June 5
From BR Bullpen
| Stats of players who were born this day | |
| Stats of players who died on this day | |
| Standings on this day | |
| Permanent link to Today's Entry | |
| Sources | |
| Baseball Library Chronology | |
| Today in Baseball History | |
Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 5.
Events[edit]
- 1871 - The eagerly awaited series opens between the White Stockings and the Mutuals before 10‚000 at the Union Grounds in Brooklyn, NY. Five of the old Eckfords play for Chicago while five of last year’s Atlantics play for the Mutuals. Fielding decides the game‚ as Chicago makes 19 errors to 7 for the Mutuals. New York wins, 8 - 5.
- 1900 - Pirates first baseman Duff Cooley has only two putouts in a 6 - 5 loss to the Phillies at National League Park in Philadelphia, PA. The left-handed swinging Texan patrols mostly in the outfield, but will play all positions except pitcher during his career, becoming one of baseball’s first utility players.
- 1916 - In Cleveland, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox shuts out the Indians, 5 - 0, on five hits, and has now thrown 24 straight scoreless innings. He is 2 for 3 at the plate.
- 1920 - Citing the abolition of the spitball as the reason for the dramatic increase in home runs, Tom Shibe denies the baseballs are livelier this season. The A's vice president is also a member of the company which makes the baseballs.
- 1935 - Chicago White Sox rookie pitcher John Whitehead, who had won his first eight starts, loses to the St. Louis Browns, 2 - 0.
- 1936 - Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,700th consecutive game, as the Yankees beat the Indians, 4 - 3.
- 1937 - The St. Louis Cardinals sign 16-year-old Stan Musial to his first professional contract; he is still a pitcher at this point of his career.
- 1948 - Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies hits safely for the 23rd straight game in a Phillies 6 - 5 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field, setting a 20th century National League record for a rookie. Benito Santiago will hold the record by century's end.
- 1949 - Commissioner Happy Chandler lifts the ban on all players who jumped to the Mexican League starting in 1946. Only Sal Maglie will make a significant mark after the exile. Lou Klein will be the first jumper to make a major-league box score, successfully pinch-hitting on June 16th.
- 1954 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams catches pneumonia, sidelining him for three weeks.
- 1957 - In Jersey City, Don Drysdale pitches the first of his 49 major-league shutouts, as the Dodgers win, 4 - 0, over the Cubs.
- 1958 - At Yankee Stadium, New York routs White Sox starter Early Wynn for a 12 - 5 victory. In the 3rd inning, Mickey Mantle legs out his third inside-the-park home run in a month.
- 1959 - In a 10 - 5 loss to the Cubs, Pittsburgh's Dick Stuart becomes the first player in the 50-year history of Forbes Field to ride a ball over its centerfield fence, something that had previously only been achieved by Negro League great Josh Gibson, who did it twice. The ball hit off Glen Hobbie disappears over the 457-foot mark near the flag pole.
- 1961 - Robin Roberts, who will finish his career playing with three other clubs, wins his last game for the Phillies, beating the Giants at Candlestick Park, 3 - 2. The future Hall of Famer's lone victory this season, a complete-game six-hitter, is his 234th win for Philadelphia, the most by a right-hander in franchise history.
- 1963 - At Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, Mickey Mantle fractures a bone in his left foot and suffers ligament and cartilage damage to the left knee running into the chain link fence chasing down a Brooks Robinson drive. Mantle will be out for 61 games. Whitey Ford beats Milt Pappas and the Orioles, 4 - 3, as the Yankees return to first place.
- 1966:
- In a 10 - 5 Pittsburgh win over the Astros, Willie Stargell goes 5 for 5, giving him nine consecutive hits in two days, while Roberto Clemente hits his second 500-foot home run of the year.
- Cincinnati Reds shortstop Leo Cardenas hits four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs.
- 1969:
- Joe Morgan goes 4-for-4, including a home run and four runs scored, to pace the Astros past St. Louis, 11 - 6, at the Astrodome. Dooley Womack, the last of six Houston pitchers, gets the victory.
- The Washington Senators name Jeff Burroughs the number one pick in the amateur draft. Houston chooses pitcher James Rodney Richard of Ruston, LA as the second pick; Richard has a 21-0 mark in his three years at Ruston High School. Cincinnati picks Ken Griffey in the 29th round, while the Kansas City Royals, with a record 90 picks, take Al Cowens with their 84th choice.
