April 25
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on April 25.
Events[edit]
- 1901 - At Bennett Park, the Detroit Tigers make an incredible comeback in their American League debut. Trailing 13 - 4 in the bottom of the 9th inning, the Tigers score ten runs in their last at-bat to defeat the visiting Milwaukee Brewers, 14 - 13. Frank Dillon drives in the game-winning run with a double, his fourth of the game. Dillon's four doubles is an opening day record that will be matched by Jim Greengrass in 1954.
- 1904 - New York Highlanders pitcher Jack Chesbro posts the first of his 41 wins on the season, an American League record that still stands.
- 1916 - At the Polo Grounds, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox pitches a ten-inning complete game to defeat the Yankees, 4 - 3. Ruth gives up two earned runs on eight hits, but is hitless at the plate.
- 1922 - In a 5 - 3 win over Detroit, Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hits his sixth home run in four days, off Howard Ehmke, tying Babe Ruth's 1921 feat. Williams will take the American League home run and RBI titles and become the first 30-30 man in major league history, with 39 home runs and 37 stolen bases.
- 1933 - New York Yankees rookie Russ Van Atta makes a successful major league debut when he pitches a five-hit shutout against the Washington Senators and collects four singles in four at-bats. Earle Combs adds five hits as the Yankees win, 16 - 0.
- 1937 - New York Giants pitcher Cliff Melton strikes out 13 batters in his major league debut, but loses a 3 - 1 decision to the Boston Bees. In spite of the loss, Melton will go on to win 20 games in his rookie season.
- 1948 - Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians ties a major league record by striking out five times in the Indians' 7 - 4 victory over Detroit at Tiger Stadium.
- 1957 - The major leagues adopt a new rule that prohibits baserunners from interfering with batted balls in the field of play. The rule is adopted in reaction to recent actions by several Cincinnati Redlegs baserunners. Earlier in the week, Don Hoak and Johnny Temple had intentionally interfered with batted balls as a way of preventing double plays.
- 1958 - Reds-killer Roberto Clemente once again commandeers Crosley Field; his first home run of the season gives Pittsburgh a 4 - 3 win over Cincinnati. Clemente is in on all the scoring, carrying home the tying run in the 6th and, one inning later, putting Pittsburgh ahead for good with a three-run shot. Redlegs third baseman Don Hoak is eaten alive by Clemente's 6th-inning leadoff smash, the latter's crazy carom affording Clemente a hustle double. One ground ball and one fly ball later, Roberto is in with the run that cancels out George Crowe's 2nd-inning homer. The tie will last exactly one inning and, even then, only because of Clemente's arm, whose mere presence prevents Frank Robinson's 7th-inning double from scoring speedy Vada Pinson from first with the tie-breaker. The 1 - 1 tie thus secured, Clemente climaxes the bottom of the frame with a two-out, three-run, 400-foot blast to right center, supplying the remainder of Pittsburgh's offensive output, just enough to outlast Cincy.
- 1961 - Two weeks after the Boston Celtics win the NBA championship, their reserve center, Gene Conley, pitching for the Boston Red Sox, gets his first American League victory, a 6 - 1 win over the visiting Washington Senators.
- 1962 - Catcher Harry Chiti is traded for himself when the Cleveland Indians send him to the New York Mets in exchange for a player to be named later. On June 15th, the Mets will sell Chiti back to Cleveland to complete the deal.
- 1967 - Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees earns his final major league victory. His 236th win comes against the Chicago White Sox, an 11 - 2 decision at Yankee Stadium. Ford will enter the Hall of Fame in 1974.
- 1969 - San Francisco Giants catcher Jack Hiatt drives in seven runs in a 12 - 8 victory over the Houston Astros. Hiatt's unexpected outburst includes a two-run home run in the 1st inning and a game-winning grand slam in the 13th inning. Usually a light hitter, Hiatt will finish the season with only 34 RBI and a .196 batting average.
