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|  | Today in Baseball History ... 11/4
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Today in Baseball History - November 4th
"Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics." - Ernie Banks
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for a more comprehensive “Today in Baseball History” see http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/November_4
1935 Former Green Bay Packers' pro football tackle Cal Hubbard becomes an American League umpire.
1957 With a new balk rule, the hitter now has an option after the call is made. If a player gets a hit, he can accept the outcome of the pitch, instead of being only limited to the advance of the base runner(s).
1959 Cubs' Ernie Banks wins his second consecutive MVP award. Braves' third baseman Eddie Mathews is the runner-up.
1963 The Cardinals trade outfielder George Altman and pitcher Bill Wakefield to the Mets for veteran hurler Roger Craig.
1965 Chicago manager Al Lopez resigns as the field boss of the White Sox.
1975 Jim Palmer of the Orioles wins his second Cy Young Award, after pacing the American League in wins (23), shutouts (ten), and ERA (2.09).
1976 The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at New York's Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor, Bobby Grich, and Willie McCovey.
1977 The second re-entry free-agent draft is held at New York's Plaza Hotel. Big names include Lyman Bostock, Goose Gossage, Larry Hisle, Mike Torrez, and Oscar Gamble.
1978 The third annual re-entry free-agent draft is held at the Plaza Hotel, New York City. Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans are the biggest names among the eligible players.
1980 Steve Carlton joins Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver, and Jim Palmer as pitchers with three Cy Young Awards. Carlton garners all but one of the twenty-four first-place votes to take National League honors. Carlton was 24-9 with a 2.34 ERA and led the National League with 286 strikeouts.
1980 Japan's all-time home run hitter, Sadaharu Oh, retires from professional baseball. The Tokyo Yomiuri Giants' first baseman hit a record 868 home runs in his 22-year playing career.
1987 Padres catcher Benito Santiago, who ended the season with a rookie record 34-game hitting streak, is a unanimous selection as the National League Rookie of the Year.
1997 Scott Rolen is the unanimous choice for National League Rookie of the Year and becomes the first Phillie to win the award since Dick Allen in 1964. The 22-year-old third baseman led all National League rookies in batting average (.283), home runs (21), RBI (92), runs (93), hits (159), doubles (35), total bases (263), on-base percentage (.377), and slugging percentage (.469).
2001 In Game 7 of a classic World Series, Arizona rallies for two runs in the bottom of the ninth defeating the Yankees and their usually unbeatable closer, Mariano Rivera, 3-2. The four-year old Diamondbacks, the youngest franchise to win a Fall Classic, ends New York's string of three consecutive World Championships.
2001 Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling are named co-MVPs of the World Series. The Diamondback hurlers are the first multiple winners since a trio of Dodgers( Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager) shared the award in 1981.
2001 For the first time since 1985, two twenty game winners start Game 7 of the World Series as Yankee pitcher Rogers Clemens (20-3) faces Randy Johnson (21-6) of the Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark in Arizona. Sixteen years ago Bret Saberhagen (20-6) of the Royals squared off against Cardinal hurler John Tudor (21-8) in the Fall Classic finale at Kauffman Stadium.
2002 Eric Hinske (.279, 24, 84 ) wins American League Rookie of the Year. The 25-year-old Blue Jays third baseman receives 19 of 28 first-place votes cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America with Oriole starter Rodrigo Lopez getting the other nine first-place votes.
2002 Colorado Rockies right-hander Jason Jennings (16-6, 4.52 ) becomes first member of the Rockies to be selected by the BBWAA as the National League Rookie of the Year. The 24-year old right-hander receives 27 first-place votes from the 32 writers participating in the balloting.
2003 Former Yankee captain Don Mattingly is named as the Bronx Bombers' hitting coach replacing Rick Down, who did not have his contract renewed last week. The 42-year-old, who retired due back problems, will be a top candidate to replace Joe Torre as manager in 2005.
2003 Miami-Dade County Commissioners approved a plan committing $73 million in tax money toward a new major league ballpark for the Marlins. The World Champions, who have agreed to change their name to the Miami Marlins if the city builds the ballpark, want to begin playing in the$325 million new park in 2007, but still doesn't have a plan for raising $137 million needed as part of their commitment.
2004 Former Indians manager Charlie Manuel is named to replace Larry Bowa as the Phillies skipper. The 60-year old piloted Cleveland from 2000-02.
