April 11
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on April 11.
Events[edit]
- 1907 - On Opening Day, New York Giants catcher Roger Bresnahan wears shin guards for the first time in a major league game. The leg guards, usually used in cricket, come in handy, protecting Bresnahan from a 5th-inning foul tip. Other catchers will soon follow Bresnahan's lead and wear similar shin guards.
- 1912 - New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard begins a 19-game winning streak with an 18 - 3 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1917 - Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox pitches a three-hitter in shutting down the New York Yankees on Opening Day. Ruth's performance marks the start of good things to come. He will win 24 games this year, while leading the American League with 35 complete games.
- 1954 - To make room for promising rookie outfielder Wally Moon, the St. Louis Cardinals trade longtime great Enos Slaughter to the New York Yankees in exchange for four minor leaguers, including future National League Rookie of the Year Bill Virdon.
- 1959 - On Opening Day, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale hits a home run, becoming the first pitcher to hit more than one career homer in opening games. Drysdale's historic blast doesn't prevent the Dodgers from losing their game, 6 - 1, to the Chicago Cubs.
- 1961:
- The Los Angeles Angels play the first game in franchise history, defeating a strong Baltimore Orioles team, 7 - 2. For the Angels, Ted Kluszewski hits two home runs and Eli Grba pitches a complete game.
- At Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox rookie Carl Yastrzemski gets a hit off Ray Herbert of the Kansas City Athletics. It's the first of 3,318 hits that Yastrzemski will amass over a 23-year career.
- 1962 - The New York Mets play their first game and lose, 11 - 4, to the Cardinals in St. Louis. Gil Hodges and Charlie Neal provide bright spots for the Mets, hitting the first two home runs in the new franchise's history.
- 1963 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves becomes the all-time winningest left-handed pitcher in major league history. Spahn's 6 - 1 victory over the New York Mets gives him 328 career wins, moving him ahead of Eddie Plank as the all-time winningest left-hander. Except for Duke Snider's home run, no Mets get past second base.
- 1966 - Emmett Ashford becomes the first black umpire in major league history. Ashford, who had started his professional career 15 years earlier in the low minor leagues, makes his big league debut on Opening Day at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, in Cleveland's 5 - 2 win against the Senators.
- 1969 - The Seattle Pilots win in their major league season debut at Sicks Stadium behind a Gary Bell 7 - 0 shutout of the Chicago White Sox.
- 1975 - Hank Aaron returns to Milwaukee as a member of the Brewers. A crowd of 48,160 fans watches Aaron drive in a run in the Brewers' 6 - 2 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Aaron starred for the Milwaukee Braves before the franchise moved to Atlanta, GA in 1966.
- 1985 - Gorman Thomas hits three home runs and drives in six runs to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 14 - 6 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
- 1990 - Pitchers Mark Langston and Mike Witt of the California Angels combine on a 1 - 0 no-hitter of the Seattle Mariners. The Angels remove Langston from the game early because of a spring training lockout that has limited preseason workouts. The game marks the first combined no-hitter since 1976, when Blue Moon Odom and Francisco Barrios of the Chicago White Sox no-hit the Oakland Athletics.
- 1996 - Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux ends his major league record for consecutive road victories with a 2 - 1 loss to San Diego. Maddux had been 18-0 with an 0.99 ERA in 20 regular-season road starts since losing at Montreal on June 27, 1994.
- 1997 - To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the integration of baseball, Sharon Robinson, Jackie Robinson's daughter, and Pumpsie Green each throw out the first pitch at Fenway Park. In 1959, Green became the first black player to appear in a Boston Red Sox uniform, making the Red Sox the last team to integrate in the major leagues.
- 2000 - The Giants inaugurate Pac Bell Park with a 6 - 5 loss to the Dodgers. Los Angeles SS Kevin Elster hits three homers in the game; the next batter to have a three-homer game in the ballpark will be Pablo Sandoval in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series.
