June 2
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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 2.
Events[edit]
- 1891 - Charles 'Old Hoss' Radbourn of the Cincinnati Reds wins his career 300th game by beating the Boston Beaneaters at South End Grounds, 10 - 8. Radbourn, who will finish 488 of the 502 games he started, will end his 11-year career this season with 309 victories.
- 1894 - Ed Stein pitches a seven-inning no-hitter, as the Brooklyn Grooms beat the Chicago Colts, 1 - 0. The previous day, Brooklyn held Chicago to one hit in a 5 - 0 shutout.
- 1905 - The New York Giants score five runs in the 13th inning to beat the host Boston Beaneaters, 8 - 3, and give pitcher Red Ames his ninth win of the season.
- 1915 - At the Polo Grounds, Babe Ruth and the well-traveled Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees, 7 - 1. It is the last stop on a 29-day road trip for the Red Sox. Ruth allows five hits and hits his second career home run, a three-run shot off Jack Warhop in the 2nd inning. After his homer, Ruth receives two intentional walks. He ends up kicking the bench and breaking his toe, sidelining him for two weeks.
- 1916 - The Oakland Oaks release Jimmy Claxton, apparently upon discovering that he is an African-American player. Claxton was the first black player in Organized Baseball in the 20th Century.
- 1925 - 21-year-old Lou Gehrig starts a game for the New York Yankees when regular first baseman Wally Pipp is hit in the head during batting practice and complains of a headache - in fact a concussion. Gehrig, who had appeared as a pinch-hitter in the previous day's game, collects three hits in five at-bats, helping the Yankees to an 8 - 5 victory over the Washington Senators. Gehrig will go on to play in a major league record 2,130 consecutive games, a record since broken by Cal Ripken with a streak of 2,632.
- 1928:
- St. Mary's College football star Larry Bettencourt starts at third base for the St. Louis Browns. A future member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Bettencourt is an All-American center who will later play for the Green Bay Packers. The $6,000 bonus he received is a record for a major league rookie just out of school.
- Les Bell of the Boston Braves collects 15 total bases with three home runs and a triple, but Boston loses to the Cincinnati Reds, 20 - 12.
- 1932 - In minor league action, Buzz Arlett hits four consecutive home runs, leading the the Baltimore Orioles to a 14 - 13 victory over the Reading Keystones.
- 1935:
- Babe Ruth of the Boston Braves announces his retirement from baseball. Struggling with a .181 batting average at the time, he retires with 714 home runs, by far the most in major league history. Ruth will gain election to the Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class next year.
- George Pipgras is released by the Boston Red Sox. He will later become an American League umpire.
- 1937 - National League President Ford Frick suspends Dizzy Dean for refusing to retract statements made after a balk call in a game on May 19th, which led to an on-field brawl. Dean forces a meeting with the press at which he denies the statements, and his suspension will be lifted a few days later.
- 1941 - Lou Gehrig dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 37 in New York. From that time on, the illness will be known in North America primarily as "Lou Gehrig's Disease". Gehrig saw his major league record of 2,130 consecutive games played end because of the disease. It was on this day exactly 16 years ago that he broke into the Yankees' starting line-up.
- 1942 - Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists as a Naval Aviator. Williams will finish the season with his team, as will many other players who enlisted or await the draft, which moves slowly despite the early discouragements of the war. Other American League regulars of 1941 enlisted in the military service include Johnny Berardino, Sam Chapman, Bob Feller, Joe Grace, Buddy Lewis, Pat Mullin, Johnny Rigney, Johnny Sturm and Cecil Travis.
- 1943 - The Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Browns play four consecutive extra-inning games, working 45 innings in games between May 31st and today. Both leagues will set season records for extra-inning activity, 91 in the American League, 80 in the National League.
- 1949 - At Shibe Park, the Philadelphia Phillies hit five home runs during the same inning (the 8th) in a 12 - 3 victory over Cincinnati, tying the major league mark set by the 1939 New York Giants. Andy Seminick hits two home runs in the inning, while Del Ennis, Willie Jones and pitcher Schoolboy Rowe have one each. Jones adds a triple as Granny Hamner's double jumps the extra bases total to 18, still a record. Seminick collects three home runs overall.
