On January 10 in Baseball History... 1907 - John McGraw saves the day as he prevents a team of horses from injuring two west coast women. The fiery Giants’ manager's heroic deed of stopping the runaway steeds takes place in the City of Angels, Los Angeles.
1928 - The Giants trade Rogers Hornsby to the Braves for Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh. During Rajah's one-year stay in Boston, his third team in three seasons, the future Hall of Fame second baseman will lead the the major leagues in hitting with a .387 batting average along with an astounding .498 on-base-percentage playing and managing the seventh place club.
1934 - William Walker is elected president of the Cubs replacing Bill Veeck Sr., a former sports writer who won three pennants (1918, 1929, and 1932) during his reign in Chicago's front office. The 56 year-old baseball executive, whose son will become an Hall of Fame major league owner, died of leukemia during the World Series.
1945 - The BBWAA does not elect a new member for the Hall of Fame this year. Frank Chance, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh, all of whom will be inducted by the Veterans' committee in 1946, get the most votes but fall short of the necessary three-fourths of the ballots to be selected. 1950 - Indians' general manager Hank Greenberg relieves of his duties when the coach's son fails to sign with Tribe signs and is inked by the Red Sox. George Jr., who will makes his major league debut against the Yankees in 1955, compiles a 22-17 record in 117 games during his 5 seasons with Boston and Detroit.
1950 - The Phillies officially abandon using the nickname of Blue Jays, a moniker that never caught the fancy of the Philadelphia fandom. The unpopular name had been selected from an entry in a 1944 contest, with the choice appearing as a logo on a sleeve patch for the following two seasons.
1957 - Commissioner Ford Frick allows Bing Crosby, part of an 11-man syndicate that made a successful bid to buy the Tigers, to keep his token stock in the Detroit club although he is part owner of the Pirates. The famous crooner, who became one of the Buc's owners in 1946, presently has a 16% share of the club.
1983 - A preliminary injunction is issued by the New York Supreme Court barring the Yankees from playing their opening games against the Tigers in Denver. The Bronx Bombers sought to move games fearing the renovations to the stadium would not be completed on time.
1984 - Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and Don Drysdale are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. 1991 - In one of the worst trades ever made in baseball history, the Orioles send pitchers Curt Schilling and Pete Harnish and outfielder Steve Finley to the Astros for first baseman Glen Davis. Davis, who averaged 27 home runs in six seasons playing in the Astrodome with Houston, will hit only 24 dingers in three injury-filled years as Schilling becomes one of the most dominant hurlers in the game and Harnish and Finley develop into solid major league players.
2001 - In an effort to authenticate autographed and game-used merchandise sold by its licensees, Major League Baseball has hired Arthur Andersen, an accounting company to assure the authenticity of approximately 40,000 items this season. The memorabilia will have a tamper proof hologram and an ID number with a company official observing the removal of the item being physically taken from the player or event.
2001 - As part of its 100th Anniversary festivities, the Indians present three-time All-Star Jim Thome with his very own bobblehead doll. The first baseman is one of seven current Cleveland players which will be part of the bobblehead doll promotional giveaways to celebrate the club's centennial this season.
2002 - Although he missed most of the second half of the season playing for the White Sox due to undergoing back surgery, the Yankees sign David Wells to a two-year, $7-million contract to re-join the team. After posting a 34-14 record including a perfect game from 1997-98, 'Boomer' was traded to the Blue Jays, where he had his only 20-win season, in a deal for Roger Clemens. 2002 - Representative John Conyers Jr., the House Judiciary Committee's ranking Democratic, said he would back off asking Bud Selig to resign if the commissioner dropped his threat to eliminate teams this season. Selig in a two-page letter to the Michigan lawmaker was unequivocal in his response stating the suggestions made were wholly unacceptable.
2005 - The Milwaukee Brewers traded Travis Hinton to Chicago White Sox completing trade in which the Milwaukee Brewers traded Scott Podsednik, Luis Vizcaino and a player to be named later to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Carlos Lee (December 13, 2004).
