April 9
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on April 9.
Events[edit]
- 1907 - In St. Louis, the Cardinals defeat the Browns, 9 - 1, to take the City Series four games to three. The two teams will reprise the rivalry in the fall, and the Cardinals will also take that one, five games to two.
- 1912 - In the first game ever played at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox defeat Harvard University in an exhibition game played in a snow storm.
- 1913 - The Brooklyn Superbas and Philadelphia Phillies play the first game in the history of Ebbets Field. A crowd of 10,000 watches the visiting Phillies win, 1 - 0. The new ballpark is named after Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets.
- 1922 - With a St. Louis record crowd of 29,000 on hand, the Browns top the Cardinals, 6 - 3, to win their City Series.
- 1947 - Commissioner Happy Chandler suspends Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher for "conduct deemed detrimental to baseball." The one-year ban will force Leo to miss the major league debut of Jackie Robinson.
- 1953 - Pittsburgh's one-sided pre-season victory over the defending World Champions notwithstanding, today's main attraction is 21-year-old Mickey Mantle, as the Yankees' young phenom becomes just the third batter in Forbes Field's 44-year history — after Babe Ruth in 1935 and Teddy Beard in 1950 — to clear the 89-foot-high right field roof.
- 1959:
- At Griffith Stadium, the Baltimore Orioles become the first team in major league history to turn a triple play on Opening Day. The Orioles turn the feat in front of Vice-President Richard Nixon, who throws out the ceremonial first pitch as a substitute for President Dwight Eisenhower. The Washington Senators defeat Baltimore, 9 - 2, behind a seven-hit, six-strikeout, complete game by Pedro Ramos, and two-run home runs by Harmon Killebrew and Reno Bertoia. Gus Triandos also hits a two-run homer for the only Orioles runs.
- In an effort to protect Little League batters, pitching mounds are moved back two feet to a distance of 46 feet.
- 1961 - Taiyo Whales slugger Takeshi Kuwata hits a sayonara home run off Kiyoshi Oishi. It is his second straight day hitting a sayonara dinger, victimizing Ryohei Hasegawa yesterday. No one had ever hit sayonara home runs in back-to-back games in Nippon Pro Baseball before Kuwata.
- 1962 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy throws out the first ball to open the baseball season at new District of Columbia Stadium. Despite rain, a record Washington crowd of 42,143 shows up to see Senators pitcher Bennie Daniels stop Detroit with a five-hit, 4 - 1 victory.
- 1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson joins 47,878 fans for the opening of Harris County Domed Stadium (the Astrodome). The Houston Astros win an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, 2 - 1, in 12 innings. Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle hits the first-ever indoor home run in the new park.
- 1969 - Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs hits four consecutive doubles to lead his team to an 11 - 3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1970 - Diminutive Baltimore Orioles outfielder Don Buford slams home runs from both sides of the plate in a 13 - 1 rout of the Cleveland Indians. Not known as a power hitter, the switch-hitter Buford will hit a career-high 17 home runs this year.
- 1971 - The Oakland Athletics trade 1B/OF Felipe Alou to the New York Yankees in exchange for two prospects. In 1972, Alou's younger brother, Matty, will join him in New York pinstripes. The Yankees will acquire him in another deal with Oakland.
- 1974 - San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc criticizes his club over the public address system during a game! "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you," Kroc says. "I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life." The announcement occurs during San Diego's 9 - 5 loss to the Houston Astros. Coincidentally, the San Diego Chicken team mascot makes its debut that day. Hearing of the incident, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn will make Kroc apologize to the fans.
- 1976 - In a classic Opening Day pitchers' duel between Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles and Ferguson Jenkins of the Boston Red Sox, who will combine for 552 major league wins, Palmer prevails, 1 - 0.
- 1978 - The Milwaukee Brewers complete a stunning season-opening, three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles by scores of 11 - 3, 16 - 3, and 13 - 5. Sixto Lezcano, Gorman Thomas, and Cecil Cooper provided the Brewers with a grand slam in each game to set a major league record.
- 1980 - Two days prior to the start of the season, the Durham Bulls uniforms are stolen. Atlanta Braves minor league director Hank Aaron sends the affiliate team a set of used Braves uniforms to wear on the road as the Bulls decide to wear its road uniforms at home.
