May 1
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on May 1.
Events[edit]
- 1883 - National League baseball returns to the City of Brotherly Love as Philadelphia hosts its first NL game since 1876. The Philadelphia Quakers, after holding their first spring training at Recreation Park, open their regular season there, bowing to the Providence Grays, 4 - 3.
- 1884 - In American Association action, Toledo Blue Stockings catcher Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first African-American to play in the major leagues during a game against the Louisville Eclipse team.
- 1890 - It is Opening Day in the National League. At West Side Park in Cincinnati, the Chicago Colts spoil the official opening of the new park by beating the Reds, 4 - 3, with two runs in the bottom of the 9th inning. This is the first professional game ended in "sudden death," as the old rules required that the full inning be played out even if the team batting last was already ahead.
- 1891 - In front of almost 10,000 fans, Cy Young of the Cleveland Spiders defeats the Cincinnati Reds, 12 - 3, in the first game ever played in Cleveland's League Park.
- 1898 - The Board of Discipline of the National Baseball League adopts a set of rules to suppress rowdy ball playing. John T. Brush will later say that the resolution, which he proposed, "has worked like a charm."
- 1901 - Herm McFarland of the Chicago White Sox hits the first grand slam in American League history in a 19 - 9 victory over the Detroit Tigers. His teammate Billy Hoy also hits a grand slam, in a contest which features Detroit committing 12 errors, ten by the infield, to set another AL record, which Chicago will tie on May 6, 1903, against the Tigers.
- 1906 - John Lush of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches a 6 - 0 no-hitter against the Brooklyn Superbas at Washington Park.
- 1912 - George Sisler, a freshman at the University of Michigan, strikes out 20 in seven innings. Sisler will start his Hall of Fame career in 1915 with the St. Louis Browns, but will gain his fame as a hitter, not as a pitcher.
- 1920:
- Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Robins each pitch a 26-inning marathon in a 1 - 1 tie, the longest in major league history. Charlie Pick of Boston goes 0 for 11 at the plate during the deadlock at Braves Field, to set a major league record for hitless at-bats in one game.
- Babe Ruth hits his 50th career home run, and the first for the New York Yankees, in the team's 6 - 0 loss at the Polo Grounds.
- 1924 - Bill Barrett of the Chicago White Sox steals home twice, in the 1st and 9th innings, against the Cleveland Indians.
- 1925 - The Philadelphia Athletics introduce another future Hall of Famer, 17-year-old catcher Jimmie Foxx, who pinch-hits a single in the 9 - 4 loss to the Washington Senators.
- 1926 - Legendary pitcher Satchel Paige makes his debut in the Negro Southern League. Paige, at 19 years of age, leads Chattanooga to a 5 - 4 win over Birmingham.
- 1927 - Hod Lisenbee of the Washington Senators pitches a shutout in his first major league start, a 6 - 0 win over the Boston Red Sox.
- 1939 - At Comiskey Park, the White Sox defeats the Cubs and Dizzy Dean, 4 - 1, in an exhibition game to benefit Monty Stratton. The former pitcher, who lost his leg in an off-season hunting accident, tries to pitch in the game and receives a new car and nearly $30,000 as a result of the contest.
- 1944 - George Myatt goes 6 for 6 to help the Washington Senators beat the Boston Red Sox, 11 - 4.
- 1947 - For the first time, the Cleveland Indians will play all their games at Cleveland Stadium. The Indians abandon League Park, where most weekday games have been played since Cleveland Stadium opened. New Cleveland owner Bill Veeck installs an inner fence to cut power alleys from 435 to 365 feet at Municipal Stadium.
- 1949 - Elmer Valo of the Philadelphia Athletics becomes the first player in American League history to hit two bases-loaded triples in a game. Valo will hit a third bases-loaded triple during the season to tie the league mark set by Shano Collins in 1918.