2006 - Bruce Sutter becomes just the fourth relief pitcher to get into the Hall of Fame, and the first hurler ever elected without a career major league start. The split fingered fastball, which will eventual lead to career ending injuries, helped to establish the right-hander as one of the game’s dominant closers.
2007 - The Cincinnati Reds traded Russ Haltiwanger to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Jeff Keppinger.
2008 - The Astros and Darin Erstad (.248, 4, 32) agree to a $1 million, one-year deal which also includes incentives. The 33-year-old free agent outfielder, a lifetime .284 hitter, saw limited duty with the White Sox last season after spending 11 superb seasons with the Angels.
2011 - The Chicago White Sox signed Will Ohman as a free agent. 2013 - The Chicago Cubs signed Brent Lillibridge as a free agent.
2014 - The New York Yankees signed Matt Thornton as a free agent.
2015 - The Tampa Bay Rays signed Asdrubal Cabrera as a free agent.
2015 - Tampa Bay Rays traded Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for John Jaso, Daniel Robertson, Boog Powell and cash.
2017 - The Chicago White Sox signed Geovany Soto as a free agent.
Baseball Birthdays on January 10... 1835 - Wright, Harry
1859 - Dolan, Tom
1863 - Pettee, Pat
1870 - Houseman, John
1873 - Stahl, Chick
1873 - O'Neill, Jack
1876 - Puhl, John
1879 - MacGamwell, Ed
1879 - McNichol, Ed
1887 - Russell, Harvey
1888 - Pratt, Del
1888 - Pearce, George
1888 - Ohl, Joe
1890 - Watson, Milt
1893 - Herrmann, Marty
1894 - Gingras, Joe
1898 - Stauffer, Ed
1908 - Swift, Bill 1910 - Peac0ck, Johnny
1918 - Lillard, Bill
1922 - Chambers, Cliff
1926 - Strickland, George
1928 - Dittmer, Jack
1935 - Bowsfield, Ted
1937 - O'Toole, Jim 1938 - McCovey, Willie
1940 - Skaugstad, Dave
1943 - Campbell, Jim
1944 - Dobson, Chuck
1946 - Korince, George
1946 - Geishert, Vern
1948 - Hardy, Larry
1951 - Martz, Gary
1956 - Rohn, Dan
1958 - Keedy, Pat
1959 - Dotson, Richard 1960 - Torve, Kelvin
1960 - Brower, Bob
1962 - Diaz, Mario
1962 - Lindeman, Jim
1967 - Baez, Kevin
1973 - Rath, Gary
1976 - Jimenez, Jason
1976 - Kennedy, Adam
1977 - Bauer, Rick
1980 - Roney, Matt
1983 - Santana, Ervin
1984 - Jones, Hunter
1985 - Gervacio, Sam
1987 - Dennick, Ryan
1987 - Espino, Paolo
1987 - Rosario, Alberto
1988 - Dolis, Rafael
1988 - Gurka, Jason
1989 - Miranda, Ariel
1991 - Steckenrider, Drew
1992 - Healy, Ryon
Baseball Deaths on January 10... 1907 - Langsford, Bob
1917 - McFetridge, Jack
1951 - Delahanty, Tom
1952 - Ely, Bones
1956 - McBride, Algie
1960 - Fabrique, Bunny
1962 - Shafer, Tillie
1962 - Bratschi, Fred 1966 - Reese, Andy
1970 - Freeman, Harvey
1977 - Frazier, Vic 1980 - Critz, Hughie
1983 - Torres, Gil
1986 - Johnson, Roy
1987 - Makosky, Frank
1987 - Hiller, Frank
1996 - Schultz, Joe
1997 - Picciuto, Nick
1997 - Marchildon, Phil
2004 - Pyle, Ewald
2005 - Fine, Tommy
2016 - Brown, Alton