first pitcher to pitch two shutouts in the World Series since Christy Mathewson in the 1905 World Series. November November 12 – Frank Lane resigns as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and is replaced by Bing Devine. November 20 – Shigeo Nagashima, a slugger star at Rikkyo University, signs with the Yomiuri Giants for a record bonus of $69,000. November 22: Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams, 233 to 209 votes, to win the American League MVP Award. Mantle batted .365 with 34 home runs for the first-place New York Yankees, while Williams, of the third-place Boston Red Sox, led the AL with a .388 average and 38 home runs, as well as a stunning .731 slugging percentage. Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey fumes at the news, noting that two Chicago writers listed Williams in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots. After 22 seasons of work, Larry Goetz is unwillingly 'retired' as a National League umpire by league's president Warren Giles. The discharged arbitrator had been critical of the Senior Circuit because of the league's refusal to include umpires in the players' pension fund. November 26 – Yoshio Tanaka, an American citizen of Japanese descent, is named manager of the Hanshin Tigers, becoming the first American to manage a NPB club. November 28 – Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn, who posted a 21-11 record with 111 strikeouts and a 3.49 ERA, wins the MLB Cy Young Award almost unanimously. His only competition for the title is Dick Donovan of the Chicago White Sox (16-6, 88, 3.35), who receives one vote. Only one pitcher is selected each season for this prestigious pitching award until , when each league will name a winner. November 29 – New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. forms a four-member committee to find replacement teams for the Dodgers and Giants in NYC. December December 2 – Three Pacific Coast League franchises are forced to relocate when the Brooklyn Dodgers confirmed their long-rumored move to Los Angeles for the 1958 season and the New York Giants announced their move to San Francisco. As a result, the Hollywood Stars move from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, the Los Angeles Angels transfer to Spokane, Washington, and the San Francisco Seals move to Phoenix, Arizona. December 7 - The Associated Press votes Tony Kubek as the American League rookie of the year. Frank Malzone