- 1974 - Oakland's Reggie Jackson and Billy North engage in a clubhouse fight at Detroit. Jackson injures his shoulder, and Ray Fosse, attempting to separate the combatants, suffers a crushed disk in his neck. Fosse will spend 12 weeks on the disabled list, virtually ending his season.
- 1977 - The Dodgers retire former manager Walter Alston's uniform number, 24, on Old-Timers Day.
- 1979 - Seattle's Willie Horton hits a towering fly ball in the 8th inning of a game in the Kingdome. The drive, off Detroit's John Hiller, hits a speaker in left field and becomes a single. If it had not encountered an obstacle in its path, it would have been Horton's 300th home run, which will come tomorrow off Jack Morris.
- 1981 - Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as major leagues' all-time walks leader, walking two batters in a 3 - 0 win over the Mets to raise his total to 1,777. Ryan also strikes out ten batters while pitching a five-hitter.
- 1982:
- The "Brew Crew" connect for three consecutive home runs, by Robin Yount, Cecil Cooper and Ben Oglivie in the 7th inning, as Milwaukee pounds Oakland, 11 - 3. Ted Simmons and Gorman Thomas also homer to back Bob McClure's third victory. It is the second time in a week that Milwaukee sluggers have hit three consecutive homers.
- Cal Ripken's span of 8,243 consecutive innings begins with the Orioles' 3 - 1 victory over Minnesota at the Metrodome. The infielder's record streak, which will last for 904 games, will end when he is lifted in the 8th inning for a pinch runner during an 18 - 3 September loss to the Blue Jays in 1987.
- 1983 - Chili Davis is first Giants switch-hitter to hit homers from both sides of the plate in the same game. However, the Giants still lose, 12 - 9, to the Expos.
- 1985 - Retiring the last 16 Angels batters he faces, Orioles hurler Dennis Martinez tosses a one-hitter, beating California at Memorial Stadium, 4 - 0. Jerry Narron's 3rd-inning single spoils the no-hit bid as "El Presidente" notches his 100th career victory.
- 1989 - The Toronto SkyDome opens, but the Blue Jays lose, 5 - 3, to the Milwaukee Brewers. Baseball's newest and most modern stadium features a $100 million fully retractable roof, a hotel with some rooms having a view of the playing field, the world's largest video display board, and a Hard Rock Cafe.
- 1992 - Jeff Bagwell tags Jeff Brantley with a two-run homer in the 9th to stun the Giants, 5 - 4. Xavier Hernandez is the surprise winner with Doug Jones notching his 14th save.
- 1994 - In Detroit, the Twins' Chuck Knoblauch leads off the game with a homer off Mike Moore, then adds a second long ball in the 7th. Not to be outdone, the Tigers' lead-off hitter, Tony Phillips goes deep against Scott Erickson in his first at-bat, and also adds a second homer, in the 8th inning. It is the first time in major league history this has happened, and the feat won't be repeated until August 13, 2013, when Brad Miller and Ben Zobrist are the two protagonists. Detroit wins the game, 5 - 3.
- 1995 - Craig Biggio blasts a three-run shot off Robb Nen with two away in the bottom of the 9th to shock Florida, 6 - 5. Greg Swindell helps his own cause with a run-scoring double but Dave Veres gets the win for Houston.
- 1997 - Bill Spiers draws his sixth consecutive walk (over three games) setting a franchise record during a 6 - 5 Astros loss at Cincinnati. He is one short of the major league record. Spiers' streak is broken when he is hit by a pitch from Mike Remlinger. He will walk in his next plate appearance, four days from now. His consecutive on-base streak will end at 13 on June 11th, one shy of the NL mark in that category.
- 2001:
- The Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 4 - 3, in 18 innings on Shea Hillenbrand's home run over the Green Monster. Tim Wakefield, with a scoreless inning, is the winner. Boston DH Manny Ramirez receives four intentional walks, tying the American League mark set by Roger Maris, on May 22, 1962. Maris did it in a 12-inning game. The major league record is five, set by Andre Dawson, in a 16-inning game, on May 22, 1990.
- At Coors Field, Colorado Rockies pitcher Mike Hampton beats the Houston Astros, 9 - 4, and hits a pair of home runs. Hampton, who came into the season homerless, now has four homers. The Mets, Hampton's team last year, have a combined five homers from their outfielders.
