October 30
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 30.
Events[edit]
- 1911 - Clark Griffith is named manager of the Washington Senators, beginning a stand in the nation's capital as manager, then owner, that will last until his death in 1955.
- 1956 - The Brooklyn Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group. They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961.
- 1963 - Sandy Koufax wins again. The Dodgers pitcher, who finished with 25 victories and 11 shutouts, outpolls Cardinals shortstop Dick Groat, 237 to 190, for the National League MVP Award. Six days ago, Koufax unanimously won the Cy Young Award.
- 1964 - Former big-leaguer Joe Stanka wins the Pacific League MVP award pitching for the Nankai Hawks. His three straight victories over the Yomiuri Giants helped his team capture the Japanese Series earlier this month.
- 1967 - The Chicago White Sox announce the team will play nine regular season games in Milwaukee during the 1968 season. Chicago will become the first American League team to play regular season games outside its own city since 1905.
- 1969 - The first player is ejected from a Japan Series game. In the 4th inning of the Game 4 of the 1969 Japan Series, Shigeo Nagashima strikes out on a hit-and-run with men on the corners. Hankyu Braves catcher Koji Okamura throws to try to catch Sadaharu Oh stealing second; Shozo Doi then takes off from third base for home. Hankyu SS Fujio Yamaguchi cuts off the throw to second and fires home. Okamura gets the ball before Doi reaches home and tags him on a close play that sends Doi sprawling. Home plate umpire Isao Okada calls the Yomiuri Giants runner safe; Okamura disagrees and punches Okada. A photo published the next morning shows Okada's call was right as Doi's foot touched the plate ahead of the tag.
- 1974 - Catfish Hunter of the Oakland Athletics is named the American League Cy Young Award winner. He led the league with 25 wins and a 2.49 ERA.
- 1975 - San Francisco Giants pitcher John Montefusco (15-9, 215 strikeouts, 2.88 ERA) outpoints Montreal Expos catcher Gary Carter for National League Rookie of the Year honors.
- 1982 - The Seibu Lions crack three home runs - by Takuji Ota, Shinsaku Katahira and Terry Whitfield - to beat the Chunichi Dragons, 9 - 4, in Game 6 to win the 1982 Japan Series.
- 1984 - Willie Hernandez of the Detroit Tigers wins the 1984 American League Cy Young Award, edging fellow reliever Dan Quisenberry of the Kansas City Royals. Hernandez posted a 9-3 record with 32 saves and a 1.92 ERA. Hernandez becomes only the third reliever to win the award. In 1977, Sparky Lyle of the New York Yankees became the first relief pitcher to do so in the American League, and Mike Marshall had done so in the National League in 1974.
- 1986 - The Baltimore Orioles trade pitcher Storm Davis to the San Diego Padres for catcher Terry Kennedy and minor league pitcher Mark Williamson.
- 2000 - Signing a three-year, $2-million contract, broadcaster Bob Brenly is named as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The former major league catcher replaces Buck Showalter, the club's only manager, who was let go at the end of the season.
- 2001 - George W. Bush becomes the eighth President of the United States to attend a World Series game, and the first since Dwight D. Eisenhower to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Wearing a New York Fire Department windbreaker in honor of the heroes of the September 11th attacks, the President walks to the mound by himself, gives a thumbs up, and throws a perfect strike much to the delight of the stadium faithful. In Game 3 of the 2001 World Series, the Yankees win, 2 - 1, over the Diamondbacks, behind strong pitching by Roger Clemens and Mariano Rivera.
- 2002 - The Yomiuri Giants win their 20th Japan Series by sweeping the Seibu Lions. Daisuke Matsuzaka takes his second loss of the Series. Tomohiro Nioka is named Series MVP.
- 2007 - Rikkert Faneyte is hired as head coach of the Amsterdam Pirates, a year after their first playoff trip in 15 years. Faneyte has won two MVP awards as a player for the team, appearing both before and after his major league career. Faneyte was Amsterdam's pitching coach previously. He will lead the team to the 2008 Holland Series title.
