Template:Today in Baseball/November 2

December 1: Today's featured birthday is that of Larry Walker, who turns 58.

1881 - The American Association is founded as a rival major league to the National League, a role it will maintain for a decade.
1971 - Pat Dobson throws a no-hitter against the Yomiuri Giants to pace the Baltimore Orioles in a 2-0 win. It is the first no-hitter thrown by a Major League pitcher in an exhibition game against a Japanese team.
1974 - The Atlanta Braves trade all-time home run leader Hank Aaron to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dave May and Roger Alexander after 23 years with the Braves franchise.
1976 - Mitsuhiro Adachi beats Clyde Wright for the second time during the 1976 Japan Series to give the Hankyu Braves the title.
1985 - Rich Gale goes the distance and three Hanshin Tigers players homer to give the franchise its only Japan Series win ever, beating the Seibu Lions in the 1985 Japan Series. Randy Bass (pictured) wins MVP honors.
2016 - The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians, 8-7, in ten innings in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series to claim their first title in 108 years.

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