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Events

• 1897 - St. Louis hurler John Grimes establishes a major league record which still stands today by hitting six batters in a nine-inning game.
• 1901 - In Cincinnati, the Reds take 14 innings to subdue the Chicago Orphans, 5 - 4. Reds pitcher Noodles Hahn strikes out 11 in the win, while Chicago pitcher Tom Hughes records 15 strikeouts.
• 1903 - A tired Christy Mathewson loses his fourth in a row as Boston clips him for six hits and four walks to win, 4 - 1. Pop Williams, recently acquired, allows just three Giant hits.
• 1905 - Charles Taft, owner of the Cincinnati Times-Star and brother of a future president, finances Charles W. Murphy's purchase of the Chicago Cubs for $125,000.
• 1909 - For the second time in two years - the first was on May 25, 1908 - Bill Burns has a no-hitter broken up with two outs in the 9th, when Washington's Otis Clymer singles. But Burns and the White Sox win, 1 - 0, besting Walter Johnson in the first of two games. Burns is the only pitcher to suffer this fate twice, until Dave Stieb of Toronto does on September 24 and 30, 1988.
• 1910 - Cubs rookie King Cole pitches a seven-inning no-hitter for a 4 - 0 win over St. Louis. Cole will top the National League with a 20-4 record, but will have only one more winning season.
• 1911 - Phils rookie Grover Cleveland Alexander, who beat the Cubs yesterday in relief, loses a matchup with Three Finger Brown, 4 - 2. The Phils, at 56-38, are in fourth place.
• 1912 - A day after the Braves went 14 innings to beat St. Louis, they go 19 innings with the Pirates. Lefty Otto Hess goes all the way for Boston. The Pirates score three in the 19th, and the Braves come back with two, losing, 7 - 6. Honus Wagner, who earlier stole home, drives in the final run for Pittsburgh. Wagner, at 38, is the oldest player in the National League.
• 1914 - Red Sox owner Joe Lannin buys the Providence Grays (IL) and Melrose Park from the Detroit Tigers for $75,000. Detroit gets to pick one player from the Providence roster and they select P Red Oldham, overlooking Carl Mays. Detroit then purchases the Buffalo (IL) team.
• 1915 - Dave Davenport of St. Louis (Federal League) splits a pair of 1 - 0 games in a doubleheader with Buffalo, winning the first and losing the second. He gives up just five hits all afternoon, and just one in his losing effort, and becomes the only pitcher to be involved in two 1 - 0 decisions in one day.
• 1916:
  • Babe Ruth fires a two-hitter, by Ty Cobb and George Burns, for a 6 - 0 win for the first-place Red Sox over the Tigers. Ruth adds two hits at the plate.
  • The Giants take two from Pittsburgh, winning both by 7 - 0 scores. Slim Sallee and Jeff Tesreau are the winners.
• 1917 - The Cubs swap pitcher Al Demaree to the Giants for infielder Pete Kilduff.
• 1929 - Babe Ruth hits a fungo 447 feet in an unofficial test, beating all trial competition records.
• 1932 - Cleveland plays its first game in new Municipal Stadium before a crowd in excess of 80,000 (paid attendance of 76,979), but Mel Harder loses to the A's Lefty Grove 1 - 0 on Mickey Cochrane's RBI single.
• 1934 - When the Cards and the Cubs resume playing the protested game of July 2nd at Wrigley Field, Chicago still wins. The final score this time is 7 - 1 instead of 7 - 4.
• 1935:
  • Two American League pitchers each hit two home runs in a game. Wes Ferrell clouts a couple against Buck Newsom of the Browns and knocks in four runs in a 6 - 4 win for Boston. Mel Harder hits two for Cleveland but loses, 6 - 4, to the White Sox. No other hurlers will hit two homers this season.
  • The Reds oversell their night game, and 30,000 jam in for the match against the Cards. Kitty Burke, a female fan, slips under the ropes around the infield and grabs a bat. Paul Dean lobs a pitch and she grounds out. Manager Frankie Frisch demands it count as an at bat.
  • Judge Emil Fuchs, president of the Boston Braves since 1925, forfeits his majority stock and retires.
• 1936:
  • At the Polo Grounds, the Giants manage just four hits off Chicago's Larry French and lose, 3 - 1. The Terrymen's only tally is a homer by Hank Leiber. The loss leaves the front-running Cubs a game ahead of the Cards.
  • Led by Lou Gehrig, who clouts his 33rd homer, the Yankees down the Indians, 11 - 7, at League Park. The loss snaps the Tribe's five-game win streak, and leaves the Yankees 8 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland. Gehrig and Red Rolfe clout homers in the 5th to chase Mel Harder, but the Indians answer with three doubles by Earl Averill and a homer by Hal Trosky. Bump Hadley, with relief from Johnny Murphy, hangs on for his ninth win.
  • Behind Lefty Grove and Jimmie Foxx, the visiting Red Sox top the White Sox, 7 - 3. Grove wins his 13th on seven hits, while Double X bangs his 30th homer, a triple and double. Boston sub Moe Berg adds a triple, double, and single off Ted Lyons.
• 1939:
  • Using yellow dyed balls, the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 5 - 2, at Sportsman's Park.
  • The Pirates buy baseball's tallest player, 6' 9" P Johnny Gee, from Syracuse (International League).
• 1943 - Dodger Dolph Camilli, the league's MVP in 1941, is traded with Johnny Allen to the Giants for Bill Sayles, Bill Lohrman and Joe Orengo. Camilli declines to report to his new team and retires to a California ranch for the season. Next year, he will manage in the Pacific Coast League and in 1945 will return briefly to the Red Sox.
• 1947 - The Giants lose, 8 - 7, but hit their 55th home run of the month, a National League record. Walker Cooper connects against the Reds.
• 1948 - With a 7 - 6 win over the Cards, the Braves lengthen their lead over the Pirates and the Dodgers in the National League.
• 1949 - Sid Gordon of the New York Giants blasts two homers in the 2nd inning of the second game, as the Giants sweep the Reds, 10 - 0 and 9 - 0, behind Larry Jansen and Adrian Zabala.
• 1951:
  • The Dodgers win their tenth in a row, defeating the host Pirates, 8 - 3. Don Newcombe earns his 15th win and ninth in a row. Newk also collects three of the Flatbushers' 16 hits.
  • In an 8 - 6 Red Sox loss to the Browns, Clyde Vollmer doubles to finish the month with 13 homers, four doubles and a triple among his 31 hits. "Big Un" knocks in 40 runs with his outburst.
  • The Browns acquire Cliff Mapes from the Yankees, sending Bobby Hogue, Kermit Wahl, Tom Upton and Lou Sleater to New York. The trade frees up an outfield spot for Mickey Mantle's return as well as Mapes's #7 uniform.
• 1954 - Using a borrowed bat, Dodger killer Joe Adcock hits four homers and a double for 18 total bases in the Braves' 15 - 7 victory at Ebbets Field. The 18 total bases is a major-league mark and, combined with the seven total bases from the day before, gives him a two-day tally of 25. The two-game total ties him with Ty Cobb.
• 1955:
  • The Giants sell P Sal Maglie (9-5) to the Cleveland Indians.
  • On the anniversary of his four-homer game, Braves 1B Joe Adcock has his arm broken by a pitch from Giant Jim Hearn. He will be out for the rest of the season.