- 2010:
- In Game 3 of the 2010 World Series, Colby Lewis throws six shutout innings before fading and rookie Mitch Moreland hits a three-run homer as the Rangers beat San Francisco, 4 - 2. It is the first World Series win by a Texas-based team in seven tries. Neftali Feliz, at age 22, surpasses Rangers owner Nolan Ryan as the second-youngest man to save a game in the Series - Bob Welch set the record at age 21 in 1978.
- With the second spot in the Gold Medal game of the 2010 Intercontinental Cup at stake, the Dutch national team tops Taiwan, 5 - 3, in ten innings. Reds farmhand Didi Gregorius hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th to end it, taking former Rockies prospect Ching-Lung Lo deep.
- 2011:
- A team of Major League All-Stars arrives in Taipei to begin a series of five exhibition games against the Taiwan national team. Manager Bruce Bochy and players Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson and LaTroy Hawkins hold a press conference upon arrival. The tour marks the 100th anniversary of the first baseball game played in Taiwan.
- Also in Taiwan, the 2011 CPBL awards are given out. Hung-Yu Lin is named CPBL MVP, the first catcher to win that honor; he led the league with 106 RBI, tied for the most home runs (22) and slugged .544. Ta-Yuan Kuan wins Rookie of the Year for a 10-5 campaign. Six of the ten Best Tens selections are first-timers, including Hung-Yu Lin, while two others are second-time winners. For contrast, Tai-Shan Chang wins his eighth Best Ten at third base to go with one at DH. That ties 2B Chung-Yi Huang for the most Best Ten selections in CPBL history.
- 2012:
- The Nippon Ham Fighters get their first win of the 2012 Japan Series. Down two games to none, the Fighters win, 7 - 3. D.J. Houlton is knocked out in the 3rd inning and 2006 Japan Series MVP Atsunori Inaba homers and doubles in a run to lead the offense. Brian Wolfe gets the win.
- There is a changing of the guard in the Gold Glove Awards, as nine of the 19 recipients are first-time winners (there is tie for the award at pitcher in the American League, and it is shared by two first-time winners, Jeremy Hellickson and Jake Peavy). Two of the veterans who are honored are C Yadier Molina, who wins his fifth straight in the National League, and 1B Mark Teixeira also picks up his fifth in the junior circuit, although they have not been consecutive. For the first time since 1960, the outfield awards are assigned for playing a specific field, ending the practice of lumping all outfielders together.
- 2013:
- The Uni-President Lions complete a sweep of the EDA Rhinos to win the 2013 Taiwan Series, their record ninth Taiwan Series title. Kuo-Ching Kao gets three hits today and is named Series MVP. The Lions win, 9 - 2, thanks to seven runs in the 11th inning. Luis Vizcaino gets the win, and Nick Green the loss.
- A day after legendary Yomiuri Giants first baseman and manager Tetsuharu Kawakami died at age 93, the Giants rally to even the Japan Series at two games apiece. Andruw Jones hits a three-run homer for the Rakuten Golden Eagles off D.J. Houlton but Yomiuri rallies thanks to ten walks by Rakuten hurlers. Hisayoshi Chono goes 3 for 3 with three RBI while backup outfielder Tetsuya Matsumoto comes off the bench to draw two walks, single and score three runs in a 6 - 5 victory.
- The Red Sox win the World Series with a 6 - 1 victory over the Cardinals in Game 6. Shane Victorino hits a three-run double off Michael Wacha as the Sox take a 6 - 0 lead after four innings. David Ortiz collects four walks - three of them intentional - on his way to winning the Series MVP Award.
