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2010 Avoiding an arbitration hearing scheduled for next month, Joe Saunders agrees to a one-year, $3.7 million deal with the Angels. The 28-year-old southpaw posted a 16-7 record last year and had compiled a 33-14 record for the Halos during the previous two seasons.

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2018 After thoughtful and productive discussions between MLB and the Indians, Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announces the team has agreed to remove the "Chief Wahoo" logo from their uniforms, beginning with the 2019 season. The bright red caricature of the Native American, long considered offensive, will continue to be available on merchandise for sale at the team's store.

2020 According to confirmed reports, the Astros have hired veteran skipper Dusty Baker to replace AJ Hinch, who was fired by owner Jim Crane, following MLB's findings that the team used electronics to steal signs in 2017 and again during the 2018 season. The 70-year-old three-time National League Manager of the Year becomes the oldest pilot in the major leagues, having compiled an 1863-1636 (.532) record over 22 seasons at the helm with the Giants, Cubs, Reds, and Nationals.

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2021 The Phillies formally announce the team has re-signed their catcher J.T. Realmuto to a five-year contract, reportedly worth $115.5 million. The $23.1 million average annual value of the deal makes the 29-year-old the highest-paid backstop in baseball history, slightly surpassing the extension the Twins gave Joe Mauer's in 2010 that averaged $23 million annually (eight-year, $184 million).

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On January 29 in Baseball History...

• • 1948 - Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.
    
  • 1951 - Baseball signs a six-year All-Star Game pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million. A number of owners criticize lame-duck Commissioner Happy Chandler, believing that in a couple of years, the broadcast rights would be worth much more than $1 million per annum.
    
  • 1958 - Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella suffers a broken neck in an early morning auto accident on Long Island. His spinal column is nearly severed and his legs are permanently paralyzed.
    
  • 1960 - The Illinois Appellate Court says Dorothy Rigney, sister of Charles Comiskey Jr., was entitled to sell her mother's shares of White Sox stock to Bill Veeck. Her brother brought suit in an effort to gain control of the club.
    
  • 1967 - Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by a unanimous vote of the Special Veterans Committee.

Baseball Birthdays on January 29...

• • 1849 - Allison, Art
  • 1859 - Krieg, Bill
  • 1860 - Cantz, Bart
  • 1880 - Burns, Bill
  • 1883 - Martel, Doc
  • 1883 - Delahanty, Frank
  • 1885 - Simmons, Hack
  • 1890 - Conwell, Ed
  • 1891 - Chaney, Esty
  • 1894 - Rettig, Otto
  • 1898 - Burrus, Dick
  • 1900 - Voigt, Ollie
  • 1901 - Patterson, Pat
  • 1902 - Eggert, Elmer
  • 1904 - Hayworth, Ray born in High Point, North Carolina. Hayworth was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 27, 1926, with the Detroit Tigers. "He was a good player, the kind you liked on the ball field. He was a good man. Ray (Hayworth) always had time to talk to the kids. He was a real good guy." - Detroit Tigers Historian Fred Smith
  • 1909 - Howell, Red
  • 1918 - Rigney, Bill "Baseball and the San Francisco Giants have lost one of their greatest treasures. Bill Rigney, along with Horace Stoneham, Chub Feeney and Russ Hodges, personified the Giants when they moved West in 1958. He was our first manager in San Francisco, and he had remained our last link to that era of our franchise's history. Rig was a baseball man through and through. He was a wonderful storyteller and a warm, thoughtful human being.'' - Giants Owner Peter Magowan (02-21-2001)
  • 1919 - Voiselle, Bill
  • 1919 - Edwards, Hank
  • 1928 - Robertson, Jim
  • 1931 - Cohen, Hy
  • 1931 - Baumer, Jim was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1949, with the Chicago White Sox.
  • 1939 - Bolin, Bobby
  • 1945 - Mills, Dick
  • 1946 - Pierce, Tony
  • 1949 - Tyrone, Jim
  • 1950 - Fuller, John
  • 1951 - Ferrer, Sergio
  • 1960 - Sax, Steve "He was a machine, Saxy, in and out every day. I don't know how he did it. He gave 100 percent one day. The next day, he comes back and gives 110 percent. I thought, 'Where does this guy get all this energy?' It was unbelievable. He'd hit a grounder, and he's flying to first base. Doesn't matter if we're down one run or up 10 runs. This guy was the best." - Teammate Alfredo Griffin in Miracle Men: Hershiser, Gibson, and the Improbable 1988 Dodgers (Josh Suchon, Triumph Books, 05/01/2013, Page 141)
  • 1961 - Aldrete, Mike
  • 1963 - Meyer, Brian
  • 1964 - Habyan, John
  • 1968 - Roberson, Kevin
  • 1972 - Mosquera, Julio
  • 1972 - Burkhart, Morgan
  • 1973 - Edmondson, Brian
  • 1973 - Schmidt, Jason

