series, Arizona rallies for two runs in the bottom of the ninth, defeating the Yankees and their usually unbeatable closer, Mariano Rivera, 3-2. The four-year-old Diamondbacks, the youngest franchise to win a Fall Classic, end New York's string of three consecutive World Championships.

 

2001 Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling are named co-MVPs of the World Series. The Diamondback hurlers are the first multiple winners since a trio of Dodgers (Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, and Steve Yeager) shared the award in 1981.

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2002 Eric Hinske (.279, 24, 84) wins the American League Rookie of the Year award. The 25-year-old Blue Jays third baseman receives 19 of 28 first-place votes cast by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, with Oriole starter Rodrigo Lopez getting the other nine first-place nods.

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2002 Colorado Rockies right-hander Jason Jennings (16-6, 4.52) becomes the first member of the Rockies to be selected by the BBWAA as the National League Rookie of the Year. The 24-year-old right-hander receives 27 first-place votes from the 32 writers participating in the balloting.

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2003 Former Yankee captain Don Mattingly is named the Bronx Bombers' hitting coach, replacing Rick Down. The 42-year-old, who retired due to back problems, will be a top candidate to replace Joe Torre as the manager in 2005.

Mattingly and Torre

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2003 Miami-Dade County Commissioners approved a plan committing $73 million in tax money toward a new major league ballpark for the Marlins. The World Champions, who have agreed to change their name to the Miami Marlins if the city builds the ballpark, want to begin playing in the $325 million new park in 2007 but need a plan to raise $137 million for their part of their commitment.

2004 Philadelphia names Charlie Manuel as the team's new manager, replacing Larry Bowa, who was fired at the end of the season after the much-favored Phillies failed to make the postseason. The former Cleveland skipper compiled a 220-190 (.537) record and won a division during his three years with the Tribe.

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2004 The Mets introduced Willie Randolph as the franchise's 18th manager. The long-time Yankee second baseman and third base coach becomes the first black to manage in New York.

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2005 The Yankees continue to makeover their coaching staff when Ron Guidry, a former three-time 20-game winner, is named to replace Mel Stottlemyre as the team's pitching coach, and former Red Sox skipper Joe Kerrigan joins the team as its bullpen coach. Earlier in the week, former big league managers Larry Bowa (third-base coach), Lee Mazzilli (bench coach), and Tony Pena (first-base coach) also are added to Joe Torre's staff.

2008 Barack Obama, a long-time White Sox fan, is elected as the 44th president of the United States. The junior senator from Illinois, the first African-American to become the nation's Commander-in-Chief, is friendly with the team's general manager Kenny Williams, a prominent member of Chicago's black community.

 

2009 In Game 6 of the Fall Classic, the Yankees captured their 27th World Championship and first since 2000, with a 7-3 decision over the Phillies, the defending champs. Hideki Matsui, New York's designated hitter, collects six RBIs, tying a World Series mark, and Andy Pettitte became the second pitcher to get the victory in all three postseason-clinching games, joining Derek Lowe, who accomplished the feat with Boston in 2004.

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2009 Ryan Howard breaks KC outfielder Willie Wilson's record, established in the 1980 Fall Classic against Philadelphia, for the most strikeouts in a World Series. The Phillies' slugging first baseman, who was the NLCS MVP against LA, earns the dubious distinction when he whiffs in the eighth inning of Game 6, making it the 13th time he returned to the bench without putting the ball in play.

2010 Instead of negotiating a new multi-year contract with their designated hitter, the Red Sox decide to exercise their $12.5 million option on 34-year-old David Ortiz for the upcoming season. 'Big Papi,' who would have preferred a long-term contract, led Boston with 32 homers along with 102 RBIs.

2010 "Jump on board, boys. I'm going to carry us tonight. Don't even worry about it. Just back me up a little, and I'll take us to Game 7." - KIRBY PUCKETT, 1991 World Series speech before Game used as an inscription. The unveiling of a 7½-foot bronze statue depicting Kirby Puckett's pumping his fist as he rounds second base following his 11th-inning walk-off homer in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series takes place at Target Field. Sculptor Bill Mack, who also created the ballpark's likenesses of Rod Carew and Harmon Killebrew, attended the Metrodome game the night Puck hit the most iconic home run in Twins history.