- 1951 - On Mother's Day, Mickey Mantle hits the first home run of his career off Randy Gumpert in an 8 - 3 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park. In the same game, former Negro Leagues star Minnie Miñoso becomes the first black player in the history of the White Sox franchise. Miñoso belts a home run in his first at-bat for the team off Vic Raschi.
- 1952 - Joe Dobson of the Chicago White Sox pitches 7 1/3 innings of hitless ball against the Philadelphia Athletics before yielding a single to Skeeter Kell. Dobson goes on to complete the two-hit shutout in the 3 - 0 White Sox victory at Shibe Park.
- 1955 - Cleveland Indians starters show up for a "pitching clinic" during a doubleheader sweep of the Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Stadium. Veteran Bob Feller pitches hitless ball for 6+ innings and hurls his major league record 12th one-hitter in a 2 - 0 victory in the opener, and in the nitecap rookie Herb Score strikes out the first nine batters (for a total of 16) en route to a 2 - 1 four-hit victory.
- 1959:
- At the age of 39, Early Wynn of the Chicago White Sox pitches a one-hit shutout, strikes out 14, and hits a double and home run for a 1 - 0 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Comiskey Park.
- Dick Stuart's 9th-inning, two-out, two-run bomb makes it close but the last-place Cardinals hold on, ending their three-game skid with a 7 - 6 squeaker over Pittsburgh. Stuart's blast travels near 500 feet, one of the longest homers ever hit at Forbes Field.
- Eiji Sawamura and Matsutaro Shoriki are voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. Both men have had awards named after them - the Sawamura Award for the top pitcher in Japan and the Matsutaro Shoriki Award for the person who has contributed the most to the game that year.
- 1965 - Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Tommy Davis breaks his ankle sliding into second base. Although Davis will go on to play another 11 seasons, he will never recapture the excellence he displayed prior to the injury. In 1962, Davis led the National League with a .346 batting average and 153 RBI.
- 1966 - Pittsburgh trounces the lowly New York Mets, 8 - 0. With four hits, Roberto Clemente equals the Mets' total all by himself. Leading off the 4th, his line drive toward the right-center fence comes within inches of clearing the wall at the 436-foot sign. It bounces off the wall right back into rookie Billy Murphy's hands for a double.
- 1969 - At Crosley Field, Don Wilson of the Houston Astros pitches his second career no-hitter. Wilson strikes out 15 in downing the Cincinnati Reds, 4 - 0, one day after Cincinnati pitcher Jim Maloney no-hit the Astros and nine days after Wilson absorbed a 14 - 0 pounding by the Reds.
- 1973 - At Candlestick Park, the San Francisco Giants score seven runs with two outs in the 9th inning to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8 - 7.
- 1974:
- Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits three batters with pitches during the 1st inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds, with Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen being his victims. Ellis, who admits to trying intentionally to hit each Reds batter that faced him, throws two pitches behind Tony Perez's head before walking him and is taken out of the game by Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh while facing the next batter, Johnny Bench.
- Tom Seaver strikes out 16 Dodgers and gives up only three hits in over twelve innings, but the Mets lose in the 14th, 2 - 1.
- 1975 - Hank Aaron collects four hits and two RBI in the Brewers' 17 - 3 win over Detroit. This brings his career RBI total to 2,211, breaking Babe Ruth's published record of 2,209. On February 3, 1976, the Records Committee will revise Ruth's total to 2,204. In actuality, Aaron set the record with 2,205 on April 18th.
- 1978 - Former major league pitcher and controversial author Jim Bouton begins a comeback with the Savannah Braves of the Southern League. The 39-year-old Bouton will eventually earn a promotion to the Atlanta Braves, where he will struggle in a late-season stint.
- 1980 - Bill Madlock of the Pittsburgh Pirates receives a 15-game suspension and a $5,000 fine for hitting umpire Jerry Crawford in the face with his glove during a recent game. Madlock will appeal the suspension and continue playing until June 6th, when he decides to withdraw his protest.
