1942 – The Boston Braves acquired shortstop Eddie Joost and pitcher Nate Andrews from the Reds in exchange for shortstop Eddie Miller.
2005 – The Atlanta Braves agree to terms with third baseman Chipper Jones on a three-year contract.
1916 – The National Commission rules that injured players must receive full wages for the duration of their contracts. Previously, clubs were allowed to suspend players after 15 days of pay via the injury clause.
1948 – Stan Musial is named National League MVP after one of the most impressive individual seasons of all time. Musial led the NL with a .365 average, 135 runs scored, 131 RBI, 230 hits, 46 doubles, 18 triples and a .702 slugging percentage. His 39 home runs were one fewer than Johnny Mize and Ralph Kiner.
1963 – The Angels trade outfielder Leon Wagner to Cleveland for pitcher Barry Latman and a player to be named later who turns out to be first baseman Joe Adcock.
1991 – The New York Mets signs free agent outfielder Bobby Bonilla to a five-year contract worth $29 million.
1995 – Michael Stirn, the fan who caught the ball that Cal Ripken, Jr. hit for a home run the night he broke Lou Gehrig’s consecutive game streak, is selling it to a Maryland businessman for $41,736.
2013 – The Orioles send Jim Johnson, author of back-to-back 50-save seasons, to the Athletics in exchange for 2B Jemile Weeks. The A’s also signed free agent P Scott Kazmir to a two-year deal worth $22 million, expecting to lose both starter Bartolo Colon and closer Grant Balfour to free agency. The signing of Kazmir will prove to be a good move, but Johnson will be a complete failure and earn his unconditional release mid-season.
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