- 1970 - For the seventh time in his career (and the second time this week), Willie Stargell homers over Forbes Field's right field roof, a two-out, two-run blast which erases a one-run deficit and provides the final margin of victory as the Bucs beat Atlanta, 8 - 7, in a barn-burner featuring eight doubles, one triple and two tape-measure home runs, the other being Rico Carty's bases-empty blast over the Barney Dreyfuss monument in straight-away centerfield.
- 1976 - Chicago Cubs centerfielder Rick Monday rescues an American flag from two spectators who try to set it on fire in the outfield of Dodger Stadium. The incident happens in the 4th inning of a 5 - 4, 10-inning loss to Los Angeles.
- 1977 - George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds has seven RBI, five runs, two home runs, a double and a single in the Reds' 23 - 9 victory over the host Atlanta Braves. Cincinnati ties a National League record by scoring 12 runs in the 5th inning off three Braves pitchers.
- 1981 - Seattle Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for two games as punishment for ordering the grounds crew to enlarge the batter's boxes at the Kingdome. Wills decided to tamper with the chalk lines after the Oakland Athletics complained that Seattle's Tom Paciorek repeatedly stepped out of the batter's box while hitting.
- 1982 - Just 14 games into the season, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner fires manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael, the man Lemon had replaced the previous September. Michael won't finish the season either.
- 1990 - At Fenway Park, gimpy-legged Bill Buckner, 41, hits an inside-the-park home run for the Boston Red Sox. It will be his only homer in this, his last, season as he will play just 22 games. The Red Sox lose, 3 - 1, to Kirk McCaskill and the California Angels.
- 1995 - Major League Baseball returns after a 257-day layoff as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins, 8 - 7. Players had gone on strike the previous August.
- 1997:
- Matt Williams hits three home runs and David Justice hits a pair as the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers combine to match a major league record for home runs in a nine-inning night game with 11. Cleveland hits a club-record eight in all, including three in one inning as the Indians beat the Brewers, 11 - 4.
- Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits three home runs in a 13 - 8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The three homers give Griffey a major league-leading 13 on the year, and a major-league record for the month of April. The first two dingers come off Roger Clemens and the third, hit off Mike Timlin, is the 250th of Griffey's career. He also had a three-homer game in May of last year.
- 2000 - Honoring the work stoppage called by Cuban-Americans over the Elian Gonzalez situation, Alex Fernandez, Vladimir Núñez, Michael Tejera and Mike Lowell of the Marlins, Jose Canseco of Tampa Bay, and the Mets' Rey Ordóñez and coach Cookie Rojas do not participate in major league action.
- 2001 - Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres sets a major league record with his 2,063rd base on balls in San Diego's 5 - 3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The mark had been held by Babe Ruth.
- 2005: 35 years after he was banned for life from Nippon Pro Baseball, former Nishitetsu Lions star Masaaki Ikenaga has the verdict rescinded. Ikenaga had been implicated in the Black Mist Scandal but had claimed innocence.
- 2006:
- Preston Wilson ends the longest regular-season game in Minute Maid Park history when he hits a sacrifice fly in the 14th inning of Houston's 4 - 3 victory over the Dodgers. Willy Taveras scores the winning run in the 4-hour, 48-minute game. In Game 3 of last year's World Series, the Chicago White Sox beat Houston, 7 - 5, in a game that took 5:41.
- Jonny Gomes hits his American League-leading tenth home run in Tampa Bay's 9 - 1 loss to the Yankees. Gomes ties the club record for home runs in a month with Jose Canseco and Aubrey Huff.
- Kevin Mench extends his home run streak to five games, matching a Texas Rangers record in a 5 - 3 victory over Oakland. Mench becomes the fourth Texas player to homer in five straight games, joining Carl Everett, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez.
- 2007 - Jake Peavy of the Padres strikes out 16 Diamondbacks hitters, including nine in a row at one point, but San Diego still loses, 3 - 2, to Arizona. The nine consecutive Ks are one short of the record set by Tom Seaver in 1970.
- 2009 - Albert Pujols hits a grand slam off rookie David Patton and drives in the 1,000th run of his career as St. Louis beats the Cubs, 8 - 2.
