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Events, births and deaths that occurred on July 30.

Events

• 1901 - Ban Johnson says the American League will place a team in St. Louis in 1902. The Milwaukee franchise is seen as the most likely to be transferred. New York will likely have a franchise while Cleveland and Baltimore will likely lose theirs.
• 1904 - Cardinals pitcher Jack Taylor walks seven and tosses three wild pitches to help the host Pirates beat St. Louis, 5 - 2. The outcome will be viewed suspiciously because several local gamblers bet heavily on Pittsburgh before the game, but the real reason is Taylor and Jake Beckley's late-night public drinking.
• 1906:
  • At the Polo Grounds, the New York Giants jump on Cincy's Bob Wicker, lighting him up for 17 hits to win, 9 - 1. Christy Mathewson and Cy Seymour each have three hits, with Matty exiting the game after six innings. The umps call the game after eight innings on account of darkness.
  • A State Supreme Court judge rules that, despite "voluntary contributions" instead of paid admissions, Brooklyn is conducting a business enterprise and thus violating the law prohibiting Sunday baseball in New York. Sunday baseball in Brooklyn will not be legal until 1919.
• 1907 - Cincinnati Reds manager Ned Hanlon, whose managing days began in 1889 at Pittsburgh, announces this will be his last season. His record includes five pennants - four at Baltimore, one at Brooklyn.
• 1909 - After winning 13 in a row, Christy Mathewson loses to Pittsburgh, 3 - 1, giving up four hits and three runs in the 1st inning. Red Ames relieves in the 2nd. Mathewson's record is now 15-3.
• 1910 - The "surprise of the year," according to Ed Bang in Sporting Life, "came on July 30th when it was announced that the Naps had secured Joe Jackson from the New Orleans Pelicans for $5,000. It is believed that Connie Mack made the Naps the concession [as part of the Bris Lord-Morrie Rath trade] to allow them to purchase Jackson from New Orleans." Jackson had been up with the A's briefly in 1908 and 1909.
• 1914:
  • It's a bad day for the Chief as the Giants lose a tough one to the Reds, 2 - 0. Giants catcher Jack "Chief" Meyers doubles in the 6th and then is out for missing first base. In the 9th, he throws one ball over Milt Stock's head at third base, bounces one to second base on a steal, and tosses another into center field. The three errors hand Christy Mathewson the loss.
  • Ernie Shore stops the White Sox, 4 - 0, to give the Red Sox rookie a 4-0 record.
• 1916:
  • The New York Times Book Review pans Ring Lardner's baseball novel You Know Me Al, recently published by George H. Doran Company at $1.25. The reviewer says "the author was for some time sporting writer on a Chicago newspaper, and so may be supposed to know his subject thoroughly, but for the honor of the 'national game' we trust that his 'busher' is not typical of the majority of its players [...] As it contains many accounts of baseball games strung together on the thinnest possible thread of plot, it may please the 'fans.'" Notwithstanding the poor review, the novel will be recognized in time as a classic.
  • Carl Mays tops the St. Louis Browns, 9 - 3, for a Red Sox win. With the Browns sweeping the Yankees, Boston goes into first place.
• 1917:
  • The host Red Sox top the White Sox, 3 - 1, behind Babe Ruth's four-hitter. Chicago bunches three of the four hits in the 3rd, including an RBI triple by Joe Jackson.
  • The Tigers' Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Ossie Vitt follow each other in the lineup, each going 5 for 5 in a 16 - 4 win over Washington. Having three players collect five hits ties the major-league record for the century. Cobb also scores five times.
• 1922:
  • The Browns move to a 1 1/2-game lead, beating the Red Sox, 4 - 1, as the White Sox beat New York. Ken Williams hits his 26th homer, one of three Brownie bombs.
  • The Pirates again top the Giants, 7 - 0, as Max Carey bangs another two home runs. The Pirates will win two more to sweep the four-game series with the Giants.
  • The Giants send pitchers Fred Toney and Larry Benton to the Braves with $100,000 and bring back righthander Hugh McQuillan. Toney refuses to report and stays in New York. When Benton develops into a consistent pitcher, the Giants will buy him back.
• 1924 - Bill Sherdel is called out of the Cardinals bullpen to pitch to pinch-hitter Johnny Mokan of the Phillies. There are no outs in the 2nd with runners on first and second base. Sherdel throws one ball, and Mokan bunts it in the air to Jim Bottomley coming in from first. He throws to SS Jimmy Cooney, who doubles the runner at second base and throws to Rogers Hornsby who goes covering first base. A triple play on one pitch. Sherdel stays in the game until the end and gets the win for the Cards, 9 - 8.
• 1925 - The White Sox stop Stan Coveleski's winning streak at 13, beating Washington, 11 - 1.
• 1930 - The Reds lose a night-time exhibition game in Indianapolis. Five years from now, the Reds will be the first major league team to play a night game.
• 1933:
  • Cardinal pitcher Dizzy Dean sets a modern major league record striking out 17 Cubs. Teammate catcher Jimmie Wilson also sets a new mark recording 18 putouts.
  • Burleigh Grimes, nine days short of his 40th birthday, is released by the Cubs and signs with the Cardinals.
• 1936:
  • The Boston Red Sox, led by owner Tom Yawkey and accompanied by American League President Will Harridge, fly from St. Louis to Chicago aboard one plane. Five players elect to take the train. In 1934, the Reds flew from Cincinnati to Chicago, but divided the players among three planes. Some of the Reds still chose to take the train.
  • Buffalo pitcher Bill Harris tosses his second no-hitter in the International League, stopping Newark.
  • At Brooklyn, the Cardinals' Jim Winford tosses a four-hitter in stopping Casey Stengel's men, 7 - 0. The Cards climb to within a game of the top as the Cubs lose. After the game, at Mama Leone's on West 48th Street, baseball writers give a birthday dinner to Stengel.
  • Kiki Cuyler of the Reds has eight straight hits - all singles - during a doubleheader split with the Phils. The Reds win the opener, 5 - 0, behind Bill Hallahan, then lose, 5 - 4, to veteran Ray Benge, making his first start for the Quakers since being acquired on waivers from the Bees.
  • Vern Kennedy wins his tenth in a row, pitching the White Sox to a win over the A's, 7 - 4. Bob Kennedy connects off his namesake for his 16th homer of the year, while Gordon "Dusty" Rhodes is handed one of his American League-high twenty losses. Hod Lisenbee, signed yesterday, is effective in relief of Rhodes.
