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11/7
BIRTHDAYS
1938 Jim Kaat, HOF pitcher (16 x Gold Glove; 3 x MLB All-Star; Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies) and broadcaster, (NY Yankees, Minnesota Twins, MLB Network), born in Zeeland, Michigan

Kaat Oliva & David Ortiz​

1944 Joe Niekro pitcher (MLB All Star 1979; NL wins leader 1979; Houston Astros; World Series
1987; NY Yankees), born in Martins Ferry, Ohio (d. 2006)


1966 Andy Tomberlin outfielder (NY Mets,Coach Charlotte Knights ), born in Monroe, North Carolina


1968 Russ Springer pitcher LSU (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Alexandria, Louisiana

1974 Kris Benson pitcher Clemson (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Superior, Wisconsin

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1928 The cash-strapped Braves send player-manager Rogers Hornsby, who will hit .380 along with 39 home runs and 149 RBIs for his new club, to the Cubs in exchange for $200,000 and hurlers Percy Jones, Harry 'Socks' Seibold, Bruce Cunningham, outfielder Fred Maguire, and catcher Lou Legett. Boston owner Emil Fuchs replaces the "Rajah', in the dugout, making him the last person to manage a major league club without any professional playing experience until Ted Turner's one game foray as a skipper, also with the Braves, in 1977.

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1963 Elston Howard is named the American League's Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the first black player honored in the Junior Circuit. Joining Roger Maris (1960-61) and Mickey Mantle (1962), the New York catcher becomes the third consecutive Yankee to win the MVP.

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1964 The Braves, for the second time in eleven years, receive permission to shift their franchise to another city. Hank Aaron and company will move from Milwaukee to Atlanta after the 1965 season.

1972 For the second time in three years, Johnny Bench (.270, 40, 125) wins the National League MVP award. The Reds catcher joins Mickey Cochrane (1928 A's, 1934 Tigers), Yogi Berra (1951, '54, '55 Yankees), and Roy Campanella (1951, '53, '55 Dodgers) as only the fourth backstop to win the award multiple times.

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1973 "The institution of Little League is as American as the hot dog and apple pie. There is no reason why that part of Americana should be withheld from girls" - SYLVIA PRESSLER, explaining her ruling in favor of girls being allowed to play Little League. Sylvia Pressler, a hearing examiner for the New Jersey Civil Rights Division, makes a ruling that leads to girls' admittance into Little League Baseball, making the Garden State the first to allow girls to play on Little League baseball teams. Before the decision, regulations had prohibited girls from participating with boys in the program.

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1973 In a deal that proves beneficial to Chicago, the Cubs trade second baseman Glenn Beckert and minor league prospect Bobby Fenwick to the Padres for outfielder Jerry Morales. Their new fly chaser spends four productive years in his first tenure with the club, including an All-Star selection in 1977, with their former infielder playing only 73 games before he released at the start of the 1975 season.

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1978 Red Sox slugger Jim Rice (.315, 46, 139) wins the American League Most Valuable Player award, taking 20 of 28 first-place votes cast by the BBWAA. Ron Guidry, who posted a 25-3 record for the World Champion Yankees, is the runner-up.

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1979 The American League Rookie of the Year Award balloting ends in a tie with Twins third baseman John Castino and Blue Jays shortstop Alfredo Griffin, each receiving seven of the writers' 28 votes. The deadlock will prompt a change in the method used for next season's selection.

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1990 Receiving all of the writers' 28 first-place votes, Indian backstop Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins the AL Rookie of the Year, joining Carlton Fisk and Mark McGwire as the only freshmen to be elected unanimously. Yankee first baseman/DH Kevin Maas and Royals right-hander Kevin Appier are the runners-up.

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1995 For a bit less money paid by CBS for the rights to televise the 1990-1993 seasons of big-league games, Major League Baseball reaches an agreement with the Fox Broadcasting Company to air regular-season contests on Saturday afternoons. Like the format used by The Baseball Network, Fox will offer weekly regionalized telecasts based solely on a viewer's geography.

1997 The new Tampa Bay expansion team names Larry Rothschild as the franchise's first manager. The Devil Rays skipper was the highly respected pitching coach of the World Champion Florida Marlins last season.

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2000 Receiving 25-of-32 first-place votes, the BBWAA selects Rafael Furcal as the National League Rookie of the Year. The Braves shortstop, the only player listed on all 32 ballots, easily outdistances Cardinal pitcher Rick Ankiel and Mets outfielder Jay Payton.

