April 13
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on April 13.
Events[edit]
- 1900 - At the request of club owners in Cincinnati and New York, the National League bans umpire Tim Hurst, considered the most colorful, cantankerous ump, from working in cities whose club owners "object to having a man of that type associated with their grounds, where ladies and gentlemen watch the games."
- 1914 - The Baltimore Terrapins host the very first game in Federal League history, defeating the Buffalo Buffeds, 3 - 2, behind the strong pitching of Jack Quinn. A crowd estimated at 27,000 stands 15 rows deep in the outfield to witness the return of big league baseball to Baltimore.
- 1916 - Babe Adams, the Pirates bellwether, pitches a one-hit 4 - 0 shutout against the Cardinals, the only safety coming when a ball squirts out of second baseman Joe Schultz's glove. Adams will win only one more game this season, and the Pirates will release him in August. They will then re-sign him during the 1918 season.
- 1921:
- With new U.S. President Warren G. Harding, former president Woodrow Wilson, and VP Calvin Coolidge watching, the Washington Senators lose their home opener, 6 - 3, to the Boston Red Sox. Senators pitcher Walter Johnson leaves after four innings, the first time he has failed to finish an Opening Game.
- In the season opener for the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth goes 5 for 5, as New York and Carl Mays beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 11 - 1.
- 1922 - At age 31, pitcher Dazzy Vance makes his Brooklyn Robins debut and loses to Phil Douglas and the New York Giants, 4 - 3. In 1915, when Vance made one start for the Pirates, it was Douglas who beat him. Since then Vance has been in the minor leagues. Despite his late start, Vance will win 197 games in a 16-season career and a place in the Hall of Fame in 1955.
- 1925 - Stuffy McInnis is released by the Boston Braves. He will sign with the Pirates, bat .368 in 59 games, and get into his fifth World Series.
- 1926:
- In one of the greatest Opening Day pitchers' duels ever, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators defeats Eddie Rommel and the Philadelphia Athletics, 1 - 0, in a 15-inning battle. The game will set the record for longest opening day contest until 2012, when the Blue Jays and Indians play 16 innings on April 5th.
- More than 45,000 fans at the Polo Grounds watch Jess Petty of the Brooklyn Robins post an Opening Day, 3 - 0, one-hitter over the New York Giants. The Giants will win seven in a row after the opener, only to be beaten again by Petty, 2 - 1, on April 24th.
- 1933 - Sammy West of the St. Louis Browns goes 6 for 6 in an 11-inning victory over the Chicago White Sox. West collects five singles and a double off Ted Lyons.
- 1946 - Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by the defending Negro American League champion Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from the field in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1953 - For the first time in half a century, a new city is represented in the American or National league. The Braves who moved from Boston to Milwaukee over the winter, open in Cincinnati, where pitcher Max Surkont sets down the Reds, 2 - 0.
- 1954:
- The brand new Baltimore Orioles open in Detroit and lose, 3 - 0. Don Larsen takes the loss against Steve Gromek. The Tigers start fast and will win 12 of their first 18 games.
- Hank Aaron makes his major league debut in left field for the Milwaukee Braves and goes 0 for 5 in a 9 - 8 loss to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Jim Greengrass of Cincinnati hits four doubles in his debut to tie an Opening Day record.
- At Sportsman's Park, St. Louis Cardinals rookie Wally Moon hits a home run in his first major league at-bat off Chicago Cubs pitcher Paul Minner. But Minner homers to back his own pitching, as the Cubs win, 13 - 4. Tom Alston becomes the first black player to wear a Cardinals uniform.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates open at home for the first time in 61 years and defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4 - 2, before 32,294 spectators. Curt Roberts, the Pirates' first black player, hits a triple against Robin Roberts in the 1st inning.
- In Boston, Braves Field is renamed "BU Field" by its new owners, Boston University.
