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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 11.

Events

• 1873 - The largest crowd of the year‚ 10‚000‚ jams the grounds at 25th and Jefferson to see the Athletics play the Philadelphias. The Philadelphias score five runs in the 7th to win, 7 - 5.
• 1875 - George Hall of the Athletics hits two consecutive homers as Philadelphia trounces visiting Washington‚ 21 - 4.
• 1878 - Jack Manning scores a run and drives in two in a 3 - 0 Boston win over Indianapolis.
• 1880 - Yale beats Worcester‚ 3 - 2‚ to raise the college team's record against pros to 9-1 for the season. The Elis will lose twice to Chicago and finish 10-3 versus pro clubs‚ including 2-2 vs. the National League.
• 1887:
  • At the Polo Grounds‚ the Giants make it easy by scoring 11 runs in the opening inning en route to a 26 - 2 pasting of Washington. New York collects ten hits in the big inning‚ including two apiece by Mike Tiernan‚ Buck Ewing and Monte Ward. Danny Richardson is 6 for 7 for New York with six singles. This is the second time this season the Giants have scored 26 runs: in four days they'll score 29. The starter and loser for Washington is Dupee Shaw‚ the inventor of the windup. Ugly rumors will erupt about today's big loss‚ and Washington will release Shaw in August. The Boston Globe will report on his release that he "had shown lack of heart in his work and was sick of the club. It is said he never recovered emotionally from the effects of the accusation late last year that he was crooked in some of his work versus certain clubs."
  • Detroit's Fred Dunlap establishes a National League record by starting four double plays at second base. He participates in five double plays in all to tie the existing major league mark and helps the Sluggers edge the Hoosiers‚ 7 - 6.
• 1889 - New York's Mickey Welch is the first pitcher to strike out Boston's Dan Brouthers this season. Welch's two-hitter gives the Giants a 2 - 1 win over the Beaneaters.
• 1891 - Herman Long goes 6 for 6 with four runs scored as the Boston Beaneaters climb back over .500 with a 14 - 6 rout of the Chicago Colts.
• 1894 - After Chicago claims the lead with a seven-run rally in the top of the 9th‚ Boston counters with two to win, 15 - 14.
• 1895 - Boston whips Louisville‚ 11 - 0‚ and takes first place from Pittsburgh‚ which has held the top position since the beginning of the season.
• 1898 - Cap Anson makes his debut as Giants manager and guides New York to a 6 - 2 win over Brooklyn at the Polo Grounds. Anson will not be happy with owner Andrew Freedman and last just 22 games at the Giants' helm before Bill Joyce returns as manager‚
• 1899 - Chicago 3B Harry Wolverton is badly injured in a collision with catcher Art Nichols in the 6th inning of a 2 - 1 win over St. Louis. He is expected to miss several weeks of play.
• 1901 - In Pittsburgh‚ the Pirates score four runs in four innings off Christy Mathewson to beat New York‚ 4 - 0. The game is called because of rain after the Giants bat in the 5th.
• 1902:
  • Chicago's Clark Griffith beats the Boston Americans‚ 3 - 2 snapping Cy Young's win streak at ten games.
  • Connie Mack signs Rube Waddell‚ who was pitching in the Pacific Coast League. He will go 24-7 during the remainder of 1902.
• 1903 - Following a win by Ed Doheny‚ Pittsburgh gets back on the shutout track when Deacon Phillippe throws his third straight whitewash‚ defeating Brooklyn‚ 9 - 0. His batterymate Ed Phelps is 3 for 3 with a stolen base. Phils manager Charles Zimmer calls Phelps‚ "the best catcher in the game" and "a coming star."
• 1904:
  • Bob Wicker of the Chicago Cubs pitches 9 1/3 hitless innings before Sam Mertes of the Giants singles. Wicker will win, 1 - 0, with a 12-inning one-hitter. This is the second time that Mertes has broken up an extra-inning no-hitter. Iron Joe McGinnity pitches nine innings of scoreless ball for New York. Chicago wins it in the 12th‚ 1 - 0‚ when Johnny Evers' two-out single off McGinnity scores Frank Chance. It is Iron Joe's first loss after 14 straight wins. Wicker is near flawless‚ striking out 10.
  • At Detroit‚ the Tigers beat the Senators‚ 8 - 3‚ behind Wild Bill Donovan. Donovan‚ batting eighth‚ hits a two-run homer‚ while his teammate Ed Gremminger clubs his only homer of the year‚ reportedly the first homer in seven years to be hit over the fence.
• 1906:
  • At Boston‚ the Boston Nationals' Dave Brain makes a major league record five errors at third base‚ and his teammates makes another six to help the St. Louis Cardinals post an 8 - 1 win. The 11 errors ties the National League record set by the Cardinals on April 19‚ 1902.
  • The Cubs beat Brooklyn‚ 8 - 3‚ as Frank Schulte hits a homer over the right field fence.
• 1907 - At St. Louis‚ the Giants use three pitchers to beat Stoney McGlynn‚ 8 - 7. Christy Mathewson‚ the third pitcher‚ picks up the victory. Ex-Card Spike Shannon provides a key triple to give New York the win.
• 1908 - In his first start since his February operation‚ Walter Johnson is hammered by the St. Louis Browns in leaves in the 4th inning. He won't pitch again until the 23rd.
• 1909 - At the West Side Grounds‚ Boston wins over Chicago‚ 4 - 2‚ for their only win against the Cubs this year. Rookie Kirby "Red" White walks in a run but at the plate drives in two Doves with a triple. Boston will go 1-21 against the Cubs and 1-20 versus the Pirates.
• 1911 - At the West Side Grounds‚ the Cubs crush lowly Boston‚ 20 - 2. Chicago is led by the slugging of Heinie Zimmerman, who drives home a club-record nine runs on two three-run homers‚ a two-run triple‚ and a single. Jimmy Sheckard scores five runs.
• 1912 - New York's Red Ames is the winner over the Cubs‚ 8 - 3. Christy Mathewson relieves Ames with a 4 -3 lead‚ and K's three of the six batters he faces. Heinie Zimmerman argues a strike call and gets an ejection and three-day suspension.
• 1913:
  • The Browns end the A's 15-game winning streak‚ winning 5 - 2‚ but Philadelphia's five-game lead over Cleveland will be maintained to the end.
  • With the score tied 5 - 5‚ Ivy Olson of Cleveland steals home in the top of the 15th for the winning run over the Red Sox. Jack Graney then steals home for an insurance run‚ marking the only time teammates steal home in extra innings in the same game. Dutch Leonard watches on the mound for Boston.
• 1914 - The Cubs score five runs in the 6th inning against the Giants to hand Christy Mathewson a 7 - 4 loss.
