2001
» Arizona P Curt Schilling wins the 2001 Hutch Award, given each year by Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to a player who displays "honor, courage & dedication to baseball while overcoming adversity in their personal or professional lives."
2000
» The Yankees sign Orioles free agent P Mike Mussina to a 6-year contract worth $88.5 million. Mussina says a deciding factor was a call from Joe Torre.
1999
» Members of the umpires association vote 57-35 to form a new union, with one vote voided because the umpire signed his ballot. The NLRB will certify the election results in seven days, if there are no objections. But, Jerry Crawford, the president of the old union, said objections are likely to be filed.
Braves minor leaguer Roger Blanco is killed by robbers in Ctia La Mar, Venezuela. Blanco, 30, was traded to the Braves in 1996 for Mark Whiten.
Pete Rose launches a new web site, allowing fans to add their names to a petition to vote for his reinstatement. He was banned from the game for gambling in August 1989.
1998
» The Diamondbacks sign free agent P Randy Johnson to a 4-year contract.
1995
» The Dodgers sign free agent SS Greg Gagne.
1994
» The Brewers trade P Doug Henry to the Mets in exchange for Javier Gonzales and infielder Fernando Vina. Vina will play 140 games at 2B and hit .283 while Henry will be 2–8 with the Mets.
1992
» The Reds sign free agent P John Smiley to a 4-year contract.
1988
» The Royals sign veteran catcher Bob Boone, who hit a career-high .295 last season.
1981
» Yankees P Dave Righetti (8-4, 2.06 in 1981) wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award.
1972
» Twelve transactions, involving 36 players, take place. Among those sent to new clubs are OF Larry Hisle (to the Twins), 2B Dave Johnson (Braves), OF Del Unser (Phils), Oscar Gamble (Indians), Cesar Tovar (Phils) and OF Hal McRae and P Wayne Simpson (Royals).
1971
» The Twins trade SS Leo Cardenas to the Angels for P Dave LaRoche.
1970
» The White Sox trade OF Ken Berry to the Angels for OF Jay Johnstone in a 6-player deal. The White Sox also make a rare trade with the Cubs when they send OF Jose Ortiz and infielder Ossie Blanco to the North side for pitchers Pat Jacquez and Dave Lemonds.
1967
» The Yankees purchase Gene Michael from the LA Dodgers.
The Cubs give up on pitcher Ray Culp and ship him to the Red Sox for minor leaguer Rudy Schlesinger and cash. A steal for the Sox, Culp will develop a palm ball and win 64 games for them in the next four seasons.
1961
» The Giants acquire pitchers Don Larsen and Billy Pierce from the White Sox for pitchers Eddie Fisher, Dom Zanni, and Verle Tiefenthaler and 1B Bob Farley. The swap is a steal for the Giants, one of their best trades since moving to California. Pierce, another Chicago favorite, will win 16, while Larsen will win five and save 11 for the pennant winners.
Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted National League Rookie of the Year.
1959
» The Orioles trade Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell to the Giants for P Gordon Jones, OF Jackie Brandt, and C Roger McCardell. O'Dell will win 56 games for the Giants.
The Cards send popular SS Don Blasingame to the Giants for infielder Darryl Spencer and Leon Wagner.
1958
» Italian baseball commissioner Prince Borghese visits the U.S. to seek aid in organizing Italian teams.
1953
» The player reps reject Commissioner Ford Frick's plan for a conference on their pension after he bars their attorney's presence.
The Cubs sell C Carl Sawatski to the White Sox.
1952
» On a local TV program, Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson charges that the New York Yankee management is racist for its failure to bring up a black player. George Weiss of the Yanks denies the allegations.
1948
» Player-manager Lou Boudreau is selected the AL MVP.
Boudreau had almost been traded to the Browns earlier
in the year, but protests by fans kept Lou in Cleveland.
After the WS win, owner Bill Veeck commented, "Sometimes
the best trades are the ones you never make."
1932
» The Chicago Cubs get Babe Herman from the Cincinnati Reds for Rollie Hemsley and three others.
1931
» George Gibson comes out of retirement to manage Pittsburgh. Ten years earlier he had led the Pirates to three first-division finishes.
1926
» Bill Carrigan, popular Red Sox manager who won pennants in 1915 and 1916, is drafted out of retirement to resurrect the cellar-dwellers.
1889
» Baltimore drops out of the AA and joins the Atlantic Association.