January 25
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on January 25.
- 1943 - The New York Yankees sell future Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez to the Boston Braves. Gomez will never pitch in a game for the Braves, who decided to release the veteran left-hander. Gomez will eventually sign with the Washington Senators in May.
- 1945 - Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb purchase the New York Yankees for $2.8 million from the heirs of previous owner Jacob Ruppert. The new owners announce that Ed Barrow will remain in place as general manager, but a month later they will install MacPhail as GM.
- 1949 - The Cleveland Indians reward player-manager Lou Boudreau with a two-year contract. The future Hall of Famer guided the Indians to the 1948 World Championship.
- 1966 - New York Yankees shortstop Tony Kubek announces his retirement due to a serious back problem. During a nine-year career, Kubek was named to three American League All-Star teams and played on seven New York pennant winners and three World Championship clubs.
- 1974 - Ray Kroc, fast-food entrepreneur (McDonald's), buys the San Diego Padres for $12 million.
- 1978 - The San Diego Padres acquire well-traveled pitcher Gaylord Perry from the Texas Rangers. San Diego surrender pitcher Dave Tomlin and $125,000 in cash. Perry will win 21 games for the Padres in 1978 and capture the Cy Young Award.
- 1999:
- The New York Mets games this season will broadcast by WPIX, Channel 11, after being aired on WOR, Channel 9, since the club inception in 1962. The New York Yankees games, which had been aired for nearly 50 years on Channel 11, will now be seen on Channel 5, a FOX affiliate.
- Free agent outfielder Tim Raines is signed by the Oakland Athletics to a $600,000 contract. Raines hit .290 for the World Champion New York Yankees last season and has a .296 career batting average.
- 2005 - Agreeing to a four-year, $52 million contract, first baseman Carlos Delgado joins the Florida Marlins. The deal stops the intense bidding war between Marlins, Mets, Orioles and the Rangers for the coveted free agent.
- 2008:
- The Águilas Cibaeñas win their 20th Dominican League title, breaking a tie with rival Licey Tigers. They top the Tigers 5-3 in the finals this year. Ramon Ortiz tosses six shutout innings but the Licey bullpen fails to hold on as Mendy Lopez homers against Guillermo Mota in the 7th and Rafael Furcal also goes deep versus Damaso Marte an inning later to win it. Nelson Figueroa is the winning pitcher, to improve to 4-0 this postseason.
- The Minnesota Twins give Justin Morneau, the 2006 AL MVP, the highest contract in franchise history by signing him for $80 million over six years. They also announce the signing of Michael Cuddyer for 3 years and $24 million.
- 2009:
- The Leones de Ponce take their 11th Puerto Rican League title, winning the first crown after the league resumed play following a shutdown in 2008. They win the finale 8-0 behind the bats of 2B Andy Gonzalez (3 for 5, HR) and DH Gabriel Martinez (2 2B, 3B, R, RBI) and the arm of Hector Mercado (0 R in 6 2/3 IP).
- The Tigres del Licey tie for the most Dominican League titles by taking their 20th in a 5-game sweep of the Gigantes del Cibao. The finale goes 12 innings, before 2B Anderson Hernandez singles in 3B Ronnie Belliard with the winner. Felix Rodriguez gets the win and Felix Nunez the loss.
- The Venados de Mazatlan win the Mexican Pacific League title in a four-game sweep of the Cañeros de los Mochis, with a 3-2 win in the last game. 20-year-old Alfonso Sanchez and 24-year-old Sergio Valenzuela combine for 8 shutout frames before closer Hector Navarro almost blows it for the Venados.