- 2002 - Rangers designated hitter Juan Gonzalez becomes the 34th major leaguer, and the first from Puerto Rico, to hit 400 career home runs. Juan Gone's milestone is hit off Anaheim hurler Jarrod Washburn's first pitch in the 2nd inning during a 7 - 5 extra inning loss to the Angels.
- 2003 - Tony Clark changes his uniform number from 00 to 52. The Mets reserve player wants to give back to the team's mascot, Mr. Met, his identity, as he and the congenial baseball-headed character shared double-digit ought.
- 2005 - For the first time since 1933, a big league team representing Washington, D.C. finds itself in first place at this point into the season when the Nationals take the top spot in the National League East. With the team playing so well, it takes the recently transplanted Nats only 32 games to attract 1,056,642 fans to RFK Stadium, breaking the District’s attendance mark of 1,027,216 that was set in 1946 by the original Senators at Griffith Stadium.
- 2006:
- Jason Giambi and Andy Phillips each hit a three-run home run in a seven-run 2nd inning, and the host New York Yankees rough up old nemesis Josh Beckett in a 13 - 5 rout of the Boston Red Sox. New York has 11 hits, making this the 12th consecutive game with at least ten, breaking the franchise record of 11 straight games set in May 1937.
- Carlos Zambrano holds the Houston Astros hitless for 7 1/3 innings before Preston Wilson hits a single, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8 - 0 victory at Minute Maid Park. Zambrano strikes out eight and helps himself with the bat, hitting a home run with four runs batted in.
- Eric Gregg, a former National League umpire, dies in Philadelphia, at the age of 55. Known for his big personality, extra-wide strike zone and oversized frame, Gregg worked the 1989 World Series, four NL Championship Series, two NL Division Series and one All-Star Game.
- 2008:
- The 2008 amateur draft is held. The Tampa Bay Rays, picking first overall for the third time in four years, select high school shortstop Tim Beckham. The Pittsburgh Pirates take Pedro Alvarez of Vanderbilt University second, the first college player taken. The first pitcher selected is Brian Matusz, going fourth, to the Orioles.
- Chipper Jones hits his 400th career home run, becoming the third switch-hitter to reach this level, after Eddie Murray and Mickey Mantle. Ricky Nolasco gives up the homer. Jones has a four-hit game to move his average to .418, the top mark in the majors at this point of the season. The Braves top the Marlins, 7 - 5.
- 2010:
- Rookie pitcher Mike Leake allows only an unearned run in seven innings as the Reds defeat the Nationals, 5 - 1. Leake, who is now 5-0, is the first starting pitcher in team history to go undefeated in his first 11 starts, and the first since Santo Alcala in 1976 to win his first five decisions.
- The surprising Blue Jays keep giving their main rivals trouble. In tonight's game against the Yankees, the Jays' bullpen pitches six scoreless innings and Aaron Hill drives in Edwin Encarnacion with a single against Chad Gaudin in the 14th inning for a 3 - 2 win. Vernon Wells and Alex Gonzalez hit solo homers, bringing Toronto's major league-leading home run total to 96. For the Yankees, the struggling Mark Teixeira goes 0 for 6 with five strikeouts to see his batting average fall to .215.
- 2011:
- For the second straight game, Albert Pujols hits a walk-off home run in extra innings as the Cardinals defeat the Cubs, 3 - 2. Pujols hits a solo shot off Rodrigo Lopez in the 10th, after doing the same off Jeff Samardzija in the 12th inning of yesterday's 5 - 4 win. Ryan Theriot sets the stage for Pujols' heroics by driving in pinch-runner Tony Cruz from first base with a two-out, 9th-inning double off Carlos Marmol, also extending his hitting streak to 19 games in the process. No National Leaguer had hit walk-off homers in consecutive extra-inning games since Ron Santo in 1966.
