January 28
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on January 28.
Events[edit]
- 1847 - George Wright is born in Yonkers, New York. A member of the first all-professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, Wright will have a splendid career as shortstop and manager, being inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1937.
- 1888 - In Chicago, IL, 350 fans brave the weather to watch a baseball game on ice at Lincoln Park. Second baseman Fred Pfeffer of the Chicago White Stockings plays wearing a top hat. After two hours and five innings of play, the game is called. The "Spaldings" defeat the "North-Siders", 7 - 6.
- 1890 - In the first of many lawsuits filed against Players League members by their former teams, a judge refuses to grant an injunction against John Ward, president of the Brotherhood. His decision, echoed frequently by other judges, states that the "want of fairness and mutuality" in the standard National League contract, specifically the clauses relating to the reserve rule, "[is] apparent."
- 1893:
- It is announced that Frank Bancroft is spending the remainder of the off-season serving as the manager of Linda Gardner's Mastodon Minstrels. Bancroft is credited with introducing baseball to Cuba in 1879 when he took a touring team to the Caribbean.
- The New York Clipper states that "an attempt will be made to change the rules so as to compel outfielders to discard gloves."
- 1901 - The American League formally organizes as a major league, having been a top minor league in 1900: the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Americans are admitted to join the Washington Nationals, Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Chicago White Sox. Three of the original clubs - Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Buffalo - are dropped. League power aggregates in Ban Johnson as trustee for all ballpark leases and majority stockholdings, and with authority to buy out refractory franchises. Player limit is 14 per team, and the schedule will be 140 games. American League contracts give the Players Protective Association what it asked for, with five-year limits on the rights to player services.
- 1907 - In an effort to reduce playing-date conflicts between their leagues, presidents Harry Pulliam of the National League and Ban Johnson of the American League meet to plan schedules. Conflicting dates are reduced to 27.
- 1949 - The New York Giants sign their first black players: Negro League players Monte Irvin and Ford Smith. Both men are assigned to the Jersey City Giants (International League). Irvin will star for the Giants, but Smith will never make the major leagues.
- 1953 - St. Louis Cardinals owner Fred Saigh is found guilty of income tax evasion and is sentenced to a fifteen-month jail term. He plans to sell the club. Cardinals Vice President William Walsingham, Jr., is the acting president until Saigh can divest himself of his stock.
- 1958:
- Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella suffers a broken neck in an early morning auto accident on Long Island. Campanella, who has won three National League MVP Awards, will be paralyzed for the remainder of his life.
- The San Francisco Giants trade infielders Gail Harris and Ozzie Virgil to the Detroit Tigers for outfielder Jim Finigan and $25,000. Virgil becomes the first black player in a Tigers uniform.
- The Kansas City Athletics sign pitcher Murry Dickson as a free agent.
- 1961 - The International League Board of Directors votes to move the Montreal franchise to Syracuse, NY.
- 1962 - Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
- 1964 - Cincinnati Reds center fielder Vada Pinson is cleared of assault charges stemming from a September 5, 1963, incident when Cincinnati sportswriter Earl Lawson does not pursue charges further.
- 1968 - Goose Goslin and Kiki Cuyler are admitted to the Hall of Fame by unanimous vote of the Special Veterans Committee. Goslin was a career .316 hitter who played in four World Series. Cuyler was a .321 career hitter with four stolen base crowns.
- 1973 - The Hall of Fame Special Veterans Committee selects 19th-century P Mickey Welch and early 20th century 1B George Kelly, plus umpire Billy Evans, for enshrinement in Cooperstown.
- 1974 - Right fielder Sam Thompson, first baseman Jim Bottomley, and umpire Jocko Conlan, are selected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
- 1980 - Hank Aaron refuses an award from Commissioner Bowie Kuhn honoring him for hitting his 715th home run. Aaron charges that baseball's treatment of retired black ballplayers falls far short of what is needed.
- 1982 - The California Angels trade outfielder Dan Ford to the Baltimore Orioles for third baseman Doug DeCinces and pitcher Jeff Schneider.
- 1986 - The Texas Rangers sign free agent catcher Darrell Porter to a one-year contract.
- 1992 - Detroit Tigers first baseman Cecil Fielder avoids salary arbitration by agreeing to a $4.5 million contract, for the largest single-season deal in major league history.
- 1993 - The Milwaukee Brewers sign free agent outfielder Tom Brunansky.
