June 16
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 16.
Events[edit]
- 1887 - A huge brawl breaks out in the 9th inning of a game between the Browns and Orioles in Baltimore, MD when Curt Welch bowls over Orioles 2B Bill Greenwood in the 9th inning with the score tied, 8 - 8. Thousands of spectators run on to the field, clamoring for Welch's arrest - or worse. Police have to intervene, and the game is called. Welch is whisked away to safety while Browns pitcher Dave Foutz, a Baltimore native, speaks to the crowd to calm them slightly. However, another mob gathers at the train station, preventing Welch from leaving town. He will be forced to attend a court hearing the next day, where Greenwood pleads in his favor, stating that the play was nothing out of the ordinary in a baseball context, although some of the Orioles' fans would like to see criminal charges laid. Wisely, the Browns will keep Welch out of the next day's game to ease tensions.
- 1907 - In the Pacific Coast League, Bob Groom pitches a no-hitter as Portland beats Los Angeles, 3 - 0.
- 1909 - Jim Thorpe makes his baseball pitching debut for the Rocky Mount Railroaders (Eastern Carolina League) with a 4 - 2 win over the Raleigh Red Birds. It is the professional play in this year that will later cause him to lose his Olympic gold medals won in the 1912 Olympics (thus violating the amateur status rules). In 1983, thirty years after his death, his medals will be restored by the International Olympic Committee.
- 1916 - Salida Tom Hughes of the Boston Braves pitches a 2 - 0 no-hitter over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Braves Field. On August 30, 1910 Hughes had pitched no-hit ball for nine innings against the Cleveland Naps, only to allow a hit in the 10th inning and then lose the game in the 11th.
- 1938 - At Sportsman's Park, the St. Louis Browns walk Red Sox star Jimmie Foxx all six times he comes to bat. The Browns' decision to pitch carefully to Foxx does not prevent the Red Sox from winning the game, 12 - 8. By being walked six times in a nine-inning game, Foxx sets an American League record and matches the mark set by Walt Wilmot in the National League in 1891.
- 1940 - A disgruntled group of Cleveland Indians players petition owner Alva Bradley to fire team manager Oscar Vitt. Bradley turns down the players' request, but eventually watches the team lose its hold on first place during the final weeks of the regular season. The Indians players will be derided as "cry-babies" for their initiative.
- 1945 - Dave Ferriss of the Boston Red Sox loses to the New York Yankees, 3 - 2, after starting his career with eight victories, four of them shutouts.
- 1951 - Andy Strong, an outfielder for the Crowley Millers, is killed by a lightning strike in the 6th inning of a game with the Alexandria Aces. The game had been halted in the 5th inning due to rain but conditions were clear when play resumed.
- 1953 - Duane Pillette of the St. Louis Browns ends the New York Yankees' win streak at 18 and the Browns' team record 14-game losing streak with a 3 - 1 victory in Yankee Stadium. Johnny Mize becomes the 93rd player in major league history to get 2,000 hits when he singles in the only Yankees' run in the 5th inning.
- 1957 - Relief pitcher Dixie Howell hits two home runs in the 3 2/3 innings he pitches to lead the Chicago White Sox to an 8 - 6 victory in the second game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators.
- 1962 - An injured Mickey Mantle returns after a one-month layoff and hits a dramatic three-run pinch home run in the top of the 8th inning. Although Mantle's blast gives the Yankees a 9 - 7 lead, Cleveland comes back to score a run in the bottom of the 8th and wins the game in the 9th, 10 - 9, on a two-run homer by Jerry Kindall.
- 1971:
- One night after beating the Astros with his glove, Roberto Clemente does it with his bat. The Pittsburgh superstar blasts a two-run homer to right field in the 7th inning, snapping a 4 - 4 deadlock and lifting the National League East leaders to a 6 - 4 triumph. The late splurge enables Dock Ellis to make it through the night, surviving a four-run 6th, into which he'd carried a no-hitter. Roberto's blast, off one of his old favorite bats, comes against Wade Blasingame after Gene Clines' one-out single; it takes the shape of a line drive to right that keeps rising past Cesar Cedeno, who had first thought he could make the catch before helplessly watching it sail way over his outstretched glove.
