October 20
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 20.
Events[edit]
- 1900 - The St. Louis Cardinals withhold the final month's pay of all but five players, including John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson, citing late hours, dissipation, and gambling as reasons for the poor showing of the team, which finished tied for fifth place in the National League.
- 1901 - Seven St. Louis Cardinals, including half the pitching staff and the three top hitters - Jesse Burkett, Emmet Heidrick and Bobby Wallace - jump to the new St. Louis Browns American League team.
- 1910:
- On one day of rest, Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia Athletics pitches a complete game to beat the Chicago Cubs, 12 - 5, and give the Athletics a 3-0 lead in the World Series. Coombs also collects three hits and three RBI in the game.
- The New York Giants win the City Series against the Highlanders in the sixth game, as Christy Mathewson is victorious over Jack Warhop, 6 - 3. Larry Doyle's 3rd-inning three-run home run is the big blow.
- 1924 - Kansas City Monarchs manager Jose Mendez takes the mound to spin a three-hit, 5 - 0 shutout over Hilldale to win the tenth and final game of the first Negro League World Series. Loser Nip Winters had pitched the first three Hilldale wins.
- 1926 - Stuffy McInnis is named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, succeeding Art Fletcher. Fletcher will sign on with the Yankees as coach.
- 1931 - Frankie Frisch, the St. Louis Cardinals' fiery field leader, is named National League MVP. He led the league in stolen bases with 28, hit .313, and was chosen for his all-around excellence.
- 1935 - Hank Greenberg is named American League MVP. Wes Ferrell finishes second in the ballot.
- 1936 - In a pitchers' duel, Carl Hubbell (26-6) edges out Dizzy Dean (24-13) for MVP honors in the National League.
- 1947 - Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for three years. Every franchise but Pittsburgh has sold 1948 TV rights. The New York Giants get $400,000 for radio-TV rights from cigarette manufacturer Chesterfield.
- 1951 - Joe DiMaggio accompanies Lefty O'Doul's All-Stars on a tour of Japan. They will win 13 of the 15 games played.
- 1959 - Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith says he will not move the franchise to another city.
- 1960 - Coach Ralph Houk is named to succeed Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees. He briefly led the team during the season when Stengel was hospitalized.
- 1964 - Johnny Keane, three days after resigning as manager of the World Champions St. Louis Cardinals, replaces Yogi Berra as the Yankees' field boss.
- 1967 - Bob Kennedy is named by Oakland Athletics owner Charles Finley the first manager in team history.
- 1972 - In Game 5 of the World Series, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds hits a home run on the first pitch of the game off Catfish Hunter as Cincinnati beats the Oakland Athletics, 5 - 4.
- 1973 - Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics has RBI doubles in the 1st and 3rd innings to lead Oakland to a 3 - 1 victory over the New York Mets in Game 6 of the World Series.
- 1981 - In a World Series rematch of the 1977 and 1978 teams, the Yankees take Game 1 over the Dodgers, 5 - 3. Bob Watson hits a three-run home run in the 1st inning as pitcher Ron Guidry goes seven innings for the win. Goose Gossage closes down a Dodgers rally in the 8th.
- 1982 - The Milwaukee Brewers, playing in their first World Series, are unable to hold on to a 3 - 1 lead in Game 7, as the St. Louis Cardinals, thanks to Keith Hernandez's two-run 6th-inning single, rally to a 6 - 3 victory and the World Championship.
- 1985 - After giving up just two hits in eight innings, Kansas City Royals pitcher Charlie Leibrandt is raked with three two-out hits and loses, 4 - 2. The St. Louis Cardinals have a 2-0 lead in the World Series.
- 1987 - The Cardinals get all their runs against Minnesota in the 7th inning to win, 3 - 1, in Game 3 of the World Series.
- 1988 - Orel Hershiser pitches a four-hitter and Mickey Hatcher and Mike Davis hit two-run home runs to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5 - 2 victory over the Oakland Athletics and the World Series title in five games. Hershiser becomes only the third player to win the MVP honors in both the League Championship Series and the World Series. The win gives the Dodgers their first World Championship since 1981, becoming the only team to win more than one World Series in the 1980s. They will not win another one until 2020.
- 1990 - The Cincinnati Reds complete one of the biggest upsets in major league history, beating the heavily-favored Oakland Athletics, 2 - 1, to sweep the World Series in four games. Pitcher Jose Rijo, with 9th-inning help from Randy Myers, wins his second game of the series.