- 2010:
- David Price, the first overall pick of the 2007 amateur draft, pitches the first complete game and shutout of his career in a 6 - 0 Rays win at home against Toronto. Catcher Jose Molina guns down a team record four Tampa Bay baserunners trying to steal against him, but to no avail.
- Mike Pelfrey throws a rain-shortened five-inning shutout as the Mets complete a series sweep of the Braves, 1 - 0, at Citi Field. Pelfrey is in trouble all five innings, but manages to escape unscathed in extending his string of scoreless innings to 24. It is actually Raul Valdes who is on the mound for New York when the game is stopped in the top of the 6th, but everything after the 5th is wiped out, giving Pelfrey credit for a complete game. The game's lone run comes when Jose Reyes runs wild in spite of the sloppy conditions, stealing second after a two-out bloop single in the 1st, and coming to score on Jason Bay's infield single when 3B Chipper Jones's throw skips away from 1B Troy Glaus just enough to allow Reyes to dash home.
- 2011:
- Jered Weaver is the hottest pitcher in the majors at this time, winning his sixth straight start in a 5 - 0 Angels win over the Athletics. He strikes out ten batters and lowers his ERA to 0.99 in pitching a complete game shutout. Weaver becomes the fourth pitcher to go 6-0 before the end of April.
- Commissioner Bud Selig appoints Tom Schieffer to oversee the operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers, which were taken over by Major League Baseball last week. Schieffer served as president of the Texas Rangers from 1991 to 1999 when George W. Bush was the team's principal owner. Bush later appointed him United States Ambassador to Australia and to Japan after being elected President.
- For the first time, the IBAF tie-breaker rule is used in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. The Pioniers beat Mr. Cocker HCAW, 12 - 9, after the game is tied at 8 after nine innings. Norbert Lokhorst reaches base six times, Nik Gumeson scores three and Dave Draijer gets the historic win. For the losing side, Dirimo Chavez scores four runs and Maarten Mulder takes the defeat. Oddly, one of the umpires (Olav Steijger) and official scorer (Linda Steijger, Olav's wife) had each worked another "first" for the tie-breaker rule - Olav had been an umpire when the rule was first used in an international competition game at the 2008 World University Championship and Linda had been official scorer at a game in the 2008 Olympics when the rule was first used in the Olympics.
- 2012:
- With a two-run homer off Mark Buehrle in the 6th inning, David Wright becomes the all-time RBI leader in Mets franchise history with 735, passing Darryl Strawberry. R.A. Dickey is the winner over the Marlins, 5 - 1.
- The Royals end a twelve-game losing streak with an 8 - 2 win over the Indians. They belt four homers - two by Billy Butler - in support of Luke Hochevar's pitching, but still have the worst record in the major leagues at 4-14.
- 2013 - Gio Gonzalez allows just one hit in eight innings as the Nationals beat the Reds, 8 - 1. The only hit is a solo homer by Joey Votto in the 4th. Denard Span and Danny Espinosa drive in three runs each for the Nats, while Bryce Harper hits a solo homer. Rafael Soriano adds a hitless 9th inning for a combined one-hitter.
- 2014 - Cuban rookie Jose Abreu hits a walk-off grand slam off Rays closer Grant Balfour with two outs in the 9th to give the White Sox a 9 - 6 win. Abreu has three hits and six RBIs on the day.
- 2017:
- On a chilly night in Denver, CO, Nationals SS Trea Turner hits for the cycle in a 15 - 12 win over the Rockies. He drives in seven runs as his double and homer both score two runs, and his triple comes with the bases loaded. It is the third cycle in Nats history and first since Cristian Guzman in 2008. Daniel Murphy also pitches in with five RBIs.
- In closing out a 4 - 2 Rakuten Golden Eagles win, Yuki Matsui becomes the 17th NPB pitcher to fan the side on nine pitches. He sets down Kei Hosoya, Matt Duffy and Daichi Suzuki of the Chiba Lotte Marines - no one else had gotten the 3-4-5 hitters in accomplishing the feat. He also is the first to get at least seven swinging strikes in doing it; Masaji Hiramatsu had six in 1979. Matsui is the first Rakuten hurler to do it.
