November 24
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 24.
Events[edit]
- 1883 - The American Association agrees to expand to 12 teams by admitting the Brooklyn Atlantics, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Toledo Blue Stockings and Washington Nationals.
- 1904 - In the Pacific Coast League, San Francisco beats Oakland, 2 - 1, behind Jimmy Whalen (32-23). Whalen ends the game with two shutout innings starting a 47-inning scoreless streak through next season. The Oaks score their lone run in the 7th inning. San Francisco wins the nitecap, 3 - 0.
- 1911 - Future Hall of Famer Joe Medwick is born in Carteret, New Jersey. Medwick will make his major league debut in 1932 with the St. Louis Cardinals.
- 1913 - Joe Tinker is out as the Cincinnati Reds manager, but is still their property as a player. On December 12th he will be sold to the Brooklyn Robins for $25,000, $10,000 of which goes to him. Pitcher Earl Yingling and outfielder Herbie Moran are sent to Cincinnati later as part of the deal. When Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets puts off signing Tinker, he jumps to the Federal League, signing to manage the Chicago Whales for $12,000.
- 1953 - The Brooklyn Dodgers sign the relatively unknown Walter Alston to a one-year pact as their manager for next season. Alston, who had served as the skipper of the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate in Montreal for the past four seasons, replaces Chuck Dressen after Pee Wee Reese turns down the job. Alston will manage the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles over the next 23 seasons, winning 2,040 games and four World Championships.
- 1964 - St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Ken Boyer, who hit .295 with 24 home runs and 119 RBI, is selected as the National League Most Valuable Player. Boyer outdistances Johnny Callison and Bill White for the honor.
- 1969 - Dave Bristol is named manager of the Seattle Pilots. They will move to Milwaukee, WI before the start of the 1970 season.
- 1971 - Catcher-infielder Earl Williams, who hit 33 home runs and 87 RBI for the Atlanta Braves, wins the National League Rookie of the Year honors. Williams gets 18 of 24 votes, with the others going to Willie Montañez of the Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1972 - The New York Yankees acquire veteran Matty Alou from the Oakland Athletics for Rob Gardner and Rich McKinney. It is the second time the Yankees have traded Gardner to the Athletics for an Alou. Last year, the trade was for Felipe Alou.
- 1973 - Pitcher Bob Gibson wins the last of his nine Gold Gloves, and Joe Morgan wins the first of his five at second base.
- 1975 - Gene Mauch signs a three-year contract to manage the Minnesota Twins, replacing Frank Quilici.
- 1976:
- Joe Morgan outpoints Cincinnati Reds teammate George Foster to win his second straight National League MVP Award. Morgan hit .320 with 27 home runs, 111 RBI, 113 runs, 60 stolen bases, and led the NL in slugging percentage (.576) and OPS (1.020). Foster finished with 29 home runs and led the league in RBI (121).
- Bob Kennedy is named head of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs. His first move is to inform Jim Marshall he is fired as manager and Salty Saltwell, after a year as general manager, is named secretary and director of park operations. Herman Franks, briefly a Cubs coach under Leo Durocher, will be named the new manager. Ironically, Durocher turned down an offer to manage the Cubs for the 1977 season.
- The California Angels sign free agent second baseman Bobby Grich. He becomes the first of three free agents that owner Gene Autry will sign during the off-season. Don Baylor and Joe Rudi will eventually join Grich in California.
- 1977 - Former major league manager Mayo Smith dies at the age of 62. Smith skippered the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers during a nine-year managerial career, but gained most of his fame when he guided the Tigers to the 1968 World Championship. Smith later scouted for the Oakland Athletics.
- 1982 - Cal Ripken, Jr., who hit .264 with 28 home runs as a shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, is named American League Rookie of the Year. His consecutive games played streak is in its infancy at 118 games.
- 1986:
- The Minnesota Twins announce that interim manager Tom Kelly will be the club's skipper next season. Kelly, who replaced Ray Miller at the end of the 1986 season, will compile a losing record (1140-1244) but win two World Championships during his 16-year tenure as the Twins manager.
- In yet another unwise trade of prospects for aging veterans, the Yankees deal pitchers Brian Fisher, Doug Drabek and Logan Easley to the Pirates for pitchers Rick Rhoden, Cecilio Guante and Pat Clements. Drabek will win the National League Cy Young Award in 1990.
- St. Louis Cardinals reliever Todd Worrell, who led the National League with 36 saves, is named Rookie of the Year. Worrell had helped St. Louis to the 1985 World Series as a late-season call-up but was still a rookie this season as defined by the BBWAA.