- 1962:
- At the Polo Grounds, just 12,447 Mets fans welcome the return of National League baseball to New York. The Pirates defeat the Mets, 4 - 3, behind seven solid innings of two-run pitching from Tom Sturdivant. Sherman Jones is the loser.
- At Wrigley Field, Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run to set a new National League record as the Cardinals beat the Cubs, 8 - 5, in 15 innings.
- 1963:
- After eleven hitless at-bats, Cincinnati Reds second baseman Pete Rose records his first major league hit, a triple off the Pittsburgh Pirates' Bob Friend. Increased enforcement of the balk rule produces a major-league record seven in the Pirates' 12 - 4 trouncing at Cincinnati. Friend is called for four balks.
- Boston Red Sox rookie Dave Morehead shuts out the Washington Senators, 3 - 0, in his first major league appearance. Morehead is the first Red Sox pitcher to debut with a shutout since Boo Ferriss in 1945.
- 1966 - At Fenway Park, Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson hit back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning off Dave Morehead, to lead the Baltimore Orioles to an 8 - 1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Jim Palmer pitches a five-hit complete game and helps himself by hitting a homer in the 2nd.
- 1968 - Looking back on his career some 30 years later, Willie Mays will recall being gunned down going from first to third exactly once: "Roberto Clemente threw me out on a bang-bang play at third. I should have remembered what a tremendous arm he had." If Willie's memory is correct, this was the play, as witnessed by James K. McGee of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Willie Mays, leading off the 7th, lined a single into left for the Giants' first hit. When Willie McCovey, the next hitter, bounced a single over Donn Clendenon's outstretched glove into right field, it appeared the dam had been broken and runs would flow. Then came the key play of the game. Mays rounded second base and slowed down to draw a throw from right fielder Roberto Clemente. Mays, either overestimating his own speed or underestimating the power and accuracy of Clemente's arm, was thrown out trying to reach third. Maury Wills tagged him as he slid by."
- 1970 - The Oakland Athletics use gold-colored bases during the club's home opener. The Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation.
- 1972 - The first player strike in Major League Baseball history ends, with an abbreviated schedule to start two days later.
- 1980:
- In his first major league start, Charlie Leibrandt of the Cincinnati Reds shuts out the Atlanta Braves, 5 - 0, at Riverfront Stadium.
- The first Q battery in major league history occurs, when Dan Quisenberry (pitcher) and Jamie Quirk (catcher) of the Kansas City Royals face the Detroit Tigers. Detroit wins, 3 - 2.
- 1984 - Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos gets his 4,000th hit, a double off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman, to join Ty Cobb as the only major leaguers to reach 4,000 career hits. The hit comes exactly 21 years after Rose delivered his first hit.
- 1985 - Rollie Fingers records his 217th American League save in the Milwaukee Brewers' 6 - 5 win over Texas, breaking Sparky Lyle's record.
- 1987 - At Jack Murphy Stadium, the San Diego Padres set a major league record when the first three batters in the bottom of the 1st inning hit home runs off San Francisco Giants starter Roger Mason in their home opener. The Padres, trailing 2 - 0, get homers from Marvell Wynne, Tony Gwynn and John Kruk. The feat will be matched by Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa, and Gary Sheffield of the Atlanta Braves against Jeff Austin of the Cincinnati Reds on May 28, 2003.
- 1988 - Rick Honeycutt of the Oakland Athletics becomes the second pitcher in as many days to tie the American League's 28-year-old balk record by committing four balks in four innings while saving a 12 - 7 win over Seattle. A major league record 924 balks will be called this season after umpires are instructed to interpret the complete stop rule more strictly.
- 1993 - Lee Smith becomes the all-time saves leader in the major leagues as the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 9 - 7. Smith picks up his 358th save, surpassing Jeff Reardon.
- 1998 - Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits his 300th career home run to become the second-youngest player to reach the milestone. Griffey's 300th, a two-run shot to right off the Cleveland Indians' Jose Mesa, is his second homer of the game and sixth of the season. At 28 years, 143 days old, Griffey is second only to Jimmie Foxx, who hit his 300th at 27 years, 328 days. Foxx hit 534 homers during his Hall of Fame career.