• 1915:
  • The Reds finally beat the Robins‚ 1 - 0‚ in 15 innings, as Rube Benton pitches a complete game shutout. Tommy Griffith's single drives in the winning run. Yesterday‚ the two teams battled to a 2 - 2 tie in 14 innings.
  • The Yankees finally beat the White Sox‚ winning 10 - 9. Yankees P Ray Caldwell hits a pinch home run for his second pinch homer in two days. He hit one yesterday in a 5 - 4 loss to the White Sox. Nobody else in the American League will repeat the feat until Joe Cronin in 1943. Tomorrow, Caldwell will hit another long ball‚ but he is on the mound in that game.
  • Giants catcher Larry McLean‚ suspended by John McGraw for ten days‚ goes on a rampage at the Buckingham Hotel in St. Louis and picks a fight with McGraw and scout Dick Kinsella. McGraw banishes the catcher saying he'll never play for Giants again. Christy Mathewson‚ unperturbed‚ beats the Cards in the afternoon. McLean will be shipped to the Cards‚ from whence he came‚ on August 6th for Doc Crandall.
• 1916 - In the 7th inning against the A's‚ Cleveland's Guy Morton ties a major league record by striking out four batters. Cleveland wins‚ 7 - 2.
• 1917 - The Reds edge Brooklyn‚ 3 - 2‚ helped by an inside-the-park homer by Greasy Neale. He'll hit another on June 21st.
• 1918:
  • The franchise owners in the Southern League vote to suspend operations on June 28th. Transportation difficulties‚ increasing rail rates‚ and lack of interest in some cities are the reasons cited. In nine days, the six-team Texas League will vote not to add New Orleans and Beaumont for the remainder of the year. The stumbling block is New Orleans‚ which wants the right to pull out for next year in case the Southern League reorganizes.
  • Lefty Tyler allows two hits but the Giants win‚ 1 - 0‚ on a fluke homer in the 1st inning by George Burns. He hits a line single to Max Flack who falls down and the ball skips by for an inside-the-park homer. The Cubs' nine-game win streak ends.
  • The Pirates' Roy Sanders and Boston's Bunny Hearn battle for 16 innings before the Bucs win‚ 3 - 2‚ on a bases-loaded squeeze play. Sanders allows one hit over the last eight innings.
• 1919 - New York's Jack Quinn shuts out the Tigers‚ 7 - 0. Yankee SS Roger Peckinpaugh is 2 for 3 to start his 29-game hitting streak.
• 1922 - Insisting on another start‚ Urban Shocker is again beaten by the Yankees‚ 8 - 4. New York scores three in the 7th on a walk‚ three hits‚ and a Ken Williams throwing error. Gene Robertson‚ a substitute, adds the game's topper in the 7th when he lifts a high fly behind the Browns' dugout and the ball strikes owner Phil Ball on the cheek, giving him a mild concussion and requiring four stitches. Following the game‚ Shocker will miss three weeks in June and July because of a thigh injury‚ but he still racks up 348 innings‚ second in the American League.
• 1925:
  • Four days after his average tops .400‚ Rogers Hornsby buys 1‚167 shares in the Cardinals at $42.85 a share. Hornsby pays $5‚000 in cash and borrows the rest from the bank with owner Sam Breadon endorsing his note. Breadon retains the right to buy back the stock at 6% interest.
  • In pre-game ceremonies‚ the World Series flag is raised in Washington. Then Ty Cobb drives in two runs in the 1st inning off Walter Johnson to lead the Tigers to a 7 - 4 win.
• 1926 - The Phils top Pittsburgh, 13 - 11, as Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle. Wrightstone adds a double as he goes 5 for 6 with four long hits.
• 1927:
  • The Philadelphia Athletics field a team of seven future Hall of Famers in the 9th inning: Ty Cobb (RF), Mickey Cochrane (PH), Eddie Collins (2B), Jimmie Foxx (1B), Lefty Grove (P), Al Simmons (CF) and Zack Wheat (LF). After five wins in a row‚ the A's lose to the Tigers‚ 5 - 4. Cy Perkins starts as catcher, batting seventh‚ but when Cochrane pinch-hits for him in the last inning‚ seven Cooperstown-bound players are in the lineup. On May 24, 1928‚ the A's will again field seven HOFers and combine with the Yanks to showcase 13 Hall of Famers.
  • In New York‚ Babe Ruth clouts two consecutive home runs (numbers 19 and 20) off Garland Buckeye‚ but in his next time up Ruth is set upon by Cleveland C Luke Sewell who demands that the umpires inspect the Bambino's bat. The umps find nothing illegal‚ but the crowd of 30‚000 cheer the Babe‚ who strikes out. Tony Lazzeri adds a homer and New York wins‚ 6 - 4. George Burns is 3 for 3 with two doubles for the Tribe.
  • The Robins spoil Paul Waner Day in Pittsburgh beating the Bucs‚ 11 - 10. Waner‚ whose wedding was last night‚ collects three hits‚ including a double‚ and a seven-passenger car, and teammate Clyde Barnhart has two triples and a double‚ but it's not enough. Brooklyn has 15 hits and scores four times in the 9th to give Dazzy Vance the win.
  • Fritz Werber of the Augusta Tigers (South Atlantic League) sets a minor league record by stealing seven bases. The record will be equaled by Lee Mazzilli and Rickey Henderson.
• 1928:
  • At Boston‚ the Cards wallop the Braves‚ 8 - 1‚ collecting three homers‚ including one by winning pitcher Pete Alexander. Alex parks one in the new left field bleachers. The Braves' only score is a 9th-inning homer by Les Bell‚ who also hits his in the new stands.
  • At Detroit‚ Al Simmons and Jimmie Foxx belt successive solo shots in the 8th inning off Sam Gibson to break up a pitching duel with Ossie Orwoll. Orwoll and the Athletics win‚ 4 - 2.
• 1929 - Fred Fitzsimmons shuts out the Reds for the second time in four days as the fourth-place Giants win‚ 9 - 0.
• 1932 - The White Sox sell pitcher Tommy Thomas to the Washington Senators.
• 1934:
  • The Cubs send Dolph Camilli and cash to the Phillies for Don Hurst‚ the 1930 RBI leader. Camilli will later win the 1941 MVP award with the Dodgers‚ while Hurst hits .199 for the Cubs and disappears.
  • The Yankees thrash West Point‚ 7 - 0‚ in their annual exhibition game. Jimmie DeShong provides the whitewash.
• 1935:
  • Despite a hostile home town crowd‚ Dizzy Dean tosses a six-hitter at the Cubs as the Cards win‚ 13 - 2.
  • In the first game of a doubleheader‚ White Sox veteran Al Simmons belts a grand slam off Washington's Bobby Burke‚ but his five RBIs are not enough as Washington wins‚ 9 - 8. The Sox take the nitecap‚ 9 - 3. Showing he's in the groove‚ Simmons will repeat the slam in three days off Nats hurler Belve Bean.