- 1984 - Dwight Gooden becomes the first teenager to strike out a least ten batters in a game since Bert Blyleven accomplished the feat in 1970. The Mets' 19-year-old phenom, who will set a major league rookie record with 276 strikeouts, will have a total of 15 double-digit strikeout games this year.
- 1985 - Jimmy Key becomes the first left-handed starting pitcher in 614 games to win a game for the Toronto Blue Jays.
- 1987 - Free agents Ron Guidry (Yankees), Rich Gedman (Red Sox), Bob Boone (Angels) and Tim Raines (Expos) all re-sign with their former clubs on the first day they are allowed to do so, after being victims of collusion during the off-season. Doyle Alexander (Braves) will re-sign on May 5th.
- 1991:
- Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics surpasses Lou Brock as the major league career stolen base leader with his 939th steal in a 7 - 4 victory over the New York Yankees. Henderson breaks the record in the 4th inning, when he steals third base against catcher Matt Nokes.
- Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitches the seventh no-hitter of his major league career. The 44-year-old Ryan, who defeats the Toronto Blue Jays, 3 - 0, becomes the oldest pitcher to hurl a no-hit game. His masterpiece includes 16 strikeouts and only two walks. It is also the 209th time he has struck out ten or more in a game, and the 26th time putting 15 or more down on strikes.
- At County Stadium, the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Chicago White Sox in a six-hour, five-minute, 19-inning contest, the longest in the American League since the same two clubs played 25 innings on May 8, 1984. Willie Randolph gets the winning RBI in the 19th.
- 1992:
- The Los Angeles Dodgers postpone a three-game series against the Montreal Expos because of rioting in Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict.
- Rickey Henderson garners his 1,000th stolen base in the 1st inning of the Athletics' 7 - 6 victory over Detroit at Tiger Stadium.
- 1995 - Major League Baseball owners and the Major League Umpires Association reach an agreement on a five-year contract, ending the walk-out. Regular umpires will return to work on May 3rd.
- 2000:
- San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds becomes the first player to hit a ball into San Francisco Bay (McCovey's Cove) as the first "splashdown" home run at Pacific Bell Park helps the Giants beat the Mets, 10 - 3.
- With the help of a Quilvio Veras home run, the Braves establish a franchise-record 14th straight victory, beating the Dodgers, 2 - 1.
- 2002 - Recording his 321st save for the San Diego Padres, Trevor Hoffman sets a new major league record for the most saves for one team, surpassing the mark set by Dennis Eckersley with the Oakland Athletics. The long-time San Diego closer, now eighth on the all-time list, was traded as a rookie by the Florida Marlins as part of the Gary Sheffield deal in 1993.
- 2004:
- In the 6 - 3 victory over the Marlins at Pac Bell Park, Barry Bonds of the Giants sets a major league record by being intentionally walked four times in a nine-inning game. In 1990, Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson was given five intentional passes in a 16-inning contest against Cincinnati.
- Frank Catalanotto of the Toronto Blue Jays becomes the first player in franchise history to collect six hits in one game, as he hits five singles and a double, helping Toronto to beat the Chicago White Sox, 10 - 6.
- 2005 - Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana ends his 17-game winning streak in the Minnesota Twins' 2 - 1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Santana strikes out seven over eight innings and allows just two hits, but they are solo home runs by Vladimir Guerrero and Jose Molina.
- 2009 - Duaner Sanchez walks Russell Martin with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 9th to give Los Angeles a 1 - 0 win over San Diego. The Dodgers are now 8-0 at home for the season.
- 2010:
- The New York Yankees suffer a double loss today. They bow to the Chicago White Sox, 7 - 6, as Andruw Jones and A.J. Pierzynski hit long balls, then place starting centerfielder Curtis Granderson on the disabled list because of a strained left groin suffered while running the bases.
