December 12
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on December 12.
Events[edit]
- 1887 - A baseball reporters association is organized. It pledges to work to standardize scoring practices, especially in the gray area of stolen bases.
- 1900 - The National League considers going back to 12 teams to counter American League moves into some cities. Club owners invite Ban Johnson to come to the NL meeting, but change their mind about compromise and leave the AL head outside the meeting room. The NL awards the AL's Minnesota and Kansas City territories to the new Western League, even before the AL officially abandons them. The NL agrees to hear the players in a public meeting, but rejects all their demands.
- 1902 - Harry Pulliam is elected president of the National League.
- 1903:
- Continuing efforts to build a winner in New York, John McGraw acquires 34-year-old SS Bill Dahlen from Brooklyn in exchange for pitcher Jack Cronin and iron-fingered SS Charlie Babb. McGraw says this is the trade that makes the Giants into winners. In 1904, Dahlen will top the National League with 80 RBI. When he retires in 1911, he will have fielded more chances than any other SS.
- During the post-season City Series in Chicago, Cubs veteran Jack Taylor is chided for losing three games to the White Stockings and Cubs president Jim Hart is convinced that gambling was involved. Taylor is traded to the St. Louis Cardinals with rookie C Larry McLean for pitcher Mike O'Neill and a righthander who was 9-13 in his first season, Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown.
- 1906 - The American League gives Ban Johnson a raise to $15,000 for the remaining four years of his contract as league president.
- 1908 - The Cardinals are busy. First they get C Admiral Schlei from the Reds for pitchers Ed Karger and Art Fromme. Then they pack off Schlei, along with P Bugs Raymond and OF Red Murray, to the Giants for veteran catcher Roger Bresnahan. Bresnahan, a future Hall of Famer, will be the player-manager of the Cardinals for the next four years. Raymond lost 25 games in 1908, but a record 11 of them were by shutout.
- 1911 - A rift between the leagues develops over widespread charges of ticket speculation during the World Series, and accusations that officials of the Giants and A's were involved. The American League passes a resolution refusing to participate in another World Series until it has control of ticket sales in its own parks. The National Commission investigates the charge that speculators were given large blocks of tickets, but takes no action and releases no findings. The following spring, the Commission finds that much scalping occurred, but there is no evidence either team was involved, and peace is declared.
- 1913:
- While John McGraw is on his world tour, Giants president Harry Hempstead makes a swap with the Reds. The Reds send OF Bob Bescher to the Giants for young catcher Grover Hartley and Buck Herzog, who replaces Joe Tinker as manager and shortstop.
- The Cubs fire Johnny Evers as manager, but expect him to continue as a player. He declines.
- The Pirates clean house in an eight-player swap with the Cardinals. Going to St. Louis is Dots Miller, a 1909 World Series hero, 14-game winner Hank Robinson, 3B Cozy Dolan, infielder Art Butler, and OF Owen Wilson, king of the triple. The Pirates receive pitcher Bob Harmon, 3B Mike Mowrey, and 1B Ed Konetchy, whom the Bucs had been after for years.
- 1922 - Jake Ruppert agrees to buy out his partner Colonel Huston and gains full control of the Yankees.
- 1924 - The Senators pick up 35-year-old Stanley Coveleski from Cleveland in exchange for Byron Speece and Carr Smith. Coveleski, a future Hall of Famer, will go 20-5 and lead the American League in ERA.
- 1927 - The National League reports more than five million attendance for the league in 1927, a new high. Veteran umpire Hank O'Day is named "player and umpire scout" for the league.
- 1928 - The Pirates buy lefthander Larry French from Portland (Pacific Coast League).
- 1930 - The Rules Committee of baseball issues a greatly revised code, reducing the number of rules by combining many. Not only is the sacrifice fly rule abolished but also the rule awarding a home run when the ball bounces into the stands. "Bounce homers" will now be doubles. This had already been in effect in the American League but not the National League.