- 1999 - Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez drives in nine runs in the Rangers' 15 - 6 victory at Seattle. Rodriguez hits a three-run home run in the 1st inning, a two-run single in the 2nd, and his first career grand slam in the 3rd as Texas takes a 13 - 0 lead.
- 2004:
- Pitchers Dennis Eckersley and Bruce Hurst, catcher-manager Bill Carrigan and infielders Wade Boggs, Billy Goodman and Pete Runnels are selected for induction into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. The club's Hall of Fame selection committee conducted its voting at a meeting the previous fall.
- San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hits his 661st home run, passing Willie Mays to take sole possession of third place on the major league career list.
- Alex Ochoa becomes the first player to hit for the cycle in both MLB and NPB when he accomplishes the feat against the Yomiuri Giants. The Chunichi Dragons flyhawk also coaxes two walks in the fine outing.
- 2009:
- In Los Angeles, Orlando Hudson hits for the cycle and Andre Ethier belts two home runs and drives in four runs as the Dodgers defeat the Giants, 11 - 1. Randy Johnson gives up seven runs in 3 2/3 innings for the losers.
- San Diego beats the Mets, 6 - 5, in the first game to be played at Citi Field in New York. The first batter of the game, Jody Gerut, hits a home run off Mike Pelfrey as the Padres jump to an early 5 - 1 lead. New York ties it on a three-run home run by David Wright, but the winning run scores when Luis Rodríguez reaches on a three-base error by RF Ryan Church and crosses the plate when Pedro Feliciano commits a balk.
- 1976 American League Rookie of the Year Mark "The Bird" Fidrych dies at 54 from an accident while fixing a truck on his farm in Northborough, MA.
- The White Sox top the Tigers, 10 - 6. Jermaine Dye and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back homers in the 2nd for the Sox, each of them reaching 300 career home runs with their blows. No teammates had ever reached 300, 400 or 500 in the same game, let alone the same inning.
- 2010:
- Ricky Romero pitches a gem for the Blue Jays. He allows only one hit to the White Sox, a two-run homer by former teammate Alex Rios with none out in the 8th, in eight innings of work, while striking out a career-high 12 batters. Kevin Gregg completes the one-hitter with a perfect 9th inning, earning his third save in sealing the 4 - 2 win.
- The Pirates pull off a couple of brilliant defensive plays in beating the Giants, 6 - 5. With Pittsburgh leading 3 - 1 and a runner on first base, Aubrey Huff knocks a ball that appears headed past the mound for an infield single. But pitcher Paul Maholm dives to the ground, stops the ball, and in one motion flips it with his glove to 1B Jeff Clement to retire Huff while completing a backwards somersault. Then, in the bottom of the 9th, Garrett Jones, now playing 1B, makes a lunging grab of Pablo Sandoval's line drive to end the game.
- Jorge Cantu of the Marlins becomes the first player in 89 years to collect at least one hit and one RBI in his team's first eight games of the season, thanks to an RBI single against Bronson Arroyo of the Cincinnati Reds. George "Highpockets" Kelly was the last player to accomplish the feat, in 1921. Cantu now has 13 RBI for the year and his streak has reached 13 consecutive games, dating back to 2009. However, the Reds win the game, 10 - 8, in 11 innings. Cantu will extend his season-opening streak to ten games with a home run tomorrow and a double the next day.
- The Yankees receive their 2009 World Series rings in a ceremony before their home opener at New Yankee Stadium. Hideki Matsui, the Series MVP, gets to join his former teammates for the ceremony, as he now plays for todays' visitors, the Los Angeles Angels. The Yankees bang out 13 hits for a 7 - 5 win. Andy Pettitte picks up the victory with six scoreless innings.