- Roy Halladay throws his second shutout in three starts when the Phillies stop the Mets' winning streak at eight games with a 10 - 0 win. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey's scoreless innings streak is stopped at 27 as he is charged with his first loss of the season.
- 2011:
- C Ronny Paulino collects a career high five hits in seven at-bats in his first start for the Mets after serving out a 50-game suspension begun last season, and then spending time on the disabled list with anemia. His 14th-inning double drives in the go-ahead run in a 2 - 1 win over the Phillies. The win is overshadowed by chanting in the stands at Citizens Bank Park as media outlets announce the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden during the 9th inning. Starter Chris Young gives the Mets seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball, but Cliff Lee only gives up one run in seven for the Phils, who tie the game with a run scored without the benefit of a hit in the 8th. Taylor Buchholz is the winner for the Mets in the marathon game, beating Kyle Kendrick.
- The red-hot Indians beat the Tigers, 5 - 4, for their 13th straight home victory, completing their fourth series sweep already this season. Chad Durbin is the winner in relief of Justin Masterson and Chris Perez picks up his seventh save.
- 2012:
- The sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt to "Guggenheim Baseball Management" becomes official. Mark Walter is the controlling partner, Stan Kasten is named team President, while basketball star Magic Johnson is a part owner and one of the public faces of the new ownership group. The group paid a record $2.15 billion for the team. The Dodgers then start the new era on the right foot, beating Colorado, 7 - 6, in spite of nearly blowing a 7 - 0 6th-inning lead. Dee Gordon hits his first major league homer, Mark Ellis has four hits, and A.J. Ellis has a homer and three RBI for L.A.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter wins his 1,000th game as a major league skipper when the O's defeat the Yankees, 7 - 1. Brian Matusz wins his first game in 11 months while Chris Davis and J.J. Hardy homer off loser Phil Hughes. Matusz had gone 0-12, 10.47 in 14 starts since beating the Athletics on June 6, 2011.
- 2013:
- Clay Buchholz improves to 6-0 as Boston beats Toronto, 10 - 1. Buchholz throws seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball, while his teammates bang out five homers, including two by Mike Napoli.
- The Giants complete a three-game sweep of the Diamondbacks with a come-from-behind 9 - 6 win. Brandon Belt hits a three-run homer off David Hernandez in the 8th inning to put the Giants ahead for good.
- 2014:
- Three doubleheaders are played today, a result of recent inclement weather, and they all end in sweeps. The Dodgers win both ends of a twinbill for the first time since 2002 in defeating the Twins, 9 - 4 and 4 - 3. The second game takes 12 innings before Drew Butera and Scott Van Slyke homer off Brian Duensing, but in the bottom of the inning, Kenley Jansen loads the bases with none out before escaping with his 11th save. The first game begins just past noon at Target Field, and the second ends at before 11:22 pm on what was supposed to be a getaway day for the Dodgers.
- In the other interleague doubleheader, the Orioles win two from the Pirates, 5 - 1 and 6 - 5, with Matt Wieters hitting a 10th-inning walk-off homer in the nitecap; 3B Manny Machado makes his return to the field in the second game after missing the first month of the season. Finally, the Rays defeat Boston twice in Fenway Park, 2 - 1 and 6 - 5, as Red Sox pitchers issue 18 walks in the two games.
- 2015 - Alex Rodriguez ties Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time home run list when he hits number 660 against the Red Sox. The homer comes as a pinch-hitter in the 8th inning against Junichi Tazawa and gives the Yankees a 3 - 2 lead that will hold for the rest of the game.
- 2016 - Clayton Kershaw does it all by himself, as he pitches a three-hit shutout against the Padres, strikes out 14, and drives in the only run of the game with a 3rd-inning single off Drew Pomeranz. Thanks to his superhuman performance, the Dodgers end a six-game losing streak with the 1 - 0 win.
