November 6
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- 1886 - The Sporting News publishes the official National League averages, which show King Kelly as the batting champ with a .388 average, 17 points ahead of Cap Anson. The paper previously had printed its own stats showing Anson ahead, .374 to .366.
- 1922 - Morgan G. Bulkeley, first president of the National League and later governor of Connecticut and U.S. senator, dies. As president of the Hartford Dark Blues club, Bulkeley presided over the NL's first meeting and headed the league for one year. He will be elected to the Hall of Fame in 1937, in spite of his relatively short involvement in baseball.
- 1930 - The Pittsburgh Pirates trade shortstop Dick Bartell, a .320 hitter, to the Philadelphia Phillies for defensive star SS Tommy Thevenow and P Claude Willoughby. The Phillies get the better of the shortstop swap, while Willoughby lives up to his nickname "Flunky."
- 1933 - Sidney Weil quits as Cincinnati Reds president. Larry MacPhail acquires an interest in the team and is elected director. MacPhail will become General Manager.
- 1935 - Pitcher Sam Jones announces his retirement, finishing his major league career after 21 successive American League seasons. Jones posted a 229-217 record with 1223 strikeouts and a 3.84 ERA in 3,883 innings, pitching for the Indians, Red Sox, Yankees, Browns, Senators and White Sox.
- 1938:
- The brothers Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio play together for the first time, making up an outfield for an All-Star team in a West Coast charity game.
- Ray Blades is hired as the new manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
- 1945 - Billy Southworth leaves the St. Louis Cardinals to sign a three-year contract with the Boston Braves, who are making aggressive moves under Lou Perini and other new owners. Eddie Dyer will become the new Cardinals manager.
- 1950 - Branch Rickey signs a five-year contract as executive vice president/General Manager with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- 1951 - Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley denies that his minor league team system constitutes a monopoly. He cites the Dodgers' deficit in 1950.
- 1962 - Answering rumors that senior consultant Branch Rickey wants Stan Musial to retire, St. Louis Cardinals owner August Busch says Musial will play until it is time to become a club vice president. Further, Bing Devine is still running the club.
- 1966 - With Emperor Hirohito in attendance, Shigeo Nagashima collects three hits, including a homer, in an exhibition game against the Dodgers.
- 1969 - Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers and Mike Cuellar of the Baltimore Orioles finish dead even in American League Cy Young Award voting. McLain posted a record 24-9 record with 181 strikeouts and a 2.80 ERA, while Cuellar was 23-11, 182, 2.38.
- 1970 - Minnesota Twins pitcher Jim Perry wins the American League Cy Young Award in a close race. Perry receives 55 points to edge out Dave McNally (47), Sam McDowell (45) and Mike Cuellar (44).
- 1974 - Mike Marshall of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. Ironman Marshall set major league records that still stand with 106 appearances and 208 innings pitched in relief.
- 1976 - Former Minnesota Twins relief ace Bill Campbell becomes the first of the free agent crop to sign with a new team, joining the Boston Red Sox with a contract calling for $1 million over four years.
- 1978 - The Yankees release pitcher Andy Messersmith, who will sign with the Dodgers. Messersmith never really recovered from the separated shoulder suffered in spring training.
- 1980 - Seattle Mariners general manager Lou Gorman, who had been with the club since its inception, resigns to become vice president of the New York Mets.
- 1984 - Willie Hernandez wins the American League Most Valuable Player Award, joining Rollie Fingers as the only relief pitchers to be named MVP and Cy Young Award winners in the same season. Kent Hrbek is second with Dan Quisenberry third. Boston Red Sox slugger Tony Armas finishes seventh, despite winning the home run and RBI titles. The last player to lead in those categories and not win was Ted Williams, twice, in the 1942 and 1947 seasons.
- 1987 - The Kansas City Royals trade pitcher Danny Jackson and shortstop Angel Salazar to the Cincinnati Reds for P Ted Power and SS Kurt Stillwell.
- 1990 - Atlanta Braves outfielder David Justice wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Justice hit .282 with 28 home runs, 20 coming after he replaced Dale Murphy in right field in early August.