- 2011:
- After four days of deliberation, the jury in the Trial of Barry Bonds returns a guilty verdict on the charge of obstruction of justice, while failing to reach a decision on the three charges of perjury the slugger was also facing. Barry Bonds faces up to ten years in jail for the felony conviction, although probation is a more likely; Judge Susan Illston may however decide to re-try the three charges which resulted in a hung jury.
- Chipper Jones homers off Randy Choate in the 9th inning of a 5 - 1 Braves loss. He reaches 1,500 career RBI, becoming the third switch-hitter to do so after Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray.
- 2012:
- The Cubs spoil the Cardinals' home opener and P Adam Wainwright's return to St. Louis with a 9 - 5 win. After the Cards receive their World Series rings before the game, Ian Stewart hits a three-run homer in the 1st, and Bryan LaHair adds his first career grand slam in the 3rd. Jeff Samardzija is the winner.
- The Giants' Matt Cain comes one batter shy of a perfect game in beating the Pirates, 5 - 0, in the team's home opener. He settles for a one-hitter, with mound rival James McDonald's 6th-inning single representing the only baserunner.
- Aaron Harang sets a Dodgers record with nine consecutive strikeouts after giving up a lead-off single to San Diego's Cameron Maybin; Will Venable then homers to lead off the 4th. Johnny Podres had struck out eight consecutive batters on July 2, 1962 for the franchise record and Harang falls one short of Tom Seaver's all-time record. He finishes with 13 Ks in 6 1/3 innings and leaves with an 8 - 3 lead, but the bullpen then gets to work to sabotage that lead, with the Padres tying the score with two runs in the top of the 9th. Andrew Cashner retires the first two Los Angeles batters in the bottom of the 9th, before he walks the bases loaded; Joe Thatcher replaces him and walks Andre Ethier, forcing in the winning run and providing an anticlimactic ending to the game, with the final score 9 - 8.
- The Nationals top the Reds, 2 - 1, in 13 innings. Jayson Werth drives in Danny Espinosa with the winner. He becomes the first player to drive in the winner in a 13-inning game on Friday the 13th since 1963. In an odd note, the scorer of the winning run in the 1963 game was none other than Werth's grandfather, Dick Schofield Sr.
- 2013 - Matt Harvey takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning, until the Twins' Justin Morneau hits a homer that clanks against the right field foul pole at Target Field with two outs. Harvey has the longest outing of his career, giving up only two hits in eight innings in the Mets' 4 - 2 win. The Mets have seven consecutive hits in the 5th to score all their runs.
- 2014:
- The Brewers are the hottest team in baseball, completing their third straight series sweep with a 4 -1 win over the Pirates. Kyle Lohse fans nine over 8 2/3 innings to get the win; Will Smith then gets the last out by striking out Pedro Alvarez on three pitches.
- With the 2013-2014 Cuban Serie Nacional finals tied at two games apiece, Game 5 presents high drama at Estadio Capitán San Luis. Matanzas leads Pinar del Río, 8 - 5, entering the bottom of the 9th, but the Crocodiles' pitchers falter, with four hurlers combining to allow three runs in that frame. Osniel Madera ties the score with a sacrifice fly off Alexander Bustamante. In the 11th, Madera victimizes Bustamante again, this time with a homer, to give Pinar del Río the win; they will wrap up the series in Game 6.
- 2016 - Braves OF Hector Olivera is arrested in Arlington, VA after a woman with visible bruises complains to police that the ballplayer assaulted her at the team's hotel while in the Washington, DC area to play the Nationals. Olivera is immediately placed on paid leave by Major League Baseball under its new domestic violence policy and will remain there for the length of the investigation while also facing a possible suspension. He will be traded and released before the end of the suspension and will not return to the majors.
