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On November 21 in Baseball History...

• • 1949 - Bill Veeck sells the Indians for $2.2 million to a local syndicate headed by Ellis Ryan. Hank Greenberg will be general manager.
    
  • 1952 - Dodgers pitcher Joe Black, who had a record of 15-4, is voted National League Rookie of the Year.
    
  • 1956 - Don Newcombe, who won the l949 Rookie of the Year Award, takes home both the National League Most Valuable Player and the first-ever Cy Young Award.
    
  • 1960 - Bob Scheffing signs to manage the Tigers after the job is turned down by Casey Stengel.
    
  • 1972 - Boston's Carlton Fisk is the first-ever unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year. The catcher hit 22 home runs and led the American League East with a .293 average. Mets pitcher Jon Matlack is named the National League Rookie of the Year.
    
  • 1973 - Pete Rose wins the National League Most Valuable Player in a controversial vote, edging out Willie Stargell. Rose led the league with 230 hits and won his third batting crown with a .338 mark. Stargell led with 44 home runs, 119 RBI, and a.646 slugging average while batting .299.
  • 1977 - Orioles first baseman Eddie Murray is named American League Rookie of the Year.
  • 1978 - Bob Horner of the Braves edges Padres shortstop Ozzie Smith to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Horner batted .266 with 23 home runs in just 323 at bats.
    
  • 1989 - Giants outfielder Kevin Mitchell, who led the big leagues with 47 home runs and 125 RBI, wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award.

Baseball Birthdays on November 21...

• • 1851 - Mathews, Bobby
  • 1854 - Bennett, Charlie
  • 1855 - Valentine, John
  • 1865 - Swartzel, Park
  • 1869 - Clingman, Billy
  • 1870 - Beam, Alex
  • 1880 - Murch, Simmy
  • 1885 - Hetling, Gus
  • 1886 - Clemens, Clem
  • 1893 - Hasbrook, Ziggy
  • 1897 - High, Andy
  • 1898 - Zink, Walter
  • 1899 - Gibson, Charlie
  • 1899 - Swentor, Augie
  • 1901 - Fry, Johnson
  • 1905 - Mallon, Les
  • 1905 - Lindstrom, Freddie
  • 1908 - Richards, Paul
  • 1914 - Jorgensen, Pinky
  • 1914 - Scharein, George
  • 1920 - Musial, Stan
  • 1924 - Hacker, Warren
  • 1935 - Bertell, Dick
  • 1937 - Balsamo, Tony
  • 1940 - McCraw, Tommy
  • 1943 - Patterson, Daryl
  • 1952 - Almon, Bill
  • 1954 - Hargesheimer, Alan
  • 1954 - Wilson, Gary
  • 1955 - Peters, Rick
  • 1958 - Mason, Mike
  • 1959 - Barkley, Jeff
  • 1959 - Terry, Scott
  • 1960 - Eichhorn, Mark
  • 1962 - Schofield, Dick
  • 1967 - Cromer, Tripp
  • 1967 - Cox, Darron
  • 1969 - Griffey, Jr., Ken
  • 1971 - Roper, John
  • 1973 - Erdos, Todd
  • 1973 - Murray, Dan
  • 1975 - Meadows, Brian

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11/22
BIRTHDAYS
1907 Dick Bartell shortstop NY, Phillies, Tigers, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)


1926 Lew Burdette pitcher (MLB All-Star 1957, 59; World Series MVP 1957; no hitter 1960; Milwaukee Braves), born in Nitro, West Virginia (d. 2007)


1950 Greg Luzinski (Phillies, White Sox)


1950 Lyman Bostock

1958 Lee Guetterman, pitcher (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee


1974 Joe Nathan pitcher (MLB All-Star 2004, 05, 08, 09, 12, 13; SF Giants, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers), born in Houston, Texas

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1890 The American Association expels the Philadelphia Athletics, losers of the last 22 games they played, for violating the league's constitution. The Quakers, a team that had played the 1890 season in the 'City of Brotherly Love' in the defunct Players' League, replaces the ousted financially-strapped franchise.

