1914 - Connie Mack of the Philadelphia A's, citing a loss of $50,000 for lack of fan support, starts to clean house by waiving Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Bender. Plank and Bender eventually signed with the Federal League.

1916 - New York theater owner and producer Harry H. Frazee bought the Boston Red Sox for $675,000.

1938 - Ernie Lombardi of Cincinnati won the National League MVP award.

1951 - Brooklyn's Roy Campanella won the first of three National League MVP awards.

1966 - Sandy Koufax of Los Angeles became the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award in the last year there was one selection for both leagues.

1968 - Detroit's Denny McLain, the last 30-game winner in major league history, was the unanimous winner of the American League Cy Young award.

1978 - New York's Ron Guidry, 25-3, was the unanimous winner of the American League Cy Young award. Guidry led the league in shutouts (9) and ERA (1.79).

2006 - Reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, becoming the third player penalized this year for violating Major League Baseball's toughened drug policy.

Today's birthday: Coco Crisp 30.Nov. 2

1913 - St. Louis Browns manager George Stovall became the first to jump to the Federal League, signing to manage Kansas City.

1934 - William Heydler resigned as NL president due to poor health.

1938 - Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox won his third American League MVP award. Foxx won in 1932 and 1933 with the Philadelphia A's.

1950 - Philadelphia's Jim Konstanty became the first pitcher in eight years to win the National League MVP award.

1971 - Baltimore's Pat Dobson pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Yomiuri Giants. It was the first no-hitter in Japanese-American exhibition history.

1972 - Steve Carlton, a 27-game winner for the last-place 59-97 Philadelphia Phillies, was the unanimous winner of the National League Cy Young award winner. Carlton went 27-10 with a 1.97 ERA and accounted for 46 percent of the team's wins.

1974 - The Atlanta Braves traded Hank Aaron to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Dave May.

Today's birthdays: Yunel Escobar 27; Orlando Cabrera 35.Nov. 3

1926 - Ty Cobb resigned as Detroit manager and announced his retirement from baseball.

1934 - Mickey Cochrane of Detroit beat Triple Crown winner Lou Gehrig for the American League MVP award. Dizzy Dean of St. Louis, with a 30-7 record, was named NL MVP.

1965 - Sandy Koufax of Los Angeles won the CY Young award with a unanimous vote. Koufax went 26-8 with a 2.04 ERA and a record 382 strikeouts.

1981 - Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers won the American League Cy Young award. Fingers had 28 saves and a 1.04 ERA and collected 22 of 28 first-place votes.

1987 - Oakland's Mark McGwire won the American League Rookie of the Year award unanimously. McGwire set a record for rookies with 49 home runs.

2006 - Pitcher Greg Maddux won his 16th Gold Glove, tying the record shared by pitcher Jim Kaat and third baseman Brooks Robinson.Nov. 4

1942 - For the second straight year Boston's Ted Williams finished second in the MVP voting to a New York Yankee. Williams, despite hitting for the Triple Crown with 36 home runs, 137 RBIs and a .356 average, lost out to Joe Gordon. Gordon batted .322 with 18 homers and 103 RBIs. The previous year Williams batted .406 and finished second to Joe DiMaggio.

1959 - Ernie Banks of Chicago became the first player to win consecutive National League MVP awards.

1975 - Baltimore's Jim Palmer, the AL leader in wins (23), shutouts (10) and ERA (2.09), won his second Cy Young award.

1976 - The first mass-market free agent draft was held. Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Don Gullet, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor, Bobby Grich were among those available.

1980 - Steve Carlton won his third National League Cy Young award. Carlton was 24-9 with 2.34 ERA with Philadelphia.

Today's birthday: John Grabow 31.Nov. 5

1976 - The Mariners and Blue Jays each select thirty players in the expansion draft. Seattle picks Royals' outfielder Ruppert Jones and Toronto selects Orioles' shortstop Bob Bailor as their team's respective first picks.

1996 - Derek Jeter was the unanimous choice for the American League's Rookie of the Year. The 22-year old shortstop became the eighth Yankees rookie to be honored and the first since Dave Righetti won 1981.

2008 - Pitcher Greg Maddux won his 18th Gold Glove, extending his major league record.

Today's birthday: Johnny Damon 36.Nov. 6

1969 - For the first time in Cy Young Award voting history a tie occurred with Detroit's Denny McLain (24-9, 2.80) and Baltimore's Mike Cuellar (23-11, 2.38).

1974 - The Dodgers' Mike Marshall became the first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. Marshall set major league records for relievers with innings pitched (206), game appearances (106), consecutive games (14) and games finished (83).

1984 - Detroit's Willie Hernandez joined Rollie Fingers as the only other reliever to win the MVP award and Cy Young Award in the same season. Hernandez edged Kansas City relief pitcher Dan Quisenberry for the top pitching prize a week earlier.

2000 - Seattle relief pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki (2-5, 3.16, 37 saves) became the second-oldest major leaguer to win rookie of the year honors as the 32-year old captured the American League honor. Boston Braves rookie Sam Jethroe was 33 days older than the Japanese reliever when he won the National League award in 1950.

2002 - Randy Johnson won his fifth (fourth consecutive with the Diamondbacks) Cy Young Award. The ``Big Unit'' had 24 victories, 334 strikeouts and an 2.32 era to become the first National League pitcher since Dwight Gooden in 1985 to win pitching's equivalent of the triple crown.

Today's birthdays: Ricky Romero 26; Adam LaRoche 30.Nov. 7

1963 - Elston Howard was named the American League's Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the first black player to receive the honor. Joining Roger Maris (1960-61) and Mickey Mantle (1962), the New York catcher became the third consecutive Yankee to win the MVP.

1972 - For the second time in three years, Cincinnati catcher Johnny Bench wins the National League MVP award.

1973 - New Jersey became the first state to allow girls to play on Little League baseball teams.

1990 - Cleveland's Sandy Alomar Jr. wins the AL Rookie of the Year joining Carlton Fisk and Mark McGwire as the only players to be elected unanimously.

2003 - Mexico upsets the United States Olympic baseball team 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the qualifying tournament. The loss knocked the Americans out of the 2004 Olympic Games held in Athens.

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