2004 The Mets introduced Willie Randolph as the franchise's 18th manager. The long-time Yankee second baseman and third base coach becomes the first black to manage in New York.
2005 The Yankees continue to makeover their coaching staff as southpaw Ron Guidry, a former three-time 20-game winner is named to replaced Mel Stottlemyer as the team’s pitching coach and former Red Sox skipper Joe Kerrigan joins the team as its bullpen coach. Earlier in the week, former big league managers Larry Bowa (third base coach), Lee Mazzilli (bench coach) and Tony Pena (first base coach) also are added to Joe Torre's staff.
2008 Barack Obama, a long-time White Sox fan, is elected as the 44th president of the United States. The junior senator from Illinois, the first African-American to become the nation's commander-in-chief, is friendly with the team's general manager Kenny Williams, also a prominent member of Chicago’s black community.
Baseball Birthdays on November 4...
1840 - Crane, Fred
1854 - Abadie, John
1866 - Hernon, Tom
1872 - Kilroy, Mike
1873 - Wallace, Bobby – HOF MLB player 1894-1918, link to Bobby’s lifetime stats http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wallabo01.shtml , link to Bobby’s managerial record http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/wallabo01.shtml , link to Bobby’s HOF bio & plaque http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=123864
1877 - Leach, Tommy
1885 - Enzenroth, Jack
1889 - Schwind, Art
1889 - O'Brien, George
1890 - Sherman, Joe
1893 - Leinhauser, Bill
1894 - Shanner, Bill
1895 - McCarren, Bill
1897 - Menze, Ted
1901 - Henderson, Bill
1904 - Mattingly, Earl
1905 - Willis, Lefty
1909 - Webb, Skeeter
1910 - Beggs, Joe
1914 - Gryska, Sig
1914 - McCrabb, Les
1915 - Kracher, Joe
1916 - Kush, Emil
1920 - Heim, Val
1922 - Basinski, Eddie
1925 - Jacobs, Spook
1927 - Sawatski, Carl
1928 - Van Noy, Jay
1930 - Groat, Dick
1930 - Morton, Guy
1933 - Francona, Tito
1942 - Whillock, Jack
1943 - Selma, Dick
1946 - Godby, Danny
1947 - Colson, Loyd
1952 - Corbett, Doug
1953 - Slagle, Roger
1961 - Bailey, Mark
1961 - Salazar, Angel
1961 - Easley, Logan
1967 - Thompson, Ryan
1967 - Karros, Eric
1967 - Shave, Jon
1967 - Bushing, Chris
1968 - Fernandez, Osvaldo
1968 - Baerga, Carlos
1968 - Cedeno, Domingo
1971 - Bunch, Melvin
1974 - Mendoza, Carlos
1976 - Frederick, Kevin
1977 - Bigbie, Larry
1977 - Gwyn, Marcus
1978 - Grabow, John
1979 - Astacio, Ezequiel
1981 - Threets, Erick
1982 - Resop, Chris
1982 - Blackley, Travis
Baseball Deaths on November 4...
1904 - Reilly, Charlie
1904 - Shanley, Jim
1912 - Murphy, Frank
1921 - Meyerle, Levi
1922 - Houseman, John
1928 - Kelly, Ed
1939 - Henning, Pete
1946 - Barthold, John
1948 - Powell, Jake
1949 - Douglas, Larry
1950 - Alexander, Pete (Grover) – HOF MLB player 1911-1930, link to Grover’s lifetime stats http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alexape01.shtml , link to Grover’s HOF bio & plaque http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=110127
1955 - Young, Cy – HOF MLB player 1890-1911, link to Cy’s lifetime stats http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngcy01.shtml , link to Cy’s lifetime managerial record http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/youngcy01.shtml , link to Cy’s HOF bio & plaque http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=124692
1959 - Williams, Lefty
1961 - Mohler, Kid
1965 - Trekell, Harry
1965 - Mitchell, Johnny
1967 - Lanning, Tom
1971 - O'Brien, Dink
1971 - Messenger, Bud
1971 - McLarry, Polly
1974 - Fritz, Harry
1977 - Pittinger, Pinky
1979 - Priest, Johnny
1979 - Terry, Yank
1983 - Pickrel, Clarence
1992 - Varga, Andy
1993 - Young, Cliff
1994 - Bradshaw, George
1997 - Dickshot, Johnny
2001 - Gillespie, Bob
2004 - Phillips, Damon
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