- 1993
- The Texas Rangers sign free agent pitcher Rick Honeycutt.
- Atlanta Braves pitcher Pete Smith is traded to the New York Mets in exchange for outfielder Dave Gallagher.
- 1997 - Tim Johnson is hired as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. He succeeds Cito Gaston, who was fired in September after having led the Blue Jays to World Series titles in 1992 and 1993. Johnson, a former bench coach with the Expos and Red Sox, managed the Triple-A Iowa Cubs in 1997, and beat out three others for the job: Buck Martinez, Larry Bowa, and American League Manager of the Year Davey Johnson, who interviewed in Toronto after leaving the Orioles.
- 1998:
- The Cleveland Indians sign free agent 2B Roberto Alomar to a four-year contract. Alomar joins his brother, Sandy Jr.
- San Diego Padres 1B Wally Joyner undergoes corrective eye surgery to bring his eyesight up to 20/20. His eye sight had deteriorated to 20/3000.
- 2000 - Staying with his hometown New York Mets, John Franco signs a nearly $11 million three-year pact as a set-up man, foregoing an opportunity with the Philadelphia Phillies to pick up the 59 saves he needs to break Lee Smith's career saves record of 478.
- 2002 - The Phillies, in an effort to fill a void created when Scott Rolen was traded to the Cardinals in July, sign third baseman David Bell to a four-year, $17-million free agent deal. Bell, whose father (Buddy) and grandfather (Gus) were also major leaguers, played for the National League champion Giants the previous season after being traded by the Seattle Mariners during the spring.
- 2004 - After guiding the Dodgers to their first division title since 1995, the club signs manager Jim Tracy to a two-year extension. Tracy, who has had four consecutive winning seasons with the Dodgers, will resign before the 2006 season to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- 2005 - On Thanksgiving evening, the Boston Red Sox officially announce the acquisition of a potential ace from the Florida Marlins in right-handed pitcher Josh Beckett. Boston also adds third baseman Mike Lowell and right-handed reliever Guillermo Mota in the deal, while sending minor league prospects shortstop Hanley Ramirez and right-handed pitchers Anibal Sanchez, Jesús Delgado and Harvey Garcia to the Marlins.
- 2008 - The Pittsburgh Pirates become the first major league team to sign a player from India. They ink pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, who had not touched a baseball prior to this year, when they participated in a reality show from India, "The Million Dollar Arm Hunt".
- 2009 - Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals is the unanimous choice as winner of the National League MVP Award. It is the third time Pujols wins this honor, having done so previously in 2005 and 2008.
- 2010 - The Diamondbacks acquire P Zach Duke, who was designated for assignment by the Pirates earlier this week, for a player to be named later.
- 2011 - The 2011 Nippon Pro Baseball Gold Gloves are awarded. Yakult Swallows third baseman Shinya Miyamoto wins his ninth, the first six having been at shortstop. At age 40 years and 11 months, he is the oldest winner to date. Chunichi Dragons reliever Takuya Asao becomes the first pitcher to win without making a start.
- 2013:
- The Cardinals ink veteran SS Jhonny Peralta to a four-year deal as a free agent, while the Dodgers sign P Dan Haren for one year.
- OF Oswaldo Arcia has a great day in the Venezuelan League, hitting a walk-off homer in the 8th inning to give Aragua a 2 - 1 win over Margarita in the opening game of a doubleheader, and then adding a grand slam in a 17 - 5 win in the nitecap.
- Panama wins the 2013 Bolivarian Games in dramatic fashion, as Alberto Acosta throws a no-hitter (1 BB, 2 HB) in a 6 - 0 win over Venezuela. Jeffer Patiño goes 3 for 3 with a run and three RBI to pace the offense.
- 2015 - Eric Thames is named Korea Baseball Organization MVP for 2015 after the NC Dinos slugger led the league in average (.381), OBP (.497), slugging (.790) and runs (130) and became the first 40-40 player in league history. He edges Byung-ho Park in the voting, 50 votes to 44 (out of 100 total votes). The KBO Rookie of the Year goes to Samsung Lions 1B Ja-wook Koo, who batted .349/.417/.534.
- 2020:
- The NC Dinos win their first Korean Series title. They take Game 6 of the 2020 Korean Series, 4 - 2, over the Doosan Bears; Series MVP Eui-ji Yang hits a two-run homer against his former club while Drew Rucinski throws five shutout innings on two days' rest for the win.