  • The Yankees, with Jake Powell back in CF for the injured Myril Hoag, drop a 5 - 4 decision to Detroit. On August 1st, Powell will go to LF, with Joe DiMaggio playing CF for the first time. George Selkirk will return to RF. The Yanks loses today when Charlie Gehringer ties the match with a two-run homer in the 8th. Bill Dickey allows a ball to get by him in the 10th and Jack Burns scores the winner. Schoolboy Rowe pitches ten innings for the win over Johnny Broaca.
  • At the funeral of Charles Knapp, president of the Baltimore Orioles as well as the International League, Warren Giles is named interim league president. Giles is the president of the Rochester Red Wings. With Knapp's death, Mary Dunn, majority owner of the Orioles, assumes the role of team president.
• 1940 - Veteran Lou Finney hits so well for the Red Sox early in the season that manager Joe Cronin must make a place for him in the lineup. With rookie Dom DiMaggio joining Ted Williams and Doc Cramer in the OF, Cronin puts Finney at 1B when Jimmie Foxx volunteers to catch. The experiment lasts but a few games.
• 1943 - Phil Cavarretta of the Chicago Cubs homers off the RF foul pole against Johnny Allen of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The ball is retrieved and Bill Nicholson hits the next pitch out of Wrigley Field. The result: one ball, one pitcher, two pitches, two home runs. The Cubs go on to beat the Dodgers, 13 - 2.
• 1944 - The fourth straight bad start by Bucky Walters of Cincinnati will deprive him of the ERA title. Bucky gives up 27 runs in 24 innings after a brilliant start of the season. He will recover to win 23 games and finish with an ERA of 2.40, but teammate Ed Heusser will be the ERA champ with 2.38.
• 1947 - The New York Giants edge the Cincinnati Reds, 6 - 5, in ten innings, ending Ewell Blackwell's winning streak at 16 games. All games are complete games and five are shutouts.
• 1948 - At Cleveland, the Red Sox are victorious, 8 - 7, for their 25th win of the month, a club record.
• 1950:
  • Del Ennis of the Phils hits his second grand slam in three days in a 10 - 0 pasting of Pittsburgh. He adds a two-run homer as the Phils take the second game, 4 - 2, and helps the Phils boost their lead to three games over St. Louis. His seven RBIs in two games gives him 41 for the month, a new Phils record.
  • The Cards stop the Giants, 6 - 3, to end New York's win streak of nine games. Gerry Staley wins his tenth on a seven-hitter and is backed by Enos Slaughter's single, double and triple. Red Schoendienst's wide toss to third base in the 9th ends his streak of 57 games without an error. He had handled 323 chances during the streak.
• 1951:
  • Joe DiMaggio makes a rare mental error against Detroit, catching a Steve Souchock fly ball in deep CF and, thinking it's the third out, begins trotting in. It's only the second out, and George Kell scores from second base to make the score 4 - 2 in the 8th. Despite the lapse, the Yanks win, 5 - 4, with DiMag redeeming himself by knocking in the winning run in the 9th.
  • Ty Cobb testifies in front of Congress, denying the reserve clause makes "peons" out of baseball players.
• 1952:
  • Journeyman hurler Lou Kretlow fashions his second consecutive two-hitter, as the White Sox down New York, 7 - 0.
  • Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick sets a waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs bid with the club lowest in the league to get the first pick. He sets the price at $10,000. He also bars all other deals after July 31st.
• 1953 - The Giants' Monte Irvin grounds into three double plays, tying a National League record, as Milwaukee wins, 5 - 0.
• 1954 - Against Allie Reynolds, 3B Bob Kennedy hits the first grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles surpass the top season attendance the Browns had in their 52 years, as they draw 27,385 for the game, giving them 7,000 more than the 712,918 St. Louis drew in 1922.
• 1955 - The Orioles get P Ed Lopat from the Yankees for P Jim McDonald and cash.
• 1957 - Ron Northey hits his ninth pinch-hit home run, off Buster Freeman, enabling the Phillies to beat the Reds, 8 - 5.
• 1959:
  • In his major league debut, Willie McCovey goes 4 for 4 with two triples off Robin Roberts to lead the Giants to a 7 - 2 win over the Phils. McCovey was hitting .372 with 29 home runs at Phoenix when promoted.
  • The Pacific Coast League's Portland Beavers sue Major League Baseball for $1.8 million, citing unfair practices through television that could bring the downfall of the minor leagues. They warn MLB not to start a third league or expand.
  • The Southern Association suspends Chattanooga 1B Jesse Levan for life because of his involvement as a go-between for gamblers seeking to fix games. His teammate Waldo Gonzalez receives a one-year suspension.
• 1960 - Just as he predicts, Philadelphia P Art Mahaffey, just called up from Buffalo, picks off the first batter to get a hit against him. Then, with the next batter to get a hit, he does it again. Curt Flood and Bill White are the baserunner victims, but St. Louis still wins, 6 - 3. In his next game, the first batter to get a hit off Mahaffey will be Jim Marshall, and Mahaffey will pick him off as well.
• 1962:
  • After mysteriously disappearing off the team bus to use the rest room three days ago and trying to fly to Israel, pitcher Gene Conley returns to the Red Sox and is fined $2,000. Yesterday, he sent a telegram to manager Mike Higgins explaining he was tired and had other plans.
  • Homers by Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels and Rocky Colavito power the American League past the National League, 9 - 4, in the second All-Star Game of 1962.
• 1963 - The Phillies tally 11 hits off the Giants' Billy O'Dell, but the Digger shuts them out, 5 - 0.
• 1965 - Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9 - 2 loss to the Giants. Bragan says he ordered the spitters to prove rules against them are not being enforced.
• 1966:
  • The Twins' Dave Boswell allows just a 7th-inning single to Russ Snyder in beating the Orioles, 7 - 0.
  • Chicago's Gary Peters shuts down the Yankees, 6 - 0, facing just 29 batters. The efficient Peters uses just 75 pitches.
• 1968
  • In the 1st inning, Washington SS Ron Hansen turns the eighth unassisted triple play in major league history and the first in 41 years. Cleveland's Joe Azcue hits a liner to Hansen, who steps on second base to double Dave Nelson, and tags Russ Snyder sliding into second base for the third out. Hansen's effort is not enough, as Washington loses, 10 - 1.
  • Roberto Clemente makes "an impossible catch" in Pittsburgh's doubleheader sweep of the Braves. So says manager Larry Shepard. The grab is described by Les Biederman in the Pittsburgh Press: "The one play that brought the fans up screaming was a Roberto Clemente fielding special. Mike Lum, the Chinese rookie outfielder, was the victim. Lum hit a shot off Steve Blass that was headed for the right field wall, near the 375-foot-mark. Clemente took off in pursuit and ran as hard and as fast as he could. Just as he approached the wall, Clemente reached up and caught the ball, still with his back to the diamond. He crashed into the wall, bruised his chin and fell down. He was stunned for a second but held the ball."