- 1991 - Minnesota Twins second baseman Chuck Knoblauch is named the American League Rookie of the Year. Knoblauch hit .281 and stole 25 bases in 30 tries. His fifteen post-season hits is a major league record for first-year players.
- 1996:
- In Chicago, the MLB owners decisively reject a proposed labor agreement that would have ended a three-year stalemate. The 18-12 vote threatens to plunge baseball back into full-fledged hostilities between the owners and players' union.
- Todd Hollandsworth of the Los Angeles Dodgers is voted the National League Rookie of the Year, for the fifth year in a row that the award has gone to a Dodgers player. The previous four were Eric Karros (1992), Mike Piazza (1993), Raúl Mondesi (1994) and Hideo Nomo (1995). A year ago, Hollandsworth had 103 at-bats in 41 games played, but a broken right hand in May and a broken right thumb in August limited his playing time and kept him eligible for the rookie award.
- 1997:
- Dusty Baker of the San Francisco Giants is named National League Manager of the Year.
- The Boston Red Sox trade pitchers Aaron Sele and Mark Brandenburg and catcher Bill Haselman to the Texas Rangers in exchange for C Jim Leyritz and outfielder Damon Buford.
- The Milwaukee Brewers will join the National League next year as part of a realignment necessitated by expansion, giving Milwaukee its first NL team since the 1960s.
- 1998 - Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kerry Wood, who posted a 13-6 record, wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Wood held batters to a NL best .196 average and finished third in the league in strikeouts with 233 in just 166 2/3 innings pitched.
- 2000 - Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki, who posted a 2-5 record with a 3.16 ERA and 37 saves, becomes the second-oldest major leaguer to win the Rookie of the Year Award as the 32-year-old captures the American League honor. Sam Jethroe, who played in the Negro Leagues before joining the Boston Braves, was 33 days older than Sasaki when he won the National League award in 1950.
- 2001:
- Denying it is a negotiating ploy, Commissioner Bud Selig is given the authority to "begin the process" of eliminating two "to be announced" teams by the MLB owners by a 28-2 vote. Donald Fehr, the Players Association executive director, calls the action of possibly eliminating the Twins, Expos, Marlins or Devil Rays most imprudent and unfortunate and the worst manner in which to begin the process of negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.
- Gold Glove Award winners are announced. Ivan Rodriguez wins his tenth straight to tie Johnny Bench for the most by a catcher, Greg Maddux wins his 12th straight to extend his National League record for pitchers, and Roberto Alomar wins for the tenth time, the most ever for a second baseman.
- 2002:
- Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Barry Zito wins the 2002 American League Cy Young Award.
- Mike Scioscia of the Anaheim Angels wins the American League Manager of the Year Award while Tony LaRussa of the St. Louis Cardinals takes National League honors.
- The San Francisco Giants announce that manager Dusty Baker won't be returning with the team in 2003.
- 2007:
- The 2007 Gold Glove Awards are announced. Greg Maddux is honored for the 17th time, setting a new record for most Gold Gloves.
- The 2007 Baseball World Cup is set to begin, but heavy rainfall causes the day's only game to be cancelled. Unlike the 2007 Pan American Games, weather improves after the initial setback and no other games will need to be rescheduled.
- 2008 - Kwang-hyun Kim is named Korea Baseball Organization MVP. The SK Wyverns hurler had led the KBO in both wins (16) and strikeouts (150) and was second to Seok-min Yoon in ERA (2.39, .06 behind Yoon). Kim gets 51 of 94 votes. Also earning votes are Hyun-soo Kim (27), Tae-kyun Kim (8), Karim Garcia (5) and Yoon (3).
- 2009 - In a trade of former top prospects who are coming off disappointing seasons, the Brewers send SS J.J. Hardy to the Twins for CF Carlos Gomez.
- 2010:
- Game 6 of the 2010 Japan Series sets a Japan Series record for length at 5 hours, 43 minutes and 15 innings but neither team wins. The Chunichi Dragons and Chiba Lotte Marines battle to a 2 - 2 tie, with no runs after the 8th. Chiba Lotte has two on and two out in the 11th, but Chunichi backup outfielder Yohei Oshima makes a running back-to-the-field catch to rob Tomoya Satozaki of a potential Series-ending hit.