- 1981 - On Opening Day, Dodgers rookie pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, in replacement of injured starter Jerry Reuss, shuts out the visiting Astros, 2 - 0, on five hits, in his first major league start. Valenzuela will go on to win eight consecutive games.
- 1982 - Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Francisco Barrios dies of heart attack in his native Mexico at the age of 28. Barrios was 14-7 for Chicago in 1977, despite recurring shoulder trouble.
- 1985:
- At County Stadium, Chicago White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver makes his 15th opening day start to break the mark set by Christy Mathewson. Seaver pitches 6 2/3 innings and is credited with the victory as the White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4 - 2.
- A year and a day after being hit in the face by a Mike Torrez pitch, shortstop Dickie Thon returns to the Houston Astros lineup and goes 1 for 4 off Fernando Valenzuela in Houston's 2 - 1 win over the Dodgers. Thon will hit just .207 before going back on the disabled list with recurring vision problems.
- 1987 - Gary Carter drives in his 1,000th career run with an 8th-inning single that scores Lenny Dykstra as the Mets defeat Pittsburgh, 4 - 2.
- 1989 - Rickey Henderson of the New York Yankees gets his his 800th career stolen base in a 4 - 3 New York loss to the Cleveland Indians.
- 1990:
- At the Astrodome, Houston Astros first baseman Glenn Davis ties a major league record when he is hit by pitches three times in an 8 - 4, 11-inning loss to the Cincinnati Reds. For the Reds, it is just their third road opener since 1876.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the New York Mets, 12 - 3, at Shea Stadium. It is the Mets' first loss in a season opener at home in 21 years.
- 1991 - Major League Baseball's average salary on Opening Day reaches a record $891,188, with 223 players making at least $1 million.
- 1993:
- At Mile High Stadium, the Colorado Rockies beat the Montreal Expos, 11 - 4, for their first victory ever and set a National League record for attendance in their home debut. The crowd of 80,227 breaks the NL record of 78,672 set on April 18, 1958, by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- At Comiskey Park, Bo Jackson of the Chicago White Sox hits a home run in his first at-bat after coming back from hip replacement surgery. The White Sox, however, lose to the Yankees, 11 - 6.
- Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Darryl Hamilton sets an American League record by handling his 541st consecutive chance without an error. Milwaukee defeats the Oakland Athletics, 6 - 5.
- 1994 - Recently-retired NBA legend Michael Jordan makes his professional baseball debut by going hitless for AA Birmingham. Chattanooga is a 10 - 3 winner over the White Sox affiliate club.
- 1995 - Bob Allison dies in Rio Verde, Arizona, at the age of 60. A three-time All-Star, Allison won the 1959 American League Rookie of the Year Award. He reached the 100-RBI mark in 1961 and 1962, hitting 256 home runs over a 13-season career for the Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins.
- 1997 - A hearty but paltry gathering of 1,677 comes out to see the Toronto Blue Jays blank the Chicago White Sox, 5 - 0, at Comiskey Park. Roger Clemens is the winning pitcher over Wilson Alvarez. The game was originally scheduled at night, but was moved to daylight because of extreme cold. The only thing lower than the attendance (the paid take is just 746) is the temperature, which is 34 degrees at game time. It is the smallest crowd to see the White Sox in 27 years.
- 1998 - The Baltimore Orioles win their seventh straight game, 2 - 1, over the Royals, tying the score on Cal Ripken's 7th-inning home run.
- 1999 - Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Kris Benson beats the Cubs in his first major league start. He is just the second first overall pick!#1 draft pick to win his first start; David Clyde was the other, in 1973.
- 2000:
- Cleveland Indians first baseman Jim Thome strikes out five times to tie a major league record. Cleveland prevails, posting a 17 - 4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
- At Kauffman Stadium, the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals, 13 - 7, as both teams each hit three consecutive home runs in the same game for the first time in major league history. Ron Coomer, Jacque Jones and Matt LeCroy connect consecutively in the 6th inning for Minnesota, followed by three in a row by Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye, and Mike Sweeney of Kansas City two innings later.