  • The White Sox suffer a great blow as their leading pitcher, Dick Donovan, 13-4, undergoes an emergency appendectomy.
  • Don Larsen wins, 5 - 2, as the Yanks and Athletics collaborate for nine double plays, with the New Yorkers turning six. Cloyd Boyer, who has three of his first eight pitches hit for home runs - by Hank Bauer, Mickey Mantle, and Yogi Berra - takes the loss.
• 1956 - By salvaging a split of today's twin bill with the last-place Giants, second-place Cincinnati gains half a game on idle Milwaukee. The marathon's most memorable moment, however, comes in the 8th inning of New York's 5 - 1 win, as Willie Mays travels far and wide to pull in Wally Post's 430-foot blast to the Polo Grounds' distant left center power alley over his shoulder. Willie's circus catch comes after Stan Palys' pinch-hit homer has put Cincy on the board, down by four.
• 1957 - The Pirates lose to the Braves and Bob Buhl, 4 - 2. Bucs manager Bobby Bragan is ejected in the bottom of the 5th for making obscene gestures. Before he departs, he strolls onto the field sipping an orange drink through a straw and offers the umpires a drink. Two days later Bragan will be fired by the Pirates.
• 1959:
  • Pedro Ramos holds Chicago to one hit in seven innings but leaves with a sore elbow, and the Sox score two in the 9th to beat the Senators, 2 - 1. It is Washington's 14th loss in a row. The Sox lead Cleveland by two games.
  • Earl Wilson, the first black pitcher to play for the Red Sox, hurls 3 2/3 innings, walking nine and leaves the game with a 4 - 0 lead.
• 1960:
  • At Yankee Stadium, the A's push over three unearned runs in the 11th on two throwing errors by 3B Hector Lopez to top New York, 5 - 2.
  • A game between Memphis and Chattanooga (Southern Association) is postponed because the 94-degree weather is too much for the spectators in Memphis's roofless Tobey Field.
• 1961 - The Second All-Star Game of 1961 ends in a 1 - 1 tie at Fenway Park. Rocky Colavito homers for the American League run. Heavy rains end the exhibition after nine innings.
• 1962:
  • At D.C. Stadium, Mickey Mantle is on the bench with a wrenched knee, but Bill Skowron supplies the power with a grand slam. New York wins, 9 - 5.
  • The National League rejects Commissioner Ford Frick's proposal for interleague play in 1963.
• 1963:
  • Ralph Terry of the Yankees uses just 75 pitches in a five-hitter, winning 3 - 2 over the Kansas City A's. Terry has no walks and five strikeouts.
  • At Cleveland Stadium, the Indians hit four consecutive home runs to beat the Angels, 9 - 5. Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona and Larry Brown all go deep off Paul Foytack with two outs in the 6th inning.
• 1964:
  • The Giants take advantage of three errors by Bill Mazeroski and two by Bob Bailey to tip the bumbling Bucs, 8 - 6. Maz's last error, on a potential double play ball in the 9th, helps the Giants score three runs. Willie Mays has three singles and three runs to lead the attack. The Giants remain 1 1/2 games back of the Phils, but learn that Juan Marichal has back spasms; he will not pitch again until August 25th.
  • At Philadelphia, 24,197 see Chris Short, with help from Jack Baldschun, stop the Dodgers, 6 - 1. Johnny Callison starts the Phils' scoring with a two-run homer in the 1st, off Ron Moeller. Tommy Davis hits an 8th-inning double that caroms off 2B Tony Taylor's mouth, kayoing both Taylor and Chris Short. Maury Wills has four singles and drives in the lone run.
  • The Cards send down Glen Hobbie and bring up knuckleballer Barney Schultz.
• 1967 - Jack Hiatt belts a pinch-hit grand slam off Pittsburgh's Elroy Face to give the Giants an 8 - 4 win. Hiatt's pinch slam is the 1,200th slam in major league history.
• 1968:
  • Chicago's Billy Williams, Ernie Banks and Jim Hickman hit 4th-inning home runs as Fergie Jenkins (12-10) beats the Astros, 6 - 1, at Wrigley Field.
  • Detroit's Dick McAuliffe becomes the only player in major league history to score all four runs in a 4 - 0 shutout against Washington. McAuliffe hits two homers, a double and a single in Denny McLain's 21st win of his 31-6 season.
• 1970:
  • At California, Boston's Sonny Siebert beats the Angels, 2 - 0, on one hit, a 3rd-inning single by Jay Johnstone.
  • The Reds lose a doubleheader to the visiting Cubs, 7 - 1 and 11 - 7, and lose rookie star Wayne Simpson, who tears the rotary cuff in his pitching arm. Simpson will come back, but will never be the same, going 22-28 in the rest of his career.
• 1971 - The Orioles' Pat Dobson shuts out the Royals, 4 - 0, for his eighth victory of the month. Since June 16th, Dobson has won 12 straight games.
• 1972:
  • White Sox slugger Dick Allen becomes the seventh major leaguer to hit two inside-the-park home runs in one game. The homers pace the White Sox over the Twins, 8 - 1.
  • Royals OF Amos Otis scores the game's only run, swiping home in the 4th inning with a surprised John Mayberry at bat. Otis reached 3B when Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan makes two of his three errors trying to pick his former teammate off base. This is only the second time in the post-war years that a steal of home accounts for a game's only run.
  • Vida Blue retires the first 17 batters before Texas pitcher Rich Hand beats out a surprise bunt in the 6th. Blue allows one other hit to win, 2 - 0 for Oakland. Hand allows just two hits in 7 1/3 innings, but two errors and a mental boner by LF Ted Ford allows two runs. With a runner on third base, Ford catches Joe Rudi's fly and trots in thinking it is the third out. It is the second. Rudi adds another sac fly for the other run.
• 1973:
  • The Reds sweep a pair from the Braves, winning, 9 - 5, in the opener, then scoring five runs in the 9th to take the nitecap, 13 - 11. Joe Morgan totals three homers and seven RBIs for the afternoon. The Reds set a club record with 24 wins in the month of July.
  • The Tigers win a pair from the Brewers, 6 - 5 and 9 - 4, and end Dave May's American League season-best hitting streak at 24 games.
• 1974:
  • At Houston, the Reds' Don Gullett twirls a two-hit, 4 - 0, shutout over the Astros. Roger Metzger has both Astro hits.
  • Ron Cey drives in eight runs to lead the host Dodgers to a 15 - 4 victory over the Padres.
• 1975 - Giants pitcher John Montefusco predicts he'll shut out the Reds and strike out Johnny Bench four times. The Count's a little off as the Reds score seven runs in 1 1/3 innings off Montefusco, three of the runs coming on a Bench homer. The Reds win, 11 - 6.
• 1976 - Reds reserve outfielder Ed Armbrister collects four hits, including two homers, as the Reds pummel the Astros, 12 - 1. Armbrister's two homers are half his career total and his only two for the year.
• 1977 - Graig Nettles scores three runs to lead the Yankees to a 9 - 2 win over the A's, the eighth win in nine games for New York. The Yankees are a half game out of first.
• 1978:
  • The Yankees stop Texas, 6 - 1, to move to 7 1/2 games behind Boston in the American League East.
