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Events

• 1878 - Terry Larkin allows seven hits and knocks in two runs to give Chicago a 2 - 1 win over Providence.
• 1880 - Larry Corcoran of Chicago and John Ward of Providence battle to a 1 - 1 tie in 16 innings‚ called because of darkness. Sixteen innings will remain the longest game in big league history until August 17‚ 1882‚ when Ward will win 1 - 0 over Detroit in 18 innings.
• 1885 - Hardie Henderson‚ pitching for Baltimore‚ is 5 for 5 while beating Cincinnati‚ 12 - 1.
• 1886 - Tony Mullane pitches seven shutout innings‚ then allows 12 runs in the final two frames to lose to Brooklyn, 12 - 7‚ fueling suspicions that he is throwing games.
• 1887 - During a lull before the start of today's Boston-Philadelphia game‚ leadoff batter Joe Hornung stands his bat on home plate and challenges P Charlie Ferguson to hit it. Fergy does it on the first try.
• 1889 - A two-run single by Dick Johnston in the 10th inning gives Boston a 4 - 2 win over the Quakers. The win is the ninth in a row and 16th out of 17 for the Beaneaters‚ who lead second-place Philadelphia by 5 1/2 games.
• 1890 - Tim Keefe becomes the second pitcher in history to win 300 games as his New York (Players League) team whips Boston‚ 9 - 4. Keefe allows eight hits‚ strikes out seven and makes four errors. The two teams combine for 14 errors.
• 1894 - Baltimore's Heinie Reitz hits a pair of bases-loaded triples‚ one in the 3rd and another in the 7th‚ to lead the first-place Orioles to a 12 - 4 victory over Chicago. The pair of sack-filled triples equals the mark set by Sam Thompson in 1887.
• 1896 - The Reds' Red Ehret wins an 11-hit shutout over Brooklyn, 6 - 0.
• 1897:
  • For the second time in four days‚ manager Patsy Donovan's aggressive tactics cost the Pirates a game by forfeit. With the weather threatening in the 4th inning‚ the Pirates stall egregiously hoping for a rainout‚ until umpire Jim McDonald declares a forfeit.
  • Chicago's versatile Nixey Callahan wears his pitching hat in an 8 - 5 victory at Washington. Nixey will be 12-9 this year‚ while hitting .292 in 94 games as an IF/OF as well as a pitcher.
• 1900 - Fielder Jones‚ who will hit 20 homers in his 15-year career‚ hits the first homer of the year at Washington Park. But Brooklyn loses‚ 7 - 4‚ to Chicago.
• 1901 - In a 7 - 3 victory over the host Reds‚ Brooklyn's Jimmy Sheckard is called out at second base by umpire Bert Cunningham - who is definitely having a bad week - and curses him so vehemently that he is slapped with a $5 fine by the ump. Cunningham returns to home plate and Sheckard follows‚ spitting in his face. Cunningham calls the cops and Sheckard is removed by the police. Cunningham later says‚ "I don't know what kept me from pitching into Sheckard but if a player ever does that to me again I'll pick up a bat and smash him. That's the limit and the players can take warning." Brooklyn's win is helped by the pitching of the Reds' Barney McFadden, who gives up 11 hits and 11 base on balls.
• 1902 - The Boston Americans buy two pitchers - George Prentiss and Bert Husting - from the Baltimore Orioles‚ and waste no time putting Prentiss to work. He starts today in a 4 - 3 loss to Cleveland. Prentiss played under the name "George Pepper Wilson" last year.
• 1903:
  • Against Boston‚ Pittsburgh's Kaiser Wilhelm throws a 5 - 0 shutout‚ allowing five hits and walking none. Manager Fred Clarke goes 2 for 4 in his return to the lineup and Honus Wagner scores a run after going from first to third on a sacrifice bunt.
  • At West Side Grounds‚ the Giants shell Carl Lundgren for 11 hits in beating Chicago‚ 9 - 1. Christy Mathewson allows four hits in winning easily. The Giants will win the next three with Chicago to move into first place.
• 1904
  • At the Polo Grounds‚ the largest baseball crowd ever (37‚223) cheers Iron Joe McGinnity‚ trying for his 14th straight win‚ against Cincinnati's Jack Harper. The game ends in a 2 - 2 deadlock after 11 innings.
  • The White Sox fire manager Nixey Callahan‚ replacing him with Fielder Jones.
  • In an American Association game against Kansas City‚ Toledo hits into two triple plays. The Blues' Ed Lewee and Jack Ryan pull off the first and Lewee and Suter Sullivan turn the second.
• 1906:
  • Unable to shake the effects of diphtheria contracted in the spring‚ a frustrated Christy Mathewson throws a rare tantrum after giving up four runs to the Phils on two hits and six walks in the 1st inning‚ and umpire Bill Klem in turn throws him out of the game. Hooks Wiltse relieves and picks up a victory as New York rallies to win‚ 9 - 6.
  • Bill Coughlin is the second Tiger within a month to steal second base‚ third base‚ and home in a game; he does this in the 7th inning against Washington during a 13 - 4 romp. Pitcher Bill Donovan did it on May 7th. Washington ties the game at 4 apiece‚ but the Tigers score nine in the last two innings to win. Charley O'Leary has a homer for Detroit.
• 1910 - The Cubs' Three Finger Brown loses to Boston‚ 1 - 0‚ when Bill Sweeney hits a home run in the 12th inning.
• 1911 - The Cincinnati Reds roll over the Boston Rustlers, setting a since tied record of 13 different players scoring.
• 1913 - The Cards peck Christy Mathewson for 11 hits and six runs in six innings‚ and hold on to win‚ 6 - 4.
• 1915:
  • Tim Hurst‚ colorful umpire who was often in the center of controversy‚ dies at 49.
  • Ty Cobb steals home in the 9th inning of 3 - 0 Detroit win‚ the only steal of home that late in a game in his career. Yankee pitcher Ray Caldwell is so angry at the safe call he throws his mitt in the air and is promptly ejected by umpire Silk O'Loughlin. It is Cobb's second steal of home while Caldwell is on the mound (the first was on May 12‚ 1911).
• 1916:
  • Cleveland continues to beat up on Red Sox pitching‚ whipping Carl Mays and Rube Foster‚ to win‚ 9 - 3.
