On November 6 in Baseball History...

    1938 - The three DiMaggio brothers play together for the first time, making up an outfield for an all-star team in a West Coast charity game.

    1950 - Branch Rickey signs a five-year deal with the Pirates to be the club's executive vice president and general manager. The 'Mahatma's' magic doesn't seem to work as the Bucs will compile a 269-501 record (.349) during his tenure in Pittsburgh.

    1969 - Denny McLain and Mike Cuellar finish dead even in American League Cy Young Award voting. McLain held an edge in wins (24-23), complete games (23-18), shutouts (9-5), and innings (325-290.2), but Cuellar has a stingy 2.38 ERA and batters hit just .204 against him.

    1970 - Jim Perry of the Twins wins the American League Cy Young Award in a close race. Perry, who won twenty-four games during the season, receives fifty-five points to edge out Dave McNally (47), Sam Mcdowell (45), and Mike Cuellar (44).

    1974 - Mike Marshall becomes the first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. Ironman Marshall set major league records with one-hundred six appearances and two-hundred eight innings pitched in relief for the National League champion Dodgers.

    1976 - Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell becomes the first of the free agent crop to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox with a contract calling for $1 million over four years.

    1984 - Willie Hernandez wins the American League Most Valuable Player Award, joining Rollie Fingers as the only relief pitchers to be named Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Award winner in the same season. The Tiger closer had edged out fellow relief pitcher Dan Quisenberry for the top pitching prize a week ago.

    1987 - The Reds trade right-handed pitcher Ted Power and shortstop Kurt Stillwell to the Royals for shortstop Angel Salazar and left-hander Danny Jackson. The southpaw, 9-18 for KC this year, will be the runner-up for the National League's Cy Young Award next season compiling a 23-8 record along with a 2.73 ERA for Cincinnati.

    1990 - Braves outfielder David Justice wins the National League Rookie of the Year award. He hit .282 with 28 home runs, 20 coming after he replaced Dale Murphy in right field in early August.

    1996 - Todd Hollandsworth continues a Dodger tradition. The outfielder is the fifth consecutive Dodger and 16th player in franchise history to be named National League Rookie of the Year.

    1997 - Milwaukee is back in the National League 31 years after the Braves left the city for Atlanta. The Brewers are the first team to ever switch from the American League to the National League. With an expansion team joining each league in 1998, the move keeps an even number of teams in both leagues to allow interleague play to occur at selected times of the season.

    1997 - For a second time, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America names Dusty Baker as the National League's Manager of the Year. The Giants skipper, who led his team to a surprising 90-72 record, first honored in 1993, and will win the honor again in 2002.

    2000 - Mariner closer Kazuhiro Sasaki (2-5, 3.16, 37 saves) becomes the second-oldest major leaguer to win rookie of the year honors when the 32-year old captures 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.

    2001 - Denying it's a negotiating ploy, major league owners give commissioner Bud Selig the authority to "begin the process" of eliminating two 'to be announced' teams by a 28-2 vote. Donald Fehr, the Players Association executive director, calls the action of possibly eliminating the Expos, Twins or Marlins most imprudent and unfortunate, and the worst manner in which to begin the process of negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.

    2002 -  Citing Dusty Baker's reluctance to stay with the organization, an unhappy general manager Brian Sabean announces the Giant skipper of the last ten years will not be back to manage in San Francisco next season. The National League pennant-winning skipper has supposedly expressed an interest in the Cubs and Mariners.

    2002 - Randy Johnson wins his fifth Cy Young Award, the fourth consecutive with the Diamondbacks. The 39-year old southpaw, with 24 victories, 334 strikeouts and a 2.32 era, becomes the first National League hurler since Dwight Gooden in 1985 to win the pitching equivalent of the triple crown.

    2006 - After refusing to remove his Dodgers hat at a City Council meeting, Charles Littleton is TASERed with 50,000 volts by Saginaw (MI) police. The 22 year-old Saginaw Valley State University student, attending the meeting to gain extra credit for a sociology class, became unruly, according to police, upon being asked to take off his baseball cap.