• 1969:
  • Using five homers, the Braves thrash the Phils, 6 - 3, in the first game of a twinbill. Felipe Alou and Hank Aaron homer and Bob Tillman, hitting .187, hits three in a row. Aaron's blast is the 537th of his career and moves him past Mickey Mantle on the all-time list. The Phils win the nitecap, 4 - 3. Dick Allen homers in the 2nd inning and follows a Johnny Callison homer in the 8th with his second shot of the game.
  • It is a bad day for the Mets at Shea Stadium. In the first of two games, Houston scores 11 runs in the 9th inning, eight coming home on grand slams by Jimmy Wynn and Denis Menke, to trounce the Mets, 16 - 3. This is the first time this century in the National League that two grand slams have come in the same inning, with Mets pitchers Cal Koonce and Ron Taylor teeing up the honors. The last time in the American League was July 18, 1962. Taylor also serves up a single to Houston relief pitcher Fred Gladding, the only hit of Gladding's career in 63 at bats and 450 games. The second game is no different as the Astros tally ten runs in the 3rd inning to thrash the Mets, 11 - 5. Curt Blefary triples with the sacks full and pitcher Larry Dierker (13-8) homers with a man on.
• 1971:
  • The Indians, with a 42-61 record, fire manager Alvin Dark. Johnny Lipon takes over, but the team will go 18-41 the rest of the season.
  • Frank Robinson's home run spoils a no-hit bid by the Royals' Dick Drago, who loses, 1 - 0, in a rain-shortened game. Play is stopped with one out in the 5th. Robby's homer is his 493rd, tying him with Lou Gehrig for 11th place on the homer list.
• 1972:
  • The Angels beat Kansas City, 4 - 3, when Bob Oliver hits a leadoff home run in the 11th inning against his former team. The win goes to Lloyd Allen, relegated to the bullpen after five straight losses as a starter. Allen's batterymate, Jack Hiatt, is 1 for 1 after taking over in the late innings. Hiatt, purchased yesterday from the Astros, appears without a number on his uniform since there was not enough time to sew one on.
  • Ralph Garr and Earl Williams collect ten hits and ten runs between them to lead the Braves to 14 - 4 and 5 - 4 victories over the Dodgers. They each have four RBIs in the two games.
• 1973 - The Rangers' Jim Bibby no-hits first-place Oakland, 6 - 0, while teammate Jeff Burroughs hits the second of three grand slams in a ten-day period (July 26th-August 4th). Bibby, who came to Texas in a June 6th trade with the Cardinals, strikes out 13 batters.
• 1975:
  • Jose Sosa, a pitcher, homers in his first major league at-bat in an Astro 8 - 4 victory over the Padres. It will be his only home run in the majors.
  • Pat Darcy pitches a complete game win, 6 - 1, over the visiting Giants. It's the first complete game by a Reds pitcher in 45 games.
• 1976:
  • In an International League game in Memphis, TN, the Blues' Art Gardner hits a 3rd-inning shot off the CF wall and, while Syracuse OF Rick Bladt searches for the ball, Gardner circles the bases for an inside-the-park home run. When Bladt can't find the ball, the umpires rule the hit is only a double.
  • The Reds do all their scoring in the first three innings to beat San Diego, 13 - 8, in the first of two. Cincy adds a 4 - 2 win in the nitecap to sweep as Johnny Bench hits his 250th homer.
• 1977 - Yankee pitcher Don Gullett picks up his tenth win of the year, a 9 - 3 victory over the A's. But it will prove to be his final win of the year when he injures his shoulder in the 7th inning and leaves the game.
• 1978 - The Expos crush the Braves, 19 - 0, collecting 28 hits and a National League-record-tying eight home runs. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, Dave Cash and Dawson again homer in the 4th inning; Parrish has a single and three consecutive home runs in the game, only the third major leaguer to do it. Not till Andres Galarraga in 1995 will another hitter bang homers in three consecutive innings. The 58 total bases break an 85-year-old record held by the Reds. Woodie Fryman conducts the win over Mickey Mahler.
• 1980 - Attempting to throw for the first time since being hospitalized for tests last week, J.R. Richard suffers a stroke and is rushed to Houston's Methodist Hospital for emergency surgery to remove a life-threatening blood clot in his neck. He will never pitch in the major leagues again.
• 1984 - At San Diego, Dave Dravecky allows one hit - a double - to Bill Russell in the 7th as the Padres rout the Dodgers, 12 - 0.
• 1986 - C Ron Hassey is traded for the third time in eight months, this time going to the White Sox in a deal that brings OF-DH Ron Kittle, SS Wayne Tolleson and C Joel Skinner to the Yankees.
• 1987 - The Pirates trade P Don Robinson to the Giants for minor league catcher Mackey Sasser and cash. The Indians trade fading veteran Steve Carlton to the Twins for a player to be named later.
• 1988 - Reds' reliever John Franco establishes the major league record for the most saves in the month. His 13th save bests the mark shared by Sparky Lyle, Bruce Sutter and Bob Stanley.
• 1989 - Mark Grace belts a two-out three-run homer off Rick Aguilera to give the Cubs a 6 - 4 win over the Mets. Les Lancaster is the winner as the Cubs sweep three from the Mets.
• 1990:
  • Jack Clark hits his 300th career home run in San Diego's 4 - 3, 11-inning loss to the Braves. His homer in the 10th ties the game and is his 17th homer in extra innings. He's now in second place in overtime homers to Willie Mays' 22.
  • In a surprisingly harsh ruling, Commissioner Fay Vincent orders Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to resign as the club's general partner by August 20th and bans him from day-to-day operation of the team for life. The ruling is a result of Steinbrenner's $40,000 payment to confessed gambler Howie Spira for damaging information about since-traded Yankee star Dave Winfield.
• 1991:
  • The Angels trade 3B Jack Howell to the Padres for OF Shawn Abner.
  • Boston relief pitcher Jeff Gray collapses in the clubhouse prior to the Red Sox game with Texas. He becomes lightheaded, his speech slurs, and he suffers weakness in the right side of his body. Diagnosed as suffering from a stroke, Gray will undergo two years of rehab and, in 1994, become a minor league pitching coach. Gray's stroke comes on the 11th anniversary of J.R. Richard's stroke. In the game which follows, the Red Sox's Carlos Quintana ties a major league record by driving in six runs in one inning in Boston's 11 - 6 victory. He hits a double and a grand slam.
• 1992 - The Blue Jays trade C Greg Myers and OF Rob Ducey to the Angels in exchange for P Mark Eichhorn.