- 2017 - In the longest game yet played at Marlins Park, the Mets defeat Miami, 9 - 8, on a homer by Travis d'Arnaud in the 16th inning. Mets starter Robert Gsellman gives up eight runs in 4 2/3 innings, but seven relievers combine to pitch 10 1/3 scoreless innings. Yoenis Cespedes hits a pair of homers, while d'Arnaud has four hits, including a bases-loaded triple and his game-winning homer off Adam Conley, who had been scheduled to start the next day. For the Marlins, Marcell Ozuna hits a grand slam in the 1st
- 2019 - Derek Dietrich leads the Reds to a 5 - 2 win over the Cardinals in the first of two games played at Estadio Monterrey in Mexico. He homers off Adam Wainwright to lead off the 7th inning and break a 1 - 1 tie, then adds a two-run triple in the 8th.
- 2022:
- In his first start of the year, the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw throws seven perfect innings against the Twins, striking out 13 batters, and is then lifted by manager Dave Roberts because he has attained his pitch count limit. Alex Vesia replaces him in the top of the 8th, but allows a hit to the second batter he faces, Gary Sanchez, to break the historic performance. Los Angeles wins the game handily, 7 - 0, and while there is some controversy about Roberts's decision, because of the shortened spring training, no pitcher has yet thrown a complete game this year, and only a handful have even reached 100 pitches, while Kershaw has had a history of arm issues in recent years, so prudence will always be in the forefront in his usage.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits three home runs and adds a double for good measure to lead the Blue Jays to a 6 - 4 win over the Yankees. Having just turned 23, he is the second youngest player ever to have two three-homer games, trailing only Boog Powell.
- 2023:
- The Rays tie the modern major league record shared by the 1982 Atlanta Braves and 1987 Milwaukee Brewers by winning their 13th straight game since the start of the season, 9 - 3, over the Red Sox. They actually trail for a couple of innings for one of the rare times this season, before scoring seven runs in the bottom of the 5th to run away with the win. However, it is marred by the early departure of pitcher Jeffrey Springs, who has to leave while facing his first batter in the 4th inning with an elbow issue; he had given up his first run in three starts earlier in the game. Next up in the Rays' crosshairs are the 1884 St. Louis Maroons who won 20 straight games to start the only season in the history of the Union Association, whose status as a major league is controversial.
- On a rehabilitation assignment with the AAA El Paso Chihuahuas in anticipation of his 80-game suspension for PED use soon coming to an end, Fernando Tatis Jr. has a tremendous game, homering three times while gathering five hits and eight RBIs. El Paso defeats Albuquerque, 19 - 6.
Births[edit]
- 1848 - Bill Yeatman, outfielder (d. 1905)
- 1858 - Bill Barnes, outfielder (d. 1945)
- 1863 - Charlie Sweeney, pitcher (d. 1902)
- 1864 - Billy Murray, manager (d. 1937)
- 1866 - Herman Long, infielder (d. 1909)
- 1870 - Abel Lizotte, infielder (d. 1926)
- 1875 - Pete Cregan, outfielder (d. 1945)
- 1875 - Kid Elberfeld, infielder, manager (d. 1944)
- 1879 - Jake Stahl, infielder, manager (d. 1922)
- 1881 - Patsy O'Rourke, infielder (d. 1956)
- 1883 - Mike Simon, catcher (d. 1963)
- 1884 - Phil Ketter, catcher (d. 1965)
- 1885 - Vean Gregg, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1885 - Red Killefer, outfielder (d. 1958)