• 1937:
  • In one of the Giants' worst trades‚ popular Fred Fitzsimmons is sent to Brooklyn for rookie prospect Tom Baker.
  • It is Zeke Bonura Day at Comiskey Park. After receiving a car in pregame ceremonies‚ Zeke paces the Sox to a 14 - 8 win over the Senators‚ as he knocks in five runs with a home run‚ two doubles‚ and a single.
• 1938:
  • Johnny Vander Meer pitches the first of two consecutive no-hitters as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Bees, 3 - 0. Vander Meer‚ in his first full season‚ strikes out four to increase his league-leading total to 56. Danny MacFayden is the losing pitcher.
  • Cardinals OF Terry Moore sustains a concussion after crashing into a wall at Sportsman's Park. The game with the Giants ends in a rained out eight-inning 2 - 2 tie.
• 1940:
  • In the second of two games‚ Paul Dean debuts with the Giants and beats the Cubs‚ 3 - 1‚ on four hits. Joe Moore runs his hitting streak to 14 games when he belts an 8th-inning homer off Claude Passeau. The Giants win the opener, 4 - 0, behind Bill Lohrman to pull within 1 1/2 games of the Reds and Dodgers. Bill Lee is the losing Cubs hurler in that one.
  • In Boston‚ the Red Sox chase Bob Feller‚ 9 - 2‚ on homers by Ted Williams and Joe Cronin. Williams adds a triple‚ while Lou Finney has four hits including a pair of doubles. During the game‚ Tribe manager Oscar Vitt openly criticizes Feller‚ saying "Look at him. He's supposed to be my ace. How am I supposed to win a pennant with that kind of pitching." The Boston win keeps the Sox a game ahead of Detroit and Cleveland.
• 1944:
  • Gene Moore hits a pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the 7th off Joe Heving of Cleveland to give the Browns a 4 - 2 win in a doubleheader split with St. Louis. The Browns win the other game, 13 - 1.
  • The Giants takes a doubleheader from the Phillies by identical scores of 6 - 5. In the first game the Giants use 22 players‚ including five pitchers‚ three catchers‚ three second basemen‚ three pinch hitters‚ and two pinch runners.
  • In Pittsburgh‚ Chicago's Paul Erickson stops the Pirates‚ 5 - 0‚ and newly-acquired Bob Chipman follows with a 1 - 0 win. The Cubs' score in the nitecap comes on rookie Tony York's sixth hit of the day: he'll have just 20 hits in this‚ his only major league season.
  • The Cards set a National League record for double plays in a doubleheader as they turn nine to back the six-hit efforts of Red Munger and Harry Gumbert to win, 3 - 1 and 4 - 1. The Cards up their NL lead to 5 1/2 games. The Cards turn four double plays in the first game and five in the second to up the NL mark from seven in a twinbill. 2B Emil Verban is in seven of the twin killings. In the second game‚ the Cards break a 1 - 1 tie with three consecutive homers in the 6th off Clyde Shoun - by Walker Cooper‚ Whitey Kurowski‚ and Danny Litwhiler.
• 1946 - The Red Sox clip the Indians‚ 10 - 5, behind pitcher Bob Klinger. The Sox have now won 12 in a row.
• 1947 - Mel Ott makes his last appearance as a player when he pinch hits for pitcher Ken Trinkle in New York's 8 - 7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The future Hall of Famer pops to short.
• 1948- The Indians hold on to beat the Yankees‚ 10 - 8‚ as reliever Bob Feller fans Sherm Lollar with the bases full to end the game. Joe DiMaggio had led off the 9th with a homer. Game highlights include Yogi Berra getting tossed by Cal Hubbard and young Bobby Brown being replaced at 2B in the 8th by George Stirnweiss‚ a move that will remain permanent for the season. Lou Boudreau ends a Tribe rally in the 7th by striking out - his first K in 42 games. The game - interrupted by rain and a fans' missile barrage - ends at 12:20 a.m.
• 1952:
  • Hello‚ cuz. Hank Sauer hits three homers off Curt Simmons at Wrigley Field to account for all the scoring as the Cubs‚ behind Turk Lown‚ beat the Phillies, 3 - 2. It is Hammerin' Hank's second three-homer game: the first came in 1950‚ also off Curt Simmons. Sauer is now leading the National League in home runs (18)‚ RBIs (58)‚ and batting average (.352)‚ but he'll go hitless in his next 24 at bats‚ striking out ten times‚ and his average will drop 32 points in a week.
  • At Fenway Park‚ Bosox catcher Sammy White clouts a 9th-inning grand slam with one out to defeat the Browns' Satchel Paige‚ 11 - 9. Paige (5-2) takes a 9 - 5 lead into the 9th. White completes his home run trot by rounding third base and crawling from half way home and kissing the plate. Another rookie provides entertainment to start the inning as Jimmy Piersall‚ leading off‚ announces to Paige that he is going to bunt. He does just that and beats Paige to first base‚ whereupon he starts mirroring Satchel's moves and yelling "oink‚ oink‚ oink." Hoot Evers beats out an infield hit and Piersall continues his antics at second. A now distracted and annoyed Paige walks George Kell‚ and one out later‚ forces in a run by walking Billy Goodman. A single by Ted Lepcio sets up White's slam. After the game‚ Browns C Clint Courtney opines‚ "I believe that man is plumb crazy. Yeah‚ he's nuts altogether. I never saw a man do those things. Anywhere."
• 1953 - Behind the pitching of Jim McDonald and Allie Reynolds‚ first-place New York beats Detroit, 6 - 3, to run its win streak to 14 games. New York gets a game-winner from Mickey Mantle off Art Houtteman that crowns the roof in right center at Detroit. Mantle has now hit in 16 straight games‚ but will go hitless tomorrow‚ when he pulls a thigh muscle. Hitting .353 at the end of today‚ Mantle will hit just .255 the rest of the year. The Yankees get another tape-measure blast when Joe Collins hits a two-out 7th-inning homer that lands on the 98-foot high press box over the 370-foot sign.
• 1954:
  • The Tigers hit six home runs in a game against the Athletics‚ winning 16 - 5‚ to get them back to the .500 level. Both 3B Ray Boone and teammate Al Kaline hit grand slams. For Kaline‚ it is one of just three grand slams he will hit in his career.
  • The Redlegs hit five homers‚ including three in the 7th‚ en route to a 10 - 8 victory over the visiting Dodgers. One of the homers in the 7th is hit by pitcher Harry Perkowski‚ the only homer of his major league career. Brooklyn hits two homers in the top of the 7th and the five home runs in the inning ties a major league mark.
  • At Wrigley Field‚ the Giants get a 9th-inning homer by Ray Katt‚ his first in the majors‚ to tie the Cubs at 4 apiece. But Eddie Miksis hits the first pitch in the 10th for a catwalk home run to left to give the Cubs and Jim Davis the 5 - 4 win. The loser is Davis's uncle Marv Grissom. The two teams combine for nine errors.