- 2001 - Greg Maddux of the Atlanta Braves is almost flawless for seven innings, combining with a pair of relievers to pitch a one-hitter in a 2 - 0 victory over the New York Mets. The Mets wind up with only one runner against Maddux, Mike Remlinger and John Rocker, when Todd Zeile lines a single about a foot beyond second baseman Quilvio Veras's glove with one out in the 2nd inning.
- 2002 - The Baltimore Orioles pound the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 15 - 6, scoring a franchise-high 12 runs in the 6th inning. Baltimore also collects a club-high 11 hits in 16 at bats during the frame.
- 2003 - In the first of their "home" games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Montreal Expos rout pitcher David Cone and the New York Mets, 10 - 0. The Montreal franchise, which is now owned by Major League Baseball, will play 22 of its games here this season as a new venue is sought for the poorly-attended Canadian club.
- 2004 - Mike Mussina collects his 200th career victory in a 5 - 4 Yankees win over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.
- 2006:
- Bronson Arroyo, who hit no home runs in his first six major league seasons, hits his second in six days off Glendon Rusch in the Cincinnati Reds' 9 - 2 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Arroyo, acquired by Cincinnati in a March 20th trade with the Boston Red Sox, also pitches seven shutout innings, beating Chicago for the second time in two starts. His solo shot six days ago against Rusch at Great American Ball Park was his first homer since high school and first major league hit since 2001.
- Derrek Lee signs a five-year, $65 million deal with the Chicago Cubs. The new contract calls for a $13 million annual salary until 2010 and contains a no-trade clause. Lee hit .335 with 46 home runs and 107 runs batted in last year while winning a Gold Glove at first base.
- Four minor league pitchers are suspended 50 games each by the Commissioner's office for violating baseball's minor league drug program, the first penalties since the sport toughened its rules during the offseason.
- 2008:
- The University of Missouri routs the University of Texas, 31 - 12, in a Big 12 Conference game. Missouri's Jacob Priday goes 5 for 5 with four homers, six runs and nine RBI.
- The Florida Marlins set a franchise record with six home runs in a win. Jeremy Hermida goes deep twice and Jorge Cantu, Hanley Ramirez, Mike Jacobs and Mike Rabelo all hit one out as Florida beats the Astros, 10 - 6. Roy Oswalt gives up four of the home runs.
- For the third time in the past six years, Major League Baseball adopts a stricter steroids policy. Increased testing is instituted and more power is given to outside administrators. Players named in the Mitchell Report are given amnesty and suspensions for Jose Guillen and Jay Gibbons are eliminated.
- 2010:
- It's a homer fest at Miller Park! The Brewers take an early 7 - 2 lead over the Cardinals as Rickie Weeks hits a home run leading off the game, and Corey Hart and Ryan Braun also go deep against Chris Carpenter. The Cards mount a comeback as Albert Pujols hits a two-run shot to chase Randy Wolf, then in the 9th, Phat Albert does it again as Trevor Hoffman tries to close the ballgame. Hoffman gives up another long ball to Matt Holliday to tie the score at 7, but Casey McGehee ends the game in the bottom of the 9th with a walk-off blast off Kyle McClellan, for a wild 8 - 7 Milwaukee win.
- Three much-heralded pitching prospects make their debut in organized baseball today. Mike Leake, the least known of the three, makes the biggest jump, giving up a single run in 6 2/3 innings as the Reds' starter against the Cubs, in a game the Reds eventually win, 3 - 1. He is the 21st player to reach the majors without playing in a single minor league game since the amateur draft was instituted in 1965; his last pitching stop was with Arizona State University. Fellow Reds prospect Aroldis Chapman, who defected from Cuba last year, throws several pitches over 100 miles per hour in his debut with the Louisville Bats of the International League. He strikes out nine batters in 4 2/3 innings, only giving up an unearned run to Toledo. Finally, Stephen Strasburg, the top pick of last year's draft, picks up the win as the Harrisburg Senators defeat Altoona, 6 - 4, in an Eastern League contest. Both Chapman and Strasburg will pitch in the major leagues before the season is over.