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2002 The Baseball Writers' Association of America selects A's southpaw Barry Zito (23-5, 2.75) as the American League Cy Young Award winner by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The 24-year-old sophomore, who led the AL in wins, out points Red Sox right-hander Pedro Martinez, 114 to 96.

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2002 The Baseball Writers' Association of America selects Mike Scioscia (World Champions Angels, 99-63) and Tony La Russa (Cardinals, 97-65) as Manager of the Year for their respective leagues. The St. Louis skipper, who also won the award in the American League with the White Sox (1983) and the A's (1988, 1992), joins Braves' field boss Bobby Cox as the only other manager to win the top honors in both leagues.

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2003 Thanks to Luis Garcia's ninth-inning tie-breaking home run, Mexico upsets the United States Olympic baseball team in the quarterfinals of the qualifying tournament, 2-1. The loss in Panama means the U.S. squad will be unable to defend its gold medal in Athens next summer.

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2005 Closer Huston Street, joining shortstop Bobby Crosby, becomes the second consecutive A's freshman to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award, with Phillies' first baseman Ryan Howard copping the honor in the National League. Both players, who were not on Opening Day rosters, got their opportunity to play in the majors this season due to injuries to teammates.

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2007 In a five-player trade, the Phillies obtain reliever Brad Lidge and infielder Eric Bruntlett from the Astros in exchange for outfielder speedster Michael Bourn, right-hander Geoff Geary, and minor league prospect Mike Costanzo. Philadelphia hopes a change of scenery will help Lidge become a dominant closer in the National League again as he was in Houston during the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

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2011 The Royals, clearing a spot in center field for top prospect Lorenzo Cain, trade outfielder Melky Cabrera (.305, 18, 87) to the Giants left-hander for Jonathan Sanchez (4-7, 4.26). The addition of the 29-year-old southpaw bolsters KC's very young starting rotation.

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2011 The Twins replace GM Bill Smith, given a new role in the organization as an assistant to both the new GM and club president Dave St. Peter, with his predecessor, when the team rehires Terry Ryan on an interim basis. The dismissal marks the first time since 1961, when the club left Washington to move to Minnesota, that the franchise has fired a general manager.

 

2012 Brien Taylor, a former top Yankees pitching prospect who received a record $1.55 million signing bonus, is sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to distributing crack cocaine. The East Carteret High School's hard-throwing southpaw was the No. 1 overall selection in the 1991 draft but severely injured his pitching shoulder while throwing a punch which missed his opponent when he got into a fistfight two years later.

2012 With a year remaining on his contract, outfielder Jason Bay is released by the Mets after three very disappointing seasons with New York. The move will not save the team any money as they will be responsible for the $21 million owed to the former National League Rookie of the Year, who signed a big free-agent deal with the club in 2009.

2012 After informing their season-ticket holders via e-mail before making an official announcement, the Rockies name Walt Weiss as the sixth manager in the 20-year history of the team. The 48-year-old new skipper, a popular shortstop with Colorado during the early years of the franchise, replaces Jim Tracy, who resigned last month.

2013 Rick Renteria becomes the Cubs' 53rd manager in franchise history, the fourth in the previous five years when he signs a three-year contract with two club option years with the last-place team that finished the season with 96 losses. Chicago's new 51-year-old skipper has spent the last three seasons as Bud Black's bench coach in San Diego.

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2017 Two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay dies when his ICON A5, a small, single-engine aircraft he is piloting, crashes off the Florida coast into the Gulf of Mexico. The 40-year-old eight-time All-Star right-hander, who retired from baseball four years ago, tossed a perfect game and a postseason no-hitter during his 16-year career, pitching for the Blue Jays and Phillies.

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On November 7 in Baseball History...

• • 1957 - The AP poll names Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford its National League Rookie of the Year with 16 votes. He beats out his teammate, first baseman Ed Bouchee.
    
  • 1963 - Catcher Elston Howard becomes the first black ever voted American League Most Valuable Player. New York's Howard tops Detroit's Al Kaline 248 to 148.
    
  • 1964 - With their home attendance below 800,000 for the past two seasons, the National League orders the Braves to stay in Milwaukee in 1965, but permits a move to Atlanta in 1966.
    
  • 1967 - Orlando Cepeda of the Cards is the first unanimous selection as National League Most Valuable Player.
    
  • 1978 - Boston's Jim Rice outpoints New York's Ron Guidry, 353-291, to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Rice led the league in hits (213), triples (15), home runs (46), RBI (139), and slugging (.600) and became the first American League player to accumulate 400 total bases in a season since Joe DiMaggio in 1937.
    