  • In the first game of a Pacific Coast League doubleheader sweep at Oakland‚ Bill Prough pitches ten hitless innings against San Francisco. He leaves the scoreless game after 17 innings having given up four hits. Oakland wins‚ 1 - 0‚ in 18 innings.
• 1918 - Washington's Jim Shaw wins his own game‚ 3 - 1‚ with a bases loaded triple in the 5th against Cleveland. However‚ Shaw injures his leg sliding into third base on the hit and reliever Doc Ayers finishes up for him.
• 1919 - After battling through 20 innings on April 30th‚ the Phils and Brooklyn go 18 today‚ but this time the Phils win it, 10 - 9.
• 1920 - In St. Louis‚ the Cardinals beat the Cubs‚ 5 - 1‚ as Grover Alexander loses after 11 wins. Bill Doak is the winner and Rogers Hornsby leads the Cards' offense with two triples over the left fielder's head. After the game Alexander calls Hornsby "the greatest hitter I've ever had to face. I have tried to fool him every way possible‚ but it just cannot be done." Alex will be 27-14 for the fifth-place Cubs‚ and his 1.91 ERA will be the only one in the league under 2.00.
• 1921 - The Pirates' Wilbur Cooper‚ who with Burleigh Grimes will lead the National League with 22 wins‚ loses his first after eight straight victories. The Giants drub him, 12 - 0.
• 1922 - At the Polo Grounds‚ Carl Mays collects three hits and beats the A's for the 21st straight time. The Yanks win, 8 - 3. Babe Ruth clouts a three-run homer over the right field fence for New York.
• 1924 - Mercersburg Academy pitcher Bump Hadley throws a perfect game against the Pennsylvania State Forestry School. A future New York Yankees starter, Hadley strikes out 26 of the 27 batters he faces.
• 1925 - Veteran hurler Joe Bush‚ playing RF for the Browns‚ is called in to pitch to Cleveland pinch hitter Harvey Hendrick with the bases filled and two out in the 9th. Hendrick hits the first pitch for a triple‚ and the Indians win, 11 - 10.
• 1927 - Pitching his second game of the year‚ Walter Johnson is pounded by the Browns‚ who win 5 - 3. Johnson finishes the game‚ striking out six and allowing nine hits‚ including a homer by Fred Schulte. Elam Vangilder is the winner.
• 1929:
  • Former Red Sox owner Harry Frazee dies. Frazee is forever remembered as the man who sold the Babe to the Yankees.
  • Capped off by a steal of home, the Washington Senators score six runs in the 9th inning to beat the St. Louis Browns, 9 - 8. Ossie Bluege steals home with Chad Kimsey on the mound. The winner is ex-Yankee Walter Beall, making his first appearance for the Nats.
• 1930 - First-place Brooklyn makes eight errors‚ losing to Pittsburgh at Ebbets Field‚ 12 - 6.
• 1931 - After hitting safely in his last eight times at bat‚ Oscar Melillo‚ the slick-fielding but light-hitting 2B of the Browns‚ is stopped by Red Ruffing of the Yankees. St. Louis wins, 8 - 6.
• 1932:
  • The Phillies get Cardinals problem P Flint Rhem.
  • With new manager Bill Terry at the helm‚ the Giants sweep the Phils‚ 10 - 4 and 6 - 4‚ to move out of last place in the National League.
• 1933 - The Giants‚ with Bill Terry back in the lineup‚ gain first place with a doubleheader win over the Dodgers‚ 3 - 0 and 6 - 4.
• 1935 - Dizzy Dean‚ annoyed by what he perceives as poor fielding behind him‚ berates his teammates in the dugout in full view of the fans and writers. Rip Collins and Joe Medwick start arguing back and Frank Frisch and Pepper Martin step in before any fights start. Dean shows his frustration by lobbing the ball in to Pittsburgh batters and finally leaves in the 7th to a smattering of boos with the Cardinals down‚ 9 - 3. They score a pair to lose‚ 9 - 5.
• 1936:
  • The Tigers score ten runs in the 3rd and six in the 5th en route to an 18 - 9 thrashing of the A's. Philadelphia scores six in the 9th but still comes up a bit short. Mickey Cochrane belts an inside-the-park grand slam in the 3rd and collapses after running it out and is replaced. Manager Cochrane will not be in the lineup as a player until July 15th. Elden Auker goes the distance for Detroit and might have had a shutout except for four errors. The A's misplay six.
  • Coming in as a reliever‚ Cards P Paul Dean loses for first time to the Dodgers. The final score is 4 - 3.
• 1938 - Martin Dihigo strikes out a Mexican League-record 22 batters in a 13-inning game for the Veracruz Eagle against the Tigres de Comintra.
• 1940 - The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Bees, 7 - 2, in the first night game at Forbes Field while the St. Louis Cardinals play their first night game at Sportsman's Park, against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
• 1943:
  • Mort Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals tosses the second of back-to-back one-hitters‚ beating the Philadelphia Phillies‚ 5 - 0. Hits by Brooklyn's Billy Herman on May 31st and by the Phils' Jimmy Wasdell today deprive him of no-hitters. Cooper has six wins and three shutouts on the way to his second 20-win year.
  • At Forbes Field‚ the Pirates hold an 8 - 7 lead when Vince DiMaggio singles off Giants P Bill Sayles in the bottom of the 8th. With Pete Coscarart at bat‚ the first pitch skips by C Ernie Lombardi‚ who lumbers after the ball as DiMaggio heads for second base. When Vince sees that Lombardi has yet to reach the ball he continues on to third base‚ while Sayles shakes his head at how slow his backstop is. With home plate unguarded‚ DiMaggio continues running and scores - from first - on a passed ball. The Bucs win, 9 - 8.
• 1944 - In Hawaii‚ Joe DiMaggio hits a 435-foot home run‚ but the 7th Army Force team loses 6 - 2 to a Navy team‚ as former major league P Bob Harris throw a four-hitter for the Navy.
• 1947:
  • In the 5th inning at Ebbets Field‚ Dodgers OF Pete Reiser crashes into the fence and is knocked unconscious. He still manages to hold onto the long fly by Culley Rikard to help the Dodgers win over Pittsburgh, 9 - 4. In the clubhouse, a priest administers the last rites of the Catholic Church to Reiser‚ who will be hospitalized for ten days.
