November 2nd in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Willie McGee, who Whitey Herzog stole from the Yankees in 1981. He made his debut in 1982 and helped the Cardinals win a World Series and won MVP honors in 1985 when he helped the Cards reach the World Series again. McGee played until 1999 and reached the World Series again in 1987 and 1990.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Greg Harris, who pitched in the bigs for 15 years between 1981 and 1995, winning 74 games for eight teams. He also pitched with both arms in the same game.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Sam Horn, who was a first-round pick of the Red Sox in 1982 and made his debut in 1987. Over eight big-league seasons, Horn hit 62 homers for Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, and Texas.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Pat Rice, who went 1-1 for the Mariners in 1991, his only big-league action. He later became a minor league coach.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Orlando Merced, who made his debut with the Pirates in 1990 and finished 2nd in the Rookie of the Year race in 1991. He spent 13 years in the bigs with seven teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Marcus Moore, who was an original Rockie and won 7 games over parts of three seasons with Colorado and Cincinnati.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Travis Miller, who won 7 games and recorded a save for the Twins between 1996 and 2002. He is the only player from his high school (National Trail in New Paris, OH) to reach the big leagues.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jose Fernandez, who made his debut with the 1999 Expos and also spent time with the Angels in 2001.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Orlando Cabrera, who made his debut with the Expos in 1997 and won Gold Glove Awards in 2001 and 2005. He went to Boston as part of the Nomar Garciaparra trade in 2004 and spent 15 years in the bigs.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Sidney Ponson, who won 8 games as a rookie with the Orioles in 19988 and 91 overall. He is the all-time winningest pitcher from Aruba. Just so you know.
11/2/93
Cleveland trades Heathcliff Slocumb to the Phillies for Ruben Amaro.
Slocumb goes 10-7 over two seasons with the Phillies and earns an all-star nod in 1995.
11/2/93
The Reds trade Bobby Ayala and Dan Wilson to the Mariners for Bret Boone and Erik Hanson.
Wilson spends the next 14 seasons in Seattle while Boone spends five years in Cincinnati before bouncing around a bit, including a return to Seattle in the final six seasons of his career.
11/2/99
In a ten-player megatrade, the Rangers send Juan Gonzalez, Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun to the Tigers in exchange for Justin Thompson, Alan Webb, Francisco Cordero, Gabe Kapler, Bill Haselman, and Frank Catalanotto.
11/2/93
The Tigers sign Travis Fryman to a five-year deal worth $25 million.
11/2/95
The Marlins sign Tommy Gregg as a free agent.
Gregg spent 1994 in Mexico but returns to the U.S. in 1995 and bats .237 in 72 games for Florida.
11/2/92
Barry Bonds is named A.P. Player of the Year after batting .311 with 34 homers and 103 RBI with 39 stolen bases and 103 runs scored.
11/2/93
White Sox ace Jack McDowell wins the A.L. Cy Young Award after going 22-10.
11/2/94
Jeff Bagwell is named A.P. Player of the Year after batting .368 with 39 homers and 116 RBI.
11/2/96
Hideo Nomo and Andres Galarraga combine to lead the major league all-stars to a 6-1 win over a team of japanese all-stars. Nomo throws three scoreless innings while Galarraga hits a two-run homer.
11/2/90
Scott Sanderson, Mickey Hatcher, Mike Pagliarulo, and Mark Thurmond all file for free agency to bring the total number of free agents to a record 96.
11/2/91
The White Sox decline Carlton Fisk’s option for 1992, making him a free agent.
Pudge returns to the Sox in 1992 and again in 1993.
11/2/95
The Yankees name Joe Torre as their manager, replacing Buck Showalter. Torre will guide the Yankees to four World Championships in his first five years with the team. The Yankees also name Brian Cashman as their new general manager.
11/2/99
Jack McKeon is named A.P. Manager of the Year after leading the Reds to a 96-win season and just missing the playoffs.
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