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

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October

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Sources


1900s-1960s[]

  • 1967 - The American League owners grant Charlie Finley permission to move the Kansas City Athletics to Oakland, California, in time for the start of the 1968 season. Kansas City is promised a new team by 1971, but when Senator Stuart Symington and Kansas City Mayor Ilus Davis threaten action against the move, AL President Joe Cronin reopens talks, the expansion deadline is moved forward to 1969, and awards new franchises to Kansas City and Seattle.

1970s-1990s[]

2000s[]

  • 2001 - Larry Dierker, who left the Houston Astros' broadcast booth to take over the dugout duties as the team's manager in 1997, resigns despite tying the Cardinals for the best record in the National League (93-69) and winning the Central Division. The team failed to win a playoff series in his five-year tenure going 2-12 in post season action. Ovverall, Dierker posted a 448-362 record for a .553 WP and won four NL divisional titles.

Births[]

  • 1848 - Candy Cummings, Hall of Fame pitcher (d. 1924)
  • 1859 - Cliff Carroll, outfielder pioneer (d. 1923)
  • 1863 - Walt Wilmot, outfielder pioneer (d. 1929)
  • 1875 - Joe Delahanty, outfielder (d. 1936)
  • 1881 - Hans Lobert, player and manager (d. 1968)
  • 1913 - Roy Cullenbine, All--Star outfielder (d. 1991)
  • 1931 - Andy Carey, infielder
  • 1938 - Bobby Knoop, All-Star infielder
  • 1942 - Willie Horton, All-Star outfielder
  • 1949 - Ed Farmer, All-Star pitcher
  • 1949 - George Hendrick, All-Star outfielder
  • 1951 - Andy Hassler, pitcher
  • 1952 - Jerry Royster, player and manager
  • 1961 - Alan Mills, pitcher
  • 1970 - Doug Mirabelli, catcher
  • 1975 - Alex Cora, infielder
  • 1976 - Michael Tejera, pitcher

Deaths[]

  • 1934 - Guy Morton, pitcher (b. 1893)
  • 1983 - Willie Jones, All-Star infielder (b. 1925)
  • 1990 - Nick Etten, All-Star outfielder (b. 1913)
  • 2001 - Ferris Fain, All-Star outfielder (b. 1921)
  • 2005 - Bill King, broadcaster (b. 1927)
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