  • Pete Rose singles off Phil Niekro to extend his hitting streak to 44 games, as the Reds edge the Braves, 3 - 2. Rose ties Willie Keeler's 81-year-old National League record, achieved when foul balls didn't count as strikes.
  • After scoring just five runs in their last six games, the Red Sox break out with a 9 - 2 win over the visiting White Sox. It is just the third win for Boston in its last 13 games. Dennis Eckersley (12-4) earns the win, scattering six hits, while Rick Burleson has three hits including a bases-loaded double.
• 1980 - The Rangers beat the Orioles 7 - 4, snapping pitcher Steve Stone's 14-game winning streak. Stone is two shy of the American League record of 16 consecutive wins.
• 1981 - The fifty-day old baseball strike is settled as owners and players agree on a pooling system for free agent compensation. The All-Star game will mark the end of baseball's first-ever mid-season work stoppage.
• 1982 - Phillies second baseman Manny Trillo boots a Bill Buckner grounder to end his errorless streak at 479 chances, setting a major league record.
• 1983:
  • In the nitecap of a doubleheader, Pirates rookie Jose DeLeon holds the Mets hitless for 8 1/3 innings before Hubie Brooks singles, but Mets starter Mike Torrez pitches 11 shutout innings himself and New York goes on to win, 1 - 0, in 12 innings. In his previous start, DeLeon had held the Padres hitless for 6 1/3 innings. Mets reliever Jesse Orosco wins both games with four innings of relief in the 11-inning opener, and an inning in the nitecap.
  • Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell and Walter Alston are inducted into the Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of Hall of Famers to 184.
  • The Indians fire manager Mike Ferraro and replace him with Pat Corrales, who was fired earlier this month by the Phillies.
• 1985:
  • The Indians end Ron Guidry's win streak at 12 games, beating the Yankees, 6 - 5. Guidry and Curt Wardle, the winner, each go 6+ innings.
  • At Boston, the White Sox-Red Sox game is called at the end of seven innings (11:34 p.m.) with the score tied 4 - 4. Since an 11-inning, 4 - 4 tie with the Angels on June 8, 1961, Boston had played 3,868 regular season games without a tie, a major league record.
• 1986 - Brian Downing and Bob Boone each hit grand slams off Oakland's Eric Plunk to lead the Angels to an 8 - 5 victory.
• 1987 - Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Baltimore to an 8 - 4 win over Texas.
• 1988 - Jose Canseco belts two home runs in the A's 6 - 2 win over Seattle to become the first player to hit 30 or more home runs in each of his first three major league seasons.
• 1989 - The Twins trade last year's Cy Young Award winner, Frank Viola, to the Mets for five players, including pitchers Rick Aguilera, David West and minor leaguer Kevin Tapani. Viola is the first Cy Young Award winner to be traded during the following season. Tapani will blossom into a Cy Young Award contender in 1991. The Mets also trade popular OF Mookie Wilson to the Blue Jays for P Jeff Musselman and minor leaguer Mike Brady.
• 1990 - At County Stadium, Ranger righty Nolan Ryan wins his 300th game defeating the Brewers, 11 - 3. The 43-year-old from Alvin, Texas will compile 324 victories during his 27-year big league career.
• 1991:
  • The Phillies trade P Roger McDowell to the Dodgers for P Mike Hartley and OF Braulio Castillo.
  • The Astros trade P Jim Clancy to the Braves for P Matt Turner and a player to be named later.
  • The Expos trade recently-acquired P Ron Darling to the A's for two minor league pitchers.
• 1993:
  • Toronto obtains OF Rickey Henderson from the Athletics in exchange for minor leaguers Steve Karsay and Jose Herrera.
  • The Reds trade P Tim Belcher to the White Sox in exchange for pitchers Johnny Ruffin and Jeff Pierce.
  • The Expos retire Gary Carter's uniform number 8 prior to their game with Florida.
  • The Pirates trade P Stan Belinda to the Royals in exchange for pitchers Jon Lieber and Dan Miceli.
• 1994:
  • Steve Carlton, Leo Durocher and Phil Rizzuto are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.
  • The Phillies trade OF Milt Thompson to the Astros in exchange for P Tom Edens.
  • The Giants beat the Rockies, 9 - 4, as 3B Matt Williams hits his 39th and 40th home runs of the year. This gives him a new National League mark for homers through July. The previous standard was 36. The all-time record of 41 was set by Babe Ruth in 1928, and tied by Jimmie Foxx four years later.
  • Jeff Bagwell's 36th homer is the only Astro score in their 7 - 1 loss, but he ties a club record with 29 RBIs for the month. His 105 ribbies through July is the fourth-best in National League history.
• 1995 - The Mets trade former two-time Cy Young Award winner right-handed pitcher Bret Saberhagen and left-handed pitcher farmhand Dave Swanson (the player to be named later) to the Rockies for righties Juan Acevedo and Arnold Gooch.
• 1996:
  • The Reds Sox send veteran Mike Stanton to the Rangers for two young relievers, Mark Brandenburg and Kerry Lacy. The deal is made at 11:55 p.m, beating the trading deadline by five minutes.
  • In other deadline deals, the Angels trade IF Damion Easley to the Tigers in exchange for P Greg Gohr. Detroit trades 1B-DH Cecil Fielder, 32, to the Yankees for OF-DH Ruben Sierra and minor league P Matt Drews. The Yankees also obtain P David Weathers from the Marlins for P Mark Hutton, but will send him to the minors in three weeks. The Dodgers obtain OF Chad Curtis from the Tigers in exchange for pitchers Joey Eischen and John Cummings; Curtis will lead off in place of the cancer-stricken Brett Butler. The Phillies trade P Terry Mulholland, 33, to the Mariners in exchange for struggling blue-chipper Desi Relaford. Finally, the Padres acquire OF Greg Vaughn, with 31 homers in Milwaukee, and a player to be named in exchange for P Bryce Florie, P Ron Villone and OF Marc Newfield.
  • The Mariners club the Brewers, 9 - 3, hitting seven homers in the game. Jay Buhner, Ken Griffey and Alex Rodriguez each have a pair, with Brian Hunter adding one. Sterling Hitchcock (11-4) is the winner.
• 1997
  • The San Francisco Giants receive starting pitchers Wilson Alvarez and Danny Darwin, along with top reliever Roberto Hernández from the Chicago White Sox in what is dubbed the "White Flag Trade". The White Sox, just 3 1/2 games behind Cleveland in the American League Central, receive minor league SS Mike Caruso, OF Brian Manning and Ps Lorenzo Barcelo, Keith Foulke, Bobby Howry and Ken Vining. In the house cleaning, the Sox have moved eight players with a combined 92 years of major league experience. Sox 3B Robin Ventura observes, "We didn't realize August 1st was the end of the season." The White Sox then jump out to a 9 - 0 lead over the Angels in the 2nd inning, before holding on to record a 14 - 12 victory. Rookie Mike Cameron leads Chicago with five RBIs, while Todd Greene gets four hits and drives home six runs for Anaheim in a losing cause.
  • In a South Atlantic League game at Hickory, pitcher Jason Lakman has 16 strikeouts in seven innings, including seven in a row and five in the 5th inning. Augusta beats Hickory, 4 - 0.
  • Baseball's premier power hitter, Mark McGwire, leaves the A's for the St. Louis Cardinals, who send three pitchers to Oakland. The A's receive minor leaguers Eric Ludwick and Blake Stein, along with T.J. Mathews (4-4).