- 2018 - 20-year-old Ronald Acuna, the 2017 Minor League Player of the Year according to Baseball America, makes his debut as the youngest player in the majors now that his eligibility for salary arbitration has been pushed back by a year after the Braves delayed his call-up. His first major league hit comes in the 8th inning, and he soon comes in to score the winning run in a 5 - 4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
- 2019 - In the NFL draft, the Arizona Cardinals select University of Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray first overall. He had been the #1 pick of the Athletics in the 2018 amateur draft, 9th overall, as an outfielder, and had signed with the A's before giving up baseball last winter. This makes him the first player to be a first-rounder in both the NFL and MLB drafts. Murray will soon give up baseball in favor of the gridiron.
- 2021 - The Diamondbacks completely stymie the Braves' bats in a doubleheader consisting of two seven-inning games. In the opener, Zac Gallen throws a one-hitter in a 5 - 0 win, and Madison Bumgarner does even better in the nitecap, by spinning a no-hitter, albeit an unofficial one given the game does not go nine innings. The Braves' only baserunner in that game is Ozzie Albies, who reaches on an error by SS Nick Ahmed, as Bumgarner strikes out seven and walks none in the 7 - 0 win.
- 2022 - Three weeks into the major league season, a pitcher finally throws a complete game as the Dodgers' Walker Buehler shuts out the Diamondbacks, 4 - 0, allowing just three hits. It is the first shutout of Buehler's career.
- 2023 - Sources report that the Pirates have come to terms with their best hitter, OF Bryan Reynolds, on an eight-year contract extension worth $106.75 million. The deal is the largest in franchise history, and the Bucs were one of only four teams never to have given out a contract over $100 million before today, thus most observers considered there was little chance of Pittsburgh retaining Reynolds' services over the longer term.
- 2024 - In their team's first-ever game as a member of the Atlantic League, three pitchers for the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars combine to throw a no-hitter against the York Revolution. Parker Markel is on the mound for the first six innings, followed by Domingo Jimenez for two innings and Enrique Santana for the 9th. The three combine for 12 strikeouts with Markel issuing the only walk in the 4 - 0 win. Magneuris Sierra has three hits and scores two of Hagerstown's runs.
Births[edit]
- 1860 - Arthur Odlin, umpire (d. 1926)
- 1864 - Tom Quinn, catcher (d. 1932)
- 1865 - Dick Conway, pitcher (d. 1926)
- 1867 - Jim Sullivan, pitcher (d. 1901)
- 1883 - Russ Ford, pitcher (d. 1960)
- 1883 - Topeka Jack Johnson, Negro league infielder (d. 1940)
- 1884 - Pop Lloyd, infielder; manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1964)
- 1885 - Hack Spencer, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1886 - Ralph Good, pitcher (d. 1965)
- 1887 - Lee Dashner, pitcher (d. 1959)
- 1890 - Red Bird, pitcher (d. 1972)
- 1890 - Lloyd Bishop, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1891 - Pete Standridge, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1892 - Snipe Conley, pitcher (d. 1978)
- 1893 - Hank Swasey, college coach, scout (d. 1980)
- 1895 - George Lowe, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1896 - Fred Haney, infielder, manager (d. 1977)
- 1896 - Marty Shay, infielder (d. 1951)
- 1898 - Red Thomas, outfielder (d. 1962)
- 1900 - George Fiall, infielder (d. 1936)
- 1900 - Jake Freeze, pitcher (d. 1983)
- 1900 - Bill Grieve, umpire (d. 1979)