- The SoftBank Hawks continue their record-setting ways, with their 11th straight Japan Series win. In Game 3 of the 2020 Japan Series, they nearly get the second Series no-hitter. Matt Moore goes seven hitless innings and Liván Moinelo fans the side in a hitless 8th. Closer Yuito Mori gets the first two outs in the 9th before the Yomiuri Giants' Yoshihiro Maru singles to avoid a no-no. Akira Nakamura hits a two-run homer and singles in another run in the 4 - 0 win.
- 2021 - In a match-up of age versus youth, 41-year-old Masanori Ishikawa of the Yakult Swallows wins Game 4 of the 2021 Japan Series, 2 - 1, after a duel with Orix Buffaloes rookie Soichiro Yamazaki. Domingo Santana scores both Yakult runs, though his error also leads to the lone Orix run. Ishikawa is only the second pitcher over age 40 to win a Japan Series game. Interestingly, the only other hurler to do so, Tadashi Wakabayashi, did so in the first Japan Series game ever, back in 1950. Yakult takes a three-games-to-one lead in trying for its first title in 20 years.
Births[edit]
- 1855 - George Knight, pitcher (d. 1912)
- 1857 - Frank Smith, catcher (d. 1928)
- 1858 - Nin Alexander, catcher (d. 1933)
- 1872 - Sam McMackin, pitcher (d. 1903)
- 1873 - Ed Doheny, pitcher (d. 1916)
- 1873 - Stub Smith, infielder (d. 1946)
- 1876 - Harvey Bailey, pitcher (d. 1922)
- 1878 - Fred Smith, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1881 - Pete Noonan, catcher (d. 1965)
- 1884 - Tullie McAdoo, infielder (d. 1961)
- 1887 - Ralph Comstock, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1888 - Ed Miller, infielder (d. 1980)
- 1888 - Harry Wolfe, infielder (d. 1971)
- 1889 - George Burns, outfielder (d. 1966)
- 1891 - C.E. Brickley, Olympic catcher (d. 1949)
- 1902 - Cloy Mattox, catcher (d. 1985)
- 1904 - Billy Rogell, infielder (d. 2003)
- 1909 - Tom Winsett, outfielder (d. 1987)
- 1911 - Joe Medwick, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1975)
- 1912 - Tony Giuliani, catcher (d. 2004)
- 1913 - Walter Wilson, pitcher (d. 1994)
- 1914 - John Gaherin, labor negotiator (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Dick West, catcher (d. 1996)
- 1916 - Hirokuni Kataoka, NPB infielder (d. 2003)
- 1918 - George McKinnon, minor league infielder, college coach (d. 2009)
- 1919 - Nap Reyes, infielder (d. 1995)
- 1923 - Danny Ozark, manager (d. 2009)
- 1924 - Ralph Johnson, Negro Leagues infielder (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Joanne Winter, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 1996)
- 1929 - Phil Rizzo, minor league infielder; scout (d. 2020)
- 1930 - Bob Friend, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2019)
- 1931 - Dick Phillips, infielder (d. 1998)
- 1932 - Betty Jane Cornett, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2006)
- 1939 - Jim Northrup, outfielder (d. 2011)
- 1940 - Yozo Ishikawa, NPB pitcher
- 1942 - Fred Beene, pitcher
- 1942 - Joe Keith, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
- 1943 - Billy Harris, infielder (d. 2020)
- 1947 - Ken Myette, minor league pitcher
- 1948 - Steve Yeager, catcher
- 1950 - John Balaz, outfielder
- 1950 - George Throop, pitcher
- 1955 - Rafael Santo Domingo, pinch-hitter
- 1959 - Tom Dunbar, outfielder (d. 2011)
- 1960 - Bryan Duquette, minor league pitcher
- 1960 - Marlin McPhail, scout
- 1962 - Randy Velarde, infielder
- 1964 - Gary Alexander, minor league infielder
- 1964 - Bob Malloy, pitcher
- 1965 - Jeff Plympton, pitcher
- 1966 - Kinji Nishimoto, NPB umpire
- 1967 - Wayne Busby, minor league infielder
- 1967 - Cal Eldred, pitcher
- 1967 - Al Martin, infielder
- 1967 - Ben McDonald, pitcher
- 1967 - Mario Zulueta, Cuban league infielder and manager
- 1968 - Dave Hansen, infielder
- 1968 - Steve Mintz, pitcher
- 1970 - Jason Jacome, pitcher
- 1972 - Ernesto Noris, Cuban league pitcher
- 1973 - Manuel Gasparri, Italian Baseball League catcher
- 1974 - Jose Colon, minor league pitcher
- 1975 - Mike Spiegel, minor league player
- 1976 - Mike Edwards, infielder
- 1976 - Damian Moss, pitcher
