June 15
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 15.
Events[edit]
- 1889 - Al Maul of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys hits a ball over the left field fence for an apparent home run in Indianapolis. However, Maul stops at third base and does not score because he wants there to be a baserunner. This forces the catcher to play closer to the plate. At the time, catchers would stand farther back behind the batter with no one on base to make it easier to catch pitches.
- 1902 - Corsicana defeats Texarkana, 51 - 3, in a Texas League game. Jay Clarke of Corsicana takes advantage of the small park and hits eight home runs. Some telegraph operators, thinking there is a mistake, report the score as 5 - 3.
- 1923 - Lou Gehrig makes his Major League debut with the New York Yankees as a pinch hitter.
- 1925 - The Philadelphia Athletics go into the bottom of the 8th inning trailing, 15 - 4, and score 13 runs to defeat the Cleveland Indians, 17 - 15. Al Simmons caps the comeback with a three-run homer with two outs.
- 1928 - Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics steals home for the 54th and final time in his 24-year career to extend his major league record. It comes in the 8th inning against the Cleveland Indians. The Athletics beat Cleveland, 12 - 5, as Lefty Grove is the winning pitcher.
- 1931 - Cut-down day for major league rosters includes the retirement of Eddie Collins and Harry Heilmann. Collins becomes a coach for the Philadelphia Athletics and Heilmann will return briefly to the Cincinnati Reds next season.
- 1938:
- Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds stuns the baseball world by pitching his second successive no-hitter in five days, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6 - 0, as Brooklyn plays the first night game ever at Ebbets Field. In front of 38,748 fans, including spectator Babe Ruth, Vander Meer strikes out seven and walks eight, including three one-out walks in the 9th inning. A force at home and a fly ball end the game. Vander Meer no-hit the Boston Bees, 3 - 0, on June 11th.
- Future Hall of Fame outfielder Billy Williams is born in Whistler, AL.
- 1948 - The Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 4 - 1, before a crowd of 54,480 in the first night game at Briggs Stadium. The Tigers are the last American League team to install lights.
- 1951 - The Cubs trade Andy Pafko along with Johnny Schmitz, Wayne Terwilliger, and Rube Walker to the Dodgers for Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis, and Gene Hermanski. The deal, which prevents the coveted "Handy Andy" from going to the rival Giants, is the first of many to be made by Buzzie Bavasi, Brooklyn's new general manager.
- 1952 - The St. Louis Cardinals set a National League comeback record by rallying from an 11 - 0 deficit to post a 14 - 12 victory over the New York Giants. St. Louis scores seven runs in the 5th inning, three in the 7th, two in the 8th and two in the 9th to cap off the incredible comeback.
- 1958:
- In a move that is perceived to be a prelude to a second deal with the Yankees, the A's trade Woodie Held and Vic Power to the Indians for southpaw Dick Tomanek, utility player Preston Ward, and right fielder Roger Maris. Owner Arnold Johnson, already under pressure for allowing Kansas City to become a quasi-farm club for the Bronx Bombers, is warned by American League president Will Harridge not to send the outfield slugger to New York for at least 18 months.
- Future Hall of Famer Wade Boggs is born in Omaha, NE.
- 1961 - The expansion Washington Senators are 30-30 after winning today. It is the latest date an expansion team will be at .500. Washington will lose its next ten games.
- 1962 - Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente trade grand slams in a wild battle between the Braves and Pirates, but it is Clemente's that ignites a seven-run rally in the 8th for a 9 - 8 Pirate victory.
- 1963 - Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants pitches a 1 - 0 no-hitter against the Houston Colt .45's. It is the first Giants no-hitter since Carl Hubbell pitched one in 1929.
- 1964 - The St. Louis Cardinals make one of their best trades ever, acquiring outfielder Lou Brock from the Chicago Cubs for pitchers Ernie Broglio and Bobby Shantz and outfielder Doug Clemens. As a member of the Cardinals, Brock will set the all-time stolen base record and reach the 3,000-hit mark. Broglio will soon be felled by arm injuries and will only win seven more games in the majors, while Shantz and Clemens will only make marginal contributions.
- 1965 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain makes a 1st-inning relief appearance and strikes out the first seven batters he faces, setting a major league record. He records 14 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings as Detroit rallies to beat the Boston Red Sox, 6 - 5. Bill Freehan has a record-tying 19 putouts at catcher.
