BR Bullpen:News Archive/2020

2020

• December 31: Martin Godsall and Frank Parker Sr. are named to the British Baseball Hall of Fame.
• December 26: Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro passes away at age 81.
• December 17: Yuki Yanagita is named 2020 Pacific League MVP, while Tomoyuki Sugano takes the 2020 Central League MVP. Masato Morishita wins 2020 CL Rookie of the Year, while Kaima Taira wins 2020 Pacific League Rookie of the Year.
• December 16: Major League Baseball recognizes the Negro Leagues that were active from 1920 to 1948 as major leagues.
• December 10: José Soriano is the first pick of the 2020 Rule V Draft.
• December 10 Salvador Pérez and Daniel Bard win Comeback Player of the Year.
• December 9: Al Michaels wins the Ford Frick Award.
• December 8: Kimiyasu Kudoh wins his fifth Matsutaro Shoriki Award, breaking Sadaharu Oh's record.
• December 8: Dick Kaegel wins the Spink Award.
• December 3: Jamie Romak wins the Tip O'Neill Award.
• November 30: Mel Rojas Jr. is named KBO MVP for 2020 while teammate Hyeong-jun So wins KBO Rookie of the Year.
• November 30: Matt Vance wins his second Bundesliga-1 south MVP, ten years after his first. Wilson Lee wins his second Bundesliga-1 north MVP.
• November 25: The Softbank Hawks pull off a sweep of the 2020 Japan Series, the first team to sweep the Japan Series in back-to-back years. Ryoya Kurihara is named Japan Series MVP.
• November 24: The NC Dinos win the 2020 Korean Series, their first Korean Series title. Eui-ji Yang becomes the fifth two-time Korean Series MVP.
• November 23: Yudai Ono wins the Sawamura Award for 2020.
• November 16: José De Paula wins the 2020 CPBL MVP, the first foreigner to win in 12 years, while An-Ko Lin is Rookie of the Year.
• November 15: The Astros Valencia win their second Division de Honor title.
• November 12: The winners of the Most Valuable Player Awards are announced, with José Abreu the winner in the American League and Freddie Freeman in the National League.
• November 11: Shane Bieber is the unanimous winner of the AL Cy Young Award and Trevor Bauer wins the award in the National League.
• November 10: Kevin Cash and Don Mattingly win Manager of the Year.
• November 9: Hayato Sakamoto joins the meikyukai as he reaches 2,000 hits.
• November 9: Kyle Lewis is the unanimous winner of the 2020 American League Rookie of the Year Award, while Devin Williams wins the award in the National League.
• November 8: The Uni-President Lions win the 2020 Taiwan Series. Wu-Hsiung Pan wins Taiwan Series MVP.
• October 29: Ukyo Shuto sets a Nippon Pro Baseball record by stealing bases in 12 straight games.
• October 27: The Los Angeles Dodgers win the 2020 World Series, 4 games to 2 over the Tampa Bay Rays for their first championship since 1988. Corey Seager is named World Series MVP.
• October 24: Liam Hendriks wins the Mariano Rivera Award as the best reliever in the American League, while Devin Williams wins the equivalent Trevor Hoffman Award in the National League.
• October 19: There is no official Dutch champion this year after the 2020 Holland Series is cancelled after two games due to COVID-19 restrictions.
• October 18:' The Los Angeles Dodgers win their third National League title in four years win a win over the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. Corey Seager is named NLCS MVP.
• October 17: The Tampa Bay Rays capture the second American League pennant of their history by defeating the Houston Astros in the ALCS. Randy Arozarena is named ALCS MVP.
• October 17: Heidenheim Heideköpfe repeats as Bundesliga-1 champions. Mike Bolsenbroek is named finals MVP.
• October 11: Joe Morgan, back-to-back National League MVP in 1975 and 1976 and a member of the Hall of Fame, passes away at the age of 77.
• October 11: Victor Draijer wins MVP of the 2020 Hoofdklasse.
• October 8: Hall of Fame pitcher [[Whitey Ford] dies at 91.
• October 2: Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson dies at 84.
• September 30: Fortitudo Bologna wins the 2020 Italian Series in 7 games for their 4th title in five years. Alex Bassani is named Series MVP.
• September 20: The Sölvesborg Firehawks repeat as Elitserien champions.
• September 19: Draci Brno wins their 22nd Extraliga title.
• September 13: Alec Mills of the Cubs pitches a no-hitter, defeating the Brewers, 12-0.
• September 6: Hall of Famer Lou Brock one of the greatest base stealers in baseball history, dies at 81.
• September 4: Rob Cordemans becomes the first Hoofdklasse hurler to win 200 games.
• August 31: All-time pitching great and Hall of Famer Tom Seaver passes away at 75.
• August 25: Lucas Giolito of the White Sox pitches the first no-hitter of the season.
• August 4: The Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame inducts its 2020 class, including Taigen Kaku and Katsuo So.
• July 27: Manny Mota, Mariano Rivera and Ismael Valdéz are elected to the Latin American Baseball Hall of Fame.
• June 10: Spencer Torkelson is the first overall pick of the 2020 Amateur Draft, by the Detroit Tigers.
• April 29: Aaron Whitefield wins MVP of the 2019-2020 Australian Baseball League.
• April 6: Hall of Famer Al Kaline, who was associated with the Detroit Tigers since being signed out of high school, passes away at the age of 85.
• March 24: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where baseball is scheduled to make its return after a twelve-year hiatus, are postponed by a year.
• March 12: Major League Baseball announces the immediate closing of spring training and the postponement of Opening Day by at least two weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
• February 7: The Toros del Este win the 2020 Caribbean Series. Peter O'Brien wins Caribbean Series MVP.
• February 7: The Melbourne Aces win the 2019-2020 Australian Baseball League title for their first pennant.
• February 4: Justin Morneau, Jacques Doucet, John Olerud and Duane Ward are named to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
• January 30: The Tomateros de Culiacán win their 12th Mexican Pacific League crown.
• January 28: The Toros del Este win their second Dominican League pennant.
• January 27: The Cardenales de Lara repeat by winning the Venezuelan League title.
• January 21: Derek Jeter and Larry Walker are elected to the Hall of Fame.
• January 20: The Cangrejeros de Santurce win their 18th Puerto Rican League title.
• January 18: The Cocodrilos de Matanzas win their first Cuban Serie Nacional crown.
• January 16: Buster Clarkson, Armando Ríos, Bob Thurman, Julio Valera and Roberto Vargas are named to the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame.
• January 15: Koichi Tabuchi is voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame along with college coaches Yukichi Maeda and Renzo Ishii.