- 1991 - The Minnesota Twins take a 2-0 lead in the World Series with a 3 - 2 victory over the Atlanta Braves. The deciding blow is a leadoff home run in the 8th inning by rookie Scott Leius. Chili Davis also homers for Minnesota.
- 1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays take the World Series lead with a 3 - 2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Candy Maldonado's bases-loaded single in the 9th inning. Duane Ward gets credit for the victory in relief of Juan Guzman as Joe Carter and Kelly Gruber hit home runs. In the 4th inning, Blue Jays outfielder Devon White's sensational catch nearly results in a triple play. Atlanta OF Deion Sanders is ruled safe on the play, but replays show he should have been the third out. Braves manager Bobby Cox is ejected from the game in the 9th, becoming the first manager to be thrown out of a Series game since 1985. By starting in right field, Toronto's Carter becomes the first player to start the first three games of a World Series at three different positions. He started Game 1 at first base and Game 2 in left field.
- 1993 - Devon White's two-run triple caps a six-run 8th inning as Toronto rallies for a 15 - 14 victory over the Phillies and a 3-1 World Series lead. The 29 runs shatter the Series record of 22 set in Game 2 of the 1936 Series, when the Yankees beat the Giants, 18 - 4. It is also the longest nine-inning game in series history at 4 hours, 14 minutes.
- 1996:
- The Atlanta Braves continue to pound the ball, as they defeat the Yankees, 12 - 1, in the World Series opener. At age nineteen, Andruw Jones puts himself in the record books as the youngest player to hit a home run in the Series. He hits one homer in the 2nd inning off Andy Pettitte and another in the 3rd. Pitcher John Smoltz gains the win.
- The Hyundai Unicorns tie the 1996 Korean Series at two games apiece in dramatic form as Myung-won Jeong throws the first Korean Series no-hitter. Unfortunately, the joy proves fleeting as Hyundai will drop the next two games and fall short in their first appearance in the Series.
- 1999:
- The Colorado Rockies hire Buddy Bell as their new manager.
- Boston eye doctor Carmen Puliafito offers free surgery for Major League umpires during the postseason after umpires blow three calls against the Red Sox during the ALCS. Puliafito, who chairs the ophthalmology department at the Tufts University School of Medicine, suspects some umpires are secretly nearsighted. "That's the only explanation I have for these three horrible calls."
- 2000 - Major league play-by-play broadcasters and black commentators select Carlos Delgado and Todd Helton as the Hank Aaron Award recipients. The new award, established last year, recognizes the Toronto Blue Jays and Colorado Rockies first basemen as the best overall hitters in each league. The same day, Toronto signs Delgado to a record four-year $68 million contract. Delgado's average salary of $17 million is the most in major league history.
- 2001:
- The Arizona Diamondbacks take a 3-1 lead in their National League Championship Series with an 11 - 4 victory over Greg Maddux and the Atlanta Braves. Six of Arizona's runs are unearned as a result of three Atlanta errors. Luis Gonzalez hits a three-run home run for Arizona while Andruw Jones connects for the Braves. Brian Anderson gets the win in relief of starter Albie Lopez.
- Kazuhisa Ishii throws the first one-hitter in Japan Series history, opening the 2001 Japan Series with the gem. He shuts down a Kintetsu Buffaloes team featuring the greatest home run duo in Nippon Pro Baseball history, Tuffy Rhodes and Norihiro Nakamura.
- 2002 - Twenty-year-old Venezuelan righthander Francisco Rodriguez becomes the youngest pitcher ever to win a World Series game. With just 15 days of major league experience, "K-Rod" throws 37 pitches retiring nine consecutive batters in three innings to pick up the victory as the Anaheim Angels outslug the Giants in Game 2, 11 - 10. Tim Salmon goes 4 for 4 with two home runs and four RBI, while Reggie Sanders, David Bell, Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds homer for San Francisco.
- 2004 - The Boston Red Sox become the first team in major league history to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games, by beating New York at Yankee Stadium, 10 - 3, in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. Johnny Damon hits two home runs, including a grand slam in the 4th inning, backing up the solid pitching of Derek Lowe. Boston joins the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders, both of the National Hockey League, as the only teams in the history of North American professional sports to overcome a 3-0 series deficit to win a seven-game series.
- 2009:
- In Game 3 of the 2009 Taiwan Series, the Brother Elephants beat the Uni-President Lions, 5 - 4, in ten innings. The winning hit comes on a Kirk Gibson moment; with two outs in the 10th and Cheng-Min Peng on third, Elephants manager Shin Nakagomi turns to pinch-hitter Chih-Yuan Chen, unable to play the field due to a foot injury. Chen proceeds to single in Peng with the winner.