- 2017 - Ryan Goins drives in two runners on a sacrifice fly in the 6th inning of Toronto's 7 - 1 win over the Yankees. Jacoby Ellsbury catches his fly to deep center at New Yankee Stadium, but crashes into the fence and falls to the ground, allowing Devon Travis to score from second base, behind Justin Smoak. It is the first two-RBI sac fly in team history. Goins adds a two-run homer, as does Jose Bautista, to help the Jays win their third straight after a very tough month of April.
- 2019 - The first Africa Cup Baseball Championship in 18 years kicks off. Host South Africa sets the tone for the event, routing Uganda, 18 - 0, as Rowan Ebersohn hits a three-run, 1st-inning homer off Allan Kabenge and Robert Lewis-Walker and Lloyd Stevens don't allow anyone past second base. Zimbabwe beats newcomer Burkina Faso behind the pitching of Cliff Vint and Hloniphani Ngulube, 11 - 5.
- 2020 - Even though there is no baseball being currently played, P Emmanuel Clase of the Indians manages to get himself suspended, as the results of a test are positive for Boldenone, an anabolic steroid. He will be suspended for 80 games from whenever the season eventually starts.
- 2022 - Kelsie Whitmore becomes the first woman to start a game in the Atlantic League, which is now part of Organized Baseball as a partner league of Major League Baseball, when she starts in left field for the Staten Island FerryHawks against the Gastonia Honey Hunters.
- 2023 - Domingo German breezes through the first eight innings of his start against the Guardians, allowing just a hit and a walk. He has a 2 - 0 lead entering the 9th, but allows a one-out single to Steven Kwan. In a controversial move, Yankees manager Aaron Boone decides to replace him with closer Clay Holmes, but everything falls apart. Holmes loads the bases, then allows a two-run single to Josh Naylor to tie the game, and Wandy Peralta walks Mike Zunino with two outs and the bases full to make it 3 - 2 for Cleveland. Emmanuel Clase sets down the Yankees in the bottom of the 9th to hand them their fourth straight. Worse, it comes on a day when New York places Aaron Judge on the injured list with a hip strain.
Births[edit]
- 1859 - Tom Forster, infielder (d. 1946)
- 1860 - Bill White, infielder (d. 1924)
- 1863 - Frank Foreman, pitcher (d. 1957)
- 1865 - Charlie Reynolds, catcher (d. 1944)
- 1868 - Pete Allen, catcher (d. 1946)
- 1878 - Larry Battam, infielder (d. 1938)
- 1880 - Albert Lasker, owner (d. 1952)
- 1882 - Roy Parker, minor league player (d. 1915)
- 1885 - George McQuillan, pitcher (d. 1940)
- 1886 - Billy Kelly, catcher (d. 1940)
- 1889 - Dave Howard, infielder (d. 1956)
- 1889 - Fuller Thompson, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1894 - Paul Carter, pitcher (d. 1984)
- 1896 - Mike Kelly, coach (d. 1968)
- 1896 - Heinie Meine, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1896 - Joel Newkirk, pitcher (d. 1966)
- 1898 - Bick Campbell, umpire (d. 1961)
- 1900 - Rufus Jackson, Negro Leagues owner (d. 1949)
- 1901 - Slats Gill, college coach (d. 1966)
- 1903 - Fritz Knothe, infielder (d. 1963)
- 1904 - M. Donald Grant, executive (d. 1998)
- 1905 - Henry Henderson, infielder (d. 1980)
- 1906 - Virgil Q. Wacks, minor league executive (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Bill Dunlap, outfielder (d. 1980)
- 1915 - Bob Harris, pitcher (d. 1989)
- 1915 - A. Ray Smith, minor league executive (d. 1999)