- The Oakland Athletics hit five solo home runs in a 5 - 1 victory over the Washington Senators. Powerful first baseman Mike Epstein bangs out home runs in his first two at-bats, giving him homers in four straight at-bats over two games. Joe Rudi also adds a pair and Dave Duncan one. Vida Blue (14-2) is the winning pitcher and Denny McLain (4-12) the loser.
- 1978 - Tom Seaver pitches the only no-hitter of his brilliant career. Seaver strikes out three and walks three as the Cincinnati Reds defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 0, at Riverfront Stadium. Seaver had barely missed pitching no-hitters on three previous occasions, losing the bid each time in the 9th inning.
- 1986 - The Baltimore Orioles trade seemingly over-the-hill pitcher Dennis Martinez to the Montreal Expos. Martinez will go on to win 100 games for Montreal over the next eight years and will eventually become the winningest pitcher among all Latin Americans with 245 victories.
- 1989 - Rick Wolff, 37, writing an article on minor-league baseball for Sports Illustrated, finishes a three-day stint playing second base for the Class-A Midwest League's South Bend White Sox. He replaces Cesar Bernhardt and goes 4 for 7 against the Burlington Braves. Wolff will finish the year with the highest batting average of any Chicago White Sox farmhand.
- 1991:
- Rookie Andy Ashby strikes out the side in the 4th inning against Cincinnati on just nine pitches. It is only the 12th time in National League history that it has been accomplished and the first by a Phillies pitcher.
- Otis Nixon of the Atlanta Braves records six stolen bases against Montreal to set a modern National League record and tie the major league record set by Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics in 1912. Nixon also picks up three hits in Atlanta's 7 - 6 loss.
- 1993 - Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits his 100th career home run in Seattle's 6 - 1 victory over Kansas City to become the fourth-youngest to hit the century mark. Only Mel Ott, Eddie Mathews and Tony Conigliaro did it faster than the 23-year-old Griffey.
- 1995 - Florida Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th National League home run, and 429th of his career, in Florida's 2 - 1 victory over the Phillies.
- 1996 - Legendary broadcaster Mel Allen dies at the age of 83. In 1939, Allen started doing play-by-play for both the New York Yankees and New York Giants, and later narrated the long-running television show, This Week in Baseball. In 1978, Allen received the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence.
- 2001 - John Olerud of the Seattle Mariners hits for the cycle as Seattle beats the San Diego Padres, 9 - 2. Olerud hits a home run in the 9th to complete the feat.
- 2005:
- Atlanta Braves veteran first baseman Julio Franco (46) records his first two-steal game since 1994 and teammate pitcher John Smoltz (38) posts his first two-hit game since 1999 in the Braves' 5 - 2 victory over Cincinnati.
- The Colorado Rockies become the seventh major league club since 1900 to go 4-26 in its first 30 road games, joining the Washington Senators (1904), Philadelphia Athletics (1916), Philadelphia Phillies (1928), Chicago Cubs (1981), Minnesota Twins (1982) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2005).
- With a 9 - 6 victory over the Dodgers, Kansas City becomes the first major league team to record three-game sweeps over the Dodgers and Yankees in one regular season. The Angels and Mariners also swept the Yankees and Dodgers in one season since interleague play began in 1997, but both were not three-game sweeps. At this point, Kansas City has posted an 11-4 record since Buddy Bell took over as manager on May 31st.
- 2006 - Daisuke Matsuzaka wins his 100th game for the Seibu Lions. It is his 191st game in Nippon Pro Baseball, making him the fastest pitcher to 100 victories since the introduction of the player draft.
- 2008:
- What was to be the final Hall of Fame Game is cancelled due to severe thunderstorms in Cooperstown, NY. The Hall of Fame Game was the last exhibition contest on the major league schedule.
- The Seattle Mariners fire general manager Bill Bavasi with the Mariners having the worst record in baseball. Vice-President Lee Pelekoudas takes over the job. Bavasi was criticized for the signings or acquisitions of Jarrod Washburn (20-36 with Seattle), Carlos Silva (3-7), Erik Bedard (4-4) and 1B Richie Sexson.