- The Yankees take a 3-1 lead in the ALCS by crushing the Angels, 10 - 1, in Anaheim. Alex Rodriguez continues his red-hot hitting with a two-run homer off Jason Bulger in the 5th inning, giving him an RBI in eight consecutive postseason contests.
- 2011:
- The Rangers tie the World Series at one game apiece with a 9th-inning comeback over the Cardinals, giving them a 2 - 1 win. It's a scoreless game for 6 1/2 innings, as Colby Lewis and Jaime Garcia duel, until pinch-hitter Allen Craig drives in a run for the second straight game in the 7th. It stays that way until the 9th, when the Rangers use a pair of singles, a stolen base and a pair of sacrifice flies to stage a two-run rally against closer Jason Motte.
- The Uni-President Lions beat the Lamigo Monkeys, 10 - 6, in Game 5 of the 2011 Taiwan Series. They win their record eighth Taiwan Series and manager Wen-Sheng Liu is the winning manager for a record fourth time (all in the past five years). Tai-Shan Chang hits a grand slam off Ken Ray today and the Lions never look back. Ching-Ming Wang gets the win, his third of the Series, a record for a reliever. For his efforts, he wins the Taiwan Series MVP, the fifth time in a row it goes to a pitcher but the first Taiwanese native to win it since Chin-Feng Chen back in 2006.
- At the 2011 Pan American Games, Team USA sets several US records for a Pan American Games event with 9 walks, 20 RBI and 20 runs in a crushing 20 - 2 romp over a Dominican national team featuring several major league and AAA pitchers. Tommy Mendonca ties Tino Martinez's 24-year-old US record for RBI in a Pan Am Games contest (6) while Brett Carroll finishes a double shy of the cycle. Matt Clark draws four walks, a US record for a Pan American Games contest.
- 2012:
- The Arizona Diamondbacks make a pair of trades, sending CF Chris Young to the Oakland A's for SS Cliff Pennington and minor league infielder Yordy Cabrera, then flip Cabrera to the Miami Marlins for disgruntled high-priced reliever Heath Bell. But Bell may not be the D-Backs' closer, as they also re-sign J.J. Putz to an extension for next season.
- The Red Sox pick Toronto manager John Farrell to be their new skipper, replacing Bobby Valentine. They send SS Mike Aviles to the Blue Jays as compensation for luring back their former pitching coach, who was still under contract for next season.
- 2015:
- The Royals demolish the Blue Jays, 14 - 2, in Game 4 of the ALCS. Things start with a bang as Kansas City scores four runs off R.A. Dickey in the top of the 1st inning and the hitting never stops, to the point that Cliff Pennington is sent to the mound for the last inning, becoming the first position player to pitch in a postseason game.
- The Mets beat the Cubs, 5 - 2, to take a three-games-to-none lead in the NLCS. Daniel Murphy homers in his fifth consecutive postseason game, tying a major league record, while Jacob deGrom overcomes a rocky 1st inning to pick up his third win of the playoffs.
- 2016 - The Cubs move to within one game of the World Series with an 8 - 4 win over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS. Addison Russell breaks a 1 - 1 tie with a two-run homer off Joe Blanton in the 6th and Javier Baez adds a bases-loaded double in the 8th. Jon Lester gives up only one run in seven innings to pick up the win as the series heads back to Wrigley Field.
- 2017:
- In an unexpected move, the Nationals announce that Dusty Baker will not be back as the team's manager next year. Baker is coming off consecutive division titles, but the Nats exited the postseason early both years. Also on the managerial front, the Tigers announce that they have hired former Minnesota Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire to replace the fired Brad Ausmus.
- The Astros force a Game 7 in the ALCS by defeating the Yankees, 7 - 1, in Game 6. Justin Verlander has another great performance, with seven scoreless innings, and Houston scores three times in the 5th against Luis Severino on a double by Brian McCann and a two-run single by Jose Altuve. Aaron Judge brings the Yankees close with a monster home run off Brad Peacock in the 8th, but Altuve leads off the bottom of the inning with a solo shot off David Robertson, starting a four-run inning that puts the game away.
