June 13
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 13.
Events[edit]
- 1905 - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitches his second career no-hitter, beating the Chicago Cubs and Mordecai Brown, 1 - 0. Mathewson and Three Finger Brown match no-hitters for eight innings. The Giants get two hits in the 9th for the win, and a pair of errors committed by Bill Dahlen at shortstop prevent Mathewson from hurling a perfect game.
- 1912 - Christy Mathewson reaches his 300th career victory as the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs, 3 - 2. During his 17-year major league career, Mathewson will compile a 373-188 record.
- 1921 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hits a 460-foot home run into the center field bleachers in the Polo Grounds, for the first home run ever hit to that spot. Ruth adds his 21st home run of the season and also pitches five innings in the 13 - 6 win over the Detroit Tigers, giving up four runs, but striking out Ty Cobb. In tomorrow's game, Ruth will hit two more home runs, his sixth and seventh in five games, in a 9 - 6 win over Detroit.
- 1924 - After Bob Meusel is plunked on the back by Bert Cole, the Yankees outfielder hurls his bat at the Detroit southpaw and charges the mound. The resulting 9th-inning melee includes players, fans, and the police, and when umpire Billy Evans is unable to clear the field after nearly a thirty-minute delay, he forfeits the game to New York, 10 - 6.
- 1930 - The Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns trade future Hall of Fame outfielders. The Senators send Goose Goslin to the Browns in exchange for Heinie Manush, who will bat .362 over the balance of the season. The transaction marks the first time in major league history that former batting champions have been traded for one another.
- 1938 - The Reds acquire Bucky Walters from the Phillies in exchange for catcher Spud Davis, southpaw Al Hollingsworth, and $50,000. Cincinnati’s new right-hander will play a major role in the team’s two consecutive National League pennants when he wins 27 games in 1939 and has another 22 victories in 1940.
- 1940 - Bill Nicholson of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first major league player to hit a home run at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox also homers in the exhibition contest known as the Hall of Fame Game.
- 1946 - Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance, of "Tinker to Evers to Chance" fame, are inducted into the Hall of Fame together.
- 1947 - In the first night game played at Fenway Park, the Red Sox score all their runs in the 5th inning to beat Chicago, 5 - 3. The contest is not the first major league game to be played under the lights in Boston, with the cross-town NL rivals the Braves having played an evening tilt last season against New York at Braves Field.
- 1948 - An ailing Babe Ruth makes his final appearance at Yankee Stadium. With the crowd of 49,641 singing Auld Lang Syne, and members of the 1923 Yankees team (the first to play in the stadium) looking on, the New York Yankees retire Ruth's uniform number 3 during ceremonies that also commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Stadium. Fewer than two months later, the 53-year-old Ruth will die from throat cancer.
- 1949 - All-time greats "Three-Finger" Brown, Charlie Gehringer, and Kid Nichols inducted into the Hall of Fame.
- 1957:
- Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hits three home runs with five runs batted in as Boston beats the Indians, 9 - 3, at Cleveland Stadium. Williams, who had a three-homer game earlier in the year, becomes the first American League player to collect two such games in a single season.
- In a game which features the ejection of Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale as a result of fighting, Clem Labine loses for the first time in ten months and 38 appearances in relief as the Milwaukee Braves defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8 - 5. Logan charges the mound after getting drilled in the ribs by Drysdale resulting in banishment for both players.
- The Indians, in an effort to get more power from their outfield, send Jim Busby to the Orioles in exchange for 28-year-old Dick Williams. The future Hall of Fame manager will play only 67 games with the Tribe before being dealt back to Baltimore. As a result of the trade, Roger Maris will move from left to become Cleveland's full-time center fielder.
- 1963 - Roberto Clemente's laser to left center, midway through a 4 - 2 loss to Cincinnati, reaches the wall with such dispatch, and caroms back so quickly to centerfielder Vada Pinson, that Clemente, fleetest afoot of all the Pirates players, is held to a 400-foot single. The same centerfield barrier then interrupts the flight of Clemente himself, in the midst of an attempt to thwart Johnny Edwards' extra-base bid. Instead, Clemente runs into the fence, the ball is jarred loose, and Edwards has a leadoff triple which will lead to a crucial insurance run for Cincy.