- 2000 - The Baltimore Orioles sign free agent pitcher Pat Rapp to a contract.
- 2002 - The Rangers continue to shore up their pitching staff by signing free agent Ismael Valdez to a one-year contract.
- 2005 - Recently-traded first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who caught and kept the ball used to make the last out giving the Boston Red Sox their first World Championship in 86 years, will lend his souvenir to his former club. The historic horsehide, which Boston claims belongs to the team, will be encased within a plaque and will become part of the victory tour which includes the World Series trophy.
- 2006:
- In a three-team, multi-player trade, the Cleveland Indians send center fielder Coco Crisp, reliever David Riske and catcher Josh Bard to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for reliever Guillermo Mota, catcher Kelly Shoppach, infielder Andy Marte, a player to be named later and cash considerations. Cleveland then sends reliever Arthur Rhodes to the Philadelphia Phillies in return for outfielder Jason Michaels. The deal is temporarily held up because of Cleveland's concerns about Mota's health. If he goes on the disabled list, Cleveland will add a pitcher from Boston's minor league system.
- Five players avoid salary arbitration by agreeing to one-year contracts: pitcher Mark Prior with the Chicago Cubs; pitcher Vicente Padilla and outfielder Gary Matthews with the Texas Rangers; reliever Jorge Julio with the New York Mets, and reliever Jesús Colome with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
- Cuba invites Puerto Rico to play exhibition games on the island ahead of the World Baseball Classic.
- 2010:
- P Francisco Liriano leads the Leones del Escogido to the Dominican League championship, striking out ten batters in five innings in a 5 - 3 win over the Gigantes del Cibao, in the ninth and decisive game of the finals. Wladimir Balentien hits a solo home run, Joaquin Arias goes 2 for 4 and Santiago Casilla picks up the save for the winners. Gustavo Chacin is the losing pitcher. It is the first time in 15 seasons that a team other than the Águilas Cibaeñas or Tigres del Licey has won the title.
- OF Jim Edmonds, who last played in 2008 for the Cubs, starts a comeback attempt by signing a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.
- The Phillies sign veteran Cuban P Jose Contreras to a one-year contract. A starter for most of his career, he will start the year in the bullpen.
- Four new members are voted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame: Paul Quantrill (the all-time Canadian-born leader with 841 games pitched), former Toronto Blue Jays infielder Roberto Alomar (who just fell short of election to the Baseball Hall of Fame), statistician Allan Roth and owner Calvin Griffith (the latter two being Montreal natives).
- 2011 - The Criollos de Caguas win the Puerto Rican League championship with a 7 - 5 victory over Leones de Ponce in the decisive seventh game of the finals. For the winners, Rey Navarro goes 3 for 5 with a double and three RBI, while Luis Montanez hits a homer. With the score tied at 5 all in the 8th inning, pinch-hitter Javier Valentin leads off with a single to centerfield for Caguas, and is replaced by pinch runner Miguel Abreu. 3B Jorge Jimenez misplays a ground ball to put a second runner on with one out, and both reach scoring position on Alex Cora's fly ball to right for the second out. Navarro then hits a single to right to plate both runners, giving Caguas its first title since 2001.
- 2012:
- Celebrating its first two major leaguers in Trayvon Robinson and Efren Navarro, Major League Baseball's Urban Youth Academy holds its almuni game in Compton, CA. The alumni, led by Robinson, defeat the Academy's current players, 14 - 8. The alumni team is likely to only get more impressive in future years, as the Academy has opened branches in Houston, TX and Puerto Rico, and will open another in New Orleans, LA this summer, with more on the way.
- The Tigres de Aragua are now one win away from the Venezuelan League championship with a 7 - 1 win over La Guaira. Jose Gregorio Martinez goes 4 for 5 and Yusmeiro Petit is the winner.
- Escogido takes four games to three lead in the best-of-nine Dominican League finals with a 5 - 2 win over Aguilas Cibaeñas. Julio Lugo breaks a 2 - 2 tie with a 5th-inning RBI single, giving reliever Kris Johnson the win.
- 2013:
- The Los Angeles Dodgers announce the launch of SportsNet LA, their own regional sports network on Time Warner Cable. The deal is a prelude to a long-rumored $7 billion deal that will award Time Warner broadcast rights for Dodger games for the next 25 years. However, the Commissioner's office is concerned about the proposed deal, as its annual value is well above that used for revenue sharing purposes, which will result in the Dodgers pocketing a huge financial windfall if no adjustments are made. The dispute may end up in court if no resolution is found.
