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Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 8.

Events

• 1867 - A Grand match for the benefit of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund is played between picked nines from New York and Brooklyn at the Union Grounds. New York wins the well-played game‚ 13 - 7.
• 1872 - 2,500 people watch the Baltimore Canaries rally for three runs in the 9th to tie the Mutuals, 8 - 8, and then win the game in the 12th, 12 - 8 at the Union Grounds in Brooklyn. Lipman Pike scores the winning run on a hit by Tom Carey off Candy Cummings.
• 1877 - After St. Louis C John Clapp has his cheek smashed by a foul tip‚ replacement Mike Dorgan goes behind the plate wearing a mask. Though used earlier in the International Association‚ this is perhaps the first use of a catcher's mask in an official National League game.
• 1878 - Errors by 2B Bill McClellan and 1B Joe Start enable Boston to score in the 9th and edge Chicago‚ 2 - 1.
• 1881 - Providence C Emil Gross snaps tendons in his leg and is out for the season.
• 1885 - All games are canceled in New York City today because of General Ulysses S. Grant's funeral.
• 1886 - Rumors of the imminent demise of the St. Louis Maroons abound after star 2B Fred Dunlap is sold to Detroit for $4‚700.
• 1889 - Jack Glasscock is 5 for 6 and hits for the cycle against Mickey Welch as Indianapolis drubs New York‚ 14 - 1.
• 1890 - Chicago (Players League) romps over Cleveland‚ 18 - 4‚ with Jimmy Ryan leading the way. Ryan swipes four bases and hits a home run to pace the winners.
• 1891 - Boston edges Chicago, 4 - 3, in nine innings. The Colts now lead the Giants by two games and the Beans by 2 1/2.
• 1892 - Boston gets its third straight shutout‚ 7 - 0 over Washington‚ and moves into a first-place tie with Cleveland. Tomorrow Washington will snap the Beaneaters' 33-inning scoreless streak with an 8 - 3 win.
• 1893 - Sam Dungan of Pittsburgh starts the game against Chicago by scoring from first base as George Van Haltren's wild throw rolls into a rat hole under the grandstand. Pittsburgh finishes up by scoring five runs in the top of the 9th and hanging on for a 9 - 8 win.
• 1894 - Led by Billy Hamilton‚ who scores five runs‚ the Phils outslug first-place Boston‚ 18 - 10. Baltimore sweeps two from Brooklyn to move a game behind the Beaneaters.
• 1896 - Paced by Joe Kelley's five runs‚ Baltimore defeats Washington, 21 - 16. Each team hits exactly the same number of singles as its run total‚ with the 37 singles establishing a still-standing major league record for a nine-inning game. Baltimore star John McGraw makes his first appearance of the season when he pinch-hits in the 3rd. McGraw has been sidelined with typhoid fever. The New York Clipper box score for the game credits the Orioles with only 20 singles (plus three doubles and a home run)‚ not 21; thus, the record claimed for singles in this game may be suspect.
• 1901 - At the Polo Grounds‚ the Giants and Brooklyn split two‚ Brooklyn winning the opener‚ 3 - 0‚ before losing the nitecap to Christy Mathewson‚ 4 - 1. Brooklyn threatens in the 6th‚ putting two on with no outs‚ but Matty K's Cozy Dolan‚ allows a single‚ then strikes out Tom Daly and Bill Dahlen to end the threat.
• 1903:
  • The New York Giants' Joe McGinnity repeats his feat from August 1st, when he defeats the Brooklyn Superbas in both ends of a doubleheader, 6 - 1 and 4 - 3. A week earlier he beat the Boston Beaneaters, 4 - 1 and 5 - 2. McGinnity also is credited with a steal of home in the second game while Brooklyn is arguing a disputed call at third base. Brooklyn P Henry Schmidt is so upset about the steal that he throws the ball out of the park‚ a toss that gets him tossed from the game. On August 31st‚ Iron Joe will beat the Phillies twice. He has now done double work five times‚ including two losses on each of the two occasions at Baltimore in 1901. The combination of his 434 innings pitched and 31 wins‚ with Christy Mathewson's 366 innings pitched and 30 wins‚ will make them the century's most productive one-season duo.
  • An overhanging gallery atop the left field bleachers at Philadelphia's National League Park collapses at 5:40 p.m. during a doubleheader with Boston‚ killing 12 and injuring 282. The second game is canceled and Philadelphia's remaining home games are played at the American League's Columbia Park.
  • Furious when an old black ball is put into play when Cleveland is at bat in the last of the 11th and his objections are ignored by umpire Tom Connolly‚ Naps manager Nap Lajoie hurls the ball over the grandstand‚ suffering the loss of the game to Detroit by forfeit. Detroit was leading 6 - 5.
• 1904:
  • Christy Mathewson wins his second game in three days‚ beating St. Louis in relief‚ 4 - 3. Matty enters in the 9th‚ fans two of the three outs‚ and New York then tallies a run off Charles McFarland to win.
  • In Cleveland‚ with the Naps ahead of New York‚ 7 - 1 in the 4th‚ Dave Fultz and manager Clark Griffith argue a strike call with umpire Silk O'Loughlin. When they refuse to go to the bench‚ Silk orders a policeman to escort them off the field. Tomorrow‚ Silk will throw out pitcher Jack Powell and have the police escort Jimmy Williams off the field. Griffith and Williams will receive suspensions from the American League‚ and Highlander owner Frank Farrell vows O'Loughlin will not be allowed to enter Hilltop Park again. To no avail.
• 1905:
  • Dave Brain‚ who hit three triples in a game in Pittsburgh for St. Louis on May 29th‚ repeats the performance for Pittsburgh against visiting Boston. The Pirates win in ten innings‚ 5 - 4‚ with Brain's triples coming in the first nine innings. He is the only major league player to perform the feat twice in one season. The two performances also ties the career major league record: no one else in the 20th century will have two three-triple games in his career.
  • In Chicago‚ the Cubs notch 6 hits and 3 runs off Luther Taylor‚ but the Giants still lead, 4 - 3, in the bottom of the 4th‚ when John McGraw lifts the pitcher for Christy Mathewson. Matty shuts out Chicago over the last 5+ innings‚ but the win goes to Taylor. By today's standards the win would go to Mathewson‚ since Taylor did not last through the first five innings.
• 1906:
  • National League President Harry Pulliam upholds the forfeit to the Cubs of yesterday's Giants game stating: "I uphold the action of the umpires absolutely‚ and if I am not sustained by the NL Board of Directors I will not only resign my position as President of the NL‚ but I will quit professional baseball forever." Giants owner John Brush then allows Jim Johnstone to officiate‚ and the Cubs win, 3 - 2, behind Three Fingers Brown and Ed Reulbach. At the month's end‚ the Cubs will have a 15-game lead.