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1908 In the first game between a Japanese and an American professional team, the Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda University in Tokyo, 5-0. The sporting goods company-sponsored team, which mainly consists of minor leaguers from the Pacific Coast League, will win all 17 games in Japan before participating in contests in the Philippines and Hawaii.

1932 Cardinals' starting shortstop Charlie Gelbert severely shatters his left ankle in a hunting accident. The 26-year-old infielder from Scranton (PA) misses two seasons and returns as a utility player in 1935, before finishing his nine-year career with the Red Sox in 1940.

1934 The Cubs trade Guy Bush, Jim Weaver, and Babe Herman to the Pirates for Larry French and Freddie Lindstrom.

1954 The Pirates purchase the contract of Roberto Clemente from Montreal, the Dodgers' AAA farm club.

1954 Montreal Royals
Roberto Clémente Chico Fernandez Clyde McNeil

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1957 Yankee outfielder Mickey Mantle edges out Red Sox superstar Ted Williams to win the American League MVP in a controversial vote. Despite the 'Splendid Splinter' leading the league with a .388 average and 38 home runs, as well as a stunning .731 slugging average, two Chicago writers still list him in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots.

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1957 After 22 seasons, Larry Goetz is unwillingly 'retired' as a National League umpire by Warren Giles. The discharged arbitrator had been critical of the Senior Circuit because of the league's refusal to include umps in the players' pension fund.

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1960 The American League proposes an expansion to nine teams in both circuits with interleague play. If the National League agrees, the Junior Circuit will delay its plans for a Los Angeles franchise.

1961 Frank Robinson becomes the first Reds' player to win the National League MVP award since first baseman Frank McCormick copped the honor after the 1940 season. The 26-year-old right fielder gets all of the writers' 15 first-place votes, easily outpointing Orlando Cepeda, 219-117.

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1967 Rod Carew (.292, 8, 51) wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award. The Twins' second baseman, receiving 19 of 20 first-place votes, easily outdistances Reggie Smith of the Red Sox.

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1968 Johnny Bench, who kept his freshman status by missing the final three games of the 1967 season due to a hand injury, is named the National League's Rookie of the Year. The 20-year-old Reds' catcher narrowly edges Mets' southpaw Jerry Koosman for the award when Chicago American veteran scribe Jim Enright splits his choice because he "couldn't vote for one and ignore the other."

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1971 The Indians' freshman first baseman, Chris Chambliss (.275, 9, 48), wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award, receiving 11 of 24 first-place votes cast by the BBWAA. The runner-up is Bill Parsons, named on five writers' ballots after compiling a 13-17 record along with a 3.20 ERA for the Brewers this season.

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1972 In the last three years, Johnny Bench wins his second National League MVP award, easily outdistancing runner-up Cubs' left fielder Billy Williams by 52 points. The 24-year-old Cincinnati catcher, a significant cog in the Big Red Machine, hit a league-leading 40 home runs en route to driving in 110 for the National League champs.

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1977 Expo outfielder Andre Dawson (.282, 19, 65) wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by a single vote over the Mets' Steve Henderson (.297, 12, 65). New York obtained Henderson in the Seaver trade with the Reds.

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1977 The Yankees and free-agent Rich 'Goose' Gossage agree to a six-year, $2.75 million, contract. The future Hall of Famer closer had 26 saves and a 1.26 ERA for the Pirates last season.

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1977 Terry Forster, the American League saves leader in 1974 with the White Sox, signs a big contract with the Dodgers, becoming the team's first free agent. Last season, the southpaw compiled a 6-4 record with a 4.43 ERA pitching for the Pirates and will post an 11-13 record during his five years in Los Angeles.