- 2001:
- Hall of Famer Willie Stargell dies in Wilmington, North Carolina, at the age of 61. Stargell, who had been in failing health because of kidney problems, played key roles on the Pittsburgh Pirates World Champion teams in 1971 and 1979. Stargell hit 48 home runs in 1971 and shared the National League MVP Award with Keith Hernandez in 1979. Nicknamed "Pops" for his leadership skills, Stargell was named Pirates captain in 1974.
- Pittsburgh's PNC Park makes its major league debut as hometown product Sean Casey leads the visiting Reds past the Pirates, 8 - 2. The Reds first baseman, who hit the first home run ever at Miller Park three days ago, goes 4 for 4 and again has the honor of hitting the first home run in a major league park's history. The bat which was used to hit both historic homers is sent to the Hall of Fame.
- 2004:
- The New York Yankees and Joe Torre agree to a three-year contract extension. The contract also includes an additional six-year deal in which the 62-year-old manager will serve as a team advisor through the 2013 season. That adjunct to the deal will never be implemented.
- Daisuke Matsuzaka becomes the first pitcher in Nippon Pro Baseball to strike out every hitter in the opposing lineup in one game, doing so against the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
- 2005 - Juan Pierre's consecutive innings played streak comes to an end at 1,700 as his name is not in the starting lineup of the Florida Marlins. His consecutive game streak stays intact at 340 when he enters the contest as an 8th-inning defensive replacement.
- 2006 - Tomoaki Kanemoto breaks Cal Ripken Jr.'s world record of 902 consecutive games played without missing an inning.
- 2008 - Brett Lilley of the University of Notre Dame sets a NCAA Division I record when he is hit by a pitch for the 93rd time in his collegiate career. Notre Dame wins the game, 13 - 8.
- 2009:
- Jin-woo Song becomes the first hurler in the history of the Korea Baseball Organization to reach 3,000 innings pitched. He is already the only KBO hurler to 200 wins and 2,000 strikeouts.
- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart is killed in the early hours of the morning in Fullerton, California, hours after making his first start of the season, when the car he is riding in is hit by a van that ran a red light. Two fellow passengers are also killed in the hit-and-run collision. The Angels' game today is cancelled in mourning.
- The Blue Jays beat the Tigers, 6 - 2, as Ricky Romero outduels Rick Porcello. It is only the 19th time since 1901 that opposing starters both make their major league debuts together and it is the first time that two former first-round draft picks debut against one another.
- 2010:
- 18-year-old Japanese female pitcher Eri Yoshida signs to play with the Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League. She will be the first female player for a professional team in the United States since Ila Borders retired in 2000.
- In his first plate appearance of the season, the Cardinals' Nick Stavinoha hits a two-run pinch homer off all-time save leader Trevor Hoffman of the Brewers for a 5 - 4 win.
- Colby Lewis, who spent the last two seasons in Japan, picks up his first major league win since 2004, when he holds the Seattle Mariners to one run over seven innings in a 6 - 2 Rangers victory.
- 2011:
- The catchers did it: Carlos Ruiz hits a pinch grand slam off Scott Linebrink in the 7th inning as the Phillies defeat the Braves, 10 - 2. The Phils' other catcher, Brian Schneider, starting in place of Ruiz, also homers in the game, good for two runs. Ruiz stays in the game and adds a run-scoring double in the 8th, giving him a personal high of 5 RBI. Roy Oswalt records his first career win over Atlanta.
- Hiroki Kuroda gets two decisions as the Dodgers sweep a rare southern California doubleheader. In the completion of a suspended game necessitated by four rain delays in San Diego the previous day, Tony Gwynn drives in the winning run in the top of the 11th and Kuroda pitches the bottom of the frame to save the 4 - 2 win. He then starts and wins the regularly-scheduled game, pitching into the 9th inning in a 4 - 0 shutout of the Padres. Jonathan Broxton relieves Kuroda with two out and two on in the 9th; he proceeds to walk Chris Denorfia to load the bases, but the game ends on a rare interference call against baserunner Chase Headley, who collides with 3B Casey Blake as he is attempting to field Cameron Maybin's ground ball. Broxton has five saves in five outings this season but will soon be lost for the season with an elbow injury.
- 2012:
- Prize Japanese signee Yu Darvish, making his major league debut for the Texas Rangers, gives up four runs to the Mariners in the 1st inning before settling down. The Rangers' offense bails him out with four homers, though, and Darvish pitches into the 6th inning to earn his first win, 11 - 5.
- Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants pitches his first shutout in nine years in beating the Rockies, 7 - 0, on a four-hitter.
- 2013:
- The Astros erase a week's worth of offensive impotence by racking up 22 hits and five homers in defeating the Mariners, 16 - 9, snapping a six-game losing streak. Chris Carter has the first two-homer game of his career, and J.D. Martinez, Marwin Gonzalez and Jose Altuve each hit their first long ball of the year. Erik Bedard, making his first start of the year, leaves with a 13 - 0 lead after four innings, but does not earn the win as he fails to go five innings; Paul Clemens gets the "W" in spite of giving up five runs and three homers in four innings of relief in his major league debut.
- The Yankees also use the long ball, as they bang out five homers of their own in crushing the Indians, 14 - 1. Indians starter Carlos Carrasco gives up seven runs before being ejected by home plate umpire Jordan Baker for throwing at Kevin Youkilis in the 4th. Ironically, Carrasco had just finished serving a five-game suspension incurred in 2011, but only served at the start of the season as he has undergone Tommy John surgery and been out of the big leagues in the meantime. He claims that he slipped on the pitch to Youkilis, which comes just after a home run by Robinson Cano; he will receive an eight-game suspension this time. Andy Pettitte is the winner for the Yankees.
- Ciro Silvino Licea becomes the seventh pitcher to win 200 games in the Cuban Serie Nacional, reaching that mark with a seven-inning, three-hit shutout of Holguín. The long-time Granma ace has a record of 200-140 after today's game.
- Alarmed at seeing a historically-low number of African-American players on major league rosters at the start of the season - just 7.7% of players - Commissioner Bud Selig creates a 17-person committee that will look at the issue of diversity in baseball.
- 2014:
- Major League Baseball's Diversity Task Force, created exactly a year ago, issues three recommendations to increase the number of African-Americans players: expanding MLB support for existing programs aimed at developing baseball in inner cities; launching programs to improve the quality of coaching available to young African-American players; and raising its profile in inner cities by engaging current and past stars in outreach programs directed at the African-American community. Former manager Jerry Manuel will head the task force on a day-to-day basis, to ensure the implementation of the three initiatives, while Detroit Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski will continue as its chairman.
- Garrett Richards allows only one hit in seven innings and Albert Pujols, closing in on 500 career homers, hits a two-run long ball as the Angels blank the Mariners, 2 - 0. Joe Smith and Ernesto Frieri compete the one-hitter with a scoreless inning each.
- 2015:
- The Tigers set an American League record by extending their streak of innings since the start of the season without allowing a run to 24, before giving up an unearned run in the 7th inning of a 7 - 1 win over the Twins. The previous mark of 22 innings was set by the 1947 Chicago White Sox, while the major league mark of 32 innings belongs to the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals. Shane Greene is the winner against Kyle Gibson as Detroit improves to 3-0 and Minnesota falls to 0-3.
- Four Indians pitchers make a bid for a combined no-hitter until Jed Lowrie hits a solo homer with one out in the 9th inning for the Astros' sole hit as Cleveland wins, 5 - 1. Trevor Bauer starts things off with 6 hitless innings, followed by Kyle Crockett and Scott Atchison with one inning each, before Nick Hagadone is tagged for the homer after striking out Chris Carter to start the 9th inning. It's not a dominant pitching performance, however, as the four Cleveland hurlers combine to allow seven bases on balls, although they do record 16 strikeouts. Asher Wojciechowski is the loser in his major league debut.
- 2017 - Trailing 8 - 1 in the 8th and 9 - 3 in the bottom of the 9th, the Angels mount a tremendous comeback to defeat the Mariners, 10 - 9. Albert Pujols, who had homered earlier in the inning, ties the game with a two-run single, before Cliff Pennington drives in Mike Trout with the winning run. Yunel Escobar adds a two-run double as Casey Fien and Edwin Diaz give up seven runs in the fateful inning. Robinson Cano drives in five runs with a double and a homer in a losing cause.
- 2018 - Max Scherzer is still cruising along as he records a complete game shutout in leading the Nationals to a 2 - 0 win over the Braves with a two-hitter. He strikes out ten and walks none, but the highlight for him is his first career stolen base; he claims the last time he swiped a base, he was in high school.