  • How do you spell relief? In a fine move for Boston, the Red Sox send reliever Heathcliff Slocumb to the Mariners for minor leaguers Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe. Slocumb will not last a season in Seattle, while Varitek and Lowe will become key members of the Red Sox for a decade. The Mariners also ship budding star Jose Cruz, Jr. to Toronto for relievers Mike Timlin and Paul Spoljaric.
• 1998
  • Oakland defeats Cleveland, 12 - 2. Down by nine runs in the 8th inning, the Indians bring OF Mark Whiten in to pitch. The strong-armed Whiten allows one run on a double, a hit by pitch (Scott Spiezio), and two walks, but also strikes out three batters (Mike Blowers, Miguel Tejada, and Mike Neill). He becomes the only player in major league history, with at least one inning pitched, to get every out with a strikeout.
  • Kevin Brown wins his tenth straight for the Padres, beating the Expos, 5 - 4. He strikes out ten for the second straight game. Greg Vaughn adds his 39th homer and Trevor Hoffman saves his 35th.
  • Chicago's Albert Belle hits his 16th home run of the month to set a new major league mark for July. His home run helps the White Sox to a 10 - 2 win over the Rangers. Frank Thomas hits a grand slam and drives in five runs for Chicago.
  • In a flurry of transactions at the trading deadline, many involving free agents-to-be, the Mets trade OF Bernard Gilkey, P Nelson Figueroa and cash to the Diamondbacks in exchange for P Willie Blair, C Jorge Fabregas and a player to be named. New York then obtains IF-OF Tony Phillips from the Blue Jays for P Leo Estrella, and sends the Brewers P Bill Pulsipher for IF Mike Kinkade.
  • The Rockies trade OF Ellis Burks to the Giants for OF Darryl Hamilton, P Jim Stoops and a player to be named. The Mariners trade flame-thrower Randy Johnson to the Astros in exchange for IF Carlos Guillen, P Freddy Garcia and a player to be named (John Halama). The Rangers trade P Darren Oliver and 3B Fernando Tatis to the Cardinals in exchange for P Todd Stottlemyre and SS Royce Clayton. The Rangers get 3B Todd Zeile from the Marlins in exchange for 3B Jose Santos and P Daniel De Young; Tatis will hit .287 with 11 homers this year in St. Louis, but Zeile will help by reaching base 11 straight times during a critical three-game stretch in September.
• 1999
  • The Yankees bring back C Jim Leyritz from the Padres for highly-touted pitching prospect Geraldo Padua. Padua is 25-4 in three seasons in Class A, including a run of 20 straight wins. Mysteriously, he will lose 14 straight in the minors in 2000 and earn a release from the Altoona Curve (AA) in May, 2001, after serving up three straight homers.
  • In other deals, the Mets obtain closer Billy Taylor from the Brewers for pitchers Jason Isringhausen and Greg McMichael. The Athletics nab sought-after ace Kevin Appier from the Royals for pitchers Brad Rigby, Blake Stein and Jeff D'Amico. The Cardinals trade veteran IF-OF Shawon Dunston to the Mets for IF Craig Paquette.
• 2000:
  • The Giants edge the Brewers, 4 - 3, in 11 innings, as Robb Nen sets a new major league record with his 14th save of July, one shy of the mark for any month.
  • At the trading deadline, the Mariners obtain OF Al Martin from the Padres in exchange for OF John Mabry and P Tom Davey. The Dodgers ship former Rookie of the Year Todd Hollandsworth, along with OF Kevin Gibbs and P Randey Dorame, to the Rockies for OF Tom Goodwin and cash. The Cubs pick up oft-injured OF Rondell White from the Expos for P Scott Downs, but it is Downs who will spend the next five seasons in the infirmary, getting injured in his first outing for the Expos and not coming back to full health until 2004. The Cubs then make their fifth trade in 11 days, sending the now expendable Henry Rodriguez to the Marlins for 1B/OF Ross Gload and P Dave Noyce. The Braves obtain OF B.J. Surhoff and P Gabe Molina from the Orioles in exchange for OF Trenidad Hubbard and two minor leaguers. Finally, to fill in for the injured Mark McGwire, the Cardinals pick up veteran 1B Will Clark from the Orioles for 3B Jose Leon; The Cardinals also obtain C Carlos Hernandez from the Padres in exchange for P Heathcliff Slocumb with two minor leaguers also involved in the deal.
• 2001
  • Brewers manager Davey Lopes is suspended for two games and fined by the commissioner's office for threatening to have his pitchers hit Rickey Henderson. Lopes became upset when Henderson took off for second base in the 7th inning of the Padres' 12 - 5 win on Sunday.
  • The trading deadline produces a frenzy of deal-making as 31 players change teams in a total of 12 deals in the last two days. A total of 68 players were involved in 24 deals in all of July. The deals today include one in which the Red Sox acquire Expos reliever Ugueth Urbina for two minor league pitchers, Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles. The hard-throwing closer was nearly traded to the Yankees earlier in the season, but the deal was nixed when the Caracas, Venezuela native failed a physical. Also, the Indians get OF Milton Bradley from the Expos for P Zach Day
• 2002
  • In deals at the trading deadline, the Cubs and Pirates swap outfielders with Chad Hermansen going to Chicago and Darren Lewis to Pittsburgh; the Angels obtain OF Alex Ochoa and C Sal Fasano from the Brewers in exchange for C Jorge Fabregas and two players to be named; the Red Sox get P Bobby Howry from the White Sox in return for pitchers Frank Francisco and Byeong Hak An; the Rockies send OF Todd Hollandsworth and P Dennys Reyes to the Rangers for OF Gabe Kapler and IF Jason Romano; the Rockies also trade P John Thomson and OF Mark Little to the Mets in exchange for OFs Jay Payton and Robert Stratton, and P Mark Corey; and the Mets get pitchers Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook from the Padres for pitchers Bobby Jones and Josh Reynolds and OF Jason Bay.
  • A plan to sell beer outside Boston's Fenway Park is approved on a trial basis by city officials. During the 14 games, brew will be available three hours before game time to one hour after games start to game ticket-holders who pass through a turnstile.
• 2004
  • The long-anticipated trade of Nomar Garciaparra is finally accomplished as the Red Sox shortstop is traded to the Cubs in a four-team deal which includes the Twins and Expos. Chicago first acquires shortstop Orlando Cabrera from the Expos for shortstop Alex Gonzalez, relief pitcher Francis Beltran and minor leaguer Brendan Harris. They then pry 1B Doug Mientkiewicz from the Twins for minor league southpaw Justin Jones. Finally, Chicago flips its two new acquisitions to the Bosox for Garciaparra, prospect Matt Murton and cash.
  • Ten minutes prior to the trading deadline, Steve Finley gives the Diamondbacks permission to deal him to the Dodgers. The trade sends the four-time Gold Glove center fielder and backstop Brent Mayne to Los Angeles for minor league catching prospect Koyie Hill, flycatcher Reggie Abercrombie and southpaw Bill Murphy, who was acquired in yesterday's trade with the Marlins. Then, a minute before the trading deadline, the Yankees deal the talented but underachieving Jose Contreras (8-5 with a 5.64 ERA) and $3 million to the White Sox for All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza (9-5, 4.86). Both hurlers are 32 years old.
