11-01-1979 – EDWARD BENNETT WILLIAMS purchased the BALTIMORE ORIOLES from JEROLD HOFFBERGER for the reported sum of $ 12.3 million.
11-02-1881 – The AMERICAN ASSOCIATION is formed.
11-02-1950 – Having won 16 and saved 22 games while appearing in a MLB record 74 games, PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES RHP JIM KONSTANTY was voted the NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP, becoming the first relief pitcher ever to win this award.
11-02-1964 – CBS purchases 80% ownership of the NEW YORK YANKEES for $11,200,000, with the network later buying the remaining 20%.
11-04-1980 – After 22 seasons, 40-year-old SADAHARU OH, the home run king of all professional baseball with 868 round trippers, retires from the only team he ever played for in Japan, the YOMIURI GIANTS.
11-04-1996 – TONI STONE (MARCENIA LYLE ALBERGA) died at the age of 75 . She may have been the best woman ballplayer nobody ever saw, becaming the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues, for the INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS, in 1953.
11-04-2001 – In the first World Series extending into the month of November, the ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS down the mighty NEW YORK YANKEES, 3-2, in Game 7 of a truly exciting series of games.
11-05-1869 – Over 7000 Cincinnati fans brave cold weather to watch their RED STOCKINGS club win their 60TH game of the season without a defeat, defeating the visiting MUTUAL GREEN STOCKINGS of NEW YORK club, 17-8.
11-05-2001 – DAVE DOMBROWSKI resigns as President of the FLORIDA MARLINS to become President of the DETROIT TIGERS.
11-07-1997 – LARRY ROTHSCHILD, the FLORIDA MARLINS Pitching Coach, is named as the first Manager of the expansion TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS.
11-08-1860 – The BROOKLYN EXCELSIORS blanked the ST. GEORGE CRICKET CLUB, 25-0, in the first recorded shutout in baseball history.
11-10-1870 – At the New York State Base Ball Convention in Albany, a motion was carried which stated no club in New York composed of colored men should be admitted to the National Association.
11-10-1964 – The MILWAUKEE BRAVES signed a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta Stadium.
11-10-1998 – Hall of Fame pitcher HAROLD "HAL" NEWHOUSER died at the age of 77 in Southfield, Michigan. Known as "Prince Hal" he was the only hurler ever to receive two consecutive MVP Awards, in 1944 and 1945.
11-11-1960 – The financially-strapped MEMPHIS CHICKS bowed out of the SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION after 60 years as a charter member.
11-11-1999 – TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS 3B WADE BOGGS ends his sure-to-be Hall of Fame career by announcing his retirement at TROPICANA FIELD.
11-12-1993 – Baseball Hall of Fame catcher WILLIAM MALCOLM "BILL" DICKEY died at the age of 86. He was the premier catcher in baseball throughout the 1930s on into the 1940s. Quote – "Bill Dickey isn't just a catcher, he's a ballclub." – DAN DANIEL.
11-13-1939 – The famed Western story author, W.C. TUTTLE was re-elected President of the PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
11-13-1958 – New York Mayor ROBERT WAGNER announced preliminary plans for a third major league, in what will later become known as the CONTINENTAL LEAGUE.
11-13-1964 – Former MLB pitcher then later CINCINNATI REDS Manager FREDERICK CHARLES HUTCHINSON dies of cancer at the age of 45 in Bradenton, Florida. In ten seasons pitching with the DETROIT TIGERS he compiled a 95-71 record with a 3.73 ERA.
11-14-1961 – JOHN FETZER purchased the outstanding one-third interest in the DETROIT TIGERS making him sole owner of the club.
11-14-1986 – Primary ownership of the NEW YORK METS passes from DOUBLEDAY & CO. to NELSON DOUBLEDAY and FRED WILPON.
11-15-2003 – C EARL JESSE BATTEY JR died at the age of 68 in Ocala, Florida. He was regarded as the best catcher in MINNESOTA TWINS history and one of the top catchers in the majors during the 1960s. In Game 3 of the 1965 World Series, he ran into a neck-high crossbar in DODGER STADIUM chasing a foul ball, playing the remainder of the 7-game series even though he could hardly speak nor turn his head. Quote: "He was the best catcher I ever played with. Few realize how great of a player he was. He was a leader on and off the field. He was a first-class guy." - HARMON KILLEBREW.
11-16-1992 – The COLORADO ROCKIES sign their first free-agent, 1B ANDRES GALARRAGA.
11-17-1960 – A bid by USAF Lieutenant General ELWOOD RICHARD "PETE" QUESADA, head of the FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY, for the new WASHINGTON SENATORS franchise is approved by the AMERICAN LEAGUE owners.
11-17-1965 – Retired USAF Lieutenant General WILLIAM DOLE ECKERT is named as Commissioner of Major League Baseball, however his tenure would last less than four years
11-17-1992 – Canadian-born OF NIGEL WILSON is selected as the first choice of the FLORIDA MARLINS from the TORONTO BLUE JAYS in the MLB Expansion Draft.
11-18-1981 – DICK WILLIAMS is named Manager of the SAN DIEGO PADRES, replacing FRANK HOWARD.
11-18-2003 – P KEN BRETT died at the age of 55 in Spokane, Washington. He was the older brother of Hall of Fame 3B KEN BRETT, and with the BOSTON RED SOX in 1967 he made MLB history becoming the youngest pitcher ever to appear in a World Series at the age of 19 years 1 month, posting 1.1 scoreless innings against the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS.
11-19-1960 – MICKEY VERNON is named as manager of the new WASHINGTON SENATORS.
11-19-1987 – KEVIN COSTNER, SUSAN SARANDON and TIM ROBBINS star in the film "BULL DURHAM", directed by former minor league player RON SHELTON, most of which is filmed at DURHAM ATHLETIC PARK and surrounding locations. The movie release in 1988 brings the DURHAM BULLS national attention and the famous "snorting bull" which was originally to be used only as a prop for the production has remained a staple at the stadium ever since.
11-22-1997 – The infield dirt is spread out at the home for the expansion TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS in TROPICANA FIELD.
11-24-1953 – The MONTREAL ROYALS Manager WALTER ALSTON was named the new skipper of the BROOKLYN DODGERS, replacing CHARLIE DRESSEN, going on to be one of the most successful managers in MLB history, working one one-year contracts for 23 seasons.
11-24-2003 – Hall of Fame LHP WARREN SPAHN died at the age of 82 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He was the winningest left-hander in MLB history with a 363-245 record.
11-25-1962 – Fresh off his fifth straight .300 season, the AMERICAN LEAGUE batting champion PETE RUNNELS is traded, in an extremely strange move, by his BOSTON RED SOX to the HOUSTON COLT .45s for ROMAN MEJIAS.
11-26-1960 – MINNESOTA TWINS is the appropriate new name chosen for the club transplanted from Washington to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
11-27-1927 – A syndicate led by JOHN SHERWIN and ALVA BRADLEY purchased the CLEVELAND INDIANS from the estate of "Sunny" JIM DUNN. The Bradley ownership would be the longest in franchise history, but would not produce a championship.
11-28-1859 – The first base ball club on the West Coast is formed, being the EAGLE CLUB of San Francisco.
11-29-1962 – The INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE and PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE absorbed the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION to become two ten-club circuits.
11-29-1976 – Free Agent OF REGGIE JACKSON signs a five-year contract with the NEW YORK YANKEES.
11-30-1988 – Former MLB outfielder WALLY BERGER died at the age of 83 in Redondo Beach, California.
