| On this date... | January 5th |
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| After a U.S. District Court decision effectively banned him from playing for the Philadelphia Athletics, this 5x American League batting champion second baseman rejoined the team | |
| The National League allowed this owner of a restaurant chain and president of the Federal League's Chicago Whales, to buy the Chicago Cubs for $500,000 | |
| The new centerfield bleachers being constructed at this stadium were destroyed by a fire | |
| The New York Giants buy this 3x All-Star catcher from the St. Louis Cardinals for $175,000, the largest amount ever paid for a single player | |
| This 6x All-Star and former MLB Rookie of the Year second baseman retired rather than going to play for the New York Giants, after he was traded to them last December | |
| This proposed third major league received an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating | |
| James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon purchased the remaining 40 percent of this teams stock to acquire complete control of the club | |
| This 4x All-Star and 5x Gold Glove winning pitcher signed a two-year deal worth $1.4 million with the New York Yankees | |
| Major League Baseball signed a $400 millon contract with this U.S.-based sports television channel, which will put 175 games per year on cable television beginning in 1990 | |
| | On this date... | January 5th |
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| This 14x All-Star and 5x World Series champion outfielder is the only player elected into the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA this year with 93.6% of the vote | |
| This 4x All-Star pitcher got elected into the Hall of Fame on his fifth try with 81.6% of the vote | |
| In their first year of eligibility, 3 players were elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA this year (Name one) | |
| This 7x Japanese All-Star and 7x Pacific League batting champion outfielder signed a three-year deal worth $14 million with the Seattle Mariners | |
| This 10x All-Star and 5x Cy Young winning pitcher announced his retirement, ending a 22-year career | |
| This 3x All-Star outfielder/first baseman signed the largest contract in franchise history when he signed a seven-yearl deal worth $120 million with the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| This 12x All-Star, 4x Silver Slugger, and 10x Gold Glove winning second baseman as elected into the Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility, receiving 90.0% of the vote | |
| This 2x All-Star, 2x World Series champion, and no-hitter pitcher was elected into the Hall of Fame in his fourteenth year of eligibility, receiving 79.7% of the vote | |
| This All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger, 2x Gold Glove third baseman signed a six-year deal worth $96 million with the Texas Rangers | |
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