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2011 Jim Thome, 41, returns to the Phillies, inking a $1.25 million, one-year contract as a free agent with the team. The slugger, who hit 15 homers with the Twins and the Indians last season, completed three seasons of his six-year $85 million deal with the club before his 2005 trade to the White Sox for Aaron Rowand and two southpaw prospects, Gio Gonzalez and Daniel Haigwood.

2013 The Mets and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment announce the launch of a five-year multimedia marketing partnership. WOR (710 AM) will become the team's flagship radio station, replacing WFAN (660 AM), which will now be broadcasting Yankee games after carrying the Amazins' for the past 26 years.
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On November 5 in Baseball History...

• • 1940 - Former Washington hurler Walter Johnson, who won four-hundred sixteen games for the Senators, goes down in defeat as a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland.
  • 1968 - Denny McLain, a thirty-one game winner for the American League champion Tigers, is the unanimous choice as American League Most Valuable Player.
  • 1976 - Baltimore's Jim Palmer, who led the American League with twenty-two wins and three-hundred fifteen innings pitched, easily outpoints Detroit's sensational rookie Mark Fidrych to win the American League Cy Young Award.
  • 1996 - Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as American League Rookie of the Year. He is the eighth Yankees player to win the award and the fifth unanimous choice in American League history.
  • 1997 - In an unprecedented move, Davey Johnson resigns the same day he is named American League Manager of the Year. Despite the fact that Johnson ended Baltimore's 13-year playoff drought in 1996 and led the Orioles to the league's best record in 1997, a dispute over $10,500 in fines to second baseman Roberto Alomar ends Johnson's reign in Baltimore. Johnson directed the fines to be paid to a charity where his wife, Susan, served as managing director. Cantankerous Orioles owner Peter Angelos is upset with the way the matter is handled and Johnson resigns.

Baseball Birthdays on November 5...

• • 1864 - Walsh, Joe
  • 1867 - Chamberlain, Elton
  • 1868 - Newman, Charlie
  • 1873 - Campbell, Billy
  • 1875 - Hardy, Harry
  • 1881 - McElveen, Pryor
  • 1883 - Johnson, Otis
  • 1891 - Neale, Greasy
  • 1892 - Delhi, Flame
  • 1892 - Yaryan, Yam
  • 1892 - Walters, Roxy
  • 1894 - Heath, Spencer
  • 1895 - McNamara, Tom
  • 1895 - Wright, Rasty
  • 1897 - Ogden, Jack
  • 1899 - Wisner, Jack
  • 1900 - Donohue, Pete
  • 1904 - Sax, Ollie
  • 1905 - Fischer, Carl
  • 1908 - Birkofer, Ralph
  • 1909 - Powers, Les
  • 1909 - Gumbert, Harry
  • 1912 - Rogers, Buck
  • 1914 - Mauldin, Mark
  • 1916 - Tabor, Jim
  • 1918 - Martinez, Rogelio
  • 1919 - Burgo, Bill
  • 1924 - Dixon, Sonny
  • 1925 - Goliat, Mike
  • 1927 - Caballero, Putsy
  • 1938 - Olivares, Ed
  • 1941 - Schlesinger, Rudy
  • 1942 - Scheinblum, Richie
  • 1946 - Bethke, Jim
  • 1952 - Carroll, Tom
  • 1953 - Pemberton, Brock
  • 1955 - Ramos, Bobby
  • 1958 - Bishop, Mike
  • 1958 - Wiedenbauer, Tom
  • 1959 - McMurtry, Craig
  • 1959 - Moseby, Lloyd
  • 1961 - Manrique, Fred
  • 1967 - Raabe, Brian
  • 1970 - Dishman, Glenn
  • 1970 - Lopez, Javy
  • 1973 - Damon, Johnny
  • 1974 - Santiago, Jose
  • 1976 - Melo, Juan
  • 1976 - Rodriguez, Liu

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11/5
BIRTHDAYS
1916 Jim Tabor, 3d baseman (2 x grand slams in one game), born in New Hope, Alabama (d. 1953)


1970 Javier "Javy" López catcher, 1992-2006 (Atlanta Braves, and 2 other teams), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico


1973 Johnny Damon outfielder (Indians, Kansas City Royals, Yankees), born in Fort Riley, Kansas

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1901 Ban Johnson and Charles Comiskey lease Sportsman's Park for five years for an American League team. Two weeks later, they announced the Brewers, one of the league's eight charter franchises, will be leaving Milwaukee to play in St. Louis as the Browns next season.

