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11/10
BIRTHDAYS
1896 Jimmy Dykes infielder (MLB All Star 1933-34 Chicago White Sox; World Series 1929-30 Philadelphia A's) and manager (Chicago White Sox, 1934-46), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)


1930 Gene Conley pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball forward (NBA C'ship 1959–1961; Boston Celtics), born in Muskogee, Oklahoma (d. 2017)


1934 Norm Cash 1st baseman (5 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1968; AL batting champion 1961; Detroit Tigers), born in Eldorado, Texas (d. 1986)


1955 Jack Clark utility (MLB All-Star 1978, 79, 85, 87; Silver Slugger Award 1985, 87; SF Giants, St. Louis Cardinals), born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania


1964 Keith Lockhart infielder (KC Royals), born in Whittier, California

1964 Kenny Rogers pitcher (perfect game 1994), born in Savannah, Georgia


1971 Butch Huskey infielder (NY Mets), born in Anadarko, Oklahoma

1971 Jennifer McFalls softball infielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Arlington, Texas


1972 Shawn Green outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Des Plaines, Illinois

1977 Matt Cepicky player, born in St. Louis, Missouri

1981 Tony Blanco player (Washington Nationals), born in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1919 Former major league right-hander Clark Griffith, who owns 19% of the Senators, becomes a club owner when he joins forces with Philadelphia grain broker William Richardson, who purchased 40% in the franchise. The two quickly came to an agreement that allowed Griffith to vote Richardson's shares as well, all but assuring his election as the team president.

1948 The White Sox acquire left-hander Billy Pierce and $10,000 from the Tigers for All-Star catcher Aaron Robinson. The 21-year-old southpaw will win 186 games for Chicago during his 13-year tenure with the Windy City club, while the All-Star backstop will play less than three seasons in the Motor City.

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1950 Amidst much public protest, the Indians fire their popular player-manager Lou Boudreau, who had spent 12 years with the Tribe, including the last nine as the team's skipper. After compiling a modest .529 winning percentage (728-649), the surprised Harvey, Illinois native, will be replaced by Indianapolis minor league manager Al Lopez.

Al and Joe McCarthy

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1950 Seventeen months after nearly being mortally wounded by an obsessed fan's rifle shot to the chest, Eddie Waitkus is named the Comeback Player of the Year by the Associated Press. The Phillies' infielder hit .284 this season and continued to be one of the best fielding first basemen in the league.​

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1961 In addition to purchasing 100,000 tickets to the new National League's team games, the Rheingold Brewery agrees to pay six million dollars for the radio and television rights to 126 Mets games per year for five years. The largest deal of its kind is approximately double the cost of the franchise and all its first-season players.

1964 The Braves sign a twenty-five-year lease to play in the newly constructed Atlanta Stadium and continue to play there until the team moves next door to Turner Field in 1997. The ballpark, officially known as Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in 1975, will affectionately be called the 'Launching Pad,' reflecting the ease that players hit home runs due to the location being 1,000 feet above sea level on the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

1965 Giants outfielder Willie Mays is named the National League's Most Valuable Player, receiving 224 of the writers' votes, compared to 177 for Dodger southpaw Sandy Koufax, the winner of 26 games with an ERA of 2.04, while striking out 382 batters to establish a modern major-league mark. The 34-year-old San Francisco slugger batted .312, led the circuit with 52 home runs, and collected 112 RBI for his second-place club.

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1978 "Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to Sayonara" - GRAIG NETTLES, commenting on the trade that sent Yankee teammate Sparky Lyle to the Rangers. The Yankees trade southpaws Sparky Lyle, the 1977 Cy Young Award recipient, Dave Rajsich, righty Larry McCall, infielder Domingo Ramos, catcher Mike Heath, and $400,000 to the Rangers for lefties Dave Righetti and Paul Mirabella, right-hander Mike Griffin, and outfielder Juan Beniquez. The 19-year-old Righetti, who will toss a July 4th no-hitter in 1983, will spend 11 seasons with the Bronx Bombers, compiling a 74-61 (.548) record and saving 224 games for the team.

