November 3
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on November 3.
Events[edit]
- 1881 - The American Association elects H.D. McKnight as its president. It votes to honor the National League blacklist in the case of drunkenness but not to abide by its reserve clause. The new league will rely on home gate receipts, visiting teams getting just a $65 guarantee on the road, as opposed to the NL's policy of giving 15¢ from each admission to the visitors. The AA will allow Sunday games, liquor sales, and 25¢ tickets, all prohibited by the NL.
- 1887 - The directors of the Omaha club agree to pay $3,000 per month to manager Frank Selee to bring his team from Oshkosh, where it won the Northwestern League pennant this year. Two top stars, outfielders Tommy McCarthy and Dummy Hoy, will spend 1888 in the major leagues.
- 1908 - A major league All-Star team leaves San Francisco for a tour of Japan, China, Hawaii, and the Philippines. It will play 40 games before returning on February 15, 1909.
- 1926 - Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager after leading his team to a record of 79-75 and a sixth-place finish. Umpire and former Tigers infielder George Moriarty replaces him. Moriarty is the first man to hold baseball's four principal jobs: player, umpire, scout and manager. Cobb will sign a playing contract with the Philadelphia Athletics and will bat .357 during the 1927 season.
- 1928:
- Voters in Cleveland approve a bond issue to build a giant municipal stadium near the lakefront to attract events for the 1932 Olympics.
- Voters in Massachusetts approve Sunday baseball in Boston, provided that Braves Field is more than 1,000 feet from a church. This leaves Pennsylvania as the only state with no Sunday baseball in the major leagues.
- 1934 - Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, who won the American League Triple Crown by hitting .363 with 49 home runs and 165 RBI still finishes well behind Philadelphia Athletics C Mickey Cochrane, who hit .320 with 2 home runs and 76 RBI, in the voting for AL Most Valuable Player. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean, who posted a 30-7 record with 195 strikeouts and a 2.66 ERA, is chosen as National League MVP.
- 1939 - Terumi Nakao of Yomiuri walks or hits ten batters but still finishes with a no-hitter.
- 1942 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams was the Triple Crown winner in the American League, but the Baseball Writers Association of America selects Joe Gordon as AL Most Valuable Player. Williams finished with a .356 average, 36 home runs and 137 RBI. Gordon of the New York Yankees led the AL in strikeouts (95), most ground balls hit into double plays (22) and the most errors at second base (28). St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Mort Cooper, who posted a 22-7 record with 152 strikeouts and a 1.78 ERA, gets the National League MVP honors.
- 1953 - The baseball rules committee restores the 1939 sacrifice fly rule, which says a sac fly is not charged as a time at bat.
- 1955 - The New York Yankees tour Japan and draw a record crowd of 64,000 when they play the first game against the All-Japan Stars in Osaka. Andy Carey slugs 13 home runs, and Elston Howard bats .468 on the 25-game tour.
- 1960 - Vern Law, who finished 20-9 with 18 complete games for the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates, is voted Cy Young Award winner. Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves finishes second.
- 1964 - Philadelphia voters approve a $25 million bond issue to build a new sport stadium. Due to cost overruns, a 1967 measure will be needed to authorize an additional $13 million, making Veterans Stadium one of the most expensive ballparks with a final cost of $50 million.
- 1965:
- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, who posted a 26-8 record, a 1.73 ERA, and a record-shattering 382 strikeouts, is named Cy Young Award winner by a unanimous vote and for the third time.
- Kansas City Athletics pitcher Lew Krausse strikes out 21 batters, including ten in a row, in a Venezuelan Winter League game. Krausse finishes with a one-hitter for the Leones del Caracas over the Cardenales de Lara.
- 1967 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg, who was 22-9 with 246 strikeouts for the American League champions, is named the 1967 American League Cy Young Award winner.
- 1968 - St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Harry Caray is struck by a car while crossing a street in St. Louis, and he suffers two broken legs, a broken shoulder, and a broken nose.
- 1970:
- St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson wins the National League Cy Young Award by a 118-51 margin over Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants. Gibson posted a 23-7 record with 274 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA.