  • The White Sox edge the A's‚ beating Eddie Plank‚ 1 - 0‚ in ten innings. Patsy Dougherty's hit in the 10th‚ just the second allowed by Plank‚ drives in George Davis with the run. Roy Patterson is the winner.
• 1907 - At Pittsburgh‚ the Giants sweep two from the Pirates‚ 4 - 3 and 7 - 0. Christy Mathewson wins the opener‚ with relief help from Joe McGinnity‚ and Hooks Wiltse slams the door in the nitecap. The Giants move ahead of Pittsburgh into second place.
• 1909 - In a 3 - 0 Giant win at St. Louis‚ outfielder Bill O'Hara swipes second base‚ third base‚ and home in the 8th inning.
• 1911 - Bill Keen‚ 18‚ debuts with the Pirates at 1B and injures himself in the 5th running from first to third. He's replaced by a pinch runner‚ who breaks the 8 - 8 tie with the Phils‚ by scoring on a single. Keen makes six more pinch-hitting appearances this year‚ but never scores a major league run.
• 1913:
  • Earl Hamilton‚ in his last start of the year‚ pitches the Browns to a 6 - 4 win over the Yankees. Hamilton is 3-0 against New York this year‚ two of them one-hitters.
  • The Yankees pick up 3B Fritz Maisel from Baltimore (International League) for $12‚000 plus 3B Ezra Midkiff (who is hitting .197) and OF Bert Daniels (.216). Daniels will return to the majors next year with the Reds and improve his batting average by three points.
• 1914 - Tris Speaker of the Boston Red Sox records an unassisted double play against the Detroit Tigers - his second of the season. Tiger runner Harry Heilmann is doubled off second base in the 4th inning when a hit-and-run play becomes a line drive to Speaker. Boston wins‚ 5 - 2. Speaker previously accomplished the feat against the Philadelphia Athletics on April 21st. This is a record for outfielders
• 1915:
  • Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Gavvy Cravath ties a major league record with four doubles against the Cincinnati Reds. Philadelphia wins, 14 - 7. Two of Gavvy's doubles come with the bases loaded‚ a major league record‚ and the only time this century that someone has doubled with the sacks full twice in a game. Grover Cleveland Alexander coasts home to the win.
  • Hank O'Day‚ who managed the Cubs in 1914‚ returns to umpiring.
• 1916 - The Athletics set an American League record with their 19th loss in a row on the road (20th overall)‚ a 9 - 0 yawner to the Tigers. The streak began on July 25th‚ making it a record for losses in two weeks.
• 1918:
  • Brooklyn tops the Cubs again‚ beating Hippo Vaughn‚ 4 - 1‚ done in by two wild heaves by 3B Eddie Pick. Zach Wheat‚ hit by a pitch once by Vaughn‚ goes hitless to stop his hitting streak at 26. Rube Marquard‚ despite leaving in the 5th with a strained back‚ is the winner. With the Giants losing to the Reds‚ the Cubs stay 6 1/2 ahead.
  • It is announced that Ebbets Field will become a Government storehouse as soon as the season is over on September 2nd. The Brooklyn team offers the park as a much-needed storage facility for war supplies‚ and it is now expected that other teams will follow suit. The New York Times states that "the turning over of the baseball park means that the major leagues will not attempt to play next season." Washington Park‚ the old Federal League park‚ has already been converted to a government storehouse.
• 1919 - Reserve outfielder Casey Stengel is traded to the Phils for Possum Whitted‚ who will bat .389 for the Pirates in the last 35 games.
• 1920:
  • Detroit Tigers pitcher Howard Ehmke wins the American League's shortest game ever when he defeats the New York Yankees, 1 - 0, in one hour, thirteen minutes. With no outs and two on in the 5th inning‚ the Yanks fail to capitalize as Ping Bodie falls for the hidden ball trick applied by 2B Ralph Young.
  • The Browns sweep a pair from Washington‚ winning, 3 - 2 and 11 - 4. Jack Tobin is 4 for 4‚ with a double and triple in the first game‚ while in the second game‚ against Eric Erickson‚ the Browns' George Sisler hits for the cycle and drives in six runs.
• 1921 - In his first at bat‚ St. Louis Browns rookie Luke Stuart hits a home run‚ becoming the first American League rookie to accomplish the feat. His 9th-inning blast‚ good for two runs‚ comes off no less than Washington's Walter Johnson. Johnson‚ leading 16 - 3 after his teammates score seven runs in the 8th‚ cruises home with a 16 - 5 win. Stuart‚ who appeared in one game on July 28th but did not bat‚ will play one more game and then leave the majors with this home run as his only hit. The next AL rookie to connect for a homer on his first at-bat will be Earl Averill in 1929.
• 1922:
  • New York Giants pitcher Phil Douglas is suspended and fined $100 by John McGraw. He writes a letter to St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Les Mann which says in part "I want to leave here, but I want some inducement. I don't want this guy (McGraw) to win the pennant and I feel if I stay here I win it for him". Mann gives the letter to manager Branch Rickey who notifies Kenesaw Landis. In Pittsburgh on August 16th‚ Douglas will admit he wrote the letter‚ and Landis will bar him from baseball for life.
  • Pittsburgh makes a major league record 46 hits in a doubleheader against Philadelphia. Pittsburgh sweeps‚ winning 19 - 8 and 7 - 3. With their 27 hits in the first game‚ and 22 the day before‚ a two-game record (49) is set. In today's double pounding‚ the hitting stars are Reb Russell and Cotton Tierney‚ each of whom collects eight hits and each scores five runs in the first game.
  • The Red Sox collect 21 hits against Cleveland in a 15 - 6 win at Fenway Park. Cleveland manager Tris Speaker retaliates by hitting two homers over the RF wall.
  • Tom Zachary and the Senators beat the Browns' Dixie Davis‚ 3 - 1‚ cutting the St. Louis lead in the American League to a game.
• 1924:
  • Babe Ruth has a pair of homers - his 37th and 38th - plus a triple and two walks‚ but it is not enough as the Yankees fall to Cleveland‚ 10 - 8. Joe Bush and Bob Shawkey do the bleeding. George Myatt's two-run homer is the difference in the three-run 9th. Myatt also has a single and double.
  • The Washington Potomacs of the Eastern Colored League connect for 14 consecutive hits in one inning against South Philadelphia of the Penn-Jersey League.
  • At Philadelphia‚ Lee Meadows wins a pitching duel‚ 1 - 0, over Jimmy Ring, by hitting an 8th-inning homer over the LF wall. At 1 hour and 12 minutes‚ it is one of the fastest games of the year.
• 1925 - The second-place Giants make two deals to help in the pennant race. Hack Wilson goes to Toledo for Earl Webb‚ and Freddie Fitzsimmons is picked up from Indianapolis for cash and two players to be named later. Fat Freddie will be a fine addition‚ but Webb will soon be back in the minors. Wilson‚ sent to Toledo for seasoning‚ will be left unprotected by the Giants' front office‚ and the Cubs will swipe the fireplug slugger in the Rule V Draft.