• 1993 - The Yankees obtain P Paul Assenmacher from the Cubs in a three-way deal which sees P John Habyan go to the Royals and OF Karl Rhodes to the Cubs.
• 1994:
  • Detroit defeats Oakland, 14 - 2, as Tiger C Chad Kreuter ties a major league record with three sacrifice flies. He is the ninth player in history to perform the feat.
  • The Giants defeat the Rockies by a score of 6 - 4, as Giants pitcher Rod Beck sets a major league record by converting his 25th save in 25 opportunities. Beck held the previous record of 24 which he set last season.
• 1995:
  • Mike Schmidt, Richie Ashburn, Negro League star Leon Day, former National League president William Hulbert and Vic Willis are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
  • Chili Davis of the Angels is charged with disorderly conduct following California's 8 - 3 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee. Davis allegedly slapped a fan who was taunting him. Chili also had a hit in the game.
  • The Astros' Jeff Bagwell suffers a broken hand when he is hit by a pitch in the 4th from Brian Williams in the Astros' 7 - 1 win over the Padres. It is the same bone that he broke last year when he was hit by a pitch from Andy Benes on August 10th, two days before the strike.
• 1996:
  • The Giants trade P Mark Leiter (4-10) to the Expos for pitchers Tim Scott and Kirk Rueter.
  • Boston gets a leadoff hitter when the Mariners trade OF Darren Bragg to the Red Sox in exchange for P Jamie Moyer. Moyer, in a portent of his future success with the M's, is 7-1.
  • The Reds acquire OF Kevin Mitchell from the Red Sox for minor leaguers Brad Tweedlie and Roberto Mejia. Cincy also sells OF Eric Anthony to the Rockies.
• 1997:
  • David Wells fires a three-hitter as the Yankees beat the Royals, 7 - 0. Tino Martinez hits his 36th homer and Luis Sojo has four hits.
  • At Boston, the Red Sox beat the Mariners, 8 - 7, in ten innings. Steve Avery grounds out as a pinch hitter in the 10th, the first Sox pitcher to hit since Tim Lollar in 1986.
• 1998:
  • The Ladies Professional Baseball League suspends the remainder of the season due to low attendance. In the last game played, the Long Beach Aces lose to the San Jose Spitfires, 7 - 0.
  • The Red Sox bring back OF-1B Mike Stanley from the Blue Jays in exchange for minor league pitchers Peter Munro and Jay Yennaco.
  • The Braves obtain IF Greg Colbrunn from the Rockies in exchange for minor league P David Cortes and Mike Porzio.
  • The Indians score three runs in the top of the 17th inning against Seattle, then hold on as the Mariners fight back with two of their own in the bottom of the stanza. Cleveland gets 16 hits in the contest while Seattle accounts for 19 in a losing cause. Alex Rodriguez steals his 30th base in the game, to go along with his 31 homers. He's the sixth 30-30 player in American League history.
• 1999 - The Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 13 - 3, as 2B Chuck Knoblauch raps out five hits, including a double and home run, and drives home four runs.
• 2000:
  • The Astros trade P Doug Henry to the Giants for P Scott Linebrink.
  • The Phillies bring P Kent Bottenfield back to the National League, sending cash and veteran Ron Gant to the Angels.
  • The Braves defeat the Astros, 6 - 3, as Tom Glavine wins his 200th career game.
• 2000 - The Cardinals obtain P Jason Christiansen from the Pirates in exchange for IF Jack Wilson. Wilson will be the starting Pittsburgh shortstop for most of the decade and will make one All-Star team.
• 2001:
  • The Yankees reacquire P Sterling Hitchcock from the Padres, sending San Diego P Brett Jodie and OF Darren Blakely.
  • The Cubs get P David Weathers and P Roberto Miniel from the Brewers for P Ruben Quevedo and OF Peter Zoccolillo.
  • The Twins get Met starter Rick Reed for outfielder and leadoff batter Matt Lawton. Reed, 36, who was a member of the National League All-Star team, was 8-6 with a 3.86 ERA this season.
  • The Giants obtain P Jason Schmidt and OF John Vander Wal from the Pirates in exchange for OF Armando Rios and P Ryan Vogelsong.
• 2002 - Montreal OF Cliff Floyd is traded for the second time in three weeks, going to the Red Sox in exchange for minor league pitchers Seung Song and Sun Woo Kim.
• 2004:
  • In a blockbuster trade, the Marlins deal Brad Penny, the winner of two World Series games last season, 1B Hee Seop Choi and southpaw prospect Bill Murphy (who will be traded to the Diamondbacks tomorrow) to the Dodgers for backstop Paul Lo Duca, relief pitcher Guillermo Mota and much-traveled outfielder Juan Encarnacion.
  • In separate deals with the Pirates and Devil Rays, the Mets gamble with their future, giving up top prospects to acquire major league pitchers who can immediately step into the rotation. Free agent-eligible Kris Benson and infielder Jeff Keppinger are obtained from the Pirates for infielder Ty Wigginton, pitcher Matt Peterson and infielder José Bautista, who came in a trade today with the Royals for minor league catcher Justin Huber, and Victor Zambrano and Bartolome Fortunato become Mets when Tampa Bay agrees to take New York's top pitching prospect, Scott Kazmir, and minor league pitcher Jose Diaz. It is Bautista's fourth organization of the season, returning to the system he belonged to last year.
• 2008:
  • The Yankees, seeking catching help after losing Jorge Posada for the remainder of the season, acquire Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers for Kyle Farnsworth.
  • The Indians lose, 14 - 12, to the Tigers in Detroit's first game without Rodriguez, an 11-inning affair. The star catcher is Cleveland's Kelly Shoppach, who ties the major league record with five extra-base hits in the game. Shoppach doubles three times, homers twice, walks once and is retired once; he scores four and drives in three.
• 2009:
  • A story in the New York Times states that sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are among the 104 major leaguers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. The test results were supposed to be kept secret, but Alex Rodriguez's presence on the list of those who tested positive had already been leaked earlier this year. Ortiz states that he was not aware he had tested positive six years earlier and denies using steroids.
  • Action continues on the trading front with Los Angeles acquiring closer George Sherrill from the Baltimore Orioles for two players currently at AA Chattanooga. For their part, the Pirates are still busy house-cleaning, sending Ps John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny to the Cubs, one day after trading three players on their 25-man roster. The Pirates receive P Kevin Hart and Jose Ascanio and minor league infielder Josh Harrison from their NL Central rivals.
