November 4
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 4.
Events[edit]
- 1884 - Pitcher Tony Mullane violates an oral agreement to sign with the St. Louis Browns by signing a $5,000 contract with the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The American Association suspends Mullane for the 1885 season and fines him $1,000, but allows him to remain with Cincinnati. Over the next eight years Mullane will win 163 games with the Reds on his way to a career total of 285 victories.
- 1887 - The Washington Statesmen sell veteran outfielder Paul Hines to the Indianapolis Hoosiers for $5,000.
- 1889 - After a formal meeting of representatives from all National League chapters, the Brotherhood issues a "Manifesto" in which it claims that "players have been bought, sold and exchanged as though they were sheep instead of American citizens." This bold statement constitutes a declaration of war between the Brotherhood and major league officials which will soon explode into the formation of the Players League.
- 1891 - Charlie Comiskey, having had enough of St. Louis Browns owner Chris Von der Ahe, signs as the manager and team captain of the National League's Cincinnati Reds.
- 1899 - Representatives of seven cities meet in New York regarding the proposed new American Association. Attention focuses on what other city might become the eighth franchise. The plans to revive the circuit will come to naught.
- 1912 - Miller Huggins is named manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, beginning his 17-year career as a skipper.
- 1935 - Cal Hubbard, pro football tackle with the Green Bay Packers, joins the American League umpiring staff.
- 1948 - Former Senators and Yankees outfielder Jake Powell shoots and kills himself in a Washington, DC police station.
- 1953 - Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of the Philadelphia Athletics.
- 1957 - With a new balk rule, the batter 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 baserunner(s).
- 1959 - Ernie Banks wins his second National League MVP Award in a row on the strength of his 45 home runs and 143 RBI for the Chicago Cubs. Eddie Mathews finishes second.
- 1963:
- The St. Louis Cardinals acquire pitcher Roger Craig from the Mets for outfielder George Altman and P Bill Wakefield. Craig was the National League's top loser the past two seasons with the lowly Mets, dropping 24 and 22 games.
- Akira Takahashi wins his second game of the 1963 Japan Series, 18 - 4 over Kazuhisa Inao, as the Yomiuri Giants batter Inao and company. Four Giants homer in the Game 7 win, including Sadaharu Oh.
- 1965 - Al Lopez resigns as manager of the Chicago White Sox.
- 1966 - Maury Wills leaves the Los Angeles Dodgers club touring in Japan, complaining that his injured right knee needs immediate treatment in the U.S. On December 1st, the Dodgers will send Wills to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- 1975 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer wins his second Cy Young Award, after pacing the American League in wins (23), shutouts (10), and ERA (2.09).
- 1976 - The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Nate Colbert, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor and Bobby Grich. McCovey and Colbert are the only two players not selected, but McCovey will catch on with the Giants in spring training and have a banner year at his old first base position.
- 1977 - The second free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel. Big names include Lyman Bostock, Goose Gossage, Larry Hisle, Mike Torrez and Oscar Gamble.
- 1978 - In the third annual free agent re-entry draft held at the the New York Plaza Hotel, Pete Rose, Tommy John and Darrell Evans are the biggest names among the eligible players.
- 1979 - In a match-up of two teams that had never won a Japan Series, the Hiroshima Carp top the Kintetsu Buffaloes in seven games in the 1979 Japan Series. Carp shortstop Yoshihiko Takahashi is named Series MVP.
- 1980:
- Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies joins Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver and Jim Palmer, as pitchers with three Cy Young Awards. Carlton garners all but one of the 24 first-place votes to take National League honors. He posted a 24-9 record with a 2.34 ERA and a league-leading 286 strikeouts.
- 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.
- 1981:
- The Cincinnati Reds trade outfielder Ken Griffey to the New York Yankees for pitcher Fred Toliver and minor leaguer Brian Ryder. Griffey was about to become a free agent.
- The Philadelphia Phillies announce that Pat Corrales will be the club's manager next season, replacing Dallas Green, who quit to become the Chicago Cubs' general manager.
- 1982 - New York Yankees coach Mike Ferraro lands his first major league managing job, signing a two-year contract to lead the Cleveland Indians. He will be fired before the end of the season.
- 1987 - San Diego 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.
- 1993 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Cliff Young is killed in a truck crash in Willis, Texas. He is the third Indians pitcher to die this year in an accident.
