November 10
From BR Bullpen
| Stats of players who were born this day | |
| Stats of players who died on this day | |
| Standings on this day | |
| Permanent link to Today's Entry | |
| Sources | |
| Baseball Library Chronology | |
| Today in Baseball History | |
Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 10.
Events[edit]
- 1888 - In Detroit, MI, a club is organized to compete in the International Association next season to take the place of the disbanded Detroit Wolverines, fifth-place finishers this past season in the National League. The Wolverines sell off their stars, including Big Sam Thompson going to the Philadelphia Quakers, and the so-called "Big Four" Dan Brouthers and Hardy Richardson to the Boston Beaneaters and Jack Rowe and Deacon White to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
- 1919 - Clark Griffith becomes a club owner and president when he joins Philadelphia grain broker William Richardson in buying controlling interest in the Washington Senators for $175,000. Griffith, unable to get financial help from the American League, mortgages his Montana ranch to raise funds.
- 1930 - Veteran pitcher Hippo Vaughn is reinstated by Judge Landis after eight years of ineligibility. Vaughn, who had lost a double no-hitter duel to Fred Toney in the 1917 season, had jumped the Chicago Cubs in 1922. Vaughn chose to pitch for a semipro team following a salary dispute with Chicago. He will go to spring training with the Cubs in 1931 but will fail to make the team at age 43.
- 1932 - Donie Bush, pennant-winning manager of the American Association Minneapolis Millers, is named to manage the Cincinnati Reds.
- 1948 - In a move that will give them a pitching ace for the next decade, the Chicago White Sox acquire young lefthander Billy Pierce from the Detroit Tigers for All-Star catcher Aaron Robinson. The Tigers even sweeten the deal with $10,000. Pierce will win 186 games for the White Sox over the next 13 years. Robinson will last fewer than three seasons in Detroit.
- 1950 - After nine years at the helm, the Cleveland Indians fire their manager, Lou Boudreau, amid howls of fan protest. Although Boudreau's overall winning percentage is a moderate .529, he won 92 games in a fourth-place finish - his best showing since 97 victories in the 1948 World Championship season. Al Lopez, who has piloted Minneapolis (American Association) since 1948, takes over with a two-year contract.
- 1951 - In Tokyo, 50,000 fans are on hand as an American All-Star team battles a Central League All-Star team. Joe DiMaggio hits a 400-foot home run in the 8th inning to tie the game at 1 - 1, then his brother Dom laces an RBI triple in the 9th and later scores to give the Americans a 3 - 2 victory. The Americans have won 12 games and tied one.
- 1953 - The New York Giants end their tour of Japan. It is reported that each player received just $331 of the $3,000 they were promised.
- 1964 - The Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, but a lawsuit will delay their departure from Milwaukee, WI by one year.
- 1965 - San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays, who hit .312 with 52 home runs and 112 RBI, is named National League MVP. Mays receives 224 votes to 177 for Sandy Koufax, who, pitching for the Dodgers, had a 2.04 ERA, won 26 games, allowed just 5.79 hits per nine innings, and struck out 382 batters.
- 1971:
- Joe Torre, who hit 24 home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals and led the National League in RBI (137) and batting average (.363), wins the MVP Award over Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates (48, 125, .295). Torre receives 318 points to Stargell's 222.
- Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue adds the American League MVP to his list of awards for 1971, easily outpointing teammate Sal Bando, 268-182.
- 1975 - The Kansas City Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending a 22-year career marked by 573 home runs, good for fifth on the all-time list.
- 1978 - In a major trade, the New York Yankees send former Cy Young Award winner Sparky Lyle along with four players to the Texas Rangers. In return, Texas packs up pitcher Dave Righetti and four players to the Yankees. Righetti, considered the top left-handed pitching prospect in the minors, will win Rookie of the Year honors in 1981.
- 1982 - Concerned over potential delays in repairs to cracks in the concrete at Yankee Stadium, which is owned by the city of New York, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner announces that the team will play its 1983 home opener, scheduled for April 12th, in Denver, CO's Mile High Stadium. However, this plan will come to naught when the city obtains an injunction by demonstrating that repairs are proceeding apace and that this cannot serve as a pretext to break a lease tying the Yankees to their ballpark in exclusivity.
- 1987 - In the closest vote in Cy Young Award history, Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe, 57-55, to win the National League honors. Bedrosian is the third relief pitcher ever to win the award in the NL.
