February 7
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on February 7.
Events[edit]
- 1881 - The Providence Grays round out their roster by signing pitcher Charley Radbourn, who missed most of last season with a bad arm.
- 1899 - Under a joint ownership arrangement, several Baltimore Orioles players are shifted to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, and that club transfers several to the Orioles. Manager Ned Hanlon takes Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Hughie Jennings, and others with him to Brooklyn, while John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson remain in Baltimore to stay close to their businesses there. The powerful new Brooklyn team is now sometimes called the "Superbas", after a stage show in New York called "Superba" that is produced by the Hanlon brothers (unrelated to Ned Hanlon).
- 1900 - Pitcher Jack Taylor, three-times a 20-game winner and 20-game loser, dies of Bright's disease in Staten Island, New York, at 26 years of age.
- 1905 - In Lynn, Massachusetts, Rube Waddell prevents a fire by carrying a burning stove out of a store and throwing it into a snow bank. Three days later he flees nearby Peabody to escape charges of assaulting and injuring his wife's parents.
- 1908 - The St. Louis Browns purchase future Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell from the Philadelphia Athletics. The Browns pay $5,000 for Waddell, who won 19 games with a 2.15 ERA in 1907. Waddell will win 19 games this season, while lowering his ERA to 1.89.
- 1916 - The Federal League's year-old suit charging antitrust violations by organized baseball is dismissed by mutual consent in U.S. District Court in Chicago by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. No appellate decision is written and it will not be until 1922 when the courts rule on antitrust, in another suit stemming from the Federal League.
- 1917 - Tim Murnane, a first baseman on the original Boston National League team of 1876, and later a leading baseball writer, dies in Boston at age of 64.
- 1926 - The Cincinnati Reds acquire catcher Val Picinich from the Boston Red Sox for cash.
- 1934 - Cincinnati Reds players and officials set sail from New York City to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a month of spring training. They will finish the grapefruit season in Tampa, Florida.
- 1942 - The Cincinnati Reds stir the hometown fans by selling popular catcher Ernie Lombardi to the Boston Braves, where he will win the National League batting title this season with a .330 average.
- 1949 - New York Yankees superstar Joe DiMaggio signs a one-year contract worth $100,000, becoming the first player to earn a six-figure deal in major league history. In 1948, DiMaggio batted .320, while leading the American League in home runs and RBI.
- 1958 - The Dodgers officially become the "Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc." in anticipation of playing their first season on the West Coast.
- 1959:
- Chicago White Sox president Mrs. Dorothy Rigney agrees to sell the team to Bill Veeck for a reported $2.7 million. Chicago insurance broker Charles O. Finley allows that he can match the price. Charles Comiskey, Dorothy's brother, will try to stop Veeck from buying the Sox, but will be unsuccessful.
- Nap Lajoie dies of pneumonia at the age of 84. Lajoie, who also managed the Cleveland Naps from 1905 to 1909, hit for a .338 batting average over a 21-year career and gained election to the Hall of Fame in 1937.
- 1961 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Jensen makes a return to the major leagues by signing a $40,000 contract. Jensen had retired in 1960 due to a fear of flying. The layoff will prove detrimental to Jensen, who will hit only .263 with 13 home runs this season.
- 1962:
- The Boston Red Sox hire former Indianapolis Clowns scout Ed Scott as their first full-time black scout.
- Lawyer Melvin Belli obtains a writ laying claim to Willie Mays, among other assets, unless the San Francisco Giants pay him the judgment awarded by a jury in January. Belli claims the club failed to file a motion for a new trial before the deadline.
- 1979 - Minor league pitcher Jesse Orosco becomes the player to be named later, going to the New York Mets in compensation for pitcher Jerry Koosman, who had been sent earlier to the Minnesota Twins. Greg Field was the other pitcher Minnesota sent to New York; he will never appear for the Mets, whereas Orosco will have a long stint with them on his way to amassing more games pitched than anyone in major league history.
- 1983 - The Seattle Mariners select Cincinnati Reds minor league infielder Danny Tartabull as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Floyd Bannister to the Chicago White Sox.
- 1987 - For only the second time in major league history, a player is forced to take a pay cut due to salary arbitration, when Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser signs for $800,000, which is a twenty percent reduction from his 1986 salary. Hershiser was 14-14 with a 3.85 ERA in 1986.
