November 15
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 15.
Events[edit]
- 1886 - In the first major league trade ever, the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association deal rookie catcher Jack Boyle and $400 to the St. Louis Browns for outfielder Hugh Nicol.
- 1888 - In Los Angeles, the All-Americans of Al Spalding beat Chicago, 7 - 4, in the final game on American soil of Chicago's world tour. Spalding's group now sets sail for Australia.
- 1889 - The Kansas City Cowboys drop out of the American Association.
- 1895 - Future Hall of Famer Cap Anson makes his stage debut in A Runaway Colt. Aside from forgetting a few lines, Anson does quite well.
- 1908 - Jose Mendez throws a no-hitter for 8 2/3 innings in an exhibition game against the Cincinnati Reds before Miller Huggins ekes out a single.
- 1922 - Former Providence Grays outfielder Paul Hines is arrested on charges of pick-pocketing. The 69-year-old Hines made a famous play in a game on May 8, 1878: the first unassisted triple play in major league history, a rare feat has only occurred 12 times after that. His accomplishment is questionable, however, as accounts differ.
- 1933 - The Philadelphia Phillies trade slugger Virgil Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals for catcher Jimmie Wilson, who will be the new Phillies manager.
- 1945 - The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of Fame. A runoff election is formulated as a way to qualify more players for selection, but it fails to meet its objective as no one reaches the 75 percent requirement in the runoff. Former players Frank Chance, Johnny Evers and Ed Walsh and former manager Miller Huggins come closest.
- 1951 - The Baseball Writers Association of America name Gil McDougald of the New York Yankees as American league Rookie of the Year. The Chicago White Sox object to McDougald's accolade, offering the statistical accomplishments of their superlative rookie, Minnie Miñoso.
- 1960 - A $3.5 million offer for the Kansas City Athletics is accepted from a St. Louis group and the sale of the 52% stock by the widow of the late Arnold Johnson is expected tomorrow. A sale of the remaining minority stock is also expected.
- 1961 - For the second consecutive year, New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris is named American League Most Valuable Player. The new single-season home run record holder with 61 edges his teammate Mickey Mantle by four points, 202-198. Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles finishes third with 157 points.
- 1962:
- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale wins the 1962 Cy Young Award, outpolling Jack Sanford of the San Francisco Giants with 14 of 18 votes.
- The Chicago White Sox release 299-game winner Early Wynn, enabling him to deal with other clubs to reach the 300 career victory milestone.
- 1967 - Future Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox is the overwhelming selection as American League MVP. He receives all but one first-place vote in the balloting, the other vote going to Minnesota's Cesar Tovar. Yastrzemski, who led the AL in batting average (.327), home runs (44) and RBI (121), will be the last major leaguer to win the Triple Crown in the 20th Century.
- 1972 - Dick Allen of the Chicago White Sox wins the American League MVP Award by an overwhelming margin over Joe Rudi of the Oakland Athletics. Allen led the AL in home runs (37), runs batted in (113), walks (99) and slugging average (.603).
- 1978 - Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award, 320-194, over Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey. Parker had 30 home runs with 117 RBI and league-leading figures in batting average (.334), slugging percentage (.585), and total bases (340).
- 1979 - Minnesota Twins pitcher David Goltz, who had a 14-13 mark with a 4.16 ERA, becomes the first major league player to be selected by the maximum thirteen teams in the first round of the free agent reentry draft. Goltz will sign a six-year, three-million dollar contract with the Dodgers, but will be a huge bust.
- 1983 - Shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles is named the Most Valuable Player in the American League. Ripken, who led the league in hits and runs scored, becomes the first major league player to win the Rookie of the Year and MVP awards in back-to-back seasons.
- 1988 - Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins the National League MVP Award, edging out New York Mets OFs Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds. Gibson hit .290 with 25 home runs and just 76 RBI.
- 1989 - Bret Saberhagen of the Kansas City Royals becomes the fourth pitcher ever to win the American League Cy Young Award twice, getting 27 of a possible 28 first-place votes for his 23 wins, 2.16 ERA season. Previously, he won the award in the 1985 season.
- 1995 - The Arizona Diamondbacks, who will not begin play until the 1998 season, sign Buck Showalter to a seven-year contract as manager. Showalter guided the New York Yankees to a wild card berth in 1995, but left the team after it lost its first-round playoff series.