- Zsolt Zalabai of the Óbuda Brick Factory throws the first no-hitter in the 20 years of Hungarian baseball, blanking the Trnava Angels, 4 - 0.
- 2011:
- In his second major league start, Alexi Ogando pitches seven scoreless innings in a 2 - 0 win over Detroit and ace Justin Verlander as the Rangers improve their best-in-baseball record to 9-1. Ogando has not allowed a run in 13 innings this year. Miguel Cabrera hits his 300th double, becoming the second major leaguer to tally that many before his 28th birthday (Joe Medwick was the first).
- Sam Fuld has the night of his life in his return to Fenway Park, where the New Hampshire native attended plenty of ball games as a kid, getting four extra-base hits in Tampa Bay's 16 - 5 win over Boston. After hitting a double, a triple and a homer in his first five at-bats, he comes up in the 9th inning needing only a single to complete a cycle, but instead lashes a double into the left field corner against Dan Wheeler. His homer comes in the 2nd against losing P Daisuke Matsuzaka and puts the Red Sox in an early 7 - 0 hole they can never dig out of. Fuld also robs Dustin Pedroia of extra bases with a diving catch in left-center in the 5th. Jeremy Hellickson is the beneficiary of the scoring outburst, recording his first win of the year. Both teams are now 2-8, tied with Houston for the worst record in the majors at this early point of the season.
- The Lake County Captains of the Midwest League throw the first no-hitter in organized baseball this year with a 3 - 1 victory over the Dayton Dragons in Eastlake, OH. Trey Haley, Francisco Jimenez and Clayton Ehlert combine on the feat. Dayton scores its run off Haley on two walks, a stolen base and two wild pitches in the 3rd; Haley leaves the game at the end of the inning, having reached his pitch count limit, and Jimenez throws the next four frames to pick up the win. Ehlert shuts down Dayton in order over the last two innings for the save.
- 2012:
- In a throwback game at Coors Field, the Rockies blast the Giants, 17 - 8, collecting 22 hits in the process - half of them for extra bases. Matt Reynolds gets the win in relief of Jeremy Guthrie, who is unable to hold a 6 - 0 lead. Giants starter Tim Lincecum is tagged for six runs in 2 1/3 innings, but avoids a loss when his teammates rally for seven runs in the 4th. The Rockies put up a seven-spot of their own in the 5th to pull away for good.
- Two anniversaries clash in New York, as the Mets celebrate a half century of existence, and Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg the second anniversary of his professional debut. Strasburg has the upper hand, pitching six scoreless innings to earn his first win of the year, 4 - 0. His opponent Johan Santana, also coming back from arm surgery, gives up a single run in five innings when Mark DeRosa scores on a wild pitch in the 2nd, but it's enough to saddle him with the loss.
- 2013:
- A bench-clearing brawl in the Dodgers' 3 - 2 win over the Padres proves costly, as prize free agent signee Zack Greinke breaks his left collarbone in the melee. Greinke plunks Carlos Quentin on the left shoulder with a 6th-inning pitch and the slugger charges the mound and tackles the pitcher to the ground; they end up at the bottom of a huge pile of players from both dugouts. Greinke's left shoulder takes the brunt of the impact as Quentin first runs into him. Three players are ejected, including Quentin, while Greinke will be out for a number of weeks because of the injury. The Dodgers win the game on Juan Uribe's pinch homer in the 8th. Quentin will receive an eight-game suspension.
- The NC Dinos win their first game, topping the LG Twins, 4 - 1. The 2013 KBO expansion team had dropped its first seven contests, the worst start for an expansion franchise in the history of the Korea Baseball Organization. The win goes to Jae-hak Lee.