- 1932 - In a three-team deal, the Giants send Freddie Lindstrom to the Pirates and OF Chick Fullis to the Phils, getting P Glenn Spencer and OF George "Kiddo" Davis in return. The Bucs ship OF Gus Dugas to Philly. Lindstrom's departure was expected after he made known his disappointment in not being named John McGraw's successor as team manager.
- 1933:
- Connie Mack is still selling. First he sells Lefty Grove, the A's top winner in each of the past five seasons, along with Max Bishop and George Walberg, to the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and two players, pitcher Bob Kline and infielder Rabbit Warstler. Next, catcher Mickey Cochrane goes to Detroit, then George Earnshaw and backstop Johnny Pasek, just acquired from the Tigers, go to the White Sox for $20,000 and catcher Charlie Berry. Berry once led the NFL in scoring and will become a major league umpire in the 1940s. The day will be known as "Black Tuesday" in Philadelphia.
- At the major leagues' annual meeting, the owners vote Judge Landis another seven-year contract as commissioner. Will Harridge gets a new five-year pact as American League president.
- 1938 - The Tigers buy Pacific Coast League pitching sensation Fred Hutchinson from Seattle for cash and four players.
- 1940 - Washington sends Gee Walker to the Red Sox for Doc Cramer. Walker is then packed off to Cleveland with P Jim Bagby and C Gene Desautels for C Frank Pytlak, 3B Odell Hale and P Joe Dobson. Boston also buys OF Pete Fox from Detroit.
- 1941 - The Dodgers obtain Arky Vaughan from the Pirates for Luke Hamlin, Jimmy Wasdell, Pete Coscarart and Babe Phelps.
- 1944 - The Tigers swap infielder Joe Orengo to the Red Sox for Skeeter Webb, son-in-law of Detroit manager Steve O'Neill. O'Neill denies any knowledge of trade talks, saying "I read about it in the morning paper."
- 1945 - Five years to the day after shipping Jim Bagby off to Cleveland, the Red Sox reacquire the veteran, in exchange for P Vic Johnson and cash. Boston also sells SS Skeeter Newsome to the Phils.
- 1949 - By a 7-1 vote, the American League rejects a proposal to bring back the legal spitball. The rules committee also alters the strike zone to the space between the armpits and the top of the knees. The new rule eliminates the batter's shoulders being within the strike zone.
- 1950 - The owners vote to drop the bonus and high school rule which was designed to prevent the wealthier clubs from buying up all of the available talent. The rule required that all "bonus players" had to stay on the major league roster after one season in the minors.
- 1952 - Peter J. McGovern becomes president of the Little League, succeeding Charles Durban, who resigns because of ill health. The Little League began in 1939 with eight teams in two leagues and has grown to over 1,800 leagues in 44 states and several foreign countries.
- 1954 - Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente lead the North, made up of players from the Santurce and Mayaguez clubs, to victory in the Puerto Rican Winter League's annual all-star fund-raiser, as they both hit a home run in a 7 - 5 win.
- 1962 - The Red Sox ship Carroll Hardy to Houston for Dick Williams.
- 1963 - Minnesota LF Harmon Killebrew undergoes knee surgery.
- 1965 - Roy Hofheinz fires manager Lum Harris (65-97). Grady Hatton takes over as skipper of the Astros.
- 1966 - Voting 4 to 3, the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review Wisconsin's suit to block the Braves' move to Atlanta, thereby retaining baseball's "umbrella" under antitrust laws.
- 1968 - The Kansas City Royals complete their first trade, sending P Hoyt Wilhelm to the Angels for two outfielder/catchers, Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke.
- 1969:
- The Mets pick up veteran P Ray Sadecki and OF Dave Marshall from the Giants for OF Jim Gosger and IF Bob Heise.
- Cleveland trades pitchers Luis Tiant and Stan Williams to the Twins for 3B Graig Nettles, OF Ted Uhlaender, and pitchers Dean Chance and Bob Miller. Tiant led the American League in ERA in 1968.