- 1996:
- New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as American League Rookie of the Year. Jeter becomes the eighth Yankees player to win the award and the fifth unanimous selection in American League history.
- The Angels name Terry Collins as their new manager.
- 1997 - Third baseman Scott Rolen is the unanimous choice for the 1997 National League Rookie of the Year Award and becomes the first Philadelphia Phillies player to win the award since Dick Allen in 1964. Rolen led all NL rookies in batting average (.283), home runs (21), runs batted in (92), runs (93), hits (159), doubles (35), total bases (263), on-base percentage (.377) and slugging average (.469). He barely qualified as a rookie, logging exactly 130 at bats in 1996 before breaking his wrist on September 7th when he was hit by a pitch. One more at bat would have disqualified him for the award this year.
- 1999:
- The Milwaukee Brewers hire Davey Lopes as their new manager.
- Larry Dolan agrees to buy the Cleveland Indians from Richard Jacobs for $320 million. The sale is subject to approval by major league owners. If approved, the deal will be a record for a baseball franchise. The O'Malley family sold the Dodgers to the FOX division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for $311 million in 1998.
- 2001 - In Game 7 of a classic World Series, the Arizona Diamondbacks rally for two runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the New York Yankees and their usually unbeatable closer, Mariano Rivera, 3 - 2. Tony Womack doubles in Midre Cummings to tie it and Luis Gonzalez singles in Jay Bell with the winner. The four-year-old Diamondbacks, the youngest franchise to win a Fall Classic, end New York's string of three consecutive World Championships. Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling share the Series MVP honors. The Arizona pitchers are the first multiple winners since the Los Angeles Dodgers trio of Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager shared the award in the 1981 World Series. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the ninth greatest game of the past fifty years.
- 2002:
- Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Eric Hinske, who posted a .279 batting average with 24 home runs and 84 RBI, is named American League Rookie of the Year. Hinske receives 19 of 28 first-place votes cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America with Baltimore Orioles pitcher Rodrigo López getting the other nine first-place votes.
- Pitcher Jason Jennings, who had a 16-6 record with a 4.52 ERA, becomes first member of the Colorado Rockies to be selected by the BBWAA as the National League Rookie of the Year. Jennings receives 27 first-place votes from the 32 writers participating in the balloting. Brad Wilkerson of the Montreal Expos is the runner-up.
- 2003:
- Don Mattingly is named as the hitting coach of the New York Yankees, replacing Rick Down.
- Miami-Dade County Commissioners approve a plan committing $73 million in tax money toward a new major league ballpark for the Florida 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 do not have a plan for raising $137 million needed as part of their commitment. This lack of funds will delay plans for the ballpark until 2012.
- 2004 - Charlie Manuel is named to replace Larry Bowa as the Philadelphia Phillies manager. Manuel managed the Cleveland Indians from 2000 to 2002.
- 2009 - The New York Yankees defeat Philadelphia, 7 - 3, in Game 6, to win the 2009 World Series. Hideki Matsui drives in a record six runs in the game on his way to earning the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
- 2010:
- Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson dies in Thousand Oaks, California at 76. Nicknamed "Captain Hook" for his tendency to remove his starting pitchers early in the game - now standard practice - he was the first manager to win over 100 games in a season in both leagues, and the first to lead teams from both leagues to World Championships, doing so with Cincinnati in 1975 and 1976, and with Detroit in 1984.
- Less than a week after being named the World Series MVP, Edgar Renteria is let go by the San Francisco Giants, who buy out his option for next season. Bothered by frequent injuries over recent years, Renteria is contemplating retirement but will come back to play for the Cincinnati Reds in 2011.
- 2012 - Nexen Heroes 1B Byung-ho Park is named KBO MVP after hitting .290/.393/.561 and leading the 2012 KBO in homers (31), RBI (105) and slugging, having had an unimpressive career to that point. His infield mate Keon-chang Seo is named Rookie of the Year.
- 2013:
- The recently retired Mariano Rivera is named the Comeback Player of the Year in the American League, while Francisco Liriano wins the award in the National League. Liriano had won the award in the AL in 2010 and becomes the second player to win it in each loop, after Rick Sutcliffe.
- Byung-ho Park of the Nexen Heroes repeats as Korea Baseball Organization MVP. He led the league in homers, RBI and runs to become the fourth repeat KBO MVP and the first since Seung-yeop Lee (2001-2003). Jae-hak Lee (10-5, 2.88) of the new NC Dinos is the 2013 KBO Rookie of the Year.
