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Events

• 1904
  • John McGraw and John Brush say they have no intention of playing a post-season series with the American League champions. "The Giants will not play a post season series with the American League champions. Ban Johnson has not been on the level with me personally, and the American League management has been crooked more than once." says McGraw. "When we clinch the National League pennant, we'll be champions of the only real major league." Ban Johnson fires back: "No thoughtful patron of baseball can weigh seriously the wild vaporings of this discredited player who was canned from the American League." As the New York Highlanders battle for the AL pennant, local pressure mounts, but Brush, still angry over the inter-league peace treaty, and McGraw, who despises Ban Johnson, are adamant.
  • The Tigers purchase catcher Monte Beville from the Highlanders to replace Bob Wood, who dislocated an elbow the previous day when he slipped trying to field a bunt against the A's.
• 1906 - At St. Louis, Boston Americans pitcher Bill Dineen allows only a Pete O'Brien single in beating the Browns, 1 - 0.
• 1908 - Following the Sunday off, Honus Wagner hits doubles in his first two at bats to again lead the Pirates to a 4 - 3 win over New York. Nick Maddox, with relief help from Irv Young, is the winner over Doc Crandall. Both Maddox and Young plunk two Giant batters.
• 1909:
  • Star minor league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is hit in the forehead with a ball while running the bases and is knocked unconscious. Alexander will recover but his vision will be affected for months and he will not pitch again for Galesburg. The Indianapolis Indians purchase his contract.
  • At Boston, the third-place Giants split with the Doves, losing the opener, 7 - 4, then taking the nitecap, 6 - 2. In the second contest, Christy Mathewson wins for the 13th straight time, beating Forrest More.
  • The Philadelphia Phillies sweep a pair from Brooklyn, winning 7 - 0 and 3 - 2. Light-hitting Eddie Grant collects his first major league home run, off Deacon Phillippe.
• 1914 - Red Sox ace Dutch Leonard shuts out Cleveland, 3 - 0, despite giving up two singles and a triple to Tris Speaker. Speaker also makes eight putouts in CF, on his way to a record 423 for the year.
• 1915 - The Senators score the game's only run in the 1st when Clyde Milan swipes home against Cleveland pitcher Rip Hagerman. Hagerman allows just two hits in a losing effort, while Washington pitcher Bert Gallia gives up just one safety.
• 1918 - Robins rookie righthander Harry Heitmann, stationed in Brooklyn by the Navy after a 17-6 record at Rochester (International League), surrenders four runs on four straight Cardinal hits and is removed, having retired his initial batter. It's his last major league appearance.
• 1922 - Elam Vangilder gives up a home run to Wally Pipp in the 4th but leads, 2 - 1 going in to the 8th inning. The Yankees jump on the Browns starter and on reliever Ray Kolp for four runs before the Browns tie the game with three in the 9th. Dave Danforth comes on Fred Hofmann on a pitch "that sailed a foot." When umpire Brick Owens examines the ball, he rules it was doctored, earning Danforth an automatic ten-day suspension. Reliever Rasty Wright comes on and serves up a game-winning home run to Wally Schang. The Yanks win, 6 - 5.
• 1927 - Mel Ott, 18 years old, hits his first major-league home run, an inside-the-park round-tripper. It is the only inside-the-park homer he will hit of his 511 career homers.
• 1928 - At Chicago's Comiskey Park, A's outfielder Ty Cobb starts for the last time in a regular-season game. The 41-year-old "Georgia Peach" singles and doubles before he is hit in the chest with a pitch and leaves the game hitting .332.
• 1930 - Cincinnati hurler Ken Ash throws one pitch in relief against the Chicago Cubs and then is lifted for a pinch hitter. Ash's pitch to Charlie Grimm results in a triple play, and Ash receives credit for the 6 - 5 victory, his last in the major leagues.
• 1931 - Riggs Stephenson, Cubs outfielder, breaks an ankle in a game with the Phillies, as Chicago loses, 6 - 5, at Wrigley Field.
• 1936:
  • Under rainy conditions at Ebbets Field, the Dodgers thrill a crowd of 485 by routing Cy Blanton and beating the Pirates for the third straight time, 6 - 3. Fred Frankhouse has only one bad inning - the 3rd in which the Bucs make all their runs on six hits - in winning his sixth against eight losses. Frankhouse has five assists while SS Lonny Frey has none.
  • In an exhibition game against a semipro shoe company, Paul Dean is hammered for six hits and four runs in four innings. The Cards then rally with Flint Rhem and Pepper Martin on the mound to win, 8 - 5. A tearful Dean threatens to quit after the rout.
  • The A's knock out Vern Kennedy and then break an 8 - 8 tie with seven runs in the 9th to win, 15 - 8. Red Evans is the loser to Harry Kelley. The A's collect 25 hits, including five by Lou Finney.
• 1938 - Hank Greenberg of the Tigers, who had hit home runs his last two at bats the day before, homers his first two times up to tie the major league record of four in a row. Greenberg has a record-setting eleven two-home run games during the season.
• 1941 - The West is embarrassed for the second year in a row, making five errors in a 8 - 3 loss in the 1941 East-West Game. Dave Barnhill tosses shutout ball in his stint for the East, while also getting two hits. Buck Leonard drives in three.
• 1942 - The New York Daily Worker announces that Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bill Benswanger will arrange a tryout for Negro League players Roy Campanella, Sammy T. Hughes, and David Barnhill. In August, Campanella and Hughes will jump their team during a tight pennant race to "showcase" for the major leagues.
• 1945 - The Cubs purchase P Hank Borowy from the New York Yankees in an unexpected waiver deal. Borowy, 10-5 with the Yankees, was put on waivers, apparently to solve a roster problem, and was passed over by 15 teams. The Cubs snatch him for $97,500, and he will help the Cubs win the pennant with an 11-2 record, including three wins over the Cardinals down the stretch.
• 1946 - Rudy York of Boston hits grand slam home runs in the 2nd and 5th innings off Tex Shirley of the St. Louis Browns, as the Red Sox win, 13 - 6. Only Tony Lazzeri and Jim Tabor have accomplished this feat before York. York also has a two-run double to knock in ten runs. He had five RBI against the Browns the day before.