  • After a close call which goes against the Katy Cowboys, Kacy Clemens' dad is asked to leave the youth baseball game. According to the league officials, who will later apologize calling it a case of mistaken identity, Roger Clemens is ejected from his son's championship game for arguing the call and spitting sunflower seeds at an umpire's leg.
  • With homers in his first two at-bats off Jorge Sosa, Carlos Delgado hits his fifth home run in five consecutive at-bats off the Devil Rays' right-hander. The Blue Jays slugger's streak started with a homer last September 10th, was extended to three on September 25th as the Tampa Bay hurler gave up the first two dingers in Delgado's four-homer day.
• 2005
  • The almost-traded Manny Ramirez comes off the bench and has the game-winning hit in the 8th against the Twins in the Red Sox's victory. The embattled Boston outfielder has caused much consternation in the Red Sox nation this week due to his refusal to play and hustle for his short-handed team.
  • At Yankee Stadium, the Molina brothers, Bengie and Jose, both homer off Randy Johnson. The Angel teammates are the tenth pair of siblings who have gone deep in the same game.
  • Among thousands of high-spirited Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs fans and the 48 Hall of Famers sitting on the dais, Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg are enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Also honored are San Diego Padres announcer Jerry Coleman, winner of the Ford C. Frick Award, and sportswriter and broadcast analyst Peter Gammons, recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award.
• 2007:
  • At the trading deadline, the Rangers make the big deals. In a seven-player move, they deal Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay to the Braves for Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison and Beau Jones. They also send Eric Gagné to the Red Sox for Kason Gabbard, David Murphy and Engel Beltre. Atlanta also sends Kyle Davies to the Royals for Octavio Dotel and Wil Ledezma, and Will Startup to the Padres for Royce Ring as they are busy as well. In addition to the previously-mentioned deal, the Padres get Rob Mackowiak from the White Sox for Jon Link and Morgan Ensberg from the Astros for a player to be named later or cash. Other notable deals are Scott Proctor for Wilson Betemit and Rajai Davis and a player to be named for Matt Morris.
  • Barry Bonds remains stuck at 754 home runs, going 0 for 2 with two walks and a run in a 3 - 1 win over the Dodgers. In another failed bid at a milestone, Tom Glavine fails to win #300, despite allowing only one run in six innings as relievers Aaron Heilman and Aaron Sele blow it in a 4 - 2 defeat to Milwaukee.
  • The Yankees tie a franchise record with eight home runs in a game - not one of them from Alex Rodriguez, who is still one shy of 500. Hideki Matsui homers twice and adding blows are Melky Cabrera, Bobby Abreu, Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano, Shelley Duncan and Jorge Posada in a 16 - 3 rout of the White Sox.
• 2008:
  • For the first time in seven games, the Pacific League All-Star team beats the Central League. In the first of the 2008 NPB All-Star Games, the PL wins, 5 - 4, with a late rally. The CL gets on the board first, when Tomoaki Kanemoto goes deep against Yu Darvish in the 2nd. In the 7th, the CL scores three times to take a 4 - 3 lead. Rick Short opens the bottom of the 9th with a double and Tsuyoshi Nishioka singles with one out. PH Nobuhiko Matsunaka singles home Short, then PH Takeshi Yamasaki singles to right against Tomoyuki Kubota to give the PL the win. Yamasaki is named game MVP.
  • Right before the trading deadline, several major deals go through. The White Sox acquire Ken Griffey Jr., sixth all-time on the home run leaderboard with 608, from the Reds in exchange for pitcher Nick Masset and infielder Danny Richar. Less than a minute before the deadline, a three-way trade involves another 500-homer man: Manny Ramirez gets sent by the Red Sox to the Dodgers along with $7 million. The Red Sox pick up All-Star LF Jason Bay from the Pirates. Pittsburgh, in turn, gets 3B Andy LaRoche and P Bryan Morris from Los Angeles and OF Brandon Moss and P Craig Hansen from Boston. Andy LaRoche joins brother Adam LaRoche in the Pirates infield. In the lesser deals of the day, the Marlins get Arthur Rhodes from the Mariners for minor league pitcher Gaby Hernandez and the Yankees send SS Alberto Gonzalez to the Nationals for minor league pitcher Jhonny Nunez.
  • A five-minute fan outburst mars a 10 - 6 Twins win over the ChiSox. After a called strike on Denard Span, Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire comes out to argue with umpire Marty Foster. Gardenhire then kicks his hat over his head and fans throw dozens of hats and a few baseballs onto the field. Ozzie Guillen pulls his club off the field while the Metrodome staff warn their fans of the risk of a forfeit loss. After the game settles down, Minnesota wraps up its win to move within a half-game of Chicago in the AL Central.
• 2009:
  • Cliff Lee's adaptation to the National League is a quick one. Traded to the Phillies on July 29th, Lee gives up no hits over the first five innings against the Giants, on his way to a complete-game four-hitter. He adds two base hits of his own in the 5 - 1 win.
  • On the frenzied last day before the trading deadline, a number of stars are on the move: P Jake Peavy goes from San Diego to the White Sox, C Victor Martinez moves from Cleveland to Boston, SS Orlando Cabrera from Oakland to Minnesota, 3B Scott Rolen from the Blue Jays to the Reds, and P Jarrod Washburn from Seattle to Detroit. Five other deals involving major leaguers are also completed, but the star most-rumored to be on the trading block over the past two weeks, Toronto's Roy Halladay, stays put.
• 2010:
  • Once again, the last day before the trading deadline is a busy one as contenders try to plug holes before the last stretch of the pennant race. The Dodgers get P Ted Lilly and 2B Ryan Theriot from the Cubs for IF Blake DeWitt and two minor leaguers, and add P Octavio Dotel from the Pirates for P James McDonald and a minor leaguer. The Pirates send another member of their bullpen, Javier Lopez, to the Giants for P Joe Martinez. The Yankees complete yesterday's rumored deal with Houston for Lance Berkman and also add reliever Kerry Wood from Cleveland, not giving up any major leaguers in the process. The Braves add veterans P Kyle Farnsworth and OF Rick Ankiel from the Royals for Jesse Chavez, Gregor Blanco and Tim Collins, and in a three-team deal, the Padres get OF Ryan Ludwick from the Cardinals, while the Cards add pitcher Jake Westbrook, taken from Cleveland, which receives two prospects from San Diego.
  • Carlos Gonzalez completes the cycle by crashing a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th as the Rockies defeat the Cubs, 6 - 5. Gonzalez's blast off Sean Marshall comes after Chicago's Derrek Lee hits a game-tying three-run homer off Rafael Betancourt in the 8th inning. Huston Street is the winner.
  • The German national team wins the Bronze Medal at the 2010 European Championship, their first medal in international play since the 1975 European Championship. Tim Henkenjohann and Martin Dewald combine to shut out Sweden while veteran Jendrick Speer drives in three and Cedric Bassel goes 3 for 3 in a 8 - 0 win.
• 2011:
  • Two of the best pitchers in the American League face each other, as Detroit's Justin Verlander goes against Los Angeles' Jered Weaver, with both looking for their 15th win. Verlander takes a no-hitter into the 8th inning, while Weaver loses his cool after Carlos Guillen hits a 7th-inning homer; he throws a pitch over the head of the next batter, Alex Avila, and is ejected. Verlander and the Tigers prevail, 3 - 2.