- 2014 - The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks win the 2014 Japan Series, four games to one, over the Hanshin Tigers, sweeping all three games at home. Today's game is a 1 - 0 pitching duel, as Softbank's Tadashi Settsu, Yuito Mori, Ryota Igarashi and Dennis Sarfate team up on a shutout. Hanshin CF Yamato Maeda saves runs a couple of times with great catches, but in the 8th Softbank scores off Randy Messenger on singles by Yuki Yanagita, Series MVP Seiichi Uchikawa and Nobuhiro Matsuda. In the 9th, Sarfate walks the bases loaded with one out, but Tsuyoshi Nishioka hits into a game-ending 3-2 double play, being ruled out for interference for running on the infield side of the first base line in an odd ending.
- 2015 - The Mets win Game 3 of the World Series, 9 - 3 over the Royals, behind the pitching of Noah Syndergaard and two-run homers by David Wright and Curtis Granderson off Yordano Ventura. 20-year-old Raul Adalberto Mondesi becomes the first player of the modern era to make his major league debut in a World Series game when he strikes out as a pinch-hitter.
- 2016 - The Cubs remain alive in the World Series with a 3 - 2 win over Cleveland in Game 5. The Indians score first, on a solo homer by Jose Ramirez off Jon Lester in the 2nd but Chicago scores three against Trevor Bauer in the 4th. Aroldis Chapman gets the final eight outs to record the save.
- 2017:
- The KIA Tigers win the Korean Series, four games to one. They take a 7 - 0 lead over the defending champion Doosan Bears in Game 5, thanks in part to a Bum-ho Lee grand slam off Dustin Nippert, but Doosan scores six in the 7th. Yun-dong Kim goes 1-2-3 in the 8th, then KIA turns to Hyeon-jong Yang, who pitched a shutout in Game 2. Doosan loads the bases with one out but Yang recovers to get Sei-hyok Park and Jae-ho Kim for the save. Yang is named Korean Series MVP.
- The Phillies name Gabe Kapler to be their new manager, replacing the recently fired Pete Mackanin.
- Tomoyuki Sugano of the Yomiuri Giants is named Sawamura Award winner for 2017 after going 17-5 with a 1.59 ERA to lead the Central League in wins, ERA, complete games (6) and shutouts (4) while finishing second in strikeouts.
- 2018 - The Softbank Hawks take Game 3 of the Japan Series. After a scoreless battle for 3 1/2 innings, they explode to take a 9 - 3 lead entering the 8th, only to see the Hiroshima Carp come back with five runs of their own to make it a one-run game. In the 9th, the Carp get two men aboard against Yuito Mori but Mori closes the door by retiring Takayoshi Noma in the clutch. #9 hitter Tomohiro Abe homers twice (including a grand slam) for Hiroshima, while Seiya Suzuki also goes deep twice. For the winners, Alfredo Despaigne drives in four, including a three-run homer, and Hiroaki Takaya also homers.
- 2019:
- The 2019 CPBL awards are given out. The champion Lamigo Monkeys dominate, taking six of the Best Ten honors, including all four infield slots. Additionally, Lamigo's Yu-Hsien Chu wins CPBL MVP despite not making the Best Ten (presumably due to splitting his time between the outfield and first base) after leading the league with 30 home runs and Cheng-Wei Chen is the Rookie of the Year.
- The Nationals win their first-ever World Series, defeating the Astros, 6 - 2, in Game 7. Zack Greinke is masterful for Houston, facing only one batter over the minimum through the first six innings, while Max Scherzer has to work hard to limit the Astros to two runs in his five innings, as he strands a boatful of baserunners. Things turn around in the 7th when Anthony Rendon hits a solo homer off Greinke, and Howie Kendrick hits a two-run shot off the right foul pole against Will Harris to give Washington the lead they will never relinquish. In an unprecedented development, the visiting team wins all seven games of the series. Stephen Strasburg is honored with the Willie Mays Award as the Series' MVP after winning both of his starts, in Games 2 and 6.
