Baseball History · On This Day On This Day: January 20 Posted on January 20, 2021 by Baseballia 1916 The New York Giants buy CF Edd Roush from the Newark Peppers of the defunct Federal League for $7,500. Roush will hit just .188 in New York before being packaged to Cincinnati, where he will blossom into a Hall of Famer for the Reds.