BR Bullpen:News Archive/2016

2016

• December 8: Miguel Diaz is the first pick of the 2016 Rule V Draft.
• December 7: Bill King, longtime broadcaster for the Oakland Athletics, is the posthumous winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting.
• December 6: Claire Smith, one of the first women to be a beat writer covering major league baseball, is the first woman to win the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, given out to honor meritorious contributions by a baseball writer.
• December 4: The Veterans Committee elects executives Bud Selig and John Schuerholz to the Hall of Fame, for induction in July of 2017.
• November 28: Shohei Otani wins the 2016 Pacific League MVP and Takahiro Arai is voted the 2016 Central League MVP. Shun Takayama is named the 2016 Central League Rookie of the Year while Hirotoshi Takanashi wins the 2016 Pacific League Rookie of the Year.
• November 17: Mike Trout wins the American League Most Valuable Player Award for the second time while Kris Bryant is the winner in the National League.
• November 17: Hideki Kuriyama wins the Matsutaro Shoriki Award.
• November 16: Max Scherzer of Washington becomes the 6th pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues when he his honored in the National League, while in the American League, Boston's Rick Porcello wins the award in a very close vote.
• November 15 The Manager of the Year Award is handed out in the two major leagues; rookie skipper Dave Roberts of the Dodgers is the winner in the National League, while Terry Francona of the Indians is a second-time winner in the American League.
• November 14 Corey Seager is the unanimous winner of the 2016 National League Rookie of the Year Award, while Michael Fulmer wins the award in the American League.
• November 14: Dustin Nippert is named KBO MVP for 2016 while Jae-young Shin wins KBO Rookie of the Year.
• November 12: The Brazilian national team wins the 2016 South American Championship.
• November 9: Jose Fernandez is the posthumous winner of the National League Comeback Player of the Year Award; Mark Trumbo receives the honor in the American League.
• November 5: Po-Jung Wang is named 2016 CPBL MVP and Rookie of the Year.
• November 4: 100-year-old Eddie Carnett, the oldest living major leaguer, passes away. Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr, 98, takes his place.
• November 2: The Chicago Cubs win the 2016 World Series to end the longest World Series drought at 108 years; Ben Zobrist is the World Series MVP.
• November 2: The Doosan Bears win the 2016 Korean Series in a sweep. Eui-ji Yang wins Korean Series MVP.
• October 29: Zach Britton wins the Mariano Rivera Award as the best relief pitcher in the American League, while Kenley Jansen wins the counterpart Trevor Hoffman Award in the National League.
• October 29 The EDA Rhinos win the 2016 Taiwan Series. Che-Hsuan Lin is named Series MVP.
• October 29 The Nippon Ham Fighters win the 2016 Japan Series. Brandon Laird wins Japan Series MVP honors.
• October 25: Chih-Sheng Lin has the first three-homer game in Taiwan Series history.
• October 25 Max Boldt and Maurice Wilhelm win the Bundesliga-1 MVPs for 2016.
• October 22: The Chicago Cubs defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series to win their first National League pennant since 1945, ending the longest drought in history. Jon Lester and Javier Baez share MVP honors for the series.
• October 22: Nick Urbanus is named 2016 Hoofdklasse MVP while Kenny Vandenbranden is picked as Pitcher of the Year.
• October 19: The Cleveland Indians win their first American League pennant since 1997; Andrew Miller is named MVP of the American League Championship Series.
• October 17: The British Baseball Hall of Fame inducts Alex Malihoudis, Oscar Marcelino, Wally O'Neil and John Thomas.
• October 8: Curaçao Neptunus wins the 2016 Holland Series. Dwayne Kemp is named Series MVP.
• October 8: The K. Deurne Spartans repeat as champions of the First Division.
• October 2: The Mainz Athletics win the Bundesliga title.
• September 25: 24-year-old All-Star pitcher Jose Fernandez dies in a boating accident in Miami Beach, FL.
• September 25: Israel wins the last of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.
• September 21: The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders win the Triple-A National Championship. Chris Parmelee is named game MVP.
• September 18: The Kingdom of the Netherlands wins the 2016 European Championship. Stijn van der Meer wins European Championship MVP.
• September 14: The Pericos de Puebla win their first Mexican League title in 53 years. Travis Blackley is named playoff MVP.
• September 12: Japan wins the 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup. Ayami Sato is named Cup MVP for the second time.
• September 3: The Leksand Lumberjacks win their 21st Elitserien title but first in 11 years.
• August 28: Endwell, NY wins the 2016 Little League World Series, the first US champion in five years.
• August 28: The Rouen Huskies repeat as French Division I champions.
• August 21: Unipol Bologna wins the 2016 Italian Series. Osman Marval wins Series MVP.