- 2014:
- Winners of the Gold Glove Awards in Major League Baseball are announced. In the National League, C Yadier Molina of the Cardinals is a winner for the seventh straight year, while in the American League, the Orioles and Royals combine to claim six of the nine awards.
- Yamaico Navarro becomes the first foreigner to homer in a Korean Series game since Jay Davis in 2006; Navarro's two-run shot in the 3rd for the Samsung Lions off Andy Van Hekken of the Nexen Heroes ties the score at 2 - 2 in Game 1 of the 2014 Korean Series. In the 8th, though, Jung-ho Kang hits a two-run bomb of his own, off Woo-chan Cha, to give Nexen a win in their Korean Series debut.
- 2015 - Lamigo Monkeys shortstop Chih-Sheng Lin is named CPBL MVP for 2015 after posting the first 30-30 season in league history, as well as leading in both OBP and slugging.
- 2016:
- Five million fans turn out for the Cubs' World Series victory parade in downtown Chicago, IL, 108 years in the making. The Chicago River is dyed in blue to celebrate the long-awaited title.
- The Diamondbacks hire Torey Lovullo as their new manager. It is his first official managing job in the majors, but he filled in ably with the Red Sox when John Farrell was fighting cancer during the second half of 2015.
- Eddie Carnett, the Oldest Living MLB Player dies in Ringling, OK, a couple of weeks after turning 100. His title passes on to 98-year-old Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr.
- 2017 - The Softbank Hawks win the Japan Series for their fourth title in seven years, topping the Yokohama BayStars four games to two. In Game 6, they trail, 3 - 1, entering the bottom of the 8th, but Yuki Yanagita grounds in Yuya Hasegawa in that inning and Seiichi Uchikawa takes Yasuaki Yamasaki deep with one out in the bottom of the 9th to tie it. In the bottom of the 11th, Keizo Kawashima singles in Akira Nakamura with the winner, the fourth sayonara hit in Series annals. The Series MVP is Dennis Sarfate, who saved two wins and goes three innings for the win today. It is the first time Americans have won back-to-back Japan Series MVP (Brandon Laird won in 2016) since 1995-1996.
- 2018 - Winners of the Gold Glove Award are announced. C Yadier Molina wins his ninth and LF Alex Gordon and 3B Nolan Arenado both win their sixth. There are also six first-time winners, including 1B Freddie Freeman who ends up in a rare, but not unprecedented, tie with Anthony Rizzo.
- 2023:
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches a complete game in which he strikes out a Japan Series record 14 batters (breaking the mark shared by Kimiyasu Kudoh and Yu Darvish) in leading the Orix Buffaloes to a 5 - 1 win over the Hanshin Tigers in Game 6 of the 2023 Japan Series. The series will go to a decisive Game 7. The bright spot for Hanshin is a homer by Sheldon Neuse, ending a 14-game, 20-year drought of Hanshin batters not homering in a Japan Series.
- In the first trade of the off-season, the Brewers send veteran OF Mark Canha to the Tigers in return for minor league P Blake Holub.
- For the first time, a Taiwan Series game ends with a walk-off homer. The Wei Chuan Dragons' Chi-Hung Liu goes deep off Wei-Cheng Huang in the bottom of the 14th for a 3-2 win. It also sets a Taiwan Series record with 16 pitchers utilized.
Births[edit]
- 1840 - Fred Crane, infielder (d. 1925)
- 1850 - John Abadie, infielder (d. 1905)
- 1866 - Tom Hernon, outfielder (d. 1902)
- 1869 - Mike Kilroy, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1873 - Bobby Wallace, infielder, manager, umpire; Hall of Famer (d. 1960)
- 1877 - Tommy Leach, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1885 - Jack Enzenroth, catcher (d. 1944)
- 1887 - Hugh Blackburn, pitcher (d. 1950)
- 1889 - George O'Brien, catcher (d. 1966)
- 1889 - Art Schwind, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1890 - Joe Sherman, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1893 - Bill Leinhauser, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1894 - Bill Shanner, pitcher (d. 1986)
- 1895 - Bill McCarren, infielder (d. 1983)
- 1896 - Nolan Swancy, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1897 - Ted Menze, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1897 - Dolly Stark, umpire (d. 1968)
- 1901 - Bill Henderson, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1903 - Charles Walsh, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1971)
- 1904 - Bubbles Anderson, infielder (d. 1943)
- 1904 - Earl Mattingly, pitcher (d. 1993)
- 1905 - Ed Jeremiah, college coach (d. 1967)
- 1905 - Bert Johnson, outfielder (d. 1976)
- 1905 - Lefty Willis, pitcher (d. 1962)
- 1907 - George Cayasso, Nicaraguan national team infielder (d. ????)