- 1967 - Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astros player to hit three homers in one game, becoming the first of only two Houston players to have accomplished the feat in the 34-year history of the Astrodome. In 1994, "Toy Cannon's" performance will be matched by future Hall of Fame first baseman Jeff Bagwell.
- 1968 - The Phillies fire manager Gene Mauch and replace him with Bob Skinner, skipper of the team's farm club in San Diego. "The Little General", who is best remembered for being at the helm during the club's infamous collapse in 1964, compiled a 646-684 (.486) record during his tenure with Philadelphia which lasted more than eight years.
- 1969:
- The New York Mets help their power needs by adding first baseman Donn Clendenon. Clendenon had refused a January trade that would have sent him from Montreal to Houston, but he agrees to go to New York. In exchange, Montreal receives Steve Renko, Kevin Collins, and two minor leaguers, and also acquires pitcher Dick Radatz from Detroit in a separate deal.
- En route to setting the National League record of playing in 1,117 consecutive games, Billy Williams, after fouling a pitch off his foot in yesterday's contest, hobbles to the plate as a pinch-hitter in the Cubs' 7 - 6 loss to Cincinnati at Crosley Field. The contest marks the first time "Sweet Swingin' Billy" has not been in the starting lineup during the 878 games of the streak.
- 1971 - Roberto Clemente makes a fantastic catch of Bob Watson's line drive in Houston's Astrodome, depriving Watson of a home run in the 8th inning. Joe Morgan is on first base with two out when Watson hits a vicious liner toward the right field corner. Clemente, going full speed, races toward the wall and, in one sudden move, makes a twisting leap for a one-handed grab, back to the plate, just before the ball would have hit above the yellow line on the wall, in home run territory. When Clemente comes down, his body hits the wall and he suffers a bruised left ankle and his left elbow also is swollen. Blood spills from a gash on the left knee. Clemente slumps on both knees, back to the infield. The magnificent play helps Pittsburgh earn a 3 - 0 win.
- 1973 - Former Atlanta Braves outfielder Tommie Aaron becomes the first black manager of a team located in the deep South. Aaron replaces Clint Courtney as manager of the Savannah Braves, who become the first Double-A team to employ an African-American manager.
- 1975 - Cliff Johnson swats a grand slam off Mike Garman in the top of the 9th for an 8 - 7 stunner for Houston over St. Louis. The Redbirds had just tallied three runs to snap a 4 - 4 tie.
- 1976:
- A game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros is rained out at the Houston Astrodome. Only members of both teams are able to make it to the stadium. The game is postponed when heavy rains and flooding prevent umpires, fans and stadium personnel from arriving at the dome. It is the first rainout in Astrodome history.
- Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley attempts to sell three of his star players. Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers are sent to the Boston Red Sox for $1 million apiece and Vida Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5 million. Three days later, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn will void the moves, saying they are "not in the best interests of baseball."
- 1977 - In an unpopular move, the New York Mets trade franchise pitcher Tom Seaver just moments before the trading deadline. The Mets send Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for four lesser players: infielder Doug Flynn, outfielders Steve Henderson and Dan Norman, and pitcher Pat Zachry. Seaver will go on to win 75 games for the Reds in five and a half seasons. The same day, New York trades slugger Dave Kingman to the San Diego Padres for utility player Bobby Valentine and a minor league pitcher.
- 1980 - Jorge Orta of the Cleveland Indians hits a double and five singles and scores four runs in a 14 - 5 triumph over the Minnesota Twins. Toby Harrah records seven RBI for Cleveland.
- 1983:
- In one of the worst trades in franchise history, the St. Louis Cardinals send first baseman Keith Hernandez to the New York Mets in exchange for pitchers Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey. The deal is motivated by Hernandez's penchant for cocaine, which he will overcome in New York.
- In a lower-profile move, the White Sox trade Tony Bernazard to the Mariners for Julio Cruz in a swap of second basemen.
- 1987 - Mike Scott and Dave Smith combine for 17 strikeouts in a 4 - 0 shutout of the Reds by the Astros. Scott fans the first 14 over eight innings then Smith punches out the final three. Bill Doran homers while Kevin Bass adds a two-run triple.
- 1992:
- Jeff Reardon breaks Rollie Fingers' career save mark of 341 when he preserves a 1 - 0 victory for the Boston Red Sox with one scoreless inning against the New York Yankees.