  • Raul Ibanez is a one-man wrecking crew as the Phillies outlast the Pirates, 6 - 5, in ten innings. Ibanez hits a homer off Jeff Karstens in the 2nd, and adds another, game-tying, blast in the 8th, a two-run shot off Jose Veras that erases a 5 - 3 Pirates lead built on Lyle Overbay's own two-run homer. In the 10th, Ibanez ends the game with an RBI double off Tony Watson, driving in newly-acquired Hunter Pence with the winning run.
  • The trading deadline passes with a few more deals, capping a busy three-day period. OF Ryan Ludwick is traded on this day for the second consecutive year, joining the Pirates from the Padres for a player to be named later. The Padres also send set-up man Mike Adams to the Rangers for two minor leaguers, and the Red Sox land starting pitcher Erik Bedard from the Mariners in a three-team, seven-player deal that also involves the Los Angeles Dodgers. Finally, the Braves land CF Michael Bourn from Houston for OF Jordan Schafer and three minor league prospects.
• 2012:
  • The Phillies are sellers on the last day before the trading deadline, sending away two of their starting outfielders. CF Shane Victorino goes to the Dodgers for Josh Lindblom and Ethan Martin, while RF Hunter Pence heads for San Francisco in return for Nate Schierholtz, Tommy Joseph and Seth Rosin. Among other deals, the Pirates obtain 1B Gaby Sanchez from Miami and then trade 3B Casey McGehee to the Yankees for P Chad Qualls; the Cubs send P Ryan Dempster, who had earlier vetoed a trade to Atlanta, to the Rangers for Christian Villanueva and Kyle Hendricks; and the Reds obtain P Jonathan Broxton from the Royals.
  • Albert Pujols hits two homers to lead the Angels over Texas, 6 - 2, as Jered Weaver improves to 14-1, and 6-0 for the month. Rookie Mike Trout goes 2 for 4 with a two-run homer; his two runs scored give him 32 for July, tying Hal Trosky for the rookie record for the month, while his ten homers are an American League rookie record.
  • A.J. Burnett flirts with a no-hitter but settles for a one-hitter as he beats the Cubs, 5 - 0. With two outs in the 8th, pinch-hitter Adrian Cardenas lines a single to right for the Cubs' lone hit. Neil Walker drives in all five runs for the Pirates.
• 2013
  • In a relatively staid last day of trading before the deadline, the Orioles acquire P Bud Norris from Houston for L.J. Hoes and Josh Hader, the Diamondbacks send P Ian Kennedy to San Diego for Joe Thatcher and Matt Stites, while the Royals pick up OF Justin Maxwell from Houston for P Kyle Smith.
  • The Rangers complete a three-game sweep of the Angels when Adrian Beltre hits a walk-off homer in the 9th for a 2- 1 win; on the 29th, A.J. Pierzynski and Geovany Soto homered in the 9th in a 4 - 3 win and yesterday, it was Leonys Martin who ended the game on a three-run shot in the 10th. In 1999, the Diamondbacks had swept the Expos with three walk-off blasts, the only other recorded instance of such a series.
• 2014:
  • The A's are active at the trading deadline as they send All-Star OF Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox in return for P Jon Lester, another All-Star, and OF Jonny Gomes. With a surplus of starting pitchers on hand, they also deal Tom Milone to the Twins for OF Sam Fuld. Boston isn't done either, as a couple of hours later it sends P John Lackey and minor leaguer Corey Littrell to the Cardinals in return for OF/1B Allen Craig and P Joe Kelly. The Red Sox make two more deals, shipping reliever Andrew Miller to Baltimore for pitching prospect Eduardo Rodriguez and SS Stephen Drew to the Yankees for IF Kelly Johnson to complete a radical roster make-over. It is the Tigers who engineer the biggest blockbuster deal, however, as they pull CF Austin Jackson from their game with the White Sox in the middle of the 7th inning because he has just been traded to Seattle. They receive IF Nick Franklin in return, but immediately package him along with P Drew Smyly and SS prospect Willie Adames to Tampa Bay to reel in former Cy Young Award winner David Price.
  • Dirk van 't Klooster gets his second record of the week. After having set the Hoofdklasse career hit record four days ago, he breaks another of Marcel Joost's records with his 860th game played. His Vaessen Pioniers fall, 8 - 5, to Corendon Kinheim, as he goes 1 for 4.
• 2015:
  • The trading deadline frenzy of activity continues as in the early hours of the morning, the Reds send P Mike Leake to the Giants for prospects Adam Duvall and Keury Mella. There are no other blockbuster trades today, but players on the move include OF Yoenis Cespedes, from Detroit to the Mets; P J.A. Happ, from Seattle to Pittsburgh; OF Ben Revere, from the Phillies to Toronto; P Mark Lowe, from Seattle to Toronto; OF Gerardo Parra, from Milwaukee to Baltimore; and P Jonathan Broxton, from Milwaukee to the Cardinals. There are also a couple of minor trades between contenders, with Pittsburgh swapping OF Jose Tabata with the Dodgers for OF/1B Mike Morse and Baltimore sending P Tommy Hunter to the Cubs for utility player Junior Lake.
  • After having made every European Championship since 1962 (the longest run of any country), Sweden is on the verge of missing out on the 2016 European Championship. They trail Israel, 5 - 4, going into the 9th, having gotten moderate offense against Dean Kremer. Against Israel's bullpen, though, they score five times in the 9th. Israel strikes back against a tiring Jakob Claesson (going the distance with 145 pitches) for three runs in the bottom of the 9th and puts the tying run in scoring position but Nate Fish grounds out to end the game. Sweden will then rally in the 9th again tomorrow against host Austria to win the Vienna round of the 2015 B-Level European Championship and retain a spot in the Euros. Veteran Björn Johannessen is named the MVP of the qualifier.
• 2016:
  • For the second time in a week, the Yankees trade a top-rank relief pitcher in return for four players. After trading Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs on July 25th, today they send Andrew Miller to the Indians for OF Clint Frazier and Ps J.P. Feyereisen, Ben Heller and Justus Sheffield. The Indians also work out a tentative deal with the Brewers for All-Star C Jonathan Lucroy, but Lucroy invokes his no-trade clause to nix the trade, which falls through. In a separate move, the Orioles acquire P Wade Miley from Seattle for prospect Ariel Miranda.
  • The Cubs' 7 - 6 win over the Mariners can be credited to a series of brilliant moves by manager Joe Maddon. Trailing 6 - 2 in the 6th, he sends in P Travis Wood in relief of Joe Nathan, and he gets out of a runners on second and third with nobody out situation without allowing a run. Maddon then moves Wood to left field in the 7th as Pedro Strop takes the mound, and Wood robs Franklin Gutierrez by crashing into the ivy at Wrigley Field to snag a line drive. With two outs in the 8th, Wood replaces Strop and picks off Shawn O'Malley at first base to end the inning. The Cubs score three runs off Steve Cishek in the bottom of the 9th to force extra innings, then in the 12th, Maddon asks P Jon Lester to pinch-hit with Jason Heyward on third base, and the otherwise awful hitter lays down an excellent squeeze bunt to drive in the winning run against Cody Martin.