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1987 In the closest voting in the history of the National League Cy Young Award, Phillies' closer Steve Bedrosian narrowly edges Cubs right-hander Rick Sutcliffe by two points (57-55) to cop the prestigious pitching prize. 'Bedrock' is the third reliever in the National League, joining Mike Marshall (Dodgers, 1974) and Bruce Sutter (Cubs, 1979) in accomplishing the feat.

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1988 Dodgers' hurler Orel Hershiser (23-8, 2.26) becomes the ninth pitcher in National League history to win the Cy Young Award unanimously when he receives all twenty-four first-place votes from the sportswriters. The 29-year-old right-hander, known as the 'Bulldog' to his teammates, becomes the only player to win the Cy Young Award, the NLCS MVP Award, and the World Series MVP Award in the same season.

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2003 Dontrelle Willis (14-6, 3.30), the only player in either league to be listed on every ballot, wins the National League Rookie of the Year award. The 21-year-old Marlins starter is named first on 17 of the 32 ballots cast by the writers, with Brewer outfielder Scott Podsednik (8) and Diamondback right-hander Brandon Webb (7) receiving the other first-place votes.

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2004 The Red Sox induct Bill Carrigan, skipper of the 1915-16 World Series champion teams, infielders Billy Goodman (1947-57) and Pete Runnels (1958-62), southpaw Bruce Hurst (1980-88), Pawtucket Red Sox owner Ben Mondor, and former GM Haywood Sullivan into the team's Hall of Fame. Also enshrined for their contributions are Cooperstown Hall of Famers Wade Boggs (1982-92), Jimmy Collins (1901-07), and right-hander Dennis Eckersley (1978-84).

2004 After piloting the third-place Rangers (89-73) to an 18 game improvement from the previous season, Buck Showalter wins his second American League Manager of the Year Award. The former Yankee manager also copped the honor in 1994, guiding the Bronx Bombers to a first-place finish in the strike-shorten season with a 70-43 (.619) record.

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2004 The BBWAA selects Bobby Cox as the National League Manager of the Year. Although the team loses Greg Maddux, Gary Sheffield, Javy Lopez, and Vinny Castilla to free agency, the Braves (96-58) still capture their 13th straight and unexpected division flag.

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2005 The Baseball Writers' Association of America elects Chris Carpenter (21-5, 2.83)as the National League's Cy Young Award winner. The Cardinal right-hander, sidelined with injuries during the past two seasons, outpoints Marlins southpaw Dontrelle Willis (22-10, 2.63), becoming the first Redbird to cop the honor since the selection of Bob Gibson in 1970.

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2006 In the offseason's first big move, the Tigers trade three talented pitching prospects, Humberto Sanchez, Kevin Whelan, and Anthony Claggett, to the Yankees for Gary Sheffield. The deal, which includes a two-year, $28 million contract extension through 2009, reunites the outfield slugger with his 1997 World Series champion Marlins general manager (Dave Dombrowski) and field manager Jim Leyland.

2008 Evan Longoria (.272, 27, 85), the unanimous choice of the BBWAA with all 28 first-place votes, wins the American League Rookie of the Year award. The Rays' 23-year-old slugging third baseman becomes the first player in the franchise's 11-year history to win a major postseason award.

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2008 Cubs' freshman Geovany Soto (.285, 23, 86), garnering 31 of 32 first-place votes, wins the National League Rookie of the Year award. The 25-year-old catcher becomes the first backstop to be selected since Mike Piazza won the freshman honor while playing for the Dodgers in 1993.

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2010 The A's acquire David DeJesus from the Royals for right-hander Vin Mazzaro and minor league southpaw prospect Justin Marks. The 30-year-old corner outfielder missed the last two months of the season due to surgery on his right thumb.

2010 For the first time since the glory days of the 'Big Red Machine,' Cincinnati lands more than one Gold Glove winner with third baseman Scott Rolen, second baseman Brandon Phillips, and pitcher Bronson Arroyo are all recognized for their fielding prowess. Starting in 1974, for four consecutive seasons, the managers and coaches routinely selected catcher Johnny Bench, second baseman Joe Morgan, shortstop Dave Concepcion, and center fielder Cesar Geronimo as the top defensive players in their positions.

