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February 6
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on February 6.
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- 1887 - At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Albert Spalding meets with the Chicago White Stockings players and exacts from each man a pledge of total abstinence from drinking during the coming season. With the entire outfield gone from last year's team and pitcher Jim McCormick holding out at home in New Jersey, the champion White Stockings will have to rely on young players.
- 1891 - The New York Giants' salary list is leaked to the press. It shows a total player payroll of $54,600 with Buck Ewing's $5,500 salary topping the scale.
- 1895 - Babe Ruth is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruth, who is considered by many to be the greatest player of all time, will start his career as a successful pitcher before amassing 714 home runs with 2217 RBI and a lifetime batting average of .342 on his way to Hall of Fame election in 1936.
- 1926 - The St. Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from the New York Yankees for pitcher George Mogridge and cash. Although Schang is 36 years of age, he will hold the job as catcher for the Browns for four seasons.
- 1934:
- New York sportswriter and broadcaster Ford Frick is named the public relations director of the National League. In nine months, Frick will become the league's President and will later become commissioner, succeeding Happy Chandler. Frick had previously played an instrumental role in promoting the birth of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
- The Cincinnati Reds purchase 43-year-old pitcher Dazzy Vance from the St. Louis Cardinals for $7,500. The future Hall of Famer will pitch for two more seasons, although he will only make two starts for the Reds and he will be waived back to St. Louis in midseason.
- 1935 - Demanding a yearly salary of $25,000, future Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean becomes a holdout. The St. Louis Cardinals' right-handed ace will sign for $19,500 the following day.
- 1951 - Gabby Street dies in Joplin, Missouri, at age of 67. Nicknamed "The Old Sarge", he had a prolific baseball career as a catcher, manager, coach and play-by-play broadcaster. As a manager, Street led the St. Louis Cardinals to two National League championships and one World Championship in 1932.
- 1956 - Supporting the Wagner-Cashmore plan to build a $30-million downtown Brooklyn, NY sports center, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley promises to buy four million dollars worth of bonds.
- 1958 - Ted Williams signs a one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox. Reports on the worth of the contract estimate it between $135,000 to $150,000. Either way, Williams becomes the highest-paid player in major league history.
- 1968 - Voters in King County, Washington, whose seat is Seattle, approve by 62 percent a $40 million bond issue to build a domed, multipurpose stadium.
- 1976 - The American League grants the new expansion franchise in Seattle to a six-man investment group that includes movie star and entertainer Danny Kaye. The new franchise, to be called the Mariners, will start play in 1977.
- 1986 - The New York Yankees sign free agent relief pitcher Al Holland.
- 1995 - US President Bill Clinton's deadline for a resolution to the baseball strike passes without a resolution. On January 26th, Clinton had told the players and owners to resume bargaining and reach an agreement by today. The strike will continue for nearly two more months.
- 1998:
- The New York Yankees acquire All-Star second baseman Chuck Knoblauch from the Minnesota Twins for pitcher Eric Milton, shortstop Cristian Guzman and minor leaguers Brian Buchanan and Danny Mota, plus $3 million in cash. Knoblauch will bat .265 with 17 home runs this season and help the Yankees to the World Championship.
- The New York Mets obtain pitcher Al Leiter and minor leaguer Ralph Milliard from the Florida Marlins in exchange for pitcher A.J. Burnett and two minor leaguers, Jesus Sanchez and Rob Stratton.
- 2001 - Anaheim Angels first baseman Mo Vaughn undergoes surgery to repair a ruptured biceps tendon in his left arm. Vaughn will miss the entire season.
- 2005 - At Mazatlan, Mexico, pitcher Francisco Campos turns in another brilliant outing, and the Mexican champion Mazatlan Deer hold on in the final game, edging the Aguilas Cibaeñas, 4 - 3, to win the 56th Caribbean World Series.
- 2006 - Daniel Cabrera allows only one run and two hits in five innings, pitching the Dominican Republic's Licey Tigers past Mexico's Mazatlan, 3 - 1, in the 2006 Caribbean Series. In the second game, the Caracas Lions of Venezuela remain undefeated after five games with a 5 - 1 victory over Puerto Rico's Carolina Giants. Home field advantage aside, Caracas is heavily favored in tomorrow's decisive game against Licey.
