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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 7th inning, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2 - 1 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 5 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 neither team 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 7. 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 4 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 the 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 World Series ring that's 39 years newer after Game 6 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 4 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 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 World Series 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 1 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 2 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 7 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.
- 2010 - Lotte Giants corner infielder Dae-ho Lee, winner of the Triple Crown, is named Korea Baseball Organization MVP for 2010. The Rookie of the Year award goes to Doosan Bears catcher Eui-ji Yang, the fourth straight winner from Doosan.
- 2011:
- Team Canada wins the 2011 Pan American Games Gold Medal. It is the first major international tournament won by the Canadians. They top Team USA, 2 - 1, in the final game, as Andrew Albers and Scott Richmond combine to fan 11. Jimmy Van Ostrand hits a two-run double for all of the Canadian offense, while Andy Van Hekken takes the loss for the US. Canada becomes the first non-Cuban team to win Gold in baseball at the Pan Am Games since 1967.
- Cuba settles for Bronze with a 6 - 0 romp over host Mexico. Miguel A. González and Yadier Pedroso combine on the shutout, while Alfredo Despaigne, Yulieski Gourriel and José Dariel Abreu all go deep.
- 2012 - Three Giants pitchers - Madison Bumgarner, Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo - combine on a two-hitter as San Francisco shuts out Detroit, 2 - 0, in Game 2 of the 2012 World Series. The Giants play small ball, scoring their first run on a double play grounder in the 7th after a bunt single by Gregor Blanco loads the bases, and their second in the 8th on three walks and a sacrifice fly.
[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 - Bill Brennan, umpire (d. 1933)
- 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)
- 1912 - Jack Kent Cooke, minor league owner (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Gene Corbett, infielder (d. 2009)
- 1913 - Phil Marchildon, pitcher (d. 1997)
- 1917 - Lee MacPhail, executive; Hall of Famer (d. 2012)
- 1918 - Nanny Fernandez, infielder (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Russ Meyer, pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1923 - Bobby Thomson, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2010)
- 1924 - Bobby Brown, infielder
- 1925 - Roy Hartsfield, infielder, manager (d. 2011)
- 1931 - Dick Murphy, pinch hitter
- 1937 - Chuck Schilling, infielder
- 1939 - Pete Mikkelsen, pitcher (d. 2006)
- 1944 - Skip Guinn, pitcher
- 1946 - Don Eddy, pitcher
- 1946 - Ted Parks, minor league outfielder
- 1949 - Melvin Aaron, minor league outfielder, college coach
- 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 - Dale Holman, minor league outfielder/first baseman
- 1958 - Tom Romano, outfielder
- 1958 - Dave Von Ohlen, pitcher
- 1960 - Kelly Downs, pitcher
- 1963 - Greg Morhardt, scout
- 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
- 1978 - Hiroaki Yoshimi, CPBL infielder
- 1979 - Jeremy Brown, catcher
- 1979 - Tony Torcato, outfielder
- 1980 - Myung-gu Kang, KBO infielder
- 1980 - Clint Nageotte, pitcher
- 1980 - Danilo Sánchez, minor league catcher
- 1983 - Dae-lee Kwak, South Korean national team outfielder
- 1984 - Deshaun Brooks, minor league infielder
- 1984 - Goran Lekić, Croatian national team catcher
- 1985 - Wilkin Ramirez, outfielder
- 1985 - Jason Roenicke, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Charlie Shirek, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Harold Garcia, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Alberto Cabrera, pitcher
- 1990 - Bobby Borchering, minor league infielder
[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)
- 1982 - Frank Matthews, minor league infielder (b. ~1890)
- 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)
- 2010 - Rudy Rufer, infielder (b. 1926)
- 2011 - Bert Cueto, pitcher (b. 1937)
- 2012 - Barry Cox, minor league player and manager (b. ????)
- 2012 - Les Mueller, pitcher (b. 1919)