  • The Giants send 3B Babe Young to the Reds for pitcher Joe Beggs.
  • Muskogee (Western Association) OF Allen McElreath is declared permanently ineligible by minor league head George Trautman for attempting to induce a teammate to throw a game.
• 1948 - At Philadelphia‚ the A's edge the White Sox‚ 4 - 3‚ as Lou Brissie picks up the win. The Sox score three runs in the 3rd on a bases-loaded single by newly-acquired Pat Seerey. Tony Lupien‚ running on a 3-2 count‚ scores all the way from first base.
• 1949 - The Reds beat the Giants, 6 - 3, in New York. All the Giants' scoring is in the 6th inning when Whitey Lockman‚ Sid Gordon‚ and Willard Marshall pole consecutive home runs.
• 1950:
  • Ernie Banks makes his professional debut with the Kansas City Monarchs, going 3 for 7 in a doubleheader against the Memphis Red Sox
  • Herb Chapman of Gadsden (Southeastern League) goes hitless, ending his 42-game hitting streak‚ the ninth longest streak ever recorded in the minor leagues. During the streak he hit .366.
• 1951 - Gus Bell hits for the cycle to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 12 - 4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium.
• 1952:
  • Billy Goodman of the Red Sox goes 5 for 5 in a 13 - 11 slugfest with Cleveland. The Indians' Larry Doby hits for the cycle.
  • The Giants push across two runs - one earned - in the 4th inning against the Cubs' Bob Rush to stop his streak of consecutive scoreless innings at 32. Rush (8-2) is still victorious‚ 6 - 2‚ and now leads the National League in strikeouts.
  • The Reds purchase veteran OF Willard Marshall from the Boston Braves.
• 1953:
  • After batting practice at Forbes Field, the Pirates and Cubs announce a shocking trade. Pittsburgh sends slugger Ralph Kiner‚ along with C Joe Garagiola‚ P Howie Pollet‚ and OF Catfish Metkovich to Chicago for C Toby Atwell‚ P Bob Schultz‚ 1B Preston Ward‚ 3B George Freese‚ OF Bob Addis‚ OF Gene Hermanski‚ and $150‚000. The Pirates defeat the Cubs‚ 6 - 1‚ with Kiner getting a double in four at bats for the Cubs.
  • Phillies P Curt Simmons cuts off part of his left big toe with a power lawn mower. He will not make a pitching start for a month‚ but will still win 16 games.
  • At Chicago‚ Mickey Mantle's homer in the 4th‚ off Billy Pierce‚ gives the Yankees a 5 - 0 lead‚ but Chicago comes back to tie. Mick's leadoff single in the 10th inning ignites a New York rally‚ and they win 9 - 5.
• 1954 - At Mexicali in the Arizona-Texas League‚ the Eagles roll over visiting Cananea‚ 28 - 5. Moises Camacho goes 7 for 7‚ with three home runs‚ a triple‚ a double‚ 13 RBIs‚ and scores five runs.
• 1955 - For the second time‚ Willie Mays blasts an extra-inning homer off the Cubs' Warren Hacker‚ this time in the 12th inning. But it's not enough as the Cubs win‚ 9 - 8. On April 30th, 1954 Willie hacked one in the 14th.
• 1956 - The Cards pick up relief pitcher Jim Konstanty‚ who was released by the Yankees.
• 1957 - In Chicago‚ Billy Pierce of the White Sox wins, 1 - 0, in a ten-inning masterpiece before 38‚490‚ against the Red Sox.
• 1958:
  • After 32 scoreless innings, the Chicago White Sox score in the 3rd, and go on to win 7 - 4 over the first-place New York Yankees. Billy Pierce is the winner, despite giving up a moon shot to Mickey Mantle that lands in the left-center field bleachers. The drive is measured at 478 feet.
  • Against the Giants, Wes Covington hits a two-out, three-run homer against reliever Pete Burnside to tie the game for the Milwaukee Braves. After the Braves score a pair of unearned runs in the 10th, Giant pinch hitters Hank Sauer and Bob Schmidt connect for back-to-back homers off Ernie Johnson. The consecutive pinch homers are the first in the National League (Bob Cerv and Elston Howard did it in the American League for the New York Yankees on July 23, 1955). Warren Spahn hits an RBI-pinch single in the 11th, then shuts down the Giants to win, 10 - 9.
• 1959 - Earl Torgeson hits a two-out home run in the 17th‚ off Jerry Walker‚ to give the White Sox a 4 - 3 win over Baltimore.
• 1960 - Detroit's Chico Fernandez strokes a 10th-inning triple against Cleveland‚ and then swipes home for the final run in a 7 - 4 win. Rocky Colavito breaks out of his slump with a solo homer in the 4th and a two-run shot in the 10th‚ off Dick Stigman.
• 1963 - Oriole ace Steve Barber tops New York‚ 3 - 1. Mickey Mantle accounts for the only New York score with an opposite field homer into the RF bleachers.
• 1964 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the fourth major league pitcher to hurl three no-hitters by blanking the Philadelphia Phillies, 3 - 0 at Connie Mack Stadium.
• 1965 - The A's receive $100‚000‚ P Jesse Hickman‚ and 2B Ernie Fazio from Houston for 1B Jim Gentile.
• 1966:
  • The Cubs beat the Reds‚ 6 - 4‚ as Ron Santo hits two homers and a single. Deron Johnson makes a great catch to rob Santo of a fourth hit.
  • Jim Gosger hits a game-ending three-run homer in the 16th off Dooley Womack to give the Red Sox a 6 - 3 win over the visiting Yankees.
• 1967:
  • Roberto Clemente hits two home runs off Don Drysdale, accounting for all of Pittsburgh's runs in a 4 - 1 victory over Los Angeles. Clemente's first bomb travels 400 feet to tie the score at 1 - 1 in the 5th. Facing Clemente again in the 7th with two on and two out, Drysdale makes two mistakes: first, he flattens him; then, to compound his gaffe, rather than walk Clemente outright, he tries to pitch around him. The celebrated free-swinger lays off balls two and three and fouls off ball four, before slugging another potential ball four 420 feet away.