- Veteran pitcher Jamie Moyer, two weeks shy of his 48th birthday and playing in the Dominican League for Escogido, reinjures the left elbow which kept him out of action for the last three months of the past season. He has to leave the game after two innings in what appears to be the final appearance of a truly remarkable career. However, he will make a comeback and appear briefly in the major leagues in 2012.
- Former top prospect Matt Bush, the top pick of the 2004 amateur draft who flamed out as a shortstop then suffered a career-threatening injury while trying to convert to pitching during a minor league career marred by a number of off-field incidents, is one step closer to finally making it to the majors as the Tampa Bay Rays add him to their major league roster. He made only made ten appearances on the mound this season, reaching Class A, but has shown a very live arm in his limited time on the mound, striking out 36 against only 14 hits and 5 walks in 21 innings so far in his career.
- 2011:
- A Major League All-Star team concludes its exhibition tour of Taiwan, having won all five games.
- Dan Duquette agrees to terms with the Baltimore Orioles to become their new general manager. He has been out of baseball since 2002.
- 2013 - There are nine first-time winners among the recipients of the Silver Slugger Award for 2013. 1B Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Davis are among the first-time honorees, while 2B Robinson Cano wins the award for the fourth straight year.
- 2014:
- The CPBL gives out its awards for 2014. Yi-Chuan Lin becomes the league's first three-time MVP winner as the EDA Rhinos first baseman led in total bases, slugging, RBI and doubles, tied for first in runs and was second in average, OBP and hits; he also wins a Gold Glove. Yin-Lun Lan is named Rookie of the Year after hitting .339 with 20 steals.
- Winners of the Silver Slugger Award are announced. There is a massive turnover over 2013, as in the American League, only OF Mike Trout retains his title, while in the National League, OF Andrew McCutchen and SS Ian Desmond are the sole holdovers. First-time winners include rookie 1B Jose Abreu and batting champion Jose Altuve at 2B in the AL, while 2B Neil Walker and World Series hero P Madison Bumgarner are among the first-time winners in the NL.
- New Los Angeles Dodgers President Andrew Freedman formally announces the hiring of Farhan Zaidi as the team's General Manager, replacing Ned Colletti. Zaidi had been assistant GM of the Oakland A's under Billy Beane. Freeman also hires former Padres GM Josh Byrnes to be his senior assistant.
- 2016 - The Rockies hire former San Diego Padres manager Bud Black to be their new skipper. A year ago, Black had been selected by the Nationals to manage them, but the two sides had been unable to come to terms on salary.
- 2017 - Hyeon-jong Yang wins KBO MVP for 2017, becoming the first player to win Korean Series MVP and regular-season MVP the same year; he went 20-6 with a 3.44 ERA for the KIA Tigers, tying for the league win lead with Hector Noesi (who finishes third in the voting). The KBO Rookie of the Year is Jeong-hoo Lee, who hit .324 and scored 111 runs.
- 2018 - The Giants pick their new President of Baseball Operations from the ranks of their bitter rivals, the Dodgers, hiring Farhan Zaidi, who has been L.A.'s General Manager for the past four years. The team has never missed the postseason during his tenure.
- 2020:
- The Red Sox announce the hiring of Alex Cora to return as their manager next year, after being forced to sit out this past season while serving a one-year suspension for his role in the 2017 Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal. This comes only a few days after his boss at the time, A.J. Hinch was hired by the Tigers after also completing his suspension.
- As soon as the last few formal steps are completed in his acquisition of the New York Mets, new owner Steven Cohen fires General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen and four top assistants, including Omar Minaya and Allard Baird.
- 2022 - With the World Series officially in the rear-view mirror, off-season deals begin in earnest with the Mets signing closer Edwin Diaz to a five-year, $102 million contract that is the largest ever for a relief pitcher. The Rockies and Braves also pull off the first trade of the off-season, with OF Sam Hilliard heading to Atlanta for minor league pitcher Dylan Spain.