- 1903 - Otis Henry, infielder (d. 1975)
- 1903 - John Wilson, pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1907 - Roy Parmelee, pitcher (d. 1981)
- 1909 - Curtis Lloyd, Negro League player (d. 2009)
- 1910 - Jimmy Brown, infielder; All-Star (d. 1977)
- 1911 - Connie Marrero, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2014)
- 1911 - Bobby Estalella, outfielder (d. 1991)
- 1911 - Tokuhisa Kawamura, NPB infielder (d. WWII)
- 1913 - Woody Davis, pitcher (d. 1999)
- 1914 - Carlos Blanco, infielder (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Manuel González Guerra, AINBA president (d. 1997)
- 1917 - John Dagenhard, pitcher (d. 2001)
- 1917 - Red Flaherty, umpire (d. 1999)
- 1917 - Fukuyoshi Okada, NPB infielder (d. 1944)
- 1917 - Kazuo Kito, NPB outfielder (d. 1944)
- 1918 - Tex Shirley, pitcher (d. 1993)
- 1920 - Toshio Kawanishi, NPB outfielder and infielder (d. 2007)
- 1920 - Yukio Nishimoto, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2011)
- 1923 - Jack Spencer, college coach (d. 2004)
- 1923 - Shizuka Watanabe, NPB outfielder (d. WWII)
- 1924 - Art Schallock, pitcher
- 1928 - James Herndon, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)
- 1928 - Joe Pipak, minor league pitcher (d. 2019)
- 1932 - Carl Angelo, minor league pitcher (d. 2020)
- 1933 - Joyce Ricketts, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 1992)
- 1933 - Rollie Schmidt, college coach (d. 2015)
- 1935 - Larry Osterman, announcer
- 1936 - Sam Allen, Negro League outfielder
- 1941 - Chuck Harrison, infielder (d. 2023)
- 1943 - Rolando Camarero, minor league infielder-outfielder and manager (d. 2019)
- 1943 - Bob Johnson, pitcher
- 1943 - Lew Krausse, pitcher (d. 2021)
- 1944 - Drew Baur, owner (d. 2011)
- 1944 - Joe Hague, infielder (d. 1994)
- 1944 - Ken Tatum, pitcher
- 1947 - Takeshi Yasuda, NPB pitcher
- 1950 - Bill Greif, pitcher
- 1950 - Kerry Lamont Taylor, minor league pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1953 - Herminio Domínguez, minor league pitcher; Salón de la Fama
- 1954 - Mel Barrow, minor league outfielder
- 1954 - Frank Cacciatore, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1954 - Craig Minetto, pitcher
- 1954 - Greg Wells, infielder
- 1956 - Larry Pashnick, pitcher
- 1958 - Dave Owen, infielder
- 1959 - Tony Phillips, infielder/outfielder (d. 2016)
- 1960 - Darryl McNealy, minor league infielder
- 1960 - Derwin McNealy Sr., minor league outfielder
- 1963 - Kun-yol Lee, KBO player
- 1964 - Blaine Beatty, pitcher
- 1966 - Darren Holmes, pitcher
- 1966 - Erik Pappas, catcher
- 1967 - Ramon Bautista, minor league infielder
- 1967 - Octavio Orozco, minor league pitcher
- 1967 - Mike Sarbaugh, minor league infielder and manager
- 1968 - Tyrone Boykin, minor league player and manager
- 1968 - Terry Carr, minor league outfielder
- 1968 - William Miller, minor league outfielder
- 1969 - Joe Buck, announcer
- 1969 - Eric Christopherson, minor league catcher
- 1970 - Sean Mulligan, pinch hitter
- 1971 - Brad Clontz, pitcher
- 1972 - Micah Franklin, outfielder
- 1973 - Soo-cheol Sok, KBO infielder
- 1975 - Jacque Jones, outfielder
- 1977 - Jared Hoerman, minor league pitcher
- 1978 - Angel Tovar, minor league pitcher
- 1979 - Jesus Sanchez, minor league pitcher
- 1980 - Rodrigo Bruera, Serie A1 pitcher
- 1980 - Mike Rouse, infielder
- 1980 - Kazuhito Tadano, pitcher
- 1981 - Tony Bianucci, minor league outfielder
- 1981 - Andrew Ehling, college coach
- 1981 - José Navas, umpire
- 1981 - Sean White, pitcher
- 1982 - Brian Barton, outfielder
- 1982 - Byung-yong Chae, KBO pitcher
- 1982 - Kevin Huang, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - J.P. Howell, pitcher