- 1988 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser, who posted a 23-8 record with 178 strikeouts and a 2.31 ERA, is a unanimous choice as Cy Young Award winner. Hershiser becomes the ninth pitcher in National League history to win the award unanimously. He receives all 24 first place votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America.
- 1992 - MLB owners refuse to grant permission for the San Francisco Giants to move to St. Petersburg, FL.
- 1996 - At Tokyo, in the finale of the Japanese team against the MLB All-Stars, Japan rallies for three runs to earn an 8 - 8 tie. The Americans hit .302 in the series with 11 home runs, and come away with four wins, two losses, and two ties. None of the games go to extra innings. Steve Finley, who hit 8 for 20 with 9 RBI, is named MVP.
- 1997:
- Roger Clemens becomes the first American League pitcher to win the Cy Young Award four times. Clemens, the first pitcher since Hal Newhouser in 1945 to win the pitching Triple Crown in the American League, led the league in wins (21), strikeouts (292) and ERA (2.05) in his first season with the Toronto Blue Jays. Clemens won his first three Cy Young Awards with the Boston Red Sox in 1986, 1987 and 1991.
- The Cincinnati Reds trade pitcher Jeff Brantley to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for first baseman Dmitri Young.
- 1998:
- The Atlanta Braves trade pitchers Denny Neagle and Rob Bell and outfielder Michael Tucker to the Cincinnati Reds for second baseman Bret Boone and P Mike Remlinger.
- Texas Rangers outfielder Juan Gonzalez is named the American League MVP. His 157 RBI total was the most in the AL in 49 years. 101 came in by the All-Star break.
- Oakland Athletics outfielder Ben Grieve is named the American League Rookie of the Year.
- 1999 - Jack McKeon of the Cincinnati Reds is named the National League Manager of the Year.
- 2002 - The Samsung Lions win the Korean Series over the LG Twins. In Game 6 today, Samsung trails, 9 - 6, entering the bottom of the 9th then stages a historic comeback. Seung-yeop Lee hits a three-run homer off former major leaguer Sang-hoon Lee then Hae-yong Ma homers off Won-ho Choi to end it; it is the first time the Korean Series has ended with a home run. Ma had already hit two home runs and driven in five runs the day before and gone 4-for-4 with three RBI in Game 4 and is an easy pick for the Korean Series MVP.
- 2003 - Florida Marlins pitcher Dontrelle Willis wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Willis is the only player in either league named on every BBWAA ballot.
- 2004:
- Buck Showalter wins his second American League Manager of the Year Award, after piloting the Rangers to an 89-73 record - an 18-game improvement from the previous season. He also copped the honor in 1994, managing the Yankees.
- The BBWAA selects Bobby Cox as the National League Manager of the Year. Although the team lost Greg Maddux, Gary Sheffield, Javy López and Vinny Castilla to free agency, the Atlanta Braves, with a 96-58 record under Cox, still captured their 13th straight (if one does not count 1994), and unexpected, NL East division flag.
- 2005 - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter is named the winner of the 2005 National League Cy Young Award, topping Florida Marlins left-hander Dontrelle Willis in a close vote. The Cardinals' ace receives 19 of 32 first-place votes from the BBWAA and finishes with 132 points, 20 more than Willis, who garners 11 first-place votes. Roger Clemens of the Houston Astros, the only other pitcher named on every ballot, is a distant third with two first-place votes and 40 points.
- 2007 - The Australian national team sets a Baseball World Cup record for runs in a 26 - 1 rout of the Thai national team. Trent Oeltjen, Gavin Fingleson, Justin Huber, Glenn Williams, Brad Harman, Matthew Kent and Luke Hughes all get at least three hits. To rest their staff in the rout, the Australians use position players to throw the final four innings, with Fingleson throwing three for the win and regular first baseman Brett Roneberg closing the contest.
- 2009 - The American League Gold Gloves are awarded. Outfielders Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners and Torii Hunter of the Angels both win their ninth straight award.
- 2010:
- The winners of the National League Gold Glove Awards are announced. Scott Rolen wins his eighth award at 3B, while P Bronson Arroyo, SS Troy Tulowitzki and OF Carlos Gonzalez are first-time winners.
- The Athletics trade P Vin Mazzaro and Justin Marks to Kansas City for OF David DeJesus.