- 1966 - After demanding more playing time, Jerry Adair is traded by the Orioles, along with minor leaguer John Riddle, to the White Sox for right-hander Eddie Fisher. The infielder will miss an opportunity to play in the World Series this season with the Birds, but will participate in the Fall Classic with Boston in 1967.
- 1967:
- The Giants get a game-winning grand slam from "Super Sub" Willie Mays as Houston goes to the well once too often. Facing him first as a pinch hitter in the 6th inning, with the bases loaded, one out, and the Giants down by one, Houston starter Dave Giusti gets Mays to ground one to shortstop Sonny Jackson for an inning-ending double play. Jim Ray Hart hits a game-tying solo shot in the 8th. In the 10th inning, a tiring Giusti departs in favor of Barry Latman with runners on first and second. He fans Hart, but a walk to Jim Davenport loads the bases. It is Mays's turn to shine, which he does, in "grand" fashion. Final score: Giants 6, Astros 2.
- "Clemente's Rifle Wing Amazes Fans, Shoots Down Cardinals," reads The Sporting News's headline. Les Biederman adds: "The fans who take their baseball through the newspapers and via the scores on radio and television miss the thrill and excitement of watching all the skills of Roberto Clemente. It's almost impossible to describe properly the tremendous arm and the magnetic glove possessed by the Pirate star. Ordinarily, Clemente shouldn't have many assists because so few teams will take chances on his rifle arm. Last night, Clemente staged a dazzling show from right field against the Cardinals." The Cards score all seven runs and gather ten of their 14 hits in the first three frames off Woody Fryman. Clemente holds the score down by nailing two runners at the plate on miraculous assists, nailing Orlando Cepeda and Bobby Tolan at home in the first two innings, but Cepeda manages to outrun Clemente's arm in scoring on a sacrifice fly by Dal Maxvill in the 3rd, and Tim McCarver follows him home when the throw bounces away from catcher Jerry May. The Cards win, 7 - 5.
- 1968 - With the score tied 5 - 5 and two on in the 6th inning, the Giants' Willie Mays smashes a line drive into right field; Pittsburgh RF Roberto Clemente makes an amazing leap, glove above the railing, crashes into the wire fence and comes down with the ball. Pittsburgh wins the wild game, 8 - 7, as the Giants rally for two runs in the bottom of the 9th, but pitcher Ray Sadecki, pinch-hitting for Bill Henry, strikes out against Roy Face with the bases loaded to end the game.
- 1971 - Alex Johnson accuses his Angels teammate Chico Ruiz of waving a gun at him in the clubhouse while the game is being played, an eventual 5 - 2 loss to Washington at Anaheim Stadium. Although Ruiz denies the incident and the club finds no evidence of a gun, Johnson, not known for his diplomacy, adamantly claims he was threatened with a firearm by the infielder during an argument they had after being used as pinch-hitters in the contest.
- 1973 - The Los Angeles Dodgers infield of Steve Garvey (1B), Davey Lopes (2B), Ron Cey (3B) and Bill Russell (SS) plays together for the first time in a 16 - 3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The infield quartet will set a major league record for longevity by playing 8 1/2 years together.
- 1975 - The Cleveland Indians send pitcher Gaylord Perry to the Texas Rangers in exchange for pitchers Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown and Rick Waits, and $100,000 in cash. Perry will win 42 games for the Rangers over the next two and a half seasons.
- 1976 - The Mets sweep the Giants in a twin bill at Candlestick Park, 4 - 2 and 4 - 1. It's not all bad news for the Giants, though as they pick up Darrell Evans and IF Marty Perez in a trade with the Braves for jake Brown, Mike Eden, Willie Montanez and Craig Robinson; Evans will play over 1,000 games for San Francisco over eight seasons and hit 142 homers.