- 1976 - Tomáš Ovesný, Extraliga infielder
- 1977 - Werner Harrasser, Austrian national team pitcher
- 1979 - Horacio Ramirez, pitcher
- 1980 - Jeff Salazar, outfielder
- 1981 - Dave McKae, minor league pitcher
- 1982 - Jake Dittler, minor league player
- 1983 - Gabriel Gutierrez, minor league catcher
- 1983 - Jose Lopez, infielder; All-Star
- 1984 - Joel Guzman, infielder
- 1984 - Pavol Teslik, Slovakian national team pitcher
- 1986 - Dean Anna, infielder
- 1987 - Chris Herrmann, catcher
- 1987 - Kelvin Marte, pitcher
- 1987 - Wilfredo Ramirez, minor league player
- 1988 - Jarrod Parker, pitcher
- 1989 - Shane Boras, minor league infielder
- 1989 - Danny Forte, Italian Baseball League pitcher
- 1989 - Angel Morales, minor league outfielder
- 1990 - Mario Meza, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Kendry Flores, pitcher
- 1991 - Yexelis Nagua, Venezuelan women's national team pitcher
- 1991 - Ariel Soriano, minor league infielder
- 1991 - Brett Wiley, minor league infielder
- 1992 - Brett Austin, minor league catcher
- 1992 - Jessica Bérubé, Canadian women's national team pitcher
- 1992 - Christopher McFarland, minor league infielder
- 1993 - Jeimer Candelario, infielder
- 1995 - Megan Baltzell, USA women's national team outfielder
- 1995 - Francis Martes, pitcher
- 1995 - Alexander Perdomo, minor league infielder
- 1997 - Yisenia Frometa, Cuban women's national team infielder
- 1998 - Delvin Perez, minor league infielder
- 1998 - Freddy Tarnok, pitcher
- 2000 - Tyler Locklear, infielder
- 2001 - Tyler Soderstrom, catcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1931 - Fred Lake, catcher, manager (b. 1866)
- 1932 - Redleg Snyder, outfielder (b. 1854)
- 1934 - Ernie Murray, minor league pitcher (b. 1883)
- 1933 - Ryohei Murayama, Japanese baseball pioneer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1850)
- 1941 - John Henry, catcher (b. 1889)
- 1942 - Frank Owen, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1958 - Roy Corhan, infielder (b. 1887)
- 1960 - Al Braithwood, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1960 - Abbie Johnson, infielder (b. 1871)
- 1961 - John Mohardt, outfielder (b. 1898)
- 1965 - Ralph Good, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1966 - Tom Gulley, outfielder (b. 1899)
- 1967 - Joe Kelly, outfielder (b. 1900)
- 1967 - Rusty Saunders, outfielder (b. 1906)
- 1969 - Phil Gallivan, pitcher (b. 1907)
- 1970 - Spencer Adams, infielder (b. 1898)
- 1970 - Ivy Andrews, pitcher (b. 1907)
- 1970 - Zora Clevenger, college coach (b. 1881)
- 1971 - Ed Fallenstein, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1974 - Johnny Weekly, outfielder (b. 1937)
- 1977 - Mayo Smith, outfielder, manager (b. 1915)
- 1983 - Ed Leip, infielder (b. 1910)
- 1987 - Jim Russell, outfielder (b. 1918)
- 1989 - Rob Lemle, minor league outfielder (b. 1967)
- 1991 - Alex Colthirst, infielder (b. 1918)
- 1991 - Carl Sawatski, catcher (b. 1927)
- 1996 - Loren Bain, pitcher (b. 1922)
- 1999 - Red Mincy, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1915)
- 2003 - Warren Spahn, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Buzz Dozier, pitcher (b. 1928)
- 2007 - Al Yates, outfielder (b. 1945)
- 2008 - Charlotte Armstrong, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1924)
- 2008 - Tom Burgess, infielder (b. 1927)
- 2010 - John Miggins, minor league infielder (b. 1922)
- 2011 - Alfonso Mota, minor league infielder (b. 1970)
- 2012 - Jimmy Stewart, infielder (b. 1939)
- 2013 - Charlie Bicknell, pitcher (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Hector Mayer, minor league infielder (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Bobby Gene Smith, outfielder (b. 1934)
- 2016 - Dave Ferriss, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1921)
- 2017 - Charlie Haygood, minor league pitcher (b. 1942)
- 2021 - Ray Nichting, minor league outfielder (b. 1932)
- 2022 - Butch McBroom, college coach (b. 1943)
- 2023 - Ron Hodges, catcher (b. 1949)
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