- 2012:
- The Dodgers put in the largest bid for Korean P Hyun-jin Ryu, pledging over $25.7 million to secure the right to negotiate with Ryu, who is represented by Scott Boras. It is the third-highest amount ever bid through the posting system, after those for Japanese pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Yu Darvish.
- C David Ross signs a two-year deal worth $6.2 million with the Red Sox.
- 2014:
- The Samsung Lions win Game 5 of the Korean Series to take a 3-2 lead over the Nexen Heroes. Henry Sosa of Nexen outpitches Rick van den Hurk of Samsung, leaving with a 1 - 0 lead, but Samsung left fielder Hyung-woo Choi hits a two-run double with two outs in the 9th off closer Seung-lak Son to end it.
- White Sox 1B Jose Abreu is the unanimous winner of the 2014 American League Rookie of the Year Award after an outstanding season at the plate, while Mets P Jacob deGrom is the winner in the National League.
- The Mets sign free agent outfielder Michael Cuddyer to a two-year contract for $21 million.
- 2015:
- Nippon Pro Baseball bans three Yomiuri Giants pitchers for gambling on baseball. The three are Satoshi Fukuda, Shoki Kasahara and Ryuya Matsumoto. The bans are for an indefinite period, meaning that the three players can apply to have them lifted after five years.
- The Gold Glove Awards are announced, with C Salvador Perez, 1B Eric Hosmer and SS Alcides Escobar of the World Champion Royals headlining the American League winners. They are joined by 2B Jose Altuve, 3B Manny Machado, CF Kevin Kiermaier, RF Kole Calhoun and P Dallas Keuchel. LF Yoenis Cespedes wins the award even though he was traded to a National League team at the end of July. In the NL, winners are C Yadier Molina, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, 2B Dee Gordon, SS Brandon Crawford, 3B Nolan Arenado, LF Starling Marte, CF A.J. Pollock, RF Jason Heyward and P Zack Greinke.
- Kosuke Fukudome of the Hanshin Tigers wins his fifth Gold Glove in the Central League, but first in nine years. Fukudome (38 years, 6 months old) becomes the oldest Gold Glove outfielder in Nippon Pro Baseball annals.
- 2016 - David Ortiz goes out a winner as he wins the Silver Slugger Award at DH in the American League for the seventh time in his final season. He is joined by another seven-time winner, 1B Miguel Cabrera, while at the other end of the scale, SS Corey Seager is honored at SS in the Nationals League in his rookie season.
- 2020 - Kevin Cash, who led the Tampa Bay Rays to the best record in the American League and to the club's second-ever World Series appearance, is named the league's Manager of the Year, while Don Mattingly, who returned the Miami Marlins to the postseason for the first time since 2003 while having to deal with a devastating early-season outbreak of COVID-19, is honored in the National League.
- 2022 - The Silver Slugger Awards are handed out and there are only four repeat winners: Aaron Judge and Xander Bogaerts in the AL, and Mookie Betts and Juan Soto in the NL, although a number of winners have done so in previous years. Remarkably, the Padres have three winners - Soto, Josh Bell and Brandon Drury - all of whom were acquired in deals at the trading deadline.
- 2023 - 2B Andrés Giménez wins the Platinum Glove as the best overall defensive player in the American League, while RF Fernando Tatis Jr. wins it in the National League in his first season playing the position.
