Braves Franchise History
1999 – Braves coach Don Baylor is named as the new manager of the Chicago Cubs.
MLB History
1894 – Charlie Sweeney, who pitched for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons and Cleveland Blues is convicted of manslaughter in San Francisco, California.
1909 – The Boston Red Sox hire former Senators skipper Patsy Donovan as their new manager replacing Fred Lake.
1916 – Harry Frazee and Hugh Ward buy the Boston Red Sox for a reported $675,000.
1942 – The Brooklyn Dodgers name Branch Rickey as team president replacing Larry
1949 – Gillette buys the television rights to the World Series for $1.37 million. The money will be applied to the players’ pension fund.
1962 – The Houston Colt .45s sign 19-year old second baseman Joe Morgan as an amateur free agent. Morgan will make his major league debut in 1963 and will play for 22-years before being elected to the Hall of Fame.
1982 – Major League owners vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kahn’s contact. The American League owners vote 11-3 in favor of Kuhn and the vote is 7-5 in the National League. The 18 votes he received are two shy of the three-fourths majority required for reelection. Kuhn will remain on the job until a successor is found and will eventually be replaced by Peter Ueberroth.
1988 – Reds third baseman Chris Sabo is named National League Rookie of the Year.
2000 – Larry Bowa is named as the new manager of the Phillies replacing Terry Francona.
2004 – Wally Backman agrees to a two-year contract to manage the Diamondbacks replacing interim manager Al Pedrique. However, he will be fired two weeks later after reports emerge of a past DUI conviction along with harassment and spousal abuse charges.
2007 – Joe Torre is hired as the Dodgers new manager replacing Grady Little.
2008 – Ruben Amaro Jr. Is announced as the new general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
2012 – The Miami Marlins name Mike Redmond as their new manager replacing Ozzie Guillen.
2019 – The Mets hire Carlos Beltran to be their next manager, but he will never manage a game as he is forced to resign due to his role in the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