- 1916 - Victor Starffin, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1957)
- 1917 - Johnny Berardino, infielder (d. 1996)
- 1917 - Tommy Nelson, infielder (d. 1973)
- 1918 - Johnny Williams, pitcher (d. 1986)
- 1919 - Al Zarilla, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1996)
- 1921 - Frank Carswell, pitcher (d. 1994)
- 1923 - Dorothy Stolze, AAGPBL infielder and outfielder (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Anna May Hutchison, AAGPBL pitcher and catcher (d. 1998)
- 1926 - Phil Noto, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
- 1927 - Art Mazmanian, minor league infielder and manager, college coach (d. 2019)
- 1930 - Stan Palys, outfielder (d. 2021)
- 1931 - Bruce McIntosh, minor league infielder (d. 2017)
- 1932 - Felix Torres, infielder
- 1932 - Kazuhiro Yamauchi, NPB outfielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2009)
- 1933 - Terutoshi Okiyama, NPB outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1933 - Alberto Palafox, minor league catcher and manager
- 1934 - Masatoshi Gondo, NPB pitcher
- 1938 - Harvey Tung, executive; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2004)
- 1941 - Huguiyoski Sugeta, Brazilian national team pitcher
- 1947 - In-sik Kim, KBO manager
- 1948 - Von Joshua, outfielder
- 1949 - Shitoshi Sekimoto, NPB pitcher
- 1949 - Nobuki Tanaka, Japanese national team infielder
- 1950 - Rich Troedson, pitcher
- 1951 - Rudy Meoli, infielder
- 1952 - Bob Allietta, catcher
- 1954 - Roy Lee Jackson, pitcher
- 1955 - Steve Lubratich, infielder
- 1955 - Ray Searage, pitcher
- 1957 - Allan Ramirez, pitcher
- 1958 - Hitoshi Watarida, NPB umpire
- 1959 - Tim Cole, minor league pitcher
- 1960 - Charlie O'Brien, catcher
- 1963 - Dave Carlucci, coach
- 1964 - Kye-hyun Cho, KBO pitcher and manager
- 1964 - Dan Gakeler, pitcher
- 1964 - Jose Lind, infielder
- 1964 - Keith Wenban, Australian national team pitcher
- 1966 - Armando Reynoso, pitcher
- 1969 - Phil Hiatt, infielder
- 1969 - Koichiro Yoshinaga, NPB catcher
- 1970 - Randy Brown, minor league infielder
- 1972 - Bobby Chouinard, pitcher
- 1972 - Fausto Cruz, infielder
- 1972 - Tim Ferguson, scout
- 1973 - Rich Butler, outfielder
- 1973 - Chikara Tsugawa, NPB outfielder
- 1974 - Mike Fichter, umpire
- 1974 - Stephen Randolph, pitcher
- 1975 - Mo Bruce, minor league infielder
- 1976 - Jose De Jesus Jimenez, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Majeed Khan, Pakistani national team pitcher
- 1977 - Francisco Alfino, South African national team infielder
- 1979 - Brandon Claussen, pitcher
- 1979 - Joe Hietpas, catcher
- 1981 - Manny Acosta, pitcher
- 1981 - Ying-Chieh Lin, NPB pitcher
- 1981 - Randy Perez, minor league infielder
- 1982 - Cristian Mendoza, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Beau Torbert, minor league outfielder
- 1986 - Jason Denham, minor league outfielder
- 1986 - Shoichi Ino, NPB pitcher
- 1986 - Matt Roxburgh, Great Britain national team outfielder
- 1986 - Muhammad Usman, Pakistani national team pitcher
- 1987 - Iván DeJesús Jr., infielder
- 1987 - Conrad Orman, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Alberto Carreón, minor league infielder
- 1989 - Maikel Cleto, pitcher
- 1989 - Cory Vaughn, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Tyler Waldron, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Bobby Crocker, minor league outfielder
- 1990 - Scooter Gennett, infielder; All-Star
