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| 1982 | The Orioles hire Joe Altobelli to succeed the retiring Earl Weaver, who began managing Baltimore in 1968. The former Giants manager (1977-79) will compile a 212-167 (.559) record during his two-plus seasons with the team and lead the club to a World Championship his first year in Baltimore before being replaced by the returning Earl of Baltimore in May of 1985 when the underachieving Birds start the season, 29-26. |
| 2002 | Barry Bonds becomes the first player in major league history to win the Most Valuable Player Award five times. The 38-year-old Giant left fielder, who also won the award with the Pirates (1990 and 1992) and with San Francisco (1993, 2001), was the National League's batting champion with a .370 average and broke 1941 Ted Williams' on-base percentage record with an impressive .582 OBP. |
| 2008 | Joining Mike McCormick, who copped the honor in 1967, Tim Lincecum (18-5, 2.62) becomes the second San Francisco Giant hurler to win the NL Cy Young Award. The 24-year-old right-hander, finishing his first full big league season, received 23 out of 32 first-place votes cast by the Baseball Writers' Association of America to finish ahead of Arizona's Brandon Webb and New York's Johan Santana. |
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