1931 - Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a College football game.
1951 - Roy Campanella is named NL MVP on his 30th birthday.
1953 - US Supreme Court rules (7-2) that baseball is a sport not a business.
1979 - Houston Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to a record 4 year, $4.5 million contract.
1983 - Edmonton Oilers beat the NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization".
1984 - New York Mets Dwight Gooden, 20, is the youngest to be named NL Rookie of the Year.
1986 - Phillies 3rd Baseman Mike Schmidt wins the NL MVP award.
1990 - Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds wins the NL MVP award.
1991 - Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken wins his second AL MVP award.
1996 - Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million contract with the White Sox.
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