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Happy ’80s Birthday to Bo Jackson, who did things on a baseball field that human beings aren’t supposed to be able to do. Just a freakish athlete and it sucks that he was robbed of fulfilling his potential.

Happy ’80s Birthday to Juan Berenguer!

Bob Tewksbury 1986 baseball card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Bob Tewksbury, who simply didn’t walk people. In 1992 and 1993, Tewks threw 446.2 innings and walked 40. Also in 1992, he gave up 216 hits and had a WHIP of 1.02. Take all the time you need to process that.

Craig Swan 1980 Topps Baseball Card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Craig Swan, who held Mike Schmidt to a .200 batting average so he must have been doing something right

Barry Evans 1981 T

Happy ’80s Birthday to Barry Evans, who earned nearly 33% of his 1980 RBI on one swing. He hit a pinch-hit slam off Pedro Borbon.

Dave Engle 1982 Twins postcard

Happy ’80s Birthday to Dave Engle, who spent nine years in the big with four teams. He placed 5th in the 1981 A.L. Rookie of the Year balloting and later coached and managed in the minor leagues. He is also Tom Brunansky’s brother-in-law.

Steve Shields 1989 Fleer Baseball Card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Steve Shields, who won eight games over five seasons for five teams.

Gary Wayne 1989 Donruss Baseball Card

Happy ’80s Birthday to Gary Wayne, who won 14 games for the Twins, Rockies, and Dodgers from 1989 through 1994.

11/30/88

Bob Boone signs a one-year deal with the Royals. The 41-year-old Boone hits .274 in KC and wins his 7th Gold Glove award. He returns to the Royals in 1989 and then retires.

11/30/88

The A’s sign Billy Beane as a free agent. He spends 1989 in the big leagues and retires, eventually becoming the GM of the team.

11/30/88

The Rangers sign Scott Fletcher as a free agent. Fletcher chooses Texas over Philadelphia’s offer of $3.8 million over three years.

Greg Olson 1989

11/30/88

The Twins sign Greg Olson as a free agent. He spends most of 1989 in the minor leagues before signing with Atlanta for the 1990 season.

Big Days

11/30/81

Dave Righetti wins the AL Rookie of the Year Award. Rags goes 8-4 in 15 starts with a 2.05 ERA to best Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman, who finishes 2nd.

Reggie Jackson 1981 Donruss Baseball Card

11/30/81

Reggie meets with Atlanta owner Ted Turner as his free-agent tour is underway. Here is the story.

Johnny Bench 1983 Diamond Kings Baseball Card

11/30/88

Johnny Bench, Carl Yastrzemski, and Gaylord Perry headline the list of players eligible for the Hall of Fame for the first time. Bench and Yaz are inducted in January while Perry gets in in 1991.

Transactions

Andre Thornton 1986 baseball card

11/30/87

Andre Thornton announces his retirement. He finishes with 253 homers over 14 seasons with Cleveland, the Cubs, and Montreal.

Jim Traber 1985 Donruss Baseball Card

11/30/89

The Orioles release Jim Traber and his career is over. He finishes with 27 homers over four seasons with the Birds and sang the national anthem multiple times before games.

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