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| 1956 | The Tigers once again trade pitcher Virgil Trucks along with Ned Garver, Gene Host, Wayne Belardi, and $20,000 to the A's for Bill Harrington, Jack Crimian, Eddie Robinson, and Jim Finigan. In 1952, Detroit sent its 11-year right-handed veteran, Johnny Groth, and Hal White to the Browns for Owen Friend, Bob Nieman, and Jay Porter. |
| 1960 | The National League turns down Joe Cronin's compromise, which proposed that both leagues expand to nine teams in 1961 and begin interleague play, citing that Houston would not be ready next season. In November, the American League president suggested that if the Senior Circuit had started its New York franchise in 1961, the American League would have stayed out of Los Angeles until 1962. |
| 2021 | Golden Days Era Committee (considers candidates from 1950-69) selects Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, and Tony Oliva, with Bud Fowler and Buck O'Neil chosen by the Early Baseball Era Committee (considers candidates before 1950) to be honored, along with David Ortiz, at the 2022 Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown (NY). Dick Allen, who finished one vote short of being Hall Famer the last time the GDE committee met in 2014, misses again by the same margin on this year's ballot. |
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