[edit] Births
- 1863 - Danny Richardson, infielder, manager (d. 1926)
- 1864 - Ed Flynn, infielder (d. 1939)
- 1876 - Fred Glade, pitcher (d. 1934)
- 1889 - Les Nunamaker, catcher (d. 1938)
- 1890 - Henry Benn, pitcher (d. 1967)
- 1891 - George Lyons, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1893 - Abe Bowman, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1894 - Charlie Whitehouse, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1896 - Ray Schmandt, infielder (d. 1969)
- 1900 - Kenichi Zenimura, baseball pioneer (d. 1968)
- 1907 - Jimmy Adair, infielder (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Roy Sherid, pitcher (d. 1982)
- 1916 - Glenn Gardner, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1917 - Carl McNabb, pinch hitter (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Ernie Harwell, announcer
- 1918 - Ed Head, pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1918 - Steve Roser, pitcher (d. 2002)
- 1933 - Mel Roach, infielder
- 1934 - Ted Kazanski, infielder
- 1936 - Bill D. Lucas, general manager (d. 1979)
- 1936 - Buddy Pritchard, infielder
- 1937 - Rudy Sandoval, minor league catcher; Salon de la Fama
- 1939 - Jake O'Donnell, umpire
- 1942 - Ernie Fazio, infielder
- 1943 - Brian McCall, outfielder
- 1944 - Gary Holman, infielder
- 1945 - Wally Bunker, pitcher
- 1948 - Ed Goodson, infielder
- 1951 - Balor Moore, pitcher
- 1951 - Vern Ruhle, pitcher (d. 2007)
- 1953 - Junior Moore, infielder
- 1956 - Dale Mohorcic, pitcher
- 1957 - John Flannery, infielder
- 1960 - Masami Yoshikawa, NPB pitcher and umpire
- 1962 - Juan Castillo, infielder
- 1963 - Shi-Xing Ro, CPBL infielder
- 1964 - Francisco Melendez, infielder
- 1965 - Brian Holman, pitcher
- 1966 - Richie Lewis, pitcher
- 1971 - Kerry Taylor, pitcher
- 1972 - Jose Macias, infielder
- 1973 - Terrell Wade, pitcher
- 1974 - Brandon Cromer, minor league infielder
- 1974 - Ryan Kane, minor league pitcher
- 1974 - Dan Serafini, pitcher
- 1975 - Chuck Abbott, minor league infielder
- 1977 - Jeff Urban, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Derrick Turnbow, pitcher; All-Star
- 1979 - Phil Barzilla, pitcher
- 1980 - Phil Stockman, pitcher
- 1981 - Chu-Chien Hsu, CPBL pitcher
- 1981 - Andy Machado, infielder
- 1984 - José Luis Sáenz, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Jonathan Sivira, minor league outfielder
- 1985 - Shane Lindsay, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Oney Guillen, minor league infielder
- 1987 - Rodney Gessmann, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Eric Arnett, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Andrey Lobanov, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Jacob Reust, minor league player
[edit] Deaths
- 1887 - Bill Allison, infielder (b. 1850)
- 1923 - Nick Wise, catcher/outfielder (b. 1866)
- 1925 - Cy Bowen, pitcher (b. 1871)
- 1926 - John Day, manager (b. 1847)
- 1930 - Spencer Heath, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1939 - Abner Dalrymple, outfielder (b. 1857)
- 1941 - Chris Lindsay, infielder (b. 1878)
- 1955 - Harry Barton, catcher (b. 1875)
- 1955 - Perry Lipe, minor league infielder ahnd manager (b. 1875)
- 1960 - Palmer Hildebrand, catcher (b. 1884)
- 1965 - Charlie Fitzberger, pinch hitter (b. 1904)
- 1967 - George Gibson, catcher, manager (b. 1880)
- 1970 - Harvey Grubb, infielder (b. 1890)
- 1991 - Hoot Evers, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1921)
- 1994 - Pat Crawford, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1996 - Mike Clark, pitcher (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Chuck Coles, outfielder (b. 1931)
- 1999 - Bob Hartsfield, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1931)
- 1999 - Herman Wedemeyer, minor league outfielder (b. 1924)
- 2003 - Toby Atwell, catcher; All-Star (b. 1924)
- 2007 - Jack Lang, writer (b. 1921)
- 2009 - Ed Lyons, infielder (b. 1923)