- 1950:
- George Kell of the Detroit Tigers hits for the cycle in the 16 - 5 second-game sweep of a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Athletics. The Tigers win the opener, 8 - 2, behind the pitching of Ted Gray and home runs by Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers. Wertz has five runs batted in in the opener, and two more in the second game.
- The St. Louis Browns win both games of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators, 10 - 5 and 9 - 3. Hank Arft goes 5 for 5 in the opener, while Harry Dorish is the winning pitcher in the second game. Dorish also steals home on the front end of a double steal with Ray Coleman, to become the last American League pitcher in the 20th century to steal home.
- 1957 - Chicago Cubs pitcher Moe Drabowsky ties a National League record by hitting four Cincinnati batters in the Cubs' 6 - 4 loss to the Redlegs. This will not be done again in the NL until this day in 1996.
- 1958:
- Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees strikes out six batters in a row to tie an American League record as he shuts out the Chicago White Sox, 3 - 0. White Sox pitcher Jim Wilson allows just six hits, but three of them are home runs by Hank Bauer (two) and Mickey Mantle (one). On a botched hit-and-run attempt, Luis Aparicio is thrown out at second base, ending his streak of 26 consecutive stolen bases.
- Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles hits into a triple play against the Washington Senators. Robinson will hit into three more triple plays during his career, establishing a new major league record.
- 1959 - A swarm of gnats delays the game between the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park. After a half-hour interruption, the Chicago grounds crew disposes of the gnats by using a smoke bomb attached to a postgame fireworks display. The Orioles eventually defeat the White Sox, 3 - 2.
- 1962 - Roberto Clemente's home run almost reaches Forbes Field's right-field roof, providing Pittsburgh with an early three-run lead over Houston which starter Vern Law will not relinquish. Clemente's shot misses by a foot or so being the first one by a right-handed batter to hit the right field roof, landing against its facing.
- 1986 - Rod Carew announces his retirement from baseball at the age of 40. Carew leaves the game with a .328 career batting average compiled over 19 major league seasons. A former Minnesota Twins and California Angels infielder, Carew will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1991 and the American League batting title will be renamed the "Rod Carew Award" in his honor.
- 1987 - Tony McDonald sets a Mexican League record with five assists from left field in one game.
- 1990 - Randy Johnson pitches the first no-hitter in Seattle Mariners history, a 2 - 0 win over the Detroit Tigers at the Kingdome. Johnson strikes out eight and walks six.
- 1995:
- The Boston Red Sox defeat the Seattle Mariners, 6 - 5, as John Valentin has one of the best hitting days ever by a shortstop. Valentin goes 5 for 5, including three home runs and four runs scored. In doing so, he becomes the first SS ever to have 15 total bases in a single game.
- Japanese rookie pitcher Hideo Nomo records his first major league win with the Dodgers, limiting the Mets to one run on two hits in 8+ innings of work.
- 1996 - Houston Astros pitcher Darryl Kile ties a major league record by hitting four St. Louis Cardinals batters. Kyle also becomes the first National League pitcher to do it since Moe Drabowsky accomplished the feat pitching for the Cubs on this day 39 years ago.
- 1999 - In the first-year player draft, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays select North Carolina prep star Josh Hamilton as the top pick. It is the first time since 1993, when Alex Rodriguez was selected, that a high school player has been chosen first overall.
- 2000:
- With the Detroit Tigers visiting Wrigley Field for the first time since the 1945 World Series, Chicago Cubs reliever Rick Aguilera pitches a perfect 9th inning for his 300th career save in the 2 - 0 Chicago victory.
- Fred McGriff of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays becomes the 31st major league player to reach 400 career home runs, when he hits a two-run blast off Glendon Rusch, in a 5 - 3 loss to the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.
- The Montreal Expos announce they will wear Maurice Richard's uniform number 9 on their jersey sleeves for the rest of the season to honor the Montreal Canadiens great who died last week. It is believed to be the first time a major league team has honored an athlete from another sport in this way.
- 2001 - At Miller Park, the red-hot Chicago Cubs extend their winning streak to 12 games, beating the Milwaukee Brewers, 10 - 4. Matt Stairs hits a three-run home run, while Sammy Sosa and Rondell White add two-run homers, all off Paul Rigdon. Kevin Tapani is the winning pitcher. It is the longest winning streak for the Cubs since they won 15 games in 1936. The streak will end tomorrow.
