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The following are the events that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.

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May

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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Sources

1800s[]

  • 1885 - President Soden buys the Providence franchise and players for $6,000.
  • 1889 - On Thanksgiving Day, Boston (National League) opens a California tour with an 8–3 win over San Francisco before a crowd of 7,000.

1900s-1940s[]

  • 1938 - The Chicago White Sox 25-year-old pitching star Monty Stratton has his right leg amputated as a result of a hunting accident in Greenville, Texas. Stratton attempted comeback is chronicled in the 1949 movie The Stratton Story.
  • 1939 - Ken Keltner is turned down in Cleveland for off-season unemployment benefits.

1950s[]

  • 1952 - International League President Frank Shaughnessy reveals plans to form two new major leagues by merging the top teams in the American Association and the top teams from the IL. Shaughnessy thinks that in five to six years, ML baseball will elevate these two leagues, along with the Pacific Coast League, which nearly has ML status now.
  • 1958:
    • 1958 - The American League announces that its Opening Day will be April 9th making it earliest date ever to open the junior circuit's regular season.
    • The Boston Red Sox sign teenage sensation Carl Yastrzemski to a reported bonus of $100,000. The future Hall of Famer will make his major league debut with Boston three years later.

1960s[]

1970s[]

  • 1972 - In a blockbuster interstate trade good for both teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers send Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler, Bobby Valentine and Bill Grabarkewitz to the California Angels in exchange for Andy Messersmith and Ken McMullen, who returns to the team that signed him. In 1973, Robinson will play 147 games, hitting 30 home runs with 97 RBI and Singer will combine with Nolan Ryan to strike out 674 batters, a 20th Century major league record for two teammates. Messersmith will win 39 games in the next two seasons for the Dodgers and finish second in the Cy Young Award voting in 1974.
  • 1977 - Former major league star Bob Meusel dies at the age of 81. Meusel batted over .300 seven times, including a career-high mark of .337 in 1927. He also participated in six World Series with the New York Yankees.

1980s-1990s[]

2000s[]

Births[]

  • 1922 - Wes Westrum, All-Star catcher and manager (d. 2002)
  • 1927 - Carlos Paula, outfielder (d. 1983)
  • 1953 - Sixto Lezcano, outfielder
  • 1958 - Dave Righetti, All-Star pitcher
  • 1960 - Ken Howell, pitcher
  • 1963 - Walt Weiss, All-Star infielder
  • 1964 - John Burkett, All-Star pitcher
  • 1965 - Matt Williams, All-Star infielder
  • 1969 - Pedro Astacio, pitcher
  • 1969 - Rob Nenn, All-Star pitcher
  • 1976 - Adam Bernero, pitcher
  • 1979 - Nick Logan, outfielder

Deaths[]

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