BR Bullpen:News Archive/2019

2019

• December 12: Rony Garcia is the first pick of the 2019 Rule V Draft.
• December 11: Ken Harrelson wins the Ford Frick Award. The J.G. Taylor Spink Award goes to Nick Cafardo, posthumously.
• December 8: The Veterans Committee elects catcher Ted Simmons and MLBPA executive Marvin Miller to the Hall of Fame.
• December 8: The Philippines national team wins the Gold at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
• December 4: Carlos Carrasco, who came back from a mid-season diagnosis of leukemia, is named the American League Comeback Player of the Year, while Josh Donaldson wins the award on the National League
• December 4: Mike Soroka wins the Tip O'Neill Award as the best Canadian baseball player over the past year.
• November 26: Hayato Sakamoto is named 2019 Central League MVP, the first shortstop to be named MVP in the Central League while Tomoya Mori is the 2019 Pacific League MVP. Rei Takahashi wins the 2019 Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award and Munetaka Murakami wins the 2019 Central League Rookie of the Year.
• November 25: Josh Lindblom wins KBO MVP for 2019 while Woo-young Jung wins Rookie of the Year.
• November 17 Japan wins the 2019 Premier 12. South Korea and Mexico finish second and third respectively and claim spots in the 2020 Olympics. Seiya Suzuki is the tournament MVP.
• November 15: Japan wins the 2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup.
• November 14: Mike Trout wins the AL Most Valuable Player Award for the third time, while Clay Bellinger wins the award in the National League.
• November 13: Jacob deGrom repeats as winner of the National League Cy Young Award while Justin Verlander is the winner in the American League.
• November 12: Rocco Baldelli wins the Manager of the Year Award in the American League while Mike Shildt wins in the NL.
• November 12: The British Baseball Hall of Fame inducts Alan Asquith, Ryan Bird, Jason Holowaty and Darrin Muller.
• November 11: Yordan Alvarez is the unanimous winner of the 2019 American League Rookie of the Year Award while Pete Alonso wins the National League Award.
• October 30: The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series, defeating the Houston Astros in seven games. Stephen Strasburg wins the Willie Mays Award as the Series MVP.
• October 30: Yu-Hsien Chu wins the CPBL MVP for 2019 while teammate Chen-Wei Chen gets the Rookie of the Year.
• October 26: The Doosan Bears win the 2019 Korean Series. Jae-il Oh is named Korean Series MVP.
• October 23: The Softbank Hawks win the 2019 Japan Series to become the first team to win three straight Japan Series since the early 1990s. Yurisbel Gracial wins Series MVP.
• October 20: The Taiwanese national team wins the 2019 Asian Championship. Chih-Jung Liu wins MVP.
• October 19: The Houston Astros defeat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 2 in the ALCS, to win the American League pennant. Jose Altuve is the winner of the ALCS MVP Award.
• October 19: The K. Deurne Spartans win the Belgian Series for the second straight year.
• October 18: Max Boldt wins is the Bundesliga-1 South MVP while Wayne Ough takes the honor in the North.
• October 17: The Lamigo Monkeys win their 6th Taiwan Series in eight years. Li Lin is named 2019 Taiwan Series MVP.
• October 15: The Washington Nationals win the National League pennant by completing a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS. Howie Kendrick is named NLCS MVP.
• September 22: Israel wins the 2019 Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier for a spot in the 2020 Olympics.
• September 17: The Sacramento RiverCats win the Triple-A National Championship. Caleb Baragar is named MVP.
• September 15: The Netherlands wins the 2019 European Championship. Ademar Rifaela wins European Championship MVP.
• September 9: Infielder Gavin Lux is named the Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year.
• September 8: Taiwan wins the 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup. Yu Chien is named MVP.
• September 1: Justin Verlander pitches the third no-hitter of his career.
• September 1: The L&D Amsterdam Pirates win the 2019 Holland Series, the first team to come from behind from a 3 games to 0 deficit.
• August 31: The Sölvesborg Firehawks win their second Elitserien championship.
• August 25: River Ridge, LA wins the 2019 Little League World Series.
• August 25: The Huskies de Rouen win their fifth straight French Division I title.
• August 20: Unipolsai Bologna wins the 2019 Italian Series for their 12th Italian title. Raúl Rivero is named Series MVP.
• August 18: The Arrows Ostrava win their second straight Extraliga pennant.
• August 8: Bo Bichette sets a new MLB record with doubles in nine consecutive games.