- P Aaron Harang is traded for the second time in a week, going from Colorado to Seattle in return for minor league P Steven Hensley.
- 2015:
- Ciego de Ávila wins its second Cuban Serie Nacional title, beating Isla de la Juventud, 7 - 2, in Game 7. Raúl González has two runs and two RBI for the victors, while Yander Guevara gets the win.
- Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia is the latest major league player to be suspended for testing positive for a steroid as he is handed an 80-game penalty. He is the fourth pitcher to incur the penalty in a two-week span, following Ervin Santana, David Rollins and Arodys Vizcaino.
- In the second game of an NCAA Division II doubleheader, Minnesota State University, Mankato puts up a football score in defeating Bemidji State University, 41 - 20. The two teams combine for a record 56 hits - but no strikeouts.
- 2016:
- The Cubs continue their hot start with a 5 - 3 win over the Reds in their home opener at a revamped Wrigley Field, improving to 6-1 on the year. However, things don't look so great for a while as Brandon Finnegan has a no-hitter going until David Ross hits a two-out single in the 7th. Finnegan is taken out of the game and the Cubs feast on the Reds' bullpen, scoring twice before the inning is over. A three-run homer by Addison Russell off Jumbo Diaz in the 8th seals the win.
- At the other end of the scale, the Twins lose their seventh straight, bowing 4 - 1 to the White Sox in their home opener. It is the worst start in franchise history since the 1904 Washington Senators opened the season with 13 straight losses.
- 2017 - Yoenis Cespedes hits three home runs to lead the Mets to a 14 - 4 win over the Phillies. He is the first player in team history with two three-homer games. His effort is part of a seven-homer night as Lucas Duda goes deep twice, and Asdrubal Cabrera and Travis d'Arnaud hit one out each.
- 2018:
- Today's MLB action is marred by a couple of bench-clearing brawls. In the Yankees' 10 - 7 win over Boston, Tyler Austin charges the mound after Joe Kelly drills him with a 97 mph fastball in the 7th; he suspects that the pitch is in retaliation for a hard slide he made into SS Brock Holt, in the 3rd, which also cleared the two benches. Both Austin and Kelly are ejected, as are Yankees third base coach Phil Nevin and reliever Tommy Kahnle. And in Colorado's 6 - 4 win over the Padres, the Rockies' Nolan Arenado goes after Luis Perdomo after being grazed by a pitch in the 3rd, emptying the benches. That play follows a couple of hit batsmen in the first two innings, and feelings are still tense over a pitch that hit Padres OF Manuel Margot two days earlier, landing him on the disabled list. Arenado and Perdomo are sent off, as are Padres C A.J. Ellis and Rockies P German Marquez and OF Gerardo Parra. MLB will bring down the hammer, suspending Kelly for six games; Austin, Arenado and Perdomo for five; and Parra and Padres pitcher Buddy Baumann for one each, in addition to handing out numerous fines to others involved in the two incidents.
- In a likely unprecedented occurrence, two teammates hit for the cycle in the same game in a minor league contest between the San Jose Giants and Lancaster Jethawks of the California League. San Jose's Gio Brusa and Jalen Miller both manage the feat, respectively with a triple in the 8th inning and 9th inning, in an 18 - 6 win. On August 7th, Kevin Newman and Jacob Stallings of the Indianapolis Indians will match the rare feat.
- 2019 - Dee Gordon hits a solo homer in the 6th inning and the Mariners set a new mark, having now homered in all 15 of their games this season, breaking the record held by the 2002 Indians; they also lead the majors with 35 long balls. Down 6 - 2 at one point, they come back to win, 7 - 6, in ten innings over the Royals and are now 13-2. In the game, Kansas City's Whit Merrifield sees his club-record hitting streak snapped after 31 games.
- 2021 - One day after going on the injured list with an adverse reaction to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, J.D. Martinez is back in the line-up for the Red Sox and has the third three-homer game of his career in a 14 - 9 win over the Orioles. Each of the games has been with a different team, including a four-homer game with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2017.