• 1947:
  • Jake Jones of the Red Sox hits a foul ball along the third base line in the 6th. Browns P Fred Sanford throws his glove at the ball to prevent it from rolling into fair territory. Umpire Cal Hubbard awards Jones a triple on the basis of the rule about intentionally thrown gloves. In 1954 the rule will be changed so that it only applies to fair balls.
  • Biz Mackey becomes the oldest player to appear in an East-West Game, when the East manager pinch-hits in the first 1947 East-West Game on his 50th birthday. His team loses, 5 - 2. Gentry Jessup tosses three hitless, scoreless innings for the West.
• 1948:
  • In his major league debut with the Browns, St. Louis native Hank Arft bangs a triple and a home run off Frank Hiller. Arft drives in three runs as the host Browns top New York, 4 - 0. Tomorrow's cheers of "Arft, Arft" will give Hank his nickname "Bow Wow."
  • A Tiger-record night crowd of 54,609 see Ellis Kinder and the Red Sox top Hal Newhouser, 8 - 0.
• 1950:
  • Philadelphia's Del Ennis cracks a double in the 7th and a grand slam in the 8th inning to drive in seven runs against the Cubs as the Phils win, 13 - 3 at home. Philadelphia will win 11 of its next 15 games to hold first place by four games over the Braves.
  • Former Dodger great Kirby "Koiby" Higbe hurls a no-hitter for the Minneapolis Millers (American Association) against the Columbus Red Birds.
  • Stan Musial goes hitless to end his 30-game hitting streak. But everyone else in the Cards lineup has a safety as St. Louis dusts the Dodgers, 13 - 3.
• 1951:
  • The White Sox, just 3 1/2 games behind New York and Boston, open a four-game series in New York. Trailing 3 - 1 in the 9th, the Sox make it 3 - 2 before rain and the Yankees delay the game. Gil McDougald is thrown out for stalling, and Casey Stengel uses five pitchers in the inning. Finally, the Yanks win as the game is called after 30 minutes.
  • After two shutouts over the Cards, Bubba Church gives the Phils staff its third in a row, stopping Chicago, 2 - 0. It is Church's eighth straight win over the Cubs and Chicago's ninth straight loss at Wrigley Field.
• 1953 - Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Along with them, the Veterans Committee enshrines Albert Bender, Bobby Wallace, 19th-century manager Harry Wright, executive Ed Barrow, and umpires Bill Klem and Tom Connolly.
• 1954 - The Italian national team wins the 1954 European Championship (the first European Championship), beating Spain, 7 - 4, in the finals of the two-day affair (a shadow of what it would become in terms of length, with only four teams playing two games apiece). Giulio Glorioso and Carlo Tagliaboschi combine to fan eight and allow five hits and four runs (all unearned) while Franco Verlezza scores three runs and Enzo Masci doubles twice.
• 1956:
  • 3B Hector Lopez and 1B Vic Power of the Athletics each have five hits in a 14-inning, 10 - 9 loss to New York.
  • Gil Hodges's grand slam clips the Cubs, 4 - 3, as the Dodgers move to five games behind the Braves.
• 1959:
  • Organizational committee chairman William Shea announces that the Continental League has definite franchises planned for New York City, Houston, Toronto, Denver, and Minneapolis/St. Paul, with interest in 11 other cities. It envisions beginning play in 1961. New York City says it will build a stadium at the Flushing Meadow Park site.
  • At Detroit, Baltimore's Gene Woodling drives in five runs, four on a grand slam off Jim Bunning, in the O's 5 - 2 win. Woodling drove in all four runs in yesterday's 4 - 0 win against Chicago. Baltimore native Barry Shetrone is 2 for 4 with a triple for the O's. Shetrone is the first home-grown player to play for the Birds.
  • The Dodgers move into first place on Roger Craig's 2 - 0 win. Joe Pignatano and Don Zimmer hit solo home runs. A year ago on this date the Dodgers were in last place.
• 1961:
  • Vada Pinson gives the Reds a 2 - 1 win over the Braves when he swipes home in the 9th inning. Pitcher Carl Willey's throw beats Pinson but he kicks the ball out of the glove of C Sammy White.
  • The Giants' Juan Marichal fires his first shutout of the year, stopping the Pirates, 2 - 0, on five hits. Manager Alvin Dark says before the game that "Marichal will go all the way" and keeps his relief pitchers in the dugout to emphasis the point. Bob Stevens of the San Francisco Chronicle writes: "Later, Dark explained to questioning reporters: 'I'm sick and tired of watching pitchers bow their necks for four-five innings and then look around for Stu Miller to bail them out.' As far as press box historians could guess, last night was the first time in modern baseball history that a major league bullpen was left unattended."
• 1963 - The Mets hand Jim Piersall his release and the veteran outfielder will sign with the Angels. New York then loses to Houston, 1 - 0, as Bob Bruce shuts them out. Mets 1B Frank Thomas pulls the hidden ball trick on Jimmy Wynn.
• 1964 - Reds manager Fred Hutchinson enters a Cincinnati hospital for further cancer treatment. Dick Sisler takes the helm.
• 1965 - The official number of foreigners permitted on each Japanese team is lowered from three to two. The Yomiuri Giants announce they will henceforth have no foreigners - a policy that lasts until 1975, when they sign second baseman Davey Johnson.
• 1966:
  • The Wisconsin Supreme Court overrules a lower court decision and holds that the state doesn't have the jurisdiction to keep the Braves from moving to Atlanta.
  • In Los Angeles, Jim Bunning and Sandy Koufax battle for 11 innings before both exit with the score locked at 1 - 1. Koufax allows four hits and fans 16, while Bunning gives up six hits and strikes out 12. Los Angeles eventually tops the Phillies, 2 - 1, in 16 innings.
• 1967 - In a last-inning loss by the Pirates to the last-place Astros, Roberto Clemente undresses Astros catcher John Bateman. Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press documents their 1st-inning encounter: "Rusty Staub tried in vain to make a pick-up of Clemente's pop single. The ball eluded Staub and Joe Morgan had to chase it so coach Alex Grammas gave Clemente the green light. Chuck Harrison relayed to John Bateman but Clemente hit him hard, knocked the ball loose and touched the plate with the second run." By the time of his next encounter with the shell-shocked young receiver, Clemente has apparently been apprised of the fact that baseball is in fact not a contact sport; the one-time prospective Olympian reaches back into his track and field repertoire and executes a Willie Mays-like manoeuver: "Clemente beat out a high hopper with one gone in the 6th, took third on Bill Mazeroski's single and showed the fans how to run the bases after Manny Mota bounced to Harrison. Bateman had the ball to tag Clemente but Clemente waited until Bateman made his move, then jumped over him and touched home plate with his hand."
