IN THE NEWS: Steve Carlton joins Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver, and Jim Palmer as the only pitchers to win three Cy Young Awards, garnering 23 of 24 first-place votes to take National League honors. Carlton was 24-9 with a 2.34 ERA and led the NL with 286 strikeouts.
Forty-year-old Sadaharu Oh, professional baseball's all-time home run king with 868 in 22 seasons in Japan, retires.
IN THE NEWS: Despite having missed 45 games with injuries, George Brett is named American League MVP. The 27-year-old third sacker's .390 average was the highest in the ML since Ted Williams' .406 in 1941. He added 24 home runs and 118 RBI to lead Kansas City to its first AL pennant.
The Yankees trade catcher Brad Gulden and cash to Seattle for infielder Larry Milbourne and a player to be named. That player will turn out to be Gulden, who Seattle will ship back to the Yanks on May 18, 1981.
IN THE NEWS: Ending weeks of speculation that he would be fired despite having led the Yankees to 103 wins last season, manager Dick Howser "resigns" and is immediately replaced by GM Gene Michael.
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