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2010 At the age of 75, legendary Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus, best known for trademark calls of "My Oh My" and "It will fly away," dies at his home after suffering a heart attack. The 2008 Ford C. Frick Award recipient and Seattle's only representative in the baseball Hall of Fame called all but 101 of the 5,385 games for 34 seasons that the team has played, including the first pitch in franchise history thrown by Diego Segui in 1977.

2012 The Nationals announce Davey Johnson will return for one more season as the team's manager. The 69-year-old skipper, who led Washington to their first NL East title with a franchise-high 98 victories, will become a consultant for the club in 2014.

2012 R.A. Dickey receives the 21st annual Rotary Club of Denver's Branch Rickey Award, an honor given to just one of the 30 nominees selected from each major league team for their humanitarian service off the field. Before the start of the season, the Mets' 38-year-old knuckleballer climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, helping to raise more than $100,000 to support the Bombay Teen organization in their effort to rescue young women from forced prostitution in India.

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2014 Jose Abreu (.317, 36, 107), receiving all 30 first-place votes cast by the BBWAA, is unanimously named the American League Rookie of the Year. The 27-year-old first baseman joins Ozzie Guillen (1985), Ron Kittle (1983), Tommie Agee (1966), Gary Peters (1963), and Luis Aparicio (1956) as the sixth White Sox player to win the prestigious freshman award since its inception in 1947.

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2020 Baseball Writers' Association of America select Kevin Cash as the AL's Manager of the Year after he guided the Rays to a first-place finish in the East, compiling the circuit's best record (40-20) in the COVID- shorten season. The 42-year-old skipper, in his sixth season in Tampa, led the franchise to its second World Series appearance, knocking off the Yankees and Astros out of the playoffs before losing the Fall Classic in six games to the Dodgers.

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2020 The Baseball Writers' Association of America unanimously select Mariners' center fielder Kyle Lewis as the American League's Rookie of the Year. The 25-year-old, Seattle's first-round pick in 2016, led the team in batting average (.262), on-base percentage (.364), and homers (11) in the covid-shorten sixty-game season.

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2020 The writers, casting 14 of 30 first-place votes, select Brewers right-handed reliever Devin Williams as the National League's Rookie of the Year, with infielders Alec Bohm of the Phillies and the Padres' Jake Cronenworth, finishing tied for second place for the freshman honor. The 26-year-old Missourian, the second-round draft pick by Milwaukee in 2013, posted a 0.33 ERA, allowed four runs (one earned), and gave up eight hits while striking out 53 of the 100 batters he faced in 27 innings he pitched.

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2020 The writers select Don Mattingly as the National League's Manager of the Year after he guides Miami to their first playoff appearance since the team won the World Series in 2003. Joining Jack McKeon (2003) and Joe Girardi (2006), the 59-year-old veteran skipper becomes the third Marlins skipper to receive the honor and the fifth person to win both an MVP award (1985) and named Manager of the Year

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On November 10 in Baseball History...

• • 1950 - After nine years at the helm, the Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau amid howls of fan protest. Although Boudreau's overall winning percentage is a moderate .529, he won 92 games in a fourth-place finish. Al Lopez, who has piloted Double-A Minneapolis since l948, takes over with a two-year contract.
    
  • 1953 - The Giants end their tour of Japan. It is reported that each player received just $331 of the $3,000 they were promised.
    
  • 1964 - The Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium.
    
  • 1965 - Willie Mays, with 52 home runs and 112 RBI, is named National League Most Valuable Player. Mays receives 224 votes to 177 for Sandy Koufax, who had a 2.04 ERA, won 26 games, allowed just 5.79 hits per game, and struck out 382.
    
  • 1987 - In the closest vote in the award's history, Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win the National League Cy Young Award. Bedrosian is the third reliever ever to win the award in the National League.
    
  • 1988 - Dodgers ace Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as National League Cy Young Award winner.
    
  • 1997 - Roger Clemens becomes the first American League pitcher to win the Cy Young Award four times. Clemens, the first pitcher since Hal Newhouser in 1945 to win the pitching Triple Crown in the American League, led the league in wins (21), strikeouts (292), and ERA (2.05) in his first year with Toronto. Clemens won his first three Cy Young Awards with the Red Sox in 1986, 1987, and 1991.
    
