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November 14
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 14.
[edit] Events
- 1887 - The Cleveland Blues of the American Association announces a new uniform design featuring dark blue stripes and piping. The new suit will inspire the nickname "Spiders" because of the web-like pattern.
- 1900 - The National League rejects the American League as an equal, declaring it an outlaw league outside of the National Agreement, thus inaugurating a state of war. This follows the AL's announcement two days ago that it has made arrangements to go into Washington, DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Two weeks later the American Association makes it a three-way battle, but that third circuit will remain a minor league.
- 1929 - Former pitching star Joe McGinnity dies at the age of 58. McGinnity, nicknamed "Iron Man", posted 246 wins in only 10 major league seasons. He will enter the Hall of Fame in 1946.
- 1946 - Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox wins his first American League Most Valuable Player Award. Williams had hit .406 and led the league in home runs in 1941, but had lost the MVP race to Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees. He won the Triple Crown a year later, but lost the MVP to Joe Gordon of the New York Yankees. This time, Williams beats out Detroit Tigers ace pitcher Hal Newhouser, a two-time winner of the MVP award who finishes second in the balloting
- 1956 - The Pittsburgh Pirates say the franchise may have to move unless a new municipal stadium is built to replace Forbes Field.
- 1957 - Milwaukee Braves outfielder Hank Aaron is named National League Most Valuable Player with 239 votes. Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals is a close second with 230, and his teammate Red Schoendienst finishes third with 221.
- 1961 - John Fetzer's purchase of the outstanding one-third interest in the Detroit Tigers makes him sole owner of the club.
- 1973:
- Oakland Athletics outfielder Reggie Jackson wins the American League MVP Award in unanimous fashion. The future Hall of Famer led the AL with 32 home runs, 117 RBI, 99 runs and a .531 slugging percentage, in helping the Athletics to their second straight World Series title.
- Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer is named the 1973 American League Cy Young Award winner. Palmer collected 22 victories and led the circuit with a 2.40 ERA.
- 1979 - Don Baylor of the California Angels wins the MVP Award in the American League. The league leader in both runs scored (120) and runs batted in (139), Baylor also hit .296 with 36 home runs, helping the Angels win the AL West Division and reach the postseason for the first time in franchise history.
- 1986 - The Doubleday Publishing Company agrees to sell the World Champion New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon for $80.75 million. The company had purchased the Mets for a then-record $21.1 million in 1980.
- 1988 The California Angels name Doug Rader as manager of the team. Rader had previously piloted the Texas Rangers from 1982 to 1985.
- 1989 - San Diego Padres relief ace Mark Davis is selected the Cy Young Award winner in the National League. Davis saved 44 games while sporting an ERA of 1.85. In 1990, Davis will save only six games after signing a free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals.
- 1990 - Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Doug Drabek, who posted a 22-6 record with 131 strikeouts and a 2.76 ERA, is named the 1990 National League Cy Young Award winner, collecting 23 of a possible 24 first-place votes.
- 1995 - Mark Kotsay, of Cal State Fullerton, is named as winner of the Golden Spikes Award as the nation's top amateur baseball player.
- 1996:
- Texas Rangers outfielder Juan Gonzalez edges Alex Rodriguez of the Seattle Mariners by three votes to win the American League MVP Award. It is the tightest race for the award in the AL since 1960. Gonzalez batted .314 with 47 home runs and 144 RBI despite missing 28 games with an injury.
- Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Pat Hentgen is named the 1996 American League Cy Young Award winner. Hengen posted a 20-10 record with 177 strikeouts and a 3.22 ERA, while Andy Pettitte of the Yankees (21-8, 162, 3.87) finishes second in the vote.
- The Toronto Blue Jays and the Pittsburgh Pirates complete a nine-player swap with the Jays acquiring the second baseman they are looking for in 29-year-old Carlos Garcia. In addition, Toronto picks up outfielder Orlando Merced and reliever Dan Plesac. The Pirates receive six prospects, including C Craig Wilson, infielder Abraham Núñez and pitcher Jose Silva.
- 2000 - Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson wins his second consecutive National League Cy Young Award, and his third overall.
- 2001:
- For the second time in his career, Seattle Mariners skipper Lou Piniella is named the American League Manager of the Year. Piniella, the only person to appear on every ballot, guided to the Mariners to an historical 116 victories which tied the 1906 Chicago Cubs as the winningest team in major league history.
- Larry Bowa, with an 86-76 record, is named the National League Manager of the Year, becoming the first manager in Philadelphia Phillies history to win the award. In his first year at the helm, Philadelphia improved by 21 games finishing the season two games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves.
