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NOVEMBER
1973

Monday, November 5th

PLAYERS BORN ON NOVEMBER 5, 1973
» Johnny Damon in Fort Riley, KS

Tuesday, November 6th

PLAYERS BORN ON NOVEMBER 6, 1973
» Carlos Almanzar in Santiago, D.R.
» Justin Speier in Walnut Creek, CA

Wednesday, November 7th

IN THE NEWS: The Cubs trade 2B Glenn Beckert and a minor league player to the Padres for OF Jerry Morales.

Friday, November 9th

IN THE NEWS: The Reds trade Bobby Tolan and Dave Tomlin to the Padres for P Clay Kirby. All three will have decent years with their new teams.

Tuesday, November 13th

PLAYERS BORN ON NOVEMBER 13, 1973
» Jason Simontacchi in Mountain View, CA

Wednesday, November 14th

IN THE NEWS: Reggie Jackson wins the AL MVP Award unanimously. The Oakland star led the league in runs (99), home runs (32), RBI (117), and slugging (.531). Jim Palmer is named the AL Cy Young winner.

PLAYERS BORN ON NOVEMBER 14, 1973
» Ruben Rivera in Chorrera, Panama

Thursday, November 15th

PLAYERS BORN ON NOVEMBER 15, 1973
» Kevin Gryboski in Wilkes-Barre, PA

Saturday, November 17th

PLAYERS BORN ON NOVEMBER 17, 1973
» Eli Marrero in Havana, Cuba

Wednesday, November 21st

IN THE NEWS: Pete Rose wins the NL MVP in a controversial vote, edging out Willie Stargell. Rose led the league with 230 hits and won his 3rd batting crown with a .338 mark. Stargell led with 44 home runs, 119 RBI, and a .646 slugging average while batting .299.

Thursday, November 22nd

PLAYERS BORN ON NOVEMBER 22, 1973
» Ricky Ledee in Ponce, P.R.

Saturday, November 24th

IN THE NEWS: Bob Gibson wins the last of nine Gold Gloves on the mound, and Joe Morgan wins the first of five at 2B.

Sunday, November 25th

PLAYERS BORN ON NOVEMBER 25, 1973
» Octavio Dotel in Santo Domingo, D.R.

Tuesday, November 27th

IN THE NEWS: Gary Matthews outpolls eight other vote-getters, receiving 11 of 24 nominations for the NL Rookie of the Year Award. The Giants OF batted .300 in 145 games.

Wednesday, November 28th

IN THE NEWS: Oriole Al Bumbry beats out five other vote-getters to win AL Rookie of the Year honors. The OF played just 110 games, but tied for the league lead in triples (11) and batted .337.