- 2019 - After starting the season with 11 consecutive road games - and losing eight of them - the Red Sox finally hold their home opener. They raise their World Series banner and their players receive their rings, but they lose again, 7 - 5, to the Blue Jays. On the positive side, Dustin Pedroia starts at second base in his first game since last May, and it is the first time ever that both managers hail from Puerto Rico: Alex Cora for Boston and Charlie Montoyo for Toronto.
- 2021 - It took a record 8,206 games, but someone has finally pitched a no-hitter for the San Diego Padres: off-season acquisition Joe Musgrove defeats the Rangers, 3 - 0, allowing just one hit-by-pitch but no hit and striking out ten in a masterful performance. Many fans thought the team was cursed ever since manager Preston Gomez had removed Clay Kirby from a game on July 21, 1970, in the team's second season, when Kirby had a no-hitter going after 8 innings but the Padres were trailing, 1 - 0.
- 2023:
- In an early contestant for wildest game of the year, the Blue Jays defeat the Angels, 12 - 11, in ten innings. The weirdness starts early as Anthony Rendon hits a routine fly ball to shallow left field for what is seemingly the third out of the bottom of the 1st, but the ball drops untouched as both LF Daulton Varsho and SS Bo Bichette lose it in the sun. Shohei Ohtani races home from first base on the play, and Hunter Renfroe follows with a homer for a 3 - 0 Angels lead. Homers by Ohtani and Logan O'Hoppe by Yusei Kikuchi increase the lead to 6 - 0 and starter Reid Detmers is cruising until he completely loses it in the 6th, allowing a grand slam to Matt Chapman. The Jays score two more runs in the inning on a triple by Kevin Kiermaier to tie the game, and make it ten unanswered runs with a four-spot in the 7th. But the Angels are not dead: Brandon Drury hits a solo homer off Erik Swanson in the 8th, and Los Angeles scores three runs off closer Jordan Romano in the 9th thanks to a two-run double by Renfroe with two outs, sending the game to extras. The Blue Jays cash in their designated runner and an insurance run in the top of the 10th thanks to back-to-back doubles by Kiermaier and George Springer, but the Angels load the bases in their half of the inning. Mike Trout hits a short pop-up behind home plate with two out, but C Alejandro Kirk misjudges it, giving Trout a reprieve; he then coaxes a walk from Trevor Richards to force in a run, but Tim Mayza manages to get Ohtani to ground out to second to end the crazy contest.
- Pirates SS Oneil Cruz breaks his ankle while trying to score from third base on a ground ball, sliding awkwardly into catcher Seby Zavala. The collision leads to the benches clearing after Zavala mouthes off to Cruz instead of showing any concern for the clearly injured infielder, although no one is ejected. While the Bucs win the game, 1 - 0, they have lost one of their best players for an extended period.
- The Rays win their ninth straight game since the start of the season, 11 - 0 over the Athletics, matching the 2003 Kansas City Royals for best start this century, and longest since the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers opened their season with 13 straight wins. Every single win has been by four or more runs, and today's game is a combined one-hitter by Drew Rasmussen, Ryan Thompson and Jason Adam to boot. Their run differential of +57 through nine games is the best by any team since 1884.
Births[edit]
- 1850 - A.D. Ayers, umpire (d. 1921)
- 1859 - Bill Jordan, umpire (d. ????)