• 1929 - Rogers Hornsby cracks a 4th-inning homer - one of his four hits - as Chicago edges the Reds, 1 - 0, at Wrigley Field. Charlie Root allows seven hits in beating rookie Benny Frey.
• 1930 - In St. Louis, the first-place Robins beat the Cardinals, 11 – 5 and are now 12 games ahead of the fourth-place Birds (53-52). The Cubs win to stay close in second place and the Giants sweep a pair to stay 5 1/2 games behind in third place. But it will be the fourth-place Cardinals who will make the charge.
• 1931 - The Washington Senators' Bobby Burke no-hits the Boston Red Sox, 5 - 0, in Washington, walking five and striking out eight.
• 1934 - Wilbert Robinson dies in Atlanta. Beloved as "Uncle Robbie‚" the jovial and bemused manager of the Brooklyn Robins for 18 seasons went 7 for 7 in one game with Baltimore, which still stands as a major league record.
• 1936 - At the Olympics in Berlin‚ the announcement is made of the formation of the World International Baseball Federation‚ a 16-nation group‚ including Hawaii‚ to be headquartered in Miami.
• 1937:
  • The White Sox stop Boston's winning streak of 12 games by pounding the Bosox‚ 13 - 0‚ after losing the opener‚ 7 - 6. The Red Sox win with two runs in the 9th. John Whitehead holds to the Red Sox to four hits in the second game‚ while Zeke Bonura provides a grand slam.
  • The East beats the West, 7 - 2, in the 1937 East-West Game. Barney Morris gets the win while Wild Bill Wright gets three hits, two runs and two RBI.
• 1940 - At Fenway Park‚ 27-year-old Tiny Bonham makes his major league debut for the Yankees and loses‚ 4 - 1‚ to Fritz Ostermueller. Bonham‚ brought up to replace the sore-armed Lefty Gomez‚ will still end the season at 9-3‚ complete ten games‚ and toss three shutouts. His ERA will be 1.90 but Bob Feller will lead the American League at 2.61, although some will consider Bonham the title holder.
• 1941:
  • Cubs rookie Paul Erickson wins his first major league game‚ pitching a nifty one-hitter to beat the Pirates' Johnny Lanning‚ 1 - 0. The Cubs collect ten hits while Bob Elliott's hit in the 7th is the lone Buc shot.
  • The White Sox roll over the Browns‚ 16 - 2. Taffy Wright paces the 15-hit attack with two homers and a double to drive in 6 runs.
• 1942 - A beanball salvo between Manny Salvo of the Braves and Whit Wyatt of the Dodgers ends in a 2 - 0 Boston victory. Only two batters are hit‚ but many pitches are close and the hurlers almost come to blows twice. Salvo gets fined $50 and Wyatt $75. Wyatt also tosses a bat. For Wyatt (8-1)‚ it is his first loss after ten straight wins over the Braves.
• 1943 - In Cleveland‚ the Browns lose, 5 - 2. St. Louis takes the field eight times without recording an assist in the game‚ a major league first. The Reds had no assists in a seven-inning contest on July 22‚ 1907. The Yanks will have no assists in a nine-inning game on July 4‚ 1945.
• 1945 - A line drive of the bat of Hank Greenberg fractures the skull of pitcher Jim Wilson, resulting in two hours of surgery. Wilson will recover and pitch in the majors until 1958.
• 1946:
  • Bill Benswanger‚ son-in-law of Barney Dreyfuss‚ owners of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900‚ sells the club to a group headed by Frank McKinney and John Galbreath. Singer Bing Crosby is among investors in the team. The Pirates are purchased for a reported $2.5 million.
  • A bloop single in the 7th inning by former battery-mate Frankie Hayes deprives Bob Feller of a no-hitter against the White Sox. Hayes was traded by Cleveland in June‚ just weeks after hitting a homer in Feller's April 30th no-hitter. It is the eighth one-hitter of Feller's career. His ten games of less than two hits betters Addie Joss's old mark of nine.
• 1947 - At Wrigley Field‚ Bill Nicholson breaks up a pitching duel between Johnny Schmitz and Ewell Blackwell with an 11th-inning solo homer. The Cubs whip the Reds‚ 2 - 1. Nicholson also scores the Cubs' first run‚ an unearned tally. Chicago helps Schmitz out with a 7th-inning triple play when Lennie Merullo snags a liner‚ steps on second base‚ and fires to Eddie Waitkus.
• 1948 - In Cleveland‚ 73‚484 fans watch the Indians and Yankees square off for two games. Trailing in the opener‚ an ailing Lou Boudreau hits a bases-loaded pinch single in the 7th to tie the game‚ and Satchel Paige wins it in relief‚ 8 - 6. Steve Gromek goes seven innings in the nitecap to give the Indians a 2 - 1 win over rookie Bob Porterfield‚ making his major league debut.
• 1949 - After pinch hitting yesterday‚ Carl Furillo returns to the Dodgers' lineup after an injury and has two hits and a run in a 2 - 1 win over the Giants. Don Newcombe wins on a three-hitter. Furillo will hit .431 in the final eight weeks of the season and finish at .322‚ fourth best in the National League.
• 1952 - Bob Neighbors, who played seven games for the St. Louis Browns, is killed in action in North Korea. He is the only major leaguer to die in action in the Korean War.
• 1953 - Yankee southpaws Whitey Ford and Bob Kuzava hurl 1 - 0 and 3 - 0 shutouts against the White Sox. Kuzava gives up only Bob Boyd's double in the 9th.
• 1954:
  • The Dodgers score a National League-record 13 runs in the 8th off Cincinnati in Ebbets Field to win, 20 - 7. Twelve of the runs are unearned and an NL-record 12 are tallied with two outs and no one on. Gil Hodges gets a triple and a home run in three at bats in the inning‚ while Clem Labine‚ who has a career .100 BA‚ walks twice. Jackie Robinson drives in three runs with a single as Duke Snider scores from first base. Roy Campanella‚ Jim Gilliam‚ and Don Hoak all homer for Brooklyn in the game to pin the loss on Karl Drews.
  • The Yankees spot the host Tigers a four-run lead‚ tie it up‚ then watch as Detroit wins it, 10 - 8, in ten innings. Mickey Mantle has one homer‚ off Billy Hoeft‚ and just misses on a titanic opposite field drive that curves foul before leaving the stadium.
• 1955 - With his record at 18-1‚ the Dodgers' Don Newcombe loses a 1 - 0 game to the Cubs' Sam Jones. Newk's two losses have both been to the Cubs.
• 1956:
  • Mickey Mantle's opposite-field homer‚ off Camilo Pascual in the 1st inning, jump starts the Yankees to a 12 - 2 win over the Senators. Mantle is now nine games ahead of Babe Ruth's 1927 pace.