- Lara takes a three games to two lead in the Venezuelan League finals with a 3 - 2 win over Magallanes. José Yépez drives in Luis Valbuena with the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning on a hit past CF Endy Chavez, who was playing shallow with the bases loaded and only one out.
- 2014:
- The Tigres del Licey win their Dominican League-record 21st title. They top the Leones del Escogido, 3 - 2, in Game 7. Rene Rivera hits a game-tying homer off Evan MacLane in the 5th and Emilio Bonifacio drives in pinch-runner Jairo Perez with the winner against Armando Rodriguez. Victor Marte gets the victory and Juan Cruz a save.
- The Navegantes del Magallanes win the Venezuelan League pennant, four games to one, over the Caribes de Anzoátegui. Game 5 is an 11 - 6 romp with the big bats including Ramón Hernández (4 for 5, 2 HR, 6 RBI), Endy Chávez (4 H) and Juan Rivera (3 R). Fernando Abad is the winning pitcher while Jean Toledo is handed the loss.
- Major League Baseball announces it has approved the use of a new pitcher's cap with extra padding to try to cut back on injuries from liners to the mound. The headgear, which is a half-inch thicker in the front than a standard cap and an inch thicker on the sides, will be optional for players in the majors and minor leagues, although it is expected to find more users in youth leagues.
- 2015 - In a reversal of last year, the Caribes de Anzoátegui beat the Navegantes del Magallanes in the Venezuelan League finals by a 4 - 1 margin. Jose Castillo goes 4 for 6 with a run and two RBI and Niuman Romero and Ehire Adrianza each have three hits as part of a 16-hit attack in an 8 - 3 win; Magallanes tries 11 different pitchers. Jairo Diaz gets the win, Maximo Nelson the loss.
- 2016:
- Clearing up a logjam in the outfield, the Rockies trade OF Corey Dickerson and 3B Kevin Padlo to the Rays in return for Ps Jake McGee and German Marquez.
- For the third straight year, the Venezuelan League finals are determined on this date. The Tigres de Aragua romp past the Navegantes del Magallanes, 8 - 2, in Game 6. They employ an international attack of Dominican Alfredo Marte (2 HR, finals MVP), Cuban Dariel Álvarez (4 H) and Venezuelan Yolmer Sanchez (3 R, 2 RBI). Tony Pena Jr. gets the win and Edgar Gonzalez the loss.
- 2017:
- The Tigres del Licey win their 22nd Dominican League title, topping the Águilas Cibaeñas fives games to four; had the Águilas Cibaeñas won, they would have tied Licey at 21 championships. In the finale, Licey wins, 6 - 2, as Sergio Alcantara goes 4 for 5 with a run and two RBI and Emilio Bonifacio drives in three more. César Valdéz throws five shutout innings for the win.
- The Águilas de Mexicali win their first Mexican Pacific League championship in 18 years, routing the Cañeros de Los Mochis, 13 - 1, in Game 6 of the best-of-seven finals for a 4-2 series win. Hector Velazquez gets the win and Cuban refugees Yunieski Betancourt (6 RBI) and Yordanys Linares (3 RBI) both go deep. Chris Roberson has three hits and Agustín Murillo scores three. Manny Barreda takes the defeat as eight pitchers combine to surrender 16 hits.
- 2018:
- A year after their first Cuban Serie Nacional title, Granma wins it all again, taking the 2017-2018 championship. In the finals, the home team had won the first six games, but today visiting Granma tops Las Tunas, who are trying for their first title. Granma goes up 3 - 0 entering the 9th with Alaín Sánchez working on a three-hit, no-walk shutout. After a dramatic 9th-inning win yesterday, Las Tunas then begins another comeback; Yuniesky Larduet singles and Jorge Yhonson triples. Raidel Martínez enters to face the player who hit the game-winning blow off him the day before, Danel Castro, and retires him. Yosvani Alarcón singles to make it 3 - 2 but tries to steal and breaks early, getting picked off. After singles by Alexander Ayala and Yunior Paumier, Las Tunas has the potential winning run aboard, but Martínez recovers to get Rafael Viñales to close out the title.
