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The following are the events that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.

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Sources

1800s[]

  • 1892 - National League magnates conclude a four-day meeting in Chicago where they agree to shorten the 1893 schedule to 132 games and drop the double championship concept. They also pledge to continue to reduce player salaries and other team expenses.

1900s[]

1910s[]

  • 1913 - Future Hall of Famer Wilbert Robinson is named as the Brooklyn Dodgers new manager in replacement of Bill Dahlen. The Dodgers will rename their franchise the “Robins” in honor of their new skipper. Robinson will compile a 1375-1341 (.506) record during his 18 year tenure in Brooklyn.

1920s[]

1930s[]

  • 1933 - The Pittsburgh Pirates sends Alan Comorosky and Tony Piet to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Red Lucas. As a pitcher, Lucas will feast on the Reds over the rest of his career, going 14–0 against them. Piet hit .323 for the season, but was in the doghouse over a contract dispute and never started a game after July.

1940s[]

1950s[]

  • 1953 - The St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc. The Baltimore franchise board officially changes its name to the Orioles.
  • 1954 - In one of the largest transactions in major league history, the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles started a 17-player megatrade that included "players to be named later" which will be finished on December 1. New York sent Willy Miranda, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Harry Smith, Gus Triandos, Gene Woodling, Bill Miller, Kal Segrist, Don Leppert, and a minor leaguer to Baltimore, in exchange for Bob Turley, Don Larsen, Billy Hunter, Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley, and Dick Kryhoski. Thought the transaction was satisfactory for both parties, the Yankees benefited from acquiring Larsen and Turley.

1960s[]

  • 1965 - MLB owners unanimously elect William D. Eckert as commissioner, succeeding Ford Frick, who leaves office after 14 years. Eckert, a retired Lt. General in the United States Air Force, becomes baseball's fourth commissioner. He will serve only one term before being replaced by Bowie Kuhn.

1970s[]

  • 1979 - On a flight to Austin, Texas, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first draft of rules for what would become Rotisserie League Baseball. Had the friends he was seeing not ignored these rules, the Rotisserie League would have been called Pit League, after the Austin barbecue joint where Okrent first unveiled them. Two weeks later in New York, he pitches the idea to a more receptive group with whom Okrent lunched monthly at La Rotisserie Francaise.

1980s[]

  • 1983 - Kansas City Royals teammates Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, and Jerry Martin, who, along with former teammate Vida Blue, had pleaded guilty to attempting to purchase cocaine, are each sentenced to three months in prison.

1990s[]

2000[]

  • 2004 - After being wined and dined by Detroit Tigers legend Al Kaline and team owner Peter Ilitch, free agent Troy Percival signs a two-year, $12 million deal surprising everyone, including his agent, by announcing he wants to play in Detroit next season. Before the preliminary meeting in the Motor City, the former Angels closer had been scheduled to meet with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs later in the week. Bothered by arm problems in 2005, Percival will finish 1-3 with eight saves and a 5.76 ERA in just 26 games pitched.
  • 2005:
    • Jason Bay, coming off two of the best career-starting seasons in Pittsburgh Pirates history, agreed to an $18.25 million, four-year contract that covers his arbitration-eligible seasons.In 2004, Bay hit .282 with 26 home runs and 82 RBI in 120 games played while becoming the first Rookie of the Year in club history. He won the award despite missing the first five weeks of the season after shoulder surgery. Bay followed hitting .306 with 32 homers, 101 RBI, 110 runs scored, 21 stolen bases and a .402 on-base percentage in 2005 despite playing on a team that lost 95 games. He finished 12th in the National League MVP voting after playing in all 162 games.
    • MLB owners voted unanimously to approve the toughened steroids policy agreed to with the players' association earlier this week. Owners also approved transferring control of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to Stuart Sternberg from founding owner Vince Naimoli.

Births[]

  • 1867 - George Stallings, player and manager (d. 1929)
  • 1906 - Rollie Stiles, pitcher
  • 1913 - Stu Martin, infielder (d. 1997)
  • 1919 - Ray Lamanno, All-Star catcher (d. 1994)
  • 1923 - Mike García, All-Star pitcher (d. 1986)
  • 1929 - Norm Zauchin, infielder (d. 1999)
  • 1933 - Orlando Peña, pitcher
  • 1936 - Gary Bell, All-Star pitcher
  • 1937 - Jim Brewer, All-Star pitcher (d. 1987)
  • 1944 - Tom Seaver, Hall of Fame pitcher
  • 1959 - Brad Havens, pitcher
  • 1964 - Mitch Williams, All-Star pitcher
  • 1965 - Paul Sorrento, infielder
  • 1966 - Jeff Nelson, All-Star pitcher
  • 1971 - Billy McMillon, outfielder
  • 1973 - Eli Marrero, outfielder

Deaths[]

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