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| 1942 | The Reds trade catcher Ernie Lombardi to the Braves for cash. The future Hall of Fame backstop, who will hit .330 for his new team, will spend only one season in Boston before being dealt to the Giants for Hugh Poland and Connie Ryan. |
| 1949 | Yankee outfielder Joe DiMaggio becomes the first American Leaguer to make $100,000 in one season. Hank Greenberg was the first player to make six figures when he accepted the Pirates offer in 1947 after being waived by the Tigers |
| 1979 | Jesse Orosco becomes 'the player to be named later' in the Mets trade of Jerry Koosman to the Twins. The left-handed reliever will spend 24 seasons in the major leagues setting the all-time record for appearances with 1,252. |
| 1983 | The Mariners select Reds minor leaguer Danny Tartabull as compensation for the loss of Floyd Bannister to the White Sox. The outfielder will hit .270 and receive consideration for the the Rookie of the Year Award in 1986, but will traded away in the off season along with Rick Luecken to the Royals for Scott Bankhead, Mike Kingery and Steve Shields. |
| 1987 | For only the second time, a player is forced to take a pay cut due to salary arbitration. Dodger pitcher Orel Hershiser signs for $800,000 which is a twenty percent reduction. |
| 2005 | The Tigers sign 31-year-old right fielder Magglio Ordonez (.292, 9.37) for five-years for a reported $75 million. The contract for the free agent slugger, recovering from knee surgery, include options which could extend the All-Star’s stay in Detroit for an additional two years making the deal nearly $100 million. |
| 2006 | Alex Gonzalez, who signed with the Red Sox as a free agent yesterday, singles in the tying run and then scores the winning run as Henry Blanco's pop fly bounces off the head off Erick Aybar giving Venezuela its first Caribbean Series championship since 1989. The ball, which the Dominican Republic Licey's Tigers’ shortstop lost in the lights, is ruled a double and caps a two-run bottom of the ninth rally resulting in 5-4 comeback victory for the Caracas Lions. |
| 2009 | The Sports Illustrated Web site reports Alex Rodriguez is one of the 104 players who tested positive for steroids in 2003. The testing, which was intended only to determine the extent of steroid use by players at the time, revealed the Ranger shortstop was using Primobolan, an anabolic substance. |
8 Fact(s) Found