2013 The Mets sign Curtis Granderson to a four-year, $60 million contract, the team's richest free-agent deal since Sandy Alderson became the...
2009 Andy Pettitte (14-8, 4.16) agrees to an $11.75 million, one-year deal to return to the Yankees next season. The 37-year-old southpaw...
2000 At a Coors Field press conference, the Rockies announce the signing of free-agent starting pitcher Mike Hampton to the richest contract in...
1992 Free agent Greg Maddux signs the richest guaranteed contract ever given to a pitcher, a five-year, $28 million contract with the Braves....
1980 The Cubs trade reliever 27-year-old Bruce Sutter to the Cardinals for outfielder Leon Durham and infielder Ken Reitz. The future Hall of...
1976 The Rangers trade Jeff Burroughs to the Braves for Adrian Devine, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, Carl Morton, and an estimated...
1954 For the second of three times (1951, 54-55), Yogi Berra is named the American League Most Valuable Player. The 29-year-old Yankee catcher,...
Today in Baseball History December 9th 1913 On the same day, the Dodgers offer the Reds $35,000 for Joe Tinker, the team owner Charles Ebbets...
BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS 12.9.24 1853 Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn HOF pitcher, 1880-91 (won MLB record 60 games & Triple Crown 1884; no-hitter 1883;...
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1992 Former Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds signs the richest contract in major league history when he agrees to a $43-million, six-year deal to...
1980 The first significant trade ever made at the annual winter meeting occurs in Dallas when Padres' reliever Rollie Fingers and Cardinals'...
1961 The Mets purchase outfielder Richie Ashburn from the Cubs. The veteran outfielder, the club's first-ever representative on the National...
This Day in Baseball History December 8th 1914 Afraid of losing his unsigned second baseman to the upstart Federal League, Connie Mack sells...