- The Tomateros de Culiacán win their 11th Mexican Pacific League title; Game 7 against the Mayos de Navojoa goes 12 innings before Alfredo Amezaga singles in Joey Meneses with the winner. Meneses finishes with three hits (including a two-run homer) while Jesus Castillo homers twice in a losing cause. Casey Coleman gets the win and Chad Gaudin the save, while Carlos Bustamante (the tenth of 11 Navojoa hurlers) takes the loss.
- 2019 - The Charros de Jalisco win their first Mexican Pacific League championship despite a sub-.500 regular season. They top the Yaquis de Obregón in the finals, four games to two. In today's clincher, Dariel Álvarez goes 4 for 4 with a homer and 4 RBI in an 11 - 1 win. Marco Tovar gets the win over Yoanner Negrin.
- 2020 - The Toros del Este win their second Dominican League title, beating the Tigres del Licey, five games to three in the finals. In Game 8, Paolo Espino throws 5 2/3 shutout innings for the 7 - 1 win while Junior Lake leads a balanced offense in going 2 for 3 with two walks, two runs and an RBI.
- 2022 - The Caribbean Series opens in Santo Domingo with Astronautas de Los Santos, representing Panama, defeating Criollos de Caguas of Puerto Rico, 3 - 2; Caimanes de Barranquilla of Colombia defeating Navegantes del Magallanes of Venezuela, 6 - 1; and the host Gigantes del Cibao from the Dominican Republic defeating Charros de Jalisco of Mexico, 3 - 2. Panama trails 1 - 0 in the bottom of the 8th before a solo homer by Olmo Rosario ties it and Christian Bethancourt drives in the go-ahead run with a single. Puerto Rico ties it when the Astronautas botch a double play grounder in the 9th, but Edgar Munoz ends the game with a single in the bottom of the inning. In the second game, Colombia scores four times in the 3rd, including a two-run single by Reynaldo Rodriguez, to run away with the game. It is the first time a Colombian team has a won a Caribbean Series game after having gone 0-10 in their first two Series. In the final game, seven Dominican relievers manage to shut out Mexico over the final six innings to secure the win.
- 2023 - The Cañeros de Los Mochis win their first Mexican Pacific League title in 20 years, beating the Algodoneros de Guasave four games to two in the finals. In the clincher, Nick Struck allows one hit in seven shutout innings and Fabian Cota gives up one hit over the last two in a 5 - 0 win, while regular-season MVP Yasmany Tomás's three-run double off Jeff Kinley in the 3rd is the winning hit.
- 2024 - The Tiburones de la Guaira end an even longer drought, winning their first Venezuelan League pennant in 38 years. They beat the Cardenales de Lara, 4 games to 1, in the finals. The MVP of the finals is Ricardo Pinto, who won the opener and the finale.
Births[edit]
- 1847 - George Wright, outfielder (d. 1937)
- 1854 - Dick Lowe, catcher (d. 1922)
- 1868 - Dan Sweeney, outfielder (d. 1913)
- 1869 - Ducky Holmes, outfielder (d. 1932)
- 1873 - Montague Alfred Noble, Australian executive (d. 1940)
- 1874 - Al Burris, pitcher (d. 1938)
- 1882 - Frank Arellanes, pitcher (d. 1918)
- 1884 - Tom Hughes, pitcher (d. 1961)
- 1887 - Jack Coffey, infielder (d. 1966)
- 1891 - Bill Doak, pitcher (d. 1954)
- 1893 - Guy Cooper, pitcher (d. 1951)
- 1896 - Mitchell Murray, catcher (d. 1940)
- 1897 - Percy Miller, pitcher; manager (d. 1958)
- 1898 - Jim Bishop, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1898 - Bill Snyder, pitcher (d. 1934)
- 1900 - Ernest Duff, outfielder (d. 1979)
- 1900 - Emil Yde, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1901 - Chancelor Edwards, catcher (d. 1983)
- 1901 - Ray Knode, infielder (d. 1982)
- 1902 - Pat Crawford, infielder (d. 1994)
- 1902 - Jackie Gallagher, outfielder (d. 1984)
- 1904 - Dutch Hoffman, outfielder (d. 1962)
- 1905 - Art Hancock, pitcher/infielder (d. 1970)
