Template:Today in Baseball/February 13

December 21: Today's featured birthday is that of Freddy Sanchez, who turns 47.

• 1920 - Officials organize the Negro National League in a meeting held at the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri spearheaded by league founder Rube Foster.
• 1953 - The Philadelphia Athletics change the name of Shibe Park to "Connie Mack Stadium", in honor of their longtime owner and manager, Connie Mack, who was part-owner and manager of the franchise for a record 50 years.
• 1964 - Chicago Cubs second baseman Ken Hubbs (pictured) dies in Provo, Utah at age 22, when the plane that he is piloting crashes.
• 1974 - James "Cool Papa" Bell is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues.
• 1995 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign Japanese pitching star Hideo Nomo; the first Japanese player in the majors in three decades, he will become the National League Rookie of the Year this year.
• 2012 - The A's sign OF Yoenis Cespedes to a four-year contract worth $36 million, a record for a Cuban defector, outbidding at least five other teams.

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