- 1975:
- The Tigers trade pitcher Mickey Lolich and outfielder Billy Baldwin to the Mets in exchange for outfielder Rusty Staub and pitcher Bill Laxton.
- After being a member of the White Sox for two days, Dick Ruthven goes to Atlanta, along with Ken Henderson and Ozzie Osborn. Chicago receives Ralph Garr and Larvell Blanks. Blanks is then dealt to Cleveland for 2B Jack Brohamer. The Sox then trade P Rich Hinton and C Jeff Sovern to the Reds for P Clay Carroll, and finish the day by shipping IF Lee Richard to the Cards for OF Buddy Bradford and P Greg Terlecky.
- 1979 - The Giants sign re-entry free agents 2B Rennie Stennett, C Milt May, and OF Jim Wohlford to contracts worth a total of $4.825 million.
- 1980 - The Cardinals make their third major trade of the off-season, sending the recently-acquired Rollie Fingers, C Ted Simmons, and P Pete Vuckovich to the Brewers in exchange for P Lary Sorensen, OF Sixto Lezcano, and minor league OF David Green and P Dave LaPoint. Fingers and Vuckovich will win the American League Cy Young Award for the Brewers in 1981 and 1982, respectively.
- 1984 - St. Louis sends slugger George Hendrick and a minor leaguer to the Pirates for P John Tudor and C Brian Harper. Tudor, at 12-11, was the ace of the Bucs' staff, which set a record by having the National League's best ERA even though the team finished last. The 35-year-old Hendrick will play just a half season in the Iron City before going to California.
- 1985:
- The Indians sign free agent Tom Candiotti to a AAA contract. Candiotti (9-13 at Vancouver), who has been throwing a knuckler less than a year, will lead the American League in complete games (17) next season.
- The Yankees trade P Joe Cowley and C Ron Hassey to the White Sox for P Britt Burns (18-11) and minor leaguers Mike Soper and Glen Braxton. Hassey will come back to New York before the season's start. A degenerative hip condition ends Burns' career before he has a chance to pitch for the Yanks.
- 1986:
- The Yankees trade Mike Easler and minor leaguer Tom Barrett to the Phillies for P Charles Hudson and minor leaguer Jeff Knox, and also re-sign free agent OF Claudell Washington to fill Easler's DH position.
- The Mets trade versatile rookie Kevin Mitchell, prospects Stan Jefferson and Shawn Abner, and two minor leaguers to the Padres for OF Kevin McReynolds, P Gene Walter, and minor leaguer Adam Ging.
- 1989 - The Yankees trade minor leaguers Hal Morris and Rodney Imes to the Reds for P Tim Leary and OF Van Snider.
- 1993 - The Orioles sign free agent 1B Rafael Palmeiro, while the Indians hand free agent Dennis Martinez a two-year contract worth $9 million. With the Expos, Martinez passed up his chance to reach the playoffs with the Braves when he nixed an August 25th trade, exercising his veto rights as a 10-and-5 player. Instead he stayed with Montreal and helped them make their run at the Phillies.
- 1996 - The Marlins sign free agent OF Moises Alou to a five-year contract worth $25 million.
- 1997 - In major league transactions today, the Cubs obtain OF Henry Rodriguez from the Expos in exchange for P Miguel Batista, the Twins obtain OF Alex Ochoa from the Mets for OF Rich Becker, and the Orioles sign free agent OF Joe Carter.
- 1998:
- In a deal which upsets many other owners, pitcher Kevin Brown (18-7, 2.38) becomes baseball's first 100+ million dollar man as the right-hander signs a seven-year deal with the Dodgers for an average yearly salary of 15 million dollars.
- After being given his last rites, Joe DiMaggio makes a miraculous recovery defying the doctors' dire predictions. He will live another four months.
- 1999 - The Phillies obtain P Chris Brock from the Giants in exchange for C Bobby Estalella while the Royals obtain IF Jeff Reboulet from the Orioles for a player to be named and the Cubs obtain P Ismael Valdes (9-14) and 2B Eric Young from the Dodgers for pitchers Terry Adams and Chad Ricketts, and another player to be named. Despite missing 40 games, Young swiped 51 bases in 1999.