- 1909 - Skeeter Webb, infielder (d. 1986)
- 1910 - Joe Beggs, pitcher (d. 1983)
- 1914 - Sig Gryska, infielder (d. 1994)
- 1914 - Les McCrabb, pitcher (d. 2008)
- 1915 - Joe Kracher, catcher (d. 1981)
- 1916 - Emil Kush, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1918 - Furman Bisher, author (d. 2012)
- 1920 - Rod Belcher, announcer (d. 2014)
- 1920 - Val Heim, outfielder (d. 2019)
- 1922 - Red Applegate, pitcher (d. 1965)
- 1922 - Eddie Basinski, infielder (d. 2022)
- 1924 - Ed Finney, infielder (d. 1998)
- 1925 - Spook Jacobs, infielder (d. 2011)
- 1926 - Wallace Carpenter, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)
- 1926 - Tubby Raymond, college coach (d. 2017)
- 1926 - Fumio Takechi, NPB pitcher
- 1927 - Carl Sawatski, catcher (d. 1991)
- 1928 - Ernie Johnson, minor league outfielder
- 1928 - Jay Van Noy, outfielder (d. 2010)
- 1930 - Dick Groat, infielder; All-Star (d. 2023)
- 1930 - Martin Jole, Hoofdklasse infielder (d. 2004)
- 1930 - Guy Morton, pinch hitter (d. 2014)
- 1933 - Tito Francona, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2018)
- 1942 - Jack Whillock, pitcher (d. 2021)
- 1943 - Dick Selma, pitcher (d. 2001)
- 1946 - Danny Godby, outfielder
- 1947 - Loyd Colson, pitcher
- 1952 - Doug Corbett, pitcher; All-Star
- 1953 - P.J. Carey, coach (d. 2012)
- 1953 - Roger Slagle, pitcher
- 1960 - Cam Walker, scout
- 1961 - Mark Bailey, catcher
- 1961 - Logan Easley, pitcher
- 1961 - Angel Salazar, infielder
- 1963 - Scott Kannenberg, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
- 1965 - Hideki Hashigami, NPB outfielder
- 1966 - Osvaldo Fernandez, pitcher
- 1966 - Charlie Romero, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1967 - Chris Bushing, pitcher
- 1967 - John Byington, college coach
- 1967 - Eric Karros, infielder
- 1967 - Hiroaki Nakayama, NPB pitcher
- 1967 - Jon Shave, infielder
- 1967 - Ryan Thompson, outfielder
- 1968 - Carlos Baerga, infielder; All-Star
- 1968 - Domingo Cedeno, infielder
- 1968 - Rich Crane, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Scott Bream, minor league infielder
- 1971 - Melvin Bunch, pitcher
- 1971 - Rod McCall, minor league player
- 1972 - Warren Horner, minor league infielder
- 1974 - Carlos Mendoza, outfielder
- 1976 - Kevin Frederick, pitcher
- 1976 - Gavin Marshall, minor league pitcher
- 1977 - Larry Bigbie, outfielder
- 1977 - Franklin Font, coach
- 1977 - Marcus Gwyn, pitcher
- 1977 - John-Eric Hernandez, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - John Grabow, pitcher
- 1979 - Ezequiel Astacio, pitcher
- 1980 - Wilkins Arias, minor league pitcher
- 1980 - Jason Wuerfel, minor league catcher
- 1981 - Ryan Brnardic, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Erick Threets, pitcher
- 1981 - Ryota Wakiya, NPB infielder
- 1982 - Travis Blackley, pitcher
- 1982 - Evan MacLane, pitcher
- 1982 - Chris Resop, pitcher
- 1983 - Phillip Cuadrado, minor league infielder
- 1983 - Joe Ness, minor league player
- 1984 - Jose Corrales, Panamanian national team pitcher
- 1985 - Joe Savery, pitcher
- 1986 - Adalberto Flores, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Berman Espinoza, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Andrew Norman, South African national team outfielder
- 1988 - Ryan Acosta, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Drew Benes, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Luis Hurtado, minor league catcher and manager
- 1988 - Chris Manno, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Masataka Iryo, NPB outfielder
- 1989 - Moises Montero, minor league player
- 1989 - Yamal Thomas, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Hak-ju Lee, minor league infielder
- 1990 - Katsuki Matayoshi, NPB pitcher
- 1991 - Kirsten Vierdag, Dutch women's national team outfielder
- 1991 - Chad Wallach, catcher