- The Philadelphia Phillies trade OF Curt Flood to the Washington Senators for 1B Greg Goossen, OF Gene Martin, and P Jeff Terpko. In 1969, the Phillies had acquired Flood from the St. Louis Cardinals but had been unable to convince him to report to the team. In the meantime, Flood filed and lost a $4.1 million lawsuit against Major League Baseball.
- 1979 - The American League and National League All-Star teams depart on an exhibition tour of Japan. The NL squad will take four of seven from its AL counterparts, but the teams will combine to split a pair of games with the Japanese All-Stars.
- 1981 - Milwaukee Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers, with a 6-3 record, 28 saves and a 1.04 ERA, wins the 1981 American League Cy Young Award, collecting 22 of 28 possible first-place votes. The other six go to Steve McCatty of the Oakland Athletics.
- 1982 - Pitcher Pete Vuckovich becomes the Milwaukee Brewers' second consecutive Cy Young Award winner in the American League, edging Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles. Vuckovich (18-6 with 105 strikeouts and a 3.34 ERA) posted a .750 winning percentage, the highest in the majors over the past two seasons.
- 1987 - Oakland Athletics first baseman Mark McGwire, who hit 49 home runs with 118 RBI, wins the 1987 American League Rookie of the Year Award. McGwire is the second player to win that league's award unanimously. Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox was the first to do it in 1972.
- 1988 - Veteran pitcher Bert Blyleven changes clubs for the fifth time, going from the Twins to the California Angels for a package of minor leaguers, including Paul Sorrento.
- 1989 - Lou Piniella is named manager of the Cincinnati Reds, replacing the banned Pete Rose.
- 1991 - Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell is named the National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Houston player to win the award. Bagwell hit .294 with a team-leading 15 home runs and 82 RBI. His 82 walks also led the Astros. Bagwell was picked in the fourth round of the 1989 amateur draft by the Boston Red Sox, then traded in the 1990 stretch drive for relief pitcher Larry Andersen.
- 1992 - The New York Yankees make one of their best trades ever by acquiring outfielder Paul O'Neill from the Cincinnati Reds for OF Roberto Kelly. O'Neill will help the Yankees win World Championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
- 1997 - Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra becomes the sixth player to be the unanimous choice for Rookie of the Year. Garciaparra, at age 24, led the American League in hits (209), triples (11), and multi-hit games (68), while also setting the AL rookie-record with a thirty-game hitting streak.
- 1998 - Ben Grieve, Oakland outfielder, is named the American League Rookie of the Year. Grieve, in the lineup since Opening Day, hit .288.
- 2000 - After being turned down by Yankees third base coach Willie Randolph and their own third base coach, Ron Oester, because of below-market contract offers, the Cincinnati Reds hire Bob Boone as manager, replacing Jack McKeon. A former All-Star catcher, Boone had a 181-206 record as manager of the Kansas City Royals.
- 2001 - In Game 6 of the World Series, the Diamondbacks get 21 hits in the first six innings against the Yankees to set a record for hits in a World Series game. The previous record of 20 was established by the New York Giants against the Yankees in Game 3 of the 1921 World Series, and St. Louis in Game 4 of the the 1946 World Series against the Red Sox. The Diamondbacks win, 15 - 2, forcing a decisive Game 7. Randy Johnson is the winning pitcher and Andy Pettitte the loser.
- 2003 - ESPN analyst Bobby Valentine will return to Japan to manage the Chiba Lotte Marines, the same club that fired him after a solid second-place finish in 1995. The former Mets and Rangers skipper signs a three-year deal, with an option for two more years worth for an estimated $6.4 million.
- 2005:
- Former Houston Astros general manager Gerry Hunsicker is named senior vice president of baseball operations for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, giving the club a proven front office executive to work with the club's young and inexperienced head of baseball operations.
- Roberto Alomar and Danny Bautista are reinstated from the voluntary retired list by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and the pair file for free agency.
- Former Kansas City Royals manager Tony Peña is hired by the New York Yankees as their first base coach and says he likely will withdraw as a candidate to manage the Dominican Republic in next year's inaugural World Baseball Classic.
- Third baseman Vinny Castilla is traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Brian Lawrence and cash considerations.
- Glenn Hoffman, the older brother of free agent closer Trevor Hoffman, is hired as third base coach of the San Diego Padres.