- 1906 - Lyn Lary, infielder (d. 1973)
- 1913 - Joe Kohlman, pitcher (d. 1974)
- 1914 - Alf Anderson, infielder (d. 1985)
- 1916 - Dottie Hunter, AAGPBL infielder (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Kosaburo Matsumoto, NPB catcher
- 1916 - Bob Muncrief, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1996)
- 1916 - Pat Tobin, pitcher (d. 1975)
- 1917 - Bernard Healy, minor league outfielder (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Jeff Shelton, outfielder (d. 1998)
- 1920 - Jimmy Wilson, outfielder (d. 1997)
- 1921 - Julio Moreno, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1922 - Hank Arft, infielder (d. 2002)
- 1922 - Kohei Matsuda, owner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2002)
- 1927 - Carlos Bernier, outfielder (d. 1989)
- 1928 - Pete Runnels, infielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1991)
- 1929 - Bob Bass, college coach (d. 2018)
- 1929 - Bill Causion, minor league outfielder (d. 1990)
- 1932 - Yoshitomo Miyaji, NPB pitcher
- 1932 - Gladwyn Scott, Baseball Canada executive; Canadian Hall of Fame (d. 2022)
- 1933 - Harry Dunlop, coach
- 1934 - Bill White, infielder; All-Star
- 1936 - Roland Hoffmann, German national team catcher (d. 2022)
- 1944 - Ron Smith, minor league infielder (d. 2017)
- 1950 - Larvell Blanks, infielder
- 1955 - Joe Beckwith, pitcher (d. 2021)
- 1959 - Marc Janssen, First Division catcher and manager
- 1959 - Tad Venger, minor league outfielder
- 1960 - Stu Pederson, outfielder
- 1960 - Valerio Pérez, minor league pitcher
- 1963 - Gary Mielke, pitcher
- 1964 - Fredi Gonzalez, manager
- 1965 - Todd Azar, minor league outfielder
- 1965 - Chuck Baldwin, minor league infielder
- 1969 - Jeroen Deken, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1971 - Ottis Smith, minor league pitcher
- 1971 - Kevin Tolar, pitcher
- 1972 - Epi Cardenas, minor league infielder
- 1972 - Steve Falteisek, pitcher
- 1972 - Chris Peters, pitcher
- 1972 - Tsuyoshi Shinjo, outfielder
- 1972 - Bryan Ward, pitcher
- 1973 - Jacob Cruz, outfielder
- 1973 - Nelson Paulino, minor league infielder and manager
- 1974 - Jermaine Dye, outfielder; All-Star
- 1974 - Oscar Henriquez, pitcher
- 1974 - Magglio Ordonez, outfielder; All-Star
- 1975 - Junior Spivey, infielder; All-Star
- 1976 - Rod Lindsey, outfielder
- 1976 - Juan Muñiz, minor league and NPB outfielder
- 1977 - Justin Annin, minor league catcher
- 1977 - Daunte Culpepper, drafted outfielder
- 1977 - Bob File, pitcher
- 1977 - Lyle Overbay, infielder
- 1978 - Tomas de la Rosa, infielder
- 1978 - Chang-Ming Cheng, CPBL infielder
- 1979 - Han-lee Park, KBO outfielder
- 1979 - Phil Seibel, pitcher
- 1980 - Hsien-Fu Yen, TML outfielder
- 1981 - Josh Cenate, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Yorkin Ferreras, minor league pitcher
- 1981 - Doug Waechter, pitcher
- 1982 - Yueh-Ping Lin, CPBL pitcher and manager
- 1982 - Changlong Su, China Baseball League pitcher
- 1983 - Jason Pospishil, minor league outfielder
- 1983 - Elizardo Ramirez, pitcher
- 1983 - Andy Sarduy, Cuban league infielder
- 1984 - Ángela Castro, Puerto Rican women's national team pitcher
- 1985 - Daniel Morales, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Warren Schaeffer, coach
- 1985 - Keisuke Tanimoto, NPB pitcher
- 1985 - Wesley Wright, pitcher
- 1986 - Juan Fuentes, minor league catcher
- 1986 - Brandon Guyer, outfielder
- 1986 - Nate Jones, pitcher
- 1986 - Joey Williamson, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Jose Ceda, pitcher
- 1987 - Jayson De Aguas, minor league catcher
- 1988 - Eric Cendejas, minor league pitcher
- 1988 - A.J. Griffin, pitcher
- 1988 - Armando Rodriguez, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Alessandro Vaglio, Italian Baseball League infielder