- In the New York-Penn League, the Erie Sailors beat the Jamestown Expos in 13 innings at College Stadium, 6 - 5, marking the first ever game played by a team representing the National League's new expansion team, the Florida Marlins. The first pitch of the franchise is thrown by John Lynch, who will leave baseball to eventually become a safety for the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos.
- 1993 - In a small but necessary first step, Minor League Baseball bans the use of smokeless tobacco on the field, in dugouts and on any mode of transportation used by its teams, with violators subjected to fines and ejection. It will take until 2016 for Major League Baseball to adopt a similar measure as part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- 1996 - The Dodgers turn their first triple play in forty-seven years. In the bottom of the 1st, Chipper Jones of Atlanta hits a pop-up to SS Juan Castro, who catches the ball on a full run, then relays to 2B Delino DeShields to retire Marquis Grissom for the second out; DeShields then throws to 1B Eric Karros before Mark Lemke can return to the bag. Los Angeles goes on to win the game, 6 - 2.
- 1997 - In one of the more surprising developments of the first weekend of interleague play, the Baltimore Orioles complete a sweep of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field, on Lenny Webster's 10th-inning home run off Mark Wohlers. One byproduct of interleague play that isn't a surprise is the increase at the turnstiles. Attendance is up nearly 10,000 per game for the weekend, and the Seattle Mariners average 52,074 for their four interleague games in the Kingdome.
- 1999 - Baltimore first baseman Will Clark gets his 2,000t" career hit, a 10th-inning single in the team's 6 - 5 walk-off victory over the Royals at Camden Yards. The 35-year-old "Thrill’ will end his 15-year big league career next season with a .303 batting average, collecting 2,176 hits with the Giants, Rangers, Orioles, and Cardinals.
- 2002 - Rafael Palmeiro of the Texas Rangers reaches his 1,000th career extra-base hit by hitting a double in the 5th inning of a 4 - 0 loss to the Houston Astros. Palmeiro becomes the 25th major leaguer to reach the mark.
- 2003 - Reed Johnson becomes fourth player to hit a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game. The walk-off comes off Mark Guthrie leading off the bottom of the 10th to give Toronto a 5 - 4 win over the Cubs.
- 2006 - David Ortiz of the Red Sox hits a towering fly ball in the top of the 6th inning at the Metrodome. The ball soars toward the upper deck but strikes a speaker hanging from the ceiling and falls onto the field. Ortiz only reaches first base and is later put out on a double play. After the game, Boston manager Terry Francona says: "It's like playing putt-putt golf where you've got to go around the windmill. That's embarrassing. The outcome of the game should never, never hinge on a speaker." The Twins complete a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 5 - 3 win.
- 2007 - Julio Franco comes to bat against Roger Clemens. Their combined age is 93 years, 246 days, the oldest pitcher-batter matchup in the major leagues since Rube Walberg and Nick Altrock on October 1, 1933. Franco and Clemens had first faced off on May 15, 1984, 19 months before the Mets' starting left fielder in this game, Carlos Gomez, was even born.
- 2008:
- Scott Baker strikes out four batters in an inning, the first Minnesota Twins hurler to accomplish the feat. In the 3rd inning of a 4 - 2 loss to Milwaukee, Baker fans Ryan Braun. On a strikeout of Prince Fielder, the ball bounces away from backstop Mike Redmond, letting Fielder reach first. Baker strikes out Russell Branyan and then gets Mike Cameron looking to end the frame.
- Chien-Ming Wang, who is 8-2 after back-to-back 19-win seasons, breaks his right foot running the bases in an interleague game with the Astros, spoiling a 13 - 0 Yankee rout. Wang will miss the remainder of the season and the injury will completely derail his career.
- Carlos Delgado drives in his 1,405th run in the majors, breaking Juan Gonzalez's record for most RBI by a Puerto Rican player.
- 2010:
- Just called up from AAA Portland, Aaron Cunningham hits a grand slam off Brett Cecil in the Padres' 8 - 2 win over Toronto. Cunningham was called up to replace the injured Matt Stairs, and the slam is his first hit in a San Diego uniform. Mat Latos is the winner, but all is not rosy for the Friars: catcher Yorvit Torrealba is handed a three-game suspension and is fined an undisclosed amount for bumping umpire Larry Vanover in the previous day's game.
- Unwanted by the Brewers, pitcher Jeff Suppan shows flashes of his old form in his return to the St. Louis Cardinals. One of the heroes of the team's conquest of the 2006 World Series title, Suppan gives up a run in four innings and hits a double and scores a run; reliever Blake Hawksworth gets credit for the 4 - 2 win over the Mariners.