- 1998 - Houston signs the 1996 National League MVP and free agent third baseman Ken Caminiti to a multi-year contract as the Padres championship team begins to come apart.
- 2000 - Jason Giambi of the Oakland Athletics, who hit .333 with 43 home runs and 137 RBI, wins the American League MVP Award, edging out two-time winner White Sox first baseman Frank Thomas, who had a batting line of .328, 43, 112.
- 2001 - New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, who posted a 20-3 record with 213 strikeouts and a 3.51 ERA, wins the American League Cy Young Award for an unprecedented sixth time. Previously, Clemens captured the award with the Red Sox in 1986, 1987 and 1991, and the Blue Jays in 1997 and 1998. He becomes the first Yankees pitcher to win the award since 1978 when Ron Guidry copped the honor. In the 2004 season, Clemens will win his seventh Cy Young in the National League with the Houston Astros.
- 2002 - Arizona Diamondbacks bench coach Bob Melvin is selected as the 12th manager in Seattle Mariners history. Melvin is replacing Lou Piniella, who asked to be released from his contract to take a job closer to his home; Piniella will pilot the Tampa Bay Devil Rays next season.
- 2004:
- San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds, who is the only player to be the National League Most Valuable Player more than three times, is named by the Baseball Writers Association of America for a record seventh time, including an unprecedented fourth consecutive season. Bonds finished 2004 with a .362 batting average, 45 home runs and 101 RBI. Winning the honor at the age of 40, Bonds surpasses Willie Stargell (39) as the oldest player to win the award.
- A lawsuit by former Montreal Expos owners against Major League Baseball and former majority owner Jeffrey Loria is struck down by arbitrators, ending legal moves to keep the Expos in Montréal, QC.
- 2005:
- St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols earns the National League MVP Award, edging Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones. Pujols was among the NL leaders in most hitting categories and finished with a .330 batting average, 41 home runs and 117 RBI in guiding the Cardinals to the league's best record at 100-62. He receives 18 of 31 first-place votes in balloting conducted by the BBWAA, outpointing Jones 378-351. Jones hit .263 and led the league with 51 home runs and 128 RBI. He won his eighth consecutive Gold Glove as the Braves claimed their 14th consecutive division title (if one conveniently forgets the 1994 season) despite playing 18 rookies and losing third baseman Chipper Jones for about a third of the season because of injuries.
- After months of deadlock, leaders of Major League Baseball and the players union reach an agreement to clean up a performance-enhancing drug scandal that has tarnished the nation's pastime and left lawmakers worried about young athletes imitating the wrong role models. It will require baseball players to submit to several drug tests each year, during and between seasons, and will impose lengthy suspensions for steroid and amphetamine use. Repeat offenders can be banned for life. The agreement, which must be ratified by both the players and baseball owners, is similar to a proposal offered earlier this year by commissioner Bud Selig.
- Hideki Matsui and the New York Yankees agree on a four-year contract worth $52 million to the Japanese outfielder. The sides faced a November 15 deadline after which Matsui would go on waivers and be prevented from rejoining New York until May 15th of next year.
- 2006 - The Boston Red Sox post the highest bid for Daisuke Matsuzaka, over $51 million. It gives them the right to negotiate with the former Seibu Lions ace.
- 2007:
- Jake Peavy is the unanimous winner of the 2007 National League Cy Young Award while last year's winner, Brandon Webb, finishes second.
- Former All-Star Joe Nuxhall, the youngest major league player of the 20th Century at age 15, dies in Fairfield, Ohio. Nuxhall had served as a Cincinnati Reds broadcaster for many years after his career ended.
- Barry Bonds is arraigned on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice for his involvement in the federal investigation of BALCO.
- 2010:
- The Pittsburgh Pirates name Clint Hurdle as their new manager, replacing John Russell. Hurdle was the Rangers' hitting coach last year, after skippering the Colorado Rockies from 2002 to 2009.
- Winners of the Rookie of the Year Awards are announced. C Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants is the winner in the National League, while Texas Rangers closer Neftali Feliz, who established a rookie record with 40 saves, earns the honor in the American League.
- The Diamondbacks sign utility player Geoff Blum to a two-year deal, while the Red Sox claim P Taylor Buchholz off waivers from Toronto.
