November 13, 2000: Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez (1998-2004) is unanimously voted as the American League Cy Young Award winner; for Pedro, who went 18-6 with a 1.74 ERA compared to AL ERA average of 4.91, it was the second year in a row that he was unanimously selected as the Cy Young winner and it is his third Cy Young Award in four years. [...]

November 12, 1923: The Boston Braves and the New York Giants complete a five-player trade that includes two future Braves managers; the Braves traded outfielder and future pennant winning Braves manager Billy Southworth (1946-1951) for outfielder Casey Stengel who would manage the Braves without distinction from 1938 to 1943. [...]

November 11, 1999: Boston Red Sox manager Jimy Williams (1997-2001) is named the American League Manager of the Year; that season the Boston Red Sox won the American League Wild Card with 94 victories finishing second in the AL East behind the Yankees and defeated Cleveland three-games-to-two in the ALDS [...]

November 10, 1954: Red Sox pitcher Bob Stanley (1977-1989) is born in Portland, ME: with 115 wins and 132 saves, Stanley contributed to more wins (247) than any pitcher in team history; Stanley went 15-2 for the 1978 Red Sox, earning the nickname "The Vulture" and he was an American League All-Star in 1979 and 1983. [...]

November 9, 1950: Sam "The Jet" Jethroe, Boston Braves centerfielder (1950-1952) and the first African American to play professional baseball in Boston, is named the National League Rookie of the Year; at age 31, two months and 150 days, he remains the oldest player to be named Rookie-of-the-Year in either league. [...]