• 1955 - The Dodgers win their sixth in a row to increase their lead to 10 1/2 games. The lead will not dip below ten games for the remainder of the season.
• 1956 - The discussion over the cork-center baseball continues. At this point‚ there have been 745 homers in the majors‚ hit by 192 players; at this point in the 1927 season‚ there were 320 homers‚ hit by 140 ball players. National League President Warren Giles will retort that bigger players‚ not livelier balls‚ account for the present-day hitting feats.
• 1957 - In a 7 - 2 loss to the Braves‚ Dodger C Roy Campanella hits his 237th career home run‚ surpassing career marks of Gabby Hartnett and Yogi Berra. The Braves move half a game behind the leading Redlegs.
• 1960 - At Fenway Park‚ the White Sox set an American League record with just seven assists in a twi-night doubleheader split against the Red Sox‚ losing 5 - 4 and winning 8 - 4. With two assists in the first game and five in the second‚ Chicago also sets an AL record for fewest assists in two consecutive games. Don Buddin hits a leadoff home run in the day game off Early Wynn‚ who allows just one more hit till the 6th. After a Pete Runnels single‚ Wynn knocks down Ted Williams with an inside pitch. Ted then belts his 497th homer‚ a 450-foot shot. Vic Wertz follows a walk to Williams in the 8th with a home run.
• 1961:
  • At Tiger Stadium, Norm Cash becomes the first Detroit player to hit a fair ball over the right field roof.
  • The Yankees sweep two from the Angels‚ winning the opener‚ 2 - 1 behind Ralph Terry's five-hitter. Yogi Berra clouts a pair of solo homers. In the nitecap‚ Mickey Mantle's 1st-inning homer‚ #19‚ gives him the American League lead‚ but Roger Maris adds a pair of home runs‚ his 19th and 20th‚ as New York wins, 5 - 1. The Yanks have won ten of 11 games.
• 1962 - With the bases loaded in the 3rd against the Indians‚ Boston pitcher Earl Wilson is about to throw when Tito Francona‚ the runner on first base‚ yells: "Hold it‚ Earl." Wilson holds the ball‚ then stumbles off the mound‚ balking home the game's first run. The Indians plate nine more in the game to win‚ 10 - 0‚ behind Jim Perry. Willie Kirkland drives in five runs with a homer and double.
• 1963 - At the Polo Grounds‚ Jim Maloney strikes out 12 batters to give the Reds an 8 - 3 victory over the Mets.
• 1964:
  • After a two-week absence‚ Mickey Mantle is back in the lineup and clouts two home runs at Fenway Park off Bill Monbouquette. The Yankees win easily, 8 - 4.
  • Charlie Finley fires Ed Lopat (17-35) as manager of the A's‚ replacing him with Mel McGaha‚ former manager of the Cleveland Indians.
• 1965:
  • Lou Klein replaces Bob Kennedy as head coach of the Cubs. Kennedy becomes assistant to general manager John Holland. It doesn't help today as the Cubs lose‚ 4 - 3‚ to the Reds at Wrigley Field. Gordy Coleman's two-run homer in the 9th inning is the winner.
  • St. Louis trades pitchers Ron Taylor and Mike Cuellar to the Astros for P Hal Woodeshick.
• 1966 - Ernie Banks ties a modern major league record with three triples‚ as Chicago wins, 8 - 2, in the Astrodome. Chicago OF Adolfo Phillips also ties a record by striking out nine straight times in two consecutive games (more than 18 innings).
• 1967
  • Adolfo Phillips blasts four home runs in a doubleheader‚ three of them in consecutive at-bats in the second game‚ as the Cubs sweep the Mets at Wrigley Field, 5 - 3 and 18 - 10. The total of 11 homers in the second game sets a National League record for two clubs in nine innings and the two teams tie a NL mark when they total 40 extra bases on long hits (26 for Chicago and 14 for New York). The mark was set on July 31‚ 1954. Adolpho has six hits and eight RBIs on the day.
  • Before the largest American League crowd of the year‚ 62‚582 at Yankee Stadium for Bat Day‚ the White Sox regain first place from the Tigers by sweeping a twin bill from New York, 2 - 1 and 3 - 2. They will stay in first until August 12th.
  • At Crosley Field‚ Don Pavletich belts a pinch grand slam in the bottom of the 9th to give the Reds an 8 - 4 win over Houston.
  • The Twins' Dean Chance tosses a one-hitter at the Athletics in winning‚ 8 - 0. The only hit is Danny Cater's single in the 4th.
• 1968:
  • Roberto Clemente makes his fourth and final conquest of the Candlestick crosswind, a line drive homer over the left-field fence into the teeth of a strong wind. The Pittsburgh Pirates proceed to pound Ray Sadecki and reliever Ron Herbel for three additional runs, 7 - 4 over the Giants.
  • The Reds send pitchers Milt Pappas and Ted Davidson‚ and IF Bob Johnson to the Braves for pitchers Tony Cloninger and Clay Carroll and IF Woody Woodward. Davidson‚ who made 54 relief appearances in 1966‚ has never been the same since his estranged wife shot him in the stomach prior to the 1967 season.
• 1969 :
  • Maury Wills returns to Los Angeles with OF Manny Mota. IF Paul Popovich and OF Ron Fairly are traded to Montreal. The Expos then send Popovich to the Cubs for OF Adolfo Phillips and P Jack Lamabe. Adolfo‚ popular with his teammates shakes hands with everyone while leaving‚ except manager Leo Durocher.
  • Red Sox outfielder Joe Lahoud bangs out three homers to help beat Minnesota‚ 13 - 5. Lahoud's efforts cure Tony Conigliaro's neck ailment and Lahoud will be back on the bench for the game on the 13th against Oakland as Tony C returns to the lineup.
• 1972:
  • Roberto Clemente's two-out, two-strike, two-run bomb breaks a 4 - 4 tie in the 7th. His two-out, 9th-inning single provides insurance for Pittsburgh's 7 - 5 win. Los Angeles's first four runs score by way of three long balls, two of them inside the park, courtesy of Manny Mota and Willie Davis.
  • In Montreal‚ the Reds conclude their 12-game road trip with their 11th win‚ an 11 - 1 pasting behind the pitching of Gary Nolan (8-1). The Expos' only score is a Ken Singleton homer. The Reds will go 53-25 this year on the road.
  • Brothers Jim and Graig Nettles each homer in the Twins' 5 - 3 win over the Indians, albeit for different teams. Winning pitcher Jim Kaat homers and Bobby Darwin hits a tie-breaking homer.
• 1974 - The New York Yankees' Mel Stottlemyre makes his 272nd consecutive start, with no relief appearances, to set an American League record. In the 4th inning‚ Stottelmyre feels a pop in his right shoulder after throwing a curve ball to Frank Robinson. It is a tear in his rotator cuff: he'll throw just two more innings‚ his career over at 32. Dick Lange is the winning pitcher.