  • St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood's errorless streak of 227 games and 568 chances ends when he drops a fly ball in a game against the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium.
  • The longest game in modern Orioles history - 19 innings - features 21 Washington strikeouts‚ as the Birds win, 7 - 5. Washington is the third American League club to strike out 21 times in an extra-inning game. Andy Etchebarren finally ends it with a homer after Brooks Robinson singles to lead off the bottom of the 19th.
  • Cleveland sends Gary Bell to Boston for OF Don Demeter and 1B Tony Horton. Bell‚ a 16-game winner last year‚ is 1-5 this season‚ but he'll win 12 games for Boston during their pennant drive.
• 1968:
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers' Don Drysdale pitches his sixth straight shutout, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 - 0, and establishes two new major league records. Drysdale tops Doc White's 64-year-old mark of five shutouts, and with 54 scoreless innings, he breaks Carl Hubbell's National League string, set in 1933, by one-third of an inning, en route to a new record mark of 58 2/3 innings.
  • At Wrigley Field‚ the Mets' Jerry Koosman strikes out the leadoff Cub for his seventh straight strikeout‚ then wins, 2 - 0.
  • Ewing Kauffman signs a four-year lease for the Royals to use Kansas City's Municipal Stadium when they begin play next season.
  • Fresco Thompson succeeds Buzzie Bavasi as general manager of the Dodgers. For his part, Bavasi will run the new National League club in San Diego.
• 1970 - In the June draft‚ the Padres select high school catcher Mike Ivie as the number-one pick and sign him in three days to a $100‚000 contract. He'll play in the major leagues 11 years but catch only nine games in the Bigs because of a phobia about throwing the ball back to the pitcher. Choosing next‚ the Indians take Stanford P Steve Dunning‚ who will debut in the majors in ten days. He's just the second player drafted who will skip the minors. Catchers Barry Foote (Expos) and Darrell Porter (Brewers) go next.
• 1971:
  • At Riverfront Stadium‚ the Reds recover from being no-hit to roll over the Cards‚ 12 - 0. Ross Grimsley pitches his first major league shutout and is backed by a 17-hit attack. George Foster and Tony Perez each have four hits.
  • The Red Sox recall P Luis Tiant from Louisville.
• 1972:
  • A major league record eight shutouts are pitched in 16 major league games: five in the American League, three in the National League. Two are recorded by the Oakland Athletics, who sweep a pair from the Baltimore Orioles by identical 2 - 0 scores.
  • In the second game of a doubleheader in Chicago‚ pinch hitter Dick Allen connects with two on and two out in the 9th inning and drives a Sparky Lyle pitch into the left field upper deck for a dramatic 5 - 4 White Sox win over the Yankees.
• 1974 - At Cleveland Municipal Stadium, the Cleveland Indians forfeit to the Texas Rangers after numerous fans run onto the field and engage each other and the players. One factor leading to the series of incidents is the evening's "10-cent beer night" promotion, which enabled fans to purchase an unrestricted number of concession beers in increments of six.
• 1975:
  • Danny Goodwin‚ picked first in the 1971 amateur draft‚ is picked first again‚ this time by the Angels. The next four picks of this year's draft‚ including the Padres number two pick of pitcher Mike Lentz‚ will fail to make the major leagues. Picking 10th‚ Montreal takes SS Art Miles‚ who will break his neck diving into shallow water while celebrating West Palm Beach's Florida State League win in 1977. The Expos finally pick right‚ taking Andre Dawson in the tenth round‚ the Dodgers picking pitcher Dave Stewart in the 16th‚ and the Braves take Glenn Hubbard in the 20th.
  • Lee Mazzilli of the Visalia Oaks (California League) ties the minor league record when he steals seven bases. He will end the year with 49.
• 1976
  • Dave Kingman hits three homers and knocks in eight runs during a Mets' 11 - 0 win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
  • Dave Concepcion has five hits as the Reds whip the host Cardinals‚ 11 - 2.
  • Pepe Mangual's 9th-inning single is the only hit against Andy Messersmith‚ as the Braves down the Expos‚ 2 - 0.
  • At Baltimore‚ the Twins edge the O's‚ 8 - 6‚ as Minnesota's Larry Hisle hits for the cycle.
• 1980 - The Yankees‚ with no picks in rounds one and two‚ select 18-year-old Billy Cannon Jr. with their 3rd round pick in the draft. After protests from at least two other teams‚ Bowie Kuhn rules that all the teams but the Yankees had been misled by a telegram sent by Bill Cannon‚ Sr.‚ saying his son was going to play football. A special draft (excluding the Yanks) in August is won by the Indians‚ who offer the young gun $275‚000. But Cannon elects to play football at Texas A&M. Following in the footsteps of his Heisman dad‚ Cannon will be the number 1 pick of the Dallas Cowboys in 1984‚ but a neck injury will curtail his career.
• 1981 - The Cubs purchase Bobby Bonds from Texas and in his first game for the Cubs‚ Bonds trips on a seam in the field carpet at Three Rivers Stadium and breaks a bone in his right hand. He goes on the 21-day disabled list. The Pirates win‚ 5 - 4‚ in the 10th when Lee Lacy triples and Dale Berra singles him in.
• 1982 - At Minnesota‚ Brad Havens and Terry Felton combine to shut out Baltimore 6 - 0‚ snapping the Twins' club-record 14-game losing streak. The last-place Twins were 3-26 in the month of May. From May 19th to June 2nd‚ the Twins lost two to Baltimore‚ and six each to Cleveland and New York.
• 1984:
  • The New York Mets select 17-year-old Shawn Abner with the first pick in the annual June free-agent draft. Thirteen members of the U.S. Olympic team are drafted in the first round‚ including Mark McGwire by the A's with the tenth pick.
  • The Tigers break a 3 - 3 tie in the 10th when Dave Bergman golfs a three-run homer into the upper deck at Tiger Stadium. Bergman had fouled seven pitches off Roy Lee Jackson before connecting. Howard Johnson has a three-run homer in the 7th to account for the other half of Detroit's scoring.
• 1986:
  • Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds, the son of former star Bobby Bonds, goes 4 for 5 with his first career home run (off Craig McMurtry) as Pittsburgh whips the Atlanta Braves, 12 - 3.