- 2011:
- One day after seeing their nine-game winning streak stopped by James Shields's shutout, the Red Sox are back at it, getting even with the Rays as Josh Beckett tosses a one-hitter in a 3 - 0 win. Kevin Youkilis hits a three-run homer off Jeremy Hellickson in the 7th for the game's only runs. Reid Brignac has Tampa Bay's only hit, a 3rd-inning single.
- Rickie Weeks homers and doubles twice as the Brewers defeat the Cubs, 7 - 5, to complete their climb to the top of the NL Central, claiming sole possession of first place after a slow start to the season. Ryan Braun doubles twice, singles and scores three runs and Corey Hart also has three hits as the Brew Crew's bats are not dampened by rainy conditions at Wrigley Field.
- Mark Teixeira homers from both sides of the plate in a 12 - 4 Yankee win over Texas. It is his 11th time doing so, tying Eddie Murray and Chili Davis for the all-time record.
- 2012:
- An eight-run explosion by the Rockies in the 10th inning takes them to a 12 - 4 win over the Tigers. For the Rockies, it's the most runs they have ever scored in an extra inning; the win stops an eight-game losing streak and is their first in ten interleague games this year. A fielding error by P Jose Valverde on Eric Young's sacrifice bunt sets up the big inning, and Carlos Gonzalez and Michael Cuddyer hit back-to-back homers off Luis Marte before the Rox are done.
- The Rays crush their cross-state rivals the Marlins, 11 - 0, as Matt Moore gives up only one hit in seven innings. Burke Badenhop and Brandon Gomes complete his effort with a hitless inning each for a combined one-hit shutout. Desmond Jennings drives in four runs for the Rays.
- 2013 - The Rockies hit for the cycle in the span of four batters against Phillies starter Jonathan Pettibone in the 1st inning, on their way to a 10 - 5 win. After Jordan Pacheco draws a one-out walk off Pettibone, Carlos Gonzalez doubles, Michael Cuddyer singles, Wilin Rosario triples and Tyler Colvin caps things off with a homer. The Rockies add another run before the end of the inning, on their way to getting 18 hits on the night; Tyler Chatwood is the beneficiary of the outburst, improving to 4-1.
- 2015:
- The Padres fire manager Bud Black after nine seasons at the helm. The Padres never reached the postseason during Black's tenure, and are two games under .500 after making wholesale changes meant to take them over the hump during the off-season. He will be replaced by Pat Murphy.
- The Mets snap the Blue Jays' eleven-game winning streak with a two-run rally in the bottom of the 11th that gives them a 4 - 3 win. Jose Bautista homers twice for Toronto, including a game-tying shot in the top of the 9th, and the Jays take the lead on Dioner Navarro's sacrifice fly in the 11th, but RBI singles by Lucas Duda and Wilmer Flores in the bottom of the inning give the game to the Mets.
- 2016:
- Ichiro Suzuki collects a pair of hits in the Marlins' 6 - 3 loss to the Padres. His 9th-inning double off Fernando Rodney is his 4,257th hit as a major leaguer, counting his time in Japan and the United States. This moves him ahead of Pete Rose for the all-time mark and brings him within 21 hits of the magic 3000 hit club in the U.S.
- On the day SS Jose Reyes is eligible for reinstatement from his suspension following an off-season domestic violence incident, the Rockies decide to have him designated for assignment, eating approximately $40 million remaining on his contract. Rookie Trevor Story has emerged as a star during Reyes' prolonged absence, prompting the Rockies to cut ties with the former All-Star.
- 2019 - With some of their big sluggers about to return from injury, the Yankees still add another one via trade, acquiring DH Edwin Encarnacion, who is leading the AL with 21 homers, from the Mariners for 19-year-old P Juan Then.
- 2020 - The impasse over the resumption of the MLB season gets deeper, as Commissioner Rob Manfred now states that there may not be a season at all. It was expected that he would decree a 50-game season, as allowed by the March 26th agreement between the MLBPA and owners, but he is now reluctant to do so.
- 2021:
- The Diamondbacks lose their 21st consecutive road game, one shy of the record, and do so in excruciating fashion when they can't hold an 8 - 5 lead over the Giants in the 8th inning. Joe Mantiply and Humberto Castellanos combine to load the bases on a pair of hits and a walk, before Mike Yastrzemski hits a two-out grand slam to put the Giants in front. Arizona will tie the record with another road loss tomorrow.