- 1859 - Steve Toole, pitcher (d. 1919)
- 1868 - William Stein, pitcher (d. 1945)
- 1870 - Ollie Pickering, outfielder (d. 1952)
- 1872 - Jim Rogers, infielder, manager (d. 1900)
- 1875 - Jack Hendricks, outfielder, manager (d. 1943)
- 1879 - Happy Townsend, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1879 - Doc White, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1886 - Danny Jenkins, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1951)
- 1888 - Joe McDonald, infielder (d. 1963)
- 1888 - Hippo Vaughn, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1890 - Heinie Jantzen, outfielder (d. 1948)
- 1890 - Frank Matthews, minor league infielder (d. 1982)
- 1890 - Joe Willis, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1892 - Bugs Bennett, pitcher (d. 1957)
- 1893 - Bill Morrell, pitcher (d. 1975)
- 1893 - Tiny Osborne, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1897 - Richard Muckerman, owner (d. 1959)
- 1898 - Wade Johnston, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1901 - Vic Sorrell, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1904 - Guy Cantrell, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1904 - Fred Frankhouse, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1989)
- 1905 - Earl Caldwell, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1908 - Zip Payne, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1983)
- 1909 - Claude Passeau, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2003)
- 1912 - Joe Royal, outfielder/catcher (d. 1975)
- 1915 - Steve Shemo, infielder (d. 1992)
- 1919 - Gabby Kemp, infielder, manager (d. 1993)
- 1920 - Clyde Williams, pitcher (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Charlie Mead, outfielder (d. 2014)
- 1922 - Dizzy Sutherland, pitcher (d. 1979)
- 1924 - Glenn Brundis, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)
- 1925 - Frank Borghi, minor league infielder (d. 2015)
- 1925 - Octavio Rubert, minor league pitcher
- 1926 - Manuel Magallón, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1989)
- 1926 - Bill Ripken, minor league outfielder
- 1927 - Scotty Whitelaw, college coach (d. 2016)
- 1928 - Bill Martin, minor league pitcher (d. 2018)
- 1929 - Hank Morgenweck, umpire (d. 2007)
- 1936 - Hal Jones, infielder
- 1943 - Roy Gleason, pinch hitter
- 1944 - Joe Brinkman, umpire
- 1944 - Jerry Hinsley, pitcher
- 1945 - Peter Gammons, announcer
- 1946 - Nate Colbert, infielder; All-Star (d. 2023)
- 1949 - Sam Ewing, outfielder
- 1949 - Gary Ruby, minor league pitcher
- 1949 - Andy Torgeson, minor league outfielder (d. 2017)
- 1950 - Chris Floethe, minor league pitcher
- 1952 - Ed Plank, pitcher
- 1958 - Tom Beyers, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1959 - Bruce Compton, minor league outfielder
- 1959 - Alec McCullock, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)
- 1960 - Brian Graham, coach
- 1961 - Brian Dorsett, catcher
- 1961 - Kirk McCaskill, pitcher
- 1962 - Boris Villa, scout
- 1963 - Mike Brumley, infielder
- 1963 - Jose Guzman, pitcher
- 1964 - Chris Bayer, minor league pitcher
- 1964 - Blaise Ilsley, pitcher
- 1964 - Yi Jiao, Chinese national team manager
- 1965 - Hal Morris, infielder
- 1966 - Mario Brito, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - Graeme Lloyd, pitcher
- 1967 - Tom Carcione, minor league player and manager
- 1968 - Rudy Hernandez, minor league infielder and manager
- 1968 - Doug Noce, minor league catcher
- 1969 - Bo Magee, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Sean Rees, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Steve Solomon, minor league outfielder
- 1971 - Derek Stingley, minor league outfielder
- 1972 - Yasushi Yamamoto, scout
- 1974 - Masao Morinaka, NPB pitcher
- 1975 - Talmadge Nunnari, infielder
- 1976 - Brandon Emanuel, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Ruan Klink, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1976 - Jason Norton, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Kyle Peterson, pitcher
- 1976 - Oscar Robles, infielder
- 1977 - Nate Grindell, minor league player
- 1977 - Javier Zabalza, minor league infielder
- 1978 - Luke Anderson, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Eric Langill, minor league catcher
- 1980 - Ryan O'Malley, pitcher
- 1980 - Jui-Chih Yang, CPBL outfielder
- 1981 - A.J. Ellis, catcher