- 2009:
- Ivan Rodriguez plays his 2,226th game at catcher in Houston's 6 - 1 loss to Texas, tying him with Carlton Fisk for the all-time lead.
- Felix Hernandez throws a two-hit shutout as Seattle defeats San Diego, 5 - 0. It is the Padres' record-tying 12th straight interleague loss, their last win having been recorded in 2007.
- The University of North Carolina cruises to an 11 - 4 win over the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2009 College World Series. Dustin Ackley goes 5 for 6 to reach 27 career hits in College World Series play, breaking the record held by Sam Fuld.
- 2010:
- The Dodgers beat the Reds, 6 - 2, behind a strong pitching performance by Clayton Kershaw to move into first place in the NL West. Kershaw has gone 6-1 in his last eight starts to emerge as the Dodgers' ace and help them move past the Padres.
- The Mets continue their roller-coaster season, winning their sixth in a row with an 8 - 4 decision over Cleveland. All nine Mets starters collect at least one hit and either score or drive in a run. Shelley Duncan, making a rare start in LF for the Indians, helps out with some poor defensive play but does atone himself somewhat with a two-run homer off winner Jon Niese.
- Michael Young collects his 1,748th hit for the Texas Rangers, breaking Ivan Rodriguez's franchise record. Texas beats Florida, 6 - 3.
- 2011:
- The Chunichi Dragons beat the Softbank Hawks, 5 - 2. Hitoki Iwase goes 1-2-3 in the 9th, with two strikeouts, to save his 287th game. He surpasses Shingo Takatsu as the career NPB leader. Hiroki Kokubo fans to end the game. Kazuki Yoshimi gets the win and D.J. Houlton takes the loss.
- Cliff Lee pitches a two-hitter to run the Phillies' winning streak to seven with a 3 - 0 win over the reeling Marlins. The Phillies have the best record in the major leagues at 44-26. Lee also helps with the bat, collecting two hits and an RBI in improving his record to 7-5.
- The Braves beat the Mets, 9 - 8, on an anticlimactic play in the 10th inning. After rallying from two runs down in the bottom of the 9th on Brooks Conrad's two-run homer off closer Francisco Rodriguez, the Braves take advantage of a balk by reliever D.J. Carrasco that allows Diory Hernandez to score the winning run. Before coming back, the Braves blow a 6 - 2 lead by giving up a four-run 5th inning to the Mets. Chipper Jones drives in five runs, tying a career best.
- 2012 - Jason Hammel pitches a one-hitter as the Orioles defeat the Braves, 5 - 0, in an interleague game. Ervin Santana joins him later that evening. He retires the first 20 batters of the game before allowing a two-out single to Justin Upton in the 7th; the Angels defeat the Diamondbacks, 2 - 0.
- 2013:
- Seemingly asleep for eight innings, the Mets suddenly wake up in the bottom of the 9th as Carlos Marmol is trying to protect a 3 - 0 lead for the Cubs. Marlon Byrd starts off the inning with a solo homer, Lucas Duda draws a walk and John Buck singles. Omar Quintanilla bunts both runners into scoring position before Kirk Nieuwenhuis, hitting .097 for the season, connects for a walk-off three-run homer. Marmol is only pitching because closer Kevin Gregg, who has been perfect in ten save opportunities so far, is unavailable after pitching in the Cubbies' last four games.
- The Padres win their sixth straight game, defeating Arizona, 4 - 1, thanks to Kyle Blanks' three-run homer off David Hernandez in the bottom of the 8th.
- 2014 - Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, winner of eight National League batting titles, passes away from cancer of the salivary gland at 54, likely a result of his long-time use of smokeless tobacco. He spent his entire 20-season major league career with the San Diego Padres and is the only player to have been a member of their two World Series teams, in 1984 and 1998.