• 1968 - In Baltimore, Denny McLain shuts out the Orioles, 9 - 0, for his 20th win of the season, against three losses, for the first-place Tigers. McLain is only the third pitcher in the 20th Century to win his 20th this early; the others were Rube Marquard on July 19, 1912 and Lefty Grove on July 25, 1931.
• 1969:
  • Seattle suffers another heartbreaker, losing 5 - 3 to Boston in 20 innings at Sicks Stadium. Joe Lahoud hits a two-run home run in the top of the 20th for Boston, and Tommy Harper matches him in the bottom of the inning for the losers. Jim Lonborg is the winner.
  • In the team's biggest shutout victory ever, Baltimore routs the White Sox, 17 - 0, as Jim Hardin wins over Billy Wynne. Hardin allows just two hits while the Birds bang out 20, good for 39 total bases. Frank Robinson drives in five runs and hits a pair of homers.
• 1970:
  • The Expos beat the White Sox, 10 - 6, in the annual Hall of Fame Game, following the induction ceremonies for Lou Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick and Jesse Haines in Cooperstown.
  • The Yankees beat California, 5 - 2, behind Mel Stottlemyre, who is helped by Gene Michael in the 9th. With the score tied, Michael pulls the hidden ball trick on Angel pinch runner Jarvis Tatum. The Yanks score three in the 10th to win.
• 1971:
  • Bill Buckner hits his first grand slam as the Dodgers score six in the 7th inning to beat Pittsburgh, 8 - 5. Dock Ellis takes his first loss after 12 straight wins.
  • Hal McRae collects a homer, three doubles and a single to lead the Reds to an 11 - 3 win over the Padres. His four long hits ties a club record.
• 1972 - Marking the debut of manager Whitey Lockman, Fergie Jenkins allows one hit in the Cubs' 4 - 0 win over the Phillies. Willie Montanez's 4th-inning double is the only hit. Reliever Jack Aker falters in the nitecap, and the Phils win, 4 - 1.
• 1973:
  • The Reds wallop the Braves, 12 - 2, as Johnny Bench drives home six runs with a pair of homers.
  • In the first game of a twinbill, Cleveland's George Hendrick singles in the 8th to stop Jim Palmer's no-hit bid. Palmer and the O's coast to a 9 - 0 win. The Tribe takes the nitecap, 5 - 2, with Bob Reynolds getting the win.
  • Thurman Munson singles home the winner in the bottom of the 12th to give the Yankees a 1 - 0 win over the Brewers starter Jim Colborn.
• 1975:
  • The Mets release Cleon Jones after suspending him for insubordination. The outfielder from Alabama will not play again this year but will join the White Sox next season.
  • In the first of a doubleheader at Shea Stadium, Red Sox CF Fred Lynn makes a great running catch to save the game for pitcher Bill Lee. Lee wins, 1 - 0, and then Roger Moret completes the whitewash with a 6 - 0 nitecap win. The losses seem to finish the Yanks' pennant hopes and Bill Virdon's managing job.
• 1977 - The Cubs' Rick Reuschel tosses his second shutout in a row, beating the Reds, 3 - 0, on a five-hitter.
• 1978:
  • Mike Cubbage is 4 for 4, hitting for the cycle, to lead the Twins to a 6 - 3 win over Toronto.
  • The Yankees win the first game of a doubleheader, 11 - 0, but the Indians rebound to win the second, 17 - 5. Duane Kuiper ties the major-league record with two bases-loaded triples in the nightcap, only the third player (after Bill Bruton and Elmer Valo) to do so in the 20th Century.
• 1979:
  • The Brewers edge the Yankees, 6 - 5, and Cecil Cooper becomes the fourth American League player this month to hit three home runs in a game.
  • The Cubs top the Mets at Shea Stadium, 4 - 2, behind Dave Kingman's two home runs.
• 1982 - Against California, Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 95th base but gets caught stealing three times in an 8 - 7, 13-inning California win. Not since 1916 has an American Leaguer been thrown out three times in a game. Rickey will be thrown out 42 times this year, breaking the mark of 38 caught stealings set by Ty Cobb in 1915. Bob Boone, who is behind the plate, homers for the Angels. Reggie Jackson and Brian Downing also homer and Jackson adds two doubles.
• 1983 - While picking up his first win as a member of the Royals, Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton as the third pitcher this season to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, fanning four Indians in a 5 - 4 victory to raise his total to 3,501.
• 1984:
  • At Los Angeles, Gary Redus singles in the 1st and 9th, the only hits given up by Bob Welch as the Dodgers beat the Reds, 1 - 0. Tom Hume loses on an unearned run in the 6th.
  • Pete Rose collects his 3,053rd career single off Steve Carlton in the 7th inning of Montreal's 6 - 1 win over Philadelphia, passing Ty Cobb as baseball's all-time singles king.
  • The Red Sox and Tigers almost match shutouts, as the Tigers win, 9 - 1, and the Red Sox come back, 4 - 0. Rich Gedman's 9th-inning homer in the opener off Dan Petry is the only Sox score. Wade Boggs lines four hits and Bob Ojeda allows just three hits in the nitecap to win.
• 1985 - For the second time in a week, the Mets win, 16 - 4, this time pounding the Astros in the opener of a doubleheader sweep. They break a 4 - 4 tie in the 7th with a fielder's choice by Keith Hernandez, a two-run double by Gary Carter and a three-run home run by Ray Knight. All 16 runs are unearned as relievers Frank DiPino and Mike Madden each give up six, and starter Bob Knepper allows four runs. Jesse Orosco is the winner in the first game and earns a save for Bill Latham's first major league win in the second, a 7 - 3 victory.
• 1987 - The Salt Lake City Trappers lose, 7 - 5, to the Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive games. The Trappers, who hadn't lost since June 24th, broke the old record of 27 straight wins with a 13 - 3 rout of the Pocatello Giants on July 25th.
• 1988 - Tommy John achieves what is believed to be a major league first by committing three errors on one play in the Yankees' 16 - 3 rout of the Brewers. He bobbles a grounder by Jeffrey Leonard, throwing it into right field, then, takes the relay throw from Dave Winfield and promptly fires it over C Don Slaught's head to let Jim Gantner and Leonard both score The feat ties the major-league record for errors in one inning by a pitcher.