- 1980:
- Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies goes 4 for 5 to move past Honus Wagner into fifth place on the all-time hit list with 3,431. Philadelphia starts the game with seven consecutive hits and beats the San Diego Padres, 9 - 6.
- Vida Blue of the San Francisco Giants defeats the Mets, 3 - 1, as Milt May hits franchise home run #9,000 for the Giants. Monte Ward hit home run #1 for the Giants in 1883, and #8,000 was hit by Bobby Bonds on September 4, 1971.
- 1984 - The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians engineer a blockbuster trade. Chicago sends outfielders Joe Carter and Mel Hall, pitcher Don Schulze and a minor leaguer, Darryl Banks, to Cleveland in exchange for pitchers Rick Sutcliffe and George Frazier and catcher Ron Hassey. Sutcliffe will go 16-1 over the balance of the season, winning the Cy Young Award, and helping the Cubs to the National League East crown.
- 1988 - In a 12 - 6 loss to the Yankees, Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox hits his 200th home run in Fenway Park, joining Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as the only three to do it.
- 1989:
- Despite the relaxed balk rule during the season, Boston Red Sox pitcher John Dopson manages to tie the American League record with four balks in just 3 2/3 innings in Boston's 8 - 7 win over the Detroit Tigers.
- Terry Puhl of the Houston Astros plays in his 1,403rd major league game, during a 3 - 2 loss to the Dodgers, to break Jack Graney's record for Canadian-born players.
- Jack Clark of the San Diego Padres strikes out four times in a 9 - 6 loss to Cincinnati, giving him a major league record of nine strikeouts in two games. Clark struck out five times against the Giants on June 11th.
- 1990:
- Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals collects his 600th career stolen base in an 11 - 4 win over the California Angels.
- Trevor Wilson of the San Francisco Giants keeps the San Diego Padres hitless for eight innings before Mike Pagliarulo hits a single. Wilson will settle for a 6 - 0 one-hitter, as the Giants post their 14th victory in their last 15 games.
- 1994:
- Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs gives up $16 million in salary by announcing his retirement at the age of 34, citing family issues. The second baseman will return to active status in 1996.
- Jose Canseco of the Texas Rangers hits three home runs with two singles and eight runs batted in to lead the Rangers in the 17 - 9 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
- Jeff Fassero of the Montreal Expos loses a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates when Carlos Garcia singles off his glove with two outs in the 9th inning. Jay Bell follows with a two-run home run, but the Expos hold on for a 10 - 2 victory.
- 1997 - On the second day of interleague play, Larry Walker voluntarily sits out the Rockies game against the Mariners in the Kingdome. The M's starting pitcher is the imposing Randy Johnson, against whom opposing managers usually sit left-handed hitters anyway, but generally not those of Walker's caliber. The Big Unit limits the Blake Street Bombers to two hits over eight innings, including a solo home run by Eric Young; he walks two and strikes out an even dozen en route to his tenth victory of the season, 6 - 1. Harvey Pulliam starts in right field in Walker's stead and goes 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
- 1998:
- The first triple play ever completed at Dodger Stadium is turned by Darren Dreifort, Eric Young, Jose Vizcaino and Bobby Bonilla.
- For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back home runs in consecutive innings as Javy López and Andruw Jones accomplish the feat for the Atlanta Braves.
- 1999:
- Houston Astros manager Larry Dierker is taken to the hospital after suffering a grand mal seizure during the 8th inning of a game against the San Diego Padres. The contest is suspended with the Astros leading, 4 - 1. Dierker will undergo surgery on the 15th to remove two masses of tangled blood vessels in his brain that caused the seizure. Coach Matt Galante will take over as interim manager in Dierker's absence. Dierker later tells general manager Gerry Hunsicker he doesn't remember anything after the 2nd inning.