• August 21: Draci Brno wins its 20th Extraliga title.
• August 7: Ichiro Suzuki becomes the 30th member of the 3,000 hit club in spite of having been already 27 when he collected his first big league hit.
• July 30: The Astros Valencia win their first Division Honor title.
• July 24: Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza are inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cooperstown, NY.
• July 16: The Central League wins one of the 2016 NPB All-Star Games and ties the other. Yoshitomo Tsutsugo is game 1 MVP and Shohei Otani takes that honor for game 2.
• July 12: The American League defeats the National League, 4-2, in the 2016 All-Star Game. Eric Hosmer is named the game's MVP.
• July 10: The World Team wins the 2016 Futures Game 11-3, ending a streak of six straight wins by the US Team. Yoan Moncada wins the Larry Doby Award as the game's Most Valuable Player.
• June 30: Coastal Carolina University wins the 2016 College World Series in its first appearance in the tournament, defeating the University of Arizona in the finals. P Andrew Beckwith is named the tournament's Outstanding Player.
• June 27: Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player in major league history to hit three homers and two doubles in one game.
• June 25: Kosuke Fukudome joins the meikyukai with the 2,000th hit of his pro career.
• June 15: Ichiro Suzuki collects his 4,257th hit as a major leaguer, counting his time in Nippon Pro Baseball and Major League Baseball, passing Pete Rose for the all-time mark.
• June 9: High school outfielder Mickey Moniak is selected first overall by the Phillies in the 2016 amateur draft.
• June 4: The L&D Amsterdam Pirates win the 2016 European Champions Cup for their first European title. Kenny Berkenbosch wins the MVP.
• May 11: Max Scherzer ties the major league record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game.
• May 10: Rick van den Hurk sets a Nippon Pro Baseball record for winning streak to open a career at 14-0.
• April 27: José Adolis García is named Cuban Serie Nacional MVP for 2015-2016. Yoandy Cruz is Rookie of the Year.
• April 21: Jake Arrieta of the Cubs pitches his second career no-hitter, 16-0 over the Reds.
• April 17: Ciego de Ávila wins the 2015-2016 Cuban Serie Nacional, defending their title. Dachel Duquesne is named postseason MVP.
• April 8: Shortstop Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies becomes the first player in major league history to hit a home run in each of his first four career games. He was already the first to do so in his first three games, and has a total of six homers in the four games.
• April 4: 100-year-old Mike Sandlock, the oldest living former major league player, dies. Eddie Carnett replaces him as the oldest player at 99 years old.
• March 22: The Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Cuban national team, 4-1, in an exhibition game at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana played in conjunction with President Barack Obama's historic state visit to Cuba.
• March 20: Colombia and Mexico earn a place in next year's World Baseball Classic by winning their respective qualifying group; for Colombia, it will be a first participation in the tournament.
• February 14: The Australian national team wins the first of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.
• February 7: The Venados de Mazatlán go undefeated to win the 2016 Caribbean Series, defeating the Tigres de Aragua, 5-4, in the title game. José Martínez is named Caribbean Series MVP, the first MVP from a losing team in 15 years.
• February 3: Luis Polonia, Gerónimo Berroa, Tony Peña and Felipe Alou are inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame.
• February 2: The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announces its 2016 class: Pat Hentgen, Dennis Martinez, Wayne Norton, Howard Starkman, William Shuttleworth and Tony Kubek.
• January 29: Peter Vogler, Micheal Nakamura, Philip Brideoake and Ernie Bolton are named to the Baseball Australia Hall of Fame.
• January 29: The Cangrejeros de Santurce‎ successfully defend their Puerto Rican League title.
• January 28: The Tigres de Aragua take their 10th Venezuelan League pennant. Alfredo Marte is finals MVP.
• January 26: The Venados de Mazatlán win the Mexican Pacific League title.
• January 25: The Leones del Escogido win their 16th Dominican League championship. Lew Ford is named finals MVP.
• January 22: Greg Frady is named to the German Baseball Hall of Fame.
• January 20: The California League Hall of Fame is formed and announces its initial class.
• January 18: Kennys Vargas wins the Puerto Rican League MVP for 2015-2016. Joe Jiménez is the Rookie of the Year and Adalberto Flores won Pitcher of the Year.
• January 18: Alex Cabrera wins his record third Venezuelan League MVP award. José Osuna wins Rookie of the Year. Raúl Rivero is named Pitcher of the Year.
• January 18: The 2016 Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Election yields five new inductees: Kimiyasu Kudoh, Kihachi Enomoto, Masaaki Saito, Masatake Yamanaka and Takizo Matsumoto.
• January 11: Hall of Famer Monte Irvin dies at age 96.
• January 6: Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.