- The Nationals beat the Diamondbacks, 9 - 4, in 11 innings in a wild game at Chase Field. The Nats score five runs off Joe Paterson in the 11th to win the game, highlighted by Michael Morse's grand slam which follows a bases-loaded walk to Rick Ankiel. But before that, the game features four batters hit by pitches, and as many ejections. Nats starter Jason Marquis and manager Jim Riggleman are the first to be tossed after Marquis plucks Justin Upton in the 6th; warnings had been issued by home plate umpire Rob Drake when D-Backs starter Ian Kennedy had hit Jayson Werth the previous inning. In the 8th, Arizona's Esmerling Vasquez hits Danny Espinosa and is also sent off, as is his manager, Kirk Gibson. The Nationals take a 4 - 0 lead after that, thanks to a three-run homer by Wilson Ramos, but Kelly Johnson hits a solo shot off Tyler Clippard in the bottom of the 8th, and closer Drew Storen fails to record an out in trying to save the game in the 9th, allowing all four batters he faces to reach base; three of them score, sending the game into extra innings.
- 2012:
- Ryan Dempster wins his first game since August 16th of last year, a streak of 18 winless starts, as the struggling Cubs defeat the Brewers, 10 - 0. Dempster retires the first 15 batters of the game and leaves after having given up three hits over seven innings. The Cubs had lost their last 11 road games before the win.
- Ian Desmond drives in the tying run in the 8th, then does it again in the 10th and once more in the 12th for good measure, as his Nationals finally beat the Mets, 7 - 6. The Elias Sports Bureau reports he is the first player since Art Shamsky (1966) to have three game-tying or go-ahead RBI from the 8th inning on in the same game.
- 2013:
- The White Sox and Mariners engage in a 16-inning contest, which is the longest home game in terms of time in M's history, at 5 hours, 42 minutes. The game is scoreless through 13 innings, until the ChiSox post five runs in the 14th. With the score 5 - 1 in the bottom of the inning, Kyle Seager ties the game with his first career grand slam. This is the first game-tying extra-inning grand slam in Major League history. It also marks the first time that both teams have scored five or more runs after being shut out in regulation innings. In addition, it is the first time that any team has come back from five or more runs down in the 14th inning or later. An RBI single by Alejandro De Aza in the 16th inning puts the Pale Hose ahead, and he later scores an insurance run on another single by Alex Rios. Chicago wins, 7 - 5, snapping an eight-game losing streak the hard way.
- The Rockies slam six homers, three of them by Carlos Gonzalez and two by Troy Tulowitzki, in beating the Reds, 12 - 4. Todd Helton hits the other long ball, while Nolan Arenado has four of the team's 20 hits.
- 2014 - The Houston Astros have the first pick in the amateur draft for the third straight year and select high school left-handed pitcher Brady Aiken. The Marlins follow with high school righthander Tyler Kolek, who has opened eyes by regularly touching 100 mph on the radar gun. Both young pitchers will turn out to be complete busts, however. The first position player selected is catcher Kyle Schwarber, by the Cubs with the 4th pick, while SS Nick Gordon, son of Tom Gordon and brother of Dee Gordon is picked 5th, by the Twins.
- 2015 - Pat Venditte becomes the first ambidextrous pitcher of the 21st century when he makes his debut for the Athletics against the Red Sox. In the 7th inning, he pitches lefthanded to get Brock Holt to ground out for the first out, then switches to the right hand to allow a single to Hanley Ramirez and force Mike Napoli to ground into a double play to end the inning. He then follows with a perfect 8th inning. However, the Sox's 4 - 2 win is marred when a female fan is hit by Brett Lawrie's broken bat in the 2nd inning and has to be wheeled away from Fenway Park on a stretcher with what are described by police as life-threatening injuries.
- 2016 - Jake Arrieta of the Cubs loses to the Diamondbacks, 3 - 2. It's his first loss after 20 straight wins dating back to July 25, 2015, when he was on the losing end of Cole Hamels' no-hitter; it's the third longest winning streak since 1913, tied with Roger Clemens and trailing only Roy Face (22) and Carl Hubbell (24).
- 2018 - Andrew Heaney celebrates his 27th birthday by pitching a one-hitter to defeat the Royals, 1 - 0. It is the first career complete game and shutout for the Angels righthander who demonstrates he is back in full health following Tommy John surgery that cost him almost two full seasons. The only hit is a 5th-inning single by Hunter Dozier.
- 2019 - It seems like former All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel has finally found a home. A free agent since the end of the World Series, he remained unsigned due to his insistence on obtaining a multi-year contract, and because signing him earlier would have entailed compensation in the form of a top draft pick in the 2019 amateur draft. With the draft now out of the way, the Cubs prove ready to bite on a longer-term deal, offering Kimbrel a three-year contract worth $43 million.