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1859 Tony Mullane player, born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1944)


1923 Walt Dropo second baseman, 1949-61, AL Rookie of the Year (Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and 3 other teams), born in Moosup, Connecticut (d. 2010)


1930 Sandy Amorós Dodgers born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1992)


1943 Davey Johnson second baseman (4 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1966, 70 Baltimore Orioles) and manager (World Series 1986 NY Mets), born in Orlando, Florida


1978 John Patterson player, born in Orange, Texas

1984 Jeremy Hermida player Marlins, Fighters ~ Japan, born in Atlanta, Georgia

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1919 During World War I, unable to get in touch with their manager Christy Mathewson, who is is serving as a captain in the newly-created chemical service along with Ty Cobb, the Reds hire Pat Moran. The former Phillies skipper pilots the club to a 96-44 record, en route to leading Cincinnati to a World Championship when they defeat the White Sox in the scandal-ridden Fall Classic.

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1926 The Commission on Rules of the Major Leagues discusses the possible elimination of the intentional walk, but the group takes no action. The purposeful base on balls requiring the pitchers to toss four pitches will remain part of the game until managers invoke the strategy automatically by a dugout signal, beginning with the 2017 season.

1952 The Little League headquarters relocates to Williamsport, PA, with Peter J. McGovern becoming the circuit's first full-time president. In November of 1955, Carl Stotz, who started the youth baseball program 28 years earlier, will have substantial differences with the increasing commercialization of the organization, causing the L.L.B. Inc. Board to remove him from his position as commissioner.

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1958 Commissioner Ford Frick announces the fans will no longer vote in selecting participants for the All-Star Game, with teams now chosen by major league players and coaches. The change prevents the stuffing of the ballot box, as happened when fans, spurred on by ballots published daily in the Cincinnati Times-Star, local broadcast media, and Burger Beer supplying ballots to taverns, elected eight Reds to start last season's Midsummer Classic. The commissioner replaced Reds' fan selections of Wally Post and Gus Bell in the NL lineup with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.

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1959 The Reds trade catcher Smoky Burgess, pitcher Harvey Haddix, and third baseman Don Hoak to the Pirates. In return, Cincinnati receives third baseman Frank Thomas, right-hander Whammy Douglas, outfielder Johnny Powers, and utility man Jim Pendleton along with cash.

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The strangest irony to the Haddix classic was; in 1991 Baseball commissioned a committee to clarify the rules for No-Hitters. The ruling was that a pitcher had to pitch a complete game without allowing a hit. So, the greatest game ever pitched in the history of baseball, when Harvey Haddix retired the first 36 batters he faced, will not be on any list of no-hitters. He is now credited with the record for the longest one-hitter in baseball history.

 

1987 The Cubs trade veteran third baseman Ron Cey for the A's infielder Luis Quinones. Oakland releases the 'Penguin' after he plays 45 games for the team, and the 39-year-old retires with a .261 lifetime batting average after spending 17 years in the major leagues.

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1996 The expansion Devil Rays name the first two skippers of their minor league system. Former major leaguer Tom Foley will manage at Butte in the Pioneer League, and veteran minor-league coach and manager Bill Evers will be at the helm for the St. Petersburg team in the Gulf Coast Rookie League.

2003 In his first year of eligibility, by a unanimous vote of the media covering the team, Cal Ripken Jr. joins his dad by becoming the 40th member of the Orioles Hall of Fame. The formal ceremony will take place on September 6, 2003, marking the eighth anniversary of the night the Baltimore infielder broke Lou Gehrig's record consecutive games streak of 2,130 games at Camden Yards.

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2006 The Cubs and Jerry Hairston Jr. (.261, 4, 30) avoid salary arbitration when the second baseman/outfielder agrees to a one-year, $2.3 million deal. Last February, the 29-year-old Illinois native was acquired from the Orioles for slugger Sammy Sosa.

2007 The Yankees, who will send coaches, scouts, and player-development staff to the Far East, agree to help establish baseball academies in China. The team's president, Randy Levine, committed the Bronx Bombers to help the Chinese Baseball Association develop young talent while promoting the game in a culture where the sport remains virtually unknown.

 

2009 The Mets avoid salary arbitration with John Maine (10-8, 4.18) when both sides agree to a $2.6 million, one-year deal. The 25-year-old right-handed starter, who missed the last five weeks of the season due to an injury to his pitching shoulder, is expected to play a significant role this year in the team's pitching rotation.

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2009 Locking up their most effective starter through his remaining eligible years, the Pirates avoid arbitration by signing Paul Maholm to a $14.5 million, three-year contract, including a team option for 2012. In his 31 starts for the Bucs last season, the 26-year-old southpaw compiles a 9-9 record with a 3.71 ERA for a Pittsburgh team, which finished 28 games under .500.​

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2009 Jason Varitek reaches a preliminary agreement with the Red Sox for a reported guaranteed $5 million, one-year contract, including options for the 2010 season. The team's catcher and captain, a 12-year veteran, accepts much less than he would have made had he taken the team's arbitration offer made in December.