  • Robin Roberts wins his eighth straight and his fourth game in ten days‚ as the visiting Phils defeat the Giants‚ 9 - 3. Ted Kazanski lines an inside-the-park grand slam off Jim Hearn‚ just the fourth in club history, to pace the attack.
  • At Milwaukee‚ the Cards' Herm Wehmeier stages a one-man attack‚ hurling a four-hitter and driving in the winning run in the 10th to win‚ 3 - 2. He singles off Lew Burdette's glove. He also stops Hank Aaron's hitting streak of 25 straight games. The Braves win the lidlifter easily‚ 10 - 1, behind homers by Johnny Logan‚ Del Crandall and 2 by Joe Adcock.
• 1957 - Club President Walter O'Malley offically announces that the Brooklyn Dodgers will play in Los Angeles in 1958.
• 1960 - Before a day crowd of 48‚323‚ the largest day crowd ever at Comiskey Park‚ Billy Pierce pitches a four-hit victory over the Yankees‚ 9 - 1. Pierce faces just 31 batters.
• 1961 - At Fenway Park‚ the Twins' Camilo Pascual gives up an inside-the-park grand slam to Gary Geiger in the 3rd and a solo shot to Don Buddin in the 7th‚ but wins‚ 6 - 5. Pascual drives in his first three runs of the year to snap the Twins' eight-game losing streak.
• 1963:
  • Vern Law (4-5) is placed on the retired list with a sore arm. He will come back in 1964.
  • In the 5th inning‚ Frank Howard and Moose Skowron pinch-hit back-to-back home runs for the Dodgers‚ only the second time this has ever occurred in the National League. Cub pitchers Bob Buhl and Don Elston are the victims. But the Cubs hold on to win, 5 - 4, at Wrigley Field.
• 1964 - The Los Angeles Angels sign a contract to move to Anaheim in 1966.
• 1965:
  • Recently released by the Mets‚ Warren Spahn records his 361st victory and first as a Giant. San Francisco beats the Cards, 6 - 4.
  • In New York‚ the Cubs score six runs in the 9th inning to whip the Mets‚ 14 - 10. Chris Krug is not much help in the 9th‚ as the Cubbie strikes out twice. It's the first time since 1922 a Cub has K'ed twice in one inning.
  • The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 18 - 0, the worst loss ever for the Dodgers. Jim Maloney coasts to the win‚ while Don Drysdale takes the loss.
• 1966:
  • The Reds beat the Giants‚ 10 - 6‚ and Cincy OF Tommy Harper stretches his hitting streak to 24 games.
  • The Red Sox-Cleveland game at Fenway Park is stopped four times because of fog. The Red Sox eventually win‚ 3 - 1.
• 1967 - At Crosley Field‚ Reds P Milt Pappas allows two hits in beating Houston‚ 5 - 0.
• 1968 - Jarry Park is grudgingly approved by Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by the Montreal Expos. Montreal officials tell National League President Warren Giles that a new stadium will be ready by 1972. In fact, the Expos will play their home games at tiny Jarry Park until the end of the 1976 season.
• 1969:
  • Hot-hitting Manny Sanguillen collects a single‚ double‚ and triple to lead the Pirates to a 7 - 1 win over the Padres. Sanguillen is 13 for his last 26. Bob Veale allows 11 hits but strikes out ten for the win.
  • Three-run homers by Tom Tresh and Willie Horton allow the Tigers to sweep a pair from the White Sox‚ 7 - 3 and 9 - 7. Tresh's homer comes in the 8th inning of the nitecap. Rookie of the Year candidate Carlos May has two hits in the second game‚ his last before going on weekend Army reserve duty at Camp Pendleton‚ California. While there‚ May suffers a serious injury when a mortar misfires and blows off most of his right thumb. May‚ hitting .281 with 18 homers‚ will have extensive skin grafts and surgery and will return to play 150 games and hit .285 in 1970. His home run output will drop to 12.
• 1970:
  • The New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel at Old Timers Day in Yankee Stadium. Stengel's number 37 is retired, then the Baltimore Orioles beat the Yankees, 4 - 2.
  • Milwaukee reliever Dave Baldwin intentionally walks Boog Powell to load the bases and pitch to Don Buford. The Baltimore infielder promptly smacks a grand slam to give the O's a 7 - 4 victory.
  • In Los Angeles‚ Tony Perez collects six RBIs on two homers and a single to lead the Reds to a 10 - 6 win over the Dodgers.
  • The Giants edge the Astros‚ 6 - 5‚ with the win going to reliever Don McMahon. Giants starter Skip Pitlock has his first and only major league homer (half his career hits)‚ an inside-the-park liner off Wade Blasingame.
• 1971 - Behind Lee May's two homers and five RBIs‚ the Reds beat the visiting Montreal Expos‚ 6 - 3. His second homer is a three-run shot in the 9th.
• 1972:
  • The New York Yankees sign a 30-year lease to play in renovated Yankee Stadium starting in 1976; they will share Shea Stadium with the New York Mets while the renovations take place in 1974 and 1975.
  • At Riverfront Stadium‚ the Reds beat the Dodgers‚ 2 - 1‚ in 19 innings. The Dodgers use five pitchers and the first four - Tommy John‚ Jim Brewer‚ Pete Richert and Ron Perranoski - strike out 22 batters to tie a National League record. The fifth‚ Pete Mikkelsen‚ fans no one in the defeat to Pedro Borbon. Joe Hague's single drives in pinch runner Ted Uhlaender to end the marathon.
• 1973:
  • Boston DH Orlando Cepeda ties the major league record with four doubles in a 9 - 4 triumph over Kansas City. Luis Tiant is the winning pitcher.
  • Against Texas‚ Yankee starter Fritz Peterson injures himself fielding a bunt single by leadoff hitter Dave Nelson and he is replaced by Fred Beene. Beene pitches nine innings‚ allowing four hits and winning‚ 3 - 2, on Gene Michael's two-out single in the 9th off starter Jim Merritt.
• 1974 - The Royals-Twins game is briefly interrupted by President Nixon's resignation speech. The speech is broadcast after it begins and the next inning is delayed until the conclusion of the speech. The Twins prevail over the host Royals‚ 3 - 2, in 14 innings, when Tony Oliva's sacrifice fly drives home Rod Carew. Bill Campbell pitches seven innings of relief for the win.
• 1976:
  • The Chicago White Sox play the first game of a doubleheader wearing navy blue bermuda shorts. The Sox defeat the Kansas City Royals, 5 - 2.
  • Padres rookie Butch Metzger is credited with a 4 - 3 victory over the Astros‚ his tenth win without a defeat. With a victory in each of the previous two seasons as well‚ Metzger's mark of 12-0 to start a career matches Hooks Wiltse‚ in 1904. Metzger will lose his last four decisions this year.