• 1989 - Atlanta's Dale Murphy hits two home runs in the 6th inning of a 10 - 1 rout of San Francisco, becoming the first Brave to accomplish the feat since Bobby Lowe in 1894. Murphy also drives in six runs in the inning to tie another major league record, as the Braves score all ten of their runs in the outburst.
• 1991 - Dan Gladden's three-run homer in the 9th enables the host Twins to beat Milwaukee, 7 - 4. Gladden's hit follows a bunt single by Shane Mack and a dribbler by Randy Bush. He has now driven in the winner in three straight games.
• 1992:
  • Houston starts its club record 26-game road trip with a grand slam by Eric Anthony. The Astros' marathon journey is necessitated by the Republican Convention taking at the Astrodome.
  • Sammy Sosa, disabled since June 13th after being hit on the right hand by Dennis Martinez and breaking a bone, bats leadoff and has three hits. He homers on the first pitch from Doug Drabek.
  • In his first start at Wrigley Field since his announcement that he's leaving Chicago, Greg Maddux beats the Pirates, 3 - 2. In the 8th inning, the Wrigley faithful give the ace pitcher a standing ovation.
• 1993:
  • Phillies first baseman John Kruk gets five hits in Philadelphia's 10 - 7 win over the visiting Cardinals.
  • The Padres blank the Cubs, 8 - 0, as San Diego outfielder Tony Gwynn knocks five hits in a game for the third time this season.
• 1994 - Florida pitcher Charlie Hough is placed on the disabled list due to a degenerative hip condition, ending his 22-year major league career.
• 1995:
  • The White Sox trade pitchers Jim Abbott and Tim Fortugno to the Angels in exchange for minor league outfielder McKay Christensen and pitchers Andrew Lorraine, Bill Simas and John Snyder.
  • The Indians obtain pitcher Ken Hill from the Cardinals in exchange for minor leaguers David Bell, Rick Heiserman and Pepe McNeal.
• 1996:
  • The White Sox pick up veteran catcher Pat Borders from the Angels for minor leaguer Robert Ellis. Borders will replace Chad Kreuter, out with a season-ending shoulder injury.
  • In Toronto, Joe Carter becomes the third player to hit a homer into the upper level at the SkyDome, a three-run shot that carries 483 feet. Geronimo Berroa and Matt Stairs homer for the A's, the 23rd straight game in which the A's have collected a home run. But the Jays beat them, 6 - 4.
  • The Padres pound the Marlins, 20 - 12, scoring six runs in the 6th inning, and nine in the 8th. Wally Joyner leads the way with five RBI, while John Flaherty hits a grand slam. The Padres are the sixth club to score 20 runs in a game this year; the last time that happened was 1929.
  • The U.S. Olympic team connects for five homers in the 1st inning en route to a 15 - 5 win over Japan. Seven Americans go deep in the game (Jacque Jones, Jason Williams, Matt LeCroy, Chad Allen, Troy Glaus, A.J. Hinch and Warren Morris). It isn't the highest score of the day, though, as the Cuban national team routs Italy, 20 - 6, with six homers, two by Orestes Kindelan. Antonio Pacheco scores four times.
  • The Orioles score ten runs off Orel Hershiser, including a grand slam by Rafael Palmeiro, to whip the Indians, 14 - 2, at Camden Yards. Hershiser gives up 11 hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings.
• 1997:
  • Kinheim ace Eelco Jansen throws a perfect game against ADO. It is the first perfect game ever by a Dutch pitcher during the regular Hoofdklasse season. Jansen will toss another perfecto in the 2003 European Championship against Sweden.
  • The Detroit Tigers retire Hal Newhouser's uniform number 16. Newhouser pitched 15 seasons for the Bengals and is the only pitcher to win back-to-back MVP awards, in 1944 and 1945. Following the festivities, the Tigers lose to Milwaukee, 11 - 7, as the Brewers come up with five runs in the 9th inning.
  • The Rockies acquire pitcher Mark Hutton from the Marlins in exchange for infielder Craig Counsell.
  • The Braves defeat the Reds, 3 - 2, in Cincinnati, as the temperature on Cincinnati's artificial surface reaches 152 degrees.
• 1998:
  • In the Devil Rays' 11 - 5 win over Oakland, Wade Boggs' 8th-inning single moves him past Babe Ruth and into 33rd place on the career hits list with 2,874.
  • Sammy Sosa hits his 248th career homer - and his first grand slam - as the Cubs beat the Diamondbacks, 6 - 2. Sosa went to bat 4,428 times before drilling the sacks-full homer. His 247 homers without a slam is a major league record: the previous mark was 210 homers by Bob Horner. Sosa also tops the 100 RBI mark with his four ribbies, to back Steve Trachsel's pitching.
  • Tony Womack has his 888th straight at-bat without grounding into a double play. This breaks Pete Reiser's 52-year-old record.
  • LF Tyrone Horne of the Arkansas Travelers of the AA Texas League hits four home runs and drives home ten runs, in a 13 - 4 win over San Antonio. His homers include a solo homer, a two-run shot, a three-run shot and a grand slam as he is the first player known to have hit a "home run cycle" in a professional game.
• 1999:
  • The Angels' 11-game losing streak ends as they defeat the Devil Rays, 10 - 5.
  • The Pirates defeat the Mets, 5 - 1, in one of Major League Baseball's "Turn Ahead the Clock Nights." Each team wears futuristic uniforms, with the home town squad becoming the "Mercury" Mets for the night. The futuristic theme is carried out throughout the evening, with the scoreboard flashing computerized photos of the players as each comes to the plate. Rickey Henderson, for example, is given three eyes and pointy ears, and plays "left quadrant." Al Martin hits the first of his two home runs in the 1st "sector," and rookie Kris Benson goes the distance for the win.
• 2000:
  • The Rockies and Red Sox complete a seven-player trade. The Red Sox receive pitchers Rolando Arrojo and Rick Croushore, infielder Mike Lansing and an undisclosed amount of cash for second baseman Jeff Frye and pitchers Brian Rose and John Wasdin as well as minor league pitcher Jeff Taglienti.
  • The Dodgers outslug the Rockies, 16 - 11, despite OF Larry Walker scoring five runs for Colorado while going 4 for 4.
