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November 13
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Barry Larkin: Hometown MVP
Thirty-one years ago tomorrow, on November 13, 1995, Barry Larkin was named National League MVP. He was the first NL shortstop to win it since Maury Wills in 1962.
Larkin’s story is the kind every kid dreams about. He grew up in Cincinnati, and at five years old he decided he was going to replace his hero, Reds shortstop Dave Concepcion. The Reds drafted him out of Moeller High in 1982, but he went to Michigan instead and played shortstop for the 1984 U.S. Olympic team with Will Clark and Mark McGwire. The Reds took him again in 1985, fourth overall. This time he signed, and he was in the big leagues by August 1986. By the time Concepcion retired after 1988, Larkin was already an All-Star.
He wasn’t just a talent, he was a leader. In September 1990, with the Reds coasting down the stretch, Larkin called a clubhouse meeting and ripped his teammates for not hustling. They woke up, won the division, beat the Pirates, and swept the heavily favored A’s in the World Series. Larkin hit .353 in the Series.
The 1995 MVP wasn’t about big numbers. Dante Bichette and Mike Piazza put up monster years, but Larkin hit .319, scored 98 runs, stole a career-high 51 bases, and won a Gold Glove. The voters rewarded the whole package, his glove and his leadership along with the bat, and he edged Bichette in a close race. In the playoffs he hit .385 in the sweep of the Dodgers and .389 against the Braves.
Then he went out and topped it. In 1996 Larkin hit 33 homers and stole 36 bases, becoming the first shortstop ever in the 30-30 club. At that year’s All-Star Game, Ozzie Smith handed him an autographed bat and told him the torch was his now. In 1997 the Reds made him their first captain since Concepcion. “I want another ring,” he said. “That’s my focus.”
He never got that second ring, but he played all 19 seasons in Cincinnati. He made 12 All-Star teams, won 3 Gold Gloves and 9 Silver Sluggers, and finished with a .295 average, 2,340 hits and 379 steals. In 1998 he and his brother Stephen took the field with Bret and Aaron Boone, the first infield ever with two sets of brothers. Larkin made the Hall of Fame in 2012 with 86% of the vote, and the Reds retired his number 11.
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Todays Trivia . . .
Five major leaguers have hit home runs in each of four consecutive Opening Day games. Who was the only one to do it for a team domiciled outside the United States?
Hint: #1 He was the first player in his franchise’s history to hit at least twenty home runs in each of four consecutive seasons.
Hint: #2 He is the only catcher to win the Most Valuable Player of the All-Star Game more than once.
Quote of the day:
“WE WANTED both Gardner and Schiraldi,” Lou Gorman said. “They are big, strong, and we think both are outstanding.”
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Game of the Day — October 20, 1990 World Series Game 4 Cincinnati Reds vs Oakland Athletics
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November 13 highlights and Historic Days!
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November 13, 1934, the Washington Senators hire future Hall of Famer Bucky Harris as manager. Harris replaces player-manager Joe Cronin, whom Washington had sold to Boston. The ‘Boy Wonder,’ previously managed the Senators to American League championships in 1924 and 1925 and the franchises only World Series victory as the Senators in 1924.
His second time through will not be as successful from 1935 – 1942, the club will finish above 500 once for a 4th place finish. He will return again in 1950 – 1954 and have 1 season above .500. Overal over 18 seasons he will go 1336 – 1416 for a .485 winning percentage and win 1 world series with the Senators. He will also win a title with the Yankees.
During his 29 year managerial career he will manage 4,410 games and win 2,158 of them. All three World Series he managed in went 7 games.
November 13, 1965 — At the beginning of his induction speech at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Branch Rickey collapses over the podium as he mumbles to the audience, “I don’t believe I’m going to be able to speak any longer.” The 83 year-old baseball executive, who suffered a massive heart attack on stage, will remain unconscious while in intensive care at Boone County Memorial Hospital in Columbia, Missouri before dying three weeks later.
November 13, 1978, Boston Red Sox ace Luis Tiant signs a free agent contract with the rival New York Yankees.
Tiant the first free agent to sign, signs a two-year $875,000 contract. The 38 year-old El Tiante will post 21-17 (.553) record during his tenure in New York, but will not appear in the postseason in 1980 when the team wins the American League East division.