1914 The Court of Appeals upholds the ban prohibiting Sunday amusements in Washington DC after a lower court overturned the law, which would have allowed the playing of baseball on this day of the week. During the brief legal interval, the senators had still decided against scheduling games on the day of worship out of fear it might alienate its church-going fans and will not play its first home game on a Sunday until 1918.

1936 The Dodgers name Burleigh Grimes as their new manager. The former Brooklyn spitballer will be replacing Casey Stengel, who was fired last month during the World Series after compiling a 208-251 (.453) record during his four-year tenure.

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1940 In his bid to represent Maryland's sixth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, baseball legend Walter Johnson narrowly loses to William D. Byron, the Democrat incumbent, who will die in a plane crash in February. The Hall of Fame right-hander, elected as a Montgomery County Commissioner in 1938, receives 47% of the vote, but cannot overcome his opponent's opportunity to ride FDR's coattails.

1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic candidate who broke with tradition to run for an unprecedented third term, is re-elected, defeating Wendell Willkie by a comfortable margin. The unlikely dark horse Republican candidate had once served as the Dodgers' lawyer, however, the independent-minded barrister's involvement in politics proved not to be beneficial for a team that was in constant chaos at the time.

 

1958 Paul Richards is replaced by Lee McPhail as general manager of the Orioles. The former GM, who also served in a dual capacity as the team's manager, will remain in the Birds' dugout for another 2+ seasons.

1976 For the second consecutive season, Jim Palmer (22-13, 2.51) is the American League Cy Young Award recipient. The Orioles' right-hander garners first-place votes on 19 of 24 ballots cast by the BBWAA, with the remaining five top spots going to rookie sensation Mark Fidrych of the Tigers.

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1976 Both the Mariners and Blue Jays select thirty players in the expansion draft. Seattle picks Royals' outfielder Ruppert Jones, and Toronto selects Orioles' shortstop Bob Bailor as their team's respective first picks.

1976 The A's release Chuck Tanner from his contract, allowing him to manage the Pirates in exchange for catcher Manny Sanguillen and $100,000 from Pittsburgh. During his nine-year tenure with the Bucs, the likable skipper will compile a 711-685 (.509) record and wins a World Championship in 1979.

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1996 Derek Jeter (.314, 10, 78) is the 28 BBWAA scribes' unanimous choice for the American League's Rookie of the Year. The 22-year-old shortstop is the eighth Yankee freshman to be honored, the first since Dave Righetti copped the award in 1981.

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1997 The Brewers, after the Royals turn down the opportunity, becomes the first major league baseball team to switch leagues this century, moving from the American League to the Senior Circuit when baseball's ruling executive council approved the shift. Milwaukee, who has played in the Junior Circuit since 1970, will become the sixth team in the NL Central Division with the Tigers going from the AL East to the AL Central, taking the Brewers' spot, and the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the AL West to the AL East.

1997 On the day he is named the AL Manager of the Year, Davey Johnson resigns as Orioles skipper. Although the team had the best record in the American League (98-64), the relationship between the Birds' skipper and owner Peter Angelos continued to deteriorate during the season.

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2007 To replace the loss of free-agent relievers Francisco Cordero (Reds) and Scott Linebrink (White Sox), the Brewers sign David Riske. The 31-year-old right-handed hurler, who after a rocky start pitched effectively for the Royals last season, agrees to a three-year contract to play for Milwaukee.

2007 The Pirates name former third-base coach John Russell as their 38th manager in franchise history. The Bucs' new skipper, the 2006 International League Manager of the Year, managed the Red Barons, the triple-A Phillies affiliate located in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, for the past two seasons

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