- Taking account of Major League Baseball's decision last off-season to recognize the Negro Leagues as having been major leagues, Baseball-Reference.com unveils a major upgrade of its website to reflect this, with available Negro League numbers now integrated into players' records. "Our intent is to have consistent treatment across the white major leagues and the Black major leagues," site founder and President Sean Forman explains.
- 2022:
- For the second consecutive day, a pitcher is denied a no-hitter in the 9th inning. After Miles Mikolas yesterday, it's Tyler Anderson's turn to keep his opponents hitless into the 9th. He strikes out Mike Trout for the first out, but then allows a triple to Shohei Ohtani that ends the bid, and Craig Kimbrel records the final two outs of the Dodgers' 4 - 1 win over the Angels. Anderson almost loses the bid when the first batter of the game, Taylor Ward, hits a ball that drops when OFs Mookie Betts and Cody Bellinger collide; it is originally ruled a hit, but the official scorer quickly reverses himself, instead giving an error to Bellinger.
- The Astros are the first team to throw two immaculate innings in the same game, as Luis Garcia strikes out the side on nine pitches in the 2nd, and Phil Maton repeats the feat in the 7th. In both cases the three batters for the Rangers are the same: Nathaniel Lowe, Ezequiel Duran and Brad Miller. Garcia and Maton are respectively the eighth and ninth pitchers to accomplish the feat for Houston. There have only been 105 instances of the feat in the majors, although it has become more common in recent years. Houston wins the game easily, 9 - 2.
Births[edit]
- 1840 - Washington Fulmer, outfielder (d. 1907)
- 1860 - Ed Glenn, outfielder (d. 1892)
- 1862 - Peek-A-Boo Veach, infielder (d. 1937)
- 1863 - Jerry Hurley, catcher (d. 1950)
- 1866 - Nick Wise, catcher/outfielder (d. 1923)
- 1869 - Tom Hart, catcher (d. 1939)
- 1876 - Charlie Dexter, outfielder (d. 1934)
- 1878 - Ed Wheeler, infielder (d. 1960)
- 1884 - Heinie Beckendorf, catcher (d. 1949)
- 1890 - Dutch Schirick, pinch hitter (d. 1968)
- 1890 - John Wilson, pitcher (d. 1954)
- 1891 - Frank Crossin, catcher (d. 1965)
- 1891 - Horace Jenkins, outfielder (d. 1962)
- 1891 - Lou North, pitcher (d. 1974)
- 1892 - Connie Rector, pitcher (d. 1963)
- 1894 - Mike Cantwell, pitcher (d. 1953)
- 1894 - Norm Glockson, catcher (d. 1955)
- 1895 - Lunie Danage, infielder (d. 1982)
- 1896 - Ray Richmond, pitcher (d. 1969)
- 1897 - Cy Twombly, pitcher (d. 1974)
- 1903 - Owen Kahn, pinch runner (d. 1981)
- 1904 - Ed Pipgras, pitcher (d. 1964)
- 1904 - Pid Purdy, outfielder (d. 1951)
- 1904 - Hank Winston, pitcher (d. 1974)
- 1905 - Joe Lillard, outfielder (d. 1978)
- 1906 - Monte Weaver, pitcher (d. 1994)
- 1910 - Enrique Lantigua, catcher and Dominican national team manager (d. 1985)
- 1912 - Babe Dahlgren, infielder; All-Star (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Mem Lovett, pinch hitter (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Bud Stewart, outfielder (d. 2000)
- 1918 - Joe Scott infielder (d. 1997)
- 1922 - Giovanni Beale], infielder (d. 1970)
- 1925 - Gene Baker, infielder; All-Star (d. 1999)
- 1927 - Ben Flowers, pitcher (d. 2009)
- 1927 - Ed Wiltsee, minor league player (d. 2019)
- 1927 - Matt Zidich, minor league pitcher-outfielder (d. 2008)
- 1928 - Gene Hassell, minor league infielder and manager
- 1928 - Wayne Haynes, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
- 1930 - Glen Van Proyen, minor league pitcher; scout (d. 2016)
- 1931 - Bernice Gera, minor league umpire (d. 1992)