  • Joe Niekro no-hits the Angels for 7 2/3 innings before Gary Pettis doubles‚ and Niekro combines with Al Holland for an easy 11 - 0 one-hitter. Dave Winfield homers twice for the Yankees.
• 1987 - In a College World Series match-up between Stanford and Oklahoma State‚ OSU pitcher Jack McDowell retires Robin Ventura three times to put the Stanford sophomore's 58-game batting streak in jeopardy. Facing reliever Al Osuna in the 9th‚ Ventura hits a sharp grounder that is bobbled twice by the second baseman allowing Ventura to reach second. It is ruled an error, ending the streak. OSU wins‚ 6 - 2‚ but on June 7th‚ Stanford will beat McDowell 9 - 5 to win its second national championship.
• 1988 - Rickey Henderson steals two bases in New York's 7 - 6‚ 14-inning loss to the Orioles‚ giving him a club-record 249 stolen bases as a Yankee.
• 1989 - Don't leave early. Toronto beats Boston, 13 - 11 in 12 innings after trailing 10 - 0 after six. Red Sox starter Mike Smithson throws six scoreless innings before leaving in the 7th because of a foot blister. The Jays then score two in the 7th‚ four in the 8th and five in the 9th‚ and two more in the 11th on Junior Felix's home run. It is the biggest lead the Red Sox have ever blown and their 12th consecutive loss to the Blue Jays at Fenway Park.
• 1990:
  • Ramón Martinez of the Los Angeles Dodgers strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves in a three-hit 2 - 0 win. He ties Sandy Koufax's club record and is one short of the National League mark.
  • The Braves wisely select Florida high school SS Chipper Jones with the first pick in the annual amateur draft. The Tigers follow with Tony Clark and the Phils use the third pick on Mike Lieberthal. The A's use their 14th choice to take the much sought-after Todd Van Poppel‚ passed over because of his stated intention to pitch at the University of Texas. The A's change his mind and he signs on July 16th for $1.2 million. Late in the sixth round‚ the unaffiliated Class A Miami Miracle draft Mike Lansing under a never-before-used rule. The rule will be abolished‚ but Lansing will play two years with the Miracle and make the majors with the Montreal Expos.
• 1992:
  • San Jose voters say no to the Giants by rejecting a plan to build a new stadium in their city. The Astros show they like the old stadium as they bang the Giants‚ 12 - 6‚ before a sparse crowd of 8‚850 at Candlestick Park.
  • Carl Stotz‚ creator of Little League Baseball‚ dies at age 82 in Williamsport‚ Pennsylvania.
• 1994 - Minnesota OF Pedro Munoz drives in seven runs to lead the Twins to a 21 - 7 win over Detroit. Minnesota becomes the first team since the 1950 Red Sox to score more than 20 runs in a game twice in the same season. They had previously beaten Boston‚ 21 - 2‚ on May 20th.
• 1996:
  • Pamela Davis, a member of the Colorado Silver Bullets, pitches one inning of scoreless relief and gets the win in a minor league exhibition game. She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current structure of the minor league system. Davis, a 21-year-old right-hander, pitches for the Jacksonville Suns, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, against the Australian Olympic team.
  • Gregg Jefferies celebrates his return to the Phillies' lineup by going 4 for 5‚ and Pete Incaviglia clubs two three-run homers as the Phils coast to a 12 - 3 rain-delayed win over visiting Chicago. Jefferies has been out of the lineup since April 4th with a thumb injury.
  • For the third time in two years Craig Biggio scores five runs as Houston doubles the Rockies‚ 16 - 8. John Cangelosi has a three-run homer and scores four times to back Mike Hampton's pitching.
  • Pitching dominates the baseball draft as 14 of the first 22 selections are moundsmen. Clemson pitcher Kris Benson is the top choice‚ going to Pittsburgh where he'll snag a $2 million signing bonus‚ while the Twins pick power-hitting Travis Lee from San Diego State as the second choice. Four of the first-round picks, Lee, P Bobby Seay, chosen 14th by the White Sox, P John Patterson, the Expos' first choice, and Matt White, the Giants' top selection, will not sign and become free agents because of a loophole discovered by agent Scott Boras. The agent says that the letters tendered to the picks are not offers on specific forms and that only the latter can be used within 15 days of drafting or the players are free agents. The four will ink contracts with the Devil Rays and Diamondbacks‚ with White getting a $10.2 million bonus‚ the largest in history.
• 1997 - For the second straight night‚ Rafael Palmeiro knocks in the winning run to beat the stumbling New Yorkers‚ as the Orioles whip the Yankees‚ 9 - 7. The Yanks had tied the game at 7 apiece on Charlie Hayes' pinch grand slam. The O's Chris Hoiles has two RBIs and Cal Ripken‚ showing no effects from signing (a major-league record?) 2,200 copies of his new book after last night's game‚ hits a homer. Ripken did not get through with the autographing until 3:01 a.m. The Orioles extend their winning streak to seven games and move 9 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Yankees in the AL East.
• 1998:
  • The Dodgers trade pitchers Hideo Nomo and Brad Clontz to the Mets in exchange for pitchers Dave Mlicki and Greg McMichael. McMichael will make 12 appearances for LA‚ then be sent back to the Mets on July 10th.
  • The Indians raise $60 million as all four million shares in the initial offering of common stock in the club are sold in one hour. Cleveland is the only publicly-traded major league team.
• 1999:
  • In a battle of East Division leaders‚ the Red Sox defeat the Braves‚ 5 - 1‚ behind the three-hit pitching of Pedro Martinez. The Boston righthander fans 16 batters in notching his 11th victory of the year.
  • Randy Johnson (7-2) wins his third start in a row‚ beating Texas‚ 11 - 3. Johnson allows three hits and strikes out 11 in eight innings.
  • The Kansas City-Cincinnati game at Kauffman Stadium is postponed when an electrical outage knocks out the lights on the third base side. Workers attempt to fix the situation‚ but a switch gear explodes‚ causing a small fire.
  • Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. sparks a controversy after allegedly making derogatory comments regarding Hispanics to the general manager of television station KTMD. McLane denies the story‚ saying remarks he made were taken out of context.
• 2000 - Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays becomes the 77th major league player to hit a home run in his first at bat, but just the fourth American League pitcher and the first since the Angels' Don Rose in 1972, the year before the designated hitter rule took the bat out of AL pitchers' hands.