• 2017 - It's a busy final day before the trading deadline with a dozen trades being announced. The Dodgers steal the show by landing three pitchers, Yu Darvish, Tony Cingrani and Tony Watson, in separate deals, costing them six minor league prospects and veteran OF Scott Van Slyke. The other big acquisition goes to the Yankees, who pry SP Sonny Gray from Oakland for three prospects, two of whom - Dustin Fowler and James Kaprielian - are out with injuries for the remainder of the season. Also changing teams are Brandon Kintzler, Francisco Liriano, Addison Reed and Joe Smith, among others.
• 2018:
  • The Nationals set a franchise record for runs by crushing the Mets, 25 - 4. It is also the largest margin of defeat in Mets history. The Nats score seven runs in the 1st, chasing Steven Matz, then add three runs in each of the next four innings and have a 25 - 1 lead in the 9th, when New York scores three to make the final tally slightly less humiliating. Daniel Murphy homers twice and drives in six, Anthony Rendon drives in four, and Trea Turner has four hits, while Tanner Roark, who hits a three-run double himself, is the beneficiary of the offensive largesse.
  • A busy trade season concludes with a flurry of deals, the most significant of which see Tampa Bay send P Chris Archer to Pittsburgh for P Tyler Glasnow and OF Austin Meadows; the Orioles send Ps Kevin Gausman and Darren O'Day to the Braves for four prospects and 2B Jonathan Schoop to Milwaukee for Jonathan Villar and two prospects; the Dodgers swap second basemen with the Twins, getting Brian Dozier in return for Logan Forsythe and two prospects; the Rays send C Wilson Ramos to Philadelphia for a player to be named later but also obtain OF Tommy Pham for three prospects.
• 2019:
  • The first European Women's Championship kicks off. Host France rallies from a 3 - 0 deficit in the opener to beat the Netherlands, 4 - 3. Camille Foucher gets the win and Mélissa Mayeux the save while Raina Hunter goes 3 for 3. With only three teams competing in the inaugural event, France plays again later in the day and romps past Czechia, 30 - 7, in a three-inning mercy rule win; Mayeux, Hunter and Manon Marie each score five runs and Marjorie Brunel drives in five while the Czech hurlers walk 23 batters.
  • It's another busy trade deadline in Major League Baseball, with the Astros making the boldest moves: they obtain front-line starter Zack Greinke from Arizona in return for their three top prospects, but also land a couple of pitchers from the Blue Jays in Aaron Sanchez and Joe Biagini in return for minor league OF Derek Fisher, once a top prospect but now getting on in years. Finally, they strengthen their catching by reacquiring Martin Maldonado, who was with them for the stretch run in 2018, from the Cubs for Tony Kemp and shipping off Max Stassi to make room for him. Also busy are the Braves, who strengthen their bullpen with Shane Greene and Mark Melancon, and the Nationals who address their bullpen black hole by adding Hunter Strickland and Roenis Elias from the Mariners and Daniel Hudson from the Blue Jays. In contrast, the Yankees and Red Sox both stand pat.
• 2020 - An otherwise unremarkable game between the Padres and Rockies goes into overdrive in the 9th inning at Coors Field. The Rockies lead 5 - 4 and are one out away from a win when Fernando Tatis Jr. homers off Wade Davis to tie the game. Trent Grisham then draws a walk and steals second base, prompting the Rockies to issue an intentional walk to Manny Machado to face Tommy Pham. That turns out to be a poor decision as Pham launches a 440-foot rocket into the stands for an 8 - 5 lead. But Colorado refuses to go down meekly as normally dominant closer Kirby Yates gives up two runs on three hits and a pair of walks and is yanked from the game with the bases loaded. Drew Pomeranz comes in to record the final out under tense conditions, forcing pinch-hitter Chris Owings to pop up to centerfield to end the game with a final score of 8 - 7.
• 2021:
  • Seby Zavala becomes the first player in major league history to hit his first three career homers in the same game as he connects three times in today's game. He goes deep twice against Triston McKenzie, including a grand slam in the 4th, and adds a two-run jack off Bryan Shaw in the 7th, but in spite of his heroics, the White Sox lose the game, 12 - 11. Zavala was 5 for 40 in 17 career games before starting today's game behind the plate.
  • The Mexican national team scores its first Olympic run; in their second game of the 2020 Olympics (held one year later due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Joey Meneses' 1st-inning single off Masato Morishita brings in Isaac Rodríguez; Meneses finishes with three RBI and three hits but it is not enough to top the host Japan, which wins, 7 - 4. Tetsuto Yamada hits a three-run homer and later drives in another run, while number nine hitter catcher Takuya Kai has three hits, two runs and a RBI and even swipes a base. Japan moves to the semifinals.
  • Team USA joins Japan in the semifinals with a 4 - 2 win over defending champion South Korea. Triston Casas hits a two-run homer and Nick Allen a solo shot, while Nick Martinez and four relievers strike out 14.
• 2023 - It's a quiet penultimate day before the trading deadline, with the Cubs making the most significant moves as they acquire 3B Jeimer Candelario from the Nationals and P José Cuas from the Royals, the latter in return for OF Nelson Velazquez. The Diamondbacks are also active, getting P Paul Sewald from Seattle and 2B Jace Peterson from Oakland. Also changing teams are OF Mark Canha, going from the Mets to the Brewers, P Sam Moll, from the A's to the Reds and P Aaron Civale who moves from the Guardians to the Rays.