- 1994:
- Former National Basketball Association star Michael Jordan signs a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. Jordan will report to spring training before being assigned to the Class AA Birmingham Barons. After one season in the minors, Jordan will return to the NBA.
- The Detroit Tigers sign free agent pitcher Tim Belcher.
- 1995 - Former major league pitcher Cecil Upshaw dies from a heart attack at the age of 52. The side-arming Upshaw saved 27 games in 1969, helping the Atlanta Braves win the first division title in the National League West. In nine seasons, Upshaw made 348 appearances, all in relief.
- 1996 - Dave Winfield announces his retirement at the age of 44. Winfield compiled 3,110 hits, 465 home runs and 1,833 RBI during a 22-year career with six teams. A 12-time All-Star, he joins Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Stan Musial and Carl Yastrzemski as the only major league players with 3,000 hits and 400 home runs. Winfield will be elected to the Hall of Fame in 2001.
- 1999 - Veteran pitcher Dennis Martinez announces his retirement. The Nicaraguan right-hander won 245 games with 3,999 2/3 innings pitched over a 23-year career with five teams. In 1991, he pitched a perfect game as a member of the Montreal Expos.
- 2005 - The Detroit Tigers sign All-Star right fielder Magglio Ordóñez for five years for a reported $75 million. The contract for the free agent slugger, recovering from knee surgery, includes options which could extend his stay in Detroit for an additional two years making the deal worth nearly $100 million.
- 2006:
- Venezuela wins its first Caribbean World Series championship since 1989 by rallying for two runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to beat the Dominican Republic, 5 - 4. Alex Gonzalez singles in the tying run off Jorge Sosa and scores the game-winning run on Henry Blanco's pop-fly double. Series MVP Ramón Hernandez also hits a home run for Venezuela's Caracas Lions, who finish 6-0 in the Series. In their previous game against the Dominican's Licey Tigers (4-2), the Lions won 11 - 9 on Gonzalez's three-run homer off Sosa in the 9th inning. In today's opener, the Carolina Giants of Puerto Rico beat Mexico's Mazatlan Reindeers, 3 - 2, in 11 innings, to clinch third place in the Series (2-4). Mazatlan, the defending champion, goes 0-6 and finishes last.
- 2008:
- The Tigres del Licey win their record tenth Caribbean Series title, beating the Aguilas Cibaeñas, 8 - 2, in the finale of the 2008 Caribbean Series, behind the pitching of Ramon Ortiz and a balanced offense. Ortiz wins Caribbean Series MVP honors. In the other final game of the Series, the Yaquis de Obregón score five runs in the 9th for a 7 - 5 victory over the Tigres de Aragua.
- The fallout from the Mitchell Report continues when former trainer Brian McNamee gives a seven-hour deposition to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Meanwhile, Roger Clemens lobbies congressmen and continues to claim McNamee lied about Clemens' use of steroids.
- 2010 - The Leones del Escogido, representing the Dominican League, win the Caribbean Series with a 7 - 4 victory over the Leones del Caracas of the Venezuelan League in La Asunción, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. Escogido finishes the tournament with a 5-1 record and Mets OF prospect Fernando Martinez is named the Series' MVP after hitting .348 with 2 homers and 4 RBI. It is Escogido's third Caribbean championship and first since 1990.
- 2011:
- The Yaquis de Obregón win the Caribbean Series for the first time in their history after beating Anzoátegui, 3 - 2, to finish with a 4 and 2 record. They have to wait for the result of the second game to celebrate however, but Caguas's 3 - 0 shutout of Toros del Este means both teams finish with a 3 and 3 record. Series MVP Jorge Vazquez's two-run home run off Seth Etherton is the big blow for the Mexicans. P Alberto Castillo gets off to a rough start, giving up two runs in four innings, but the four relievers who succeed him slam the door shut, with Luis Ayala getting the save. In the second game, Raul Valdes pitches 7 2/3 scoreless innings to end the Dominicans' hopes in the tournament.
- Wake Forest University coach Tom Walter donates a kidney to freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan when no matching donors are found in Jordan's family.
- 2012:
- With his Leones del Escogido having already won the Caribbean Series yesterday, Jairo Asencio wins the Caribbean Series MVP. During the tournament, he tossed three shutout innings with no hits or walks and saved three games for the champions. He is the second reliever ever to win the MVP, following 2009's Francisco Butto. The Series wrap up with Mayagüez beating the champions from Escogido, 3 - 1, and Aragua defeating Obregon, 6 - 2.