• 2010:
  • The two best teams in the majors this year, the Yankees and the Rays, begin a three-game series before a rare sold-out crowd at Tropicana Field. Two batters into the game, New York leads 2 - 0 on a homer by Nick Swisher, but that's all the runs they'll score. Tampa Bay comes back with a three-run shot by Matt Joyce in the 6th to win, 3 - 2. Wade Davis beats Phil Hughes, with Rafael Soriano picking up the save. Alex Rodriguez, who has been sitting on 599 homers for a week, goes 0 for 4 in the loss.
  • Leading 5 - 2 over the Cubs in the bottom of the 8th, the Rockies turn the game into a laugher when they bang out 13 hits - a record 11 of them consecutively - to run away with a 17 - 2 win. The consecutive hits and 12 runs all come with two outs, starting with Carlos Gonzalez's RBI single. Ian Stewart and Dexter Fowler hit two-run homers while Troy Tulowitzki doubles twice during the string.
  • One of the players traded yesterday makes a splash in his debut for his new team. Starting at 3B for the Tigers, Jhonny Peralta homers twice over the Green Monster as Detroit defeats Boston, 6 - 5, withstanding a late-game grand slam by David Ortiz. Armando Galarraga's run of bad luck continues as he is hit on the ankle by a line drive off the bat of Kevin Youkilis with a 4 - 1 lead, and has to leave the game one out shy of qualifying for the win. Rookie Robbie Weinhardt relieves him and picks up his first major league victory.
  • However, the Phillies may be having buyer's remorse as prize acquisition Roy Oswalt is rocked by the Nationals, losing his debut, 8 - 1. Making it worse, the man he was traded for, J.A. Happ, shines in his first outing for Houston, throwing six scoreless innings in a 5 - 0 win over Milwaukee.
  • The deals continue on the eve of tomorrow's trading deadline. The Chicago White Sox acquire P Edwin Jackson, author of a no-hitter earlier this year, from the Diamondbacks in return for young Ps Daniel Hudson and David Holmberg; the Rangers obtain IF Cristian Guzman from Washington for Tanner Roark and Ryan Tatusko just as starting 2B Ian Kinsler is placed on the disabled list; and the Yankees snap up OF Austin Kearns from the Indians, although the bigger news is that they have tentatively reached a deal with Houston for 1B Lance Berkman.
• 2011:
  • The Yankees complete a doubleheader sweep of the Orioles with a huge 1st inning in the nitecap, after winning the opener, 8 - 3. The Bronx Bombers score 12 runs as they chase Zach Britton, just back from the minors, after only one out, but not before he gives up nine runs. They roll to a 17 - 3 win, accumulating 24 hits, as Ivan Nova benefits from the outburst; Robinson Cano goes 5 for 5 with five RBI, while Nick Swisher hits a two-run homer in each game.
  • Derek Holland pitches his third shutout in five starts as the Rangers defeat the Blue Jays, 3 - 0. He is the first Ranger pitcher to throw four shutouts in a season since Doc Medich in 1981. Mitch Moreland hits a two-run homer in the 2nd.
  • There is a frenzy of trades as the trading deadline approaches. The Indians make two big deals, first acquiring P Ubaldo Jimenez from Colorado, then sending 2B Orlando Cabrera to San Francisco. In the unusual position of being buyers this year, the Pirates pry 1B Derrek Lee from Baltimore to replace the underachieving Lyle Overbay. Their rivals in the NL Central, the Cardinals, add SS Rafael Furcal from Los Angeles, the Diamondbacks add P Jason Marquis from Washington, the Rangers get P Koji Uehara from Baltimore, the Red Sox add 2B Mike Aviles from Kansas City, and the Tigers get Ps Doug Fister and David Pauley from the Mariners. In all cases, the deals involve prospects in return, many of them in the lower reaches of the minor leagues, and the occasional player who has just reached the majors.
• 2012:
  • What has already been a busy trading season gets busier with a number of deals one day before the trading deadline. The Blue Jays deal twice, first sending OF Travis Snider to Pittsburgh for P Brad Lincoln and then dispatching another OF, Eric Thames, to Seattle for P Steve Delabar. The Cubs are also busy, trading C Geovany Soto to the Rangers for AA P Jacob Brigham, and P Paul Maholm and OF Reed Johnson to the Braves for Ps Arodys Vizcaino and Jaye Chapman. Finally, the Dodgers acquire P Brandon League from Seattle, for prospects Leon Landry and Logan Bawcom.
  • Kendrys Morales becomes only the third major leaguer to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning as the Angels drop a nine-run 6th inning on the Rangers on their way to a 15 - 8 win. Morales opens the scoring in the frame with a two-run homer off righty Roy Oswalt to put the Halos ahead, 5 - 3, then, after the batting order turns around, adds a grand slam off lefty Robbie Ross. Carlos Baerga, in 1993, and Mark Bellhorn, in 2002, were the other two players to accomplish the rare feat. Morales's six RBI in the inning are one shy of the American League record of seven, set by Alex Rodriguez on October 4, 2009.
  • Jason Heyward homers and scores three times as the Braves defeat the Marlins, 8 - 2. For the Braves, it is a first win in a Monday game since last season; they had lost 16 in a row, including all 12 Monday games they had played so far this season. All of their players wear their socks high in order to break the curse, except for pitcher Tommy Hanson, who still picks up the win to improve to 12-5 on the year.
• 2013:
  • Today's deals are highlighted by a three-team trade that sees P Jake Peavy go from the White Sox to the Red Sox; Boston then sends rookie SS Jose Iglesias to Detroit, which is looking for insurance at the position in fear that starter Jhonny Peralta will be suspended as a result of the Biogenesis scandal. Detroit completes the deal by sending young OF Avisail Garcia to Chicago, while four other players change uniforms as well. In other pre-trading deadline deals, the A's acquire IF Alberto Callaspo from the Angels for Grant Green, while the Indians acquire lefty reliever Marc Rzepczynski from St. Louis.
  • The Pirates take back first place in the NL Central by sweeping a doubleheader against the Cardinals. The Bucs win the opener, 2 - 1, in 11 innings, then take the nitecap, 6 - 0, as Brandon Cumpton tosses seven scoreless innings in only his fourth big league start. The Cards have now lost six straight to fall out of first place.
  • Andre Rienzo becomes the first major leaguer born and raised in Brazil and the second born there after Yan Gomes. Rienzo, fresh off a no-hitter for the Charlotte Knights, allows three unearned runs in seven solid innings against the Indians but Donnie Veal and Matt Lindstrom blow it for the White Sox.
• 2014:
  • A trio of pitchers for the AA San Antonio Missions combine on a no-hitter against the Corpus Christi Hooks, but only learn about it after the game. James Needy, Frank Garces and R.J. Alvarez join forces for what seems to be a 6 - 0 one-hitter, until the official scorer reverses a decision on Rene Garcia's 6th-inning infield single, changing it to an error on shortstop Diego Goris.