  • 1979 - Cubs reliever Bruce Sutter, who had a 2.23 ERA and saved 37 of his team's 80 victories, wins the National League Cy Young Award by a 72-66 margin over Houston's Joe Niekro.
    
  • 1989 - Baltimore's Gregg Olson becomes the first relief pitcher to win the American League Rookie of the Year Award.
    
  • 1990 - Cleveland's Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award unanimously, joining Carlton Fisk and Mark McGwire as the only players to do so.
    

Baseball Birthdays on November 7...

• • 1857 - Nolan, The Only
  • 1868 - Freeman, Julie
  • 1872 - Ging, Billy
  • 1872 - McFarland, Monte
  • 1873 - Eustace, Frank
  • 1886 - Mensor, Ed
  • 1889 - Thompson, Tommy
  • 1891 - Baker, Tracy
  • 1898 - Pasquella, Mike
  • 1906 - Strange, Alan
  • 1910 - Brubaker, Bill
  • 1911 - Crompton, Herb
  • 1916 - Hatten, Joe
  • 1919 - Neill, Tommy
  • 1932 - Stuart, Dick
  • 1933 - Hale, Bob
  • 1935 - Hankins, Jay
  • 1938 - Kaat, Jim
  • 1938 - Gibbs, Jake
  • 1941 - Jones, Clarence
  • 1944 - Niekro, Joe
  • 1945 - Bennett, Dave
  • 1947 - Newhauser, Don
  • 1948 - Martinez, Buck
  • 1948 - Walker, Tom
  • 1950 - Norwood, Willie
  • 1951 - Tamargo, John
  • 1955 - Sularz, Guy
  • 1958 - Patterson, Reggie
  • 1959 - Rodas, Rich
  • 1961 - Mercado, Orlando
  • 1965 - Bearse, Kevin
  • 1966 - Tomberlin, Andy
  • 1966 - Suero, William
  • 1966 - Drahman, Brian
  • 1967 - Wainhouse, Dave
  • 1968 - Springer, Russ
  • 1969 - Fleming, Dave
  • 1971 - Ritchie, Todd
  • 1972 - Smith, Travis
  • 1973 - DePaula, Sean
  • 1974 - Rusch, Glendon
  • 1974 - Benson, Kris

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11/8
BIRTHDAYS
1896 Bucky Harris HOF manager (World Series 1947 NY Yankees) and second baseman (WS 1924 Washington Senators), born in Port Jervis, New York (d. 1977)


1952 Jerry Remy infielder (MLB All Star 1978; California Angels, Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 2021)

1952 John Denny pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1983; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Prescott, Arizon


1962 Ron Johnson, Australian baseball hitting coach (Olympics 1996)

1963 Dwight Smith outfielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Tallahassee, Florida

1965 Jeff Blauser infielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Los Gatos, California

1967 Henry Rodriguez outfielder (Montreal Expos), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1968 Jose Offermann infielder (KC Royals), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

1977 Nick Punto player, 2001-14 (Philadelphia Phillies; Minnesota Twins, and 4 other teams), born in San Diego, California

1989 Giancarlo Stanton (New York Yankees), born in Panorama City, California

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1920 At a meeting held to dismiss Ban Johnson, the eleven dissenting club owners agreed to a new twelve-team National League format and one of the five still loyal to the American League president. The plan for the revolutionary new senior circuit falls apart a few days later.

1928 Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum that will allow professional sports on Sundays within the commonwealth in localities supporting that option. After admitting to using $200,000 of his funds, Braves' owner Judge Emil Fuchs will plead nolo contendere to spending money to influence the election outcome, resulting in the team being fined $1,000 in Municipal Court.

1950 Commissioner Happy Chandler and a player representative from each league agree on the appropriation of the $975,000 derived from radio and TV rights from this season's Fall Classic. After some initial resistance from Cardinals shortstop Marty Marion, the NL rep who thought some of the proceeds should go to the players' World Series pool, the decision is made to place the money into the pension fund.

1950 The BBWAA selects Walt Dropo, who led the American League with 144 RBIs, as the American League's Rookie of the Year. The 26-year-old slugging first baseman, who easily outpointed Yankee southpaw Whitey Ford, is the first Red Sox player to win the award.

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1951 Baseball Writers' Association of America names Yankees catcher Yogi Berra (.294, 27, 88) as the American League's Most Valuable Player. The Yankees catcher, who will also cop the honor in 1954 and 1955, edges out the Browns' 20-game winner Ned Garver, who thought he had won the award when a BBWAA representative from the misinformed him before a recount gave the Bronx Bomber backstop a slight edge.

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