• August 4: Puerto Rico wins the 2019 Pan American Games, their first baseball Gold in a Pan American Games.
• August 3: Heidenheim Heideköpfe wins its fourth Bundesliga title, the third in five years.
• August 3: France wins the 2019 European Women's Championship. Marjorie Brunel is named MVP.
• August 3: Four pitchers for the Houston Astros - Aaron Sanchez, Will Harris, Joe Biagini and Chris Devenski - combine to pitch a 9-0 no-hitter over the Seattle Mariners.
• July 13: The Marlins Puerto Cruz win their third straight Liga Nacional División de Honor title.
• July 13: The Pacific League wins 2019 NPB All-Star Game 1 as Tomoya Mori wins MVP honors, but the Central League takes Game 2 behind MVP Koji Chikamoto to split the series.
• July 12: Taylor Cole and Felix Pena of the Angels combine on a 13-0 no-hitter over the Mariners.
• July 9: The American League wins the 2019 All-Star Game, 4-3, over the National League. Shane Bieber is the winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game's MVP.
• July 8: Pete Alonso is the winner of the annual Home Run Derby, defeating Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the final round.
• July 7: The 2019 Futures Game ends in a tie; Sam Huff wins the Larry Doby Award.
• July 1: Pitcher Tyler Skaggs, of the Los Angeles Angels, dies at 27 years old.
• June 29: In the first Major League Baseball game to be played in Europe, the Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 17-13, at London Olympic Stadium.
• June 26: Vanderbilt University wins the 2019 College World Series, defeating the University of Michigan, 8-2, in the finale. Freshman Kumar Rocker is named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player.
• June 14: Adley Rutschman wins the Golden Spikes Award.
• June 8: The University of Tampa is the victor of the 2019 Division II College World Series, their 8th Division II championship.
• June 8: UnipolSai Bologna wins the 2019 European Champions Cup for their sixth European title. Osman Marval is named the MVP.
• June 4: Chapman University wins the 2019 Division III College World Series for their third national title.
• June 3: Catcher Adley Rutschman from Oregon State University is the first overall selection of the 2019 amateur draft.
• May 17: Jorge Alomá wins Serie Nacional MVP for 2018-2019. César Prieto wins Rookie of the Year.
• May 15: Edwin Jackson sets the record for most teams played for, with his 14th.
• May 9: Albert Pujols becomes the 5th player to collect 2,000 RBIs in the majors.
• May 7: Mike Fiers of the Oakland Athletics throws his second career no-hitter, the first of the Major League Baseball season.
• May 5: The South African national team wins the 2019 Africa Cup Baseball Championship. Kyle Botha is named MVP.
• April 18: Rob Cordemans becomes the first pitcher to strike out 2,000 batters in the Hoofdklasse.
• April 14: Misja Harcksen throws the third perfect game in Hoofdklasse history, the first in 22 years.
• March 31: 19-year-old Elvis Luciano becomes the first player born in the 21st century to make his major league debut.
• February 26: Tim Kennelly and Markus Solbach became the first joint MVPs in the Australian Baseball League when they win the honor for 2018-2019.
• February 10: Toros de Herrera, representing host country Panama, win the 2019 Caribbean Series by defeating Leñadores de Las Tunas, 3-1, in the finale. It is Panama's first Caribbean Series title in 69 years. Javy Guerra is named Caribbean Series MVP.
• February 7: Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the first player to win the MVP Award in both major leagues, and the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball, passes away at the age of 83.
• February 5: Gord Ash, Jason Bay, Ryan Dempster and Rob Thomson are elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
• February 3: Garabez Rosa is named MVP of the 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier.
• February 2: The Brisbane Bandits win the 2018-2019 Australian Baseball League title, their 4th in a row. Tim Atherton is named finals MVP.
• January 28: The Charros de Jalisco win the Mexican Pacific League for the first time.
• January 27: The Cardenales de Lara take their 5th Venezuelan League title.
• January 25: The Cangrejeros de Santurce capture their 15th Puerto Rican League pennant.
• January 23: The Estrellas Orientales win their first Dominican League championship in 51 years.
• January 22: Mariano Rivera becomes the first player to be elected unanimously to the Hall of Fame. He heads the 2019 Hall of Fame class which also includes Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina and Edgar Martinez.
• January 17: Las Tunas wins the 2018-2019 Serie Nacional for their first Cuban title.
• January 15: The 2019 Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Election‎ results are announced; making the cut are Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Hiroshi Gondo and Haruo Wakimura‎.