On November 26, 1993, the last surviving member of the St. Louis Cardinals “Gashouse Gang” passes away. 83-year old Burgess Whitehead dies from a heart attack in Windsor, North Carolina. Whitehead served as a backup for the 1934 World Champions.
On November 22, 1993, the Texas Rangers sign free agent Will “The Thrill” Clark to a multi-year contract. The slick-fielding, hard-hitting Clark leaves the San Francisco Giants after eight seasons in the Bay Area. Clark, who batted .283 with 73 RBIs for the Giants, will raise his average to .329 with the Rangers in 1994….
The Dodgers trade future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez to the Expos for second baseman Delino DeShields, who will hit .241 during his three seasons with Los Angeles. The 21 year-old Dominican right-hander will win 55 of 88 decisions in his four-year tenure with Montreal, before being dealt to Boston before the 1998 campaign.
On November 12, 1993, Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey dies at the age of 86. The former New York Yankees’ great, who was elected to the Hall in 1954, batted .313 with 202 home runs over a 17-year career in the major leagues.
Greg Maddux (20-10, 2.36) wins his second Cy Young Award when he easily outpoints Bill Swift of the Giants and teammate Tom Glavine on ballots cast by the BBWAA. The 27 year-old right-hander becomes first hurler to win the prestigious pitcher prize in back-to-back seasons for different teams, having copped the award with the Cubs last season.
1993 – The Cleveland Indians trade pitcher Heathcliff Slocumb to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for outfielder Ruben Amaro, Jr.
1993 – Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott returns to take over the day-to-day operations of the Reds following her nine-month suspension for using racial and ethnic epithets.
History of the World Series – 1993 The Carter-vs.-Williams scenario unfolded in a momentous setting, to be sure — the World Series. With Carter and his Toronto teammates leading the ’93 Series by a three games-to-two count over Philadelphia but trailing 6-5 in the ninth inning of Game 6, the Blue Jays went to bat…
October 23, 1993 The sixth game in the Toronto Blue Jays — Philadelphia Phillies World Series was a rematch between Game 2 starters Terry Mulholland and Dave Stewart. Toronto scored in the bottom of the first on a Paul Molitor triple, Joe Carter sacrifice fly, and Roberto Alomar RBI single. Molitor added a solo…
1993 – The night after Toronto wins a 15 – 14 slugfest, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling outduels Juan Guzman, 2 – 0, in Game 5 to send the World Series back to Toronto. Schilling also becomes the first Phillies pitcher to throw a shutout in the Series.
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