- Rusty Staub is voted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, alongside P Rhéal Cormier and GM Doug Melvin, the latter two Canadian natives. Staub was the first star in the history of the Montreal Expos, representing the team at three All-Star Games and seeing his number 10 retired by the team. The Canadian senior national team that won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games and bronze at the 2011 Baseball World Cup is also honored collectively.
- The Korea Baseball Organization files an official protest against the signing of 17-year-old pitcher Seong-min Kim by the Baltimore Orioles earlier this off-season. The KBO alleges that the Orioles failed to inform it that they were negotiating with Kim, as they are bound to do, and expresses fear that if such poaching of talented young players becomes more common, it will have a huge detrimental impact on the development of the national game. As a form of retaliation, the KBO announces that it will ban Orioles scouts from any event it organizes, such as national high school and college tournaments. MLB will step in and void Kim's contract within a few days in order to maintain good relations with Korean authorities.
- 2013:
- The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announces its 2013 class. Two left fielders of the 1980s headline it: Montreal Expos all-around star Tim Raines, a seven-time All-Star, and Toronto Blue Jays slugger and 1987 American League MVP George Bell. Also picked are 2004 Olympian Rob Ducey, who also coached for Team Canada and played in the majors for 13 seasons, including stints for both Canadian teams, Expos and Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek, and Vancouver baseball executive Nat Bailey.
- The Mariners sign ace pitcher Felix Hernandez to a seven-year contract for $175 million, making him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball history. The M's also sign veteran lefty Joe Saunders to a one-year contract, but for considerably less money.
- The Yaquis de Obregón upset Escogido to win the Caribbean Series finals, 4 - 3, at the end of an 18-inning marathon that lasts well into the early hours of the morning. Ricardo Nanita forces extra innings when he homers against closer Luis Ayala to lead off the bottom of the 9th for Escogido. The teams trade runs in the 14th when Karim Garcia homers for Obregón, but Miguel Tejada drives in Jordany Valdespin with two outs, extending his all-time Caribbean Series RBI record to 47. Doug Clark hits a solo homer for the Mexican Pacific League champions with one out in the top of the 18th, and Marco Carrillo, the Yaquis' 11th pitcher of the evening, completes his fourth scoreless inning of relief to end the game. Edward Valdez is the loser, as the Dominicans use ten pitchers in the epic contest that lasts a minute shy of seven hours. The game sets new Caribbean Series records for length and pitchers used and ties the record for innings.
- 2014:
- The Indios de Mayagüez advance to the Caribbean Series finale with a 2 - 0 win over the host Navegantes del Magallanes. Giancarlo Alvarado, Steve Smith and Tyler Herron combined on a three-hit shutout for Puerto Rico, seeking its first title in 14 years. Venezuela has a shutout going until the 8th, when two walks, an error by Eduardo Escobar and then a single by Eddie Rosario when Escobar misplays a pop fly allows Puerto Rico to score the only runs of the game.
- In Game 1 of the 2013-2014 Australian Baseball League finals, the Perth Heat rally from a 3 - 0 deficit to top the Canberra Cavalry, 4 - 3, in 14 innings. Joey Wong doubles in Corey Adamson with the winner and Brandon Tripp scores two for Perth. Brendan Wise, Scott Mitchinson and Cameron Lamb combine on seven shutout innings of relief.
- P Bronson Arroyo signs a two-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- In a major reversal, Alex Rodriguez decides to drop his lawsuit against Major League Baseball and the Players Association. He will serve his one-year suspension for his role in the Biogenesis scandal and will attempt to come back in 2015. He will also not attend the Yankees spring training opening shortly, where his presence would have been a major distraction.
- 2015 - Culiacan earns a spot in the Caribbean Series finals with a 5 - 4 win over the Gigantes del Cibao. Terance Marin pitches six innings and Ali Solis drives in two runs in the win, while Elih Villanueva is tagged with the loss. In the other semi-final, Pinar del Río upsets Anzoátegui, heretofore unbeaten, 8 - 4, to capture the other spot in the finals. Cuban national team veteran Frederich Cepeda goes 4-for-5 with a triple and double and drives in five runs.