- 2015:
- The Orioles hit eight home runs in a 19 - 3 demolition of the Phillies, setting a new team record. Manny Machado and Chris Parmelee, in his first game for Baltimore, hit two long balls each, The O's score six runs in the 1st and are off and running, finishing their run with two runs off OF Jeff Francoeur in the 8th, including a homer by Ryan Flaherty which sets the new record. For their part, the Phillies complete an 0-8 road trip, their worst since an 0-9 skein in 1883. Jimmy Paredes, David Lough and Chris Davis hit the other homers, while Dustin McGowan, who takes over for Jerome Williams in the 1st, gives up five homers in 3 1/3 innings.
- Brock Holt hits for the cycle as the Red Sox snap a seven-game losing streak with a 7 - 4 win over the Braves.
- The Cardinals reveal that they are being investigated by the FBI because of allegations that one or more of their employees hacked into the Astros' computer files and stole proprietary information.
- 2016 - Victor Martinez connects for three homers to lead the Tigers to a 10 - 4 win over the Royals. The Tigers hit six homers in all, with Nick Castellanos, James McCann and Miguel Cabrera adding the other long balls. However, it's not all good news for Detroit as OF J.D. Martinez breaks his elbow running into the fence while chasing a ball in the right-field corner and will be out for a long stretch.
- 2018 - The defending World Champions Astros are playing dominant baseball again, as they reel off their tenth straight win, 10 - 2 over the Royals. Kansas City is headed in the opposite direction, however, as the team is now 2-12 in June.
- 2019:
- The Padres and Rockies set a record for most combined runs in a four-game series with a total of 92, breaking the previous record of 88 set in 1929 between the Brooklyn Robins and Phillies. In today's game, San Diego scores four times in the 9th off closer Wade Davis, the last run coming on a bases-loaded walk, to win 14 - 13 and salvage a split of the series played at Coors Field. For Colorado, Charlie Blackmon goes 15 for 24 over the four games, including four-hit games in the first three contests, and also hits four homers, scores nine runs and drives in ten; for San Diego, Hunter Renfroe hits five homers, including three in the second game.
- An authentic Babe Ruth New York Yankees jersey from 1928-30 sets a record for a piece of baseball memorabilia as it sells for $5.64 million at auction.
- 2022 - Vaughn Grissom of the Rome Braves almost pulls off a Fernando Tatis, as he hits grand slams in back-to-back innings to lead his team to a 22 - 1 rout of Asheville in a South Atlantic League game. The long balls come in the 8th and 9th innings, while Tatis had famously hit his two in the same inning. The young shortstop goes 5 for 7 and also scores five runs, in addition to the eight ribbies. Grissom will make his major league debut in less than two months.
- 2023 - In his major league debut, Emmet Sheehan pitches six hitless and scoreless innings for the Dodgers against the Giants and leaves with a 4 - 0 lead. However, the Dodgers' bullpen completely wrecks his good work, with Brusdar Graterol allowing two runs in the 7th and Victor González three more in the 8th. The game goes into extra innings and the Giants score twice in the top of the 11th. The Dodgers then mess things up again, as with Michael Busch as the ghost runner at second base, Mookie Betts hits a routine pop-up near third base. 3B Casey Schmitt drops the ball, however, and because Betts was not running to first base, P Jakob Junis tries to throw him out but his relay ends up in right field. Busch advances to third base and heeds his coach's entreaty to stop there, but Betts, running all out to atone for his earlier mistake, rounds second and is caught in a rundown by RF Mike Yastrzemski's throw, as he needs to retreat to second with third base already occupied. Busch then breaks for home and is thrown out. The Dodgers fail to score, and all they have to show for Sheehan's great performance is a 7 - 5 loss.