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1978 Second baseman Lou Whitaker (.285, 3, 58) wins the American League Rookie of the Year award. The distant runner-up is Brewers' infielder, Paul Molitor.

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1982 Steve Sax (.282, 4, 47) becomes the fourth consecutive Dodger to win the National League Rookie of the Year award. Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Howe, and Fernando Valenzuela had been the previous winners.​

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1983 Ron Kittle (.254, 35, 100) wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award, beating out Indians' infielder Julio Franco (.273, 8, 80) and Orioles' hurler Mike Boddicker (16-8, 2.77). The free-swinging White Sox outfielder struck out a league-leading 150 times.

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1984 Mariner first baseman/DH Alvin Davis (.284, 27, 116) wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award, easily outdistancing his teammate, southpaw Mark Langston, and Twins' outfielder Kirby Puckett.

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1986 A groundbreaking ceremony occurs at the site of what will eventually be known as Tropicana Field, a venue for hosting baseball fans from Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, before securing a major league franchise. The Florida Suncoast Dome, completed in 1990, does not field an MLB team for eight years until the Devil Rays play their first game; however, rumors have the White Sox, Mariners, and Giants becoming tenants during the interim in the Pinellas County facility.

1989 Kirby Puckett becomes the first major league player ever to sign a contract that calls for an average salary of $3 million per year when he inks a pact with the Twins for $9 million over three years.

 

1996 The soil is poured at Tropicana Field, making it the first dirt infield on an artificial-turf field since Busch Stadium in 1975. Typically, dirt is usually only found around the bases and home plate when synthetic grass is employed.

2000 Although offered more money by three other clubs, switch-hitting shortstop Jose Valentin elects to stay with the White Sox, signing a three-year deal with a fourth-year option worth $5 million a year.

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2003 Jesse Orosco (2-2, 7.68) may still be the oldest player in the major leagues next season. The 46-year-old southpaw reliever agrees to a minor league contract with the Diamondbacks, earning $800,000 if he makes the big league roster.

2004 At a lunchtime celebration at Union Station, which includes a protest, the recently relocated Washington National League franchise announces its new name, logo, and colors. Using the DC franchise's original name, which used the nickname Senators from 1901-56, the club clad in red, white, and blue will become known as the Nationals.

2006 The Dodgers sign free-agent Juan Pierre to a five-year, $44 million deal. The speedy center fielder did not miss a game during his last four seasons playing with Florida and Chicago.

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2010 Joey Votto, receiving 31 of 32 first-place votes, is the overwhelming choice of the BBWAA to be the National League's Most Valuable Player. The Reds' first baseman, who helped Cincinnati reach the playoffs for the first time in 15 years, hit .324 and led the major leagues with a .424 on-base percentage.

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2011 Major League Baseball and the Players Association sign a memorandum of understanding on a new five-year Basic Agreement, ensuring fans of uninterrupted baseball through the 2016 season. The new deal includes:
mandatory testing of blood for HGH
15 teams in each league by 2013
another round of playoffs
two more wild-card teams
the expansion of the use of instant replay.

2011 Ryan Braun (.332, 33, 111) becomes the first Brewer selected as the Most Valuable Player since 1989 when Robin Yount won the award. The Milwaukee left fielder, listed first on 20 ballots and second on the rest of the 32 writers' votes, outpointed runner-up LA's Matt Kemp (.324, 39, 126) in the overall voting, 388-332.

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2016 President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to broadcaster Vin Scully, the voice of the Dodgers for the past 67 seasons. The recently retired play-by-play announcer joins other baseball notables, including Hank Aaron, Moe Berg, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Ted Williams, and Stan Musial, to have received the nation's highest civilian honor.

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2019 The Mariners and Double-A Arkansas Travelers' infielder Evan White, their 17th pick of the 2017 draft, agree to a six-year, $24 million contract, making him the first player at that level to receive a long-term extension. Last season, his second year of professional ball, the minor league first baseman, the former University of Kentucky Wildcat, posted a .293 batting average, along with 18 home runs and 55 RBI, playing in 92 games for the Texas League club.