- 2022:
- The talk of baseball is Guardians rookie OF Steven Kwan. By drawing a pair of walks and hitting a triple against the Royals today, he has now reached base 15 times in his first four career games, something no one has done since at least 1901. The day before, he had a five-hit game - just the sixth player to do so in his first three career games - and the triple today comes with the bases loaded in the 8th and is key to a 10 - 7 win by Cleveland. He can truly claim to be the best player in Guardians history, since his four games coincide with those played by the team under its new name.
- For the first time, twin brothers pitch for opposite team in the same game - and both figure in the decision. Taylor Rogers records the save in the Padres' 4 - 2 win over the Giants, while brother Tyler Rogers is charged with the loss. They are just the sixth pair of twins to appear in the same major league game, and the first since Jose Canseco and Ozzie Canseco played for the 1990 Oakland Athletics.
- 2023:
- Luis Arraez becomes the first player in Marlins history to hit for the cycle, 4,700 games after their debut, in an 8 - 4 win over the Phillies. It is also the first cycle in the majors this year.
- Ryan Mountcastle ties an Orioles team record with nine RBIs in a 12 - 8 win over the Athletics, matching the feat accomplished by Jim Gentile in 1961 and Eddie Murray in 1985. Mountcastle blasts a pair of homers, including a grand slam in the 7th.
- When Ji-Hwan Bae hits a three-run walk-off homer against Ryan Pressly of the Astros, he not only gives the Pirates a 7 - 4 win, but also creates an unprecedented moment, as teammate Ji Man Choi had homered earlier in the game. It marks the first time in major league history that two Korean-born teammates have homered in the same game.
Births[edit]
- 1858 - Pop Corkhill, outfielder (d. 1921)
- 1862 - Fred Swanton, minor league manager (d. 1940)
- 1875 - Win Clark, infielder (d. 1959)
- 1875 - Ossee Schreckengost, catcher (d. 1914)
- 1876 - Win Kellum, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1880 - George Grosart, outfielder (d. 1902)
- 1882 - Bill McCarthy, pitcher (d. 1939)
- 1885 - Matsutaro Shoriki, Japanese baseball pioneer (d. 1969)
- 1886 - Al Nixon, outfielder (d. 1960)
- 1892 - Ray Gordinier, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1892 - Red Smith, catcher (d. 1970)
- 1893 - Hal Deviney, pitcher (d. 1933)
- 1893 - Spencer Pumpelly, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1895 - Ralph Sharman, outfielder (d. 1918)
- 1900 - John Middleton, pitcher (d. 1986)
- 1904 - Dutch Ussat, infielder (d. 1959)
- 1906 - Tetelo Vargas, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1971)
- 1914 - Woody Fair, minor league infielder/outfielder and manager
- 1916 - Joe Antolick, catcher (d. 2002)
- 1916 - Sam Chapman, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2006)
- 1917 - Barney McCosky, outfielder (d. 1996)
- 1917 - Luis Romero Petit, Venezuelan national team infielder (d. 2017)
- 1918 - Cameron Mitchell, minor league pitcher (d. 1994)
- 1919 - Hank Schenz, infielder (d. 1988)
- 1921 - Jim Hearn, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1998)
- 1923 - Scott Cary, pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1925 - Bob Spicer, pitcher (d. 2016)
- 1927 - Jack Faszholz, pitcher (d. 2017)
- 1928 - Dave Poole, minor leaguer, college coach (d. 2016)
- 1928 - Dorothy Schroeder, AAGPBL infielder (d. 1996)
- 1931 - Ernie Smith, Negro League player (d. 2012)