- The Baltimore Orioles set a franchise record for runs scored, defeating the Atlanta Braves, 22 - 1, in interleague play. Cal Ripken, Jr. goes 6 for 6 for Baltimore, including two home runs, five runs and six RBI. His six hits in a nine-inning game tie the American League record and also set a franchise mark. Will Clark is 4 for 4 with five RBI. Mike Mussina earns the win as he allows one run on five hits in seven innings. He also joins in with two hits and three RBI. John Smoltz is the loser as he allows seven runs on seven hits in 2 1/3 innings. The team, as the St. Louis Browns, had set the previous mark on August 18, 1951, in a 20 - 9 rout over the Detroit Tigers.
- 2001:
- Min-Ching Lo of the Uni-President Lions collects his 1,000th career hit, the first Chinese Professional Baseball League player to do that. At age 34, Lo will go on to win the CPBL MVP award for the only time, leading the league in average, OBP and slugging.
- Ruben Sierra of the Texas Rangers hits home runs from both sides of the plate for the sixth time in his career, but Texas loses, 5 - 3, to the Dodgers in interleague play.
- 2003 - Roger Clemens reaches his 300th win and becomes the third pitcher in major league history with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 - 2, in interleague play. Edgar Renteria becomes his 4,000th victim in the 2nd inning. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300, allows two runs in 6 2/3 innings and strikes out ten, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joins Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the select 4,000-strikeout club.
- 2006:
- Chris Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals limits the Pittsburgh Pirates to three hits and strikes out a career-high 13 in seven shutout innings as St. Louis beat the Pirates, 2 - 1. Jason Isringhausen earns the save, passing Lee Smith to set the franchise mark with 161 career saves.
- In a duel of top pitchers, Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins and Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox each allow just one run in eight innings, but neither factor into the decision in the Twins' 5 - 2, 12-inning victory over Boston thanks to a walk-off grand slam by Jason Kubel. Santana strikes out a season-high 13 batters over eight innings, including six of the first seven batters he faces, and then strikes out David Ortiz in the 4th inning for his 1,000th career strikeout.
- 2007 - For the first time since 1998, three players get their first major league hits in the same game. Guillermo Rodriguez, Tim Lincecum and Jonathan Sanchez are the players involved. The Blue Jays beat the Giants, 7 - 4.
- 2008 - Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit three consecutive home runs for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st inning at St. Louis. The Phils go on to defeat the Cardinals, 20 - 2.
- 2010:
- In a battle of the Windy City, two pitchers flirt with no-hitters. Gavin Floyd of the White Sox holds the Cubs hitless until Alfonso Soriano doubles with two outs in the 7th, while pinch-hitter Juan Pierre breaks up Ted Lilly's bid for a no-no with a leadoff single in the 9th. It is the first time since July 13, 1980, that no hits have been recorded in the first six innings of a game. It was also the first time 41 outs took place before the first hit since Sandy Koufax's no-hitter versus Bob Hendley's one-hitter in September 1965. Lilly is removed from the game immediately after surrendering the hit, clinging to 1 - 0 lead; Carlos Marmol loads the bases, but escapes the jam and the score holds. The only run of the game is scored when Chad Tracy follows Soriano's double with a single.
- Jorge Posada hits a grand slam for the second consecutive game as the Yankees complete a sweep of the Astros at home, 9 - 5. In 1937, catcher Bill Dickey had been the last Yankee to hit grand slams in back-to-back contests.
- 2011 - Just six hits shy of joining the 3000 hit club, Derek Jeter must put his quest on hold as he exits today's 1 - 0 Yankees loss to the Cleveland Indians with a sore right calf and goes on the disabled list. Jeter gets hit number 2,994 with a 1st-inning single off Carlos Carrasco, but leaves in the 5th after feeling a strain while running to first base. Escaping a none-out, bases loaded jam in the 1st, Carrasco settles down by pitching seven scoreless innings for the win. The Indians' lone run off A.J. Burnett comes in the 4th, courtesy of a triple by Michael Brantley followed by a single by Asdrubal Cabrera.