- 2005 - The New York Yankees are swept by the team with the worst record in the majors (16-37), falling 5 - 2 to the Kansas City Royals for their first five-game losing streak in more than two years. Kansas City pitchers allow just six runs in the series. It is the third time in their storied history the Yankees have been swept in three games by the team with the worst record in the major leagues. The other times were in 2000, by the Detroit Tigers, and 1937 by the Philadelphia Athletics. The Royals had gone 78 series without sweeping anyone, the longest drought in the majors since the Phillies went 79 series without a sweep in 1996 and 1997.
- 2009:
- The Mariners beat the Orioles, 8 - 2. Ichiro Suzuki sets a new franchise record by hitting safely in his 26th consecutive game.
- Dan Uggla, playing in his 502nd game, hits his 100th home run, becoming the fastest second baseman to that level. He helps the Marlins beat the Brewers, 9 - 3.
- 2010:
- Ken Griffey Jr. announces his retirement after 22 seasons in the major leagues. Hitting only .184 in part-time duty for the Mariners, he leaves with 630 career home runs and six seasons of 40 or more homers. Most of his career was spent with Seattle and the Cincinnati Reds and he will gain election to the Hall of Fame, by near unanimous vote, in 2016.
- Armando Galarraga throws a one-hitter in a 3 - 0 win over Cleveland but in the eyes of most observers, he has pitched a perfect game: the only baserunner he gives up comes with two outs in the 9th inning, when Jason Donald is called safe on an infield hit by umpire Jim Joyce. However, replays show that the throw from 1B Miguel Cabrera to Galarraga beat Donald to the bag. The Tigers starter thus comes agonizingly close to pitching the third major league perfect game in only a month.
- In San Diego, Adrian Gonzalez hits a walk-off grand slam in the 11th inning to lead the Padres to a 5 - 1 win over the Mets. San Diego's David Eckstein had tied the game at 1 with a single with two outs in the bottom of the 9th against Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez, after eight scoreless innings by Johan Santana. It's not the only late-game grand slam hit today: in Toronto, Carl Crawford of the Rays also hits one, capping a six-run 9th inning, to beat the Blue Jays, 7 - 3, and give David Price his American League-leading eighth win of the year.
- Chris Carpenter improves to 75-25 with the St. Louis Cardinals with a 4 - 1 win over the Reds. Only two other pitchers since 1900 had won 75% or more of their first 100 decisions with a team - Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox (78-22) and Cy Young (75-25), also with Boston.
- 2011:
- The Pirates take an early 7 - 0 lead against Mike Pelfrey and the Mets, but New York rallies for nine straight runs. The Mets score three on Carlos Beltran's three-run blast in the 3rd, add a four-run inning in the 6th to even the score against Paul Maholm, then win it in the 8th with two more runs. Mets manager Terry Collins does some fancy maneuverings in the 8th, sending pitcher Chris Capuano to pinch-hit with pinch-runner Willie Harris on first base, hoping for a sacrifice bunt; when losing P Jose Veras balks the runner over, Collins calls Capuano back, and sends in Josh Thole to finish the at-bat. In the end, four walks and a wild pitch in the inning sink the Bucs, who lose, 9 - 8, in what is the Mets' biggest comeback in 11 years.
- Aubrey Huff hits three homers and drives in six runs, leading the Giants to a 12 - 7 win over the Cardinals. His performance makes a winner of Jonathan Sanchez, despite his walking six batters against only one K in 5 1/3 innings. Huff's first two long balls come against two pitchers making their major league debut, loser Lance Lynn and reliever Maikel Cleto. Colby Rasmus hits a grand slam in a losing cause.
- 2012:
- Two nine-game streaks end today. The Mariners end the White Sox's string of victories with a 10 - 8 win in 12 innings. Ichiro Suzuki hits a pair of solo homers in the win, as eight homers are hit on the day. The Athletics also snap a streak, having lost nine straight before beating the Royals, 9 - 3. Brandon McCarthy is the winner against Luke Hochevar.
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania wins the Division II College World Series, their first time winning a national baseball title. Joe Gunkel tosses a four-hit shutout against Delta State University while his team scores five of their nine runs in the 1st inning in a romp.