• 2001 - Seattle 2B Bret Boone drives home seven runs in the Mariners' 11 - 6 win over the Rangers. Boone's four hits include a double and two homers.
• 2002 - The Minnesota Twins score ten runs in the 7th inning to close out the scoring in a 23 - 2 win over the Cleveland Indians, the most runs in franchise history. Minnesota also gets a franchise-record 25 hits (they hit 24 five times as the Washington Senators) and tie the American League record as four players have four or more hits. They are the fifth team to do it. On the flip side, the Indians tie their team record for the biggest loss, a mark set in a 21 - 0 loss to the Detroit Tigers on September 15, 1901. Cleveland also becomes the first team since the 1969 San Diego Padres to lose two games in the same season by 19 or more runs.
• 2003:
  • Although his bat may have contained cork in the previous day's game, all five of Sammy Sosa's historic bats housed at the Hall of Fame and the 76 confiscated from his locker by Major League Baseball reveal no signs of tampering.
  • At Puerto Rico's Hiram Bithorn Stadium, Jeff DaVanon of the Angels becomes the fourth major league player to have three consecutive multi-homer games. Lee May (in 1969), Frank Thomas (in 1962) and Gus Zernial (in 1951) were the others. At the same time, DaVanon also becomes the third player to do it from both sides of the plate in two back-to-back contests, matching Ken Caminiti (in 1995) and Eddie Murray (in 1987).
• 2004 - Mark Prior makes his season debut for the Cubs‚ but the Cubs lose, 2 - 1‚ to the Pirates. Prior goes six shutout innings. The Cubs hit the million mark in attendance‚ their quickest in history.
• 2006:
  • At Camden Yards, the Orioles play Small ball, cuffing Aaron Small for seven earned runs in 2 2/3 innings, and Scott Erickson for another four runs. The O's win, 11 - 3. The Birds hit three homers off Small, one by Javy Lopez, who also homers off Erickson. The Yankees will release the veteran Erickson on June 19th.
• 2007 - 18-year-old Yuki Saito is named to the Tokyo Big Six University League Best Nine, the first freshman pitcher in history to be selected in the spring season.
• 2008 - Joe Mauer drives in two runs on a sacrifice fly to become the first major leaguer to accomplish that since Alex Ochoa in 2001. Down 5 - 2 in the 5th against Daniel Cabrera and the Orioles, the Minnesota star flies to Adam Jones at the warning track. Nick Punto scores and after Jones falls while trying to throw, Carlos Gomez comes around from second base.
• 2009:
  • The Giants beat the Nationals, 5 - 1, in the first half of a doubleheader. Randy Johnson allows two hits and one run in six innings to win his 300th game in the major leagues. He is the first pitcher since Tom Seaver in 1985 to join the 300 win club on his first try and the second-oldest, after Phil Niekro. This milestone comes on the tenth anniversary of his 150th career win, and 20th anniversary of his fifth career win.
  • Miguel A. González tosses a five-hit shutout of Villa Clara to give La Habana a 6 - 0 win. La Habana takes the 2008-2009 Serie Nacional title, four games to one, behind its strong pitching.
• 2010 - The Orioles, owners of the worst record in the major leagues at 15-39, dismiss manager Dave Trembley and replace him on an interim basis with third base coach Juan Samuel.
• 2011:
  • Matt Kemp hits a pair of homers, including an 8th-inning grand slam, in an 11 - 8 Dodgers win over the Reds in Cincinnati. However, Los Angeles needs an 11th-inning single by Jamey Carroll to take the lead, his fourth hit of the game, to start a four-run rally against Carlos Fisher. The Dodgers are down 5 - 0 in the early going before Kemp and Carroll get to work. Rookie Javy Guerra earns his first big league win.
  • Derek Holland of the Texas Rangers tosses a five-hitter for the second shutout of his career in beating Cleveland, 4 - 0. Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz both hit two-run homers for the winners, who are 15-8 since May 10th.
  • The Red Sox need 14 innings to put away the A's, 9 - 8. The A's score four runs in the top of the 9th to tie the game, leading to the ejection of both P Jonathan Papelbon and C Jason Varitek, after 2B Dustin Pedroia misses a potential game-ending double play ground ball. Ryan Sweeney's 11th-inning sacrifice fly puts the A's ahead, but the Sox tie it right back on back-to-back doubles by Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Jacoby Ellsbury. J.D. Drew ends the game by singling in Carl Crawford with two outs in the 14th after striking out four times in his previous four at-bats. Guillermo Moscoso, the A's ninth pitcher of the game, takes the loss.
• 2012:
  • 17-year-old shortstop Carlos Correa is the top selection of the 2012 amateur draft, by the Houston Astros. Correa is the first player from Puerto Rico to be taken first overall. The Twins follow by selecting high school outfielder Byron Buxton. But it's White Sox pick Courtney Hawkins, drafted 13th, who steals the show by performing a backflip on the set of the MLB Network studio to celebrate his selection.
  • Rookie Jarrod Parker keeps the powerful Rangers line-up hitless for seven innings on his way to a 12 - 1 win by the Athletics. Michael Young ends Parker's bid for a no-hitter with a leadoff single in the 8th; Parker only needs two more pitches to get out of the inning, on a pop-up and a double play grounder, then leaves the game. For Texas, OF Craig Gentry is pressed into mound service in the 8th, to give his team's tired bullpen a breather.
• 2013:
  • John Mayberry hits a pair of homers in extra innings. The first, hit off Steve Cishek in the 10th, ties the game at 3-all after Juan Pierre had scored on a wild pitch for the Marlins in the top of the inning. Mayberry's second homer is a walk-off grand slam off Edgar Olmos in the 11th to give the Phillies a 7 - 3 win. He is the first player to hit a pair of homers in extra innings since Mike Young did it for the Baltimore Orioles in 1987.
  • Only two days into his major league career Yasiel Puig is already building a legend. He hits two home runs and a double and drives in five runs to lead the ­Dodgers to a 9 - 7 win over the Padres, one day after going 2 for 4 and displaying a cannon arm in right field in his debut.