- 2002:
- The Elias Sports Bureau announces that Anaheim OF Darin Erstad set the American League record for consecutive errorless chances for an outfielder this season; no one noticed it at the time.
- The Red Sox get 2B Todd Walker from the Rockies in return for two minor leaguers to be named.
- 2007:
- The Baltimore Orioles deal superstar SS Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros for Luke Scott, Matt Albers, Troy Patton, Dennis Sarfate and Michael Costanzo.
- The Korea Baseball Organization Gold Gloves for 2007 are announced. Unlike in the US or Japan, the Gold Glove is given to the best overall player at each position, not to the best fielder. Danny Rios becomes the first foreign pitcher to be honored while DH Jun-hyeok Yang ties the record with his 8th Award. SS Jin-man Park wins his 5th. Also honored are Kyung-wan Park (C), Dae-ho Lee (1B), Young-min Ko (2B), Dong-joo Kim (3B), Dae-hyung Lee (OF), Jeong-su Shim (OF) and Jong-wook Lee (OF).
- 2009 - A new batch of free agents is created as the final deadline for offering contracts for next season passes: among prominent players non-tendered are DH Jack Cust (Oakland), 3B Garrett Atkins (Colorado), P Chien-Ming Wang (Yankees), 1B Ryan Garko (San Francisco), OF Ryan Church and 2B Kelly Johnson (Atlanta), P Matt Capps (Pittsburgh) and OF Jonny Gomes (Cincinnati).
- 2010 - The Mariners acquire IF Brendan Ryan from St. Louis in return for minor league P Maikel Cleto.
- 2011:
- The Brewers make a change at third base, trading incumbent Casey McGehee to Pittsburgh for P Jose Veras, and then signing free agent Aramis Ramirez to a three-year contract.
- The Marlins trade P Burke Badenhop to the Rays in exchange for C Jake Jefferies and then sign veteran OF Aaron Rowand to a minor league contract assorted with an invitation to spring training.
- The Blue Jays acquire OF Ben Francisco from the Phillies in return for minor league P Frank Gailey. Francisco was made redundant when the Phils acquired Hunter Pence at the trading deadline, while holding on to youngsters Domonic Brown and John Mayberry to serve as back-ups. However, it is now the Jays who have a glut of outfielders following the trade.
- 2012:
- Arizona signs P Brandon McCarthy for two years and $15 million after tests confirm that he is fully recovered from having been struck in the head by a line drive on September 5th.
- The Angels finalize deals with Ps Joe Blanton and Sean Burnett.
- 2013:
- In the annual Rule V Draft, the Rangers make the biggest splash by selecting Russell Wilson from the Rockies in the minor league phase. Not that he is likely to help on the diamond, as he is currently busy playing quarterback with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and last played minor league baseball in 2011. The first pick in the draft, P Patrick Schuster, is immediately sent by the Astros to the Padres as the player to be named later in an earlier trade for P Anthony Bass.
- The annual Winter Meetings wind up with a few deals: Miami trades OF Justin Ruggiano to the Cubs for OF Brian Bogusevic, while the Tigers sign P Joba Chamberlain to a one-year deal and the Giants add OF Mike Morse, also for one year.
- 2014 - The Red Sox complete a trade to acquire P Wade Miley from Arizona that was rumored to be in the works for a few days; Ps Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster head to the desert in return. In another trade, the Rangers get P Ross Detwiler from Washington for minor leaguers Chris Bostick and Abel De Los Santos
- 2015:
- The 2015 Hoofdklasse awards are given out. Amsterdam Pirates veteran Rob Cordemans (6-2, 0.84) wins his ninth Pitcher of the Year award and fourth in the past five years; the 41-year-old moves within one of Herman Beidschat's Hoofdklasse record for Pitcher of the Year honors. The MVP goes to Kinheim catcher Dashenko Ricardo, who hit .420/.441/.609 with 40 RBI in 42 games. Coach of the Year is Evert-Jan 't Hoen, who guided Neptunus to the 2015 Holland Series title.