- 2012:
- Matt Cain of the Giants throws the 22nd perfect game in major league history, a 10 - 0 win against the Houston Astros. Cain records 14 strikeouts, tying Sandy Koufax for the most in a perfect game. It is the second perfect game this season, following that of Philip Humber on April 21st.
- R.A. Dickey of the Mets nearly joins Cain in the no-hit ranks when he tosses a one-hitter for a 9 - 1 win over the Rays. The only safety comes in the 1st inning, when B.J. Upton hits a high bouncer that 3B David Wright cannot field with his bare hand; the Mets appeal after the game for the ruling to be reversed to an error, but to no avail. Dickey becomes the majors' first ten-game winner this year, but before the night is out, he is joined by Lance Lynn of St. Louis, who fans a career-high 12 batters in a combined 1 - 0 shutout of the White Sox.
- 2013:
- Adam Wainwright becomes the first ten-game winner in the majors this season when the Cardinals defeat the Mets, 2 - 1. Wainwright pitches seven scoreless innings, while Matt Harvey is saddled with his first loss, in spite of a very good performance of his own.
- On the first anniversary of his perfect game, Matt Cain has another great outing, allowing only two hits in seven innings as the Giants shut out the Pirates, 10 - 0. He is perfect through four innings before Garrett Jones singles to lead off the 5th. Gregor Blanco and Buster Posey both have three hits and two RBIs for San Francisco.
- 2015 - Alex Rodriguez collects his 2,000th career RBI with a two-run homer in the Yankees' 9 - 4 loss to the Orioles. He is the fourth player to reach the milestone, following Cap Anson, Babe Ruth and all-time leader Hank Aaron.
- 2017 - The Twins set a franchise record with 28 hits in a 20 - 7 drubbing of the Mariners at Target Field. Eddie Rosario belts three homers and drives in five runs to lead the onslaught; Eduardo Escobar has five hits and Jason Castro and Kennys Vargas four each, while Max Kepler and Brian Dozier also go deep. The 28 hits are the most by any major league team since the Rangers had 29 when they scored 30 runs in a game against the Orioles on August 22, 2007.
- 2019:
- Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in Major League Baseball as he pulls off the feat in a 5 - 3 Angels win over the Rays.
- In the first major league game to be played in Nebraska, the Royals defeat the Tigers, 7 - 3, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. The game is played to mark the opening of the 2019 College World Series tomorrow. Nicky Lopez hits his first career homer for the Royals, in what was his home ballpark when he played collegiate ball at Creighton University.
- 2021 - The Blue Jays set a record for a visiting team at Fenway Park by blasting eight homers in an 18 - 4 win over the Red Sox. Seven different players go deep, with Teoscar Hernandez doing so twice, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits his major league-leading 21st.
- 2023 - After threatening all-time futility records during the first two months of the season, the Athletics are now the hottest team in the majors. winning their seventh consecutive game, 2 - 1, over the Rays. The game is played before the largest crowd of the season at the Oakland Coliseum - over 27,000 - as fans stage a "reverse boycott", packing the ballpark to demonstrate that support for the team, which is threatened by possible relocation to Las Vegas, NV - still exists, if only ownership would invest in the on-field product.
- 2024 - It took him 14 seasons and 320 other long balls, but J.D. Martinez finally hits a walk-off homer, doing so off Tanner Scott of the Marlins with Francisco Lindor on base in the 9th inning to give the Mets a 3 - 2 win. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the third most homers by anyone before a first walk-off shot, trailing only Mark Teixeira (408) and Jose Bautista (336).