  • There is another no-hitter in the minor leagues as Tyler Cloyd of the Columbus Clippers performs the feat in a 13 - 0 win over the Louisville Bats. Cloyd retires the first 24 batters he faces before hitting Donnie Murphy with a pitch, but ends the game on a double play grounder and a line out.
  • On the trade front, the Cardinals acquire P Justin Masterson from Cleveland for OF James Ramsey, while the Cubs obtain P Felix Doubront from the Red Sox for a player to be named later.
• 2015 - In a whirlwind day of trading, the Blue Jays once again make the biggest splash, acquiring P David Price from Detroit for prospects Matt Boyd, Jairo Labourt and Daniel Norris, two days after landing SS Troy Tulowitzki. Detroit also trades P Joakim Soria to Pittsburgh for IF JaCoby Jones. The Astros add P Mike Fiers and OF Carlos Gomez from Milwaukee in return for four prospects, while the Dodgers complete a transaction started a day earlier with the Marlins, sending three minor leaguers to complete their deal for OF Mike Morse and P Mat Latos, and landing a competitive balance pick which they flip to the Braves along with three players in order to acquire Ps Alex Wood, Jim Johnson, Luis Avilan and Bronson Arroyo and IF Jose Peraza. The Yankees send Ramon Flores and José Ramírez to Seattle to obtain IF/OF Dustin Ackley, while the Indians trade OF/1B Brandon Moss to St. Louis for P Rob Kaminsky.
• 2016:
  • A couple of big deals are made ahead of the trading deadline. The Padres, who have been the most active dealers on the market, send OF Matt Kemp to the Braves in return for 3B Hector Olivera; both players are due hefty sums of money over the next few years, but Kemp is having a productive year while Olivera, who is about to come off from an 82-game suspension for a domestic violence incident, has a lot of money due him, so the Padres will still be winners from a financial standpoint even if, as expected, Olivera is designated for assignment. The other trade is motivated by more traditional baseball reasons: the Nationals whose Achilles heel is closer Jonathan Papelbon's up-and-down performance, acquire Mark Melancon from the Pirates for Ps Felipe Rivero and Taylor Hearn.
  • The Astros Valencia win their first Division Honor title. They finish the year at 24-4, tied with the Tenerife Marlins, and the teams split the head-to-head games 2-2 but the Astros have the better run differential, the second tie-breaker.
• 2017:
  • The 2017 class of the Hall of Fame is inducted in Cooperstown, NY. Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are the three players honored, while executives Bud Selig and John Schuerholz were voted in by the Veterans Committee. The presence of a large number of fans wearing the gear of the defunct Montréal Expos in honor of Raines cannot be missed among the crowd of 27,000 present for the ceremonies.
  • Adrian Beltre becomes the 31st member of the 3,000 hit club with a double off Wade Miley of the Baltimore Orioles. The Rangers' third baseman also has over 600 doubles and 5,000 total bases, other numbers that place him high on the list of the game's all-time leaders.
  • Trailing 10 - 4 entering the bottom of the 9th, the Blue Jays stage the biggest 9th-inning comeback in team history to defeat the Angels, 11 - 10. Kevin Pillar hits a two-run homer and Steve Pearce caps things off with a walk-off grand slam off Bud Norris - his second in four days. Only two other players before Pearce, Cy Williams in 1926 and Jim Presley in 1986 had ever hit two walk-off grand slams in a season.
  • A number of deals are finalized on the penultimate day before the trading deadline. For the second time in a week, P Jaime Garcia gets traded, moving from Minnesota to the Yankees; the Rockies acquire C Jonathan Lucroy from Texas; the Royals get OF Melky Cabrera from the White Sox; and the Cubs obtain C Alex Avila and P Justin Wilson from the Tigers for Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes.
• 2018 - There is a frenzy of trades as the deadline approaches, with Toronto sending disgraced closer Roberto Osuna, serving out the last days of a 75-game suspension for domestic violence, to Houston in return for Ps Ken Giles, David Paulino and Héctor Pérez, a deal greeted by criticism on the part of some Astros players and fans. The Red Sox add 2B Ian Kinsler from the Angels, The Twins, who have clearly thrown in the towel on the current season, send P Lance Lynn to the Yankees for Tyler Austin and a prospect and P Zach Duke to the Mariners for Chase De Jong and another prospect, while the Braves acquire OF Adam Duvall from Cincinnati for Lucas Sims, Preston Tucker and Matt Wisler and Texas sends RP Keone Kela to Pittsburgh.
• 2019:
  • On the penultimate day before the trading deadline, a major three-team deal moves P Trevor Bauer from a contending team, the Indians, to a non-contending one, the Reds, with Cleveland taking in a haul of players, including OFs Yasiel Puig and Franmil Reyes and P Logan Allen, while San Diego receives top OF prospect Taylor Trammell from the Reds. Bauer had worn out his welcome with a series of incidents, the latest being his heaving a baseball over the centerfield fence in frustration after having been removed from a game, an incident that also cost him a fine from Major League Baseball. Bauer is the second top starting pitcher in three days to move to a non-contender, following the surprising trade of Marcus Stroman from the Blue Jays to the Mets on July 28th.
  • For the first time since 1959, the Cuban national team will not win a medal in baseball in the Pan American Games. After losing to Colombia in the 2019 Pan American Games opener, they fall to defending champion Canada in an 8 - 6 slugfest. Connor Panas drives in five, Wes Darvill has three hits and three runs, Eric Wood three hits and Jordan Lennerton three RBI without a hit. Ryan Kellogg gets the win, Chris Leroux pitches shutout ball from the 6th through the 8th and Dustin Molleken gets the save.
• 2020:
  • The ripple effects of the outbreak of COVID-19 among the Marlins continue, as two members of their most recent opponents, the Phillies - one coach and one clubhouse attendant - also test positive. Both teams have been idle since completing a three-game series on July 26th, and will also sit out their planned week-end series. Foreseeing that a large number of doubleheaders will be necessary to make up these games, Major League Baseball announces that any twinbill played after August 1st will consist of two seven-inning games.
  • With 13 strikeouts in eight innings in a 2-0 win over the Twins, Shane Bieber of the Indians ties the major league record for most K's in a pitcher's first two games of a season. He had struck out 14 on Opening Day, giving him 27 in two games. Karl Spooner set the record in what were also his first two career games with the 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers, while Nolan Ryan set the American League record of 25 back in 1978.
