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BIRTHDAYS
1860 Henry Larkin (d. 1942)


1951 Bill Madlock third baseman, 3X All-Star, 4X NL Batting Title (Chicago Cubs; Pittsburgh Pirates and 4 other teams), born in Memphis, Tennessee


1960 Rob Derksen, Australian baseball head coach (Olympics 1996), born in Hales Corner, Wisconsin (d. 2004)

1971 Andy Fox infielder (NY Yankees), born in Sacramento, California


1977 Yoandy Garlobo born in Jovellanos, Cuba


1978 Luis Ayala pitcher, born in Los Mochis, Mexico


1980 Bobby Crosby player, born in Lakewood, California

1982 Chris Ray player, born in Tampa, Florida


1982 Dontrelle Willis pitcher (MLB All-Star 2003, 05; World Series & NL Rookie of the Year 2003; NL wins leader 2005; Florida Marlins), born in Oakland, California


1984 Scott Olsen born in Kalamazoo, Michigan

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1920 Charles Ebbets' plan of selecting minor league players at the annual draft in the inverse order of the final standings is finally adopted. The Dodgers' owner, an advocate of this type of selection for many years, believes giving losing teams the initial picks will maintain a competitive balance.

1961 The Cubs name Charlie Grimm and Rube Walker to the team's college of coaches, which calls for a different coach to manage the team during each month of the season. The Cubs will finish with a 64-90 record, a slight improvement over the previous year; however, the team will post the worst mark (59-103) in franchise history next season, finishing in ninth place, six games behind the new Houston club in the expanded National League.

1972 Tigers' owner John Fetzer makes a surprise announcement that the team has signed a 40-year lease to build a multi-sport stadium west of Cobo Hall along the Detroit River. The $126 million proposal for the downtown 54,000-seat domed complex never is completed due to a lack of funding and the construction of the Silverdome in nearby Pontiac, Michigan.

1981 Gaylord Perry, eleven victories shy of 300 career wins, signs a one-year contract with Atlanta valued at $300,000. The 42-year-old future Hall of Famer will compile an 8-9 record while posting a 3.96 ERA for the fifth-place Braves.

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1983 In his first year of eligibility, Orioles legend and perennial Gold Glover Brooks Robinson becomes the 14th player elected to the Hall of Fame. The BBWAA also selects, in his third year of being on the ballot, right-hander Juan Marichal, the former ace of the Giants and the all-time winningest pitcher from Latin America with 243 victories.

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1988 Willie Stargell, who played his 21-year career with the Pirates, is the only person elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. Nine writers submit blank ballots, denying Jim Bunning entrance to Cooperstown because he receives less than the 75 percent needed for induction due to the votes counted but do not name any players

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1994 In his first year on the ballot, Steve Carlton, garnering 95.6% of the writers' votes, is the only player elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. 'Lefty,' a 24-year veteran best known for his 15 seasons with the Phillies, won 329 games and collected four National League Cy Young Awards (1972, 1977, 1980, 1982).

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1999 Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball is sold at Guernsey's Auction House in New York for a record-shattering price of $3.05 million, surpassing the $126,500 spent last year to obtain the ball Babe Ruth hit for the first home run at Yankee Stadium. Todd McFarlane, the creator of the comic book Spawn, is later revealed to be the buyer for the ball the Cardinal slugger on his final swing on the last day of the season. (Ed.Note: In 2003, Todd McFarlane pays $450,000 plus fees at the Lelands.com Auction for Barry Bonds' record-breaking 73rd home run baseball.)

2005 At a Dodger Stadium news conference, general manager Paul DePodesta announces the team has signed right-hander Derek Lowe (14-12, 5.42) to a $36 million, four-year deal. The former Red Sox starter, who has the second-most wins during the past three seasons, is the first pitcher to win the deciding game in all three postseason series.

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2005 Paul Lo Duca (.286, 13, 80), avoiding salary arbitration, signs a three-year, $18 million deal to remain with the Marlins. The catcher was acquired by Florida, along with relief pitcher Guillermo Mota and outfielder Juan Encarnacion, in a trading deadline blockbuster swap that sent starter Brad Penny first baseman Hee Seop Choi, and southpaw prospect Bill Murphy to the Dodgers.

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2008 According to reports, the Brewers have reached an agreement with free-agent Mike Cameron (.242, 21, 78) on a $7 million, one-year deal contingent upon the outfielder passing a physical. The 34-year-old former Padres center fielder will miss the first 25 games of the season with the Brew Crew due to testing positive for a banned substance for the second time.

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2009 Rickey Henderson, in his first year of eligibility, and Jim Rice, in his final year on the ballot, are elected to the Hall of Fame. Henderson, who will enter the Cooperstown shrine as a member of the A's, is the game's all-time stolen base leader, with Rice, compiling a .298 lifetime batting average during his 16-year career with the Red Sox, considered a dominant player of his era.