- 2016:
- The Brisbane Bandits capture their first-ever Australian Baseball League title and hoist the Claxton Shield with a 7 - 1 win over the Adelaide Bite to sweep the best-of-three finals, two games to none. Travis Blackley allows just one run in six innings to pick up the win while Donald Lutz celebrates his 27th birthday with a three-run homer to be named MVP of the championship series.
- The Venados de Mazatlan, representing the Mexican Pacific League, complete the tournament with an unblemished 6-0 record by winning the finals of the Caribbean Series, 5 - 4, over Tigres de Aragua of Venezuela, thanks to a walk-off homer by DH Jorge Vazquez to lead off the bottom of the 9th. Aragua has a 4 - 2 lead in the 7th before Sebastian Valle ties the score with a two-run double, setting the stage for Vasquez's winning blast off Renee Cortez. Hernan Perez goes 3 for 4 with a homer for Aragua, while reliever Steven Hensley is the winner. Aragua offensive leader José Martínez is named Caribbean Series MVP, the first MVP from a losing team since Erubiel Durazo in 2001.
- 2017 - The Criollos de Caguas win the Caribbean Series, defeating Águilas de Mexicali, 1 - 0, in ten innings in the finale. Yadiel Rivera doubles to start the top of the 10th, advances to third on a sacrifice bunt by Jesmuel Valentin, then scores the game's only run on a sacrifice fly by Jonathan Morales off Jake Sanchez. Both starters, Adalberto Flores for Caguas and Hector Velazquez for Mexicali, put in six scoreless innings of work before turning the game over to their respective bullpens. It is the first Caribbean Series win by a team representing the Puerto Rican League since 2000.
- 2018 - Criollos de Caguas defeat Caribes de Anzoátegui, 6 - 5, in the semi-finals of the Caribbean Series to reach the final game for the second straight year. A grand slam by Anthony García ties the game in the 6th, and in the 7th, Jesmuel Valentin scores the go-ahead run on an error by C Tomas Telis. The Puerto Ricans will face Aguilas Cibaenas in the finals, as the representatives of the Dominican League eliminate Alazanes de Granma with a 7 - 4 win in the other semi-finals. The Cubans take an early 3 - 0 lead in the 2nd inning, but the Eagles soar back on a two-run homer by Ronny Rodriguez in the 6th and two RBIs by Edwin Espinal in the 7th.
- 2019:
- Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, a member of the 500 Home Run Club, a Triple Crown winner, the first player to win the MVP Award in both leagues, and the first African-American manager in major league history, passes away in hospice care in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 83. He was also a senior executive for Major League Baseball and was still serving as the honorary President of the American League.
- The long-rumored trade of All-Star C J.T. Realmuto is finally completed as the Phillies agree to send three young players - C Jorge Alfaro and Ps Sixto Sanchez and Will Stewart - in return for the outstanding young backstop.
- After losing their first two games in the Caribbean Series, the Charros de Jalisco manage to stay alive with a 3 - 2 win over the Leñadores de Las Tunas. Ramon Rios hits a tiebreaking single in the top of the 11th while Sergio Romo pitches 2 2/3 innings of perfect relief to secure the win. In the other game, Estrellas Orientales defeat the Cangrejeros de Santurce, 5 - 4, as Junior Lake drives in the winning run in the 9th, scoring Wilkin Castillo. The Puerto Ricans are eliminated from further contention as they fall to 0-3.
- 2020:
- For the second year in a row, the Toros win the Caribbean Series. This time, it is the Toros del Este, who beat the Cardenales de Lara, 9 - 3, in the finale, following the win by Panama's Toros de Herrera in 2019. Paolo Espino allows one run in five innings, Abraham Almonte drives in three runs, while Caribbean Series MVP Peter O'Brien reaches in four of five plate appearances and scores a pair.
- The Melbourne Aces win the 2019-2020 Australian Baseball League for their first pennant. They sweep the Adelaide Bite in two games in the finals. Today's 6 - 3 win is powered by homers from former major leaguers Delmon Young and Shane Robinson while Wes Helsabeck gets the victory.
- 2023 - The 2023 Caribbean Series has already become the longest and largest in history, with games 21-24 being played today and eight teams participating. The Cañeros de Los Mochis remain in the driver's seat, going to 5-1, with a 2-1 win over the Federales de Chiriquí as bad defense costs Panama both runs. Braulio Torres-Pérez and six relievers combine to pitch Mexico to victory.