- 2018:
- The Dodgers win Game 7 of the NLCS, 5 - 1 over Milwaukee, to return to the World Series. The Brewers open the scoring on a 1st-inning homer by Christian Yelich, but Los Angeles replies with a two-run shot by Cody Bellinger off Jhoulys Chacin in the 2nd, and a three-run shot by Yasiel Puig off Jeremy Jeffress in the 6th. Bellinger is named the NLCS MVP.
- The K. Deurne Spartans win their third Belgian First Division title in four years, beating the Borgerhout Squirrels three games to two in the Belgian Series. The Spartans' Anderson Gerdel and Kenny Vandenbranden of the Squirrels have a 1 - 0 pitching duel until the 7th, when Vandenbranden fades fast; a grand slam by Kelvin Delgado caps a six-run frame.
- 2019:
- Umpire Eric Cooper, a veteran of 24 major league seasons, passes away from a heart attack at age 52, only a few days after working the Division Series between the Yankees and Twins.
- The Taiwanese national team wins the 2019 Asian Championship, beating previously unbeaten Japan, 5 - 4, in the Gold Medal Game. Tsung-Hao Wang and MVP Chih-Jung Liu fan 12 in 5 2/3 shutout innings of relief to get the win and save, respectively. Jin-De Jhang hits a three-run triple and Chien-Ming Chiang a two-run double. China gets its second Bronze ever in an Asian Championship, beating South Korea, 8 - 6, with four hits from Jinjun Luo and three each from Junpeng Chen and Chuang Na. Tao Zhang gets the victory.
- The Softbank Hawks take Game 2 of the Japan Series as Rei Takahashi is perfect for five innings and has a no-hitter for 6 2/3 innings. C.C. Mercedes of the Yomiuri Giants matches his shutout for five but Softbank rocks the Yomiuri bullpen, with a three-run homer by Nobuhiro Matsuda, a solo shot by Yuki Yanagita and a two-run dinger by Shuhei Fukuda.
- 2020 - The Dodgers defeat the Rays, 8 - 3, in Game 1 of the World Series, in the first World Series game to be played at a neutral site, Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX. The Dodgers lead 2 - 1 through the middle of the 5th, thanks to a two-run homer by Cody Bellinger countered by a solo shot by Kevin Kiermaier, but they chase Tyler Glasnow with four runs in the bottom of the 5th, then add two more in the 6th, with Mookie Betts in the middle of things with a homer, two stolen bases, and two runs scored. Clayton Kershaw gives up just one run on two hits in six innings to pick up the win.
- 2021:
- The Astros win Game 5 of the ALCS, 8 - 1 over the Red Sox, to move to within one game of the World Series. The game is actually close for the first five innings, the only run being a solo homer by Yordan Alvarez off Chris Sale in the 2nd, but the Astros break through for five runs in the 6th, with 1B Kyle Schwarber committing a costly error, and never look back. Framber Valdez tosses eight innings to get credit for the win.
- The Braves take a three-games-to-one lead in the NLCS with a 9 - 2 win over the Dodgers in Game 4 at Dodger Stadium. The Braves hit three homers off Julio Urias in the first three innings and never look back from there. Eddie Rosario goes 4 for 5 with three runs, four RBIs, two homers and one triple to lead the attack.
- 2022:
- Houston wins Game 2 of the ALCS, 3 - 2 over the Yankees thanks to a three-run homer by Alex Bregman off Luis Severino in the 3rd. Framber Valdez and two relievers combine to end the Yankees' record streak of 23 postseason games with at least one home run, dating back to the 2019 Division Series.
- The 2022 NPB draft is held. There is little competition, as ten teams get their first choices, meaning that there is not much of a lottery or redraft. The only players picked by multiple teams are high school slugger Shogo Asano (Yomiuri wins his rights) and college pitcher Kosei Shoji (Seibu wins that lottery).
- 2023:
- It's a tale of two three-run homers in Game 5 of the ALCS. Adolis Garcia hits one off Justin Verlander in the 6th to give Texas a 4 - 2 lead, but the decisive one comes off the bat of José Altuve in the top of the 9th against José Leclerc to put Houston ahead, 5 - 4. Ryan Pressly, who had escaped a two-on, none-out situation in the 8th, does so again in the 9th and the Astros are one win away from returning to the World Series.
- Game 4 of the NLCS also features a dramatic late-inning rally. With both teams using openers and 16 pitchers taking the mound in all, Arizona scores three times against Craig Kimbrel and José Alvarado in the 8th, turning a 5 - 3 deficit into a 6 - 5 win. The key hit is a two-run homer by pinch-hitter Alek Thomas off the Phillies' Kimbrel that ties the game. The series is now locked up at two wins apiece.
