November 10th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jack Clark, who smacked 340 homers over 18 big-league seasons. Whiter Herzog said the Clark, “could pull a bullet.”
Happy 1990s Birthday to Andres Thomas, who spent six years with the Braves and later managed in the minor leagues.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Kenny Rogers, who won 219 games over 20 seasons, including a perfect game with the Rangers in 1994.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Keith Lockhart, who spent ten years in the bigs with the Braves, Royals, and Padres and later became a scout.
He and teammate Kevin Higgins played all nine positions in a minor league game in 1994.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Junior Noboa, who spent parts of eight years in the bigs with six teams and later worked in the front office for the Diamondbacks.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Butch Huskey, who won an MVP in the minor leagues in 1995 and spent seven years in the bigs.
He enjoyed his best season with the Mets in 1997 when he hit 24 homers and drove in 81.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Shawn Green, who hit 328 homers over 15 years in the bigs , won a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger, and made two all-star teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Micah Bowie, who won eight games over six big-league seasons.
He battled some major health issues after his career was over.
11/10/97
The Reds trade Jeff Brantley to the Cardinals for Dmitri Young.
11/10/98
The Braves trade Rob Bell, Denny Neagle, and Michael Tucker to the Reds for Bret Boone and Mike Remlinger.
Neagle goes 17-7 for the Reds over two seasons. Boone plays one season in Atlanta and is dealt to the Padres.
11/10/99
The Phillies trade Adam Eaton, Carlton Loewer, and Steve Montgomery to the Padres for Andy Ashby.
Ashby began his career in Philadelphia but was left unprotected in the expansion draft and was selected by Colorado.
He was dealt to the Padres in 1993 and won 70 games there before returning to the Phillies.
Unfortunately for Ashby and the Phils, he goes 4-7 before being dealt to Atlanta.
11/10/94
The Pirates sign Dale Sveum as a free agent.
He spends most of 1995 in the minor leagues, but does appear in 12 games at the major league level for the Bucs.
11/10/92
MLB owners refuse to grant permission for the San Francisco Giants to move to St. Petersburg, FL.
N.L. owners vote 9-4 against allowing Bob Lurie to sell the team to a group that would have moved the team to St. Petersburg.
11/10/92
Dennis Eckersley is named the winner of the A.L. Cy Young Award after recording a career-high 51 saves for Oakland.
He is the first reliever to win the award since Willie Hernandez in 1984.
11/10/93
Frank Thomas is a unanimous choice for A.L. MVP after batting .317 with 41 homers and 128 RBI for the White Sox.
11/10/96
Astros owner Drayton McLane tells the fans of Houston that they need to support the team or they will likely move.
There was speculation that McLand would sell the team to a group that would have moved it to Northern Virginia but McLane didn’t feel he had the votes to approve the sale.
11/10/97
Roger Clemens becomes the first A.L. pitcher to win the Cy Young Award four times.
11/10/98
Ben Grieve is named A.L. Rookie of the Year after batting .288 with 18 home runs and 89 RBI.
He is the 5th Oakland player to win the award.
11/10/99
Jack McKeon is named the National League Manager of the Year.
He is the first Cincinnati manager to win the award since 1956.
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