  • The Blue Jays sink the Mariners, 7 - 2, giving Toronto manager Jim Fregosi his 1,000th win as a big league skipper. He joins Tom Kelly, who earlier this year won his 1,000th game.
• 2001:
  • The Cubs get 1B Fred McGriff from the Devil Rays in exchange for P Manny Aybar and a player to be named later. The Cubs' first try for McGriff on the 16th had been nixed by the slugger who said he did not want to uproot his family. His first game will be a night contest at Wrigley Field on the 29th, a 7 - 5 Cubs win.
  • The Mets trade experience for youth, sending P Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook to the Phillies in exchange for P Bruce Chen and Adam Walker. The two vets will struggle with the Phils.
  • The Giants get P Wayne Gomes from the Phillies in exchange for outfielder Felipe Crespo.
• 2002 - The Mariners defeat the Angels, 3 - 1, ending Jarrod Washburn's 12-game winning streak, the longest in the majors this season.
• 2003 - Catcher Gary Carter is inducted in the Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in Cooperstown, NY, wearing a Montreal Expos cap on his plaque. There was some controversy over whether he would go in as an Expo or as a member of the New York Mets, but the Hall of Fame made the final decision shortly after his election was announced in January.
• 2007:
  • Barry Bonds moves within one of Hank Aaron's career home run record when he hits number 754 against Rick Vanden Hurk of the Marlins in the 1st inning of a 12 - 10 Giants win. He draws walks in his other four plate appearances today.
  • The Cleveland Indians bring back Kenny Lofton for a third go-around, trading prospect Max Ramirez to the Texas Rangers for him. It is the second time Ramirez is traded straight up for a major league veteran.
  • Due to the absence of injured 2B Chase Utley, the Phillies send the son of their pitching coach, Michael Dubee, to the White Sox for Tadahito Iguchi. Chicago replaces Iguchi on its roster with rookie Danny Richar.
• 2008
  • Brad Ziegler of the Oakland A's pitches his 27th consecutive scoreless inning since the start of his major league career, breaking the record of 25 innings set by George McQuillan in 1907.
  • The Oklahoma RedHawks top the Colorado Springs SkySox, 15 - 12. Oklahoma scores 11 times in the 2nd inning, when 3B Ryan Roberts ties two Pacific Coast League records. He homers twice, both off Josh Towers, the 17th PCL player to have done so. He also drives in seven during that inning, the fourth player in league annals to accomplish the feat. Alex Kampouris (1932), Jigger Statz (1939) and Mario Valdez (2000) had done so previously.
  • The USA wins its third straight World University Championship; Blake Smith takes home MVP honors. In the Gold Medal game of the 2008 World University Championship, starters Mike Minor of the US and Shinji Iwata of Japan both go into the 10th inning without allowing an earned run. The US finally scores in the 12th when pinch hitter Hunter Morris singles in Micah Gibbs to end the pitching duel.
  • Goose Gossage is inducted into the Hall of Fame. The reliever credits Dick Allen and Chuck Tanner for their support early in his career. He is the fifth relief pitcher enshrined in Cooperstown. Also inducted are Dick Williams, Walter O'Malley, Barney Dreyfuss, Bowie Kuhn and Billy Southworth; all but Williams are deceased. Larry Whiteside is honored with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award and Dave Niehaus with the Ford Frick Award.
  • Matt Young of the Mississippi Braves gets a hit in his 11th straight at-bat and reaches base in his 16th consecutive plate appearance. He breaks the Southern League record for hits in consecutive at-bats, set at ten in 1970 and tied in 1976.
• 2009
  • Josh Willingham hits two grand slams and ties a franchise record with eight RBI as Washington defeats Milwaukee, 14 - 6. He is the 13th player to hit two slams in one game, and the first since Bill Mueller of Boston in 2003. Two other decisive grand slams are hit today, one a walk-off shot in the 13th inning by Alfonso Soriano in the Cubs' 5 - 1 win over Houston, and the other a pinch-hit blast by Fernando Tatis in the 8th inning of a 7 - 3 Mets victory against Colorado.
  • The Giants acquire 1B Ryan Garko from Cleveland in return for pitching prospect Scott Barnes, who is 12-3, 2.85, with 99 Ks in 98 innings in Class A.
• 2010:
  • The hosts of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Puerto Rico, are the only unbeaten team entering today's semifinals. They get six-hit by four Mexican hurlers, though, sending them to the Bronze Medal game with no hopes for a title. In the 9th, Humberto Sosa doubles in Ivan Araujo against R.J. Rodriguez with the game's lone run.
  • Jose Bautista's storybook season continues as he blasts two homers and nails Orioles baserunner Nick Markakis at third base in Toronto's 8 - 2 win at home. Bautista has three runs scored, four hits and five RBI in the game while becoming the major leagues' first 30-homer hitter this year. Ricky Romero defeats Kevin Millwood.
  • Rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg is scratched at the last minute from a scheduled start against the Braves with shoulder tightness, but veteran Miguel Batista steps ably into the breach, throwing five shutout innings as Washington prevails, 3 - 0.
  • With the spotlight on the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, sitting on 599 homers on his birthday, the Indians' Josh Tomlin grabs the headlines, giving up only three hits in seven innings in winning his major league debut, 4 - 1. A-Rod finishes the night 0 for 4.
  • Rehabbing a hip injury in the minor leagues, veteran third baseman Mike Lowell has a tremendous game for the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League, banging three homers and driving in five runs in a 10 - 6 win over the Toledo Mud Hens. He has been out of action in the major leagues since June 22nd.
  • Jason Kendall becomes the fifth player in major league history to catch 2,000 games when he starts for the Royals.
• 2011:
  • The Toronto Blue Jays make a couple of deals with the trading deadline fast approaching. First, they send Ps Jason Frasor and Zach Stewart to the Chicago White Sox for P Edwin Jackson and 3B Mark Teahen, then they immediately flip Jackson to St. Louis, along with Ps Octavio Dotel and Marc Rzepczynski and OF Corey Patterson, in return for OF Colby Rasmus and Ps Brian Tallet, Trever Miller and P.J. Walters. Jackson, still only 27, has already been part of seven different organizations.
  • Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim throws a no-hitter in beating the Indians, 3 - 1. Ezequiel Carrera, the Indians' first batter of the game, reaches on an error by SS Erick Aybar and comes in to score on a wild pitch, but Santana settles down and retires 22 batters in a row on his way to the feat.
  • The Seattle Mariners end a 17-game losing streak by beating the New York Yankees at New Yankee Stadium, 9 - 2. Ichiro Suzuki and Mike Carp collect four hits, and Dustin Ackley three, part of a 17-hit attack in support of Felix Hernandez, who defeats Phil Hughes. The M's last win had come on July 5th.
  • The Giants get one of the top players available at the trading deadline, Mets All-Star CF Carlos Beltran, who is set to become a free agent at the end of the season. The Giants send top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler to New York, but the Mets will be responsible for a significant portion of Beltran's remaining salary.
• 2012:
  • Today's big trade involves former Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke, sent by the Brewers to the Angels in return for SS Jean Segura and Ps Ariel Pena and John Hellweg, with the Halos outbidding their division rivals the Rangers in the process. In another deal, the Giants acquire SS Marco Scutaro from Colorado for Charlie Culberson.
  • The Cardinals hit a homer in each of their first five innings in beating the Cubs, 9 - 6. Matt Holliday, Yadier Molina, Lance Berkman, Matt Carpenter and Allen Craig all go deep off Travis Wood at Wrigley Field as Wood ties the modern team record with five gopher balls. The last team to have such a performance was the Astros on October 2, 2004.
  • In a meeting of unlikely playoff contenders, the A's stun the Orioles with six 9th-inning runs, overcoming a 9 - 8 deficit for a 14 - 9 win at Camden Yards. Ryan Cook had just coughed up three runs in the 8th, but the A's rally against closer Jim Johnson to win their 12th game in their last 14 tries.
  • Wally the Green Monster, the Red Sox's mascot, goes missing before today's game with the Yankees, making the team suspect a dastardly deed by Yankee fans. Boston Police issue an all-points bulletin looking for a "green and furry [character] ... and sporting a permanent grin to the face on an extremely large head." It turns out to be a misunderstanding as Wally is located a few hours later, taking an unauthorized tour of his home city.
• 2013 - For the first time since September 4, 1965, three American League games end on 1 - 0 scores. Chris Archer of the Rays throws a two-hitter at the Yankees while Justin Masterson of the Indians and Wade Davis of the Royals need bullpen help for their victories, over Texas and Chicago, respectively.
• 2014:
  • A huge crowd estimated at 48,000 is on hand for the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. This year's class is unusually large and prestigious, featuring three players elected on the first ballot: 300-game winners Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and slugger Frank Thomas, a member of the 500 home run club. Joining them are three managers who stand at #3, 4 and 5 on the all-time win list in Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre. Maddux, Glavine and Cox all found their greatest success in the great Atlanta Braves teams of the late 1990s.
  • Dirk van 't Klooster breaks one Hoofdklasse record and ties another. He gets his 1,167th hit, topping Marcel Joost's mark. With the bases loaded in the 2nd, van 't Klooster singles off former major leaguer Eddie Oropesa to score Dè Flanegin; Kevin Dirksen also tries to score on the play, but is gunned down at home. Van 't Klooster is playing his 859th game in the top Dutch league, tying another record held by Joost. Dirk's Vaessen Pioniers beat Mampaey The Hawks, 12 - 2. Danny Rombley and Vince Rooi each score three and Mark-Jan Moorman drives in four. Steven van Groningen allows one hit and no runs in six innings for the win.
• 2015:
  • The Mets acquire closer Tyler Clippard from the A's in return for minor league P Casey Meisner, while the Red Sox trade OF Shane Victorino to the Angels for IF Josh Rutledge.
  • Alex Rodriguez joins the small club of players who have homered on their 40th birthday when he goes deep off Matt Harrison in the Yankees' 6 - 2 win over the Rangers. Didi Gregorius contributes three hits, including a homer, and 4 RBIs.
• 2017:
  • The Nationals slug eight home runs in a 15 - 2 demolition of the Brewers. The barrage includes a record-tying five homers in the 3rd inning, four of them hit consecutively by Brian Goodwin, Wilmer Difo, Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman. Michael Blazek, making his first career start allows those four long balls, as well as the one hit by Anthony Rendon one batter later that finally chases him from the game. Harper had already hit a two-run shot in the 1st, and Zimmerman and Jose Lobaton both go deep in the 4th to complete the performance. Max Scherzer, who scores on Goodwin's homer, is the beneficiary of the outburst, winning on his birthday.
  • The Rays make a couple of trades, acquiring relief pitcher Dan Jennings from the White Sox for prospect Casey Gillaspie and 1B Lucas Duda from the Mets for P Drew Smith. However, they lose a heartbreaker to the Yankees, 6 - 5, as an apparently inoffensive ground ball by Gary Sanchez finds a hole between SS Adeiny Hechevarria and 2B Tim Beckham to tie the game with two outs in the 9th and Brett Gardner on third base. Gardner then goes yard off Andrew Kittredge in the 11th to end the game.
• 2018 - What has already been a busy trade season continues with the Brewers acquiring 3B Mike Moustakas from the Royals in return for Brett Phillips and Jorge Lopez; Milwaukee will try to move 3B Travis Shaw to second base in order to wedge Moustakas' bat into the line-up. In other deals, the Astros obtain RP Ryan Pressly from Minnesota for a pair of prospects and the Phillies add IF Asdrubal Cabrera from the Mets in return for another prospect.
• 2019 - Israel qualifies for their first European Championship. In a playoff for the 12th and final spot in the 2019 European Championship, Israel tops fellow 2019 B-Level European Championship victor Lithuania, 15 - 0, in a five-inning mercy rule rout. American import Gabe Cramer allows one hit in five innings and Simon Rosenbaum drives in five.
• 2020:
  • In the first test of the health and safety protocols put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball postpones two scheduled games after a number of members of the Marlins test positive for the virus, forcing others to be placed in preventive quarantine. The Marlins stay put in Philadelphia, PA while awaiting further test results, preventing them from travelling to their home city where they were slated to host the Orioles. Meanwhile, the visiting team clubhouse in Philly needs to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before the Yankees can use it for their game against the Phillies, which is also postponed. The Marlins will now head to Baltimore, MD to resume their series against the Orioles in two days, unless there is more bad news.