- 2009:
- Santiago de Cuba whips Camagüey, 24 - 0, in the 2009-2010 season opener for both squads. The hero is Santiago de Cuba's Alexei Bell, who hits two grand slams in the first inning of the year. No player had ever done so in a single inning in Cuban history. Bell, the 2007-2008 home run king, had struggled in 2008-2009. He sets a new Cuban record with eight RBI in an inning and matches the mark of 12 RBI in a game.
- Pedro Luis Lazo tosses six shutout innings to become the first [Cuban National League|Cuban leaguer]] to reach 250 career wins.
- 2010:
- With the onset of the off-season, teams need to make decisions on potential free agents. In a surprise move, the Rangers, fresh off their first American League pennant, part ways with one of the main players responsible for that title, DH Vladimir Guerrero, by declining his option for next season.
- Less surprisingly, Red Sox 3B Adrian Beltre also declines his option for 2011, in hope of securing a long-term contract following a great performance last year. Other players let go include Reds SS Orlando Cabrera and P Aaron Harang; Padres P Chris Young and C Yorvit Torrealba; Seattle P Erik Bedard and DH Russell Branyan; Tampa Bay P Dan Wheeler and IF Willy Aybar; and Washington 2B Adam Kennedy.
- 2011:
- Shortly after being named Korean Series MVP for the second time, Samsung Lions closer Seung-hwan Oh asks to be withdrawn from candidacy for the KBO MVP award. Oh (47 Sv, 0.63) asks voters to pick teammate Hyung-woo Choi, the league leader in homers and RBI. The other finalists are Seok-min Yoon (the pitching Triple Crown winner) and Dae-ho Lee (the defending winner as well as batting and OBP leader). No player had ever withdrawn their name from the lists of finalists before. Despite withdrawing, Oh will still finish second with 19 of 91 votes, while his support for Choi falls on deaf ears as Choi gets 8 votes. Yoon will be the runaway winner, with 62 votes.
- Matty Alou, the 1966 National League batting champion and brother of Felipe and Jesus Alou, dies of complications from diabetes at age 72. Although he had little power, the middle Alou brother was a .307 hitter in 15 major league seasons.
- A week after throwing the ceremonial first pitch before Game 7 of the 2011 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals great Bob Forsch dies suddenly at 61. He is the third winningest pitcher in Cards history, with 163 wins, pitched two no-hitters for the team and played in three World Series, including the 1982 World Champions.
- 2012:
- The Yomiuri Giants beat the Nippon Ham Fighters, 4 - 3, to take the 2012 Japan Series in six games. Yomiuri scores three times off Masaru Takeda in the first two innings, while Giants hurler Hirokazu Sawamura counters with five goose eggs. In the 6th, though, Nippon Ham cleanup man Sho Nakata hits a three-run homer to tie it. The Giants battle back in the bottom of the 7th, as captain Shinnosuke Abe, back from injury, singles in the winner off Yuya Ishii. Hisayoshi Chono scores three of the four Giants runs, including the winner.
- Mike Aviles is traded for the second time since the end of last season, going from Toronto to Cleveland along with C/1B Yan Gomes in return for P Esmil Rogers.
- 2013:
- The Rakuten Golden Eagles win the Japan Series for the first time in team history, defeating the Yomiuri Giants, 3 - 0, in Game 7 of the 2013 Japan Series. Masahiro Tanaka, who saw his 30-game unbeaten streak end with a loss in Game 6, comes back to pitch the 9th inning and pick up a save, one day after making 160 pitches in a complete game. Manabu Mima, 6-5 in the regular season, allows one hit and no runs in six innings for his second gem of the Series to be named Japan Series MVP. Andruw Jones and birthday boy Ryo Hijirisawa each have two hits for the victors, but the winning run scores when Hayato Sakamoto makes an error on a Casey McGehee ball to score Ginji Akaminai. Senichi Hoshino becomes the oldest manager to win a Japan Series.
- The Tigers hire former catcher Brad Ausmus as their new manager, in replacement of the recently retired Jim Leyland. It will be Ausmus's first managerial assignment at any level.
- The 2013-2014 Cuban Serie Nacional opens with several games, instead of one contest as in recent years. In the most notable game, Yoelkis Cruz and Carlos Juan Viera combine on a one-hitter for Las Tunas against Artemisa. Alberto Toledo gets the lone Artemisa hit while Jorge Jhonson goes 4 for 4 in a 7 - 0 win.