• 2021:
  • The Mexican national team makes its debut in the Olympics, but falls, 1 - 0, to the Dominican Republic in the Tokyo Olympics. Ángel Sánchez and four relievers keep Mexico off the board, while 40-year-old José Bautista shows off his arm, throwing out Isaac Rodríguez at the plate. Fellow MLB veteran Melky Cabrera drives in the game's lone run, singling off Teddy Stankiewicz to bring in Charlie Valerio.
  • The other game in the Olympics today is more lopsided as Team USA plays its first game of the tournament, romping past newcomer Israel, 8 - 1, behind the pitching of Joe Ryan and solid hitting from Tyler Austin (2 2B, HR, 3 RBI) and Eddy Alvarez (two RBI doubles); Alvarez already has a Silver Medal from the 2014 Winter Olympics as a speed skater. Danny Valencia homers for Israel's only run.
  • The final day before the trading deadline begins with a bang as the Blue Jays send two top prospects to land P José Berríos of the Twins, one of the most sought-after starting pitchers on the market. P Simeon Woods-Richardson, who is currently in Tokyo with Team USA, is joined by OF-IF Austin Martin in going to Minnesota. That is just the opening salvo on a busy day as the Dodgers complete a rumored deal by obtaining P Max Scherzer and SS Trea Turner from Washington in return for four prospects, including P Josiah Gray and C Keibert Ruiz, considered the two top players in the system. Others changing teams today include Kris Bryant, who goes to the Giants from the Cubs, who complete a veritable fire sale by sending SS Javier Baez to the Mets and closer Craig Kimbrel to the White Sox.
• 2022 - The 2022 South American Championship finale is a match-up of the two six-time champs, Brazil and Argentina. Brazil wins a spot in the 2023 Pan American Games as they get their second straight pitching gem. A day after a no-hitter by Marcelo Arai, André Rienzo tosses a two-hit shutout, striking out 12. Argentina's Lucas Ramón has a two-hit shutout going into the 6th before Pedro Okuda, Felipe Burin and Salomon Koba all single. Guido Monis relieves and lets two of the inherited runners in, one via error and one on a sacrifice fly. In the Bronze Medal Game, host Peru and Ecuador don't have anything close to the pitching duel of the finale, as neither starter makes it through the 2nd. Peru gets three-hit games from Rider Zevallos, Jorge Pastor and Alonso Tenya in outhitting Ecuador, 10-6, but Ecuador gets more runs on the board, 7 - 5. Orlando Leon gets the win while Gustavo Landin reaches three of four times for Ecuador.
• 2023 - On the trading front today, the Cardinals send hard-throwing reliever Jordan Hicks to the Blue Jays in return for two minor league pitchers and starter Jordan Montgomery and reliever Chris Stratton to the Rangers for P John King and two prospects. The Rockies trade a pair of veteran hitters, 1B C.J. Cron and OF Randal Grichuk, to the Angels for a couple of minor leaguers; interestingly, both Cron and Grichuk were originally first-round selections in the amateur draft by the Angels.
• 2024:
  • The trading deadline comes into effect at 6:00 pm EDT today, but before that there is a flurry of deals. Among the most active teams are the Dodgers, who pick up SP Jack Flaherty and OF Kevin Kiermaier; the Orioles, who add OF Eloy Jimenez, SP Trevor Rogers and RP Gregory Soto; and the Padres, who acquire RP Tanner Scott, fresh off an appearance in the 2024 All-Star Game for the Marlins, and SP Martin Perez. Also notable is that some of the biggest names that have been the subject of trade speculations for weeks - Ps Tarik Skubal and Garrett Crochet and 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - are all staying put.
  • A couple of those deadline acquisitions from the last few days are already making their presence felt for their new team. Jazz Chisholm has his second straight two-homer game for the Yankees, leading them to a 7 - 6 win over the Phillies in extra innings, while Tommy Pham hits a grand slam in his return to St. Louis, as the Cards defeat the Rangers, 8 - 1.

Births

• 1845 - Joseph Rastall, umpire (d. 1894)
• 1852 - Elgin Jones, pre-MLB player (d. 1939)
• 1863 - Tod Brynan, pitcher (d. 1925)
• 1870 - Bill Merritt, catcher (d. 1937)
• 1887 - Rafael Almeida, infielder (d. 1968)
• 1890 - Casey Stengel, outfielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1975)
• 1894 - Chuck Ward, infielder (d. 1969)
• 1895 - Bill Cunningham, outfielder (d. 1953)
• 1900 - Paul Fitzke, pitcher (d. 1950)
• 1905 - Hal Finney, catcher (d. 1991)
• 1906 - Johnnie Tyler, outfielder (d. 1972)
• 1908 - Frankie Pytlak, catcher (d. 1977)
• 1910 - Eddie Snead, pitcher (d. 1975)
• 1912 - Carl Doyle, pitcher (d. 1951)
• 1912 - Tony Lucadello, scout (d. 1989)
• 1912 - Johnny Rizzo, outfielder (d. 1977)
• 1912 - Charlie Uhlir, outfielder (d. 1984)
• 1914 - Steve Peek, pitcher (d. 1991)
• 1915 - Jerry Witte, infielder (d. 2002)
• 1919 - Jack Conway, infielder (d. 1993)
• 1920 - Ramón Roger, minor league pitcher (d. 1997)
• 1921 - John Gwosden, minor league infielder (d. 2017)
• 1922 - Joe Coleman, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1997)
• 1922 - Manuel Stewart, infielder (d. 1954)
• 1923 - Paul Minner, pitcher (d. 2006)
• 1923 - Charley Hall, outfielder (d. 1996)
• 1925 - Bill Glynn, infielder (d. 2013)
• 1925 - Bill Moisan, pitcher (d. 2010)
• 1925 - Dick Sinovic, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)
• 1928 - Bill Hall, catcher (d. 1986)
• 1928 - Rogers Lehew, college coach (d. 2021)
• 1928 - Joe Nuxhall, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2007)
• 1928 - Theo Vleeshouwer, Dutch executive (d. 2018)
• 1930 - William Bell Jr., Negro League pitcher
• 1930 - Gus Triandos, catcher; All-Star (d. 2013)
• 1933 - Joe Fishinghawk, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1934 - Bud Selig, owner
• 1936 - Ron Hayter, Baseball Canada executive (d. 2018)
• 1939 - Vic Davalillo, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2023)
• 1939 - Paul Dickson, researcher