- 1889 - Claude Hendrix, pitcher (d. 1944)
- 1890 - Al Platte, outfielder (d. 1976)
- 1890 - George Shears, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1891 - Charlie Meara, outfielder (d. 1962)
- 1892 - Pat Martin, pitcher (d. 1949)
- 1893 - Roy Walker, pitcher (d. 1962)
- 1894 - Lizzie Murphy, female player (d. 1964)
- 1894 - Squiz Pillion, pitcher (d. 1962)
- 1900 - Rufe Clarke, pitcher (d. 1983)
- 1900 - Dewey Creacy, infielder (d. 1984)
- 1902 - Ben Cantwell, pitcher (d. 1962)
- 1903 - Ken Jones, pitcher (d. 1991)
- 1904 - Pete Quesada, owner (d. 1933)
- 1905 - Biff Wysong, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1906 - Roxie Lawson, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1911 - Woody Upchurch, pitcher (d. 1971)
- 1913 - Jake Mooty, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1913 - Rip Tutor, scout (d. 2004)
- 1915 - Oscar Grimes, infielder; All-Star (d. 1993)
- 1916 - Minoru Kasamatsu, NPB pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1916 - Al Mazur, minor league infielder, manager (d. 2008)
- 1917 - Seiji Inaba, Japanese national team manager (d. 2001)
- 1917 - Jim Schelle, pitcher (d. 1990)
- 1918 - Herbert Alban, minor league player (d. 2020)
- 1927 - Dick Morgan, minor league catcher (d. 2015)
- 1929 - Jack Stivers, minor league pitcher (d. 1986)
- 1935 - Bill Deegan, umpire
- 1935 - Shelby Whitfield, announcer (d. 2013)
- 1941 - John Stephenson, catcher
- 1942 - Ike Brown, infielder (d. 2001)
- 1942 - Kiyoshi Morimoto, NPB infielder
- 1947 - Bill Kirkpatrick, minor league pitcher
- 1958 - Chin-Tsai Chen, Taiwanese national team infielder and coach
- 1959 - Ed Amelung, outfielder
- 1961 - Kazuhiko Ushijima, NPB pitcher and manager
- 1961 - Ted Milner, minor league outfielder
- 1962 - Jeff Bittiger, pitcher
- 1963 - Mark Leiter, pitcher
- 1963 - Matthew Sheldon-Collins, Olympic infielder
- 1964 - Yukihiro Nishizaki, NPB pitcher
- 1964 - Doug Strange, infielder
- 1965 - Jeff DeWillis, catcher
- 1965 - David Esquer, college coach
- 1966 - Wes Chamberlain, outfielder
- 1967 - Rolando Fernandez, minor league outfielder
- 1968 - Ferdinand Recto, Philippines national team outfielder
- 1969 - Chris Hill, minor league pitcher
- 1969 - Drew Overholser, minor league pitcher (d. 2016)
- 1970 - Ricardo Rincon, pitcher
- 1971 - Naoki Imamura, Japanese national team outfielder
- 1971 - Kevin Ohme, pitcher
- 1975 - Reutilio Hurtado, Cuban league outfielder and manager
- 1975 - Frank Pericolosi, college coach
- 1976 - Ricardo Motomura, Brazilian national team pitcher
- 1977 - Boris Zavarsky, New Caledonia national team infielder
- 1978 - Christian Canlas, Philippines national team infielder
- 1979 - J.J. Jurries, minor league infielder
- 1980 - Jose Diaz, pitcher
- 1981 - Troy Caradonna, scout
- 1981 - Oscar Rivera, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Brian Skaug, minor league infielder
- 1981 - Jason Stumm, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Steve Pearce, outfielder
- 1983 - Hunter Pence, outfielder; All-Star
- 1985 - Shigeru Kaga, NPB pitcher
- 1986 - Lorenzo Cain, outfielder; All-Star
- 1986 - Lars Knepper, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
- 1987 - Jeremy Barnes, minor league infielder
- 1987 - Gabe MacDougall, minor league outfielder
- 1988 - Tsubasa Aizawa, NPB catcher
- 1988 - Yong-Wei Kuo, CPBL infielder
- 1988 - Jose Rada, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Muhammad Jawad Khan, Pakistani national team outfielder
- 1989 - Marco Sabbatani, Serie A1 catcher