• 1979:
  • Oakland's Matt Keough loses to California, 8 - 1‚ running his season record to 0-14‚ and tying a dubious major league record. His 14 straight losses ties him for the fourth most in American League history.
  • At Riverfront Stadium‚ Reds P Bill Bonham surrenders just two hits in beating the Braves‚ 3 - 1.
• 1982 - Just five days after hitting three home runs in a 5 - 4 loss to the Twins, California's Doug DeCinces hits three more home runs in a 9 - 5 win at Seattle, joining Ted Williams as the only American League players ever to hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season.
• 1984
  • The Cubs tighten their grip on first place in the NL East with a 7 - 6 win over the Mets at Wrigley Field‚ completing a four-game series sweep. Keith Moreland leads the way with three hits and four RBIs. Hubie Brooks is 4 for 4 with four runs for New York. Davey Johnson gets tossed in the 7th after Bob Dernier gets hit by a pitch‚ a continuation of yesterday's beanballing. Cubs manager Jim Frey follows Johnson in the 9th when Lee Smith throws behind George Foster.
  • Veteran P Don Sutton ends Milwaukee's ten-game losing streak with a 3 - 2 win over the Royals. Sutton also passes the 100 strikeout mark for the 19th straight season‚ a major league record.
• 1985:
  • Cardinals pitcher John Tudor one-hits the Cubs, 8 - 0, for his sixth shutout of the season‚ allowing only Leon Durham's 5th-inning single. Tudor started the season 1-7 but will win 20 of his last 21 decisions to finish 21-8.
  • Keith Hernandez has five hits in the Mets' 20-hit attack as they beat the Expos‚ 14 - 7. Rick Aguilera is the winner.
• 1987 - Tom Candiotti goes the distance as the Indians top the Blue Jays‚ 3 - 1. Toronto's only run is George Bell's 35th homer and extends Bell's hitting streak versus Cleveland to 34 games. Bell sits out tomorrow's game and will go hitless in the first encounter with Cleveland in 1988.
• 1988 - 91-year-old Chicago Cubs fan Harry Grossman throws a switch lighting Wrigley Field for its first-ever night game. Heavy thuderstorms wipe out the Cubs-Phillies game after three innings. The first official night game will be recorded tomorrow night.
• 1989:
  • Mauro Gozzo pitches eight shutout innings in his major league debut as Toronto beats Texas, 7 - 0, to go over .500 for the first time since Opening Day. The Blue Jays will eventually overtake the surprising Orioles and win the AL East.
  • The Royals' Tom "Flash" Gordon stops the visiting Red Sox‚ 8 - 1. Sox C Rick Cerone starts the game behind the plate‚ then moves to RF for the first time in his career.
• 1990 - Pete Rose reports to the federal work camp in Marion, IL to serve his three-month sentence for tax evasion.
• 1991 - The Detroit Tigers fan a team record 21 times in a 14-inning‚ 4 - 0, win over the Blue Jays. Mark Salas hits a three-run pinch homer off Tom Henke in the top of the 14th. Mickey Tettleton follows one out later with another homer. Starters Bill Gullickson and Tom Candiotti match zeroes for seven innings‚ with Candy striking out 12.
• 1992 - Cleveland P Charles Nagy hurls a one-hitter against the Orioles‚ defeating Baltimore by a score of 6 - 0. Glenn Davis gets the only Baltimore safety.
• 1993:
  • Mariners P Brad Holman is struck in the forehead by a line drive off the bat of Texas's Mario Diaz. The Rangers win the game‚ 7 - 1‚ and Holman suffers a fractured sinus cavity. Ken Griffey Jr. makes an error in the contest‚ ending his American League record string of 573 consecutive chances without a miscue.
  • Cleveland OF Albert Belle drives home two runs with a sacrifice fly as the Indians lose to Baltimore‚ 7 - 6.
• 1995:
  • Yankees DH Ruben Sierra drives home seven runs to lead New York to an 11 - 4 win over Baltimore. Sierra's three hits include a single‚ double and home run.
  • Pittsburgh's Jeff King connects for two homers in the nine-run 2nd inning‚ and Pittsburgh rides it to a 9 - 5 win over the Giants. King is the first Pittsburgh player to homer twice in an inning since Jake Stenzel in 1894
  • The Rangers acquire P Bobby Witt from the Marlins in exchange for two players to be named.
• 1996:
  • Eddie Murray's 494th homer moves him ahead of Lou Gehrig to 15th place on the all-time list. The two-run homer in the 6th inning breaks a tie as Baltimore beats the Brewers‚ 6 - 4.
  • Darryl Strawberry powers a pair of homers to lead the Yankees to an 8 - 4 win over the White Sox. Strawberry now has five homers in his last nine at bats.
  • The Rangers acquire P John Burkett (6-10) from the Marlins in exchange for P Ryan Dempster and a player to be named.
• 1997:
  • Randy Johnson becomes the first pitcher to strike out 19 batters in a game twice in one season when he fans 19 Chicago White Sox in a 5 - 0 victory.
  • Recently-acquired slugger Mark McGwire hits a home run for the St. Louis Cardinals, his first in the National League.
• 1998 - Behind Rafael Palmeiro's 35th home run‚ the Orioles defeat the Twins‚ 6 - 3‚ despite five hits by Minnesota DH Paul Molitor. Molitor also swipes his 500th base. He's the sixth player with 500 steals and 3,000 hits.
• 1999 - The Diamondbacks defeat the Phillies‚ 7 - 4‚ despite five hits‚ including a double‚ by OF Bobby Abreu. Arizona P Armando Reynoso wins his seventh consecutive decision. He has not lost in 17 starts‚ dating back to April 27th.
• 2000 - The Dodgers defeat the Cubs‚ 7 - 5‚ hitting four homers (Kevin Elster‚ Darren Dreifort‚ Gary Sheffield and Shawn Green) in the 4th inning off Chicago P Phil Norton‚ who was making the second appearance of his major league career. Pitcher Dreifort hits two homers in the contest for Los Angeles‚ becoming the first pitcher to do so since 1990. Norton also sets a record becoming the first Cub pitcher in the team's 124-year history to surrender four homers in an inning.
• 2001:
  • Tigers P Nate Cornejo makes his major league debut against Rangers P Joaquin Benoit. It is the first time since August 21‚ 1990‚ that both starting pitchers are making their big league debuts. The Tigers tie a modern record by scoring 13 runs in the 9th inning to snap a 6 - 6 tie and roll‚ 19 - 6. Damion Easley gets six hits‚ including two in the 9th‚ to tie an American League and team record‚ last done by Ty Cobb. The winning pitcher is former Ranger Danny Patterson‚ who faces one batter in the 8th.