- 2011:
- Hitoshi Tamura hits a two-run homer and Toru Hosokawa adds a solo shot as the Softbank Hawks beat the Chunichi Dragons, 4 - 2. By winning Game 3 of the Japan Series, Softbank avoids falling into a 3-0 hole. Tadashi Settsu is the winning hurler.
- Detroit's Justin Verlander is the unanimous winner of the 2011 American League Cy Young Award. Verlander won the Pitching Triple Crown by leading the AL in wins with a 24-5 record, in ERA at 2.40 and in strikeouts with 250. He also threw his second career no-hitter on May 7th.
- 2012:
- In what is portrayed as a classic dispute between defenders of traditional statistics and supporters of sabermetrics, 3B Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers wins the 2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award over Rookie of the Year OF Mike Trout of the Angels by a score of 362 to 281. Cabrera was the first winner of a Triple Crown in 45 years, but Trout finished ahead of him in more advanced measures of a player's value. There is no such controversy in the National League, as C Buster Posey of the Giants is a runaway winner.
- In Pool C of the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, host Taiwan has an easy time, shutting out New Zealand, 10 - 0. Lincoln Holdzkom manages to hold the Taiwanese in check for the first two innings, but gives up a run in each of the next two frames, and the hosts put the game away with an eight-run outburst in the 5th. In the other game, the Philippines defeat Thailand, 8 - 2, as the Thai commit seven errors after taking a 1 - 0 lead in the 1st.
- Brazil scores an upset in the opening game of Group D of the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, defeating host Panama, 3 - 2. Reliever Murilo Gouvea pitches 3 1/3 scoreless innings while 3B Leonardo Reginatto scores twice and drives in a run for the Brazilians, defeating a Panamanian team loaded with current and former major leaguers.
- 2013 - Fortitudo Bologna becomes the first European team to play in an Asia Series. They drop a 5 - 2 game to the Samsung Lions to open the 2013 Asia Series; Bobby Blevins turns in a solid start but relievers Filippo Crepaldi and Junior Oberto blow it, a three-run homer by Seung-yeop Lee off Oberto the big hit.
- 2014:
- The Japanese national team no-hits the All-Star team of major leaguers touring the country, 4 - 0 . Takahiro Norimoto starts things off with five perfect innings, Yuki Nishi allows one walk in two innings and also hits Robinson Cano with a pitch, breaking a toe. Kazuhisa Makita and Yuji Nishino finish the feat with an inning each. Hayato Sakamoto and Sho Nakata both hit two-run homers off Jeremy Guthrie as the Japanese now lead the series, three games to none. It marks the first time Japan has beaten a MLB All-Star team since 1990.
- The 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games open with the defending champion Dominican national team falling flat in a 10 - 1 loss to Nicaragua. Wilton López beats Jairo Heredia, with Ofilio Castro and Luany Sánchez leading the offense and Justino Cuevas committing four errors in the defeat. In another game, Cuba nearly no-hits Puerto Rico as Norge Luis Ruiz and Hector Mendoza allow only a single to Andy González.
- 2015 - The first round of the 2015 Premier 12 ends. With three spots in the next round available entering today, almost all the games play a role in determining who advances. A Mexico 9 - 6 win over the Dominican Republic keeps Mexico in the running and they lock up a spot when Venezuela falls, 6 - 5, to Japan. Venezuela blows a 3 - 2 lead in the bottom of the 8th, rallies to go ahead, 4 - 3, in the top of the 9th on a two-run double by José Yépez, but gives up two more in the bottom of the 9th as a wild pitch scores Kenta Imamiya with the tying run and Akira Nakamura singles in Shogo Akiyama with the winner. Puerto Rico tops host Taiwan, 7 - 4, in 12 innings, as Aldo Méndez hits a grand slam to end an exciting contest and allow Puerto Rico to advance. Cuba locks up the last spot by edging Italy, 2 - 1, in a pitching duel as Yosvany Torres and Liván Moinelo slightly outpitch Alessandro Maestri and Trey Nielsen. The only games that don't determine who will advance feature teams that are already assured of moving on: Team USA beats South Korea, 3 - 2, in ten innings and Team Canada defeats the Netherlands by a 3 - 1 score.
- 2016 - The Manager of the Year Award is handed out in the two major leagues; rookie skipper Dave Roberts of the Dodgers is the winner in the National League, while Terry Francona of the Indians is a second-time winner in the American League.