  • 1998 - Oakland outfielder Ben Grieve is named the American League Rookie of the Year.

Baseball Birthdays on November 10...

• • 1857 - Whitney, Jim
  • 1866 - Carney, John
  • 1867 - Earle, Billy
  • 1867 - Roat, Fred
  • 1873 - Lush, Billy
  • 1873 - McGill, Willie
  • 1878 - Morgan, Cy
  • 1879 - Cook, Jim
  • 1881 - Hoey, Jack
  • 1881 - Wheeler, George
  • 1886 - Riley, Jim
  • 1886 - Gainer, Del
  • 1888 - Hunt, Ben
  • 1890 - Eayrs, Eddie
  • 1892 - Park, Jim
  • 1895 - Fewster, Chick
  • 1895 - Parks, Slicker
  • 1896 - Dykes, Jimmy
  • 1903 - Blackerby, George
  • 1912 - Tebbetts, Birdie
  • 1914 - Fleitas, Angel
  • 1919 - Feldman, Harry
  • 1920 - Kerns, Russ
  • 1922 - Lipon, Johnny
  • 1923 - Ermer, Cal
  • 1925 - Ruszkowski, Hank
  • 1926 - Mauro, Carmen
  • 1930 - King, Chick
  • 1930 - Conley, Gene
  • 1934 - Cash, Norm
  • 1945 - Southworth, Bill
  • 1951 - Vail, Mike
  • 1953 - Christenson, Larry
  • 1953 - Thormodsgard, Paul
  • 1953 - Parrish, Larry
  • 1954 - Stanley, Bob
  • 1955 - Clark, Jack
  • 1957 - Twitty, Jeff
  • 1961 - Ouellette, Phil
  • 1963 - Thomas, Andres
  • 1964 - Noboa, Junior
  • 1964 - Holman, Shawn
  • 1964 - Rogers, Kenny
  • 1964 - Lockhart, Keith
  • 1971 - Huskey, Butch
  • 1972 - LaRocca, Greg
  • 1972 - Green, Shawn
  • 1974 - Bowie, Micah

Baseball Deaths on November 10...

• • 1888 - Glenn, John
  • 1896 - Ritz, Jim
  • 1914 - Reitz, Heinie
  • 1914 - Heinzman, Jack
  • 1926 - Cattanach, John
  • 1926 - Pinkney, George
  • 1926 - Flanagan, Ed
  • 1929 - Baldwin, Mark
  • 1937 - Andrus, Fred
  • 1938 - Spencer, Chet
  • 1969 - Swentor, Augie
  • 1969 - Duff, Larry
  • 1969 - Foss, George
  • 1972 - Nicholson, Frank
  • 1973 - Grigsby, Denver
  • 1973 - Hitt, Bruce
  • 1974 - Simons, Mel
  • 1974 - Paschal, Ben
  • 1981 - Lagger, Ed
  • 1990 - Monteagudo, Aurelio
  • 1992 - Connors, Chuck
  • 1998 - Newhouser, Hal
  • 2002 - Raffensberger, Ken

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11/11
BIRTHDAYS
1891 Rabbit Maranville HOF infielder (World Series 1914 Boston Braves) and manager (Chicago Cubs), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1954)


1899 Pie Traynor HOF 3rd baseman (MLB All-Star 1933, 34; World Series 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates) and manager (Pittsburgh Pirates 1934–39), born in Framingham, Massachusetts (d. 1972)
Pie with Honus


1937 Warner Wolf sportscaster (WABC-TV, WCBS-TV), born in Washington, D.C.


1964 Roberto Hernandez pitcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Santurce Puerto Rico

1969 Damion Easley infielder (California Angels), born in NYC, New York

1971 Ryan Hancock pitcher (California Angels), born in Santa Clara, California

1976 Jason Grilli (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Royal Oak, Michigan

1983 Matt Garza (Tampa Bay Rays), born in Selma, California

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1891 Responding to Chicago's protest that Eastern teams helped Boston capture the circuit's championship, the National League rules the title still belongs to the Beaneaters. The pennant winners won 23 of their last 30 games, including 18 in a row.

