2000 – Jason Giambi of the Oakland Athletics, who hit .333 with 43 home runs and 137 RBI, wins the American League MVP Award, edging out two-time winner White Sox first baseman Frank Thomas, who had a batting line of .328, 43, 112.
1999 – Randy Johnson wins the N.L. Cy Young Award despite five fewer wins than runner-up Mike Hampton who leads the circuit with 22. Astro teammates Jose Lima and Billy Wagner tie for fourth in the voting.
1998 – Houston signs the 1996 National League MVP and free agent third baseman Ken Caminiti to a multi-year contract as the Padres championship team begins to come apart.
1995 – The Arizona Diamondbacks, who will not begin play until the 1998 season, sign Buck Showalter to a seven-year contract as manager. Showalter guided the New York Yankees to a wild card berth in 1995, but left the team after it lost its first-round playoff series.
1989 – Bret Saberhagen of the Kansas City Royals becomes the fourth pitcher ever to win the American League Cy Young Award twice, getting 27 of a possible 28 first-place votes for his 23 wins, 2.16 ERA season. Previously, he won the award in the 1985 season.
On November 15, 1988, Los Angeles Dodgers Kirk Gibson is named the National League Most Valuable Player with Mets outfielders Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds also receiving first-place votes for the award. The Dodger World Series hero, who is the first MVP not to be named an All-Star in the same season, batted .290 and…
1983 – Shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles is named the Most Valuable Player in the American League. Ripken, who led the league in hits and runs scored, becomes the first major league player to win the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards in back-to-back seasons.
On November 15, 1981, popular Chicago Cubs infielder Steve Macko dies after a courageous battle with cancer. The 27-year-old Macko did not play in 1981 due to the effects of the disease…
November 15, 1980 The Atlanta Braves sign free agent OF Claudell Washington to a 5-year deal worth $3.5 million. “We gave him what he wanted,” said Braves owner Ted Turner. He’s going to help us get in the World Series so he’s worth it.” Game ticket & learn more about the players, teams, stadiums…
1979 – Minnesota Twins pitcher David Goltz, who had a 14-13 mark with a 4.16 ERA, becomes the first major league player to be selected by the maximum thirteen teams in the first round of the free agent reentry draft. Goltz will sign a six-year, three-million dollar contract with the Dodgers, but will be a huge bust.
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