  • With 50‚863 on hand at Oakland‚ the A's down the Red Sox‚ 6 - 1, behind the pitching of Tim Hudson. Carl Everett's home run accounts for the only Bosox score‚ while Jason Giambi homers for Oakland. Johnny Damon hits a double the hard way when his drive down the RF line lands in a beer cup. Trot Nixon is the right fielder.
• 2002 - Atlanta defeats Arizona‚ 4 - 1‚ as Braves relief pitcher John Smoltz reaches 40 saves in a season faster than any pitcher in history.
• 2003 - The Dodgers defeat the Cubs‚ 3 - 1‚ as Eric Gagné sets a major league record for most consecutive saves from the beginning of the season with 39. It is Gagné's 48th straight save overall‚ second on the all-time list behind Tom Gordon's 54.
• 2004:
  • With the Toronto Blue Jays struggling in last place and mired in a five-game losing streak, manager Carlos Tosca is fired and replaced by first-base coach John Gibbons.
  • The Red Sox defeat the Tigers‚ 11 - 9‚ despite seven Detroit home runs. Tim Wakefield records the win for Boston despite tying a major league record by allowing six of the homers. Wakefield is the sixth modern pitcher to yield six round-trippers‚ but the first since Philadelphia's George Caster did so 64 years ago against the Red Sox. The last pitcher to give up six homers and still win the game was Brooklyn's Hollis Thurston in 1932.
  • The Athletics beat the Twins‚ 6 - 5‚ in 18 innings. It is the second-longest game in the 23-year history of the Metrodome.
  • The Cardinals defeat the Mets‚ 6 - 2‚ as Edgar Renteria gets five hits for St. Louis.
• 2005:
  • The Tigers defeat the Blue Jays‚ 9 - 8‚ in 12 innings. Alex Rios gets five hits for Toronto‚ including a home run, in a losing cause.
  • The Rockies and Marlins play a doubleheader‚ necessitated by a snowout on April 27th and 28th. The Rockies start two Kims‚ Sunny and Byung-Hyun and win, 4 - 3 and 5 - 3. Sunny Kim was picked up on waivers August 5th from the Nationals. The opener is won in the 11th on Dustan Mohr's walk-off homer with two out. In the second game, Byung-Hyun Kim pitches seven strong innings for the win. Danny Ardoin hits a two-run home run in the bottom of the 6th for the lead. The last time two pitchers with the same name started in a doubleheader was in 1974‚ when the Cleveland Indians started brothers Gaylord and Jim Perry against the Boston Red Sox.
• 2006 - In Oakland's 7 - 6 win over the Rangers, the A's Jason Kendall turns the fourth unassisted double play of his career. It happens when Mark DeRosa strikes out, then is called for interfering with Kendall's throw to catch Jerry Hairston, Jr., stealing second. The play ends the game.
• 2007 - Aaron Harang shuts out the Dodgers, 1 - 0. It is the third straight shutout endured by Los Angeles. The last time the franchise suffered three whitewashes in a row was in the 1966 World Series.
• 2009:
  • Albert Pujols is the first player in the majors to reach 100 RBI this year with a three-run double in St. Louis' 5 - 3 win over Pittsburgh. Pujols reaches the milestone for the ninth straight season. Only Hall of Famer Al Simmons has had a longer such streak, with 11 seasons of 100 or more RBI from the start of his career.
  • Carl Pavano makes his debut with the Minnesota Twins a good one, pitching seven scoreless innings in an 11 - 0 win over Detroit. Denard Span goes for 5 for 5 for the Twins.
• 2010:
  • Toronto's Brandon Morrow keeps the Rays hitless for 8 2/3 innings before Evan Longoria bounces a single just outside the reach of 2B Aaron Hill. Morrow has to settle for a one-hit shutout when he fans the next batter, Dan Johnson, to complete the 1 - 0 victory. Johnson is his 17th strikeout victim on the day, one shy of the team record established by Roger Clemens in 1998.
  • Boise Hawks manager Jody Davis is suspended six games and fined an undisclosed amount for pulling his team off the field and causing a forfeit in a Northwest League game against the Everett AquaSox yesterday. Davis argued that the field was unsafe after rain delayed the start of the game, and when the umpires disagreed, he ordered his players to walk off.
• 2011:
  • The Rockies outblast the Reds, 10 - 7, in a game that features seven homers. Carlos Gonzalez hits a two-run shot in the 8th off Bill Bray to put the Rox ahead to stay. Seth Smith - twice - and Todd Helton also hit homers for Colorado, while Jay Bruce, Drew Stubbs and Brandon Phillips reply for the Reds.
  • The Pirates end a ten-game losing streak that has taken the team out of playoff contention with a 5 - 0 win at San Francisco. Charlie Morton is the winner over Ryan Vogelsong with eight scoreless innings. Garrett Jones has four hits for the Bucs, whose goal for the season is now to finish above .500. The losing streak took the team to five games below the mark, and they will be unable to stop their record string of 18 consecutive losing seasons.
• 2012:
  • Marco Scutaro drives in seven runs as the Giants stomp on the Cardinals, 15 - 0. He caps his day with his third career grand slam, off Mitchell Boggs in the 9th. Ryan Vogelsong is the beneficiary of the offensive outburst, pitching seven scoreless innings. It is the 21st straight time the Giants' starter has pitched six or more innings, and he improves his record to 10-5.
  • The Indians end an 11-game losing streak with a 6 - 2 win over the Twins. Justin Masterson gives up only three hits over seven innings to earn the win, while Shin-Soo Choo is 4 for 4 with a pair of RBI. Cleveland was outscored 95-36 during the skein, which falls one game short of the franchise record.
• 2013 - Detroit wins its 12th straight game, 10 - 3 over Cleveland, completing a four-game sweep of its closest rivals in the AL Central. Max Scherzer improves to 17-1. The last pitcher to have such a mark was Roger Clemens in 2001, and only two others, Don Newcombe (1955) and Roy Face (1959), who both had records of 18-1 at one point, have done it since Rube Marquard started the 1912 season 19-0.
• 2014:
  • Bartolo Colon records the 200th win of his career in the Mets' 5 - 4 win over the Phillies.
  • Brothers Justin and B.J. Upton both homer in Atlanta's 7 - 6 win over Washington. It is the fifth time they have done so, setting a new major league record. They were previously tied with Vladimir and Wilton Guerrero, and the Giambi brothers, Jason and Jeremy, who both performed the feat four times.
• 2016 - Brandon Crawford of the Giants becomes the first player in 41 years to collect seven hits in a game, as he gets a triple, a double and five singles in a 14-inning, 8 - 7 win over the Marlins. His final hit, a single off Andrew Cashner in the 14th, drives home the winning run. The last player with seven hits in a game, Rennie Stennett, had accomplished the feat in only nine innings on September 16, 1975.
• 2018 - P Brett Kennedy of the Padres gets a rough introduction to the big leagues in his debut as he surrenders consecutive home runs to Jesus Aguilar, Travis Shaw and Eric Thames in the 1st inning, the first of these coming with two men on base. He allows one more run before departing after four innings as Milwaukee cruises to an 8 - 4 win.