1933 "Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter." - SATCHEL PAIGE, commenting on his longevity.
The California Winter League holds Satchel Paige Day to honor the legend's accomplishments in this multi-racial circuit. The right-hander takes no prisoners, throwing a three-hit 5-0 shutout with 14 strikeouts in the Armistice Day contest against Joe Pirrone's All-Stars, a team made up of big leaguers who came to the west coast to play winter league ball to earn some extra money.

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1941 Joe DiMaggio, who copped the honor in 1939, wins the American League Most Valuable Player award for the second time in his career. The Yankee Clipper edges Ted Williams, who hit .406 this season when a writer leaves the Red Sox right-fielder off the ballot.

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1948 Joe DiMaggio undergoes surgery to remove bone spurs on his right heel at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The Yankee Clipper will not return to the Bronx Bombers' lineup until June 28, hitting a single and a two-run homer in his first two at-bats in the team's 5-4 victory over Boston at Fenway Park.

1958 The American League announces the A's will play a league record 52-night games during the upcoming season. Kansas City will end the campaign 19 games behind New York and finish in seventh place, but will the team compile a stellar 43-34 record in home games next year.

 

1962 His major league peers select Ken Hubbs as the recipient of the Gold Glove for his performance at second base. The 21-year-old Cubs infielder is the first rookie to be honored with the prestigious fielding award.

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1981 Dodger hurler Fernando Valenzuela (13-7, 2.48) becomes the first rookie ever to win the Cy Young Award. The 20-year-old southpaw, also selected as the NL's Rookie of the Year, edges Reds' right-hander Tom Seaver (14-2, 2.54) in the BBWAA voting for the strike-shortened season, 70-67.

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1982 The Orioles get their first new manager since 1968 when Joe Altobelli succeeds the retiring Baltimore skipper, Earl Weaver. The former San Francisco manager will compile a 212-167 (.559) record during his two-plus seasons with the team and lead the club to a World Championship his first year in Baltimore.

1990 In an exhibition game between American and Japanese All-Star teams, Angels' ace Chuck Finley and Randy Johnson of the Mariners combine to hurl a no-hitter in the finale of an eight-game series. Japan takes the series 4-3 with one tie, making it the first time since 1970 that a team of major leaguers has left the Land of the Rising Sun with a losing record.

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1992 The Pirates and Barry Bonds agree on a deal that will keep Pittsburgh's outfielder for another season. The contract is worth $4.7 million, making the deal the richest one-year commitment in baseball history.

1996 John Smoltz (24-8, 2.94) is named first on 26 of 28 BBWAA writers' ballots to win the National League Cy Young Award, outdistancing Florida's Kevin Brown, who finishes second in the voting. The right-handed starter is the fourth consecutive Atlanta pitcher to win the honor, with teammate Tom Glavine being the previous recipient of the prestigious pitching prize from 1993-1995

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1996 The Mets trade Rico Brogna to the Phillies for relievers Toby Borland and Ricardo Jordan. The first baseman, diagnosed with a form of spinal arthritis in 1991, proves to be a good acquisition for Philadelphia when the 27-year-old infielder spends 3+ seasons as an everyday player in the City of Brotherly Love.

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1997 Mike Kelly becomes the first major leaguer the Rays obtained in a trade when Reds deal the 27-year-old outfielder for a player to be named later. Next week, Tampa Bay sends their 16th pick in the expansion draft, Reds' outfielder Dmitri Young, back to Cincinnati to complete the trade.

1997 Beginning to dismantle their World Champion team, the Marlins trade Moises Alou to the Astros for two pitchers, Oscar Henriquez and Manuel Barrios, and a player to be named later. The outfielder had helped lead Florida to the postseason, batting .292 with 23 home runs and 115 RBIs.

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1998 In one of the best trades ever made in franchise history, the White Sox send center fielder Mike Cameron to the Reds for Paul Konerko, a top prospect Cincinnati had acquired from the Dodgers. The first baseman/DH, who will become a mainstay in Chicago's offense for well over a decade, hits for a .294 batting average, belts 24 home runs, and drives in 81 runs during his first season in the Windy City.

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