- 2013 - Garrett Jones hits only the second home run to splash down straight into the Allegheny River beyond the right field fence at PNC Park, a two-run blast off Jonathan Broxton that allows the Pirates to tie the score at 4 - 4 in the 8th inning against the Reds. Travis Snider then ends the game with a run-scoring pinch single in the 11th for a 5 - 4 Buc win. Pirates starter Jeanmar Gomez has to leave with tightness in his pitching arm after allowing all four Reds runs in the 1st, but five relievers combine to keep Cincinnati from scoring again through the following ten innings, with Justin Wilson eventually getting credit for the win.
- 2014 - In an unprecedented move, the Astros give out a five-year extension with three club options to Jonathan Singleton, who has yet to play his first major league game. Singleton has had problems with substance abuse in the past, but seems to be over them, and the pact guarantees him a minimum of $10 million even if he turns out to be a complete bust in the big leagues. The Astros will soon get to find out if they have made a smart investment, as, contract issues now out of the way, they call up Singleton and install him as their starting first baseman.
- 2015:
- In a memorable major league debut, Rangers 3B Joey Gallo hits a two-run homer in his second at-bat on the way to collecting three hits and four RBIs in leading Texas to a 15 - 2 beating of the White Sox.
- Chris Archer ties a Rays team record with 15 strikeouts in eight innings in defeating the Angels, 6 - 1.
- For the first time, a team from Belarus makes the European Cup. The Paris Université Club beats Belarus' Brest Zubrs in the first day of action at the 2015 European Cup. Alex Lukashevich (the first US minor leaguer from Belarus) is the losing pitcher, while Dan Camou has three runs and three RBI, Christophe Goniot scores three and James Murrey fans ten in a two-hitter in a 14 - 1 loss for the Belarusian entry.
- 2016 - Trailing the Padres 12 - 2 after five innings, the Mariners suddenly wake up and score 14 runs in two innings to escape with a 16 - 13 win, the biggest comeback in team history. In the 6th, Kyle Seager hits a two-run, bases loaded single, followed by a three-run pinch-hit homer by Dae-Ho Lee, then in the 7th the M's score nine times to take the lead for good. For the Padres, the roller-coaster ride continues, as in consecutive games they have given up double-figure runs, scored double-figure runs, and then done both in the same game.
- 2017 - Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers records his 2,000th career strikeout, the victim being Jonathan Villar, one of 14 K's on the night for Kershaw. He is the third fastest pitcher to the mark, needing 1,837 2/3 innings, trailing only Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson. Max Scherzer is about to catch him, however, as he only needs 19 Ks to reach the mark while having pitched 100 fewer innings than Clayton. The Dodgers win the game, 2 - 1, in 12 innings, while recording a team-record 26 strikeouts and both teams combine for a National League record 42 whiffs. Cody Bellinger homers in the top of the 12th for Los Angeles, while winner Kenley Jansen has now struck out 36 batters without issuing a single walk this year, a major league record.
- 2018 - Jacob deGrom matches a career high set just two weeks earlier by racking up 13 strikeouts in seven innings in a start against the Cubs, but the NL ERA leader has to settle for another no-decision as the game is decided in 14 innings. Seven relievers add another 11 strikeouts to give the Mets 24, two shy of the all-time mark for an extra-inning game, but it's the Cubs who break through with six runs in the top of the 14th, highlighted by Albert Almora's two-run double off Buddy Baumann, to win, 7 - 1. Luke Farrell pitches five scoreless innings in relief to pick up the win.
- 2021 - The Dominican national team becomes the fourth and final team in the Super Round of the Americas Olympic Qualifier, wiping out Nicaragua, 13 - 3. RF Julio Rodríguez, CF Luis Liberato and SS Jeison Guzmán each drive in three, Rodríguez hits two of their five homers and Rodríguez and Guzmán each have three hits. Darío Álvarez gets the win.
Births[edit]
- 1833 - Charles Comerford, Pre-MLB outfielder (d. 1920)
- 1866 - Jack O'Connor, catcher, manager (d. 1937)
- 1869 - Tom Leahy, catcher (d. 1951)
- 1875 - Marvin Hawley, pitcher (d. 1904)
- 1876 - Farmer Burns, pitcher (d. ????)
