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1985 Vince Coleman is selected by the BBWAA as the National League's Rookie of the Year. The Cardinals freshman outfielder, who stole 110 bases for the pennant-winning Redbirds, joins Frank Robinson, Orlando Cepeda, and Willie McCovey as only the fourth unanimous winner of the award.

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1991 The Mets and Eddie Murray agree to a two-year deal worth $7.5 million. The All-Star first baseman, who played the previous three seasons with the Dodgers, spent the first dozen years of his Hall of Fame career in Baltimore.

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2001 The major league owners vote unanimously to extend baseball commissioner Bud Selig's contract through 2006. The former Brewers' owner, who had held the top spot on an interim basis since 1992, was given the title permanently midway through the 1998 season.

2007 The Brewers and Jason Kendall agree to a one-year contract that guarantees $4.25 million and includes a vesting option for 2009. The 33-year-old catcher, who split time with the A's and Cubs last season, replaces recently traded Johnny Estrada behind the plate.

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On November 27 in Baseball History...

• • 1941 - Joe DiMaggio is named American League Most Valuable Player. His 56-game hitting streak edges out Ted Williams and his .406 batting average for the award (291 for DiMaggio and 254 for Williams).
    
  • 1950 - Less than three weeks after he was fired as player-manager of the Indians, the Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to a two-year contract worth an estimated $150,000.
    
  • 1953 - Indians third baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named the American League Most Valuable Player with a record 336 votes. In the National League, Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella is named Most Valuable Player.
    
  • 1970 - Carl Morton, who was 18-11 for the last-place Expos, receives the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Morton beats out Reds outfielder Bernie Carbo.
    
  • 1973 - Gary Matthews outpolls eight others, receiving 11 of 24 nominations for the National League Rookie of the Year Award. The Giants outfielder batted .300 in 145 games.
    
  • 1974 - Bowie Kuhn suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for two years as a result of Steinbrenner's conviction for illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon and others.
    
  • 1985 - Vince Coleman, who stole 110 bases for the Cardinals, joins Frank Robinson, Orlando Cepeda, and Willie McCovey as the only unanimous winners of the National League Rookie of the Year Award.

Baseball Birthdays on November 27...

• • 1881 - Kane, Jim
  • 1888 - O'Toole, Marty
  • 1892 - Bush, Joe
  • 1896 - Singleton, John
  • 1899 - Styles, Lena
  • 1903 - Hohman, Bill
  • 1910 - Miklos, Hank
  • 1912 - York, Tony
  • 1918 - Capri, Pat
  • 1919 - Reynolds, Danny
  • 1920 - Schmitz, Johnny
  • 1922 - Bevil, Lou
  • 1923 - Schultz, Bob
  • 1924 - Howe, Cal
  • 1927 - Quinn, Frank
  • 1933 - Moran, Billy
  • 1937 - Short, Bill
  • 1938 - Handrahan, Vern
  • 1938 - Tartabull, Jose
  • 1939 - Giusti, Dave
  • 1941 - Raffo, Al
  • 1944 - Tompkins, Ron
  • 1947 - Harrell, John
  • 1950 - Sheldon, Bob
  • 1951 - Spillner, Dan
  • 1958 - Scioscia, Mike
  • 1961 - Milligan, Randy
  • 1969 - Laker, Tim
  • 1969 - Eddy, Chris
  • 1971 - Rodriguez, Ivan
  • 1974 - Ray, Ken
  • 1978 - Rollins, Jimmy

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BIRTHDAYS
1953 Sixto Lezcano


1958 Dave Righetti Pitcher (Yankees, Giants) and coach, born in San Jose, California


1960 Ken Howell Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2018)

1963 Walt Weissl shortstop (AL Rookie of the Year 1988; World Series 1989; MLB All Star 1998; Oakland A's, Colorado Rockies) and manager (Colorado Rockies 2013-16), born in Tuxedo, New York


1964 John Burkett pitcher (MLB All Star, NL wins leader 1993 SF Giants; All Star 2001 Atlanta Braves), born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania


1965 Matt Williams infielder (5 x MLB All Star; NL home run leader 1994; NL RBI leader 1990; SF Giants) and manager (Washington Nationals), born in Bishop, California


1971 William Simas Jr, pitcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Hanford, California

 

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1938 Monty Stratton, having compiled a 36-23 record (.610) during his five-year major league career, has his right leg amputated as the result of a hunting accident in Greenville, Texas. Jimmy Stewart plays the title role in The Stratton Story, a 1949 movie chronicling the White Sox hurler's attempted comeback.

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1944 Hal Newhouser (29-9, 2.22, 187) edges his Tiger teammate Dizzy Trout (27-14, 2.12, 144) for the American League's MVP by four votes. The future Hall of Fame southpaw, who will also win the award next year, had posted only 34 victories in the past four seasons.