- The Phillies and Astros swing a seven-player trade, with closer Ken Giles going to Houston, while the Phillies land the first overall pick in the 2013 amateur draft, P Mark Appel, along with Ps Brett Oberholtzer and Vincent Velasquez headed the other way.
- The 2015-2016 Cuban All-Star Game ends in a disappointing rain-out that stops action in the top of the 5th. Yurisbel Gracial hits a three-run homer for the Occidentales, who lead 5 - 0 before the game is halted. Occidentales hurlers Erlis Casanova, Yosvani Torres, Wilber Pérez and Vladimir Baños were throwing no-hit ball to that point.
- 2016 - The Dodgers re-sign closer Kenley Jansen for five years and $80 million, while the Rays finalize their deal with C Wilson Ramos, drawn away from the Nationals by a two-year deal worth $12.5 million.
- 2017:
- The Yankees continue to be the most active team at the Winter Meetings as they trade IF Chase Headley and P Bryan Mitchell to the Padres in return for OF Jabari Blash. The deal is a transparent move to shed payroll after adding the multimillion-dollar contract of Giancarlo Stanton a day earlier.
- National broadcaster Bob Costas is the winner of the Ford Frick Award while long-time writer for the Akron Beacon Journal Sheldon Ocker wins the J.G. Taylor Spink Award. They will both be honored at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony next July.
- 2018 - News from the winter meetings include free agent P Charlie Morton signing with the Rays for two years and $30 million, and a trade of players named Tanner, with Tanner Roark going from Washington to Cincinnati in return for Tanner Rainey.
- 2019 - Major League Baseball and the Players Association agree to amend the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program to include testing for opioids. The purpose is not to punish players caught, but to offer them treatment in order to prevent another tragedy like that which cost the life of P Tyler Skaggs last summer. In addition, cannabis will no longer be tested for, reflecting the fact the substance is now legal in Canada and in a growing number of jurisdictions in the United States, and does not have performance-enhancing effects.
- 2022:
- In transactions today, the Twins sign free agent catcher Christian Vazquez for three years at $30 million and the Blue Jays ink P Chris Bassitt, also for three years, but at $63 million. Three other catchers are on the move as the Athletics send Sean Murphy to Atlanta, who in turn deal William Contreras to Milwaukee and Manny Pina to Oakland to complete the triangle; six other players are involved in the deal, with four of these ending up with the A's, including top prospect Esteury Ruiz who comes in from Milwaukee, and the other two with the Brewers.
- Chin-Feng Chen becomes the first former major leaguer voted into the Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame. Also voted in is former owner and commissioner Harvey Tung.
- 2023 - One day after the record-breaking $700 million contract awarded to Shohei Ohtani by the Dodgers is confirmed, their main rivals the Giants make a counter-move, signing KBO star OF Jung-hoo Lee to a six-year deal worth $113 million, via the posting system.
Births[edit]
- 1854 - Redleg Snyder, outfielder (d. 1932)
- 1860 - Jim Brown, pitcher (d. 1908)
- 1864 - Phenomenal Smith, pitcher (d. 1952)
- 1871 - Oscar Woehrlin, infielder (d. 1934)
- 1872 - Tom O'Meara, catcher (d. 1902)
- 1874 - Tully Sparks, pitcher (d. 1937)
- 1876 - Joe Rickert, outfielder (d. 1943)
- 1881 - Zora Clevenger, college coach (d. 1970)
- 1886 - Chujun Tobita, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1965)
- 1887 - Bugs Reisigl, pitcher (d. 1957)
- 1891 - Tom Daly, catcher (d. 1946)
- 1893 - Les Hennessey, infielder (d. 1976)
- 1893 - George Sweatt, infielder/outfielder (d. 1983)
- 1894 - Charlie Blackwell, outfielder (d. 1935)
- 1898 - James Bray, catcher (d. ????)