- 2005:
- New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, whose 48 home runs set a league record for that position and broke a 68-year-old club mark for right-handed hitters, earns his second American League MVP Award in the closest vote since 2001. Rodriguez edges Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, 331-307, in voting by the BBWAA. He receives 16 of 28 first-place votes while Ortiz earns 11, with 2004 MVP Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim collecting the other to finish third with 196 points. The margin of victory is the smallest since Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki edged Oakland's Jason Giambi, 289-281, four years ago.
- Six weeks after beginning their search for a new manager, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have decided that Los Angeles Angels bench coach Joe Maddon is the right man for the job. The team selected Maddon over incumbent Devil Rays bench coach John McLaren as Lou Piniella's successor.
- The Baltimore Orioles officially announce that they will not be bringing back outfielder Sammy Sosa or first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, though both have indicated that they would like to return to baseball. "At this point, we are heading in a different direction," club executive VP Mike Flanagan says.
- 2007:
- Eric Wedge and Bob Melvin, both of whom hit .233 in their major league careers, win the Manager of the Year Awards for 2007. Melvin's Diamondbacks were the first team in over 100 years to post their league's best record despite having the lowest batting average.
- The Dutch national team clinches a spot in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Baseball World Cup with a stunning 2 - 1 win over the Cuban national team. It is Cuba's first loss in a Baseball World Cup since 2001 and its first World Cup loss ever to a European team. Diegomar Markwell and David Bergman stifle the powerful Cuban bats. The offense is provided when Dirk van 't Klooster singles in Sidney de Jong and Sharnol Adriana drives in Raily Legito on a daring dash from second base in the 8th inning. Cuba's only prior loss to the Netherlands had come in the 2000 Olympics - Adriana, van 't Klooster and Legito had all played in that game as well.
- 2008 - The Woori Heroes, fresh off their first season in the Korea Baseball Organization, trade left-handed starter Won-sam Jang to the Samsung Lions for Sung-hun Park and $2.1 million. The other six teams in the KBO appeal the trade, claiming it violates a circuit-wide rule that new teams cannot trade players for money (to help prevent a fire sale). Samsung and Woori claim that there is no written rule against such an exchange. Woori's manager says his team has no chance in 2009 without Jang. The trade will be annuled a week later.
- 2011:
- Winners of the Rookie of the Year Award are announced in both major leagues. In the National League, Braves reliever Craig Kimbrel is the winner after setting a new rookie record with 46 saves. In the American League, Tampa Bay P Jeremy Hellickson comes up with the prize on the strength of a 13-10 record and a 2.95 ERA.
- Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka wins the 2011 Sawamura Award as the best pitcher in Nippon Pro Baseball. He went 19-5 with a 1.27 ERA and 241 strikeouts in 226 1/3 innings. He led the Pacific League in ERA, tied D.J. Houlton for the most wins, tied Yu Darvish for the most shutouts (6), led in complete games (14) and was second to Darvish in strikeouts. Darvish was the other finalist.
- 2012:
- The Cy Young Awards are announced in both leagues. In the National League, R.A. Dickey of the Mets is the first knuckleballer ever so honored after finishing the year with a record of 20-6, 2.73 and 230 strikeouts. In the American League, David Price of the Rays edges last year's winner, Justin Verlander of the Tigers, 153 to 149. Price receives 14 first-place votes after finishing the season at 20-5, 2.56 with 205 Ks, while Verlander gets 13, after a season during which he went 17-8, 2.64 with 239 strikeouts.
- The 2012 Matsutaro Shoriki Award is split between Yomiuri Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe and Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara. Abe, the Central League batting and RBI champion, is the first player to win since Hideki Matsui in 2000. It is the first time ever that two people from the same organization split the award.
- Free agent OF Torii Hunter signs a two-year, $26-million contract with the Detroit Tigers.
