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December 5: Today's featured birthday is that of Alan Cockrell, who turns 62.

• 1913 - Olympic star Jim Thorpe signs with the New York Giants.
• 1917 - Eiji Sawamura (pictured) is born. He will go on to a brilliant but brief career in Japanese Professional Baseball League before dying during World War II. The Sawamura Award will be named after him.
• 1919 - The Brooklyn Robins trade former MVP Jake Daubert to the Cincinnati Reds for Tommy Griffith; Daubert will help the Reds to a World Series title.
• 1973 - Monte Irvin is chosen for the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues.
• 1988 - Kaoru Betto is elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

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