• 1976:
  • Leading 4 - 3 in the last of the 11th‚ White Sox reliever Terry Forster gives up a two-run pinch homer to Cleveland player-manager Frank Robinson‚ as the Tribe wins, 5 - 4. This is a turning point for the Sox‚ as they will go 37-75 the rest of season and finish last.
  • The Cards score a five-spot in the 1st inning against the Reds‚ and lead 7 - 2 going into the bottom of the 7th‚ only to lose, 8 - 7. Tony Perez ends the game with a three-run homer off Al Hrabosky.
• 1977 - Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski smacks a grand slam and a three-run double to drive in seven runs at Atlanta. The Phils top the Braves, 13 - 10.
• 1979 - The Cardinals' Ted Simmons homers from both sides of the plate in a 9 - 7 win over the Dodgers.
• 1980:
  • Houston's J.R. Richard pitches his third consecutive shutout‚ winning 3 - 0 versus the Cubs.
  • In a 7 - 4 win over the Phillies‚ San Francisco rookie Rich Murray hits his first major league home run‚ off Randy Lerch. Rich will hit three more and‚ combined with his brother Eddie's career total of 504‚ will place them number two on the list of brother combos. Five Murray brothers play pro ball.
• 1981:
  • The White Sox beat the Yankees, 3 - 2‚ handing pitcher Doug Bird his first loss since August 16‚ 1978. The journeyman righthander had won 12 consecutive decisions.
  • In St. Louis‚ the Cardinals beat Fernando Valenzuela, 2 - 1‚ but the Dodgers still are a half-game in front of Cincinnati a day before the players' strike begins. The Reds (35-21) win their seventh straight‚ topping the Mets‚ 2 - 1‚ in New York.
• 1982 - The Dodgers' Jerry Reuss pitches his second one-hitter of the season‚ allowing a leadoff double to the Reds' Eddie Milner in the 1st inning‚ then retiring the next 27 batters for an 11 - 1 victory. It is the second time in his career that Reuss has missed a perfect game by one batter.
• 1983 - Cardinals OF Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehabilitation program‚ joining the Phillies' Dickie Noles and the Dodgers' Steve Howe‚ as the third major league player to leave his team because of a substance-abuse problem this season.
• 1985 - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Von Hayes becomes the first major-league player ever to hit two home runs in the 1st inning, as Philadelphia blasts the Mets, 26 - 7. Hayes leads off with a home run‚ off Tom Gorman‚ and capping a nine-run outburst with a grand slam. Mets relievers Joe Sambito (3 innings) and Calvin Schiraldi (1.1 innings) both give up ten runs apiece. The 26 runs in one game is a club record and the most in the National League since 1944.
• 1987 - Having traded for him last December‚ the Phillies deal Mike Easler back to the Yankees for a pair of minor leaguers.
• 1988 - Rick Rhoden of the New York Yankees becomes the first pitcher to start a game as a designated hitter since the rule was adopted in 1973. Batting seventh‚ ahead of Rafael Santana and Joel Skinner‚ Rhoden hits a sacrifice fly in New York's 8 - 6 win over Baltimore. Later‚ Jose Cruz replaces him as the DH.
• 1990:
  • Nolan Ryan pitches the sixth no-hitter of his career, extending his major league record, as the Texas Rangers beat Oakland, 5 - 0. Ryan is the first to pitch no-hitters in three different decades, to accomplish the feat for three different teams and, at age 43, the oldest to throw one.
  • The Phils' Lenny Dykstra's hitting streak stops at 23 games‚ as he goes 0 for 8 in a doubleheader with Montreal. Dykstra's average drops from .407 to .392.
• 1992 - Baseball owners vote 25-1 to allow the purchase of the Seattle Mariners by a group headed by Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi of Japan. It signals the first non-North American ownership of a major league team.
• 1993:
  • Seattle P Erik Hanson allows four runs on a single in the 4th inning of the Mariners' 8 - 2 loss to California. With the bases loaded‚ Greg Myers strokes a single to left. Left fielder Henry Cotto boots the ball‚ then throws over the head of C Bill Haselman as two runs score. Hanson‚ who is backing up home‚ fires a throw over 3B Edgar Martinez's head allowing two more runners to score.
  • The Yankees-Brewers game at County Stadium is interrupted by some 100 seagulls who swoop down onto the field‚ apparently in search of moths hatching in the infield and outfield grass. The Yankees eventually win the game by a score of 5 - 4‚ winning in the 9th on a two-run pinch homer by Kevin Maas. While no players or seagulls are hurt‚ Wade Boggs calls the situation "terribly dangerous". The seagulls will return for tomorrow night's game‚ but the Brewers will be prepared for the birds. Gus the wonder dog‚ on loan from the Wisconsin waterfowl association‚ will keep them away.
  • The Mets trade SS Tony Fernandez to the Blue Jays in exchange for OF Darrin Jackson.
• 1994 - Detroit defeats California by a score of 11 - 5 as OF Kirk Gibson drives home seven of the runs on a pair of homers.
• 1995:
  • Mark McGwire hits three home runs in consecutive at-bats and ties the major league record of five homers in consecutive games, leading the Oakland Athletics over the Boston Red Sox, 8 - 1.
  • Lee Smith sets a major league record with a save in his 16th consecutive appearance, pitching a scoreless 9th inning to preserve the Angels' 5 - 4 victory over the Orioles. Smith breaks the mark of 15 straight set by Doug Jones in 1988.
  • Cincinnati defeats Houston‚ 3 - 2‚ in ten innings on Ron Gant's homer. It is Gant's fourth extra-inning homer of the season‚ tying him with Willie Mays for the National League record. Charlie Maxwell hit five for the Tigers in 1960.
  • The Giants score four times in the bottom of the 9th inning in their game with Montreal to tie the score at 8 - 8‚ but the Expos score twice in the 13th to win‚ 10 - 8. Montreal OF Rondell White strokes six hits while becoming the fourth Expo to ever hit for the cycle. White's hits include a single‚ two doubles‚ a triple‚ and a home run. He scores five runs‚ while picking up three ribbies.
• 1996 - The Mariners make Rick Aguilera's second start of the season a disaster by rocking him for ten runs and ten hits in 3+ innings. Dan Wilson has five of the M's 24 hits as Seattle wins over host Minnesota‚ 18 - 8. Joey Cora and Alex Rodriguez each have four hits to back Bob Wells (6-1).
• 1997:
  • The Mariners' Jeff Fassero stops Roger Clemens and the Blue Jays‚ 5 - 1‚ handing the Rocket his first loss after 11 victories. Fassero allows five hits and one run‚ and strikes out seven. Clemens gives up all five runs‚ four earned‚ in seven plus innings.