Births[edit]
- 1850 - Warren Briggs, umpire (d. 1933)
- 1853 - Lon Knight, outfielder, manager (d. 1932)
- 1857 - Marr Phillips, infielder (d. 1928)
- 1867 - Pete O'Brien, infielder (d. 1937)
- 1867 - Bill Zies, catcher (b. 1907)
- 1874 - Harry Blake, outfielder (d. 1919)
- 1874 - Libe Washburn, outfielder (d. 1940)
- 1881 - Wish Egan, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1882 - Roy Akin, minor league infielder (d. 1933)
- 1882 - Frank Anderson, college coach (d. 1966)
- 1882 - Bobby Keefe, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1883 - Al Mattern, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1883 - Red Waller, pitcher (d. 1915)
- 1884 - Bob Peterson, catcher (d. 1962)
- 1886 - Kid Speer, pitcher (d. 1946)
- 1887 - Jack Rowan, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1888 - Jay Kirke, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1889 - Ralph Capron, outfielder (d. 1980)
- 1889 - Gene Dale, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1890 - Fritz Mollwitz, infielder (d. 1967)
- 1894 - Bob Glenn, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1899 - Helen Traubel, owner (d. 1972)
- 1904 - Frank McKinney, owner (d. 1974)
- 1913 - Pete Coscarart, infielder; All-Star (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Skeeter Scalzi, infielder (d. 1984)
- 1914 - Johnnie Wittig, pitcher (d. 1999)
- 1916 - William Anderson, minor league pitcher
- 1916 - Joe Rullo, infielder (d. 1969)
- 1918 - Wilmore Williams, outfielder (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Lefty Phillips, manager (d. 1972)
- 1920 - Eddie Malone, catcher (d. 2006)
- 1921 - Rufus Hatten, catcher (d. 1968)
- 1922 - Max Surkont, pitcher (d. 1986)
- 1923 - Jim Beane, minor league pitcher, college coach (d. 2012)
- 1923 - Allie Clark, outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1924 - Ernie Johnson, pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1925 - Richard Jacobs, owner (d. 2009)
- 1926 - Bob Miller, pitcher (d. 2020)
- 1927 - Ed Norris, umpire (d. 1996)
- 1929 - June Peppas, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2016)
- 1933 - Ken Johnson, pitcher (d. 2015)
- 1934 - Pancho Herrera, infielder (d. 2005)
- 1936 - Roger Grooms, umpire (d. 2006)
- 1937 - August A. Busch III, owner
- 1944 - Billy Stinchcomb, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)
- 1946 - Tom Ragland, infielder
- 1947 - Joe Decker, pitcher (d. 2003)
- 1948 - Ron LeFlore, outfielder; All-Star
- 1949 - Johnny Jones, minor league catcher
- 1949 - Bob Rauch, pitcher
- 1950 - Hsin-Min Tan, minor league pitcher
- 1951 - Stan Wall, pitcher
- 1956 - Sam Welborn, minor league pitcher
- 1957 - Salome Barojas, pitcher
- 1957 - Graham Cassel, Australian national team infielder
- 1960 - Dave Littlefield, general manager
- 1961 - Juan Centeno, Nicaraguan national team pitcher
- 1962 - Wally Joyner, infielder; All-Star
- 1962 - Calvin Schiraldi, pitcher
- 1962 - Randy Whisler, coach and minor league manager
- 1964 - Mike Borgatti, minor league pitcher
- 1964 - Koji Nakada, NPB pitcher
- 1967 - John Ericks, pitcher
- 1968 - Bayardo Dávila, Nicaraguan national team infielder
- 1969 - Kevin Young, infielder
- 1970 - Phil Mickelson, owner
- 1971 - Chris Gomez, infielder
- 1971 - Fernando Hernandez, pitcher
- 1975 - Jose Nieves, infielder
- 1975 - Tomáš Přibyl, Extraliga outfielder
- 1976 - Gert Rosiers, First Division infielder
- 1976 - Shigenobu Shima, NPB outfielder
- 1977 - Kerry Wood, pitcher; All-Star
- 1978 - Muhammad Farooq Khan, Pakistani national team outfielder
- 1979 - Kyle Crowell, minor league pitcher
- 1980 - Dewon Brazelton, pitcher
- 1981 - Tomáš Polanský, Extraliga infielder
- 1981 - Joe Saunders, pitcher; All-Star
- 1982 - Shoitsu Omatsu, NPB outfielder
- 1983 - Enzo Sanna, Italian Baseball League catcher