- 1992 - Dane Fujinaka, college coach
- 1992 - Nate Gercken, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Arkaradech Jitpong, Thai national team infielder
- 1993 - Steven Duggar, outfielder
- 1993 - Kuy Phareak, Cambodian national team infielder
- 1993 - Chih-Wei Hu, pitcher
- 1994 - Tyler Blair, minor league catcher-pitcher and manager
- 1994 - Willie Calhoun, outfielder
- 1994 - Mitchell Hillert, Bundesliga pitcher
- 1995 - Cam Opp, minor league pitcher
- 1996 - Cody Morris, pitcher
- 1997 - Brett de Geus, pitcher
- 1997 - Gavin Hollowell, pitcher
- 1997 - Tyler Smith, Extraliga infielder
- 1998 - Filip Čapka, Extraliga pitcher
- 2000 - Rak-yung Kim, South Korean women's national team pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1900 - Robert Stevens, outfielder (b. 1855)
- 1904 - Charlie Reilley, catcher (b. 1856)
- 1904 - Jim Shanley, outfielder (b. 1854)
- 1911 - Warren Burtis, umpire (b. 1848)
- 1912 - Frank Murphy, outfielder (b. 1876)
- 1921 - Levi Meyerle, infielder (b. 1849)
- 1922 - John Houseman, infielder (b. 1870)
- 1927 - Ed Hengel, manager (b. 1855)
- 1928 - Ed Kelly, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1933 - Frank Freund, catcher (b. 1875)
- 1939 - Pete Henning, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1946 - John Barthold, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1948 - Jake Powell, outfielder (b. 1908)
- 1949 - Larry Douglas, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1950 - Pete Alexander, pitcher; Hall of Famer (b. 1887)
- 1955 - Cy Young, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1867)
- 1959 - Lefty Williams, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1961 - Bob Berryhill, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1866)
- 1961 - Kid Mohler, infielder (b. 1874)
- 1964 - Bob Countryman, college coach (b. 1895)
- 1965 - Johnny Mitchell, infielder (b. 1894)
- 1965 - Harry Trekell, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1967 - Tom Lanning, pitcher (b. 1907)
- 1969 - Charlie King, pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1971 - Logan Hensley, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1971 - Polly McLarry, infielder (b. 1891)
- 1971 - Bud Messenger, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1971 - Dink O'Brien, catcher (b. 1894)
- 1974 - Harry Fritz, infielder (b. 1890)
- 1974 - Charley Justice, outfielder (b. 1913)
- 1975 - Ralph McAdams, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1904)
- 1977 - Pinky Pittinger, infielder (b. 1899)
- 1979 - Johnny Priest, infielder (b. 1886)
- 1979 - Yank Terry, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1983 - Clarence Pickrel, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1984 - Duke Henderson, minor league and Negro League outfielder (b. 1924)
- 1989 - Pancho Coimbre, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1909)
- 1992 - Andy Varga, pitcher (b. 1930)
- 1993 - Cliff Young, pitcher (b. 1964)
- 1994 - George Bradshaw, catcher (b. 1924)
- 1997 - Johnny Dickshot, outfielder (b. 1910)
- 2001 - Bob Gillespie, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 2002 - Jack Thornton, infielder (b. 1909)
- 2004 - George Motto, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1915)
- 2004 - Damon Phillips, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2010 - Sparky Anderson, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1934)
- 2012 - Jim Durham, announcer (b. 1947)
- 2012 - John Wood, minor league pitcher (b. 1960)
- 2013 - Yasuchika Negoro, NPB executive (b. 1932)
- 2014 - Alfonso Bracho, Venezuelan national team infielder (b. ~1932)
- 2016 - Eddie Carnett, outfielder (b. 1916)
- 2017 - Harold Price, college coach (b. 1935)
- 2017 - Gene Verble, infielder (b. 1928)
- 2020 - Johnny Paredes, infielder (b. 1962)
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