  • Boston IF-OF Wil Cordero is arrested and charged with assaulting his wife. Police say he slapped her‚ hit her on the head with a phone‚ and threatened to kill her.
• 1999:
  • The Brewers retire Paul Molitor's uniform number 4 before taking the field to lose to the Twins‚ 9 - 7.
  • Oakland defeats the Dodgers‚ 12 - 6‚ as SS Miguel Tejada strokes three home runs and drives home five runs. He becomes just the tenth player to have a three-homer game while playing shortstop throughout.
  • The Orioles defeat the Braves‚ 6 - 2‚ as Albert Belle's streak of 392 consecutive games - the longest such active streak - is ended. Belle is benched by Baltimore manager Ray Miller for failing to run out a ground ball.
• 2001 - Pirates owner Kevin McClatchy fires Cam Bonifay. Seven losing seasons and several ill-fated free-agent signings do in the long-time general manager. New GM Dave Littlefield will start July 13th and wholesale housecleaning will start soon thereafter
• 2002:
  • Jared Sandberg becomes the 16th American League player to hit two home runs in one inning, and the third this season, as Tampa Bay beats the Dodgers, 11 - 2.
  • Two days after losing a 15-inning, 4 1/2 hour marathon‚ the Braves waste no time in doing in the Twins‚ 11 - 0. Andruw Jones‚ Vinny Castilla and Matt Franco hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the seven-run 5th inning. The Braves last hit three straight on April 18‚ 1994. Tom Glavine (11-2) pitches seven scoreless innings for the win.
• 2003 - Houston Astros pitchers Roy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner combine for the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 45 years, winning 8 - 0, and stopping New York at 6,980 games with at least one hit. The Baltimore Orioles' Hoyt Wilhelm accomplished the feat in 1958, 1 - 0. Houston's sextet also sets a record for the highest number of pitchers to participate in a no-hitter in major league history (there had been two no-hitters shared by four pitchers).
• 2004 - The Yankees lose to the Padres‚ 10 - 2‚ to end New York's 13-game interleague winning streak‚ the longest such streak since the advent of interleague play.
• 2005 - Marlon Anderson hits a rare pinch hit game-tying inside-the-park home run in the 9th inning as the Mets match the Angels‚ 2 - 2. The Angels plate a run in the top of the 10th but Cliff Floyd's three-run homer in the bottom of the frame ends it‚ 5 - 3.
• 2006 - The Devil Rays beat the Royals, 8 - 2. In the process, Tampa Bay becomes the first team since 1940 to hit six home runs and hit into a triple play in the same game.
• 2009 - The Chiba Lotte Marines sets a Nippon Pro Baseball record with 15 runs in an inning, en route to a 23 - 2 romp over the Hiroshima Carp. #9 hitter Toshiaki Imae drives in six in the rout. Shoitsu Omatsu becomes the first player to bat three times in an inning in NPB history. Scott Dohmann is the worst of three hurlers in the 15-run inning, allowing six earned runs without retiring a soul. Amazingly, no Marines homer in the big inning.
• 2010:
  • Andy Pettitte records his 200th win in pinstripes in the Yankees' 4 - 3 win over Houston at Yankee Stadium. Whitey Ford (236) and Red Ruffing (231) are the only other members of this exclusive New York club.
  • Jamie Moyer has the worst start of his illustrious career. Facing Boston, he allows nine runs on nine hits, including six doubles and a homer by Mike Lowell, before leaving the game without retiring a batter in the 2nd inning. The Phillies lose, 12 - 2, while David Ortiz drives in four runs.
• 2011:
  • The red-hot Red Sox continue to streak, crushing the Blue Jays, 16 - 4, for their eighth straight win. David Ortiz hits a three-run homer, Jason Varitek homers and drives in four, Dustin Pedroia has three RBI on three hits, and Marco Scutaro scores three times on four hits, while John Lackey picks up the win. The battered Jays turn to utility player Mike McCoy to finish the game, and he proves to be the only one of their pitchers able to handle Boston's bats, hurling a perfect inning of mop-up work.
  • The Yankees keep pace by shutting out Cleveland, 4 - 0, behind Bartolo Colon's fifth win of they year. However, the win proves costly as the big pitcher who is making a remarkable comeback from a year away from baseball must leave the game in the 7th with a strained hamstring and will be placed on the disabled list after the game; 3B Alex Rodriguez is hit in the hip by Mitch Talbot after blasting one of three Yankee solo homers on the day - Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira hit the others - and must also leave the game, although the injury is minor. Talbot also leaves early, being ejected for throwing at A-Rod.
  • The Braves beat Houston, 6 - 3, to even their all-time franchise record at 9,982-9,982. They had not been at .500 since 1923 and had been an all-time low 526 games under .500 on April 20, 1991, just 20 years earlier.
  • Rob Cordemans of the Amsterdam Pirates becomes the fourth Hoofdklasse pitcher to 1,500 strikeouts and moves into second on the all-time win list with his 140th. He fans 14 in beating ADO, 6 - 0. Cordemans is one of only two baseball players to appear in the Olympics four different years.
• 2012 - The Cubs sign Cuban defector Jorge Soler to a nine-year contract worth $30 million. The 20-year-old outfielder was the subject of a bidding war among several teams.
• 2013:
  • The Dodgers and Diamondbacks engage in a beanball war. The hostilities start when D-Backs pitcher Ian Kennedy hits super rookie Yasiel Puig in the head with a fastball in the 6th inning. The ball hits his nose, and he stays on the ground for a few minutes but stays in the game; Andre Ethier follows with a game-tying two-run homer. In the top of the 7th, Dodgers P Zack Greinke hits the first batter, Miguel Montero, in the back, prompting both benches to empty, although only stares are exchanged. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Kennedy throws a pitch near Greinke's head, and pandemonium breaks out, with both benches and bullpens emptying again, and players and even coaches going at each other. When order is restored, Puig and coach Mark McGwire are ejected for the Dodgers, and manager Kirk Gibson and coach Turner Ward for the D-Backs. Incidentally, Los Angeles wins the game, 5 - 3. Major League Baseball will hand out eight suspensions and twelve fines as a result of the events, with Kennedy getting a ten-game suspension and Eric Hinske of the D-Backs getting five; both managers are suspended for one game, and two for the two coaches.
  • Gerrit Cole, the top pick in the 2011 amateur draft, makes a successful debut for the Pirates, defeating the Giants, 8 - 2, with 6 1/3 innings of solid work on the mound. He starts off by striking out Gregor Blanco on three pitches, and singles off Tim Lincecum in his first at-bat, driving in two runs.
• 2014 - In spite of twice carrying a no-hit bid until two are out in the bottom of the 9th (one of those was later changed to a two-hitter), the Rangers' Yu Darvish had yet to throw a complete game since coming over to the major leagues at the start of the 2012 season. He changes that today, with a 6 - 0 shutout of the Marlins. The loss ends Miami's record-tying winning streak in interleague games at 13.