- 2021:
- Team USA locks up a spot in the Tokyo Olympics, the fifth team to qualify, by winning the Americas Olympic Qualifier, sweeping all five games. In the decisive finale, they beat Venezuela, 4 - 2. David Robertson saves Edwin Jackson's win over Aníbal Sánchez. Todd Frazier is the star of the day, going 4-for-4 with a double, homer, steal, two runs and two RBI, while Eric Filia's two-run shot puts the US ahead for good. Venezuela still has a reasonable shot at Tokyo as they move to the Final Olympic Qualifier alongside Australia, the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic.
- The Dominicans win the last spot in the Final Qualifier with a comeback, 6 - 5, win over Team Canada. Daniel Pinero homers twice and drives in four for Canada, but über-prospect Julio Rodríguez singles off John Axford in the bottom of the 8th to bring in Gustavo Núñez with the last run of the game. Jairo Asencio strikes out the side in the 9th to save it for Jumbo Díaz.
- 2022:
- With the Phillies trailing 6 - 2 with two outs in the 8th, Bryce Harper hits a game-tying grand slam off closer Raisel Iglesias, then, after the Angels score the go-ahead run in the top of the 9th, Bryson Stott hits a three-run walk-off homer off Jimmy Herget to give Philly a 9 - 7 win. The Phils have won all three games since replacing manager Joe Girardi with Rob Thomson, while the Angels, who started the season playing very well, have now lost 11 in a row to fall below .500.
- Leading 6 - 4 heading into the 9th, Harold Chirino of the Southern League's Biloxi Shuckers fails to close out the win in excruciating fashion. The first batter he faces reaches on an error; this is followed by a walk and four consecutive hit batsmen, the last three each forcing in a run. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos win the game, 7 - 6.
- 2023 - The DSL Guardians Blue open their season in the Dominican Summer League with quite the offensive outburst, crushing their organizational rivals, the DSL Guardians Red, 28 - 5. The win includes innings of five, seven and 13 runs, the latter in the 6th.
- 2024 - John Garcia of the Asheville Tourists hits five doubles in an 18 - 8 win over Bowling Green in the South Atlantic League. No one has ever accomplished the feat in the majors, and no one has done it in the minors since at least 2005, the earliest date since when complete game records are available.
Births[edit]
- 1852 - John Dyler, outfielder; umpire (d. 1916)
- 1865 - Jim Andrews, outfielder (d. 1907)
- 1869 - George Ulrich, outfielder (d. 1918)
- 1870 - Fred Zahner, catcher (d. 1900)
- 1872 - Al Munro Elias, statistician (d. 1939)
- 1874 - Jack Chesbro, pitcher; Hall of Famer (d. 1931)
- 1874 - Frank Huelsman, outfielder (d. 1959)
- 1874 - George Yeager, catcher (d. 1940)
- 1876 - Offa Neal, infielder (d. 1950)
- 1878 - Billy Maloney, outfielder (d. 1960)
- 1878 - Fred Mitchell, pitcher, manager (d. 1970)
- 1881 - Beany Jacobson, pitcher (d. 1933)
- 1887 - Allan Collamore, pitcher (d. 1980)
- 1889 - Truck Hannah, catcher (d. 1982)
- 1890 - Larry Douglas, pitcher (d. 1949)
- 1890 - Gene Madden, pinch hitter (d. 1949)
- 1891 - Irvin Brooks, outfielder (d. 1966)
- 1893 - Herb Hall, pitcher (d. 1970)
- 1895 - Ray Rohwer, outfielder (d. 1988)
- 1895 - Sandy Thompson, outfielder (d. 1965)
- 1896 - Wade Lefler, outfielder (d. 1981)
- 1900 - John Cavanaugh, infielder (d. 1961)
- 1902 - Charlie Gooch, infielder (d. 1982)
- 1903 - John Barnes, catcher (d. 1972)