- 2023:
- In an unexpected move, the Cubs announce that they have hired Craig Counsell, who until now was the manager of their rivals the Milwaukee Brewers, to replace David Ross as their skipper. Ross's position was not considered to be in danger after he had led the Cubs back into respectability following a re-build this past season.
- Also on the managerial front, the Guardians have settled on former catcher Stephen Vogt to replace the iconic Terry Francona, who retired at the end of the season, while the Mets have apparently tabbed Carlos Mendoza, a coach with the rival Yankees, to fill their vacant position, although this is still awaiting formal confirmation.
Births[edit]
- 1844 - Emmett Urell, umpire (d. 1910)
- 1852 - Dory Dean, pitcher (d. 1935)
- 1860 - Steve Behel, outfielder (d. 1945)
- 1861 - Sam Childs, infielder (d. 1938)
- 1865 - Billy Crowell, pitcher (d. 1935)
- 1867 - Tim Shinnick, infielder (d. 1944)
- 1876 - Dave Altizer, infielder (d. 1964)
- 1876 - Danny Green, outfielder (d. 1914)
- 1883 - Red Carney, umpire (d. 1941)
- 1887 - Walter Johnson, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1946)
- 1891 - Jeff McCleskey, infielder (d. 1971)
- 1891 - Red Torphy, infielder (d. 1980)
- 1893 - Dana Fillingim, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1898 - Chick Tolson, infielder (d. 1965)
- 1899 - Joe Munson, outfielder (d. 1991)
- 1905 - Roger Smoot, minor league outfielder (d. 1948)
- 1907 - Earl Clark, outfielder (d. 1938)
- 1910 - Chet Covington, pitcher (d. 1976)
- 1911 - Frank Gabler, pitcher (d. 1967)
- 1913 - Willie Ferrell, pitcher (d. ????)
- 1915 - Tsugio Iwata, NPB infielder (d. ????)
- 1917 - Bob Repass, infielder (d. 2006)
- 1919 - Frank Carswell, outfielder (d. 1998)
- 1922 - Vivian Kellogg, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2013)
- 1922 - Buddy Kerr, infielder; All-Star (d. 2006)
- 1925 - Bob Addis, outfielder (d. 2016)
- 1926 - Harley Hisner, pitcher (d. 2015)
- 1928 - Bill Wilson, outfielder (d. 2017)
- 1930 - Wilma Briggs, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 2023)
- 1930 - Bob Darnell, pitcher (d. 1995)
- 1932 - John Oldham, pinch runner
- 1937 - Boyd Coffie, minor league catcher (d. 2006)
- 1938 - Mack Jones, outfielder (d. 2004)
- 1941 - Lou Haas, minor league infielder
- 1941 - Lou Haas, minor league infielder (d. 2016)
- 1941 - Charley Lodes, college coach (d. 2014)
- 1942 - Jim Gosger, outfielder
- 1942 - Dale Ramsey, Canadian national team infielder
- 1947 - Chris Arnold, infielder
- 1947 - Skip Pitlock, pitcher
- 1948 - Marcel De Saedeleer, First Division pitcher and manager
- 1952 - Juan Lopez, coach
- 1953 - John Candelaria, pitcher; All-Star
- 1958 - Stine Poole, minor league player
- 1959 - Leo Hernandez, infielder
- 1960 - Ron Romanick, pitcher
- 1962 - Brad Bierley, minor league outfielder
- 1962 - Leo Garcia, outfielder
- 1965 - Brian Givens, pitcher
- 1965 - Ever Magallanes, infielder
- 1967 - Tim Ellis, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - Tony Kounas, minor league catcher
- 1968 - Chad Curtis, outfielder
- 1969 - Don Wengert, pitcher
- 1970 - Chris Petersen, infielder
- 1971 - Miguel Stella, Division Honor infielder
- 1971 - Bubba Trammell, outfielder
- 1972 - Deivi Cruz, infielder
- 1972 - Matt Skrmetta, pitcher
- 1973 - Carlos Almanzar, pitcher
- 1973 - Justin Speier, pitcher
- 1974 - Peter Austin, minor league outfielder
- 1975 - Hidenori Watanabe, Japanese national team outfielder