• 2015:
  • Scott Kazmir and Evan Scribner combine on a one-hitter as the Athletics blank the Rangers, 7 - 0. For Kazmir, who pitches eight innings, it's a first win in nine starts. A 5th-inning single by Elvis Andrus is the only hit for Texas, while Oakland scores six times in the 8th with Mark Canha and Josh Reddick both hitting two-run homers.
  • Kazuhiro Wada collects his 2,000th hit in Nippon Pro Baseball (off Masatomo Uematsu), the 45th player to that mark, allowing him entry into the meikyukai. Eight days shy of his 43rd birthday, he is the oldest player to get his 2,000th. He is only the third player to make it to 2,000 after playing ball in college and the industrial leagues, following Atsuya Furuta and Shinya Miyamoto.
• 2017 - Max Scherzer of the Nationals records the 2,000th strikeout of his career, beating out Clayton Kershaw, who reached the milestone less than a week ago, as the third fastest pitcher to the mark. He leaves after 7 1/3 innings having struck out ten Rangers batters and with the score tied at 1, but all he receives for his efforts is a loss when the bullpen allows the two inherited runners he leaves on base to score, and then lets in two more runs for a 5 - 1 loss.
• 2018 - The Cubs take over first place in the NL Central with a 7 - 2 win over the Brewers in ten innings. They tie the game, 2 - 2, in the 8th thanks to a clutch single by Jason Heyward against usually untouchable reliever Josh Hader, then Anthony Rizzo leads off the top of the 10th with a long homer off Matt Albers. The Cubs then add four more runs in the frame to nail down the win.
• 2019 - A rejuvenated Hunter Pence hits an easy inside-the-park homer for the Rangers against the Red Sox. His 6th-inning fly ball heads for the right field corner at Fenway Park and RF Brock Holt tries to make a catch by jumping up into the stands. However, he is nowhere near the ball which lands fair, and then rolls along the fence towards right-center field. Meanwhile Holt thinks the ball has cleared the wall and takes his time extricating himself from the fans, while CF Mookie Betts declines to give chase, so by the time the Red Sox retrieve the ball, Pence can lazily complete his trot around the bases, with Nomar Mazara preceding him. The Rangers win the game, 9 - 5.
• 2022:
  • Jared Walsh hits for the cycle and Mike Trout blasts a pair of homers as the Angels defeat the first-place Mets, 11 - 6. Walsh is the ninth player in team history to achieve the feat, almost exactly three years after teammate Shohei Ohtani was the last to do so, while Trout appears to be out of the deep slump that contributed to a recent 14-game losing streak, costing manager Joe Maddon his job.
  • In only his third career start, Matt Swarmer of the Cubs allows a lead-off homer to Aaron Judge of the Yankees. It's a sign of things to come as he allows five more long balls in his five innings of work, on his way to an 8 - 0 loss. This ties the franchise record set by Tom Lee in 1884, and the modern major league record. All the long balls are solo shots, only the second time this has happened in the major leagues, after Sloppy Thurston on July 29, 1932. The homers come courtesy of Giancarlo Stanton, with the hardest-hit ball of the season as recorded by Statcast, Gleyber Torres, Jose Trevino, Anthony Rizzo and Judge with a second homer that brings his major league-leading total to 24. Jordan Montgomery, who has been plagued by poor run support all season, is the beneficiary of the homer barrage.
  • Parma repeats as European Cup champions. Tournament MVP Manuel Joseph's two-run double off the Amsterdam Pirates' Franklin van Gurp in the 8th scores Aldo Koutsoyanopulos with the tying run and Exequiel Talevi with the winner, for a final score of 7 - 6. Marc-André Habeck saves the 2022 European Champions Cup win for Jose Diaz. Denzel Richardson homers twice in a losing cause. Meanwhile, the Bonn Capitals become the first German team to take two medals at European Cups. Having gotten Silver last year, they win the Bronze Medal Game, 6 - 3, over ASD San Marino. Former major leaguer Dovydas Neverauskas saves Nick Miceli's win while Danny Lankhorst drives in three.
• 2024 - The Dodgers defeat the Rangers, 15 - 2, in a blowout win. They hit five homers during the game, including four in a seven-run 6th inning. Will Smith sets the tone with a three-run blast off Dane Dunning in the 1st, but the serious fireworks come five innings later, when Shohei Ohtani goes deep off Grant Anderson, and Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernandez and Jason Heyward all follow suit against Anderson to turn the game into a rout.

Births

• 1858 - Pat Friel, outfielder (d. 1924)
• 1860 - Pop Joy, infielder (d. 1937)
• 1872 - George Huff, manager (d. 1936)
• 1878 - Dan McClellan, Negro Leagues pitcher (d. 1962)
• 1879 - Roger Bresnahan, catcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1944)
• 1884 - Allie Strobel, infielder (d. 1955)
• 1885 - Chris Mahoney, pitcher (d. 1954)
• 1886 - Wheezer Dell, pitcher (d. 1966)
• 1886 - Claud Derrick, infielder (d. 1974)
• 1887 - Bill Culp, pitcher (d. 1969)
• 1892 - Clarence Woods, pitcher (d. 1969)
• 1892 - Archie Yelle, catcher (d. 1983)
• 1894 - Jack Calvo, outfielder (d. 1965)
• 1894 - Walt Whittaker, pitcher (d. 1965)
• 1896 - Charlie Hollocher, infielder (d. 1940)
• 1899 - Horace Allen, outfielder (d. 1981)
• 1902 - Ernie Nevers, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1912 - Dan Topping, owner (d. 1974)
• 1913 - Tom Baker, pitcher (d. 1991)
• 1913 - Len Levy, coach (d. 1993)
• 1913 - Levi McCormack, minor league player (d. 1974)
• 1919 - Earl Jones, pitcher (d. 1989)
• 1920 - Bus Bergman, college coach (d. 2010)
• 1922 - Larry Napoleon, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1923 - Jerre DeNoble, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 2011)
• 1924 - Bill Hockenbury, minor league infielder (d. 2016)