- 2008:
- The Tigres del Licey take their first loss of the 2008 Caribbean Series. After starting off the Series 4-0, they are stunned by the previously 0-4 Yaquis de Obregón in a 10-inning game. Licey holds a comfortable 4 - 1 lead entering the 9th but closer Carlos Marmol allows a single to Armando Rios. A Ronnie Belliard error puts Reggie Taylor on board and both runners come home on a triple by Carlos Valencia. Valencia scores on a Oscar Robles single to tie the score. In the bottom of the 9th, Licey gets runners on the corners but Nelson Figueroa comes in and retires Matt Tupman and Emilio Bonifacio to end the inning. Against Oneli Perez, Obregón gets two men on in the 10th for Robert Saucedo, the 2006 Mexican League home run king. Saucedo hits his second homer of the game to make it 7 - 4 and Figueroa finishes the game with a 1-2-3 bottom of the 10th.
- In the other Caribbean Series game, the Aguilas Cibaeñas lose, 8 - 5, to the Tigres de Aragua as Bartolo Colon and a slew of relievers prove incapable of stopping the Venezuelans.
- 2010:
- Escogido beats Hermosillo, 7 - 2, in the 2010 Caribbean Series. 3B Juan Francisco goes 2 for 2 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI and Kevin Barker hits a two-run homer to give the Dominican League representatives a 4-1 record. In the other game, Mayaguez beats Caracas, 7 - 1, as Danny Valencia and Jesus Feliciano hit home runs.
- The Blue Jays acquire P Dana Eveland from Oakland for future considerations.
- The Victoria Aces top South Australia for the second straight game, to win the 2010 Claxton Shield. Matthew Blackmore is named Finals MVP.
- 2011:
- After five days, standings in the 2011 Caribbean Series are extremely tight, with two teams at 3 and 2, and the other two at 2 and 3, with one day of games remaining. Today, Caguas defeats Obregón, 7 - 6, as Juan Padilla is brilliant in 5 1/3 innings of work in relief of starter Kyler Newby to earn his second win of the tournament. In the second game, Anzoátegui blanks an exhausted Toros del Este team, which has barely had 13 hours of rest after losing its second extra-inning marathon of the Series last night. Manny Ayala pitches five scoreless innings to start the game and the Venezuelans go on to a 3 - 0 win.
- The East wins the 2011 Cuban All-Star Game in a 15-13, 10-inning slugfest featuring six homers. Yoelvis Fiss goes deep twice for the East and Alexander Guerrero drills a 3-run homer in the 10th, while Yasiel Puig drives in five for the West.
- 2012:
- Pedro Martinez throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Dominican Republic's representative, Escogido, takes on Aragua in the 2012 Caribbean Series. The Dominicans have already won the title, thanks to Mayaguez's 4 - 3 win over Obregon in today's first game, which means that no other team can finish with more than three wins while Escogido has won its first four games. Mayaguez wins when Luis Figueroa drives in Johnny Monell Jr. with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 9th. The second contest is thus meaningless, and Aragua blanks the new champions, 7 - 0, as Luis Jimenez and Hector Gimenez both homer and Yorman Bazardo pitches 6 scoreless innings.
- Marlins P Anibal Sanchez is the first player to win his arbitration case this off-season. The panel awards him a salary of $8 million, rather than the $6.9 million offered by his team. The first two cases heard, those of Ps John Lannan and Jeff Niemann, had both gone their team's way.
- The Orioles trade P Jeremy Guthrie, their workhorse over the past three seasons, to the Rockies in return for Ps Matt Lindstrom and Jason Hammel. In a related move, the O's designate P Clay Rapada for assignment.
- The Mariners add a pair of veteran relievers in Hong-Chih Kuo and Shawn Camp.
- 2013:
- The Yaquis de Obregón lock up the second spot in the 2013 Caribbean Series finals, routing the Criollos de Caguas, 10 - 0. Luis Mendoza allows only two hits in seven and a third innings, Marlon Byrd drives in three and Bárbaro Cañizares hits a two-run homer in the romp.
- In the other game in the 2013 Caribbean Series, the Leones del Escogido improve to 5-1 on the Series by topping Magallanes by a 4 - 2 margin, substitute Francisco Pena's two-run homer in the 9th being the deciding blow. Julio Lugo, who has announced his retirement at the end of the tournament, also homers. Escogido's players almost walk out before the game, unhappy about the bonuses promised by their club for playing the week-long tournament. They finally hit the field five minutes after the game's scheduled starting time, barely avoiding a forfeit.
