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This Day In Baseball History: December 21st
By Administrator | December 21, 2009
In 1918, a year before they sold Babe Ruth to the NY Yankees, the Red Sox sent outfielder Duffy Lewis and pitchers Dutch Leonard and Ernie Shore to the Yankees in exchange for pitchers Ray Caldwell and Slim Love, outfielder Frank Gilhooey, catcher Al Walters and $15,000.
In 1944, in the closest vote in the history of the NL MVP Award, Cardinals shortstop Marty Marion tallied one more vote than Cubs slugger Bill Nicholson to take home the award… led by Marion, the Cardinals had committed only 112 errors and compiled a .982 fielding percentage — breaking both previous records held by the 1940 Reds.
In 1960, Chicago Cubs owner P.K. Wrigley announced the club would not have a manager in 1961, but instead would use a college of coaches.
In 1995, the Baltimore Orioles signed free-agent second baseman Roberto Alomar to a three-year, $18 million contract.
In 2000, 41-year old outfielder Tim Raines agreed to a minor league contract with the Expos, the team he broke in with in 1979… he had retired during spring training hoping to make the US Olympic team, but after his failed tryout the .295 career batting average decided to return to the major leagues.
In 2005, the Oakland Athletics announced they would no longer sell tickets for the third deck of McAfee Coliseum… the decision left the A’s home field with the smallest capacity in major league baseball (McAfee now would seat only 34,179, far fewer than Fenway Park’s expanded capacity of 38,805).
In 2007, the Cincinnati Reds traded OF Josh Hamilton to the Taxes Rangers for pitchers Edinson Volquez and Danny Herrera.
Born Today: Dave Kingman (1948), Tom Henke (1957), Dustin Hermanson (1972)
Topics: MLB History |