- 1933 - Jack Ladra, NPB outfielder
- 1933 - Futoshi Nakanishi, NPB infielder; Japanese Hall of Famer (d. 2023)
- 1936 - Takashi Tanaka, NPB catcher
- 1937 - Art Quirk, pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1938 - Tung-Chuan Su, Taiwanese national team pitcher
- 1940 - Dick Wantz, pitcher (d. 1965)
- 1942 - Tommy McKenzie, Canadian national team infielder
- 1945 - Mike Kilkenny, pitcher (d. 2018)
- 1951 - Sid Monge, pitcher; All-Star
- 1954 - Willie Royster, catcher (d. 2015)
- 1956 - John Martin, pitcher
- 1956 - Tony Miller, Australian national team pitcher
- 1956 - Yoshimoto Mukaida, Japanese national team pitcher
- 1958 - Jeff Calhoun, pitcher
- 1958 - Noriaki Okabe, NPB pitcher
- 1961 - Hank Landers, minor league outfielder (d. 2013)
- 1962 - Tim Fortugno, pitcher
- 1963 - Jim Bishop, minor league infielder
- 1964 - Amalio Carreno, pitcher
- 1964 - Jim Fregosi, Jr., minor league infielder and scout (d. 2021)
- 1964 - Bret Saberhagen, pitcher; All-Star
- 1964 - Wally Whitehurst, pitcher
- 1965 - Turner Ward, outfielder
- 1966 - Ken Brauckmiller, minor league pitcher
- 1966 - Steve Scarsone, infielder
- 1968 - Yoichi Okabayashi, NPB pitcher
- 1970 - Sean Bergman, pitcher
- 1970 - Jon Sciambi, announcer
- 1970 - Joe Vitiello, designated hitter
- 1972 - Robin Jennings, outfielder
- 1972 - Bobby Jones, pitcher
- 1972 - Jason Varitek, catcher; All-Star
- 1973 - Marlon Roche, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1973 - Darren Stumberger, minor league infielder
- 1974 - Trot Nixon, outfielder
- 1974 - Bobby St. Pierre, minor league pitcher
- 1975 - Todd Dunwoody, outfielder
- 1976 - Kelvim Escobar, pitcher
- 1977 - Chih-Wei Wang, CPBL infielder
- 1978 - Josh Hancock, pitcher (d. 2007)
- 1978 - Mark Koeth, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1979 - Simon de la Rey, South African national team infielder
- 1979 - Steve Goodson, minor league infielder
- 1980 - Mark Teixeira, infielder; All-Star
- 1980 - Lloyd Turner, coach
- 1981 - Mitch Evans, minor league catcher
- 1981 - Richard Stahl, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Shinya Tsuruoka, NPB catcher
- 1983 - Jason Blackey, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Ifreidi Coss, Cuban league pitcher
- 1983 - Jumpei Murakami, Japanese national team outfielder
- 1983 - Zack Segovia, pitcher
- 1984 - Andres Blanco, infielder
- 1984 - Alejandro De Aza, outfielder
- 1985 - Wesley Connor, minor league outfielder
- 1985 - Jonathan Jaspe, minor league catcher
- 1985 - Simon Plagg, Austrian national team infielder
- 1986 - Russ Canzler, outfielder
- 1986 - Charlie Furbush, pitcher
- 1986 - Brad Hertzler, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Blake King, minor league relief pitcher
- 1988 - Ayumu Ishikawa, NPB pitcher
- 1988 - Peter Kozma, infielder
- 1988 - Kenta Maeda, pitcher
- 1988 - Chris McGuiness, infielder
- 1988 - Ryan Schimpf, infielder
- 1988 - Chih-Hsuan Sung, Taiwan women's national team infielder-catcher
- 1988 - Steven Tinoco, minor league player
- 1989 - Jose Cisnero, pitcher
- 1989 - Jiwan James, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Ya-gob Jin, KBO pitcher
- 1989 - Yoshihiro Maru, NPB outfielder
- 1989 - Mario Zdelar, Croatian national team pitcher
- 1990 - Anthony Phillips, minor league infielder
- 1990 - Yasutaka Tobashira, NPB catcher
- 1991 - Keng-Hao Chang, CPBL pitcher
- 1991 - Naomichi Nishiura, NPB infielder