- 1899 - Allie Watt, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1901 - Bill Moore, catcher (d. 1972)
- 1902 - Pee-Wee Wanninger, infielder (d. 1981)
- 1904 - Ray Boggs, pitcher (d. 1989)
- 1908 - Flea Clifton, infielder (d. 1997)
- 1912 - Philly Holmes, infielder (d. 1985)
- 1912 - Lázaro Salazar, outfielder, manager; Salón de la Fama (d. 1957)
- 1913 - Bill Webb, pitcher (d. 1994)
- 1915 - Buzzie Bavasi, general manager (d. 2008)
- 1916 - Alex Newkirk, pitcher (d. 1996)
- 1917 - Bob Carpenter, pitcher (d. 2005)
- 1917 - Clyde Kluttz, catcher (d. 1979)
- 1921 - Bill Howerton, outfielder (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Doug Hudlin, amateur umpire; Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2014)
- 1922 - Edythe Perlick, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 2003)
- 1923 - Kazuo Horii, NPB infielder (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Vern Kindsfather, college coach (d. 2008)
- 1925 - Gerald Peterson, minor league outfielder (d. 1948)
- 1927 - Gene Stewart, minor league infielder (d. 2018)
- 1930 - Raul Sánchez, pitcher (d. 2002)
- 1934 - George Garcia, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)
- 1935 - Richard Bélec, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2007)
- 1937 - Pedro Gonzalez, infielder (d. 2021)
- 1938 - Yukinobu Kuroe, NPB infielder
- 1940 - Tom Brown, outfielder
- 1941 - Allan Lewis, outfielder
- 1943 - Derrell Griffith, outfielder
- 1945 - Ralph Garr, outfielder; All-Star
- 1948 - Leon Feringa, Belgian national team catcher
- 1950 - Gorman Thomas, outfielder; All-Star
- 1951 - Jim Haller, minor league pitcher
- 1951 - Tim McClelland, umpire
- 1956 - Steve Farr, pitcher
- 1957 - Sacha Diundik, USSR national team pitcher
- 1960 - Marcel Joost, Hoofdklasse outfielder
- 1962 - Alex Marte, minor league outfielder
- 1964 - Alonzo Powell, outfielder
- 1965 - Pete Alborano, minor league outfielder
- 1965 - Marco Nanni, Italian Baseball League catcher and manager
- 1967 - Angel Ortiz, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Mike Buddie, pitcher
- 1971 - Yasmir García, Nicaraguan national team infielder-outfielder
- 1972 - Arihito Muramatsu, NPB outfielder
- 1973 - Niuman Loiz, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1974 - Julius Matos, infielder
- 1975 - Carlos Hernandez, infielder
- 1975 - Travis Reininger, umpire
- 1976 - Josh Kalinowski, minor league pitcher
- 1977 - Todd Faulkner, minor league infielder
- 1977 - Orlando Hudson, infielder; All-Star
- 1978 - Scott Barber, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Guadalupe Perez, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Orlando Santana, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Garrett Atkins, infielder
- 1981 - Shane Costa, outfielder
- 1981 - Rodney Choy Foo, minor league player
- 1982 - Nasos Markou, Greek national team outfielder
- 1982 - Ervin Santana, pitcher; All-Star
- 1983 - Yudier Rodríguez, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Breland Brown, minor league outfielder
- 1985 - Mervin Gario, Hoofdklasse infielder and coach
- 1985 - Kody Hightower, minor league infielder
- 1985 - Chris Siegfried, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Tyrelle Harris, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Rian Kiniry, minor league outfielder
- 1986 - Artem Palamarchuk, Ukrainian national team catcher-outfielder
- 1988 - Juan Diaz, infielder
- 1988 - Dan Kickham, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Mike Kickham, pitcher
- 1988 - Toshiro Miyazaki, NPB infielder
- 1988 - Yamisleidis Perez, Cuban womens' national team outfielder