  • The Rays' pitchers set a team record with 19 strikeouts in their 14 - 5 win over the Braves, starting with Tyler Glasnow who records nine in four innings. He is followed by Diego Castillo (2 in 1 inning), Jalen Beeks (7 in 3 innings) and Jose Alvarado (1 in the 9th). Meanwhile, the Braves designate for assignment starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz, who was considered their ace as recently as the start of last season, after he allows six earned runs over 3 1/3 innings.
• 2021 - Things are starting to heat up ahead of the trading deadline, although a few of the deals raise more questions than they answer. The Astros acquire a pair of veteran relievers from the Mariners in Kendall Graveman and Rafael Montero, giving up IF Abraham Toro and P Joe Smith in return, but the M's also make a deal more typical of a team battling to make the postseason - which they are - by obtaining SP Tyler Anderson from the Pirates for a couple of prospects. For their part, the Yankees send a couple of relievers, Luis Cessa and Justin Wilson, to the Reds and only receive a player to be named later in return; it seems that they are clearing some salary space for an upcoming move meant to add some talent this time.
• 2022:
  • The Yankees make the first big move before the trading deadline, acquiring All-Star LF Andrew Benintendi from the Royals for three pitching prospects. Left field has been the only unproductive position in the line-up for the Bronx Bombers, who have otherwise been a juggernaut this year.
  • The Pacific League completes their sweep of the 2022 NPB All-Star Games with a 2 - 1 victory in the second game. Yuki Yanagita's home run off Suguru Iwazaki in the 6th breaks the 1 - 1 tie.
• 2023:
  • The Mets start dismantling their prohibitively expensive but badly underperforming team, sending closer David Robertson to the Marlins in return for two minor leaguers, both of whom are currently playing in the Florida Complex League.
  • More mind-boggling feats from Shohei Ohtani: in the first game of today's doubleheader against the Tigers, he pitches a one-hit complete game shutout, then in the second game, he homers twice as the Angels' DH. Los Angeles sweeps, 6 - 0 and 11 - 4.

Births

• 1849 - Davy Force, infielder (d. 1918)
• 1851 - Henry Kessler, infielder (d. 1900)
• 1853 - Frank Berkelbach, outfielder (d. 1932)
• 1856 - Charlie Robinson, catcher (d. 1913)
• 1860 - Henry Jones, pitcher (d. 1922)
• 1861 - Jim Lillie, outfielder (d. 1890)
• 1874 - Tom Messitt, catcher (d. 1934)
• 1875 - Fred Ketchum, outfielder (d. 1908)
• 1876 - Moose Baxter, infielder (d. 1926)
• 1880 - Jack Doscher, pitcher (d. 1971)
• 1880 - Irish McIlveen, outfielder (d. 1960)
• 1880 - Joe Tinker, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1948)
• 1882 - Huck Wallace, pitcher (d. 1951)
• 1883 - Harry Kane, pitcher (d. 1932)
• 1884 - Charley Hall, pitcher (d. 1943)
• 1886 - George Yantz, catcher (d. 1967)
• 1890 - Cal Crum, pitcher (d. 1945)
• 1896 - Ernesto Carmona, minor league manager; Salon de la Fama (d. 1986)
• 1896 - Andy Harris, infielder, manager (d. 1957)
• 1896 - George Kopshaw, catcher (d. 1934)
• 1896 - Rube Walberg, pitcher (d. 1978)
• 1897 - Biz Mackey, catcher, manager; All-Star; Hall of Famer (d. 1965)
• 1898 - Benny Bengough, catcher (d. 1968)
• 1898 - Zack Taylor, catcher, manager (d. 1974)
• 1899 - Jim Faulkner, pitcher (d. 1962)
• 1900 - Kid Lowe, infielder (d. 1988)
• 1905 - Leo Durocher, infielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1991)
• 1905 - Rudy Leopold, pitcher (d. 1965)
• 1907 - Ed Carroll, pitcher (d. 1984)
• 1915 - Dick Kimble, infielder (d. 2001)
• 1916 - Kazuto Tsuruoka, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2000)
• 1917 - Bill Sayles, pitcher (d. 1996)
• 1917 - Lee Susman, writer (d. 2012)
• 1919 - Ed Short, general manager (b. 1984)
• 1923 - Ray Boone, infielder; All-Star (d. 2004)
• 1923 - Cal Medley, pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1927 - George Heller, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)
• 1927 - Higinio Vélez, Cuban league manager (d. 2021)
• 1928 - Charlie Bicknell, pitcher (d. 2013)
• 1929 - Floyd Baker, college coach (b. 2015)
• 1932 - Johnny Kucks, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2013)
• 1932 - Tommy Morales, writer; Salón de la Fama (d. 2018)
• 1935 - John Edelman, pitcher
• 1936 - Don Lock, outfielder (d. 2017)
• 1936 - Archie Skeen, minor league catcher (d. 2017)
• 1938 - Harry Wendelstedt, umpire (d. 2012)
• 1939 - Max Dobson, college coach (d. 2020)
• 1940 - Jim Isaacson, college coach (d. 2018)
• 1942 - Jack Hiatt, catcher
• 1944 - Marcel Vogels, First Division player
• 1946 - Larry Biittner, outfielder (d. 2022)
• 1946 - Roy Blake, Panamanian national team pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1949 - Simón Barreto, minor league pitcher
• 1949 - Larry Kiser, minor league pitcher
• 1952 - Rich Dauer, infielder
• 1952 - Bump Wills, infielder
• 1952 - Stan Zielinski, scout (d. 2017)
• 1953 - Brian Kingman, pitcher
• 1954 - Roberto Espino, Nicaraguan national team infielder
• 1955 - Shane Rawley, pitcher; All-Star
• 1956 - Dave Dombrowski, general manager
• 1957 - Rich Duran, minor league and NPB player
• 1957 - Floyd Rayford, infielder
• 1959 - Joe DeSa, infielder (d. 1986)
• 1961 - Nelson Santovenia, catcher
• 1962 - James Hirsch, author