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1950 After relieving GM Branch Rickey of his duties, Walter O'Malley names PCL Oakland manager Chuck Dressen to replace the fired 65-year-old Burt Shotton, who compiled a 326-215 (.603) record during his four-year tenure as the Dodgers skipper.

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1955 Monte Irvin's tenure with the Giants ends when the former Negro League standout is claimed in the Rule V draft by the Cubs. The future Hall of Fame outfielder will retire after playing one season in Chicago, finishing his brief eight-year major league career with a .293 batting average.

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1956 The Indians name Major Kerby Farrell as the team's new manager, replacing Al Lopez, who resigned on the last day of the season after finishing his six-year tenure with a franchise-best 570-354 (.617) record. The Tribe's 43-year-old new skipper led the AA Indianapolis Indians to the Junior World Series title, sweeping the Rochester Red Wings (Cardinals) in four games at the end of September.

1958 The American League announces Opening Day will be on April 9th, the earliest date the Junior Circuit has ever started the regular season. After President Eisenhower throws out the ceremonial first pitch, the Senators will beat the Orioles, 9-2, in the traditional opener played in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium.

 

1964 Twins freshman outfielder Tony Olivia, named on 19 of the 20 ballots cast by a special committee of the BBWAA, is overwhelmingly selected as the American League's Rookie of the Year, with the lone dissenting vote going to 19-year-old Oriole right-hander Wally Bunker (19-5, 2.69). The Cuban native from Pinar del Rio won the AL's batting crown with a .323 average while hitting 32 home runs and driving in 94 runs for the sixth-place club.

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1964 Phillies' third baseman Dick Allen easily wins the National League's Rookie of the Year Award, receiving 18 of the 20 writers' votes, with the other two ballots cast for Braves' outfielder Rico Carty and Giants' third baseman Jim Ray Hart. The 22-year-old 'Wampum Walloper' led the circuit in runs scored, triples, and total bases, batting .328, fifth-best in the league, with 29 homers and 91 RBIs.

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1965 Future Red Sox owner Haywood Sullivan resigns as A's manager to become the Red Sox vice president and director of player personnel. Alvin Dark, who will lead the club to a seventh-place finish in his only full season in Kansas City, replaces the Donalsonville, Georgia native.

1972 In a seven-player blockbuster deal between crosstown rivals, the Dodgers trade Bobby Valentine, Billy Grabarkewitz, Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, and Mike Strahler to the Angels for Ken McMullen and Andy Messersmith. Both Singer (1973) and Messersmith (1974) will become 20-game winners for their new teams.

1974 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner after the Yankee owner pleads guilty to making illegal contributions by giving "bonuses" to eight of his shipping firm employees, instructing them to donate their $25,000 to the Re-elect Nixon campaign, and for trying to cover up the scheme. The 'Boss' will have his suspension commuted to fifteen months, and in January of 1989, he will be pardoned by Ronald Reagan, just before the president ends his term of office.

1979 Right-hander Rick Sutcliffe, who compiled a 17-10 record on a losing Dodger team, is named on 20 of 24 writers' ballots to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Outfielders Jeffrey Leonard of the Astros and Scot Thompson of the Cubs garner the remaining four votes.

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1988 Rich Gedman becomes the highest-paid catcher in the American League, signing a one-year contract with the Red Sox for $1.2 million. The Boston backstop, who will appear in only 93 games, bats a meager .212 in his last full season with the team.

2000 Curtis Leskanic (9-3, 2.56, 12 saves) agrees to a $7.2 million, three-year incentive-laden contract with the Brewers, which can almost double based on his performance. After Milwaukee traded closer Bob Wickman to the Indians at the end of January, the 32-year-old closer converted 11 of 12 save chances.

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2005 Agreeing to a deal that pays him the highest average salary for a reliever in baseball history, the Mets offer Phillies left-handed free-agent Billy Wagner a $43 million, four-year contract to close for the team. The 34-year-old 'Billy the Kid,' who led the N.L. in games finished with 70, will compile 101 saves in his three-plus seasons with New York.

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2005 Closer B.J. Ryan, who saved 36 games last season for the Orioles, agrees to a $47 million, five-year deal with the Blue Jays. The thirty-year-old southpaw's contract calls for the largest sum of money ever given to a reliever.

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2005 Due to the 15-year restriction, Pete Rose is no longer eligible for possible inclusion on the baseball writers' Hall of Fame ballot. The all-time hits leader, who was banned from baseball for life in 1989 for allegedly gambling on the game, has not been listed previously because the Hall of Fame Board of Directors decreed that BBWAA couldn't consider anyone on the permanently ineligible list.