- 2014:
- The Cubs introduce new manager Joe Maddon at a press conference. The former Rays skipper is in an optimistic mood, saying he thinks the last-place club is capable of making a playoff run next season. He will be proven right.
- The Twins confirm that they are hiring Minnesota native Hall of Famer Paul Molitor as their new manager, replacing Ron Gardenhire. It will be Molitor's first managerial assignment, although he has been a bench coach in the past.
- 2015 - The Nationals hire Dusty Baker as their manager, less than a week after telling Bud Black that he had the job, but failing to make him a competitive salary offer.
- 2016 - In the first trade of the off-season, the Tigers send OF Cameron Maybin to the Angels in return for P Victor Alcantara.
- 2017 - In Germany, Gary Owens is named MVP of the southern Bundesliga-1, having led the league in hits and finished second in runs and RBI while helping Heidenheim Heideköpfe to a title.
- 2018:
- A vehicle carrying three young members of the Cincinnati Reds organization is involved in a fatal accident on the treacherous roads of the Dominican Republic, on a highway near Boca Chica. 19-year-old pitcher Jairo Capellan is killed instantly, while two other players sustain serious injuries.
- The first free agent to change teams this off-season is P Trevor Rosenthal, who signs with the Nationals after missing all of the last season recovering from Tommy John surgery.
- The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks win Game 6 of the Japan Series, 2 - 0, over the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, to take the series, four games to one (Game 1 ended in a tie). In the final game, Rick van den Hurk opens things with six shutout innings, while a squeeze bunt and a solo homer by Yurisbel Gracial in the 5th account for the two runs. Catcher Takuya Kai, who completely shut down Hiroshima's running game by throwing out six straight baserunners attempting to steal, in the winner of the MVP Award. It is the second straight series win for the Hawks.
- Also repeating as champions are the Lamigo Monkeys in Taiwan, winning the Taiwan Series over the Uni-President Lions. They take Game 5 by a 10 - 3 margin as Hung-Yu Lin and Yu-Hsien Chu combine for seven RBI, with Michael Nix getting the win over Josh Roenicke. Chun-Hsiu Chen is named Series MVP after hitting .500; he is the first player to win consecutive Series MVPs since Luther Hackman nine years prior.
- 2019 - The Major League awards season opens with the announcement of the Gold Glove winners, with 3B Nolan Arenado winning one for the seventh straight year in the NL, and LF Alex Gordon winning his sixth (non-consecutive) in the AL. In a strange quirk, both pitchers who win the award were traded to the other league during the season: Mike Leake in the AL and Zack Greinke in the NL.
- 2020 - The winners of the Gold Gloves are announced and given the shortened season, this year's winners were determined solely by analytics, leading to some surprises, although there are also a number of familiar names, such as 3B Nolan Arenado, RF Mookie Betts and LF Alex Gordon, who has announced his retirement. Two rookies who had not played a game before this season, CF Luis Robert and 1B Evan White, are among the more surprising winners.
- 2021 - In the first trade of the off-season, the Reds send C Tucker Barnhart, a two-time Gold Glove winner, to the Tigers in return for minor league 3B Nick Quintana.
- 2022 - Houston takes the advantage in the World Series by winning Game 5, 3 - 2, over Philadelphia. Justin Verlander finally wins a World Series start in his ninth attempt, giving up only one run, on a homer by Kyle Schwarber to lead off the bottom of the 1st, in five innings. Jeremy Peña puts the Astros ahead to stay with a homer against Noah Syndergaard in the 4th, and after the two teams trade runs in the 8th, Ryan Pressly records the final five outs for the save.