  • The Bern Cardinals become the first team from Switzerland's Ligue Nationale A to play in a European Cup - and nearly the first to win. They pound two young Regensburg Legionäre pitchers for seven runs in the first two innings, but the German club rallies for a 14 - 8 win behind solid relief from Wolfgang Reitter, a three-run homer from Chris Howard and five runs produced from Christoph Zirzlmeier.
• 2014 - Baseball mourns the death of a true baseball lifer, Don Zimmer, who passes away at 83. A former infielder whose marriage was celebrated at home plate on a minor league diamond, Zimmer also coached and managed for many years. As a senior adviser to the Tampa Bay Rays, he was still listed as a member of the coaching staff and was never away from the game he loved.
• 2016:
  • The Padres trade P James Shields to the White Sox in return for 17-year-old infielder Fernando Tatis Jr. and P Erik Johnson. The Padres also pick up $31 million of the $58 million remaining on Shields' four-year contract in order to move him.
  • The L&D Amsterdam Pirates win the 2016 European Champions Cup for their first European Cup title. They beat the host ASD Rimini, 5 - 4, in ten innings in the finale. Kenny Berkenbosch (.273/.500/.545) doubles in the last run and wins Cup MVP honors, while Kevin Heijstek turns in a strong start and Tom de Blok fans two of the last three batters to preserve the win. Jesse Aussems gets three hits in the finale, as does Rimini's Ennio Retrosi, who fans to end the game. Roberto Corradini takes the loss.
• 2018:
  • In the 2018 amateur draft, Auburn University P Casey Mize is selected first overall, by the Detroit Tigers. The first five picks are college players, including C Joey Bart who is selected by the Giants with the second pick, and 3B Alec Bohm, who goes to Philadelphia with the third pick.
  • In a doubleheader split with the Tigers, the Yankees' Aaron Judge sets a record by striking out eight times, including five times in the nitecap. The twin bill is played on what was supposed to be an off day for both teams, to make up games wiped out by foul weather in April.
• 2019:
  • The Orioles defeat the Rangers, 12 - 11, in a wild game. Light-hitting catcher Pedro Severino helps the Orioles take a big lead with three homers, and Dwight Smith Jr. drives in another six runs with a three-run double and a three-run homer. However, the Rangers almost manage to come up with the win as they score six times in the 9th. The game ends when, with the tying run on base, Mychal Givens apparently strikes out Elvis Andrus for the final out. However, the ball gets away from Severino, who manages to run it down and gun down Andrus on a close play at first base to preserve the win.
  • If anyone still thinks being a major league umpire is a cushy job, today's games provide a serious disclaimer as three different arbiters need to leave games because of injuries. Mike Everitt is struck in the chest by a 95-mph fastball by Reynaldo Lopez of the White Sox, Tom Hallion is hit in the mask by a foul ball, and Scott Barry, working second base, has to be helped off the field with an apparent leg injury.
• 2022 - The rule preventing position players from pitching in a close game is invoked for the first time when Crew chief C.B. Bucknor objects to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts calling on OF Zach McKinstry to pitch the 9th inning gainst the Mets with his team trailing, 9 - 4. The rule, adopted before the 2020 season but not implemented until this year due to the upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, states that a team cannot use a position player on the mound unless there is a difference of six or more runs between the two teams. Roberts is thus forced to use a real pitcher, Evan Phillips, to pitch the final inning. In spite of the rule, the practice of using such "mystery pitchers" is continuing undiminished, with teams even resorting to them when they have built a huge lead late in the game, in order to rest their bullpens, something that was completely unseen before the decade started.

Births

• 1849 - Bill Parks, outfielder, manager (d. 1911)
• 1850 - Tim Murnane, infielder, manager (d. 1917)
• 1867 - George Townsend, catcher (d. 1930)
• 1870 - Tom Lipp, pitcher (d. 1932)
• 1877 - Pat Crisham, infielder (d. 1915)
• 1882 - Joe Burg, infielder (d. 1969)
• 1885 - Bobby Vaughn, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1886 - Orlie Weaver, pitcher (d. 1970)
• 1891 - Carl Cashion, pitcher (d. 1935)
• 1889 - Lee Magee, outfielder, manager (d. 1966)
• 1892 - Herb Kelly, pitcher (d. 1973)
• 1892 - Paul Maloy, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1892 - George Twombly, outfielder (d. 1975)
• 1900 - George Watkins, outfielder (d. 1970)
• 1906 - Doc Marshall, infielder (d. 1999)
• 1907 - George Washington, outfielder (d. 1985)
• 1908 - Orville Jorgens, pitcher (d. 1992)
• 1908 - Bob Klinger, pitcher (d. 1977)
• 1910 - Fox Blevins, infielder (d. 1986)
• 1911 - Kichiro Shimaoka, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1989)
• 1913 - Joe Holden, catcher (d. 1996)
• 1913 - Amby Murray, pitcher (d. 1997)
• 1915 - Bill Holland, pitcher (d. 1997)
• 1915 - Tony Venzon, umpire (d. 1971)
• 1916 - Pete Jonas, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 2005)
• 1920 - G.H. Fleming, writer (d. 1999)
• 1921 - Yosh Kawano, clubhouse manager (d. 2018)
• 1922 - Ray Coleman, outfielder (d. 2010)
• 1922 - Ross Grimsley, pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1925 - Dick Aylward, catcher (d. 1983)
• 1926 - Bill O'Donnell, broadcaster (d. 1982)
• 1928 - Billy Hunter, infielder, manager; All-Star
• 1930 - Harry Barrett, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)
• 1932 - Miles McAfee, minor leaguer and college coach (d. 2009)