- 1903 - Billy Urbanski, infielder (d. 1973)
- 1905 - Heliodoro Díaz, pitcher (d. 1989)
- 1905 - Harry Williams, infielder, manager (d. 1964)
- 1913 - Joe Ware, outfielder (d. 1994)
- 1916 - Eddie Joost, infielder, manager; All-Star (d. 2011)
- 1916 - Danny Menendez, minor league infielder (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Paul Zaby, minor league outfielder (d. 2009)
- 1918 - Al Javery, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1977)
- 1918 - Dave Odom, pitcher (d. 1987)
- 1922 - Lilio Marcucci, minor league catcher and manager (d. 2000)
- 1922 - Leander Tugerson, Negro League and minor league pitcher (d. 1985)
- 1924 - Lou Brissie, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2013)
- 1924 - Humberto Evangelista, Dominican national team pitcher
- 1929 - Ray Kirchoff, minor league pitcher (d. 2007)
- 1931 - Jean-Paul Goulet, minor league catcher and outfielder
- 1931 - Ray Novak, minor league player (d. 2015)
- 1932 - Rino Zangheri, Italian Baseball League executive; Italian Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2019)
- 1937 - Noboru Makino, NPB pitcher and umpire
- 1941 - Duke Sims, catcher
- 1943 - Brad Driesen, college coach (d. 2011)
- 1945 - Chip Coulter, infielder
- 1946 - Don Denbow, minor league infielder
- 1947 - Teruo Aida, NPB pitcher
- 1947 - Yukitsura Matsumoto, NPB pitcher
- 1948 - Mark Schaeffer, pitcher (d. 2022)
- 1951 - Randy Elliott, outfielder
- 1951 - Darryl Jones, designated hitter
- 1952 - Kazushi Saeki, NPB pitcher
- 1953 - Paul Siebert, pitcher
- 1954 - Dennis Blair, pitcher
- 1955 - Yong-un Kim, KBO catcher (d. 2005)
- 1955 - Liang-Kuei Shieh, Taiwan national team player and international umpire
- 1956 - Ray Paiement, Canadian national team pitcher
- 1957 - Bob Mariano, minor league infielder and manager
- 1958 - Rolando Menendez, minor league pitcher
- 1959 - Hiroyuki Miura, NPB pitcher
- 1964 - Eric Pilkington, minor league pitcher
- 1964 - Mike Senne, minor league outfielder
- 1966 - Greg Prusia, minor league outfielder
- 1966 - Bill Spiers, infielder
- 1967 - Ray Lankford, outfielder; All-Star
- 1968 - Kazuya Saito, Japanese national team outfielder
- 1970 - Mike Hostetler, minor league pitcher
- 1970 - Gene Schall, infielder
- 1972 - Mike Coolbaugh, infielder (d. 2007)
- 1972 - Troy Fullwood, umpire
- 1972 - Zheng Wei, Chinese national team pitcher
- 1973 - Chris Briones, minor league catcher
- 1973 - Ryu Hanekawa, NPB pitcher
- 1973 - Sylvain Hervieux, French national team outfielder
- 1973 - Won-ki Hong, KBO infielder and manager
- 1974 - Craig Cusbert, Australian national team pitcher
- 1974 - Russ Ortiz, pitcher; All-Star
- 1975 - Jason Green, pitcher
- 1976 - Martin Picard, Division Elite player and coach
- 1978 - Travis Chapman, infielder
- 1980 - Taketoshi Goto, NPB infielder
- 1980 - Dan J. Kolb, minor league pitcher
- 1980 - Corey Myers, minor league player
- 1981 - Arley Sánchez, Cuban leagues pitcher
- 1981 - Kenichi Yokoyama, Japanese national team infielder
- 1983 - Bill Bray, pitcher
- 1983 - Sam Carter, minor league outfielder
- 1983 - Alberto Garcia, minor league infielder
- 1983 - Jake Smith, minor league catcher
- 1983 - Chien-Jung Su, CPBL outfielder
- 1984 - Moritz Buttgereit, Bundesliga outfielder
- 1984 - Robinson Chirinos, catcher
- 1985 - Petr Stříbrcký, minor league coach
- 1986 - Trent Lockwood, minor league infielder
- 1986 - Cody Overbeck, minor league infielder
- 1987 - Shannon Ekermans, South African national team player
