1. materials characteristic of baseball and the culture of baseball; 2. collectible baseball Americana
1972
Eventual Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry wins the AL Cy Young award by a 64-58 margin over Chicago White Sox knuckleballer Wilbur Wood. Perry won 24 games for the fifth-place Cleveland Indians.
1975
San Francisco Giants pitcher John “the Count” Montefusco outpoints Montreal Expos catcher Gary Carter for NL Rookie of the Year honors. But it will not hinder Carter from having a Hall of Fame career.
1949
The Chicago White Sox made what has been arguably their best trade ever, sending catcher Joe Tipton, who hit .204 in his one season in Chicago, to the Philadelphia Athletics for a young second baseman named Nellie Fox. The future Hall of Fame keystone player would appear in over 2100 games for the Pale Hose, compiling a .291…
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1995
The Braves won their first World Series since moving to Atlanta with a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Indians in Game 6. Tom Glavine, now in the Hall of Fame, and Mark Wohlers combined on a one-hitter and David Justice homered in the sixth inning.
1985
The Kansas City Royals, behind Bret Saberhagen’s five-hit pitching, beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-0 in Game 7 of the World Series. It brought the very first MLB World Series championship to KC.
1977
Sparky Lyle becomes the first American League relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. Pitching for the New York Yankees, Lyle leads the league with 72 appearances, posting a 13-5 record with 26 saves and a 2.17 ERA.
1973
It was a dark day in two cities. The Cubs trade six-time 20-game winner Ferguson Jenkins to the Rangers for third baseman Bill Madlock and utility man Vic Harris. Meanwhile, San Francisco trades three-time home run champion Willie McCovey, a Giant since 1959, together with a minor leaguer to the Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell.
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1987
Kent Hrbek’s grand slam highlighted a 15-hit barrage as the Minnesota Twins pounded the St. Louis Cardinals 11-5 at the Metrodome to force the World Series to a seventh game.
1945
Branch Rickey announces the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers organization. He thus sets the wheels in motion to break the back of institutionalized racism in Major League Baseball.
1967
It was on this date 50 years ago that the New York Yankees great, Joe DiMaggio, was hired by Charlie Finley as executive vice president of the newly-transplanted Oakland Athletics.