Births[edit]
- 1850 - Mike Hooper, outfielder; umpire (d. 1917)
- 1856 - Charlie Reipschlager, catcher (d. 1910)
- 1859 - John Fox, pitcher (d. 1893)
- 1862 - Charlie Dougherty, infielder (d. 1925)
- 1863 - Mike Jordan, outfielder (d. 1940)
- 1865 - Ted Kennedy, pitcher (d. 1907)
- 1866 - Tom Daly, infielder (d. 1938)
- 1867 - Ed Haigh, outfielder (d. 1953)
- 1875 - Spike Shannon, outfielder; umpire (d. 1940)
- 1876 - Pat Moran, catcher, manager (d. 1924)
- 1885 - Barney Reilly, infielder (d. 1934)
- 1891 - Bill Dalrymple, infielder (d. 1967)
- 1893 - Charlie Jamieson, outfielder (d. 1969)
- 1894 - Charlie Jackson, outfielder (d. 1968)
- 1896 - Harold G. Hoffman, minor league executive (d. 1954)
- 1897 - Elbert Norman, infielder (d. 1962)
- 1899 - Earl Whitehill, pitcher (d. 1954)
- 1900 - Bill Riggins, infielder, manager (d. 1943)
- 1904 - Randy Reese, infielder (d. 1966)
- 1905 - Cy Moore, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1906 - Art Jones, pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1907 - Bill Steinecke, catcher (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Jake Plummer, minor league outfielder (d. 1962)
- 1912 - Paddy Cottrell, scout (d. 1999)
- 1913 - Mel Almada, outfielder (d. 1988)
- 1919 - Stan Galle, infielder (d. 2006)
- 1920 - Bill Cutler, minor league executive (d. 2012)
- 1924 - Paul Owens, manager (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Jerry Lane, pitcher (d. 1988)
- 1926 - Danny Lynch, infielder (d. 1978)
- 1926 - Dick Wiencek, scout
- 1927 - Joe Lonnett, catcher (d. 2011)
- 1927 - Al Richter, infielder (d. 2017)
- 1928 - Al Smith, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2002)
- 1930 - Felipe Montemayor, outfielder
- 1935 - Dave Nightingale, writer (d. 2007)
- 1936 - Frank Leja, infielder (d. 1991)
- 1936 - Franklin Williams, minor league outfielder (d. 2008)
- 1937 - Juan Pizarro, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2021)
- 1938 - Johnny Werhas, infielder
- 1939 - Frank Kreutzer, pitcher
- 1941 - Mike Stubbins, minor league catcher
- 1944 - Peter van 't Klooster, Hoofdklasse infielder (d. 2020)
- 1946 - Tom Hicks, owner
- 1947 - Ted Ford, outfielder
- 1950 - Burt Hooton, pitcher; All-Star
- 1950 - Tom Maggard, minor league catcher (d. 1973)
- 1951 - Benny Ayala, outfielder
- 1951 - Regino Moroyoqui, minor league pitcher
- 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1998)
- 1954 - Romualdo Blanco, minor league pitcher
- 1955 - Damaso Garcia, infielder; All-Star (d. 2020)
- 1955 - Charlie Puleo, pitcher
- 1957 - Carney Lansford, infielder; All-Star
- 1958 - Ralph Citarella, pitcher
- 1959 - Carlos Ponce, infielder
- 1962 - Garth Brooks, signed outfielder
- 1963 - Brian O'Nora, umpire
- 1964 - Bien Figueroa, infielder
- 1965 - Dan Simonds, minor league catcher and manager
- 1966 - Stu Cole, infielder
- 1967 - Lindsay Foster, minor league infielder
- 1969 - Bill Henderson, minor league catcher
- 1970 - Charlie Sullivan, scout
- 1974 - Adrian Brown, outfielder
- 1976 - Laz Gutierrez, minor league pitcher
- 1977 - Dave Borkowski, pitcher
- 1978 - Endy Chavez, outfielder
- 1978 - Ben Christensen, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Matthew Kent, minor league catcher
- 1978 - Vincent Parisi, Italian Baseball League catcher
- 1979 - Eliezer Alfonzo, catcher
- 1979 - Humberto Cota, catcher
- 1979 - Jon Leicester, pitcher
- 1979 - Joshua Miller, coach
- 1980 - Brad Hennessey, pitcher
- 1981 - Seth McClung, pitcher
- 1981 - Eddie Menchaca, minor league infielder and manager
- 1983 - Scott Feldman, pitcher
