October 25
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 25.
[edit] Events
- 1911 - Fred Merkle's 10th-inning sacrifice fly scores Larry Doyle to give the New York Giants a 4 - 3 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series. The victory cuts the Athletics lead in the Series to 3-2.
- 1927 - Heinie Groh retires after being released by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He signs to manage in the minors.
- 1937 - Casey Stengel is signed as the new manager of the Boston Bees.
- 1943 - Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher signs his 1944 contract, which calls for a base salary of $20,000 plus $5,000 for every 100,000 fans over 600,000.
- 1955:
- Baseball great Branch Rickey steps down as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates and moves into an advisory role. Joe L. Brown, son of actor Joe E. Brown, replaces him.
- The Cleveland Indians trade Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, to the Chicago White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby.
- 1956 - Chicago White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and will be replaced by Al Lopez.
- 1960 - The Houston Colt .45s announce that the team has hired Gabe Paul as general manager. Paul will clash with majority owner Roy Hofheinz and will leave the following spring for Cleveland.
- 1965 - Leo Durocher becomes manager of the Chicago Cubs, replacing Lou Klein.
- 1973 - The Chicago Cubs trade six-time 20-game winner Ferguson Jenkins to the Texas Rangers for third baseman Bill Madlock and utility man Vic Harris. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Giants trade three-time home run champion Willie McCovey, a Giant since 1959, together with minor leaguer Bernie Williams to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell.
- 1978 - Gaylord Perry of the San Diego Padres becomes the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues. Perry cops the National League honor with a 21-6 record and a 2.72 ERA.
- 1981 - Steve Yeager and Pedro Guerrero hit consecutive home runs in the seventh inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2 - 1 victory over the New York Yankees in Game Five of the World Series.
- 1983 - Chicago White Sox pitcher LaMarr Hoyt, who led the American League with 24 wins but whose 3.66 ERA was not among the league's 15 best, wins the Cy Young Award, beating out the Kansas City Royals' Dan Quisenberry and the Detroit Tigers' Jack Morris.
- 1985 - The California Angels announce that they will not offer seven-time batting champion Rod Carew a new contract for the 1986 season, effectively ending his 19-year career. Carew finishes with 3,053 hits and a .328 career batting average.
- 1986 - At Shea Stadium, the New York Mets rally for three runs with two outs in the 10th inning against the Boston Red Sox to win 6 - 5 and push the World Series to a decisive seventh game. The tie-breaking run scores on Boston first baseman Bill Buckner's error on Mookie Wilson's slow grounder.
- 1987 - In a World Series in which each team never lost a game in its home park, the Minnesota Twins win the World Championship behind starter Frank Viola and reliever Jeff Reardon, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 2 in Game Seven. The franchise's last championship came in 1924 as the Washington Senators.
- 1995 - Atlanta Braves pitcher Steve Avery throws six innings of three-hit baseball and reliever Pedro Borbón, Jr. comes out of the bullpen for his first appearance in 19 days to save a 5 - 2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game Four of the World Series.
- 1996 - Frank Torre, the brother of New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant after months of waiting. Frank was a recipient of a World Series ring as a member of the Milwaukee Braves when they beat the Yankees in 1957, and his brother Joe will make him a gift of a WS ring that's 39 years newer after Game Six of the 1996 Series.
- 1997 - In the World Series, pitcher Chad Ogea gets two hits with two RBI and scores one run while also earning the win as the Cleveland Indians force a seventh game with a 4 - 1 victory over the Florida Marlins.
- 2000 - At Shea Stadium, the Yankees defeat the Mets, 3 - 2, behind five pitchers and one home run by Derek Jeter in Game Four of the World Series.
- 2003 - As the World Series heads back to Yankee Stadium, pitcher Josh Beckett, on three days rest, throws a complete game shutout, allowing just five hits, to give the Florida Marlins their second World Championship in 11 seasons with a 2 - 0 victory over the New York Yankees. Beckett is named Series MVP. This is the 100th and last World Series game ever played at Yankee Stadium, as the Marlins become the first opposing team to win a Series championship on the field at Yankee the famed ballpark since 1981, when the Los Angeles Dodgers did it. When the Yankees return to the Fall Classic in 2009, they will have moved into New Yankee Stadium.
- 2005 - In the first World Series game played in the state of Texas, former Astro Geoff Blum wins the longest game in WS history with a tiebreaking two-out solo home run as the Chicago White Sox beat Houston, 7 - 5 at Minute Maid Park to move within a win of a sweep and of their first title since 1917. The 14-inning marathon lasts a total of 5 hours and 41 minutes. The previous longest game was 4:51 when the Yankees beat the Mets in 12 innings in Game One in 2000. This matches the longest game by innings, a Babe Ruth complete game for the Boston Red Sox against the Brooklyn Robins in Game Two of the 1916 World Series (which lasted only 2:32). The 43 players used by both teams also are a Series record, as are the combined 17 pitchers and 30 runners left on base.
