Template:Today in Baseball/January 11

June 29: Today's featured birthday is that of Dusty Hughes, who turns 44.

• 1932 - Bill Terry returns his contract to the New York Giants unsigned, feeling disgruntled that the team wants to cut his pay after an impressive year.
• 1955 - Rubén Gómez and Willie Mays get into a fight during batting practice; the two are teammates on the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Winter League.
• 1971 - John Hiller has a heart attack and will miss the coming season.
• 2000 - Carlton Fisk (pictured) and Tony Perez are elected to the Hall of Fame.
• 2002 - Stolen base king Yutaka Fukumoto, Keishi Suzuki and Lefty O'Doul are among the individuals chosen to join the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

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