Births[edit]
- 1856 - Jim McCormick, pitcher, manager (d. 1918)
- 1860 - Ed Trumbull, outfielder (d. 1937)
- 1863 - John Hanna, catcher (d. 1930)
- 1866 - Harry Staley, pitcher (d. 1910)
- 1875 - Phil Geier, outfielder (d. 1967)
- 1872 - George Dalrymple, minor league outfielder (d. 1950)
- 1876 - Ike Rockenfield, infielder (d. 1927)
- 1878 - Walter Clarkson, pitcher (d. 1946)
- 1881 - O.F. Baldwin, pitcher (d. 1942)
- 1881 - Jack Hickey, pitcher (d. 1941)
- 1884 - Charley Stis, scout (b. 1979)
- 1885 - Ed Lennox, infielder (d. 1939)
- 1886 - Bob Fisher, infielder (d. 1963)
- 1886 - Clyde Southwick, catcher (d. 1961)
- 1890 - Larry Kopf, infielder (d. 1986)
- 1891 - Charlie Spearman, catcher (d. 1963)
- 1894 - Hisashi Koshimoto, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1935)
- 1895 - Felton Stratton, infielder, manager (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Jim Walkup, pitcher (d. 1990)
- 1895 - Kid Willson, outfielder (d. 1964)
- 1898 - Homer Summa, outfielder (d. 1966)
- 1908 - Red Phillips, pitcher (d. 1988)
- 1909 - Willie Ward, outfielder (d. 1987)
- 1911 - Johnny Keane, manager (d. 1967)
- 1916 - Judge Owens, infielder (d. 2001)
- 1917 - Len Gilmore, pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1917 - Eli Hodkey, pitcher (d. 2005)
- 1918 - Bob Feller, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Spider Jorgensen, infielder (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Wally Flager, infielder (d. 1990)
- 1926 - John Fallings, pitcher (d. 1983)
- 1927 - Fred Richards, infielder (d. 2016)
- 1928 - Bob Zuber, college coach (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Gene Petralli, minor league infielder
- 1930 - Nobuyuki Hikiji, NPB infielder (d. 1999)
- 1931 - Reiichi Matsunaga, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2022)
- 1936 - Rick Herrscher, infielder
- 1936 - Earl Robinson, outfielder (d. 2014)
- 1940 - Fred McMane, author
- 1945 - Ken Holtzman, pitcher; All-Star
- 1945 - Jim Johnson, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1946 - Tom Heintzelman, infielder
- 1946 - Garry Hill, pitcher (d. 2017)
- 1947 - Yasuo Minagawa, NPB pitcher (d. 2022)
- 1948 - Rick Kreuger, pitcher
- 1950 - Marty Cott, minor league catcher
- 1950 - Lynn McKinney, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1951 - Dwight Evans, outfielder; All-Star
- 1952 - Carlos Soto, minor league catcher and manager
- 1953 - Larry Herndon, outfielder
- 1953 - Bobby Thompson, outfielder (d. 2011)
- 1954 - Kenji Nakade, NPB catcher
- 1955 - Mark Corey, outfielder
- 1955 - Venice Murray, scout
- 1956 - Bob Welch, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2014)
- 1957 - Vince Diaz, minor league catcher
- 1961 - Ernie Pacheco, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1962 - Sherman Corbett, pitcher
- 1963 - Mike Christopher, pitcher
- 1966 - Eric Jaques, minor league pitcher
- 1968 - Paul Quantrill, pitcher; All-Star
- 1969 - Darren Hodges, minor league pitcher
- 1969 - Kenny Robinson, pitcher (d. 1999)
- 1971 - Matt Lawton, outfielder; All-Star
- 1971 - Danny Young, pitcher (d. 2023)
- 1972 - Armando Benitez, pitcher; All-Star
- 1976 - Tim Boeth, minor league infielder
- 1978 - Francisco Cartaya, scout
- 1978 - Anastacio Martinez, pitcher
- 1979 - Carlos Jan, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Derin McMains, minor league infielder and manager
- 1983 - Takato Kobayashi, Japanese national team infielder
- 1983 - Kent Sakamoto, minor league infielder
- 1984 - Brandon Dickson, pitcher
- 1984 - Jonathan Herrera, infielder
- 1984 - Greg Miller, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Andy Heggen, British national team pitcher
- 1985 - Ryo Hijirisawa, NPB outfielder
- 1986 - Alex Wilson, pitcher