[edit] Births
- 1856 - Bobby Mitchell, pitcher (d. 1933)
- 1866 - Bob Gamble, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1867 - Mike Morrison, pitcher (d. 1955)
- 1869 - George Darby, pitcher (d. 1937)
- 1876 - Andy Sommerville, pitcher (d. 1931)
- 1879 - Rube Ward, outfielder (d. 1945)
- 1880 - Frank LaPorte, infielder (d. 1939)
- 1887 - John Potts, outfielder (d. 1962)
- 1889 - Red Downey, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1892 - Goldie Rapp, infielder (d. 1966)
- 1894 - Pelham Ballenger, infielder (d. 1948)
- 1895 - Babe Ruth, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1948)
- 1899 - Walt Huntzinger, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1900 - Jake Levy, minor league pitcher
- 1901 - Glenn Wright, infielder (d. 1984)
- 1905 - Eddie Hunter, infielder (d. 1967)
- 1913 - Ken Weafer, pitcher (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Don Fisher, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1918 - Ernie Kish, outfielder (d. 1993)
- 1924 - Dorothy Montgomery, AAGPBL utility player (d. 2009)
- 1926 - Sam Calderone, catcher (d. 2006)
- 1926 - Dale Long, infielder; All-Star (d. 1991)
- 1927 - Smoky Burgess, catcher; All-Star (d. 1991)
- 1928 - Charlie Gorin, pitcher
- 1932 - Bill Koski, pitcher
- 1939 - Augie Garrido, college coach
- 1942 - Hsiang-Mu Wu, CPBL manager (d. 2012)
- 1946 - Larry Chase, scout (d. 2012)
- 1948 - Doug Howard, infielder
- 1949 - Richie Zisk, outfielder; All-Star
- 1954 - Larry Young, umpire
- 1955 - Larry Jones, minor league pitcher
- 1956 - Fumiaki Kadota, NPB pitcher
- 1958 - Bill Dawley, pitcher; All-Star
- 1958 - Rusty Hamric, minor league infielder
- 1966 - Larry Pardo, scout
- 1969 - Bob Wickman, pitcher; All-Star
- 1969 - Mike Zimmerman, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Danna Cruz, Puerto Rican womens' national team outfielder
- 1970 - Mark Hutton, pitcher
- 1975 - Chad Allen, outfielder
- 1976 - Alwin Van Maanen, First Division pitcher
- 1977 - Ronald Jaarsma, Hoofdklasse outfielder
- 1977 - Andrei Selivanov, Russian national team catcher
- 1977 - Pete Zoccolillo, outfielder
- 1978 - Steve Andrade, pitcher
- 1978 - Adam Shabala, outfielder
- 1979 - David Rollandini, minor league pitcher
- 1980 - Takashi Kita, NPB outfielder
- 1983 - Stephen Spragg, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Cody Bunkelman, minor league player
- 1985 - Yusuf Carter, minor league outfielder
- 1985 - Fraser Holmes, college coach
- 1986 - Kanekoa Texeira, pitcher
- 1987 - Pedro Alvarez, infielder
- 1987 - Will Inman, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Travis Wood, pitcher
- 1988 - Kent Gerst, minor league outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1989 - Donald Lutz, outfielder
- 1990 - Kevin Eichhorn, minor league pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1891 - Tom Healey, pitcher (b. 1853)
- 1903 - Hardie Henderson, pitcher (b. 1862)
- 1905 - Ned Cuthbert, outfielder, manager (b. 1845)
- 1920 - Jack Lapp, catcher (b. 1884)
- 1922 - Frank Barrows, outfielder (b. 1844)
- 1932 - Lyman Drake, outfielder (b. 1852)
- 1946 - Charlie Knepper, pitcher (b. 1871)
- 1950 - Art Fletcher, infielder, manager (b. 1885)
- 1951 - Gabby Street, catcher, manager (b. 1882)
- 1952 - Del Paddock, infielder (b. 1887)
- 1953 - Tex Pruiett, pitcher (b. 1883)
- 1955 - Rosey Rowswell, announcer (b. 1884)
- 1955 - Hank Thormahlen, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1960 - Noodles Hahn, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1962 - Ernest Lanigan, researcher (b. 1873)
- 1968 - Leroy Matlock, Negro League pitcher (b. 1907)
- 1970 - Dick Mauney, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 1972 - Frankie Zak, infielder; All-Star (b. 1922)
- 1974 - Benny Meyer, outfielder (b. 1885)
- 1978 - Babe Ganzel, outfielder (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Bill Schindler, catcher (b. 1896)
- 1980 - George Woodend, pitcher (b. 1917)
- 1981 - Cactus Keck, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1983 - Manuel Oliveros, minor league manager; Salon de la Fama (b. 1895)
- 1984 - Osamu Mihara, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1911)
- 1991 - Alex McColl, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1994 - Bill Chamberlain, pitcher (b. 1909)
- 1994 - Ross Grimsley, pitcher (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Frank Whitman, infielder (b. 1924)
- 1995 - Elmer Burkart, pitcher (b. 1917)
- 1996 - Bob Muncrief, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1916)
- 1997 - Amby Murray, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 2007 - Lew Burdette, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1926)
- 2008 - Al Mazur, minor league infielder, manager (b. 1916)
- 2012 - Bob Roesner, umpire (b. 1926)
