2001
» The White Sox send IF Herbert Perry to the Rangers in exchange for a player to be named.

1995
» Pat Gillick is named GM of the Baltimore Orioles.

1993
» The Astros trade P Xavier Hernandez to the Yankees in exchange for P Domingo Jean and 2B Andy Stankiewicz.

1992
» The Blue Jays sign free agent IF–OF Darnell Coles.

1991
» The Dodgers acquire OF Eric Davis and P Kip Gross from the Reds in exchange for P Tim Belcher and John Wetteland. The Dodgers have high expectations of the brittle Davis, but he'll play in just 76 games in 1992.

The Mets sign free agent 1B Eddie Murray to a 2-year, $7.5 million contract.

Lee Elia is named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.

1989
» Five-time National League All-Star Tony Pena signs as a free agent with the Red Sox.

1985
» Vince Coleman, who stole 110 bases for the Cardinals, joins Frank Robinson, Orlando Cepeda, and Willie McCovey as the only unanimous winners of the National League Rookie of the Year Award.

1984
» The 1984 American League Gold Glove team is announced, and it is made up of the same nine players as the 1983 team: catcher Lance Parrish, 1B Eddie Murray, 2B Lou Whitaker, 3B Buddy Bell, SS Alan Trammell, outfielders Dwight Evans, Dave Winfield, and Dwayne Murphy, and pitcher Ron Guidry.

1981
» The Tigers trade OF Steve Kemp to the White Sox for OF Chet Lemon.

1974
» Cardinal OF Bake McBride wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award.

Bowie Kuhn suspend Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for two years as a result of Steinbrenner's conviction for illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon and others.

1973
» 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.

1972
» In a great trade for New York, the Indians swap 3B Graig Nettles and C Gerry Moses to the Yankees for C John Ellis, IF Jerry Kenney, and outfielders Charlie Spikes and Rusty Torres.

1970
» Carl Morton, who was 18-11 for the last-place Expos, receives the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Morton beats out Reds OF Bernie Carbo, 11 votes to 8. Both Rookies of the Year will be dead by 1983.

1967
» The New York Mets send P Bill Denehy and $100,000 to the Senators for Washington's manager, Gil Hodges. Jim Lemon is named manager of the Senators.

1963
» Chicago P Gary Peters edges teammate 3B Pete Ward and Minnesota OF Jimmie Hall for American League rookie honors.

The A's acquire 1B Jim Gentile and $25,000 from the Orioles for 1B Norm Siebern.

1962
» The Braves swap aging slugger Joe Adcock and P Jack Curtis to the Indians for P Frank Funk, outfielders Don Dillard and Ty Cline. With the addition of the 35-year-old slugger Adcock, 1B prospect Walt Bond will spend another year in the minors. Bond hit .380 with six home runs in 50 at-bats for Cleveland in September.

1961
» The White Sox again trade fan favorite Minnie Minoso, this time to St. Louis for OF/1B Joe Cunningham.

1956
» Charlie Peete, given a good shot at being the first black starter on the Cardinals, is killed in a plane crash in Caracas, Venezuela. Peete, who had appeared in 23 games for St. Louis in 1956, was returning from playing winter ball.

1953
» Indians 3B Al Rosen is unanimously named the American League's MVP with a record 336 votes. In the National League, Dodger C Roy Campanella is named MVP.

1951
» The Browns send C Sherm Lollar, P Al Widmar, and infielder Tommy Upton to the White Sox for C Gus Niarhos, P Dick Littlefield, 1B Gordy Goldsberry, Joe DeMaestri, and OF Jim Rivera. Rivera, a favorite of Browns manager Hornsby, will return to the Sox in eight months.

1950
» The Red Sox sign former Cleveland SS great Lou Boudreau as a player to a 2-year contract worth an estimated $150,000.

1947
» Setting off a storm of controversy, Joe DiMaggio is named American League MVP by a single point over Ted Williams. Williams, the Triple Crown winner, receives 201 points, and is completely left off one writer's ballot. A 10th-place vote would have given Williams the needed 2 points. Williams is selected The Sporting News Player of the Year.

1941
» Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP. His 56-game hitting streak edges out Ted Williams and his .406 batting average for the award (291 votes for DiMaggio and 254 for Williams).

1922
» Cards OF Austin McHenry, 27, dies from a brain tumor. After hitting .350 with 17 home runs in 1921, he became ill during the 1922 season and was hitting .303 when forced to quit.

1910
» The touring Detroit Tigers, with Ty Cobb and Crawford in the lineup, play an exhibition game in Havana, Cuba. With George Mullin on the mound, the Tigers beat Almendares, 4–0.