- 1876 - Charlie Jones, outfielder (d. 1947)
- 1891 - Oscar Horstmann, pitcher (d. 1977)
- 1895 - Al Baird, infielder (d. 1976)
- 1896 - Buck Bailey, college coach (d. 1964)
- 1896 - Steel Arm Dickey, pitcher (d. 1923)
- 1899 - Sloppy Thurston, pitcher (d. 1973)
- 1906 - Lefty Atkinson, pinch hitter (d. 1961)
- 1912 - Henry Milton, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1943)
- 1918 - Willie Hudson, pitcher/infielder (d. 1943)
- 1918 - Army Rhodes, infielder (d. 1985)
- 1920 - Lou Heyman, minor league catcher (d. 2000)
- 1921 - Tom Callahan, USA national team outfielder (d. 1996)
- 1925 - Bill Hornsby, minor league outfielder (d. 1984)
- 1926 - Bill Tosheff, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
- 1926 - Frank Verdi, infielder (d. 2010)
- 1928 - Dick Kitamura, NPB infielder; college coach
- 1929 - Bob Farrick, minor league infielder (d. 2017)
- 1929 - Louise Sauer, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2016)
- 1929 - Rene Valdes, pitcher (d. 2008)
- 1930 - Bob Lillis, infielder, manager
- 1930 - Peter Widdrington, executive (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Marshall Bridges, pitcher (d. 1990)
- 1931 - Horacio Díaz, minor league Executive; Salon de la Fama (d. 1992)
- 1931 - Larry Jackson, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1990)
- 1932 - Takao Nakano, NPB pitcher
- 1932 - Lou Skizas, outfielder (d. 2023)
- 1933 - Jerry Lumpe, infielder; All-Star (d. 2014)
- 1933 - Benny Valenzuela, infielder (d. 2018)
- 1938 - Lee Gregory, pitcher
- 1938 - Gene Michael, infielder, manager (d. 2017)
- 1939 - Horace Clarke, infielder (d. 2020)
- 1940 - Jim Maloney, pitcher; All-Star
- 1941 - Bob Saverine, infielder
- 1946 - Roger Freed, outfielder (d. 1996)
- 1948 - Joe Pactwa, pitcher (d. 2009)
- 1949 - Jack Pierce, infielder; Salon de la Fama (d. 2012)
- 1950 - Osamu Shimano, NPB pitcher (d. 2010)
- 1951 - Tokinari Nishina, NPB pitcher
- 1952 - Mike Davey, pitcher
- 1956 - Kelvin Chapman, infielder
- 1956 - Harry Mauch, minor league outfielder
- 1957 - Donald Young, minor league outfielder
- 1958 - Jack O'Connor, pitcher
- 1960 - Lemmie Miller, outfielder
- 1961 - Jeff Schulz, outfielder
- 1962 - Darnell Coles, infielder
- 1963 - Bryan Harvey, pitcher; All-Star
- 1964 - Izumi Takayanagi, NPB pitcher
- 1965 - Yong-deok Han, KBO pitcher and manager
- 1967 - Don Lemon, NPB pitcher
- 1967 - Julian Martinez, minor league infielder
- 1967 - Mike Stanton, pitcher; All-Star
- 1967 - Jiro Toyoda, NPB pitcher
- 1969 - Kurt Abbott, infielder
- 1969 - Tim Howard, minor league outfielder
- 1970 - Reid Cornelius, pitcher
- 1970 - Mike Kelly, outfielder
- 1972 - Raul Ibanez, outfielder; All-Star
- 1972 - Chance Sanford, infielder
- 1973 - Neifi Perez, infielder
- 1975 - Steve Rain, pitcher
- 1976 - Kyle Kessel, minor league pitcher
- 1976 - Matt Smith, minor league infielder
- 1977 - Wascar Serrano, pitcher
- 1980 - Mark Schramek, minor league infielder
- 1980 - Edwin Thompson, minor league outfielder and college coach
- 1981 - Jared Burton, pitcher
- 1981 - Mike Chernoff, General Manager
- 1981 - Doug Deeds, minor league outfielder
- 1981 - Chin-Hui Tsao, pitcher
- 1982 - Mike Connolly, minor league pitcher
- 1982 - Yoshihiro Ito, NPB pitcher
- 1982 - Tim Stauffer, pitcher