    2007 - At their annual meeting, baseball's general managers vote 25-5 in favor of using instant replays on a limited basis. The proposal, which owners, players and umpires will need to approve to make the use of video a reality, would be utilized only in determining home run calls in doubt due to possible fan interference, balls clearing the fence, and balls near or over the foul pole.

    2007 - Breaking a tie with former Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson and veteran hurler Jim Kaat for the most in a career, Greg Maddux wins his 17th Gold Glove, an award given for fielding excellence chosen by the managers and coaches in each league. The 41-year-old future Hall of Famer, now with the Padres, has been selected every year as the top fielding pitcher in the National League since 1990 with the exception of 2003 when Mike Hampton of the Braves won the honor.

    2007 - Curt Schilling agrees to terms to stay with the World Champion Red Sox. The $8 million, one-year deal includes an additional $5 million in bonuses, $3 million based on innings pitched and another $2 million based on the right-hander's weight.

    2009 - The Diamondbacks exercise their $8.5 million option on the 2006 Cy Young Award winner, Brandon Webb. The 30-year-old right-handed starter, who underwent shoulder surgery in August, was shut down after pitching just four innings on Opening Day and did not take the mound again for the duration of the season.

    2014 - The Dodgers announce their new general will be Zaidi Farhan, the former Director of Baseball Operations and assistant GM of the A's. The MIT graduate, the first Muslim to hold the position for any American professional sports franchise, joins the team's overhauled front office, which also includes the recent hired Andrew Friedman as the president of baseball operations and Josh Byrnes as the senior vice president for baseball operations. 



    Baseball Birthdays on November 6...

    1852 - Dean, Dory
    1860 - Behel, Steve
    1865 - Crowell, Billy
    1867 - Shinnick, Tim
    1876 - Altizer, Dave
    1876 - Green, Danny
    1877 - Sheehan, Tommy
    1887 - Johnson, Walter
    1890 - Bell, Ralph
    1891 - Torphy, Red
    1891 - McCleskey, Jeff
    1893 - Fillingim, Dana
    1898 - Tolson, Chick
    1899 - Munson, Joe
    1907 - Clark, Earl
    1910 - Covington, Chet
    1911 - Gabler, Frank
    1917 - Repass, Bob
    1919 - Carswell, Frank
    1922 - Kerr, Buddy
    1925 - Addis, Bob
    1926 - Hisner, Harley
    1928 - Wilson, Bill
    1930 - Darnell, Bob
    1932 - Oldham, John
    1938 - Jones, Mack
    1942 - Gosger, Jim
    1947 - Pitlock, Skip
    1947 - Arnold, Chris
    1953 - Candelaria, John
    1959 - Hernandez, Leo
    1960 - Romanick, Ron
    1962 - Garcia, Leo
    1965 - Givens, Brian
    1965 - Magallanes, Ever
    1968 - Curtis, Chad
    1969 - Wengert, Don
    1970 - Petersen, Chris
    1971 - Trammell, Bubba
    1972 - Skrmetta, Matt
    1973 - Speier, Justin
    1973 - Almanzar, Carlos
    1975 - Cruz, Deivi
    1979 - LaRoche, Adam
    1980 - Thompson, Mike
    1983 - Maxwell, Justin
    1984 - Matos, Osiris
    1984 - Romero, Ricky
    1984 - Severino, Atahualpa
    1987 - Cotham, Caleb
    1987 - Rasmus, Cory
    1988 - Paxton, James



    Baseball Deaths on November 6...

    1924 - Leber, Emil
    1925 - McClellan, Harvey
    1928 - Cooney, Bill
    1931 - Chesbro, Jack
    1935 - Sunday, Billy
    1949 - Richardson, Bill
    1950 - Glendon, Martin
    1951 - Husta, Carl
    1953 - Dougherty, Tom
    1958 - Diehl, Ernie
    1958 - Mattern, Al
    1961 - Hartzell, Roy
    1963 - Mitchell, Clarence
    1964 - Phillips, Buz
    1982 - Baker, Al
    1983 - Lawrence, Bob
    1993 - Sadowski, Ed
    1994 - Dusak, Erv
    2003 - Jorgensen, Spider
    2009 - Reis, Tommy
    2009 - Roselli, Bob
    2010 - Van Noy, Jay
    2013 - Parker, Ace