- 1993 - Bayron Cornelisse, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1994 - Marco Lemus, Guatemalan national team outfielder
- 1994 - Jorge Sivirichi, Peruvian national team pitcher
- 1995 - Cavan Biggio, infielder
- 1995 - Windeily Ramirez, Dominican women's national team outfielder
- 1995 - Sean Ratcliffe, minor league pitcher
- 1996 - Xiao Han, minor league outfielder
- 1996 - Derek Tupuola, American Samoa national team outfielder
- 1996 - Alex Vesia, pitcher
- 1997 - Ricardo Sánchez, pitcher
- 1998 - Conner Brown, Great Britain national team catcher
- 1998 - Dai Dai Otaka, minor league coach
- 1999 - Shuo Wang, minor league pitcher
- 2003 - Nacho Alvarez, infielder
- 2003 - Adael Amador, infielder
- 2006 - Nando Mostaert, First Division infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1881 - John McMullin, outfielder (b. 1849)
- 1904 - Shorty Fuller, infielder (b. 1867)
- 1930 - Wayland Dean, pitcher (b. 1902)
- 1934 - Charles Moran, infielder (b. 1879)
- 1935 - Charlie Gettig, infielder (b. 1870)
- 1938 - Cristóbal Torriente, outfielder; Hall of Famer (b. 1893)
- 1942 - Norm McNeil, catcher (b. 1892)
- 1943 - Tom Knowlson, pitcher (b. 1895)
- 1944 - Jack Dunleavy, outfielder (b. 1879)
- 1946 - Fred Barnes, minor league pitcher and manager (b. ~1869)
- 1949 - Joe Buskey, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1950 - Dick McCabe, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1953 - Kid Nichols, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1869)
- 1965 - Sam Fishburn, infielder (b. 1893)
- 1965 - Bobby Vaughn, infielder (b. 1885)
- 1967 - Charles DeWitt, owner (b. 1900)
- 1969 - Al Kaiser, outfielder (b. 1886)
- 1970 - Joe Heving, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1970 - Johnny Meador, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1970 - Sailor Stroud, pitcher (b. 1885)
- 1971 - Bert Brenner, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1973 - Clarence Blethen, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1973 - George Minor, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 1974 - Bob Baird, pitcher (b. 1940)
- 1975 - Fay Washington, pitcher (b. 1915)
- 1979 - Eddie Wilson, outfielder (b. 1909)
- 1983 - Mike Menosky, outfielder (b. 1894)
- 1984 - Leo Dixon, catcher (b. 1894)
- 1987 - Ramiro Cuevas, minor league pitcher; Salon de la Fama (b. 1928)
- 1987 - Shigeru Morii, NPB pitcher (b. 1915)
- 1988 - Russ Sehon, scout (b. 1918)
- 1989 - Kichiro Shimaoka, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1911)
- 1991 - Walker Cooper, catcher; All-Star (b. 1915)
- 1991 - George Fingers, minor league pitcher (b. 1918)
- 1997 - Milt Smith, infielder (b. 1929)
- 1998 - Dave Smith, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 1999 - Pete Milne, outfielder (b. 1925)
- 2000 - Walt VanGrofski, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1911)
- 2001 - Nelson Burbrink, catcher (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Dave Nightingale, writer (b. 1935)
- 2009 - Brandon Villalobos, drafted pitcher (b. 1985)
- 2013 - Grady Hatton, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1922)
- 2014 - Bill Henry, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1927)
- 2014 - Zander Hollander, author (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Don Robertson, outfielder (b. 1930)
- 2019 - Scott Sanderson, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1956)
- 2022 - Lionel Evelyn, Negro League pitcher (b. 1929)
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