Births[edit]
- 1857 - Jim Whitney, pitcher (d. 1891)
- 1866 - John Carney, infielder (d. 1925)
- 1867 - Billy Earle, catcher (d. 1946)
- 1867 - Fred Roat, infielder (d. 1913)
- 1873 - Billy Lush, outfielder (d. 1951)
- 1873 - Willie McGill, pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1878 - Cy Morgan, pitcher (d. 1962)
- 1879 - Whitey Alpermann, infielder (d. 1942)
- 1879 - Jim Cook, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1879 - Rip Ragan, pitcher (d. 1945)
- 1881 - Jack Hoey, outfielder (d. 1947)
- 1881 - George Wheeler, pinch hitter (d. 1918)
- 1886 - Del Gainer, infielder (d. 1947)
- 1886 - Jim Riley, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1888 - Ben Hunt, pitcher (d. 1927)
- 1890 - Eddie Eayrs, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1892 - Jim Park, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1895 - Slicker Parks, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1895 - Bill Summers, umpire (d. 1966)
- 1896 - Jimmie Dykes, infielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1976)
- 1896 - Chick Fewster, infielder (d. 1945)
- 1903 - George Blackerby, outfielder (d. 1987)
- 1907 - Roy Williams, pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1910 - Yukio Nishimura, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1945)
- 1912 - Birdie Tebbetts, catcher, manager; All-Star (d. 1999)
- 1914 - Angel Fleitas, infielder (d. 2006)
- 1914 - David Whatley, outfielder (d. 1961)
- 1918 - John Moss, minor league player/executive (d. 2009)
- 1919 - Avelino Cañizares, infielder
- 1919 - Harry Feldman, pitcher (d. 1962)
- 1920 - Russ Kerns, pinch hitter (d. 2000)
- 1920 - George Scherger, coach (d. 2011)
- 1921 - Robert Doak, minor league outfielder
- 1921 - Hiawatha Shelby, outfielder (d. 1996)
- 1922 - Johnny Lipon, infielder, manager (d. 1998)
- 1923 - Cal Ermer, infielder, manager (d. 2009)
- 1925 - William Arrildt, minor league pitcher (d. 2013)
- 1925 - Hank Ruszkowski, catcher (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Carmen Mauro, outfielder (d. 2003)
- 1930 - Gene Conley, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2017)
- 1930 - Chick King, outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1933 - Norm Cash, infielder; All-Star (d. 1986)
- 1933 - Manuel Fernández, Venezuelan national team pitcher
- 1938 - William Johnson, college coach (d. 2022)
- 1940 - Koji Okamura, NPB catcher (d. 2023)
- 1945 - Bill Southworth, infielder
- 1946 - Hiroaki Suzuki, NPB infielder
- 1951 - Mike Vail, outfielder
- 1953 - Larry Christenson, pitcher
- 1953 - Larry Parrish, infielder, manager; All-Star
- 1953 - Paul Thormodsgard, pitcher
- 1954 - Bertil Haage, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1954 - Bob Stanley, pitcher; All-Star
- 1955 - Jack Clark, outfielder; All-Star
- 1957 - Jeff Twitty, pitcher
- 1961 - Jung-Kwei Hsu, Taiwan national team catcher
- 1961 - Phil Ouellette, catcher
- 1962 - Bob Fannin, minor league catcher
- 1963 - Chin-Hsing Kuo, CPBL pitcher
- 1963 - Andres Thomas, infielder
- 1963 - Todd Welborn, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1964 - Shawn Holman, pitcher
- 1964 - An-Hsi Li, CPBL infielder
- 1964 - Keith Lockhart, infielder
- 1964 - Junior Noboa, infielder
- 1964 - Kenny Rogers, pitcher; All-Star
- 1965 - Tom Cantrell, college coach
- 1965 - Tom Gamba, minor league infielder
- 1966 - Will Vespe, minor league pitcher
- 1968 - Kuo-Chian Ku, CPBL infielder
- 1968 - Ki-taik Park, KBO outfielder
- 1970 - Marcos Garcia, minor league outfielder
- 1971 - Rico Carty, Jr., minor league infielder (d. 2018)
- 1971 - Butch Huskey, outfielder
- 1971 - Terry Pearson, pitcher
- 1972 - Shawn Green, outfielder; All-Star
- 1972 - Greg LaRocca, infielder
- 1973 - Roger Kops, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1974 - Micah Bowie, pitcher
- 1977 - Matt Cepicky, outfielder
- 1978 - Ray Cabrera, minor league outfielder
- 1978 - Jorge De Paula, pitcher
- 1978 - Isauro Pineda, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Mike Thiessen, minor league outfielder
- 1980 - Katsuaki Furuki, NPB outfielder
- 1981 - Tony Blanco, outfielder
- 1981 - A.J. Johnson, umpire
- 1981 - Brett Tamburrino, minor league utility man
- 1981 - Merkin Valdez, pitcher
- 1982 - Matt Pagnozzi, catcher