- 2009:
- The Uni-President Lions win their third straight Taiwan Series. They take game seven of the 2009 Taiwan Series 5-2 over the Brother Elephants in a game that features three ejections and fan protests. Luther Hackman sets a Taiwan Series record with five straight wins (dating back to 2008) to win his second straight Taiwan Series MVP award. It is the 7th Series title for the Lions, a new record.
- The New York Yankees clinch their 40th American League pennant with a 5 - 2 win over the Angels in Game 6 of the ALCS. The familiar tandem of Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera earns the win and save, as Pettitte claims his record 16th postseason win.
[edit] Births
- 1851 - Mike Brannock, infielder (d. 1881)
- 1855 - Harry McCormick, pitcher (d. 1889)
- 1861 - Joe Werrick, infielder (d. 1943)
- 1863 - Bill Shettsline, manager (d. 1933)
- 1864 - John Godar, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1866 - Mickey Hughes, pitcher (d. 1931)
- 1868 - Dan Burke, outfielder (d. 1933)
- 1869 - Jack Doyle, infielder, manager (d. 1958)
- 1869 - Marty Hogan, outfielder (d. 1923)
- 1871 - Marty Bergen, catcher (d. 1900)
- 1874 - Tom Stanton, catcher (d. 1957)
- 1875 - Jake Gettman, outfielder (d. 1956)
- 1880 - Weldon Henley, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1887 - Oscar Dugey, infielder (d. 1966)
- 1889 - Joe Wood, outfielder (d. 1985)
- 1893 - Vic Aldridge, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1901 - Ray Gardner, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1904 - Andy Cohen, infielder, manager (d. 1988)
- 1905 - Joe Malay, infielder (d. 1989)
- 1909 - Mickey Haslin, infielder (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Gene Corbett, infielder (d. 2009)
- 1913 - Phil Marchildon, pitcher (d. 1997)
- 1917 - Lee MacPhail, ; Hall of Famer
- 1918 - Nanny Fernandez, infielder (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Russ Meyer, pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1923 - Bobby Thomson, outfielder; All-Star
- 1924 - Bobby Brown, infielder
- 1925 - Roy Hartsfield, infielder, manager
- 1931 - Dick Murphy, pinch hitter
- 1937 - Chuck Schilling, infielder
- 1939 - Pete Mikkelsen, pitcher (d. 2006)
- 1944 - Skip Guinn, pitcher
- 1946 - Don Eddy, pitcher
- 1951 - Al Cowens, outfielder (d. 2002)
- 1951 - John LaRose, pitcher
- 1952 - Rowland Office, outfielder
- 1952 - Roy Smalley, infielder; All-Star
- 1954 - Tito Landrum, outfielder
- 1955 - Tommy Boggs, pitcher
- 1955 - Danny Darwin, pitcher
- 1955 - Jeff Schattinger, pitcher
- 1956 - Andy McGaffigan, pitcher
- 1956 - Danny Gans, minor league infielder (d. 2009)
- 1958 - Tom Romano, outfielder
- 1958 - Dave Von Ohlen, pitcher
- 1960 - Kelly Downs, pitcher
- 1965 - Steve Decker, catcher
- 1966 - Mike Harkey, pitcher
- 1967 - Joe Siddall, catcher
- 1969 - Keith Garagozzo, pitcher
- 1969 - Larry Thomas, pitcher
- 1970 - Curtis King, pitcher
- 1970 - Terrell Lowery, outfielder
- 1970 - Andre White, minor league player
- 1971 - Pedro Martínez, pitcher; All-Star
- 1974 - Joe Nelson, pitcher
- 1976 - Victor Rodriguez, minor league player
- 1978 - J.J. Davis, outfielder
- 1979 - Tony Torcato, outfielder
- 1980 - Myung-gu Kang, KBO infielder
- 1980 - Clint Nageotte, pitcher
- 1985 - Charlie Shirek, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Wilkin Ramirez, outfielder
[edit] Deaths
- 1906 - Marty Swandell, infielder (b. 1841)
- 1911 - Chris Rickley, infielder (b. 1859)
- 1913 - Dan Shannon, infielder, manager (b. 1865)
- 1927 - Tom Brown, outfielder, manager (b. 1860)
- 1941 - Bill Phillips, pitcher, manager (b. 1868)
- 1945 - Ernie Baker, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1949 - Tim Bowden, outfielder (b. 1891)
- 1963 - Jim Lindsey, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1978 - Molly Craft, pitcher (b. 1895)
- 1979 - Morrie Schick, outfielder (b. 1892)
- 1981 - Pete Reiser, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1919)
- 1990 - Tsutomu Takeda, Japanese Hall of Fame (b. 1896)
- 1991 - Joe Bokina, pitcher (b. 1910)
- 1991 - George Brunet, pitcher (b. 1935)
- 1994 - George Fallon, infielder (b. 1914)
- 1996 - Harry Shuman, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 2008 - Rafael Batista, infielder (b. 1945)