- 1983 - Ki-pyo Kim, KBO pitcher
- 1983 - Juan Miranda, infielder
- 1983 - Garrett Mock, pitcher
- 1984 - Robert Andino, infielder
- 1985 - Jan Pojer, Extraliga outfielder
- 1986 - Rafael Fernándes, NPB pitcher
- 1987 - Danny Espinosa, infielder
- 1987 - Jimmy Kolawole, Bundesliga outfielder
- 1987 - Seb Visser, Hoofdklasse infielder
- 1988 - Jacobus Mostert, South African national team pitcher
- 1988 - Kenny Vandenbranden, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1990 - Aruna Shantha, Sri Lankan national team infielder
- 1991 - Mathew Sušac, Croatian national team pitcher
- 1992 - Luis Cessa, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Wei-Chung Wang, pitcher
- 1992 - Trevor Williams, pitcher
- 1993 - Daniel Norris, pitcher
- 1994 - Pedro Nakashima, Brazilian national team pitcher
- 1994 - Cody Ponce, pitcher
- 1994 - Stryker Trahan, minor league catcher
- 1995 - A.J. Puk, pitcher
- 2002 - Alli Schroder, Canadian women's national team pitcher
- 2005 - Phuriphat Saeyang, Thai national team infielder
- 2006 - Emma-Rose Payette, Canadian women's national team infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1890 - Charlie Hodnett, pitcher (b. 1861)
- 1905 - Jackie Hayes, catcher (b. 1861)
- 1910 - Jim Carleton, infielder (b. 1848)
- 1911 - Jack Rowe, infielder, manager (b. 1856)
- 1918 - Dave Williams, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1919 - Bill Higgins, infielder (b. 1859)
- 1931 - Garry Herrmann, general manager (b. 1859)
- 1937 - George Gilham, catcher (b. 1899)
- 1944 - Tony Mullane, pitcher (b. 1859)
- 1945 - Jim Murray, outfielder (b. 1878)
- 1947 - John Walsh, infielder (b. 1879)
- 1948 - Bert Hunter, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1910)
- 1950 - Offa Neal, infielder (b. 1876)
- 1957 - Lázaro Salazar, outfielder, manager; Salón de la Fama (b. 1912)
- 1961 - Bill Krueger, minor league player and manager (b. 1922)
- 1962 - Clarence Abarta, minor league infielder (b. 1907 or 1909)
- 1963 - Hal Elliott, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1966 - Art Decatur, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1968 - Billy Kelsey, catcher (b. 1881)
- 1970 - Earl Wolgamot, coach (b. 1892)
- 1970 - Gene Steinbrenner, infielder (b. 1892)
- 1971 - Max West, outfielder (b. 1904)
- 1975 - Bruce Edwards, catcher; All-Star (b. 1923)
- 1975 - Ichiro Kimishima, author; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1887)
- 1978 - Leonardo Alanís, minor league outfielder (b. 1889)
- 1978 - Leo Najo, minor league outfielder (b. 1899)
- 1979 - Lew Carpenter, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1982 - Norman Cross, pitcher (b. 1910)
- 1983 - Carlos Paula, outfielder (b. 1927)
- 1985 - Stan Bartkowski, minor league outfielder (b. 1920)
- 1986 - Tite Figueroa, pitcher (b. 1926)
- 1989 - Yoshinori Tsuji, NPB catcher (b. 1940)
- 1992 - Nobuo Fujita, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1903)
- 1992 - Bob Hazle, outfielder (b. 1930)
- 1994 - Gordon Jones, pitcher (b. 1930)
- 1994 - Mike Kreevich, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1908)
- 2003 - Clif Keane, writer (b. 1912)
- 2006 - Bob Fortune, USA national team infielder (b. ~1917)
- 2006 - Tokuji Kawasaki, NPB pitcher; manager (b. 1921)
- 2011 - Bobby Thompson, outfielder (b. 1953)
- 2011 - Betty Wicken, AAGPBL outfielder (b. 1927)
- 2013 - Rick Camp, pitcher (b. 1953)
- 2015 - Jim Fanning, catcher, manager (b. 1927)
- 2016 - Terry Clapp, minor league infielder (b. 1951)
- 2017 - Jerry Wilson, college coach (b. 1948)
- 2020 - Miguel Masís, Costa Rican national team infielder and manager (b. 1934)
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