• 1924 - Ike Palmer, minor league catcher and manager (d. 2014)
• 1925 - Al Smith, umpire (d. 2006)
• 1929 - Frank Thomas, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2023)
• 1936 - Paul Snyder, minor league infielder and manager
• 1937 - Ken Bracey, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 2017)
• 1939 - Jimmy Stewart, infielder (d. 2012)
• 1946 - Danny Morris, pitcher (d. 2023)
• 1948 - Dave Cash, infielder; All-Star
• 1951 - Tom Austin, college coach
• 1952 - Shigeki Saito, Japanese national team infielder (d. 2003)
• 1953 - Bo-sung Chun, KBO infielder and manager
• 1955 - Joe Alvarez, minor league manager
• 1956 - Steven Cohen, owner
• 1956 - Shigeki Nakamoto, NPB pitcher
• 1958 - Alan Regier, scout
• 1958 - Andy Romero, minor league infielder and outfielder
• 1959 - Perry Costello, umpire
• 1959 - Mike Davis, outfielder
• 1959 - Tom Goffena, minor league infielder (d. 2020)
• 1959 - Brian Gorman, umpire
• 1959 - Kaname Yashiki, NPB outfielder
• 1961 - Mark Van Noordwyk, minor league pitcher
• 1961 - Yasuo Yoshida, NPB catcher
• 1962 - Rolando Verde, Cuban league infielder
• 1964 - Eric de Bruin, Hoofdklasse infielder and manager
• 1964 - Hitoshi Hatayama, NPB outfielder and pitcher
• 1964 - Ron Jones, outfielder
• 1965 - John Lepley, minor league pitcher
• 1966 - Jim Bennett, minor league pitcher
• 1967 - John Doherty, pitcher
• 1969 - Alex Ferran, minor league outfielder/pitcher
• 1969 - Brian Koelling, infielder
• 1969 - Hector Roa, minor league infielder
• 1970 - Bill Selby, infielder
• 1971 - Eric Danapilis, college coach
• 1972 - Carlos Sanchez, Bundesliga outfielder
• 1972 - Masahide Yone, NPB pitcher
• 1973 - Luis Cordova, minor league pitcher (d. 2024)
• 1976 - Ryuji Yokoyama, NPB pitcher
• 1977 - Adam Pettyjohn, pitcher
• 1978 - Conor Brooks, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Odális Pérez, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2022)
• 1980 - Yhency Brazoban, pitcher
• 1981 - Kenta Asakura, NPB pitcher
• 1981 - Kevin Randel, minor league infielder and manager
• 1982 - Bobby Keppel, pitcher
• 1982 - Josh Newman, pitcher
• 1982 - Hamilton Sarabia, minor league outfielder
• 1983 - C.J. Ebarb, scout
• 1983 - Jose Reyes, infielder; All-Star
• 1987 - Ezequiel Carrera, outfielder
• 1987 - Sam Jew, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1988 - Brock Holt, infielder; All-Star
• 1989 - Daiki Kiyohara, NPB pitcher
• 1989 - Albefiandi Aiken Setiawan, Indonesian national team infielder
• 1990 - Harold Gérard, First Division pitcher
• 1992 - Ulises Joaquín, minor league pitcher
• 1993 - Jorge Alfaro, catcher
• 1994 - Judelys García, Venezuelan women's national team pitcher
• 1994 - Yorman Landa, minor league pitcher (d. 2016)
• 1996 - Samir Dueñez, minor league infielder
• 1996 - Dennis Ortega, minor league catcher
• 1996 - Garrett Whitlock, pitcher
• 1997 - Davis Daniel, pitcher
• 1997 - Max Schuemann, outfielder
• 1998 - Ryan Fernandez, pitcher
• 1998 - Chia-Sheng Yang, CPBL infielder
• 1999 - Blaze Alexander, infielder
• 1999 - Roberto Pena, minor league infielder
• 2003 - Máté Belle, Hungarian national team outfielder
• 2004 - Termarr Johnson, minor league infielder

Deaths

• 1912 - Leonidas Lee, outfielder (b. 1860)
• 1918 - Mike Hickey, infielder (b. 1871)
• 1922 - George Johnson, pitcher (b. 1886)
• 1923 - George Hall, outfielder (b. 1849)
• 1933 - Billy Palmer, pitcher (b. 1864)
• 1934 - Tim Manning, infielder (b. 1853)
• 1935 - Fred Abbott, catcher (b. 1874)
• 1939 - John Henry, outfielder (b. 1863)
• 1951 - Tom Leahy, catcher (b. 1869)
• 1953 - Tex Vache, outfielder (b. 1889)
• 1957 - Fred Raymer, infielder (b. 1875)
• 1960 - Victor Devincenzi, minor league owner (b. approx 1893)
• 1961 - Frank Woodward, pitcher (b. 1894)
• 1962 - Bert Abbey, pitcher (b. 1869)
• 1962 - Fred Dewitt, infielder (b. 1900)
• 1962 - Nap Kloza, outfielder (b. 1903)
• 1964 - Jack Blott, catcher (b. 1902)
• 1966 - Rube Curry, pitcher (b. 1898)
• 1968 - Charles Chase, minor league outfielder (b. 1946)
• 1968 - Bill Regan, infielder (b. 1899)
• 1973 - Bill Burwell, pitcher, manager (b. 1895)
• 1973 - Walt Golvin, infielder (b. 1894)
• 1973 - Kemp Wicker, pitcher (b. 1906)
• 1974 - John Rudisill, minor league player (b. 1912)
• 1976 - Walter Bellis, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1886)
• 1976 - Chet Covington, pitcher (b. 1910)
• 1976 - Jim Konstanty, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1917)
• 1979 - Fred Martin, pitcher (b. 1915)
• 1979 - Yuji Nakamura, Japanese national team catcher (b. 1949)
• 1980 - Rube Marshall, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1982 - Jack Hallett, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 1983 - Dick Aylward, catcher (b. 1925)
• 1986 - Porter Charleston, pitcher (b. 1904)
• 1987 - Jack Dunn III, minor league player and manager (b. 1921)
• 1991 - Goldie Holt, coach (b. 1902)
• 1993 - Jack Conway, infielder (b. 1919)
• 1998 - Harry Anderson, outfielder (b. 1931)
• 2001 - Lou Lombardo, pitcher (b. 1928)
• 2002 - Bob Wren, minor league infielder, college coach (b. 1920)
• 2007 - Acie Griggs, outfielder (d. 1923)
• 2007 - Vern Hoscheit, coach (b. 1922)
• 2008 - Gualberto Acosta, Venezuelan League umpire (b. 1924)
• 2009 - Woodie Held, infielder (b. 1932)
• 2009 - Freddy Rodriguez, pitcher (b. 1924)
• 2011 - Merl Eberly, minor league catcher (b. 1935)
• 2011 - Bob Spaak, journalist (b. 1917)
• 2012 - Dave Boswell, pitcher (b. 1945)
• 2012 - Roger Jongewaard, scout (b. 1936)
• 2013 - Billy Williams, outfielder (b. 1932)
• 2014 - Kiyoto Kudama, Japanese national team pitcher (b. 1946)
• 2016 - Chico Fernandez, infielder (b. 1932)
• 2020 - Tom Goffena, minor league infielder (b. 1959)
• 2021 - Art Ditmar, pitcher (b. 1929)
• 2021 - Mudcat Grant, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1935)
• 2023 - Matt Miles, college coach (b. ????)
• 2023 - Danny Young, pitcher (b. 1971)