Births[edit]
- 1845 - Joe Simmons, outfielder, manager; umpire (d. 1901)
- 1850 - Bobby Clack, outfielder (d. 1933)
- 1851 - Jim Mutrie, manager (d. 1938)
- 1852 - W.C. Dole, umpire (d. 1930)
- 1871 - Fred Klobedanz, pitcher (d. 1940)
- 1873 - Walter Coleman, pitcher (d. 1925)
- 1875 - Gene McCann, pitcher (d. 1943)
- 1878 - Bill Bergen, catcher (d. 1943)
- 1879 - Charlie Malay, infielder (d. 1949)
- 1882 - Arthur Queisser, umpire (d. 1947)
- 1891 - Marty Kavanagh, infielder (d. 1960)
- 1894 - Henry Baldwin, infielder (d. 1964)
- 1895 - Emilio Palmero, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1897 - George Foss, infielder (d. 1969)
- 1900 - Albert Youngblood, pitcher (d. 1968)
- 1903 - Carroll Yerkes, pitcher (d. 1950)
- 1904 - John O'Connell, catcher (d. 1992)
- 1907 - Gene Desautels, catcher (d. 1994)
- 1913 - Hal Luby, infielder (d. 1986)
- 1913 - Ed Young, infielder (d. 1967)
- 1920 - Hector Rodriguez, infielder (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Nancy Warren, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2001)
- 1921 - Larry Zirbel, umpire (d. 2008)
- 1922 - Specs Dozier, scout (d. 2013)
- 1922 - Mel Parnell, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2012)
- 1928 - Jim Higgins, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
- 1929 - Dave Rosenfield, minor league executive (d. 2017)
- 1929 - Bud Swartz, pitcher (d. 1991)
- 1932 - Tom Gastall, catcher (d. 1956)
- 1932 - Billy Williams, outfielder
- 1936 - Carl Mathias, pitcher
- 1939 - Tom Cheek, announcer (d. 2005)
- 1941 - Marcel Lachemann, pitcher, manager
- 1943 - Tony Delgado, college coach (d. 2023)
- 1943 - Antonio Obregón, minor league infielder
- 1947 - Tony Auferio, coach
- 1947 - Masaaki Kitaru, NPB pitcher
- 1947 - Scott McDonald, minor league player
- 1949 - Joe Durant, college coach (d. 2022)
- 1949 - Yoshiyuki Sakakibara, NPB infielder (d. 2023)
- 1950 - Bob Strampe, pitcher
- 1951 - Antonio Pulido, minor league pitcher
- 1952 - Ernie Whitt, catcher; All-Star
- 1953 - Adolfo Borrell, Cuban league infielder
- 1954 - Juan Martínez, Costa Rican national team pitcher (d. 2007)
- 1955 - Bobby Clark, outfielder
- 1956 - Fernando Elizondo, minor league infielder and manager
- 1960 - Carlos Rios, minor league infielder and scout
- 1962 - Scott Cameron, Australian national team pitcher-outfielder
- 1963 - Antonio Aguilera, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1964 - Tony Klarberg, Elitserien catcher and manager
- 1965 - Mike Pitz, minor league pitcher
- 1966 - Scott Coolbaugh, infielder
- 1966 - James Keller, scout
- 1967 - Daren Brown, manager
- 1969 - Mark Carson, college coach
- 1971 - Jason Thompson, infielder
- 1972 - Joeri Loykens, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1972 - Darrell May, pitcher
- 1972 - Todd Whitting, college coach
- 1972 - Sheng Yi, Chinese national team manager
- 1973 - David Skeels, minor league catcher
- 1974 - Brian Sweeney, pitcher
- 1975 - Tetsuji Mende, NPB pitcher
- 1975 - Mattias Stenis, Elitserien pitcher
- 1977 - Aaron Akin, minor league pitcher
- 1977 - Jose Ortiz, infielder
- 1978 - Shinichiro Koyama, NPB pitcher
- 1978 - Tomoaki Sato, NPB outfielder
- 1979 - Cory Aldridge, outfielder
- 1979 - Antonio Caballero, scout
- 1979 - Ben Diggins, pitcher
- 1979 - Mark Kertenian, minor league manager
- 1979 - Jae-young Lee, KBO pitcher
- 1979 - David Parrish, minor league catcher
- 1980 - Troy Gustafson, minor league outfielder