• 2019 - Playing his first game in his home ballpark of Rogers Centre, Blue Jays SS Bo Bichette extends his hitting streak since his debut to 11 games with a homer off Domingo German of the Yankees, and then doubles off Shawn Green to set a major league record with a double in nine straight games as he now has 13 extra-base hits in his first 11 games. However, his efforts are no match for the slugging Yankees who tee off against Thomas Pannone, including a two-homer game by Gio Urshela, and win, 12 - 6. The Bronx Bombers have hit 19 homers in their last four games, all on the road.
• 2020 - The Tigers start off their game against the Pirates with a roar, as Niko Goodrum, Miguel Cabrera, C.J. Cron and Jeimer Candelario all homer off Derek Holland before an out is recorded in the 1st inning, leading to five runs. There is a scary moment in the 6th, as RF Gregory Polanco and 1B Phillip Evans collide at full speed while going after a foul ball hit by Cabrera. Evans gets the worst of it and has to be evacuated from the field on a stretcher.
• 2022 - One of the great comeback stories of the year comes to an unfortunate end as Matt Carpenter fouls a ball off his leg in a game against Seattle, breaking his foot. Carpenter was added to the Yankees' roster in May after being released by the Rangers' AAA affiliate. He batted below .200 in in his previous two seasons and almost saw his career come to a full stop, but found the fountain of youth in the Big Apple. He is batting .305 with 15 homers and 37 RBIs in 128 at-bats at the time of the injury. He will return to play a few games during the postseason.
• 2023 - Mexico makes its Women's Baseball World Cup debut. Facing pool host Canada, they fall 9-1 as Madison Willan drives in four and Raine Padgham and two relievers fan eight. In other opening action, Elise Berger pitches Team USA to a 3-2 win over Australia and Hong Kong rallies for a 9-8 victory against South Korea.
• 2024 - Sporting the worst record in baseball at 28-89 and threatening to set a new American League record for losses in a season, the White Sox fire manager Pedro Grifol and most of his coaching staff. Grady Sizemore is named interim manager.

Births

• 1853 - Eden Kipp, umpire (d. 1913)
• 1853 - Frank Wash, umpire (d. 1906)
• 1859 - Hal McClure, outfielder (d. 1919)
• 1861 - Jocko Milligan, catcher (d. 1923)
• 1861 - James Searle, Australian baseball pioneer (d. 1936)
• 1864 - Toad Ramsey, pitcher (d. 1906)
• 1865 - Henry Fournier, pitcher (d. 1945)
• 1865 - Billy Gumbert, pitcher (d. 1946)
• 1870 - Dan Leahy, infielder (d. 1903)
• 1873 - Jay Andrews, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1925)
• 1875 - Ernie Baker, pitcher (d. 1945)
• 1877 - Sam McBirney, minor league player and manager (d. 1936)
• 1884 - Hi West, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1889 - Al Cypert, infielder (d. 1973)
• 1891 - Chick Keating, infielder (d. 1959)
• 1893 - Jack Smith, infielder (d. 1962)
• 1895 - Elmer Wicks, infielder (d. ????)
• 1897 - Charlie Eckert, pitcher (d. 1986)
• 1897 - Ken Holloway, pitcher (d. 1968)
• 1898 - John Slappey, pitcher (d. 1957)
• 1899 - Dewey Griggs, scout (d. 1968)
• 1903 - Clise Dudley, pitcher (d. 1989)
• 1903 - Nat Trammell, infielder (d. 1973)
• 1906 - Tot Pressnell, pitcher (d. 2001)
• 1908 - Bo Briggery, infielder (d. 1971)
• 1908 - Jack Marshall, infielder; All-Star (d. 1990)
• 1913 - Cecil Travis, infielder; All-Star (d. 2006)
• 1915 - Ed Steele, outfielder (d. 1978)
• 1917 - Ken Raffensberger, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2002)
• 1918 - Red Roberts, infielder (d. 1998)
• 1918 - Marlin Stuart, pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1919 - Jimmie Bennett, pitcher (d. 1991)
• 1922 - Leo Ferguson, minor league infielder (d. 2014)
• 1922 - George Jefferson, pitcher (d. 1985)
• 1923 - Jim Atchley, minor league pitcher (d. 2013)
• 1924 - D.J. Coker, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)
• 1925 - Frank Messer, broadcaster (d. 2001)
• 1927 - Eleanor Callow, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 1974)
• 1927 - Vicente Scarpatte, Dominican national team catcher (d. 2010)
• 1927 - Johnny Temple, infielder; All-Star (d. 1994)
• 1928 - Vern Morgan, infielder (d. 1975)
• 1928 - Jane Stoll, AAGPBL outfielder
• 1930 - Herb Nauert, minor league infielder (d. 2014)
• 1932 - Vicente Amor, pitcher
• 1932 - William Cary, US national team pitcher (d. 2010)
• 1932 - Román Vilchez, minor league infielder
• 1934 - Dave Chitkowski, minor league player (d. 2012)
• 1936 - Frank Howard, outfielder, manager; All-Star (d. 2023)
• 1937 - Katsumi Fujimoto, NPB infielder
• 1937 - Curt Gentry, minor league outfielder (d. 2022)
• 1941 - Grady Montgomery, Negro League infielder
• 1943 - Jim Miles, pitcher
• 1945 - Mark Johnson, college coach
• 1947 - Jose Cruz, outfielder; All-Star
• 1947 - Jerry McClain, college coach
• 1952 - Mike Ivie, infielder (d. 2023)
• 1952 - Greg Mahlberg, catcher
• 1952 - Doug Melvin, general manager
• 1953 - Al Woods, outfielder
• 1954 - Tadashi Matsumoto, NPB outfielder
• 1956 - Randy Phillips, minor league coach
• 1956 - Cliff Speck, pitcher
• 1957 - Ray Fontenot, pitcher
• 1957 - Mark Ross, pitcher
• 1958 - Alan Fowlkes, pitcher
• 1958 - Jeff Kraus, minor league outfielder
• 1959 - Dave Meier, outfielder
• 1959 - Dave Myers, coach
• 1961 - Ed Sedar, coach
• 1961 - Tony Thomson, Australian national team catcher
• 1962 - Phil Dale, minor league pitcher
• 1963 - Bernie Anderson, minor league outfielder
• 1963 - Brett Gideon, pitcher
• 1963 - Ron Karkovice, catcher
• 1966 - John Hudek, pitcher; All-Star
• 1966 - Bridget Venturi-Veenema, USA women's national team pitcher-outfielder
• 1967 - Kevin Belcher, outfielder
• 1967 - Tom Eiterman, minor league outfielder
• 1967 - Matt Whiteside, pitcher
• 1969 - Gary Maree, South African national team pitcher
• 1969 - Ray Montgomery, outfielder
