This Day in Baseball History: Era of free agency begins

Dec 23rd, 2011 by Christopher Smith

On Dec. 23, 1975, arbitrator Peter Seitz, the chair of a three-member panel, ruled that pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally ?were free to sign with any team as the reserve clause did not bind them to their teams forever, but for one year only,? according to Baseball-Reference.com.

?The Seitz decision caused the owners to open the era of free agency to any player who has played out his contract and had six years of service. For his decision, Seitz was fired by the owners.?

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