- 1987 - Manny Pina, catcher
- 1987 - Kevin Winn, minor league infielder
- 1988 - Jake Petricka, pitcher
- 1988 - Andre Rienzo, pitcher
- 1988 - Dakota Robinson, minor league pitcher
- 1989 - Jimmy Nelson, pitcher
- 1989 - Layne Somsen, pitcher
- 1991 - Andrew Heaney, pitcher
- 1991 - Arsalan Jamshed, Pakistani national team infielder
- 1991 - Yaisel Sierra, minor league pitcher
- 1991 - Hirotoshi Takanashi, NPB pitcher
- 1992 - Yulisa Barbán, Cuban women's national team outfielder
- 1992 - Michael O'Neal, minor league pitcher
- 1992 - Dereck Rodriguez, pitcher
- 1993 - Vaughn Bryan, minor league outfielder
- 1993 - Anthony Buonaiuto, Bundesliga infielder
- 1993 - Bryan Muniz, minor league infielder
- 1995 - Luis Ramos, minor league pitcher
- 1995 - Phoenix Sanders, pitcher
- 1995 - Kevin Van Meensel, Bundesliga outfielder
- 1996 - Dedniel Núñez, pitcher
- 1996 - Joe Ryan, pitcher
- 1997 - Konstanti Athanasiou, Greek national team outfielder
- 1997 - Hunter Feduccia, catcher
- 1997 - Pakaysith Phommassee, Laotian national team outfielder
- 1998 - Chris Murphy, pitcher
- 1999 - Steward Berroa, outfielder
- 1999 - Royce Lewis, infielder
- 2000 - Jack Neely, pitcher
- 2000 - Felipe Rodríguez, Dominican national team pitcher
- 2001 - Min Park, KBO infielder
Deaths[edit]
- 1915 - Bull Perrine, umpire (b. 1877)
- 1919 - John McCloskey, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1921 - George Rettger, pitcher (b. 1868)
- 1924 - Bill Reynolds, catcher (b. 1884)
- 1924 - John Sullivan, catcher (b. 1873)
- 1925 - Sam Trott, catcher, manager (b. 1857)
- 1930 - Lou Say, infielder (b. 1854)
- 1933 - Sam LaRoque, infielder (b. 1863)
- 1936 - Jack Ryder, writer (b. 1871)
- 1941 - Bill Coyle, pitcher (b. 1871)
- 1944 - Phil Knell, pitcher (b. 1865)
- 1945 - Fred Lewis, outfielder (b. 1858)
- 1948 - Jack McCarthy, outfielder (b. 1869)
- 1952 - Bruno Haas, pitcher (b. 1891)
- 1957 - Pete Wilson, pitcher (b. 1884)
- 1960 - Rip Jordan, pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1961 - Syd Smith, catcher (b. 1883)
- 1967 - Walter Cariss, minor league outfielder (b. 1883)
- 1975 - Drew Rader, pitcher (b. 1901)
- 1976 - Otis Lambeth, pitcher (b. 1890)
- 1980 - Johnny Jones, pitcher (b. 1892)
- 1980 - Jimmie Keenan, pitcher (b. 1898)
- 1986 - Joe Mulligan, pitcher (b. 1913)
- 1986 - Jesse Winters, pitcher (b. 1893)
- 1988 - Daniel Webster, pitcher (b. 1912)
- 1991 - Luis Suarez, infielder (b. 1916)
- 1998 - Frosty Kennedy, minor league star (b. 1926)
- 1997 - Larry Lassalle, minor league pitcher (b. 1930)
- 2000 - Joe Fortin, minor league outfielder (b. 1923)
- 2000 - Don Liddle, pitcher (b. 1925)
- 2004 - Paul Mutch, minor league pitcher (b. 1983)
- 2005 - Yong-un Kim, KBO catcher (b. 1955)
- 2005 - Clyde Williams, pitcher (b. 1920)
- 2006 - Eric Gregg, umpire (b. 1951)
- 2009 - Richard Jacobs, owner (b. 1925)
- 2012 - Hal Keller, catcher, General Manager (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Ray Hyde, minor league pitcher (b. 1932)
- 2015 - Monroe Ingram, college coach (b. 1937)
- 2016 - Noel Areas, Nicaraguan national team manager (b. 1941)
- 2017 - Hector Wagner, pitcher (b. 1968)
- 2018 - Chuck Taylor, pitcher (b. 1942)
- 2019 - Aubrey Gatewood, pitcher (b. 1938)
- 2020 - John Miller, pitcher (b. 1941)
- 2023 - Luis Gaviria, Colombian national team infielder (b. ????)
We're Social...for Statheads
Every Sports Reference Social Media Account
Site Last Updated:
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.