- 1987 - Colin Kaepernick, drafted pitcher
- 1987 - Darin McDonald, minor league outfielder
- 1987 - Ryoji Nakata, NPB infielder
- 1987 - Kyle Seager, infielder; All-Star
- 1987 - Ryan Tepera, pitcher
- 1988 - Tim Alderson, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - Carlos Moncrief, outfielder
- 1989 - Rudney Balentien, minor league outfielder
- 1990 - Oliver Kadey, minor league coach
- 1990 - Nilsa Rodríguez, Cuban women's national team outfielder
- 1990 - Madison Younginer, pitcher
- 1992 - Shota Abe, NPB pitcher
- 1994 - Josh Pettitte, drafted pitcher
- 1995 - Chun-Jen Cheng, CPBL pitcher
- 1996 - Reiss Knehr, pitcher
- 1996 - Andrew McInvale, minor league pitcher
- 1997 - Logan Driscoll, minor league catcher
- 1998 - Randy Vásquez, pitcher
- 1999 - Tatsuya Shimizu, NPB pitcher
- 2001 - Roki Sasaki, NPB pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1892 - Edgar Smith, outfielder (b. 1862)
- 1925 - Sam Frock, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1938 - Milt Scott, infielder (b. 1861)
- 1940 - Joe Burke, infielder (b. 1867)
- 1944 - Doc Wiley, catcher (b. 1887)
- 1945 - Elmer Smith, outfielder (b. 1868)
- 1946 - Ben Taylor, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1951 - Joe Hovlik, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1952 - Frank Smith, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1953 - John Chapman, infielder (b. 1899)
- 1955 - John Merritt, outfielder (b. 1894)
- 1956 - John Jones, outfielder (b. 1901)
- 1958 - John Eubank, pitcher (b. 1872)
- 1958 - Heinie Sand, infielder (b. 1897)
- 1960 - Bobby Wallace, infielder, manager, umpire; Hall of Famer (b. 1873)
- 1961 - Tony Antista, minor league outfielder (b. 1906/1907)
- 1961 - Freddie Maguire, infielder (b. 1899)
- 1968 - Vern Stephens, infielder; All-Star (b. 1920)
- 1970 - Red Kellett, infielder (b. 1909)
- 1970 - Tee Mitchell, pitcher (b. 1916)
- 1972 - Phil Voyles, outfielder (b. 1900)
- 1973 - Harry Kenyon, pitcher/outfielder, manager (b. 1894)
- 1974 - Doc Wood, infielder (b. 1900)
- 1976 - Frank Brazill, infielder (b. 1899)
- 1976 - Martín Tovar Lange, Venezuelan League owner (b. 1905)
- 1981 - Al Jurisich, pitcher (b. 1921)
- 1981 - Theolic Smith, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1913)
- 1982 - Ray Fisher, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1986 - John Middleton, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Jack Russell, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1905)
- 1990 - Osamu Tsutsui, NPB infielder and umpire; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1917)
- 1992 - Boze Berger, infielder (b. 1910)
- 1992 - Chris Van Cuyk, pitcher (b. 1927)
- 1994 - Dale Ramsburg, college coach (b. 1948)
- 1995 - Danny Menendez, minor league infielder (b. 1916)
- 1997 - Bud Brown, umpire (b. 1930)
- 2001 - Alfio D'Aprile, Serie A1 umpire; Italian Hall of Fame (b. 1927)
- 2001 - Frank Messer, broadcaster (b. 1925)
- 2002 - Warren Peace, pitcher (b. 1921)
- 2009 - Toshiyuki Mimura, NPB infielder and manager (b. 1942)
- 2011 - Matty Alou, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1938)
- 2011 - Bob Forsch, pitcher (b. 1950)
- 2011 - Bob Saulsberry, minor league outfielder (b. 1927)
- 2013 - James Hansen, minor league pitcher (b. 1937)
- 2014 - Brad Kohler, scout (b. 1934)
- 2015 - Whitey Campbell, college coach (b. 1927)
- 2017 - Bob Farrick, minor league infielder (b. 1929)
- 2017 - John Halvachs, minor league pitcher (b. 1931)
- 2018 - Jairo Capellan, minor league pitcher (b. 1999)
- 2018 - Jaycee Casselberry, Negro League catcher-pitcher (b. ~1936)
- 2022 - Ray Guy, drafted pitcher (b. 1949)
- 2023 - Dick Drago, pitcher (b. 1945)
- 2023 - Dennis Higgins, pitcher (b. 1939)
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