- 1979 - Naoto Inada, NPB infielder
- 1979 - Adam LaRoche, infielder
- 1979 - Jan Machian, Austrian national team infielder
- 1980 - Erich Cloninger, minor league catcher
- 1980 - Mike Thompson, pitcher
- 1980 - Robert Tomanic, Croatian national team outfielder
- 1983 - Justin Maxwell, outfielder
- 1984 - Manny Ayala, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Zach Peterson, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Ricky Romero, pitcher; All-Star
- 1984 - Atahualpa Severino, pitcher
- 1984 - Franklin Tua Jr., minor league infielder
- 1984 - Robbie Widlansky, minor league outfielder
- 1985 - Lauren Gardner, broadcaster
- 1985 - Kosuke Yonezawa, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Daniel Cooper, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Evan Sharpley, minor league infielder
- 1987 - Caleb Cotham, pitcher
- 1987 - Patrick Elkins, coach
- 1987 - Chih-Pei Huang, CPBL infielder
- 1987 - Cory Rasmus, pitcher
- 1987 - Chris Sedon, minor league infielder
- 1988 - James Paxton, pitcher
- 1991 - Wayde Bremner, New Zealand national team pitcher
- 1992 - Alex Blandino, infielder
- 1996 - Gus Varland, pitcher
- 1997 - Riley Pint, pitcher
- 1997 - Juan Robles, minor league pitcher
- 1998 - Alejandro Kirk, catcher; All-Star
- 1999 - Matthew Liberatore, pitcher
- 1999 - Carter Stewart, NPB pitcher
- 1999 - Ryan Weathers, pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1905 - Carey Snoddy, umpire (b. 1856)
- 1905 - Columbus Tyler, umpire (b. 1852)
- 1922 - Morgan Bulkeley, executive; Hall of Famer (b. 1837)
- 1924 - Emil Leber, infielder (b. 1881)
- 1925 - Sam Kimber, pitcher (b. 1852)
- 1925 - Harvey McClellan, infielder (b. 1894)
- 1928 - Bill Cooney, pitcher (b. 1883)
- 1929 - Tommy Phelan, umpire (b. 1869)
- 1931 - Jack Chesbro, pitcher; Hall of Famer (b. 1874)
- 1935 - Billy Sunday, outfielder (b. 1862)
- 1949 - Bill Richardson, infielder (b. 1878)
- 1950 - Martin Glendon, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1951 - Carl Husta, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1953 - Tom Dougherty, pitcher (b. 1881)
- 1958 - Ernie Diehl, outfielder (b. 1877)
- 1958 - Al Mattern, pitcher (b. 1883)
- 1961 - Roy Hartzell, infielder (b. 1881)
- 1963 - Clarence Mitchell, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1964 - Eddie Mullaney, coach (b. 1892)
- 1964 - Buz Phillips, pitcher (b. 1904)
- 1968 - Earl Gurley, infielder (b. 1898)
- 1972 - Agustín Bejerano, outfielder; Salon de la Fama (b. 1909)
- 1980 - Leroy Morney, infielder; All-Star (b. 1909)
- 1982 - Al Baker, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1983 - Bob Lawrence, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1993 - Ed Sadowski, catcher (b. 1931)
- 1994 - Erv Dusak, outfielder (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Spider Jorgensen, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2009 - Tommy Reis, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 2009 - Bob Roselli, catcher (b. 1931)
- 2010 - Jay Van Noy, outfielder (b. 1928)
- 2011 - Mark Lanier, minor league player (b. 1944)
- 2012 - Ron Braden, college coach (b. 1948)
- 2013 - Ace Parker, infielder (b. 1912)
- 2017 - Rick Stelmaszek, catcher (b. 1948)
- 2018 - José Mota, minor league infielder (b. 1965)
- 2020 - Ray Daviault, pitcher (b. 1934)
- 2020 - Les Rohr, pitcher (b. 1946)
- 2022 - Mike Beard, pitcher (b. 1950)
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