- 1981 - Dennis Sarfate, pitcher
- 1981 - Chris Smith, pitcher
- 1982 - Samantha Magalas, Canadian women's national team infielder
- 1982 - Chad Reineke, pitcher
- 1984 - Adam Loewen, pitcher
- 1984 - Justin Tordi, minor league infielder
- 1985 - Javier Herrera, minor league outfielder
- 1985 - Ken Ishihara, Peruvian national team pitcher
- 1985 - David Robertson, pitcher; All-Star
- 1986 - Yadier Pedroso, Cuban league pitcher (d. 2013)
- 1986 - Bryan Petersen, outfielder
- 1987 - Eric Campbell, infielder
- 1988 - Simon Castro, pitcher
- 1988 - Tommy Medica, infielder
- 1990 - Tyler Mizenko, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Eloi Secleppe, Division Elite pitcher
- 1992 - Ryan McBroom, infielder
- 1994 - Caleb Baragar, pitcher
- 1995 - Mac Sceroler, pitcher
- 1995 - Cheng-Che Wu, CPBL pitcher
- 1996 - Sho Akiyama, Japanese national team pitcher
- 1996 - Noel González, Cuban league infielder
- 1996 - Mike Groen, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1996 - Daniel Missaki, minor league pitcher
- 1996 - Yeison Pérez, minor league catcher
- 1997 - Luis Arráez, infielder; All-Star
- 1997 - Jason Matthews, minor league infielder
- 1998 - Hunter Gaddis, pitcher
- 1998 - Liam Spence, minor league infielder
- 1999 - Gabriel Rodriguez, minor league pitcher
- 2000 - Rodney Boone, minor league pitcher
- 2001 - Chien Yu, CPBL pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1874 - Charlie Mills, catcher; umpire (b. 1844)
- 1899 - Mike Moynahan, infielder (b. 1856)
- 1910 - Bob Addy, outfielder, manager (b. 1842)
- 1915 - Rabbit Robinson, infielder (b. 1882)
- 1917 - Charlie Gould, infielder, manager (b. 1847)
- 1918 - Ed Wilkinson, outfielder (b. 1890)
- 1921 - Kid Butler, outfielder (b. 1861)
- 1928 - William Matthews, minor league infielder (b. 1877)
- 1933 - Shirley Luhtala, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2013)
- 1934 - Stewart Decker, umpire (b. 1857)
- 1938 - George Vanderbeck, minor league owner (b. 1864)
- 1945 - Ted Cather, outfielder (b. 1889)
- 1947 - Carroll Haff, USA national team pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1950 - John McDonald, pitcher (b. 1883)
- 1956 - John Quinn, catcher (b. 1885)
- 1961 - Lefty York, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1965 - Phil Ketter, catcher (b. 1884)
- 1969 - Frank Scanlan, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1971 - Mose Eggert, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1971 - Will Harridge Hall of Famer (b. 1883)
- 1972 - Yasuhiro Fukami, NPB outfielder (b. 1919)
- 1972 - Roy Leslie, infielder (b. 1894)
- 1977 - Roxie Lawson, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1980 - Ed Morgan, infielder (b. 1904)
- 1981 - Pedrín Zorrilla, scout (b. 1905)
- 1982 - Francisco Barrios, pitcher (b. 1953)
- 1982 - Hank Hulvey, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1983 - Jake Freeze, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1983 - Bill Kennedy, pitcher (b. 1921)
- 1983 - Jess Neely, college coach (b. 1898)
- 1986 - Johnny Hundley, outfielder (b. 1914)
- 1986 - Dick Kokos, outfielder (b. 1928)
- 1986 - Les Pearson, outfielder (b. 1909)
- 1988 - Syd Cohen, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1989 - Otto Huber, infielder (b. 1914)
- 1990 - George Sobek, scout and minor league manager (b. 1920)
- 1995 - Bob Allison, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1934)
- 1997 - Joe Coleman, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1922)
- 1999 - Clay Bryant, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1999 - Jerry Hoffberger, owner (b. 1919)
- 2001 - Willie Stargell, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1940)
- 2003 - Ray Murray, catcher (b. 1917)
- 2003 - Earl Richardson, infielder (b. 1924)
- 2005 - Bob Zuk, scout (b. 1927)
- 2006 - Billy Hitchcock, infielder; manager (b. 1916)
- 2006 - Jimmy Outlaw, outfielder (b. 1913)
- 2009 - Nick Adenhart, pitcher (b. 1986)
- 2010 - Bill Moisan, pitcher (b. 1925)
- 2012 - Moose Johnson, scout (b. 1929)
- 2015 - Stan Hochman, writer (b. 1928)
- 2020 - Jim Bolger, outfielder (b. 1932)
- 2020 - Junzo Sekine, NPB pitcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1927)
- 2022 - Moby Benedict, college coach (b. 1935)
- 2022 - Jim Bronstad, pitcher (b. 1936)
- 2023 - Paul Hinrichs, pitcher (b. 1925)
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