- 1932 - Mario Cuomo, minor league outfielder (d. 2015)
- 1934 - Harvey Tomter, minor league pitcher (d. 2005)
- 1936 - Hiroo Kataoka, NPB catcher
- 1938 - Billy Williams, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer
- 1939 - Ty Cline, outfielder
- 1941 - Bruce Dal Canton, pitcher (d. 2008)
- 1943 - Richard Bloch, arbitrator
- 1943 - Al Closter, pitcher
- 1943 - Al Shaw, minor league pitcher
- 1944 - Richard Rainwater, owner (d. 2015)
- 1946 - Ken Henderson, outfielder
- 1946 - Don Lohse, minor league pitcher (d. 1975)
- 1946 - Champ Summers, outfielder (d. 2012)
- 1949 - Dusty Baker, outfielder, manager; All-Star
- 1949 - Andy Bottin, minor league outfielder and manager
- 1951 - Tazuru Kakino, Japanese national team manager(d. 2021)
- 1951 - Yukio Yaegashi, NPB catcher
- 1952 - Junichi Kashiwabara, NPB infielder
- 1955 - Greg Bonin, umpire
- 1956 - Lance Parrish, catcher; All-Star
- 1957 - Brett Butler, outfielder; All-Star
- 1958 - Wade Boggs, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer
- 1958 - Armando Johnson, Cuban league outfielder and manager
- 1959 - Tim Hallgren, minor league pitcher
- 1960 - Nelson Rood, minor league infielder and manager
- 1962 - Bob Kendrick, historian
- 1963 - Randy Smith, general manager
- 1966 - Dave Liddell, catcher
- 1967 - Daren Epley, minor league infielder
- 1969 - Tim Holland, minor league infielder
- 1969 - Félix Isasi Jr., Cuban league outfielder
- 1969 - Tim Keuter, Hoofdklasse pitcher
- 1969 - Brian Lane, minor league infielder
- 1970 - Travis Buckley, minor league pitcher
- 1971 - Stuart Howell, Australian national team pitcher
- 1972 - Tony Clark, infielder; All-Star
- 1972 - Ramiro Mendoza, pitcher
- 1972 - Andy Pettitte, pitcher; All-Star
- 1972 - Carlos Subero, coach
- 1973 - Jon Edwards, minor league pitcher
- 1974 - Scott Tunkin, Australian national team infielder
- 1975 - Boris Rothermundt, Division Elite pitcher
- 1975 - Chris Wakeland, outfielder
- 1976 - Eiji Yano, NPB pitcher
- 1977 - Bret Prinz, pitcher
- 1978 - Zach Day, pitcher
- 1979 - Tom Lorrentop, First Division pitcher
- 1979 - Matt Smith, pitcher
- 1980 - Muhammad Iftikhar, Pakistani national team infielder
- 1980 - Erik Kratz, catcher
- 1980 - Jin-young Lee, KBO outfielder
- 1980 - Jen-Yen Wu, CPBL pitcher
- 1981 - Jeremy Reed, outfielder
- 1982 - Clayton Hamilton, minor league pitcher
- 1982 - Martin Le Roux, South African national team catcher
- 1982 - Anderson Mejía, minor league catcher and pitcher
- 1983 - Abel Moreno, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Niels van Weert, Hoofdklasse infielder
- 1984 - Vicente Cafaro, minor league infielder
- 1984 - Tim Lincecum, pitcher; All-Star
- 1984 - Cliff Pennington, infielder
- 1985 - Michael Fiers, pitcher
- 1986 - Trevor Plouffe, infielder
- 1986 - Sean West, pitcher
- 1987 - Jake Elmore, infielder
- 1987 - Josh Lindblom, pitcher
- 1987 - Ryoma Nogami, NPB pitcher
- 1987 - Eduardo Nunez, infielder; All-Star
- 1987 - Alexandre Periard, minor league pitcher
- 1987 - Douglas Solís, Nicaraguan national team pitcher
- 1988 - Jake Locker, drafted outfielder
- 1988 - John Murrian, minor league catcher
- 1989 - Leandro Castro, minor league outfielder
- 1989 - Daiki Tohmei, NPB pitcher
- 1990 - Henry García, minor league pitcher
- 1990 - José Medina, Salvadoran national team infielder
- 1990 - Byron Ortiz, Guatemalan national team pitcher
- 1991 - Travis Jankowski, outfielder
- 1991 - Bijan Rademacher, minor league outfielder
- 1992 - Alejandro Sanchez, minor league infielder
- 1994 - José Corrales, Guatemalan national team pitcher