- 1982 - Corey Ragsdale, minor league infielder and manager
- 1982 - César Tapia, minor league catcher
- 1983 - Brian Dinkelman, outfielder
- 1983 - Francesco Imperiali, minor league infielder
- 1983 - Ryan Mattheus, pitcher
- 1983 - Seng Von, Cambodian national team outfielder
- 1984 - Kazuhisa Makita, pitcher
- 1985 - Pete Andrelczyk, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Shawn Haviland, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Travis Jones, minor league player
- 1985 - Francis Moreno, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Gaetan LePoupon, Division Elite infielder-pitcher
- 1986 - Eric Thames, outfielder
- 1987 - Aldo Méndez, Puerto Rican national team outfielder
- 1988 - Rob Segedin, outfielder
- 1989 - Michael Choice, outfielder
- 1989 - Matt Magill, pitcher
- 1989 - Kevin Roevens, First Division catcher
- 1989 - Richard Zumaya, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Martires Arias, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Pemerika Mahuka, American Samoa national team pitcher
- 1992 - Daniel Bradley, New Zealand national team outfielder
- 1992 - Kazuya Takano, minor league pitcher
- 1993 - Shao-Ching Chiang, minor league pitcher
- 1993 - Mitch Gueller, minor league pitcher
- 1993 - Seishiro Sakamoto, NPB catcher
- 1995 - Angelo Palumbo, minor league pitcher
- 1996 - Kostiantyn Boiko, Ukrainian national team infielder
- 1997 - JJ Bleday, outfielder
- 1998 - Yuki Udagawa, NPB pitcher
- 1999 - Jordan Groshans, infielder
- 2000 - Johnhil Carreon, Philippines national team outfielder
- 2000 - Masayuki Maruhashi, Salvadoran national team pitcher
- 2000 - Ryan Ritter, minor league infielder
- 2001 - Francisco Álvarez, catcher
- 2002 - Chun-Wei Chiu, CPBL pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1888 - John Glenn, outfielder (b. 1849)
- 1896 - Jim Ritz, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1914 - Jack Heinzman, infielder (b. 1863)
- 1915 - Jack Holland, umpire (b. 1859)
- 1926 - John Cattanach, pitcher (b. 1863)
- 1926 - Ed Flanagan, infielder (b. 1861)
- 1926 - George Pinkney, infielder (b. 1859)
- 1929 - Mark Baldwin, pitcher (b. 1863)
- 1937 - Fred Andrus, outfielder (b. 1850)
- 1938 - Chet Spencer, outfielder (b. 1883)
- 1943 - Charlie Bastian, infielder (b. 1858)
- 1951 - J.W. Seabaugh, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1879)
- 1969 - Cecil Duff, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1969 - George Foss, infielder (b. 1897)
- 1969 - Augie Swentor, pinch hitter (b. 1899)
- 1972 - Frank Nicholson, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1973 - Denver Grigsby, outfielder (b. 1901)
- 1973 - Bruce Hitt, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1974 - Ben Paschal, outfielder (b. 1895)
- 1974 - Mel Simons, outfielder (b. 1900)
- 1981 - Ed Lagger, pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1982 - Shuichi Ishimoto, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1896)
- 1986 - Doc Sykes, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1987 - Bill Sadler, infielder (b. 1909)
- 1990 - Aurelio Monteagudo, pitcher (b. 1943)
- 1992 - Chuck Connors, infielder (b. 1921)
- 1994 - Henri Bertrand, minor league pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1998 - Hal Newhouser, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1921)
- 2000 - Shaw Buck, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1910)
- 2002 - Ken Raffensberger, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1917)
- 2009 - Jack L. Jones, minor league pitcher (b. 1935)
- 2010 - Ted Keck, college coach (b. 1919)
- 2010 - Dave Niehaus, broadcaster; Hall of Famer (b. 1935)
- 2010 - Luke Owens, minor league infielder (b. 1923)
- 2010 - Fred Spearman, infielder (d. 1917)
- 2014 - Gene Johnson, minor league infielder (b. 1937)
- 2014 - Dutch Neuman, minor league pitcher (b. 1924)
- 2014 - Edmundo Roberts, minor league pitcher (b. 1930)
- 2015 - Walter McCoy, pitcher (b. 1923)
- 2018 - Pete Doumit, college coach (b. 1950)
- 2018 - Harvey Koepf, scout (b. 1933)
- 2022 - Jack Reed, outfielder (b. 1933)
- 2023 - Luis Castro, minor league outfielder (b. 1998)
We're Social...for Statheads
Every Sports Reference Social Media Account
Site Last Updated:
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.