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| 1989 | The Red Sox release Jim Rice, ending his 16-year tenure with the team. The future Hall of Fame outfielder/DH, who played his entire career with Boston, retires with a lifetime .298 average and 382 home runs. |
| 1998 | The ball thrown by Red Sox hurler Howard Ehmke and hit by Babe Ruth for the first home run hit in Yankee Stadium is sold at an auction for $126,500 ($110,000 bid + 15% commission). Mark Scala found the 1923 historic ball in the attic of his grandmother's home several years ago. |
| 2000 | Red Sox hurler Pedro Martinez (18-6, 1.74) wins his third American League Cy Young Award in the last four seasons. The right-hander is the first AL pitcher to be honored unanimously in consecutive years. |
| 2007 | Given their postseason match-ups of the CYA candidates, many baseball observers are surprised when CC Sabathia (19-7, 3.21) beats out Red Sox ace Josh Beckett (20-7, 3.27) for the American League Cy Young Award. In the ALCS, the 27-year-old Indian southpaw faced Beckett twice and lost each time, but voting takes place at the end of the regular season. |
| 2017 | Bobby Doerr, the last living person to play in the majors during the 1930s, dies at 99 after becoming the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012. The former Red Sox second baseman and coach was also the last living person to play against Lou Gehrig. |
| 2023 | The BBWAA selects Orioles' first baseman Gunnar Henderson (.255, 28, 82), who receives all of thirty of the writers' first-place votes, as the American League Rookie of the Year award over runners-up right-hander Tanner Bibee of the Guardians and Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas. The 22-year-old Silver Slugger played a major role in the team's 101-win AL East championship season. |
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