- 1990 - A.J. Jimenez, catcher
- 1991 - Marcus Stroman, pitcher; All-Star
- 1991 - Zach Vincej, infielder
- 1993 - Stijn van der Meer, minor league infielder
- 1993 - Ben Van Nuffel, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1994 - Anthony Amaya, minor league outfielder
- 1994 - Dillon Tate, pitcher
- 1995 - Lucas Erceg, pitcher
- 1995 - Narmandakh Lkhagvatseren, Mongolian national team infielder
- 1995 - Jose Urquidy, pitcher
- 1996 - Tommy Doyle, pitcher
- 1996 - Andre Jackson, pitcher
- 1996 - Ryan Lillie, minor league pitcher
- 1997 - Casey Mize, pitcher
- 1998 - David Rubio, Chilean national team infielder
- 1998 - Anderson Tejeda, infielder
- 1998 - Miguel Yajure, pitcher
- 2000 - Denzel Clarke, minor league outfielder
- 2000 - Chinu Va, Laotian national team outfielder
- 2003 - Sam Börjes, Elitserien pitcher-infielder
- 2003 - Lou Helmig, Bundesliga outfielder
- 2004 - Zan Von Schlegell, Pakistani national team infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1905 - Benjamin Sommer, umpire (b. 1853)
- 1913 - Thomas Reynolds, pitcher (b. 1855)
- 1920 - Joe Leonard, infielder (b. 1893)
- 1926 - Ed Conwell, infielder (b. 1890)
- 1928 - Bull Smith, outfielder (b. 1880)
- 1933 - Bobby Mitchell, pitcher (b. 1856)
- 1937 - David Jones, catcher (b. 1861)
- 1941 - Roxy Snipes, pinch hitter (b. 1896)
- 1941 - William Walker, executive (b. ~1872)
- 1947 - Kitty Bransfield, infielder (b. 1875)
- 1947 - Ray Brubaker, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1895)
- 1952 - Ernie Johnson, infielder (b. 1888)
- 1959 - Fritz Henrich, outfielder (b. 1899)
- 1959 - Branch Russell, outfielder; manager (b. 1895)
- 1960 - Homobono Márquez, minor league executive; Salon de la Fama (b. 1888)
- 1960 - Lou Schettler, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1961 - Jim Hanley, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1965 - Frank Barberich, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1965 - Hy Myers, outfielder (b. 1889)
- 1969 - Gary Wilson, infielder (b. 1879)
- 1973 - Bobby Reis, pitcher (b. 1909)
- 1974 - Hal Anderson, outfielder (b. 1904)
- 1976 - Luther McDonald, pitcher (b. 1906)
- 1978 - Claude Corbitt, infielder (b. 1915)
- 1982 - Beryl Follet, USA national team pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1986 - Ed Wells, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1987 - Bobo Holloman, pitcher (b. 1925)
- 1992 - Celerino Sanchez, infielder (b. 1944)
- 1992 - Justin Stein, infielder (b. 1911)
- 1996 - Francisco Alcaraz, minor league pitcher/infielder and umpire; Salon de la Fama (b. 1920)
- 1996 - Jim Gleeson, outfielder (b. 1912)
- 1997 - Charles Baron, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1912)
- 1998 - Heinie Heltzel, infielder (b. 1913)
- 2008 - Buzzie Bavasi, general manager (b. 1915)
- 2008 - Gale Miller, umpire (b. 1926)
- 2009 - Danny Gans, minor league infielder (b. 1956)
- 2012 - Mike Walter, minor league pitcher (b. 1974)
- 2014 - Mel Clark, outfielder (b. 1924)
- 2015 - John Filor, college coach (b. 1932)
- 2017 - Sam Mele, outfielder, manager (b. 1922)
- 2017 - Casey Thomas, minor league infielder (b. 1993)
- 2019 - Jim Scott, umpire (b. 1942)
- 2020 - Richard Hunter, Nicaraguan national team outfielder (b. 1969)
- 2020 - Matt Keough, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1955)
- 2023 - Dick Burwell, pitcher (b. 1940)
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