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Andruw had an incredible 2005 season but came up short in the NL MVP voting. Braves Franchise History
2005: St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols earns the National League MVP Award, edging Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones. Pujols was among the NL leaders in most hitting categories and finished with a .330 batting average, 41 home runs and 117 RBI in guiding the Cardinals to the league’s best record at 100-62. He receives 18 of 31 first-place votes in balloting conducted by the BBWAA, outpointing Jones 378-351. Jones hit .263 and led the league with 51 home runs and 128 RBI. He won his eighth consecutive Gold Glove as the Braves claimed their 14th consecutive division title (if one conveniently forgets the 1994 season) despite playing 18 rookies and losing third baseman Chipper Jones for about a third of the season because of injuries.
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MLB History
1995: The Arizona Diamondbacks, who will not begin play until the 1998 season, sign Buck Showalter to a seven-year contract as manager. Showalter guided the New York Yankees to a wild card berth in 1995, but left the team after it lost its first-round playoff series.
2005: After months of deadlock, leaders of Major League Baseball and the players union reach an agreement to clean up a performance-enhancing drug scandal that has tarnished the nation’s pastime and left lawmakers worried about young athletes imitating the wrong role models. It will require baseball players to submit to several drug tests each year, during and between seasons, and will impose lengthy suspensions for steroid and amphetamine use. Repeat offenders can be banned for life. The agreement, which must be ratified by both the players and baseball owners, is similar to a proposal offered earlier this year by commissioner Bud Selig.
2007: Former All-Star Joe Nuxhall, the youngest major league player of the 20th Century at age 15, dies in Fairfield, Ohio. Nuxhall had served as a Cincinnati Reds broadcaster for many years after his career ended.
2023: Gerrit Cole of the Yankees, is the winner of the Cy Young Award in the American League by unanimous vote, his first time winning the award, while Blake Snell, who posted the unprecedented combination of leading the major leagues in both walks and ERA, wins the Award in the National League. Snell has now won the trophy in both leagues.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
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Andruw had an incredible 2005 season but came up short in the NL MVP voting. Braves Franchise History
2005: St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols earns the National League MVP Award, edging Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones. Pujols was among the NL leaders in most hitting categories and finished with a .330 batting average, 41 home runs and 117 RBI in guiding the Cardinals to the league’s best record at 100-62. He receives 18 of 31 first-place votes in balloting conducted by the BBWAA, outpointing Jones 378-351. Jones hit .263 and led the league with 51 home runs and 128 RBI. He won his eighth consecutive Gold Glove as the Braves claimed their 14th consecutive division title (if one conveniently forgets the 1994 season) despite playing 18 rookies and losing third baseman Chipper Jones for about a third of the season because of injuries.
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MLB History
1995: The Arizona Diamondbacks, who will not begin play until the 1998 season, sign Buck Showalter to a seven-year contract as manager. Showalter guided the New York Yankees to a wild card berth in 1995, but left the team after it lost its first-round playoff series.
2005: After months of deadlock, leaders of Major League Baseball and the players union reach an agreement to clean up a performance-enhancing drug scandal that has tarnished the nation’s pastime and left lawmakers worried about young athletes imitating the wrong role models. It will require baseball players to submit to several drug tests each year, during and between seasons, and will impose lengthy suspensions for steroid and amphetamine use. Repeat offenders can be banned for life. The agreement, which must be ratified by both the players and baseball owners, is similar to a proposal offered earlier this year by commissioner Bud Selig.
2007: Former All-Star Joe Nuxhall, the youngest major league player of the 20th Century at age 15, dies in Fairfield, Ohio. Nuxhall had served as a Cincinnati Reds broadcaster for many years after his career ended.
2023: Gerrit Cole of the Yankees, is the winner of the Cy Young Award in the American League by unanimous vote, his first time winning the award, while Blake Snell, who posted the unprecedented combination of leading the major leagues in both walks and ERA, wins the Award in the National League. Snell has now won the trophy in both leagues.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
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