• 1932 - John McNamara, , manager (d. 2020)
• 1933 - Arnold Earley, pitcher (d. 1999)
• 1935 - John O'Cain, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
• 1936 - Eiichiro Takahashi, NPB pitcher (d. 2007)
• 1937 - Fumio Hashizume, NPB pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1938 - Umberto Calzolari, Serie A pitcher (d. 2018)
• 1938 - Art Mahaffey, pitcher; All-Star
• 1939 - Phil Linz, infielder (d. 2020)
• 1941 - Shiroku Ishido, NPB pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1942 - Tommy Smith, minor league infielder (d. 2017)
• 1947 - Doug Griffin, infielder (d. 2016)
• 1953 - Howard Bushong, college coach
• 1953 - Larry Demery, pitcher (d. 2024)
• 1956 - Terry Kennedy, catcher; All-Star
• 1957 - Tony Pena, catcher, manager; All-Star
• 1958 - Ricky Jones, infielder
• 1964 - Kevin Bootay, scout
• 1964 - Félix Nova, Dominican national team pitcher
• 1964 - Antonio Pacheco, Cuban National League infielder and manager
• 1964 - Steve Searcy, pitcher
• 1965 - Beau Allred, outfielder
• 1965 - Kurt Stillwell, infielder; All-Star
• 1966 - Ken Adams, minor league pitcher
• 1966 - Pete Kuld, minor league catcher
• 1967 - Scott Servais, catcher; manager
• 1967 - Rick Wilkins, catcher
• 1969 - Rolando Camarero Jr., minor league infielder
• 1969 - Robert Perez, outfielder
• 1970 - Takayuki Goto, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1972 - Marek Rejman, Extraliga player
• 1973 - David Lundquist, pitcher
• 1974 - Trace Coquillette, infielder
• 1974 - Darin Erstad, outfielder; All-Star
• 1975 - Yung-Lin Yeh, CPBL infielder
• 1976 - Nelson Castro, minor league infielder
• 1976 - Chang-yong Lim, pitcher
• 1976 - J.C. Romero, pitcher
• 1978 - Hiroyuki Kobayashi, NPB pitcher
• 1979 - Harry Assimakopoulos, Greek national team infielder
• 1981 - Chia-Wei Lin, CPBL catcher
• 1981 - Ki-hyuk Park, KBO infielder
• 1983 - Denny Beljaards, Hoofdklasse outfielder
• 1983 - Luis Cordova, minor league outfielder
• 1983 - James Deters, minor league player
• 1983 - Cla Meredith, pitcher
• 1983 - Denny Nino, minor league catcher
• 1983 - Gedeon Sambo, Netherlands Antilles national team outfielder
• 1985 - Edwin Jimenez, Philippines national team outfielder
• 1987 - David Gauthier, Division Elite catcher-infielder
• 1989 - Jose Flores, minor league player
• 1989 - Francisco Montano, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Estevenson Encarnacion, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Devon Ethier, minor league outfielder
• 1990 - James Kottaras, drafted infielder
• 1991 - Hiroki Minei, NPB catcher
• 1992 - Jonathan Eisenhuth, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1992 - Kent Emanuel, pitcher
• 1992 - Michiori Okabe, Japanese national team infielder-outfielder
• 1993 - Jorge Bonifacio, outfielder
• 1993 - Aaron Nola, pitcher; All-Star
• 1994 - Yency Almonte, pitcher
• 1994 - Cody Stashak, pitcher
• 1996 - Alejandro Amézquita, minor league pitcher
• 1996 - Paul Neophytou, Greek national team outfielder
• 1996 - Brett Netzer, minor league infielder
• 1996 - Freddy Peralta, pitcher; All-Star
• 1996 - Kritsana Thongoon, Thai national team catcher
• 1997 - Kyle Leahy, pitcher
• 1999 - José Altamiranda, Colombian national team pitcher
• 1999 - Yuan-Hsu Hsin, CPBL infielder
• 1999 - Aaron Sabato, minor league infielder
• 2001 - Julian Aguiar, pitcher
• 2003 - Byeong-heon Lee, KBO pitcher
• 2003 - Brady House, minor league infielder

Deaths

• 1886 - Jim Ward, catcher (b. 1855)
• 1896 - John Hauck, owner (b. 1829)
• 1898 - Harry Smith, utility player (b. 1856)
• 1915 - Tim Hurst, manager; umpire (b. 1865)
• 1925 - Willie Green, infielder (b. 1894)
• 1926 - Sandy Griffin, outfielder, manager (b. 1858)
• 1929 - Harry Frazee, owner (b. 1880)
• 1930 - W.C. Dole, umpire (b. 1852)
• 1940 - Phil Baker, infielder (b. 1856)
• 1946 - Tom Barry, pitcher (b. 1879)
• 1950 - Dan Griner, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1950 - Dean Sturgis, catcher (b. 1892)
• 1954 - Harold Hoffman, minor league executive (b. 1896)
• 1957 - Paul Krichell, catcher (b. 1882)
• 1961 - George Davis, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1966 - Ralph McConnaughey, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1967 - Henry Benn, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1968 - Bill Ford, college coach (b. ~1913)
• 1969 - Cobe Jones, infielder (b. 1905)
• 1972 - Chappie Gray, infielder (b. 1900)
• 1981 - Norris Ward, AAGPBL umpire (b. 1907)
• 1982 - Tony Kaufmann, pitcher (b. 1900)
• 1983 - Benny Bedford, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1901)
• 1989 - Robert White, minor league infielder (b. 1915)
• 1992 - Carl Stotz, Little League baseball founder (b. 1910)
• 1993 - Bobby Reeves, infielder (b. 1904)
• 1994 - Ken Gonzales, scout (b. ~1945)
• 1998 - Shirley Povich, writer (b. 1905)
• 2001 - John Corriden, pinch runner (b. 1918)
• 2004 - Wilmer Fields, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1922)
• 2005 - Paul Amen, college coach (b. 1916)
• 2005 - Ken Weafer, pitcher (b. 1913)
• 2006 - Bill Fleming, pitcher (b. 1913)
• 2007 - Clete Boyer, infielder (b. 1937)
• 2010 - John Wooden, college coach (b. 1910)
• 2011 - Rocky Gainer, minor league pitcher (b. ~1957)
• 2011 - Charles Gary, infielder (b. 1920)
• 2012 - Pedro Borbon, pitcher (b. 1946)
• 2014 - Don Zimmer, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1931)
• 2015 - Dave Geeve, minor league pitcher (b. 1969)
• 2018 - Steve Kline, pitcher (b. 1947)
• 2020 - Tomás Binet, Dominican national team infielder (b. 1930)
• 2020 - Bobby Locke, pitcher (b. 1934)
• 2020 - Ulf Steinvall, Swedish baseball executive (b. ~1960)
• 2023 - Roger Craig, pitcher, manager (b. 1930)
• 2023 - John Glenn, outfielder (b. 1928)