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On November 19 in Baseball History...​

  • 1960 - Mickey Vernon is hired as the first manager of the new Washington team.

  • 1968 - Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen, who was 17-12, is named American League Rookie of the Year.

  • 1975 - By the most overwhelming margin ever, Reds second baseman Joe Morgan is named National League Most Valuable Player. Morgan batted .327 with 67 stolen bases and a league-leading 132 walks.

  • 1979 - The Astros sign free agent Nolan Ryan, formerly of the Angels, to a four-year, $4.5 million contract. This makes him the highest-paid player in the major leagues.

  • 1986 - Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award, joining Stan Musial and Roy Campanella as the only three-time winners. Schmidt led the National League with 37 home runs and 119 RBI.

  • 1990 - Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award, easily outdistancing teammate and runner-up Bobby Bonilla. Bonds hit .301 with 33 home runs, 114 RBI, and 52 stolen bases.

  • 1996 - Baseball's most controversial owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, and most controversial player, Albert Belle, join forces with the White Sox. Belle signs a record five-year, $55M deal that makes him the first player to surpass the $10M per year mark. Reinsdorf, seen as the instigator in the owners' vote against the collective bargaining agreement, draws the ire of owners in both leagues who feel Reinsdorf sold them out.

  • 1998 - Chicago slugger Sammy Sosa is an easy winner in the National League Most Valuable Player balloting over St. Louis's Mark McGwire. Sosa received 30 of 32 first-place votes after leading the Cubs to a wild-card spot in the playoffs.
 
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