Template:Today in Baseball/January 19

December 18: Today's featured birthday is that of Steve Hovley, who turns 80.

• 1937 - Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie are elected to the Hall of Fame.
• 1972 - Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra and Early Wynn are elected to the Hall of Fame; at 36, Koufax is the youngest inductee ever.
• 1977 - Ernie Banks is elected to the Hall of Fame.
• 1988 - Shigeo Nagashima (pictured), Masaichi Kaneda, Kaoru Betto and Yukio Nishimoto are inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1997 - Ivan Rodriguez signs a one-year, $6.65 million deal, setting a new record for the biggest one-year contract in MLB history.

Recent days: January 18 – January 17 – January 16