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2009 Jon Garland agrees to a one-year deal with the Diamondbacks worth at least $7.25 million. The 29-year-old right-hander, who will fill Randy Johnson's spot as a starter, joins a strong Arizona rotation, including Brandon Webb, Dan Haren, Max Scherzer, and Doug Davis.

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On January 30 in Baseball History...

• • 1919 - The Reds hire Pat Moran as manager when no word is received from manager Christy Mathewson, who is still in France with the U.S. Army.
  • 1948 - Herb Pennock, general manager of the Phillies and former star southpaw, collapses in a New York hotel lobby and dies a short time later at a local hospital.
  • 1958 - Commissioner Ford Frick announces that players and coaches, rather than the fans, will vote for the All-Star teams.
  • 1977 - Edward W. Stack is elected president of the Hall of Fame. He succeeds Paul Kerr, who is retiring.
  • 1978 - Former pitcher Addie Joss and former executive Larry MacPhail are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

Baseball Birthdays on January 30...

• • 1867 - Dooms, Harry
  • 1872 - Heard, Charlie
  • 1877 - Dunham, Wiley
  • 1886 - Watson, Doc
  • 1887 - Herbert, Ernie
  • 1888 - Campbell, Vin
  • 1891 - Schwarz, Bill
  • 1893 - Smyth, Red
  • 1911 - Katz, Bob
  • 1911 - Wasem, Link
  • 1917 - Harris, Mickey
  • 1917 - Veigel, Al
  • 1922 - Mallette, Mal
  • 1923 - Dropo, Walt "A helpless Walt Dropo stood in the batters's box and prayed but his prayers went unanswered, he sadly admitted today. The broad-shouldered Detroit first sacker, who tied an all-time major league record, by rapping out his 12th consecutive base hit in Tuesday night's second game against Washington, wanted that 13th hit badly. 'I felt I could get it too,' he said. 'Why not? I was hitting the ball real well.' He picked up on Lou Sleater's first pitch in the seventh inning and raised a foul near the first base stands. 'I just stood there and prayed that the ball would fall into the stands,' he sighed. 'I watched it all the way and my heart sank when Mickey Grasso, Washington catcher, squeezed it for the out.'" - The Daily Chronicle (De Kalb, Illinois, July 16, 1952, 'Walt Dropo Barely Misses Hit Record,'
  • 1925 - Lawrence, Brooks
  • 1929 - Abernathie, Bill
  • 1930 - Amoros, Sandy "Looks to me like Sandy is going to be one of the greatest. You got to remember that he's young and he's been handicapped by the language problem. Maybe that doesn't sound like a real problem, but imagine how you'd feel if you had to work at your job every day among people who speak another language. Sandy's learning English pretty good now, and you're going to see him become a great ball player." - Gilliam, Jim. Baseball Digest. SANDY AMOROS — HE GOT!. October 1954.
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  • 1931 - Neal, Charlie "Charlie Neal doesn't look like a man who would hit two home runs in a year, much less one game. He weighs only 156 pounds and his wrists are thin. Yet he has hit 41 home runs in the last two seasons. He has played with the Dodgers for four years and is regarded as one of the best second basemen in the National League. In the dressing room as reporters questioned him, Neal looked embarrassed. What pitches did he hit? He didn't know, he said, and when the reporters looked puzzled, he said he was sorry. A photographer asked him to make a muscle, and he looked embarrassed again as laughing teammates compared it to a bee sting. But their kidding was gentle; it was that bee sting which had tied the Series at a game apiece." - Sportswriter Roy Terrell in Sports Illustrated (October 12, 1959, 'Charlie Neal's Bee-sting Home Runs'
  • 1943 - Johnson, Davey "After a highly successful career as both a slick-fielding infielder and a slugger, Davey Johnson went on to an even more decorated career as a manager. His winning percentage of .564 is 10th all-time among managers with 1,000 victories, and is surpassed by only Earl Weaver among pilots who began their career after 1960. But it was while playing for Weaver in Baltimore that Johnson first became a prominent name in baseball, as the valuable second baseman for four pennant winners and the 1966 and 1970 champions. Four men share the record for starting 21 World Series games for the Orioles: Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, and Dave Johnson." - Baseball Historian Mark Armour (SABR Baseball
  • 1947 - Alexander, Matt
  • 1948 - Moates, Dave
  • 1954 - Stegman, Dave
  • 1956 - Earley, Bill
  • 1959 - Tarver, La Schelle
  • 1964 - Pena, Hipolito
  • 1965 - Davis, Joel
  • 1973 - Henley, Bob

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