- 2020:
- The Tigers announce the hiring of A.J. Hinch as their new manager, only three days after the end of his one-year suspension for his central role in the unsavory 2017 Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal.
- Major League Baseball owners approve the sale of the New York Mets to multi-billionaire hedge fund owner Steven Cohen for a record price of $2.4 billion, which includes the sale of the team's ballpark, Citi Field. The final hurdle is cleared an hour later when New York City mayor Bill De Blasio confirms the city, which owns the land on which the ballpark is built, will not object to the sale.
- 2021 - The Braves take a three-games-to-one lead in the World Series by winning Game 4 at home, 3 - 2, over Houston. The Astros take an early 2 - 0 lead, scoring a run against unlikely opener Dylan Lee in the 1st and another on a solo homer by Jose Altuve in the 4th, but they also strand ten baserunners through the first six innings. The Braves score once in the 6th before leaving the bases loaded, and then strike with back-to-back homers by Dansby Swanson and pinch-hitter Jorge Soler to take the lead in the 7th.
- 2022:
- The Orix Buffaloes win their first Japan Series, beating the Yakult Swallows, four games to two with one tie. In Game 7, their fourth straight win, they again ride strong starting pitching. Hiroya Miyagi pitches five shutout innings as the Buffaloes build a 5 - 0 lead. Yakult scores four in the bottom of the 8th, with a three-run homer by José Osuna being the big blow, but Motoki Higa and Jacob Waguespack close it out by retiring the last five batters. Yutaro Sugimoto is named Japan Series MVP, with the winning hits in Games 4 and 6.
- The Royals have found their next manager, hiring Matt Quatraro, who was the bench coach of the Tampa Bay Rays, to take over as skipper.
- 2023:
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Orix Buffaloes becomes the second pitcher to win three straight Sawamura Awards, following Masaichi Kaneda, who had completed his feat 65 years earlier.
- The Rangers win Game 3 of the World Series by scoring all three of their runs in the 3rd inning against Brandon Pfaadt, on a single by Marcus Semien and a two-run homer by Corey Seager. After having a runner thrown out at home in the 2nd, the Diamondbacks can only reply with a single run in the 8th. Rangers starter Max Scherzer has to leave the game after three innings with back tightness, but Jon Gray steps in ably to earn the victory.
Births[edit]
- 1857 - Pete Fries, pitcher (d. 1937)
- 1859 - Frederick Fass, pitcher (d. 1930)
- 1865 - Tom Nagle, catcher (d. 1946)
- 1866 - Pete Conway, pitcher (d. 1903)
- 1867 - Ed Delahanty, outfielder; Hall of Famer (d. 1903)
- 1869 - John Slagle, pitcher (d. 1915)
- 1871 - Buck Freeman, outfielder (d. 1949)
- 1874 - Sammy Curran, pitcher (d. 1936)
- 1880 - Fred Curtis, infielder (d. 1939)
- 1886 - Marty McHale, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1886 - Rudy Sommers, pitcher (d. 1949)
- 1891 - Charlie Deal, infielder (d. 1979)
- 1894 - Harley Dillinger, pitcher (d. 1959)
- 1894 - Lem McDougal, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1895 - Thomas Healy, infielder (d. 1974)
- 1896 - Clyde Manion, catcher (d. 1967)
- 1897 - Johnny Spencer, outfielder (d. 1984)
- 1898 - Jesse Fowler, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1898 - Bill Terry, infielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1989)
- 1901 - Al Kellett, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1903 - Mickey Heath, infielder (d. 1986)
- 1903 - Willie Powell, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1906 - Roy Joiner, pitcher (d. 1989)
- 1913 - John Burrows, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1914 - Dave Barnhill, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1983)
- 1914 - Lefty Wilkie, pitcher (d. 1992)
- 1915 - Red Borom, infielder (d. 2011)
- 1916 - Leon Day, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1995)
- 1917 - Bobby Bragan, infielder, manager (d. 2010)
- 1918 - Tony Ordenana, infielder (d. 1988)
- 1918 - Adrian Thompson, minor league infielder (d. 2014)
- 1919 - Papito Vargas, Dominican national team infielder (d. ????)