Births[edit]
- 1862 - Marty Sullivan, outfielder (d. 1894)
- 1863 - Pat Hartnett, infielder (d. 1935)
- 1864 - Jocko Fields, outfielder (d. 1950)
- 1864 - Dick Kinsella, scout (d. 1939)
- 1869 - William Stecher, pitcher (d. 1926)
- 1871 - Skel Roach, pitcher (d. 1958)
- 1883 - Cuke Barrows, outfielder (d. 1955)
- 1892 - Juan Padrón, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1894 - Toots Coyne, infielder (d. 1939)
- 1894 - John Russell, pitcher (d. 1930)
- 1896 - Wid Matthews, outfielder (d. 1965)
- 1897 - Tom Connelly, outfielder (d. 1941)
- 1897 - Jigger Statz, outfielder (d. 1988)
- 1900 - Jimmy Uchrinscko, pitcher (d. 1995)
- 1903 - Takeo Akuta, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1987)
- 1903 - Archie Campbell, pitcher (d. 1989)
- 1905 - Keng-Yuan Chen, Taiwan Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1958)
- 1905 - Keith Molesworth, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1966)
- 1909 - Bruce Campbell, outfielder (d. 1995)
- 1910 - Sammy Hughes, infielder; All-Star (d. 1981)
- 1910 - Bert Hunter, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1948)
- 1910 - Bob Sheppard, announcer (d. 2010)
- 1912 - Horacio Martínez, infielder; All-Star (d. 1992)
- 1914 - Grover Resinger, coach (d. 1986)
- 1914 - Arnold Waites, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1917 - Mickey Weintraub, minor league player and manager (d. 2009)
- 1919 - Jack Franklin, pitcher (d. 1991)
- 1919 - Lester Smith, owner (d. 2012)
- 1919 - Ciscero Warren, pitcher (d. 2009)
- 1920 - Pat McGlothin, pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1920 - Bill Ramsey, outfielder (d. 2008)
- 1921 - Jim Matthews, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1992)
- 1922 - Harry Rhodes, pitcher/outfielder (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Charlie Shields, pitcher (d. 1955)
- 1925 - Chuck Brayton, college coach (d. 2015)
- 1926 - Leon Brinkopf, infielder (d. 1998)
- 1927 - Emilio Cueche, minor league pitcher (d. 2006)
- 1928 - Mickey Micelotta, infielder (d. 2022)
- 1930 - Bill Froats, pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1931 - Mickey Mantle, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1995)
- 1937 - Juan Marichal, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer
- 1939 - Jerry Eaves, minor league pitcher
- 1940 - Paul Runge, umpire
- 1943 - Xiu-Xiong Chen, CPBL manager; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1998)
- 1943 - Bobby Floyd, infielder
- 1947 - Billy Cotton, minor league catcher (d. 2008)
- 1947 - Rafael Robles, infielder (d. 1998)
- 1952 - Dave Collins, outfielder
- 1952 - Randy Fierbaugh, minor league pitcher (d. 2019)
- 1952 - Joe Zagarino, minor league infielder
- 1953 - Keith Hernandez, infielder; All-Star
- 1957 - Jim McDonald, minor league infielder
- 1957 - Rick Ownbey, pitcher
- 1959 - Don Heinkel, pitcher
- 1961 - Jerry Meals, umpire
- 1961 - Keith Smith, infielder
- 1962 - Randy Asadoor, infielder
- 1962 - David Smith, minor league infielder
- 1963 - Jeff Carter, minor league infielder and manager
- 1963 - Luis Encarnacion, pitcher
- 1966 - Jonathan Hurst, pitcher
- 1967 - Harvey Pulliam, outfielder
- 1968 - Rudy Seanez, pitcher
- 1969 - Juan Gonzalez, outfielder; All-Star
- 1970 - Hensley Josephina, Netherlands Antilles national team coach
- 1971 - Keith Mayhew, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
- 1972 - Abel Madera, Cuban league pitcher
- 1972 - Chun-Hung Wang, CPBL umpire
- 1976 - Maxime Poulin, minor league infielder and manager
- 1977 - Hyun-suk Yang, KBO outfielder
- 1979 - Choo Freeman, outfielder
- 1979 - Carlos Valencia, minor league infielder
- 1980 - Jose Veras, pitcher
- 1982 - Andrew Baldwin, minor league pitcher
- 1982 - Don Levinski, minor league pitcher
- 1982 - Gustavo Rehwoldt, Guatemalan national team pitcher
- 1984 - Christian Zazueta, minor league infielder-outfielder
- 1986 - Lisbán Correa, minor league infielder