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On November 22 in Baseball History...

• • 1908 - The Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda University in Tokyo, 5-0, in the first game between a Japanese team and American professionals.
    
  • 1952 - The writers vote Harry Byrd (15-15, 3.31 ERA) of the Athletics as the American League Rookie of the Year.
    
  • 1957 - Mickey Mantle edges Ted Williams, 233 to 209, to win the American League Most Valuable Player. Williams, at 39 years of age, led the league in hitting with a .388 average, hit 38 home runs, and compiled a slugging average of .731. Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey fumes at the news, noting that two Chicago writers listed Williams in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots.
    
  • 1960 - The American League proposes that both leagues expand to nine teams in 1961 and begin interleague play. There will be expansion in the American League in 1961, but interleague play does not arrive until 1997.
    
  • 1961 - Right fielder Frank Robinson is the first Reds player in 21 years to win the National League Most Valuable Player, taking 219 of 224 possible votes.
    
  • 1965 - Baltimore outfielder Curt Blefary edges Angels pitcher Marcelino Lopez for American League Rookie of the Year honors.
    
  • 1967 - Minnesota second baseman Rod Carew is the runaway choice for American League Rookie of the Year.
    
  • 1968 - Cincinnati catcher Johnny Bench is named National League Rookie of the Year, getting 10 1/2 votes to edge out Jerry Koosman of the Mets, who had 9 1/2 votes. Bench is the third member of the Reds in six years to be named the top rookie.
    
  • 1971 - Indians first baseman Chris Chambliss outpolls four others to win the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Chambliss, who batted .275 in 111 games, receives 11 of 24 votes.
    
  • 1972 - Johnny Bench wins the National League Most Valuable Player, 263 to 211 for runner-up Billy Williams. It is Bench's second award in three years.
    
  • 1977 - Montreal's Andre Dawson wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by one vote over New York's Steve Henderson.
    
  • 1978 - Second baseman Lou Whitaker, who batted .285 for the Tigers, wins the American League Rookie of the Year, receiving 21 of 28 votes.
    
  • 1982 - Second baseman Steve Sax is named National League Rookie of the Year, the fourth consecutive Dodger to win the award. Sax hit .282 and stole 49 bases as the replacement for Davey Lopes in the Los Angeles infield.
    
  • 1984 - Seattle's Alvin Davis easily wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award over Mark Langston and Kirby Puckett.
    

Baseball Birthdays on November 22...

• • 1863 - Hamburg, Charlie
  • 1866 - O'Neil, Denny
  • 1890 - Roche, Jack
  • 1892 - Schwert, Pi
  • 1896 - Hollahan, Bill
  • 1901 - Rice, Harry
  • 1901 - Tauscher, Walt
  • 1907 - Bartell, Dick
  • 1914 - Pitko, Alex
  • 1916 - Cieslak, Ted
  • 1926 - Burdette, Lew
  • 1931 - Hertweck, Neal
  • 1936 - Gaines, Joe
  • 1943 - Blasingame, Wade
  • 1945 - Riddleberger, Denny
  • 1946 - Acosta, Cy
  • 1946 - McKinney, Rich
  • 1947 - Morlan, John
  • 1949 - Chiles, Rich
  • 1950 - Luzinski, Greg
  • 1950 - Bostock, Lyman
  • 1953 - Matula, Rick
  • 1955 - Rhomberg, Kevin
  • 1955 - Tolleson, Wayne
  • 1958 - Guetterman, Lee
  • 1958 - Wright, Ricky
  • 1960 - Ward, Colin
  • 1960 - Walter, Gene
  • 1962 - Hoover, John
  • 1965 - Benjamin, Mike
  • 1972 - Andujar, Luis
  • 1972 - Payton, Jay
  • 1973 - Ledee, Ricky
  • 1974 - Nathan, Joe

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