- 1990 - Casey McCarthy, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Matt Whitehouse, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Logan Bone, minor league coach
- 1992 - Luciano Fernando, NPB outfielder
- 1993 - Sam Boermans, First Division catcher
- 1993 - Koda Glover, pitcher
- 1993 - Shinsaburo Tawata, NPB pitcher
- 1995 - Anthony Castro, pitcher
- 1995 - Yunior Ibarra, minor league catcher
- 1998 - Edward Cabrera, pitcher
- 1998 - Ural Forbes, Great Britain national team catcher
- 1999 - Dean Christidis, Greek national team pitcher
- 1999 - Wilkel Hernandez, minor league pitcher
- 2000 - Chase Costello, minor league pitcher
- 2001 - Hyeon-woo Kang, KBO catcher
- 2001 - Sami Khan, Pakistani national team outfielder
- 2003 - Ivri Margolin, Israeli national team pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1892 - Ed Ducharme, umpire (b. 1853)
- 1897 - Charles Yingling, infielder (b. 1865)
- 1898 - Charlie McCullough, pitcher (b. 1866)
- 1906 - Bill Dugan, catcher (b. 1862)
- 1908 - John Kelly, catcher, manager (b. 1859)
- 1909 - Fred Cone, outfielder (b. 1848)
- 1923 - Gene Krapp, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1927 - Kirtley Baker, pitcher (b. 1869)
- 1927 - Tommy Johns, outfielder (b. 1851)
- 1929 - John Castle, outfielder (b. 1883)
- 1929 - John Kelty, outfielder (b. 1871)
- 1930 - Frank Kitson, pitcher (b. 1869)
- 1933 - Ody Abbott, outfielder (b. 1886)
- 1941 - Joe Schultz, outfielder (b. 1893)
- 1945 - Joe Kutina, infielder (b. 1885)
- 1946 - Billy Gumbert, pitcher (b. 1865)
- 1951 - Wish Egan, pitcher (b. 1881)
- 1952 - Cliff Bell, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1964 - Ed Pipgras, pitcher (b. 1904)
- 1965 - Loló Pérez, Dominican national team pitcher (b. 1907)
- 1967 - Tommy Griffith, outfielder (b. 1889)
- 1967 - Herb Welch, infielder (b. 1898)
- 1969 - William Walsingham, executive (b. 1909)
- 1971 - Troy Puckett, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1971 - Bill Yancey, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1976 - Mike McCormick, outfielder (b. 1917)
- 1979 - Ramón Fernández, minor league pitcher-outfielder (b. 1920)
- 1979 - Frankie Kelleher, outfielder (b. 1916)
- 1980 - Earl Brown, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1982 - Rip Fanning, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1898)
- 1982 - Ray Knode, infielder (b. 1901)
- 1992 - Steve Shemo, infielder (b. 1915)
- 1995 - Manuel García, pitcher/outfielder (b. 1905)
- 1995 - Hal Peck, outfielder (b. 1917)
- 1997 - Harry Rosenberg, outfielder (b. 1909)
- 1998 - Jack Bolling, infielder (b. 1917)
- 1998 - Randy Brown, catcher (b. 1943)
- 2001 - Frenchy Bordagaray, outfielder (b. 1910)
- 2005 - Don Blasingame, infielder; All-Star (b. 1932)
- 2005 - Hiroaki Fukushi, NPB pitcher (b. 1950)
- 2005 - Rossey Weeks, AAGPBL catcher/infielder (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Bill Baker, catcher (b. 1911)
- 2006 - Dutch Fehring, catcher (b. 1912)
- 2009 - Mark Fidrych, pitcher (b. 1954)
- 2009 - Eugene Gartland, minor league pitcher (b. 1927)
- 2009 - Harry Kalas, announcer (b. 1936)
- 2009 - Paul Nix, college coach (b. 1932)
- 2017 - Vic Barnhart, infielder (b. 1922)
- 2019 - Abel Leal, Colombian national team player (b. 1940)
- 2022 - Jeff Brookens, scout (b. 1952)
- 2023 - Mike Baxes, infielder (b. 1930)
- 2023 - Jack Giese, minor league coach (b. 1967)
- 2023 - Don Leppert, catcher; All-Star (b. 1931)
- 2023 - Chip Maxwell, minor league infielder (b. 1952)
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