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2010 The Marlins and the major league players' union reach an understanding that the team agrees to increase its payroll, an agreement that ends in 2012 with the debut of Florida's new ballpark. The small amount that the club spends on paying its players violates the collective bargaining agreement's revenue-sharing provisions.

2012 The MLB owners vote to give commissioner Bud Selig a two-year contract extension, a deal that will keep him in the post until the end of 2014. The 77-year-old executive was appointed as an interim in September 1992 and then became the game's ninth commissioner upon his election six years later.

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On January 12 in Baseball History...

• • 1920 - A plan developed by Charles Ebbets many years ago is finally adopted - the annual drafting of players from the minor leagues will be done in inverse order of the final standings.
    
  • 1972 - Owner John Fetzer announces that the Tigers have signed a lease to build a $126 million domed stadium along the river in downtown Detroit. The complex will seat 52,000 for baseball, and 60,000 for football. Lawsuits, a failed bond issue, and the construction of the Silverdome in nearby Pontiac eventually kill the idea.
    
  • 1983 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Robinson, winner of 16 straight Gold Gloves and hero of the 1970 World Series, becomes the 14th player elected in his first year of eligibility. Marichal, the winningest Latin American pitcher in major league history, won 20 or more games six times and had an ERA of 2.50 or less six times.
    
  • 1988 - Former Pirates slugger Willie Stargell is the only player elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Stargell, leader of two world champions in Pittsburgh and NL co-MVP in 1979 at age 39, becomes the 17th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility. Jim Bunning falls four votes shy of the 321 needed for election in his 13th year on the ballot.
    
  • 1994 - Steve Carlton, winner of 329 games and four Cy Young Awards, is elected to the Hall of Fame.

Baseball Birthdays on January 12...

• • 1856 - Sullivan, Chub
  • 1859 - Hudson, Nat
  • 1859 - Swartwood, Ed
  • 1860 - Larkin, Henry
  • 1862 - Crowley, John
  • 1866 - Kinslow, Tom
  • 1868 - Daub, Dan
  • 1872 - Pittinger, Togie
  • 1876 - Browne, George
  • 1877 - Buelow, Charlie
  • 1877 - Wilson, Gary
  • 1878 - Matthews, William
  • 1878 - Schlei, Admiral
  • 1879 - Callahan, Jim
  • 1879 - Olmsted, Hank
  • 1889 - Imlay, Doc
  • 1893 - Young, Charlie
  • 1893 - Lorenzen, Lefty
  • 1895 - Bostick, Henry
  • 1895 - Knight, Jack
  • 1898 - Knothe, George
  • 1898 - Wade, Rip
  • 1899 - Hauser, Joe
  • 1915 - Easterwood, Roy
  • 1925 - Stevens, Ed
  • 1935 - Thorpe, Bob
  • 1940 - Kernek, George
  • 1945 - Gilliford, Paul
  • 1945 - Reed, Bob
  • 1947 - Martin, Gene
  • 1947 - Reuschel, Paul
  • 1947 - Everitt, Leon
  • 1950 - Jones, Randy "It's almost uncanny the way he (Randy Jones) can consistently keep that ball around the knees. It's tough just to hit a fly ball off him." - Marshall, Jim. Chicago Cubs Manager. Young Lefty Pitching Talent Flourishes in the Majors. Baseball Digest. May 1976.
  • 1953 - Whitfield, Terry
  • 1956 - Porter, Chuck
  • 1958 - Craig, Rod
  • 1960 - Trujillo, Mike
  • 1960 - Marshall, Mike "They (upset fans) forget that Marshall led that championship team with 82 runs batted in, was second with 20 home runs, and ranked third with 577 plate appearances. They forget how Marshall's three-run home run in Game 2 of the World Series against the Oakland Athletics helped the Dodgers to a 6-0 victory. They forget his eight postseason RBIs. 'I consider him an outstanding teammate, and I could not have accomplished what I did that year without him,' Kirk Gibson says." - Columnist Bill Plaschke in The Los Angeles Times (07/21/2013
  • 1960 - Hulett, Tim
  • 1961 - Candaele, Casey
  • 1967 - Simms, Mike
  • 1970 - Wilson, Nigel
  • 1971 - Fox, Andy
  • 1972 - Loiselle, Rich
  • 1975 - Velandia, Jorge
  • 1977 - Taylor, Reggie

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BIRTHDAYS
1950 Bob Forsch Pitcher, 1974-1989 (St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros), born in Sacramento, California


1962 Kevin Mitchell outfielder (NL MVP 1989; MLB All Star 1989, 90; SF Giants), born in San Diego, California


1969 Orlando Miller, Changionola Panama, infielder (Houston Astros)


1971 Elmer Dessens, Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)


1981 Darrell Rasner baseball player