- 1981 - Bubbie Buzachero, minor league pitcher (d. 2020)
- 1982 - Tsukasa Komatsu, Japanese national team pitcher
- 1983 - Ming-Jen Kuo, CPBL infielder
- 1983 - Kazunori Yamamoto, NPB pitcher
- 1984 - Carlos Ladeuth, minor league pitcher
- 1984 - Nelson Robledo, minor league catcher
- 1985 - Jesse Darcy, minor league pitcher
- 1985 - Pedro Strop, pitcher
- 1986 - Jonathan Lucroy, catcher; All-Star
- 1986 - Chad Povich, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - John Libka, umpire
- 1987 - Justin Miller, pitcher
- 1987 - Virgile Roux, Division Elite infielder
- 1987 - Julian Steinberg, Bundesliga catcher
- 1988 - Martin Gordon, South African national team outfielder
- 1988 - Jordan Henry, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Drew Smyly, pitcher
- 1990 - Frank Colon, minor league catcher
- 1990 - James McCann, catcher; All-Star
- 1990 - Alyssa Nakken, coach
- 1991 - Jose Trinidad, minor league outfielder
- 1993 - Wing-Ki Mui, Hong Kong women's national team outfielder
- 1993 - Sebastiano Poma, Serie A1 outfielder
- 1994 - Osvaldo Abreu, minor league infielder
- 1996 - Ryan Costello, minor league infielder (d. 2019)
- 1996 - Jordan Holloway, pitcher
- 1996 - Tyler Holton, pitcher
- 1996 - Griffin Roberts, minor league pitcher
- 1996 - Akino Tanaka, Japanese women's national team team pitcher
- 1996 - Daniel Tillo, minor league pitcher
- 1998 - Fotios Louris, Greek national team outfielder
- 1999 - Ryota Kudo, Japanese national team pitcher
- 2000 - Will Bednar, minor league pitcher
- 2000 - Yua Tamiya, NPB catcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1900 - Frank Fleet, infielder (b. 1848)
- 1914 - Charlie Weber, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1927 - Jim Johnstone, umpire (b. 1872)
- 1928 - Chuck Corgan, infielder (b. 1902)
- 1933 - Gat Stires, outfielder (b. 1849)
- 1938 - Josh Reilly, infielder (b. 1868)
- 1958 - Tom Stankard, infielder (b. 1882)
- 1959 - Irv Higginbotham, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1962 - Red Lanning, outfielder (b. 1895)
- 1967 - Doug Baird, infielder (b. 1891)
- 1967 - Dick Reichle, outfielder (b. 1896)
- 1976 - Claude Davenport, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1982 - Randy Bobb, catcher (b. 1948)
- 1982 - Irwin Castille, Negro League infielder (b. 1923)
- 1987 - Huck Betts, pitcher (b. 1897)
- 1992 - Len Rice, catcher (b. 1918)
- 1996 - Al Piechota, pitcher (b. 1914)
- 1997 - Sherman Watrous, Negro League outfielder (b. 1925)
- 1998 - Robert Doak, minor league pitcher (b. 1921)
- 1998 - Jeff Shelton, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 2000 - Jim Pickens, college coach (b. 1927)
- 2000 - Bobby Tiefenauer, pitcher (b. 1929)
- 2001 - Felle Delgado, outfielder (b. 1915)
- 2001 - Humberto Galaz, writer; Salón de la Fama (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Lefty Hayden, pitcher (b. 1935)
- 2008 - Wallace Carpenter, minor league pitcher (b. 1926)
- 2008 - Mel Krause, college coach (b. 1928)
- 2011 - Manny McIntyre, minor league player (b. 1918)
- 2013 - Xavier Mateu, Spanish baseball official and umpire (b. ~1963)
- 2013 - Yukio Ozaki, NPB pitcher (b. 1944)
- 2013 - Ken Toothman, minor league infielder (b. 1935)
- 2014 - Mark Ballinger, pitcher (b. 1949)
- 2014 - Joe Pittman, infielder (b. 1953)
- 2020 - Mike McCormick, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1938)
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