November 13, 1973 – Reggie Jackson is named AL MVP after hitting .293 and leading the league in home runs (32), RBI (117) and runs scored (99). The World Series MVP also led the A’s to their second consecutive World Series Championship in 1973.Jackson received all 24 first-place votes, with Jim Palmer coming in a distant second. Teammates Sal Bando (4th), Catfish Hunter (10th), Deron Johnson, Billy North, Vida Blue and Burt Campaneris also received MVP votes.
Jackson will finish in the top five for MVP voting 4 other times, and top 10 two other times. He ranks 32nd all time in MVP votes received at the time of this post.
November 13, 1979 – For the first time in major league history, two players share the Most Valuable Player Award. The National League co-winners are Willie Stargell, the spiritual leader of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who hit .281 with 32 home runs, and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Keith Hernandez, who led the NL in runs (116), doubles (48) and batting average (.344).
Both garnering 216 points in the BBWAA balloting, but ‘Pops’ receives ten first-place votes compared to the four casts for the Cardinal infielder.
Mets and Red Sox make a 8 player deal
November 13, 1985: The New York Mets and Boston Red Sox make a 8 player trade Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner, La Schelle Tarver and John Christensen to Boston for Bob Ojeda, John Mitchell, tom McCarthy, and Chris Bayer.
“WE WANTED both Gardner and Schiraldi,” Gorman said. “They are big, strong, and we think both are outstanding. I think Gardner can become the best reliever in baseball, and Schiraldi isn’t far behind. “They just didn’t get a chance to pitch for the Mets. We’re looking at Gardner as a stopper, an impact pitcher who can get the last four or five hitters out.
Schiraldi throws 91 and 92 m.p.h. and can start and relieve. Well, have to wait until spring training to decide his role. “Christensen and Tarver also have a chance to help us at the major-league level next year.”
“We feel Bob Ojeda is a quality left-handed pitcher who should complement our present staff,” said Joe McDvaine, Mets director of player personnel. “Our reports on him are good, and we feel that another left-hander on our staff will give us a better balance, particularly against teams that run well.” Ojeda will become the fifth starter on a staff that already includes right-handers Dwight Gooden, Ron Darling, and Rick Aguilera, and lefthander Sid Fernandez. That fifth spot had belonged to right-hander Bruce Berenyi, who missed most of the 1985 season after undergoing arm surgery.
Ojeda will go 18-5 for the eventual world champions and finish 4th in the Cy Young voting. He will pitch for the Mets for 5 years and go 51-40.
Schiraldi also has a career year pitching 51 innings with a 1.41 ERA.
OJeda goes 2-0 in the 1986 playoffs, including two strong starts vs his former team. Schiraldi goes 0-2 in the World Series with a 13.50 era, including the game six meltdown vs his former team.
November 13, 1989 — After 16 years with the same team, outfielder Jim Rice is released by the Boston Red Sox. Rice retires from the game with 382 home runs and a .298 average. He will eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame.
Milestones November 13
🎙️ Did you know? Pased away Today Al Dark . . .
In 1969 fans chose Alvin Dark as the top shortstop in Giants' history. He won the 1948 Rookie of the Year award, hit .300 four times, led the NL in doubles once, led league shortstops three times each in putouts and double plays, and hit 20 or more home runs and scored over 100 runs twice each. Dark's single in the ninth inning of the third 1951 NL playoff game started the rally that culminated in Bobby Thomson's famous pennant-winning homer. As a manager, Dark won the 1962 NL pennant for San Francisco and the 1974 World Championship with Oakland. While leading San Francisco, he once tore off a finger at the joint throwing a metal chair after a loss. After finding religion, his calmer personality enabled him to work two tours for A's owner Charlie Finley.
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ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA
TRIVIA ANSWER: GARY CARTER
- Ans. Carter’s OD HRs = 09-Apr-1977,
07-Apr-1978,
06-Apr-1979 &
11-Apr-1980, all for the Montreal Expos.
The others with 4 consecutive opening-day HRs
Yogi Berra (1955-58) for NYY,
Todd Hundley (1994-1997) for NYM,
Jack Hannahan (2008-2009, 2011-2012) for OAK & CLE [in the minors in 2010] &
Tyler O'Neill (2020-2025) for STL, BOS & BAL, six (6!) straight years & counting.
- #1 Playing for MON, Carter, in these same 4 seasons, hit 30, 20, 22 & 29 HR respectively.
- #2 Carter was MVP of the mid-summer classic in 1981 & 1984. The other multiple winners are Mays (1963, 68); Garvey (1974, 78); Ripken (1991, 2001) & Trout (2014, 15).
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