[edit] Births
- 1860 - John Munyan, catcher (d. 1945)
- 1864 - Otto Schomberg, infielder (d. 1927)
- 1867 - Sam Gillen, infielder (d. 1905)
- 1876 - Harry Howell, pitcher (d. 1956)
- 1881 - Fred Carisch, catcher (d. 1977)
- 1881 - Jim Wallace, outfielder (d. 1953)
- 1884 - Gene Cocreham, pitcher (d. 1945)
- 1885 - Jack Lelivelt, outfielder (d. 1941)
- 1894 - Joe Leonard, infielder (d. 1920)
- 1896 - Red Sheridan, infielder (d. 1975)
- 1898 - Claude Willoughby, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1902 - Gil Paulsen, pitcher (d. 1994)
- 1916 - Paul Schoendienst, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1994)
- 1922 - John Cappa, minor league outfielder (d. 2008)
- 1925 - Vance Carlson, minor league pitcher and manager
- 1928 - David Gold, minor league catcher (d. 2010)
- 1929 - Jim Piersall, outfielder; All-Star
- 1929 - Albert Turner, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1930 - Bob Bauer, minor league infielder and manager
- 1932 - Marty Kutyna, pitcher
- 1938 - Johnnie Seale, pitcher
- 1941 - Darrell Sutherland, pitcher
- 1943 - Danny Lazar, pitcher
- 1952 - Shigeru Kobayashi, NPB pitcher (d. 2010)
- 1953 - Kim Andrew, infielder
- 1954 - Willie Hernandez, pitcher; All-Star
- 1956 - Scott Budner, minor league pitcher
- 1956 - Pedro Gómez, Dominican national team infielder
- 1962 - Steve Peters, pitcher
- 1963 - Doug Little, minor league pitcher
- 1966 - Curt Schilling, pitcher; All-Star
- 1967 - Paul Wagner, pitcher
- 1968 - Kent Bottenfield, pitcher; All-Star
- 1972 - Keith Cooper, minor league pitcher (d. 1995)
- 1973 - Ruben Rivera, outfielder
- 1974 - David Caldwell, minor league player
- 1975 - Darren Phillips, minor league catcher
- 1976 - Tim Hamulack, pitcher
- 1978 - Xavier Nady, outfielder
- 1980 - Sean Tracey, pitcher
- 1982 - Ángel Castro, minor league and NPB pitcher
- 1982 - Dejan Marin, Croatian national team pitcher
- 1983 - Guillermo Moscoso, pitcher
- 1983 - Clete Thomas, outfielder
- 1984 - Miguel Abreu, minor league infielder
- 1986 - Zuleyka Santiago, Puerto Rican womens' national team pitcher
- 1989 - Freddy Galvis, infielder
- 1989 - Grégoire Maurette, Division Elite infielder
- 1990 - Tjerk Hogervorst, Hoofdklasse outfielder
- 1990 - Yu-young Lee, South Korean womens' national team pitcher
- 1990 - Yasmani Tomás, Cuban league outfielder
- 1991 - Kevin Jordan, drafted outfielder
- 1993 - Francisco Lindor, minor league infielder
- 1993 - Walker Weickel, minor league pitcher
[edit] Deaths
- 1905 - John Connor, pitcher (b. 1861)
- 1915 - Art McGovern, catcher (b. 1882)
- 1919 - Vince Dailey, outfielder (b. 1864)
- 1922 - Doc Oberlander, pitcher (b. 1864)
- 1924 - Joe Quest, infielder (b. 1852)
- 1928 - Herb Juul, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1929 - Joe McGinnity, pitcher; Hall of Famer (b. 1871)
- 1932 - Boss Schmidt, catcher (b. 1880)
- 1937 - Jack O'Connor, catcher, manager (b. 1866)
- 1938 - Les Nunamaker, catcher (b. 1889)
- 1940 - George Clark, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1942 - Scrappy Carroll, outfielder (b. 1860)
- 1944 - Bennie Brownlow, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1886)
- 1946 - Stub Smith, infielder (b. 1873)
- 1947 - Jack Hoey, outfielder (b. 1881)
- 1949 - Artie Clarke, catcher (b. 1865)
- 1956 - Ed Hilley, infielder (b. 1879)
- 1958 - Jack Owens, catcher (b. 1908)
- 1959 - Ted Mayer, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1906)
- 1962 - Dick Hoblitzel, infielder (b. 1888)
- 1963 - Ski Melillo, infielder, manager (b. 1899)
- 1965 - Dixie Walker, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1968 - Bill Sherdel, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1969 - Curt Roberts, infielder (b. 1929)
- 1970 - Deke Brackett, college coach (b. 1911)
- 1973 - Gene Bailey, outfielder (b. 1893)
- 1975 - Garland Buckeye, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1976 - Fred Baczewski, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 1985 - Oscar Harstad, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1985 - Luke Nelson, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1987 - Hod Lisenbee, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1989 - Eddie Mooers, minor league infielder and owner (b. 1899)
- 1995 - Keith Cooper, minor league pitcher (b. 1972)
- 1996 - Jim Baxes, infielder (b. 1928)
- 2000 - Len Gabrielson, infielder (b. 1915)
- 2003 - Wil Culmer, outfielder (b. 1957)
- 2004 - Jesse Gonder, catcher (b. 1936)
- 2006 - Pete Suder, infielder (b. 1916)
- 2010 - Hal Bamberger, outfielder (b. 1924)
- 2012 - Gail Harris, infielder (b. 1931)
