November 4th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Eric Karros, who was a 6th-round pick in 1988 and won Rookie of the Year for the Dodgers in 1992.
He spent 14 years in the bigs and won a Silver Slugger in 1995 when he hit .298 with 32 homers and 105 RBI.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Ryan Thompson, who debuted with the Mets in 1992 and spent nine years in the bigs with six teams while also playing in Japan and Mexico.
He enjoyed his best year in 1994 when he hit 18 homers for the Mets.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Mark Bailey, who debuted in 1984 with the Astros and wrapped up his career with the Giants in 1992.
He later became a coach with the Astros.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Osvaldo Fernandez, who won 19 games over four seasons for the Giants and Reds.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Chris Bushing, who appeared in six games for the 1993 Reds.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jon Shave, who was drafted three times and spent parts of three seasons in the bigs with Texas and Minnesota.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Carlos Baerga, who spent 14 years in the bigs, primarily with the Indians and Mets.
Carlos was a three-time all-star and won a Silver Slugger in 1993 when he hit .321 with 21 homers and 114 RBI for Cleveland.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Domingo Cedeno, who spent seven years in the bigs with Toronto, Texas, Philadelphia, Seattle, and the White Sox.
He is the older brother of Andujar Cedeno, who spent seven years in the big leagues with three teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Melvin Bunch, who went 1-3 for the Royals and Mariners in 1995 and 1999 and then pitched in Japan, where he won 31 games over three seasons.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Carlos Mendoza, who played in 28 games for the Mets and Rockies in 1997 and 2000.
11/4/93
The Reds sign 1989 N.L. Rookie of the Year Jerome Walton as a free agent.
He hits .296 in two seasons in Cincinnati and signs with the Braves prior to 1996.
1/4/94
The Reds sign Damon Berryhill as a free agent.
He hits .183 in 34 games, sits out the 1996 season, and finishes his career with the Giants in 1997.
11/4/98
The Dodgers rework Jeff Shaw’s contract to boost his salary by more than $2.5 million. The closer, acquired by the Dodgers mid-season from the Reds, saved 25 games for L.A. and 48 overall.
11/4/99
The Reds sign Hal Morris to a one-year deal.
He returns to Cincinnati and hits .222 in 59 games before being sold to the Tigers in July. He finishes his career in Detroit.
11/4/92
Pat Listach is named A.L. Rookie of the Year after batting .290 with 1 home run and 47 RBI. Kenny Lofton is second.
11/4/94
Major League Baseball suspends Dwight Gooden for the 1995 season for violations of his drug after care program.
11/4/96
Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as American League Rookie of the Year.
He is the eighth Yankees player to win the award and the fifth unanimous selection in American League history.
11/4/97
Scott Rolen is a unanimous choice for the Rookie of the Year Award.
Rolen leads all NL rookies in batting average (.283), home runs (21), runs batted in (92), runs (93), hits (159), doubles (35), total bases (263), on-base percentage (.377) and slugging average (.469).
11/4/98
Mark McGwire is named A.P. Player of the year after hitting 70 home runs.
11/4/91
Ken Griffey announces his retirement.
He finishes his career with 2,143 hits over 19 seasons and three rings.
Senior was a three-time all-star and finished 8th in the MVP voting in 1976 when he hit .336 with 74 RBI.
11/4/99
Larry Dolan agrees to buy the Cleveland Indians from Richard Jacobs for $320 million.
11/4/96
The Angels name Terry Collins as their new manager.
He goes 220-237 over two-plus seasons before eventually being replaced by Mike Scioscia.
11/4/99
The Brewers hire Davey Lopes as their new manager.
Lopes goes 144-195 in two-plus seasons before eventually being replaced by Ned Yost.
11/4/93
Cleveland Indians pitcher Cliff Young is killed in a truck crash in Willis, Texas. He is the third Indians pitcher to die in an accident in 1994.
We lost Sparky OTD in 2010
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