November 9th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Teddy Higuera, who won 69 games for the Brewers n his first four seasons before running into arm trouble. He wrapped up his career in 1994 with a total of 94 wins.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Dion James, who spent 11 years in the bigs with four teams ad was a member of the 1996 World Series Champion Yankees.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Andy Carter, who appeared in 24 games for the Phillies in 1994 and 1995 and later pitched in Japan. He was a 37th-round draft pick who reached the big leagues.
Happy 190s Birthday to Angel Miranda, who won 17 games for the Brewers between 1993 and 1997 and was pitching in Puerto Rico through 2006.
He was also a professional wrestler in Puerto Rico.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Chad Ogea, who won 37 games over six seasons with Philadelphia and Cleveland.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jon Nunnally, who homered in is first big-league at-bat and hit 14 as a rookie for the Royals in 1995.
Jon spent six seasons in the bigs, with the Royals, Reds, Mets, and Red Sox.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Scott Sauerbeck, who debuted in 1999 with the Pirates and won 20 games over six major league seasons.
11/9/93
The Marlins trade Jeff Darwin and cash to the Mariners for Dave Magadan.
11/9/98
The Phillies trade Mark Leiter to the Mariners for Paul Spoljaric.
11/9/90
The Giants sign Bud Black to a four-year free agent deal worth $10 million.
He goes 34-32 in four seasons in San Francisco and returns to Cleveland to finish his career in 1995.
11/9/95
The Dodgers signed Brett Butler as a free agent.
He began 1995 in L.A. but was sent to the Mets in august.
11/6/96
The Braves sign Rafael Furcal as an amateur free agent.
He debuts in 2000 and spends 14 years in the bigs.
11/9/93
Barry Bonds is named N.L. MVP for the third time in four years. He joins Stan Musial, Roy Campanella and Mike Schmidt as the National League’s only three-time MVPs.
In his first year in San Francisco, Bonds hit .336 with 46 home runs, 129 runs and 123 RBI.
11/9/95
Hideo Nomo is named N.L. Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Japanese player ever to win a Major League Baseball award.
Nomo went 13-6 record with 236 strikeouts and a 2.54 ERA. Chipper Jones finishes 2nd.
11/9/98
Kerry Wood is named N.L. Rookie of the Year after posting a 13-6 record and 233 strikeouts in 26 starts.
He blows out his elbow the following spring training and misses all of 1999.
11/9/98
Catfish Hunter announces that he is suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease. Hunter will succumb to the disease less than a year later.
11/9/99
Carlos Beltran is named A.L. Rookie of the Year.
He is the first rookie with 100 or more RBI since Mike Piazza had 112 in 1993 and the first in the AL since Mark McGwire had 118 in 1987.
11/9/92
Drayton McLane, Jr. officially becomes owner of the Houston Astros, purchasing the team from John McMullen for $115 million.
11/9/93
The Giants release Dave Righetti.
He signs with Oakland a few weeks later and splits 1994 between the A’s and the Blue Jays.
11/9/92
The Mariners name Lou Piniella as their new manager.
Over the next ten seasons, Lou leads the M’s to an 840-711 record and three division titles, including a 116-win season in 2001.
11/9/95
The Tigers name Buddy Bell as their new manager.
Bell replaces Sparky Anderson.
We lost Ken Howell OTD in 2018
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