Baseball History on November 2

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Baseball history on November 2, including a list of every Major League baseball player born on November 2, a list of every Major League baseball player who died on November 2, a list of every Major League baseball player who made their big league debut on November 2, and a list of every Major League baseball player whose final big league game was on November 2.
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Baseball History on November 2

Major League Baseball Events on November 2

1847Charlie Sweasy1894William Houseman
1858Frank Harris1894Alamazoo Jennings
1859Emory Nusz1897Joe Sullivan
1860Frank Graves1899Tim McGinley
1863Ed Smith1901John Corcoran
1866Frank Genins1926Bill Bailey
1868Jim McCormick1932Frank Cross
1869George Sharrott1944Ed Brandt
1874George Bell1944Bert Conn
1877Otto Williams1947Dot Fulghum
1879Burt Keeley1960Everett Scott
1886Clem Clemens1965Clarence Fisher
1888Dutch Zwilling1966Lew Moren
1896Chick Maynard1967Clem Clemens
1901Jerry Standaert1970Bobby LaMotte
1903Chief Hogsett1972Freddy Parent
1903Travis Jackson1973Greasy Neale
1906Tim McKeithan1976Regis Leheny
1911Red Jones1976Dee Miles
1914Jesse Flores1981Hugh East
1914Tom McBride1982Bill Zuber
1914Johnny Vander Meer1983Hal Wiltse
1916Al Campanis1989Steve Simpson
1919Bill Mills1993Butch Nieman
1920Dick Sisler1993Papa Williams
1920John Sullivan1995Sal Gliatto
1924George Estock1997Roy McMillan
1927Davey Williams1998Elmo Plaskett
1928Bob Ross2000Eddie Collins
1941Bill Connors2006Red Hayworth
1942Ron Reed2009Ron Moeller
1946Tom Paciorek2010Clyde King
1953Paul Hartzell2012Joe Ginsberg
1955Greg Harris2013Russ Sullivan
1955Bob Tufts2015Eddie Milner
1956Gary Hargis2016Vern Handrahan
1958Willie McGee2019Tom Hughes
1963Sam Horn
1963Pat Rice
1966Orlando Merced
1970Marcus Moore
1972Travis Miller
1974Orlando Cabrera
1974Jose Fernandez
1975Paul Rigdon
1976Sidney Ponson
1981Wilson Betemit
1982Yunel Escobar
1984Tommy Layne
1985Daryl Thompson
1986Taylor Green
1988Seth Rosin
1990Brian Goodwin
1990Matt Koch
1990Melvin Mercedes
1991Carlos Asuaje
1994Jonathan Loáisiga
1996René Pinto
1996Denyi Reyes
1999Parker Meadows
--None 2016Coco Crisp
2016David Ross

Players Born on, Died on, Debut on, Finished on November 2

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Baseball history on November 2 includes a total of Major League baseball players born that day of the year, Major League baseball players who died on that date, baseball players who made their Major League debut on that date, and Major League baseball players who appeared in their final game that date.

On November 2 in Baseball History...

  • 1913 - St. Louis Browns player-manager George Stovall, fired the previous summer, is the first major-league player to jump to the Federal League, signing to manage Kansas City.
  • 1937 - American League batting champ Charlie Gehringer is named Most Valuable Player by the BBWAA.
  • 1938 - Jimmie Foxx is voted Most Valuable Player of the American League for the third time, with Yankees catcher Bill Dickey second in the voting.
  • 1960 - Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle for the AL's Most Valuable Player award, 225-222, the second-closest vote ever. The closest was the Joe DiMaggio -- Ted Williams race in 1947.
  • 1971 - Pat Dobson of the Orioles pitches a no-hitter against the Yomiuri Giants in a 2-0 win. It is the first no-hitter in Japanese-American exhibition history. The Orioles compile a record of 12-2-4 on the tour.
  • 1972 - Steve Carlton caps off a remarkable 27-win, 300-strikeout season as the unanimous choice for the National League Cy Young Award.
  • 1974 - The Braves trade Hank Aaron to the Brewers for outfielder Dave May and a minor-league pitcher to be named later. Aaron will finish his major league career in Milwaukee, where he started it in 1954.
  • 1976 - Padres southpaw Randy Jones beats out Jerry Koosman of the Mets for the National League Cy Young Award. Jones led the league with 315 innings, and posted a 22-14 record for the fifth-place Padres.
  • 1977 - Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton outpoints Tommy John of the Dodgers to win his second Cy Young Award. Carlton led the National League with 23 wins, losing ten, and posted a 2.64 ERA.
  • 1988 - Oakland shortstop Walt Weiss becomes the third consecutive A's player to win the American League Rookie of the Year award, joining sluggers Jose Canseco (1986) and Mark McGwire (1987).

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Bill James, on the same page of the same book we used at the top of this page, said, "But as I began to do research on the history of baseball (in order to discuss the players more intelligently) I began to feel that there was a history a baseball that had not been written at that time, a history of good and ordinary players, a history of being a fan, a history of games that meant something at the time but mean nothing now." To that end, I have created Baseball Almanac. A site to worship baseball. A site by a fan who is trying to tell the history of good and ordinary baseball players.