- 1983 - Andley Simmons, Hoofdklasse infielder
- 1984 - Jonathan Broxton, pitcher; All-Star
- 1984 - Flavien Peron, Division Elite outfielder
- 1986 - Jordan Herr, minor league outfielder
- 1987 - Arquimedes Caminero, pitcher
- 1987 - Audy Ciriaco, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Jordan Backes, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Yuta Omine, NPB pitcher
- 1989 - Christian Diaz, Hoofdklasse outfielder
- 1989 - Megumi Miyazaki, Japanese womens' national team infielder
- 1990 - Kelby Tomlinson, infielder
- 1991 - Justin Haley, pitcher
- 1992 - Ronald Castillo, minor league outfielder
- 1992 - Hiroto Fuku, NPB pitcher
- 1992 - Zack Weiss, pitcher
- 1993 - Takehiro Tsujino, Japanese national team outfielder
- 1994 - Manuel Joseph, minor league infielder
- 1995 - Ian Hamilton, pitcher
- 1995 - Tyler Zuber, pitcher
- 1996 - Tal Erel, Extraliga catcher
- 1996 - José Guevara, Salvadoran national team catcher
- 1997 - Jhon Peluffo, minor league pitcher
- 1998 - Will Benson, outfielder
- 1998 - Alek Jacob, pitcher
- 1999 - Cody Schultz, German national team infielder
- 1999 - Tahnaj Thomas, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Will Warren, minor league pitcher
- 2002 - Nick Bitsko, minor league pitcher
- 2002 - Eui-lee Lee, KBO pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1908 - Ned Garvin, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1914 - Bert Dorr, pitcher (b. 1862)
- 1929 - George Carman, infielder (b. 1866)
- 1929 - Mike Sullivan, outfielder (b. 1860)
- 1931 - Andy Sommerville, pitcher (b. 1876)
- 1940 - Bill Hawes, outfielder (b. 1853)
- 1941 - Mike Flynn, catcher (b. 1872)
- 1949 - Jim Cook, outfielder (b. 1879)
- 1951 - Andy Strong, minor league outfielder (b. 1925)
- 1952 - Steve Cusack, umpire (b. 1876)
- 1953 - Oscar Jones, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1955 - Mike Morrison, pitcher (b. 1867)
- 1958 - Jack Phillips, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 1961 - Benny Bowcock, infielder (b. 1879)
- 1961 - Mack Hillis, infielder (b. 1901)
- 1961 - Tullie McAdoo, infielder (b. 1884)
- 1961 - Chuck Miller, outfielder (b. 1889)
- 1964 - Dick Culler, infielder (b. 1915)
- 1967 - Dutch Holland, outfielder (b. 1903)
- 1971 - Steve Partenheimer, infielder (b. 1891)
- 1975 - Clint Courtney, catcher (b. 1927)
- 1976 - George Dickey, catcher (b. 1915)
- 1976 - Toshiharu Inokawa, NPB catcher, infielder and manager (b. 1908)
- 1977 - Otto Rettig, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1978 - Hugh Shelley, outfielder (b. 1910)
- 1981 - Red Ryan, umpire (b. 1904)
- 1991 - Lanny Harris, umpire (b. 1940)
- 1994 - Marlin Stuart, pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1996 - Mel Allen, announcer (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Eddie Stanky, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1915)
- 2001 - Buster Boguskie, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1923)
- 2001 - Wally Hood, pitcher (b. 1925)
- 2004 - Rob Derksen, scout (b. 1960)
- 2004 - George Hausmann, infielder (b. 1916)
- 2008 - Bert Shepard, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 2008 - Bill Gates, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1918)
- 2009 - Ken Roy, minor league umpire (b. 1941)
- 2010 - William Cary, US national team pitcher (b. 1932)
- 2010 - Bob Hartman, pitcher (b. 1937)
- 2013 - Peggy Fenton, AAGPBL infielder (b. 1927)
- 2014 - Tony Gwynn, outfielder; All-Star; Hall of Fame (b. 1960)
- 2017 - Masato Kawano, NPB pitcher (b. 1978)
- 2017 - Gus Stathos, minor league outfielder (b. 1927)
- 2021 - Dwight Siebler, pitcher (b. 1937)
- 2023 - Manabu Kitabeppu, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1957)
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