• 1962 - Terushi Nakajima, NPB infielder and outfielder
• 1963 - Félix Benavides, Cuban league infielder
• 1963 - Gary Kendall, minor league manager
• 1963 - Bob Stocker, minor league pitcher
• 1966 - Steve Allen, minor league pitcher
• 1966 - Ron Downs, minor league pitcher
• 1966 - Dane Kallevig, minor league pitcher
• 1967 - Joel Chimelis, minor league player
• 1967 - Linc Mikkelsen, minor league pitcher
• 1968 - Tom Goodwin, outfielder
• 1968 - Oliver Heidecker, Bundesliga infielder
• 1968 - Steve Livesey, minor league infielder and manager
• 1969 - Mike Crouwel, minor league catcher-infielder
• 1971 - Shane Bowers, pitcher
• 1971 - Bryan Lundberg, minor league pitcher
• 1972 - Yoshinori Okihara, NPB infielder
• 1973 - Jong-ho Park, KBO infielder
• 1973 - Rob Pegg, minor league player, college coach
• 1973 - Enrique Wilson, infielder
• 1974 - Brian Sikorski, pitcher
• 1975 - Shea Hillenbrand, infielder; All-Star
• 1975 - Alex Rodriguez, infielder; All-Star
• 1976 - Tatsuhiko Kinjoh, NPB outfielder
• 1976 - Julien Lepine, minor league infielder
• 1976 - Yasuhiro Oyamada, NPB pitcher
• 1977 - Kyle Denney, pitcher
• 1977 - Edgar Leyva, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Mitsutaka Goto, NPB infielder
• 1979 - Tom Farmer, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Chien-Ming Chang, CPBL outfielder
• 1980 - Felix Diaz, pitcher
• 1980 - Daisuke Kato, NPB pitcher
• 1980 - Élson Nishimura Jr., Brazilian national team infielder
• 1981 - Trino Aguilar, minor league infielder
• 1983 - Dong-chan Cho, KBO infielder
• 1984 - Tsuyoshi Nishioka, infielder
• 1984 - Max Scherzer, pitcher; All-Star
• 1985 - Jeffrey Hehr, minor league player
• 1986 - Ryan Flaherty, infielder
• 1986 - Elih Villanueva, pitcher
• 1987 - Preston Guilmet, pitcher
• 1988 - Matt Curry, minor league infielder
• 1988 - Micah Gibbs, minor league catcher
• 1988 - Yoervis Medina, pitcher
• 1988 - Jesus Sanchez, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Jack Winters, college coach
• 1989 - Andy Fermín, minor league infielder and manager
• 1989 - Ryota Ito, NPB infielder
• 1989 - Jiří Marek, Extraliga pitcher-outfielder
• 1989 - Thomas Salas, Chilean national team outfielder
• 1990 - Mike Fransoso, minor league outfielder
• 1991 - Chi-Kam Chiu, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1991 - Wandy Peralta, pitcher
• 1992 - Vicente Campos, pitcher
• 1993 - Nick Dini, catcher
• 1994 - Kacy Clemens, minor league infielder
• 1994 - Jorge Pastor, Peruvian national team infielder
• 1995 - Foster Griffin, pitcher
• 1995 - Brad Keller, pitcher
• 1995 - Adalberto Mondesi, infielder
• 1995 - Drew Rasmussen, pitcher
• 1996 - Elias von Garßen, Bundesliga catcher
• 1998 - Richard Brereton, Great Britain national team outfielder-pitcher
• 1998 - Xzavion Curry, pitcher
• 1998 - Jeter Downs, infielder
• 1999 - Carla Minier, Dominican women's national team pitcher
• 1999 - Jacob Young, outfielder
• 2005 - Enrike Sevilya, minor league pitcher

Deaths

• 1888 - Ed Cogswell, infielder (b. 1854)
• 1902 - Packy Dillon, catcher (b. 1853)
• 1902 - Matthew Killilea, owner (b. 1861)
• 1910 - Ted Conovar, pitcher (b. 1868)
• 1917 - John Schappert, pitcher (b. 1853)
• 1924 - Bob Dresser, pitcher (b. 1878)
• 1932 - Max Addington, minor league manager (b. 1887)
• 1936 - Charles Knapp, minor league executive (n. ????)
• 1938 - Milt Reed, infielder (b. 1890)
• 1940 - Tom Williams, pitcher (b. 1870)
• 1948 - Joe Tinker, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1880)
• 1954 - Wayne Carr, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1958 - Art Corcoran, infielder (b. 1894)
• 1958 - Phil Page, pitcher (b. 1905)
• 1961 - Jack Little, outfielder (b. 1891)
• 1963 - Hooks Dauss, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1964 - Dominic Mulrenan, pitcher (b. 1893)
• 1964 - Lizzie Murphy, female player (b. 1894)
• 1965 - Harry Lunte, infielder (b. 1892)
• 1968 - Babe Adams, pitcher (b. 1882)
• 1968 - Jack Redmond, catcher (b. 1910)
• 1968 - Howie Storie, catcher (b. 1911)
• 1968 - Dave Thomas, infielder (b. 1905)
• 1969 - Glenn Elliott, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 1970 - Jo Jo Deal, outfielder (d. 1925)
• 1970 - Whitey Platt, outfielder (b. 1920)
• 1975 - Fred Sherry, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1977 - Billy Holm, catcher (b. 1912)
• 1982 - Sug Jones, infielder (b. 1907)
• 1984 - Bob Trocolor, minor league pitcher (b. 1917)
• 1985 - Joe Wood, outfielder (b. 1889)
• 1985 - Carl Yowell, pitcher (b. 1902)
• 1986 - Bud Hafey, outfielder (b. 1912)
• 1987 - Travis Jackson, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
• 1992 - Salty Parker, infielder, manager (b. 1912)
• 1995 - Rick Ferrell, catcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1905)
• 1996 - Rogers Pierre, pitcher (b. 1913)
• 1997 - Hardin Cathey, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 1998 - Bill Tuttle, outfielder (b. 1929)
• 2003 - Bob Hope, owner (b. 1903)
• 2003 - Rinty Monahan, pitcher (b. 1928)
• 2003 - Charlie Rivera, infielder (b. 1911)
• 2008 - Russ Gibson, catcher (b. 1939)
• 2009 - Luis Quintana, pitcher (b. 1951)
• 2011 - Hideki Irabu, pitcher (b. 1969)
• 2013 - Takao Katsuragi, NPB infielder (b. 1935)
• 2013 - Virginia Tezak, AAGPBL player (b. 1928)
• 2014 - George Freese, infielder (b. 1926)
• 2016 - Doug Griffin, infielder (b. 1947)
• 2019 - Mike Roarke, catcher (b. 1930)