- 2017 - Max Scherzer repeats as the winner of the NL Cy Young Award, his third time winning the trophy, after going 16-6, 2.51 for the Nationals. In the American League, Corey Kluber, who went 18-4, 2.25 with the Indians, is the winner, his second win after that in 2014.
- 2018:
- In the final game of the 2018 Nichi-Bei Series, the NPB All-Stars defeat the MLB All-Stars, 4 - 1, at the Nagoya Dome thanks to a three-run bases-clearing triple by Sosuke Genda against Brian Johnson in the 2nd inning. A solo homer by Ronald Acuna accounts for the sole run for the MLB team. Japan wins the series with five victories in six games.
- The winners of the MVP Award are announced, with Mookie Betts of the Red Sox being the winner in the American League and Christian Yelich of the Brewers winning the honor in the National League. Both are first-time winners.
- 2019:
- The South Korean national team becomes the third team to qualify for the 2020 Olympics. By beating Mexico, 7 - 3, in the 2019 Premier 12, they clinch a spot in the finals and thus atop the Asia/Oceania teams needing the one berth for that region (host Japan is already qualified). They use a seven-run 5th against four Mexican relievers to put this one away.
- Japan wins the 2019 Women's Baseball Asian Cup, beating Taiwan, 2 - 1, in the Gold Medal Game, as Kana Onodera and Kaede Sagawa outduel Yu-Ying Hsieh and Chiao-Yun Huang. Tourney MVP Rio Obitsu drives in both Japanese runs. In the Bronze Medal Game, two first-time entrants square off and the Philippines routs host China, 11 - 1, behind the pitching of Clariz Palma.
- 2020 - The Spanish Division de Honor season finally ends after long delays due to COVID-19. The Astros Valencia win their second title.
- 2021:
- In the first major free agent signing of the postseason, the Tigers ink SP Eduardo Rodriguez to a five-year deal worth $77 million.
- Rays OF Randy Arozarena, already well-known to fans from his heroics in the 2020 Postseason, is voted the winner of the Rookie of the Year Award in the AL, while 2B Jonathan India of the Reds wins the Award in the NL.
- 2022 - Winners of the Manager of the Year Award are announced, with Terry Francona of the Guardians the recipient in the American League, and Buck Showalter doing so in the National League. It is a third title for Francona, and a fourth for Showalter, whose three previous wins were in the AL.
- 2023 - Gerrit Cole of the Yankees, is the winner of the Cy Young Award in the American League by unanimous vote, his first time winning the award, while Blake Snell, who posted the unprecedented combination of leading the major leagues in both walks and ERA, wins the Award in the National League. Snell has now won the trophy in both leagues.
Births[edit]
- 1850 - John Donnelly, infielder (d. 1913)
- 1853 - John Kent, umpire (d. 1934)
- 1855 - Will Foley, infielder (d. 1916)
- 1856 - Tom Loftus, outfielder, manager (d. 1910)
- 1862 - Jim Long, outfielder (d. 1932)
- 1868 - Al Lukens, pitcher (d. ????)
- 1869 - Steve Kane, umpire (d. 1915)
- 1870 - Frank Belt, minor league player, manager (d. 1954)
- 1871 - Pete Childs, infielder (d. 1922)
- 1873 - Bill Kemmer, infielder (d. 1945)
- 1875 - Harry Hofer, minor league player and manager (d. 1944)
- 1881 - Jack Schulte, infielder (d. 1975)
- 1883 - George Craig, pitcher (d. 1911)
- 1883 - Pat Ragan, pitcher (d. 1956)
- 1884 - Red Kelly, outfielder (d. 1961)
- 1884 - Takeji Nakano, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1947)
- 1885 - Hap Ward, outfielder (d. 1979)
- 1888 - Rolla Daringer, infielder (d. 1974)
- 1891 - Joe Iglehart, owner (d. 1979)
- 1891 - Tadao Ichioka, NPB executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1964)
- 1896 - Babe Ellison, infielder (d. 1955)
- 1898 - Broadway Jones, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1901 - John Dobb, pitcher (d. 1991)
- 1901 - Vernon Mackie, minor league catcher and manager (d. ????)