- 1995 - Dominic Smith, infielder
- 1996 - Reshard Munroe, minor league outfielder
- 1996 - Jordis Ramos, minor league pitcher
- 1996 - Shahid Sattar, Pakistani national team outfielder
- 1998 - Garrett Acton, pitcher
- 1998 - Luis Castro, minor league outfielder
- 1998 - Soichiro Yamazaki, NPB pitcher
- 1999 - Steven Cruz, pitcher
- 1999 - Christian Scott, pitcher
- 2000 - Christian Pedrol, minor league pitcher
- 2000 - Oswald Peraza, infielder
- 2001 - Austin Hendrick, minor league outfielder
- 2001 - Jhonkensy Noel, infielder
- 2002 - Hans Benno Pereira, Singapore national team pitcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1893 - Darby O'Brien, outfielder (b. 1863)
- 1906 - Sandy Nava, catcher (b. 1860)
- 1906 - Mike Sullivan, pitcher (b. 1870)
- 1919 - Fred Tenney, pitcher (b. 1859)
- 1921 - Robert Foster, catcher (b. 1856)
- 1929 - Tim Flood, infielder (b. 1875)
- 1931 - Florence Killilea, minor league owner (b. 1902)
- 1931 - Bill O'Hara, outfielder (b. 1881)
- 1937 - Al Krumm, pitcher (b. 1865)
- 1939 - Carlos Zaldo, Cuban league infielder and manager (b. 1860)
- 1947 - Luke Stuart, infielder (b. 1892)
- 1949 - Jim Buchanan, pitcher (b. 1876)
- 1949 - Jay Clarke, catcher (b. 1882)
- 1952 - Grace Lou Comiskey, secretary (b. ????)
- 1954 - Lew Carr, infielder (b. 1872)
- 1956 - Scotty Ingerton, infielder (b. 1886)
- 1959 - Charlie Eakle, infielder (b. 1887)
- 1964 - Jim Spotts, catcher (b. 1909)
- 1965 - Jack Calvo, outfielder (b. 1894)
- 1967 - Ollie Welf, pinch runner (b. 1889)
- 1968 - Sam Crawford, outfielder; Hall of Famer (b. 1880)
- 1976 - Jimmie Dykes, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1896)
- 1977 - Bill Lee, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1909)
- 1987 - George Smith, infielder (b. 1937)
- 1987 - Schoolboy Johnny Taylor, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1916)
- 1987 - Don White, outfielder (b. 1919)
- 1988 - Hugh Willingham, infielder (b. 1906)
- 1989 - Judy Johnson, infielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1899)
- 1990 - Bucky Jacobs, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1991 - Happy Chandler, commissioner; Hall of Famer (b. 1898)
- 1992 - Ed Lopat, pitcher, manager; All-Star (b. 1918)
- 1993 - Katsumi Oki, NPB catcher (b. 1918)
- 1994 - Seiya Kinami, NPB infielder
- 1997 - Bill Lawrence, outfielder (b. 1906)
- 1998 - Casey Walker, catcher (b. 1912)
- 1999 - Gene Markland, infielder (b. 1919)
- 2001 - Marcelino Solis, pitcher (b. 1930)
- 2002 - Edilberto Gamilla, Philippines national team pitcher (b. 1932)
- 2004 - Jack Spencer, college coach (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Carroll Sembera, pitcher (b. 1941)
- 2006 - Carl Thompson, minor league manager (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Larry Whiteside, writer (b. 1937)
- 2008 - John Buzhardt, pitcher (b. 1936)
- 2008 - Billy Muffett, pitcher (b. 1930)
- 2009 - Tony Washington, minor league outfielder/first baseman (b. 1937)
- 2010 - Wally Komatsubara, scout (b. 1929)
- 2011 - Ted Gray, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1924)
- 2013 - Dick Haviland, minor league outfielder (b. 1925)
- 2013 - Stan Lopata, catcher; All-Star (b. 1925)
- 2015 - Juan Bregio, Cuban league manager (b. 1930)
- 2017 - Fidel Mejía, Dominican national team infielder (b. 1949)
- 2017 - Robert Zimmerman, minor league pitcher (b. 1929)
- 2018 - Hal Smeltzly, college coach (b. 1931)
- 2019 - Larry Foss, pitcher (b. 1936)
- 2020 - Jorge Rubio, pitcher (b. 1945)
- 2024 - Mike Brumley, infielder (b. 1962)
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