- 1982 - Mauricio Tequida, minor league pitcher
- 1982 - Chung-You Tsai, CPBL infielder
- 1983 - Josh Geer, pitcher
- 1983 - David Welch, minor league pitcher
- 1983 - Po-Jen Yang, CPBL infielder
- 1984 - Zach Aakhus, minor league player
- 1985 - Naoki Miyanishi, NPB pitcher
- 1986 - Chris Martin, pitcher
- 1986 - J.T. Wise, minor league catcher
- 1987 - Toshiki Kurobane, NPB catcher
- 1989 - Jung-min Choi, KBO infielder
- 1989 - Kenny Socorro, minor league infielder
- 1990 - Jake Smith, pitcher
- 1991 - Takumi Harada, Japanese national team infielder-outfielder
- 1992 - Kaleb Cowart, infielder
- 1994 - Andrew Moore, pitcher
- 1995 - Mickey McDonald, outfielder
- 1995 - Damian Wood, South African national team pitcher
- 1997 - Jimmy Boyce, Extraliga pitcher
- 1997 - Caleb Kilian, pitcher
- 1997 - Cornelius Randolph, minor league infielder
- 1999 - Asa Lacy, minor league pitcher
- 1999 - Pin-Yang Tseng, CPBL pitcher
- 2000 - Sean Mendoza, minor league infielder
- 2001 - Keoni Cavaco, minor league infielder
- 2002 - Will Sherriff, Australian national team pitcher
- 2002 - Mikey Tepper, minor league pitcher
- 2006 - Mariana Valdez, Venezuelan women's national team catcher
Deaths[edit]
- 1915 - Dave Orr, infielder, manager (b. 1859)
- 1924 - Jay Hughes, pitcher (b. 1874)
- 1934 - Jim Pirie, infielder (b. 1853)
- 1941 - Lou Gehrig, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
- 1941 - Nick Williams, minor league manager (b. 1880)
- 1946 - Malcolm MacDonald, outfielder (b. 1872)
- 1955 - Harry Eccles, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1956 - Tony Parisse, catcher (b. 1911)
- 1956 - Denny Sullivan, outfielder (b. 1882)
- 1962 - Art Stokes, pitcher (b. 1896)
- 1964 - Jack Kading, infielder (b. 1884)
- 1966 - Joe Casey, catcher (b. 1887)
- 1973 - Lore Bader, pitcher (b. 1888)
- 1975 - Spoke Emery, outfielder (b. 1896)
- 1977 - Carl Fairly, minor league infielder (b. 1910)
- 1977 - Milt Steengrafe, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1978 - Bob McGraw, pitcher (b. 1895)
- 1980 - Rube Marquard, pitcher; Hall of Famer (b. 1886)
- 1981 - Skinny O'Neal, pitcher (b. 1899)
- 1983 - Chancelor Edwards, catcher (b. 1901)
- 1985 - Dorothy Mueller, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1925)
- 1992 - Jess Brooks, infielder (b. 1913)
- 1992 - Glenn Dixon, outfielder (b. 1908)
- 1993 - Johnny Mize, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1913)
- 1994 - Mort Flohr, pitcher (b. 1911)
- 1996 - Gene Snyder, pitcher (b. 1931)
- 1998 - Yoshimasa Takesue, NPB pitcher (b. 1922)
- 2000 - Ellis Clary, infielder (b. 1916)
- 2001 - Jim Bragan, coach (b. 1929)
- 2001 - Gene Woodling, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1922)
- 2003 - Bob Allaire, minor league infielder (b. 1912)
- 2003 - Makoto Kozuru, NPB outfielder; Japanese Hall of Fame (b. 1922)
- 2013 - Emo Murphy, minor league executive (b. 1929)
- 2013 - Preston Ward, infielder (b. 1927)
- 2016 - Lee Pfund, pitcher (b. 1919)
- 2017 - Herman Starrette, pitcher (b. 1936)
- 2018 - Bruce Kison, pitcher (b. 1950)
- 2020 - Brad Babcock, college coach (b. 1939)
- 2021 - Minoru Nakamura, NPB pitcher (b. 1938)
- 2023 - Bobby Bolin, pitcher (b. 1939)
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