1989 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1989 throughout the world.

Major League Baseball

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

Events

January

February

March

March 19 - The Cleveland Indians trade outfielder Mel Hall to the New York Yankees in exchange for catcher Joel Skinner and outfielder Turner Ward. March 28 - The Chicago Cubs release pitcher Goose Gossage.

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

  • October 3 – Kirby Puckett wins an unlikely, at the time, batting title taking advantage of an off year by Wade Boggs due to marital issues. Puckett would clinch the title in Seattle on a double in the final game of the season.
  • October 9 – After 43 years on the air, NBC concludes its run (coinciding with the San Francisco Giants defeating the Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series to insure their first trip to the World Series since 1962) as the number one over-the-air network television broadcaster for Major League Baseball games.
  • October 17 – Game 3 of the World Series is postponed due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck immediately before the game was set to begin. It would be rescheduled for ten days later, October 27.
  • October 28 – The Oakland Athletics complete a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants in the 1989 World Series. It's the first WS sweep since 1976. Oakland pitcher Dave Stewart, who won two games, is named MVP. It is also the latest in the calendar year that a World Series game has ever been played up to this point. This was also ABC's final Major League Baseball telecast until July 1994, when The Baseball Network was launched. ABC, who had broadcast Major League Baseball games since 1976 was like NBC was about to lose the television rights to CBS.

November

  • November 1 – Frank Robinson who led the Baltimore Orioles to a near American League East Title was named American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He received 23 of 28 first place votes.
  • November 20 – Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Robin Yount wins his second American League MVP Award. With his 1982 Award coming in a year he played shortstop, he is the second player (Hank Greenberg) to win two such awards while playing different positions.
  • November 21 – Kevin Mitchell who batted .291 and scored 100 runs and led the San Francisco Giants to their first World Series appearance since 1962 was named the National League MVP. Mitchell received 20 of the 24 first-place votes.
  • November 22 – Free agent outfielder Kirby Puckett re-signs with the Minnesota Twins for $9 million over three years, making him the first ML player ever to sign a contract that calls for an average salary of $3 million per year.[3]

December

Movies

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

References

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