- 1983 - Lorvin Louisa, minor league outfielder
- 1984 - Hiroki Sanada, NPB pitcher
- 1986 - Josh Collmenter, pitcher
- 1988 - Edinho Meyer, minor league infielder
- 1990 - Nick Dawson, New Zealand national team pitcher
- 1991 - Brandon Thomas, minor league outfielder
- 1992 - Endrys Briceño, minor league pitcher
- 1993 - Zach Davies, pitcher
- 1993 - Jonathon Feyereisen, pitcher
- 1994 - Omar Guzmán, Panamanian national team pitcher
- 1994 - Annemiek Koehorst, Dutch women's national team infielder
- 1994 - Luciano Morales, Chilean national team pitcher
- 1995 - Ivan Andueza, minor league pitcher
- 1995 - Victor Arano, pitcher
- 1995 - Roberto Osuna, pitcher; All-Star
- 1995 - Ryan Scott, minor league catcher
- 1996 - Franklin Barreto, infielder
- 1996 - Axel Poesmans, First Division catcher
- 1996 - Yves Poesmans, First Division outfielder
- 1997 - Ty Adcock, pitcher
- 1999 - Kervin Castro, pitcher
- 1999 - Tijmen Takke, Hoofdklasse infielder
- 2000 - Juan Then, pitcher
- 2001 - Yuyang Li, China Baseball League outfielder
- 2002 - Sorn Thai, Cambodian national team outfielder
- 2002 - Kotaro Kurebayashi, NPB infielder
- 2003 - Jasson Dominguez, outfielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1900 - Jack Taylor, pitcher (b. 1873)
- 1917 - Tim Murnane, infielder, manager (b. 1851)
- 1924 - George Kahler, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1928 - Rube Chambers, pitcher (b. 1903)
- 1936 - Jimmy Dygert, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1937 - Charlie Bell, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1937 - Jim Miller, infielder (b. 1880)
- 1942 - Joe Poetz, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1943 - Floyd Ritter, catcher (b. 1870)
- 1959 - Nap Lajoie, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1874)
- 1965 - Bruno Betzel, infielder (b. 1894)
- 1965 - Rube Peters, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1967 - Joe Vitelli, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1968 - Ollie Marquardt, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1977 - Art Ehlers, general manager (b. 1897)
- 1979 - Warren Giles, general manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1896)
- 1981 - Clarence Eldridge, umpire (b. 1888)
- 1991 - George DeTore, infielder (b. 1906)
- 1993 - Floyd Stromme, pitcher (b. 1916)
- 1994 - Presley Askew, college coach (b. 1909)
- 1995 - Frank Tanana Sr., minor league outfielder (b. 1933)
- 1995 - Cecil Upshaw, pitcher (b. 1942)
- 1996 - Red Webb, pitcher (b. 1924)
- 1997 - Manny Salvo, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1997 - Jim Walkup, pitcher (b. 1909)
- 2000 - Ed Linn, author (b. 1922)
- 2003 - Ron Mazeroski, college coach (b. 1956)
- 2008 - Hank Nowak, minor league outfielder (b. 1917)
- 2009 - John Gabler, pitcher (b. 1930)
- 2010 - Paul LaPalme, pitcher (b. 1923)
- 2010 - Soo-hyuk Lim, KBO catcher (b. 1969)
- 2012 - Danny Clyburn, outfielder (b. 1974)
- 2012 - Todd Heimer, minor league pitcher (b. 1955)
- 2012 - Walt Yowell, minor league pitcher (b. 1930)
- 2015 - Serguey Linares, minor league pitcher (b. 1983)
- 2015 - Ralph Lucas, minor league outfielder (b. 1928)
- 2015 - Wally Phillips, minor league pitcher (b. ~1938)
- 2015 - Joe Simenic, researcher (b. 1923)
- 2018 - Ralph Lumenti, pitcher (b. 1936)
- 2019 - Frank Robinson, outfielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1935)
- 2020 - Bubbie Buzachero, minor league pitcher (b. 1981)
- 2020 - Angel Echevarria, outfielder (b. 1971)
- 2021 - Duke Simpson, pitcher (b. 1927)
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