• 1970 - Byron Browne Jr., minor league pitcher
• 1970 - Chih-Yuan Chu, CPBL infielder
• 1970 - Chung-Yueh Liu, CPBL catcher
• 1970 - Gareth Scott, South African national team infielder
• 1971 - Johnny Balentina, Hoofdklasse catcher-outfielder
• 1971 - Kris Ralston, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1972 - O'Brian Cunningham, minor league outfielder
• 1972 - Junya Orita, NPB pitcher
• 1973 - Robert Paul, Extraliga pitcher
• 1974 - Cody Allison, minor league catcher
• 1974 - Rafael Gross, minor league pitcher
• 1974 - Petr Koptioukh, Russian national team outfielder
• 1974 - Takashi Shiozaki, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1975 - Chad Meyers, infielder
• 1975 - Alanna Rizzo, broadcaster
• 1976 - Shih-Kuei Huang, Chinese Taipei national team pitcher
• 1977 - Jeremy Hill, pitcher
• 1977 - Travis Minix, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Dan Neil, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Brian Sanches, pitcher
• 1978 - Felix Villegas, minor league pitcher
• 1979 - Chih-Cheng Chen, CPBL pitcher
• 1979 - Alex Dvorsky, minor league catcher
• 1979 - Humberto Quintero, catcher
• 1980 - Craig Breslow, pitcher
• 1980 - Jack Cassel, pitcher
• 1980 - Clint Hosford, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Diegomar Markwell, minor league pitcher
• 1981 - Eddy Rodriguez, pitcher
• 1981 - Andrei Sazonov, Russian League catcher
• 1982 - Matthew Brown, infielder
• 1982 - Trey Hendricks, scout
• 1982 - Ross Ohlendorf, pitcher
• 1982 - Ben Swaggerty, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Zong-yeon Wang, South Korean womens' national team catcher
• 1983 - Jake Blalock, minor league player
• 1983 - Eric Wordekemper, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Ronnier Mustelier, Cuban league infielder
• 1985 - Deunte Heath, pitcher
• 1985 - Isaac Hess, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Blake Wood, pitcher
• 1986 - Marco Quevedo, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Taihei Fukuda, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1988 - Muhammad Usman Azam, Pakistani national team infielder
• 1988 - Andrew Lambo, outfielder
• 1988 - Relly Mercurio, minor league infielder and manager
• 1988 - Benino Pruneda, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Jose Rojas, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Rinku Singh, minor league pitcher
• 1989 - Greg Garcia, infielder
• 1989 - Anthony Rizzo, infielder; All-Star
• 1989 - Jake Thompson, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Aaron Kurcz, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Webster Rivas, catcher
• 1991 - Rafael Castro, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1991 - Yandy Diaz, infielder; All-Star
• 1992 - Shuhei Fukuda, NPB outfielder
• 1993 - Yudai Fujioka, NPB infielder
• 1993 - Yuki Katayama, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1993 - Nathan Lorentz, Thai national team outfielder
• 1994 - Kazuki Tanaka, NPB outfielder
• 1995 - Tomoya Mori, NPB catcher
• 1995 - Garrett Wilkinson, minor league coach
• 1995 - Shih-Tsung Wang, CPBL outfielder
• 1997 - Oleksii Boiko, Ukrainian national team infielder
• 1997 - Yunis Haleem, Palestinian national team utility man
• 1997 - Chavez Young, minor league outfielder
• 1998 - Wilfredo Jiménez, Salvadoran national team player
• 1999 - Mason Denaburg, minor league pitcher
• 2000 - Cheng-Ling Lee, CPBL outfielder
• 2002 - Petar Juričić, Croatian national team pitcher-outfielder

Deaths

• 1889 - Harry McCormick, pitcher (b. 1855)
• 1895 - Billy Colgan, catcher (b. 1862)
• 1895 - Arthur Thomas, minor league catcher (b. 1864)
• 1911 - Joe Walsh, infielder (b. 1864)
• 1913 - John Gaffney, manager (b. 1855)
• 1924 - Henry Blackmon, infielder (b. 1891)
• 1927 - Billy Gilbert, infielder (b. 1876)
• 1929 - Dan Minahan, infielder (b. 1865)
• 1932 - Billy Becannon, umpire (b. 1856)
• 1932 - Steve Bellan, infielder (b. 1849)
• 1933 - Bill Irwin, pitcher (b. 1859)
• 1934 - Wilbert Robinson, catcher, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1864)
• 1938 - Otto Mitchell, infielder (b. 1898)
• 1941 - Ralph Works, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1952 - Bob Neighbors, infielder (b. 1917)
• 1958 - Ray Ryan, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1883)
• 1958 - Fred Winchell, pitcher (b. 1882)
• 1959 - Phil Lewis, infielder (b. 1884)
• 1964 - Ches Buchanan, pitcher (b. 1907)
• 1965 - Red Applegate, pitcher (b. 1922)
• 1965 - George Crable, pitcher (b. 1885)
• 1969 - Juan Reggeti, Venezuelan League owner (b. 1909)
• 1974 - Howie Pollet, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1921)
• 1977 - Tod Dennehey, outfielder (b. 1899)
• 1980 - Allan Collamore, pitcher (b. 1887)
• 1980 - Henry Henderson, infielder (b. 1905)
• 1982 - Al Gould, pitcher (b. 1893)
• 1984 - Bert Hamric, pinch hitter (b. 1928)
• 1987 - Juan Antonio Yánez, executive (b. 1902)
• 1989 - Bob Harris, pitcher (b. 1915)
• 1997 - Oad Swigart, pitcher (b. 1915)
• 1997 - Tom Kruta, minor league pitcher (b. 1926)
• 1999 - Harry Walker, outfielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1918)
• 2001 - Ramón Herazo, Colombian national team infielder (b. ~1926)
• 2002 - Willie Young, pitcher (b. 1912)
• 2004 - Pete Center, pitcher (b. 1912)
• 2005 - Gene Mauch, infielder, manager (b. 1925)
• 2006 - Judsel Baranco, Hoofdklasse player (b. 1963)
• 2007 - Samuel Williams, pitcher (b. 1922)
• 2008 - Cecil Davis, minor league pitcher (b. 1932)
• 2009 - Cal Ermer, infielder, manager (b. 1923)
• 2011 - Akinobu Kono, NPB infielder (b. 1930)
• 2013 - Joe Romano, minor league owner (b. ????)
• 2014 - Red Wilson, catcher (b. 1929)
• 2015 - Walt Piggott, college coach (b. 1927)
• 2016 - Mike Brumley, catcher (b. 1938)
• 2017 - Ken Kaiser, umpire (b. 1945)
• 2020 - Wayne Redmond, outfielder (b. 1945)
• 2020 - Don Brown, college coach (b. 1933)