IN THE NEWS: Dodgers P Hideo Nomo (13–6) is named National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the 1st Japanese player ever to win a major American baseball award.
IN THE NEWS: Minnesota's Marty Cordova is named American League Rookie of the Year, winning by six points over California's Garret Anderson, who outhit him by 44 points.
Gaffney Street, near the former site of Braves Field in Boston, is renamed Harry Agganis Way, after the former Boston University and Red Sox star who died during the 1955 season.
IN THE NEWS: Atlanta P Greg Maddux wins the National League Cy Young Award for an unprecedented 4th straight time. Maddux had a remarkable 19–2 record with a 1.63 ERA, the 2nd year his ERA is below 1.80. Only Walter Johnson has done that.
IN THE NEWS: The Yankees trade minor league P Mike DeJean and a player to be named to the Rockies for C Joe Girardi. Girardi will solidify the catching for New York, while DeJean will set a ML mark for most appearances without a loss. He'll go 7–0 through 1998, while making 88 appearances, breaking a little-known mark set by Phil Paine. DeJean will be 2–4 in '99.
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