Births

• 1858 - Larry Sutton, scout (d. 1944)
• 1861 - Billy Long, umpire (d. 1923)
• 1864 - Mark Creegan, outfielder (d. 1920)
• 1870 - Joe Sugden, catcher (d. 1959)
• 1879 - Lu Fyfe, umpire (d. 1942)
• 1880 - Bob Unglaub, infielder, manager (d. 1916)
• 1883 - Tommy Madden, outfielder (d. 1930)
• 1883 - Red Munson, catcher (d. 1957)
• 1886 - Larry Doyle, infielder (d. 1974)
• 1888 - Pembroke Finlayson, pitcher (d. 1912)
• 1890 - Slim Harrell, pitcher (d. 1971)
• 1890 - Dan Marion, pitcher (d. 1933)
• 1892 - Erv Kantlehner, pitcher (d. 1990)
• 1892 - Art Nehf, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1892 - Mutt Williams, pitcher (d. 1962)
• 1893 - Allan Russell, pitcher (d. 1972)
• 1896 - Chick Sorrells, infielder (d. 1983)
• 1900 - Heinie Scheer, infielder (d. 1976)
• 1902 - J.C. McHaskell, infielder (d. 1970)
• 1904 - Hilda Bolden-Shorter, Negro League owner (d. 1986)
• 1907 - Neil Robinson, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1983)
• 1910 - Glenn Liebhardt, pitcher (d. 1992)
• 1910 - Gordon McNaughton, pitcher (d. 1942)
• 1911 - Donald Reeves, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1973)
• 1912 - Jesse Landrum, infielder (d. 1983)
• 1912 - Archie Wise, pitcher (d. 1978)
• 1913 - Bill Fleming, pitcher (d. 2006)
• 1913 - Lee Handley, infielder (d. 1970)
• 1913 - Joe Mulligan, pitcher (d. 1986)
• 1914 - Elmer Riddle, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1984)
• 1915 - Jess Pike, outfielder (d. 1984)
• 1916 - Billy Hitchcock, infielder, manager (d. 2006)
• 1917 - Hermán Ettedgui, announcer (d. 2012)
• 1919 - Curt Gowdy, announcer (d. 2006)
• 1920 - Fred Bradley, pitcher (d. 2012)
• 1921 - Garnett Blair, pitcher (d. 1996)
• 1922 - Hank Bauer, outfielder, manager; All-Star (d. 2007)
• 1922 - Dale McReynolds, scout (d. 2007)
• 1925 - Harry Malmberg, infielder (d. 1976)
• 1927 - Al Aber, pitcher (d. 1993)
• 1927 - Billy Shantz, catcher (d. 1993)
• 1929 - C.V. Davis, scout (d. 1987)
• 1929 - Tom Incaviglia, minor league infielder (d. 2009)
• 1931 - Rip Coleman, pitcher (d. 2004)
• 1931 - Joe Durham, outfielder (d. 2016)
• 1931 - Jack Virkstis, minor league pitcher (d. 2013)
• 1932 - Yasuchika Negoro, NPB executive (d. 2013)
• 1935 - Terry Fox, pitcher
• 1935 - Craig Sorensen, minor league outfielder (d. 2012)
• 1937 - Fred Van Dusen, pinch hitter (d. 2018)
• 1938 - Jim Dietz, college coach (d. 2022)
• 1943 - Billy Wynne, pitcher
• 1944 - Frank Brosseau, pitcher
• 1947 - Pete Koegel, infielder (d. 2023)
• 1947 - Earl Stephenson, pitcher
• 1947 - John Vukovich, infielder, manager (d. 2007)
• 1949 - Jay Schlueter, outfielder (d. 2010)
• 1953 - Hank Small, infielder (d. 2010)
• 1955 - Don Brown, college coach
• 1955 - Orlando Guerrero, Dominican national team infielder
• 1955 - Mitsuo Hirasawa, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1956 - Dave Dombrowski, general manager
• 1956 - Gordie Pladson, pitcher
• 1957 - Howard Bailey, pitcher
• 1957 - Leon Durham, infielder; All-Star
• 1959 - Mike Bielecki, pitcher
• 1959 - Katsuo Hirata, NPB infielder
• 1959 - Bob Johnson, catcher
• 1962 - Ed Hickox, umpire
• 1963 - Scott Bankhead, pitcher
• 1963 - C.L. Penigar, minor league outfielder
• 1964 - Phil Hannon, minor league outfielder and manager
• 1965 - Omar Ajete, Cuban leagues pitcher
• 1965 - Ted Barrett, umpire
• 1968 - Scott Doffek, college coach
• 1968 - Gregg Kilby, scout
• 1969 - John Abercrombie, minor league infielder-outfielder
• 1970 - Mike Figga, catcher
• 1972 - Chris Weinke, infielder
• 1974 - Brian Essery, minor league pitcher
• 1975 - Randy Flores, pitcher
• 1975 - Gabe Kapler, outfielder, manager
• 1976 - Ediones Iriki, Brazilian national team outfielder
• 1976 - Rickard Ljung, Elitserien pitcher-infielder
• 1976 - Tyrone Pendergrass, minor league player
• 1978 - Brad Cresse, minor league catcher
• 1979 - J.J. Furmaniak, infielder
• 1979 - Andy Van Hekken, pitcher
• 1980 - Martín Mondino, Serie A1 infielder
• 1981 - Adam Bass, minor league pitcher
• 1981 - Brett Harper, minor league player
• 1981 - Yoshio Itoi, NPB outfielder
• 1982 - Michael Devaney, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Hiroyuki Nakajima, NPB infielder
• 1983 - Rene Rivera, catcher
• 1984 - Fernando Hernandez, pitcher
• 1984 - Josh Lansford, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Yordany Ramirez, minor league outfielder
• 1984 - Cory Rauschenberger, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Eimantas Žičkus, Elitserien pitcher
• 1985 - Won-jun Chang, KBO pitcher
• 1986 - Jeffrey Domínguez, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Kota Suda, NPB pitcher
• 1987 - Franklin Aballe, Cuban league catcher
• 1987 - Ricardo Kirihara, Brazilian national team pitcher
• 1987 - Dennis Raben, minor league infielder
• 1987 - Jong-hyun Won, KBO pitcher
• 1988 - Xiao Cui, Chinese national team outfielder
• 1990 - Katsuki Akagawa, NPB pitcher
• 1990 - Katsuya Kawashima, Japanese national team infielder
• 1991 - L.J. Hollins, minor league pitcher
• 1992 - Jose Fernandez, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2016)
• 1992 - Kyle McGrath, pitcher
• 1993 - Sarawut Jandang, Thai national team infielder
• 1994 - Darrel Leiva, minor league pitcher
• 1996 - Luiz Gohara, pitcher
• 1996 - Nick Plummer, outfielder
• 1999 - Reese Olson, pitcher
• 2005 - Roni Cabrera, minor league outfielder

Deaths

• 1938 - Bill Carney, outfielder (b. 1874)
• 1938 - Doc Miller, outfielder (b. 1883)
• 1941 - Jim Byrnes, catcher (b. 1880)
• 1943 - Roy Sparrow, writer (b. 1900)
• 1945 - Snapper Kennedy, outfielder (b. 1878)
• 1960 - Joe Klinger, catcher/infielder (b. 1902)
• 1961 - Bud Weiser, outfielder (b. 1891)
• 1972 - Rollie Hemsley, catcher; All-Star (b. 1907)
• 1975 - Max Flack, outfielder (b. 1890)
• 1984 - Beans Reardon, umpire (b. 1897)
• 1991 - John Dobb, pitcher (b. 1901)
• 1993 - Sam Langford, outfielder (b. 1900)
• 1994 - Hy Vandenberg, pitcher (b. 1906)
• 1996 - Howie Goss, outfielder (b. 1934)
• 1997 - Eddie Miller, infielder; All-Star (b. 1916)
• 2000 - Bill Capps, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1919)
• 2000 - Frankie Silvanic, minor league player (b. 1917)
• 2001 - Tony Salin, writer (b. 1952)
• 2006 - Emilio Cueche, minor league pitcher (b. 1927)
• 2006 - Donald Troy, pitcher (b. 1927)
• 2010 - Alfredo Meli, Serie A1 outfielder and manager; Italian Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1944)
• 2012 - Joe Walsh, college coach (b. ????)
• 2014 - Pete Grammas, minor league infielder (b. 1924)
• 2014 - Nestor Velazquez, minor league infielder (b. 1940)
• 2015 - Buzz Bowers, scout (b. 1929)
• 2015 - Billy Pierce, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1927)
• 2015 - Ron Steiner, college coach (b. 1938)
• 2016 - Bob Flynn, college coach (b. 1933)
• 2018 - Yoshio Anabuki, NPB pitcher and manager (b. 1933)
• 2018 - Maury Ornest, minor league outfielder (b. 1960)
• 2018 - Daryl Robertson, infielder (b. 1936)
• 2020 - Bert Thiel, pitcher (b. 1926)
• 2022 - Tomoichi Tanimura, NPB umpire (b. 1927)
• 2023 - Mel Roach, infielder (b. 1933)