2002
» Detroit sends 1B Randall Simon to Pittsburgh for minor league P Adrian Burnside and a pair of minor leagues to be named.

The Red Sox sign 28-year–old Theo Epstein as their new general manager. He becomes the youngest GM in ML history.

1998
» The Angels sign free agent 1B Mo Vaughn to a 6–year contract, a year longer than the Sox were willing to give Mo.

1991
» The Expos trade 1B Andres Galarraga to the Cardinals in exchange for P Ken Hill.

1986
» Jose Canseco wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award, becoming the first A's player to do so since Harry Byrd in 1952.

1985
» White Sox SS Ozzie Guillen, who hit .273 with just 12 errors in 150 games, is named American League Rookie of the Year. Milwaukee lefty Teddy Higuera finishes 2nd.

1981
» Rollie Fingers becomes the first relief pitcher ever to win the American League MVP Award, edging Oakland's Rickey Henderson 319-308.

1974
» Mike Hargrove of the Rangers takes American League Rookie of the Year honors.

1972
» TSN announces Gold Glove Award winners. Pirate Roberto Clemente wins his 12th straight, and Dodger 1B Wes Parker his 6th in a row. Neither will play in 1973.

1970
» Yankee catcher Thurman Munson receives 23 of 24 votes in being named American League Rookie of the Year. Munson batted .302 in 132 games.

1969
» Kansas City OF Lou Piniella is voted American League Rookie of the Year.

The Reds trade Alex Johnson and Chico Ruiz to the California Angels for pitchers Pedro Borbon, Jim McGlothlin and Vern Geishert. The talented but troubled Johnson, who hit over .300 in his two seasons with the Reds, will win the AL batting title in 1970. Borbon and McGlothlin will be valuable additions to the big Red Machine.

1966
» Cincinnati IF Tommy Helms is voted National League Rookie of the Year.

1962
» Boston trades American League batting champ Pete Runnels to Houston for OF Roman Mejias.

1958
» The BBWAA names Chicago Cubs slugger Ernie Banks the 1958 MVP. Willie Mays is the runner-up.

1952
» The St. Louis Cardinals seek payment from the New York Giants for two televised games in an effort to determine the TV and radio rights of visiting teams for revenue.

1949
» Ted Williams, who lost the Triple Crown when his batting average was .0002 below that of George Kell, wins the MVP vote in a landslide. Phil Rizzuto and Joe Page finish 2nd and 3rd in the voting.

1947
» Sam Breadon sells the Cardinal empire to Postmaster General Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh. The price is in excess of $4 million with the new owners getting the Cardinal players, physical assets, 16 minor league franchises, $2.1 million in reserve funds and payment on a new ballpark site, 4 minor league parks, and the lease on Sportsman's Park. Breadon had first acquired an interest in the Cardinals in 1917 and bought control in 1920 for an investment of $350,000.

1944
» Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's first commissioner, dies of a heart attack at age 78 in Chicago. The Commissioner had ruled over baseball since November 1920 in the wake of the Black Sox scandal, and wielded authority perhaps unparalleled in any other industry. Landis had entered the hospital on October 2nd. He will be named to the Hall of Fame on December 9th by a special committee which he formed on August 4th.

1941
» Lou Boudreau is named player-manager of the Cleveland Indians. Boudreau, at 24 years, 4 months, and 8 days, is the youngest manager appointed.

1930
» The Sporting News, also acting to fill the MVP void, announces its selection of Bill Terry as the Most Valuable Player in the National League, and Joe Cronin in the American League.

1911
» William Russell, head of the syndicate that owns the Boston Nationals, dies. No doubt helping his demise was watching his team finish the season with a winning percentage of .291. John Montgomery Ward, along with New Yorkers James Gaffney and John Carroll, will purchase 945 of the 1000 shares for $177,000. The team, known as the Rustlers after William Russell, will start next season as the Braves.

1899
» Sporting Life reports that President Freedman of the Giants wants to reduce the National League to eight clubs and purify the game by eliminating "certain parties who have been unduly prominent in the sport for cheap notoriety and the money there is in it."

1889
» Jack Glasscock, claiming that his pledge to the Brotherhood does not constitute a binding contract, signs with the Indianapolis National League club, thus becoming the first "double jumper."