2006 Adam Kennedy ends his seven-year tenure with the Angels, signing a $10-million, three-year deal with the Cardinals. The former Redbird farmhand will reunite with David Eckstein, the second baseman's double-play partner during Anaheim's 2002 World Series championship year

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2007 In a six-player trade, the Twins obtain outfielder Delmon Young, infielder Brendan Harris, and outfield prospect Jason Pridie from the Rays for right-handed starter Matt Garza, starting shortstop Jason Bartlett and pitching prospect Eduardo Morlan. The acquisition of the 22-year-old turbulent Tampa Bay outfielder, admonished by his manager Joe Maddon last season for not hustling, will help Minnesota fill the void created by free agent Torii Hunter's departure to the Angels.

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2007 The White Sox sign free agent Scott Linebrink (5-6, 3.71) to a four-year, $19 million contract, which many consider lucrative for a middle-reliever. Chicago plans to use the former Padres/Brewers reliever in an eighth-inning set-up role to get to Bobby Jenks, their closer.

2011 Less than a week after obtaining the Astros from Drayton McLane, new owner Jim Crane fires GM Ed Wade and team president Tal Smith. In a statement issued by new team president and chief executive officer George Postolos, Dave Gottfried, Houston's assistant GM, has been asked to serve as the club's interim general manager.

2011 The Rays and veteran backstop Jose Molina agree to a one-year, $1.5-million contract that includes a club option for the same amount for the 2013 season. The 36-year-old catcher, known for his outstanding defensive skills, hit a career-best .281 last season with Toronto.

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2014 In a blockbuster trade, the Blue Jays acquire Josh Donaldson from the A's in exchange for second baseman Brett Lawrie, pitching prospects Kendall Graveman and Sean Nolin, as well as Franklin Barreto, a talented minor league infielder. The deal for the 28-year-old All-Star comes as a surprise because the Toronto third baseman was considered untouchable, partly for not being eligible for free agency until after the 2018 season.
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On November 28 in Baseball History...

• • 1944 - Hal Newhouser is named Most Valuable Player in the American League, gathering four more votes than teammate Dizzy Trout. Newhouser's 29 wins contrast his 34 combined wins the previous four years. His 2.22 ERA is bettered by Trout (2.12), who also has 27 wins.
    
  • 1950 - Having already ousted Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as manager. Chuck Dressen, manager of Oakland in the Pacific Coast League, is named as his replacement.
    
  • 1957 - Warren Spahn of the Braves wins the Cy Young Award as the major league's top pitcher almost unanimously. The only competition for the 21-game winner is White Sox hurler Dick Donovan, who receives one vote.
    
  • 1958 - The American League announces that its Opening Day game in 1959 will be the earliest ever, April 9.
    
  • 1969 - Los Angeles second baseman Ted Sizemore (.271) becomes the seventh Dodgers player to win National League Rookie of the Year honors.
    
  • 1973 - Al Bumbry beats out five other vote-getters to win American League Rookie of the Year honors. The Orioles outfielder played just 110 games, but tied for the league lead in triples (11) and batted .337.
    
  • 1978 - The Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after nine years, during which the club averaged 96 wins per season and won five divisional titles, four National League pennants, and two World Championships.
    
  • 1979 - Pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, who went 17-10 for the sub-.500 Dodgers, receives 20 of 24 votes to earn the National League Rookie of the Year honors.

Baseball Birthdays on November 28...

• • 1858 - Davis, Daisy
  • 1861 - Conway, Bill
  • 1865 - Minnehan, Dan
  • 1870 - Peitz, Heinie
  • 1874 - Yerkes, Stan
  • 1876 - Fohl, Lee
  • 1877 - Jackson, Jim
  • 1882 - Roach, Roxey
  • 1883 - Osborn, Fred
  • 1887 - Prough, Bill
  • 1893 - Karr, BenN
  • 1894 - O'Rourke, Frank
  • 1895 - Anderson, Bill
  • 1895 - Craft, Molly
  • 1905 - Chapman, Ed
  • 1907 - King, Lynn
  • 1910 - McWilliams, Bill
  • 1910 - Gallagher, Ed
  • 1911 - DeLancey, Bill
  • 1916 - West, Max
  • 1918 - Meers, Russ
  • 1922 - Westrum, Wes
  • 1927 - Paula, Carlos
  • 1928 - Queen, Billy
  • 1937 - Goldy, Purnal
  • 1937 - Withrow, Corky
  • 1941 - Fisher, Fritz
  • 1949 - Augustine, Dave
  • 1950 - Fuller, Jim
  • 1953 - Lezcano, Sixto
  • 1957 - Rooney, Pat
  • 1958 - Righetti, Dave
  • 1959 - Datz, Jeff
  • 1960 - Howell, Ken
  • 1963 - Weiss, Walt
  • 1964 - Burkett, John
  • 1964 - Wilson, Craig
  • 1965 - Williams, Matt
  • 1968 - Burrows, Terry
  • 1968 - Sheldon, Scott
  • 1969 - Nen, Robb
  • 1969 - Astacio, Pedro
  • 1971 - Simas, Bill
  • 1972 - Guzman, Geraldo
  • 1972 - Parra, Jose
  • 1976 - Bernero, Adam

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