1995 – Gaffney Street, near the former site of Braves Field in Boston, MA, is renamed Harry Agganis Way, after the former Boston University and Boston RedSox star, who died during the 1955 season.
1996 – John Smoltz, who won 24 major league games for the Atlanta Braveswon the National League Cy Young Award in a flight in 1996. Smoltz led the NL in strikeouts (276), innings pitched (253.2) and winning percentage (.750). He received 26 of 28 first-place votes. Kevin Brown of the Florida Marlins, who led the majors in ERA (1.89), gets the other two first-place votes. Since 1991, five of the six Cy Young winners have been Braves.
1997 – Pedro Martinez of the Montreal Expos breaks the stranglehold that veteran Greg Maddux and the Atlanta Braves have on the National League Cy Young Award. Since 1991, either Maddux or a Braves pitcher has won the award. Martinez posted a 17-8 record with 305 strikeouts, a 1.90 ERA and 13 complete games, giving Canada a clean sweep of the Cy Young this year. Roger Clemens of the Toronto blue jays won the American League award a day earlier. It’s a bittersweet moment for Montreal as Martinez is traded a week later.
2010 – Brian McCann is one of the winners of the annual Silver Slugger Awards.
2016 – Offseason, the Braves sign their second 40-year-old starting pitcher in two days, signing Bartolo Colon a day after adding RA Dickey.
2021 – The World Champion Atlanta Braves dominate the annual Silver Slugger Awards as three-quarters of their infield – 1B Freddie Freeman, 2B Ozzie Albies and 3B Austin Riley – are honored, as is P Max Fried.
1880 – In the National League, the Boston Red Caps sign Jim Whitney, considered one of the best pitchers in California, for a salary of $150 per month.
1948 – Joe DiMaggio undergoes surgery on right heel spurs. DiMaggio will miss 65 games in 1949 due to continued problems from the injury.
1958 – The American League announces that the Kansas City Athletics will play 52 night games during the 1959 season.
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela becomes the first rookie to win a Cy Young Award. Tom Seaver of Cincinnati finished second in the voting.
1996 – Milwaukee Brewers Owner Bud Selig meets with Don Fehr, the players’ union leader, in a vain attempt to convince Fehr to accept the owners’ demands. With the deadline for an agreement at midnight on the 14th, there is virtually no hope that the two sides will reach an agreement. If the two sides meet the deadline without an agreement, next year’s interleague schedule will be wiped out and a traditional schedule will follow.
1998 – The Chicago WhiteSox trade outfielder Mike Cameron to the Cincinnati Reds for first baseman Paul Konerko.
2002 – Barry Bonds wins a record fifth MVP Award.
2011 – The new name Miami Marlins unveil their new logo and team colors at the site of their new ballpark, which is expected to open in time for the start of the 2012 season.
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