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This Day in Baseball History - November 2
"When you call a pitcher 'Lefty' and everybody in both leagues knows who you mean, he must be pretty good." -CLINT HURDLE, Kansas City Royal infielder speaking about Steve Carlton.
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for a more comprehensive “Today in Baseball History” see http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/November_2
1913 St. Louis Browns player-manager George Stovall, fired the previous summer, is the first major-league player to jump to the Federal League, signing to manage Kansas City.
1937 American League batting champ Charlie Gehringer is named Most Valuable Player by the BBWAA.
1938 Jimmie Foxx is voted Most Valuable Player of the American League for the third time, with Yankees catcher Bill Dickey second in the voting.
1944 Japan, where baseball has been banned as an undesirable enemy influence, mourns the death of Eiji Sawamura. The Japanese pitcher, who is killed in action in the Pacific, became a national hero by striking out Babe Ruth in an exhibition game.
1950 Jim Konstanty (16-7, 2.66, 22 saves ) is selected as the National League's Most Valuable Player by the BBWAA. The 33-year old Philadelphia reliever joins Chuck Klein as the only Phillies to have won the MVP award.
1960 Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle for the AL's Most Valuable Player award, 225-222, the second-closest vote ever. The closest was the Joe DiMaggio -- Ted Williams race in 1947.
1964 CBS becomes first corporate owner of a major league team buying eighty percent of Yankees for $11,200,000.
1971 Pat Dobson of the Orioles pitches a no-hitter against the Yomiuri Giants in a 2-0 win. It is the first no-hitter in Japanese-American exhibition history. The Orioles compile a record of 12-2-4 on the tour.
1972 Leading the league in victories (27), ERA (1.97), starts (41), complete games (30), and strike outs (310), Steve Carlton wins the National League's Cy Young Award. 'Lefty's' 27 victories nearly accounts for nearly half (45.8%) of the last-place Phillies wins.
1974 The Braves trade Hank Aaron to the Brewers for Dave May and Roger Alexander. The move allows the all-time career home run champ to finish his career in Milwaukee, the city in which he started in the majors.
1974 Hank Aaron and Sadaharu Oh face off in a home run hitting contest in Tokyo, Japan. Hitting against the batting practice pitches of New York Mets coach Joe Pignatano, Aaron wins the competition, with 10 home runs to Oh’s nine.
1976 After winning 22 games, Randy Jones captures the National League's Cy Young Award. Two years ago the Padre hurler had lost 22 games.
1977 Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton outpoints Tommy John of the Dodgers to win his second Cy Young Award. Carlton led the National League with 23 wins, losing ten, and posted a 2.64 ERA.
1983 John Denny wins the National League's Cy Young Award. The Prescott, Arizona native posted a 19-6 record with a 2.37 ERA for National League Champion Phillies.
1988 Oakland shortstop Walt Weiss becomes the third consecutive A's player to win the American League Rookie of the Year award, joining sluggers Jose Canseco (1986) and Mark McGwire (1987).
1995 The New York Yankees name Joe Torre their manager, replacing the recently departed Buck Showalter. The former St. Louis Cardinals’ star and National League batting champion will guide the Yankees to four World Championships in his first five years with the team.
1996 Former Negro Leagues player Toni Stone dies from heart failure at the age of 75. Stone, the first woman to play professionally at such a high level, debuted for the Indianapolis Clowns in 1953.
1999 Ken Griffey Jr. asks the Seattle Mariners to trade him. The superstar outfielder wants be closer to Orlando, Florida, where his family resides.
2000 After a 15-year big league career, first baseman Will Clark announces his retirement. 'The Thrill' ends his playing days with the McGwire-less Cardinals supplying the Redbirds with much needed offense (.345,12 HRs and 42 RBIs) in a two-month span after being traded from the Orioles.
2000 Former Blue Jay catcher (1981-86) and the team's present TV color analyst, Buck Martinez, is hired as the Toronto manager. Replacing Jim Fregosi, the 51-year ESPN commentator joins Astros' Larry Dierker and Diamondbacks' Bob Brenly as first-time major league skippers hired from the broadcast booth.
2000 Wrigley Field has been granted preliminary landmark status by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. Any plans to refurbish or tear down Cubs' home since 1916 will have to be reviewed by this panel.
2004 After a grounds keeper finds a grenade in the Wrigley Field turf, police bomb and arson investigators are called to evaluate the right field discovery. The rusty, hollowed-out shell turns out to be harmless and its origins remain a mystery.
2005 Pat Gillick signs a three-year deal becoming the Phillies' general manager. The 68-year old, who has held the same position with Orioles, Blue Jays and Mariners, has lead his teams to two World Series titles and nine playoff appearances.
Baseball Birthdays on November 2...
1847 - Sweasy, Charlie
1858 - Harris, Frank
1860 - Graves, Frank
1866 - Genins, Frank
1868 - McCormick, Jim
1869 - Sharrott, George
1874 - Bell, George
1877 - Williams, Otto
1879 - Keeley, Burt
1888 - Zwilling, Dutch
1896 - Maynard, Chick
1901 - Standaert, Jerry
1903 - Hogsett, Chief
1903 - Jackson, Travis - HOF MLB player 1922-1936, link to Travis's lifetime stats http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jackstr01.shtml , link to "Stonewall's" HOF bio & plaque http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=116445
1906 - McKeithan, Tim
1914 - Jones, Red
1914 - Vander Meer, Johnny
1914 - Flores, Jesse
1914 - McBride, Tom
1916 - Campanis, Al
1920 - Sullivan, John
1920 - Mills, Bill
1920 - Sisler, Dick
1924 - Estock, George
1927 - Williams, Davey
1928 - Ross, Bob
1941 - Connors, Bill
1942 - Reed, Ron
1946 - Paciorek, Tom
1953 - Hartzell, Paul
1955 - Tufts, Bob
1955 - Harris, Greg
1956 - Hargis, Gary
1958 - McGee, Willie
1963 - Horn, Sam
1963 - Rice, Pat
1966 - Merced, Orlando
1970 - Moore, Marcus
1972 - Miller, Travis
1974 - Fernandez, Jose
1974 - Cabrera, Orlando
1975 - Rigdon, Paul
1976 - Ponson, Sidney
1978 - Cali, Carmen
1981 - Betemit, Wilson
1982 - Escobar, Yunel
1985 - Thompson, Daryl
Baseball Deaths on November 2...
1894 - Jennings, Alamazoo
1894 - Houseman, Frank
1897 - Sullivan, Joe
1899 - McGinley, Tim
1901 - Corcoran, John
1904 - Austin, Henry
1922 - Kilhullen, Pat
1926 - Bailey, Bill
1932 - Cross, Frank
1944 - Conn, Bert
1947 - Fulghum, Dot
1960 - Scott, Everett
1965 - Fisher, Clarence
1966 - Moren, Lew
1967 - Clemens, Clem
1970 - LaMotte, Bobby
1972 - Parent, Freddy
1973 - Neale, Greasy
1976 - Leheny, Regis
1976 - Miles, Dee
1981 - East, Hugh
1982 - Zuber, Bill
1983 - Wiltse, Hal
1989 - Simpson, Steve
1993 - Nieman, Butch
1993 - Williams, Papa
1995 - Gliatto, Sal
1997 - McMillan, Roy
1998 - Plaskett, Elmo
2000 - Collins, Eddie
2006 - Hayworth, Red
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