- 1991 - Joe Broussard, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Hyung-sik Jung, KBO outfielder
- 1992 - Hunter Renfroe, outfielder
- 1993 - Bryce Berg, minor league coach
- 1993 - Morgan Doty, Australian women's national team outfielder
- 1993 - Tae-yang Lee, KBO pitcher
- 1993 - Takayoshi Noma, NPB outfielder
- 1993 - Brandon Oliver, minor league catcher
- 1993 - Zac Reininger, pitcher
- 1995 - Adam Hajtmar, Extraliga outfielder
- 1996 - Jamie Dix, Great Britain national team outfielder
- 1996 - Jorge Guzman, pitcher
- 1998 - Ke'Bryan Hayes, infielder
- 1998 - Zoe Hicks, Canadian women's national team infielder
- 1998 - Matt Manning, pitcher
- 1998 - J.J. Niekro, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Bo-Hao Chen, CPBL pitcher
- 1999 - Jin Nakamura, Japanese national team infielder
- 2000 - Neljuk Castellano, Venezuelan national team player
- 2002 - Ed Howard, minor league infielder
- 2002 - Luis Matos, outfielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1898 - Ed Connor, infielder (b. 1850)
- 1905 - Len Stockwell, outfielder (b. 1859)
- 1928 - Jake Thielman, pitcher (b. 1879)
- 1929 - Al Strueve, catcher/outfielder (b. 1860)
- 1931 - Claude Marcum, minor league player and manager (b. ~1869)
- 1934 - John Kane, outfielder (b. 1882)
- 1938 - Bill Hill, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1938 - Pop Rising, outfielder (b. 1877)
- 1939 - Bill Cristall, pitcher (b. 1878)
- 1941 - Lou Johnson, pitcher (b. 1869)
- 1946 - Pat Flaherty, infielder (b. 1866)
- 1949 - Frank Naleway, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1953 - Howie Haworth, catcher (b. 1893)
- 1955 - Bill Calhoun, infielder (b. 1890)
- 1956 - Barry McCormick, infielder; umpire (b. 1874)
- 1959 - Walter Beall, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1960 - Bill Warren, catcher (b. 1883)
- 1961 - Red Kelly, outfielder (b. 1884)
- 1961 - Red Oldham, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1962 - Steve Melter, pitcher (b. 1886)
- 1965 - Billy Sullivan, catcher, manager (b. 1875)
- 1967 - Bob Connery, scout (b. 1880)
- 1970 - Orie Arntzen, pitcher (b. 1909)
- 1973 - Thad Christopher, outfielder (b. 1912)
- 1974 - Paul Fittery, pitcher (b. 1887)
- 1977 - Archie Cochrane, minor league player and owner (b. 1910)
- 1978 - Larry Raines, infielder (b. 1930)
- 1982 - Marion Cunningham, infielder (b. 1895)
- 1982 - Henry Peploski, infielder (b. 1905)
- 1982 - Hub Pruett, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1982 - Paul Schreiber, pitcher (b. 1902)
- 1983 - Joe Chamberlain, infielder (b. 1910)
- 1984 - Ray Harrell, pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1986 - Tom Grubbs, pitcher (b. 1894)
- 1988 - Al Rubeling, infielder (b. 1913)
- 1989 - Stan Partenheimer, pitcher (b. 1922)
- 1990 - Alfred McCoy, college coach (b. 1899)
- 1993 - Vern Kennedy, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1907)
- 1996 - Pedro Miró, infielder (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Shoji Arakawa, NPB catcher (d. 1924)
- 2000 - Tedd Gullic, outfielder (b. 1907)
- 2001 - Curt Blefary, outfielder (b. 1943)
- 2006 - Frank Campos, outfielder (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Stan Galle, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2006 - Ernest Rangazas, college coach (b. 1924)
- 2009 - Gene Corbett, infielder (b. 1913)
- 2010 - Frank Baker, outfielder (b. 1944)
- 2013 - Lonnie Goldstein, infielder (b. 1918)
- 2013 - Earl Williams, catcher (b. 1948)
- 2014 - Kazuhiko Sakazaki, NPB outfielder (b. 1938)
- 2015 - Rocky Bridges, infielder; All-Star (b. 1927)
- 2020 - Narciso Elvira, pitcher (b. 1967)
- 2020 - Don Hasenmayer, infielder (b. 1927)
- 2020 - John Mitchell, Negro Leagues outfielder (b. 1937)
- 2022 - Gene McDonnell, college coach (b. 1932)
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