• 1941 - Bob Barton, catcher (d. 2018)
• 1944 - Pat Kelly, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2005)
• 1944 - Doug Rader, infielder, manager
• 1947 - Jim Spencer, infielder; All-Star (d. 2002)
• 1949 - Hiroo Nobata, Japanese national team coach
• 1952 - Mickey Mahler, pitcher
• 1953 - Ron Farkas, minor league infielder
• 1953 - Jae-won Shim, KBO catcher (d. 1994)
• 1954 - Nate Puryear, minor league pitcher
• 1954 - Ellis Valentine, outfielder; All-Star
• 1956 - Russ Laribee, minor league outfielder
• 1956 - Fla Strawn, minor league catcher
• 1957 - Clint Hurdle, outfielder, manager
• 1957 - Steve Trout, pitcher
• 1958 - Scott Fletcher, infielder
• 1959 - Ricky Horton, pitcher
• 1959 - Mike Jones, pitcher
• 1959 - Sean Toerner, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
• 1960 - Steve Ellsworth, pitcher
• 1962 - Tom Pagnozzi, catcher; All-Star
• 1963 - Don Dunster, minor league pitcher
• 1963 - Jeff Shaver, pitcher
• 1964 - Jorge Aranzamendi, Puerto Rican national team outfielder
• 1964 - Jae-woo Baek, South Korean national team outfielder
• 1964 - Alan Mauthe, Canadian national team infielder
• 1965 - Dan Adriance, minor league pitcher
• 1965 - Adam Casillas, minor league infielder (d. 2016)
• 1965 - Todd Haney, infielder
• 1966 - Mike Anderson, pitcher
• 1968 - Shawn Purdy, minor league pitcher
• 1968 - Chip Winiarski, minor league pitcher
• 1970 - Jason Kinchen, minor league player
• 1970 - Derek Shelton, manager
• 1971 - Ron Blazier, pitcher (d. 2021)
• 1971 - Jon Farrell, minor league outfielder
• 1971 - Calvin Murray, outfielder
• 1971 - Nobuyuki Nakai, CPBL pitcher
• 1972 - Ray L. Brown, minor league infielder
• 1972 - Neftali Miller, Division Elite catcher
• 1974 - Chris Carminucci, minor league infielder and manager
• 1974 - Itsuro Tanimura, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1975 - Matt Erickson, infielder
• 1975 - Oswaldo Mairena, pitcher
• 1977 - Richard Paz, minor league infielder and manager
• 1978 - Josh Bonifay, minor league infielder and manager
• 1979 - Ruel Batuto, Philippines national team pitcher
• 1979 - Dong Lien, coach
• 1979 - Octavio Martinez, minor league catcher
• 1980 - Richard Jimenez, scout
• 1980 - Edwin Moreno, pitcher
• 1980 - Jeong-hee Park, South Korean womens' national team outfielder
• 1982 - Jasiel Acosta, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - T.J. Burton, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Winyoo Chumpon, international umpire
• 1984 - Vincent Ferreira, Division Elite infielder
• 1985 - Francesco Alaimo, Italian Baseball League outfielder
• 1985 - Dylan Axelrod, pitcher
• 1986 - Tom Boleska, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Scott Diamond, pitcher
• 1986 - Christian Marrero, coach
• 1986 - Cole St. Clair, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Barrett Kleinknecht, minor league infielder and manager
• 1988 - Tyler Lavigne, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Colton Willems, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Hiroki Yamada, NPB pitcher
• 1989 - Jesse Hahn, pitcher
• 1989 - Matt Skole, infielder
• 1990 - Nick Parent, minor league infielder
• 1991 - Riley Barr, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1991 - Jhunior Cordero, Ecuadorian national team infielder-pitcher
• 1993 - Clint Coulter, minor league catcher
• 1993 - Alex Crosby, minor league infielder
• 1993 - Jake Faria, pitcher
• 1993 - Ty Hensley, minor league pitcher
• 1993 - Jared Walsh, infielder; All-Star
• 1994 - Cody Poteet, pitcher
• 1994 - Yukiya Yano, Japanese national team infielder
• 1995 - Joshua Palacios, outfielder
• 1996 - Steele Walker, outfielder
• 1997 - Javier Assad, pitcher
• 1997 - Tom Dahan, French Division I outfielder
• 1997 - Jake McCarthy, outfielder
• 1998 - Casey Opitz, minor league catcher
• 2001 - Justin Martínez, pitcher
• 2002 - Jackson Jobe, pitcher
• 2002 - Ju-won Kim, KBO infielder
• 2002 - Yeremi Tamayo, Ecuadorian national team pitcher

Deaths

• 1925 - Jack Bennett, umpire (b. 1853)
• 1928 - Charlie Becker, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1933 - Frank Allen, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1941 - Howie Shanks, infielder (b. 1890)
• 1941 - Mickey Welch, pitcher; Hall of Famer (b. 1859)
• 1942 - Jim Baskette, pitcher (b. 1887)
• 1943 - Charlie Fritz, pitcher (b. 1882)
• 1947 - Chick Robitaille, pitcher (b. 1879)
• 1947 - Ed Seward, pitcher (b. 1867)
• 1953 - Leon Chagnon, pitcher (b. 1902)
• 1955 - Dave Rowan, infielder (b. 1881)
• 1956 - Tommy Sewell, pinch hitter (b. 1906)
• 1960 - Eugene Jones, pitcher (b. 1922)
• 1961 - Bill Finneran, umpire (b. 1878)
• 1965 - Pop Kitchens, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1886)
• 1966 - Harry Hedgpeth, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1969 - Flint Rhem, pitcher (b. 1901)
• 1976 - Jack Knight, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1980 - Joe Lucey, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1986 - Mickey Heath, infielder (b. 1903)
• 1991 - Allen Conkwright, pitcher (b. 1896)
• 1993 - Bob Wright, pitcher (b. 1891)
• 1999 - Masayuki Furuta, Japanese national team manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1933)
• 2001 - Joe Duff, college coach (b. 1923)
• 2001 - Alex Nahigian, college coach (b. 1919)
• 2003 - Doc Alexson, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1920)
• 2003 - Gene Hasson, infielder (b. 1915)
• 2005 - Ray Cunningham, infielder (b. 1905)
• 2006 - Andrés Cavadía, Colombian national team outfielder (b. ~1921)
• 2008 - Porter Vaughan, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 2014 - Dave Bakenhaster, pitcher (b. 1945)
• 2014 - Leroy Gass, minor league pitcher (b. 1920)
• 2014 - Marty Newton, minor league catcher (b. 1964)
• 2016 - Jose Arcia, infielder (b. 1943)
• 2016 - Alan Brice, pitcher (b. 1937)
• 2017 - Joe Cherry, minor league catcher (b. 1939)
• 2024 - Junro Anan, NPB player and manager (b. 1937)
• 2024 - Luis Cordova, minor league pitcher (b. 1973)