- 1988 - Juan Rodriguez, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Rudy Flores, minor league infielder
- 1991 - Wilson Lee, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Kyung-Min Na, minor league outfielder
- 1992 - Luis Castillo, pitcher; All-Star
- 1992 - José Osuna, outfielder
- 1993 - Sam Gibbons, minor league pitcher
- 1995 - DJ Peters, outfielder
- 1995 - Sebastián Ramos, Chilean national team player
- 1996 - Charlie Donovan, drafted infielder (d. 2015)
- 1996 - Cristopher Sánchez, pitcher
- 1996 - Kyle Simmons, minor league infielder
- 1996 - Batzul Tsolmon, Mongolian national team infielder
- 1997 - Yerry De Los Santos, pitcher
- 1997 - Sawyer Gipson-Long, pitcher
- 1997 - Junior Martina, minor league infielder
- 1997 - Cole Ragans, pitcher
- 1997 - Matt Wallner, outfielder
- 1999 - Zhen Ya Wang, Chinese national team pitcher
- 2000 - Job Echon, Ugandan national team infielder
- 2001 - Matías Pérez, Argentinian national team designated hitter
- 2001 - Zac Veen, minor league outfielder
- 2002 - Marcelo Mayer, minor league infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1881 - William Vail, pre-MLB infielder (b. ~1817)
- 1895 - Harry Fuller, infielder (b. 1862)
- 1900 - Larry O'Dea, umpire (b. 1853)
- 1912 - Jim Green, infielder (b. 1857)
- 1926 - Ed Sixsmith, catcher (b. 1863)
- 1929 - Dick Buckley, catcher (b. 1858)
- 1932 - Jim Long, outfielder (b. 1862)
- 1934 - Horatio White, umpire (b. 1852)
- 1937 - Rube Benton, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1944 - Ed Pinnance, pitcher (b. 1880)
- 1956 - Bill Malarkey, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1957 - George Daly, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1963 - Myles Thomas, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1970 - Doug Taitt, outfielder (b. 1902)
- 1971 - George Dunlop, infielder (b. 1888)
- 1971 - Bill Kellogg, infielder (b. 1884)
- 1971 - Nip Winters, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1972 - Frog Holsey, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1974 - Booker McDaniel, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1913)
- 1975 - Julie Wera, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1983 - Jim Weaver, pitcher (b. 1903)
- 1984 - Gene Layden, outfielder (b. 1894)
- 1986 - Johnny Wyrostek, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1919)
- 1991 - Dick Kelley, pitcher (b. 1940)
- 1991 - Ken Keltner, infielder; All-Star (b. 1916)
- 1992 - Rube Walker, catcher (b. 1926)
- 1995 - Mike Modak, pitcher (b. 1922)
- 1996 - George Jumonville, infielder (b. 1917)
- 1996 - Allen McElreath, minor league outfielder (b. 1912)
- 2000 - Red Barkley, infielder (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Earl Gillespie, broadcaster (b. 1922)
- 2004 - Walter Snider, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1925)
- 2006 - Irv Hall, infielder (b. 1918)
- 2011 - Randy Stein, pitcher (b. 1953)
- 2013 - Jim Burton, pitcher (b. 1949)
- 2014 - Rod Belcher, announcer (b. 1920)
- 2014 - Marvin Deal, minor league pitcher (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Bill Hicks, college coach (b. ~1922)
- 2014 - Herb Plews, infielder (b. 1928)
- 2014 - Tom Young, minor league pitcher (b. 1940)
- 2016 - Hiroshi Goshi, amateur umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1932)
- 2017 - Ken Bracey, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1937)
- 2018 - Billy MacLeod, pitcher (b. 1942)
- 2020 - Dick Murphy, pinch hitter (b. 1931)
- 2020 - Charley Pride, Negro Leagues pitcher (b. 1934)
- 2021 - Roland Hemond, General Manager (b. 1929)
- 2023 - Bob Allen, pitcher (b. 1937)
- 2023 - Larry Miggins, outfielder (b. 1925)
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