- 1986 - Leuris Gómez, minor league pitcher
- 1986 - Reese Havens, minor league player
- 1987 - Edwar Cabrera, pitcher
- 1987 - Cody Fick, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Edigson Mora, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Ikko Sumi, minor league catcher
- 1987 - Rafael Valenzuela, minor league infielder and manager
- 1988 - Romeo Jasmin Jr., Philippines national team pitcher
- 1988 - Michael Mariot, pitcher
- 1988 - Gus Schlosser, pitcher
- 1988 - Fabian Williamson, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Zubair Nawaz, Pakistani national team infielder
- 1989 - Aaron Klinec, minor league infielder
- 1990 - Ty Blach, pitcher
- 1990 - Tarran Senay, drafted outfielder
- 1991 - Ronel Peralta, Philippines national team pitcher
- 1992 - Ariel Adut, minor league outfielder
- 1992 - Tyler Goeddel, outfielder
- 1992 - Kam-Tao Ip, Hong Kong national team outfielder
- 1992 - Junya Kino, Japanese national team infielder
- 1992 - Patrick Leonard, minor league infielder
- 1992 - Troy Marrow, minor league coach
- 1993 - Tomáš Juněc, Extraliga infielder
- 1993 - Trevor Kelley, pitcher
- 1993 - Chris Shaw, outfielder
- 1994 - Ronald Guzman, infielder
- 1995 - Justin Novak, bullpen catcher
- 1995 - Long-Hei Spencer Tsui, Hong Kong national team outfielder
- 1996 - Fran Stančić-Vidrač, Croatian national team outfielder
- 1998 - Zach Kokoska, minor league outfielder/infielder
- 1998 - José Soriano, pitcher
- 2003 - Kou Matsukawa, NPB catcher
- 2004 - Bryce Eldridge, minor league outfielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1898 - Curry Foley, outfielder (b. 1856)
- 1906 - Buck Ewing, catcher, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1859)
- 1910 - George Ewell, outfielder (b. 1851)
- 1912 - John Skopec, pitcher (b. 1880)
- 1918 - Norman Triplett, Negro League outfielder (b. ????)
- 1921 - Jack Hardy, catcher (b. 1877)
- 1933 - Lou Gertenrich, outfielder (b. 1875)
- 1934 - Paddy Greene, infielder (b. 1875)
- 1936 - George Kelb, pitcher (b. 1870)
- 1948 - Ed Kusel, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1949 - Dick Rudolph, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1950 - Fred Hicks, infielder (b. 1888)
- 1958 - Rex Dawson, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1960 - Lew Groh, infielder (b. 1883)
- 1962 - Tim Murchison, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1964 - John Whitehead, pitcher (b. 1909)
- 1968 - Turner Barber, outfielder (b. 1893)
- 1972 - Allan Russell, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1973 - Red Miller, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1974 - Leonardo Chapman, infielder (b. 1922)
- 1976 - Freddie Muller, infielder (b. 1907)
- 1979 - Cy Slapnicka, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1985 - Hal Goldsmith, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1992 - Spider Wilhelm, infielder (b. 1929)
- 1993 - George Handy, infielder (b. 1924)
- 1999 - Ray Katt, catcher (b. 1927)
- 1999 - Earl Turner, catcher (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Mel Harder, pitcher, manager; All-Star (b. 1909)
- 2004 - Chuck Hiller, infielder (b. 1934)
- 2007 - Emile Henderson, minor league pitcher (b. 1944)
- 2010 - Otey Clark, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 2010 - Bill Jennings, infielder (b. 1925)
- 2010 - Tony Roig, infielder (b. 1928)
- 2012 - Dave May, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1943)
- 2014 - Jim Dunegan, pitcher (b. 1947)
- 2015 - Cyril Byron, catcher (b. 1920)
- 2017 - Willem Hurkmans, Hoofdklasse catcher (b. 1940)
- 2018 - Sam Moir, minor league infielder (b. 1924)
- 2019 - Eric Cooper, umpire (b. 1966)
- 2020 - Derryl Cousins, umpire (b. 1946)
- 2020 - Hal Dues, pitcher (b. 1954)
- 2020 - Tom Yewcic, catcher (b. 1932)
- 2022 - Roland Hoffmann, German national team catcher (b. 1936)
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