- 1901 - Bunny Roser, outfielder (d. 1979)
- 1902 - Jay Partridge, infielder (d. 1974)
- 1904 - George Cox, pitcher (d. 1995)
- 1906 - Gene Rye, outfielder (d. 1980)
- 1912 - Kit Carson, outfielder (d. 1983)
- 1912 - Fuzzy Walton, outfielder (d. 1973)
- 1913 - Cleo Benson, catcher (d. 1978)
- 1913 - Lyle Judy, infielder (d. 1991)
- 1913 - Swede Larsen, infielder (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Mickey Livingston, catcher (d. 1983)
- 1914 - Maurice Van Robays, outfielder (d. 1965)
- 1916 - Milt Byrnes, outfielder (d. 1979)
- 1916 - Dolly King, infielder (d. 1969)
- 1916 - Joe Ostrowski, pitcher (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Kiyoshi Makino, NPB pitcher
- 1917 - Marcellus Thomas, outfielder (d. 1982)
- 1918 - Herbert Shaw, pinch-hitter (d. 1947)
- 1919 - Bill Burgo, outfielder (d. 1988)
- 1923 - Sam Wheeler, outfielder (d. 1989)
- 1924 - Daniel Mena, Nicaraguan national team infielder (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Al Wilmore, pitcher (d. 1996)
- 1928 - Gus Bell, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1995)
- 1928 - Max Eller, minor league pitcher (d. 2019)
- 1928 - Normie Roy, pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1930 - Hal Bevan, infielder (d. 1968)
- 1930 - Bill Casanova, minor league outfielder (d. 2011)
- 1935 - Jack Smith, pitcher (d. 2021)
- 1937 - Bob Farley, infielder
- 1937 - Ray Webster, infielder (d. 2020)
- 1938 - Teruo Namiki, NPB infielder (d. 1988)
- 1941 - Shiu-Ming Lee, Taiwan national team outfielder
- 1942 - George Bradley, scout (d. 2001)
- 1946 - Mickey McCarty, drafted pitcher (d. 2010)
- 1951 - Frank Fultz, coach
- 1951 - Orlando Gonzalez, infielder
- 1951 - Shigekuni Mashiba, NPB pitcher
- 1951 - Masahisa Sakaguchi, Japanese national team coach
- 1952 - Tom Donohue, catcher
- 1952 - Randy Poffo, minor league catcher/outfielder/designated hitter (d. 2011)
- 1953 - Greg Cochran, minor league pitcher
- 1955 - Fred Breining, pitcher
- 1955 - Randy Niemann, pitcher
- 1959 - Ed Saavedra, minor league outfielder
- 1959 - Greg Zunino, minor league outfielder
- 1960 - Rick Luecken, pitcher
- 1961 - Takehiko Kobayakawa, NPB infielder
- 1961 - Mike Payne, pitcher (d. 2002)
- 1963 - Yasuaki Taiho, NPB infielder (d. 2015)
- 1964 - Daryl Irvine, pitcher
- 1964 - Steve Bird, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - Pedro Borbon, pitcher
- 1967 - John Hairston Jr., minor league outfielder
- 1967 - Rafael Torrez, minor league pitcher
- 1968 - Scott Robinson, minor league pitcher
- 1968 - David Trejo, minor league outfielder
- 1970 - Byron Bradley, minor league infielder
- 1971 - Ryan Jackson, infielder
- 1971 - Roberto Lopez, minor league infielder
- 1971 - Todd Steverson, outfielder
- 1972 - Darwin Cubillan, pitcher
- 1972 - Jason Dietrich, minor league pitcher
- 1972 - Wilfredo Hidalgo, Philippines national team catcher
- 1973 - Brian Dallimore, infielder
- 1973 - Kevin Gryboski, pitcher
- 1974 - Jon Zubiri, minor league player
- 1976 - Greg Jones, pitcher
- 1976 - Damon Thames, minor league outfielder
- 1978 - Corey Kemp, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Alex Torres, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Brooks Bollinger, drafted infielder
- 1979 - Justin Lord, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Tyler Minges, minor league player
- 1979 - John Stephens, pitcher
- 1981 - Jared Abruzzo, minor league catcher/first baseman
- 1982 - Jerad Head, outfielder
- 1983 - Joachim Frick, Austrian national team outfielder
- 1983 - Craig Hansen, pitcher
- 1983 - Jeffrey Maier, fan
- 1985 - Duane Below, pitcher
- 1985 - Brock Simpson, minor league player
- 1986 - Eric Roof, minor league catcher
- 1986 - Israel Soto, Cuban league pitcher
- 1987 - Liviston Santaniello, Italian Baseball League infielder
- 1988 - Ben Rowen, pitcher
- 1988 - Christoph Zirzlmeier, Bundesliga infielder
- 1989 - Luis Cintrón, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
- 1989 - Efrain Nieves, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - Sheng-Chin Hung, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Trevor Brown, catcher
- 1991 - Christopher Kirsch, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Dylan Bundy, pitcher
- 1992 - Trevor Story, infielder; All-Star
- 1995 - Luis Barrera, outfielder
- 1995 - Shuichiro Kayo, Japanese national team pitcher
- 1995 - Jesper Svedhem, Elitserien pitcher
- 1996 - Yennsy Diaz, pitcher
- 1996 - Owen Miller, infielder
- 1996 - Jake Mueller, minor league coach
- 1999 - Emmet Sheehan, pitcher
- 1999 - Kaima Taira, NPB pitcher
- 2001 - Wyatt Langford, minor league outfielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1897 - Charlie Smith, infielder (b. 1840)
- 1908 - William Blair, umpire (b. ????)
