Template:Today in Baseball/November 14

July 2: Today's featured birthday is that of Jim Hughes, who turns 75.

1936 - Fumito Horio of Hankyu hits three triples in a game, a Nippon Pro Baseball record. Horio does it in three consecutive innings.
1957 - Hank Aaron wins a tight three-way race for the 1957 National League MVP Award, beating out Stan Musial, 239 points to 230. Red Schoendienst gets 221.
1996 - Juan Gonzalez edges Alex Rodriguez for the 1996 American League MVP Award by three votes.
1999 - The Australian national team wins its first major international competition when they beat the Cuban national team, 4-3, in 11 innings in the Gold Medal game of the 1999 Intercontinental Cup. Dave Nilsson goes 0 for 4 in the game but is named tourney MVP thanks to 11 RBI.
2005 - Alex Rodriguez (pictured) outpolls David Ortiz, 331-307 points, for the 2005 American League MVP Award.

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