"1928 - Voters in Massachusetts approve Sunday baseball in Boston, provided that Braves Field is more than 1,000 feet from a church. This leaves Pennsylvania as the only state with no Sunday baseball in the major leagues. 1960 - Warren Spahn finishes second in Cy Young voting to Vern Law, who finished 20-9 with 18 complete games for the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates. 2020 - Max Fried wins the first of three consecutive Gold Glove awards."
"1926 - Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager after leading his team to a record of 79-75 and a sixth-place finish. Umpire and former Tigers infielder George Moriarty replaces him. Moriarty is the first man to hold baseball's four principal jobs: player, umpire, scout and manager. Cobb will sign a playing contract with the Philadelphia Athletics and will bat .357 during the 1927 season."
Voters in Massachusetts approved Sunday baseball in Boston in 1928, leaving Pennsylvania as the only state without Sunday major-league games. Ty Cobb resigned as Detroit Tigers manager in 1926 and later signed with the Philadelphia Athletics, while George Moriarty became the first person to serve as player, umpire, scout and manager. Mickey Cochrane (1934) and Joe Gordon (1942) earned American League MVP honors over Triple Crown winners. The 1939 sacrifice fly rule was restored in 1953. Philadelphia approved funding for a major stadium in 1964 that became Veterans Stadium. Notable awards and managerial appointments continued through the 1980s and 1990s.
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