- 1910 - Henry Lucas, owner (b. 1857)
- 1913 - Monte McFarland, pitcher (b. 1872)
- 1916 - Jack Farrell, outfielder (b. 1856)
- 1922 - Denny O'Neil, infielder (b. 1866)
- 1922 - Henry Pennypacker, owner (b. 1847)
- 1928 - Charlie Dorman, catcher (b. 1900)
- 1928 - Horace Fogel, manager (b. 1861)
- 1929 - Billy Nash, infielder, manager (b. 1865)
- 1933 - Grady White, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1892)
- 1934 - Fred Ehlen, outfielder (b. 1851)
- 1934 - Barney Reilly, infielder (b. 1885)
- 1939 - Tom Richardson, pinch hitter (b. 1883)
- 1941 - Bill Karns, pitcher (b. 1875)
- 1942 - Joe Gunson, catcher (b. 1863)
- 1948 - Joe Wagner, infielder (b. 1889)
- 1950 - Bill Johnson, outfielder (b. 1892)
- 1950 - Jack McAleese, outfielder (b. 1877)
- 1955 - Calvin Clarke, outfielder (b. 1916)
- 1958 - Harry Riconda, infielder (b. 1897)
- 1959 - Klondike Smith, outfielder (b. 1887)
- 1960 - Ray Gordinier, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1969 - Billy Southworth, outfielder, manager (b. 1893)
- 1973 - George Hubbell, minor league pitcher (b. 1909)
- 1973 - Phil Todt, infielder (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Ken Ash, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1973 - John Russell, scout (b. 1903)
- 1979 - Ed Klieman, pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1981 - Steve Macko, infielder (b. 1954)
- 1983 - Charlie Grimm, infielder, manager (b. 1898)
- 1985 - Riggs Stephenson, outfielder (b. 1898)
- 1989 - J. Kyle Anderson, college coach (b. 1906)
- 1989 - Rocky Ellis, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1991 - Jack Franklin, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 1994 - Basilio Rosell, pitcher; Salón de la Fama (b. 1902)
- 1996 - Lovell Harden, pitcher (b. 1917)
- 2000 - Jim Carter, pitcher (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Ernie Stewart, umpire (b. 1910)
- 2002 - Ed Freed, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 2003 - Earl Battey, catcher; All-Star (b. 1935)
- 2003 - Ned Wulk, college coach (b. 1920)
- 2008 - George Marquette, college coach (b. 1924)
- 2010 - Dan Callahan, college coach (b. 1958)
- 2010 - Vicente Scarpatte, Dominican national team catcher (b. 1927)
- 2010 - Dean Stafford, minor league outfielder (b. 1921)
- 2014 - Adrian Thompson, minor league infielder (b. 1918)
- 2015 - Carmen Castillo, outfielder (b. 1958)
- 2015 - Norm Ellenberger, college coach (b. 1932)
- 2015 - George Genovese, pinch hitter (b. 1922)
- 2015 - Bert Rosenthal, writer (b. 1936)
- 2016 - Bob Addis, outfielder (b. 1925)
- 2018 - Bill Jones, minor league pitcher (b. 1923)
- 2019 - Jim Coates, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1932)
- 2019 - Irv Noren, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1924)
- 2021 - Jerry Johnson, pitcher (b. 1943)
- 2021 - Julio Lugo, infielder (b. 1975)
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