- 1921 - Tal Abernathy, pitcher (d. 2001)
- 1921 - Chet Kehn, pitcher (d. 1984)
- 1922 - Don Kirby, minor league catcher (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Carlos Bustos, Colombian national team infielder (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Dick Walsh, general manager (d. 2011)
- 1927 - Joe Adcock, infielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1999)
- 1929 - Lonnie Blair, pinch runner (d. 1992)
- 1930 - Don Nicholas, pinch hitter (d. 2007)
- 1931 - Ad Rutschman, college coach
- 1935 - Jim Perry, pitcher; All-Star
- 1937 - Ronnie Retton, minor league infielder (d. 2021)
- 1938 - Bruce Gardner, minor league pitcher (d. 1971)
- 1941 - Concepción Cruz, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1941 - Jim Ray Hart, infielder; All-Star (d. 2016)
- 1945 - Roe Skidmore, pinch hitter
- 1947 - Jersey van Doornspeek, Hoofdklasse outfielder (d. 2013)
- 1948 - Mickey Rivers, outfielder; All-Star
- 1950 - Chin-Fa Lin, Taiwanese national team infielder and coach
- 1950 - Mark Tanner, minor league pitcher
- 1951 - Tom Poquette, outfielder
- 1952 - Tom Brennan, pitcher
- 1952 - Chao-Hui Lin, Taiwan national team catcher
- 1955 - Shigetaka Sato, NPB outfielder
- 1957 - Houston Jimenez, infielder
- 1958 - Marvin Clack, minor league infielder
- 1959 - Dave Leeper, outfielder
- 1960 - Jose Escobar, infielder
- 1960 - Gerald Perry, infielder; All-Star
- 1960 - Lee Tunnell, pitcher
- 1960 - Dave Valle, catcher
- 1961 - Scott Garrelts, pitcher; All-Star
- 1961 - Joe Johnson, pitcher
- 1962 - Mark Portugal, pitcher
- 1962 - Danny Tartabull, outfielder; All-Star
- 1963 - Chris Knabenshue, scout
- 1964 - Dan Arendas, minor league outfielder (d. 2017)
- 1964 - Doug Duke, minor league catcher
- 1966 - Mark Ettles, pitcher
- 1967 - Jorge Alvarez, minor league infielder
- 1968 - Greg McCarthy, pitcher
- 1968 - Erik Plantenberg, pitcher
- 1970 - Jeff Calcaterra, college coach
- 1970 - Tomohito Ito, NPB pitcher
- 1972 - Chang-Rong Chiu, CPBL outfielder and manager
- 1974 - Quincy Foster, minor league outfielder
- 1975 - Andy Dominique, infielder
- 1975 - Marco Scutaro, infielder; All-Star
- 1976 - Dave Coggin, pitcher
- 1976 - Rodolfo Veitia, minor league infielder
- 1977 - Willie Glen, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Luis Matos, outfielder
- 1979 - Jason Bartlett, infielder; All-Star
- 1980 - Mike Jacobs, infielder
- 1980 - Laynce Nix, outfielder
- 1980 - Peter Rasmussen, minor league outfielder
- 1980 - Máximo Requejo, Peruvian national team player
- 1981 - Ian Snell, pitcher
- 1982 - Jonathan Albaladejo, pitcher
- 1982 - Craig Albernaz, coach
- 1982 - Anderson Hernandez, infielder
- 1983 - Justin Staatz, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Ramon Garcia, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Shane Robinson, outfielder
- 1984 - Brian Smiley, college coach
- 1985 - Ángel Fermín, minor league infielder
- 1986 - Desmond Jennings, outfielder
- 1986 - Petey Paramore, minor league catcher
- 1987 - Jake Jefferies, minor league catcher
- 1987 - Ryan Kelly, pitcher
- 1987 - Thomas Nelson, minor league pitcher and manager
- 1989 - Jesús Mogollón, Venezuelan national team infielder
- 1990 - Claudio Custodio, minor league infielder-pitcher
- 1990 - Leyla Hernandez, Puerto Rican womens' national team outfielder
- 1990 - Joe Panik, infielder; All-Star
- 1990 - Patrick Schuster, pitcher
