Happy ’80s Birthday to Cory Snyder, who burst on the scene in 1986 by slugging 24 homers as a rookie for Cleveland and followed that up with 33 in 1987.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Scott Loucks, who was born in Alaska, went to high school in Hawaii, and played his college ball at Southeastern Oklahoma State before spending time in the bigs with the Astros and Pirates.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Bob Long, who pitched for the Pirates and Mariners and went 1-2 in 33 career games.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Ron Musselman, who won four games for Seattle and Toronto from 1982 through 1985.
Happy ’80s Birthday to John Hobbs, who appeared in four games for the 1981 Twins.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Jeff Ransom, who played parts of three seasons with the Giants from 1981 through 1983, played in Italy, then returned to the U.S. and spent more time in the minor leagues.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Scott May, who appeared in five games for the Rangers and Cubs between 1988 and 1991.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Rey Quinones, who hit two doubles in his big-league debut in 1986 and spent four years in the major leagues with Seattle, Boston, and Pittsburgh.
Wil Culmer was born OTD in 1957 in Nassau, Bahamas. He won the Carolina League batting crown in 1980 and was sent to Cleveland as part of the deal that brought John Denny to Philadelphia. Wil played in seven games for Cleveland in 1983. He passed away in 2003.
11/11/81
Fernando Valenzuela becomes the first rookie to ever win the Cy Young Award.
In his first 80 2/3 innings in the big leagues, Fernando allowed a total of two earned runs. Then he asked for more money and the Dodgers told him to pound sand.
11/11/85
Bret Saberhagen is named the A.L. Cy Young Award winner after going 20-6 with a 2.87 E.R.A. for the Royals.
11/11/86
Mike Scott wins the N.L. Cy Young Award. Mets fans are perfectly fine with this and bombard him with congratulatory telegrams.
11/11/87
Roger Clemens wins his 2nd straight Cy Young Award. In 1986 and ’87 combined, Clemens goes 44-13 with a 2.74 E.R.A. and a WHIP of 1.01.
11/11/87
Just 17 months after being fired as field manager by the Cubs, Jim Frey is named director of baseball operations of the team.
11/11/86
The Reds desperately need to make room on their 40-man roster for Pat Pacillo so they remove aging veteran Pete Rose from the active roster. Pete says he will play again but he never does.
11/11/86
The Reds release Dave Van Gorder. He signs with Baltimore and splits the 1987 season between Baltimore and their Triple-A team in Rochester before retiring.
11/11/86
The Reds release Chris Welsh. He signs with the Orioles and spends 1987 in the minor leagues before retiring.
Charlie Lea passed away OTD in 2011. He was just 54.
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