- 1991 - Edgar Muñoz, minor league utility player
- 1992 - Osmer Morales, pitcher
- 1993 - Diego Wakabayashi, Peruvian national team pitcher
- 1995 - Juan Paulo Macasaet, Philippines national team pitcher
- 1995 - Yuki Matsui, NPB pitcher
- 1995 - Norman St. Clair, Nicaraguan national team pitcher
- 1999 - Yuka Ogata, Japanese womens' national team catcher
- 2001 - Jack Moss, minor league player
Deaths[edit]
- 1886 - Bernie Graham, outfielder (b. 1860)
- 1911 - Harry Hammond, minor league pitcher (b. 1883)
- 1915 - Steve Kane, umpire (b. 1869)
- 1919 - Bill Lattimore, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1925 - Frank Thompson, catcher (b. 1854)
- 1931 - Joe Hornung, outfielder (b. 1857)
- 1931 - Jim Tyng, pitcher (b. 1856)
- 1935 - Steve Brodie, outfielder (b. 1868)
- 1936 - Jack Morrissey, infielder (b. 1876)
- 1943 - Frank Whitney, outfielder (b. 1856)
- 1945 - Robert Young, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1893)
- 1951 - Walt Woods, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1956 - Dick Midkiff, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 1957 - Fred Beebe, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1960 - George Bonhag, USA national team infielder (b. 1882)
- 1965 - Lee Fohl, catcher, manager (b. 1876)
- 1966 - Dick Barrett, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1966 - Alex Pearson, pitcher (b. 1877)
- 1970 - Jimmy Welsh, outfielder (b. 1902)
- 1971 - Charlie Harding, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1974 - Jimmy Shevlin, infielder (b. 1909)
- 1977 - Bill Drake, pitcher (b. 1895)
- 1978 - Reese Diggs, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 1980 - Stan Katkaveck, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1915)
- 1982 - Pinky Woods, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 1983 - Anthony Latham, minor league outfielder (b. 1961)
- 1988 - Bernie Walter, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1989 - Sug Cornelius, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1906)
- 1994 - Frank Coggins, infielder (b. 1944)
- 1996 - Bob Thorpe, outfielder (b. 1926)
- 1998 - Verdell Mathis, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1913)
- 1998 - George Schmees, outfielder (b. 1924)
- 1999 - Vic Marasco, minor league outfielder (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Johnny Lucadello, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Al Lopez, catcher, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1908)
- 2005 - Earl Allen, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 2009 - Howie Schultz, infielder (b. 1922)
- 2010 - Vernon Thoele, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1920)
- 2011 - Mickey Scott, pitcher (b. 1947)
- 2013 - Bill Currie, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Humberto Lara Gavidia, El Salvador national team infielder (b. ????)
- 2015 - Norm Siebern, infielder; All-Star (b. 1933)
- 2016 - John Rutter, college coach (b. 1935)
- 2018 - Bill Fischer, pitcher (b. 1930)
- 2019 - Ron Fairly, infielder; All-Star (b. 1938)
- 2020 - Rick Baldwin, pitcher (b. 1953)
- 2021 - Jerry Remy, infielder; All-Star (b. 1952)
- 2023 - Frank Howard, outfielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1936)
- 2023 - Tim Parenton, college coach (b. ca. 1962)
- 2023 - Hans Slaap, Hoofdklasse infielder (b. 1947)
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